Update: 5-31-2025

League Schedule

Right now, the two divisions actually mirror each other. Both division leaders have 5 game leads over the 2nd place teams, and the second place teams have 3 or 4 game leads over the 3rd place teams:

In the East, Colorado ends up with the best record in the league at the end of this month by going 23-7 in May. The Reaver’s 2.49 May team pitching era is pretty amazing. Twelve pitchers were used in May, and only three of them had era’s over 3.00. M Fried went 4-0 with a 2.27 era; K Gausman 3-0 with a 2.19 era; and R Lopez was 4-1 with a 2.02 era (how the heck did he lose 1 game with a 2.02 era?). The Reaver’s .243 team batting average in May was not great, but so far it got the job done. P Crow-Armstrong is chugging away with a .307 May batting ave, and scored 14 runs with 15 rbi. PCA will need to be rested, so he may not make the trip West, much to the happiness of all of us out here. But we’ll still have to deal with K Schwarber, who batted .261 in May with 9 homeruns, 18 runs and 21 rbi. M Machado will need to be more productive next month. Even though he hit .294 this month, he only scored 6 runs and had 8 rbi. Longmeadow sits overall with 31 wins as the Truckers went 18-12 in May. The Team era of 3.86 relied heavily on the starters, as they went 11-9 and the relievers had a very nice 7-3 record. However, 6 of those 10 decisions by the relievers came on E Miller starts, so far the Empire League’s only consistent opener. The lefty started 6 games in May, but only ended up pitching 6.2 innings with a 0 era. The other starters, though, were not as effective but they were able to keep their heads above .500: J Flaherty had a nice 3.32 era while going 3-2, and C Burnes went 3-2 as well with a more troublesome 4.95 era. H Ramos is blasting everyone, as he batted .341 and scored 18 runs on 11 homeruns. He also had 25 rbi. D Varsho chipped in with 5 homeruns and 18 rbi with a .247 average; but W Adames had a tough month. The power hitting shortstop only hit 5 homers on a measly .173 batting ave. His 6 errors magnified the hitting woes. Bayou finished 4 games above .500, within striking distance of 2nd place, by going 16-14. The Saints had a 3.92 team pitching era as C Rodon went 4-2 with a 4.50 era; and Z Gallen went 2-2 with a 6.82 era. Hopefully Gallen can get his act together because DJ Herz will have to go down sooner or later, and his 5-3 record and 3.66 era will be sorely missed. J Merrill continues to shine, hitting .337 in May, but strangely only had 9 runs and 10 rbi. But maybe that’s not so strange as Bayou hit only .223 for the month, and sports a pretty low on-base percentage for the season, just .299. I’m kind of jealous that the Saints are 4 games over .500 with a team OPS of .651, while Hollywood is 14 games under .500 with a league leading .780 OPS. But productivity is in the eye of the beholder, I guess, as B Nimmo had an awful .229 May average, but still scored 18 runs with 8 rbi courtesy of a wonderful .352 on base percentage. But can he keep it up? It’s crazy to look at the “team detail” of the Saints, and see there is only 1 spot in the lineup that has an on base of over .320.

In the West, Woodland Hills seems ensconced in 1st place as the Chompers went 18-7 in May. S Lugo went 4-0 with a great 2.10 era; and S Imanaga went 4-1 with a 3.77 era. The Chompers were powered by F Lindor, who is justifying the high price it took to acquire him by hitting .356, scoring 22 runs with 21 rbi on 6 homeruns. He forms a potent 1-2 punch with S Ohtani, who batted .326 with 19 runs and 22 rbi. He only had 5 homeruns, though, so that should be a warning sign to the East that he is ready to explode. After those 2 guys, the rest of the lineup is filled with complementary players, and each month one of them is required to step up his game in order for the Chompers to have a winning month. In April it was M Busch, and in May it was C Carroll. The outfielder scored 23 runs and had 18 rbi as he swatted 7 homers and 6 triples with a .273 ave. Vatican City is 5 games behind in the West, but they will definitely slip further when TJ decides to post the scores. While the pitchers have a 3.42 team era, the Cardinals will need to sweep their road games to stay 5 games behind, and that is unlikely given M Gore’s May record so far. He’s 0-2 with an ungodly 8.79 era. So the Rockers may find themselves in 2nd place any day now, since they have 5 games to play with the Cardinals and they are only 3 games behind them. So far, the Rockers are 14-11 in May, but with a troublesome 4.60 era. The team is above .500 so far because they mash homeruns despite a .234 team ave. M Betts is leading the team by hitting .367 this month, with 9 homers, 18 runs and 24 rbi. P Smith is torturing the opponents, hitting .304 with 8 homers, 13 runs, and 15 rbi. Smith will have to be rested, though, and a replacement for that offense will be hard to find; maybe S Hilliard can fill it. He hit 7 homeruns and had 16 rbi along with 10 runs, but he only batted .224. D Cease is doing his best to make the pitching staff respectable, as he is 3-2 with a 3.44 era so far in May. Overall, the team batted just .234 this month, so when P Smith is gone M Betts is going to have to carry a big load all by himself.  

NOTE: The stats listed in this site are the results of the games listed on the schedule page in BOLD as already

 being played. Game scores listed but not bolded means the games have been reported, but the league hasn’t

 been updated yet. I usually do this update at least once a week on weekends.

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