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Old 08-06-2018, 07:22 PM   #4
BaseballGoodToMe
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Join Date: May 2018
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April goes well, winning the first 2 games 4-1 and 3-0, and finishing 11-14 for the month.



Cantu(.273/.356/.351), Carranza(.295/.344/.432), Watson(.253/.279/.515 with 8 HRs 19 RBIs and 6 SBs in 6 tries), Vasquez(.284/.350/.341 with 11 RBIs hitting mostly singles) and Guzman(.313/.343/.594 with 4 HRs 13 RBIs 6 SBs in 8 tries all while gobbling up everything and throwing every hitter out from 3B) are carrying the offense until the other bats can break out of early slumps and catch fire.



Pitching staff looks solid, Hurtado continues to save every chance he gets. Kohler is consistent in 6 starts before an inury sends him to the 60 day disabled list(2.84 ERA, 6.8 K/9 3.1 BB/9 1.1 HR/9). Jacobo looks solid enough at AAA and my 29 and 30 year old expansion picks don't seem to have that passable 5th starter ability they showed in the team's first 2 seasons, plus with fans not liking my new higher ticket prices, I call up the well known rookie for his debut, which he suffers a nagging injury in and leaves during the first inning, struggling in 3 more starts before being shipped back down.



Then the hopeful season turns into a nightmare on Carranza's Chuck Knoblauch moment, turning a sure 3rd out and a scoreless 3rd inning into an 8 run bloodbath and sending the team into a tailspin of bad morale and trade demands.


9-20 in May and Carranza is the first to demand a trade to a winner.

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