[Griever20]

Hidden behind all the moves, the sweep of the D'Backs pushed us over the top and into a 15-14 May. However, this is a vastly different team than one month ago and while we have subtracted a lot of veteran presence... we have added alot of promise for the future in our minor league system to the guys we already have down there. Our scouts have been focusing on the draft pool for the last weeks as we will have the 16th selection in every round. This may not translate into the biggest haul but hitting some hight picks would be nice.

The team should be good enough to stay afloat as I would love to avoid a 100 loss season. This will highly depend on our offense that is last in the NL right now, mainly on how Luis Sardinas, Carlos Gomez, Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun will fare the rest of the season. The truth about our pitching should be somewhere between April and May and looking at the performance... that translates into a .400-.450 winning percentage.

Rotation:

Name	Age	League	W-L	ERA	G	WHIP	K/9	Status
Mike Fiers(R)	29	ML	2-3	3.84	11GS	1.14	8.4
Kyle Lohse(R)	36	ML	2-5	4.20	9GS	1.29	5.8
Jimmy Nelson(R)	25	ML	2-3	3.82	7G/5GS	1.45	8.2
Tyler Thornburg(R)	26	ML	6-3	1.93	10G/9GS	1.10	8.5
Travis Wood(L)	28	ML	1-5	6.15	8GS	1.30	5.7	(CHC/MIL)
Wily Peralta(R)	26	DL	1-2	4.32	5GS	1.60	11.2	DL fractured foot 2-3 weeks
Taylor Jungmann(R)	25	AAA	3-2	4.50	10GS	1.69	4.7	All stats AAA

This group has done a way better job in May than in April and subtracting Matt Garza and adding Jimmy Nelson/Alex Wood and someday having Wily Peralta healthy should keep us afloat in this department. Tyler Thornburg is due for some bad outings with a .220BABIP and a 4.14FIP but we keep this hot streak as long as it goes.

At age 29, Mike Fiers has not alot room for improvement but over the long haul should be our best hurler for 2015... so we will keep him as he is under team control for three more years. Trading Kyle Lohse... is difficult and getting a piece that is long term useful seems impossible... however the Red Sox would be willing to swap him in a salary neutral deal... which we will reevaluate once Wily Peralta is back healthy.

Name	Age	League	W-L	ERA	G	WHIP	K/9	SV	Status
Jonathan Broxton(R)	30	ML	1-1	4.19	21G	1.50	9.3	3
Neal Cotts(L)	35	ML	0-0	4.72	22G	1.72	6.8	1
Justin Freeman(R)	28	ML	1-0	0.00	1G	0.00	27	0
Jeremy Jeffress(R)	27	ML	1-3	5.06	21G	1.97	8.9	11
Corey Knebel(R)	23	ML	0-0	4.76	11G	1.76	11.9	0
Juan Nicasio(R)	28	ML	1-0	4.30	16G	1.26	9.8	1	(LAD/MIL)
Will Smith(L)	25	ML	2-2	3.60	24G	1.60	9.3	0
Michael Blazek(R)	26	AAA	1-1	5.06	25G	1.22	7.6	0	All stats AAA
Jim Henderson(R)	32	AAA	1-1	4.22	11	1.13	7.6	0	All stats AAA
Brandon Kintzler(R)	30	AAA	2-1	2.38	13G	1.30	7.0	7	All stats AAA
Chris Perez(R)	29	AAA	3-0	1.80	20G	1.35	7.7	1	All stats AAA

Same as the rotation, this group has been way better in May. Veteran Neil Cotts has been struggling, but Juan Nicasio has not allowed a run in May and even our closer in Jeremy Jeffress was... decent with a 3.18ERA and eight saves. We have more reinforcements underway... as we have put a waiver claim on Dodgers RHRP Chris Hatcher(30, 3* HS, 3.5* OSA, 3-0 0.90 10IP) and would love to bring him in and sent Knebel down to AAA... he has still room for development.

Catchers:

Name	Age	League	Avg-HR-RBI	OPS	G	WAR	R	SB	Status
Jonathan Lucroy(R)	28	ML	.250-1-12	.630	45	0.6	14	1/2
Martin Maldonado(R)	28	ML	.214-1-2	.647	13G	0.0	2	0/0
Juan Centeno(L)	25	AA	.295-0-9	.639	23G	0.2	23	0/0	All stats AA

Lucroy followed up a mediocre month with a completely awful one and Maldonado as expected cooled off once he got more AB's. Juan Centeno was sent down to AA by Doug Melvin... and I understand why looking at his batting stats... Hopefully none of our MLB catchers get injured.

Infield:

Name	Age	League	Avg-HR-RBI	OPS	G	WAR	R	SB	Status
1B Shane Peterson(L)	27	ML	.063-0-0	.243	5G	-0.2	1	0/0
2B/SS Luis Sardinas(S)	21	ML	.353-0-0	.833	5G	0.2	2	5/7
3B Luis Jimenez(R)	27	ML	.316-2-4	.886	24G/7GS	0.2	12	0/0
3B Mike Moustakas(L)	26	ML	.176-2-4	.752	5GS	0.1	2	1/1	All stats AAA
SS Hector Gomez(R)	27	ML	.284-1-5	.727	32G/16GS	0.0	7	1/3
SS Jean Segura(R)	25	ML	.266-0-5	.628	45G/37GS	0.3	8	6/8
1B Greg Bird(L)	22	AAA	.284-8-23	.882	48G	1.3	33	0/0	All stats AAA

What this infield actually will be... will be decided when they get a bit more swings in. Playing Shane Peterson at first base is not ideal but we don't want to call up Greg Bird right now... and ideally not before 2016. Sardinas... Moustakas... could outproduce Gennett and Ramirez from now on... hopefully.

Outfield:

Name	Age	League	Avg-HR-RBI	OPS	G	WAR	R	SB	Status
LF/RF Ryan Braun(R)	31	ML	.254-4-6	.800	18G	0.4	11	1/1	DL Fractured Rib 5 days
LF Khris Davis(R)	27	ML	.228-6-20	.671	49G	0.2	17	0/2
CF Carlos Gomez(R)	29	ML	.255-7-21	.724	49G	1.2	20	11/15
OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis(L)	27	ML	.154-0-2	.493	35G/13GS	-0.4	8	3/4	(MIL/NYM)
OF Logan Schafer(L)	28	ML	.127-1-1	.368	33G/10GS	-0.5	3	1/1
OF Ryan Kalish(L)	27	ML	.400-1-1	1.500	4G/1GS	0.1	2	0/0

Our outfield cooled of significantly as all of our offense did. Gomez was better in April and Davis has played at a baseline of .230 with some power every other week. We will look for a victim to be sent down/waived when Braun is back and hope he can spark our offense a bit...