Yesterday, I posted about Mike Bunch’s predictions for our Illowa APBA League. Now, I think Mike’s card forecasts are top notch but the APBA community as a whole look to Bruce Norlander at the end of each MLB season for some guidance for what next year’s card will look like.
Bruce (seen left… just kidding that’s not him)has does this for many years and has finely tuned this process. For years, he posted his predictions on the APBA- Between the Lines forum but in recent years, he posts them on his website.
Here are his 2013 NL pitching grades predictions
Here are his 2013 AL pitching grades predictions
There’s also a follow-up discussion going on at the Between the Lines forum if you care to join in. Registration is required but it’s free.
For those who want to find out more about Bruce Norlander, Mike Estep did an interview with him for the APBA Blog last year. I found it a good read at the time because I found out a few things about Bruce I didn’t know.
Excuse me while I peruse Bruce’s predictions for a while. :)
Update: I’m adding a MG to Basic Game conversion chart
Grade 1-4 = D
Grade 5-9 = C
Grade 10-14 = B
Grade 15-19 = A
Grade 20-24 = A&C
Grade 25-30 = A&B
Thanks for the MG to BG conversion chart. I was totally lost until that update!
Keith, you can thank Wayne who reminded me that not everyone played the MG. Of course, there was the re-config of the grading a few years back too.
thanks, Wayne!
Thanks also to Wayne!