by joethejet » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:20 pm
Zim, well the ratings say you should be a little bit better.
Big M, FINALLY! :) ;)
Some comments:
The overalls aren't too far off with the obvious exception of AT. I don't know what to say there. His Hitting isn't too far off, but his pitching really is. Don't know if that's a function of the division he's in or what. I do note that he has outstanding D so perhaps it's playing a larger than normal part of his pitching. :?
Jeep and Zim are low. I would guess this is at least somewhat because they are good in certain parks, but not as good in others. I still wouldn't expect either team to have performed as poorly as they have however. they also have -9 and -7 one run diffs respectively. That doesn't help.
On offense, Jeep and Silver have underperformed in a big way. DT is a bit high, but most of the rest are pretty close.
On D, DT is low again (but it's interesting that his overall is right on). Here's where Zim's D is hurting.
Interesting to note whereas AT's D has probably picked up his rating more than expected, Silver's hasn't hurt him as much as would be expected. Both are above what the ratings would expect.
In the park breakdowns, things are pretty close with DT, JTJ and Smoke at the top and in playoff positions. AT is, again, the anomaly.
Overall, the ratings would say
East
Two team race with JTJ and Hawk. zim on the periphery. Jet with an advantage in more parks so the ratings would state that they would have the final advantage. Either team would still be in the WC race.
Central
Ratings would say that DT owns this division both in terms of overall and in terms of parks. Jeep *should* have given him a bit of a run, but that didn't happen.
West
The weakest Div in terms of ratings. Smoke is the ratings champ here with Stones on his heels. Both would be expected to be in the WC race due to the two "weaker" teams in the division.
Obviiously (again) AT is the outlier here that throws things off. Otherwise the ratings are pretty darn close.
So, ratings would predict the following over the last 30 games:
East - Jet holds on (if he can get his team of the DL) and pulls away a bit.
Central - DT continues to run away with it.
West - Smoke will make a run, but at this point, it will be hard to catch AT unless he just folds up his tent.
WC - Loser in the East, and Smokey are the likely contenders. Ratings would say that Keyz should fall off, but his rating isn't *that* far back.
Well, that's what the ratings say anyway.
Jet