The 2008 season started with the Red Sox as champs. They were beaten by the A's, who were beaten back by Boston, who were then swept by Toronto, who lost to Oakland, who lost to Cleveland, and so on, until we reached our current champion.
The Heavyweight of the Year is the team that wins the most title bouts at the end of the season.
2008 Title Bout Records:
| team | w | l |
| Athletics | 13 | 13 |
| Red Sox | 11 | 7 |
| Angels | 6 | 4 |
| Indians | 4 | 6 |
| Rangers | 4 | 6 |
| Blue Jays | 3 | 3 |
| Reds | 2 | 0 |
| Yankees | 1 | 1 |
| Tigers | 1 | 2 |
| Orioles | 0 | 3 |
2006 Heavyweight of the Year:
Oakland Athletics
2005 Heavyweight of the Year:
Oakland Athletics
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2008 Stats
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The draft is coming up on Tuesday. Mychael Urban has an A's draft preview on MLB.com. John Sickels is running a mock draft on Sunday.
Baseball America is also kicking into high gear. Here's their free stuff:
Draft order
Top 200 prospects
Best tools
Pre-draft blog
Looking back at last year's draft, Huston Street alone makes it a good one. As far as everyone else, it's still too early to tell. No one else has rocketed up the system like Street. On the other hand, the only early round pick who has struggled badly is Michael Rogers, although Landon Powell's knee injury puts a big question mark on his long-term prospects as a catcher.
Here's where the 2004 draftees are now. Some of them were signed and played last year in short-season ball; if they're not playing now, I'm assuming they're there still:
| Name | B/T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Rnd | Pos | Currently |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landon Powell | S/R | 6'3" | 235 | 03/19/1982 | 1 | C | Injured |
| Daniel Putnam | L/L | 5'10" | 200 | 09/17/1982 | 1 | CF | A+ Stockton |
| Huston Street | R/R | 6'0" | 190 | 08/02/1983 | 1 | RHP | MLB Oakland |
| Richard Robnett | L/L | 5'10" | 195 | 09/17/1983 | 1 | CF | A+ Stockton |
| Michael Rogers | R/R | 6'1" | 195 | 10/24/1982 | 2 | RHP | A- Kane County |
| Kurt Suzuki | R/R | 5'11" | 200 | 10/04/1983 | 2 | C | A+ Stockton |
| Jason Windsor | R/R | 6'2" | 220 | 07/16/1982 | 3 | RHP | AA Midland |
| Ryan Webb | R/R | 6'6" | 190 | 02/05/1986 | 4 | RHP | A- Kane County |
| Kevin Melillo | L/R | 6'0" | 190 | 05/14/1982 | 5 | 2B | A- Kane County |
| Derek Tharpe | L/L | 5'11" | 188 | 10/30/1981 | 6 | LHP | A- Kane County |
| Jarod Mcauliff | R/R | 6'0" | 180 | 07/24/1982 | 7 | RHP | short season? |
| Myron Leslie | S/R | 6'3" | 210 | 05/02/1982 | 8 | 3B | A- Kane County |
| Chad Boyd | L/L | 5'10" | 180 | 04/21/1985 | 9 | OF | short season? |
| Thomas Everidge | R/R | 6'1" | 215 | 04/20/1983 | 10 | 1B | A- Kane County |
| Steven Sharpe | R/R | 6'1" | 200 | 07/20/1981 | 11 | RHP | A- Kane County |
| Nicholas Blasi | R/R | 5'9" | 185 | 09/23/1981 | 12 | LF | A- Kane County |
| Scott Drucker | R/R | 6'1" | 192 | 05/30/1982 | 13 | RHP | A+ Stockton |
| Jorge Charry | R/R | 6'1" | 185 | 12/10/1986 | 14 | RHP | unsigned |
| Ryan Ford | L/L | 6'3" | 195 | 07/10/1982 | 15 | LHP | A- Kane County |
| Tyler Best | L/R | 0'0" | 0 | 04/24/1981 | 16 | C | short season? |
| Clay Tichota | R/R | 6'4" | 210 | 11/26/1981 | 17 | RHP | A- Kane County |
| Jeremy Slayden | L/R | 6'0" | 185 | 07/28/1982 | 18 | OF | unsigned |
| Ryan Ruiz | R/R | 5'8" | 180 | 10/18/1981 | 19 | SS | A- Kane County |
| Robert Semerano | R/R | 6'1" | 185 | 07/18/1981 | 20 | RHP | A- Kane County |
| Chalon Tietje | R/R | 6'1" | 195 | 06/11/1982 | 21 | RF | A- Kane County |
| Ryan Jones | L/L | 5'10" | 180 | 09/28/1981 | 22 | CF | short season? |
| Shawn Martinez | R/R | 6'3" | 235 | 03/07/1982 | 23 | RHP | short season? |
| Dallas Braden | L/L | 6'1" | 185 | 08/13/1983 | 24 | LHP | AA Midland |
| James Conroy | R/R | 6'3" | 185 | 11/04/1982 | 25 | RHP | unsigned |
| Steven-Ryder Carter | R/R | 6'3" | 220 | 06/09/1980 | 26 | RHP | short season? |
| Clayton Turner | R/R | 6'0" | 190 | 02/10/1982 | 27 | RHP | unsigned |
| Andre Piper-Jordan | R/R | 6'0" | 195 | 12/05/1983 | 28 | CF | short season? |
| Wesley Long | R/R | 0'0" | 0 | 06/12/1982 | 29 | SS | A- Kane County |
| Haas Pratt | R/R | 6'3" | 225 | 09/17/1981 | 30 | 1B | short season? |
| Connor Robertson | R/R | 6'3" | 215 | 09/10/1981 | 31 | RHP | A+ Stockton |
| Jeffrey Gray | R/R | 6'2" | 210 | 11/19/1981 | 32 | RHP | short season? |
| Scott Fairbanks | R/R | 6'3" | 200 | 04/26/1981 | 33 | RHP | short season? |
| Yusuf A Carter | S/R | 6'2" | 205 | 02/06/1985 | 34 | OF | unsigned |
| Broc C Coffman | L/L | 03/28/1985 | 35 | LHP | unsigned | ||
| Matthew Cassel | R/R | 6'5" | 225 | 05/17/1982 | 36 | RHP | unsigned |
| Beau Seabury | R/R | 6'1" | 190 | 06/13/1985 | 37 | C | unsigned |
| Drew Saberhagen | L/L | 6'2" | 180 | 10/26/1985 | 38 | 1B | unsigned |
| Joseph A Florio | L/R | 5'10" | 185 | 07/04/1985 | 39 | SS | unsigned |
| Daniel Figueroa * | R/R | 5'10" | 175 | 02/19/1983 | 40 | CF | unsigned |
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