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Old 08-27-2013, 02:40 PM   #111
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Cavaliers 1st half Recap

First Half Recap

Current Standings, Western Division:

Norfolk Cavaliers 54-34 .614
Richmond Cardinals 46.42 -8
Ellicott City Express 39-50 -15.5
Washington Senators 38-51 -16.5

Seeing the Cavaliers in 1st place at the mid-season break is awesome. I was surprised when the predictions came out and had us only winning 74 games. I think this team is young and starting to gel, as long as the injury bugs stay away we should be fighting for the top stop the rest of the way... The biggest surprise are the Senators, last years Champions, were supposed to contend this season but have just collasped... This Division race isn't over by a long shot with 74 games remaining anything can happen.

TEAM INFORMATION
Record overall 54-34, .614 PCT
Position in Division 1st, - GB
Record at home 27-17, .614 PCT
Record on the road 27-17, .614 PCT
Record in X-inning games 5-4, .556 PCT
Record in one-run games 18-11, .621 PCT
Record versus LHP 16-11, .593 PCT
Record versus RHP 38-23, .623 PCT
Record in April 8-13, .381 PCT
Record in May 18-10, .643 PCT
Record in June 21-7, .750 PCT
Record in July 7-4, .636 PCT

Just think if we had a solid April where we would of been.

TEAM BATTING STATS & RANKINGS
Batting Average .254 - 7th in MVDIV
On-Base Percentage .313 - 6th in MVDIV
Slugging Percentage .392 - 7th in MVDIV
On-Base + Slugging .706 - 7th in MVDIV
Runs Scored 412 - 5th in MVDIV
Hits 766 - 8th in MVDIV
Extra-Base Hits 244 - 6th in MVDIV
Home Runs 78 - 6th in MVDIV
Bases On Balls 260 - 6th in MVDIV
Strikeouts 506 - 3rd in MVDIV
Stolen Bases 63 - 3rd in MVDIV


TEAM PITCHING STATS & RANKINGS
Earned Run Average 3.54 - 2nd in MVDIV
Starters' ERA 3.83 - 2nd in MVDIV
Bullpen ERA 2.87 - 2nd in MVDIV
Runs allowed 351 - 2nd in MVDIV
Hits allowed 759 - 2nd in MVDIV
Opponents AVG .249 - 2nd in MVDIV
BABIP .289 - 4th in MVDIV
Home Runs allowed 76 - 2nd in MVDIV
Bases On Balls 258 - 4th in MVDIV
Strikeouts 609 - 1st in MVDIV

TEAM LEADERS AVG
M. Candelária .332
T. Soto .283

TEAM LEADERS HR
J. Rodríguez 12
B. Cline 11

TEAM LEADERS RBI
T. Soto 51
J. Chaney 46

TEAM LEADERS W
D. Sweetapple 10
G. Bayles 9

TEAM LEADERS ERA
T. Sato 3.30
D. Sweetapple 3.34

TEAM LEADERS K
D. Sweetapple 98
K. Armstrong 80

MINOR LEAGUE SYSTEM
Yokohama Baystars (AAA) 37-54, .407, 19˝ GB
New Orleans Pelicans (AA) 43-47, .478, 16˝ GB
Jacksonville Tritons (A) 45-45, .500, 3˝ GB

As high as our minor league system is ranked I would really expect to see better records on these minor league teams. Hopefully even with the poor records the players are learning and developing.

SURPRISES/THOUGHTS:
One of the biggest surprises of the season, on the offensive side, has been Joe Payne. Payne has been the primary lead-off man. Signed in the off-season to be a defensive super-utility man, he has earned a starting spot and is now our starting second baseman. On the season Joe is hitting .325-5-26 (68-209)... Tony Soto has been nice offensive asset for us, but his defense has short has been pretty bad. Soto has a .954 FPCT on the season with 15 errors and a -1.3 zone rating... Pablo Freitas, a gold glove LF'er last season, has been stuck playing CF this year. And he isn't a CF'er. With a Zone Rating at -1.7.

We have been getting a lot of trade proposals, but nothing worth taking the time to look over. At this point we are going to stand still. I am not sure where we would look for help. Maybe as the trade dead-line looms closer I will think about moving someone.

All in all I am very impressed with the way this team has bounced back from a poor April and I am looking forward to the final months of this season. Can we keep the Cardinals at bay? Will the Senators get healthy and make a run? A lot of questions left to be answered.
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