NASBL Round 3/4 Draft Order

The draft order for rounds 3 and 4 of the 2016 NASBL Rookie / FA Draft will be:


1.  GCG
2.  DFW
3.  VFS
4.  GRK
5.  LVI
6.  LCC
7.  SPL
8.  OJW
9.  PCM
10. TRY
11. SPR
12. CCC
13. ECN
14. ILL
15. SHA
16. SBU


Some FA Money Highlights:


-GRK earned the coveted $3K "best record for a non-playoff team" award.  LCC earned the slightly less coveted $2K for "2nd best record for a non-playoff team."


-ECN, SPL, and GRK each earned $500 for having a road winning percentage better than their home winning percentage.  TRY and CCC each missed the award by the tiniest of margins, as each team had identical home/road splits.  And in what was either an impressive display of non-tanking morality or an even more impressive display of overall team futility, VFS clinched the worst overall record in the league despite a home record 124 points better than their road record.


-A deep SPL squad earned $350 in All-Star awards (5 All-Stars, plus a bonus for having the most All-Stars in the league.)


-SPL's always-on-base approach earned them another $50 award when Miguel Cabrera grounded into a league-leading double plays, narrowly edging out Jonathan Lucroy of SPL.


-Aroldis Chapman's work as a closer may have been leakier than his garage, but his league-leading 10 blown saves earned SPR a $50 FA Money bonus.


-ECN's Corey Kluber brought home $100 for his Cy Young award, then another $100 for leading the league in wins and setting a new league record for W's.


-PCM's Max Scherzer led the league in K's for a 2nd consecutive year, backing up his 317 in 2014 with 300 more in 2015.

SPURS CAPTURES 3RD TITLE

DFW wins NASBL Crown!

Below are images of this year's World Series.

A- Jason Heyward throws out Mike Trout at the   plate in the bottom of the 5th.  Heyward then got the GWH in the Top of the 10th with a 2-run double!

B-  Andrew McCutchen blast a 1st inning 2- run Homer!

C-  Garrett Richard's fires a 1 hit Shut Out!

D-  Devon Mesoraco drives in 3 run including a pair of insurance runs with a 2 run shot in the bottom of 8th!

E-  Set up man turned Closer Joe Smith collects 3 saves for the series.

       A- Game 1                  B-  Game 2               C-  Game  3        D-  Game 4                 E

          
 

The Spurs caught fire at the right time this season.  They won a 1 game Play Off game .vs SPL to see who won the division. Then sweep SPL in the LFCS, and finished it off sweeping the defending champs ECN in the World Series!
It was truly a dream season!


Manager Red Robbins standing next to the NASBL Crown!  


                                            

NASBL 2016 Master Draft Order

With the DFW Spurs having clinched the 16th overall draft slot, the 2016 Master Draft order is now complete.




1.  VFS
2.  TRY
3.  LVI
4.  SPR
5.  GCG
6.  SHA
7.  CCC
8.  PCM
9.  LCC
10. GRK
11. SBU
12. OJW
13. SPL
14. ILL
15. ECN
16. DFW

The Spurs take out the broom and sweep!

DFW wins the first 4 games and sweeps EdCouch to prevent a back to back for the New Potatoes.

The New Potatoes GM says they are busy working on the new season, with the goal of a 3rd WS appearance.
In related news, EdCouch makes their first trade of the year sending stud reliever (they really didn't want to give him up ) Ken Giles to trader Jack for Inglesas to sure up the SS position.  Rumer has it that more trades are in the works for the New Potatoes to reach their goals,  stay tuned!

Greeting!!

To all NASBL Managers--

I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!  
May 2016 bring you--
     -Health
     -Happiness
     -Prosperity
     -And a Good Draft!
                                               Red/DFW         
   

The NASBL just finished its 30th season!
We might not be the longest running SOM 
league, but we are sure run like we are!
Doing the next year "My 2 cents"  will 
print some history how we got started.   

Mid Season trades help boost DFW!

Dallas Morning News--
     The Spurs made 1 major move at the trade deadline which has turned out to be a 'Homerun'.  Trading youth for help this season they acquired relief pitcher Cody Allen, veteran OF'er Jason Werth and set up man Dan Otero.

•   Cody Allen in 25 games pitched 25 innings with an e.ra of 2.81 for DFW.
  
  •   Jason Werth in 34 games hit .330!

 
  Dan Otero in 28 games pitched 50 in with an e.ra of 0.90!

All three were major contributors down the stretch to help DFW win the LF West Division, and the LFCLS against a very tough SPL team!

202!

On September 3, 2015, Outlaw's Tim Hudson strode into Grundy County's Grand Canyon Natural Field with a career record of 199 wins and 153 losses.  Nine innings later he strode out as NASBL's first pitcher to reach 200 wins in the modern era!  Hudson went on to beat Shawnee in front of the hometown fans for win number 201 and Georgia on the road for 202.  He finishes his 2015 season at 14-10.  In 16 years the NASBL career wins leader has compiled a 202-155 record, each and every win for the Outlaw Josey Wales.

Other Tim Hudson career accomplishments:

2000 Tastes Great Cy Young award.

First place all-time homeruns for a pitcher (2), innings pitched (3160), and games started (449).

Second place all-time with 21 shutouts.  Passed former career leaders Randy Johnson and Roy Halladay this year but was leapfrogged in 2015 by Zack Greinke.  Also second place all-time with 131 complete games.

Sixth place all-time in strikeouts  (2037).

Seventh or eighth place (TBD) all-time in ERA (3.98).

Year	Team	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	K	ERA
2000	OJW	14	4	0.778	21	21	8	1	160	149	3.94
2001	OJW	17	7	0.708	32	32	9	2	228.3	194	4.10
2002	OJW	15	12	0.556	33	33	8	3	249	180	3.51
2003	OJW	11	14	0.440	34	34	12	0	251.3	153	4.76
2004	OJW	16	11	0.593	34	34	15	8	256.3	169	3.55
2005	OJW	7	17	0.292	27	27	6	2	178	94	5.81
2006	OJW	10	9	0.526	27	27	8	3	175.3	86	4.67
2007	OJW	9	13	0.409	32	32	2	2	193	122	5.69
2008	OJW	17	9	0.654	34	34	14	4	242.3	115	3.45
2009	OJW	8	9	0.471	21	21	7	5	135.7	62	4.25
2010	OJW	2	3	0.400	7	7	1	1	45.3	27	3.77
2011	OJW	17	13	0.567	34	34	11	7	259.3	174	3.02
2012	OJW	16	11	0.593	33	33	10	1	236.3	184	3.16
2013	OJW	17	6	0.739	28	28	8	6	208.7	111	3.54
2014	OJW	12	7	0.632	21	21	6	0	146.3	96	3.26
2015	OJW	14	10	0.583	31	31	6	2	194.7	121	3.79
Total 16		202	155	0.566	449	449	131	47	3160	2037	3.98