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Paragon City Heroes are at the end of a 3 year rebuilding process and had a league best 104-58 record. Very pleased with that.
The team was led by the pitching staff who were unreal. Max Scherzer (24-6 2.86) missed a triple crown by 20Ks, Catfish Hunter (15-8 3.30) led the league in IP, and Greg Maddux (14-13 3.88) was the unluckiest pitcher on the staff, he led pitcher in WAR (5.5) and also FIP (3.44) considering I have one of the best defences in the league they must have really underplayed for him, though, i'm guessing Madlock is to blame for most of that though. Lee Smith led the league in saves (43). Scherzer must be a lock for pitcher of the year
On offence, the late/between season pickups of Kirby Puckett and Bill Madlock really shone. Puckett was the undoubted star though, winning a batting title (.327) and RBI crown (111) though he was never going to challenge for a triple crown with just 23 HR. Madlock was 4th in average (.314) and RBI (104). I think Puckett definitely has a shot at MVP. Gwynn was brought in for the last third of the season and performed well at DH and Gehringer looks to have solved my 2b problems. Next up will be the purchase of a SS who can hit, and i may look at replacing Maddux for a non groundball pitcher
Bad News Bulldogs won their division with a 90-72 record in their first diamond season despite having the leagues worst bullpen. I really don't want to win in the playoffs as we would get obliterated in perfect league. Robinson (22/26) and Davis (21/66) both went 20/20. No one really put up any great numbers but we had 3 guys with 90+ RBI and 2 with 80+ the only category we led the league in was steals, a lot of that was due to strategy and having Eric Davis
Neuman Furshlugginers could have forced a 1 game playoff with a final day win, but they lost 12-1 to end up on 79-83, 9 games out of the WC spot. the only bright spots on the team were Gregg Jefferies hitting .330, stealing 31 bases and being top 4 in the league in OPS+ and Bob Friend with his 14-7 record. I tried a lot of different players during the season and hopefully i can get it right for next year
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