Dean Ashley has 13 years under his belt , 7 playoff appearances, 2 trips to the World Series and 1 championship ring. Looks like Dean needs to tell the league website manager his team moved from Brisbanes to Perth :). On to the numbers...
Floro 625 Edwards 652 Gott 661 Knebel 662 Lawrence 736 D. Santana 637 Taylor Rogers 725
LINEUP
Heim c 697 Y. Diaz 1b 824 Burger 2b 761 O. Cruz ss 744 Bohm 3b 713 Wade of 833 Grisham of 626 Melendez of 706 Y. Alvarez dh 1019
BENCH
Castro ut 651 Choi 1b 729 Hoerner ss 737 Ed. Sosa ut 644 T. Walls inf 553
DL LIST
Means P Paddack P Woods- Richardson P
ANALYSIS
You never know what young pitching will give you. Ashley did a good job acquiring a promising crop of young pitching but 3 of them are on the DL list and Trevor Rogers just slipped into a negative trance. Perth's rotation is left with a bunch of average starters for the 23 SSL season but help should be on the way once the young crop of starters mend their bodies and their psyche.
The bullpen is above average but lacks the usual depth found on other quality staffs.
You have to like the way the lineup is coming together. Yordan Alvarez is arguably the best hitter in baseball while Wade and Diaz are above average hitters usually ignored by baseball media. O'Neil Cruz and MJ Melendez offer future promise while Hoerner and Grisham are excellent defenders who solidify the defense up the middle.
Perth would have a higher ranking if all those young pitchers were not on the DL. As a result, look for Perth to manage a 3rd place finish in the AL West.
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