Happy New Year everyone!
Before we do our annual 'speculative' rankings, what teams are we looking at for 2009?
94 teams from last year (rumor mill?):
Delta Heat 94 (basically intact)
Fraser Valley Fusion 94 (lost a catcher and pitcher to Renegades but picked up a former player moving back from the Interior?)
Nanaimo Breakers (split aged team so a bunch of new/returning players)
Ridge Meadows Pride 94 (only thing I've heard is they've replaced one of the coaches)
Richmond Islanders 94 (great run at the Nationals but the two Heat pitchers were a big part of it)
Surrey Storm 94 (I know of at least one 94B player being promoted to the big club)
Victoria Devils 94 (lost a couple of players? Need to dig into the well and Develop. Probably a rebuilding year looking at 2010)
White Rock Renegades 94 (picked up a few more fresh faces...ex. Improved via Trades rather than the Draft)
Need help with the 93 teams (this from 2007):
Delta Heat 93
Fraser Valley Fusion 93
Richmond Islanders 93
Surrey Storm 93
Vancouver Wildcats 93
White Rock Renegades 93
Question is: Is the talent/size gap between the age groups getting bigger or smaller?
Before we do our annual 'speculative' rankings, what teams are we looking at for 2009?
94 teams from last year (rumor mill?):
Delta Heat 94 (basically intact)
Fraser Valley Fusion 94 (lost a catcher and pitcher to Renegades but picked up a former player moving back from the Interior?)
Nanaimo Breakers (split aged team so a bunch of new/returning players)
Ridge Meadows Pride 94 (only thing I've heard is they've replaced one of the coaches)
Richmond Islanders 94 (great run at the Nationals but the two Heat pitchers were a big part of it)
Surrey Storm 94 (I know of at least one 94B player being promoted to the big club)
Victoria Devils 94 (lost a couple of players? Need to dig into the well and Develop. Probably a rebuilding year looking at 2010)
White Rock Renegades 94 (picked up a few more fresh faces...ex. Improved via Trades rather than the Draft)
Need help with the 93 teams (this from 2007):
Delta Heat 93
Fraser Valley Fusion 93
Richmond Islanders 93
Surrey Storm 93
Vancouver Wildcats 93
White Rock Renegades 93
Question is: Is the talent/size gap between the age groups getting bigger or smaller?
