Return of the Rams

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

Hey, I was 10-8 against you in 2019!

But yeah, you're basically right.

You bet I am

Since I have been GM of the Rams, our record against the Nevada Dragons is 108-72 capped off by a 15-3 year in 2018.

And that doesn't even include our unbeated record against you in the playoffs.

However, to be fair, you've been rebuilding for some time now.

[Y0DA55]

Team Record: 19-31
Sim Record: 2-8

Games
5/21 - 5-4 loss @ Illinois - Oscar Oakley stole his 800th and 801st career stolen bases, had 3 hits, a run, and an RBI. Crosswell lost his 7th game of the season.
5/22 - 2-1 loss @ Illinois - O'Parra pitched 6 innings of shutout ball only to give the ball to the bullpen and let our closer (Ward Chee) give up a 2-run homerun to pinch hitter Jamie Smith (and his .165 average) to lose it in the 9th. We just didn't close them down.
5/23 - 5-1 loss @ Illinois - Our offensive woes continue. Oberlin and Keonig each had 2 hits.
5/24 - 8-4 loss vs Minnesota (11 innings) - Our perfect streak in extra-inning games comes to an end. Billy-Bob Suggs gives up 4 runs in the top of the 11st to seal the deal and waste Long's great pitching performance (7.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER). Steve McLaughlin had 3 hits.
5/25 - 2-1 loss vs Minnesota - Chris Steelman pitched wonderfully (8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 7 K), but got zero help from his offense. He had to do it himself hitting a double and then later scoring on a sacrifice fly by Francisco Diaz.
5/26 - 4-3 WIN vs Minnesota - Amos Oberlin hit a 2-out, 2-run walk off homerun to spoil David Echegaray's chance at win #296.
5/27 - Off Day
5/28 - 8-5 WIN vs Texas - Chet McKie goes 6 innings giving up only 1 run. 6 different guys bat in a run but Rafael Souza almost gave it right back by giving up 4 runs in the top of the 9th.
5/29 - 12-0 loss vs Texas - Nothing pretty about this game. Paul Long goes 4.1 innings (5 ER) giving up 8 of their 19 hits. Walsh, Koenig, and Mingo (a walk) were the only ones to get on base for us.
5/30 - 3-0 loss vs Texas - Another 9 innings without scoring a run. Diaz, Kinchen, and Walsh (2) each had hits. Steelman had another nice game (7 IP, 3ER, 3 H), but it was wasted because WE CAN'T HIT!
5/31 - 7-3 loss vs Kansas - They spot us three runs, but Crosswell decides, "Hey, only I can give up runs when I am pitching!" and gives up 7 of his own. Mingo got on base 4 times in this game. If only people would hit him in (he did score once).

Standings

Great Explorers League
East
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Wisconsin  32 17 .653	-   L3 7-3
Texas	   29 22 .569  4.0  W2 5-5
Kansas	   27 23 .540  5.5  W1 5-5
Minnesota  22 28 .440 10.5  L5 2-8
Illinois   21 29 .420 11.5  W2 5-5
New Mexico 16 35 .314 17.0  W1 4-6

West
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Washington 35 16 .686	-   W3 8-2
Idaho	   30 19 .612  4.0  W4 8-2
Utah	   26 24 .520  8.5  W4 8-2
Nevada	   23 27 .460 11.5  L1 3-7
California 21 30 .412 14.0  L2 4-6
Colorado   19 31 .380 15.5  L3 2-8

Washington has the best record in the entire NPBL with Wisconsin 2nd. Pennsylvania is the only team that can match out 2-8 in the last 10. Buckle up, because this bumpy ride isn't going to get any smoother this season.

Pitching

   Name	         G GS W	L SV  ERA   IP	HA  R ER BB  K
s1 C. McKie	12 12 4 5  0 3.98 72.1  80 33 32 13 37
s2 P. Long	 8  8 2	4  0 5.20 45.0	60 27 26  8 10
s3 C. Steelman	11 11 3	7  0 4.53 57.2	58 30 29 15 37
s4 J. Crosswell	12 12 1 8  0 6.18 67.0	82 50 46 37 30
s5 J. O'Parra	 7  7 1	4  0 5.61 33.2	43 21 21  8 12

mr D. MacKenzie	21  0 2	0  0 4.31 31.1	29 18 15 12  6
mr L. Briscoe	22  0 0	0  2 3.04 26.2	23 11  9  8 20
mr B. Suggs	 7  0 0	1  0 6.75 10.2	14 12  8  9  4
mr J. Langlois	18  0 0	0  0 4.09 22.0	20 10 10  7 16
su R. Souza	29  0 3	1  0 3.72 36.1	29 16 15 10 27
su A. Stier	21  0 1	0  1 2.66 23.2	23  7  7  7 10
cl W. Chee	19  0 2	1  6 5.66 20.2	23 13 13  8 12

Leads Team - Whether it be good or bad

I don't know how McKie is doing it, but he's making due. He doesn't have ace stats, more like 3rd or 4th starter stats, but for us, he's been an ace. I'm a little disapointed in Paul Long's rough start. He's young, so I'm not going to go trading him or anything, but much like my current job, he's just been a little disapointing. Our starters are averaging 5 and a half innings per start, so unfortunately, having 7 guys in the bullpen was the right call (and they are STILL being overworked).

Lineup

     Name	    G  AB  H 2B	3B HR RBI  R BB	 K  AVG	 OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   45 170 39 10	 1  0   8 24 22 34 .229	.325 .300
2 CF F. Diaz	   47 166 45  4	 2  4  18 15  8	32 .271	.311 .392
3 2B V. Koenig	   49 173 50  4	 0  2  19 20 11	23 .289	.339 .347
4 SS J. Kinchen	   50 194 49 11  2  5  25 20  5 33 .253 .288 .407
5  C J. Walsh	   45 173 53 11  1  1  22 18 11 22 .306 .348 .399
6 RF O. Oakley	   47 172 36  4	 1  5  20 13 16 36 .209 .275 .331
7 3B R. Jerkins	   50 184 29  7  1  0   9 19 15 27 .158 .229 .207
8 1B A. Oberlin	   37  70 17  3	 1  2  12  6  3	 5 .243	.276 .400

     J. Carmona	   21  20  8  0	 0  0   3  0  0	 2 .400	.400 .400
     C. McKie	   12  21  7  1	 0  1   3  2  1	 5 .333	.364 .524
     S. McLaughlin 41 126 34  3	 0  1  12 14  7	26 .270	.311 .317
     K. Biel	   29  54 10  4	 0  0	5  3  3	10 .185	.224 .259
     N. Mutsuhito  19  41  5  0	 0  0	1  1  2	10 .122	.163 .122
     C. Baker	   27  42  5  1	 0  1	2  5  5	11 .119	.213 .214

Leads Team - With a big enough sample size

I threw McKie in here because I wanted to show you who had the highest Slugging percentage on the team. Yes, that's right, our #1 pitcher. He also leads our team in On-Base Percentage. What else can I say? We need more offense.

Mileston Watch
Oakley stole his 800th base of his career in the first game of the sim. That puts him 7th all time.

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .234 (23rd)
Homeruns: 22 (T-23rd)
Walks: 111 (23rd)
Stolen Bases: 34 (T-11th)
Runs Scored: 164 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.65 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .276 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 52 (23rd)
Walks Allowed: 142 (11th)
Runs Allowed: 248 (21st)

Well, at least we aren't walking a ton of people.

[Vris]

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .234 (23rd)
Homeruns: 22 (T-23rd)
Walks: 111 (23rd)
Stolen Bases: 34 (T-11th)
Runs Scored: 164 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.65 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .276 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 52 (23rd)
Walks Allowed: 142 (11th)
Runs Allowed: 248 (21st)

Well, at least we aren't walking a ton of people.

You don't like walking either! You don't have a problem running though.

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by Vris

You don't like walking either! You don't have a problem running though.

34 stolen bases this year for a 64% stolen base percentage. Not great, but I like to run. Too bad we are probably running ourselves out of some runs.

[No Pepper]

Have you tried trading Oakley? You mentioned him as your best trade bait but apparently he didn't like the rumors, so far turning in a poor season, and he isn't getting younger. He's got his 800 SBs, so I wonder if on a losing team, he's got anything to play for. A starter would be nice, even if AAA level. Good read so far Y0DA!

[Vris]

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

34 stolen bases this year for a 64% stolen base percentage. Not great, but I like to run. Too bad we are probably running ourselves out of some runs.

Over the course of a season, I don't think it correlates to many runs. 20 maybe? I know 75% is the minimum success rate to be considered of any value.

[Y0DA55]

Team Record: 22-37
Sim Record: 3-6

Games
6/1 - 3-2 loss vs Kansas - We begin June the same way that we ended May, with a loss. O'Parra pitched well (6.1 IP, 1 R), but aside from Jake Kinchen's Homerun and Vin Koenig's 3 hits, there was little offense.
6/2 - 6-5 WIN vs Kansas - Leandro Mingo (and his .332 OBP) walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to win this one. Too many offensive contributers to name, but James Walsh was Player of the Game with 3 hits, a run, and an RBI.
6/3 - Off Day
6/4 - 3-0 loss @ Wisconsin - The off day did nothing for our offense. We managed 5 hits, with only a Richard Jerkins double going for extra bases. Paul Long was the unfortunate losing pitcher.
6/5 - 8-1 loss @ Wisconsin - We managed a run off of six hits, but only one of those hits mattered (a homerun by Jake Kinchen). Christopher Steelman and Jose Langlois "helped" by combining to give up 8 runs in 6.2 innings.
6/6 - 5-0 loss @ Wisconsin - Our offense again does nothing (Diaz and Mingo each had 2 hits) as we complete the series with Wisconsin scoring a total of 1 run. Crosswell drops his record to 1-9.
6/7 - 2-1 loss @ Nevada (10 innings) - Ward Chee gets the loss by giving up the run in the bottom of the 10th. Kenneth Biel scores our lone run in the top of the 6th after pinch running for Oberlin.
6/8 - 3-2 loss @ Nevada - John O'Parra allows 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning, and we just can't come back from that. Vin Koenig's 2-run double in the top of the 5th inning helped, but couldn't put us over the top.
6/9 - 5-3 WIN @ Nevada - Paul Long wins his 3rd game of the season and Jake Kinchen extends his hitting streak to 10 games with 3 hits in this one. Chee gets his 7th save of the season.
6/10 - 3-0 WIN @ Nevada - Steelman, Souza, Stier, and Chee combine to shut out Nevada (with Steelman allowing just 2 hits in 7.1 innings AND wins Player of the Game). Oscar Oakley scored 2 of our runs and Steve McLaughlin had a 2-run pinch-hit single in the top of the 9th to add some insurance which allowed Ward Chee to come on and record the save.

Standings

GEL
East
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Wisconsin  38 21 .644	-   W2 6-4
Kansas	   33 26 .559  5.0  L1 7-3
Texas	   33 28 .541  6.0  W1 4-6
Illinois   30 30 .500  8.5  W5 9-1
Minnesota  24 35 .407 14.0  L2 2-8
New Mexico 18 42 .300 20.5  L4 3-7

West
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Washington 43 17 .717	-   W6 9-1
Idaho	   35 24 .593  7.5  L1 5-5
Utah	   29 31 .483 14.0  W1 3-7
Nevada	   28 31 .475 14.5  L2 5-5
California 25 36 .410 18.5  L4 4-6
Colorado   22 37 .373 20.5  W2 3-7

So Washington is building up a HUGE lead here, and it doesn't look like they are going to give it up anytime soon as they just completed a big trade over the weekend detailed in the next post.

We are on a one-way track to Nowheresville this season. Not that this has changed in the last week or anything. Just thought I'd keep you updated.

Pitching

   Name	         G GS  W L SV   ERA    IP  HA  R ER BB	 K
s1 C. McKie	14 14  4 5  0  4.01  85.1  92 39 38 16	43
s2 P. Long	10 10  3 5  0  4.97  58.0  71 33 32 13	14
s3 C. Steelman	13 13  4 8  0  4.35  70.1  69 35 34 22	43
s4 J. Crosswell	13 13  1 9  0  6.04  73.0  89 53 49 39	31
s5 J. O'Parra	 9  9  1 5  0  4.30  46.0  56 25 22 11	17

mr L. Briscoe	25  0  0 1  2  3.73  31.1  27 15 13 11	22
mr B. Suggs	 7  0  0 1  0  6.75  10.2  14 12  8  9	 4
mr D. MacKenzie	23  0  2 0  0  3.82  35.1  30 18 15 13	 7
mr J. Langlois	19  0  0 0  0  5.01  23.1  21 13 13 10	18
su R. Souza	35  0  3 1  0  3.38  40.0  31 16 15 10	29
su A. Stier	25  0  1 1  1  2.88  25.0  27  8  8  8	10
cl W. Chee	24  0  3 1  8  4.56  25.2  26 13 13  9	14

The unfortunate thing about our pitching staff is that they aren't doing too badly. Sure, they aren't championship calliber, but the front three are pretty solid. We just have no offense to help these guys out. The 2-14 record by Crosswell and O'Parra is just ugly, any way you look at it.

Could I use a three-man rotation?

Lineup

     Name	    G  AB  H 2B	3B HR RBI   R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   54 200 49 13	 1  0   9  26 24 39 .245 .332 .320
2 CF F. Diaz	   56 200 52  6	 2  4  20  17 10 40 .260 .300 .370
3 2B V. Koenig	   57 201 59  5	 0  2  21  21 14 24 .294 .346 .348
4 SS J. Kinchen	   59 230 64 13	 3  7  28  24  6 36 .278 .310 .452
5  C J. Walsh	   53 197 58 12	 1  1  23  21 17 25 .294 .350 .381
6 RF O. Oakley	   56 206 39  6	 1  5  22  15 20 43 .189 .260 .301
7 3B R. Jerkins	   59 218 35  8	 3  0  13  19 18 31 .161 .231 .225
8 1B A. Oberlin	   44  87 22  4	 1  2  15   7  4  8 .253 .292 .391
     
     J. Carmona	   27  28 10  1	 0  0	3   0  1  2 .357 .379 .393
     S. McLaughlin 48 138 36  3	 0  1  14  15  9 27 .261 .309 .304
     K. Biel	   31  57 10  4	 0  0	5   4  3 10 .175 .213 .246
     N. Mutsuhito  23  53  9  1	 0  0	1   2  2 13 .170 .200 .189
     C. Baker	   34  52  7  2	 0  1	2   6  5 14 .135 .211 .231

Kinchen has been red hot recently, but the trade winds are a-blowing and inside sources say he may not last the month in Colorado if the right deal comes up.

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .235 (22nd)
Homeruns: 24 (24th)
Walks: 137 (22nd)
Stolen Bases: 39 (T-13th)
Runs Scored: 184 (24th)

Pitching ERA: 4.47 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .270 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 56 (22nd)
Walks Allowed: 171 (T-10th)
Runs Allowed: 280 (18th)

[Y0DA55]

Trade News
So Washington (most recently the 2018 Champion) and Florida (the 2020 and reigning NPBL Champion) pulled off a big deal. Florida is selling off parts. Their division is pretty competitive and the GM (who took over the team midseason last year) wants to rebuild.

The big pieces of the trade both went to Washington. Florida got some prospects and a couple draft picks. But these two are what is going to keep Washington on top of our division for quite a while:

Bill Worm - C - 29 year old 4.5 star catcher. The big deal with this guy is his ability to get on base. Currently, his on base percentage is .475. He was a 1st round (1st overall) draft pick in 2014.

Joel Huertas - 2B - 29 year old 4.5 star second baseman. He's not exactly hitting as well as he was the past couple years as he's taken a bit of a talent hit. But this was the Bluefish's 1st round (1st overall) draft pick in 2012.

We'll see if Florida regains any of the value that they gave up.

As for my opinion of Florida's rebuild? They absolutely are trying to rebuild too early. And with a few of the teams in their division being very young (and very good), it's going to be a looong road back for Florida.

Originally Posted by No Pepper

Have you tried trading Oakley? You mentioned him as your best trade bait but apparently he didn't like the rumors, so far turning in a poor season, and he isn't getting younger. He's got his 800 SBs, so I wonder if on a losing team, he's got anything to play for. A starter would be nice, even if AAA level. Good read so far Y0DA!

Thanks NP! This post actually got my butt in gear to try to see what I can get for Oakley. I'll let you all know if anything develops.

Originally Posted by Vris

Over the course of a season, I don't think it correlates to many runs. 20 maybe? I know 75% is the minimum success rate to be considered of any value.

Yeah, I've heard that. I'm just addicted to speed (not that we have that anymore). Perhaps I might just tone it down a little bit.

[No Pepper]

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

Could I use a three-man rotation?

I don't necessarily think you'd have to do that, considering O'Parra has dropped his ERA by 2 runs over the last few sims. Granted, it hasn't translated to wins - perhaps due to his lack of endurance - but it is a step in the right direction if you have no other options. Crosswell's peripheral stats hurt him more to suggest a 4-man rotation instead, keeping O'Parra.

[Y0DA55]

Team Record: 24-44
Sim Record: 2-7

Games
6/11 - 7-3 loss @ Utah - Jermaine Crosswell lost his 8th straight decision and brought his overall record down to 1-10 while Jerkins scored 2 runs on 2 hits.
6/12 - 7-6 loss @ Utah - We scored 3 runs in the 8th inning to tie it but then Jose Langlois gave up a solo homerun in the bottom of the inning that we couldn't come back from. Jerkins came through again with 2 hits, 2 RBI, and a run scored.
6/13 - 3-2 loss @ Utah - O'Parra pitched decently (5.2 IP, 3 ER), but it wasn't enough to stop the Scorpions. Solo homeruns by Koenig and Oakley were all we got for runs scored.
6/14 - 3-2 WIN vs Washington (10 innings) - We finally win a 1-run game this sim. Paul Long pitched beautifully (7 IP, 0 ER, 1 R, 6 H, 5 K, 2 BB) to win player of the game. The real story is Chris Baker pinch running for Steve McLaughlin in the bottom of the 10th after McLaughlin singled. With two outs, Baker (14 stolen bases in 5 previous years), our backup catcher, then proceeds to steal second base and scored the game winning run on Francisco Diaz's single.
6/15 - 4-3 loss vs Washington - The Griff's hit us back with a 1-run game as Steelman allows all their runs on 9 hits in 7 innings. Koenig had 3 hits.
6/16 - 9-6 loss vs Washington - Jake Kinchen (8) and Oscar Oakley (7) each hit homeruns and Oakley acquired two more hits, but it wasn't enough as Crosswell and Langlois each allowed 4 runs.
6/17 - Off Day
6/18 - 8-3 WIN @ Idaho (12 innings) - We are 6-2 in extra inning affairs this year. That's got to count for something, right? Right? Steve McLaughlin hit a 3-run homerun in the bottom of the top of the 12th to cap off a 5 run inning that Idaho just wasn't going to come back from. McKie allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, but our bullpen allowed 0 runs in their 6 innings.
6/19 - 5-1 loss @ Idaho - Oscar Oakley hit his 8th homerun of the year in the top of the ninth for our only run and one of only 3 hits all day. Paul Long allowed 5 runs in 5.1 innings.
6/20 - 5-0 loss @ Idaho - Our offense sputters again as we get only 4 singles and 2 walks (Walsh was the only one with 1 of each). Steelman allows 4 runs (only 2 earned) in 6 innings of work.

Standings

Great Explorers League
East
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Wisconsin  44 24 .647	-   L1 7-3
Kansas	   40 28 .588  4.0  W2 7-3
Texas	   39 31 .557  6.0  W3 7-3
Illinois   34 35 .493 10.5  L2 5-5
Minnesota  26 42 .382 18.0  L4 2-8
New Mexico 20 49 .290 24.5  W1 2-8

West
Team	    W  L  PCT  GB  Stk L10
Washington 49 20 .710	-   L1 7-3
Idaho	   39 29 .574  9.5  W2 4-6
Utah	   35 34 .507 14.0  W1 7-3
Nevada	   31 37 .456 17.5  W1 3-7
California 31 39 .443 18.5  L1 6-4
Colorado   24 44 .353 24.5  L2 3-7

It's clearly Washington's race to lose this year. They have the best record in the entire NPBL by 5 games over Wisconsin.

Pitching

   Name	         G GS  W  L SV	ERA	IP  HA	 R ER BB  K
s1 C. McKie	16 16  4  5  0  4.27  97.0 105	48 46 19 48
s2 P. Long	12 12  3  6  0	4.73  70.1  83	39 37 19 20
s3 C. Steelman	15 15  4 10  0	4.10  83.1  89	43 38 25 48
s4 J. Crosswell	15 15  1 10  0	6.01  82.1 105	59 55 46 34
s5 J. O'Parra	10 10  1  6  0	4.35  51.2  61	28 25 12 20

mr D. MacKenzie	27  0  2  1  0	3.38  40.0  35	19 15 15 10
mr L. Briscoe	30  0  0  1  2	3.47  36.1  32	16 14 12 22
mr B. Suggs	 7  0  0  1  0	6.75  10.2  14	12  8  9  4
mr J. Langlois	22  0  0  1  0	5.79  28.0  27	18 18 11 24
su R. Souza	42  0  4  1  0	3.65  44.1  34	19 18 13 32
su A. Stier	29  0  2  1  1	2.61  31.0  32	10  9 10 11
cl W. Chee	27  0  3  1  8	4.34  29.0  29	14 14 11 19

Two 10-game losers and we aren't even half way through the season yet. I think I'm going to have to move Crosswell out of the 4th spot. He sucks.

Lineup

     Name	    G  AB  H 2B	3B HR RBI  R BB	 K  AVG	 OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   63 224 53 13	 1  0  10 27 28	40 .237	.327 .304
2 CF F. Diaz	   65 236 62 11	 2  4  24 21 11	44 .263	.299 .377
3 2B V. Koenig	   66 234 71  5	 0  3  24 25 15	28 .303	.349 .363
4 SS J. Kinchen	   68 265 69 13	 3  8  30 27 10	39 .260	.299 .423
5 C  J. Walsh	   61 226 67 12	 1  1  27 24 19	30 .296	.351 .372
6 RF O. Oakley	   65 236 48  6	 1  8  25 20 22	50 .203	.273 .339
7 3B R. Jerkins	   68 253 43 11	 3  0  16 25 18	33 .170	.236 .237
8 1B A. Oberlin	   53 109 26  5	 1  2  15  7  6	12 .239	.289 .358

  2B J. Carmona	   32  32 11  1	 0  0	3  0  1	 3 .344	.382 .375
  1B S. McLaughlin 56 155 44  3	 0  2  19 16  9	28 .284	.325 .342
  1B N. Mutsuhito  29  74 14  1	 0  0	4  3  2	16 .189	.211 .203
  OF K. Biel	   36  66 12  4	 0  0	5  4  4	12 .182	.225 .242
  C  C. Baker	   41  63 10  4	 0  1	4  8  5	15 .159	.221 .270

Just as a note: I have two 1B, neither of whome are in my starting lineup, because Oberlin is a shortstop that I stuck at first as he was hot and I didn't really have a spot for him at SS. I may have to put McLaughlin back at first next sim, and I may have to give Carmona a shot somewhere (maybe at 3rd). We really don't have much of a bench, huh?

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .238 (22nd)
Homeruns: 30 (24th)
Walks: 156 (T-22nd)
Stolen Bases: 47 (13th)
Runs Scored: 216 (24th)

Pitching ERA: 4.43 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .272 (21st)
HRs Allowed: 58 (19th)
Walks Allowed: 202 (13th)
Runs Allowed: 325 (20th)

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by No Pepper

I don't necessarily think you'd have to do that, considering O'Parra has dropped his ERA by 2 runs over the last few sims. Granted, it hasn't translated to wins - perhaps due to his lack of endurance - but it is a step in the right direction if you have no other options. Crosswell's peripheral stats hurt him more to suggest a 4-man rotation instead, keeping O'Parra.

Yeah, O'Parra is going to move into the 4 spot if I can remember to do that before next sim (computer problems over here, so I have to do it via instructions).

[Y0DA55]

Kinchen Dealt for Prospect

Arguably our best hitter, beloved Jake Kinchen has been sent to the Maryland Admirals of the Founding Father's League where he will occupy the #4 spot in the lineup on a Maryland team that is 3 games up on the Wild Card race.

A former 1st round draft pick, Kinchen was just coming into his own this year batting .260 with 8 homeruns and 30 RBI in 68 games (leads team in HR, RBI, and games played). The 8 homeruns ties his career high.


So what did we get in return?

Would you believe only a third round draft choice from the previous draft?

Well, its true.

20 year old starting pitcher Salvatore Perez was the third pick in the 3rd round in this past draft. He recently got a big bump in his talent and is now the 34th ranked prospect in the league. I'm really excited about this acquisition. It's nothing earth shaking, but Perez could be a pretty solid pitcher sooner rather than later for us. Here are his stats so far this year with Maryland:

Year	   G GS	 W L SV	 ERA   IP HA  R	ER HR BB  K CG SHO WHIP	BABIP
2021, AA  13 13	 7 3  0	2.98 87.2 62 36	29  5 44 43  0	0  1.21	 .220
2021, AAA  2  2	 0 0  0	6.30 10.0 14  7	 7  0  6 11  0	0  2.00	 .438

[ifspuds]

I like the batting average against, but that BB:K ratio at AA is a little scary. Still, in my opinion, you can never have too many arms in the system.

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by ifspuds

I like the batting average against, but that BB:K ratio at AA is a little scary. Still, in my opinion, you can never have too many arms in the system.

My thoughts exactly. To me, Kinchen wasn't going to help us out too much. In the short term, yes. But by the time this team is built to win (say 3-5 years), he'll be passed his prime. Plus he can't field, and I like me some good fielding middle infielders (not that Koenig can field either).

I also really like pitching. It killed me to trade Lamela (just won pitcher of the month over in the FFL and has a 1.26 ERA), Suarez (9-7, 2.97), and Perl (5-6, 4.06), but I just didn't think that I could build up a championship team with all of my big bats fading and nothing coming up through the minors. I'm liking what I've got building down there now with James, Herald, and Perez. Long is going to take some time, but he'll straighten out eventually.

[Y0DA55]

Team Record: 26-51
Sim Record: 2-7

Games
6/21 - 11-4 loss @ California - Kyle Warner makes his first error as Rams shortstop, but he does have an RBI single in his major league debut. John O'Parra got hit up for 6 runs in 0.2 innings. So much for moving him up to the #4 spot in our pitching order. Leandro Mingo also had 3 hits.
6/22 - 9-3 loss @ California - Crosswell lost his 9th straight decision and Vin Koenig scored 2 runs as we got crushed by California.
6/23 - 3-1 loss @ California - Mingo was the only one with multiple hits. McKie pitched well enough to win, but our offense was really lacking in this one with just 7 hits.
6/24 - 7-0 loss @ California - 4 hits in total for us (with Diaz getting two of them). Paul Long get torched for 7 runs on 7 hits in 2.1 innings.
6/25 - 3-2 loss @ Nevada - Kyle Warner hit the first homerun of his career and James Walsh scored the tying run in the top of the ninth only to have Jose Langlois give that run right back in the bottom of the inning.
6/26 - 5-1 loss @ Nevada - O'Parra pitches effectively and Kyle Warner hits his second homerun in as many days, but its not enough as Armando Campana holds us to just 1 run on 6 hits (to raise his record to 4-11... wow, we can't even beat bad pitchers).
6/27 - 17-11 WIN @ Nevada (11 innings) - We used our entire bullpen in this one with Suggs getting the win with 2 perfect innings of work. 6 runs crossed the plate in the 11th inning on 2 doubles (Diaz and our pitcher, Suggs), a triple (Mingo) and a whole host of walks. Here's how our top three did: Mingo (3-5, 3 runs, 3 hits, 3 RBI, 2 BB), Diaz (4-7, 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 RBI), and Koenig (4-5, 4 runs, 4 hits, 5 RBI, 1 BB).
6/28 - Off Day
6/29 - 7-2 loss vs Illinois - Long pitches well (yet still gets the loss), but our bullpen blew this one giving up 4 runs in two innings (Ward Chee being the main offender giving up 2 ER in 0.1 innings, which is why he isn't my closer anymore). Diaz hit his 5th homerun of the year.
6/30 - 10-5 WIN vs Illinois - McKie evens out his record at 5-5 with a not so hot performance. Our offense was just clicking. Mingo (3 RBI), Koenig (3 hits, 2 RBI), and Oakley (3 hits, 3 RBI) all starred in this one with Oakley winning the PotG.

Standings

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Wisconsin  48 29 .623	-   L1 4-6
Kansas	   46 32 .590  2.5  L2 6-4
Texas	   41 38 .519  8.0  L6 3-7
Illinois   39 39 .500  9.5  L1 5-5
Minnesota  31 47 .397 17.5  L1 5-5
New Mexico 25 54 .316 24.0  W1 5-5

West
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Washington 56 23 .709	-   W2 7-3
Idaho	   44 34 .564 11.5  L1 5-5
Utah	   39 40 .494 17.0  W1 4-6
Nevada	   37 40 .481 18.0  W2 7-3
California 37 42 .468 19.0  W1 6-4
Colorado   26 51 .338 29.0  W1 2-8

The trade of Kinchen didn't do anything to help us out in the short term, but it wasn't meant to.

Pitchers

   Name	         G GS  W  L SV	 ERA    IP  HA	 R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	14 14  3  8  0  5.08  79.2  95	49 45 21 22
s2 C. McKie	18 18  5  5  0	4.31 108.2 121	54 52 22 54
s3 C. Steelman	16 16  4 10  0	3.97  90.2  93	45 40 28 50
s4 J. O'Parra	12 12  1  8  0	5.09  58.1  74	39 33 12 21
s5 J. Crosswell	17 17  1 11  0	6.38  90.1 118	68 64 53 39

mr D. MacKenzie	33  0  2  2  0	4.44  48.2  50	31 24 20 16
mr B. Suggs	 9  0  1  1  0	5.02  14.1  15	12  8 10  6
mr L. Briscoe	34  0  0  1  2	3.35  40.1  35	17 15 15 25
mr J. Langlois	25  0  0  2  0	5.34  32.0  29	19 19 13 25
su W. Chee	33  0  3  1  8	4.81  33.2  36	18 18 15 24
su R. Souza	49  0  4  1  0	3.58  50.1  38	21 20 14 35
cl A. Stier	32  0  2  1  1	3.18  34.0  40	13 12 10 13

Steelman has been our best pitcher, we just need to give him some run support. If I hadn't moved Crosswell down, he could have made a run at 20 losses.

Also, I should note, Arnie Stier is now our closer. He's pitching better than anyone in the pen, so that's where he should be.

Lineup

     Name	    G  AB  H 2B	3B HR RBI  R BB	 K  AVG	 OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   71 258 68 17	 2  0  17 34 32	43 .264	.349 .345
2 CF F. Diaz	   73 265 75 14	 2  5  27 28 15	47 .283	.326 .408
3 2B V. Koenig	   74 261 82  5	 0  5  31 33 21	29 .314	.371 .391
4 RF O. Oakley	   73 267 54  7	 2  8  28 21 27	61 .202	.277 .333
5 C  J. Walsh	   70 255 72 13	 2  1  28 27 20	33 .282	.333 .361
6 SS K. Warner	    9  32  7  1	 0  2   6  4  3	 5 .219	.324 .438
7 1B S. McLaughlin 65 185 49  4	 0  2  22 17 10	38 .265	.305 .319
8 3B J. Carmona	   39  56 16  2	 0  0	4  3  6	 9 .286	.365 .321

     A. Oberlin	   59 118 27  5	 1  2  15  8  7	14 .229	.282 .339
     C. Baker	   46  76 14  4	 0  2	6  9  5	15 .184	.235 .316
     N. Mutsuhito  34  82 15  1	 0  0	5  3  2	19 .183	.200 .195
     R. Jerkins	   74 263 44 11	 3  0  17 25 20	33 .167	.237 .232
     K. Biel	   41  78 13  5	 0  0	5  7  5	14 .167	.214 .231

The trade of Jake Kinchen hurt our power supply, not that we had much of a power supply to begin with. I moved Carmona into the lineup to see what he could do because Jerkins was just killing us. Jerkins may make it back into the lineup, we'll see how Carmona does.

Warner had a decent start as a Ram. He came over to Colorado as part of the Jacob Perl deal. He's a much better fielder than Kinchen ever was, but not as good with the bat. He's not the answer there, but he'll hold the ground until I can find something to go there (or until I bring up Naldo Reyes, who is currently in AA).

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .240 (22nd)
Homeruns: 36 (24th)
Walks: 190 (21st)
Stolen Bases: 52 (14th)
Runs Scored: 256 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.63 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .276 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 70 (20th)
Walks Allowed: 233 (13th)
Runs Allowed: 386 (22nd)

The Boys on the Farm
Still the #1 ranked minor league system in the league. Hennen, Massengill, and possibly Schuh are going to make the jump to the bigs later this year, or if not, definitely by next spring as half of my outfield is retiring.

Batters
#  Name	               Age Pos Spd Rng Level  AVG HR RBI
2  Ross Lange	        18   C 	3   3	  A  .242  5  18
4  Bates Schatz	        21  2B	2   5	 AA  .307  3  22
5  James Hennen	        24  LF 10   8   AAA  .303  9  52
6  Earl Schuh	        24  RF	2   3	 AA  .277  9  41
10 Nightmare Massengill	22  3B	3   3   AAA  .317  5  48

Pitchers
# Name	         Age Role Level	 Rec  ERA    IP	 HA  BB	  K
1 Paydirt James	  18   SP     A	 3-3 2.36 103.0	 98  26	 52
3 Paul Long	  22   SP Majors 3-8 5.08  79.2	 95  21	 22
7 Chip Herold	  24   SP    AA	 7-5 3.99 106.0	 87  50	 71
8 Salvatore Perez 20   SP   AAA	 2-0 2.84  25.1	 21  13	 17
9 Armando Renez	  18   SP     A	 2-9 7.61  84.0	 94  49	 41

Kinchen Watch
Here's how Jake did since the trade.

Date Opp.  Result AB R	H 2B 3B	HR RBI BB K Spot	 	 
6/21 @PA   W 5-2   1 1	1  1  0  0   1	0 0   #9	 	 
6/22 @PA   W 2-1   1 0	0  0  0	 0   0	0 0   #9	 	 
6/25 ON	   W 3-1   3 1	1  0  0	 1   2	1 0   #4	 	 
6/26 ON	   W 3-2   4 1	3  1  0	 0   1	0 0   #5	 	 
6/27 ON	   W 5-3   4 1	2  0  0	 0   0	0 0   #4	 	 
6/28 @MS   L 1-2   4 0	1  0  1	 0   0	0 1   #4	 	 
6/30 @MS   W 6-5   5 1	4  0  0	 0   2	0 0   #4 PoG
Totals            22 5 12  2  1  1   6  1 1

Once he entered their lineup for good, he tore it up. It will remain to be seen whether or not this was a good trade. I tend to prefer pitching to hitting, and I felt that Perez has more upside than Kinchen at this point.

[Y0DA55]

Team Record: 31-55
Sim Record: 5-4

Games
7/1 - 5-4 loss vs Illinois - Steelman pitches well, but was kept in a little too long allowing 3 runs in the 7th and 8th innings to allow Illinois to tie the game up. Leroy Briscoe let up the winning run.
7/2 - 5-1 WIN vs New Mexico - John O'Parra went 6.2 innings allowing only 1 earned run to earn the win. Rafael Souza went 2 innings for the save. The big hitting story this game was Kyle Warner and his 3-4 day with 2 runs.
7/3 - 4-0 WIN vs New Mexico - Paul Long pitches a complete game, 3-hit shutout (with 3 Ks) and James Walsh has 3 hits, including a double and a triple, and 3 RBI.
7/4 - 2-1 WIN vs New Mexico - Alex Acevedo, fresh from AAA, pitches a 7 inning, 5 hit, 1 run gem to win player of the game in his very first major league appearance. He doesn't get the win, however, as Nori Mutsuhito grounds into a fielders choice which allows Kenneth Biel to come across with the winning run.
7/5 - 3-2 WIN vs Texas - We were up 3-0 early on and never allowed them to catch back up. Chet McKie allows 4 hits and 1 run in 7 innings and James Walsh again stars for us with 3 hits, 2 RBI, and a run for himself.
7/6 - 7-5 loss vs Texas (10 innings) - Arnie Stier allows 2 runs on 3 hits while causing zero outs to occur in the top of the 10th. Kind of wastes a 3-5 day by Walsh (3 RBI and a Run scored).
7/7 - 6-4 loss vs Texas - We just lost this one. Our pitching wasn't spectacular, O'Parra (4 runs) and Chee (2 runs) were the main culprits for the loss. Koenig went 3 for 3 and Oakley hit his 9th homerun of the year.
7/8 - Off Day
7/9 - 2-0 WIN @ Minnesota - Paul Long goes 6 innings allowing 6 hits, but zero runs. The bullpen finishes off the job. James Walsh (2) and Oscar Oakley (10) each hit solo homeruns.
7/10 - 3-1 loss @ Minnesota - When you don't score runs, you can't win. McKie allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, but the lone offense came when Richard Jerkins had a pinch-hit double and eventually scored on Jesus Carmona's fly out.

Standings

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	    W  L  PCT 	GB Stk L10
Wisconsin  53 33 .616	-   W4 5-5
Kansas	   52 34 .605  1.0  W1 6-4
Texas	   46 42 .523  8.0  W1 5-5
Illinois   43 44 .494 10.5  L2 4-6
Minnesota  34 52 .395 19.0  W1 4-6
New Mexico 26 61 .299 27.5  W1 2-8

West
Team	    W  L  PCT	GB Stk L10
Washington 63 24 .724	-   W5 9-1
Idaho	   49 37 .570 13.5  L1 6-4
Utah	   43 44 .494 20.0  L1 5-5
Nevada	   40 46 .465 22.5  L5 4-6
California 40 48 .455 23.5  L1 4-6
Colorado   31 55 .360 31.5  L1 6-4

We are 3 games better than our pythagorean record. Yay! Seriously though, it looks like the races aren't even close. Wisconsin and Kansas have comanding leads to grab the spots in the East. No one is touching Washington. Idaho has a comfy lead for the Wild Card, and more than likely won't give it up.

Pitchers

   Name	         G GS	W  L SV	  ERA  	 IP  HA	 R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	16 16	5  8  0	 4.28  94.2 104	49 45 21 28
s2 C. McKie	20 20	6  6  0	 4.07 121.2 135	58 55 23 59
s3 C. Steelman	18 18	4 10  0	 4.24 104.0 109	54 49 31 54
s4 A. Acevedo	 1  1	0  0  0	 1.29   7.0   5	 1  1  3  3
s5 J. O'Parra	14 14	2  9  0	 4.67  71.1  88	44 37 13 28

mr R. Souza	54  0	4  1  1	 3.12  57.2  42	21 20 15 42
mr D. MacKenzie	33  0	2  2  0	 4.44  48.2  50	31 24 20 16
mr B. Suggs	 9  0	1  1  0	 5.02  14.1  15	12  8 10  6
su W. Chee	36  0	3  1  8	 4.82  37.1  38	20 20 16 27
su L. Briscoe	39  0	0  2  2	 3.33  46.0  39	19 17 16 30
cl A. Stier	36  0	3  2  3	 3.41  37.0  46	15 14 11 14

Where to start?

Long pitched out of his mind this sim allowing 0 runs in his 2 starts. Hopefully that's a sign of things to come.

I brought up Alex Acevedo to take over Crosswell's spot in the rotation. A donkey could throw better than that guy, so I thought I'd give someone else a shot. Acevedo was my (late) first round pick back in 2019. He never developed like I had hoped, mostly playing in AA for his time in the minors. But now he's getting pitching with the big boys. He'll eat up some innings for us, which is definitely a good thing. Especially considering that...

SAD NEWS:
I got an e-mail this week from Jose Langlois declaring that he was retiring effective immediately. His last game was on June 27th in the 17-11 win over his former team, the Nevada Dragons. He went 1.1 innings and allowed no hits or runs. We lost a good one in Langlois. He'll probably get nominated for the Hall of Fame, but probably won't be elected.

Lineup

     Name	    G  AB  H 2B	3B HR RBI  R BB	 K  AVG	 OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   80 287 75 19	 2  0  18 40 37	46 .261	.352 .341
2 C  J. Walsh	   79 284 86 17	 3  2  41 30 23	36 .303	.354 .405
3 CF F. Diaz	   82 298 80 15	 2  5  29 30 18	54 .268	.315 .383
4 2B V. Koenig	   83 289 91  6	 0  5  33 34 24	33 .315	.374 .388
5 RF O. Oakley	   82 302 61  7	 3 10  32 24 28	68 .202	.271 .344
6 SS K. Warner	   18  66 17  3	 0  2	7  7  3	 8 .258	.310 .394
7 1B S. McLaughlin 74 216 58  4	 0  2  22 19 10	43 .269	.303 .315
8 3B J. Carmona	   48  77 20  3	 0  0	6  7  8	13 .260	.333 .299
     
     A. Oberlin	   64 125 28  5	 1  2  15  8  7	16 .224	.281 .328
     N. Mutsuhito  38  87 17  2	 0  0	6  3  3	19 .195	.220 .218
     C. Baker	   51  84 15  4	 0  2	6  9  5	15 .179	.225 .298
     R. Jerkins	   81 279 48 12	 5  0  18 27 22	37 .172	.243 .251
     K. Biel	   44  79 13  5	 0  0	5  8  5	14 .165	.212 .228

I'm just going to have to deal with the fact that our offense is awful right now. I'm not really looking to rush my prospects, so there is very little help this year. I wonder if any of our guys are going to make the All-Star game next week?

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .242 (20th)
Homeruns: 39 (24th)
Walks: 212 (21st)
Stolen Bases: 63 (12th)
Runs Scored: 286 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.41 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .272 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 74 (19th)
Walks Allowed: 245 (11th)
Runs Allowed: 411 (21st)

[Y0DA55]

Just a quick blast of love for newly retired Jose Langlois. I'm going to miss the guy. Here are some of his career highlights:

An All-Star in 2005, 2014, and 2016.

His best season was the year he was traded from Nevada to our Colorado franchise. He didn't even make the All-Star team. I guess that could be because of his Johan Santana second half. Here is his line:

Year Age Tm Lg  W L   Pct  G GS CG SHO SV    IP   H ER HR BB  SO  ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS  PWS
2015  34 NV GE  7 7  .500 19 19  0  0 	0 118.0  75 29 	8 29 132 2.21 .177 .230 .279 .509  8.6
  	 CO GE  9 0 1.000 14 14  0  0 	0  81.7  59 15 	6 14  92 1.65 .197 .233 .311 .544  8.7
  	TOT    16 7  .696 33 33  0  0 	0 199.7 134 44 14 43 224 1.98 .186 .231 .292 .523 17.3

His place on the All Time Leaderboard:

Wins               206 (12th)
Losses             166 (11th)
Games Started      568 (5th)
Innings Pitched 3378.0 (12th)
Hits Allowed      2470 (20th)
Homeruns Allowed   474 (2nd)
Strikeouts        3614 (6th)
Walks Allowed     1082 (7th)
Hits per 9IP       6.6 (8th)
K's per 9IP        9.6 (7th)
WHiP              1.05 (28th)
OAVG              .200 (7th)
OOBP              .265 (23rd)

Big Moments in JL's History:
Drafted in 25th round, 593rd overall pick, by Mass. Patriots in 2000
Earned first career win on 5/4/2004
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2005, going 4-0, 0.96
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York on 6/20/2007, striking out 6
Named Massachusetts Patriots MVP for the 2011 season
Traded from Massachusetts to Nevada on 6/21/2012 (Going to Mas: 3B Kouhachirou Bunrakuken. Going to Nev: P Jose Langlois)
Traded from Nevada to Colorado on 7/21/2015 (Going to Nev: P Daniel Quartz and Colorado's 2016 draft picks Going to Col: 2B Vin Koenig, P Arnie Stier, P Jose Langlois)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2015, going 2-1, 0.61
Won National Cup with Colorado in 2016
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2017, going 5-0, 1.31

[jeheinz72]

I'm bummed he retired as well. He was excellent for us in his 3 seasons in Nevada.

[Y0DA55]

Team Record: 32-61
Sim Record: 1-6 (and a Great Explorers League loss in the All Star Game, which means we won't be getting home field in the National Cup Series (not that we were getting there anyway))

Games
7/11 - 7-1 loss @ Minnesota - Steelman gets shelled for his 11th loss of the season. David Echegaray gets his 298th win of his career. Steelman did provide pretty much all of our offense with an RBI double.
7/12 - Off Day
7/13 - All star Game - GEL 4-2 loss vs FFL - Surprise, surprise, not ONE Colorado Ram made the All-Star team. But what was more surprising was that not one ex-Ram made the team either. Washington had 9 players on the team. That's crazy, like solo-league crazy. The player of the game was RF Ron Guinan, a 23 year old from Virginia. He went 2-3 with 2 RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base.
7/14 - Off Day
7/15 - 5-1 loss vs Nevada - Vin Koenig and Leandro Mingo each had 3 hits, but the rest of the offense couldn't do squat (1 other hit) which wasted Paul Long's good outing (7.1 innings, 11 hits, 3 ER).
7/16 - 3-2 loss vs Nevada (11 innings) - Chet McKie had a fabulous outing (7 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER), but our bullpen (namely Leroy Briscoe) couldn't hold it together in extras.
7/17 - 6-5 loss vs Nevada - Steelman gets manhandled again. Kyle Warner increased his hitting streak to 6 games and Baker and Jerkins each had a homerun.
7/18 - 9-4 loss vs Nevada - So much for Alex Acevedo's good start last sim. In this game, he went 7.2 innings, giving up 11 hits and 6 Runs. Oscar Oakley did hit his 11th homerun of the season, a 3-run shot in the 3rd inning.
7/19 - 3-0 WIN vs California - John O'Parra goes 6 shutout innings (5 hits, a career high 7 K's) and MacKenzie and Stier finish the Lions off. Kyle Warner goes 3-4 with 2 runs and a RBI to lead the offense.
7/20 - 5-4 loss vs California - Long has another solid outing (7 IP, 6 hits, 1 R), but Arnie Stier lets up 2 hits and the deciding run in the bottom of the 9th. James Walsh had a 3-run homerun in the top of the 8th.

Standings
Since we are halfway through the season, I figured you should get a look at the entire league.

Founding Fathers Standings
North
Team	        W  L  PCT   GB StK L10
Massachusetts  58 37 .611   -   L1 7-3
Maryland       55 39 .585  2.5	L1 5-5
Ontario	       46 48 .489 11.5	W1 7-3
Maine	       45 48 .484 12.0	L2 4-6
New York       40 53 .430 17.0	W3 5-5
Pennsylvania   26 67 .280 31.0	W1 4-6

South
Team	        W  L  PCT   GB Stk L10
Virginia       56 37 .602   -	W3 7-3
Mississippi    53 40 .570  3.0	L2 5-5
Louisiana      50 43 .538  6.0	L3 2-8
Florida	       48 47 .505  9.0	L2 5-5
Tennessee      44 50 .468 12.5	W2 3-7
North Carolina 41 53 .436 15.5	W2 6-4

Great Explorers Standings
East
Team	        W  L  PCT   GB Stk L10
Kansas	       57 36 .613   -   W3 7-3
Wisconsin      57 36 .613   -	L3 7-3
Texas	       49 46 .516  9.0	L1 5-5
Illinois       45 49 .479 12.5	W1 3-7
Minnesota      37 56 .398 20.0	L1 5-5
New Mexico     31 63 .330 26.5	W1 6-4

West
Team	        W  L  PCT   GB Stk L10
Washington     70 24 .745   -  W12 10-0
Idaho	       50 43 .538 19.5	L4 2-8
Utah	       48 46 .511 22.0	W1 6-4
Nevada	       45 48 .484 24.5	L1 5-5
California     41 54 .432 29.5	W1 2-8
Colorado       32 61 .344 37.5	L1 2-8

The races are closer over in the Founding Fathers League, particularly the South. Although, Utah seems to be creaping up on Idaho for the Wild Card in the GEL West.

Pitchers

   Name	         G GS  W  L SV	ERA     IP  HA 	 R ER BB  K
s1 P. Long	18 18  5  9  0  4.05 109.0 121	53 49 22 35
s2 C. McKie	21 21  6  6  0	3.99 128.2 141	60 57 25 62
s3 C. Steelman	20 20  4 12  0	4.66 116.0 125	65 60 34 61
s4 A. Acevedo	 2  2  0  1  0	3.68  14.2  16	 7  6  4  3
s5 J. O'Parra	15 15  3  9  0	4.31  77.1  93	44 37 13 35

mr E. Divell        --no stats--
mr B. Suggs	 9  0  1  1  0	5.02  14.1  15	12  8 10  6
mr R. Souza	59  0  4  1  1	3.82  61.1  50	27 26 18 47
mr D. MacKenzie	35  0  2  2  0	4.44  50.2  51	32 25 21 18
su W. Chee	40  0  3  1  8	4.68  42.1  43	22 22 17 32
su L. Briscoe	44  0  0  3  2	3.26  49.2  44	21 18 17 31
cl A. Stier	39  0  3  3  4	3.49  38.2  49	16 15 11 14

Paul Long has really turned it on recently. That bodes well for the future. We just need to score some runs for the guy.

Divell was brought up before the sim to replace Langlois, but hasn't pitched yet.

Lineup

     Name	    G  AB  H 2B	3B HR RBI  R BB	 K  AVG	 OBP  SLG
1 LF L. Mingo	   87 312 80 19	 2  0  20 40 41	52 .256	.348 .330
2 C  J. Walsh	   86 310 94 17	 3  3  44 32 23	40 .303	.350 .406
3 CF F. Diaz	   88 322 83 15	 2  5  29 32 19	59 .258	.304 .363
4 2B V. Koenig	   90 313 98  6	 0  5  34 35 25	35 .313	.370 .380
5 RF O. Oakley	   89 327 63  7	 3 11  35 25 28	74 .193	.260 .333
6 SS K. Warner	   24  86 25  7	 0  2   8 11  3	12 .291	.330 .442
7 1B S. McLaughlin 80 239 63  4	 0  2  23 20 11	51 .264	.298 .305
8 3B J. Carmona	   53  90 22  4	 0  0	7  8  8	13 .244	.310 .289

     A. Oberlin	   69 135 31  5	 1  2  16 10  7	18 .230	.282 .326
     N. Mutsuhito  41  95 19  2	 0  0	7  4  3	21 .200	.222 .221
     C. Baker	   56  91 18  4	 0  3	7 11  6	16 .198	.247 .341
     R. Jerkins	   86 294 51 12	 5  1  19 28 22	40 .173	.241 .259
     K. Biel	   47  87 14  5	 1  0	6  9  6	16 .161	.213 .241

I've been very surprised by Warner's hitting. I don't expect it to keep up. This is me being a realist folks. He just shouldn't be hitting that well.

Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .241 (19th)
Homeruns: 43 (24th)
Walks: 222 (21st)
Stolen Bases: 67 (11th)
Runs Scored: 306 (23rd)

Pitching ERA: 4.43 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .275 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 81 (T-20th)
Walks Allowed: 258 (T-11th)
Runs Allowed: 446 (22nd)


Jake Kinchen Watch

      G	AB H 2B	3B HR RBI R BB K  AVG  OBP  SLG	 OPS
July 15	46 9  2	 0  1	6 4  8 6 .196 .309 .304	.613

After having a pretty good sim after we traded him, Jake's July has been pretty dreadful. He'll snap out of it though.

[jeheinz72]

Go NEVADA JACKS!