1st April 1881
The fans of the Red Caps are looking for their team to start moving back towards the top of the NL table this year. The independent league assessors are of the opinion that the team will show little if any improvement and finish in third place again this year. What has worried the fans is that they are predicting the team to finish 27 games behind the eventual winners.
The MLB has left the schedule alone at 84 games again this season. One interesting piece of news is that the head office of the MLB has released a discussion paper asking for views from all interested parties on a possible expansion of the league to 16 teams.
The team have released rule 5 draft pick Pitcher Flip Lafferty back to the St Louis Brown Stockings.
The GM and manager put their players through a tough pre-season and have whittled the squad down to the following opening day roster of 25 players.
Pitching
Batting
