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Bub13 · 05-08-2019, 07:40 PM

September 17-19 @ LA ANGELS
These guys again. Whatever. At 61-88, LA is way down in the standings and looking at a top 5 pick next June...again. Hitting has been subpar, pitching near-bottom. To focus on the good for a moment: Tony Mendoza has gone .300/43/114, and Jason Eastep .291/37/100. Build on that, and a couple of promising pitchers, and get back to the once-dominant position you held in the 20s and most of the 30s. Or not. Doesn't matter. Moneyball, etc: Hard to remember that these guys used to spend nearly as much as the Dodgers, since they now have the 25th ranked budget and a payroll just north of $88M (30th).

HAW pitchers: Eric Jones (18-3, 3.19) / Shamar Jackson (4-3, 5.81) / Ryan Ratliff (13-3, 3.51)
LAA pitchers: Bret Roemke (2-8, 2.99) / Jon Carlsen (10-9, 4.19) / Arturo Sosa (8-11, 5.81)

#149: WIN 6-4 ... a 4-run 4th, led by Masuda's 2-run single and Stoneback's RBI walk, is the difference...Jones gets win #19...3 hits for Rich, 2 for Simmons
#150: WIN 14-5 ... a 5-3-4-3 line for Groff with a HR and 2B...3-run HR for Masuda, and 5 combined hits from Simmons and Rich
#151: LOSS 1-3 ... Ratliff is strong through 5, then leaves with an injury...Stanley gives up 2 runs to draw the loss...Simmons tweaks his back too

Simmons is dtd for a week, so Rangel will get some shifts at second so we can keep JJ healthy for the post-season.... Gonna try to get Palmer a couple of looks back in the rotation, since we'll need to find four decent starters if we want to actually win anything in October.... Ratliff's diagnosis is pending; we can't afford to lose him long-term. Period.... ELSEWHERE: LA has crept up to just 2 behind Portland, like I said they would. San Diego has dropped back some.... Tampa's Magic Number is 3.... Atlanta's John Arrington is looking good for his 2nd batting title (in just his 4th season), hitting .358, 14 points above Brooklyn's Chris White. With 35 HR, 100 RBI, and a 7.4 WAR, he's also in the running for MVP.

September 20-23 @ SEATTLE
At 81-71 and vying for a wild card spot; they're 2.5 games out of the 2nd slot. Ninth in runs for, 7th in runs against, for a +22 differential. Every regular has double figures in HR, with five over 20 (although none have yet reached 30). Juan Rodriquez (.324/28/105) has performed as advertised, although he's one of a solid cadre who do not get along with manager Jose Jimenez. Two-time Cy Young winner Miguel Moreno has only 12 wins, but may figure in the running for his third trophy. And after losing closer Brendan Gallo for the season, second-year pitcher Darryl Kennedy has stepped in big time: 31 GP, 18 SV, 1.11 ERA.

HAW pitchers: Taylor Barnett (13-4, 3.46) / Angel Cordova (0-0, 3.00) / Eric Jones (19-3, 3.20) / Khalil Palmer (12-6, 4.30)
SEA pitchers: Carlos Zenon (16-7, 3.08) / Steve Maki (10-8, 4.75) / Miguel Moreno (12-6, 2.89) / Brett McGee (9-15, 5.79)

#152: WIN 11-2 ... pitching! Complete game, 6-hitter for Barnett, with 9 K...Rangel goes 3-for-5 with 3 RBI...2 hits for Klein, pushing him closer to 200
#153: LOSS 1-5 ... we only allow 7 hits, but 3 are HR...3 hits for Groff, 2 for Davila, who's been pretty silent lately
#154: LOSS 7-8 ... 7-5 lead in the bottom of the 9th vanishes after a pair of home runs, the second a walk-off solo shot, off of Brown...Sanborn hits his 20th, and Groff gets hurt
#155: WIN 7-6 ... wooo, runs in bunches...Welch's solo HR in the 5th is the GW run, and last of the game, believe it...Padilla cranks 2 HR of his own...Palmer stinks in his return to the rotation

We may not be able to get anybody out right now, but man are we still scoring. Half a loaf, eh?... We dodged a couple of injury bullets: Ratliff is just dtd for a few games, and won't miss a start; Groff is dtd for five days, so will sit some, giving a few more looks to Padilla.... Speaking of Dante, he drills two homers in that last game. Making a case for his 2047 roster spot a bit early, but I'll take it.... ELSEWHERE: Tampa has clinched the AL East, and Philly secures a playoff spot in the NL.... The AL Central is close: Milwaukee by 2 over KC, and 4 over Detroit.... In the NL, Philly is up by 2 over Atlanta; New Orleans has regained momentum and is a half game up on Cincinnati, and 2 over the slumping Cubs; Portland is beset by injuries but so far holding off the Dodgers, maintaining a four game lead.... The Yankees are playing well, but at 80-76 and 5.5 games out of a wild card spot, will come up just short.... Adam Groff is the first in MLB to reach 8 WAR. I would love to see him win the MVP, but despite his forthcoming batting title, I don't think he quite has the power numbers (33 HR and 108 RBI aren't bad tho) to impress voters.

September 24-27 @ TEXAS
Mired in last with a 61-94 record, so they won't match their 77-win mark from last year, and the optimism from that campaign will have all but dissipated. What about next year? DH Manuel Cervantes (.263/32/94) was a good, if selfish, addition; FA addition Wil Almodovar added 31 HR, but a .211 average and just 10 doubles; 2B Alvin Phillips (.284/13/65) is a quality 2nd-tier player; and RF Mike Potter and SS Oscar Lara are decent contributors. But no one on offense really moves the needle. On the mound, Mike Messinger (dammit) has been a solid addition at the #1 spot; but Thomas Cannaday has never delivered what he promises on paper, and it's time to move on from journeyman starters Luis Otero, Lorenzo Rangel, and Roberto Castaneda. They got very little production from the bullpen (18th--last--in ERA), but do have a couple of guys who could be built around. If this team is willing to spend on a couple of quality free agents, and they stay healthier next year, they could surprise. Honestly.

HAW pitchers: Ryan Ratliff (13-4, 3.46) / Taylor Barnett (9-12, 4.54) / Angel Cordova (0-1, 4.91) / Eric Jones (19-3, 3.29)
TEX pitchers: Thomas Cannaday (6-16, 4.84) / Luis Otero (9-15, 5.64) / Roberto Castaneda (0-1, 3.91) / Mike Messinger (15-10, 3.67)

#156: WIN 5-3 ... 2 hits for Flygare in a rare start, 3 for Rich, and HR for Groff and Masuda...7.2 IP for Ratliff, with 6 K and zero BB, and save #39 for Brown
Races: Detroit beats KC, but Milwaukee wins, clinching a spot; Atlanta tops Philly, also clinches; LA beats Portland, now 3 back; NO clings to 1 game lead over Cincy, 2 over Chicago
#157: WIN 9-4 ... Welch, Padilla, and Masuda homer, and Padilla adds three other hits and 3 RBI...Barnett is just okay enough to get his 10th win
Races: Detroit wins again, as does Seattle, tightening the wild card race; Atlanta wins, tied with Philly for 1st now; NO and CIN win, CHC loses; Portland tops LA, now up by 4
#158: WIN 9-4 ... Klein finally reaches 200 hits...Rangel and Rich each get 3 hits, with Rangs adding 4 RBI...Cordova looks okay: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 K, 3 BB, gets his first win
Races: KC (88 wins) tops DET (87), SEA (85) loses; ATL beats PHI to move into 1st; POR kayos LA to clinch the division; NO (86 wins) loses, CIN (86) wins, Cubs (83) lose again
#159: LOSS 2-5 ... no 20th win for Jones, thanks to Nate Moore giving up a 3-run HR to cousin Ben Moore in the 8th...tragic
Races: KC clinches a wild card with a win over DET; SEA idle, still has a chance; PHI beats ATL, tied at the top again; NO, CIN, and CHC all lose, all still alive

Tough break for Jones, whom I was hoping would become our second ever 20-game winner (Leon Casillas won 22 in '39). This will be Jones' second 19-win season.... Despite ranking 12th in home runs, with a mere ten (ha!) in our final series we could reach 200 dingers on the season. To quote Judy Tenuta, "It could happen.".... Four players have reached 20 HR, with Stoneback lurking with 19, and Joseph Hart with 17.... ELSEWHERE: Some races, huh? Detroit and KC beat up on each other, allowing Milwaukee to clinch. Seattle is hanging on in the wild card race, two games behind the Tigers. KC has clinched a spot already.... In the NL, the Cubs got swept by the lowly Expos, and need to win out (with either CIN or NO getting swept) to avoid a September collapse.... PHI and ATL staged an epic series, and are tied for first going into the final weekend of the season. Too bad they're not playing each other again.... Detroit's Sean West had a big series and has 51 HR on the season, the only player to reach the half-century mark.

September 28-30 @ OAKLAND
Most other years this could be a division-title faceoff. Oakland, now 83-76, played steadily better after finishing May nine games under .500. Hitting has ticked up a bit, to 10th in runs, and 5th in OBP. Pitching has been solid all season, 2nd in runs against, with strong performances from the rotation and the pen. 3B Ryan Walton (.264/46/107) made some (fools) forget about Vinny Vargas, and four other regulars popped over 20 HR. Top starters Wiater and Schwartz will be back next year, but the jury is still out on Pantaleon and the other three starters they've used. Still, the fans are turning out, they're making a profit for the first time in years, and if they can rustle up a couple of bats in the off-season, they'll be back challenging for the division--and possibly more--next year.

HAW pitchers: Shamar Jackson (5-3, 5.82) / Ryan Ratliff (14-4, 3.36) / Taylor Barnett (10-12, 4.56)
OAK pitchers: Mike Wiater (13-11, 3.62) / Jaysen Moss (4-3, 6.08) / Francisco Pantaleon (13-15, 4.02)

#160: WIN 12-1 ... a 4-hit 9-K complete game gem for Jackson...3 hits and 4 RBI for Sanborn, 21st HR...Rich with 2 hits, tops .300 for first time all year
Races: DET and SEA lose, Tigers still 2 up for final wild card; ATL wins, PHI loses, Braves 1 up for division; CIN, NO lose, CHC wins, Cubs still have hope...
#161: LOSS 2-7 ... two big innings for the A's sink us...40th double for Simmons is pretty much our only highlight
Races: SEA loses, handing DET the 2nd AL wild card; ATL and PHI win, so it comes down to final game, sort of; CIN and NO win, eliminating the Cubs and clinching playoffs for both
#162: WIN 22-6 ... not a typo...21 hits, 4 HR (2 for Groff), 5 RBI for Masuda...Rich goes 4-for-5, 3 RBI...Barnett pulled after 4 with back tightness...Pinksen also hurt
Races: ATL wins NL East by a game over PHI; CIN loses, but NO game is rained out, giving us another day to heal some. NO then loses make-up game, so we'll have a playoff for the division title.

Hahaha, 22 runs. Wow.... Two pitcher injuries in that last game, but neither is serious: Barnett is dtd for 2 weeks, but with no effect on pitching. Good! Pinksen is dtd for 5 days, so he'll be available for the pen.... Groff wins his Player of the Month for September, finishing with a .424/8/27 September.... Padilla certainly impressed, going .400/4/8 in 30 AB. Small sample size, yes, but better than the alternative.... ELSEWHERE: Cincinnati wins the one-game playoff over New Orleans, takes the division. So the Wild Card games will be KC vs DET in the AL, and PHI vs NO in the NL. Philadelphia is the defending World Series champion.... The Cubs dragged home with a 12-15 finish, allowing Cincy and NO to pass them and push them out of the playoffs.... Adam Groff (HAW) wins the AL batting crown at .361, and ATL's John Arrington (who hit .467 in Sept) wins the NL title, batting .365. Both Groff and Arrington have to be leading candidates for their respective MVP awards too.

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TL;DR Version: A much better finish, 9-5, to wrap up the season with 102 wins. We led the AL in Runs, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, 2nd in XBH, and had the fewest strikeouts. On the mound, we were 4th in runs against, 6th in ERA and starter's ERA, and 2nd in hits allowed. Losing Messinger and then Hart's outright collapse dropped us to 10th in strikeouts. We were fourth in team defensive efficiency, and tied for 6th in fewest errors committed. Individually, Groff led the AL in AVG, WAR, hits, runs, TB, and SF, and tied for 1st in XBH. Quite a year. Jones led the AL in wins, win pct, and BABIP, and Ratliff led with 1.9 BB/9. Dan Brown tied for first with 39 saves. On the farm, S A Poughkeepsie lost the NY-Penn League final to Staten Island, while AAA Santa Barbara is about to begin their championship series versus Oxnard (BKN).

On to the playoffs!

05-08-2019, 07:40 PM	#230
Bub13 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Maine Posts: 748	September 17-19 @ LA ANGELS These guys again. Whatever. At 61-88, LA is way down in the standings and looking at a top 5 pick next June...again. Hitting has been subpar, pitching near-bottom. To focus on the good for a moment: Tony Mendoza has gone .300/43/114, and Jason Eastep .291/37/100. Build on that, and a couple of promising pitchers, and get back to the once-dominant position you held in the 20s and most of the 30s. Or not. Doesn't matter. Moneyball, etc: Hard to remember that these guys used to spend nearly as much as the Dodgers, since they now have the 25th ranked budget and a payroll just north of $88M (30th). HAW pitchers: Eric Jones (18-3, 3.19) / Shamar Jackson (4-3, 5.81) / Ryan Ratliff (13-3, 3.51) LAA pitchers: Bret Roemke (2-8, 2.99) / Jon Carlsen (10-9, 4.19) / Arturo Sosa (8-11, 5.81) #149: WIN 6-4 ... a 4-run 4th, led by Masuda's 2-run single and Stoneback's RBI walk, is the difference...Jones gets win #19...3 hits for Rich, 2 for Simmons #150: WIN 14-5 ... a 5-3-4-3 line for Groff with a HR and 2B...3-run HR for Masuda, and 5 combined hits from Simmons and Rich #151: LOSS 1-3 ... Ratliff is strong through 5, then leaves with an injury...Stanley gives up 2 runs to draw the loss...Simmons tweaks his back too Simmons is dtd for a week, so Rangel will get some shifts at second so we can keep JJ healthy for the post-season.... Gonna try to get Palmer a couple of looks back in the rotation, since we'll need to find four decent starters if we want to actually win anything in October.... Ratliff's diagnosis is pending; we can't afford to lose him long-term. Period.... ELSEWHERE: LA has crept up to just 2 behind Portland, like I said they would. San Diego has dropped back some.... Tampa's Magic Number is 3.... Atlanta's John Arrington is looking good for his 2nd batting title (in just his 4th season), hitting .358, 14 points above Brooklyn's Chris White. With 35 HR, 100 RBI, and a 7.4 WAR, he's also in the running for MVP. September 20-23 @ SEATTLE At 81-71 and vying for a wild card spot; they're 2.5 games out of the 2nd slot. Ninth in runs for, 7th in runs against, for a +22 differential. Every regular has double figures in HR, with five over 20 (although none have yet reached 30). Juan Rodriquez (.324/28/105) has performed as advertised, although he's one of a solid cadre who do not get along with manager Jose Jimenez. Two-time Cy Young winner Miguel Moreno has only 12 wins, but may figure in the running for his third trophy. And after losing closer Brendan Gallo for the season, second-year pitcher Darryl Kennedy has stepped in big time: 31 GP, 18 SV, 1.11 ERA. HAW pitchers: Taylor Barnett (13-4, 3.46) / Angel Cordova (0-0, 3.00) / Eric Jones (19-3, 3.20) / Khalil Palmer (12-6, 4.30) SEA pitchers: Carlos Zenon (16-7, 3.08) / Steve Maki (10-8, 4.75) / Miguel Moreno (12-6, 2.89) / Brett McGee (9-15, 5.79) #152: WIN 11-2 ... pitching! Complete game, 6-hitter for Barnett, with 9 K...Rangel goes 3-for-5 with 3 RBI...2 hits for Klein, pushing him closer to 200 #153: LOSS 1-5 ... we only allow 7 hits, but 3 are HR...3 hits for Groff, 2 for Davila, who's been pretty silent lately #154: LOSS 7-8 ... 7-5 lead in the bottom of the 9th vanishes after a pair of home runs, the second a walk-off solo shot, off of Brown...Sanborn hits his 20th, and Groff gets hurt #155: WIN 7-6 ... wooo, runs in bunches...Welch's solo HR in the 5th is the GW run, and last of the game, believe it...Padilla cranks 2 HR of his own...Palmer stinks in his return to the rotation We may not be able to get anybody out right now, but man are we still scoring. Half a loaf, eh?... We dodged a couple of injury bullets: Ratliff is just dtd for a few games, and won't miss a start; Groff is dtd for five days, so will sit some, giving a few more looks to Padilla.... Speaking of Dante, he drills two homers in that last game. Making a case for his 2047 roster spot a bit early, but I'll take it.... ELSEWHERE: Tampa has clinched the AL East, and Philly secures a playoff spot in the NL.... The AL Central is close: Milwaukee by 2 over KC, and 4 over Detroit.... In the NL, Philly is up by 2 over Atlanta; New Orleans has regained momentum and is a half game up on Cincinnati, and 2 over the slumping Cubs; Portland is beset by injuries but so far holding off the Dodgers, maintaining a four game lead.... The Yankees are playing well, but at 80-76 and 5.5 games out of a wild card spot, will come up just short.... Adam Groff is the first in MLB to reach 8 WAR. I would love to see him win the MVP, but despite his forthcoming batting title, I don't think he quite has the power numbers (33 HR and 108 RBI aren't bad tho) to impress voters. September 24-27 @ TEXAS Mired in last with a 61-94 record, so they won't match their 77-win mark from last year, and the optimism from that campaign will have all but dissipated. What about next year? DH Manuel Cervantes (.263/32/94) was a good, if selfish, addition; FA addition Wil Almodovar added 31 HR, but a .211 average and just 10 doubles; 2B Alvin Phillips (.284/13/65) is a quality 2nd-tier player; and RF Mike Potter and SS Oscar Lara are decent contributors. But no one on offense really moves the needle. On the mound, Mike Messinger (dammit) has been a solid addition at the #1 spot; but Thomas Cannaday has never delivered what he promises on paper, and it's time to move on from journeyman starters Luis Otero, Lorenzo Rangel, and Roberto Castaneda. They got very little production from the bullpen (18th--last--in ERA), but do have a couple of guys who could be built around. If this team is willing to spend on a couple of quality free agents, and they stay healthier next year, they could surprise. Honestly. HAW pitchers: Ryan Ratliff (13-4, 3.46) / Taylor Barnett (9-12, 4.54) / Angel Cordova (0-1, 4.91) / Eric Jones (19-3, 3.29) TEX pitchers: Thomas Cannaday (6-16, 4.84) / Luis Otero (9-15, 5.64) / Roberto Castaneda (0-1, 3.91) / Mike Messinger (15-10, 3.67) #156: WIN 5-3 ... 2 hits for Flygare in a rare start, 3 for Rich, and HR for Groff and Masuda...7.2 IP for Ratliff, with 6 K and zero BB, and save #39 for Brown Races: Detroit beats KC, but Milwaukee wins, clinching a spot; Atlanta tops Philly, also clinches; LA beats Portland, now 3 back; NO clings to 1 game lead over Cincy, 2 over Chicago #157: WIN 9-4 ... Welch, Padilla, and Masuda homer, and Padilla adds three other hits and 3 RBI...Barnett is just okay enough to get his 10th win Races: Detroit wins again, as does Seattle, tightening the wild card race; Atlanta wins, tied with Philly for 1st now; NO and CIN win, CHC loses; Portland tops LA, now up by 4 #158: WIN 9-4 ... Klein finally reaches 200 hits...Rangel and Rich each get 3 hits, with Rangs adding 4 RBI...Cordova looks okay: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 K, 3 BB, gets his first win Races: KC (88 wins) tops DET (87), SEA (85) loses; ATL beats PHI to move into 1st; POR kayos LA to clinch the division; NO (86 wins) loses, CIN (86) wins, Cubs (83) lose again #159: LOSS 2-5 ... no 20th win for Jones, thanks to Nate Moore giving up a 3-run HR to cousin Ben Moore in the 8th...tragic Races: KC clinches a wild card with a win over DET; SEA idle, still has a chance; PHI beats ATL, tied at the top again; NO, CIN, and CHC all lose, all still alive Tough break for Jones, whom I was hoping would become our second ever 20-game winner (Leon Casillas won 22 in '39). This will be Jones' second 19-win season.... Despite ranking 12th in home runs, with a mere ten (ha!) in our final series we could reach 200 dingers on the season. To quote Judy Tenuta, "It could happen.".... Four players have reached 20 HR, with Stoneback lurking with 19, and Joseph Hart with 17.... ELSEWHERE: Some races, huh? Detroit and KC beat up on each other, allowing Milwaukee to clinch. Seattle is hanging on in the wild card race, two games behind the Tigers. KC has clinched a spot already.... In the NL, the Cubs got swept by the lowly Expos, and need to win out (with either CIN or NO getting swept) to avoid a September collapse.... PHI and ATL staged an epic series, and are tied for first going into the final weekend of the season. Too bad they're not playing each other again.... Detroit's Sean West had a big series and has 51 HR on the season, the only player to reach the half-century mark. September 28-30 @ OAKLAND Most other years this could be a division-title faceoff. Oakland, now 83-76, played steadily better after finishing May nine games under .500. Hitting has ticked up a bit, to 10th in runs, and 5th in OBP. Pitching has been solid all season, 2nd in runs against, with strong performances from the rotation and the pen. 3B Ryan Walton (.264/46/107) made some (fools) forget about Vinny Vargas, and four other regulars popped over 20 HR. Top starters Wiater and Schwartz will be back next year, but the jury is still out on Pantaleon and the other three starters they've used. Still, the fans are turning out, they're making a profit for the first time in years, and if they can rustle up a couple of bats in the off-season, they'll be back challenging for the division--and possibly more--next year. HAW pitchers: Shamar Jackson (5-3, 5.82) / Ryan Ratliff (14-4, 3.36) / Taylor Barnett (10-12, 4.56) OAK pitchers: Mike Wiater (13-11, 3.62) / Jaysen Moss (4-3, 6.08) / Francisco Pantaleon (13-15, 4.02) #160: WIN 12-1 ... a 4-hit 9-K complete game gem for Jackson...3 hits and 4 RBI for Sanborn, 21st HR...Rich with 2 hits, tops .300 for first time all year Races: DET and SEA lose, Tigers still 2 up for final wild card; ATL wins, PHI loses, Braves 1 up for division; CIN, NO lose, CHC wins, Cubs still have hope... #161: LOSS 2-7 ... two big innings for the A's sink us...40th double for Simmons is pretty much our only highlight Races: SEA loses, handing DET the 2nd AL wild card; ATL and PHI win, so it comes down to final game, sort of; CIN and NO win, eliminating the Cubs and clinching playoffs for both #162: WIN 22-6 ... not a typo...21 hits, 4 HR (2 for Groff), 5 RBI for Masuda...Rich goes 4-for-5, 3 RBI...Barnett pulled after 4 with back tightness...Pinksen also hurt Races: ATL wins NL East by a game over PHI; CIN loses, but NO game is rained out, giving us another day to heal some. NO then loses make-up game, so we'll have a playoff for the division title. Hahaha, 22 runs. Wow.... Two pitcher injuries in that last game, but neither is serious: Barnett is dtd for 2 weeks, but with no effect on pitching. Good! Pinksen is dtd for 5 days, so he'll be available for the pen.... Groff wins his Player of the Month for September, finishing with a .424/8/27 September.... Padilla certainly impressed, going .400/4/8 in 30 AB. Small sample size, yes, but better than the alternative.... ELSEWHERE: Cincinnati wins the one-game playoff over New Orleans, takes the division. So the Wild Card games will be KC vs DET in the AL, and PHI vs NO in the NL. Philadelphia is the defending World Series champion.... The Cubs dragged home with a 12-15 finish, allowing Cincy and NO to pass them and push them out of the playoffs.... Adam Groff (HAW) wins the AL batting crown at .361, and ATL's John Arrington (who hit .467 in Sept) wins the NL title, batting .365. Both Groff and Arrington have to be leading candidates for their respective MVP awards too. ...... TL;DR Version: A much better finish, 9-5, to wrap up the season with 102 wins. We led the AL in Runs, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, 2nd in XBH, and had the fewest strikeouts. On the mound, we were 4th in runs against, 6th in ERA and starter's ERA, and 2nd in hits allowed. Losing Messinger and then Hart's outright collapse dropped us to 10th in strikeouts. We were fourth in team defensive efficiency, and tied for 6th in fewest errors committed. Individually, Groff led the AL in AVG, WAR, hits, runs, TB, and SF, and tied for 1st in XBH. Quite a year. Jones led the AL in wins, win pct, and BABIP, and Ratliff led with 1.9 BB/9. Dan Brown tied for first with 39 saves. On the farm, S A Poughkeepsie lost the NY-Penn League final to Staten Island, while AAA Santa Barbara is about to begin their championship series versus Oxnard (BKN). On to the playoffs! 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