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WEEK 4
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL:15-6 +3
RUNS SCORED:121 (34) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 90 (29) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy
FAN INTEREST: 83/100
WEEK AHEAD: Off Day/3 @ Dayton/3 vs Green Bay
4/18 Off Day
4/19 CHI 6 DAY 4
W-Rea (1-0) L-Howell (1-2) S-Cruz (7)
HR CHI-Miranda (2) DAY-Flores 2 (2)
Rea 7-5-2-2-2-3 first IBL win. Collins 3-5 2B (2) 2 RBI's (15) Flores (DAY) 2-4 4 RBI's (6)
CONTRACT NEWS:
Chicago extends Blakeway
27 year old Andre Blakeway has agreed to terms on a 5 year deal with a 6th year club option for 53M dollars. The deal calls for the slick fielding SS to make 6.3/7.4/8/4/9.5/10/5 with a 6th year at 10.6 as well.
REASONING-He's an anchor, offensively and defensively. At 27 he's hitting his prime, and while he's making a 9M dollar base this year, he was ok with back tracking on the base for first 3 years of the deal. Going to the market would have likely been 2x the cost to get a player of this caliber. Fans were clearly happy, interest went from 80 to 83.
4/20 DAY 4 CHI 2
W-Morris (3-1) L-Pallard (0-1) S-Gallagher (2)
HR NONE
Morris (DAY) 7.1-7-2-2-4-3. Greene (DAY) 3-4 2 RBI's (16)
4/21 DAY 2 CHI 1
W-Green (1-0) L-Trujillo (2-1) S-Gallagher (3)
HR-CHI: Jackson (3)
Trujillo 6.1-6-2-2-0-5 Powers (DAY) drives in both runs (10)
4/22 GB 6 CHI 5 (10)
W-Becker (1-0) L-Andre (1-1)
HR-CHI: Collins (5) GB: Walker (4)
Pen gives up 3 in the 8th, 1 in the 10th to lose. Blakeway 3-4 2B (5) Chavez 3-5
CONTRACT NEWS-
Silver Stars extend Edwards
San Antonio and left fielder Cliff Edwards came to terms on a 6 year contract extension that will keep the 28 year old slugger 'home' for 90M dollars. San Antonio's 2014 1st round pick out of Cal-State San Bernadino, Edwards is a 2 time all star and career .298/.378/.510 hitter in 819 game with 139 homers and 574 RBI's.
4/23 CHI 12 GB 6
W-Jones (3-0) L-Steward (1-1)
HR- GB: Walker (5) Brooks (1) Reeves (6) CHI: Salinas (3) Jackson (4). Pen falters again after so-so start from McKinley. Salinas (10) Collins (19) and Jackson (14) all drive in 2.
4/24 CHI 8 GB 7
W-Andre (2-1) L-A.Martinez (1-1) S-Cruz (8)
HR GB-Thornton (6) CHI-Jackson (5) Hudson (1) Chavez (4) Collins 2 (7)
Ash 3-4 Hudson 3 RBI's (13) Hood (GB) 3-3 3 RBI's
GREAT GAMES-Daytons Jose Torres went 4-5 with 3 HR's and 7 RBI's in Dayton's 16-7 win over Columbus.
WEEK 4 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Carl Crawford (BUF) 12-29 3 HR's 10 RBI's (.347-7-18)
CL POTW-Alberto Rivera (EP) 16-31 HR 10 RBI's (.372-3-19)
WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS
1) Arizona
2) Chicago
3) San Antonio
4) Corpus Christi
5) Buffalo
AAA Tulsa (4) 16-7 +4 (Castro .348-6-20/Casas 8SV 1.08)
AA Bakersfield (8) 14-9 1 GB (Cordero .283-4-14/Russell .323-0-7)
A(N) Belleview (1) 19-4 +6 (M Torres .431-2-12/McGrath .304-5-16)
A(S) Denison (24) 9-14 4 GB (St.John .303-0-8)