The Gators went 19-7 in September and moved into a one game lead in the American League West. Last month I talked about how we'd won 7 more games than expected, and that's now up to 11 games more than expected. Whatever the reason we'll be heading to the playoffs.
One troubling area is the number of players who want extensions, but I'm unable to offer. Take for example Kelvin Coleman who is 14-9 with a 3.93 ERA and has been worth 3.1 WAR. A four year extension for $4 million per is certainly reasonable, but my owner won't allow that because we're over budget compliments of the Gustavo Ondrias and his massive salary. To be fair, Ondrias is playing well since he came to New Orleans (.279, 21 HR, 57 RBI, 2.6 WAR), although he certainly doesn't fit our budget and is out for the next four weeks with an injury.
