The IBL's Alaska Avalanche

[gehrig38]

Jacksons deal runs 3 years at 5.6M, with the last year a player option.

We will receive a comp pick after the 1st round, right now that pick is #35, with 27 1st round picks, and the comp pick being #8. So I have 1, 35 and 40 (1st pick rd 2) as of today. On the downside, fan interest has crashed, bottomed out, at 51, ya, 51. We've traded some 'popular' players but the bet is winning will change all of that. This market has to grow, in size and loyalty, and hopefully Mr Lane follows with a budget to match. We're at 27th in budget and 26th in payroll today, with 2.09 available for free agents (I'll only talk to guys on the outside of the big money circle (desperately looking for a LOOGY) and there's 4.4M available for extensions. I'll not spend any of that if I can help it, to keep the wallet full for the draft.

Not sure how much is left in the tank for Cruz, but nice to see him continue with a good club. He's a 4 time world champion and a 9 time all star as well as a 2 time Rivera award winner and the IBL's all time leader in saves.

Mike Jones returns “home”, where he spent the first 7 years of his IBL career, and where he tossed his only no-hitter. He was their 1st pick (3rd overall) out of Rice in 2014.

[gehrig38]

Say hello to an old friend.
LH reliever Jonasz Plazewski has agreed to terms on a 2 year 2.3M dollar deal. With Valdes back this gives me Casas, Sheppard, Durham and Alexander as the righties and Valdez and Plazewski from the left side. Valdes will likely be the specialist.

[gehrig38]

IBL CAREER LEADER: HOME RUNS
513 Curt Whimster (BUF)
469 Hugh Collins
435 Travis Bryant
434 Jeffrey Hudson (CHI)
427 Luis Chavez (CHI)

In what many called a surprise move, infielder David Ledezma was designated for assignment. The 28 year old, in our eyes, had fallen off offensively, and more importantly had trouble staying on the field the past 2 years, playing in a combined 206 games. He hit when he did, but we need more certainty if we're going to continue building this.

Fresno, then Buffalo, Edmonton and Hawaii put in claims and he ends up in Providence.

Mr Lane is expecting another playoff push. I am unsure of what to expect. Offensively this club is going to be challenged, but they're going to pitch.

End up with nothing major injury wise, after camp.

At the end, with optionless players and in trying to pare down the roster and get the prospects playing time I sent 5 players, and a pick, to get some more catching depth and acquire another early pick in the 1st round.



Here's a look at standings and leaders at the end of camp, as well as the top guys still out there.

Also a look at the final WAR gain/loss this off season.




I can't see how van der Ham is the #1 prospect given his inability to walk more, but he is. Nice to see Aguilar at 7 as we start to compile offensive players.

[gehrig38]

I've managed to trim payroll, clearing money for the draft, but the fans aren't buying in. Interest is horrid, at 45, after a winter of purging fan favorites and getting the organization pointed in the right direction.

I've been told that fan interest, at seasons end, must be at 55, and that it cannot fall below 55 from that point on......

[gehrig38]

A look at the experts picks...





A return to glory for some of the early IBL franchises that were good. Our pitching, hopefully, is lined up for a great year. Still not nearly enough in the way of offense to call this a dynasty, but it's coming.

[gehrig38]

2nd now, a huge improvement, with our top 2 players being hitters. Aguilar is probably AA ready now (hitting .417/.500 in first 3 games) but I'd like to ease him up.

Stover took a nice jump this winter, and is going to be a defensive asset as well.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 1
RECORD: 1-2
OVERALL:1-2 1.5 GB
RUNS SCORED: 22 (3rd)
RUNS AGAINST: 21 (12th)
OWNER/FANS:Ecstatic 45/100
SCHEDULE: Off day/3 vs Edmonton

4/1
Off Day

4/2
EDM 9 ALK 5
W-Rogers (1-0) L-Hall (0-1)
HR EDM-Jordan (1)
Hall gives up 2 early and works around trouble before imploding in a 5 run 5th. Luis Gil goes 4-5 with 2 RBI's, Fernando Moya goes 3-5 with 2 doubles. Bob Harrell goes 3-4 with a double, Enrique Garcia goes 3-4 with a triple and 3 RBI's. Hall gives up 10 hits and 7 earned in 4.1 IP.


4/3
EDM 10 ALK 8
W-Rogers (2-0) L-Drake (0-1) S-McIntyre (1)
HR EDM-Grueter GS (1) ALK-Vaughn (1) Ibarbia (1)
Another nightmare start. Drake gives up 9 hits, 9 runs (6 earned) in just 1 inning of work. An Ibarbia error is the back breaker in a 5 run 2nd. Horst Grueter's 2nd inning grand slam made it a 9-4 game. It was 9-7 after 2 innings. Grueter went 1-5 with 6 RBI's, gil was 3-4 with 2 runs and a stolen base (1). Ibarbia went 2-5 with a homer and 3 RBI's (3).

4/4
ALK 9 EDM 2
W-Hernandez (1-0) L-Abrao ((0-1)
HR EDM-Balfour (1) Moya (1) ALK-Gomez (1) Covington (1)
Carlos Hernandez goes 6-5-1-1-1-6 in the 1st QS of the year and the offense pounds out 13 hits led by David Adams 3-4 day. Carlos Gomez drills a 3 run homer.

POWER RANKINGS
1) New Orleans
2) Buffalo
3) El Paso
4) Philadelphia
5) San Jose

NEWS/NOTES
Nice opening day for Holland at AAA Eagan. He was an Iron Pig waiver claim from Dayton in 2024, and a guy we nabbed to a 3 million dollar 4 year deal this winter. Low risk, AAA insurance and if he blossoms it's a steal.

Big injury in Chicago. Castro managed to stay healthy all year last year.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 2
RECORD: 2-4
OVERALL: 3-6 2 GB
RUNS SCORED: 55 (33) 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 54 (33) 12th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 45/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Michigan/Off Day/3 @ Providence

4/5
MICH 6 ALK 1
W-Sanders (1-0) L-Buckley (0-1)
HR MICH-Reyes (2)
The offense manages just one unearned vs Sanders (7-5-1-0-0-8) and 2 errors lead to a 6.2-6-6-4-2-4 loss for Buckley. Another big inning early (4 in the 2nd) put us in a hole we couldn't climb out of. Just 5 hits total on the day.

4/6
MICH 8 ALK 7 (13)
W-Rea (1-0) L-Valdez (0-1)
HR ALK-Edwards (1) MICH-Gomez (3) Tobias (2)
Ugh, nightmare game as the pen blows a 6-2 lead in the 8th and 9th, Durham giving up 3 in 1/3rd of an inning, forcing Casas to go 3.2 after he blows the save. Worse yet was scoring 1 in the top of the 13th only to see Valdez cough up 2 in the bottom. Solis went 6-6-2-2-3-2 in the ND. Sergio Gomez was 4-7 with 2 doubles (4) and a homer, driving in 4, Ernesto Tobias was 3-4 with a homer and 2 RBI's. Mike Walton went 3-6 and Antonio Gonzalez 3-5 in the loss.

4/7
MICH 11 ALK 1
W-Hall (1-0) L-Raines (0-1)
Some semblance of normalcy in the world as Stan Hall goes 7-6-0-0-1-9 on 99 pitches and the offense scores 11 runs on 13 hits. Garcia goes 4-5 driving in 2 (8), Ibarbia 3-5 with a double (1) and 3 RBI's (6) and Michael Young goes 2-4 with 3 runs 2 RBI's (4) and 2 stolen bases (2). Jesus Reyes is 3-4 in the loss.

4/8
Off Day

4/9
ALK 8 PROV 2
W-Drake (1-1) L-Gonzalez (1-1)
HR ALK-Edwards (2) Ibarbia (2) PROV-M. Ramirez (2)
John Drake gave up a 2 run homer in the 1st and after 1 inning, his ERA had gone down....
That would end up being his only hiccup as he bounced back from a career worst start, going 9-5-2-2-2-6 in the complete game effort. Matt Edwards homered, drove in 2 (3) and scored twice. Ibarbia went 2-5 with a homer and 2 runs as well. Manny Ramirez was 2-3 with a double (3) homer and 2 RBI's in the loss.

4/10
PROV 11 ALK 3
W-Bruno (1-1) L-Hernandez (1-1)
HR ALK-Walton (1)
Hernandez joins in on the chorus of nightmare starts, giving up 7, on 7 hits and 5 walks, in 1.2 innings of garbage. Mario Bruno came in with like a 45 ERA and went 8-4-3-3-4-7 on 114 pitches for the win. Jose Ruiz was 3-4 with a double (2) and 3 runs, Hollis Proctor went 2-3 with 3 RBI's (7) and Jung-Jun Pak was 2-3 with a double (5) and 4 RBI's (6).
Mike Walton was 3-4 with a homer and 3 RBI's (5) in the loss.

4/11
PROV 5 ALK 3
W-Kelley (3-0) L-Buckley (0-2) S-Qunitero (2)
HR PROV-M.Ramirez (3) Pak (1)
Homers by Manny Ramirez and Jung-Jun Pak were the difference as Jessie Kelley went 6.2-6-1-1-2-3 to beat Gerald Buckley who went 6-8-5-5-2-6 in the loss. Former Alaska infielder David Ledezma was 3-3 with a SB (2) in the win.

WEEK 2 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Fred Rhodes (SI) 6-19 5 HR's 11 RBI's (.303-6-15)
CL POTW-Nolan Schultz (TUL) 9-23 5 HR's 8 RBI's (.325-7-11)

POWER RANKINGS
1) New Orleans (1)
2) El Paso (3)
3) Corpus Christi (-)
4) Buffalo (2)
5) New Hampshire (-)
OUT Philadelphia (28) (ouch, 0-6 week) San Jose (32!) (Double ouch! 0-6 as well)

NEWS/NOTES
Tulsa fills the hole vacated when Terry Howell went down this week with former 1st overall pick Pat Kelley. He was headed up after his 14-13 3.93 2013 season but has gone 25-36 in the past 3 years, missing a lot of 2025 with an arm injury. I believe he remains the only player to ever go straight from the draft to the big leagues, never having spent a day in the minors. He's 102-107 3.99 in 282 career starts.

[gehrig38]

Thought it might be a nice time to show everyone the teams, logos, and uniforms that Justa, Gern, and The Game have done, magical stuff.

Check them out....
First the Frontier League

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[gehrig38]

Are you kidding me? I have to post the box score, and this news.... Never seen anything like it.

Brady actually ended the game with a walk off RBI single in the bottom of the 19, in his record breaking 11th at bat, with his record breaking 9th hit.

[gehrig38]

A look at the top hitters by contact potential, and pitchers by * potential.
Appears, of course, to be a pitcher heavy draft. I say of course because this would be a perfect year for another Pedro Salinas. Morton, the outfielder, is one I am looking at. Also Pott's the pitcher. I have picks 1, 6 and 36.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 3
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 7-8 1 GB
RUNS SCORED: 89 (34) 9th
RUNS AGAINST: 85 (31) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 45/100
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Brooklyn/3 vs Buffalo/Off Day

4/12
ALK 5 BRO 2
W-Solis (1-0) L-Walker (0-3) S-Casas (1)
HR NONE
Jesus Solis twirls another great game, going 6.2-6-1-1-3-3 before Valdez bails him out of a bases loaded jam. Antonio Gonzalez goes 3-4 with a double (2) stolen base (2) and scores twice. Enrique Garcia goes 2-4 with 2 RBI's (10) and Kevin Vaughn drives in 2 (6) on 2 hits and a double (2)

4/13
BRO 7 ALK 4
W-Watson (2-1) L-Hall (1-2) S-Aguirre (1)
HR BRO-Riggs (1) ALK-Gonzalez (1) Harrell (1)
Hall gets hurt by Vaughn (3) and Garcia (2) errors in giving up 5 runs, 3 earned, on 9 hits over 6 struggling innings, walking 3. On the Cyclone side Jeffrey Watson goes 8-4-2-2-2-6 for the win. Paul Riggs goes 3-5 with a double (3) homer and 3 RBI's (7).


4/14
ALK 10 BRO 9 (10)
W-Casas (1-0) L-Aguirre (0-1)
HR ALK-Edwards (3) Gonzalez (2) Olson (1) Harrell (2) Vaughn (2)
A good win, team battled their butts off after Drake gave up 5 on 10 hits in 6. Came back in the 9th and 10th. Ibarbia went 3-5 with a double (2). Cody Morrison and Jose Perez went 3-4 in the loss.

4/15
ALK 6 BUF 4
W-Hernandez (2-1) L-Romero (2-1) S-Casas (2)
HR BUF-Gamble (3) Whimster (3)
Hernandez goes 7-5-3-1-3-4 in overcoming a Gomez error and Casas closes it out to beat the IBL's all time wins leader in Vincente Romero. Gomez went 3-4 with a double (1) and the top 4 hitters (Garcia, Gonzalez, Walton and Harrell) went 8-18 with 2 walks. Bison Darren Gamble was 3-4 with a homer to extend his hitting streak to 26 games.

4/16
ALK 5 BUF 4
W-Buckley (1-2) L-Skinner (0-1) S-Durham (1)
HR ALK-Edwards (4)
Buckley throws well (7-6-4-4-2-6) after some early struggles and a tired pen holds on for the win.

INJURY NEWS-Enrique Garcia strains an ab and is out 1-2 weeks. Covington will play most of the 3B while he's out, but I'll recall Christian Holland to get him some AB's as well.

4/17
BUF 5 ALK 4
W-R.Martinez (4-0) L-Solis (1-1) S-Castaneda (7)
HR BUF-Rolen (1) Whimster (4)
Michael Young grounds into a game ending DP with runners on 1st on 3rd in the 9th. Roberto Martinez went 6-4-2-2-1- to move to 4-0 1.44. Jesus Solis lost, going 6-6-4-4-4-5. Manny Ibarbia drove in 3 (13).

MILESTONES



300 Home runs, by age
Luis Chavez 6/5/23 (29 years 195 days) Hit 3 home runs in the game
Jeffrey Hudson 5/28/2023 (30 years 181 days)
George Quinn 5/25/25 (30 years 235 days)
Valentin Maitani 8/28/20 (30 340 days)
Curt Whimster 5/6/19 (30 years 349 days)
Christian Schall 6/6/23 (31 years 155 days) 1 day after Chavez
Bill Alexander 6/18/19 (31 years 177 days)
Wes Morgan 7/25/20 (31 years 183 days)
Chandler Harris 4/3/23 (31 years 331 days)
Hugh Collins 8/13/21 (32 years 12 days)
Alberto Vargas 8/24/19 (32 years 30 days)
Ron Stokes 7/26/22 (32 years 39 days)
Jamie Vance 7/26/22 (32 years 181 days)
Brent McCoy 7/14/21 (33 years 172 days)
Michael Moran 9/24/24 (33 years 232 days)
Caden Haynes 8/23/22 (33 years 259 days)
Ross Tunstall 7/21/20 (33 years 273 days)
Cliff Edwards 4/17/27 (33 years 303 days)
Troy Glaus 6/13/25 (33 years 310 days)
Travis Bryant 7/15/19 (34 years 133 days)
Rafael Cuesta 9/7/24 (34 years 181 days)
Paul Reeves 7/7/25 (34 years 237 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/8/25 (34 years 271 days)
Cy May 6/17/20 (35 years 127 days)
Marcos Oginlara 7/13/25 (35 years 143 days)
Gerald Wright 5/12/24 (36 years 37 days)
Alejandro Villanueva 8/11/23 (37 years 262 days)
Bill Hill 9/3/20 (38 years 9 days)
Tim Davis 4/4/2024 (39 years 63 days)



2000 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez 8/19/25 (30 years 271 days)
Rich Stone 9/15/23 (32 years 195 days)
Jeffrey Hudson 8/8/25 (32 years 223 days)
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)

4/18
Off Day

WEEK 3 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Harley Warren (WMI) 12-26 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.333-4-13)
CL POTW-Mike Goodwin (EP) 8-13 2 HR's 4 RBI's (.348-5-14)

POWER RANKINGS
1) New Hampshire (5)
2) Corpus Christi (3)
3) El Paso (2)
4) Dallas (-)
5) Buffalo (4)
OUT New Orleans (7)

NEWS/NOTES
Safe to assume the news on Poe created the news for Arnold. Staten Island owner Bill Ford Jr. is looking for the Yanks to finish .500 this year, which I can see. Buffalo looks to be the team in that division.

[Orcin]

300 HR club by age... wow, I bow to the master of detail!

Seriously, this dynasty is really fun to read. The news clippings and trade details help me know the players better.

[gehrig38]

A look at the new designs for the New Orleans Voodoo...

[Gern44]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

A look at the new designs for the New Orleans Voodoo...

What do you think of those? Does the way the design on the players right shoulder just sorta ends look ok? I wasn't sure if it would look better going all the way down the arm or not.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 4
RECORD: 6-1
OVERALL:13-9 T-1st
RUNS SCORED: 129 (40) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 106 (21) 4th
OWNER/FANS: Delighted 45/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Arizona/4 @ Hawaii

4/19
AZ 5 ALK 3
W-Vickers (1-0) L-Hall (1-3) S-Castle (5)
HR ALK-Harrell (3) AZ-Rios (3)
Hall gets raked early, but rights himself and manages to stay in the game for 7, giving up 5 on 8 hits, striking out 10. Francisco Rios goes 2-3 with a triple (1) homer and 4 RBI's (9). Mike Walton goes 3-5 with an RBI (7), Bob Harrell goes 3-5 as well with a double (3) homer and an RBI (11)

4/20
ALK 3 AZ 2 (12)
W-J.Durham (1-0) L-Rios (0-1) S-Casas (3)
HR AZ-Peterson (2)
Drake (8-3-2-2-1-5) and Durham (3-1-0-0-0-3) hold the Arizona offense down as Matt Edwards game tying PH single in the 9th ties it. Arizona managed just 4 hits in the game. Harvey was 0-3 with 3 walks and 2 runs in the win.

4/21
ALK 7 AZ 3
W-Hernandez (3-1) L-Burns (0-3) S-Sheppard (1)
HR ALK-Harrell (4)
Hernandez worked around 3 huge jams early, and hung on before the offense busted it open. Kevin Olson was 3-4 with a double (3) and Bob Harrells 4th homer drove in 3 (14). Hernandez gave up 2 earned in 7.

4/22
ALK 7 HAW 4
W-Buckley (2-2) L-Castillo (2-2) S-Casas (4)
HR ALK-Olson (2) Vaughn (3) HAW-Riario (3)
Gerald Buckley goes into the 9th before leaving, and tosses 8 strong (8-6-3-3-0-5). Michael Young goes 4-5 with a double (8) and Keving Olson 3-5 2 RBI's (11) HR. Alex Covington goes 1-3, steals a base (1) and scores 3 times.

INJURY NEWS-Catcher Matt Edwards is hurt running the bases in the 1st inning, no word yet on how bad.

4/23
ALK 6 HAW 4 (12)
W-Durham (2-0) L-Moreno (0-1) S-Alexander (1)
HR ALK-Gonzalez (3) Covington (2)
Alex Covington hit a game winning 3 run shot in the 12th. Solis went 7-6-3-3-3-2 for another solid start. Stan Cameron went into the 10th, going 9.1-8-3-3-1-6 in a ND. Antonio Gonzalez was 3-6 with a 3B (1) HR (3) and 2 runs scored leading off.

INJURY NEWS-Edwards is out 2-3 weeks with a hamstring strain. Top catching prospect Luke Stover will be recalled. And Garcia has suffered a setback as well, he'll be another week.

4/24
ALK 8 HAW 0
W-Hall (2-3) L-Leese (1-4)
HR ALK-Gonzalez (4) Ibarbia (3)
Stan Hall throws 8 shutout innings, giving up 8 hits, 0 walks while punching out 8 before tiring. Antonio Gonzalez leads off and goes 3-5 with a homer and 2 RBI's (12) and Michael Young (in the 2 hole) goes 4-4 with a stolen base (4). Kevin Vaughn doubles twice (5) in a 3-5 day and Manny Ibarbia homers and drives in 4 (19). Alfredo Sanchez was 4-4 in the loss.

4/25
ALK 6 HAW 3
W-Drake (2-1) L-Castro (0-2) S-Casas (5)
HR ALK-Covington (3) Vargas (1)
Drake goes 6-6-1-1-0-6 before tiring (85 pitches) and Casas bails the pen out, getting the last out. Luis Negron (traded to Hawaii just recently) went 3-4 and up and coming star Alfredo Sanchez was 3-4 with a double (6) in the loss.

WEEK SUMMARY
FL POTW-Ricardo Flores (WMI) 11-25 2 HR's 13 RBI's (.373-6-26)
CL POTW-Nawaf Ma'n (TUL) 14-29 2 HR's 5 RBI's (.247-5-14)

POWER RANKINGS
1) New Hampshire (1)
2) Buffalo (5)
3) El Paso (3)
4) Dallas (4)
5) Chicago (-)
OUT Corpus Christi (22) ouch, 0-7 week to go from 12-5 to 12-12.
Alaska (6)

NEWS/NOTES
Keen is the premier young arm in the game, or was. Houston's missed the post season since 2018, never closer than 13 games since 2021. They won the 1st two IBL world series but have struggled every since. Keen was the 9th overall pick in 2024, out of the U. of Pacific and 2026 Coastal League Rookie of the Year.

The Malik and Kokawa both happened in the Dragons 20-4 win over Green Bay.





Managed to offload a decent little hitter in Thomas, at a position I am overflowing with prospects, especially younger ones, and pickup a nice power arm. German is a starter by trade, good stuff, good durability, can eat some innings.

[gehrig38]

April Records (Bold denotes record set/tied this year)
AVG .521 Stan Park (EP) '27 (Old Record) .482 Luis Gil (EDM) '26
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 Enrique Garcia (ALK) '26
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

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2027 WEEK 5
RECORD: 2-4
OVERALL:15-13 +2
RUNS SCORED: 160 (31) 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 144 (38) 6th
OWNER/FANS: Happy 46/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Chicago/3 vs Columbus/Off Day

4/26
ALK 8 CHI 3
W-Hernandez (4-1) L-Acosta (1-1) S-Valdes
HR ALK-Gonzalez (5) Harrell 2 (6) Walton (2) CHI-Cruz (5)
Hernandez really battled in this one, going 6-4-3-3-5-4 and working around Cruz's 1st inning homer. Bob Harrell was 3-3 with 2 homers, 3 runs and 3 RBI's (19), walking twice.

4/27
CHI 4 ALK 3
W-Hall (3-2) L-Buckley (2-3) S-McBrieve (7)
HR NONE
Gerald Buckley goes the distance (8-7-4-4-3-1) in a loss as Dana Hall (8-5-2-2-2-5) and Ed McBrieve (1-2-1-1-0-1) manage to hold off the offense. Luke Stovers PH double (1) made it a 1 run game but Gonzalez ended it.

4/28
CHI 10 ALK 6
W-Davenport (3-0) L-Solis (1-2) S-Hidalgo (1)
HR ALK-Vaughn (4) Covington (4) Vargas (2) CHI-Walters (2) Villarreal (4) Cruz (6) Todd (3)
Both starters were hammered, Solis for 7 on 7 hits in 2, Bright for 6 on 8 hits in 4.1. Kevin Vaughn went 4-4 with a 3B (1) homer and 3 runs, Alex Covington drove in 3 (11) in a 2-4 day. Asmin Swagat was 3-4 with 2 doubles (8) and Chester Walters went 3-4 with a homer.

4/29
COL 6 ALK 5
W-Rubio (4-0) L-Hall (2-4) S-Colon (4)
HR COL-Lewis (2) Hanson (1)
Former Alaska starter Raul Rubio moved to 4-0 giving up 4 earned over 6.2 IP, while Stan Hall gave up a game winning homer to Chris Hanson in the 7th. Hall went 7-10-6-6-1-10 for the loss. Kevin Olson doubled twice (6) and drove in 3 (16).

4/30
COL 12 ALK 4
W-M.Jones (3-2) L-Drake (2-2)
HR COL-Gomez (4) Lewis (3) De Los Santos (8) ALK-Vargas (8)
John Drake gets pummeled (1.2-7-6-6-3-1) as Mike Jones goes 7.1 solid innings. Leadoff hitter Orlando Garcia was 1-3 with 3 walks 3 runs and 4 stolen bases (8) and Mario Gomez went 3-5 with a 3B (1) homer and 3 RBI's (20) and also scored 3 times. Felix De La Santos went 2-3 with a homer and 3 RBI's (15).

5/1
ALK 5 COL 3
W-Hernandez (5-1) L-Phillips (1-2) S-Casas (6)
HR COL-Tanner (3) ALK-Olson (3)
Carlos Hernandez went 7 strong, allowing 3 ER on 5 hits with 7 k's and Kevin Olson went 3-4 with a homer and 2 RBI's (18). George Tanner was 2-4 with a double (13) , homer and 3 RBI's (19)

5/2
Off Day

WEEK 5 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Felix De Los Santos (COL) 9-20 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.247-8-15)
CL POTW-Luis Cabrera (PHI) 12-26 5 HR's 8 RBI's (.289-6-10)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (5)
2) New Hampshire (1)
3) El Paso (3)
4) Pittsburgh (-)
5) Boston (-)
OUT Buffalo (8) Dallas (7)

NEWS/NOTES
Not sure I can explain the New York/Sacramento deal. Collins is a very good player, outstanding defender but an injury liability and a part timer at best at 38. The Knights have 3 outfielders on the DL but it seems an extreme price to pay for a band aid. Petty has another year at 5.5 left, is a decent bat, but well below average as a catcher. Ah, ok. 22 year old Bill Morrow is their franchise guy, a developing hitter, outstanding defender already.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 6
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 20-15 +2
RUNS SCORED: 196 (52) 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 165 (21) 3rd
OWNER/FANS: Happy 47/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Sacramento/3 @ Los Angeles/1 vs Edmonton

5/3
ALK 5 SAC 2
W-Buckley (3-3) L-Freestone (1-2) S-Casas (7)
HR ALK-Walton (3) Stover (1)
Gerald Buckley (7-6-2-2-0-5) combined with 4 relievers to allow 2 runs on 7 hits. Matt Freestone went 8-4-3-3-1-2 in the loss. Mike Walton and Luke Stover hit 2 run homers in the win. Manny Ibarbia bruised a shoulder and is DtD for the next week or so.

5/4
ALK 6 SAC 1
W-Alexander (1-0) L-McCarthy (3-4)
HR ALK-Vaughn (5) Vargas (4)
Kevin Vaughns 2 out 3 run HR in the 9th broke a 1-1 tie. Jesus Solis went 7-6-1-0-2-3 in the ND. Artie McCarthy went 8-6-3-3-3-5 for the loss.

5/5
SAC 6 ALK 4
W-Valentin (3-2) L-Hall (2-5) S-Wheeler (7)
HR SAC-I.Vargas (3) Miranda (3) Adronyk (7)
Stan Hall gave up a 3R HR in the 1st, 2 run shot in the 5th, and a solo shot in the 6th in going the distance in a 6-4 loss. He threw 105 pitches, walking 2, giving up 5 hits with 3 K's.

5/6
ALK 7 LA 2
W-Drake (3-2) L-Dean (2-3)
HR ALK-Olson (4) Harrell 2 (8)
John Drake needed just 104 pitches to go 9-6-2-2-0-6. Bob Harrell was 4-5 with 2 homers and drove in 5 (25) Kevin Vaughn went 3-4

GREAT GAMES
He becomes the 1st Dayton player to ever do it, and just the 22nd player ever. And for what its worth he's had an insane couple of weeks. He hit for the cycle 2 weeks ago, then went 5-7 about 10 days ago, to this.
So in his last 12 games he's gone 31-60 (.517) with 10 2B's 2 3B's a HR 11 RBI's while scoring 17 runs. And he's hit in all 12 as well.



5/7
ALK 3 LA 1
W-Hernandez (6-1) L-Butler (0-6) S-Casas (8)
HR NONE
Carlos Hernandez threw 7.1 brilliant innings, giving up just a run on 3 hits. Ryan Butler fell to 0-6 4.13 despite going 7.2-6-2-2-3-6. Down 1-0 in the 8th Michael Young hit a 2 out 2 run double and Kevin Olson followed with and RBI single in a 3-4 day.

5/8
ALK 7 LA 4
W-Buckley (4-3) L-A.Morgan (2-3) S-Casas (9)
HR ALK-Gonzalez 2 (7) Walton (4) Harrell (9) LA-Dejesus (5)
Buckley took a 7-1 lead into the 9th before an error and homer forced Casas in. Gave up just 3 earned on 4 hits with 4 K's. Antonio Gonzalez went 2-4 with 2 homers and drove in 3 (16). Big ticket free agent Andy Morgan went 7.1-7-6-6-0-7 giving up 3 homers in the loss.

5/9
EDM 5 ALK 4
W-Rodriguez (2-3) L-Solis (1-3) S-McIntyre (6)
HR EDM-Griffin (5)
Michael Griffin's 3 run homer in the 5th proved to be the game winner. Solis gave up 5 on 6 hits and 4 walks in 6. Rodriguez went 6.1-5-3-3-6-2 for the win. Griffin was 2-4 with a double (9) homer and 3 RBI's (28)

WEEK 6 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) 15-27 2 HR's 13 RBI's (.362-8-42)
CL POTW-Jerry Bond (FRE) 14-29 3 HR's 10 RBI's (.298-9-29)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: OBP
.5288 Asiman Swagat (CHI)
.5175 Louie Ginger (WMI)
.5172 Louie Ginger (WMI)
.5124 Bashir Malik (DAY)
.5062 Bashir Malik (DAY)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Buffalo (8)
3) El Paso (3)
4) Dallas (7)
5) New Hamphshire (2)
OUT Pittsburgh (16) Boston (7)

AAA Eagan (26) 15-21 9 GB 1st SB 5th SP ERA
AA Kodiak (12) 20-17 2 GB 1st SB/BP ERA 3rd Runs/AVG 4th OBP
A(S) Spokane (21) 14-23 8 GB 3rd HR
A(N) Yakima (8) 21-16 1 GB 1st AVG/SB 2nd OBP 3rd Runs 5th Def