| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| Pre-Season Prediction - 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Final 1983 | Pre-Season Prediction | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | Fuller Furries | Weaver | 98 | - | 56 | 0.638 | 98.31 | - this team can pitch and hit & with Andrews managing ability is fav to win championship. | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 88 | - | 66 | 0.568 | 87.63 | - back up to the top but might be bad timing as FLF will be tough to beat this year. | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 85 | - | 69 | 0.554 | 85.35 | - moved to WJL this yr and rises right to the top but at least 5 other tms nipping at their heels. | |
| 4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 85 | - | 69 | 0.550 | 84.81 | - not a lot of Hrs but tm gets on base & scores. How far they go will depend on their Pch. | |
| 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 84 | - | 70 | 0.547 | 84.30 | - still built around Off and the longball. SP is pretty good but bully is raising questions. | |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | (5) | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 84 | - | 70 | 0.543 | 83.73 | - SP not as dominant as past but bully looks top notch. Enough Off to keep them in the hunt. | |
| 7 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 10 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 82 | - | 72 | 0.534 | 82.34 | - takes big step up this yr with solid Pch and if Off clicks they could beat out SLD. | |
| 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 82 | - | 72 | 0.532 | 82.09 | - virtually same PI as 83 but underpeformed. Has Off & if SP holds they will be in the mix. | |
| 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | (3) | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 81 | - | 73 | 0.527 | 81.27 | - 4th tm that has ligit shot at Div, there question is Off. If they hit, they will be tough to beat. | |
| 10 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 4 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 79 | - | 75 | 0.513 | 79.08 | - not a lot of power on Off but effective. Like last season there is question at closer. | |
| 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 78 | - | 76 | 0.509 | 78.44 | - Pch seems adequate but Off was inconsistant. Will take MVP season from Darryl to win WC. | |
| 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | (9) | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 77 | - | 77 | 0.497 | 76.63 | - Fingers/Gossage anchor strong bully & SP is solid. Just doesn’t score enough, needs bat. | |
| 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | (4) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 76 | - | 78 | 0.495 | 76.29 | - won 76 gms in 82 & in 83 and predicted to win 76 in 84, they are consistant. | |
| 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 2 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 74 | - | 80 | 0.479 | 73.84 | - inconsistancy hurt ratings. Both Off & Pch have upside & if both click they will surpirse. | |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | (13) | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 74 | - | 80 | 0.479 | 73.81 | - Looks bad on paper but BRL after FLF & CLS is wide open. Still has shot at WC. | |
| 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | (1) | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 69 | - | 85 | 0.448 | 69.06 | - SP is concern again this yr but added to that is weak Off. Up hill battle this season. | |
| 17 | 11 | 19 | 8 | (9) | Wellington Knights | Martin | 64 | - | 90 | 0.419 | 64.56 | - move to BRL will help but lack of Pch will be too much to over come this year. | |
| 18 | 20 | 16 | 13 | (5) | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 64 | - | 90 | 0.413 | 63.60 | - hitting has historically been a problem but now Pch is an issue. | |
| 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | (1) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 62 | - | 92 | 0.402 | 62.02 | - should be another tough season as down yr for Dawson kills Off. | |
| 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | (1) | London Rippers | Anderson | 55 | - | 99 | 0.354 | 54.65 | - good news is that 84 should be better than 83 but bad news is they only had 46 wins in 83. | |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| The #1 spot has been dominated by Sleepytown for the 1st 2 seasons of the BDSL, but that looks to change in 1984. Fuller starts in the top spot | |||||||||||||
| with a very wide margin (+10.63) over #2 Columbia. This represents the widest margin ever for a preseason #1 ranked team. Fuller's division rival | |||||||||||||
| Columbia should recover from a dismal 1983 as they sit at #2 their highest ranking ever. Their previous best was #3 where they finished 1982. | |||||||||||||
| At #3 is Chicago who have moved from Charleston who moved from Brunswick which makes 3 cities in 3 years. New York City starts 1984 right | |||||||||||||
| where they finished 1983 at #4 while Oregon does the same at #5. On the outside looking in is Sleepytown who would not surprise us if they | |||||||||||||
| made several appearances to the top 5 this season as they are at #6 only .57pts behind #5. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown relinquishes the #1 spot for only the 2nd time ever, the first time being April 1983. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller's 98.31 PI is the highest preseason index in BDSL history. Prior best was Sleepytown 89.47 in 1983. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller becomes only the 3rd team to hold the #1 spot as in addition to Sleepytown, LaGrange held the top spot in April 1983. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown is the 1st team in BD*L history to be ranked #1 and win the Championship after beating #2 LaGrange in the 1983 World Series. | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon at #7 in 1982 is the lowest ranked team in preseason to make it to the World Series. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown is predicted to win their 3rd straight Anderson division crown, while New York City is predicted to win 2nd straight Martin division crown. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown and Oregon are predicted to make it to the playoffs for the 3rd straight year. | |||||||||||||
| * It is looking like the Anderson division could be the most interesting as 1st through 4th are seperated by only 2.46pts. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller has the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense. | |||||||||||||
| Predicted Division Winners: | |||||||||||||
| Martin - New York City Commuters | |||||||||||||
| Weaver - Fuller Furries | |||||||||||||
| Alston - Chicago Outlaws | |||||||||||||
| Anderson - Sleepytown Dukes | |||||||||||||
| Predicted Wildcard Teams: | |||||||||||||
| BRL #1 WC - Columbia Senators | |||||||||||||
| BRL #2 WC - San Diego Aztecs | |||||||||||||
| WJL #1 WC - Oregon Pioneers | |||||||||||||
| WJL #2 WC - Thunderbay Black Jacks | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
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