Our available teams are:
Chicago White Sox (74-88 in 2001, 4th in ALC, 17 gb ) -- The White Sox have turned a corner from their back-to-back 100-loss teams of 1998-1999 but they are still a work-in-progress. The good news is that they have several good young starting pitchers (Josh Beckett, Joe Kennedy, Byung-Hyun Kim, Joey Hamilton and a 19-year-old stud first baseman in Adrian Gonzalez. The bad news is that they still need a lot of pieces to fill in some holes. They have the #8 pick in the 2002 draft. Farm system: #19 (SP Hisashi Iwakuma, SP Sam Marsonek, 2B Freddy Sanchez, 4B Chad Tracy)
Los Angeles Angels (80-82 in 2001, 4th in ALW, 9 gb) -- A consistently middling team due mostly to their lack of consistent ownership. They are solid group now though that are only in need of a good owner to lead them to the top of a weakish division. They have several quality players to build around, including and infield Frank Thomas, Alex Rodriguez (less talented than his real life self), Ramon Vazquez and a very young (if less stellar than real life) Victor Martinez and an outfieldt hat features Bobby Abreau and David Dllucci in their primes. Once a mess, the pitching staff has been better this season, headed by starters Kelvim Escobar, Sidney Ponson, and Nate Bland and back by a solid bulllpen of LaTroy Hawkins, Randy Flores and Steve Karsay. Farm system: #4 (including league's #1 prospect C Joe Mauer, SP Carlos Zambrano, OF Nelson Cruz, OF Jayson Werth, SS Jason Bartlett, IF Alberto Castillo, 1B Adam LaRoche)
Philadelphia Phillies (68-94 in 2001, 5th in NLE, 27 gb) -- A formerly-consistent middle-of-the-pack team that slipped badly in 2001, going from a 90-win to a 90-loss team. Rotation of Ted Lilly, Andy Pettitte and Scott Elarton has been up-and-down, but their bullpen (Davvy Graves, TAvo Alvarez, Ugie Urbina, Jeremy Hernandez and Antonio Osuna) is terrific. They have a number of offensive tools too, like C Miguel Olivo, 1B Erubiel Durazo, 2B Alfonso Soriano, 3B Joe Crede, 1B Doug Mientkiewicz, stud outfielders Aaron Guiel and Tyler Houston plus OF Chad Curtis. Farm system #25 (C Miguel Olivo, SS Jhonny Peralto, OF Alejandro de Aza, UT Martin Prado, P Luis Mendoza, P Kris Wilson, P Jason Stanford, P Matt Wise).
We will be switching to OOTP15 after the current season (approximately August 2014)
We'd love to hear from so fill out an online application at the
website or send me an email at
giacalone.anthony@gmail.com