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Howdy folks, it’s your commish here, with our first Divergent League Update for the 1993 Season. You can listen to this update here or subscribe to the feed:
Steve Finley leads the AL in dingers with 5 in just 8 games. Barry Bonds sits atop the NL with 4. Mark McGwire, Pete Incavilia and Barry Bonds are all tied for the lead in RBIs at 10. Rod Beck and Gregg Olson share the honors for most Saves with 5 so far. Andy Benes and David Cone take the top spots for Ks with at 21 for Benes and 19 for Cone.
On to the injury beat, so far everybody’s safe as houses. Let’s hope it stays that way.
Here are the standings (update: and power rankings. These rankings are from 1st to last in the league based on current ratings) for player teams with 1 week of games in the books:
- Derek L – Phillies – 7-1, 1st NL East
- 7th OVR. SPD: 4th, CON: 1st, PWR: 11th, PITCH: 8th, DEF: 11nd
- Derek – Braves – 5-3, 2nd NL East
- 3rd OVR. SPD: 28th, CON: 19th, PWR: 14th, PITCH: 1st, DEF: 9th
- Charles – Expos – 4-3, 3rd NL East
- 6th OVR. SPD: 10th, CON: 12th, PWR: 26th, PITCH: 3rd, DEF: 7th
- Phil – Mets – 2-5, 4th NL East
- 11th OVR. SPD: 21st, CON: 23rd, PWR: 9th, PITCH: 6th, DEF: 11th
- CPU – Cardinals – 5-2, 1st NL Central
- Gary – Cubs – 4-3, 2nd NL Central
- 14th OVR. SPD: 14th, CON: 14th, PWR: 18th, PITCH: 17th, DEF: 5th
- George – Reds – 1-6, Last NL Central (T)
- 17th OVR. SPD: 5th, CON: 16th, PWR: 22nd, PITCH: 16th, DEF: 6th
- Henry – Giants – 5-2, 1st NL West
- 5th OVR. SPD: 8th, CON: 15th, PWR: 15th, PITCH: 5th, DEF: 1st
- CPU Orioles – 7-0 1st NL East
- Seamus – Blue Jays – 5-3, 2nd AL East
- 4th OVR. SPD: 3th, CON: 3th, PWR: 8th, PITCH: 12th, DEF: 4th
- Liam – Yankees – 1-6, Last AL East
- 15th OVR. SPD: 30th, CON: 9th, PWR: 17th, PITCH: 11th, 17th
- Travis – White Sox – 4-3, 1st AL Central (T)
- 1st OVR. SPD: 1st, CON: 4th, PWR: 6th, PITCH: 7th, DEF: 3rd
- Tony – Tigers – 4-3, 1st AL Central (T)
- 18th OVR. SPD: 22, CON: 11, PWR: 10, PITCH: 26, DEF: 10
- Dan – Royals – 3-3, 3rd AL Central
- 2nd OVR. SPD: 9th, CON: 2nd, PWR: 7th, PITCH: 2nd, DEF: 21st
- Sandra – Mariners – 6-2, 1st AL West
- 10th OVR. SPD: 26th, CON: 17th, PWR: 3rd, PITCH: 23rd, DEF: 2nd
- Austin – Rangers – 5-3, 2nd AL West
- 16th OVR. SPD: 11th, CON: 10th, PWR: 1st, PITCH: 14th, DEF: 29th
We’ll be back next week and every week of the season with more Divergent League Update.
Update: These games are now streaming live! These games are (mostly) over! You can view the replays on Twitch (Part 1, Part 2)
Today’s games start at 5pm Pacific and will be (owner names in parenthesis):
- Royals (Dan Hocking) @ White Sox (Travis Timm)
- The White Sox win, 4-1 on the strength of a Frank Thomas home run, Gary Gaetti with the RBI for KC
- Rangers (Austin Neilsen) @ Mariners (Sandra Wirick)
- The M’s win a tight one 1-0 off a dinger by Bret Boone.
Expos (Charles Nelson) @ Mets (Phil Nelson)Postponed due to Commissioner tiredness, will be played Wednesday afternoon!
Join us on http://twitch.tv/extrafuture for Opening Day! We’ll be holding open hours in the Discord chat as well.
This weekend saw the Divergent League Baseball draft, where owners were introduced and formally selected teams and players. The final results are as follows:
- Seamus – Blue Jays – Rickey Henderson
- Henry – Giants – Pete Harnish
- Derek L – Phillies – Mark Langston
- Tony – Tigers – Tony Gwynn
- Charles – Expos – Andres Galaraga
- Austin – Rangers – Kenny Lofton
- Gary – Cubs – Mark Portugal
- Sandra – Mariners – Albert Belle
- Travis – White Sox – Craig Biggio
- Liam – Yankees – Danny Darwin
- Derek – Braves – Mike Piazza
- George – Reds – Bryan Harvey
- Dan – Royals – Greg Vaughn
- Phil – Mets – Cal Ripken Jr
There was some team-swapping over the event. Through negotiation the Expos, Tigers, and Blue Jays switched owners to the ones listed above.
I’ve added my notes from the 1994 season to the new League History page.
Watch this space tomorrow for a slew of info and news for owners and fans alike.
The Divergent League Baseball 1993 season is just around the corner, and it’s high time we did some research. The video embedded above was produced by MLB Network, and is a nice little recap of the “real life” 1993 season.
Other great resources for managers include the Baseball Almanac 1993 Year in Review, and the Baseball Reference 1993 stats pages.
There will be a Divergent League 1993 Season Preview in the form of a Home Run derby on Friday, January 8th 2021. Subscribe to the Twitch channel to be informed when it goes live.