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raysfan6 · 12-11-2025, 10:51 AM

Offseason Center

12/25/24: LHP Andy Carter signs a 2 year, $40.4 million contract with the Nashville Stars. He becomes the highest paid player on their roster.
12/29/24: The Charlotte Diamonds make a big move acquiring 32 year old SP Alberto Faijoo from the San Diego Brigadiers for 2 prospects. Faijoo, the 2018 LL Pitcher of the Year winner, is on an expiring contract and hopes to help Charlotte make the playoffs for a 6th successive year.
12/30/24: 1B Craig Huff signs a 2 year, $35.2 million contract with the Denver Crusaders. A questionable signing as the Crusaders already have star slugger Caspar Ford at first base.

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The start of the new year brings a midway update to our development lab programs.

SS Francisco Rubio, generate batspeed - frustrated
2B Guillermo Salvador, gap power - on track
SP Jim Reed, improve control - frustrated
1B Raffale Martinella, generate batspeed - frustrated
SS Jorge Gonzales, plate discipline - frustrated
RP Javier Bueno, improve control - struggling
3B Sergej Pijnenburg, quality contact - excelling
SP Bobby Tyree, improve control - on track
2B Do-Hyun Lee, plate discipline - excelling
LF Leo Jimenez, two strike approach - on track

These results aren’t amazing, but not entirely terrible. I’m not overly concerned about anyone and I won’t be making and changes.

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Subject: Hall of Fame Welcomes Richard

How do you get to the United Baseball League Hall of Fame?
Just hit 500 homers, get 3000 hits, win 300 games or perhaps just save 300 games. Not an easy task, is it? But occasionally it does happen -- it happened to the gifted center fielder Josh Richard, who retired at the age of 39.

Josh Richard was recently inducted into the coveted shrine of hardball heroes by the Baseball Writers Association. Richard was always a favorite of the beat writers -- always quick with a quip and always willing to talk about the game -- but that's not why he got elected to the Hall of Fame. Richard played a good brand of baseball, too. He played in 2568 games, had 2262 hits, 552 home runs, 1474 RBIs and scored 1547 runs while batting .243 in his career.

Reminiscing about his life in baseball, Richard said it all began by hitting grand slam homers in the last of the ninth in his backyard and ended up in the Hall of Fame. "It was quite a trip. I can't believe they pay us money to play a kid's game. Thank goodness I was good at it. I only got a high school education and I had to cheat to get that. Who knows what I would have done without baseball. I was just a poor old country boy. For the longest time I even thought the last words of the national anthem were 'play ball'."

12-11-2025, 10:51 AM	#25
raysfan6 Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 75	Offseason Center 12/25/24: LHP Andy Carter signs a 2 year, $40.4 million contract with the Nashville Stars. He becomes the highest paid player on their roster. 12/29/24: The Charlotte Diamonds make a big move acquiring 32 year old SP Alberto Faijoo from the San Diego Brigadiers for 2 prospects. Faijoo, the 2018 LL Pitcher of the Year winner, is on an expiring contract and hopes to help Charlotte make the playoffs for a 6th successive year. 12/30/24: 1B Craig Huff signs a 2 year, $35.2 million contract with the Denver Crusaders. A questionable signing as the Crusaders already have star slugger Caspar Ford at first base. ******** The start of the new year brings a midway update to our development lab programs. SS Francisco Rubio, generate batspeed - frustrated 2B Guillermo Salvador, gap power - on track SP Jim Reed, improve control - frustrated 1B Raffale Martinella, generate batspeed - frustrated SS Jorge Gonzales, plate discipline - frustrated RP Javier Bueno, improve control - struggling 3B Sergej Pijnenburg, quality contact - excelling SP Bobby Tyree, improve control - on track 2B Do-Hyun Lee, plate discipline - excelling LF Leo Jimenez, two strike approach - on track These results aren’t amazing, but not entirely terrible. I’m not overly concerned about anyone and I won’t be making and changes. ****** Subject: Hall of Fame Welcomes Richard** How do you get to the United Baseball League Hall of Fame? Just hit 500 homers, get 3000 hits, win 300 games or perhaps just save 300 games. Not an easy task, is it? But occasionally it does happen -- it happened to the gifted center fielder Josh Richard, who retired at the age of 39. Josh Richard was recently inducted into the coveted shrine of hardball heroes by the Baseball Writers Association. Richard was always a favorite of the beat writers -- always quick with a quip and always willing to talk about the game -- but that's not why he got elected to the Hall of Fame. Richard played a good brand of baseball, too. He played in 2568 games, had 2262 hits, 552 home runs, 1474 RBIs and scored 1547 runs while batting .243 in his career. Reminiscing about his life in baseball, Richard said it all began by hitting grand slam homers in the last of the ninth in his backyard and ended up in the Hall of Fame. "It was quite a trip. I can't believe they pay us money to play a kid's game. Thank goodness I was good at it. I only got a high school education and I had to cheat to get that. Who knows what I would have done without baseball. I was just a poor old country boy. For the longest time I even thought the last words of the national anthem were 'play ball'."