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Sven Draconian · 05-02-2007, 11:52 AM

Around the middle of May several things happened.

1) I gave up on Raul Pineda. The OF prospect is very highly regarded by SISA and Scouts except he has one problem, no strikezone judgement.
Pineda is 24 and plays LF. All the in-game ratings systems say he is my top prospect. However, through 69 ABs he has drawn just 1 walk, projected over a season thats less than 10 walks. He's batting .217 with 2 triples, 1 HR and 2 doubles.
His potential is 4/5/5/1/2, but if you can't draw any walks and you K that much, your batting average is never going to develop. Its tough to have a LF that can't post a .320 OBP.

2) On the 17th Miguel Ybarra was injured. He had 9 HRs on the season (on pace for over 30). He had a .316/.389/.523 line for the season so far, its a pretty big loss.

Rob Cooper has been brought up to take his spot in the lineup. Cooper is still hurt for four days (Brian Thomas will start untill he is healthy), then Cooper will get a 10 day tryout before I have to make a decision.

3) I signed John Brooks for a bullpen filler. If your reading the league thread for this you might recognize the name, he is the former all world closer for 5 time champion South Bend and has 239 career saves. He'll be used for mop-up duty.

4) I made a trade (more on this next post).

As of May 18th our record stands at 20-24, good for 2nd in the division, but three games back of South Bend who boasts a 26-18 record.

05-02-2007, 11:52 AM	#12
Sven Draconian Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 432	Around the middle of May several things happened. 1) I gave up on Raul Pineda. The OF prospect is very highly regarded by SISA and Scouts except he has one problem, no strikezone judgement. Pineda is 24 and plays LF. All the in-game ratings systems say he is my top prospect. However, through 69 ABs he has drawn just 1 walk, projected over a season thats less than 10 walks. He's batting .217 with 2 triples, 1 HR and 2 doubles. His potential is 4/5/5/1/2, but if you can't draw any walks and you K that much, your batting average is never going to develop. Its tough to have a LF that can't post a .320 OBP. 2) On the 17th Miguel Ybarra was injured. He had 9 HRs on the season (on pace for over 30). He had a .316/.389/.523 line for the season so far, its a pretty big loss. Rob Cooper has been brought up to take his spot in the lineup. Cooper is still hurt for four days (Brian Thomas will start untill he is healthy), then Cooper will get a 10 day tryout before I have to make a decision. 3) I signed John Brooks for a bullpen filler. If your reading the league thread for this you might recognize the name, he is the former all world closer for 5 time champion South Bend and has 239 career saves. He'll be used for mop-up duty. 4) I made a trade (more on this next post). As of May 18th our record stands at 20-24, good for 2nd in the division, but three games back of South Bend who boasts a 26-18 record. Last edited by Sven Draconian; 05-02-2007 at 12:08 PM.