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This story starts a month into the 05 season using the MVP roster set. Here are the stats and major transactions I made so far, just in basic form.

Currently: 14-12, 2.5 GB 2nd place NL East
(stats are up to date)

Pitchers
Jon Lieber - 4-1, 2.60 era, 45 ip, 31 ks
Brett Myers - 2-1, 2.47 era, 43.2 ip, 42 ks
Danny Graves - 3-3, 4.89 era, 35 ip, 29 ks
Ron Villone - 4-0, 0.53 era, 33.1 ip, 22 ks
Joel Pinero - 5-0, 3.74 era, 43.1 ip, 36 ks

Rheal Cormier - 0-0, 4.26 era, 6.1 ip
Aaron Fultz - 2-1, 3.68 era, 7.1 ip
Ryan Madson - 0-1, 5.87 era, 15.1 ip
Amaury Telemaco - 0-2, 1 sv, 4.77 era, 5.2 ip
BJ Ryan - 0-0, 0.00 era, 7.1 ip
Paul Quantrill - 1-1, 1 sv, 2.19 era, 12.1 ip
Billy Wagner - 1-1, 8 sv, 1.29 era, 14 ip

Batters
C Mike Lieberthal - .306, 1 hr, 12 rbi, 85 ab
1B Jim Thome - .300, 10 hr, 26 rbi, 90 ab
2B Felipe Lopez - .269, 2 hr, 7 rbi, 93 ab
3B Placido Polanco - .270, 1 hr, 8 rbi, 100 ab
SS Jimmy Rollins - .296, 1 hr, 9 rbi, 108 ab
LF Pat Burrell - .309, 8 hr, 28 rbi, 94 ab
CF Bernie Williams - .302, 4 hr, 21 rbi, 106 ab
RF Gary Sheffield - .302, 6 hr, 19 rbi, 96 ab

C Todd Pratt - .188, 1 rbi, 3/16
1B Jose Offerman - .357, 1 hr, 3 rbi, 5/14
3B/OF Dmitri Young - .327, 1 hr, 9 rbi, 17/52
IF/OF Ryan Freel - .364, 1 hr, 3 rbi, 4/11
CF Marlon Byrd - .290, 2 hr, 14 rbi, 27/93

Transactions/Injuries
3B David Bell traded to DET for 3B Dmitri Young
SP Vicente Padilla traded to SEA for SP Joel Pinerio and SP Ron Villone
2B Chase Utley, LF Jason Michaels, 1B Victor Diaz, SP Kris Benson traded to CIN for RF Austin Kearns, 2B Felipe Lopez, SP Danny Graves, OF Ryan Freel
RF Austin Kearns traded to NYY for RF Gary Sheffield, CF Bernie Williams, MR Paul Quantrill

Randy Wolf - Out for the year
Bobby Abreu - Out for the year
Cory Lidle - Still on DL for a 5 week injury