This is, by a wide margin, the best, deepest and most dominant offense in IBL history.
Obviously Chavez's .406 jumps out, and it should, but there's 81 games left so we'll temper the excitement. Hudson is 'quietly' having an MVP season. Grueter, after a bad start, is raking, and driving in big runs. Earl Shaw continues to mash (though Swagat is beyond ready to be recalled, and I am unsure of what to do). Castro, Cruz and Miranda are all mashing. Shane Jackson is having a 'down' year, with just 1 HR after 4 straight 20+ homer seasons. Alex Vela is certainly picking up the slack.
If Will Battle gets a shot he's going to be a machine in the leadoff spot.
On the pitching side it's more of the same. A rotation deep from 1 to 5. Andy Morgan's having a very weird season, with an ERA above 5 but leading the league in K's. Trujillo just wins, sometimes not pretty, sometimes the hard way, but he wins and this year it's coming together.
Rob Bright is starting to find his way, and pitching very well and the pen 'feels' like it's solid.
I never in a million years would have guessed Ernesto Cruz would A) Still be closing B) and doing it at such a high level.
Cisco Casas is a K machine, best arm I've ever had, and hopefully ready to slide into that role though Davenport could be a legitimate option.
In the minors we are continuing along with the player development machine. Asiman Swagat is still just 20, and clearly ready to be an IBL DH. He's nowhere near ready defensively.
13 of the IBL's top 100 prospects reside in our system and they're all over the mound, and field.
