This took a bit of time to convert to make it easier to setup in the future years but the projections and calculations are in. Like in years past, I have made a scatter graph based on everyone's projected average score and the team's age. For the fifth year in a row we've collectively had younger teams. It helps with a minor league system now. But like the MLB we are also going younger despite the minor leaguers:
2013 season: 29.363 years old
2015 season: 28.414 years old (2014 is not known)
2016 season: 28.177
2017 season: 28.157
2018 season: 27.469
There is one thing I do find quite interesting is the dynamic of most of our teams lines up with each other unlike in previous years. Allow me to explain, please look at the 2015 & 2016 graphs:
Without looking at the names you can see that the team's are literally scattered about. 2016 did have a pattern a little in the top right quadrant. 2017 was also all over the place. But most teams we're clumped together but the winner was Jay, who was off the charts with the elderly.
But now we look at 2018 blow and notice is trend amongst the teams and we are basically following the leader. Except for Brad and Snak who are above the trend and Charles who's got this year paid for rebuilding still. He's in no-man's land (for now, wait until his super prospects arrive). The blue indicates the average trend of the current team. The gray is no-man's land. And obviously as stated above, Brad and Snak are we'll above the glidepath (see what I did there Jeff Michaud?).
For referencing to previous years:
Shon McCullough took over for Jay.
John Gabriel took over for Nate Good.
Charles Brockway took over for Chris Watson.
Jeff Michaud took over for Stacy Hess.
The projected standings are also out. And for me, I don't really like them. But that's the fun of the game. Until Acuna destroys all the projections and destroys these. The best team appears to be Andy of course and shows him winning his division by five games over Bill and Brad. The latter two will also make the playoffs from the same division. And Coak has a solid team but is supposedly going to win by only two games over Zack, despite having fewer points on the year. Zack will be the fourth highest scorer and miss the playoffs altogether.
On the AL side It would be a fierce battle between Kyle & John, but John wins the division based off a 2-1 H2H record. Shon would be Jon for the AL West by a couple games and the Wild Card race would be over by week 17 as there is a three game separation between Jon Jones and Jordan Good, Jonny with the tiebreaker.
J. Gabriel 14-07 .667 ---- 6,520.5
K. Spector 14-07 .667 ---- 6,367.5
T. Kluge 08-13 .381 -6.0 5,891.0
J. Kelm 06-15 .286 -8.0 5,282.0
AL WEST W - L WIN% GB POINTS
S. McCullough 15-06 .714 ---- 6,546.0
J. Jones 13-08 .619 -2.0 6,087.0
J. Good 10-11 .476 -5.0 5,958.0
C. Brockway 05-16 .230 -10.0 5,406.5
NL EAST W - L WIN% GB POINTS
A. Namisnak 17-04 .810 ---- 7,045.5
B. Brenneman 12-09 .571 -5.0 6,244.0
B. Kluge 12-09 .571 -5.0 6,166.5
R. Jones 07-14 .333 -10.0 5,712.5
NL WEST W - L WIN% GB POINTS
A. Coak 13-08 .619 ---- 6,520.5
Z. Peters 11-10 .524 -2.0 6,367.5
J. Michaud 07-14 .333 -6.0 5,891.0
S. Boviall 04-17 .190 -9.0 5,282.0
In our first year with a minor league roster a majority of the prospects are being taken. The top 39 according to Baseball Prospectus have already been selected. The first one was selected by Shon with the 28th pick followed by another by me on the 30th pick.
It's quite evident that Charles leads the way in the farm system. I'm a little behind followed by a few others. All the while Jordan and Snak just flatout disregarded having a farm system and are now like the Tigers with aging teams and no one in the pipeline! Oh except they both stand a chance to win a championship...
Alright, I've rambled on enough here let's get us some power rankings...
RANK - PLAYER | OWNER | STATUS
#1 Acuna Jr., Ronald | Tyler Kluge | 5yr-22 ($72 / year)
| #2 Robles, Victor | Charles Brockway | 5yr-21 ($72 / year)
| #3 Torres, Gleyber | Charles Brockway | Minor League Roster
| #4 Guerrero Jr., Vladimir | Charles Brockway | Minor League Roster
| #5 Mejia, Francisco | Rob Jones | 2yr-19 ($63 / year)
| #6 Jimenez, Eloy | Jeff Michaud | 7yr-24 ($80 / year)
| #7 Senzel, Nick | Tyler Kluge | Minor League Roster
| #8 Reyes, Alex | Rob Jones | 3yr-19 ($66 / year)
| #9 Tatis Jr., Fernando | Kyle Spector | Minor League Roster
| #10 Whitley, Forrest | Kyle Spector | Minor League Roster
| #11 Honeywell, Brent | Andy Coak | Minor League Roster
| #12 Rodgers, Brendan | Brad Brenneman | 2yr-18 ($63 / year)
| #13 Sanchez, Sixto | Tyler Kluge | Drafted 30th
| #14 Crawford, J.P. | Brad Brenneman | 2yr-18 ($63 / year)
| #15 Adames, Willy | Rob Jones | Minor League Roster
| #16 Keller, Mitch | Stephen Boviall | Minor League Roster
| #17 Kopech, Michael | Charles Brockway | Minor League Roster
| #18 Brinson, Lewis | Brad Brenneman | 2yr-18 ($63 / year)
| #19 Bichette, Bo | Kyle Spector | Minor League Roster
| #20 Tucker, Kyle | Andy Coak | Minor League Roster
| #21 Buehler, Walker | Jeff Michaud | Drafted 63rd
| #22 Soto, Juan | Brad Brenneman | Minor League Roster
| #23 McKay, Brendan | Bill Kluge | Minor League Roster
| #24 Allard, Kolby | Kyle Spector | Minor League Roster
| #25 Verdugo, Alex | Stephen Boviall | 3yr-20 ($66 / year)
| #26 Florial, Estevan | Brad Brenneman | Drafted 120th
| #27 Lewis, Royce | Brad Brenneman | Minor League Roster
| #28 Taveras, Leody | Shon McCullough | Minor League Roster
| #29 Gore, MacKenzie | Brad Brenneman | Minor League Roster
| #30 Puk, A.J. | Zack Peters | Minor League Roster
| #31 Kingery, Scott | Brad Brenneman | Minor League Roster
| #32 Hiura, Keston | Jeff Kelm | Minor League Roster
| #33 Soroka, Mike | Shon McCullough | Minor League Roster
| #34 Meadows, Austin | Stephen Boviall | Minor League Roster
| #35 Gordon, Nick | Andy Coak | Minor League Roster
| #36 Alfaro, Jorge | Stephen Boviall | Drafted 79th
| #37 McKenzie, Triston | Stephen Boviall | Minor League Roster
| #38 Adell, Jo | Brad Brenneman | Minor League Roster
| #39 Greene, Hunter | Tyler Kluge | Minor League Roster
| #40 Hansen, Alec | Free Agent | ---
| #41 Alvarez, Yadier | Free Agent | ---
| #42 Wright, Kyle | Rob Jones | Drafted 69th
| #43 Calhoun, Willie | Brad Brenneman | 2yr-19 ($63 / year)
| #44 Kelly, Carson | Jon Jones | 2yr-19 ($63 / year)
| #45 Wentz, Joey | Free Agent | ---
| #46 Medina, Adonis | Free Agent | ---
| #47 Cease, Dylan | Shon McCullough | Minor League Roster
| #48 Quantrill, Cal | Andy Coak | Minor League Roster
| #49 Harrison, Monte | Jeff Kelm | Minor League Roster
| #50 Morejon, Adrian | Free Agent | ---
| #51 Adams, Chance | Jeff Michaud | Minor League Roster
| #52 Baez, Michel | Jon Jones | Drafted 83rd
| #53 Perez, Franklin | Andy Coak | Minor League Roster
| #54 Ruiz, Keibert | Free Agent | ---
| #55 Robert, Luis | Tyler Kluge | Minor League Roster
| #56 Sierra, Magneuris | Free Agent | ---
| #57 Sheffield, Justus | Zack Peters | Minor League Roster
| #58 Alford, Anthony | Andy Coak | Drafted 93rd
| #59 Trammell, Taylor | Tyler Kluge | Minor League Roster
| #60 Sanchez, Jesus | Free Agent | ---
| #61 Ramos, Heliot | Jon Jones | Drafted 71st
| #62 Gohara, Luiz | Tyler Kluge | 4yr-21 ($69 / year)
| #63 Barreto, Franklin | Jon Jones | 2yr-19 ($63 / year)
| #64 Jones, Jahmai | Free Agent | ---
| #65 Mountcastle, Ryan | Stephen Boviall | Drafted 67th
| #66 Anderson, Ian | Free Agent | ---
| #67 Flaherty, Jack | Jeff Michaud | Drafted 44th
| #68 Kilome, Franklyn | Free Agent | ---
| #69 May, Dustin | Free Agent | ---
| #70 Alcantara, Sandy | Shon McCullough | Drafted 28th
| #71 Kieboom, Carter | Free Agent | ---
| #72 Hays, Austin | Stephen Boviall | Drafted 56th
| #73 Diaz, Yusniel | Free Agent | ---
| #74 Urias, Luis | Jeff Kelm | Minor League Roster
| #75 Matias, Seuly | Free Agent | ---
| #76 Romero, Seth | Free Agent | ---
| #77 Pint, Riley | Jeff Kelm | Minor League Roster
| #78 Groome, Jason | Stephen Boviall | Minor League Roster
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