Arizona Diamondbacks (U-25)

[socs624]

The Premise:
-Using Todd Freaks Newest Rosters, I did a fantasy draft
-I took over the Diamondbacks.
-In a 60 pick draft, I drafted 60 blue star players. ( except in the 60th round, i drafted 1 star veteran jason tyner )

I'm curious to see if i will "worsen" these players by rushing them into the majors, or if some will succeed. To see if we can be a world series contender in some years?


Meet the Team: ( After 2 weeks of play) 4/14

The Good: We haven't lost a game Tyner starts.

The Bad: Tyner is yet to start to a game, and we are battling for last in the league with a 2-10 record.
The "hitters"
Catcher: Justin Huber,22, 3.5 * : .263, 2 Hrs, 7 RBI's
Olin Wick, 22, 3*: 0/2 , 1 BB,1 Run

First Base: Prince Fielder,20,5*: .222, 4 Hrs, 11 RBI's, 13 K's

Second Base: Alfonso "the barbarian" Moreno,24,5*: .171,1 HR,1RBI
Rene Wisner,23, 3*: 0/1 1 RBI?

Third Base: Dallas Mcphereson,24,5*: .244, 5 RBI,6 BB
Greg Porter,24,3*: 2/4, 1 R

Short Stop: Joaquin Arias,20,4*: .056, 5 K
Erick Aybar,21,4*: .259, 1 Hr, 6 Rbi, 9 K

Left Field: Brad Hawpe, 25, 5* : .304, 3 Hr, 19 K
Jason Tyner, 27, 1*: .095 (2/21)

Center Field: Curtis Granderson, 24,5*: .250,16 K, 2 Hr

Right Field: Jeff Salazar, 24, 4.5*: .250, 2 Hr, 6 RBI
Michael Bourn,22, 3.5* : .143 (1/7)

The Pitchers

SP: Sean Burnett,22, 5*: 2-1, 2.70 ERA, 8 K, 20 H.A in 23.1 IP
Felix Hernandez,19, 5*: 0-3, 11.25, 6 K
Dustin Mcgowan,23, 5*: 0-1, 6.52, 7 K
Bret Gallagher, 18, 5* : 0-1, 27.01
Erik Threets,23, 4*: 0-1 , 3.00 era,
Bobby Jenks, 24, 4*: 0-0, 9.00 era, 6 K

Middle Relievers:
Charlie Manning, 26, * (yellow), 0-0, 2.25 in 12 innings, 6 K
Thomas Oldham,22, 4* : 0-1, 3.86,
Bobby Jenks

Set-Up Reliever:
Jim "the hammer" Mahurin, 22,5*: 0-0, 1 SV, 6.75

Closer: Duaner Sanchez, 25, 3.5*: 3.09 era, 10 K (11.2 IP)


Some Positive Things:
-We have a 9,021,429 payroll (lowest in the league )
-As a team, we have the 13th most hr's in the league ( 15)
-We're better then the 1-11 Yankees
- As good as 2-10 Twins, and just behind the Brewers 3-8
- We have the best prospects by a long shot ( news section)
-We still have a lot of 5* in A ball. Our single A team is tied for second 9-3

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Two Game Series @ Colorado

Game 1: Bret Galagher (0-1,27.01) vs Jeff Weaver (2-0, 1.62)
Game 2: Dustin Mcgowan (0-1,6.52) vs Rob Bell ( 0-0, 10.39)

Game 1: Weaver stares down Hawpe. Weaver has pitched 6 shutout innings, but Hawpe has other plans as he cracks a solo shot. Arizona 1- Colorado 6
Final Score: Colorado 8 - Dbacks 1
W: Jeff Weaver (3-0)
L: Bret Gallagher (0-2) 4 IP 3 ER

The Team had two hits, hawpes HR, and Wick's single.

Game 2: Top of the 9th, two outs. Porter on 2nd, Moreno steps up to the plate, he squares off and rips a double. Porter sprints home, collides with the catcher and scores the run!
Final Score: Arizona 1, Colorado 10

W: Rob Bell (1-0)
L: D. Mcgowan (0-2) 4 IP 6 ER

We had 8 hits this game which is a nice little improvement.
-Granderson 2/4 , 2nd stolen base!...caught stealing for the fourth time
-Mcphereson 1/4 (Double)
-Porter 1/1 RUN
-Hawpe 1/4
-Moreno 1/3 ( double)
-Huber 1/4
-Aybar 1/4

[Vris]

What I have learned is that pitching prospects are the easiest to screw up by rushing them. Of course that's what your going for, so it's all good.

[socs624]

Yep Yep, In every dynasty that I've noticed him, Sean Burnett always does good. The rest I hope don't "die" to fast

[socs624]

Two Game Series @ San Fran
Game 1 : Felix Hernandez ( 0-3,11.25) vs Carlos Zambrano ( 2-1,3.38)
Game 2: Sean Burnett (2-1, 2.70) vs K. Ishii (1-1, 7.56)

Game 1 : A solid outing from several players, actually kept the game reasonable. Our bullpen pitched well. San Fran-5 Dbacks-3

Salazar- 2/4 (Hr, Double)
Prince Fielder- 3/4 ( 3 doubles!)
Hawpe went - 1/3 making his average on the year .304

In 6 innings pitched Hernandez: 4 hits, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, L

Game 2: I could write a detailed report about this game, but it would only frustrate me more. San Fran 9- Dbacks 8

Fielder- 2/4 4 RBI'S , 2 doubles
Hawpe- 2/3
Arias- 2/4 triple 2 RBI
Granderson-1/4 2 runs, SB

Sean Burnett- 1.2 innings before getting injured


*FIELDER is tied for first in the league with 9 Doubles

We stand 2-14, 10 games out and the leagues worst

[socs624]

With all hope lost, I decided to sim away the rest of this season.

-We finished 36-126. The stats are humorous:
Starters:
Hernandez: 4-18, 5.96,122 K
Burnett: 7-20, 5.13, 120 K
McGowan: 2-22, 7.51, 129 K
Gallagher: 4-23, 9.31 , 84 K
Threets: 2-9, 5.43, 29 K

Relievers:
Jenks: 3-5, 7.90 , 66 K
Manning: 1-3,3.71,47 K
Oldham: 5-8, 6.47 ,87 K
Mahurin:4-7,7.90,78 K
Sanchez:6 SV,5.44,97 K

Interesting, McGowan is now a 4.5 * prospect, from a 5*.
Threets is a 5* prospect from a 4*.

-Jenks went up .5 star (4.5)

Hitters:
Hawpe: .314,22 HR,81 RBI -won gold glove- 2.5 yellow star
Wick: .275, 4 HR, 18 RBI
McPhereson: .265,20,78
Salazar: .264,11,56
Fielder: .258,22,91
Granderson:.256,9,47
Aybar: .251,5,49
Tyner: .231,0,30
Porter: .230,0,11
Bourn: .217,4,12
Moreno: .216,2,44
Huber: .211,14,61
Arias: .203,0,12
Wisner:.188,0,1

-Huber went down .5 * (3)

I was able to resign most of the team, losing a few players.

Off-season to come next

[socs624]

In free agent signing , I signed a 3* 24 year old Jeremy West. Finishing the Rule 5 draft, and Spring Training, our line up looked identical to last year.

These now youngsters had at least a year experience under their belt. I decided to sim a month, to see if this year had any hope.

We won the first game 2-1. After a month, we were in last place... but only 3 games out! The pitching was still ugly, but the hitting as a team improved greatly. A 10-13 record would be sufficient.

[socs624]

The June First Year Player draft was upon us, and I had the first pick.

The best hitter was a talent of 70 contact, 94 power RF Cefe Velazquez.
The best pitcher was Anthony Gallant. In very tough competion in HS, he was 13-0 in 14 games, with a .91 era. He had 136 K's.

I took Anthony Gallant.

Through out the year things got worse and worse.