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gehrig38 · 11-27-2012, 11:03 PM

The newly named Arizona Greyhounds have fired GM Atsushi Sugiyama. In this three years as GM Arizona was 225-261, their W total going 83-72-70.

And in a surprising move, to me anyway, Houston was quick to can GM Eugene Eichler! He had steered them to back to back Series Titles and they made a nice comeback at the end of the year, but damn, the ultimate ‘what have you done for me lately’ move by Owner Jim Baird. I am guessing with the leagues largest payroll he was expecting more.

Fresno axed GM Chris Davis as well today. With their win total dropping 3 straight (81-74-68) owner Jim Reynolds had had enough I guess.

10/27/15
NEWS and NOTES
Holy cow, 22 year old Steve Taylor’s career is over! The Fresno Grizzly’s 7th pick in the Inaugural draft, and 2012 #61 prospect who made a quick rise to the IBL with a callup in ’12 and then made the rotation out of camp in ’13 and went 14-13 5.90 in 178 IP was 7-8 4.42 in 18 starts this year before a labrum injury. Apparently it isn’t something he can, or wants, to recover from and has called it a day.

10/31/15
Managed a steal today. Former Dayton Dragons HC Raul Rivera signed on to be the same guy for our Belleview club at class A. An outsanding communicator and excellent hitting coach, he’ll handle the hitting duties for the next 3 years at a bargain price for a guy of his talent.

Steve Lund whom I was trying to overhire for my Omaha job took the Arizona Greyhounds Managing job, good luck with that.

And Nolan Carter just took the Pitching coach job in Vegas for the 51’s While Manny Moran took the hitting job there. Both at close to a half million each.

Our Hitting Coach has moved on, signing a 5 year deal to be the Hitting Coach at Dayton.

And we managed to sign AAA Hitting Coach Ron Glass to a 4 year extension in AAA Tulsa. After a lot of internal discussion the idea might be to promote him to the big league job, there’s nobody better on the market.

El Paso Manager Oliver Gidley was named the 2014 Frontier League Manager of the Year. He guided the new look Diablos to a 92-70 record and Jose Solis of the World Champion Philadelphia Freedom (now the Patriots) took home the Coastal League Honors.

TRADE NEWS
The Michigan Battlecats sent 25 year old MR Ryan Murphy to Columbus today for 18 year old OF prospect Richard McBride. Murphy was the IBL’s #12 prospect in ’12 and #20 in ’13 and has gone 5-2 2 Saves 3.11 ERA in 63 games with 75.1 IP, striking out 58 with a 1.18 WHIP. He’ll move into a setup role. McBride was the 3rd round pick of the Clippers in the 2013 draft out of Herron HS in Indianapolis, IN and family and friends are elated he’s ‘coming home’. A good runner who plays a better LF, his strength appears to be more gap to gap than true HR power, though he’ll hit his share if he stays healthy.

Arizona shipped 27 year old SP Tanner Ashley to Fresno today for 18 year old OF prospect Masayuki Hara. Ashley went 12-13 5.43 in 33 starts over 189 IP last year. He spents ’12 in Buffalo (1-4 6.00 in 13 games, 6 starts) and was shipped to Dayton in ’13 and ended a combined 7-9 5.27 in 26 starts. He figures to get a clean start in Fresno. Hara was discovered in Japan last year and signed with Fresno in January. IBL’s #74 prospect projects in RF, with outstanding speed and already an above average defender, he made 3 different stops in ’14, Rookie, Short A and Class A with 4 HR’s and 22 RBI’s, 9-12 SB’s in 181 AB’s over 59 games. In two years he’s hit .242/346/392 in 119 games.

11-27-2012, 11:03 PM	#362
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	Off season stuff... The newly named Arizona Greyhounds have fired GM Atsushi Sugiyama. In this three years as GM Arizona was 225-261, their W total going 83-72-70. And in a surprising move, to me anyway, Houston was quick to can GM Eugene Eichler! He had steered them to back to back Series Titles and they made a nice comeback at the end of the year, but damn, the ultimate ‘what have you done for me lately’ move by Owner Jim Baird. I am guessing with the leagues largest payroll he was expecting more. Fresno axed GM Chris Davis as well today. With their win total dropping 3 straight (81-74-68) owner Jim Reynolds had had enough I guess. 10/27/15 NEWS and NOTES Holy cow, 22 year old Steve Taylor’s career is over! The Fresno Grizzly’s 7th pick in the Inaugural draft, and 2012 #61 prospect who made a quick rise to the IBL with a callup in ’12 and then made the rotation out of camp in ’13 and went 14-13 5.90 in 178 IP was 7-8 4.42 in 18 starts this year before a labrum injury. Apparently it isn’t something he can, or wants, to recover from and has called it a day. 10/31/15 Managed a steal today. Former Dayton Dragons HC Raul Rivera signed on to be the same guy for our Belleview club at class A. An outsanding communicator and excellent hitting coach, he’ll handle the hitting duties for the next 3 years at a bargain price for a guy of his talent. Steve Lund whom I was trying to overhire for my Omaha job took the Arizona Greyhounds Managing job, good luck with that. And Nolan Carter just took the Pitching coach job in Vegas for the 51’s While Manny Moran took the hitting job there. Both at close to a half million each. Our Hitting Coach has moved on, signing a 5 year deal to be the Hitting Coach at Dayton. And we managed to sign AAA Hitting Coach Ron Glass to a 4 year extension in AAA Tulsa. After a lot of internal discussion the idea might be to promote him to the big league job, there’s nobody better on the market. El Paso Manager Oliver Gidley was named the 2014 Frontier League Manager of the Year. He guided the new look Diablos to a 92-70 record and Jose Solis of the World Champion Philadelphia Freedom (now the Patriots) took home the Coastal League Honors. TRADE NEWS The Michigan Battlecats sent 25 year old MR Ryan Murphy to Columbus today for 18 year old OF prospect Richard McBride. Murphy was the IBL’s #12 prospect in ’12 and #20 in ’13 and has gone 5-2 2 Saves 3.11 ERA in 63 games with 75.1 IP, striking out 58 with a 1.18 WHIP. He’ll move into a setup role. McBride was the 3rd round pick of the Clippers in the 2013 draft out of Herron HS in Indianapolis, IN and family and friends are elated he’s ‘coming home’. A good runner who plays a better LF, his strength appears to be more gap to gap than true HR power, though he’ll hit his share if he stays healthy. Arizona shipped 27 year old SP Tanner Ashley to Fresno today for 18 year old OF prospect Masayuki Hara. Ashley went 12-13 5.43 in 33 starts over 189 IP last year. He spents ’12 in Buffalo (1-4 6.00 in 13 games, 6 starts) and was shipped to Dayton in ’13 and ended a combined 7-9 5.27 in 26 starts. He figures to get a clean start in Fresno. Hara was discovered in Japan last year and signed with Fresno in January. IBL’s #74 prospect projects in RF, with outstanding speed and already an above average defender, he made 3 different stops in ’14, Rookie, Short A and Class A with 4 HR’s and 22 RBI’s, 9-12 SB’s in 181 AB’s over 59 games. In two years he’s hit .242/346/392 in 119 games.