[IBL] Newsletter 12-09-2017

[Russell Peltz]

NEWS
-------
All results and boxscores are now in.  Thank you!

If you have not already done so, please send in your cuts and usage appeals
immediately.  You are also free to send in trades and we will begin
processing them
after cuts and usage appeals.

This year's stat champs:

AC Batting Title:  TRI Corey Seager, .340
NC Batting Title:  NYK Jean Segura, .337

AC Home Runs:  COU Ryan Braun, 42
NC Home Runs:  GTY Evan Longoria, CAN Yoenis Cespedes 41 (tie)

AC Stolen Bases:  BAL Rajai Davis, 65
NC Stolen Bases:  SNH Jonathan Villar, 63

AC OPS:  TRI Corey Seager, .944
NC OPS:  SNH Mike Trout, .996

AC Wins:  MCM Miguel Gonzalez, 24-6
NC Wins:  SEA Justin Verlander, 20-8

AC ERA:  TRI Michael Fulmer, 2.34
NC ERA:  EDG Kyle Hendricks, 3.15

AC Strikeouts:  WMS Max Scherzer, 292
NC Strikeouts:  SEA Justin Verlander, 276
IBL Strikeouts:  PHI/SEA Jose Fernandez, 336

AC Saves:  MAD Will Harris, 37
NC Saves:  SNH Addison Reed, 46

Other leaders:
NYK Jean Segura, 230 hits
SFP Kris Bryant, 142 runs
SFP Carlos Gonzalez, 129 RBI
NYK Jean Segura, 61 doubles
ODM Adam Eaton, 19 triples
SNH Mike Trout, 137 walks
SNH Jonathan Villar, 217 strikeouts
SNH Mike Trout, .448 OBA
CAN Yoenis Cespedes, .581 SLG
BOW Joey Votto, 36 Win Shares
MCM Joe Blanton, 84 games
BOW Jose Quintana, 39 games started
SEA Justin Verlander, 262.0 IP

IBL Milestones reached in 2017:
Ichiro Suzuki 3000 hits
Albert Pujols 600 homers


PLAYOFFS
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Division winners:
AC East:     TRI (#2 seed)
AC Central:  WMS
AC West:     MCM (#1 seed)
NC East:     SNH (#1 seed)
NC Central:  SFP (#2 seed)
NC West:     SEA

AC wild cards:  POR and COU

POR wins the head-to-head tiebreaker due to their 9-3 record vs. COU this
year,
and will be the home team for the AC Wild Card series.

NC wild cards:  ODM and SCS

Oaksterdam and Sparkle City have completed the NC Wild Card series, in a
tight
battle in which all four games were decided by a single run.  Sparkle City
prevailed 3 games to 1.

SCORES
SCS  3  3  3  4
ODM  4  2  2  3

Boxscores here:
http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2017-nc-wild-card-series

As the #1 seed in the NC, Southern New Hampshire may now choose to play the
Wild
Card Winner Sparkle City or the #3 seeded division winner Seattle.


DRAFT
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Thanks to Brent for administering the draft lottery.  This year's draft
order
for the 1st round and all odd numbered rounds (barring trades) will be:

1. BOW
2. EDG
3. SDQ
4. KAT
5. MAD
6. NYK
7. NJR
8. POR
9. GTY
10. PAD
11. SCS
12. CAN
13. BAL
14. SKY
15. SEA
16. SFP
17. SNH
18. MCM
19. PHI
20. WMS
21. MNM
22. TRI
23. ODM
24. COU

I will be posting the full draft order to the Almanac soon.  As soon as
cuts have
been processed I will send out a spreadsheet of available free agents with
their stats.

In the meantime, BOW is on the clock and is free to make a selection if he
wishes.


STANDINGS
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Final regular season standings.

AC East         W     L     Pct     GB     Road     Div     Conf     IP
Tri-State Traffic     98     64     0.605     --     45-36     33-21
91-59     33
Chicago Cougars     97     65     0.599     1     41-40     36-18     90-60
    24
New Jersey Riptide     73     89     0.451     25     38-43     19-35
67-83     35
Kansas Tornados     69     93     0.426     29     31-50     20-34
61-89     35

AC Central         W     L     Pct     GB     Road     Div     Conf     IP
Williamstown Thunder     90     72     0.556     --     42-39     32-22
82-68     32
Philadelphia Phantasm     82     80     0.506     8     39-42     32-22
74-76     35
Bowling Green Bandits     79     83     0.488     11     36-45     24-30
    70-80     35
Palo Alto Devils     56     106     0.346     34     28-53     20-34
47-103     34

AC West         W     L     Pct     GB     Road     Div     Conf     IP
Motor City Marauders     118     44     0.728     --     61-20     39-15
    110-40     35
Portland Raptors     97     65     0.599     21     51-30     32-22
89-61     35
Baltimore Sand Crabs     68     94     0.420     50     36-45     14-40
59-91     35
Monrovia Madness     66     96     0.407     52     31-50     23-31
60-90     35

NC East         W     L     Pct     GB     Road     Div     Conf     IP
So. NH Spectre         103     59     0.636     --     55-26     38-16
99-51     35
San Diego Quakes     78     84     0.481     25     46-35     31-23
74-76     33
Minneapolis Millers     64     98     0.395     39     36-46     23-31
58-92     34
So. KY Hilltoppers     51     111     0.315     52     25-56     16-38
48-102     35

NC Central         W     L     Pct     GB     Road     Div     Conf     IP
Santa Fe Prairie Dogs     97     65     0.599     --     47-33     32-22
    91-59     34
Sparkle City Sluggers     84     78     0.519     13     44-37     28-26
    80-70     32
Canberra Redbacks     73     89     0.451     24     38-43     25-29
67-83     31
New York Knights     64     98     0.395     33     34-47     23-31
60-90     30

NC West         W     L     Pct     GB     Road     Div     Conf     IP
Seattle Rainiers     93     69     0.574     --     45-36     32-22
90-60     29
Oaksterdam Bombers     89     73     0.549     4     42-39     27-27
87-63     30
Edgemoor Cannons     80     82     0.494     13     36-45     27-27
75-75     33
Gettysburg Generals     75     87     0.463     18     34-47     22-32
71-79     35

-Rusty
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