I was looking at the standings yesterday and noticed that all four of the teams in the Seattle system are either tied for or in sole possession of first place in their league. Here are Seattle's four levels:
ML Seattle Monarchs, 1st place, 48-25
AAA Tacoma Titans, tied for 1st place, 41-32
AA Olympia Olygarchs, 1st place, 45-28
A Kent Kings, 1st place, 51-22
Unsurprisingly, the Seattle system has the best combined record so far this year. Here are the overall standings, combining all four levels.
Adams League
Seattle, 185-107, ,634, -
Brooklyn, 164-128, .562, 21 games back (tied for lead in AAA)
Saskatoon, 146-146, .500, 39 games back (best record is AA at 39-34)
Houston, 135-157, .462, 50 games back (best record is A at 36-37)
Hickory, 126-166, .432, 59 games back (best record is AAA at 34-39)
Denver, 120-172, .411, 65 games back (best record is A at 39-34)
Zotti League
River Cities, 162-130, .555, - (best record is AAA at 41-32)
Walla Walla, 154-138, .527, 8 games back (AA and A teams in first)
Danville, 151-141, .517, 11 games back (best record is AA at 43-30)
New York, 144-158, .477, 18 games back (best record is AA at 37-36)
South Bay, 133-159, .455, 29 games back (best record is AAA and AA at 32-41)
Covington, 132-160, .452, 30 games back (AAA team in first)
I thought it was interesting how the Zotti League standings were so scrambled and close while the Adams League teams basically mimic the major league standings and there are wide separations. Obviously, minor league records don't mean squat, but I still thought it was unusual.
Yeah, it'd be interesting to see how records correlate with talent. Let's see...
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Seattle Walla Walla
Brooklyn New York
River Cities Seattle
Walla Walla River Cities
Danville Covington
Saskatoon Danville
New York Denver
Houston Brooklyn
South Bay Houston
Covington South Bay
Hickory Hickory
Denver Saskatoon
Lemme post that for reference...
Damn spacing!
ReplyDeleteSo what we're looking at is only one team's minor league record rank corresponding with it's minor league system rank.
Congratulations to Hickory for being strange and different.
Overall we have these correspondences:
Record outperforming system:
Brooklyn (by 6)
Saskatoon (by 6)
Seattle (by 2)
River Cities (by 1)
Danville (by 1)
Houston (by 1)
South Bay (by 1)
Matching ranks:
Hickory
Record underperforming system:
Walla Walla (by 3)
New York (by 5)
Covington (by 5)
Denver (by 5)
So we have two extreme overperformers and three extreme underperformers and a host of near misses.
What that tells you I couldn't begin to guess other than well...I don't know.
For what it's worth, I don't think I've ever won a minor league title, and my minor league teams rarely finish above .500.
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