If we are the every other year team, then this off-season we are building a Champion. The roster is mostly set, it's a matter of keeping everyone paid and happy. We probably could use another top of the line starter or bullpen arm is all.
Here are the owner goals for the 2030 Season...win a 4th championship, increase profit to 21M, find a top prospect, build a top 6 farm system, and build a dynasty.
Payroll set at 180M
Retirements
Scouting Director Tom Allison
Arbitration
Most players due modest increases.
Big fish aren't interested in long term deals yet
- Kennan Rainville 3M increase
- Rory Boatswain 3M increase
- Steve Cacchio 7M increase
- Rogelio Mena 2M increase
Testing free agency
- RP Juan Banegas
- SP Dallas Kneuchel
- C Mario Feliciano (might chase)
Awards- AC Reliever of the Year (AAA) CL Randy Wehking
- AL Gold Glove 2B- Steve Cacchio (x3)
- AL Reliever of the Year - CL Rory Boatswain
- AL Silver Slugger DH- Luis Espinoza
- AL Manager of the Year- Jose Alguacil (x3)
Twig Macia finished 3rd in MVP voting
Team Transactions- Signed new Scouting Director- Dock Doyle
- Re-signed backup C Carson Kelly
- We traded SP/1B Tristan Casas, 1B Teagan Greer, and (A) C Sergio Castro to
- Mets for 8 time Gold Glove catcher Daniel Flores. Mets retained 25% of Flores
- remaining salary. Our pitchers will love pitching to Flores. Getting him at age 29 is like getting Yadier Molina in his prime.
- Signed OF Sean Lozinski to a 1 year deal (minor league deal with MLB option)
- Signed OF Arturo Fragoso to a 1 year deal (minor league deal with MLB option) These signing put pressure on our centerfielders
- Signed SP Junior Navas to a 5 year deal 23M per. Navas could be our ace. It does cost us a 1st round pick, but we feel better about him than we did Casas, especially with Flores behind the dish. Navas cited Flores as a huge reason for choosing Portland.
The league clearly doesn't believe in Mike Spiece at 1B like we do. We have fielded 10 trade offers that included starting 1B.
Rule 5 Draft- Selected RP Mat Lynn (he could make opening day roster)
Charlotte called and offered us the return of 1B Donte Tesfai (whom we could use with Casas pinch hitting ability now gone). We traded disgruntled (AA) SP Danny Hill and (AA) RP Brad Franklin.
We are ranked 30th at 1B (low view of Spiece) and 23rd in CF (low view of our platoon).
We are ranked 1st at 2B (Cacchio) and SP (Rainville), 2nd at SS (Gimenez) and RP (Smalley), 3rd at 3B (Macia), 4th in RF (Jimenez) and at C (Flores)
League Transactions- POR acquired C Daniel Flores for SP Tristan Casas and parts
- CHC signed SP Connor Nurse
- CHC signed 3B Tyler Nevin
- LAD signed SP Landon Leach
- POR signed SP Junior Navas
- HOU signed CL Wladimir Pinto
- BOS signed SP Adberto Azolay
- TOR acquired OF Luis Morales from STL
- STL signed RP Mike Rathman
- TOR signed RP Jose Declerc
- ARI signed C Mario Feliciano
- ATL signed OF Tristan Pompey
- LAA signed 3B Joshua Lowe
- CHC signed SP Karlos Morales
- BAL signed C Matt Olham
- NYY signed CF Jordan Adell
- LAD signed RP Juan Banegas
- WAS signed RP Grant Holmes
- SF signed LF Nomar Mazara
- CLE signed SP Chris McCoy
Spring Training
The Long Road Back to the Series Starts Here. We are looking for health and clarity.
2030 Opening Day Roster
Manager: Auggie Alguacil
1- Kennan Rainville
2- Junior Navas
3- Esteban Serrano
4- Dan Beck
5- Jahiem Mayze
CL Rory Boatswain
ST Bilal Lefevre
LH Leith Gilberds
LH Randy Rosario
RH Doug Peters
RH Mat Lynn
RH Juan Ramirez
C Daniel Flores
C Carson Kelly
1B Mike Spiece
2B Steve Cacchio
3B Twig Macia
SS Andres Gimenez
IF Jose Antonio Gomes
1B Donte Tesfai
LF Mike Plumb
CF Luis Quintanilla
RF Eloy Jimenez
OF Rogelio Mean
DH Luis Espinoza
DL Mitch Smalley
Top 200 Prospects
System Ranked #1- last year 5th
1. SP Rogelio Lizarde 3 AAA
2. LF Bobby Kilpatrick 6 AA (acquired for Mena)
2. CF Rodolfo Campos 22 A
3. RF Juan Miramontes 29 AAA
4. SP Randy Moore 41 AAA
5. 1B Alfredo Moreno 44 A
6. 3B Juan Luna 48 A
7. CF Mike Claussen 65 R
8. 2B Sergio Reyna 84 A
9. SP Chad Fullen 114 AAA
10. SP Joe Richards 192 AAA
11. RF Kanye Dalcour 193 AAA
Our owner expects us to win it all. We agree.
2030 Regular Season
APRIL
11 Started the season with two series losses and a 1-5 record. Players complaining of a World Series hangover. There is plenty of time, but geez they look terrible.
13 HC Mark McGwire suggested batting Plumb second, with Cacchio, Espinoza, Macia, Jimenez sliding down one spot. The product was a 10-2 win. Maybe there is something there.
15 RP Mitch Smalley activated from DL to minor league rehab assignment
22 Early Power Rankings have us sitting at 28th with our 5-10 record.
25 2B Steve Cacchio suspended 2 games for fighting after being HBP
Record- 11-13 4th place
MAY
1 RP Mitch Smalley activated from rehab assignment (will setup)
RP Juan Ramirez re-assigned to AAA
RP Bilal Lefevre moves to middle relief
9 All-Star SS Andres Gimenez signed a 5 year extension at 15M per to stay in Portland. As the leadoff hitter of a 4 time Champion team we had to retain him.
12 Rule 5 RP Mat Lynn traded to Pirates for AAA player
LF Sean Lozinski called up from AAA
20 LF Sean Lozinski re-assigned to AAA
OF Jeremy Bogusch called up from AAA
22 We traded SP Dan Beck, OF Jeremy Bogusch, OF Sean Lozinski and minor league SP Juan Bacilio to Blue Jays for red hot slugger RF Ismael Aguirre, SP Luis Arredondo, and minor league CL Kyeong-min- Um
Beck has always struggled with consistency as a starter, even in the playoffs, and doesn't want to relieve. Our offense needs a lift and Aguirre is lighting the world on fire. He will start in RF vs RHP and Jimenez will vs LHP. Arredondo is more consistent than Beck and if not we have Stogner and Sainte in AAA.
30 5-2 record with Aguirre in lineup has us tied for first place!
Record- 31-20 1st
AL Player of the Month- RF Ismael Aguirre
AL Pitcher of the Month- SP Jahiem Mayze
JUNE
10 #1 in Power Rankings
13 1B Donte Tesfai reassigned to AAA
Utility man Sergio Tapia called up from AAA
20 RF Eloy Jimenez placed on DL with back spasms
RP Randy Wehking called up from AAA
24 IF Sergio Tapia re-assigned to AAA
1B Donte Tesfai re-called from AAA
Record- 49-29
JULY
1 RF Eloy Jimenez activated from DL to minor league rehab assignment
2 Assistant GM Jeff Kingston signed 4 year extension
Pitching Coach Santos Hernandez signed 3 year extension
Hitting Coach Mark McGwire signed a 2 year extension
I, however, received a shrouded threat from the owner for not saving him money or finding a top 20 prospect. I have delivered 3 league titles and a 27th ranked prospect.
Traded RF Eloy Jimenez (16M) with RP Randy Wehking, RP Pete Stogner, and RP Min-han Yaung to Twins in exchange for top 20 prospect SP Andy Harrison (assigned to AAA)
Eloy was the only place to find money and still gets is breaking even instead of allowing my owner to pocket 21M. The playoff gate money should help though. RP Dwain Ledrew called up from AAA
SS Andres Gimenez placed on DL with oblique strain
SS Dave Greene called up from AAA
6 RP Dwain Ledrew re-assigned to AAA
SP Andy Harrison called up from AAA for bullpen stint and playoff eligibility
10 Eleven Mist players selected to All-Star Team. 8 Starters!
Starters- SP Kennan Rainville, C Daniel Flores, 2B Steve Cacchio, 3B Twig
Macia*, SS Andres Gimenez, LF Mike Plumb, RF Ismael Aguirre, DH Luis
Espinoza
Bench- SP Luis Arredondo, CL Rory Boatswain, RP Leith Gilberds
12 AL wins 4-2
13 SS Andres Gimenez activated from DL
SS Dave Greene re-assigned to AAA
16 OF Luis Quintanilla placed on DL with herniated disc
CF Arturo Fragoso called up from AAA
17 Traded SP Esteban Serrano (10M) with minor leaguer SP Bob Jefferies to Blue Jays in exchange for OF Sean Lozinski (returned), and minor league CF Gabe Hinojosa
Serrano was another way to cut money without losing major production. We like Lozinski's hitting profile and Hinojosa has a chance to steal Mena's CF job someday
OF Lozinski put on MLB roster
CF Arturo Fragoso re-assigned to AAA
RP Juan Ramirez re-called from AAA
RP Andy Harrison to rotation in Serrano's spot.
1B Donte Tesfai re-assigned to AAA
IF Sergio Tapia re-called from AAA
26 We enter 3 game series versus Oakland only 1 game back of them for division lead.
27 IF Sergio Tapia re-assigned to AAA
OF Luis Quintanilla activated from DL
28 Lost Oakland Series 1-2 and sit 2 games back
AUGUST
12 Big Series @ Oakland down 5 games in the division
14 We lost series again 1-2 and now sit 6 GB (tied for Wild Card)
19 CF Luis Quintanilla re-assigned to AAA
CF Gabe Hinojosa called up from AAA
23 Another key series vs Oakland (best team in baseball). We sit 5 games back.
24 We won quick 2 game series and sit 3 GB
Claimed former Mist C Tomas Nido off waivers - placed in AAA
26 AL Player of the Week- Steve Cacchio
SEPTEMBER
1 Roster Expansion - SP Zion Sainte, RP Dwain Ledrew, RP Bobby Riggio, 1B Mike Murray, 1B Donte Tesfai, 2B Sergio Tapia, 3B Chris Kidd, Rf Jarrod Conwell, CF Luis Quintanilla, CF Arturo Fragoso, C Tomas Nido
76 wins, 56 losses. 3 Games Back
5 3B Twig Macia hit an inside the park homerun @ Chicago in loss
8 SP Kennan Rainville left game with an elbow injury in 7th inning of brilliant start. Rainville missed the World Series last year with an injury
We enter another critical series vs Oakland in Oakland. 3 games series, we sit only 2 games back
9 DH Luis Espinoza named AL Player of the Week. Espinoza rediscovered his power stroke, launching 7 homeruns last week.
10 SP Kennan Rainville diagnosed with tender elbow. He will take one start off.
RP Zion Sainte will get the spot start
11 We won the series 2-1 and cut the lead down to 1 game. There are 19 games to go and 3 games left to play against Oakland.
17 C Daniel Flores broke his kneecap and will be out for the rest of the season (4 month recovery). Flores was placed on 60 day DL. C Jake Rogers (age 35) called up from AAA. The journeyman catcher signed a minor league deal with Mist in the off-season with a 1.5M pay out if called up. C Carson Kelly to start
20 Rainville had to skip another start
Sweep in Houston helped us catch the A's. We are tied for 1st!
23 DH Luis Espinoza named AL Player of the Week again hitting 6 more homers
25 Rainville had to skip a 3rd start but will return next time around
We begin final series vs Oakland. We are up 1 game this time.
27 94th win of the season clinches a playoff berth. Something that was actually in doubt after a horrible start.
Cacchio said, "This is great and all, but we want to officially win the division and the World Series, of course."
28 3B Twig Macia left game with an injury. Unknown at this time
29 We swept the A's. Clinching the division title
Macia has bone marrow edema in his knee. He will miss the rest of the regular season. He has opted for a painful marrow drain surgery that would allow him to return in 15-20 days. He will still miss some playoffs.
AAA SP Travis Lakins announced his retirement (age 36)
AL Player of the Month- DH Luis Espinoza
OCTOBER
2 SS Andres Gimenez reached his 2000th career hit
We end season on a 6 game winning streak
Record- 99-63
None of the Mist players led the league in anything positive. Gimenez led league in caught stealing
Team Leaders
AVG- Aguirre (.311), Cacchio (.303), Plumb (.293), Macia (.289)
HR- Cacchio (43), Espinoza (40), Aguirre (34), Macia (32)
RBI- Cacchio (127), Aguirre (124), Espinoza (112), Spiece (95)
ERA- Harrison (3.09), Navas (3.74), Arredondo (4.00)
W- Rainville (16), Navas (14), Arredondo (14)
K- Rainville (232), Navas (217), Arredondo (165)
2030 Playoff Roster
1- Kennan Rainville
2- Junior Navas
3- Luis Arredondo
4- Andy Harrison
CL Rory Boatswain
SU Mitch Smalley
LH Leith Gilberds
LH Randy Rosario
RH Jahiem Mayze
RH Doug Peters
RH Juan Ramirez
C Carson Kelly
C Tomas Nido
1B Mike Spiece
2B Steve Cacchio
3B Twig Macia
SS Andres Gimenez
1B Donte Tesfai
IF Jose Antonio Gomez
LF Mike Plumb
CF Rogelio Mena
RF Ismael Aguirre
OF Arturo Fragoso
OF Sean Lozinski
DH Luis Espinoza
DL Daniel Flores
3B Twig Macia is still recovering from bone marrow edema and will miss some games. RP Bilal Lefevre was left off the playoff roster in order to house Tesfai's pinch hitting abilities. 15 of these players were on the playoff roster that lost the World Series last year.
This was not an easy season. We saw the beginning of a drop in production from Twig Macia (age 33), Luis Espinoza lost his power swing for the first 2/3 of the season, and the starting pitching had to be rehauled on the fly. But we won the division with 99 wins. We have won the World Series every other year and the pattern is in our favor. Plus, the Atlanta Braves didn't make it this year in the NL.
2030 Playoffs
2030 WILD CARD ROUND
AL- Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins 3-1
NL- Miami Marlins vs Milwaukee Brewers 1-3
2030 DIVISIONAL SERIES
AL- Portland Mist vs Houston Astros* 4-1
AL- Oakland A's vs New York Yankees 3-4
NL- Arizona Diamondbacks vs Washington Nationals 0-4
NL- San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Brewers* 1-4
ALDS- Portland Mist host Houston Astros
Macia out with knee for game 1
HOT- Cacchio, Espinoza, Plumb, Rainville, Navas, Boatswain
Game 1 (Soroka @Rainville)
HOU 3 6 3 L- Soroka 0-2
POR 6 7 0 W- Rainville 1-0 H- Ram, Gilb, Small Sv- Boatswain
POG- Cacchio 2/3 HR 2RBI
HR- Cacchio, Espinoza
Cacchio, Portland Starts ALDS Strong With Home Win
Macia out with knee for game 2
Game 2- (Vega @ Navas)
HOU 8 13 2 L- Vega 1-1
POR 10 15 0 W- Navas 1-0 H- Smalley (2) Sv- Boatswain (2)
POG- Cacchio 2/3 2HR 2RBI
HR- Cacchio 2(3), Aguirre
Cacchio, Mist Sink Astros Again in Game 2
Macia returns from knee injury for game 3
Game 3 (Arredondo @ Garza)
POR 7 11 1 L- Arredondo 0-1
HOU 12 13 2 W- Garza 1-0
POG- Almanzar 2/4 2HR 6RBI
HR- Kelly, Plumb, Tesfai <--PH
Mist Hammered by Almanzar, Drop Game 3
Game 4 (Harrison @ Walker)
POR 3 7 1 W- Smalley 1-0 Sv- Boatswain (3)
HOU 2 4 0 L- O'Donnell 0-1
POG- Walker 5IP 5H 1R 5K
HR- Cacchio (4), Mena
Almost There: Portland on the Cusp of ALCS After 3-2 Win
Game 5 (Rainville @ Soroka)
POR 5 8 3 W- Rainville 2-0 H- Gilberds (2) Sv- Boatswain (4)
HOU 4 9 0 L- Soroak 0-3
POG- Plumb 2/2 2HR 3 RBI
HR- Plumb 2(3), Mena (2), Cacchio (5)
Portland Moves On To ALCS
ALDS MVP- Steve Caccchio .421 AVG .500 OBP 5 HR 6 RBI 7 R
ALCS Portland Mist host New York Yankees
HOT- Cacchio, Espinoza, Plumb, Rainville, Navas, Boatswain
Game 1- (Smikle @Navas)
NYY 1 4 0 L- Hatch 0-1
POR 3 8 0 W- Navas 1-0 H- Smalley (3) SV- Boatswain (5)
POG- Navas 7IP 3H 1R 6K
ALCS Game 1 Victory for Navas, Mist
Game 2- (Elson @ Arredondo)
NYY 4 5 0 L- Elson 2-1
POR 8 9 0 W-Arredondo 1-1
POG- Arredondo 7IP 5H 4R 5K
HR- Cacchio (6)
Arredondo Handcuffs Yankees, Mist Take 2-0 Lead
Both teams announce they are moving up their game 4 pitchers to game 3.
Game 3- (Rainville @ Pineda)
POR 3 5 0 L- Rainville 2-1
NYY 7 8 0 W- Pineda 1-0
POG- Pineda 7IP 2H 1R 8K
HR- Espinoza (2)
New York Wins At Home To Narrow Deficit To 2-1
Game 4- (Harrison @ Norris)
POR 12 16 1 W- Harrison 1-0 Sv- Ramirez
NYY 3 11 1 L- Norris 0-1
POG- Macia 3/4 2 HR 3 RBI
HR- Macia 2(2), Espinoza (3), Nido
On The Verge: Mist Pound Yanks 12-3
Game 5- (Navas @ Smikle)
POR 23 25 0 W- Mayze 1-0
NYY 7 11 2 L- Smikle 0-2
POG- Aguirre 6/6 HR 7RBI 4R
HR- Aguirre
Aguirre, Mist Win American League Title With Style
ALCS MVP- Ismael Aguirre .500 AVG .480 OBP HR 13 RBI 7 R
2030 WORLD SERIES Portland Mist vs Washington Nationals
Nationals SP Camden Zufelt pitched a no hitter to put the Nats in the World Series
HOT- Boatswain
Game 1 (Jensen @ Arredondo)
WAS 0 5 0 L- Salvatierra 2-1
POR 1 7 0 W- Mayze 2-0
POG- Arredondo 7.1IP 4H 0R 5K
HR- Spiece
Arredondo Handcuffs Nats; Spiece Walks It Off in 13th
Game 2 (Hurt @ Rainville)
WAS 4 7 0 W- Hurt 2-0
POR 2 4 1 L- Rainville 2-2
POG- Hurt 8IP 2H 0R 6K
Nats Win Even Series at 1
Espinoza will play 1B in D.C. (Speice will sit, Plumb will bat second)
Both teams bump up game 4 starters for game 3
Zufelt coming off NLCS no hitter will start for Nats
Game 3 (Navas @ Zufelt)
POR 11 13 0 L- Crafter 0-2
WAS 6 11 1 W- Peters 1-0 H- Mayze
POG- Plumb 2/5 HR 6 RBI
HR- Plumb (4), Cacchio (7)
Plumb, Mist Wallop Nats in Game 3
Game 4 (Harrison @ Holmes)
POR 0 8 0 W- Harrison 1-1
WAS 3 6 0 W- Holmes 2-0 Sv- Crafter
POG- Holmes 6.1IP 6H 9K
Raucous Nationals Park Propels Nats to 3-0 Victory; Series Tied 2-2
Game 5- (Arredondo @ Jensen)
POR 6 10 0 W- Peters 2-0 H- Mayze (2), Gilberds (3)
WAS 4 12 1 L- Newsome 0-2
POG- Jensen 6IP 7H 1R 4K
HR- Espinoza (4), Mena (3)
Road Win Lifts Portland to 3-2 Lead
Spiece will return to lineup at 1B
Espinoza to DH
Game 6- (Hurt @ Rainville)
WAS 1 4 1 L- Hurt 2-1
POR 2 5 0 W- Rainville 3-2 Sv- Boatswain (7)
POG- Rainville 8IP 3H 0R 7K
HR- Spiece (2), Espinoza (5)
Series MVP- Luis Espinoza
WE ARE THE WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!
2024...2026...2028...2030!