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DD Martin · 03-03-2021, 03:07 PM

So How Does a Team Follow Up Their Best Week since Early May?

The answer is reality comes back and you go 0-7 the next week. So the season record falls to 31-74 and we move full steam ahead into our continued organization review and preparation for the draft. The trade deadline passed this past week and we made a couple of moves that while not earth shattering, will give us some options to put out there. Will these guys change the course of this season, no but they will add to an organization that is completely lacking in talent in many spots.

First Trade - we added someone who I was very familiar with in C Jim Kyle from Cleveland. I had originally brought Kyle in to take over as the starting C with the Foresters and he was ok but didn't live up to the promise I thought he had. Of course he became the backup in Cleveland when we acquired TR Goins from Washington. Kyle will come in as the eventual replacement for the retiring Dick York at C. He will come to spring training to compete for the regular job with Dave Armstrong (or anyone else we bring in as I am not a big Armstrong fan). Right now I'd say Kyle (29) has the inside track to start as Armstrong (32) is the 16th (out of 16) rank catcher in the FABL. We sent minor league RP Mike Phillips to Cleveland. Phillips is 21 and was highly thought of in the organization. Cleveland was motivated to move Kyle because they wanted to bring up C Jeff Rose who has some promise to be in the mix to someday replace Goins when the certain Hall of Famer (when we start a HOF) decides to hang up the tools of ignorance. Another interesting fact about Kyle is that he has won 3 World Series Championships with 3 different teams (Cleveland 1934, Chicago Cougars 1931, and Philadelphia Sailors 1928). The pattern is every 3 years so does that give us good luck to win it all in 1937? That would certainly be a miracle if that does happen.

Trade #2 - Then we brought in someone who I had felt had a good solid career in front of him when he was with the Chicago Cougars. SP Jim Crawford (29) was trade from the Cougars to cross town rival Chiefs at the trade deadline last year. Since he arrived with the Chiefs he hasn't been what he had been in the 1932-33 seasons with the Cougars. While he was only 7-8 this season with a 5.62 ERA, we are hoping that we can help him regain his form and he can be a serviceable SP for us next season. We traded the 7th round pick that we acquired from Brooklyn earlier this year in the mega-deal to give Crawford the chance.

We demoted 2B Claude Merrill who had socked 13 home runs in just 156 at-bats in 47 games. One might ask why we would do that and its a good question. We have a glut of 2B in the organization and while Merrill has a very good power bat and gets on-base at a solid clip with walks, his average was just 205/342/804 13-35 at Detroit. But that was really not the reason. I wanted to give him some time yes to find his batting average stroke in AAA but more importantly I wanted to let him experiment with a few other positions besides 2B. If he was a great defender at 2B I wouldn't bother but the truth is he is not. So we are going to have him play multiple positions (1B, 3B and LF) while in Newark to see if we can find his powerful bat a new home on the field. He will be back up in September to get regular big league at bats every day at another position.

The draft preparation is in full gear as it appears we will have the #2 overall pick. We will probably clinch that "honor" by the end of August.

03-03-2021, 03:07 PM	#12
DD Martin All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Seattle area Posts: 1,013	So How Does a Team Follow Up Their Best Week since Early May? The answer is reality comes back and you go 0-7 the next week. So the season record falls to 31-74 and we move full steam ahead into our continued organization review and preparation for the draft. The trade deadline passed this past week and we made a couple of moves that while not earth shattering, will give us some options to put out there. Will these guys change the course of this season, no but they will add to an organization that is completely lacking in talent in many spots. First Trade - we added someone who I was very familiar with in C Jim Kyle from Cleveland. I had originally brought Kyle in to take over as the starting C with the Foresters and he was ok but didn't live up to the promise I thought he had. Of course he became the backup in Cleveland when we acquired TR Goins from Washington. Kyle will come in as the eventual replacement for the retiring Dick York at C. He will come to spring training to compete for the regular job with Dave Armstrong (or anyone else we bring in as I am not a big Armstrong fan). Right now I'd say Kyle (29) has the inside track to start as Armstrong (32) is the 16th (out of 16) rank catcher in the FABL. We sent minor league RP Mike Phillips to Cleveland. Phillips is 21 and was highly thought of in the organization. Cleveland was motivated to move Kyle because they wanted to bring up C Jeff Rose who has some promise to be in the mix to someday replace Goins when the certain Hall of Famer (when we start a HOF) decides to hang up the tools of ignorance. Another interesting fact about Kyle is that he has won 3 World Series Championships with 3 different teams (Cleveland 1934, Chicago Cougars 1931, and Philadelphia Sailors 1928). The pattern is every 3 years so does that give us good luck to win it all in 1937? That would certainly be a miracle if that does happen. Trade #2 - Then we brought in someone who I had felt had a good solid career in front of him when he was with the Chicago Cougars. SP Jim Crawford (29) was trade from the Cougars to cross town rival Chiefs at the trade deadline last year. Since he arrived with the Chiefs he hasn't been what he had been in the 1932-33 seasons with the Cougars. While he was only 7-8 this season with a 5.62 ERA, we are hoping that we can help him regain his form and he can be a serviceable SP for us next season. We traded the 7th round pick that we acquired from Brooklyn earlier this year in the mega-deal to give Crawford the chance. We demoted 2B Claude Merrill who had socked 13 home runs in just 156 at-bats in 47 games. One might ask why we would do that and its a good question. We have a glut of 2B in the organization and while Merrill has a very good power bat and gets on-base at a solid clip with walks, his average was just 205/342/804 13-35 at Detroit. But that was really not the reason. I wanted to give him some time yes to find his batting average stroke in AAA but more importantly I wanted to let him experiment with a few other positions besides 2B. If he was a great defender at 2B I wouldn't bother but the truth is he is not. So we are going to have him play multiple positions (1B, 3B and LF) while in Newark to see if we can find his powerful bat a new home on the field. He will be back up in September to get regular big league at bats every day at another position. The draft preparation is in full gear as it appears we will have the #2 overall pick. We will probably clinch that "honor" by the end of August.