Highest Potential: MVP
Above All Star: 5
All Star: 5
Lowest Potential: Announcer
Best Drafts:(Based on potential)
1. Chaos Lords
2. Los Gatos Shooters
3. F.C. Italia
4. TV Titans
5. Columbus Discovery
Worst Drafts:
1. Killer Bees (They even got exactly what they wanted)
2. Griffons
3. Park Hill P-Nuts
Best Draft for Immediate impact(based on salary)
1. F.C. Italia
2. Chaos Lords
3. Columbus Discovery(Got what they wanted too, but they scouted better)
4. Park Hill P-Nuts
5. Bond Hill Bashers/TV Titans
Analysis:
Big 8
3 Human teams appear to be returning for the next season: Chaos Lords, Park Hill P-Nuts, and Illegal Miners. I expect all three of these teams to place into the playoffs this upcoming season(if they all stick with it). Park Hill was the best over the last 8 weeks at 7-1, Chaos Lords were 5-3, and Illegal Miners were 4-4. The Chaos Lords got the most help in the draft getting 2 of the 5 players above the all star level. Their last player is actually the best of the lot currently despite the lesser potential. Park Hill got 2 competent players for the now, but none of his players had much in the way of potential. The Illegal Miner's scouts should all be fired, but they did manage one of the 10 All Star+ potential players in round 3 despite their late draft pick.
The dogfight for the top spot in this division is going to be between Chaos Lords and Park Hill P-Nuts with Illegal Miners trailing along behind in third. Who cares about the bots until they are taken over by humans.
Great 8
Pistol Petes, Bond Hill Bashers, and Columbus Discovery should duke it out for the division lead. Given the recent performance, I think that Pistol Petes have the edge, but Columbus Discovery had the strongest draft among them and that may be the difference come playoff time.
Conclusion
Only 2 of the 5 studs in the draft have human managers and stayed in the division. I don't expect anything out of the bot teams and anticipate the humans to dominate the playoffs. The remaining 2 studs(1 went w/ TV Titans) will be underutilized as they will be stuck without training on a bot squad. Should get more interesting when more players join the league, but for now have to say that the remaining human teams should be the strongest come playoff time by a good bit.