This August 5-7 MLP returns, this time at Newport Beach.

Every team in the league had the option to put one player on waiver and draft a replacement. They also had the opportunity to make trades before the shuffle draft occurred. More than half of the teams elected to do so.

Trades:

• Maggie Remensye (Florida Smash) traded for Michelle Esquivel (Team Clean)
• Maggie Brascia (Ranchers) traded for Jackie Kawamoto (Jackrabbits)
• Corrine Carr (Team Lions) was traded for Olivia McMillan (Mad Drops)

Drafted:

• Pablo Tellez - Team ATX Pickleballers (Altaf Merchant was waived)
• James Ignatowich - The Ranchers (Austin Gridley was waived)
• Wes Burrows - The Bus (Eden Lica was waived)
• Etta Wright - Team Lions (Bobbi Oshiro was waived)

With these new changes made, BLQK is still predicted to be on top at the end of Newport Beach with Florida Smash as runner ups again.

Last season, DUPR Team Power Ratings accurately predicted the top four team and the winning team. A player's Power Rating is the average of their singles and doubles DUPRs. A Team's Power Rating is the sum of all four players' Power Ratings (P4). If a player does not have a singles DUPR, they are assigned the gendered minimum singles rating of the field (5.04 for women and 5.82 for men).

Two women's teams have women's doubles lines with two players in the top 12 for DUPR Power Ratings.

• BLQK with Parris Todd (#3) and Irina Tereschenko (#5)
• Jackrabbits with Mary Brascia (#11) and Maggie Brascia (#12)  

Team ATX Pickleballers has two men in the top 12 for Power Ratings: Dylan Frazier (#4) and Pablo Tellez (#11)

Make sure to tune in August 5-7 to see these teams battle it out!

Full Rosters:

BLQK - 25.10

• Zane Navratil - 6.93 POWER RATING
• Rafa Hewett - 6.56 POWER RATING
• Parris Todd - 5.85 POWER RATING
• Irina Tereschenko - 5.77 POWER RATING

Florida Smash - 24.47 P4 RATING

• JW Johnson - 6.99 POWER RATING
• Travis Rettenmaier - 6.57 POWER RATING
• Michelle Esquivel - 5.65 POWER RATING
• Lee Whitwell - 5.42 POWER RATING

ATX Pickleballers - 24.47 P4 RATING

• Dylan Frazier - 6.80 POWER RATING
• Pablo Tellez - 6.62 POWER RATING
• Jade Kawamoto - 5.82 POWER RATING
• Sarah Ansboury - 5.24 POWER RATING

Ranchers - 24.24 P4 RATING

• James Ignatowich - 6.58 POWER RATING
• Darrian Young - 6.53 POWER RATING
• Anna Bright - 5.73 POWER RATING
• Jackie Kawamoto - 5.40 POWER RATING

The 5's - 24.09 P4 RATING

• Rob Nunnery - 6.72 POWER RATING
• Erik Lange - 6.15 POWER RATING
• Simone Jardim - 5.87 POWER RATING
• Lina Padegimaite - 5.35 POWER RATING

The Bus - 24.03 P4 RATING

• Kyle Yates - 6.71 POWER RATING
• Wes Burrows - 6.26 POWER RATING
• Lauren Stratman - 5.70 POWER RATING
• Milan Rane - 5.37 POWER RATING

Hard Eights - 23.83 P4 RATING

• John Cincola - 6.65 POWER RATING
• Andrei Daescu - 6.34 POWER RATING
• Jorja Johnson - 5.57 POWER RATING
• Susannah Barr - 5.29 POWER RATING

Team Clean - 23.79 P4 RATING

• Dekel Bar - 6.92 POWER RATING
• Joey Farias - 6.35 POWER RATING
• Maggie Remynse - 5.27 POWER RATING
• Regina Franco - 5.26 POWER RATING

Mad Drops - 23.75 P4 RATING

• Julian Arnold - 6.64 POWER RATING
• Adam Stone - 6.04 POWER RATING
• Vivienne David - 5.68 POWER RATING
• Corrine Carr - 5.39 POWER RATING

Lions - 23.70 P4 RATING

• Thomas Wilson - 6.75 POWER RATING
• Chuck Taylor - 6.45 POWER RATING
• Olivia McMillan - 5.30 POWER RATING
• Etta Wright - 5.20 POWER RATING

Chimeras - 23.65 P4 RATING

• Rob Cassidy - 6.29 POWER RATING
• Daniel De La Rosa - 6.09 POWER RATING
• Andrea Koop - 5.90 POWER RATING
• Megan Fudge - 5.37 POWER RATING

Jackrabbits - 23.56 P4 RATING

• AJ Koller - 6.69 POWER RATING
• Wes Gabrielsen - 5.88 POWER RATING
• Mary Brascia - 5.56 POWER RATING
• Maggie Brascia 5.43 POWER RATING