Forgot this:
1993 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
PORTLAND RACCOONS
2nd title
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I actually got a 64 score for this season. You know what? I think the BBWAA is voting on these scores.
In future years, quite a lot of pain is going to come our way again. Here is how our minor league teams finished their seasons:
AAA St. Petersburg Alley Cats: 63-81
AA Ham Lake Panthers: 57-83
A Aumsville Beagles: 53-87
That’s serious trouble. We still have a number of players in the pipeline, but overall our system is getting dry. We may see the effect in the prospect list come spring, but of course I can do some wheeling and dealing before that.
To make things a little bit worse, we do not get a budget increase. It seems like just shy of $16.2M is as far as Carlos Valdes will go with this team. I hope he is not mad that we beat the Mexican team? Nah. However, the budget still ranks fifth behind the Condors, Capitals, Stars, and Rebels. The Loggers will actually spend this winter, increasing their budget to $11M (still second-to-last). The Crusaders remain at $9.5M.
However, salaries may create a problem. Neil Reece, who is arbitration eligible for this and two more years, is due a hefty raise. Several players take a step up in their contracts thanks to escalating agreements (Turner, O-Mo, f.e.) or due to new contracts (Burnett).
We have the following ten arbitration / free agency cases:
MR Albert Matthews (0-2, 5.13 ERA) – first time arbitration eligible
1B Glenn Adams (.252, 8 HR, 36 RBI) * – first time arbitration eligible
INF Matt Higgins (.291, 4 HR, 50 RBI) – last time arbitration eligible
INF Sixto Moreno (.295, 3 HR, 10 RBI)
OF Glenn Johnston (.196, 0 HR, 12 RBI) – last time arbitration eligible
CF/LF Neil Reece (.323, 18 HR, 94 RBI)
*Super 2 case
LF/RF Daniel Hall (.241, 6 HR, 34 RBI) – type A free agent
OF Bobby Quinn (.289, 3 HR, 36 RBI) – no compensation
OF Bob Arnold (.172, 0 HR, 0 RBI) – type A free agent
OF Alejandro Lopez (.272, 18 HR, 56 RBI) – type B free agent
First, how on earth is Arnold a type A free agent and Quinn not eligible!? Second, how am I going to decide whom to keep!?
Will be a very long winter.
October 4 – WAS OF/1B Jeffery Brown (.369, 25 HR, 87 RBI) and MIL RF/LF Cristo Ramirez (.382, 5 HR, 60 RBI) have won the batting titles in their respective leagues.
October 7 – MIL CL Raúl Perez (2-6, 5.00 ERA, 11 SV) is out for all of next season with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow. You don’t speak ill of the injured, but the Loggers can probably do better.
October 11 – WAS SP Ethan Thomas (14-10, 3.59 ERA) is done for the year with a torn rotator cuff.