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gehrig38 · 12-02-2012, 12:20 AM

WEEK 18
3 vs Alaska (51-57 22 GB West)
Off Day
3 @ Arizona (51-57 22 GB West)

GAME 109
A Raul Feliz PH 2 run single in the bottom of the 8th made brought us back and Ernesto Cruz pitched a perfect 9th for his 4th Save. Mike Davis was outstanding going 8-7-3-3-1-4. Alexander and Chartier went 2-4 with Massi Lorenzelli hitting his 32nd double.
CHI 4 ALK 3 (72-37 +)

DL NEWS
Hugh Collins is ready to come off the DL, going to get him a few AB’s in Tulsa before activating him. Angel Lopez and Raul Feliz are banged up a bit.

Eric Coates is hurt again, 3 weeks this time…

TRADE NEWS
I made a waiver trade today, reacquiring IF Chris Dixon from Edmonton for IF Fred Huff. We also exchanged 1st round picks in the 2015 draft. Dixon is out of options and I am waiting a few days with him on waivers to see if any of these injuries get worse, but working to deal him if I need to, in the meantime.

Las Vegas traded former Iron Pig Sergio Lopez to Alaska in a waiver deal. Vegas received IF Arturo Rodriguez in return. Lopez is hitting .233-8-45 with 46 runs in 88 games, Rodriguez is hitting .259-12-52 in 104 games so far this year.

GAME 110
MacFadden (7-6) goes 7-7-2-2-1-3 and into the 7th Zito (7-6) had him down 2-1, Ernesto Gutierrez’s 1 out 7th inning triple tied it and Jean Chartier singled him in to win it. Winston (H7) tossed a perfect 8th and Cruz (SV 5) a perfect 9th, striking out the side. Rafael Flores was hurt running the bases in the 7th and came out.
CHI 3 ALK 2 (73-37 +3)

INJURY NEWS
Flores is severely hurt, his hip problem will have him out until Spring Training at least. As the organizations best defensive Catcher this could have been huge but Eric Hudson is off the DL tomorrow. I need him to get some rehab AB’s though, so a corresponding move needs to be made. The 40 man is full, but I clear a spot by putting Flores on the 60 day. It’s waiver time so I can’t get another catcher in any sort of timely fashion, I am going to need to go with 1 catcher for 1 game and activate Hudson immediately, no rehab, and likely ease him back in.

GAME 111
Alfredo Alejandrez (14-4) went 7-4-0-0-5-5 and Sib van Bodegraven got the last 6 outs, with some work, and Angel Lopez hit a double (10) and a triple (6), scoring twice, and Wes Morgan in a rare appearance in the 2 hole went 2-4 with his 20th double and drove in a run.
CHI 7 ALK 0 (74-37 +4)

GAMES
Sacramento’s 2012 1st round draft choice (#9 overall) righty Bryan Rodgers tossed his first IBL shutout. Rogers struck out 8 in moving to 6-5 3.82.

OFF DAY NEWS
INJURY NEWS
Diablo 3B Vincent Lange will have his DL stay extended another 2 week as his sprained ankle is not healing as expected. The club has managed to go 9-3 since Lange went down, with 25 year old call up Rafael Cuesta going 11-25 2 doubles, 2 homers and a 379/471/655 line in Lange’s spot.

OFF DAY LOOK AROUND THE MINORS
TULSA-58-58 8 GB of Circle Pines (ALK)-Brian Walker leads with a .260 average, now departed Fred Huff leads with 20 HR’s and 65 RBI’s, active leader is now Steve Howard at 14 and Alfredo Lozan0 (in the IBL) with 55 RBI’s, Alejandro Sotolo is 3rd with 43 but on the DL for a few more days. Gerardo Zamora is 11-6 2.76, leading in both, and Denny Walker has 139 K’s. They have 2 MR on the DL, and are 3rd in SB, 5th in HR’s, 2nd in SP ERA, 14th in Bullpen, 12th in Defense.

Catcher Francisco Reyna went 5-6 in an 11-8 loss today. He’s hitting 255-1-11 on the year in 137 games since being called up from AA.

BAKERSFIELD-56-60 12 GB Fremont (COL) Ricardo Gonalez leads all three, .280-17-63 (77th round inaugural draft pick, #1828 overall). Bob Alexander has a 3.39 ERA and 123 K’s, 1 ahead of Zak Chambers (12-9 4.49) who has 122. Eric Coates is out the next 3 weeks. They are 4th in Avg, 5th in HR’s, Pedro Garcia is 2-3 29 Saves with a 2.83 ERA.

DENISON-61-55 2 GB of Atlanta (TUL) Barry Scott is hitting .280, Kyle Robinson has 18 HR’s 72 RBI’s. Ed Harris got a brief AA call up but was crushed, and is back and is 9-5 2.94, Robert Reyna leads with 13 wins (13-6 3.02) and Arturo Manuel has 126 k’s to Mike Abletts 125. They are 3rd in runs, 3rd in OBP, 5th in runs against, 4th in SP ERA, 1st in defense.

BELLEVIEW 54-62 9 GB of Smiths (FRE) Mark Murray leads at .243 and his 13 HR’s are tops. Clyde Brooks (now in AA) leads with 53 RBI’s. 1st pick Pedro Salinas is hitting 338/466/600 in 40 games since signing with 8 HR’s and 23 RBI’s. Scouts are saying he’s coming along FAR faster than they expected, he was called up to AA at the end of today with Ricardo Gonzalez moving to AAA.

HEAVENER 18-22 4 GB of Anaheim (AZ) Kevin Holbrook is hitting .260, Alex Cuellar has 6 HR’s and Holbrook 19 RBI’s to Cueller’s 17. Cuellar has also thrown 7 innings in relief. Garrett Austin is 4-0 1.84, and Alfredo Berroa has 49 K’s. Closer Ryan Lacey has 8 Saves and a 3.48 but is hurting with a yet to be diagnosed injury.

OMAHA 17-23 10 GB of Cibolo (HOU) Ken Morgan is hitting .271, George Payton has 9 HR’s 29 RBI’s and 2014 #2 pick Jorge Trujillo is hitting .244 3 HR’s 22 RBI’s, and scouts still firmly believe his bat is a 20 almost across the board.

If he, Salinas, Holbrook and Gonzalez ALL pan out I could be looking at a glut of 1B/DH types with one of my favorite players ‘blocking’ them in Wes Morgan. What it looks like is Morgans versatility to be an outstanding 3B will come in to play, and he’ll become the every day guy there, with 1 of these guys playing 1st, the other DH’ing. Lots of if’s there though. 2014 #1 pick Roberto Martinez is 6-1 2.05 in 7 starts, 44 IP 30 hits, 35 K’s and 17 walks and could likely move to Heavener now, which he actually does with a call up.

GAME 112
Richard Cox (9-4 5.06) goes 6.2-7-2-2-1-3 and Ryan Pennington gets the final 7 outs without a hit for his 3rd Save. Eric Hudson went 1-3 ( and was spelled the last 3 by Fuentes) in his return, Paul Riggs went 1-4 with his 28th double and scored twice, Ernesto Gutierrez went 2-3 with his 31st double and drove in 2. Ron Miller (now in the 3 hole vs LHP) went 2-4 with his 7th double, Chartier doubled (19) in a 2-4 day and Ignacio Ferrer went 2-4 and scored twice, hitting his 7th double.
CHI 6 AZ 2 (75-37 +4)

GAMES
Former Chicago prospect Carlos Vargas tossed his 1st IBL shut out yesterday in a 6-0 win over Corpus Christi. The 22 year old is 9-10 5.17 on the year. Vargas was involved in the very first trade I made, along with Jorge Diaz, to Philly for Lopez, Bautista and Sharpe. He was the IBL’s #73 prospect going into the 2012 season, and the #56 in 2013. He suffered a torn labrum late in the ’13 season after going 10-4 4.89 with the big club. He was 8-9 5.49 in 2014 in winning a ring with the World Champions.

AROUND THE LEAGUE
Walt Thompson (BRO) is finding his way. In his last 7 starts he’s 6-0 2.38 with 52 K’s and 11 walks to go from 6-9 4.94 to 12-9 4.10. The team is 7-0 in those starts.

GAME 113
Spike Davis (13-5) was bombed. Giving up 7 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks in 2 innings. Ken Phillips was 3-3 with 3 runs, Cris Martinez hit his 27th HR and Dan Jackson went 2-5 with a double (25) and his 19th HR. Wes Morgan was 1-2 with 2 walks and a double (21) driving in a run.
AZ 9 CHI 3 (75-38 +3)

GAME 114
Mike Davis (4-1) worked in and out of jams going 6.1-7-3-2-3-4 and Mike Moore got a big DP before the offense busted out. Jean Chartier went 3-5 with a run, Ron Miller went 1-3 with 2 runs, 2 RBI’s and Bill Alexander was 3-5 with 2 runs and 5 RBI’s hitting 2 doubles (13) and his 32nd HR. Eric Hudson went 3-5 with a double (13) and drove in 2. Chicago turned 3 double plays.
CHI 11 AZ 3 (76-38 +3)

WEEK 18 RECAP
Edmonton RF Luis Chavez won the FL PotW award after his 8-13 4 HR 9 RBI week. The 20 year old formerly of Sacramento (Their 19th rounder in 2012, #441 overall) continued his meteoric rise. He’s hitting 272-6-26 in his first 34 IBL games. He’s an IBL top 100, coming out of Farmersville HS in the tiny Texas town of Farmersville.

Speaking of young ‘up and comers’, 25 year old Mehpare Isfahani went 9-23 4 HR’s and 7 RBI’s to win the CL PotW. The 2014 Coastal League Rookie of the Year and 2015 All Star is having another monster season. Showing his .288-30-92 rookie campaign was no fluke by hitting .298-24-71 in 105 games this year.

IBL Leader in total bases
Gerald Wright (EP) 331
Bill Hill (DAY) 284
Alberto Vargas (BUF) 282
Angelo Gomez (COL) 265
Alex Rodriguez (ALK) 256

IBL Power Rankings
1) El Paso
2) Columbus
3) Chicago
4) Pittsburgh
5) Las Vegas

Bottom 5
22) Michigan
23) West Michigan
24) Alaska
25) Brooklyn
26) Corpus Christi

12-02-2012, 12:20 AM	#441
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	Week 18 WEEK 18 3 vs Alaska (51-57 22 GB West) Off Day 3 @ Arizona (51-57 22 GB West) GAME 109 A Raul Feliz PH 2 run single in the bottom of the 8th made brought us back and Ernesto Cruz pitched a perfect 9th for his 4th Save. Mike Davis was outstanding going 8-7-3-3-1-4. Alexander and Chartier went 2-4 with Massi Lorenzelli hitting his 32nd double. CHI 4 ALK 3 (72-37 +) DL NEWS Hugh Collins is ready to come off the DL, going to get him a few AB’s in Tulsa before activating him. Angel Lopez and Raul Feliz are banged up a bit. Eric Coates is hurt again, 3 weeks this time… TRADE NEWS I made a waiver trade today, reacquiring IF Chris Dixon from Edmonton for IF Fred Huff. We also exchanged 1st round picks in the 2015 draft. Dixon is out of options and I am waiting a few days with him on waivers to see if any of these injuries get worse, but working to deal him if I need to, in the meantime. Las Vegas traded former Iron Pig Sergio Lopez to Alaska in a waiver deal. Vegas received IF Arturo Rodriguez in return. Lopez is hitting .233-8-45 with 46 runs in 88 games, Rodriguez is hitting .259-12-52 in 104 games so far this year. GAME 110 MacFadden (7-6) goes 7-7-2-2-1-3 and into the 7th Zito (7-6) had him down 2-1, Ernesto Gutierrez’s 1 out 7th inning triple tied it and Jean Chartier singled him in to win it. Winston (H7) tossed a perfect 8th and Cruz (SV 5) a perfect 9th, striking out the side. Rafael Flores was hurt running the bases in the 7th and came out. CHI 3 ALK 2 (73-37 +3) INJURY NEWS Flores is severely hurt, his hip problem will have him out until Spring Training at least. As the organizations best defensive Catcher this could have been huge but Eric Hudson is off the DL tomorrow. I need him to get some rehab AB’s though, so a corresponding move needs to be made. The 40 man is full, but I clear a spot by putting Flores on the 60 day. It’s waiver time so I can’t get another catcher in any sort of timely fashion, I am going to need to go with 1 catcher for 1 game and activate Hudson immediately, no rehab, and likely ease him back in. GAME 111 Alfredo Alejandrez (14-4) went 7-4-0-0-5-5 and Sib van Bodegraven got the last 6 outs, with some work, and Angel Lopez hit a double (10) and a triple (6), scoring twice, and Wes Morgan in a rare appearance in the 2 hole went 2-4 with his 20th double and drove in a run. CHI 7 ALK 0 (74-37 +4) GAMES Sacramento’s 2012 1st round draft choice (#9 overall) righty Bryan Rodgers tossed his first IBL shutout. Rogers struck out 8 in moving to 6-5 3.82. OFF DAY NEWS INJURY NEWS Diablo 3B Vincent Lange will have his DL stay extended another 2 week as his sprained ankle is not healing as expected. The club has managed to go 9-3 since Lange went down, with 25 year old call up Rafael Cuesta going 11-25 2 doubles, 2 homers and a 379/471/655 line in Lange’s spot. OFF DAY LOOK AROUND THE MINORS TULSA-58-58 8 GB of Circle Pines (ALK)-Brian Walker leads with a .260 average, now departed Fred Huff leads with 20 HR’s and 65 RBI’s, active leader is now Steve Howard at 14 and Alfredo Lozan0 (in the IBL) with 55 RBI’s, Alejandro Sotolo is 3rd with 43 but on the DL for a few more days. Gerardo Zamora is 11-6 2.76, leading in both, and Denny Walker has 139 K’s. They have 2 MR on the DL, and are 3rd in SB, 5th in HR’s, 2nd in SP ERA, 14th in Bullpen, 12th in Defense. Catcher Francisco Reyna went 5-6 in an 11-8 loss today. He’s hitting 255-1-11 on the year in 137 games since being called up from AA. BAKERSFIELD-56-60 12 GB Fremont (COL) Ricardo Gonalez leads all three, .280-17-63 (77th round inaugural draft pick, #1828 overall). Bob Alexander has a 3.39 ERA and 123 K’s, 1 ahead of Zak Chambers (12-9 4.49) who has 122. Eric Coates is out the next 3 weeks. They are 4th in Avg, 5th in HR’s, Pedro Garcia is 2-3 29 Saves with a 2.83 ERA. DENISON-61-55 2 GB of Atlanta (TUL) Barry Scott is hitting .280, Kyle Robinson has 18 HR’s 72 RBI’s. Ed Harris got a brief AA call up but was crushed, and is back and is 9-5 2.94, Robert Reyna leads with 13 wins (13-6 3.02) and Arturo Manuel has 126 k’s to Mike Abletts 125. They are 3rd in runs, 3rd in OBP, 5th in runs against, 4th in SP ERA, 1st in defense. BELLEVIEW 54-62 9 GB of Smiths (FRE) Mark Murray leads at .243 and his 13 HR’s are tops. Clyde Brooks (now in AA) leads with 53 RBI’s. 1st pick Pedro Salinas is hitting 338/466/600 in 40 games since signing with 8 HR’s and 23 RBI’s. Scouts are saying he’s coming along FAR faster than they expected, he was called up to AA at the end of today with Ricardo Gonzalez moving to AAA. HEAVENER 18-22 4 GB of Anaheim (AZ) Kevin Holbrook is hitting .260, Alex Cuellar has 6 HR’s and Holbrook 19 RBI’s to Cueller’s 17. Cuellar has also thrown 7 innings in relief. Garrett Austin is 4-0 1.84, and Alfredo Berroa has 49 K’s. Closer Ryan Lacey has 8 Saves and a 3.48 but is hurting with a yet to be diagnosed injury. OMAHA 17-23 10 GB of Cibolo (HOU) Ken Morgan is hitting .271, George Payton has 9 HR’s 29 RBI’s and 2014 #2 pick Jorge Trujillo is hitting .244 3 HR’s 22 RBI’s, and scouts still firmly believe his bat is a 20 almost across the board. If he, Salinas, Holbrook and Gonzalez ALL pan out I could be looking at a glut of 1B/DH types with one of my favorite players ‘blocking’ them in Wes Morgan. What it looks like is Morgans versatility to be an outstanding 3B will come in to play, and he’ll become the every day guy there, with 1 of these guys playing 1st, the other DH’ing. Lots of if’s there though. 2014 #1 pick Roberto Martinez is 6-1 2.05 in 7 starts, 44 IP 30 hits, 35 K’s and 17 walks and could likely move to Heavener now, which he actually does with a call up. GAME 112 Richard Cox (9-4 5.06) goes 6.2-7-2-2-1-3 and Ryan Pennington gets the final 7 outs without a hit for his 3rd Save. Eric Hudson went 1-3 ( and was spelled the last 3 by Fuentes) in his return, Paul Riggs went 1-4 with his 28th double and scored twice, Ernesto Gutierrez went 2-3 with his 31st double and drove in 2. Ron Miller (now in the 3 hole vs LHP) went 2-4 with his 7th double, Chartier doubled (19) in a 2-4 day and Ignacio Ferrer went 2-4 and scored twice, hitting his 7th double. CHI 6 AZ 2 (75-37 +4) GAMES Former Chicago prospect Carlos Vargas tossed his 1st IBL shut out yesterday in a 6-0 win over Corpus Christi. The 22 year old is 9-10 5.17 on the year. Vargas was involved in the very first trade I made, along with Jorge Diaz, to Philly for Lopez, Bautista and Sharpe. He was the IBL’s #73 prospect going into the 2012 season, and the #56 in 2013. He suffered a torn labrum late in the ’13 season after going 10-4 4.89 with the big club. He was 8-9 5.49 in 2014 in winning a ring with the World Champions. AROUND THE LEAGUE Walt Thompson (BRO) is finding his way. In his last 7 starts he’s 6-0 2.38 with 52 K’s and 11 walks to go from 6-9 4.94 to 12-9 4.10. The team is 7-0 in those starts. GAME 113 Spike Davis (13-5) was bombed. Giving up 7 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks in 2 innings. Ken Phillips was 3-3 with 3 runs, Cris Martinez hit his 27th HR and Dan Jackson went 2-5 with a double (25) and his 19th HR. Wes Morgan was 1-2 with 2 walks and a double (21) driving in a run. AZ 9 CHI 3 (75-38 +3) GAME 114 Mike Davis (4-1) worked in and out of jams going 6.1-7-3-2-3-4 and Mike Moore got a big DP before the offense busted out. Jean Chartier went 3-5 with a run, Ron Miller went 1-3 with 2 runs, 2 RBI’s and Bill Alexander was 3-5 with 2 runs and 5 RBI’s hitting 2 doubles (13) and his 32nd HR. Eric Hudson went 3-5 with a double (13) and drove in 2. Chicago turned 3 double plays. CHI 11 AZ 3 (76-38 +3) WEEK 18 RECAP Edmonton RF Luis Chavez won the FL PotW award after his 8-13 4 HR 9 RBI week. The 20 year old formerly of Sacramento (Their 19th rounder in 2012, #441 overall) continued his meteoric rise. He’s hitting 272-6-26 in his first 34 IBL games. He’s an IBL top 100, coming out of Farmersville HS in the tiny Texas town of Farmersville. Speaking of young ‘up and comers’, 25 year old Mehpare Isfahani went 9-23 4 HR’s and 7 RBI’s to win the CL PotW. The 2014 Coastal League Rookie of the Year and 2015 All Star is having another monster season. Showing his .288-30-92 rookie campaign was no fluke by hitting .298-24-71 in 105 games this year. IBL Leader in total bases Gerald Wright (EP) 331 Bill Hill (DAY) 284 Alberto Vargas (BUF) 282 Angelo Gomez (COL) 265 Alex Rodriguez (ALK) 256 IBL Power Rankings 1) El Paso 2) Columbus 3) Chicago 4) Pittsburgh 5) Las Vegas Bottom 5 22) Michigan 23) West Michigan 24) Alaska 25) Brooklyn 26) Corpus Christi Last edited by gehrig38; 12-06-2012 at 06:07 AM.