Memphis Grizzlies(80-82)
Runs Scored rank: T10th
Runs Allowed rank: 12th
Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS
J. Ishmael 1B 153 597 145 27 7 44 125 115 45 172 .243 .301 .533 6 5
J. Schwing CF 155 587 177 64 1 13 88 85 37 101 .302 .342 .480 5 3
L. Welter RF 151 583 176 35 2 17 87 80 32 18 .302 .338 .456 20 2
T. Carrillo LF 152 568 144 32 7 29 77 110 91 152 .254 .359 .488 21 9
E. Phillips 2B 153 557 166 25 5 20 86 95 92 35 .298 .400 .469 2 0
R. Chouinard SS 148 531 138 31 2 31 107 74 25 125 .260 .297 .501 0 0
J. Henriques 1B 142 502 138 36 0 23 89 75 39 118 .275 .334 .484 0 0
T. Herbert 3B 120 386 97 11 0 15 52 63 26 50 .251 .300 .396 0 0
J. Stutes RF 102 312 92 22 2 9 55 48 22 51 .295 .345 .465 3 0
R. Chapa C 92 296 85 11 4 1 37 38 48 25 .287 .389 .361 0 0
E. Jameson 3B 96 278 76 11 5 11 47 46 21 37 .273 .328 .468 4 5
A. Easter C 74 245 65 12 2 5 34 40 28 30 .265 .342 .392 12 9
J. Casale SS 59 96 15 7 1 2 12 21 5 15 .156 .214 .313 6 0
J. Cornelius CF 40 83 20 4 0 2 9 14 17 28 .241 .400 .361 5 6
R. Takanori CF 34 63 17 3 0 1 4 16 10 8 .270 .378 .365 6 0
P. Aguilera 2B 47 50 8 4 0 1 4 11 4 13 .160 .222 .300 8 3
F. Lamela C 18 48 7 1 0 1 5 6 7 14 .146 .268 .229 1 0
M. Gottschalk RF 16 36 10 1 0 1 6 6 4 2 .278 .350 .389 0 0
X. Dovando 1B 13 23 6 1 0 0 2 4 2 5 .261 .346 .304 0 0
D. Alfaro 2B 13 20 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 .250 .250 .250 0 0
S. Grimaldi 3B 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH
R. Standley 35 35 17 13 0 3.77 286.2 275 133 120 60 245 19 2
R. Kelemen 33 33 18 13 0 3.98 258.0 238 130 114 102 142 14 3
C. Deherrera 30 30 11 10 0 4.34 199.0 223 114 96 59 151 3 1
R. Mangano 24 24 13 6 0 3.22 195.2 182 77 70 30 115 10 1
M. Snoddy 24 24 4 11 0 7.04 130.1 151 117 102 85 68 0 0
E. Molina 33 7 1 6 1 7.27 64.1 85 57 52 53 52 0 0
R. Kirby 50 0 6 5 1 4.08 64.0 50 30 29 27 39 0 0
C. Garza 48 0 3 5 28 3.05 56.0 51 21 19 15 36 0 0
M. Diaz 40 0 5 4 1 6.67 54.0 68 42 40 39 48 0 0
C. Zoller 22 0 1 2 0 6.86 42.0 50 33 32 28 19 0 0
W. Brown 34 0 0 3 0 5.62 41.2 46 34 26 31 43 0 0
L. Carter 5 3 1 1 0 8.31 17.1 34 16 16 3 8 1 0
N. Garcia 6 0 0 0 0 3.52 7.2 10 3 3 3 5 0 0
E. Fulcher 1 1 0 0 0 11.57 4.2 6 6 6 5 1 0 0
Thoughts:
The last few years have been frustratingly similar for Memphis. The Grizzlies have been consistently better than the dregs of the Central Division, but they just can't seem to get past Denver or Tucson. Since 2080, Memphis has two 4th place finishes and five 3rd place finishes. The Grizzlies' performances in that time period have ranged between below average(a low of 75 wins) and very good(a high of 95 wins). For a franchise that had been incredibly dominant from the late 50's to the late 70's(10 division titles, 16 playoff appearances, 4 World Series appearances, 3 World Series victories between the years 2057 and 2079), these middle of the pack finishes are tough pill to swallow.
Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player:
Rickie Standley finally had his breakthrough season, setting personal bests in wins, ERA, innings pitched, and complete games. He lowered his ERA by about a full run from last season's 4.78 figure.
Claudio Deherrera had his best season since winning the 2082 Rookie of the Year Award. He set a career high in innings pitched, and saw his ERA improve by nearly a run from last year's 5.28 mark. Second year starter
Russell Mangano improved his ERA by more than 3 full runs from last season(his ERA was 6.42 last year).
Biggest Disappointment:
Shortstop
Roy Chouinard had his OPS plunge from .920 down to .798 this season, and he topped 100 strikeouts for the first time since 2079. Right-fielder
Lester Welter had the same number of plate appearances this season as last(627) and the same number of at bats, but he recorded fewer hits, doubles, homeruns, and walks, which meant that all of his rate stats declined. Last year's OPS was .844; it dropped to .794 this season.
Outlook:
The Grizzlies have several key players eligible for free agency at the end of the season, including
Deherrera,
Welter, and left-fielder
Terrell Carillo. This year's lineup wasn't particularly young, as
Jason Schwing(27) and
John Henriques(28) were the only regulars under the age of 30. Compounding that issue is the fact that Memphis really only has notable prospect knocking on the door(first-baseman
Xavier Dovando). The pitching staff is in better shape, especially if the Grizzlies can hang on to the 26 year old
Deherrera, as
Standley(28) and
Mangano(25) are still pretty young. Throw in
Roy Kelemen who, at 35, still probably has another good year or two left in him, and Memphis will certainly have one of the better rotations in the league next year. Overall, Memphis has enough talent to contend, but the present roster remains not quite good enough to get past the Broncos or Diamondbacks.