2010 Season Recap @ the All-Star Break

It's been quite the first half of the season for ThaGreenMonster Dynasty League. We've seen three or four teams fighting it out for the top spot in the standings. While a few teams have certainly fallen behind, there's still plenty of time to turn things around and make a push for the playoffs.

Here's a look at the first half standings:



If the playoffs started today, the Homestead Grays and the Starcity Arms would receive first round byes.

First-Round Playoff Matchups would look as follows:

(3) S.S. Express vs. (6) The Screwballs
(4) YBombers vs. (5) The Degenerates

However, a lot can change in the second half! Let's take a closer look at some of the stats to see how the teams got to this point so far:

It's no coincidence that when you sort the teams by the order of Total Games Played, they are ranked similarly to the Total Standings. Bottom feeders, the Master Batters and the Black Sox are well behind the pace of other teams.

This pace affects all the counting stats, and it's no surprise that the Black Sox are so far behind. With more than 100 less games played than our league leader, and close to 50 games less than the team in 9th (Master Batters), the Black Sox clearly need to do a better job of setting their lineup. Not surprisingly, either the Black Sox or the Master Batters are dead last in 6 out of 8 scoring categories.

On the pitching side of things..

.. the S.S. Express are again out in front, leading the league in Innings Pitched. Remember that there is an IP limit of 1500 for the regular season. A slightly shocking outlier here is the fact that The Degenerates are last in the league in Innings Pitched but are currently sitting in 5th place in the Total Standings.

In terms on Win/Loss records, the Homestead Grays (79-40), the Starcity Arms (71-48), WinOrLoseHitTheBooze (83-53) and The Degenerates (69-43) are leading the way. Despite leading the league in Innings Pitched, the S.S. Express are a very mediocre 70-74 at this point.

The YBombers have plenty more saves than anyone else in the league with 108 to date. S.S. Express is 2nd with 82 saves. YET, the S.S. Express have 6 more Blown Saves than the YBombers.

The Starcity Arms lead the league with a whopping 17 CG's and 8 SO's. They can thank Roy Halladay and Felix Hernandez for the majority of those.

Now let's break down the ERA's and WHIP's. Click here for the table with the math.

ERA Leaders: Homestead Grays (3.05), Starcity Arms (3.17), and The Degenerates (3.46)

ERA Losers: Black Sox (4.48), Master Batters (4.28), S.S. Express (4.12) and WinOrLoseHitTheBooze (4.12)

WHIP Leaders: The Degenerates (1.19), Homestead Grays (1.20), and Starcity Arms (1.22)

WHIP Losers: Black Sox (1.40), Master Batters (1.37), and 4 teams tied (1.32).