The IBL's Alaska Avalanche

[Gern44]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Does this link work? This what you guys are talking about?

C:/Desktop/OOTP... etc...

What did you do?... install OOTP to your desktop? If so, be very careful with profile corruption in Windows. Don't ever blow away your local profiles. If you do, you'll lose all your games.

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 3
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 11-8 1 GB
RUNS SCORED: 83 (33) t-10th
RUNS AGAINST: 87 (30) 6th
OWNER: Normal (+1)
FANS: 65/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Buffalo/3 vs Brooklyn/3 vs Hawaii

4/14
ALK 4 BUF 3 (11)
W-J.Durham (2-0) L-Melendrez (0-1)
HR BUF-Walton (2)
3 run 9th inning rally to tie, Nicholson SF to win it. Solis 6.1-6-3-3-2-4. Ledezma 3-4

4/15
ALK 6 BRO 5 (11)
W-Sheppard (1-0) L-Douglas (0-2)
HR ALK-A.Martinez (3)
Pen blows 3 run lead in the 7th. Santo 6.1-8-3-3-2-3 103 pitches. Ledezma 3-6 2B (2) Martinez 3-4 2 2B's (3) HR 3 runs 2 RBI's (5) Barrios (BRO) 3-4 2B (6)

GREAT GAMES-Stewart no-hits Arizona. Buffalo's 1st ever no-hitter, and the first time Arizona has ever been no-hit. (news below)

4/16
BRO 6 ALK 5
W-Castro (1-1) L-Fox (0-1) S-Allen (1)
HR BRO-Perez (1) Ishida (2) Estronza (1) Alfred (2) ALK-Sanchez (4)
Miller 7-8-5-5-1-2 Fox BS (1) 2R HR. Sanchez 3-5 2B (2) HR 3 RBI's (12)

4/17
BRO 10 ALK 7 (11)
W-Allen (2-0) L-Alexander (2-1) S-Kim (1)
HR BRO-Valencia 2 (2) Ishida (3)
Pen 4.2-9-6-6-3-1 after C.Durham 6.1-8-4-4-2-4. Ledezma 3B (2) 3 RBI's (7) Garcia 3-4 2B (2) SB (4) 2 RBI's (7) Adams (BRO) 3-6 2B (5)

4/18
ALK 4 HAW 0
W-Rubio (Rubio 2-1) L-Oswalt (2-2)
HR ALK-Nicholson (3)
Combined 1-hitter Rubio 6-1-0-0-3-4 Durham 2 IP Sheppard 1. Ledezma 3-4 SB (4)

NEWS-Received a phone call late last night from the Marquis family, and the news is below.



4/19
ALK 5 HAW 1
W-W-Solis (1-1) L-Morris (1-2)
HR ALK-D.Collins (3)
Solis 6-5-0-0-1-3 lost SHO in the 9th (Caldwell). D.Collins 3-4 HR 3 RBI's (9) Olson 3-4 2B (5)

4/20
HAW 5 ALK 2
W-Hart (2-2) L-Santos (1-2) S-Perez (2)
HR HAW-Soriano (6) Francis (5) Sandoval 2 (3)
Hart 7-4-2-2-10-2 (144 pitches! 10 walks!) Santos 8-6-3-3-2-6 Garcia 3-4 Martinez 0-1 3 BB's

WEEK 3 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Jung-jun Pak (PROV) 12-25 5 HR's 9 RBI's (.323-6-15)
CL POTW-Felix Sanchez (DAL) 13-29 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.397-6-18)

WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS
1) Boston
2) Chicago
3) Corpus Christi
4) West Michigan
5) Fresno

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (28) 7-12 8 GB 3rd SB 4th AVG 5th OBP
AA Kodiak (32) 5-14 7 GB 5th Def Eff
A(S) Spokane (9) 10-9 1 GB 5th Def Eff
A(N) Yakima (29) 8-11 4 GB 1st AVG 3rd SB 5th OBP
SS Juneau
R Fairbanks

IRON PIG UPDATE
Lost Roberto Cruz for a few weeks (who's listed as a 1B now btw). Castro is crushing, .440-10-28 in 18 games. They're 13-5 1.5 up on Green Bay.

[Painmantle]

Hey, how do you attach multiple images to a post and get text between them. Every time I attach an image it just puts it where ever it wants and I can never get multiple images with text involved by attaching the images (Which is why I'm uploading to photobucket and inserting image via URL) What's the secret?

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Received a phone call late last night from the Marquis family...

How ironic!

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 4
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 16-10 +1
RUNS SCORED: 128 (45) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 113 (26) 3rd
OWNER: Good (+1)
FANS: 65/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Hawaiii/4 vs Arizona/2 @ Chicago

First trip back to Chicago at weeks end. Services for Mr Marquis and then a 3 game set.

4/21
HAW 3 ALK 2
W-Oswalt (3-2) L-Miller (1-2) S-Perez (3)
HR HAW-Massey (1) ALK-Harrell (2)
Oswalt 7-6-2-2-1-9 Miller 7-7-3-3-1-5

4/22
ALK 8 AZ 4 (10)
W-Caldwell (1-0) L-Miller (0-1)
HR ALK-Sanchez 2 (6)
Sanchez walk off grand slam 3-5 3 runs 2 HR's 5 RBI's (17) C.Durham 8.2-8-4-4-3-7

4/23
ALK 12 AZ 0
W-Rubio (3-1) L-Hall (1-3)
HR NONE
Rubio 7.1-3-0-0-2-10 McBryde 4-5 2 runs 2 RBI's (9) D.Collins 1-2 3 BB's 4 runs Sanchez 3-3 2B (3) 4 RBI's (21) Ibarbia 2-5 2B (5) 3 RBI's (13)

4/24
ALK 6 AZ 5
W-Caldwell (2-0) L-Womack (0-1) S-Wheeler (5)
HR AZ-Bastide (2) James (3) Wright (1) ALK-Harrell (3) Ledezma (1) Ibarbia (3)
Solis 6-5-4-3-2-5 Caldwell BS (1) Ledezma 4-5 HR Ibarbia 3-5 HR

NEWS-Ramon Castro (CHI) has hit in 20 straight, and is at .432-10-32 on the year. They are starting to hit their stride, 15-6 and 4 games up on Green Bay. Swagat is hitting .411.

4/25
ALK 3 AZ 2
W-Caldwell (3-0) L-Dougherty (2-2) S-Wheeler (6)
HR ALK-Olson (1) Sanchez (7) D.Collins (4)
Santos 7-4-2-0-2-4 4 game sweep of the 2nd place team never hurts. Now the Iron Pigs in for 3....

4/26
ALK 10 CHI 6
W-Miller (2-2) L-Pimentel (2-2) S-Wheeler (7)
HR ALK-Olson (2)
5 run first. D.Collins 3-4 3B (1) Swagat (CHI) 3-5 (.439)

4/27
CHI 6 ALK 4
W-Hall (4-1) L-C.Durham (0-2) S-Cruz (8)
HR ALK-Sanchez (8) CHI-Castro (11) Hudson (5)
Hall 7.1-7-4-4-1-11 Castro (CHI) 3-4 2B (7) 3B (3) HR 3 RBI's (35)

WEEK 4 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Hugh Collins (COL) 13-28 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.326-9-20)
CL POTW-Lorenzo Ortiz (DAL) 10-22 4 HR's 14 RBI's (.275-5-19)

WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (5)
2) Chicago (2)
3) Corpus Christi (3)
4) Boston (1)
5) Dallas (-)
OUT West Michigan (8) Alaska (7)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (31 -3) 8-17 10 GB 3rd SB 4th AVG/OBP
AA Kodiak (32) 7-19 9 GB
A(S) Spokane (2 +7) 16-10 +2 2nd Runs/AVG/OBP 3rd SB
A(N) Yakima (26 +3) 11-15 5 GB 1st AVG 3rd SB

[gehrig38]

Ernesto Cruz is going out in style...

April Records (Bold denotes record set/tied this year)
AVG .479 Todd Helton (GB) '16
HR 14 Julio Morin (PIT) '22 Pedro Roman (FRE) '25
RBI's 42 Tony Green (DAY) '23 old record 39 Todd Helton (PHI) '19
SB's 17 Carl Crawford (GB) '18 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20
Wins 6 Raul Gonzalez (HOU) '13 Chris O'Slattery (BAL) '14 Barry Zito (EP) '19
Saves 18 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K's 61 Ramon Roa (PIT) '19 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 5
RECORD: 1-5
OVERALL: 17-15 1 GB
RUNS SCORED: 148 (20) 10th
RUNS AGAINST: 144 (31) 5th
OWNER: Normal (-1)
FANS: 63/100 (-2)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Chicago/3 vs Columbus/Off Day/2 @ Fresno

4/28
CHI 11 ALK 5
W-Morgan (3-0) L-Rubio (3-2)
HR NONE
Morgan 6.1-5-2-2-1-11 Chavez 3-6 2 2B's (3) 3 RBI's (21) Grueter 3-5 2B (6) Villareal 4-5 2B (5) 3 RBI's (11) Rubio 2.2-7-7-7-4-1

4/29
COL 2 ALK 1 (10)
W-Colon (2-1) L-Alexander (2-2)
HR COL-Collins (10)
Collins GW HR in the 10th. Solis 7-6-1-0-2-4 Gonzales 8.1-6-1-1-1-7 Ledezma 3-4

4/30
COL 5 ALK 3
W-Abreu (2-5) L-Santos (1-3) S-Holt (5)
HR COL-Salazar (6) ALK-Sanchez (9) Nicholson (4)
Abreu 8-5-3-3-2-4 Mangin (COL) 3-5 2B (2)

5/1
COL 8 ALK 4
W-McKee (2-2) L-Miller (2-3)
HR COL-Bowers (1) Akers (5) ALK-Martinez (4)
Martinez 3-5 3B (1) HR 2 RBI's (8) Collins (COL) 3-4 2B (8) 2 RBI's (25) Salazar 3-5 Akers 2-5 HR 3 RBI's (14)

5/2
Off Day

5/3
ALK 6 FRE 0
W-C.Durham (1-2) L-Acosta (2-4)
HR ALK-Nicholson (5) D.Collins 2 (6)
C.Durham 6-2-0-0-1-5 Collins 2-4 2 HR's 3 RBI's (17)

5/4
FRE 5 ALK 1
W-B.Thomas (5-0) L-Rubio (3-3) S-Abrao (1)
HR ALK-Harrell (4) FRE-Morgan (4) Roman (15)
Thomas 7-5-1-1-4-12 Rubio 8-7-5-5-2-5

WEEK 5 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Lance Berkman (GB) 12-24 2 HR's 10 RBI's (.318-4-24)
CL POTW-Raul Carmona (LA) 13-26 2 HR's 8 RBI's (.339-9-29)

WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS
1) Corpus Christi (3)
2) Fresno (1)
3) Boston (4)
4) Columbus (-)
5) Chicago (2)
OUT Dallas (13) Alaska (16)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (28 +3) 12-20 11 GB 4th SB 5th AVG/OBP
AA Kodiak (32) 10-22 11 GB
A(S) Spokane (8 -6) 18-14 1 GB 2nd Runs 3rd AVG/SB
A(N) Yakima (25 +1) 13-19 8 GB 1st AVG

IRON PIG UPDATE
20-10 +2 now. Hall and Morgan 1-2 in K's, Castro on the DL, leading in hitting and with a 24 game hitting streak going when he comes back. Cruz 4-0 10 SV 1.04

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 6
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 21-18 T-1st (Edmonton 20-17)
RUNS SCORED: 177 (29) 13th
RUNS AGAINST: 172 (28) t-2nd
OWNER: Good (+1)
FANS: 64/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Fresno/3 @ San Jose/3 @ Edmonton

5/5
FRE 7 ALK 3
W-O'Neil (5-1 3.13) L-Solis (1-2) S-R.Cruz (2)
HR ALK-Bruno (1)
Solis 4-12-5-3-1-2 Gomez 3-5 Phillips (FRE) 4-4 Vazquez 3-4 E.Jones 3-4

5/6
ALK 4 SJ 3
W-J.Durham (3-0) L-Ray (3-2) S-Wheeler (8)
HR ALK-D.Collins (7) SJ-Lozano (2)
Santos 6-10-3-2-1-7 Garcia 3-4 3B (1)

5/7
ALK 6 SJ 4
W-J.Durham (4-0) L-Walker (1-1) S-Wheeler (9)
HR SJ-Lopez (3) Lozano (3)
Ibarbia 3-4 2B (7)

5/8
ALK 4 SJ 1
W-C.Durham (2-2) L-B.Webb (1-4)
HR ALK-Harrell (5)
Durham 9-5-1-1-2-2 98 pitches. Harrell 2-4 2B (7) HR 3 RBI's (16)

TRADE NEWS-The deal for Gonzales could be a coup. His 'stuff' is actually better as a starter, he's 25 as well. The deal allows me to move Miller from the rotation to the pen as a lefty, move the current lefty, Bill Caldwell, from the IBL pen to the AAA starting rotation, where he belongs. Paco Martinez is a ++ defender and a top of the order bat with speed, in time. He'll head to AA. I've made some offers to free agents, older guys, to plug some holes just for this year. The Smith trade adds some potential SP depth as well as essentially turning my 3rd rounder into an early 2nd rounder.
The net result to the big club is Gonzales moves into the Alaska rotation, Miller to the pen. Ash Carter (former Iron Pig prospect) is called up, as is Duane Long, both RHH's, which is much needed. They'll both start vs LHP.

5/9
ALK 7 EDM 5
W-Gonzales (1-1) L-Espinoza (3-3) S-Wheeler (10)
HR EDM-Secarra (1) Johnston (1)
Gonzales 5-7-4-4-3-3 debut Harrell 3-4 2B (8)

5/10
EDM 5 ALK 3
W-Springer (1-2) L-Solis (1-3) S-Trent (2)
HR ALK-Harrell (6) EDM-M.Griffin (9)
Springer 8.2-6-3-3-1-6 Solis 5-8-3-0-0-5 Harrel HR 3 RBI's (21) Gil (EDM) 3-4 2 RBI's (23)

5/11
EDM 3 ALK 2
W-Jones (3-3) L-Rubop (3-4) S-Trent (3)
HR ALK-Gomez (1)
Jones 7.2-7-2-2-2-7 (W) Rubio 6-9-3-3-2-4 (L) Foster (EDM) 4-4 SB (6)

WEEK 6 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Mike Francis (HAW) 12-25 7 HR's 11 RBI's (.357-14-24)
CL POTW-Jayson Pierce (DAL) 12-21 2 HR's 11 RBI's (.321-6-24)

WEEK 6 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (2)
2) Michigan (-)
3) Chicago (5)
4) Corpus Christi (1)
5) Staten Island (-)
OUT Boston (12) Columbus (8) Alaska (16)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (27 +1) 4th SB 5th AVG
AA Kodiak (32) 13-25 10 GB 3rd SB 4th Def Eff
A(S) Spokane (13 -5) 20-18 5 GB 2nd Runs/AVG 4th SB
A(N) Yakima (26 -1) 15-23 -8 4th SB
SS Juneau
R Fairbanks

IRON PIG UPDATE
25-12 (5-2 week) and 3 up on Columbus. Castro is out 2 more weeks, Blakeway went down and has a week on the DL left. Ernesto Cruz keeps plugging along, 10 Saves 0.98 ERA.

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 7
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 25-20 .5 GB (Edmonton 25-19)
RUNS SCORED: 202 (25) 12th
RUNS AGAINST: 193 (21) 2nd
OWNER: Good
FANS: 66/100
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Edmonton/Off Day/3 @ Hawaii/2 vs Michigan

5/12
ALK 4 EDM 1
W-Santos (2-3) L-Morales (0-2) S-Wheeler (11)
HR NONE
Santos 8.1-8-1-1-1-3 (W) Morales 7-7-3-1-2-8 (L) McBryde 3-4

5/13 Off Day
Free agent news
Veteran RP Glenn Hanna has agreed to a 1 year 1.015M dollar deal. He'll add some pen depth from the left side. Hikaru Endo, another veteran LH signed a 1 year deal as well. We also managed to shock some folks, signing 28 year old OF Manuel Rodriguez to a 2 year 15M dollar deal. He plays all 3 positions, is a legit 3 hole power bat, and can run. Unsure if this was to keep him around, or deal him at the deadline, our scouts give the guy a 5 star rating, still. He's a career .277/.356/.460 hitter in 650 games with 90 HR's and 79 SB's. The Rodriguez signing also allows me to send OF Kevin Olson to Eagan to get more AB's. He's a legit prospect and player, and nearing his peak most likely, but has a lot of room to grow with his zone discipline. Rodriguez was also a compensation player, and since we've moved to the 2 slot in round 1, that's protected, so we'll lose 1 of our 2 2nd round picks in this years draft.

INJURY NEWS-Major injury news out of Dallas (news below)

5/14
HAW 8 ALK 0
W-Oswalt (6-3) L-C.Durham (2-3)
HR HAW-C.Rodriguez (3) Soriano (8)
Oswalt 7.1-3-0-0-1-11 (W) Durham 3.1-4-1-1-1-1 (L) left in the 4th Soriano HR 3 RBI's (23) Massey (HAW) 3-4 2B (6)

INJURY NEWS-Durham has a sore elbow, and depending on timing he'll skip a start, or be DL'd.

TRADE NEWS-RP Mike Miller, who's really a starter but not IBL ready yet, is out of options and struglling. He's a lefty, but he's also 27. I floated his name and San Antonio has offered up a guy our scouts rate as a future 5 star closer, Alonso Ramos. Miller is dealt, Endo is recalled from Eagan and Ramos is sent to Kodiak (AA) to get some innings. I also agreed to terms with 33 year old veteran SP Manny Ibarra. He's 66-98 lifetime with a 4.97 ERA in 207 starts. It allows me to continue moving the younger prospects into their rightful spots and teams.

5/15
HAW 7 ALK 6
W-Morris (3-4) L-Gonzales (1-2) S-Perez (5)
HR HAW-Francis (15)
Rivet (HAW) 2B (2) 3 RBI's (5)

ROSTER NEWS-Former Iron Pig catcher, and prospect, Martin Ramirez was signed to a 1 year deal today. He'll move onto the roster and split time with Gomez at catcher.

5/16
ALK 4 HAW 2
W-Solis (2-3) L-Hart (2-6) S-Wheeler (12)
HR NONE
Solis 6-6-2-2-3-4 109 pitches (W) Hart 8.1-9-4-4-5-4 (L) 143 pitches!

5/17
ALK 5 MICH 1
W-Rubio (4-4) L-Domingo (5-2)
HR NONE
Rubio 9-4-1-1-5-5 CG (W) McBryde 3-5 2 2B's (7) Ibarbia 2-4 2 SB's (10)

STREAKS-Cliff Edwards (SAN) has a 25 game hitting streak, 6 shy of the league record.

5/18
ALK 6 MICH 2
W-Santos (3-3) L-Raines (1-2)
HR ALK-A.Martinez GS (5)
Santos 9-5-2-0-3-1 (W) 115 pitches. Martinez HR (GS) 4 RBI's (14)

WEEK 7 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Vincente Dominguez (NH) 10-20 3 HR's 13 RBI's (.268-6-33)
CL POTW-Jose Torres (SAN) 15-23 1 RBI (.398-2-18)

WEEK 7 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (1)
2) Chicago (3)
3) Staten Island (5)
4) Corpus Christi (4)
5) Michigan (2)
Alaska (11)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (29 -2) 17-28 17 GB 2nd SB 5th AVG
AA Kodiak (24 +8) 18-27 8 GB 3rd SP ERA/Def Eff
A(S) Spokane (19 -6) 22-23 9 GB 4th SB
A(N) Yakima (32 -6) 16-29 13 GB 4th SB
SS Juneau
R Fairbanks

IRON PIG UPDATE
6-1 week, now opening up a lead. Grueter's hot .268-12-41

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 8
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 30-21 +2.5 (Edmonton 27-23)
RUNS SCORED: 235 (33) 13th
RUNS AGAINST: 219 (26) 2nd
OWNER: Happy (+1)
FANS: 65/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Michigan/Off Day/3 vs Providence/2 vs New York

5/19
ALK 3 MICH 2
W-Fox (1-1) L-Kurota (3-3) S-Wheeler (13)
HR NONE
Fox 7.2-2-2-2-4-2 (W) spot start for Durham. Ramirez 3-4 Ibarbia (12) Garcia (10) SB's

5/20
Off Day
Damn. Hawaii axes their manager 7 weeks into the season!



5/21
ALK 9 PROV 6
W-Gonzales (2-2) L-Caballero (0-6) S-Wheeler (14)
HR PROV-Rojas 2 (2) Panigua (10) ALK-Carter 2 (2)
Gonzales 7-5-5-5-2-8 (W) Carter 2-5 2 HR's 5 RBI's (5) Garcia 3-4 3 runs 2 SB's (12)

5/22
PROV 9 ALK 2
W-Ferguson (2-4) L-Solis (2-4) S-Bryant (1)
HR PROV-Wood (6) ALK-McBryde (2)
Manny Ramirez (PROV) 3-5 3 2B's (11) Morris (PROV) 3-4 3 2B's (8) Black Sox hit 9 doubles....

5/23
ALK 6 PROV 5
W-Wheeler (1-0) L-Suzuki (2-3)
HR PROV-Panigua (11) ALK-Harrell (7) w/o
5-3 bottom 9, Collins PH, walk, Montes PH, walk, Harrell PH, 3R walk off HR. Morris (PROV) 3-3 2 RBI's (10) Rubio 6-8-5-5-2-3 (ND) Guzman (PROV) 8-6-3-3-1-3 (ND)

5/24
ALK 3 NY 0
W-Santos (4-3) L-Catuncan (2-5) S-Wheeler (15)
HR NONE
Santos 7-2-0-0-4-2 (W) (4-3 2.73) Harrell 3-3 2 2B's (10) Ibarbia 0-2 SB (14)

5/25
ALK 10 NY 4
W-Fox (2-1) L-Ross (0-6)
HR ALK-Ibarbia (4)
Fox 6.1-3-4-4-4-4 (W) 2nd straight outing of no hit no runs until 5th. Harrell 4-5 2 2B's Ramirez 2-4 2 2B's 3 RBI's (5)

STUFF-Harrell is 8 for his last 9 with 4 2B's and a homer, the PH homer kicking it off. Nathan Fox has been inserted into the rotation. He's thrown far far better than the line would tell you. It will allow me to send Gonzales to AAA to continue learning in a much less hostile environment. Sheppard has been recalled and will be the long guy, get his innings in the right spots. The AAA rotation now has 5 2+ star starting pitchers, with Ibarra (33) the only guy of age, everyone else is 25 or younger. Exactly my first priority, get some younger high ceiling pitching as fast as possible. That way instead of 'having' to draft pitching, I can take the best available.

WEEK 8 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Tony Greene (GB) 9-22 4 HR's 12 RBI's (.321-15-56)
CL POTW-Ron Miller (CC) 13-20 2 HR's 7 RBI's (.270-5-19)

WEEK 8 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (1)
2) Chicago (2)
3) West Michigan (-)
4) Corpus Christi (4)
5) Alaska!! (11)
OUT Staten Island (6) Michigan (7)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (29 -)19-32 20 GB 2nd SB 5th AVG
AA Kodiak (18 +6) 22-29 8 GB 3rd SP ERA/Def Eff
A(S) Spokane (11 +8) 26-25 9 GB 5th SB
A(N) Yakima (21 +11) 21-30 10 GB 1st SB 5th AVG
SS Juneau
R Fairbanks

IRON PIG UPDATE
35-15 now, 7 up on Columbus. Miranda (3B) out 2-3 weeks, Ellis (SS who took Blakeway's job) out a week. Morgan 7-0 97 punch outs, Cruz 14 SV 1.48 ERA Top prospect Ron Wilton now leading off playing 3rd. Castro hitting .407-11-35 Swagat at .387 Grueter 15-50

NEWS AND NOTES
Rich Stone (HOU) was the 11th player taken in the IBL's 2012 Inaugural Draft, and has had a hell of a career. 4 time all star, 1st or 2nd in triples 7 times, the first CL batting champion (.357) ever.

[gehrig38]

Our first monthly award in Alaska. And Fresno appears to be the CL's version of Chicago.

Cordero was my 1st pick in the 2020 draft, 18th overall, out of Bryant College. At the time scouts had him with a monster toolset and huge projections, but that was very shortlived. My scouts never again saw him in anything but a 'fringe guy' image, 4th OF type. He hit for very good power, and ran like hell in A and AA, but was not the average guy, and then he blows up in AAA in 2024 going .299/.359/.610 with 41 HR's and 115 RBI's and continues on in a September call up hitting .317-6-22 in 19 games, and making the post season roster, where he hit 4 HR's and drove in 11 in 15 games. He was then dealt to the team that beat him, Boston, for SP prospect Bud Stevenson, and has done nothing but hit since joining the Bombers.

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 9
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 35-23 +2.5 (Edmonton 32-25)
RUNS SCORED: 294 (59) 9th
RUNS AGAINST: 251 (32) 2nd
OWNER: Happy
FANS: 65/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs New York/3 @ Staten Island/3 @ Arizona

5/26
ALK 10 NY 4
W-C.Durham (3-3) L-Alejandrez (3-6)
HR ALK-A.Martinez (6) Ledezma (2) Ramirez (1)
C.Durham 7-6-4-4-5-8 (W) Martinez 2-4 HR 4 RBI's (22) Ibarbia 2-4 2B (10) SB (15) Allen (NY) 3-3 2B (6)

5/27
ALK 9 SI 6
W-Solis (3-4) L-Holmes (2-3) S-Wheeler (16)
HR ALK-McBryde (3) Rodriguez (1) Ramirez (2) SI-Cannon (12) Bond 2 (14)
Carter 4-5 2 2B's (7) 3B (1) 3 runs 2 RBI's (7) Harrell 3-5 Bond (SI) 3-5 2B (15) 2 HR's 2 RBI's (51)

NEWS-Duane Long rolls an ankle, and will likely be out 2 weeks. Mark Guest will be added to the roster and recalled. 29 year old defender who'll likely be DFA at the end of the 2 weeks as he's out of options.

5/28
SI 9 ALK 5
W-Miller (5-3) L-Rubio (4-5)
HR SI-Knox (14)
Miller 8-5-5-5-3-7 (W) Bond (SI) 2-3 3 RBI's (54)

5/29
ALK 6 SI 3
W-Santos (5-3) L-Parker (7-3) S-Wheeler (17)
HR ALK-Harrell (8)
Santos 7-7-3-2-1-6 (W) Ledezma 3-5 2B (11) Harrell HR 3 RBI's (31) 4 K's

NEWS-Daniel Collins was hurt in the 2nd, awaiting word on the extent. I have to remember to pay attention to the minor league news, I have new affiliates, and sometimes miss news. Salgado had a day for Eagan. Daytons' Woodroffe gets his 1st career no-hitter, at 24, and stops Gingers' hitting streak in the process. Not only that? It was a 0-0 game into the 9th! Just 29,000 in attendance, but about a million will say they were there. Dayton's 1st ever no-hitter. 4th time in club history West Michigan has been no-hit.



5/30
AZ 7 ALK 6
W-Hayes (6-2) L-Fox (2-2) S-Miller (12)
HR ALK-McBryde (4) AZ-Powell (4) Schall (9)
Hayes up 7-1 in the 9th 8-5-5-5-2-5 (W) Wilkins (AZ) 3-4 3 runs

5/31
ALK 14 AZ 3
W-C.Durham (4-3) L-Davis (4-3)
HR ALK-Ibarbia (5) AZ-Wood (3)
Durham 8-6-1-1-2-9 (W) Garcia 4-6 2B (4) 4 runs 2 SB (14) Harrell 2-5 2B (15) 4 RBI's (36) Ibarbia 3-4 2B (11) HR 2 RBI's (22)

INJURY NEWS-Mark Guest is out at least 6 weeks with a separated shoulder. Our IF depth is now razor thin. Ash Carter is dtd as well. Ricardo Torres will be recalled fro Eagan.

6/1
ALK 9 AZ 0
W-Solis (4-4) L-Dougherty (4-5)
HR ALK-Harrell (9) Martinez (7) Rodriguez (2) Ledezma (3) Ramirez (3)
Solis 6-4-0-0-1-1 (W) 93 pitches.

INJURY NEWS-Daniel Collins has a severe hamstring strain. He'll be out 6-7 weeks, Javier Salgado is recalled since he's RH and we're so damn LHH heavy.

MILESTONE-Pretty amazing career.

WEEK 9 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Horst Grueter (CHI) 12-27 5 HR's 14 RBI's (.300-21-64)
CL POTW-Raul Carmon (LA) 11-30 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.291-15-42)

WEEK 9 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (1)
2) Chicago (2)
3) Corpus Christi (4)
4) Dallas (-)
5) Alaska (5)
OUT West Michigan (7)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (28 +1) 23-35 20 GB 1st SB 5th AVG
AA Kodiak (20 -2) 26-32 9 GB 3rd SP ERA/Def Eff
A(S) Spokane (7 +4) 31-27 9 GB 4th Runs/AVG 5th SB
A(N) Yakima (21 -) 25-33 10 GB 1st SB 4th AVG
SS Juneau
R Fairbanks

IRON PIG UPDATE
6-1 week, 41-16 and 9.5 up on Columbus. Swagat hitting .403 Grueter leading in HR's at 21, 2nd in RBI's with 64. Morgan and Hall 1-2 in K's 103/92 and Cruz 2nd in Saves at 16.

NEWS STUFF
What a career Bryant Thomas has had. Will absolutely be the worst trade I ever made.

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 10
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 38-26 +2.5 (Edmonton 35-28)
RUNS SCORED: 327 (33) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 279 (28) 2nd
OWNER: Happy
FANS: 66/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Arizona/Off Day/3 vs Edmonton/2 vs Los Angeles

6/2
AZ 9 ALK 8
W-Dunn (3-4) L-Rubio (4-6) S-Molina (1)
HR ALK-Harrell (10) Martinez (8) Gomez (2) Rodriguez (3) AZ-Hernandez (10)
Rodriguez 2-5 2B (4) HR 4 RBI's (11) Harrell 3-5 HR Hernandez (AZ) 3-5 2B (8) HR 2 RBI's (33)

6/3
Off Day

6/4
EDM 7 ALK 4
W-I.Martinez (8-4) L-Santos (5-4) S-Trent (11)
HR ALK-Sanchez (10)
Martinez 8-1-4-4-2-6 (W) (8-4 3.27) Santos 6-8-7-4-2-1 2 more Avalanche errors. Sanchez HR 3 RBI's (36) Foster (AZ) 2-4 2B (10) 3 RBI's (33)

6/5
EDM 3 ALK 1
W-Springer (4-3) L-Fox (2-3) S-Trent (12)
HR EDM-Jordan (3)
Springer 6.2-4-1-1-5-9 (W) Fox 7-9-3-3-1-2 (L)

6/6
ALK 3 EDM 2
W-Wheeler (2-0) L-Espinoza (4-4)
HR NONE
Durham 8-5-2-1-3-5 (ND) M.Jones (EDM) 8-8-2-0-1-2 (ND) Carter 3-4 2 RBI's (11) Montes PH walk off 1B

STREAKS-Never seen this before, on the same team, same day...



6/7
ALK 10 LA 4
W-Solis (5-4) L-Hoffman (2-8)
HR LA-A.Davis (7) ALK-McBryde (5)
Solis 7-6-2-2-1-4 (W) (5-4 3.25) Rodriguez 3-5 2B (5) SB (2) McBryde 2-4 2B (12) HR (GS) 4 RBI's (35)
Ibarbia 2-5 3 SB's (19)

6/8
ALK 6 LA 3
W-Rubio (5-6) L-Pennington (6-4) S-Wheeler (18)
HR ALK-Harrell (11)
Rubio 7.1-5-3-3-3-5 (W) Harrell 2-4 HR 2 RBI's (42) Ibarbia SB (20)

WEEK 10 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Louis Ginger (WMI) 17-26 6 RBI's (.440-1-31) Ya, .440!!!
CL POTW-Ron Stokes (PHI) 13-25 2 HR's 6 RBI's (.235-4-18) 1st I've heard of him since the trade.

NEWS- Ginger, Bashir Malik of Dayton and Swagat in Chicago, all 3 came out of the international camps that 1st season. Off the charts contact, gap, eye and avoiding k's, no pop, no speed. 1 of them, if not more, is going to make a run at .400.

WEEK 10 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (1)
2) Chicago (2)
3) West Michigan (7)
4) Corpus Christi (3)
5) Alaska (5)
OUT Dallas (11)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE
AAA Eagan (25 +3) 26-38 18 GB 1st SB 4th AVG
AA Kodiak (16 +4) 31-33 8 GB 3rd SP ERA/Def Eff 5th HR/SB/RA
A(S) Spokane (8 -1) 34-30 10 GB 4th Runs/SB 5th AVG
A(N) Yakima (31 -10) 25-39 14 GB 1st SB 5th AVG
SS Juneau
R Fairbanks

[cmdrsam]

Long time lurker, first time poster sir. Really enjoy what you have done here and trying to catch up with the old Iron Pigs as well. Think I have learned some things as well.

For example. I kicked around several league, some real life, some fictional. Could not follow fictional and always went back to real life. Tried several ways of playing. Play out each game, pitch by pitch. Got burned out. Play first game of the series, then Sim out the rest. Did not like those results. So here I am suffering through a .500 season and really felt it was going to get worse. I find you play defense only, then take over in a close game in the 8th inning. Wow, what a difference. I go on a 9 game win streak. Offense comes alive, pitching was better. And the bullpen, which was flirting around a 5 ERA drops down to 3.86 ERA. And for once, I feel comfortable. Now I want to go back to fictional players.

So now I am looking for more nuggets of information. Trading for one. I hear trading is easy in this game. I find it not so much, as I get the player who I want, but always feel like I am being bent over. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Finances, You and Mr. Orcin touch on them a little. But unless I am missing something, not in great detail. Perhaps alittle more insight on these as well.

But I'll be quite now. Didn't mean to hijack or anything. Just wanted to post a few thoughts and say you are doing a great job here.

[gehrig38]

The top prospects.
We have picks 2, 42, 44, 111 and 129 in the first 4 rounds (137 picks total)

[gehrig38]

2025 Alaska Avalanche Draft
Since this is my first year as GM of this club, I thought it prudent to look back on their brief history, and drafts.
2015
1st Round (2nd overall) Jerry “Soda” Grant- (2B UCLA)-Outstanding pick, has hit .271 with 211 HR’s in 1084 games. In his Alaska career he hit .253/.305/.416 with 88 HR’s and 126 SB’s in 5 seasons with 356 RBI’s.
2016
1st Round (7th overall) Raul “Ice Cream” Rubio-(SP Granton HS, Granton, WI) 63-58 3.83 through today. Best year was 2023 when he went 18-9 2.88 in 250 IP. 1 All Star Appearance. Compensation eligible free agent at years end. Want’s 15-16M per year.
2017
1st Round (14th overall) Jesus Solis- (SP Vanderbilt) 71-72 4.35 ERA in 226 starts. 9th season in Alaska.
2018
Supplemental Rd 1 (25th overall) Steve Price- (SP USC) Traded to Staten Island in 2022 for 3B Mark Hayes and SP Matt Byrne and a 2nd round draft choice. Was 26-23 for Alaska, is 34-27 since. Is 60-50 4.50 lifetime. His best year was 2024 when he went 16-10 3.89 in 34 starts. Hayes was sent to Sacramento 2 years later for 2B Jimmy James and MR Wilton Phillips, Matt Byrne is starting at AAA Eagan, but has been on the DL since September of last year with a torn labrum. The 2nd pick became SP Bill Caldwell, who’s in AAA Eagan’s starting rotation.
2019
1st Round (7th overall) Gabriel Gonzalez- (OF U. of New Mexico) dealt to Tulsa with RP Jose Navarro for 2B Raul Cruz and a 2nd round pick. Cruz was a flop and retired in 2022, the 2nd round pick was Aurelio Lopez, IF, who was then dealt to Dallas with 3 other players for CL Dave Winston and 2.96M in cash.
2020
1st Round (15th overall) Florent Rivet- (3B Concordia U.) Traded to Hawaii in 2021 for Utility man Brian Milton and 2.68M. Backup 1B/3B in Hawaii. Milton is now in New Hampshire as a reserve IF/OF.
Supplemental Rd 1 (32nd overall) Angel Martinez-OF (Rice) Drafted by Edmonton in 3rd round of 2019, went unsigned. In 156 IBL games is hitting .203/,314/.372 with 18 HR’s 77 RBI’s.
2021
1st Round (12th overall) Bruce Gardner- (1B/3B St.Paul’s Prep, Phoenix, AZ) Dealt to Dallas as part of the Dave Winston trade in 2021. In AA hitting .253 with 10 HR’s this year.
2022
1st Round (29th overall) Estefan Ortega- (OF Cleveland St.) Cup of coffee last September, A(N) MVP in 2023. Likely 4th or 5th OF at best, corner guy.
2023
1st Round (17th overall) Arturo Rivas- (RP Wake Forest) AA All Star this year, mid to late innings RP is his ceiling now.
2024
1st Round (18th overall) Harris “Dracula” Boucher- (SP Frederick HS, CO) #34 IBL prospect, at Spokane (A) and 2-3 2.70 in 6 starts.



2025 DRAFT
Round 1
1) Baltimore Colts-Chris James 18 (1B) R/R 6’8” 240 Deer Park HS, TX-A huge target (6’8!) with huge power and a great eye for the zone. Plays enough D to play 1st, no wheels.
2) Alaska Avalanche-Mike Bowman 20 (SP) R 6’3” 205 Regis College, Denver, CO-Big time power arm, 95-97 with 3 ++ pitches. Huge work ethic, leader. Will go right to A Ball if he signs. Ask is south of slot #.
a. Thoughts. Scouts want Joe Summers, an 18 year old 2 way star. OF with huge power projections and a mid to upper 90’s SP. His ask is just below slot, but I want a potential ace, and his ceiling doesn’t say ace. Mike Bowman is one of the guys I scouted, and re-scouted. A 20 year old big kid who’s very durable, and has a fantastic work ethic. He’s mid to upper 90’s with a great changeup. He’s also just 20, past HS enough to see the tools, but not old enough to be ‘too old’ imo.
3) New Orleans Voodoo-Joe Summers 18 (OF/SP) R/R 6’ 170 Shepherd HS, MI-Two way superstar. 4 hole 40+ homer power, and a 95-97 fastball to go with 3 other pitches. Wants to play LF though. + defender, no wheels.
4) Chicago Iron Pigs-Hubert Zmelik 20 (OF) R/R 6’ 195 Oral Roberts U., OK-3 hole hitter, HoF speed. .330/.400 type bat and eye, 7M ask!
a. Their first draft without me as the GM, and they go HUGE money kid. Super tools player, student of the game who works his ass off.
5) Providence Black Sox-Alfredo Hernandez 19 (1B/OF) L/L 6’3” 185 Royal HS, Royal WA-Top of the order LH bat who can fly. Plays mean 1B in addition to all 3 OF positions. Leader who influences his teammates in a good way.
6) Buffalo Bisons-Will Blanton 20 (C) S/R 6’6” 220 Stanford-Enormous target, in my opinion WAY too big to be a catcher. Big catchers wear down 10x faster. Optimal, to me, is 6-6’1”. 5.5M ask, 4 hole power bat with well above average ability behind the plate already.
7) San Jose Sharks-Ernesto Davila 19 (SP) R/R 6’3” 190 St. Lous U.-Drafted 2nd overall last year by New Orleans.Low to mid 90’s guy with a great change up.
8) Houston Roughriders-Raul Lopez 22 (SP) R/R 6’3” 215 UCLA-Huge arm, 96-98 with ++ slider, split. AA ready now. 7M ask.
9) Las Vegas 51’s-Nich Curran 18 (SP) L/L 6’4” 200 New Life Academy, MD-low to mid 90’s sinkerballer. Will work deep, plays the game hard, maximizes his toolset.
10) Hawaii Warriors-Matt Daniel 18 (SP) S/R 6’1” 180 Southern Alamance HS, NC-low to mid 90;s sinker slider guy. Smart, high baseball IQ and a great work ethic. Asking 1.9.

Last 2 guys were ones on our board as well, guys we considered. Now we wait 32 picks, and hope there’s another arm there. Pearson, Simons and Chambers, 1 of those (though Chambers is the kid we love) would be HUGE if still available.

Pearson went with the 11th pick To Michigan. HA! Simons went 12th to New Hampshire. Chambers went 19th to Brooklyn. Couple big arms left. Ron Cochran is a 98-100 guy, Lloyd Cole is a younger high risk high reward arm. Cochran went 21st to Tulsa.

Our 2nd pick arrives. Cole is still on the board, but the scouts are recommending 22 year old 6’7” closer Francisco Rodriguez out of USC. We are waiting on the relievers.

The other option they are recommending is Jose Carrillo, a 23 year old C/1B out of FSU.

2nd Round (42nd overall) Lloyd Cole 18 (SP) L/L 6’2” 180 Caney Valley HS, KS-89-90 3 pitch sinker slider lefty. Durable as hell. A 3 if he does well, could surprise and be a 2 if he can get some velocity.
2nd Round (44th overall) Francisco Rodriguez 22 (CL) 6’7” 235 USC-Upper 90’s FB slider monster. Durable, loves the game.
4th Round (111th overall) Bill Jacobs 18 (UTIL) L/R 5’9” 155 Kincaid HS, TX-Super utility guy, 2B, SS, 3B and Center and Right. ++ Speed, OBP guy with a little pop.
4th Round (129th overall) Will Brocklebank 20 (C) R/R 6’ 195 Rutgers-Potential every day catcher, well above average runner, decent pop and good eye.
8) Jose Hernandez 18 (1B) R/R 6’2” 210 Sheldon HS, CA
9) Jim McGuire 19 (SP) L/L 6’4” 200 North Salem HS, OR
10) Raul Tobias 18 (IF) R/R 6’ 175 Christian HS, MI
11) Lee Pollock 19 (SP) L/R 5’10” Long Beach State
12) Brett Willis 18 (IF) R/R 6’ 165 Carver A&T HS, MD
13) Roy Woods 21 (SP) R/R 6’3” Sam Houston State
14) Pete Sims 19 (OF) R/R 6’2” 185 Messalonskee, ME
15) Aaron Williams 18 (SP) 6’4” 195 Alhambra HS, CA
16) Tim Dunn 21 (OF) 6’2” 200 Stanford
17) Lorenzo Flores 20 (SP) 6’3” Ohio Wesleyan, OH
18) Ken Holland 22 (OF) 6’2” Southern U, LA
19) Domingo Romero 18 (SP) 6’2” Anderson County HS, KY
20) Fernando Estrada 21 (OF) 6’2” UCLA

[gehrig38]

Originally Posted by cmdrsam

So now I am looking for more nuggets of information. Trading for one. I hear trading is easy in this game. I find it not so much, as I get the player who I want, but always feel like I am being bent over. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

I have my trading set to favor prospects and hard, I find the game won't ever give me anything, and makes you pay for top prospects, and with draft pick trading on (which I have) it places high value on high picks.

Originally Posted by cmdrsam

Finances, You and Mr. Orcin touch on them a little. But unless I am missing something, not in great detail. Perhaps alittle more insight on these as well.

But I'll be quite now. Didn't mean to hijack or anything. Just wanted to post a few thoughts and say you are doing a great job here.

Not at all, glad you asked. Finances, at least for me, is my own game. You either hold yourself to them, or you don't. I try to hold myself to the budget, which really does make the game more 'fun', I learned that watching Orcin play his out. Set budgets for yourself, within your teams budget.

Most importantly though you need to find the way you enjoy the game, and play it that way.

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 11
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 43-27 +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 364 (37) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 305 (26) 2nd
OWNER: Very Happy (+1)
FANS: 65/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Los Angeles/Off Day/3 vs Sacramento/2 vs Green Bay

6/9
ALK 9 LA 7
W-Alexander (3-2) L-Hobbs (0-3) S-Wheeler (19)
HR LA-Ellis (7) Davis (8) Cabrera (13) ALK-Sanchez (11) Salgado (1)
Santos bombs (3-7-7-7-1-2) but 'Pen goes 6-3-0-0-2-6. Sanches HR 3 RBI's (40) Garcia 3-4 2B (6)

6/10
Off Day

6/11
ALK 8 SAC 7 (10)
W-Wheeler (3-0) L-O'Halloran (2-2)
HR SAC-Ameixieira 3 (8) ALK-McBryde (6)
Ameixieira 4-6 3 HR's 4 runs 5 RBI's (19) Caldwell (SAC) 3-5 2 2B's (10) Ledezma 3-5 Harrell 4-5 2B (17) hurt in the 10th inning, no word yet.

6/12
SAC 2 ALK 0
W-King (10-4) L-C.Durham (4-4) S-O'Halloran (16)
HR NONE
King 8.1-1-0-0-3-6 (W) combined 1-hitter. Broken up in 7th on Garcia single. Durham 7-3-2-2-2-3 (L) Russell (SAC) 1 out triple in the 7th breaks 0-0 game.

6/13
ALK 8 SAC 5
W-Sheppard (2-0) L-Davis (3-8) S-Wheeler (20)
HR ALK-Sanchez 2 (13)
Solis bombs (1.1-8-5-5-1-1) Sanchez 3-4 2 HR's 5 RBI's (45) Ameixieira (SAC) 3-4 Poulet (SAC) 3-5 2B (14) 2 RBI's (36)

BIG TRADE
Alaska ships Sanchez, Montes and Ramirez to Baltimore.
I've acquired 24 year old backstop Matt Edwards for DH Roberto Sanchez, OF Paco Montes and C Martin Ramirez. Additionally I sent our 6th round pick to the Colts for their 2nd rounder in tomorrows draft. This is a pretty huge trade. Sending our leading power hitter (who hit 2 HR's about an hour before we dealt him) and our starting catcher, and a decent power hitting OF away. Edwards is the 1st solid piece of the 'up the middle' core I need. He's an outstanding defensive catcher, with huge power, and an amazing awareness of the strike zone. In a perfect world he hit's .260+ with 30+ HR's and gets on at a .400 clip. He's just 24 and has only 44 days of IBL service time. He's a switch hitter, which is awesome, but he's insanely dominant from the left side. He'll platoon against tougher lefties, but he's the guy for us to move forward with, behind the plate. We also get a huge bonus in that 2nd round pick as well. We are picking 2nd overall (Behind Baltimore) and now picking 1st and 3rd in the 2nd round (so 2,42 and 44). In the first 4 rounds now, we have picks 2, 42, 44, 111, 129. We have no 5th 6th or 7th round pick.

The corresponding moves:
OF Babar Abbas is recalled, Edwards is put on the 40 man and recalled, and 25 year old Will Allison is taken out of the Eagan rotation and called up to pitch out of the pen.




6/14
ALK 4 GB 2
W-Rubio (6-6) L-Montgomery (7-2) S-Wheeler (21)
HR GB-Rolen (12) ALK-McBryde (7)
Rubio 8-6-1-1-2-9 (W) Montgomery 8-6-4-4-3-4 (L) McBryde 3R HR in the 8th breaks 1-1 tie.

6/15
ALK 8 GB 3
W-Santos (6-4) L-Althusser (5-5)
HR GB-Berkman (10) Wagner (4) ALK-Edwards (4) Abbas 2 (2)
Santos 6-5-1-1-2-3 (W) Ledezma 3-4 2B (16) 2 RBI's (26) Abbas 3-3 2 HR's 4 runs 3 RBI's (5) SB (3)

DRAFT NEWS-42nd and 111th picks, Lloyd Cole and Bill Jacobs agreed to terms on draft day, and have reported to rookie ball.

WEEK 11 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Roberto Cruz (CHI) 13-26 4 HR's 13 RBI's (.298-8-44)
CL POTW-Dudley Williams (SAN) 14-27 4 HR's 14 RBI's (.301-14-59)

WEEK 11 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (1)
2) Chicago (2)
3) West Michigan (3)
4) Columbus (-)
5) Alaska (5)
OUT Corpus Christi (6)

LEAGUE NEWS
Pretty much every player in the IBL went on the DL this week, or so it seems. Some huge injuries in there, and some outstanding performances.

[gehrig38]

2025 WEEK 12
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 47-29 +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 387 (23) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 324 (19) t-1st
OWNER: Very Happy
FANS: 64/100 (-1)
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Green Bay/3 @ Dayton/Off Day/2 vs New Hampshire

6/16
GB 4 ALK 1
W-Vance (3-4) L-Fox (2-4) S-Reyna (6)
HR NONE
Vance 6.1-6-1-1-1-6 (W) Blair (GB) 3-3 RBI (9) Berkman (GB) 2-5 3 RBI's (64)

6/17
ALK 5 DAY 1
W-C.Durham (5-4) L-Zamora (3-6)
HR ALK-Martinez 3 (11)
A. Martinez 3-3 3 solo HR's. Durham 7-6-1-1-2-5 (W)

NEWS-2nd overall pick Mike Bowman gets his 1st start for Class A Yakima today.

6/18
ALK 9 DAY 5
W-Solis (6-4) L-Hogan (3-3)
HR ALK-Ibarbia (6) DAY-Arroyo (19)
Solis 7-7-3-3-1-1 (W) Carter 3-5 Garcia 3-5 2B (8) 2 RBI's (29) Ibarbia 2-4 3 RBI's (31) SB (22) Turner (DAY) 4-5 2B (12) Salgado gets drilled in the foot, and is out. Maybe a week, if it's more we will have to make a move, but I'm trying to avoid that.

DRAFT NEWS-Francisco Rodriguez comes to terms and reports to AA Kodiak. Leaving Catcher Will Brocklebank as the only remaining draftee unsigned. Bowman went 7-5-2-2-5-2 to win his first professional start in Yakima yesterday.

6/19
ALK 3 DAY 2
W-Rubio (7-6) L-I.Lopez (3-5) S-Wheeler (22)
HR DAY-Turner (8)
Rubio 8-3-2-2-4-6 (W) Woodroffe 8-6-2-2-5-5 (ND) Abbas 2-5 tie breaking signle in the 9th 2 RBI's (9)

6/20
Off Day
In the 7 games since his recall, Babar Abbas is 11-24 with 2 HR's 9 RBI's 7 runs and 3 SB's. He's hitting .458/.519/.792 Catcher Will Brocklebank signed today, so all draft picks are accounted for.

6/21
NH 5 ALK 2
W-Lou (5-4) L-Santos (6-5) S-Ikarashi (13)
HR NH-Vazquez (5) R.Hernandez (11)
Lou 7.1-5-2-2-3-7 (W) Santos 6.1-7-5-5-1-4 (L) Hernandez 2-4 2B (26) HR 3 RBI's (44)

6/22
ALK 3 NH 2 (11)
W-Alexander (4-2) L-Millman (2-2)
HR NH-Vazquez (6)
Fox 8-6-2-2-3-5 (ND) Wright (NH) 8-4-1-1-3-6 (ND) Garcia walk off RBI single scores McBryde

WEEK 12 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Pedro Hernandez (SI) 14-26 7 RBI's (.273-0-23)
CL POTW-John Naylor (CC) 10-27 6 HR's 10 RBI's (.309-17-57)

WEEK 12 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno (1)
2) Corpus Christi (6)
3) Chicago (2)
4) Staten Island (-)
5) Columbus (4)
OUT Alaska (6) West Michigan (7)

MINOR LEAGUE UPDATE



IRON PIG UPDATE
51-24 and 5.5 up on Columbus. Swagat at .385. Grueter leading in HR (24) and RBI's (76). Morgan and Hall 1-2 in K's (134-118)

NEWS
This is the 2nd time in 2 years Naylor has hit 3 in a game. The injury to Ginger could wind up being a huge plus if he threatens .400.

[gehrig38]

I missed the halfway mark by 2 games! New team and all, but I did check the records, and they are through 81 games.

LEAGUE RECORDS THROUGH 81 GAMES (bold are records set this year)
AVG-.424 Louis Ginger (WMI) '25 OLD RECORD .406 Luis Chavez (CHI) '24
HR-35 Tony Greene (DAY) '21
RBI- 89 Horst Grueter (CHI) '25 OLD RECORD 88 Jorge Garza (LA) '12
SB-43 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20
W- 13 Ken Lee (CHI) '16
Saves- 33 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K- 172 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23
ERA- 1.75 Ernie Kelly (DAY) '12 '13
BEST RECORD- 62-19 .765 Chicago Iron Pigs '24 OLD RECORD 60-21 .741 Chicago Iron Pigs '18 Columbus Clippers '20