2031 SEASON WEEK 1
RECORD: 2-4
OVERALL: 2-4 2 GB
RUNS SCORED: 22 11th
RUNS AGAINST: 26 9th
OWNER/FANS: Happy 52/100
SCHEDULE: 4 @ Dallas/2 @ Los Angeles
4/1
DAL 5 SAN 4 (10)
W-Fong (1-0) L-Davenport (0-1)
HR SAN-Maggs (1) DAL-Woolridge (1)
Miller 6.1 IP 4 ER 4 BB 3 K's Sanchez (DAL) 8 IP 3 ER
Stan Park (2-4 RBI) singled in Hector Santos in a 4-3 game to tie it and send it to extras. Mercado (DAL) singled in Vincente Manuel for the walk off win. Maggs hit a 3R HR in the 4th to tie it.
NEWS-Oswalt (PIT) tossed an opening day 1-hitter to beat Baltimore 5-0. He punched out 11 and walked 1. The lone Baltimore hit was a 1st inning Kerry Poole 2B with 1 out.
4/2
DAL 4 SAN 2
W-Toner (1-0) L-Green (0-1) S-Fong (1)
HR SAN-Cook (1) DAL-McKenzie (1)
Green 7.1 IP 4 ER 8 H Toner (DAL) 8 IP 5 H 1 ER
3 San Antonio errors (Heeren, Perez, Maggs). Craig 2-4 RBI (1) Pierce (DAL) 2 run 2B in the 4th was the GW hit.
NEWS-Valentin gets just an inning in before he loses most of his 2031 season. The White Caps signed him to a 4 year 27.6M dollar deal in February.
New Hampshire manages to lock up a cornerstone guy for a price many feel was a win win for both.
4/3
DAL 3 SAN 0
W-Figueroa (1-0) L-Martinez (0-1) S-Franklin (1)
HR DAL-Woolridge (2)
Figueroa (DAL) 7 IP 0 ER 8 K's (career win 177) Martinez CG (L) 8-6-3-3-2-4 in his 1st San Antonio start.
Woolridge 2R HR in the 1st is the GW. Bullock 2-4 Heeren 2-3.
NEWS-I signed minor league FA Jose Ayala yesterday, sorely lacking depth IF and OF in AAA. The 30 year old promptly went 5-6 with 3 doubles and a HR, driving in 5 in their 18-1 win.
4/4
SAN 8 DAL 7
W-Althusser (1-0) L-Stevens (0-1) S-Davenport (1)
HR SAN-Craig (1) Bullock (1) Heeren (1) DAL-Woolridge (3) Manuel (1) Sanchez (1)
Both starters suck, but Althusser (5-8-7-7-2-2 3 HR's) amazingly sucks less. The entire pen gets in the game. Had a 7-0 lead after 3.5 innings. Heeren 3-4 RBI (1) Craig 2-5 2B (1) HR (1) 2 RBI's (3) Bullock 3-5 HR 2 RBI's (2). We punch out 18 times to just 1 walk. Woolridge (DAL) goes 2-4 and ends the series hitting .313-3-6 in the 4 games.
ROSTER NEWS-Right before opening day there were about 14K players on waivers, and if there is one area I feel I have been lacking as a GM, it's there. The waiver wire was created for teams like this one. It was actually a pretty weak assortment this year with regards to position players, lots of middle relievers on it. However I did manage to pluck one gem from the pile, and today the claim went through. 28 year old Floyd “Dizzy” Banks is a RH hitting 1B/LF/CF with outstanding speed. He is a ++ defender at those three positions, and can play RF in an emergency. With no one to man CF behind Stan Park this was a necessity. 28 year old Adam Taylor will be shopped, but optioned in the meantime. He's a switch hitter who doesn't defend or run well enough to be a 4th or 5th OF. His strength is his ability to swing pretty evenly from both sides, with some pop (14 HR 72 RBI's in 92 games last year, but a .273 OBP). He's also #38.....
NEWS-Jack McPhee, Dallas' everyday catcher last year, signed with arch rival Houston today, a 1 year 2.6M dollar deal. He hit .296-10-67 last year.
4/5
SAN 6 LA 4 (15)
W-Moreira (1-0) L-Lara (0-1) S-Sanchez (1)
HR Craig GW (2) Bullock (2) LA-Quintana (2)
P. Williams 6.2 IP 4 ER 7 K's 4 BB Martin (LA) 8 IP 3 ER 11 K ND Moreira 4.1 IP 2 K's
16 more offensive strikeouts, but a win. Craig had a big day 3-6 2 2B's (3) HR 4 R 2 RBI's (5) including a game tying double and game winning homer. Bullock 2-6 HR 3 RBI's (5)
4/6
LA 3 SAN 2
W-Morgan (1-1) L-Jorgensen (0-1)
HR NONE
Miller 6.2 IP 2 ER 5 K's A. Morgan (LA) CG (W) 2 ER 9 K's 1 BB
2 more errors lead to the walk off win. Morgan needed just 110 pitches to go the distance. Heeren 2-4 (.385)
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW-Frank Morgan (PRO) 11-20 2 HR's 4 RBI's
CL POTW-Jack Woolridge (DAL) 9-25 5 HR's 11 RBI's
MINORS-Gaspar Lopez, Plano (A) took home POTW honors 11-26 3 HR's 7 RBI's
IBL CAREER LEADERS: K's
3627 Jesus Romano (NY)
3387 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
3054 Mike Lewis (EDM)
2929 Esteban Figueroa (DAL)
2645 Angelo Esparza (SAC)
POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska
2) Boston
3) Dayton
4) Dallas
5) New Hampshire
27) San Antonio They went 4-1 outscoring opponents 25-16. RJ punched out 13 in his 1st start, Hall 10 in a ND. Bowman took their loss. They've called up 22 year old 4 star prospect Ramon Velazquez to be their everyday CF. He's a gold glove defender that will hit with big power. Ken Sexton is playing SS vs RHP and he homered, a 3 run shot, in the bottom of the 9th opening day to tie a game Casas blew.
Michigan, they of the franchise history with
ZERO playoff appearances, lost their 1st 2 games a combined 38-5! Luis Antonio Gil (WMI) drove in 11 runs in the seasons first 6 games, 6 in the opening day 18-2 win. Michigan would lose the next day 20-3..... Wow. They gave up 62 runs in going 2-4.