Week 2 Power Rankings

With most teams playing around 28 games so far its time to take a look at this week power rankings. We did see some changes some for the good some for the bad. So without no further ado here our your week 2 power rankings.



Week 2 power rankings.


1. Pawtucket Punishers 24-4
2. Philadelphia Eagles 20-9
3. Texas Muddobbers 18-10
4. Chicago Black Sox 18-10
5. New Orleans Rising Sun 19-9
6. Syracuse Civil Suitors 18-11
7. Hartford Whalers 19-9
8. Cincinnati Suds 20-9
9. New York Donkey Show 17-12
10. Arizona Big Like a Can of Pepsi 17-12
11. Vancouver Renegades 20-8
12. Monterrey Churros 15-13
13. Honolulu Tsunamis 14-14
14. Scranton Schrutes 11-17
15. Salt Lake City Morons 15-13
16. Richmond RiverDogs 13-15
17. Buffalo Revenge 12-16
18. Los Angeles La' Beckham 10-18
19. Washington D.C. Monuments 11-17
20. Milwaukee Beasts 12-16
21. St. Louis Arches 13-15
22. Jackson Swing of Destruction 10-18
23. Baltimore Baltimore Mets 12-17
24. San Juan Jibaros 12-16
25. Burlington Bimbos 10-18
26. Rochester Golden Breakers 14-14
27. Atlanta Knights 11-17
28. Little Rock Pebbles 11-17
29. San Diego PADRES 8-20
30. Boston Scrogg-Dawgs 12-16
31. Seattle Free Swingers 8-21
32. New Britain Banchees 8-21




This week the power rankings suggest we should see a world series matchup between the Pawtucket Punishers and the Texas Muddobbers. The power rankings also suggest that the New Britain Banchees will get the number 1 draft pick in season 9.

MVP Race of The Early Season

MVP RACE - [Through 19-20 Games]

Hector Johnson - Leading the League with 13 HR's and 28 RBI with a .395 Average through 20 games.

Jesus Guzman - Leads the League in Hits with 25RBI's with a .389 Average through 20 games.

Stuart Griffin - Top 5 in average (5th), hits (3rd), runs (2nd), with 7SB's and Top 10 in Slugging (7th) and OBP (10th) through 19 games.

- LFoussekis

Week 1 Power Rankings

Every Saturday the goal is to update each logo with the teams current record and slide them up and down by record. Also I plan on also do a weekly power ranking of all 32 teams. Just a reminder that power rankings my be different then current record. So don't be surprised to see teams with losing records higher in the rankings then teams with winning records. The power rankings will hold more true with team records as the season goes on.


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Week 1 has come and gone with most teams playing about 10 games. We will now reveal the first ever Dale Murphy power rankings. So without further ado we reveal the first ever Dale Murphy World power rankings.





1. Texas Muddobbers 7-2
2. Honolulu Tsunamis 9-1
3. Pawtucket Punishers 7-2
4. Chicago Black Sox 7-2
5. Arizona Big Like a Can of Pepsi 7-2
6. Philadelphia Eagles 7-3
7. New Orleans Rising Sun 7-3
8. Cincinnati Suds 8-2
9. Little Rock Pebbles 7-3
10. Hartford Whalers 6-3
11. Monterrey Churros 5-4
12. Baltimore Baltimore Mets 6-4
13. Syracuse Civil Suitors 4-6
14. Boston Scrogg-Dawgs 6-3
15. Rochester Golden Breakers 5-5
16. Los Angeles La' Beckham 3-7
17. St. Louis Arches 5-4
18. Jackson Swing of Destruction 3-7
19. Richmond RiverDogs 4-6
20. Salt Lake City Morons 3-6
21. Vancouver Renegades 6-4
22. New York Donkey Show 4-6
23. Scranton Schrutes 4-5
24. Buffalo Revenge 4-6
25. San Juan Jibaros 4-5
26. Burlington Bimbos 2-7
27. San Diego PADRES 2-8
28. Atlanta Knights 4-5
29. Seattle Free Swingers 2-7
30. Washington D.C. Monuments 2-7
31. Milwaukee Beasts 2-7
32. New Britain Banchees 1-9




The power rankings suggest that we should see a world series matchup between the Texas Muddobbers and the Honolulu Tsunamis. The Power ranking suggest the sesaon 9 first round draft pick spot should go to the New Britain Banchees. We now wait until next Saturday to see how the power rankings change or stay the same.

Texas Strikes First

Hardball Dynasty's

William Kondou

With the season only a couple games old the Texas Muddobbers made the first huge International signing of the season. The Muddobbers have signed 19 year old pitcher William Kondou from Osaka, JP. Kondou signs with the Muddobbers with a 3 year 981,000 contract with a 15 million dollar signing bonus. Kondou appears headed to the Muddobbers ML team in time as possibly the teams closer. We contacted manager lilcoch about this signing and this is what he had to say.

Tell us what you liked about Kondou to make the signing ?

I liked everything about Kondou.

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Is there anything that made you think twice about signing Kondou as the bidding war went on ?

Not really, after waiting all last season for a great prospect and not landing one. I was ging all out for this one.

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What scout found Kondou ?

Santiago Rodriguez

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When do you expect him to make his ML debut ?

I would say 2 seasons from now

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Do you expect him to live up to the 15 million he got in a signing bonus ?

I think so, I think he will be my closer for a longtime.

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Does Kondou have a place with the Muddobbers forever or could you see him being traded in time ?

I won't say forever, I would have to great offer to trade

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We thank manager lilcoch for his time in answering our questions and wish him luck with his new pitcher.

Season 8 set to get going.

Now that spring training is over and teams prepare to start the season. Lets take a crack at predicting the playoff teams of season 8.

AL Playoff Teams

AL South = Little Rock Pebbles (1)

AL East = Philadelphia Eagles (2)

AL West = Arizona Big Like a Can of Pepsi (3)

AL North = Pawtucket Punishers (4)

Wild Card = New Orleans Rising Sun (5)

Wild Card = New York Donkey Show (6)

NL Playoff Teams

NL East = Hartford Whalers (1)

NL North = Milwaukee Beasts (2)

NL South = Texas Muddobbers (3)

NL West = LA / or Vancouver (4) both teams score the same in ranking process

Wild Card = Cincinnati Suds (5)

Wild Card = Chicago Black Sox (6)

At the end of the season we will look back on these predictions to see how well my predictions are. Rankings show some close races coming up in season 8. The NL west should be the closet of the 8 divisions according to my prediction. Only time will tell so LETS PLAY BALL

Top 10 Free Agent Signings

Now that free agency is over and spring training has begun its a good time to take a look at the top 10 free agents signings of season 8. So without further ado here is my top 10 list starting at number 10.

10

Alvin Flynn Monterrey Churros Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: Davenport, IA Position(s): DH/CIF/2B/COF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

DH Alvin Flynn who signed with the Monterrey Churros. Should help in drive in some runs for the Monterrey Churros. The 29 year Flynn pros are has some power, and hits both lefties and righties well, he also has a decent glove to allow him to play in the field. However one con that sticks out in Flynn's game is his contact rating making him a slight risk of going down on strikes alot during the season.

9

Jerry Bird Texas Muddobbers Age: 29 B/T: S/R Born: Ogallala, NE Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

P Jerry Bird who signed with the Texas Muddobbers. Should help pick up some innings coming out of the Muddobbers bullpen. The 29 year old Bird pros are he does well getting both lefties and righties out, he also has some good speed on his pitches, and keeps the ball on the ground which keeps the ball in the park. Bird does come with some risk with his control. The control problem could result in loss of innings and putting more runners on base in late innings.

8

Ryan Johnson San Diego PADRES Age: 28 B/T: S/L Born: Fresno, CA Position(s): P (SP5) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

P Ryan Johnson who signed with the San Diego PADRES looks to fill in as the number 5 starter in the rotation. The 28 year old Johnson pros are he has good control, decent speed on his pitches, and keeps the ball on the ground alot. His cons are he could struggle vs both lefties and righties if the defense doesn't help him by getting to more of the ground balls he should serve up.

7

Junior Mercado Texas Muddobbers Age: 29 B/T: S/R Born: Eldorado Culican, MX Position(s): P (T4A) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

P Junior Mercado who signed with the Texas Muddobbers will probably be seen in the Muddobbers starting rotation. The 29 year old Mercado looks to be a well rounded pitcher with no real glarring issue of concern.

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Luis Beltre Milwaukee Beasts Age: 33 B/T: S/R Born: Fantino, DO Position(s): P (T2A) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

P Luis Beltre who signed with the Milwaukee Beasts will probably be in the Beasts starting rotation. The 33 year old Beltre pros are he has decent control, he does well at getting both lefties and righties out, and has decent speed on his pitches. His cons are has a tendency to allow hitters that make contact to get the ball in the air which could result in some unwanted HR.

5

Matty Reyes Monterrey Churros Age: 32 B/T: R/R Born: Jicome Esperanza, DO Position(s): CF/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

CF Matty Reyes who signed with the Monterrey Churros will look to roam the outfield in Monterrey. The 32 year old Reyes pros are he has good power, and should hit both lefties and rigties well, and has a good eye to draw some walks. Reyes cons are he lacks in contact, and lacks in speed. I would bet he doesn't assume the leadoff role if he makes the everyday lineup in Monterrey.

4

Stuart Griffin Arizona Big Like a Can Pepsi Age: 30 B/T: L/L Born: Bridgeport, CT Position(s): CF/OF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

CF Stuart Griffin who signed with the Arizona Big Like a Can Pepsi looks to roam CF in Arizona and maybe hit leadoff. The 30 year old Griffin pros are he has decent power, hits lefties and righties well, and has a great eye, and great speed which should make him a good leadoff hitter option. Griffin cons is his contact which could have heading back to the dugout more often then he would like.

3

Walt Harris Cincinnati Suds Age: 28 B/T: R/R Born: Immokalee, FL Position(s): 1B/COF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

LF Walt Harris who signed with the Cincinnati Suds looks to be already awarded the 1B job in Cininnati. The 28 year old Harris looks to be an all around hitter with power we could see him batting in the 3 or 4 spot in Cincinnati.

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Donald Suzuki Syracuse Civil Suitors Age: 32 B/T: R/R Born: Hyogo, JP Position(s): C/IF/OF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

C Donald Suzuki who signed with the Syracuse Civil Suitors looks to be behind the plate for the Civil Suitors. The 32 year old Suzuki pros are all around good hitter with average power. His only glarring con is his pitch calling skills which could force the Civil Suitors into playing him at 1B to get his bat into the lineup.

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Vladimir Duran Arizona Big Like a Can Pepsi Age: 29 B/T: R/R Born: St. Croix, VI Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

SS Vladimir Duran who signed with the Arizona Big Like a Can Pepsi looks to sure up the middle of in the infield in Arizona. The 29 year old Duran has good ratings in every aspect you would want in a SS. The only problem the Arizona franchise may wish for his that his glove would be a little better, but all in all he has to bloster there lineup and defense.

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