 | The Castle Chronicle | |
| by David Castle |
After last Friday’s division draw video, which was interesting to say the least, we now have half of each division drawn. It’s too early to bust out any predictions, but we certainly can see how things are shaping up.
To start, we have the defending champion Whiteford Wicked Aces representing Ringler along with the Westside Warriors and the Onanism. Not much has to be said about the Wicked Aces, they’re always good, always have pitching, and are always in contention. But, without their best hitter and quite possibly the best hitter in league history in Evan Bortmas, how do the Aces plan to replace his production? Alex Shore went out in the offseason and pulled a Steinbrenner and got a bunch of talent at high cost in Evan Bortmas and David Castle; he looks to dethrone the defending champs which will be no easy task, I predict nothing less than a season split between the Warriors and the Aces if the Warriors are at full strength, and that is a big IF. Now, I don’t mean to say so little about the Onanism, but there are just too many question marks to make any logical forecasts for this team. Yes, we know Kiefer has thrown a perfect* game, but this is a pitchers’ league. Will he bring good pitchers? Will his rookies be as good as the Belgian 2012 rookies (Skinner, Phillips, Tomlinson, Castle)? Or the 2013 Belgian/King Friday rookie brothers (Mark and Greg Brannan)? Only time will tell, but with them having a background in baseball, they should be just fine. At this point, anyone could contend for the Ringler pennant.
Representing the Garcia Division is the runner-up and last year’s Garcia pennant winning el Diablos, along with King Friday and the Belgian Wiffles. I feel as if the Diablos are the team to beat this year after coming up just short of a championship, I have a feeling that it just doesn’t sit well with Chandler James and the gang that they came so close and went home empty handed. King Friday will finish last… but I hope they don’t; Rich Hurd deserves far better than that. And as for the Belgian Wiffles, the signings that David Josiah made this offseason were rather surprising from my perspective. He has a tendency to just sign a bunch of rookies every year, but with the addition of some good veteran talent in Nick Braden and Josh Nagorski, they should be able to contend for a wild card spot. But, with that being said, any of the remaining four teams could be drawn for the Garcia and it wouldn’t matter. Playing four games against the Diablos just isn’t fun for anyone but the Diablos. The Diablos win this division easily.
To conclude, I think the Ringler is and will end up being the better division in the coming season. Since the divisions were made, Ringler’s record against Garcia is 92-32. History will repeat itself, the Ringler is better and will kick the Garcia Division’s ass. Sorry little brother, that’s just how things are.
To start, we have the defending champion Whiteford Wicked Aces representing Ringler along with the Westside Warriors and the Onanism. Not much has to be said about the Wicked Aces, they’re always good, always have pitching, and are always in contention. But, without their best hitter and quite possibly the best hitter in league history in Evan Bortmas, how do the Aces plan to replace his production? Alex Shore went out in the offseason and pulled a Steinbrenner and got a bunch of talent at high cost in Evan Bortmas and David Castle; he looks to dethrone the defending champs which will be no easy task, I predict nothing less than a season split between the Warriors and the Aces if the Warriors are at full strength, and that is a big IF. Now, I don’t mean to say so little about the Onanism, but there are just too many question marks to make any logical forecasts for this team. Yes, we know Kiefer has thrown a perfect* game, but this is a pitchers’ league. Will he bring good pitchers? Will his rookies be as good as the Belgian 2012 rookies (Skinner, Phillips, Tomlinson, Castle)? Or the 2013 Belgian/King Friday rookie brothers (Mark and Greg Brannan)? Only time will tell, but with them having a background in baseball, they should be just fine. At this point, anyone could contend for the Ringler pennant. Representing the Garcia Division is the runner-up and last year’s Garcia pennant winning el Diablos, along with King Friday and the Belgian Wiffles. I feel as if the Diablos are the team to beat this year after coming up just short of a championship, I have a feeling that it just doesn’t sit well with Chandler James and the gang that they came so close and went home empty handed. King Friday will finish last… but I hope they don’t; Rich Hurd deserves far better than that. And as for the Belgian Wiffles, the signings that David Josiah made this offseason were rather surprising from my perspective. He has a tendency to just sign a bunch of rookies every year, but with the addition of some good veteran talent in Nick Braden and Josh Nagorski, they should be able to contend for a wild card spot. But, with that being said, any of the remaining four teams could be drawn for the Garcia and it wouldn’t matter. Playing four games against the Diablos just isn’t fun for anyone but the Diablos. The Diablos win this division easily.
To conclude, I think the Ringler is and will end up being the better division in the coming season. Since the divisions were made, Ringler’s record against Garcia is 92-32. History will repeat itself, the Ringler is better and will kick the Garcia Division’s ass. Sorry little brother, that’s just how things are.
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