Tons of trades the past 2 weeks.
2027 WEEK 18
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 66-42 +.5
RUNS SCORED: 566 (24) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 455 (19) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Happy 63/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Hawaii/Off Day/3 @ Brooklyn
7/26
ALK 3 HAW 2
W-O'Neil (6-4) L-Domingo (7-4) S-Durham (3)
HR HAW-Ortiz (7) ALK-Cannon (19)
Chet O'Neil went 7-5-2-2-2-6 and Alexander (H3) and Durham (S3) got the final 6 outs. Stan Cannon drove in 2 (75) and Kevin Olson was 2-4 and Mauro Ibarbia 2-3.
7/27
ALK 5 HAW 0
W-Buckley (11-8) L-Castillo (8-9)
HR ALK-Edwards (9) Garcia (2)
Buckley and Sheppard combine on a 6-hit shutout, Buckley going 7-5-0-0-2-6 before tiring (113 pitches). Kevin Olson goes 2-4 steals 2 (22) and scores 2, Matt Edwards drives in 3 (28).
7/28
HAW 3 ALK 2
W-Harvey (8-5) L-Hall (11-8) S-Moreno (21)
Stan Hall sets an Avalanche record with 15 strikeouts in 8 strong innings but takes the loss as Josh Harvey (8-6-1-1-2-4) and Juan Moreno (1-3-1-0-0-0) held off a late rally. Bob Harrell was 4-4 with 2 doubles (16) and Roy Rice went 3-4 with a triple (2) and 2 RBI's (20).
7/29
Off Day
7/30
ALK 7 BRO 6
W-Durham (3-0) L-Watson (12-8) S-Casas (30)
HR ALK-Holland (4) Ibarbia (9) BRO-Hilton (1) Brooks (9)
Christian Holland and Manny Ibarbia hit 7th inning homers to make a 4-3 deficit a 7-6 win. Holland was 3-4 with a double (5) homer and 4 RBI's (19) but his error in the 7th allowed the tying run to score, costing Drake a win. Jeff Watson went 7.1-10-7-7-2-2 on 112 pitches to fall to 12-8 3.53. Michael Young was 3-5 with a double (26). David Sprague went 4-5 in the loss.
7/31
ALK 7 BRO 5
W-Hernandez (14-5) L-Hamilton (8-9) S-Casas (31)
HR ALK-Edwards (10) Harrell (15) Cannon (20) BRO-Bowers (20)
Carlos Hernandez carried a 7-2 lead into the 9th before allowing the 1st two to reach, 2 relievers and 3 runs later Cisco Casas got the final 2 outs for his 31st. Matt Edwards hit a 3 run homer in the 1st, and Stan Cannon a 3 run shot in the 3rd.
8/1
BRO 3 ALK 0
W-Espinoza (9-5) L-O'Neil (6-5) S-Sharp (24)
HR NONE
Gabriel Espinoza and 3 relievers combined on a 5-hitter to beat Chet O'Neil (6-6-2-2-2-4). Hilton (4) Riggs (34) and Thomason (49) all drove in a run.
WEEK 18 SUMMARY
FL POTW-David Welch (MICH) 10-26 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.272-23-60)
CL POTW-David Jones (LA) 13-21 HR 10 RBI's (.303-9-38)
MINORS POTW
PIT SAN 2 GB NY LV WMI COL 2 TUL CC DAY
MINORS POTM
HITTERS TUL 2 COL 2 BUF HAW ALK EP 2 AZ BRO
PITCHERS CHI BAL MICH 2 COL EP 2 LV ALK SI BUF GB
POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Edmonton (5)
3) Boston (2)
4) Alaska (3)
5) West Michigan (-)
OUT Brooklyn (7)
NEWS/NOTES
Unsure of Monday's deals. Vegas deals Rodriguez and then a good hitting prospect, getting 2 IBL arms and a very good pitching prospect. They're in the bottom half of hitting (except HR's 7th) and pitching (except BP ERA 1st) but just 6.5 out. Their owner was hoping for a .500 season, and the ops people are sort of in neutral. The Hooks are 7.5 out, and have moved into rebuild mode, to which Rodriguez for a SP and a closing prospect is puzzling. A team 13th or worse in every pitching/defense category apparently has little to lose trading pitching.
The Bulldogs trade puts Ikarashi (18 SV 1.45) and now Shimizu (25 SV 2.98) at the back end of their pen, both closers. My guess is with Shimizu at 12M and a free agent at years end, they've found their replacement and plan on spending that money elsewhere.
Wow what a day. The 30th, day before the deadline, 6 trades are made. Hawaii makes 3 more deals, completely restructuring their club. Interestingly they acquire a top prospect only to turn right around and make a deal including him with Pittsburgh.
Kinda hard to decipher the ins and outs of the other deals, but to say some of the teams leading are solidifying and anyone trailing made at least one deal to try and get into the mix. The River Cats move to get Picot (who saved 43 in '23 and '24) strengthens their pen quite a bit and I would bet was done to defend against former Avalanche Closer Mike Wheeler not picking up his 12M player option next year.
The move Buffalo made, trading Cotton, I guess means they're going with Tom Butler, who's all glove. It's a great glove, but Cotton is a good defender and a very nice bat. Reyes, the prospect, has huge upside and Jackson is still the best swing man in the game in my opinion.
