The Nevada Dragons and the Long Road Ahead

jeheinz72 · 03-29-2005, 03:53 PM

I'm starting this in direct corralation to Chappy's KILLER dynasty about the Freedom. I'm in a similar
situation that he was when he took them over, only my Nevada Dragons haven't won squat in the 12 seasons
of the NPBL (not rebuilding a champ, more like a chump). I took over the team in mid-July of 2010, just
over a year ago. They were like a game into 1st place and we blew it in the last 2 weeks (I didn't do
a lot to that team).

After a rampage of trades in the offseason in an attempt to get over the hump with some proven talent,
we've fallen flat on our face this season. We're mired in 3rd in the Great Explorers League Western Division,
with the top 2 teams in the division getting to play baseball in October. 3rd sounds great, only we're a
nice fat 15.5 games back of 2nd place. Let's just say we won't have a problem watching Monday Night
Football in October.

This will be pretty similar to Chappy's posts, I'll cover pretty much the same things. For those not in
the know, the NPBL - National Pastime Baseball League is currently in August of 2011 (it's 12th season).

Upcoming posts will have...

- A team preview!

- A look into team history!

- A look at the league as a whole!

- A look at the Big Plan (TM)

- The first sim recap!

I hope even one person can enjoy this as much as I have Chappy's. Heck, I joined an online league solely
off of that dynasty (I only have OOTP5 at the time, not 6 like NPBL uses).

Feel free to shred me moves, offer advice, the whole lot. As you will see, I need all of the help I can
get my hands on!

Chappy · 03-29-2005, 04:13 PM

Nice!!!!

jeheinz72 · 03-30-2005, 08:46 PM

The catching position has to arguably be our weakest. In fact, the franchise doesn't appear to have
had one at all of any great caliber. Here is a look into who we have, and how much they can help. I am
listing ages for Opening Day 2012, as 2011 is toast. Stats for Catchers are through August 21st, 2011.

Mang Li Hui
DOB: 4/21/1986
Age: 25
Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 215
Bats: Left
Throws: Right

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 6/ 8
Gap: 5/ 6
Power: 3/ 2
Eye: 3/ 4
K's: 5/ 5
Spd./Stl: 2/ 2
Fielding: 5
Range, .972 %
C Arm: 2
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: 3rd Round, 65th Overall pick by Nevada in 2005

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year        G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2005, A   138 507 152 23  0  7  56 52 28 111  0  2 .300 .329 .387 .716 
2006, A    26  97  27  5  0  0   4 11  5  17  0  1 .278 .308 .330 .638 
2006, AA  106 438 150 33  0  6  56 62 16  86  4  0 .342 .358 .459 .817 
2007, AA  139 553 154 26  0 11  53 44 28 135  3  2 .278 .311 .385 .696 
2008, AAA 118 424 117 20  0 13  53 50 18  96  0  2 .276 .301 .415 .716 
2008, Nev  10  27   5  0  0  0   3  2  0   7  0  0 .185 .185 .185 .370  
2009, AAA 126 470 144 21  0  9  67 55 27  64  1  2 .306 .335 .409 .744
2009, Nev   2   4   1  0  0  0   0  0  0   1  0  0 .250 .250 .250 .500  
2010, AAA 114 296  76  7  1  5  23 24 26  55  0  2 .257 .312 .338 .650 
2011, AAA  41 144  47  9  0  4  18 17 17  17  0  0 .326 .416 .472 .888 
2011, Nev  68 222  49  7  0  2  25 17  7  42  0  0 .221 .243 .279 .522

Total (NEV)80 253  55  7  0  2  28 19  7  50  0  0 .217 .237 .269 .506

Sadly, Hui might be our best Catcher. Yes, he has a barely over .500 OPS. That's how sad it is. He
could be the worst starting catcher ever in fact. He was in AAA for most of this season, but our
Opening Day Catcher (Theissen, below) struggled so bad we called Hui up. Not much to say here.
Also, pathetically Hui is our 8th best prospect. Ouch.

Current Impact: 1 out of 10
Future Impact: 2.5 out of 10 (if he reaches 8 in contact)

darkcloud4579 · 03-30-2005, 09:27 PM

looks like a good idea. good luck!

hayesb26 · 03-30-2005, 10:35 PM

Good luck with this new dynasty. I love reading Chappys each and every update, hopefully this one will become just like that for me!

jeheinz72 · 03-30-2005, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkcloud4579

looks like a good idea. good luck!

Quote:

Originally Posted by hayesb26

Good luck with this new dynasty. I love reading Chappys each and every update, hopefully this one will become just like that for me!

Thanks guys, let's hope my turnaround can be half as good as Chappy's

Chappy · 03-31-2005, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

Future Impact: 2.5 out of 10 (if he reaches 8 in contact)

If he reaches an 8, he'll be fine. Not many catchers in this league have big sticks...

jeheinz72 · 03-31-2005, 01:05 PM

Name: Byron Theissen
DOB: 11/11/1979
Age: 32
Ht: 6'
Wt: 190
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 6/8
Gap: 6/6
Power: 3/2
Eye: 3/4
K's: 5/6
Spd./Stl: 3/2
Fielding: 2
Range, .977
C Arm: 8
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: Acquired via trade with D.C. on 3/3/2011. We received 1B Ray Festa and Thiessen for prospect
3B Rene Searles

Draft Status: 4th Round, 84th overall by D.C. in 2002

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year        G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2002  A   128 428 116 25  2  5  42 46 20 90  5  9 .271 .301 .374 .675 
2003  A    52 197  71 13  2  1  26 25 15 33  4  5 .360 .404 .462 .866 
2003  AA   70 285  77 25  2  6  35 29 17 64  1  3 .270 .306 .435 .741 
2003  AAA  12  36   9  2  0  1   5  5  2  7  0  1 .250 .282 .389 .671 
2004  AAA 128 459 124 29  2  3  52 44 33 90  8 11 .270 .316 .362 .678 
2005  AAA 124 436 137 35  1  4  46 69 31 85 13  6 .314 .357 .427 .784 
2006  AAA 104 312  85 19  2  2  29 41 26 72  2  5 .272 .326 .365 .692 
2007  AAA 102 436 139 28  3  7  59 59 40 77 11 10 .319 .371 .445 .816 
2007   DC  17  38   9  0  1  1   4  5  1 11  0  0 .237 .256 .368 .625  
2008  AAA  85 295  90 32  0  4  37 36 31 49  2  3 .305 .362 .454 .817 
2008   DC  12  22   4  0  0  0   2  1  0  9  0  0 .182 .182 .182 .364
2009  AAA 123 398 122 24  0 10  49 60 57 63  7  1 .307 .385 .442 .827 
2009   DC  11  11   3  1  0  0   1  1  1  1  0  0 .273 .333 .364 .697  
2010  AAA 138 516 141 28  1 12  53 68 62 70  5  3 .273 .347 .401 .748 
2010   DC  13  40   8  2  0  0   3  5  6 10  0  0 .200 .313 .250 .563 
2011  NEV  86 223  45  7  0  3  16 25 13 35  0  1 .202 .254 .274 .528

Total     139 334  69 10  1  4  26 37 21 66  0  1 .207 .260 .278 .539

Comments: I was on the lookout for a new catcher last season, and landed on grabbing Thiessen in a deal
that was primarily for another player. He looked decent enough, just that he never got solid playing
time. So I gave him the time, and he gave me lots of outs. I'm still holding out hope that he can
at least be a backup, and will probably get him back to platoon status with Hui.

Current Impact: 2 out of 10
Future Impact: 1 out of 10. He sucks now, and is getting old (32)

Name: Joaquin Salazar
DOB: 7/6/1984
Age: 27
Ht: 6'4"
Wt: 200
Bats: L
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 3/4
Gap: 5/6
Power: 6/6
Eye: 7/9
K's: 4/4
Spd./Stl: 4/2
Fielding: 2
Range, .984
C Arm: 9
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: Drafted in 2nd Round of 2003 Draft, 33rd Overall

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year        G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2003, A   134 489 106 11  1 10  44  32 34 132  4  6 .217 .264 .305 .569 
2004, A   132 463 135 17  1  6  47  42 47  90  8  4 .292 .353 .371 .725 
2005, A   138 547 174 22  1  9  58  59 51 130  6 14 .318 .370 .411 .781 
2006, A   138 556 200 27  1 14  87  77 42 115  5  8 .360 .400 .487 .887 
2007, A   139 523 172 27  0 19  86  74 81 102  2 16 .329 .410 .489 .900 
2008, A   138 526 167 31  0 17  87 101 86 100  9 11 .317 .408 .473 .881 
2009  Nev  63 145  34  8  0  3  15  16 13  26  0  0 .234 .297 .352 .649 
2010  Nev  64 168  30  6  1  2  15  12 19  30  1  0 .179 .258 .262 .520  
2011, AAA  64 137  36  6  0 10  27  25 27  23  1  1 .263 .395 .526 .921  
2011  Nev  10  29   6  3  0  0   4   1  3   6  0  0 .207 .273 .310 .583  
Total     137 342  70 17  1  5  34  29 35  62  1  0 .205 .276 .304 .580

Comments: Salazar has been the backup here in Nevada since getting the callup. Though looking at his
stats, I am considering giving him a shot as well for the remainder of the season. He has torn up
AAA this season, and even shown some power at the plate.

Current Impact: 2 out of 10
Future Impact: 3 out of 10 (he could be the best of the bunch?)

seth70liz76 · 03-31-2005, 01:19 PM

This is neat, other than the TWB threads, I can't think of another league that has this kind of coverage. If anything, having something to compare with makes it easier to appreciate how far you have to go and how much you improve (when you do improve!).

I think, at times, dynasty writers forget the numbers from a team or player don't mean much without the context of a league.

jeheinz72 · 03-31-2005, 06:26 PM

Name: Ray Festa
DOB: 11/29/79
Age: 32
Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 220
Bats: L
Throws: L

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 5/6
Gap: 6/6
Power: 7/6
Eye: 10/10
K's: 6/6
Spd./Stl: 1/2
Fielding: 5
Range, .994
Inf Arm: 2
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: Acquired via Trade with C Byron Thiessen from D.C. for 3B Prospect Rene Searles

Draft Information: 12th Round, 288th pick in Initial Draft by D.C. Senators

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year         G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS
2001, AA    69  255   79  14  3   8  36  41  33  47  0  1 .310 .384 .482 .866 
2001,AAA    42  141   35   7  3   6  20  19  16  34  0  0 .248 .319 .468 .787 
2001, DC     7   22    4   0  1   0   1   0   4   9  0  0 .182 .308 .273 .580  
2002,AAA   133  496  129  19  0  10  59  71  79 135  2  0 .260 .356 .359 .714 
2002, DC    24   67   16   1  0   0   7   7   9  15  0  0 .239 .329 .254 .583  
2003, DC   157  520  148  19  2  15  57  63  81  86  1  0 .285 .381 .415 .796  
2004, DC   151  508  122  17  1  16  50  57  78  90  2  0 .240 .341 .372 .713  
2005, DC   157  492  132  25  2  14  62  58  65  58  3  0 .268 .354 .413 .766 
2006, DC   156  539  165  23  2  20  64  79  69  84  0  0 .306 .385 .468 .852  
2007, DC   158  549  161  24  2  15  62  61  71  66  0  0 .293 .374 .426 .800  
2008, DC   154  456  111  23  1  12  47  53  79  75  0  1 .243 .355 .377 .732  
2009, DC   150  496  117  21  0  11  50  51  95  73  0  0 .236 .359 .345 .703  
2010, DC   156  531  136  22  2  14  50  66  93  70  0  0 .256 .374 .384 .758  
2011,NEV   118  422  108  27  1  10  49  68  71  61  3  0 .256 .366 .396 .762  

Total     1388 4602 1220 202 14 127 499 563 715 687  9  1 .265 .365 .398 .763

Comments: Festa was a recent offseason acquisition to boost the teams 1st base outlook. As you will see,
our previous 1B was nothing to be happy about. Festa has actually been spot on, with his OPS right at
career level. He's also already got a career high in 2Bs, and could match last years HR total. He even
has an outside shot at the 100 Walk mark. Overall I'm happy with the trade I made, though it'd be nice
to see Festa somehow get back to pre-2008 levels. I think we can manage with him at first for the next
2-3 seasons, but I need to be on the lookout for an eventual replacement now so I am prepared for his
decline.

Current Impact: 6 out of 10
Future Impact: 5 out of 10 (practically 0 past the 2015 season I expect)

Name: Chet Rinehart
DOB: 06/10/1980
Age: 31
Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 205
Bats: S
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 4/4
Gap: 5/6
Power: 5/6
Eye: 10/10
K's: 4/4
Spd./Stl: 5/4
Fielding: 3
Range, .980
1B Arm: 3
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: 1st Round, 9th Overall pick by Nevada in 2003 Draft

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year          G   AB   H  2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2003,   A     6    4   1   0  0  0   2   0   2   1  0  0 .250 .500 .250 .750 
2003,  AA   113  435 136  27  1  1  35  52  50 104  7  9 .313 .374 .386 .760 
2003, AAA    15   51  12   3  0  0   4   5  13   9  0  3 .235 .391 .294 .685 
2004, Nev    95  123  40  14  0  0  16  15   7  27  0  0 .325 .362 .439 .801  
2005, Nev   153  496 116  27  1  6  64  40  80 143  6  3 .234 .340 .329 .669  
2006, Nev   154  535 105  31  7 10  60  68  76 135  7 10 .196 .296 .336 .633  
2007, Nev   154  502 102  29  2  8  55  50  83 147 12  6 .203 .316 .317 .633  
2008, Nev   151  486 117  36  2  7  61  62  86 156  9  7 .241 .355 .366 .721
2009, AAA    8    33   5   2  0  1   6   4   5   6  0  0 .152 .256 .303 .559   
2009, Nev   135  341  66  13  4 12  40  39  52  63  6  6 .194 .300 .361 .661  
2010, Nev   152  495  90  19  1 10  40  52  65 105 11  9 .182 .282 .285 .567 
2011, AAA   121  446 124  22  4 29  68  98 105  80 16  6 .278 .419 .540 .960 
 
Total       994 2978 636 169 17 53 336 326 449 776 51 41 .214 .317 .335 .653

Comments: Meet Chet. Chet is our old First Baseman. Chet sucks. Serious, 3000 ABs and just over the
Mendoza Line. Honestly, I'm surprised the old owner let him keep going that long. I yanked him pretty
much ASAP. He's got power, he just can't make contact at all. Sure he walks, but he strikes out
twice as often. I think *I* could hit .182, ok maybe not, but still.

Between him and backup C Salazar it looks like our 2003 draft (9th overall in each round) was a
total disaster.

Current Impact: 0.001 out of 10 (Chet won't see a Dragon uni again)
Future Impact: 0.0001 out of 10

Name: Melvin Hagberg
DOB: 3/15/1979
Age: 33
Ht: 6'7"
Wt: 245
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 3/4
Gap: 5/6
Power: 7/8
Eye: 5/6
K's: 5/6
Spd./Stl: 2/2
Fielding: 4
Range, .997
IF Arm: 3
OF Arm: 9
Secondary Positions: LF & RF, 2 rating

How Acquired: 39th round, 913th overall pick in initial draft by Nevada

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year        G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2001,   A  81 304  84 30  1 20  68 54 40  56  0  1 .276 .357 .579 .936 
2001,  AA  67 241  62 17  1 11  34 40 28  37  0  0 .257 .327 .473 .800 
2001, AAA  12  46  11  1  0  2   4  5  5  10  0  0 .239 .308 .391 .699 
2002,   A 136 518 159 37  1 36 118 79 48  87  2  2 .307 .361 .591 .951 
2003,   A  82 300  78 19  1 16  52 41 46  51  1  0 .260 .351 .490 .841 
2003,  AA  55 198  58 15  1  9  38 34 18  38  0  0 .293 .342 .515 .857 
2004,  AA 138 505 116 37  0 17  55 55 53  96  3  0 .230 .296 .404 .700 
2005,  AA 138 525 128 47  0 27  91 63 48  78  2  1 .244 .303 .488 .791 
2006,  AA 138 509 137 44  3 34  94 79 49  64  1  0 .269 .327 .568 .895 
2007,  AA 139 540 151 46  4 34  90 86 60  86  0  1 .280 .347 .569 .916 
2008,  AA   9  38   9  2  0  1   5  2  2   6  0  0 .237 .268 .368 .637 
2008, AAA 118 425 103 38  0 24  71 63 57  69  0  1 .242 .324 .501 .825 
2008, Nev  22  31   5  4  0  0   4  0  3   8  0  0 .161 .235 .290 .526 
2009, Nev 110 266  48 13  0  9  32 28 16  40  0  0 .180 .227 .331 .558  
2010, AAA  93 347  73 13  3 29  61 60 38  38  2  0 .210 .281 .516 .797 
2010, Nev  26  46  10  5  0  1   6  4  3   5  0  0 .217 .265 .391 .657 
2011, Nev  30  67  11  1  1  4   9  8  5  17  1  0 .164 .243 .388 .631  

Total     188 410  74 23  1 14  51 40 27  70  1  0 .180 .235 .344 .579

Comments: Big Melvin has great power, but like Chet, CAN'T HIT. Sure, Melvin owns AA, but get him to
the Bigs and the average goes under .200. He's on our bench now, solely for off-the-bench power purposes

Current Impact: 1 out of 10
Future Impact: 0 out of 10

Name: Jason Fick
DOB: 9/19/1987
Age: 24
Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 180
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 4/6
Gap: 5/8
Power: 2/1
Eye: 2/3
K's: 6/7
Spd./Stl: 7/4
Fielding: 5
Range, .996
INF Arm: 2
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: 2nd Round, 38th pick in 2011 Draft

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year       G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2011,  A   5  18   5  0  0  0   0  1  2  2  0  0 .278 .350 .278 .628 
2011, AA 115 448 125 16  4 10  31 48 26 42 11 10 .279 .324 .400 .724

Comments: Jason just joined the organization this offseason in my 2nd draft pick since taking ownership.
Though he isn't your prototype 1B, he could have a future with the team. He's got solid ratings in 3
slots and great speed for a 1B and plays good D. He's already in AA this season, and next year, possibly
in AAA could be a key indicator to his success.

Current Impact: 0 out of 10
Future Impact: 4 out of 10

jeheinz72 · 04-01-2005, 12:35 PM

Even though I'm not done with the team recap, I want to get my format down for the sim rundowns.
So here goes. Keep in mind. We stink.

Nevada at Washington, 8/21 - 6-5 Win. We blasted 4 homeruns, and Ray Festa 11th of the season in the 8th
inning provided the difference. 2B Moncayo (26th), SS Chris Lott (23rd) and 3B Spike Halpen (8th) also
went yard. Halpern knocked 4 hits. Reliever James Barker picked up his 2nd win in relief of Miguel
Cordova.

Nevada at Washingon, 8/22 - 11-3 win. The offense keeps trucking with 11 runs, including 7 in the first
3 innings. CF DiBenedetto knocked his 17th Homer, and 1B Festa smacked 5 hits and drove in 4 runs!
Starter Richard Herron picked up his 10th win.

Oregon at Nevada, 8/23 - 5-3 Loss in 12. We knocked 15 hits, but only 3 crossed the plate. Moncayo and
Festa each had 3 hits, and new platoon catcher Salazar had 2 hits and 2 runs. Gene Foxworth went 7
strong innings, but reliever Arnie Stier allowed 2 in the 12th for his 2nd loss

Oregon at Nevada, 8/24 - 5-2 Win. Back on track with our 3rd win in 4 on the sim. Cyril Foland hit
a 2-run Homer in the 4th to put us ahead for good. SP Kirby Rudolph ran his record to 7-9 and closer
Herman Trottier picked up his 29th Save.

Oregon at Nevada, 8/25 - 9-4 Win. A big 8-run 6th inning got us yet another W. Big Melvin Hagberg, starting
in place of the red hot Festa knocked a big 2-out 3-run shot in the 6th inning to ice the game. Starter
Jose Leonos was efficient and effective with his 11th win

8/26 - OFF

Utah at Nevada, 8/27 - 4-3 Win. Wow, here I go saying how bad we are, and we win 5 of 6 to start the
dynasty. PH Byron Thiessen and 2B Rey Moncayo had run scoring singles in the bottom of the 7th to
get us the 4-3 lead which we held onto. SP Miguel Cordova ran his record to 8-3 and Trottier picked up
save #30.

Utah at Nevada, 8/28 - 9-2 Win. Again the bats come out to play, Chris Lott hit a 2nd inning Grand Slam,
his 25th Homer of the year and Richard Herron pitched 8 strong innings for his 2nd Win of the sim.

Utah at Nevada, 8/29 - 10-0 Win. I am still in shock. We explode for 12 hits and add 8 walks in the romp.
LF Mike Doctor cleared the bases with a 1st inning double and Ray Festa stayed hot with 2 more hits,
2 RBI's and a walk. Gene Foxworth went the distance, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk and striking out 4.

Kansas at Nevada, 8/30 - 3-1 Loss. All good things come to an end, as we only get 5 hits. New C Salazar
knocks in a run with a double, and Spike Halpern and Chris Lott get 2 hits. Kirby Rudolph is the
tough luck loser falling to 7-10.

Kansas at Nevada, 8/31 - 4-3 win in 12. Wow an 8-2 sim! OF Cyril Foland hit a leadoff homer in the
bottom of the 12th, his 14th to get us in the dugout. What a game! Kansas tied it in the 9th, scratching
out a run. James Barker was fantastic, shutting Kansas down for 2 innings and getting the W.

STANDINGS

Code:

West 
 
Team         W  L  Pct   GB L10 
Colorado    78 53 .595    - 6-4 
Utah        78 53 .595    - 2-8 
Nevada      63 68 .481 15.0 8-2 
California  56 75 .427 22.0 6-4 
Oregon      55 77 .417 23.5 4-6 
Washington  44 88 .333 34.5 2-8

Well, we gained 6 games on Utah, but it doesn't really matter with just 31 to play and 15 back.
.500 baseball isn't out of the question, we would really have to play well to get it though.

BATTING STATS

Code:

Name              G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 

R. Moncayo      128 477 135 23  5 26  68 96 61 13 .283 .387 .516 
R. Festa        127 461 123 30  1 11  60 75 74 63 .267 .371 .408 
C. Lott         131 487 104 17  3 25  82 71 72 51 .214 .319 .415 
C. DiBenedetto  126 472 129 30  4 18  69 68 41 72 .273 .340 .468 
C. Foland       125 458 117 20  2 14  60 47 23 83 .255 .286 .400  
M. Doctor       125 453 116 11  0  4  45 39 32 80 .256 .307 .307 
G. Halpern      131 465 121 18  1  9  57 58 46 53 .260 .327 .361
B. Thiessen      94 241  49  7  0  3  19 26 13 38 .203 .252 .270 

Others:
M. Hui           68 222  49  7  0  2  25 17  7 42 .221 .243 .279 
J. Lape          69 101  21  3  0  0   6 10  1 18 .208 .216 .238 
J. Salazar       17  53  11  5  0  0   6  6  6 11 .208 .283 .302 
A. Garza         62  89  18  6  1  0   8  9  5 30 .202 .245 .292 
M. Hagberg       32  76  14  2  1  5  13  9  5 17 .184 .253 .434 
C. Francis       35  48   8  0  0  0   3  7  0 11 .167 .167 .167 
F. Trujillo      28  25   3  2  0  0   1  4  2  6 .120 .241 .200 
A. Estrada       31  70  25  2  0  0   6 11  5 10 .357 .416 .386

Well, here's the offense. Not too bad really, Lott used to be a "Lott" better than he has played this
season. Overall, we overplayed our standards this past sim.

PITCHING STATS

Code:

Name           G GS  W  L SV  ERA    IP  HA  R ER BB  K 
R. Herron     26 26 11  8  0 3.18 164.0 149 69 58 53 40 
J. Leanos     26 26 11  8  0 3.83 152.2 155 69 65 36 51 
M. Cordova    16 16  8  3  0 3.91  92.0  77 44 40 32 50 
G. Foxworth   26 11  3  4  0 4.39  84.0  77 46 41 25 26 
K. Rudolph    26 26  7 10  0 3.66 150.0 150 73 61 57 33 

M. Tamez      78  0  4  1  2 1.95  92.1  90 23 20 17 25 
B. Stoops     73  0  3  5  1 4.10  63.2  58 30 29 26 32 
J. Barker     53  1  3  2  2 3.78  64.1  54 29 27 22 17 
H. Trottier   70  0  2  6 30 3.18  87.2  72 41 31 46 43 
B. Hollenbeck 50  0  1  6  0 5.51  47.1  63 31 29 12 10 
J. Grolsch     4  0  0  0  0 2.45   3.2   5  1  1  0  0 
A. Stier      19  0  0  2  0 3.97  22.2  26 11 10  4  4 

Others:
D. Scoggin    18 18  4  9  0 6.19  91.2 109 66 63 38 22 
E. Birmingham 22  0  4  1  1 6.16  19.0  24 15 13  8  2 
N. Cramer      5  5  1  1  0 4.05  26.2  25 16 12  9 11 
R. Quintana   14  2  0  2  0 5.50  18.0  18 11 11 15  8

There's the staff, it's iffy at best. I don't get the low K totals, I think it must be a league thing
(Chappy?). Only 2 guys who average 4.5 K/9 or better.

Rankings:
Batting AVG: .239 (13th)
Homeruns: 119 (6th)
Walks: 407 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 110 (8th)
Runs Scored: 564 (T-5th)

Pitching ERA: 3.90 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .258 (21st)
HRs Allowed: 97 (T-8th)
Walks Allowed: 401 (21st)
Runs Allowed: 580 (21st)

As you can see, we're all O and not much pitching. I love being 1st in walks though. As you can see,
it makes a big impact on the bottom line (13th in Avg, but 5th in Runs).

Upcoming Schedule

9/1 vs Kansas Storm, 6th in the East, 56-76, Season Series 6-5 Nevada
9/2 vs Illinois Jethawks, 1st in the East, 87-44, Season Series 6-2 Illinois
9/3 vs Illinois Jethawks
9/4 vs Illinois Jethawks
9/5 vs Illinois Jethawks
9/6 @ Wisconsin Lumberjacks, 4th in the East, 66-65, Season Series 7-2 Wisconsin
9/7 @ Wisconsin Lumberjacks
9/8 @ Wisconsin Lumberjacks
9/9 OFF
9/10 @ Texas Banditos, 3rd in the East, 71-60, Season series 5-4 Texas
9/11 @ Texas Banditos

Pretty rough sim for us as we go through the East. I'd take a 5-5 sim in a heartbeat.

Hope you enjoyed my first recap, I promise eventually I won't just be copying Chappy!

Chappy · 04-01-2005, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

I don't get the low K totals, I think it must be a league thing
(Chappy?). Only 2 guys who average 4.5 K/9 or better.

The K totals fell off league wide with the conversion to OOTP6. I'm not sure if too many players converted with high avoid K ratings or if too many pitchers converted with low stuff ratings.

Code:

YR FFL GEL
09 4.8 4.9 K/G
10 4.4 4.4 K/G

League-wide, the drop in K's per game was only by about half a K per game.

jeheinz72 · 04-01-2005, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

The K totals fell off league wide with the conversion to OOTP6. I'm not sure if too many players converted with high avoid K ratings or if too many pitchers converted with low stuff ratings.

Code:

YR FFL GEL
09 4.8 4.9 K/G
10 4.4 4.4 K/G

League-wide, the drop in K's per game was only by about half a K per game.

Yeah I think it is the low stuff ratings, most of my guys seem to have really low ratings there. I'm sure it will even out over time though.

jeheinz72 · 04-04-2005, 12:16 PM

9/1 Kansas at Nevada - 9-0 WIN. The hits keep coming as we take the series against Kansas. Miguel Cordova
pitched 7.2 shutout innings, only allowing 5 hits. Offensively Clarence DiBennedetto led the way with
a 5-hit day, driving in 3 and striking his 31st double. Backup 2B Albert Estrada filled in nicely
for Moncayo, grabbing 3 hits, stealing a base and driving in 3.

9/2 Illinois at Nevada - 12-8 LOSS. The East division leaders show us who is boss with a blowout.
Richard Herron was jumped on for 5 runs in the first and Illinois never looked back. Offensively,
Spike Halpern added his 10th dinger, and Cyril Foland knocked in 3 runs. Reliever Bobby Hollenback
was also tattooed for 4 runs in 1/3rd of an inning.

9/3 Illinois at Nevada - 5-2 LOSS. Illinois again scores first (2 in the 1st) and takes home the win.
Gene Foxworth pitched admirably, gutting through 116 pitches and 7.2 innings with our depleted pen,
but the offense notched just 4 hits (though all doubles). Ray Festa and Cyril Foland knocked in our
runs.

9/4 Illinois at Nevada - 5-4 LOSS. Sense a pattern? This time the pen (Trottier) lets us down as Illinois
gets the deciding run in the 9th. Rey Moncayo hit a big 7th inning 2-run homer to tie it (27th) but
stud Jayhawk closer Deangelo Ramos was too much for us in the 9th.

9/5 Illinois at Nevada - 4-0 LOSS. Ouch, 4 game sweep for Illinois. The offense just couldn't break
them the last 3 games. Just 3 hits, highlighted by a pinch hit double by Thiessen. On a sad note,
starter Jose Leonos left the game with a Tight Shoulder after his 4th pitch. He'll be out the rest
of the recap. The loss went to Moses Tamez, dropping his record to 4-2.

9/6 Nevada at Wisconsin - 3-2 LOSS. The losing ways continue, as our 2-run 1st inning didn't hold up.
Ray Festa blasted his 12th homer, but Miguel Cordova couldn't make it stand up. He gave up 3 ER
in 7.1 innings, dropping his record to 9-4. Cyril Foland knocked 2 hits and had 2 walks as well.

9/7 Nevada at Wisconsin - 7-6 WIN in 10. Wow what a game. Back-and-forth the whole way. In the end
it was a 1-out double by Chris Lott followed by a 2-out single by Spike Halpern which got us the win.
Rey Moncayo hit 2 dingers, putting him at 29, and also added a double. What is worse, we again lost
a starting pitcher, as Richard Herron made just 14 pitches before leaving with a strained rotator cuff
in the 1st. He'll be gone for 4 weeks, so essentially his season has ended with an 11-9, 3.44 mark.

9/8 Nevada at Wisconsin - 4-1 WIN. We rebound to take this series, behind Gene Foxworth's complete
game 3-hitter. Gene K'd just 1 batter, but only allowed Alfonzo Ruvalcaba's 7th inning homerun.
Chris Lott paced the offense with a 2-out 2-run 3rd inning homer, his 26th. Cyril Foland and Spike
Halpern also added 2 hits.

9/9 OFF

9/10 Nevada at Texas - 5-1 WIN. We're back on a roll after an off-day to head straight south to Texas.
Kirby Rudolph allowed just an unearned run in 8 innings to run his record to 8-10. Trottier picked up
save number 31, his first this sim. Spike Halpern knocked 3 hits, DiBenedetto added a pinch hit homer,
his 19th. Foland added 2 MORE hits, and stole his 20th base. That's 4 straight multi-hit games for him.

STANDINGS

Code:

             West 

Team         W  L  Pct   GB L10 
Colorado    83 57 .593    - 5-5 
Utah        83 57 .593    - 5-5 
Nevada      67 73 .479 16.0 5-5 
Oregon      60 80 .429 23.0 5-5 
California  58 82 .414 25.0 3-7 
Washington  47 93 .336 36.0 4-6

Ech. Still 16 back. 14-8 will get us the .500 mark (we're 12-7 in our last 19, so it is "Possible".)

BATTING STATS

Code:

Name               G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG 
 
R. Moncayo       135 506 143 24  5 29  75 102 63 14 .283 .385 .522 
R. Festa         136 499 131 34  1 12  64  81 75 68 .263 .361 .407 
C. Lott          140 519 111 21  3 26  85  77 78 54 .214 .322 .416 
C. DiBenedetto   135 501 142 32  5 19  77  71 43 73 .283 .350 .481
C. Foland        133 488 129 26  2 14  66  50 25 89 .264 .296 .412 
M. Doctor        132 479 121 13  0  4  47  42 33 82 .253 .303 .305 
G. Halpern       140 497 130 19  1 10  60  60 49 59 .262 .328 .364 
J. Salazar        22  65  12  5  0  0   6   8  8 14 .185 .280 .262 

Others:
M. Hui            68 222  49  7  0  2  25  17  7 42 .221 .243 .279 
B. Thiessen      103 264  57 11  0  3  20  30 14 41 .216 .262 .292 
A. Estrada        35  81  28  2  0  0   9  15  5 14 .346 .398 .370 
J. Lape           69 101  21  3  0  0   6  10  1 18 .208 .216 .238 
A. Garza          66 101  20  6  1  0   9   9  5 33 .198 .236 .277 
M. Hagberg        34  85  16  3  1  5  14   9  5 18 .188 .250 .424 
C. Francis        35  48   8  0  0  0   3   7  0 11 .167 .167 .167 
F. Trujillo       34  36   5  2  0  0   1   5  2  6 .139 .225 .194

41 runs in 9 games for us, a bit above average for us. I'm thinking I'll move Halpern into the 6-spot
for the rest of the year, see if he responds with even more improvement. He is now clearly performing
better than Doctor. Though struggling, I'm leaving Salazar in for the rest of the year. I need to see
if he can at all be the answer there. Thiessen seems to be a "known" quantity, I don't think he's got
a solid season in him. The question is, is he the best I've got?

PITCHING STATS

Code:

Name           G GS  W  L SV  ERA    IP  HA  R ER BB  K 

J. Leanos     27 27 11  8  0 3.82 153.0 155 69 65 36 52 
M. Cordova    18 18  9  4  0 3.62 107.0  88 47 43 37 58 
K. Rudolph    28 28  8 10  0 3.57 164.0 166 78 65 61 41 
G. Foxworth   28 13  4  5  0 4.11 100.2  89 52 46 27 36 
R. Quintana   14  2  0  2  0 5.50  18.0  18 11 11 15  8 

M. Tamez      82  0  4  2  2 1.99  95.0  93 24 21 18 25 
A. Stier      23  0  0  2  0 3.41  29.0  31 12 11  7  5 
B. Stoops     78  0  3  5  1 3.95  68.1  64 31 30 28 34 
J. Barker     58  1  3  2  2 4.00  69.2  65 33 31 24 20 
B. Hollenbeck 54  0  1  6  0 6.02  49.1  68 35 33 13 10 
J. Grolsch     7  0  0  0  0 2.70  10.0  11  4  3  3  3 
H. Trottier   74  0  2  7 31 3.31  92.1  76 44 34 46 47

Others:
R. Herron     28 28 11  9  0 3.44 165.0 154 74 63 56 40 
D. Scoggin    18 18  4  9  0 6.19  91.2 109 66 63 38 22 
E. Birmingham 22  0  4  1  1 6.16  19.0  24 15 13  8  2 
N. Cramer      5  5  1  1  0 4.05  26.2  25 16 12  9 11

Starting to look ugly with Herron done. We'll need to revamp the staff this season I think. Try and
get an ace any way we can. On the bright side, if the season ended now, we'd pick 10th. We might
be able to net a decent starter for down the road there.

Batting AVG: .241 (12th)
Homeruns: 126 (6th)
Walks: 427 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 116 (9th)
Runs Scored: 605 (4th)

Pitching ERA: 3.89 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .258 (21st)
HRs Allowed: 101 (8th)
Walks Allowed: 428 (21st)
Runs Allowed: 617 (21st)

Gotta love the high-powered Offense. Even though we're 12th in average, the walks put us 3rd in OBP.
If we could just tick that average up to .250, I think we'd score a TON of runs. Another issue is
strikeouts. We've struck out the 2nd most (728). Only 2 other teams are even over 700. And that is
even with our leadoff hitter, Moncayo, who has only K'd 14 times in almost 600 PA's.

Upcoming schedule

9/11 @ Texas Banditos - 76-64, 3rd in East, Series Season tied 5-5
9/12 @ Texas Banditos -
9/13 vs Colorado Rams - 83-57, 1st in West, Colorado leads series 9-7
9/14 vs Colorado Rams -
9/15 vs Washington Griffins - 47-93, 6th in West, Nevada leads series 8-4
9/16 vs Washington Griffins -
9/17 vs Oregon Owls - 60-80, 4th in West, Nevada leads series 8-4
9/18 vs Oregon Owls -
9/19 vs Oregon Owls -
9/20 OFF

Pretty average schedule for us, I think 5-4 is possible.

Chappy · 04-04-2005, 01:37 PM

Good Luck on reaching .500 - I thought entering the season you'd be in the playoff mix, especially with Washington and Cali rebuilding.

jeheinz72 · 04-04-2005, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

Good Luck on reaching .500 - I thought entering the season you'd be in the playoff mix, especially with Washington and Cali rebuilding.

I know I was really bummed it didn't happen. I thought I would surely have added the offense to do it. I just didn't anticipate the pitching staff deteriorating so quickly (Hollenbeck saved 30 games, now can't get anyone out in middle relief, Leonos hasn't been the same, Scroggin disappeared).

The only part that hurts is I dealt Danny Day to get this done. If I still had him, I wouldn't even bat an eye.

jeheinz72 · 04-04-2005, 06:13 PM

Name: Rey Moncayo
DOB: 2/18/1977
Age: 35
Ht: 6'2"
Wt: 210
Bats: S
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 7/8
Gap: 6/6
Power: 9/8
Eye: 10/10
K's: 10/10
Spd./Stl: 8/5
Fielding: 9
Range, .985
INF Arm: 10
Secondary Positions: 1B/3B/SS 3/5/5

How Acquired: Acquired in massive 3-team trade with Massachusetts and Virginia with OF Clarence DiBenedetto
for an assortment of 5 former Dragons

Draft Information: 42nd Round, 1001st pick overall in initial draft by Massachusetts

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year           G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS 
2001, A      109  383  100  29  2   5  36  34  34  56  12  4 .261 .307 .386  .693 
2001, AA      52  180   51  11  1   3  27  23  16  31   6  2 .283 .327 .406  .732 
2002, AA      27   99   36   8  0   4  20  16  16  10   2  2 .364 .437 .566 1.003 
2002, AAA    109  375  100  27  2  14  51  42  53  55  10 10 .267 .342 .461  .804 
2002, Mas     19   51   13   4  0   0   9   6   9   5   2  2 .255 .367 .333  .700
2003, Mas    154  577  170  42  5   8  59  86  76  61  11 11 .295 .377 .426  .803 FF 
2004, Mas    156  576  159  37  6  11  54  96  80  33  10  2 .276 .364 .418  .783
2005, Mas    154  534  154  26  8   9  65  96  76  38  12  7 .288 .377 .418  .795  
2006, Mas    152  566  174  36  7  19  91 119  73  49  13 12 .307 .387 .496  .883 FF 
2007, Mas    158  563  173  34  7  18  98  93  88  39  27 14 .307 .401 .488  .889 
2008, Mas    126  432  117  38  6  19  74  70  63  32  11  7 .271 .364 .519  .882  
2009, Mas    155  532  149  26  6  32 107 102  78  22  21 17 .280 .372 .532  .904 FF 
2010, Mas    155  526  142  22  3  27  70  92  82  12  31  6 .270 .391 .477  .868 FF 
2011, Nev    128  477  135  23  5  26  68  96  61  13  22 17 .283 .387 .516  .902  
Total       1357 4834 1386 288 53 169 695 856 686 304 160 95 .287 .380 .473  .853

Comments: Rey was one of the big guns brough in this offseason to bolster the club. Tough to say the
slide to mediocrity is his fals. He's produced his 2nd best season ever, though he was jobbed out of
an All-Star nod. I think one of his best traits is his ability to avoid strikeouts, averaging one every
15.9 at-bats.

Current Impact: 8 out of 10
Future Impact: 3 out of 10. Even if he had an extra long career, he probably won't be a centerpiece of
the Dragon revival.

Name: Cyril Foland
DOB: 10/16/1977
Age: 34
Ht: 6'1"
Wt: 235
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 5/6
Gap: 6/6
Power: 7/7
Eye: 3/4
K's: 4/4
Spd./Stl: 5/9
Fielding: 7
Range, .989
IF Arm: 4
Secondary Positions: LF 1 (.975, 2 Arm)

How Acquired: 21st Round, 481st overall pick in initial Draft

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year            G   AB    H  2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2001, A        81  353  113   6  4  10  28  50  32  60  18  6 .320 .374 .445 .818 
2001, AA       67  242   64   5  3   9  33  31  15  47  13  3 .264 .305 .421 .727 
2001, AAA      11   30    7   0  0   1   2   2   2   6   0  0 .233 .281 .333 .615 
2002, AAA     138  518  156  25  6  16  69  77  50 103  17  7 .301 .358 .465 .823 
2003, AAA      28  110   31   2  0   7  12  19  11  19   6  1 .282 .339 .491 .830 
2003, Nev     128  484  131  19  3  12  50  63  33  93  23  1 .271 .317 .397 .714 
2004, Nev     151  568  135  17  4  24  82  71  45 125  25  7 .238 .294 .408 .702 
2005, Nev      91  348   95   7  0   9  30  45  22  75  23  4 .273 .316 .371 .687 
2006, Nev     155  604  150  22  7  16  63  71  30 136  20  2 .248 .284 .387 .671 
2007, Nev     154  607  167  20  3  33  77 103  28 137  36  7 .275 .307 .481 .788  
2008, Nev     148  555  148  17  2  33  74  81  34 136  32  3 .267 .309 .483 .792 
2009, Nev     145  519  138  22  4  17  77  67  37  94  19  0 .266 .315 .422 .737 
2010, Nev     140  521  138  21  2  25  93  69  25  92  15  8 .265 .303 .457 .760 GE  
2011, Nev     133  488  129  26  2  14  66  50  25  89  20  2 .264 .296 .412 .707   
Total        1245 4694 1231 171 27 183 612 620 279 977 213 34 .262 .304 .427 .731

Comments: Cyril has probably been one of the top 5 players in Dragons history to this point. Though he now starts in the outfield. He's got
2 30/30 seasons, plus a 20/20 and 1 all-star appearance. This year, he started fast, faded and has
recouped this past sim to have an ok campaign. I don't know if we'll see the 07-08 Foland again though.

Current Impact: 5 out of 10
Future Impact: 2 out of 10

Name: Ken Lancaster
DOB: 06/10/1983
Age: 28
Ht: 5'10"
Wt: 165
Bats: S
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 4/4
Gap: 4/4
Power: 5/5
Eye: 8/9
K's: 6/6
Spd./Stl: 2/2
Fielding: 6
Range, .987
INF Arm: 9
Secondary Positions: 3B, 1 (.986)

How Acquired: 3rd Round, 57th overall pick in 2003 Draft

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year        G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R  BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS 
2003,   A 128 467  97 19  0  5  48 32  21 142  3  0 .208 .239 .281  .520 
2004,   A 103 411 113 16  0 13  45 48  29  98  1  0 .275 .318 .409  .727 
2004,  AA  35 101  24  4  0  2   4  7   8  37  0  0 .238 .288 .337  .625 
2005,   A 136 565 175 24  0 15  58 75  31  99  3  1 .310 .342 .432  .774 
2006,   A 138 595 188 28  0 17  76 85  40 100  7  2 .316 .353 .449  .802 
2007,   A 138 544 190 32  0 13  90 64  54  86  3  1 .349 .403 .480  .882 
2008,   A  63 246  94 16  0  8  54 45  31  44  4  1 .382 .443 .545  .988 
2008,  AA  74 284  69 15  0  7  26 30  33  45  0  1 .243 .321 .370  .690 
2009,  AA 129 468 131 25  2 28  73 66  74  50  0  1 .280 .376 .521  .898 
2009, Nev   5   9   4  2  0  0   0  0   1   0  0  0 .444 .500 .667 1.167  
2010,  AA 134 471 145 22  3 22  63 66  94  39  0  2 .308 .416 .507  .923 
2011,  AA 138 496 142 14  0 30  61 71 102  55  2  2 .286 .415 .496  .911 

Total       5   9   4  2  0  0   0  0   1   0  0  0 .444 .500 .667 1.167

Comments: Frankly, I had never even noticed Ken before this post. I have so many friggin AAA players
who are like 28-31, it's ridiculous. I've cut 2-3 guys from C and 1B already, they were just too sorry
even for this team. That's part of why I am into this dynasty. Though Ken doesn't appear to be half bad.
He'll make an excellent emergency bench guy if I need him.

Current Impact: 1 out of 10
Future Impact: 2 out of 10 (he's only 28, ya never know). Go Ken!

Name: Albert Estrada
DOB: 2/18/1975
Age: 37
Ht: 6'0
Wt: 230
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 5/4
Gap: 3/4
Power: 1/2
Eye: 3/4
K's: 5/5
Spd./Stl: 4/7
Fielding: 8
Range, .978
INF Arm: 4
Secondary Positions: RF, 5, .992

How Acquired: I have no idea (not on his player page)

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year          G   AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R BB   K SB CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   OPS 
2000, Nev    52  149  34  4  0  2  17  14  6  27  6  4  .228  .258  .295  .553
2001, Nev     5    7   1  0  0  0   0   0  1   0  0  1  .143  .250  .143  .393 
2002, Nev   162  558 107 15  1  2  36  36 29 130 13  5  .192  .232  .233  .465
2003, Nev    70  162  38  7  0  1   7  14  7  44  5  0  .235  .266  .296  .563 
2004, Nev    42   73  15  2  0  0   8   8  4  16  3  0  .205  .247  .233  .480 
2005, Nev    86  280  61  8  2  3  14  28 11  71  6  2  .218  .247  .293  .540
2006, AAA   124  472 134 20  0  4  31  46 30  92  7  3  .284  .307  .352  .658  
2006, Nev     1    1   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  
2007, AAA   138  488 142 26  0  4  64  57 37  97 11  4  .291  .319  .369  .688 
2008, AAA   109  321 100 16  0  1  21  37 20  58 10  4  .312  .332  .371  .703 
2008, Nev     6    4   2  0  0  0   1   1  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500 1.000   
2009, AAA   120  277  81  6  0  3  23  31 26  40  5  0  .292  .331  .347  .678
2009, Nev    15   16   1  0  0  0   0   0  1   5  0  1  .063  .118  .063  .180   
2010, AAA    33  123  37  4  0  3  14  24 15  15  2  0  .301  .366  .407  .773 
2010, Nev    39   70  23  4  1  0   9   3  2   5  0  3  .329  .368  .414  .783  
2011, Nev    35   81  28  2  0  0   9  15  5  14  2  1  .346  .398  .370  .768  
Total       513 1401 311 42  4  8 101 119 66 313 35 17  .222  .259  .275  .534

Comments: Albert is a long time Dragon, though he isn't the best option at this point. Hehe. Has actually
produced quite well the last 2 seasons, but next year, he'll be in the minors.

Current Impact: 1 out of 10
Future Impact: 0 out of 10

jeheinz72 · 04-05-2005, 11:37 AM

Name: Chris "Crazylegs" Lott
DOB: 9/7/1982
Age: 29
Ht: 6'0
Wt: 175
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 7/8
Gap: 7/6
Power: 10/10
Eye: 10/10
K's: 7/8
Spd./Stl: 4/5
Fielding: 5
Range, .966
INF Arm: 7
Secondary Positions: 2B, 5, .967

How Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round, 1st Overall in 2005

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year           G   AB   H  2B 3B  HR RBI   R  BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2005, Nev    155  547 114  11  3  19  76  45  53 149  6  2 .208 .278 .344 .622 
2006, Nev    134  474 116  18  3  19  61  65  60 131  7  2 .245 .330 .416 .745  
2007, Nev    155  546 145  29  4  21  83  60  77 123 11  2 .266 .356 .449 .805  
2008, Nev    156  537 131  15  4  19  67  68  76 118 14  3 .244 .338 .393 .731  
2009, Nev    157  534 164  27  2  34  93 100  92  61 13  6 .307 .409 .556 .965 GE  
2010, Nev    156  547 141  28  2  27  78  81  90  53 12  6 .258 .366 .464 .830 
2011, Nev    140  519 111  21  3  26  85  77  78  54 12  4 .214 .322 .416 .739  
Total       1053 3704 922 149 21 165 543 496 526 689 75 25 .249 .344 .434 .778

Comments: Lott, in my mind, has disappointed. Especially this season. Picked #1 overall 7 seasons ago,
he just hasn't produced average-wise (except for a glorious 2009). The power and speed are all there,
but to really take his game to the All-Star level, he needs to start hitting over .270. At just 29 (he
turned 4 days ago), he has a chance to set extraordinary career numbers, but not if he doesn't start
hitting for a higher average. He also struggles on defense, having made 30 errors this season.

Current Impact: 6 out of 10
Future Impact: 10 out of 10 (his ability to improve over the next 3-4 years is probably a top 3 indicator
of the teams' future success)

Name: Casey Wabash
DOB: 6/11/1987
Age: 24
Ht: 6'0
Wt: 200
Bats: R
Throws: R

Ratings (Act/Tal)
Contact: 2/6
Gap: 5/7
Power: 3/8
Eye: 3/7
K's: 5/5
Spd./Stl: 5/1
Fielding: 9
Range, .981
INF Arm: 6
Secondary Positions: NONE

How Acquired: Drafted in 2nd Round, 27th overall pick in 2009

Statistical Performance

Code:

Year        G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG  OPS 
2009, A   138 501 101 27  1  6  46 44 38 102  6  3 .202 .252 .295 .547 
2010, A    99 356  76 22  1  4  31 25 26  39  8  8 .213 .262 .315 .577 
2011, A   138 480  92 25  3  4  50 46 44  43  6  7 .192 .269 .281 .550

Comments: I can't figure Casey out. His ratings suggest future starter, but his production warrants
his release. Even worse, he's rated as our #1 minor league prospect. So why the sub .200 average?
Maybe it is OOTP's way of saying he'll just hit .200 in the bigs, so let's not get John's hopes up.
Either way, I'm thinking I may send him to AA in 2012, purely to see if that'll help him along.

Current Impact: 0 out of 10
Future Impact: 4 out of 10, he could make a solid bench player or good trade bait with development

Chappy · 04-05-2005, 11:50 AM

Lott is having a tough year - reminds me a little of Ludwig Claus.

jeheinz72 · 04-05-2005, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chappy

Lott is having a tough year - reminds me a little of Ludwig Claus.

Yeah, I just don't get it. I don't think him hitting .250 this season would've made us a playoff contender or anything, but it hurts. I was counting on a pretty solid season from him.

03-30-2005, 09:27 PM	#4
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03-31-2005, 01:19 PM	#9
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03-31-2005, 06:26 PM	#10
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Position Preview - First Base Name: Ray Festa DOB: 11/29/79 Age: 32 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 220 Bats: L Throws: L Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 5/6 Gap: 6/6 Power: 7/6 Eye: 10/10 K's: 6/6 Spd./Stl: 1/2 Fielding: 5 Range, .994 Inf Arm: 2 Secondary Positions: NONE How Acquired: Acquired via Trade with C Byron Thiessen from D.C. for 3B Prospect Rene Searles Draft Information: 12th Round, 288th pick in Initial Draft by D.C. Senators Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2001, AA 69 255 79 14 3 8 36 41 33 47 0 1 .310 .384 .482 .866 2001,AAA 42 141 35 7 3 6 20 19 16 34 0 0 .248 .319 .468 .787 2001, DC 7 22 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 9 0 0 .182 .308 .273 .580 2002,AAA 133 496 129 19 0 10 59 71 79 135 2 0 .260 .356 .359 .714 2002, DC 24 67 16 1 0 0 7 7 9 15 0 0 .239 .329 .254 .583 2003, DC 157 520 148 19 2 15 57 63 81 86 1 0 .285 .381 .415 .796 2004, DC 151 508 122 17 1 16 50 57 78 90 2 0 .240 .341 .372 .713 2005, DC 157 492 132 25 2 14 62 58 65 58 3 0 .268 .354 .413 .766 2006, DC 156 539 165 23 2 20 64 79 69 84 0 0 .306 .385 .468 .852 2007, DC 158 549 161 24 2 15 62 61 71 66 0 0 .293 .374 .426 .800 2008, DC 154 456 111 23 1 12 47 53 79 75 0 1 .243 .355 .377 .732 2009, DC 150 496 117 21 0 11 50 51 95 73 0 0 .236 .359 .345 .703 2010, DC 156 531 136 22 2 14 50 66 93 70 0 0 .256 .374 .384 .758 2011,NEV 118 422 108 27 1 10 49 68 71 61 3 0 .256 .366 .396 .762 Total 1388 4602 1220 202 14 127 499 563 715 687 9 1 .265 .365 .398 .763 Comments: Festa was a recent offseason acquisition to boost the teams 1st base outlook. As you will see, our previous 1B was nothing to be happy about. Festa has actually been spot on, with his OPS right at career level. He's also already got a career high in 2Bs, and could match last years HR total. He even has an outside shot at the 100 Walk mark. Overall I'm happy with the trade I made, though it'd be nice to see Festa somehow get back to pre-2008 levels. I think we can manage with him at first for the next 2-3 seasons, but I need to be on the lookout for an eventual replacement now so I am prepared for his decline. Current Impact: 6 out of 10 Future Impact: 5 out of 10 (practically 0 past the 2015 season I expect) Name: Chet Rinehart DOB: 06/10/1980 Age: 31 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 205 Bats: S Throws: R Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 4/4 Gap: 5/6 Power: 5/6 Eye: 10/10 K's: 4/4 Spd./Stl: 5/4 Fielding: 3 Range, .980 1B Arm: 3 Secondary Positions: NONE How Acquired: 1st Round, 9th Overall pick by Nevada in 2003 Draft Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2003, A 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 2003, AA 113 435 136 27 1 1 35 52 50 104 7 9 .313 .374 .386 .760 2003, AAA 15 51 12 3 0 0 4 5 13 9 0 3 .235 .391 .294 .685 2004, Nev 95 123 40 14 0 0 16 15 7 27 0 0 .325 .362 .439 .801 2005, Nev 153 496 116 27 1 6 64 40 80 143 6 3 .234 .340 .329 .669 2006, Nev 154 535 105 31 7 10 60 68 76 135 7 10 .196 .296 .336 .633 2007, Nev 154 502 102 29 2 8 55 50 83 147 12 6 .203 .316 .317 .633 2008, Nev 151 486 117 36 2 7 61 62 86 156 9 7 .241 .355 .366 .721 2009, AAA 8 33 5 2 0 1 6 4 5 6 0 0 .152 .256 .303 .559 2009, Nev 135 341 66 13 4 12 40 39 52 63 6 6 .194 .300 .361 .661 2010, Nev 152 495 90 19 1 10 40 52 65 105 11 9 .182 .282 .285 .567 2011, AAA 121 446 124 22 4 29 68 98 105 80 16 6 .278 .419 .540 .960 Total 994 2978 636 169 17 53 336 326 449 776 51 41 .214 .317 .335 .653 Comments: Meet Chet. Chet is our old First Baseman. Chet sucks. Serious, 3000 ABs and just over the Mendoza Line. Honestly, I'm surprised the old owner let him keep going that long. I yanked him pretty much ASAP. He's got power, he just can't make contact at all. Sure he walks, but he strikes out twice as often. I think I could hit .182, ok maybe not, but still. Between him and backup C Salazar it looks like our 2003 draft (9th overall in each round) was a total disaster. Current Impact: 0.001 out of 10 (Chet won't see a Dragon uni again) Future Impact: 0.0001 out of 10 Name: Melvin Hagberg DOB: 3/15/1979 Age: 33 Ht: 6'7" Wt: 245 Bats: R Throws: R Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 3/4 Gap: 5/6 Power: 7/8 Eye: 5/6 K's: 5/6 Spd./Stl: 2/2 Fielding: 4 Range, .997 IF Arm: 3 OF Arm: 9 Secondary Positions: LF & RF, 2 rating How Acquired: 39th round, 913th overall pick in initial draft by Nevada Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2001, A 81 304 84 30 1 20 68 54 40 56 0 1 .276 .357 .579 .936 2001, AA 67 241 62 17 1 11 34 40 28 37 0 0 .257 .327 .473 .800 2001, AAA 12 46 11 1 0 2 4 5 5 10 0 0 .239 .308 .391 .699 2002, A 136 518 159 37 1 36 118 79 48 87 2 2 .307 .361 .591 .951 2003, A 82 300 78 19 1 16 52 41 46 51 1 0 .260 .351 .490 .841 2003, AA 55 198 58 15 1 9 38 34 18 38 0 0 .293 .342 .515 .857 2004, AA 138 505 116 37 0 17 55 55 53 96 3 0 .230 .296 .404 .700 2005, AA 138 525 128 47 0 27 91 63 48 78 2 1 .244 .303 .488 .791 2006, AA 138 509 137 44 3 34 94 79 49 64 1 0 .269 .327 .568 .895 2007, AA 139 540 151 46 4 34 90 86 60 86 0 1 .280 .347 .569 .916 2008, AA 9 38 9 2 0 1 5 2 2 6 0 0 .237 .268 .368 .637 2008, AAA 118 425 103 38 0 24 71 63 57 69 0 1 .242 .324 .501 .825 2008, Nev 22 31 5 4 0 0 4 0 3 8 0 0 .161 .235 .290 .526 2009, Nev 110 266 48 13 0 9 32 28 16 40 0 0 .180 .227 .331 .558 2010, AAA 93 347 73 13 3 29 61 60 38 38 2 0 .210 .281 .516 .797 2010, Nev 26 46 10 5 0 1 6 4 3 5 0 0 .217 .265 .391 .657 2011, Nev 30 67 11 1 1 4 9 8 5 17 1 0 .164 .243 .388 .631 Total 188 410 74 23 1 14 51 40 27 70 1 0 .180 .235 .344 .579 Comments: Big Melvin has great power, but like Chet, CAN'T HIT. Sure, Melvin owns AA, but get him to the Bigs and the average goes under .200. He's on our bench now, solely for off-the-bench power purposes Current Impact: 1 out of 10 Future Impact: 0 out of 10 Name: Jason Fick DOB: 9/19/1987 Age: 24 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 180 Bats: R Throws: R Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 4/6 Gap: 5/8 Power: 2/1 Eye: 2/3 K's: 6/7 Spd./Stl: 7/4 Fielding: 5 Range, .996 INF Arm: 2 Secondary Positions: NONE How Acquired: 2nd Round, 38th pick in 2011 Draft Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2011, A 5 18 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 .278 .350 .278 .628 2011, AA 115 448 125 16 4 10 31 48 26 42 11 10 .279 .324 .400 .724 Comments: Jason just joined the organization this offseason in my 2nd draft pick since taking ownership. Though he isn't your prototype 1B, he could have a future with the team. He's got solid ratings in 3 slots and great speed for a 1B and plays good D. He's already in AA this season, and next year, possibly in AAA could be a key indicator to his success. Current Impact: 0 out of 10 Future Impact: 4 out of 10 __________________ Join The Dugout!

04-01-2005, 12:35 PM	#11
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Sim Recap 8/21-8/31 Even though I'm not done with the team recap, I want to get my format down for the sim rundowns. So here goes. Keep in mind. We stink. Nevada at Washington, 8/21 - 6-5 Win. We blasted 4 homeruns, and Ray Festa 11th of the season in the 8th inning provided the difference. 2B Moncayo (26th), SS Chris Lott (23rd) and 3B Spike Halpen (8th) also went yard. Halpern knocked 4 hits. Reliever James Barker picked up his 2nd win in relief of Miguel Cordova. Nevada at Washingon, 8/22 - 11-3 win. The offense keeps trucking with 11 runs, including 7 in the first 3 innings. CF DiBenedetto knocked his 17th Homer, and 1B Festa smacked 5 hits and drove in 4 runs! Starter Richard Herron picked up his 10th win. Oregon at Nevada, 8/23 - 5-3 Loss in 12. We knocked 15 hits, but only 3 crossed the plate. Moncayo and Festa each had 3 hits, and new platoon catcher Salazar had 2 hits and 2 runs. Gene Foxworth went 7 strong innings, but reliever Arnie Stier allowed 2 in the 12th for his 2nd loss Oregon at Nevada, 8/24 - 5-2 Win. Back on track with our 3rd win in 4 on the sim. Cyril Foland hit a 2-run Homer in the 4th to put us ahead for good. SP Kirby Rudolph ran his record to 7-9 and closer Herman Trottier picked up his 29th Save. Oregon at Nevada, 8/25 - 9-4 Win. A big 8-run 6th inning got us yet another W. Big Melvin Hagberg, starting in place of the red hot Festa knocked a big 2-out 3-run shot in the 6th inning to ice the game. Starter Jose Leonos was efficient and effective with his 11th win 8/26 - OFF Utah at Nevada, 8/27 - 4-3 Win. Wow, here I go saying how bad we are, and we win 5 of 6 to start the dynasty. PH Byron Thiessen and 2B Rey Moncayo had run scoring singles in the bottom of the 7th to get us the 4-3 lead which we held onto. SP Miguel Cordova ran his record to 8-3 and Trottier picked up save #30. Utah at Nevada, 8/28 - 9-2 Win. Again the bats come out to play, Chris Lott hit a 2nd inning Grand Slam, his 25th Homer of the year and Richard Herron pitched 8 strong innings for his 2nd Win of the sim. Utah at Nevada, 8/29 - 10-0 Win. I am still in shock. We explode for 12 hits and add 8 walks in the romp. LF Mike Doctor cleared the bases with a 1st inning double and Ray Festa stayed hot with 2 more hits, 2 RBI's and a walk. Gene Foxworth went the distance, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk and striking out 4. Kansas at Nevada, 8/30 - 3-1 Loss. All good things come to an end, as we only get 5 hits. New C Salazar knocks in a run with a double, and Spike Halpern and Chris Lott get 2 hits. Kirby Rudolph is the tough luck loser falling to 7-10. Kansas at Nevada, 8/31 - 4-3 win in 12. Wow an 8-2 sim! OF Cyril Foland hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the 12th, his 14th to get us in the dugout. What a game! Kansas tied it in the 9th, scratching out a run. James Barker was fantastic, shutting Kansas down for 2 innings and getting the W. STANDINGS Code: West Team W L Pct GB L10 Colorado 78 53 .595 - 6-4 Utah 78 53 .595 - 2-8 Nevada 63 68 .481 15.0 8-2 California 56 75 .427 22.0 6-4 Oregon 55 77 .417 23.5 4-6 Washington 44 88 .333 34.5 2-8 Well, we gained 6 games on Utah, but it doesn't really matter with just 31 to play and 15 back. .500 baseball isn't out of the question, we would really have to play well to get it though. BATTING STATS Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG R. Moncayo 128 477 135 23 5 26 68 96 61 13 .283 .387 .516 R. Festa 127 461 123 30 1 11 60 75 74 63 .267 .371 .408 C. Lott 131 487 104 17 3 25 82 71 72 51 .214 .319 .415 C. DiBenedetto 126 472 129 30 4 18 69 68 41 72 .273 .340 .468 C. Foland 125 458 117 20 2 14 60 47 23 83 .255 .286 .400 M. Doctor 125 453 116 11 0 4 45 39 32 80 .256 .307 .307 G. Halpern 131 465 121 18 1 9 57 58 46 53 .260 .327 .361 B. Thiessen 94 241 49 7 0 3 19 26 13 38 .203 .252 .270 Others: M. Hui 68 222 49 7 0 2 25 17 7 42 .221 .243 .279 J. Lape 69 101 21 3 0 0 6 10 1 18 .208 .216 .238 J. Salazar 17 53 11 5 0 0 6 6 6 11 .208 .283 .302 A. Garza 62 89 18 6 1 0 8 9 5 30 .202 .245 .292 M. Hagberg 32 76 14 2 1 5 13 9 5 17 .184 .253 .434 C. Francis 35 48 8 0 0 0 3 7 0 11 .167 .167 .167 F. Trujillo 28 25 3 2 0 0 1 4 2 6 .120 .241 .200 A. Estrada 31 70 25 2 0 0 6 11 5 10 .357 .416 .386 Well, here's the offense. Not too bad really, Lott used to be a "Lott" better than he has played this season. Overall, we overplayed our standards this past sim. PITCHING STATS Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K R. Herron 26 26 11 8 0 3.18 164.0 149 69 58 53 40 J. Leanos 26 26 11 8 0 3.83 152.2 155 69 65 36 51 M. Cordova 16 16 8 3 0 3.91 92.0 77 44 40 32 50 G. Foxworth 26 11 3 4 0 4.39 84.0 77 46 41 25 26 K. Rudolph 26 26 7 10 0 3.66 150.0 150 73 61 57 33 M. Tamez 78 0 4 1 2 1.95 92.1 90 23 20 17 25 B. Stoops 73 0 3 5 1 4.10 63.2 58 30 29 26 32 J. Barker 53 1 3 2 2 3.78 64.1 54 29 27 22 17 H. Trottier 70 0 2 6 30 3.18 87.2 72 41 31 46 43 B. Hollenbeck 50 0 1 6 0 5.51 47.1 63 31 29 12 10 J. Grolsch 4 0 0 0 0 2.45 3.2 5 1 1 0 0 A. Stier 19 0 0 2 0 3.97 22.2 26 11 10 4 4 Others: D. Scoggin 18 18 4 9 0 6.19 91.2 109 66 63 38 22 E. Birmingham 22 0 4 1 1 6.16 19.0 24 15 13 8 2 N. Cramer 5 5 1 1 0 4.05 26.2 25 16 12 9 11 R. Quintana 14 2 0 2 0 5.50 18.0 18 11 11 15 8 There's the staff, it's iffy at best. I don't get the low K totals, I think it must be a league thing (Chappy?). Only 2 guys who average 4.5 K/9 or better. Rankings: Batting AVG: .239 (13th) Homeruns: 119 (6th) Walks: 407 (1st) Stolen Bases: 110 (8th) Runs Scored: 564 (T-5th) Pitching ERA: 3.90 (21st) Opponents AVG: .258 (21st) HRs Allowed: 97 (T-8th) Walks Allowed: 401 (21st) Runs Allowed: 580 (21st) As you can see, we're all O and not much pitching. I love being 1st in walks though. As you can see, it makes a big impact on the bottom line (13th in Avg, but 5th in Runs). Upcoming Schedule 9/1 vs Kansas Storm, 6th in the East, 56-76, Season Series 6-5 Nevada 9/2 vs Illinois Jethawks, 1st in the East, 87-44, Season Series 6-2 Illinois 9/3 vs Illinois Jethawks 9/4 vs Illinois Jethawks 9/5 vs Illinois Jethawks 9/6 @ Wisconsin Lumberjacks, 4th in the East, 66-65, Season Series 7-2 Wisconsin 9/7 @ Wisconsin Lumberjacks 9/8 @ Wisconsin Lumberjacks 9/9 OFF 9/10 @ Texas Banditos, 3rd in the East, 71-60, Season series 5-4 Texas 9/11 @ Texas Banditos Pretty rough sim for us as we go through the East. I'd take a 5-5 sim in a heartbeat. Hope you enjoyed my first recap, I promise eventually I won't just be copying Chappy! __________________ Join The Dugout!

04-04-2005, 12:16 PM	#14
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Sim Recap 9/1/2011 - 9/11/2011 9/1 Kansas at Nevada - 9-0 WIN. The hits keep coming as we take the series against Kansas. Miguel Cordova pitched 7.2 shutout innings, only allowing 5 hits. Offensively Clarence DiBennedetto led the way with a 5-hit day, driving in 3 and striking his 31st double. Backup 2B Albert Estrada filled in nicely for Moncayo, grabbing 3 hits, stealing a base and driving in 3. 9/2 Illinois at Nevada - 12-8 LOSS. The East division leaders show us who is boss with a blowout. Richard Herron was jumped on for 5 runs in the first and Illinois never looked back. Offensively, Spike Halpern added his 10th dinger, and Cyril Foland knocked in 3 runs. Reliever Bobby Hollenback was also tattooed for 4 runs in 1/3rd of an inning. 9/3 Illinois at Nevada - 5-2 LOSS. Illinois again scores first (2 in the 1st) and takes home the win. Gene Foxworth pitched admirably, gutting through 116 pitches and 7.2 innings with our depleted pen, but the offense notched just 4 hits (though all doubles). Ray Festa and Cyril Foland knocked in our runs. 9/4 Illinois at Nevada - 5-4 LOSS. Sense a pattern? This time the pen (Trottier) lets us down as Illinois gets the deciding run in the 9th. Rey Moncayo hit a big 7th inning 2-run homer to tie it (27th) but stud Jayhawk closer Deangelo Ramos was too much for us in the 9th. 9/5 Illinois at Nevada - 4-0 LOSS. Ouch, 4 game sweep for Illinois. The offense just couldn't break them the last 3 games. Just 3 hits, highlighted by a pinch hit double by Thiessen. On a sad note, starter Jose Leonos left the game with a Tight Shoulder after his 4th pitch. He'll be out the rest of the recap. The loss went to Moses Tamez, dropping his record to 4-2. 9/6 Nevada at Wisconsin - 3-2 LOSS. The losing ways continue, as our 2-run 1st inning didn't hold up. Ray Festa blasted his 12th homer, but Miguel Cordova couldn't make it stand up. He gave up 3 ER in 7.1 innings, dropping his record to 9-4. Cyril Foland knocked 2 hits and had 2 walks as well. 9/7 Nevada at Wisconsin - 7-6 WIN in 10. Wow what a game. Back-and-forth the whole way. In the end it was a 1-out double by Chris Lott followed by a 2-out single by Spike Halpern which got us the win. Rey Moncayo hit 2 dingers, putting him at 29, and also added a double. What is worse, we again lost a starting pitcher, as Richard Herron made just 14 pitches before leaving with a strained rotator cuff in the 1st. He'll be gone for 4 weeks, so essentially his season has ended with an 11-9, 3.44 mark. 9/8 Nevada at Wisconsin - 4-1 WIN. We rebound to take this series, behind Gene Foxworth's complete game 3-hitter. Gene K'd just 1 batter, but only allowed Alfonzo Ruvalcaba's 7th inning homerun. Chris Lott paced the offense with a 2-out 2-run 3rd inning homer, his 26th. Cyril Foland and Spike Halpern also added 2 hits. 9/9 OFF 9/10 Nevada at Texas - 5-1 WIN. We're back on a roll after an off-day to head straight south to Texas. Kirby Rudolph allowed just an unearned run in 8 innings to run his record to 8-10. Trottier picked up save number 31, his first this sim. Spike Halpern knocked 3 hits, DiBenedetto added a pinch hit homer, his 19th. Foland added 2 MORE hits, and stole his 20th base. That's 4 straight multi-hit games for him. STANDINGS Code: West Team W L Pct GB L10 Colorado 83 57 .593 - 5-5 Utah 83 57 .593 - 5-5 Nevada 67 73 .479 16.0 5-5 Oregon 60 80 .429 23.0 5-5 California 58 82 .414 25.0 3-7 Washington 47 93 .336 36.0 4-6 Ech. Still 16 back. 14-8 will get us the .500 mark (we're 12-7 in our last 19, so it is "Possible".) BATTING STATS Code: Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG R. Moncayo 135 506 143 24 5 29 75 102 63 14 .283 .385 .522 R. Festa 136 499 131 34 1 12 64 81 75 68 .263 .361 .407 C. Lott 140 519 111 21 3 26 85 77 78 54 .214 .322 .416 C. DiBenedetto 135 501 142 32 5 19 77 71 43 73 .283 .350 .481 C. Foland 133 488 129 26 2 14 66 50 25 89 .264 .296 .412 M. Doctor 132 479 121 13 0 4 47 42 33 82 .253 .303 .305 G. Halpern 140 497 130 19 1 10 60 60 49 59 .262 .328 .364 J. Salazar 22 65 12 5 0 0 6 8 8 14 .185 .280 .262 Others: M. Hui 68 222 49 7 0 2 25 17 7 42 .221 .243 .279 B. Thiessen 103 264 57 11 0 3 20 30 14 41 .216 .262 .292 A. Estrada 35 81 28 2 0 0 9 15 5 14 .346 .398 .370 J. Lape 69 101 21 3 0 0 6 10 1 18 .208 .216 .238 A. Garza 66 101 20 6 1 0 9 9 5 33 .198 .236 .277 M. Hagberg 34 85 16 3 1 5 14 9 5 18 .188 .250 .424 C. Francis 35 48 8 0 0 0 3 7 0 11 .167 .167 .167 F. Trujillo 34 36 5 2 0 0 1 5 2 6 .139 .225 .194 41 runs in 9 games for us, a bit above average for us. I'm thinking I'll move Halpern into the 6-spot for the rest of the year, see if he responds with even more improvement. He is now clearly performing better than Doctor. Though struggling, I'm leaving Salazar in for the rest of the year. I need to see if he can at all be the answer there. Thiessen seems to be a "known" quantity, I don't think he's got a solid season in him. The question is, is he the best I've got? PITCHING STATS Code: Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K J. Leanos 27 27 11 8 0 3.82 153.0 155 69 65 36 52 M. Cordova 18 18 9 4 0 3.62 107.0 88 47 43 37 58 K. Rudolph 28 28 8 10 0 3.57 164.0 166 78 65 61 41 G. Foxworth 28 13 4 5 0 4.11 100.2 89 52 46 27 36 R. Quintana 14 2 0 2 0 5.50 18.0 18 11 11 15 8 M. Tamez 82 0 4 2 2 1.99 95.0 93 24 21 18 25 A. Stier 23 0 0 2 0 3.41 29.0 31 12 11 7 5 B. Stoops 78 0 3 5 1 3.95 68.1 64 31 30 28 34 J. Barker 58 1 3 2 2 4.00 69.2 65 33 31 24 20 B. Hollenbeck 54 0 1 6 0 6.02 49.1 68 35 33 13 10 J. Grolsch 7 0 0 0 0 2.70 10.0 11 4 3 3 3 H. Trottier 74 0 2 7 31 3.31 92.1 76 44 34 46 47 Others: R. Herron 28 28 11 9 0 3.44 165.0 154 74 63 56 40 D. Scoggin 18 18 4 9 0 6.19 91.2 109 66 63 38 22 E. Birmingham 22 0 4 1 1 6.16 19.0 24 15 13 8 2 N. Cramer 5 5 1 1 0 4.05 26.2 25 16 12 9 11 Starting to look ugly with Herron done. We'll need to revamp the staff this season I think. Try and get an ace any way we can. On the bright side, if the season ended now, we'd pick 10th. We might be able to net a decent starter for down the road there. Batting AVG: .241 (12th) Homeruns: 126 (6th) Walks: 427 (1st) Stolen Bases: 116 (9th) Runs Scored: 605 (4th) Pitching ERA: 3.89 (21st) Opponents AVG: .258 (21st) HRs Allowed: 101 (8th) Walks Allowed: 428 (21st) Runs Allowed: 617 (21st) Gotta love the high-powered Offense. Even though we're 12th in average, the walks put us 3rd in OBP. If we could just tick that average up to .250, I think we'd score a TON of runs. Another issue is strikeouts. We've struck out the 2nd most (728). Only 2 other teams are even over 700. And that is even with our leadoff hitter, Moncayo, who has only K'd 14 times in almost 600 PA's. Upcoming schedule 9/11 @ Texas Banditos - 76-64, 3rd in East, Series Season tied 5-5 9/12 @ Texas Banditos - 9/13 vs Colorado Rams - 83-57, 1st in West, Colorado leads series 9-7 9/14 vs Colorado Rams - 9/15 vs Washington Griffins - 47-93, 6th in West, Nevada leads series 8-4 9/16 vs Washington Griffins - 9/17 vs Oregon Owls - 60-80, 4th in West, Nevada leads series 8-4 9/18 vs Oregon Owls - 9/19 vs Oregon Owls - 9/20 OFF Pretty average schedule for us, I think 5-4 is possible. __________________ Join The Dugout!

03-29-2005, 03:53 PM	#1
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	The Nevada Dragons and the Long Road Ahead I'm starting this in direct corralation to Chappy's KILLER dynasty about the Freedom. I'm in a similar situation that he was when he took them over, only my Nevada Dragons haven't won squat in the 12 seasons of the NPBL (not rebuilding a champ, more like a chump). I took over the team in mid-July of 2010, just over a year ago. They were like a game into 1st place and we blew it in the last 2 weeks (I didn't do a lot to that team). After a rampage of trades in the offseason in an attempt to get over the hump with some proven talent, we've fallen flat on our face this season. We're mired in 3rd in the Great Explorers League Western Division, with the top 2 teams in the division getting to play baseball in October. 3rd sounds great, only we're a nice fat 15.5 games back of 2nd place. Let's just say we won't have a problem watching Monday Night Football in October. This will be pretty similar to Chappy's posts, I'll cover pretty much the same things. For those not in the know, the NPBL - National Pastime Baseball League is currently in August of 2011 (it's 12th season). Upcoming posts will have... - A team preview! - A look into team history! - A look at the league as a whole! - A look at the Big Plan (TM) - The first sim recap! I hope even one person can enjoy this as much as I have Chappy's. Heck, I joined an online league solely off of that dynasty (I only have OOTP5 at the time, not 6 like NPBL uses). Feel free to shred me moves, offer advice, the whole lot. As you will see, I need all of the help I can get my hands on! __________________ Join The Dugout!

03-29-2005, 04:13 PM	#2
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Nice!!!!

03-30-2005, 08:46 PM	#3
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Postitional Recap - Catchers The catching position has to arguably be our weakest. In fact, the franchise doesn't appear to have had one at all of any great caliber. Here is a look into who we have, and how much they can help. I am listing ages for Opening Day 2012, as 2011 is toast. Stats for Catchers are through August 21st, 2011. Mang Li Hui DOB: 4/21/1986 Age: 25 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 215 Bats: Left Throws: Right Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 6/ 8 Gap: 5/ 6 Power: 3/ 2 Eye: 3/ 4 K's: 5/ 5 Spd./Stl: 2/ 2 Fielding: 5 Range, .972 % C Arm: 2 Secondary Positions: NONE How Acquired: 3rd Round, 65th Overall pick by Nevada in 2005 Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2005, A 138 507 152 23 0 7 56 52 28 111 0 2 .300 .329 .387 .716 2006, A 26 97 27 5 0 0 4 11 5 17 0 1 .278 .308 .330 .638 2006, AA 106 438 150 33 0 6 56 62 16 86 4 0 .342 .358 .459 .817 2007, AA 139 553 154 26 0 11 53 44 28 135 3 2 .278 .311 .385 .696 2008, AAA 118 424 117 20 0 13 53 50 18 96 0 2 .276 .301 .415 .716 2008, Nev 10 27 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 0 0 .185 .185 .185 .370 2009, AAA 126 470 144 21 0 9 67 55 27 64 1 2 .306 .335 .409 .744 2009, Nev 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 2010, AAA 114 296 76 7 1 5 23 24 26 55 0 2 .257 .312 .338 .650 2011, AAA 41 144 47 9 0 4 18 17 17 17 0 0 .326 .416 .472 .888 2011, Nev 68 222 49 7 0 2 25 17 7 42 0 0 .221 .243 .279 .522 Total (NEV)80 253 55 7 0 2 28 19 7 50 0 0 .217 .237 .269 .506 Sadly, Hui might be our best Catcher. Yes, he has a barely over .500 OPS. That's how sad it is. He could be the worst starting catcher ever in fact. He was in AAA for most of this season, but our Opening Day Catcher (Theissen, below) struggled so bad we called Hui up. Not much to say here. Also, pathetically Hui is our 8th best prospect. Ouch. Current Impact: 1 out of 10 Future Impact: 2.5 out of 10 (if he reaches 8 in contact) __________________ Join The Dugout!

03-30-2005, 10:35 PM	#5
hayesb26 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 267	Good luck with this new dynasty. I love reading Chappys each and every update, hopefully this one will become just like that for me!

04-04-2005, 01:37 PM	#15
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Good Luck on reaching .500 - I thought entering the season you'd be in the playoff mix, especially with Washington and Cali rebuilding. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

04-05-2005, 11:37 AM	#18
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,164	Position Recap - Shortstops Name: Chris "Crazylegs" Lott DOB: 9/7/1982 Age: 29 Ht: 6'0 Wt: 175 Bats: R Throws: R Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 7/8 Gap: 7/6 Power: 10/10 Eye: 10/10 K's: 7/8 Spd./Stl: 4/5 Fielding: 5 Range, .966 INF Arm: 7 Secondary Positions: 2B, 5, .967 How Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round, 1st Overall in 2005 Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2005, Nev 155 547 114 11 3 19 76 45 53 149 6 2 .208 .278 .344 .622 2006, Nev 134 474 116 18 3 19 61 65 60 131 7 2 .245 .330 .416 .745 2007, Nev 155 546 145 29 4 21 83 60 77 123 11 2 .266 .356 .449 .805 2008, Nev 156 537 131 15 4 19 67 68 76 118 14 3 .244 .338 .393 .731 2009, Nev 157 534 164 27 2 34 93 100 92 61 13 6 .307 .409 .556 .965 GE 2010, Nev 156 547 141 28 2 27 78 81 90 53 12 6 .258 .366 .464 .830 2011, Nev 140 519 111 21 3 26 85 77 78 54 12 4 .214 .322 .416 .739 Total 1053 3704 922 149 21 165 543 496 526 689 75 25 .249 .344 .434 .778 Comments: Lott, in my mind, has disappointed. Especially this season. Picked #1 overall 7 seasons ago, he just hasn't produced average-wise (except for a glorious 2009). The power and speed are all there, but to really take his game to the All-Star level, he needs to start hitting over .270. At just 29 (he turned 4 days ago), he has a chance to set extraordinary career numbers, but not if he doesn't start hitting for a higher average. He also struggles on defense, having made 30 errors this season. Current Impact: 6 out of 10 Future Impact: 10 out of 10 (his ability to improve over the next 3-4 years is probably a top 3 indicator of the teams' future success) Name: Casey Wabash DOB: 6/11/1987 Age: 24 Ht: 6'0 Wt: 200 Bats: R Throws: R Ratings (Act/Tal) Contact: 2/6 Gap: 5/7 Power: 3/8 Eye: 3/7 K's: 5/5 Spd./Stl: 5/1 Fielding: 9 Range, .981 INF Arm: 6 Secondary Positions: NONE How Acquired: Drafted in 2nd Round, 27th overall pick in 2009 Statistical Performance Code: Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2009, A 138 501 101 27 1 6 46 44 38 102 6 3 .202 .252 .295 .547 2010, A 99 356 76 22 1 4 31 25 26 39 8 8 .213 .262 .315 .577 2011, A 138 480 92 25 3 4 50 46 44 43 6 7 .192 .269 .281 .550 Comments: I can't figure Casey out. His ratings suggest future starter, but his production warrants his release. Even worse, he's rated as our #1 minor league prospect. So why the sub .200 average? Maybe it is OOTP's way of saying he'll just hit .200 in the bigs, so let's not get John's hopes up. Either way, I'm thinking I may send him to AA in 2012, purely to see if that'll help him along. Current Impact: 0 out of 10 Future Impact: 4 out of 10, he could make a solid bench player or good trade bait with development __________________ Join The Dugout!

04-05-2005, 11:50 AM	#19
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	Lott is having a tough year - reminds me a little of Ludwig Claus.