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Bryan Swartz · 07-16-2009, 11:22 PM

2013 GBL TOP PROSPECTS

Aiyion(7)
Patrai(5)
Ilioupoli(5)
Nakaia(3)

2013 GBL SEASON

There was no wire-to-wire Patrai dominance this year. Nakaia got off to a 5-1 start, the best in franchise history, but then lost three straight to come back to earth. Midway through the season, it was clear parity had returned. Both former champions were tied at 15-13, with Aiyion and Nakaia just two games behind. July was anybody's to claim. By the middle of the month, Ilioupoli was two games off the lead with the other three clubs dead-locked at 21 up, 20 down. It's hard to get more even competition than that. Aiyion fell off the pace, but the Riverkings surged, leading by as many as four games. With six games left, they were sitting pretty at 8 games over .500, and with a 3-game cushion over the two-time defending champion Clerics, Nakaia needed only a decent finish to claim their first title.

Patrai made the job easy for them, not playing very well over the last week and a half, and Nakaia held them off in the most competitive season since the initial campaign. In fact, their win total was the lowest of any champion to date.

2013 GBL STANDINGS

Code:

Nakaia     34-26  --
Patrai     31-29   3
Aiyion     30-30   4
Ilioupoli  25-35   9

Patrai's pitching staff was still the best in the league(5.94 team ERA), but was not as dominant as they have been the past years with numbers less than 5 those seasons. They were still a better team than Nakaia overall. The Riverkings led the league in fielding(.916), but had only a +25 run differential: the Clerics were +124! Clearly Patrai was quite unlucky this season, and I'd expect them to return to the top of the league in 2014.
It should be noted though that Patrai does lose a significant arm this year. At 38 years old, the league's top reliever has retired: Lysandra Koukimodos, a 15th-round selection in the inaugural draft, appeared in 78 games, going for 104.2 innings and recording a fine 3.10 ERA with a 4-4 record and 13 career saves. His career VORP ranks 8th after the league's first four seasons(with 35 pitchers having recorded more innings!), and his 13 saves are more than double his closest competitor: three other pitchers have saved six games apiece. His ERA is nearly a half-run better than Quant Papafagos(3.57), the only other pitcher under 4.00. After an early-season shoulder injury forced him to miss much of this season, Lysandra decided to hang it up, and hitters around the GBL breathed a sigh of relief.

Fittingly, the GBL's award for top pitcher will be known as the Koukimodos Award from now on.

07-16-2009, 11:22 PM	#24
Bryan Swartz Major Leagues Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 457	2013 GBL TOP PROSPECTS Aiyion(7) Patrai(5) Ilioupoli(5) Nakaia(3) 2013 GBL SEASON There was no wire-to-wire Patrai dominance this year. Nakaia got off to a 5-1 start, the best in franchise history, but then lost three straight to come back to earth. Midway through the season, it was clear parity had returned. Both former champions were tied at 15-13, with Aiyion and Nakaia just two games behind. July was anybody's to claim. By the middle of the month, Ilioupoli was two games off the lead with the other three clubs dead-locked at 21 up, 20 down. It's hard to get more even competition than that. Aiyion fell off the pace, but the Riverkings surged, leading by as many as four games. With six games left, they were sitting pretty at 8 games over .500, and with a 3-game cushion over the two-time defending champion Clerics, Nakaia needed only a decent finish to claim their first title. Patrai made the job easy for them, not playing very well over the last week and a half, and Nakaia held them off in the most competitive season since the initial campaign. In fact, their win total was the lowest of any champion to date. 2013 GBL STANDINGS Code: Nakaia 34-26 -- Patrai 31-29 3 Aiyion 30-30 4 Ilioupoli 25-35 9 Patrai's pitching staff was still the best in the league(5.94 team ERA), but was not as dominant as they have been the past years with numbers less than 5 those seasons. They were still a better team than Nakaia overall. The Riverkings led the league in fielding(.916), but had only a +25 run differential: the Clerics were +124! Clearly Patrai was quite unlucky this season, and I'd expect them to return to the top of the league in 2014. It should be noted though that Patrai does lose a significant arm this year. At 38 years old, the league's top reliever has retired: Lysandra Koukimodos, a 15th-round selection in the inaugural draft, appeared in 78 games, going for 104.2 innings and recording a fine 3.10 ERA with a 4-4 record and 13 career saves. His career VORP ranks 8th after the league's first four seasons(with 35 pitchers having recorded more innings!), and his 13 saves are more than double his closest competitor: three other pitchers have saved six games apiece. His ERA is nearly a half-run better than Quant Papafagos(3.57), the only other pitcher under 4.00. After an early-season shoulder injury forced him to miss much of this season, Lysandra decided to hang it up, and hitters around the GBL breathed a sigh of relief. Fittingly, the GBL's award for top pitcher will be known as the Koukimodos Award from now on.