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ayaghmour2 · 03-25-2018, 06:10 PM

June 15th, 2018: It was only a matter of time, but 1st round pick Ethan Hankins said he was going to college instead. I turned my attention to 6th Rounder Tim Ball, who was demanding over 3 million to sign. I offered $3,800,000 since I had a decent amount of money left over with Hankins not signing, so maybe I could convince the 3.5* potential power hitting centerfielder to skip college. I offered 3.5* SS and 10th rounder Cal Conley the same amount.

Odrisamer Despaigne (2-5, 4.06 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) was on the mound, but didn't have to bat, since we were facing the AL Baltimore Orioles and Tanner Scott (1-0, 6.07 ERA, 1.80 WHIP). Not going to lie, if Brian Johnson is pitching this series, he's hitting for himself. Brandon Guyer played DH, our first all year, and Hernan Perez was in LF to fill in for the still hurt Derek Dietrich.

Our pitchers were not ready for the AL, and we took a 7-2 loss to the equally pitiful Orioles. It took three guys to finish the game, and all three gave up runs. 4 charged to the starter Despaigne in 4.1 innings, 1 in 1.2 for Jorge De La Rosa, and then 2 in 2 for Enny Romero.

Lane Adams had a good game, going 2-for-2 with an RBI, 2 walks, and 2 steals. Starlin Castro doubled, and Hernan Perez doubled twice. I think this was the first game all year we didn't use a pinch hitter.

Short season Batavia started their season soon, and the GCL Opening Day was creeping up with 88 guys still in camp.

June 16th, 2018: Got the Dietrich injury diagnosis, just a mild shoulder strain, and he should be healthy tommorow.

We were supposed to have a game today, but it was rained out. We'll play a double header tommorow, and luckily we have exactlly 5 games in 4 days before an off day, so I didn't need to mess with the rotation.

June 17th, 2018: Cameron Maybin suffered a setback, and it is now unknown when the centerfielder would return.

Tim Ball, the 6th rounder, said he's off to college too, so 2.5* cather Erik Hoyer, who wanted a bit more then 2 million, was offered $2,100,000 to detur him from continuing his education.

Starlin Castro is still up in front for 2B, almost 100,000 more votes then former teammate D.J. LeMahieu who's in 2nd.

Game 1: Jose Urena (2-6, 6.34 ERA, 1.61 WHIP) versus Dylan Bundy (2-6, 6.40 ERA, 1.62 WHIP). Their numbers were almost identical. Dietrich was back in the lineup, the rain out helped him get 100%.

Let's just forget about game 1. It was a 10-3 loss. I really didn't want to get swept in the double header and the series.

Urena sucked, but we only needed to burn 2 relief pitchers. Urena went 4 innings, allowed 9 hits, 6 runs, 3 walks, and struck out the same amount of hitters as he allowed homers (2). Brian Ellington and Junichi Tazawa both allowed 2 in 2 innings of mop up work. Hernan Perez went 3-for-4 with a run scored and driven in. He was a homer short of the cycle. Starlin Castro and Rafael Ortega both went 2-for-5, and Lane Adams went 2-for-4 with a double. Perez also picked up a steal, while Adams was caught.

Game 2: Who doesn't love a double header? Adam Conley (2-5, 5.37 ERA, 1.51 WHIP) battled Chris Tillman (2-4, 4.82 ERA, 1.52 WHIP) to avoid the sweep. I was extra bold. With a righty on the mound, I gave the origional DH starter Johnny Giovatella (.184/.244/.289) bench duty for lefty Brian Johnson (.409/.500/.727). I was even bolder, batting him 5th.

The bold strategy didn't work, but really, nothing would have. We were shutout 5-0, despite recording 8 hits. Johnson was 0-for-4, but so were Castro and Miguel Rojas. Martin Prado was injured and left the game, and for some reason Brandon Guyer subbed in at 3B. With a little tinkering, Mattingly could have moved either Perez (CF) or Dietrich (LF) and put Guyer in the outfield, but hey, down 5-0 does it really matter? Martin Prado tripled before getting hurt, that's really all that's worth mentioning.

I guess Chris Tillman's 8 hit shut out is notable, but he's the enemy in this matchup.

Prado should be fine, just moderate back spasms, costing him less then a week of time, so I'd moniter the injury closely.

June 18th, 2018: We arrived in San Francisco and were greeted by Chris Stratton (3-2, 5.19 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) and we reciprocated with Dan Straily (3-6, 4.99 ERA, 1.32 WHIP). I gave Prado a day off in favor of the speedy Hernan Perez.

Straily gave up 5 in the 3rd and then 1 in the 4th, so that's when we knew the game was over. We rallied back for 2 in the 5th to make it 6-2, but Stratton finished the 6th without a scratch and both bullpens did not allow a run.

Straily picked up the loss, but only allowed 3 hits in 3.1 innings. 5 of the runs were earned and he struck out 2, but he wlkaed 5. Never walk 5, not a good winning mentality. De La Rosa allowed 4 hits in 1.2 innings, but nothing more. Tazawa (1) and Romero (2) pitched scorless innings to end the game.

Hernan Perez got a hit, so win for my managerial decisions. Starlin Castro and Rafael Ortega both recorded 2 hits, while Ortega drove in Perez and Brandon Guyer with one of this two doubles. Guyer doubled as well.

Wait, Perez made the error? Oops, maybe not so perfect...

And then comes the notification that Miami (GCL) has too many players on the roster. Time to have fun! 44 players were eventually released. The last 3 cuts were soooooooo hard.

But dont forget, Power Rankings! Dead last at 51.5 behind the White Sox (61.5).

June 19th, 2018: Instantly, forced with another cut since I had to activated Dylan Peters from the disabled list.

Erik Hoyer wants college too, Dexter Jordan Jr. (2.5) was next. I sent him $3.5 million.

Brian Johnson was back pitching (6-6, 4.01 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) took on fellow lefty Ty Blach (4-8, 4.64 ERA, 1.38 WHIP). Prado was allowed to start, but we really needed a win. A 4 run 7th sunk out ship as that matched our run total for the game. Too bad the Giants had 2 in the 3rd and one more in the 8th, so we lost again, falling to 25-49.

Johnson couldn't get out of the 5th, leaving with one out. He allowed 8 hits, but only 2 runs. He walked 3 and struck out 2. De La Rosa and Wittgren actually got holds, despite the latter allowing 2 in 0.1 innings, but Jarlin the Marlin took the loss, allowing 2 runs off 2 hits, without getting an out. I had a feeling he'd be demoted once Hembree was ready to come back.

Prado didn't play like he was injured, going 3-for-4 with a run driven in and scoring twice. He was a homer away from the cycle. Lane Adams and Miguel Rojas also doubled, Adams singled and walked as well while Rojas drove in 2, while both recorded 4 at bats.

The Giants Evan Longoria was a hit short from a 5 hit outing.

Arizona made another shocking waiver request, this time 27-year-old Shelby Miller. He has talent, but I have no money to pay him. I offered them Jose Urena if they would cover Miller's contract, and they thought about it. We just had to focus on avoiding the sweep.

June 20th, 2018: No Way! GM Mike Hazan replied. I threw a 24 year old from class A back their way to see if the trade would work.

Next, to avoid the sweep... Our opponent, Jose Antonio Flores (0-2, 11.77 ERA, 2.08 WHIP), a 29-year-old rookie. Never heard of him, but he's never actually pitched in the big leagues. We sent Odrisamer Despaigne (2-6, 4.39 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) and despite yesterdays performance, I gave Prado some rest. Dietrich moved down to 3B, and Perez was sent to LF.

We scored 2 in the 4th and then 1 in the 7th to give us a comftorable 3-0 lead. Despaigne left in the 7th, and then Nick Wittgren, the former good pitcher, allowed 2 runs in the 8th. We were still up 3-2 headed into the 9th, so Drew Steckenrider came into the game to close the door. 'Steckesaurus' wasn't himself, and he allowed a Nick Hundley single and then Gorkys Hernandez walked us off with another single. I almost claimed him earlier in the year... Steck was charged with the loss, now 1-6, and this was his 4th blown save.

Despaigne actually was really good. He allowed no runs in 6.1 innings with 2 walks and 4 strike outs.

Dietrich and Ortega went 2-for-4, Dietrich hit a double and drove in two while Ortega drove in just 1. Hernan Perez tripled in the 7th and scored, so again, managerial win for me. But since the team lost and sucks, I guess that's a general managerial loss.

Martin Prado sent me a message, demanding a trade, so I'd shop him tommorow in the off day.

In MLB news, Charlie Blackmon extended his hit streak to 20 games. Chuck Nazty, which the game didn't have as his nickname, is hitting .311/.358/.538 on the year, another solid campaign. Fun fact about Blackmon, he was drafted three times; First by the Florida Marlins in the 28th round in 2004, then the 20th round by the Red Sox in 2005, and finally in the 2nd round out of Georgia Tech by the Rockies. Man, it'd be nice if he signed here.

June 21st, 2018: Mike Hazan still didn't like my deal, so I offered Martin Prado as well, but he didn't want an overpaid veteran. The final deal, which worked, was Shelby Miller (100% retain) to the Marlins for SP Jose Urena, SP Gabriel Castellanos, and 2B Austin Nola. Urena is the only one worth remembering, and he was awful for us. Not too sad to see him go. Miller instantly became my ace, and would probably start the series opener in Colorado tommorow.

After the trade was completed early in the morning, the team (minus Urena) headed to Colorado. When we got there, I'd shop Prado.

Here's what I was offerd for the still somewhat decent Martin Prado: Nothing. His $13,500,000 salary will be hard to unload. Three teams wanted to win, the really bad Orioles, the Red Sox, and the Cubs. The Cubs have Kris Bryant so they were definitely not going to want Prado.

I offered the Orioles Prado for minor leaguer Edidson Rojas. They didn't want an over paid veteran, so I had to eat some of the contract for sure. 100% was the least they'd accept, and GM Dan Duquette still had to think about it.

The Red Sox probably wouldn't be interested, since they had Devers at the hot corner. I did, officially, place Prado on the trade block.

Quik look at SS Edidson Rojas. He's going to strike out a lot but he does make good contact and has nice pop. He's also a solid defender, but at 19, he's got a long way to go. He also had nice speed, but I can't seem him every becoming a reecognizable big leaguer, but I needed to move Prado.

Quick glance at free agency, and maybe there is a gem in 2B Brayan Rocchio. The Venezuelan infielder wanted a $440,000 bonus with a minor league deal and I was more then willing to give it to the 17-year-old. The former Indian was a 4.5* potential, and he has the ability to turn into a .310 hitter with good defensive skills all around the infield.

One more gem, another infielder from Venezuela who was also 17, Derwin Barreto (3.5). He got the same deal and was with both Texas and Baltimore. He's a gerat defender with just as much contact potential as Rocchio, but he has absolutely no power. Both guys are lottery tickets, but if Stan Meek is right, I'm in luck for sure.

One more thing before the day ended, I shopped Junichi Tazawa around and the only offer was SS J.J. Hardy. It wasn't worth it at all.

Time to look ahead to the 37-37 Colorado Rockies and righties Chad Bettis (5-7, 5.60 ERA), Arnold Leon (3-0, 2.95 ERA), and Jon Gray (6-3, 3.55 ERA).

03-25-2018, 06:10 PM	#17
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,011	June 15th-June 21st June 15th, 2018: It was only a matter of time, but 1st round pick Ethan Hankins said he was going to college instead. I turned my attention to 6th Rounder Tim Ball, who was demanding over 3 million to sign. I offered $3,800,000 since I had a decent amount of money left over with Hankins not signing, so maybe I could convince the 3.5* potential power hitting centerfielder to skip college. I offered 3.5* SS and 10th rounder Cal Conley the same amount. Odrisamer Despaigne (2-5, 4.06 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) was on the mound, but didn't have to bat, since we were facing the AL Baltimore Orioles and Tanner Scott (1-0, 6.07 ERA, 1.80 WHIP). Not going to lie, if Brian Johnson is pitching this series, he's hitting for himself. Brandon Guyer played DH, our first all year, and Hernan Perez was in LF to fill in for the still hurt Derek Dietrich. Our pitchers were not ready for the AL, and we took a 7-2 loss to the equally pitiful Orioles. It took three guys to finish the game, and all three gave up runs. 4 charged to the starter Despaigne in 4.1 innings, 1 in 1.2 for Jorge De La Rosa, and then 2 in 2 for Enny Romero. Lane Adams had a good game, going 2-for-2 with an RBI, 2 walks, and 2 steals. Starlin Castro doubled, and Hernan Perez doubled twice. I think this was the first game all year we didn't use a pinch hitter. Short season Batavia started their season soon, and the GCL Opening Day was creeping up with 88 guys still in camp. June 16th, 2018: Got the Dietrich injury diagnosis, just a mild shoulder strain, and he should be healthy tommorow. We were supposed to have a game today, but it was rained out. We'll play a double header tommorow, and luckily we have exactlly 5 games in 4 days before an off day, so I didn't need to mess with the rotation. June 17th, 2018: Cameron Maybin suffered a setback, and it is now unknown when the centerfielder would return. Tim Ball, the 6th rounder, said he's off to college too, so 2.5* cather Erik Hoyer, who wanted a bit more then 2 million, was offered $2,100,000 to detur him from continuing his education. Starlin Castro is still up in front for 2B, almost 100,000 more votes then former teammate D.J. LeMahieu who's in 2nd. Game 1: Jose Urena (2-6, 6.34 ERA, 1.61 WHIP) versus Dylan Bundy (2-6, 6.40 ERA, 1.62 WHIP). Their numbers were almost identical. Dietrich was back in the lineup, the rain out helped him get 100%. Let's just forget about game 1. It was a 10-3 loss. I really didn't want to get swept in the double header and the series. Urena sucked, but we only needed to burn 2 relief pitchers. Urena went 4 innings, allowed 9 hits, 6 runs, 3 walks, and struck out the same amount of hitters as he allowed homers (2). Brian Ellington and Junichi Tazawa both allowed 2 in 2 innings of mop up work. Hernan Perez went 3-for-4 with a run scored and driven in. He was a homer short of the cycle. Starlin Castro and Rafael Ortega both went 2-for-5, and Lane Adams went 2-for-4 with a double. Perez also picked up a steal, while Adams was caught. Game 2: Who doesn't love a double header? Adam Conley (2-5, 5.37 ERA, 1.51 WHIP) battled Chris Tillman (2-4, 4.82 ERA, 1.52 WHIP) to avoid the sweep. I was extra bold. With a righty on the mound, I gave the origional DH starter Johnny Giovatella (.184/.244/.289) bench duty for lefty Brian Johnson (.409/.500/.727). I was even bolder, batting him 5th. The bold strategy didn't work, but really, nothing would have. We were shutout 5-0, despite recording 8 hits. Johnson was 0-for-4, but so were Castro and Miguel Rojas. Martin Prado was injured and left the game, and for some reason Brandon Guyer subbed in at 3B. With a little tinkering, Mattingly could have moved either Perez (CF) or Dietrich (LF) and put Guyer in the outfield, but hey, down 5-0 does it really matter? Martin Prado tripled before getting hurt, that's really all that's worth mentioning. I guess Chris Tillman's 8 hit shut out is notable, but he's the enemy in this matchup. Prado should be fine, just moderate back spasms, costing him less then a week of time, so I'd moniter the injury closely. June 18th, 2018: We arrived in San Francisco and were greeted by Chris Stratton (3-2, 5.19 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) and we reciprocated with Dan Straily (3-6, 4.99 ERA, 1.32 WHIP). I gave Prado a day off in favor of the speedy Hernan Perez. Straily gave up 5 in the 3rd and then 1 in the 4th, so that's when we knew the game was over. We rallied back for 2 in the 5th to make it 6-2, but Stratton finished the 6th without a scratch and both bullpens did not allow a run. Straily picked up the loss, but only allowed 3 hits in 3.1 innings. 5 of the runs were earned and he struck out 2, but he wlkaed 5. Never walk 5, not a good winning mentality. De La Rosa allowed 4 hits in 1.2 innings, but nothing more. Tazawa (1) and Romero (2) pitched scorless innings to end the game. Hernan Perez got a hit, so win for my managerial decisions. Starlin Castro and Rafael Ortega both recorded 2 hits, while Ortega drove in Perez and Brandon Guyer with one of this two doubles. Guyer doubled as well. Wait, Perez made the error? Oops, maybe not so perfect... And then comes the notification that Miami (GCL) has too many players on the roster. Time to have fun! 44 players were eventually released. The last 3 cuts were soooooooo hard. But dont forget, Power Rankings! Dead last at 51.5 behind the White Sox (61.5). June 19th, 2018: Instantly, forced with another cut since I had to activated Dylan Peters from the disabled list. Erik Hoyer wants college too, Dexter Jordan Jr. (2.5) was next. I sent him $3.5 million. Brian Johnson was back pitching (6-6, 4.01 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) took on fellow lefty Ty Blach (4-8, 4.64 ERA, 1.38 WHIP). Prado was allowed to start, but we really needed a win. A 4 run 7th sunk out ship as that matched our run total for the game. Too bad the Giants had 2 in the 3rd and one more in the 8th, so we lost again, falling to 25-49. Johnson couldn't get out of the 5th, leaving with one out. He allowed 8 hits, but only 2 runs. He walked 3 and struck out 2. De La Rosa and Wittgren actually got holds, despite the latter allowing 2 in 0.1 innings, but Jarlin the Marlin took the loss, allowing 2 runs off 2 hits, without getting an out. I had a feeling he'd be demoted once Hembree was ready to come back. Prado didn't play like he was injured, going 3-for-4 with a run driven in and scoring twice. He was a homer away from the cycle. Lane Adams and Miguel Rojas also doubled, Adams singled and walked as well while Rojas drove in 2, while both recorded 4 at bats. The Giants Evan Longoria was a hit short from a 5 hit outing. Arizona made another shocking waiver request, this time 27-year-old Shelby Miller. He has talent, but I have no money to pay him. I offered them Jose Urena if they would cover Miller's contract, and they thought about it. We just had to focus on avoiding the sweep. June 20th, 2018: No Way! GM Mike Hazan replied. I threw a 24 year old from class A back their way to see if the trade would work. Next, to avoid the sweep... Our opponent, Jose Antonio Flores (0-2, 11.77 ERA, 2.08 WHIP), a 29-year-old rookie. Never heard of him, but he's never actually pitched in the big leagues. We sent Odrisamer Despaigne (2-6, 4.39 ERA, 1.34 WHIP) and despite yesterdays performance, I gave Prado some rest. Dietrich moved down to 3B, and Perez was sent to LF. We scored 2 in the 4th and then 1 in the 7th to give us a comftorable 3-0 lead. Despaigne left in the 7th, and then Nick Wittgren, the former good pitcher, allowed 2 runs in the 8th. We were still up 3-2 headed into the 9th, so Drew Steckenrider came into the game to close the door. 'Steckesaurus' wasn't himself, and he allowed a Nick Hundley single and then Gorkys Hernandez walked us off with another single. I almost claimed him earlier in the year... Steck was charged with the loss, now 1-6, and this was his 4th blown save. Despaigne actually was really good. He allowed no runs in 6.1 innings with 2 walks and 4 strike outs. Dietrich and Ortega went 2-for-4, Dietrich hit a double and drove in two while Ortega drove in just 1. Hernan Perez tripled in the 7th and scored, so again, managerial win for me. But since the team lost and sucks, I guess that's a general managerial loss. Martin Prado sent me a message, demanding a trade, so I'd shop him tommorow in the off day. In MLB news, Charlie Blackmon extended his hit streak to 20 games. Chuck Nazty, which the game didn't have as his nickname, is hitting .311/.358/.538 on the year, another solid campaign. Fun fact about Blackmon, he was drafted three times; First by the Florida Marlins in the 28th round in 2004, then the 20th round by the Red Sox in 2005, and finally in the 2nd round out of Georgia Tech by the Rockies. Man, it'd be nice if he signed here. June 21st, 2018: Mike Hazan still didn't like my deal, so I offered Martin Prado as well, but he didn't want an overpaid veteran. The final deal, which worked, was Shelby Miller (100% retain) to the Marlins for SP Jose Urena, SP Gabriel Castellanos, and 2B Austin Nola. Urena is the only one worth remembering, and he was awful for us. Not too sad to see him go. Miller instantly became my ace, and would probably start the series opener in Colorado tommorow. After the trade was completed early in the morning, the team (minus Urena) headed to Colorado. When we got there, I'd shop Prado. Here's what I was offerd for the still somewhat decent Martin Prado: Nothing. His $13,500,000 salary will be hard to unload. Three teams wanted to win, the really bad Orioles, the Red Sox, and the Cubs. The Cubs have Kris Bryant so they were definitely not going to want Prado. I offered the Orioles Prado for minor leaguer Edidson Rojas. They didn't want an over paid veteran, so I had to eat some of the contract for sure. 100% was the least they'd accept, and GM Dan Duquette still had to think about it. The Red Sox probably wouldn't be interested, since they had Devers at the hot corner. I did, officially, place Prado on the trade block. Quik look at SS Edidson Rojas. He's going to strike out a lot but he does make good contact and has nice pop. He's also a solid defender, but at 19, he's got a long way to go. He also had nice speed, but I can't seem him every becoming a reecognizable big leaguer, but I needed to move Prado. Quick glance at free agency, and maybe there is a gem in 2B Brayan Rocchio. The Venezuelan infielder wanted a $440,000 bonus with a minor league deal and I was more then willing to give it to the 17-year-old. The former Indian was a 4.5* potential, and he has the ability to turn into a .310 hitter with good defensive skills all around the infield. One more gem, another infielder from Venezuela who was also 17, Derwin Barreto (3.5). He got the same deal and was with both Texas and Baltimore. He's a gerat defender with just as much contact potential as Rocchio, but he has absolutely no power. Both guys are lottery tickets, but if Stan Meek is right, I'm in luck for sure. One more thing before the day ended, I shopped Junichi Tazawa around and the only offer was SS J.J. Hardy. It wasn't worth it at all. Time to look ahead to the 37-37 Colorado Rockies and righties Chad Bettis (5-7, 5.60 ERA), Arnold Leon (3-0, 2.95 ERA), and Jon Gray (6-3, 3.55 ERA).