PEORIA SUNDAY MORNING LEAGUE

SWAMI'S 2017 PROJECTIONS

(ALL IN FUN TO STIR UP SOME PRE-SEASON CHATTER)

IN 2016, THE SWAMI CORRECTLY PREDICTED THE PSML CHAMPION.  IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE SUCCESSFULLY PICKED THE LAST TEAM STANDING.  WILL HIS 2017 PICKS BE CORRECT?  OR WILL HIS PICKS TURN OUT TO BE WRONG?  HERE IS WHAT HE PREDICTS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON:

1. KOHL'S DIAMOND GALLERY - 2016 RECORD (18-6) - THE 2016 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS RETURN MANY FACES FROM LAST YEARS SQUAD.  MGR JOSH CARUSO LEADS A VERY TALENTED PITCHING STAFF THAT ALSO INCLUDES RYAN CAMP & TED ROWE, WHO RETURNS TO PSML ACTION AFTER A BRIEF ABSENCE.  THE OFFENSE WILL BE LED BY TRE WHERRY, JEREMY PICKREL & RYAN KOHL.  THE ROYALS SHOULD SCORE JUST ENOUGH TO WIN MOST GAMES BEHIND THEIR STELLAR PITCHING.  

1ST ROUND DRAFT POSITION - 6TH

PROJECTED 2017 RECORD - 17-9

2. MILLER LITE - 2016 RECORD (18-6) - AS BACK-TO-BACK PSML CHAMPS, THE FALCONS WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE 3-PEAT IN 2017.  BACK IN THE MIX THIS SEASON ARE JOHN SANTOR, BEN EASTER, JESSE GETZ & A HOST OF FALCON VETS THAT YOU HAVE COME TO KNOW OVER THE YEARS.  JAKE SMITH JOINS THE TEAM AFTER A YEAR AWAY FROM THE LEAGUE.  2016 PITCHER OF THE YEAR WALTER WHITE & 2015 PITCHER OF THE YEAR CLAY MCCONKEY ARE BACK, BUT FILLING OUT THE #3 SPOT IN THE ROTATION WILL BE KEY TO THE FALCONS QUEST FOR ANOTHER TITLE. 

1ST ROUND DRAFT POSITION - 5TH

PROJECTED 2017 RECORD - 17-9

3. SILVER BULLET - 2016 RECORD (14-10) - THE TEAM FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CRUSENS BLUE JAYS HAVE CHANGED SPONSORS & WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS SILVER BULLET.  THIS TEAM BOASTS LAST YEARS PLAYER OF THE YEAR ZACH TALBERT, AS WELL AS 2015 PLAYER OF THE YEAR BRAD MEIER.  RYAN KENNY ALSO RETURNS TO BOLSTER AN OFFENSE THAT FINISHED 2ND IN RUNS SCORED IN 2016.  2016 E.R.A. & STRIKEOUT LEADER JOSH BLAUM RETURNS TO LEAD THE PITCHING STAFF.  THIS TEAM IS ALWAYS IN THE HUNT, AND 2017 WILL BE NO DIFFERENT.    

1ST ROUND DRAFT POSITION - 4TH

PROJECTED 2017 RECORD - 15-11

4. CHASE REAL ESTATE - 2016 RECORD (11-13) - MANAGER BRAD JACOBSON HEADS UP ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S MOST EXCITING TEAMS.  A PERENNIAL PLAYOFF TEAM, THE REDS RETURN A SOLID CORE FOR 2017.  LEAGUE STALWART, TRAVIS GRANT IS BACK, AS WELL AS SOLID SECOND YEAR PLAYER ROMAN VISINTINE.  BLAKE UHLMAN & MATT MAMMEN COMBINE TO FORM AN OUTSTANDING 1-2 DUO FOR THE PITCHING STAFF.  WHO THE REDS ADD TO THE MIX THIS SEASON WILL BE A BIG FACTOR IN THEIR SUCCESS & PUSH FOR A TITLE.   

1ST ROUND DRAFT POSITION - 2ND (FROM KEPS) & 3RD

PROJECTED 2017 RECORD - 12-14

5. KEP'S - 2016 RECORD (8-17) -  CUBS WIN!  CUBS WIN!  NOT THIS YEAR SAYS THE SWAMI.  A TEAM FILLED WITH TALENT, KEP'S HAD A RESPECTABLE 1ST YEAR IN THE PSML.  MGR ZACH SKULTE NEEDS TO IMPROVE HIS PITCHING STAFF TO COMPETE FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT IN 2017.  NICK FINNEY LED THE PSML IN INNINGS PITCHED, BUT THE CUBS NEED MORE THAN HIM MOVING FORWARD.  A LINEUP CONSISTING OF DAKOTA BULLARD, HAYDEN BODINE & JIMMY MCCAUGHEY HAS A CHANCE EVERY TIME OUT TO OUTSLUG THEIR OPPONENT.    

1ST ROUND DRAFT POSITION - TRADED TO CHASE

PROJECTED 2017 RECORD - 9-17

6. FIREHOUSE PIZZA & PUB - 2016 RECORD (4-21) - THE DODGERS....WAIT....THE RED SOX...HOLD ON...THE GIANTS??  WHOEVER THEY ARE, THEY ARE BACK FOR THEIR 3RD SEASON IN THE PSML.  TRYING TO FIND A SUCCESSFUL FORMULA FOR WINNING HAS BEEN ALMOST AS TOUGH AS FINDING A TEAM MASCOT FOR MGR KENT DEETS.  BUT IN 2017, HE HAS ADDED NEW ARMS IN CHRIS BRUTLAG & RUSS LUNDIUS TO PENCIL IN THE ROTATION BEHIND KEVIN ULRICH.  THE OFFENSE STRUGGLED IN 2016, BUT WITH DAKOTA CARTER & DOMINIC JOHNSON BACK, THEY HAVE SOME SOLID PIECES TO BUILD AROUND.  

1ST ROUND DRAFT POSITION - 1ST

PROJECTED 2017 RECORD - 4-22

PLAYOFF PICKS

KOHL'S DEF. CHASE (2-1)

MILLER LITE DEF. SILVER BULLET (2-1)

KOHL'S DEF. MILLER LITE (2-1)

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