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Questdog · 12-12-2016, 08:44 PM

Saturday, June 9, 2001

Trade!

True to my word, I made it so a handful of those players making my life miserable will make someone else's life miserable. This trade cost us more and I had to let two players got that i did not want to, but neither one would be here in 5 years in any event. Plus, Pittsburgh, the team we traded with, is over budget already, so we had to pretty much pay everyone's salary for this year. So now we are broke, too.

We sent Pittsburgh C Masanori Ishii (32 R), P Neville Carter (32 R), P Greg Richey (32 R), 2B Fred Pariseau (31 R), P Edmondo Buenaventura (31 R) and $8.8 million and the Pirates sent us 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R), P Bruce Byrd (25 R), P Mike Lane (23 R), 2B Blaine Guyette (23 R) and LF Keith Page (19 R).

Assistant GM Ron Hensley thinks I am the greatest trader since Jack traded his cow for those beans! I hate to see Ishii and Carter go, but they are both 32 and would not be a part of the success story here in Portland in any event. The rest of them will not be missed. Well, the $8.8 million will be missed. That is mostly Fred Pariseau's fault. We had to pay his $6.6 million salary this season to get the Pirates to afford the trade.

What we got is mostly filler material, but one is a gem and another might be worth something. LF Keith Page (19 R) is the gem. He was the 11th pick of the 2000 draft out of high school in Warren, Ohio. He's smart and a very hard worker. SD Eddie Henderson thinks he has batting titles in his future. He can run, has a good eye and is a very tough out. He has some power, too, but that is not his strong suit. Baseball America had him ranked at 347 this Spring. P Mike Lane (23 R) is the one that might be worth something, or might not. He was drafted in the 2nd round in 1998 out of Dallas Baptist University. He throws very hard. His control and his secondary pitches are not quite as promising. I think he is a shoo-in to be a decent reliever with his fastball, but could be a very good starter if his curveball or changeup develop and he masters his control. He already has a decent good slider. He's also a pretty good hitter, batting .250 in his minor league career so far. Baseball America had him ranked at #171 this Spring. The other three are just throw ins, although Cavallaro is going to get a chance to win our vacated second base job. He has a solid glove and has hit decently in the minors, though without power. He was a 19th round draft pick by Toronto back in 1994 and made the Eastern League (AA) All-Star game last year. He's already been released three times, so we do not expect a lot.

P Angel Rodriguez (23 R), P Larry Castillo (27 R), P Freddy Arana (25 R) and C Rich Nolan (30 L) were promoted to Portland from Indianapolis (AAA).

New York Mets (27-34 .443 14.5 GB in 6th place in the NL East) at
Portland Beavers (23-37 .383 14 GB in 7th place in the NL West)

Myron McDowell, NYN (25 L 1-2 2.45 8.8-0.5-1.5-3.9 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Pete Reilly, Por (27 R 3-1 2.84 8.3-1.4-4.0-4.7)

3B Tim DePriest is already booked on a flight for Indianapolis after tonight's game. We will recall 3B Joe Hartin after his 10 days in the minors are up today. If DePriest has a monster day, I might change my mind, but that seems extremely unlikely.

Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
NEW YORK (N)
1: SS Jesus Ramirez (22 S .288-3-21-.814 in 215 AB)
2: 2B Cary Gilreath (26 R .333-1-3-.766 in 27 AB)
3: LF Larry Brown (28 R .272-6-25-.817 in 206 AB)
4: RF Howard Ammons (24 L .270-6-17-.810 in 115 AB)
5: 3B Virgil Northcutt (34 R .203-13-31-.688 in 222 AB)
6: C Bobby Pina (31 L .254-4-19-.732 in 181 AB)
7: 1B Manny Esquivel (28 L .313-10-34-.894 in 201 AB)
8: CF Tom Wilson (28 R .298-0-5-.747 in 47 AB)
9: P Myron McDowell (25 L .200-0-0-.400 in 5 AB)

PORTLAND
1: CF Vicente Saavedra (26 .000-0-1-.000 in 4 AB)
2: 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R Major League Debut .284-2-22-.729 in AAA)
3: 1B Ray Wilson (37 R .268-0-3-.671 in 56 AB)
4: C Ron Charles (30 R .333-1-5-.893 in 24 AB)
5: RF Eddie Cabrales (31 R First Game .258-1-2-.803 in 31 AB in AAA)
6: 3B Tim DePriest (26 R .120-0-3-.305 in 25 AB)
7: SS Rick Ferrell (25 R .225-1-7-.535 in 80 AB)
8: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .300-3-22-.848 in 170 AB)
9: P Pete Reilly (27 R .286-0-2-.571 in 14 AB)

Game Start: 2:05 PM
Weather: 64 deg. Partly Cloudy with a 9 MPH wind blowing right to left.

Jesus Ramirez strikes out on three pitches! Cary Gilreath grounds out to short. Larry Brown pops out to short! 1-2-3!

Bottom of the 1st: Vicente Saavedra strikes out on three pitches. Mike Cavallaro, in his first major league at bat, hits one hard, but lines out to short. Ray Wilson grounds out to 3rd.

Bottom of the 2nd: Ron Charles leads off with a double into the left field corner, but the next three go down meekly.

Top of the 4th: Jesus Ramirez becomes their first base runner with a lead off walk and then steals 2nd, but is stranded their when the next three make outs.

Bottom of the 4th: Ray Wilson leads us off with a double to center. with 1 out, Eddie Cabrales lines a hit to center and Wilson scores, easily beating the throw! 1 to 0, Beavers! Cabrales moves up to 2nd on the play. Tim DePriest singles to left center and Cabrales scores! 2 to 0, Beavers!

Top of the 5th: With 2 outs, Manny Esquivel gets their first hit, a grounder into right. Tom Wilson follows with their 2nd hit, a grounder up the middle. P Myron McDowell gets their third hit of the game and third in a row and the bases are loaded with 2 outs for Jesus Ramirez. He taps one in front of the plate and C Ron Charles throws him out!

Top of the 7th: With 1 out, Manny Esquivel homers to straight away center. 435 ft. 2 to 1, Beavers.

Top of the 9th: New Pitcher: LHP Jim Ackley. Pinch-hitter: RHB Stu Redman. He strikes out on three pitches! As the rain begins to fall, Virgil Northcutt grounds a hit into left. Pinch-hitter: RHB Diego Martinez. .173 with a .497 OPS in 52 AB. He swings at the first pitch and doubles down the left field line. Northcutt tries to score from first, but Wiginton gets the ball in quickly to SS Rick Ferrell, who fires home for the out! 2 down. Martinez goes to 3rd on the play at the plate. Pinch-hitter: RHB Alan Landis. .213 with a .461 OPS in 89 AB. Call to the Bullpen: RHP Ron Beckman. Landis swings at the first pitch and sends it deep to center. CF Vicente Saavedra races back and has just enough room to make the catch! ....and THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers!

Won - 2 to 1

It is uncanny that as bad as our lineup is against lefties that we manage to win against them! We are now 6-5 against southpaws on the season.

We had 4 hits and made no errors.
The Mets had 7 hits and made no errors.

Pete Reilly (W 4-1) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 7. After winning his first two games mostly on luck, he has now pitched two straight gems, going at least 8 innings each time.
LHP Jim Ackley went 2/3 of an inning, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1.
RHP Ron Beckman (SV 6) faced 1 batter and retired him....barely, but an out is an out.

Myron McDowell (L 1-3) went 8 innings (CG), gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5.

2B Mike Cavallaro, in his Major League Debut, went 0 for 4, but at least did not strike out. 1B Ray Wilson hit a double and scored a run. C Ron Charles hit a double.

For the Mets, 1B Manny Esquivel had 2 hits with his 11th home run of the season (2nd in two days).

12-12-2016, 08:44 PM	#87
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, June 9, 2001 Trade! True to my word, I made it so a handful of those players making my life miserable will make someone else's life miserable. This trade cost us more and I had to let two players got that i did not want to, but neither one would be here in 5 years in any event. Plus, Pittsburgh, the team we traded with, is over budget already, so we had to pretty much pay everyone's salary for this year. So now we are broke, too. We sent Pittsburgh C Masanori Ishii (32 R), P Neville Carter (32 R), P Greg Richey (32 R), 2B Fred Pariseau (31 R), P Edmondo Buenaventura (31 R) and $8.8 million and the Pirates sent us 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R), P Bruce Byrd (25 R), P Mike Lane (23 R), 2B Blaine Guyette (23 R) and LF Keith Page (19 R). Assistant GM Ron Hensley thinks I am the greatest trader since Jack traded his cow for those beans! I hate to see Ishii and Carter go, but they are both 32 and would not be a part of the success story here in Portland in any event. The rest of them will not be missed. Well, the $8.8 million will be missed. That is mostly Fred Pariseau's fault. We had to pay his $6.6 million salary this season to get the Pirates to afford the trade. What we got is mostly filler material, but one is a gem and another might be worth something. LF Keith Page (19 R) is the gem. He was the 11th pick of the 2000 draft out of high school in Warren, Ohio. He's smart and a very hard worker. SD Eddie Henderson thinks he has batting titles in his future. He can run, has a good eye and is a very tough out. He has some power, too, but that is not his strong suit. Baseball America had him ranked at 347 this Spring. P Mike Lane (23 R) is the one that might be worth something, or might not. He was drafted in the 2nd round in 1998 out of Dallas Baptist University. He throws very hard. His control and his secondary pitches are not quite as promising. I think he is a shoo-in to be a decent reliever with his fastball, but could be a very good starter if his curveball or changeup develop and he masters his control. He already has a decent good slider. He's also a pretty good hitter, batting .250 in his minor league career so far. Baseball America had him ranked at #171 this Spring. The other three are just throw ins, although Cavallaro is going to get a chance to win our vacated second base job. He has a solid glove and has hit decently in the minors, though without power. He was a 19th round draft pick by Toronto back in 1994 and made the Eastern League (AA) All-Star game last year. He's already been released three times, so we do not expect a lot. P Angel Rodriguez (23 R), P Larry Castillo (27 R), P Freddy Arana (25 R) and C Rich Nolan (30 L) were promoted to Portland from Indianapolis (AAA). New York Mets (27-34 .443 14.5 GB in 6th place in the NL East) at Portland Beavers (23-37 .383 14 GB in 7th place in the NL West) Myron McDowell, NYN (25 L 1-2 2.45 8.8-0.5-1.5-3.9 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Pete Reilly, Por (27 R 3-1 2.84 8.3-1.4-4.0-4.7) 3B Tim DePriest is already booked on a flight for Indianapolis after tonight's game. We will recall 3B Joe Hartin after his 10 days in the minors are up today. If DePriest has a monster day, I might change my mind, but that seems extremely unlikely. Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS) NEW YORK (N) 1: SS Jesus Ramirez (22 S .288-3-21-.814 in 215 AB) 2: 2B Cary Gilreath (26 R .333-1-3-.766 in 27 AB) 3: LF Larry Brown (28 R .272-6-25-.817 in 206 AB) 4: RF Howard Ammons (24 L .270-6-17-.810 in 115 AB) 5: 3B Virgil Northcutt (34 R .203-13-31-.688 in 222 AB) 6: C Bobby Pina (31 L .254-4-19-.732 in 181 AB) 7: 1B Manny Esquivel (28 L .313-10-34-.894 in 201 AB) 8: CF Tom Wilson (28 R .298-0-5-.747 in 47 AB) 9: P Myron McDowell (25 L .200-0-0-.400 in 5 AB) PORTLAND 1: CF Vicente Saavedra (26 .000-0-1-.000 in 4 AB) 2: 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R Major League Debut .284-2-22-.729 in AAA) 3: 1B Ray Wilson (37 R .268-0-3-.671 in 56 AB) 4: C Ron Charles (30 R .333-1-5-.893 in 24 AB) 5: RF Eddie Cabrales (31 R First Game .258-1-2-.803 in 31 AB in AAA) 6: 3B Tim DePriest (26 R .120-0-3-.305 in 25 AB) 7: SS Rick Ferrell (25 R .225-1-7-.535 in 80 AB) 8: LF Frank Wiginton (30 S .300-3-22-.848 in 170 AB) 9: P Pete Reilly (27 R .286-0-2-.571 in 14 AB) Game Start: 2:05 PM Weather: 64 deg. Partly Cloudy with a 9 MPH wind blowing right to left. Jesus Ramirez strikes out on three pitches! Cary Gilreath grounds out to short. Larry Brown pops out to short! 1-2-3! Bottom of the 1st: Vicente Saavedra strikes out on three pitches. Mike Cavallaro, in his first major league at bat, hits one hard, but lines out to short. Ray Wilson grounds out to 3rd. Bottom of the 2nd: Ron Charles leads off with a double into the left field corner, but the next three go down meekly. Top of the 4th: Jesus Ramirez becomes their first base runner with a lead off walk and then steals 2nd, but is stranded their when the next three make outs. Bottom of the 4th: Ray Wilson leads us off with a double to center. with 1 out, Eddie Cabrales lines a hit to center and Wilson scores, easily beating the throw! 1 to 0, Beavers! Cabrales moves up to 2nd on the play. Tim DePriest singles to left center and Cabrales scores! 2 to 0, Beavers! Top of the 5th: With 2 outs, Manny Esquivel gets their first hit, a grounder into right. Tom Wilson follows with their 2nd hit, a grounder up the middle. P Myron McDowell gets their third hit of the game and third in a row and the bases are loaded with 2 outs for Jesus Ramirez. He taps one in front of the plate and C Ron Charles throws him out! Top of the 7th: With 1 out, Manny Esquivel homers to straight away center. 435 ft. 2 to 1, Beavers. Top of the 9th: New Pitcher: LHP Jim Ackley. Pinch-hitter: RHB Stu Redman. He strikes out on three pitches! As the rain begins to fall, Virgil Northcutt grounds a hit into left. Pinch-hitter: RHB Diego Martinez. .173 with a .497 OPS in 52 AB. He swings at the first pitch and doubles down the left field line. Northcutt tries to score from first, but Wiginton gets the ball in quickly to SS Rick Ferrell, who fires home for the out! 2 down. Martinez goes to 3rd on the play at the plate. Pinch-hitter: RHB Alan Landis. .213 with a .461 OPS in 89 AB. Call to the Bullpen: RHP Ron Beckman. Landis swings at the first pitch and sends it deep to center. CF Vicente Saavedra races back and has just enough room to make the catch! ....and THIS Ballgame Belongs to the Beavers! Won - 2 to 1 It is uncanny that as bad as our lineup is against lefties that we manage to win against them! We are now 6-5 against southpaws on the season. We had 4 hits and made no errors. The Mets had 7 hits and made no errors. Pete Reilly (W 4-1) went 8 innings, allowed 1 run, 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk and struck out 7. After winning his first two games mostly on luck, he has now pitched two straight gems, going at least 8 innings each time. LHP Jim Ackley went 2/3 of an inning, allowed 2 hits and struck out 1. RHP Ron Beckman (SV 6) faced 1 batter and retired him....barely, but an out is an out. Myron McDowell (L 1-3) went 8 innings (CG), gave us 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. 2B Mike Cavallaro, in his Major League Debut, went 0 for 4, but at least did not strike out. 1B Ray Wilson hit a double and scored a run. C Ron Charles hit a double. For the Mets, 1B Manny Esquivel had 2 hits with his 11th home run of the season (2nd in two days). Last edited by Questdog; 12-13-2016 at 12:35 AM.