Now for the other half. This came out later than I hoped due to Internet issues.
QUEENS NOBLES- Citi Field, Queens, NY
SPRING TRAINING PREDICTIONS: 92-70, 1st in Northeast
Team owner Pat Willis knows the Nobles will have to compete for the division crown, so he's pretty lenient and wants a somewhat successful team.
That might be what he gets this year, as CF Edward Deakin ranks 3rd in that position. LF Danny Soria and P Michael Gonzalez are also projected to be fantastic players.
On the mound, the aforementioned Gonzalez leads the starters, while MR Brian Doney and CL Brad Meszaros lead the bullpen.
The team's top prospect is P Eric Lyden, who is ranked 43rd.
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VIRGINIA BEACH CAPTAINS- Harbor Park, Norfolk, VA
SPRING TRAINING PREDICTIONS: 82-80, 5th in Northeast
Even though the Captains play in Norfolk, they "represent all of coastal Virginia." Owner Robby Newell wants this team to win, but his GM, Carlos Nunez, will have a tough time completing that goal.
Their best players are Eker Auerbacher (a 2B with only 4/5 stars, ranked 8th in league), LF Steve Humphreys, and 1B Nick Rivas.
Kali Tirranna and Ainanani Adamczak (I made the league a lot more internationally diverse) are the top starters, and Mike Waters and CL Jeff Harrington lead the bullpen.
Ranked 2nd on the Prospects list is
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WASHINGTON EAGLES- Nationals Park, Washington DC
SPRING TRAINING PREDICTIONS: 83-79, 4th in Northeast
This team, owned by Toby Wahrman, is going to be a challenging competitor with Quebec City for the division title in 2011.
CF Rico Luquin, 3B Ma-huan Zhang, and LF Sanjog Ranjana are the top 3 players on the Spring Training roster.
Chia-ch'ing Wang leads the rotation (ranked 36th), while their closer Wu-ji Xu (ranked 3rd) leads the bullpen. Other notable names in the pen include Lothar Adema and Hyeon-seok Kim (who, interestingly, is North Korean. This is where the 1% random country selection comes into play, as prior to starting this, I chose all countries with at least 2-stars in quality, but excluded North Korea, who is somehow a 2-star quality country).
2B Dave Orantes, ranked 34th, is the team's best prospect.
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In the next 2 posts, we will look at the Great Lakes Division.