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Juggernt · 05-01-2019, 06:47 PM

1981
It would be a busy off-season. The first thing we did was ship off Stoneway, whose arm troubles made him a liability. We got for him prospects OF Kathlan Bullock, OF Stone Whitewolf, and RP Brather CagEstlo. Backup C Jamis Cantor, overpaid from the previous administration, voided his last year, which was fine with us. We’d need to find a backup to defensive marvel Sembla Ashdown, who had a pretty good offensive year, too.

Our pressing needs going in were a starter to replace Stoneway, a back-up catcher, a real 2B (Fad was fine as a backup middle infielder, but not much more, even with that Gold Glove, although that made this a lower priority), and a real 3B. Cadaman Floris hadn’t panned out and Stonehouse was out of position. Beacon was getting older and would probably need to move to DH. We’d also need some more speed on the bases and some defensive coverage. We’d also consider finding a first-rate closer and moving Highmeadow to the setup spot.

The owner’s goals were to extend Einarsson, acquire a nationally popular player, once again improve in steals, and win.

There weren’t any international FAs of any interest to us.

During the winter meetings, we got a chance to pick up Tristus Crossbow, still in the prime of his career at 28. This is a franchise player and we got him for a middle reliever, plus they kept 75% of his salary. We now had one too many good outfielders, so we’d see where that would land us. We’d probably move Beacon back to 1B and then run the OFs through the DH slot. Easting would be the only one we’d consider trading at this point. We filled out our starters with veteran workhorse Pelendor Sullivan. We filled out the bullpen by trading for 35-year-old reliever Hedin Ammanati, giving up nothing, just eating his large one year salary. It made our pitching staff kind of old, so we’d need to start working on developing more arms in the minors. It’d be our big push.

Jamis Marionyth (192-81/3.31), who we hired into our minor league system, Rylan Bowers (.313 lifetime, 384 steals), also one of our coaches, and Ethelred Dragonstone (441 saves) were elected to the Hall of Fame.
We parted with OF Joshua Dan Cragan to slim the outfield ranks. We got prospects 2B Furio Goldstone and 3B Harley Oldacre for him from Shalane.
Experts predicted us to win 102 games, which we thought was a little optimistic, but we figured we’d have a good year. The addition of a potential 30/30 player like Crossbow would likely be enough to send us over the top. We had improved the minor league system to #2, and held the #4 prospect, P Victor Jonvalson. The lineup was strongly set at each position, save DH, where we started the season rotating Chappell, Conan Mason, and rookie 2B Seaver Adamason. Off-season acquisition Brandlyn Stoneguild took over the closer’s role from Highmeadow, who had a less-than-special spring.

We lost two of three to division rival Dardanov to start the season, then righted the ship with a six game winning streak. We finished the month 14-8, 2.5 back of Vinismir, who had started a blistering 16-5. We were second in runs scored, but only middle of the pack in homers. The starters were doing their job, with an ERA under 4.00. We signed Crossbow to a three year extension at the beginning of May.

We took over first place early in May with a seven game winning streak and but stumbled a little and finished the month a game and a half behind the Bats. We were first in runs scored and second in starters’ ERA, but the bullpen was becoming a real letdown. Only Faramir Elberethson had and ERA under 6.00. That would have to change. Worse, Hardwaters separated a shoulder and would miss up to three months. Fad took over at SS and we installed Adamason, hitting .333 at 2B.
The draft pool again looked mediocre, so we weren’t hopeful that pick number 26 would yield much. We took a chance on high school SS Daven Justicebringer, a rangy, big-armed five-tool player. We took SP Mengoroth Lionstone second.

We moved Elberethson into the closer role and things went a little better until he tore an elbow ligament and would miss at least nine months. We moved Stoneguild back into the closer role and Highmeadow to setup. We traded for reliever Powell Caccio from Stiptar, giving up an insignificant minor leaguer.

We hit July two games back. The pitching was still kind of ugly, but the hitters were doing their jobs. We were first in runs scored, first in starters’ ERA, and unfortunately 11th in relievers ERA. If things didn’t improve over the month, we’d most certainly make some bullpen adjustments before the trade deadline. Stoneguild kept getting banged up, so we put Highmeadow back into the closer role.

At the break, we were 53-37, 1.5 behind Vinismir. We picked up veteran reliever Vael Pentomyr from Dardanov and manager Zanzibar Jones decided to go with 11 pitchers. Crossbow was one off the lead in homers with 33 and was tops with 87 RBI. There wasn’t much to complain about offensively, so if the bullpen got their act together, we hoped for a good second half. There were no other deals before the trading deadline. The Bats lost a few in a row, so we hit August tied for first place.

A ten game winning streak to start the month gave us a five game lead. Hardwaters came back from the DL, and the lineup was very strong. Crossbow was putting up an MVP season, leading in homers and RBI and was second in hitting (but not anywhere close enough to be in Triple Crown contention). Just a week back from the DL, Hardwaters sprained his wrist and would have some trouble throwing for the rest of the season. Injuries made us reconsider offering him a contract extension. In the last week of the month, we went into Vinismir with a 5.5 game lead and took two of three to create even more separation. At roster expansion, the lead was 7. We went into September first in runs scored and allowed, third in homers. That day, we lost C Kathlan Collins to a rib injury; his playoffs would be in doubt. Our doubts for the post season were all in the bullpen, and we didn’t have any strong answers.

We lost five in a row in late September, with Hardwaters and Ashton Salmyrian both out of the lineup with nagging injuries. The lead had slipped to 3.5 with 9 to go. Deneb broke the skid with a five-hit shutout of Dardanov. We clinched on 30 September with a 14-4 beating of Kiron Dae.

We finished first in runs scored with 1062 and runs allowed with 782. We were third in home runs, hitting 290, on the strength of Crossbow (.334/54/153) and Beacon (.313/52/141), who were 1-2 in RBI. Easting hit .293/38/108. Rookie 2B Seaver Adamason hit .307/25/97. The DH platoon of Conan Mason and Kevan Chappell hit .289 with 30 homers and 106 RBI. Ashton Salmyrian battled through injuries to hit .284/22/104. Cliff Brown was 18-4/3.78 and Deneb was 15-10/3.80, second in the league with 318 Ks. Einarsson was 17-4/5.47 and Jesse Galakiron 17-10/5.45. The big question would be the bullpen.
Thanator’s Echtelion Faetwyr, Gala’Kiron’s Gavin Dockery, and Aspermond’s Justus Walsh all had three homer games. Shalane’s Theron Cross had a nine RBI game. There were no no-hitters. Jace Halios (STP) and Brayke Jonvalson (SAL) both had 16-K games.
We’d once again play Gala’Kiron in the LCS, who beat Aspermond by two games, winning their last two while the Stallions dropped both. The Waveborn were third in runs scored and against, second in homers. Home run king Gavin Dockery (.292/58/139), 2B Mandos Cantor (.305/48/121), and 3B Linford Deeping (.280/43/113) led the way. On the mound, Furin Undertaker (17-7/3.49, league-leading 324 Ks) was the clear ace.

The bullpen problem jumped up in Game 1 as Highmeadow blew a save in the ninth of a 7-6 loss. Undertaker limited us to three hits and Game 2 and the Waveborn took a 2-0 lead, 4-1. We stayed alive with a 7-6 win in Game 3. Highmeadow blew another save and absorbed his second loss of the playoffs in a 7-6, 11 inning loss in Game 4, and unceremonious exit from the playoffs. The Waveborn went on to win the World Series, 4-1 over Stiptar, who had upset the heavily-favored 105-win Salmyr Faithful in the OLD LCS.

AWARDS
Silver Slugger: Beacon, Hardwaters, Crossbow
Rookie of the Year: Adamason, unanimously
MVP: Crossbow, unanimously

05-01-2019, 06:47 PM	#2
Juggernt Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 357	1981 It would be a busy off-season. The first thing we did was ship off Stoneway, whose arm troubles made him a liability. We got for him prospects OF Kathlan Bullock, OF Stone Whitewolf, and RP Brather CagEstlo. Backup C Jamis Cantor, overpaid from the previous administration, voided his last year, which was fine with us. We’d need to find a backup to defensive marvel Sembla Ashdown, who had a pretty good offensive year, too. Our pressing needs going in were a starter to replace Stoneway, a back-up catcher, a real 2B (Fad was fine as a backup middle infielder, but not much more, even with that Gold Glove, although that made this a lower priority), and a real 3B. Cadaman Floris hadn’t panned out and Stonehouse was out of position. Beacon was getting older and would probably need to move to DH. We’d also need some more speed on the bases and some defensive coverage. We’d also consider finding a first-rate closer and moving Highmeadow to the setup spot. The owner’s goals were to extend Einarsson, acquire a nationally popular player, once again improve in steals, and win. There weren’t any international FAs of any interest to us. During the winter meetings, we got a chance to pick up Tristus Crossbow, still in the prime of his career at 28. This is a franchise player and we got him for a middle reliever, plus they kept 75% of his salary. We now had one too many good outfielders, so we’d see where that would land us. We’d probably move Beacon back to 1B and then run the OFs through the DH slot. Easting would be the only one we’d consider trading at this point. We filled out our starters with veteran workhorse Pelendor Sullivan. We filled out the bullpen by trading for 35-year-old reliever Hedin Ammanati, giving up nothing, just eating his large one year salary. It made our pitching staff kind of old, so we’d need to start working on developing more arms in the minors. It’d be our big push. Jamis Marionyth (192-81/3.31), who we hired into our minor league system, Rylan Bowers (.313 lifetime, 384 steals), also one of our coaches, and Ethelred Dragonstone (441 saves) were elected to the Hall of Fame. We parted with OF Joshua Dan Cragan to slim the outfield ranks. We got prospects 2B Furio Goldstone and 3B Harley Oldacre for him from Shalane. Experts predicted us to win 102 games, which we thought was a little optimistic, but we figured we’d have a good year. The addition of a potential 30/30 player like Crossbow would likely be enough to send us over the top. We had improved the minor league system to #2, and held the #4 prospect, P Victor Jonvalson. The lineup was strongly set at each position, save DH, where we started the season rotating Chappell, Conan Mason, and rookie 2B Seaver Adamason. Off-season acquisition Brandlyn Stoneguild took over the closer’s role from Highmeadow, who had a less-than-special spring. We lost two of three to division rival Dardanov to start the season, then righted the ship with a six game winning streak. We finished the month 14-8, 2.5 back of Vinismir, who had started a blistering 16-5. We were second in runs scored, but only middle of the pack in homers. The starters were doing their job, with an ERA under 4.00. We signed Crossbow to a three year extension at the beginning of May. We took over first place early in May with a seven game winning streak and but stumbled a little and finished the month a game and a half behind the Bats. We were first in runs scored and second in starters’ ERA, but the bullpen was becoming a real letdown. Only Faramir Elberethson had and ERA under 6.00. That would have to change. Worse, Hardwaters separated a shoulder and would miss up to three months. Fad took over at SS and we installed Adamason, hitting .333 at 2B. The draft pool again looked mediocre, so we weren’t hopeful that pick number 26 would yield much. We took a chance on high school SS Daven Justicebringer, a rangy, big-armed five-tool player. We took SP Mengoroth Lionstone second. We moved Elberethson into the closer role and things went a little better until he tore an elbow ligament and would miss at least nine months. We moved Stoneguild back into the closer role and Highmeadow to setup. We traded for reliever Powell Caccio from Stiptar, giving up an insignificant minor leaguer. We hit July two games back. The pitching was still kind of ugly, but the hitters were doing their jobs. We were first in runs scored, first in starters’ ERA, and unfortunately 11th in relievers ERA. If things didn’t improve over the month, we’d most certainly make some bullpen adjustments before the trade deadline. Stoneguild kept getting banged up, so we put Highmeadow back into the closer role. At the break, we were 53-37, 1.5 behind Vinismir. We picked up veteran reliever Vael Pentomyr from Dardanov and manager Zanzibar Jones decided to go with 11 pitchers. Crossbow was one off the lead in homers with 33 and was tops with 87 RBI. There wasn’t much to complain about offensively, so if the bullpen got their act together, we hoped for a good second half. There were no other deals before the trading deadline. The Bats lost a few in a row, so we hit August tied for first place. A ten game winning streak to start the month gave us a five game lead. Hardwaters came back from the DL, and the lineup was very strong. Crossbow was putting up an MVP season, leading in homers and RBI and was second in hitting (but not anywhere close enough to be in Triple Crown contention). Just a week back from the DL, Hardwaters sprained his wrist and would have some trouble throwing for the rest of the season. Injuries made us reconsider offering him a contract extension. In the last week of the month, we went into Vinismir with a 5.5 game lead and took two of three to create even more separation. At roster expansion, the lead was 7. We went into September first in runs scored and allowed, third in homers. That day, we lost C Kathlan Collins to a rib injury; his playoffs would be in doubt. Our doubts for the post season were all in the bullpen, and we didn’t have any strong answers. We lost five in a row in late September, with Hardwaters and Ashton Salmyrian both out of the lineup with nagging injuries. The lead had slipped to 3.5 with 9 to go. Deneb broke the skid with a five-hit shutout of Dardanov. We clinched on 30 September with a 14-4 beating of Kiron Dae. We finished first in runs scored with 1062 and runs allowed with 782. We were third in home runs, hitting 290, on the strength of Crossbow (.334/54/153) and Beacon (.313/52/141), who were 1-2 in RBI. Easting hit .293/38/108. Rookie 2B Seaver Adamason hit .307/25/97. The DH platoon of Conan Mason and Kevan Chappell hit .289 with 30 homers and 106 RBI. Ashton Salmyrian battled through injuries to hit .284/22/104. Cliff Brown was 18-4/3.78 and Deneb was 15-10/3.80, second in the league with 318 Ks. Einarsson was 17-4/5.47 and Jesse Galakiron 17-10/5.45. The big question would be the bullpen. Thanator’s Echtelion Faetwyr, Gala’Kiron’s Gavin Dockery, and Aspermond’s Justus Walsh all had three homer games. Shalane’s Theron Cross had a nine RBI game. There were no no-hitters. Jace Halios (STP) and Brayke Jonvalson (SAL) both had 16-K games. We’d once again play Gala’Kiron in the LCS, who beat Aspermond by two games, winning their last two while the Stallions dropped both. The Waveborn were third in runs scored and against, second in homers. Home run king Gavin Dockery (.292/58/139), 2B Mandos Cantor (.305/48/121), and 3B Linford Deeping (.280/43/113) led the way. On the mound, Furin Undertaker (17-7/3.49, league-leading 324 Ks) was the clear ace. The bullpen problem jumped up in Game 1 as Highmeadow blew a save in the ninth of a 7-6 loss. Undertaker limited us to three hits and Game 2 and the Waveborn took a 2-0 lead, 4-1. We stayed alive with a 7-6 win in Game 3. Highmeadow blew another save and absorbed his second loss of the playoffs in a 7-6, 11 inning loss in Game 4, and unceremonious exit from the playoffs. The Waveborn went on to win the World Series, 4-1 over Stiptar, who had upset the heavily-favored 105-win Salmyr Faithful in the OLD LCS. AWARDS Silver Slugger: Beacon, Hardwaters, Crossbow Rookie of the Year: Adamason, unanimously MVP: Crossbow, unanimously