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I think for the biggest part if the year it’s been three teams. Powell, Wolfe, and Knott. After that I think there is a sizable drop off. Hazard, estill, Perry and Breathitt. Mainly cause those other teams don’t have a pitchers outside of their top. Estill is my dark horse they throw multiple people and maybe don’t have a true ace but they play decent defense and can at times hit the ball.

I think if powell plays their best ball it’s Powell’s to lose. They have pitching, hitting, defense and leadership. Anyone can get on a run and go off. You can hit 8 line drives and all be caught and hit 8 corkscrews for hits and win the game. It’s baseball and stuff happens. The biggest thing will be on the draws. Whichever of the top three that’s one the opposite side has an advantage. Breathitt is good with Bellamy on the mound. I think he can hold teams but I don’t think they score enough runs even with him on the mound to beat one of the top three. He throws around 85,86 consistently. I don’t see him going long into the game due to the arm trouble he’s had all year. But you have to win 3 consecutive games and they have only done that 2 times all year. Just hard for me to see them making it past one game. Even with Bellamy pitching. Wolfe has the second best pitching staff. They hit well but struggle defensively. They have highs and lows. Watch a few games and when they are clicking they are as good as anyone. Knott has a solid team. They do struggle to hit consistently and outside of napier they don’t have a blow it by you type of pitcher. But they can give team a headache with their style to play.

Also a big contributor to who wins is that they have to field balls on Knott co’s field. It’s very inconsistent and doesn’t take a true hop. It will be interesting how people handle the bounces. Could get interesting. No game is safe that’s why I lean towards the best pitching staff and best defense which is powell.