Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:42 am
Exciting finish in Premier, as Spider 67 and padrenurgle1/Plaguemaries each swept their final series and tied in overall wins and head-to-head wins, with Spider 67 winning on run differential.
For those who don't seek out the separate league pages, highlights were as follows:
PREMIER DIVISION
94-68 Spider 67 (won on tie breaker)
94-68 padrenurgle1/Plaguemarines
90-72 thisisray
85-77 jodynadu
78-84 tcochran/Sugar Kings - to AAA next season
45-117 unctarheel/Nothings - to AAA next season *
* Team available for next season
Team results in Premier showed a notable improvement in pitching from the previous season, just as in MLB, with team OPS of .699 (vs. .706 in MLB), and ERA/WHIP of 3.80/1.21 (vs. 3.96/1.27). 207 HR/team was the team batting highlight (vs. 174 in MLB).
Individual highlights included Vladimir Guerrero winning the batting title at only .296 and MVP Shohei Ohtani leading in OPS at only .851, with closer Daniel Bard earning the CYA with 35 saves. This was apparently not a great division for superstars!
AAA DIVISION
101-61 jflatour99 - to Premier next season
96-66 padrenurgle1/Horrors - to Premier next season
92-70 ironwill1
77-85 jmlopp/Warriors
65-97 baseball cfo/Launderers - to AA next season
55-107 unctarheel - to AA next season
Team pitching was also much improved in AAA, with team OPS of .714 and ERA/WHIP of 3.99/1.29. HR/team fell, too, to 183.
MVP Jose Altuve was whe clear favorite, with the batting title at .350 and leading the league in runs (125), hits (211), doubles (47), and RBIs (134), while only Paul Goldschmidt beat him in HRs, at 49. Hayden Wesneski won the CYA with an 18-5 record.
AA DIVISION
100-62 oldmansmith2 - to AAA next season
92-70 rant - to AAA next season
90-72 Terry101
83-79 jmlopp/Mafia
81-81 baseball cfo/Vegetarianos
40-122 tcochran/Bums
Pitching also improved a bit in AA this time around, with team OPS of .700, ERA/WHIP of 3.85/1.23, and 190 HR/team.
Aaron Judge won MVP with 66 HRs, 138 runs, 158 RBIs, and OPS of 1.025, while Justin Verlander won the CYA witn a record of 17-6.