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Westheim · 02-05-2026, 02:46 AM

The Raccoons spent the last week of November trying to land a capable reliever with what was left on the fringes of the roster (not: Katz), which was entirely unsuccessful.

Such was the state of the Portland Raccoons in November of 2070, that they couldn’t even get a seventh-inning right-hander in a trade.

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November 26 – Pittsburgh signs ex-VAN C/1B Jonathan Contreras (.275, 50 HR, 223 RBI) to a 3-yr, $5.88M contract.
November 26 – The Canadiens pick up C/1B Mario Lopez (.202, 5 HR, 38 RBI) from the Bayhawks for SS Josh Kovach (.444, 0 HR, 4 RBI). Both players are 25 with a pair of cups of coffee in the majors.
November 28 – RF/INF/CF Jared Robichaud (.264, 39 HR, 213 RBI) is traded from Boston to Richmond along with almost $1M in cash for 1B Keith Bevilacqua (.309, 3 HR, 30 RBI).
November 29 – The Loggers bring in Falcons SP Ayahito Ochi (34-34, 3.52 ERA) in a trade for two prospects.
November 29 – The Titans acquire another first baseman, Hector Moreno (.272, 21 HR, 85 RBI), from the Canadiens for the price of two prospects.
December 1 – Rule 5 Draft: 12 players are selected across three rounds. The Raccoons draft #16 prospect CL Ron Rismiller off the Pacifics; 1B Josh Woodley off the Gold Sox; and RF/INF/CF Nick Luebbert off the Falcons.
December 1 – The Miners grab another former Canadiens player, INF Carlos Castro (.271, 28 HR, 316 RBI) with a 3-year, $7.52M contract.

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No other team selected three Rule 5ers. Also before you get excited about us getting the #16 prospect off the Pacifics, please know that Ron Rismiller had a shredded labrum and was going to miss at least the first two months of the season, if they got him stitched back together at all, so he probably would not be ranked by the new edition of the prospect rankings in April anymore. The other two picks were made in pure and unfiltered despair that we weren’t gonna get anybody. Luebbert in particular had been a #317 draft pick in the past – last round! Two of the three had never smelled even a triple-A stadium before.

It's so over.

02-05-2026, 02:46 AM	#4879
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,937	The Raccoons spent the last week of November trying to land a capable reliever with what was left on the fringes of the roster (not: Katz), which was entirely unsuccessful. Such was the state of the Portland Raccoons in November of 2070, that they couldn’t even get a seventh-inning right-hander in a trade. +++ November 26 – Pittsburgh signs ex-VAN C/1B Jonathan Contreras (.275, 50 HR, 223 RBI) to a 3-yr, $5.88M contract. November 26 – The Canadiens pick up C/1B Mario Lopez (.202, 5 HR, 38 RBI) from the Bayhawks for SS Josh Kovach (.444, 0 HR, 4 RBI). Both players are 25 with a pair of cups of coffee in the majors. November 28 – RF/INF/CF Jared Robichaud (.264, 39 HR, 213 RBI) is traded from Boston to Richmond along with almost $1M in cash for 1B Keith Bevilacqua (.309, 3 HR, 30 RBI). November 29 – The Loggers bring in Falcons SP Ayahito Ochi (34-34, 3.52 ERA) in a trade for two prospects. November 29 – The Titans acquire another first baseman, Hector Moreno (.272, 21 HR, 85 RBI), from the Canadiens for the price of two prospects. December 1 – Rule 5 Draft: 12 players are selected across three rounds. The Raccoons draft #16 prospect CL Ron Rismiller off the Pacifics; 1B Josh Woodley off the Gold Sox; and RF/INF/CF Nick Luebbert off the Falcons. December 1 – The Miners grab another former Canadiens player, INF Carlos Castro (.271, 28 HR, 316 RBI) with a 3-year, $7.52M contract. +++ No other team selected three Rule 5ers. Also before you get excited about us getting the #16 prospect off the Pacifics, please know that Ron Rismiller had a shredded labrum and was going to miss at least the first two months of the season, if they got him stitched back together at all, so he probably would not be ranked by the new edition of the prospect rankings in April anymore. The other two picks were made in pure and unfiltered despair that we weren’t gonna get anybody. Luebbert in particular had been a #317 draft pick in the past – last round! Two of the three had never smelled even a triple-A stadium before. It's so over. Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 94 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.