VOLUME:LII ... 1 Sep 2026
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Here we are heading into this season's final month playing only against your division rivals with rosters expanded to 30 with 14 pitcher max. There is really only one pennant race and that's in the Caray Division. There's four teams fighting for that flag. Philadelphia has roared into contention there. Over the past two months Philly has posted one of the best runs in league history with a stunning 22-1 record at home while going 13-9 on the road. That puts them right in the pennant race and tops in WC. In that wildcard race, it is just a matter of who gets what berth from the Caray division teams because no else is close. Should be a fun time with a ton of on-line play coming this month. If you haven't played on-line you are missing so much fun..... Do you wonder how many trades Gaudiano has set up any trades for October 1st? LOL!
HARWELL DIV:
Albuquerque continues coasting to the pennant, now up 18 games after a 10-8 (4-5h) month. The Horsemen are +72 in run diff and have a WL of +13 at home, +13 away. Atlanta is tied for second and sparked by a tidy 14-4 (6-3) in August. The Black Crackers are -9 run diff with a WL of -9 home & -1 away. Tied with them is San Luis Obispo and they went 8-10 (6-3h) last month. The Stallions have an awful -178 run diff and WL record is +3 home and -13 away. Just a game behind those two is Chesapeake after a 9-9 )(5-4h) August. El Birdos are -53 in run diff and the WL breakdown in -7 home with -5 away. In last but just one game from 4th is Kentucky after going a sorry 6-12 (3-6h) last month. The Blue Grass Bopper run diff is +9 and their WL record is -9 home with a -3 away.....ON-LINE: Albuquerque is 46-39, of their -39 wins of 75 games, San Luis Obispo 29-29, Atlanta is 41-53, Chesapeake & Kentucky are 37-48
CARAY DIV:
Lake Forest was 13-5 (7-2h) last month and still on top here, now by 4 games. The Timbers run diff is +153 and their WL records are +17 at home & +19 away. In second is Philadelphia on a 12-6 (9-0h/3-6a) August. The Quakers WL shows +29 home vs -1 at away with a run diff of +107. In third Rochester is now 6 games back after posting a 12-6 (7-2h) August. The Robins are +131 in run diff and the WL is +19 home and +5 away. In fourth, 7 games back, is Syracuse after going 9-9 (5-4h) last month. The Blue are +110 in run diff with WL numbers of +7 home/+9 away. Firmly entrenched in the basement, 39 games back and the only team in the league eliminated from the pennant is Laurel Highlands who were 6-12 (1-8h) in August. The Mustangs WL is -23 home, -19 away and they have a -150 run diff..... ON-LINE: Lake Forest is 57-36, Philly 0-0, Rochester 42-33, Syracuse 48-36, Laurel Highland 16-32.
ALLEN DIV:
Ottawa increased their lead to 16 games after an 11-7 (5-4h) month. The Fat Cats WL marks are +19 home/+7 away and the run diff is a league best +155. Burnsville in second was dismal 6-12 (3-6h) in August. The Blaze have a +48 run diff and the home/away breakdown is -3 home/-3 away. Bennett Run is third, 18 games out after a terrible 4-14 (1-8h) month. The Boilermakers are -7 home, -3 away with a run diff of -102. In fourth, 24 games behind is Sarasota after an August 5-13 (1-8h) run. The BucO's run diff is -101 and their WL record is -15 home, -7 away. At the bottom it's Minnesota, 31 games out after a nice 10-8 (4-5h) month. The Magicians WL shows -21 home & -15 away with a league worst -192 run diff..... ON-LINE: Ottawa is 33-30, Minnesota 17-19.
WILDCARD: 
All three wildcard teams are all in the Caray division and at least 16 games up on everyone else. Philly after torching everyone last month on top now. Rochester in the second WC berth two back of Philly. Syracuse has the final spot. Sure nobody is eliminated at this point but it would be incredible if any team chased down and caught the top three.
TEAM STATS:
We've had 403 games played on-line. Both teams per game averages for the year are 8.3 runs, 14.4 hits, 2.8 HR, 5.8 bb and 17.1 k's... Three teams have scored over 600 runs. Syracuse 645, Ottawa 628, Rochester 603 and at the other end SLO is 453. In the heavy hitting bombs we got Ottawa closing in on 300 homers with Minnesota just a bit over 100. Just two teams, Syracuse & Ottawa with 2000 total bases and over 500 extra base hits. What sticks out is Bennett Run's single digit triples and just over 50 steals. Albuquerque with over 100 hit by pitcher and over 100 hitting into DP's. We have an error spread of Rochester's 52 to Albuquerque's 97. On the bump only Lake Forest has an ERA in the twos with Minnesota almost in the fives. Minnesota has given up 232 dingers and Burnsville much better with 149.
All the team stats, home and overall, are below the Top 10's on the Stat Page.
PLAYER STATS:
We have three 300 hitters. Freddie Freeman (Phi), George Springer (Roc) & Aaron Judge (Syr). Judge is the only one with 400+ OBP, 700 SLG. Judge and Springer the only two with 1000 OPS. Springer is 2nd to Judge in Avg, OBP, Slg and OPS. We got three guys with over 100 RBI, Kyle Schwarber (Ken) top man by 11 and by 10 he's also leading the homer bracket with almost 60! Judge & Freeman both have 150+ hits. Freeman is in a three way tie for doubles lead. Ceddanne Rafaela (Bur) and Bobby Witt (Syr) the others. Jarred Duran (Alb) by four is the triples leader. Quite a good fight between Jose Ramirez (Che) & Juan Soto (Lak) for the steals lead. We got five with over 70 extra base hits and it's Judge almost at 80. Three true outcomes. Schwarber leads in HR, BB and 4th in whiffs. Closing in fast on 200 whiffs is Eugenio Suarez (Ott) and James Wood (Phi). That is an ugly batting average for Spencer Torkelson (Ben)..... Paul Skenes (Bur) making a good case for CY. He's the only one with a sub two ERA, tops in K's, WHIP and K/BB ratio. Nobody is better than Max Fried (Alb) in collecting wins and the same can be said about Mitch Keller (Sar) in collecting loses. Carlos Esteves (Phi) by five, leads in saves. Sonny Gray (Atl) is the only pitcher with a +5 ERA and it's just a hair from being in the sixes.
PLAYERS PAGE TWO:
Edgar Quero (Alb) is actually the best hitter in the league sporting a 500 avg on his 1 for 2 and Carter Jensen (Lak) is 10 for 31 or 323. At the other end of those two you'll find Dylan Moore (Ott) 0 for 6 but jeez, Kyle Higashioka (Che) has 1 homer and 1 single with 46 ab's (043)!!... Gavin Lux (Min) has yet to get an extra base hit with 49 plate appearances and he's also the only one without an rbi with that may at bats... Aaron Judge (Syr) & Michael Busch (Ott) have scored 99 times... Christian Walker (Lak) has 0 bb on 29 pa's. Coby Mayo (Syr) is the only batter that has never struck out but it's only 1 pa... Geraldo Perdomo (Phi) has been caught 10 times in 29 steal attempts which hasn't happened yet to Gunnar Henderson (Sar) with 27 steals... Three guys have been 22 hit by pitcher. Jarren Duran (Alb) with 568 pa, Randy Arozarena (Bur) with 567 pa and Francisco Lindor (Roc) with 562 pa while no one has ever hit Elly De La Cruz (LHi) in 557 pa's... Tyler Soderstrom (LHi) has 8 sac flies and both JP Crawford (Min) & Xavier Edwards (Min) have 3 sac bunts... Pete Alonso (Roc) has hit into 20 GiDP while Jonathan Aranda (SLO) has none after 263 pa's... The afore mentioned Elly De La Cruz (LHi) is the league leader in errors with 26
Edwin Diaz (Lak) has the best H/9 of 2.8 after 58.7ip which Bryce Miller (Bur) could only wish for when looking at his 12.4 over 71.0ip... Edwin Diaz (Lak) also sports the league best WHP of 0.60 (18h/58.7ip) while Justin Martinez (Phi) had given up 13h/6bb in 9/7ip for a 1.96... Brandon Woodruff (Atl) has 4bb/43k in 36ip for a K/BB of 10.8... Joey Cantillo (Lak) has a 10-0 WL record and Jordon Leasure (LHi) has a 0-7... Emilo Pagan (Sar) has been in 62 games... Walker Buehler (LHi) has 9 complete games... Mitch Keller (Sar), Drew Rasmissen (Lak), Ryne Nelson (Lak) and Ryan Pepiot (Ken) have tossed 3 shutouts... There are 52 pitchers with saves. Twenty one of them with one save... Jacob deGrom (Roc) is 16-7 for a league best 23 decisions... Merrill Kelly (Roc) has thrown 34 gophers in 141.7ip and nobody has done that to Justin Martinez (Phi) in 9.7ip... Jose Soriano (LHi) has walked 75 in 129.0ip... Trevor Megill (Phi) has the very best ERA in the league at 0.83 after 32.7ip and Edwin Uceta (Alb) has the very worst at 8.87 in 23.3ip
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THE SHOW
TRAJEKT SPORTS
From Anthony Castrovince's column
The war on modern pitching is being waged in the batter’s box, in the video rooms, in the hearts and minds of flummoxed hitters and, more and more, in a single-story commercial strip building in suburban Toronto.
Thanks to the work done in the offices of Trajekt Sports, big league batting practice has been revolutionized -- a rare technological advancement that favors the swingers, not the slingers. The data-driven pitching robot made by Trajekt and used by nearly every MLB organization is taking over baseball behind the scenes, with the hope that it can make a dent in the armor of today’s wicked pitching arsenals. "If [batters] could play 100 games or get 100 at-bats in a day against their opponents, that would be better than Trajekt,” jokes Rowan Ferrabee, the company’s chief technology officer. “But Trajekt, one could argue, is better than some guy throwing you lobs and you knocking them out of the park". “People say, ‘Oh, it doesn’t feel the same [as facing a live pitcher],’” said Guardians second baseman Travis Bazzana. “Yeah, maybe it doesn’t feel exactly the same. But we hit flips and we hit someone throwing 45 mph to get ready for a game in a cage. [Trajekt] is close-ish [to the real thing], and it’s a challenge. I think a challenge is good”.
Here’s how it works:
The 6-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep Trajekt Arc sits atop a track, allowing it to shift from side to side and mimic a given pitcher’s placement on the rubber. Trajekt’s video screen depicts the actual windup of the opposing pitcher of choice, and the hole in the screen from which the ball emerges can be adjusted to project that pitcher’s precise arm slot. Teams input data from Hawk-Eye data and/or Rapsodo and TrackMan devices to accurately reflect the spin, shape and speed of opponent pitches. Essentially, you can face a finely tuned and eerily accurate hologram of a pitcher in the cage before you face him in real life. The Trajekt Arc shifts to either side of the rubber, seamlessly adjusts release slots, reaches velocities even higher than what we’re seeing from Jacob Misiorowski, and mirrors the shape of the game’s nastiest breaking balls.
Dynamically replicating both spin and release points was a game-changer that caught on quickly. And moving from standard leather game balls to specially designed, lower-weight foam core balls gives hitters authentic seam orientation and movement without the hand sting or risk of breaking bats in practice.
The result is an explosion in usage, which has doubled every year since 2022. The average MLB team has three Arc machines, spanning its home ballpark, Spring Training site and Minor League affiliates. The Dominican Republic is the company’s fastest growing segment, and Trajekt expects roughly 10 NCAA programs to have a machine up and running by the end of October. There are inherent limitations that come with facing a two-dimensional image of a pitcher instead of a live arm. While updates to the machine have fine-tuned the way the ball comes out of the chute, the ball is naturally going to look different coming out of a human hand than a hole in a screen. Oh, and then there’s the sheer size of the thing. Teams can’t pack up their 1,500-pound Trajekt machine and lug it with them on the road.
Trajekt can augment -- or even stand in for -- a traditional rehab assignment. That was the case, for instance, when Guardians superstar José Ramírez came back from surgery to repair a fractured hamate bone in less than six weeks, without even going out on a rehab assignment. “I would 100 percent say it's changing rehabs throughout the league,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said. “In terms of velocity and seeing the shapes or pitches, you would be hard-pressed to say, especially the way Triple-A baseball is, that it wouldn't be better for a Major League player to just do Trajekt instead of going and having rehab games. It's not live, but it's better stuff than what you see in Triple-A.”
None of the above was imagined when Trajekt essentially began with its CEO, Joshua Pope, wondering aloud as a teenager how many swings it would take him to make contact off the Blue Jays’ Marcus Stroman. Eventually, Pope and Ferrabee drew up a proof-of-concept paper for a sports engineering class at the University of Waterloo, and their professor backed the project with some lab space. Now that the concept has come to robotic life, it is taking over baseball training like no tool before it. Hitters might never fully win the war against pitchers who hold all the cards and the ball in hand. But with Trajekt, at least they aren’t going in unarmed.
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Hats off to Tristin Peters (Csx) who smacked homers in five straight games. It's a long way from playing 17 games in 2021 with the Savannah Bananas. He is the 6th MLB player to make it into MLB from that team and by far the best.