Goofs 3, Fungoes 2

Goofs take 3 of 5 at WTF:

April 29 at WTF:

Goofs win a pitchers duel 2-1.  Tanaka and Uehara allow only 1 hit to the Fungoes while Matt Harvey and Trevor Rosenthal allow 7 hits to the Goofs.  Trout hits a 4th inning solo homerun for the Fungoes.  The Goof runs are both unearned after the Matt Carpenter error.  Tanaka the win, Harvey the loss.  Uehara picks up the save.

April 30 at WTF:

Fungoes win it 3-1.  David Price gets the win while Jacob DeGrom takes the loss.  Will Harris picks up his 9th save.  Hosmer collected 3 hits for the home team while Rougned Odor drove in 2.

July 22 at WTF:

Lucas Duda puts this one into the win column for the Goofs with a Grand Slam in the 7th leading the Goofs to a 7-2 win!  Jacob DeGrom wins the rematch with David Price.  

July 23 at WTF:

Goofs score early and often winning it 8-2.  Phil Hughes goes the distance scattering 9 hits and picks up the complete game win.  Kyle Gibson takes the loss for the Fungoes.  Matt Duffy picked up 4 hits and 2 RBIs for the Goofs.

July 24 at WTF:

Fungoes and Clayton Kershaw eek out a 4-3 win to salvage the Tweener split!  David Robertson picks up the save for the Fungoes.  Chris Heston takes the loss for the Goofs.  Kershaw improves his record to 8-2.

Zaps 3, Goofs 2

Game 1-Goofs turn two singles into a run in the first, and repeat the 
feat in the second. Kang crushed two-run shot in the top of the sixth to 
build a 4-0 lead for the visitors. Martin finally got the Zaps offense 
going in the 7th with a solo tater, and Rendon’s pinch hit, two-run 
double in the 8th pulled the home team within a run. The Goofs scratched 
out a run in the top of the 9th and Uehara slammed the door in the 9th 
to give the Supergoofs a 5-3 victory in the opener.

Game 2-Maybin led off the game with a double and Parra picked him up 
with a base knock to right to give the Goofs the early 1-0 lead. Machado 
tied it up with a solo shot in the home half of the second. In the 
third, after Parra stole a base on a blown hit & run Machado threw one 
into the stands for a 2-base error that put the SG’s back on top 2-1. 
Dickerson drove in Cutch with a  double in the bottom half of the frame 
to tie it back up 2-2.  In the 6th Dickerson blasted a shot that chased 
Tanaka and put the Zaps ahead 3-2, and the pen made it stand up to tie 
the series.

Game 3-The Goofs used a single, a double, and a sac fly to score one in 
the top of the first. Machado broke up Degrom’s no-hit bid with a 
one-out double in the fifth. Three hits, two errors, and a squeeze play 
plated three in the top of the 8th.  Degrom dominated with a complete 
game three-hitter to out duel Greinke.

Game 4-Liriano and Heston had dueling two-hitters until Cutch smashed an 
Earl Weaver special to give the Zaps a 3-0 lead in the fifth. Machado 
hit a double in the sixth and Martin’s single made it 4-0 for the good 
guys. The pen relieved Liriano in the eighth to finish the combined 
shutout.

Game 5-Greinke pitched out of a bases loaded no-out jam in the top of 
the first, and Dickerson gave the Zaps the lead in the home half with a 
solo shot. After Brandon Phillips missed a ballpark chance for a 
three-run dinger in the top of the fourth Cutch hit one out to extend 
the lead to 2-0. Moreland hit a bases-empty tater in the fifth to make 
it 3-0. Kang answered with a blast in the sixth to close the gap to 3-1. 
A Goldschmidt error allowed a run to score in the seventh after back to 
back singles. The pen took over in the eighth and sealed the deal to let 
the home team take the rubber game 3-2.

Buckeyes 3, Killer Bees 2

Buckeyes take 3 of 5 at home versus Bees.

6/17 Buckeyes 5 Bees 0

6/18 Buckeyes 4 Bees 3

6/19 Bees 4 Buckeyes 0

8/30 Bees 8 Buckeyes 5

8/31 Buckeyes 8 Bees 4

Fungoes 6, FFTs 4

May 11 at FFTs:

John Lackey and Yimi Garcia combine for a 1 hit shutout as FFTs win 4-0.  Freddy Galvis broke up the no-hit bid with a 1 out single in the 8th.  Joc Peterson hit a 2 out 3 run bomb in the bottom of the 7th for the home team!  Trevor Rosenthal took the loss for the Fungi in relief of Matt Harvey.

May 12 at FFTs:

Fungoes score 5 in the 3rd inning and cruise to a 10-3 win.  Kyle Gibson improves to 2-3 with the victory.  Gio Gonzalez takes the loss!

Trout enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He blasted a two-run home run in the 7th inning and rifled a three-run blast in the 8th inning.  

June 22 at WTF:

Jeff Samardzija holds the Fungoes to 4 hits as the FFTs win it 4-1.  David Price takes the loss.  Adam Warren gets the save for the FFTs.  Miguel Cabrera hit the only homer of the game.

June 23 at WTF:

Fungoes enter the 9th inning leading 4-0.  Extra innings ensue however as the FFTs score 4 in the top of the ninth.  FFTs win it 5-4 in 12 innings.  Adam Warren gets the win in relief for the FFTs while Trevor Rosenthal takes the loss for the Fungoes.  

June 24 at WTF:

Fungoes win this one 5-4.  Kyle Gibson gets the win while Gio Gonzalez takes the loss for the FFTs.  Wil Harris picks up the save for the Fungoes.

August 3 at FFTs:

Kershaw holds the FFTs down as the Fungoes win it 5-3.  John Lackey takes the loss.  Kershaw improves to 7-2.  David Robertson picks up a save for the Fungoes.  Daniel Murphy homered and Mike Trout collected 4 hits for the Fungoes.

August 4 at FFTs:

David Price goes the distance allowing only 4 hits.  However he picks up the hard luck loss as the FFTs and Gio Gonzalez, Yimi Garcia and Adam Warren shut out the Fungoes winning it 1-0.  Price strikes out 11 batters but allows a solo shot to Miguel Cabrera and that was all of the scoring in this one!

August 5 at FFTs:

Fungoes break out to an early 8-0 lead and hang on to win it 9-3.  Lance McCullers improves to 2-1 with the win while Lance Lynn takes the loss for the FFTs.  Carpenter, Trout, Odor and Beltre all homered in the contest.

September 4 at WTF:

Seesaw match the Fungoes finally win 8-6.  Trout and Daniel Murphy both homer for the home team.  Neither starter is around for the decision as Yimi Garcia takes the loss in relief of John Lackey while Trevor Rosenthal gets credit for the win in relief of Lance McCullers.  Wil Harris picks up his 8th save for the Fungoes.

September 5 at WTF:

Fungoes get to Yimi Garcia again in relief as Roberto Perez hits the 3 run blast to complete the comeback win as the Fungoes win it 4-3.  Wil Harris picked up the win in relief for the Fungoes.  Garcia takes the loss.

Deadline for Games Played

The first deadline is 40 games played by the end of May.

The proposal that passed at the draft looks like this for 2016:

June 5 - 40 games played
July 3 - 65
August 7 - 90
September 4 - 115
October 2 - 140
November 6 - 162

Each date is the first Sunday of each month. If that's too hard to remember, just aim for the last day of the month (like we've been doing) and be grateful there are still a few days grace before the deadline hits.

Warpigs 3, FFTs 0

A Mother's Day 3-game sweep by the visiting Warpigs at The Grove. All games played via TeamViewer.

4/19 - Pigs win 4-0. Tyler Duffey (2-1) shackled the FFTs in the complete game shutout. Duffey allowed only 2 hits and 2 walks, striking out 9. Prince Fielder homered for the Pigs. Lance Lynn (5-5) went the distance in the loss.

4/20 - Pigs win 3-2. A.J. Pollock hit a 3-run homer in the top of the 1st inning. For the FFTs, J.T. Realmuto answered with a 2-run, 2-out triple in the bottom of the 2nd, but those were the only runs either team scored in the game. Mike Leake (4-0) went 7.1 for the win. Darren O'Day earned his 3rd save. Jeff Samardzija (5-7) took the loss.

4/21 - Pigs win 8-5. Jarrett Parker brought in the go-ahead run in the top of the 9th with a sacrifice fly. The Pigs led 5-3 going into the bottom of the 8th, but Josh Reddick pinch hit a 2-run homer off of Antonio Bastardo to tie the game. In the top of the 9th, singles by Yadier Molina and Ian Kinsler put runners at the corners with nobody out. Parker brought Molina home with the sac fly, but the Pigs weren't done. A.J. Pollock doubled, and Jake Peavy came in to squeeze another run home. He managed to beat the bunt out for a single. Andrelton Simmons then scored Pollock with another sac fly. Pedro Strop (2-1) got the win in relief. Drew Pomeranz did what Bastardo could not and got Reddick out to earn his 1st save of the year. Danny Duffy (0-7) took the loss.

Fungoes 3, Buckeyes 2

Fungoes take 3 of 5 at Buckeyes

May 19: Buckeyes 10 Fungoes 3

May 20: Fungoes 5 Buckeyes 3

August 12: Buckeyes 5 Fungoes 4 (11 Innings)

August 13: Fungoes 4 Buckeyes 1

August 14: Fungoes 8 Buckeyes 6

Tweeners 4, Buckeyes 1

Tweeners take 4 out of 5 versus Buckeyes

6/25 Tweeners 3 Buckeyes 1

6/26 Tweeners 6 Buckeyes 0

9/6 Buckeyes 7 Tweeners 5

9/7 Tweeners 6 Buckeyes 4

9/8 Tweeners 11 Buckeyes 10 (13 innings)

Tweeners 4, Buckeyes 1

Tweeners take 4 of 5 at home vs. Buckeyes.

5/13 – Tweeners 8, Buckeyes 5.  The NORM TWEENERS bested the GLENN Buckeyes by a 8 to 5 score at The Hoover

Dome.

NORM scored 3 runs in the decisive bottom of the 7th inning with the help of 6

hits.  The biggest moment was provided by Chris Colabello who excited the

crowd when he hit a single bringing in two baserunners.  It was roller

coaster of a game as the lead change hands 5 times. 

Felix Hernandez(1-0) went 7 innings allowing 5 runs for the victory. Carson

Smith got the save, his 1st.  Vincent Velasquez(2-1) was given the loss in

relief.  NORM knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 3 runs in 2 and 1/3

innings.  Kevin Pillar (1e2) committed a 2 base error on the first play of the game, but would thereafter atone by hitting .588 for the series.

5/14 – Tweeners 6, Buckeyes 3.  The NORM TWEENERS bested the GLENN Buckeyes by a 6 to 3 score at The Hoover

Dome.

NORM jumped on top of GLENN in the bottom of the 4th inning scoring one runner

on 2 hits.  After an out was recorded, Zack Cozart drew a walk.  After

another out, Nolan Arenado stepped in and he lined a single.  Kevin Pillar

then ripped a single scoring the run.  NORM totaled 11 hits on the night, including homers by Springer and Cruz.  Bour homered for the visitors.

The win was credited to Sonny Gray(1-0) who went 6 and 2/3 innings allowing 3

runs. Andrew Chafin recorded the save, his 1st.  The losing pitcher was J.A.

Happ(2-10).  He was unable to control the NORM offense and allowed 11 hits

and 3 walks in 8 innings.  

5/15 – Tweeners 5, Buckeyes 4 (13 inn.).  Kevin Pillar had 3 base hits at The Hoover Dome as the NORM TWEENERS beat the

GLENN Buckeyes in 13 innings 5 to 4.

The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings.  Finally, NORM prevailed

in the 13th inning.  Nolan Arenado cracked a solo homerun making NORM

victorious to the delight of the home town crowd.  NORM managed 10 hits

in their victory.  

Andrew Chafin(1-0) went 1 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the victory.  Tweeners hurlers walked only 2 batters while fanning 22.

The loss was charged to Trevor Bauer(3-8).  He pitched 12+ innings and

surrendered 10 hits and 6 walks. Much like the night before Christmas, not a creature was stirring in the visitors’ bullpen.

8/6 – Tweeners 5, Buckeyes 3.  In a two run game the NORM TWEENERS got by the GLENN Buckeyes by the score of

5 to 3.

NORM promptly took the lead in their half of the first scoring 3 runners on 3

hits.  The biggest moment was provided by Nelson Cruz who came through for

the home fans when he lifted one out of the park for a two run home run.

NORM finished with just 6 hits in the victory.  

Felix Hernandez(2-0) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory. Carson

Smith recorded his 2nd save.  Trevor Bauer(3-9) absorbed another complete game loss.  He was

touched for 3 homeruns in his 8 innings of work.  

8/7 – Buckeyes 5, Tweeners 2.  Designated hitter Chris Carter homered and had 4 RBI and Anthony Desclafani

pitched a complete game at The Hoover Dome where the GLENN Buckeyes beat the

NORM TWEENERS 5 to 2 to avoid the series sweep.

Carter had a big day with his bat, obviously pissed off about being unceremoniously dumped by his former team.  He doubled scoring a run in the 1st

inning, doubled resulting in a run in the 3rd inning and smashed a two-run

homer in the 7th inning.  “If he had shown any indication of such ability in spring training he might still be a Tweener.  Where was that shit when he was with us?” wondered Tweeners’ skipper George Brett.  “He didn’t do that much for us all of last year.”  GLENN had 11 hits for the afternoon.

Desclafani(4-4) got the victory, allowing 2 runs for the game. Robbie Ray(0-1)

ended up with the loss.  He was unable to control the GLENN offense (read: Chris F. Carter) and

allowed 10 hits and 4 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.  

Zaps 8, FFTs 2

Scherzer dominated winning four games. 

Game 1-Scherzer was dominate giving up three hits with not walks through the 7^th, and the Zaps bats plated four in the sixth and three in the eighth to take the opener 7-1

 Game 2-In a slugfest HAL left Gio Gonzalez surrendered seven runs in the first four innings. Cole Hamels only lasted five, but the pen was able to stop the Fan Fucking Tastics rally short for a 8-6 win. Goldschmidt led the Zaps with three ribbies.

 Game 3-The Fan Fucking Tastics scored a run in the top of the first off three hits, but the home team came right back with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Samardzja, Scherzer, and the bullpens threw goose eggs the rest of the way.

 Game 4-The Zaps scored three in the home half of the second powered by taters from Goldie and Moreland, but the FFT’s came right back in the top of the third with two of their own on two-run double by Guyer, a Tulo solo shot in the fourth, and a RBI single by Miggie in the fifth to put the out of towners ahead. Lackey settled down until the seventh when Martin’s double scored Moreland from first to tie it, and Cesar Hernandez doubled in Russell from second to give the good guys the lead. The Zap pen sealed the deal for a 5-4 victory.

 Game 5-The Zaps scored early on Gio again to take a 3-2 lead into the final from, but Goins reached third on an x-chart single and error on Piscotty in right and Beltre single through the drawn in infield tied it up. Cesar Hernandez and Colby Rasmus led off the home half of the final frame with back to back doubles to win it for the Zaps. 

Game 6-Bautista opened the scoring with a solo shot in the third. Machado added another in the fourth. Scherzer did the rest with a  complete game, four-hit, eleven K shutout.

Game 7-Goldie smacked a three-run shot in the first, and back-to-back errors by Miggie and Guyer led to three more runs in the second inning. Gio issued three walks in the third that keyed a six-run inning. The Fan Fucking Tastics scored six the rest of the way, but the damage was done.

Game 8-Corey Dickerson hit a two-run shot in the first off Lynn, and the Zaps stayed ahead until the 9^th. Rivero blew the lead loading the bases to set up Cano’s two-run double that won it for the home team.

 Game 9-The Zaps used two hits and a walk to plate a couple of runs in the home half of the first. Realmute hit a tater in the 3^rd to get the Fan Fucking Tastics on the board, but Dickerson doubled in Cutch in the bottom half of the inning to get the lead back to two. Lackey fell apart in the fifth giving up three runs and Duffy came in out of the pen. Scherzer continued his domination in the series giving up only three hits in seven innings of one run work.

Game 10-The Fan Fucking Tastics plated one run in the first and another in the second to take the early lead, but the Zaps scored back to back runs in the fourth and fifth to tie it. Logan Forsythe hit a two-run double in the seventh. Machado hit a late tater to get the Zaps within one, but Warren sealed the deal in the ninth.

Warpigs 3, DVs 1

Using TeamViewer, the Pigs and DVs played a quick 4 games with no snags. Well, the DVs had version 10 and had to upgrade to version 11, but that took only a minute.

All games played at the BallPork.

April 15 - DVs win 3-2 in 11 innings. Brandon Moss brought home the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, making a winner of Alex Colome (3-0). Antonio Bastardo (1-1) took the loss. Dexter Fowler homered for the DVs; Ian Kinsler hit one for the Warpigs.

April 16 - Warpigs win 9-0. Mike Leake (3-0) scattered 6 hits and 1 walk for the complete game shutout. Francisco Cervelli went 4-4, and both Prince Fielder and Jake Lamb homered for the Pigs. Lamb's was a 3-run shot to wrap up an 8-run 3rd inning. Nathan Eovaldi (2-8) took the loss.

April 17 - Warpigs win 10-6. The Pigs had 16 hits, including 3 each by A.J. Pollock, Lorenzo Cain, and Ian Kinsler. Jake Peavy (1-0) went 6.2 innings in his first start of the year. Stephen Strasburg (5-6) took a beating for the DVs.

April 18 - Warpigs win 2-1 in 10 innings. Kyle Hendricks and Garrett Richards squared off, matching each other out for out as the game was knotted 0-0 after 9. The DVs finally broke thru in the top of the 10th with a run squeezed home. The Pigs answered in the bottom of the inning with 2 runs, the final run coming on a 1-out double by A.J. Pollock. Bartolo Colon (5-5) took the loss in relief. Drew Pomeranz (1-1) got the win.

Zaps 6, Buckeyes 1

Zaps take 6 of 7 at Buckeyes.

5/30 Zaps 10 Buckeyes 1

5/30 Zaps 5 Buckeyes 4

5/31 Zaps 3 Buckeyes 1

6/1 Zaps 8 Buckeyes 7

9/12 Zaps 2 Buckeyes 0

9/13 Buckeyes 5 Zaps 4

9/14 Zaps 6 Buckeyes 4

Fungoes 4, Buckeyes 1

Fungoes win 4 of 5 vs Buckeyes at WTF:

4/7

Buckeyes score 3 in the first and never look back winning it 5-1.  Coghlan bangs out 4 hits, including a homerun!  Bour also homers for the Bucks!  Trout accounts for the lone Fungo run with his 5th homerun!  Kyle Gibson takes the loss.  J A Happ improves to 3-9 with the victory for the Buckeyes!

4/8

Clayton Kershaw throws a masterpiece allowing the Buckeyes just 2 hits over 8 2/3 innings.  Will Harris gets the last out for his 3rd save of the season.  Trevor Bauer takes the hard luck loss allowing just 1 run on 7 hits.  Matt Carpenter homered for the lone Fungo run!  Fungoes win it 1-0.

4/9

David Price out-dueled Patrick Corbin as the Fungoes win a close one 3-2.  Price struck out 12 Buckeye batters in 8 2/3 innings.  Will Harris picked up the save for the Fungoes.  Ryan Zimmerman and Matt Carpenter hit back to back homers in the 4th for the Fungoes.  Evan Gattis homered for the Buckos!

6/30

Fungoes blow open a close game with a 5-spot in the 5th inning.  Napoli hits a 3 run blast to complete the scoring!  Fungoes win it 6-2.  Patrick Corbin takes the loss while Kyle Gibson picks up the win. 

7/1

Fungoes break out to a 6-0 lead and hold on to win it 8-2.  Lance McCullers picks up the win for the Fungoes.  Desclafani takes the loss.  Will Harris picks up a 5 out save for the home team.  

Draft Data

We drafted 221 players at the 2016 NASOMA Draft. Of those, 189 were taken in the regular draft; 32 more were selected in the Lightning Round. We drafted 111 pitchers, 97 hitters, and 13 uncarded players.

And there was a "first" for the NASOMA Draft (as far as I can remember): There were ZERO passes - not even by the Mavs who ALWAYS pass their last 2 picks. It was close to not happening, though. The Bees were all set to pass on their last 2 picks before trading them away. And the Goofs had to be talked into using their last 2 picks. They, naturally, ended up keeping one of them.

The earliest a player was drafted and then cut was #146 (Phil Gosselin by the Warpigs). The latest a player was drafted and then kept was #205 (Carlos Ruiz by the Buckeyes).

Of the 32 players taken in the Lightning Round, 4 made it onto the final rosters (1 each by the DVs, FFTs, Buckeyes, and Tweeners).

And maybe because there were 3 weeks of games between roster cut-down and the draft, there were 23 protected players who were later cut post-draft. In fact, every team except the Zaps, Wahoos, Goofs, and Inmates cut at least 1 player who had been protected pre-draft. The Fungoes, FFTs, Tweeners, and Sidewinders each cut three players they had protected.

Here are the numbers...

Number of Protected Players Pre-Draft
Uncarded - 9
Hitters - 205
Pitchers - 142
Total - 356

Number of Protected Players Who Were Cut Post-Draft
Uncarded - 0
Hitters - 13
Pitchers - 10
Total - 23

Number of Players Drafted
Uncarded - 13
Hitters - 97
Pitchers - 111
Total - 221

Number of Drafted Players Who Were Cut Post-Draft
Uncarded - 0
Hitters - 21
Pitchers - 20
Total - 41

Final Rosters
Uncarded - 22 (All 22 on Reserve)
Hitters - 268 (2 on Reserve)
Pitchers - 223 (9 on Reserve)
Total - 513 (33 on reserve)

Almost Perfect

This past winter, the Driller Dude offered Maikel Franco to the Wahoos for Jake Arrieta. The Wahoos, of course, declined. DD later traded Franco to the Killer Bees for the 2nd pick in the 2016 Draft. With that pick, the Drillers selected Michael Conforto.

In the first meeting of the year between the Wahoos and Drillers, Arrieta had a perfect game with 1 out in the 9th, but the bid for perfection ended on a pinch hit homer by... Conforto.

Conforto homers to end Arrieta's perfect game with 1 out in the 9th.

Zaps 5, Buckeyes 2

Game 1-Nelson couldn’t finish the first inning before HAL yanked him. The Zaps built 6-0 lead after three and held on for a 6-3 victory despite seven innings of shutout relief from Iglesias. 

Game 2- Russell Martin’s three run tater in the 4th allowed Greinke to pitch through seven with a 4-0 lead. Carlos Rodon promptly gave it all back in the eighth and ninth only to see Blanco and Hernandez hit back-to-back doubles in the 9th to salvage a 5-4 win. Happ went the distance in defeat.  

Game 3-The Buckeyes scored three in the first off Scherzer led by Gennett’s two-run triple, and never looked back. Bauer stifled the Zap bats on the way to a 6-1 triumph. 

Game 4-Manny Machado hit a three-run home run in the first to put the home team ahead, and cranked a two-run shot in the eighth to stop the Buckeye rally that started with Trevor Plouffe’s three-run homer in the top of the frame as the Zaps won 7-3. 

Game 5-Mitch Moreland hit two two-run homers off Desclafani in the first three innings and the Zaps never looked back in an 8-1whitewash of the visitors. 

Game 6-Scherzer had it on cruise control until the Buckeyes hit two solo shots in the seventh. First round draft pick Travis Shaw drove in three runs to power the Zap offense to a 7-2 W. 

Game 7-Jimmy Nelson bent but refused to break as he limited the Zaps to two runs which was enough to back up Christ Carter’s two-run tater and poor fielding from Travis Shaw as the out of towners took the getaway game.

Transactions Made at the Draft

The Warpigs traded R.A. Dickey to the Nads for pick 71.
The DVs traded pick 5 to the Fungoes for pick 40, a reserve, a 2017 1st, and a 2017 3rd.
The Warpigs traded Justin Morneau to the Killer Bees for picks 130 and 146.
The Buckeyes traded Matt Moore to the Sidewinders for their 2017 7th.

How About My Team For Yours?

I got several responses from the question, "Which roster would you trade your roster for?"  Some were even actual answers. Others debated between the desire to win now vs the rosters built for the long haul. And a couple of owners admitted they wouldn't trade their rosters for anybody else's - and who could blame them?

Turns out it's not an easy answer. Consider these teams...

Zaps - Goldschmidt, Machado, Bautista, McCutchen, Rendon, Kluber, Greinke, Scherzer, Giles...

Fungoes - Trout, Kershaw, Betts, Lindor, Sal Perez, Hosmer, Carpenter, Harvey, Price...

Rhinos - Bryant, Votto, Syndergaard, Cole, Archer, Braun, AGordon, Jansen...

Those names make up just the nucleus of those teams. They have plenty of talent and depth beyond those guys. And that's not even including the young, talented rosters of the Sidewinders (who were mentioned more than once as the most likely team to win in 2016), the Mavs (with Harper and Correa... definitely something brewing in Mavland), and the DVs (boy, if they only had pitching... and a different manager).

But the results from the votes are:

1. Zaps with 5 votes
2. Fungoes with 4 votes
3. Rhinos with 3 votes

Transactions

The DVs traded Cory Spangenberg to the Warpigs for Yasmany Tomas.

Drafting Strategy Help

The Driller Dude gets some assistance to prepare for the 2016 Draft