State of the Farm (what is left)

1. SP Kolby Allred 60H

2. SP Marcus Diplan 55H

3. SP Alvaro Seijas 55H

4. SS  Lucius Fox 55E

5. OF Donnie Dewees 50H

6. 2B Forrest Wall 50H

7. SS Richie Martin 50H

8. SS CJ Hinojosa 45M

9. 3B Gregory Guerrero 50E

10. RP Yasiel Sierra 45H

HM SP Pierce Johnson 45H

Heroes in ESPN's top 250 keeper list

http://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/page/mlbranks_september21/fantasy-baseball-rankings-top-mlb-players-every-position

14. George Springer (1)

17. Christian Yelich (2)

25. Noah Syndergaard (2)

29. Max Scherzer (2)

33. Eric Hosmer (3)

52. Andrew Benintendi (4)

88. Aroldis Chapman (6)

102. Yoan Moncada (7)

108. Brandon Belt (7)

142. Drew Pomeranz (9)

147. Brad Miller (10)

161. A.J. Reed (11)

170. Dustin Pedroia (11)

196. Adrian Beltre (13)

200. Rafael Devers (14)

214. Jeff Samardzija (15)

236. Kevin Kiermaier (17)

Help in the rotation on the way?

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak hinted Wednesday that Trevor Rosenthal may be looked at as a starter leading into the 2017 season.

"I imagine that’s something we’re going to talk about," said Mozeliak. Rosenthal has expressed a desire to start in the past, and he was pushed out of the closer role this year by Seung Hwan Oh. It's probably something worth exploring. Rosenthal worked three scoreless innings in his final appearance of 2016 -- only the second time he had gone three-plus innings in a major league game. Call that a preview.

Kelly's Ace of the Year

Noah Syndergaard has been named Ace of the Year for the 2nd year in a row. IN improved on every number over last year's rookie campaign. He also ranked very high on player rater, ranking 15th among SP.

Winners of this award:
2007 Roy Halladay 16-5 3.71era 225Inn 139K's
2008 Franciso Rodriguez 2-3 2.24era 68inn 77K's 62SV
2009 Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79era 246Inn 206K's
2010 Trevor Cahill 18-8 2.97 era 196.2Inn 118K's
2011 Ervin Santana 11-12 3.38 228.2inn 178k's
2012 Jim Johnson 4-2 2.49era 68.2Inn 41K's 51SV
2013 James Shields 13-9 3.15era 228Inn 197K's
2014 Yordano Ventura 14-10 3.20era 183Inn 159k's
2015 Noah Syndergaard 9-7 3.24era 150Inn 166K's
2016 Noah Syndergaard 14-9 2.60era 183.2inn 218k's

2016 Hero of the Year

Dustin Pedroia has been named Hero of the Year. This is the 3rd time he has won the award. He finished 29th on player rater and was the top Hero. He also collected 201 hits this year, this mark only the 2nd time a a hero has collected 200+ hits in a season.

Past Winners
2007 3B David Wright .325avg 30HR 107RBI 34SB .963OPS
2008 2B Dustin Pedroia .325avg 17HR 20SB 83RBI 117Runs .869OPS
2009 1B Price Fielder .299Avg 46HR 141RBI 1.014OPS
2010 3B Ryan Zimmerman .307avg 25HR 85RBI 85Runs .894OPS
2011 2B Dustin Pedroia .307avg 21HR 91RBI 102Runs 86BB 26SB .861OPS
2012 1B Prince Fielder .313avg 30HR 108RBI 83Runa 85BB .940ops
2013 1B Joey Votto .305avg 24HR 73RBI, 103Runs, 135BB, .926OPS
2014 OF Lorenzo Cain .301avg 5HR 53Rbi 55runs 28SB .751OPS
2015 OF Michael Conforto .270avg 9HR 26RBI .841ops
2016 2B Dustin Pedroia .318avg 15HR 74RBI 105Runs 61BB .825ops

RIP Jose Fernandez

SP Jose Fernandez was a former Kelly's Hero 4th round pick in the 2012 CPL draft.

Top 30 Hero Prospects at the end of the season

1. 2B Yoan Moncada
2. OF Andrew Benintendi
3. SP Lucas Giolito
4. SS Brendan Rogers
5. 3B Rafael Devers
6. SS Amed Rosario
7. SP Anderson Espinoza
8. 1B AJ Reed
9. OF Manuel Margot
10 OF Bradley Zimmer
11 SP Kolby Allard
12 SS Willy Adames
13 SP Reynaldo Lopez
14 1B Dominic Smith
15 SP Robert Stephenson
16 SP Brady Aiken
17 SP James Kaprielian
18 SP Dylan Cease
19 SP Dillion Tate
20 OF Harold Ramirez
21 3B Gilbert Lara
22 SP Thomas Szapucki
23 2B Forrest Wall
24 OF Donnie Dewees
25 SS Anderson Tejeda
26 SS Lucius Fox
27 SP Alvaro Seijas
28 SP Kyle Freeland
29 OF Greg Allen
30 RP Yasiel Sierra

Spoiler part 2

Heroes get
6th rd #86 2017
8th rd #118 2017

For
SP Kyle Freeland

Spoiler Alert....

So we are still a week away from the trades opening up for the next season but that has not stopped the heroes from talking shop.  Heroes officals they are currently talking with or have reached out to 6 teams so far this off season.

Sources deep within the Hero camp have confirmed that a trade has been reached with the Ball Busters.

Ball Busters  get

SS Amad Rosiaro

OF Michael Confoto

SP Lance McCuller

SP Renaldo Lopez

SP Robert Stephenson

1B Dom Smith

1B Lucus Duda 

Heroes get

OF Christian Yelich

1B Eric Hosmer

This move while differently moving a group of young talent, makes the Heroes a much tougher team for years to come, neither player the Heroes got are in there prime years yet.

2016 Little Hero of the Year

Yoan Moncada was named the little Hero of the Year by Baseball America.

In two minor-league stops, Moncada hit .294/.407/.511/.918 with 15 homers, 62 RBI and 45 stolen bases. His development this season was so tantalizing that the Red Sox summoned him to Boston for the September roster expansion. Unfortunately, what we learned at the Double-A level -- he's challenged by offspeed pitches, particularly the changeup -- was exposed to a greater degree in the majors. Offspeed pitch recognition is an obvious area of improvement for the young infielder entering the 2017 season.

Top give vote getters were
1. 2B Yoan Moncada
2. SS Brendan Rogers
3. OF Andrew Benintendi
4. SP Reynaldo Lopez
5. OF Bradley Zimmer

Here is the complete list of Little Heroes of the year

2007 1B Billy Butler KC
2008 1B Logan Morrison Fla
2009 SP Arodys Vizcaino NYY
2010 OF Mike Trout LAA
2011 1B Anthony Rizzo SD
2012 OF Adam Eaton Arz
2013 SP Yordano Ventura KC
2014 SP Lucas Giolito Was
2015 1B AJ Reed Hou
2016 2B Yoan Moncada Bos

Team Rankings

Hits 1,168 (11th)
Runs 636 (10th)
HR 159 (12th)
RBI 578 (12th)
Walks 442 (8th)
SB 38 (15th)
Avg .265 (10th)
OPS .769 (12th)

Inn 1,311 (4th)
K's 1,276 (3rd)
Wins 89 (4th)
Loses 79 (11th)
Saves 17 (14th)
Holds 56 (5th)
ERA 3.54 (1st)
Whip 1.215 (3rd)

Updated All Time Records

Updated All-Time Record

League Year Wins Loses Ties Win%
TSA 2006 181 116 11 .606**
CPL 2007 156 167 22 .484
CPL 2008 160 173 19 .480
CPL 2009 200 134 18 .599*
CPL 2010 136 186 30 .429
CPL 2011 135 174 27 .442
CPL 2012 187 133 16 .580*
CPL 2013 162 152 22 .515*
CPL 2014 115 196 25 .379
CPL 2015 87 231 18 .286
CPL 2016 137 178 21 .439

**Won the championship
*Made the playoffs

Heroes Top 30 Prospects Update

The Heroes have been busy trading some prospects to add some MLB players.  Here is what the top 30 Hero prospects are now.

1. 2B Yoan Moncada
2. SP Lucas Giolito
3. SS Brendan Rogers
4. OF Andrew Benintendi
5. 1B AJ Reed
6. SP Anderson Espinoza
7. 3B Rafael Devers
8. SP Robert Stephenson
9. OF Manuel Margot
10 OF Bradley Zimmer
11 SP Dillion Tate
12 SS Tim Anderson
13 1B Dominic Smith
14 SS Amed Rosario
15 SS Willy Adames
16 SP Brady Aiken
17 SP James Kaprielian
18 SP Kolby Allard
19 3B Gilbert Lara
20 SP Dylan Cease
21 OF Harold Ramirez
22 SP Reynaldo Lopez
23 SP Kyle Freeland
24 2B Forrest Wall
25 RP Yasiel Sierra
26 SS Lucius Fox
27 OF Donnie Dewees
28 SP Pierce Johnson
29 SS Richie Martin
30 SP Hunter Wood