2011 Illowa APBA League Draft Central

This post is acting as a launching point for everything to do with the 2011 Illowa APBA League Draft.  If I’m missing something, let me know. 

A reminder of the 2010 rookie draft

First, here is the list of the rookies eligible to be drafted.  Actual playing time is listed for your convenience. 

You can find the draft order of the teams here. 

Mike also listed the players to be dropped by team.  Managers, check to make sure they are correct.  Seeing that this is essentially our retired players for 2010, we’re seeing some decent players leave our league.  Garciaparra, Griffey, Sheffield, and Varitek to name a few. 

Finally, Tedd wrote up a Rookie Draft preview.  I don’t know how much he’s giving up his hand but it’s worth looking at. 

The IAL rookie draft will take place at the Best Western Inn at Naperville on the weekend of March 12-13.  Here is the Google map to the hotel:

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Managers, let Mike and the league know when you think you will be there.

Draft

A little birdie told me the draft goes: ThunderChickens, Kernels, UpperDeckers, Bombers, Hitmen, Highlanders, Gamblers, Marauders, BammBeanos, Champions.

Unanimous Frank Thomas was helped by his career 475 homeruns and .390 OBP.    All-time wins leader Greg Maddux gets in hallowed halls with a 354-232 record.

Welcome to the Illowa APBA League’s website! Congrats to the 2011 IAL Hall of Fame inductees! Tom Glavine Barry Larkin Greg Maddux Frank Thomas Welcome to the Illowa Hall of Fame!  For those wanting a list of the draft eligible rookies for the 2012 draft, here is the list. For more info about the Illowa APBA League, see our About Page.

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Highlanders Take On The New Guy

We ventured out to the banks of the Fox River to play Keith this month. The Highlander lineup continued its streak of hot hitting, hitting .281 on the series and taking six of nine games. We started hot and stayed in the zone for the full series, running our won-loss record to 24-15.

The top performer for the month didn’t even play all nine games; Howie Kendrick went 11-24 (.458/.458/.875) with 7 runs and 4 RBI in 6 games. He also didn’t walk, running his at-bat total to 89 without a walk this season. Stephen Drew also hit well, hitting 2 homers in two separate games and driving in 9 runs. Chris Young hit .324 and had 5 doubles and two steals.

Our pitching was good but not great, with a 4.16 ERA on the series. Roy Oswalt won both of his starts, and Ryan Madson picked up two wins in relief. Jim Johnson lost two in relief, and Julian Tavarez and Cla Meredith both got knocked around a bit, while Andrew Miller got his second start and did a pretty good job again, going 7 innings and allowing only 3 runs, though he did pick up a loss.

On the year, Stephen Drew is leading the team in homers and RBI, with 8 HR and 28 RBI along with a team-leading .290 average. No one is performing extraordinarily, but no one is slumping too badly either; it’s been a strong all-around team effort. On the mound, Oswalt has a 5-2 record in 8 starts, and Felix Hernandez is 4-2. Jeremy Guthrie and Jon Garland are both 3-1. Even Ian Snell is 2-2 with a 2.93 ERA. Brad Zeigler has 10 saves and a 2.13 ERA. The overall team ERA is 3.89.

This next month, with a rematch with the Iowa teams, will go a long way to telling us if our record so far is for real. We expected to compete, but didn’t really expect to compete for first place.