Dragons Get Their Just Deserts

… or maybe their just desserts, considering they are carnivorous beasts.

Who worked the hardest to the best effect in that week leading up to and through Friday’s draft?  The Dragons.  Who were already in first by a hair at the beginning of that week? The dragons.  Who got the connivance of the Cheese, the Tornados and the Pears in his devious schemes?  The Dragons.

Who achieved the biggest improvement in its prospects for the rest of the year during last week’s trades and draft?  Look at this:

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… Well, rats, I did this little study last night of BP’s projections for the rest of the year, comparing our July rosters with our rosters as of the roster deadline.  I had this nice little chart… but I stupidly erased it.

From memory, the team whose maneuvers most improved its prospects for the rest of the season (by something like 2.3 wins) was: the Dragons. The Rosebuds improved by a little over 1 win, and the Drive, the Wolverines, the Alleghenys and (I think) the Pears and Kangaroos followed, each improving by a fraction of a win. The Cheese sagged marginally, and the Tornados gave away nearly 1.5 wins, according to BP. d

Now BP seems to me to be a bit of a mess, seeing pitchers in our league as being less than half as valuable as hitters. So I wouldn’t put too much weight on its forecasts, especially filtered through my faulty memory.   Except… look at these standings:

The Dragons gained two games on the second-place W’s in the span of a week.