1. Sioux Metropolis Explorers (45-24, 1st, West)
Report final week: 3-1 @ Gary SouthShore
The all-star break didn’t decelerate the momentum for Sioux Metropolis who took the journey to Gary, Indiana and if not for a troublesome 8-6 loss within the second sport, would have swept the four-game set in opposition to the RailCats. How do you bounce again from a loss like that? By permitting only one run in every of the ultimate two video games of the collection, together with an impressive eight inning begin from Kyle Marman.
2. Sioux Falls Canaries (41-27, 2nd, 3.5 GB in West)
Report final week: 3-0 @ Lincoln
We repeat, don’t sleep on the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. 8-2 of their final 10, they’re enjoying a few of the greatest baseball within the league together with taking 5 of seven from Kansas Metropolis final week earlier than the break. They’ve established themselves amongst the highest contenders together with Sioux Metropolis, Sioux Falls and Kansas Metropolis within the West and it’s primarily been due to the pitching workers, with their staff ERA of three.63 abruptly difficult Sioux Metropolis’s league greatest mark at 3.56.
3. Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (38-32, 4th, 7.5 GB in West)
Report final week: 3-0 vs. Winnipeg, 1-2 @ Sioux Metropolis
Regardless of the powerful collection loss in Sioux Metropolis, the Canaries have to enter the break feeling inspired about their potential to deal with the 2 high canine within the West in Sioux Metropolis and Kansas Metropolis. What they will positively do is deal with them offensively, main the league with a .829 staff OPS due to having 5 gamers with 11 house runs or extra. If they will enhance on the pitching aspect of issues within the second half, they will simply be within the dialog with the highest groups in both division.
4. Lake Nation DockHounds (38-28, 1st, East)
Report final week: 0-4 vs. Sioux Falls
From an enormous excessive to an enormous low. Lake Nation was arguably the most well liked staff within the league going into the break, now abruptly starting the half on the unsuitable finish of a sweep. Notably, the collection in opposition to Sioux Falls was their final in opposition to any West division squad, so it might function a wakeup name to the DockHounds that from right here on out, they should deal with enterprise in the event that they need to win the division for the primary time in membership historical past. They’re going to want extra offense to take action, falling to seventh within the league with a .259 staff batting common after the weekend.
5. Chicago Canines (38-30, 2nd, 1 GB in East)
Report final week: 2-1 @ Winnipeg
Even with Sunday’s finale being cancelled, Chicago was in a position to go away Winnipeg with two key wins to tug only a sport again of the DockHounds within the East. Regardless of being swept by the DockHounds at house earlier than the break, there’s no motive for the Canines to hold their heads with 9 extra matchups between the groups remaining. Chicago is one in all simply two groups together with Sioux Falls at present within the high half within the league in each staff batting common (.272, third) and staff ERA (4.49, sixth).
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