Week 14 Real Rankings

NOTES:

The first two thirds of the season are in the books and it has been a most unusual 14 weeks. First place in the actual standings seems to change on a weekly basis and there are currently 5 teams within 10 games of first place with 70 "games" left.  Then there's another of tier of four teams in 15-18 range and five teams more than 25 games out.

Despite the clear tiers the Real Rankings paint a different picture, with three teams at least 5 spots away from their Actual Standing, working out positively for Cowhide and Angry but not so much for Ring.

Meanwhile, though there are five teams far away, only two have really started to sell off. Jason is in a holding pattern as he tries to build momentum before open trading starts, Brian seems intent on only trading small pieces slowly, and Dan still fighting the good fight.  Open trading starts in three weeks.

The transaction watch has become less of an issue for less teams. Currently, LOC only has 10 pickups left, while Montezumas isn't far behind. Stroman is also on pace to exceed, but every other team is projected to stay below the 60-move limit.

The top 30 moves of the first two-thirds (thoroughly unscientific, so apologies if I missed something - feel free to comment):

1. Moose – Drafting Aaron Judge in the 19th round
2. LOC – Drafting Cody Bellinger in the 19th round
3. Donkey – Picking up Alex Wood on April 20th
4. LOC – Trading AJ Pollock, 11th rounder for Carlos Martinez, Jon Lester, 19th rounder
5. LOC – Trading 7th rounder, 9th rounder, Moncada for Carlos Correa, Stephen Strasburg, 22nd rounder, 24th rounder (offeseason)
6. KOG – Drafting Luis Severino in the 20th round
7. Anal – Picking up Michael Conforto on April 17
8. Stroman – Picking up Travis Shaw on March 29th
9. Thor – Trading 9th rounder for Andrew Benintendi, 12th rounder (offseason)
10. Angry – Trading AJ Pollock, 13th rounder for Chris Sale, Christian Yelich, 18th rounder (offseason)
11. Angry – Drafting Jose Ramirez in the 11th
12. Ring – Drafting Jonathan Schoop in the 15th
13. Cowhide - Drafting Domingo Santana in the 18th
14. Donkey – Trading for/keeping/not giving up on Andrew McCutcheon (offseason)
15. Anal – Picking up Avisail Garcia and Jimmy Nelson on April 10th
16. One Nut – Picking up Corey Dickerson on April 1st
17. Ring – Drafting Brett Gardner in the 21st round
18. Thor – Picking up Mark Reynolds on April 6th
19. Montezumas – Drafting Jose Berrios in the 21st round
20. LOC – Drafting Marcell Ozuna in the 10th
21. Thors – Drafting Gio Gonzalez in the 16th
22. Thors – Drafting Ervin Santana in the 15th
23. Ring – Picking up Jason Vargas on April 14th
24.   Montezumas – Drafting Mike Moustakas in the 16th
25. Angry – Picking up Zach Godley on May 10
26.   Anal – Traded Trevor Bauer for Justin Smoak on May 30th
27. Thor – Drafting Jake Lamb in the 8th
28. Donkey – Drafting Eric Thames in the 11th
29. Donkey – Drafting Robbie Ray in the 11th

30.   Cowhide – Picking up Chase Anderson on May 29th

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Reminder that this week's stats combine with next week for week 15.

We've got no box scores for four long, horrible days. Let's get the trades going!