WEEK 8
RECORD: 6-0
PLACE: 39-11 +13.5
RUNS SCORED: 323 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 183 1st
OWNER: Very Happy
FAN INTEREST: 79/100
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Dayton/Off Day/3 vs Michigan/2 vs Green Bay
5/20 CHI 4 DAY 3 (10) Morgan GW HR (12) Chavez 3-4 SB (20) Alexander (5) Salinas (10) HR's. Hamilton (6-1) 9-3-3-3-1-9 Cruz SV (10)
DL NEWS-Mike Moore is finished with his rehab and Orlando Velez will be optioned to get the pen back to 3 left 3 right setting up Cruz
5/21 Off Day AA Bakersfield is getting crushed by injuries. 5 players in the past 4 days have been hurt with 1 out the year. 2 pending diagnosis, 1 on a top prospect (Cary Wallace).
5/22 CHI 3 MICH 2 Martinez (6-2) 6.1-8-2-2-1-6 Cruz SV (11). Top prospect 20 yr old Maurice Paterson (MICH) falls to 2-3 after a CG loss 8-7-3-2-0-11. Salinas 2B's twice (14).
5/23 CHI 3 MICH 1 Lee (8-2) goes 7.2-6-1-1-0-6 Pennington SV (1). Chavez 2-4 Collins HR (12).
5/24 CHI 5 DAY 2 Rogers (4-2) 12K's in 8, Cruz SV (12). Chavez leadoff HR (14) and Kelly (DAY) drills Riggs with the next pitch, both suspended 3 games. Chavez 3-4 21st SB.
LEAGUE NEWS-LA has fired manager Paul Lee just 46 games into the season. Lee managed LA from 2016 through today, managing San Antonio from 2012 through 2015. He made the post season in 2014 and 2017 and leaves with a 283-244 record. Bench coach Anthony Weaver will run the club for the foreseeable future. LA is 20-26, 15.5 GB of the 36-11 Las Vegas 51's.
5/25 CHI 4 GB 3 (10) Miller walkoff HR (1). Alexander hurt in a baserunning collision, pending diagnosis. Zamora 7.1-5-3-3-1-2, Garcia (4-0).
5/26 CHI 7 GB 4 Chavez 3-4 2B, HR (15) Cruz SV (13).
ORG NEWS-Christopher Fremont (BEL A) K'd 15 just 2 weeks after his no-hitter. He's 6-1 2.29 in 11 starts with 93K's in 63IP.
GOOD GAMES-Knuckleballer Matthieu Cafasso tossed his 2nd SHO of the year, blanking Fresno 4-0 on a 3-hitter. The 35 year old is 7-2 3.58 in 11 starts.
INJURY NEWS-Bill Alexander has a shoulder issue that is going to sideline him for at least 2, maybe 3 weeks. Going to take the opportunity to move Cooper Bannatyne onto the 40 man, call him up and move Hugh Collins to LF for a few weeks. Cooper is a superior defender in CF, and I need to see what the OF might start looking like if Collins does leave after this season.
WEEK 8 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Luis Chavez (CHI) 13-23 1 HR 3 RBI's (.398-15-48)
CL POTW-Travis Bryant (BAL) 9-19 3 HR's 10 RBI's (.296-17-41)
ORG POTW-Juan Tejeda (BAK AA) 10-20 4 HR's 6 RBI's (.339-6-19) 2017 Minor League FA (Discovered in the DR in 2016 by West Michigan, released, signed by Dayton and released a month later.
IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD-SLUGGING %
Bill Hill (DAL) .695 '12
Cy May (HOU) .672 '12
Gerald Wright (DAY) .667 '15
Curt Whimster (TUL) .659 '14
Alex Rodriguez (ALK) .654
WEEK 8 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (2)
2) Las Vegas (1)
3) El Paso (3)
4) New York (6)
5) San Antonio (5)
OUT Buffalo (8)
ORG NEWS-Belleview is now 50-2, can't even fathom that. They just lost their first game in May, 4-3, and are 21-1 on the month. They won 41 straight between losses.