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Thanks! Although, sometimes I think I don't have enough depth. But I do have some ideas for the future to add a little more. I'll probably wait on doing any extra stuff, however. For now, I'll just alternate the Denver updates with the Hall of Fame bios. I've decided not to worry about finishing the HoF bios by the end of the season, though. I'll just keep doing them at a regular pace, and see where I'm at by the end of the season. Then... I don't know. I could try and finish them all up before heading to the next season(not sure I really like that idea), or I could just keep the current method into next season, and when I'm done with them, I'm done with them. We'll see, I guess.
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: LF Emmett Serpa
Emmett Serpa:
Left Fielder Emmett Serpa was one of the great power-speed threats in the league's history. In 2022, Memphis made Serpa the number one overall player taken in the amateur draft. He would see action at every level of baseball that year, with the most action coming at AA. His major league cup of coffee wasn't anything to get excited about, however, he was a regular the following season for the Grizzlies, playing DH against right handed pitchers. Both his power and speed potential were evident in his rookie season, but it was clear that he still needed a lot of refinement in his hitting approach. Even so, Serpa was named the American League Rookie of the Year for his efforts. Serpa's numbers improved slightly in 2024, and for the first time in his career, he got to experience the thrill of a playoff race, as Memphis won 84 games and finished 2 games behind Grand Rapids in the division race. Memphis finished in second place again in 2025, 4 games behind Grand Rapids. Meanwhile, Serpa took a huge leap forward in his hitting ability, improveing his OPS by 92 points. The Grizzlies slumped to 95 losses in 2026, but Serpa batted .300 for the first time, drove in 100 runs for the first time, stole 30+ bases for the first time, and was named to his first All Star team. In 2027, Serpa hit 20 homeruns for the first time, and saw his OPS improve once again. The Grizzlies bounced back from the bad season and won 91 games, but finished in second place to Tucson by just 2 games. Serpa exploded in 2028, winning the batting title with a .352 average, and putting up a 30-30 season, with 36 homers and 36 stolen bases. He also had the first 1.000+ OPS season of his career. But the topsy turvy Grizzlies sunk to last place, losing 91 games. Serpa improved his OPS for the sixth consecutive year in 2029, and belted 43 homeruns, but Memphis finished last in a competitive, if mediocre, division. The Grizzlies won only 78 games, but finished just 6 games out of first place. 2030 would be another monster year for Serpa, as he posted his third straight 1.000+ OPS season, and blasted 40+ homers for the second year in a row. Memphis remained mediocre, winning only 74 games. In 2031, Serpa headed to Nashville as a free agent. It was one of the smartes decisions of his life. Serpa crushed 45 longballs and drove in a career high 144 runs while helping Nashville to the best record in baseball with 98 wins. The Predators won a heated Southeast Division race, beating out two other 90 game winners, Knoxville(96) and Washington(93). Incredibly enough, Serpa's old team Memphis squeaked out a division championship in the Central despite mustering only 79 wins. The Predators blew past the Grizzlies in 5 games in the ALCS, outscoring Memphis 16-2 in the final two games of the series. Nashville was then pitted against a Sacramento team in the World Series that had a Hall of Fame ace, Jeremy Poss, and a Hall of Fame slugger, Greg Dos Santos. Not to worry for Nashville; they had two future Hall of Fame sluggers, Serpa and Pierre Sanchez, as well as a Hall of Fame ace of their own, George Vives. In Game One of the World Series, Nashville got thumped, 8-4. Serpa delivered a homerun in Game Two, a 4-1 Nashville victory. Serpa tripled and scored a run in Game Three, an 8-0 Nashville rout. In Game Four, Serpa doubled twice and drove in a run in a 4 run rally in the 8th inning that erased a 5-1 Sacramento lead. The Predators would pull out the victory, 6-5 in 10 innings. The bats exploded for both teams in a series-clinching, 13-8 Nashville victory in Game Five. Serpa delivered 3 hits(single, double, homerun), 4 runs batted in, and 3 runs scored to help the Predators win their first World Series since 2025. Nashville just missed the playoffs in 2032, finishing 2 games behind Knoxville, and Serpa's run of six straight All Star appearances came to an end. The Predators finished 6 games out of first in 2033. Serpa returned to the All Star game, and posted his 4th season with an OPS over 1.000. Nashville returned to the postseason in '34, despite a less than stellar 88 wins, and upset a 97 win Memphis team in the ALCS. This World Series pitted them against an incredibly powerful Pittsburgh team. The fearsome Pirates lineup scored 25 runs in the first two games of the series, and after three games, Nashville had been outscored 31-14. In Game Four, Nashville managed to avoid getting swept. Serpa delivered a homerun in a 9-0 stomping of Pittsburgh. Serpa ripped a first inning homerun in Game Five, and the Predators grabbed an early 3-0 lead as they attempted once more to stave off elimination. But the Pirates' lineup was too powerful, and they banged out 20 hits in a 14-5 series clinching victory. The Predators slumped to 78 wins in 2035, and Serpa had his first season with an OPS under .900 since 2026. In 2036, the Predators became the 8th team in league history to reach the postseason with a losing record, winning the Southeast Division with a record of 76-86. They became only the second such team to reach the World Series, following in the footsteps of the '32 Grizzlies. Nashville faced off against a familiar face- Pittsburgh- and like in 2034, they fell in 5 games. Serpa had a good postseason run, though, and drove in 8 runs in the World Series alone. That would be Serpa's last taste of the postseason. In Serpa's 8th, and final All Star campaign in 2038, the Predators finished just 2 games out first place, winning 92 games overall. In '39, however, they slumped to 100 losses, barely finishing ahead of the second year Miami Dolphins, who lost 101 games. It was the first 100 loss season in Nashville franchise history. It wouldn't be the last. The following season, the Predators sunk to 103 losses, but Serpa was gone by then. He had been released in late May, and picked up by Portland in late August. He retired following the 2040 season. At the time of his retirement, Serpa ranked 19th all time in hits, tied for 20th in RBIs, 15th in runs scored, and 14th in stolen bases. Serpa's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2022 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 1 .071 .188 .071 .259 MEM 2023 127 444 115 25 2 12 76 73 23 109 16 2 .259 .296 .405 .701 MEM 2024 152 610 163 31 4 11 83 104 46 109 25 1 .267 .319 .385 .704 MEM 2025 139 557 161 32 5 15 66 96 53 95 29 8 .289 .351 .445 .796 MEM 2026 155 615 195 34 2 15 101 118 67 88 37 9 .317 .384 .452 .836 MEM,AL 2027 120 476 151 28 2 22 86 87 54 101 22 5 .317 .387 .523 .910 MEM,AL 2028 156 599 211 33 3 36 119 118 61 130 36 6 .352 .412 .598 1.010 MEM,AL 2029 145 532 172 23 6 43 122 117 79 76 26 6 .323 .411 .632 1.042 MEM,AL 2030 154 600 203 33 8 42 127 118 71 81 19 5 .338 .408 .630 1.038 MEM,AL 2031 156 588 186 29 4 45 144 120 65 86 21 6 .316 .384 .609 .993 NAS,AL 2032 152 586 192 23 5 23 105 115 79 69 31 12 .328 .408 .502 .909 NAS 2033 120 448 144 27 5 32 109 90 59 51 21 3 .321 .400 .618 1.019 NAS,AL 2034 149 536 187 45 5 35 130 125 82 93 15 10 .349 .435 .647 1.083 NAS 2035 155 563 152 26 4 33 94 104 93 116 18 5 .270 .373 .506 .880 NAS 2036 141 500 157 27 4 24 88 102 64 81 18 9 .314 .392 .528 .920 NAS 2037 154 574 172 40 3 27 110 99 66 112 23 5 .300 .372 .521 .893 NAS 2038 157 580 181 33 3 34 126 109 92 116 24 4 .312 .406 .555 .961 NAS,AL 2039 134 443 116 22 1 10 57 56 41 104 7 5 .262 .324 .384 .708 NAS 2040 7 8 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 NAS POR Total 2487 9273 2863 512 66 460 1745 1755 1097 1623 389 102 .309 .382 .527 .909 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2022, A 17 66 15 1 0 4 12 12 9 15 4 1 .227 .316 .424 .740 2022, AA 108 428 118 20 2 12 50 68 43 82 24 2 .276 .340 .416 .756 2022, AAA 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 2040, AAA 50 190 41 7 0 6 21 24 25 41 6 2 .216 .296 .347 .643 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2031 10 38 11 3 1 4 11 13 7 4 2 0 .289 .400 .737 1.137 2034 11 45 13 1 0 4 13 7 5 7 3 0 .289 .360 .578 .938 2036 10 39 11 0 2 4 13 8 3 8 1 0 .282 .333 .692 1.026 Total 31 122 35 4 3 12 37 28 15 19 6 0 .287 .365 .664 1.029 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Memphis in 2022... Had first career hit on 8/28/2022, off Victor Ghent (WAS)... Hit first career homerun on 4/4/2023, off David Presswood (KC)... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tucson on 8/6/2023... Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2023, hitting .259 with 12 HR, 76 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2024, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 5 RBI... Injured on 4/17/2025 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week... Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/18/2025... Had 7 hits with 2 RBI against Tucson on 4/5/2026... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Washington on 7/13/2026... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 9/16/2026... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Injured on 7/5/2027 with a Broken Hand, out for 5-6 weeks... Drove in 9 runs against Washington on 4/17/2028... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2028, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2028, hitting .545 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 8/27/2028... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2028, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2028, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Nashville on 4/16/2029... Injured on 6/11/2029 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2029, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Hit for the cycle against Knoxville on 8/12/2029... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2029, hitting .330 with 11 HR, 30 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2030, hitting .389 with 8 HR, 23 RBI... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2030, hitting .552 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/20/2031 to a 4-year deal worth $10,046,400 per year... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2031, hitting .297 with 9 HR, 24 RBI... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2031, hitting .467 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won World Series with Nashville in 2031... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Injured on 8/5/2033 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2034, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Injured on 6/22/2034 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week... Had 2000th career hit on 7/11/2034, off Mark Crowell (KC)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2034, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 4 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2035, hitting .522 with 6 HR, 13 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tucson on 4/15/2036... Injured on 6/28/2036 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2037, hitting .417 with 6 HR, 27 RBI... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2038, hitting .750 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Injured on 6/18/2039 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week... Released by Nashville on 5/26/2040... Signed as a free agent by Portland on 8/25/2040 to a minor league contract... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2041. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2028 - .352 - 1st 2029 - .323 - 4th 2030 - .338 - 7th 2034 - .349 - 3rd OBP 2028 - .412 - 2nd 2029 - .411 - 3rd 2030 - .408 - 5th 2032 - .408 - 5th 2034 - .435 - 2nd SLG 2028 - .598 - 3rd 2029 - .632 - 2nd 2030 - .630 - 5th 2031 - .609 - 5th 2033 - .618 - 5th 2034 - .647 - 3rd OPS 2028 - 1.010 - 2nd 2029 - 1.042 - 2nd 2030 - 1.038 - 4th 2031 - .993 - 6th 2033 - 1.019 - 5th 2034 - 1.083 - 1st 2038 - .961 - 10th Hits 2026 - 195 - 7th 2028 - 211 - 1st 2030 - 203 - 4th 2032 - 192 - 10th 2034 - 187 - 10th Doubles 2034 - 45 - 4th 2037 - 40 - 3rd Triples 2025 - 5 - 10th 2030 - 8 - 10th Homeruns 2028 - 36 - 6th 2029 - 43 - 3rd 2030 - 42 - 3rd 2031 - 45 - 2nd 2034 - 35 - 10th RBI 2028 - 119 - 6th 2029 - 122 - 5th 2030 - 127 - 7th 2031 - 144 - 1st 2034 - 130 - 7th 2038 - 126 - 9th Runs 2026 - 118 - 7th 2028 - 118 - 6th 2029 - 117 - 4th 2030 - 118 - 7th 2031 - 120 - 8th 2034 - 125 - 7th BB 2032 - 79 - 8th SB 2024 - 25 - 10th 2025 - 29 - 6th 2026 - 37 - 5th 2028 - 36 - 3rd 2029 - 26 - 6th 2030 - 19 - 8th 2031 - 21 - 10th 2032 - 31 - 5th 2033 - 21 - 5th 2036 - 18 - 9th 2037 - 23 - 9th 2038 - 24 - 5th
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10-04-2007, 06:54 PM
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8/4/2082 to 8/10/2082
Memphis @ Denver- (11-7 Victory) Memphis @ Denver- (7-4 Victory) Atlanta @ Denver- (9-4 Victory) Atlanta @ Denver- (4-7 Defeat) Denver @ Green Bay- (4-3 Victory) Denver @ Green Bay- (6-1 Victory) The Broncos bounced back from last week's shakiness, and finished off the final two games of a three game sweep of Memphis. Atlanta managed to earn a split from Denver in a two game set, but the Broncos recovered from the 7-4 loss to take the first two games of a series with Green Bay. It's not often that a guy has a career year in his mid-30s, but that's precisely what Alexis Vazquez is doing this season. He had yet another strong week, going 11 for 25, with 2 doubles, 1 homer, 8 RBI, and 7 runs scored. Asbel Fuentez delivered 10 hits in 25 at bats, including 2 doubles, and 1 homerun. He scored 7 runs, as well. Lee Chappel went 8 for 19, with 2 doubles, 1 homerun, 5 RBI, and 4 walks. Two surprise offensive contributers were reserve infielders Michael Phillips and Patrick Chason. Phillips went 8 for 15, with 2 doubles, and 4 RBI. Phillips has quietly put together a very solid season coming off the bench, and may see increased playing time if he keeps it up. Chason, meanwhile, was called up from AAA because 3B Joseph Swayze was nursing a shoulder injury and was out of the lineup for a few days. Getting sent to AAA to make room for Chason was little used relief pitcher Robert Soto. Not a big loss, really. Soto hasn't pitched much this year, and has stunk when he has gotten some action. Chason started both of the final two games of the week and went 3 for 8, with 2 doubles, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored. Robert McNett had a nice week on the pitching side, winning both of his starts with a 2.40 ERA. On the other side of the coin has been Ellis Bolling. It's amazing how a guy can hit the absolute hell out of the ball for a month(like Bolling did in July), and then abruptly look like a guy called up from the lowest level of the minors. Bolling was a pathetic 1 for 20 this week, and so far in August, he has gone 3 for 32. Ugh... Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3849 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 R. Vega* 3395 6 C. Romeo 3383 7 D. Homan 3360 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 F. Garza* 3304 10 T. Guerrero 3301 HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 R. Vega* 651 4 J. Paras 645 5 H. Abad 641 6 W. Byrd 639 RBI: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2281 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: RF Antwan Leanos
Antwan Leanos:
Antwan Leanos was the fourth player from the famed 2023 draft class to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (the first three being: Greg Dos Santos, Juan Lantigua, and Jason Dockins). He was also, arguably, the greatest player of the seven. Rochester made Leanos the third overall selection in that draft. The hope for Rhinos' fans was that Leanos would lead a team lacking in much glory to the promised land. Even in years when Rochester had been good, they had never been good enough, always finishing second to the powerhouse in Pittsburgh. In recent seasons, they hadn't even had winning records to fall back on, as evidenced by the high draft pick. Leanos skipped the minor leagues, making the Rhinos' 2023 major league roster. However, he would have to wait a bit before starting, as the incumbent RF, Leopoldo Guerro, was still an effective player even at the age of 37. Leanos' first season gave evidence of his batting eye, as he posted a respectable OBP of .350. In 2024, Leanos became the regular RF, as Guerro was dealt to Washington in mid-June. It was a decent season for both Leanos and the Rhinos. Leanos flashed some of his power potential and put up an OPS over .800. Meanwhile, Rochester posted their first winning season since 2017, scratching out 83 wins. Rochester's "success" was a mirage. Over the ensuing seasons, the Rhinos quickly sunk to the bottom of the division. The same cannot be said for Leanos, however. His production rapidly improved. In 2026, he batted over .300 and made his first All Star team. A year later, he belted 41 longballs and put up an OPS over 1.000. That set the stage for a magical 2028 season, at least for Leanos. Back in 2010, Scott Border ripped 61 homeruns for Kansas City. It was the fifth time in his career that he had managed such a feat. It would also be the last. Until the 2028 season, it would also be the last time anyone in the league had accomplished it. In fact, since the start of the '20s, there had been only four 50 HR seasons. That would changed in 2028, and Leanos would be the leader of the offensive explosion. It began with a 10 homerun month of April. He cooled slightly, with "only" 7 homers in May, but in June, Leanos picked up the pace, bashing 13. He followed with a 14 homer July. He finished up with 8 homeruns in August, and 10 in September. That gave him a whopping 62 homeruns. Alas for Rochester, they still managed only 84 wins, and finished a distant second to Pittsburgh. Even so, Leanos won the first Silver Slugger Award of his career. Although Leanos never again hit 60 in a season, the next several years followed a simialr formatl. Leanos would put up monstrous numbers and Rochester would do well, but not well enough. Leanos won his second Silver Slugger in 2032. As the 30's closed out, Rochester began to decline. After 8 consecutive winning seasons, the Rhinos slumped to 70-92 in 2036. It was the same year that Leanos hit his 500th homerun. In '37, the team lost 94 games. 2038 was the end of an era. Leanos, 35 years old, left the team he had spent his entire career with, and signed with the expansion Buffalo Bills. He would make his 11th, and final, All Star appearance that season. Shortly after the All Star break, he would hit the 600th homerun of his career. It made him only the second player to hit 600 homeruns. Only Hector Abad had hit more than Leanos. At the end of the year, he won his 8th, and final, Gold Glove Award in RF. Only Leanos and Brad Lane have won that many Gold Gloves in right field. Leanos hung on for a couple more seasons, his skills in deep decline at that point. By the time his career came to an end in '41, he wasn't even playing in the majors anymore, as he spent about a month at AAA embarrassing himself before Buffalo put him out of his misery and released him. At the time of his retirement, Leanos ranked third all time in homeruns, 12th in RBI, 8th in walks, and 17th in runs scored. Today, Leanos ranks 9th in homeruns and 24th in walks. Leanos had tremendous power, excellent plate discipline, and was arguably the greatest defensive RF of all time. Alas, because of the era in which he played- an era which saw a ridiculously dominant Pittsburgh team running roughshod over the Northeast Division and allowed only division winners to make the postseason- Leanos never got the chance to prove himself in the playoffs. Is he the greatest player to never play in the postseason? Leanos' stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2023 90 123 30 6 1 3 12 14 20 38 0 1 .244 .350 .382 .732 ROC 2024 134 424 124 15 1 14 59 62 53 100 1 0 .292 .371 .432 .803 ROC 2025 152 507 150 26 4 21 94 91 102 119 2 0 .296 .414 .487 .901 ROC 2026 154 567 172 34 3 27 109 85 81 157 1 0 .303 .390 .517 .907 ROC,NL 2027 155 554 172 30 3 41 111 112 107 140 1 0 .310 .422 .597 1.020 ROC,NL 2028 157 564 191 19 1 62 163 135 93 132 0 1 .339 .432 .706 1.138 ROC,NL 2029 156 541 182 28 0 54 160 131 113 100 0 0 .336 .451 .688 1.139 ROC,NL 2030 155 558 168 23 1 45 115 117 106 99 0 1 .301 .413 .588 1.000 ROC,NL 2031 158 557 168 26 2 39 106 116 98 77 0 1 .302 .406 .566 .972 ROC 2032 157 547 178 22 1 58 152 137 109 74 0 1 .325 .438 .687 1.125 ROC,NL 2033 156 555 185 24 3 50 136 130 109 72 1 0 .333 .443 .658 1.100 ROC,NL 2034 158 557 150 18 3 46 125 113 87 87 6 2 .269 .368 .560 .928 ROC,NL 2035 154 558 170 22 1 28 107 97 92 83 12 0 .305 .403 .498 .901 ROC,NL 2036 156 549 157 21 3 46 114 113 90 95 2 0 .286 .387 .587 .973 ROC,NL 2037 156 535 150 30 1 29 87 83 85 104 1 0 .280 .379 .503 .882 ROC 2038 154 546 133 14 0 47 110 94 91 143 2 0 .244 .352 .527 .879 Buf,NL 2039 151 538 137 18 3 17 60 81 89 155 2 1 .255 .360 .394 .754 BUF 2040 71 214 50 12 2 4 23 24 18 54 0 1 .234 .293 .364 .658 BUF Total 2624 8994 2667 388 33 631 1843 1735 1543 1829 31 9 .297 .400 .557 .957 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2040, AAA 27 98 22 7 0 1 7 13 15 19 2 0 .224 .325 .327 .651 2041, AAA 29 98 19 5 0 3 10 14 22 20 3 2 .194 .333 .337 .670 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Rochester in 2023... Had first career hit on 4/2/2023, off William Wallace (HAR)... Hit first career homerun on 8/18/2023, off Ronald Brenner (HAR)... Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 4/14/2026... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Sacramento on 7/9/2026... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2027, hitting .337 with 8 HR, 24 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2027, hitting .350 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2027, hitting .538 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2027... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Harrisburg on 4/29/2028... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2028, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2028, hitting .340 with 13 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 5 runs on 7/20/2028... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2028, hitting .481 with 7 HR, 13 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Harrisburg on 7/28/2028... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2028, hitting .427 with 14 HR, 34 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 9/14/2028... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2028, hitting .339 with 62 HR, 163 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2029, hitting .379 with 12 HR, 28 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 7/12/2029... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2029, hitting .375 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2029, hitting .419 with 11 HR, 32 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/2/2029... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2029, hitting .364 with 12 HR, 27 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2029... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 4/16/2030... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2030, hitting .565 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Sacramento, driving in 6 runs on 9/23/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2030, hitting .435 with 7 HR, 15 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2030... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2031, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2031, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2031... Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 5/28/2032... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2032, hitting .385 with 12 HR, 34 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2032, hitting .529 with 5 HR, 15 RBI... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 3 runs on 8/18/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2032, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Portland on 9/15/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2032, hitting .452 with 7 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2032, hitting .611 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2032, hitting .452 with 14 HR, 30 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2032, hitting .325 with 58 HR, 152 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2032... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 9/20/2033... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2033, hitting .462 with 6 HR, 19 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2033, hitting .389 with 13 HR, 38 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2034, hitting .500 with 8 HR, 18 RBI... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 4/17/2035... Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 6/18/2035... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 8/12/2035, off Ramon Alcazar (SD)... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2035... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 4 runs on 4/29/2036... Had 500th career homerun on 5/4/2036, off Kirby Overlock (HFD)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2036, hitting .471 with 3 HR, 5 RBI... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2036... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2037, hitting .350 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Buffalo on 2/21/2038 to a 4-year deal worth $13,524,800 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2038, hitting .360 with 6 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2038, hitting .381 with 7 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Had 600th career homerun on 7/7/2038, off James Loesch (POR)... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2038... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2039, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Injured on 4/16/2041 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days... Released by Buffalo on 5/5/2041... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2042. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2028 - .339 - 7th 2029 - .336 - 9th 2032 - .325 - 8th OBP 2025 - .414 - 5th 2026 - .390 - 8th 2027 - .422 - 4th 2028 - .432 - 3rd 2029 - .451 - 2nd 2030 - .413 - 2nd 2031 - .406 - 7th 2032 - .438 - 2nd 2033 - .443 - 1st 2035 - .403 - 10th 2036 - .387 - 10th SLG 2026 - .517 - 9th 2027 - .597 - 3rd 2028 - .706 - 1st 2029 - .688 - 3rd 2030 - .588 - 4th 2031 - .566 - 9th 2032 - .687 - 1st 2033 - .658 - 3rd 2034 - .560 - 7th 2036 - .587 - 5th OPS 2025 - .901 - 10th 2026 - .907 - 8th 2027 - 1.020 - 3rd 2028 - 1.138 - 1st 2029 - 1.139 - 1st 2030 - 1.000 - 2nd 2031 - .972 - 8th 2032 - 1.125 - 1st 2033 - 1.100 - 1st 2035 - .901 - 10th 2036 - .973 - 3rd 2037 - .882 - 10th Hits 2028 - 191 - 6th Homeruns 2026 - 27 - 9th 2027 - 41 - 2nd 2028 - 62 - 1st 2029 - 54 - 3rd 2030 - 45 - 3rd 2031 - 39 - 7th 2032 - 58 - 1st 2033 - 50 - 3rd 2034 - 46 - 3rd 2035 - 28 - 9th 2036 - 46 - 1st 2038 - 47 - 5th RBI 2026 - 109 - 7th 2028 - 163 - 1st 2029 - 160 - 1st 2030 - 115 - 7th 2032 - 152 - 1st 2033 - 136 - 4th 2034 - 125 - 4th 2035 - 107 - 10th 2036 - 114 - 8th 2038 - 110 - 10th Runs 2027 - 112 - 5th 2028 - 135 - 1st 2029 - 131 - 2nd 2030 - 117 - 2nd 2031 - 116 - 10th 2032 - 137 - 1st 2033 - 130 - 5th 2034 - 113 - 10th 2036 - 113 - 4th BB 2025 - 102 - 5th 2026 - 81 - 9th 2027 - 107 - 1st 2028 - 93 - 3rd 2029 - 113 - 1st 2030 - 106 - 2nd 2031 - 98 - 3rd 2032 - 109 - 3rd 2033 - 109 - 2nd 2034 - 87 - 9th 2035 - 92 - 7th 2036 - 90 - 6th 2037 - 85 - 10th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: 3B Gerald Lipscomb
Gerald Lipscomb:
The fifth player from the 2023 draft to be inducted into the Hall of Fame was third baseman Gerald Lipscomb. Lipscomb was taken by Pittsburgh with the 15th pick in the first round of the draft. Although the young third baseman was not yet ready for the big leagues, Pittsburgh fans hoped he would arrive soon. The past several years had seen an only occasionally effective platoon of infielders Eric Bang and Walter Garrick. The excitement around Lipscomb went through the roof after he took A ball by storm, slamming 38 homeruns at that level in 2023. He earned himself a cup of coffee at AA, but his numbers weren't nearly as good. The buzz around Lipscomb began to die down a little bit. He split between A and AA in 2024, and had mixed results. The power was there, but his hitting approach was uncontrolled, to say the least. In 2025, Lipscomb again split between A and AA, and this time, his AA numbers dropped sharply. By this time, the Pirates had already converted young outfielder Michael Ebeling to third base, and after two solid seasons at the big league level, it was now unclear as to what would happen with Lipscomb. In 2026, Lipscomb seemed to recover. He split between AA and AAA, and put up strong numbers at both levels. 2027 was a strange year. Lipscomb began the year at AAA, but his numbers were less than stellar. And yet, in the middle of July, the Pirates traded their firstbaseman, Matthew Jackson, and promoted Lipscomb to the majorsand installed him as their starting thirdbaseman. Michael Ebeling was moved across the diamond to first base. Lipscomb would collect just over 200 at bats in his rookie season, and while he showed a bit of power, his overall numbers were unimpressive. In the playoffs, however, came a breakthrough moment for the 22 year old. The Pirates trailed Sacramento 3 games to 1 in the NLCS, and the young Lipscomb was having a miserable postseason, batting just .154 with 1 RBI heading into Game Five. The game was scoreless until the fourth inning. Pittsburgh put two runners aboard, and right fielder Nathan Keith slammed one over the fence to give them a 3-0 lead. Stepping to the plate after Keith's blast was Lipscomb. Lipscomb proceeded to deposit the baseball into the bleachers himself, making the game 4-0. Two innings later, with the score 4-1, Lipscomb ripped his second homerun of the game, and the Pirates went on to win 6-2. Although Pittsburgh would lose in Game Six, it was one of those moments for the rookie that said to him: "Hey, I can play at this level!" A year later, Lipscomb smacked 22 homers and drove in 94 runs, and won the Gold Glove Award at the hot corner. It was the springboard to a magnificent 2029 season. Lipscomb batted .343 and became the first Pirate since Kangorou Yataro in 2012 to hit 50 homers in a season. A tremendous postseason carried Pittsburgh to the World Series, where they fell in 7 games to Grand Rapids, in one of the most exciting Series ever. The deciding Game Seven went 13 innings, and five of the games were decided by 3 runs or less. Lipscomb's excellent season earned him the Silver Slugger Award. Now established as one of the top sluggers in the National League, it was time to bring Pittsburgh fans something they had been missing for far too long(in their minds, of course): a championship. The Pirates were swept in the NLCS in 2030. In '31, they lost in 6 games to Sacramento. Pittsburgh reached the World Series in '32, but were stunned in 5 games to the seemingly outgunned Memphis Grizzlies. And then, the 2033 season. It had been ten long years since the Pirates had raised the Jolly Roger over all of baseball. April was a sluggish month for Lipscomb. Though he ripped 7 homers, his .247 AVG wasn't what he had been accustomed to. In May, he got hot. Red hot. He ripped through the month with a .404 average and 10 homeruns. June was more of the same: .367 AVG, 10 HR. July was a "quiet" .292 AVG, 5 homers. August, similar to that: .295, 7 homers. In September, however, Lipscomb's "lethargy" would be lifted. He stormed through the final month of the season with a .330 average, and 12 homeruns, finishing with a career best of 51 four-baggers. And then came the NLCS matchup against San Diego. Leading the series 3 games to 1, the Pirates trailed the Padres 5-3 heading into the ninth inning. With one out and two runners on, Lipscomb slammed his third homer of the postseason to give Pittsburgh the lead. They hung for a 7-6 victory, and were ready to exorcise the demons of the '32 debacle. The unfortunate opponent that got to face Pittsburgh's wrath? The Tucson Diamondbacks. With Game One scoreless in the eighth inning, Lipscomb blasted a two out, two run homer. No more runs would be needed in a 2-0 victory. A 5 run first inning triggered a 10-2 Game Two victory for the Pirates. Tucson pulled out a win in Game Three, but Game Four went to the Pirates, with Lipscomb hitting another homerun. Pittsburgh captured their first championsip in ten years by winning Game Five. Thus began a run of dominence that the Pirates hadn't approached in about 20 years. 2034 saw the Pirates cruise to a second consecutive championship, blowing away Nashville in 5 games, as the juggernaught offense scored 45 runs. Lipscomb drove in 8 of those runs, blasting 3 World Series homeruns. 2035 made it three straight championships, as the Pirates swept Washington. Though Lipscomb had an uninspiring postseason run, he led the league in homeruns for the only time in his career that year. Strangely, the 39 homeruns he hit that year were only the 5th most of his career. Pittsburgh won its 4th consecutive championship in 2036, knocking off Nashville in 5 games. In '37, despite Lipscomb posting the 4th 1.000+ OPS season of his career, Pittsburgh's streak of championships came to an end. They fell to eventual champion Portland in 6 games. Pittsburgh reached the World Series in 2038 and lost to Tucson. In '39, the Pirates swept the Royals to capture another championship. Lipscomb missed the 2040 postseason with an injury, and the Pirates fell to Sacramento in the NLCS. In 2041, Lipscomb was 36 years old, and still a productive, if no longer elite, player. At the end of April, Lipscomb belted his 500th career homerun. The '41 postseason would be one last hurrah for him. The Pirates trailed Portland in the NLCS, 3 games to 1. After staving off elimination in Game Five, Lipscomb triggered a 5 run third inning by blasting a two out, three run homerun. Pittsburgh tied up the series with a 7-5 victory. Lipscomb added another homerun in the deciding Game Seven victory which sent the Pirates to the World Series. Pittsburgh swept Knoxville, with Lipscomb notching 3 hits in Game Two, and 2 RBI in Game Three. Despite still being a productive player, Lipscomb chose to go out on top, and retired following the '41 World Series. At the time of his retirement, Lipscomb ranked 15th all time in homeruns, and tied for 13th in RBI. Lipscomb's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2027 58 203 52 9 2 6 32 24 9 46 0 0 .256 .288 .409 .697 PIT 2028 143 489 127 21 4 22 94 64 23 103 1 1 .260 .293 .454 .747 PIT 2029 149 586 201 39 3 50 157 133 31 125 0 0 .343 .376 .676 1.052 PIT,NL 2030 149 585 182 31 2 40 127 100 36 92 1 2 .311 .351 .576 .927 PIT 2031 154 601 171 32 6 38 126 94 30 61 2 2 .285 .319 .547 .866 PIT 2032 151 553 186 40 3 42 134 123 33 28 3 4 .336 .374 .647 1.021 PIT,NL 2033 153 577 187 27 4 51 154 126 46 30 3 5 .324 .374 .650 1.024 PIT,NL 2034 155 578 178 22 4 37 130 115 42 37 5 6 .308 .355 .552 .907 PIT,NL 2035 152 575 167 25 5 39 127 104 49 38 14 5 .290 .346 .555 .901 PIT,NL 2036 154 604 173 32 1 38 140 123 51 38 7 4 .286 .342 .531 .873 PIT,NL 2037 152 542 181 34 7 37 137 121 52 24 15 5 .334 .392 .627 1.020 PIT,NL 2038 143 515 151 27 2 35 131 104 53 21 4 3 .293 .359 .557 .916 PIT,NL 2039 146 529 159 24 3 33 132 110 52 26 2 1 .301 .363 .544 .908 PIT 2040 147 541 164 27 6 27 115 81 32 36 2 0 .303 .342 .525 .867 PIT 2041 149 555 142 28 4 22 97 79 31 36 1 0 .256 .295 .440 .735 PIT Total 2155 8033 2421 418 56 517 1833 1501 570 741 60 38 .301 .348 .560 .908 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2023, A 96 442 153 14 0 38 90 86 19 102 8 8 .346 .371 .636 1.006 2023, AA 32 146 38 6 0 5 22 20 2 37 1 1 .260 .258 .404 .662 2024, A 55 244 70 9 0 18 45 32 10 54 3 2 .287 .313 .545 .858 2024, AA 82 351 97 14 1 19 56 52 8 65 2 8 .276 .290 .484 .774 2025, A 54 245 72 8 0 5 18 30 8 53 4 9 .294 .310 .388 .698 2025, AA 81 367 89 18 1 11 54 45 12 86 4 4 .243 .264 .387 .651 2026, AA 74 331 102 23 3 12 45 49 10 64 6 6 .308 .325 .505 .829 2026, AAA 63 272 84 24 0 9 38 29 6 52 0 2 .309 .316 .496 .812 2027, AAA 96 435 113 24 0 14 53 48 14 76 1 6 .260 .282 .411 .693 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2027 7 19 5 0 0 2 3 3 1 5 0 0 .263 .300 .579 .879 2028 7 28 7 1 0 1 3 5 1 9 0 0 .250 .276 .393 .669 2029 11 45 18 3 1 3 14 7 3 7 0 0 .400 .438 .711 1.149 2030 4 13 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692 2031 6 23 9 3 0 2 4 5 1 3 0 0 .391 .417 .783 1.199 2032 10 40 13 1 0 2 8 7 2 3 0 1 .325 .357 .500 .857 2033 10 42 16 2 0 5 13 8 3 2 0 1 .381 .422 .786 1.208 2034 9 39 15 3 1 3 11 10 4 2 1 0 .385 .442 .744 1.185 2035 8 32 5 1 0 2 3 6 4 3 0 0 .156 .250 .375 .625 2036 11 47 12 1 1 0 3 7 1 2 1 0 .255 .271 .319 .590 2037 6 26 8 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 .308 .333 .462 .795 2038 13 54 15 3 0 4 10 7 2 6 0 0 .278 .304 .556 .859 2039 10 41 10 1 2 2 7 9 3 2 0 0 .244 .295 .512 .808 2041 11 38 10 1 0 2 7 7 3 2 0 0 .263 .317 .447 .764 Total 123 487 147 22 5 29 88 85 29 49 2 3 .302 .341 .546 .887 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2023... Had first career hit on 7/24/2027, off Ramon Sanchez (LA)... Hit first career homerun on 9/11/2027, off David Lile (ROC)... Hit 3 homeruns against Rochester, driving in 4 runs on 9/13/2027... Injured on 7/15/2028 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2028... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2029, hitting .414 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 6/11/2029... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2029, hitting .471 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2029, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 5 runs on 9/7/2029... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2029, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2029, hitting .556 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2029, hitting .408 with 12 HR, 29 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2029, hitting .343 with 50 HR, 157 RBI... Drove in 8 runs against Harrisburg on 5/26/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2030, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2030, hitting .370 with 11 HR, 34 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2030, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 5/19/2031... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/9/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2032, hitting .692 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2032, hitting .412 with 12 HR, 31 RBI... Hit for the cycle against Harrisburg on 5/24/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2032, hitting .469 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 8/24/2032... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2033, hitting .404 with 10 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2033, hitting .550 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2033, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 7/29/2033... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2033... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 6/5/2034... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2034, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2034, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Nashville on 10/14/2034... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2034... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 5/13/2035... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 9/3/2035... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2035, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Portland on 9/15/2035... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2035... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2036, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Drove in 8 runs against Sacramento on 8/14/2036... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2036... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2037, hitting .619 with 5 HR, 15 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2037, hitting .371 with 8 HR, 32 RBI... Was selected to the 2037 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against Sacramento on 8/4/2037... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Rochester on 9/18/2037... Injured on 4/18/2038 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2038, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Tucson on 10/15/2038... Had 2000th career hit on 5/22/2039, off Richard Graber (LA)... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2039... Injured on 9/30/2040 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks... Had 500th career homerun on 4/29/2041, off Bill Amann (SAC)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2041, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2041... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2042. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2029 - .343 - 5th 2030 - .311 - 10th 2032 - .336 - 3rd 2037 - .334 - 2nd OBP 2037 - .392 - 9th SLG 2029 - .676 - 4th 2030 - .576 - 5th 2032 - .647 - 2nd 2033 - .650 - 4th 2034 - .552 - 10th 2035 - .555 - 6th 2037 - .627 - 2nd 2038 - .557 - 9th OPS 2029 - 1.052 - 5th 2030 - .927 - 7th 2032 - 1.021 - 5th 2033 - 1.024 - 5th 2035 - .901 - 9th 2037 - 1.020 - 2nd Hits 2029 - 201 - 5th 2030 - 182 - 8th 2032 - 186 - 8th 2037 - 181 - 3rd Triples 2031 - 6 - 7th 2037 - 7 - 6th 2040 - 6 - 10th Homeruns 2029 - 50 - 4th 2030 - 40 - 5th 2031 - 38 - 9th 2032 - 42 - 4th 2033 - 51 - 2nd 2034 - 37 - 5th 2035 - 39 - 1st 2036 - 38 - 7th 2037 - 37 - 5th 2038 - 35 - 8th RBI 2029 - 157 - 2nd 2030 - 127 - 3rd 2031 - 126 - 9th 2032 - 134 - 4th 2033 - 154 - 1st 2034 - 130 - 3rd 2035 - 127 - 1st 2036 - 140 - 1st 2037 - 137 - 2nd 2038 - 131 - 5th 2039 - 132 - 3rd 2040 - 115 - 8th Runs 2029 - 133 - 1st 2032 - 123 - 4th 2033 - 126 - 6th 2034 - 115 - 8th 2035 - 104 - 9th 2036 - 123 - 1st 2037 - 121 - 2nd
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: SS Danny Homan
Danny Homan:
Most baseball historians would say that Hector Abad was the greatest SS of all time, and that only a tiny number of others could even be rationally thrown into the discussion. Danny Homan, whose career was just getting started when Abad was at the height of his, was one of those players. Homan was the #2 overall draft pick in 2020, taken by Nashville. Homan spent roughly one month at AA that season, and though his OBP was very solid, his other numbers were, in a word, awful. Nevertheless, Nashville promoted him to the big leagues in early May of 2020, and installed him as the starting designated hitter. Amazingly, he had a quite respectable rookie season, showing both power and the ability to draw a walk. Despite this, Homan was relegated to the bench in 2021, and saw a decline in his numbers, especially his OBP, which dropped from .345 as a rookie to .313 in his sophomore season. With Nashville fighting hard for a division title in the highly competitive Southeast Division in 2022, and Homan still struggling to get off the bench, the writing was on the wall. In early July, the Predators dealt the young Homan to a struggling Harrisburg team in exchange for 29 year old starting pitcher, Clarence Webb. The move paid off. In a year when every team in the Southeast finished above .500, Nashville survived to capture first place. They reached the World Series, but lost. In Harrisburg, though Homan would not start right away, he would get the benefit from being mentored by one of the greats, Michael Mathew. Mathew was by then 36 years old, so Homan was hopeful that a starting spot would open up soon. As 2023 began, Homan and Mathew shared the SS duties, with Homan gradually dominating the playing time, much to Mathew's dismay. Then, at the trade deadline, Harrisburg placated the unhappy veteran by trading him away. In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, the team that Mathew was traded to.... was none other than Nashville. Once again, Nashville's machinations would lead to a World Series appearance and defeat. Meanwhile, Homan took his now secure claim on the starting job and ran with it, posting his best season yet. His numbers improved yet again in 2024, as he reached 40 doubles and 20 homeruns for the first time in his career. Even as Homan was on the road to becoming a superstar, Harrisburg was headed in the other direction. The year Homan had been acquired, they had lost 90 games. That number had dropped first to 100, and then to 104. In 2025, Homan ripped 50 doubles for the first time in his career, and was named to his first All Star team. He also won his first Gold Glove Award. Even though the Capitals would improve to 78 wins in '25, Homan elected to leave as a free agent. The Tucson Diamondbacks hadn't reached the postseason since 2006, and hadn't even had a winning season since 2019. That would all change in 2026, as Tucson aggressively upgraded their middle infield with two big free agent signings: 2B Joseph Lee and SS Danny Homan. It was perhaps fitting that Homan came back to the American League. Hector Abad had been an All-Star every year since 2011, and all but four of those had come in the AL. The last 7 had all been with Atlanta. So it was that in 2026, Abad would make his final All Star appearance, and pass the torch to the young Homan, who was making just his second appearance in the midsummer classic. Homan wouldn't miss the game until 2039. Tucson's offseason spending ended their long playoff-less streak. The Diamondbacks won the Central Division with 87 wins but fell to Nashville in the ALCS in 5 games. In 2027, even as Tucson won its second straight division title, Homan took his career to a whole new level, smashing 57 doubles and 45 homers, while hitting .330 with an OPS over 1.000. Once again, the Diamondbacks faltered in the ALCS, losing in 6 games to Knoxville. Homan reached 60 doubles for the first time in his career in '28, and won the first Silver Slugger Award of his career. Tucson made it three years in a row atop the Central Division, though they just squeaked over .500 at 83-79. And, once again, it was a postseason disappointment, as they fell to Knoxville in the ALCS in 7 games. Homan won his second straight Silver Slugger Award in '29, but it was not enough for Tucson to capture its fourth division title in a row. The Diamondbacks just missed the playoffs, finishing one game back of Grand Rapids. Tucson returned to the postseason in 2030, but like they had so many times before, the Diamondbacks faltered in the ALCS, losing to Knoxville in 7 games. Great seasons from Homan weren't enough to put Tucson on top of a weak Central Division in either '31 or '32. The '32 Diamondbacks sunk to last place, and they lost the most games since their disastrous 2024 campaign. In '33, Homan produced his 6th consecutive 60 double and 1.000+ OPS season, and the Diamondbacks rebounded with a vengeance. Tucson took the Central Division crown by 7 games over defending World Series champion, Memphis, and finished with 93 wins. Longtime postseason nemesis, Knoxville, was finally overcome, and the Diamondbacks were headed to the World Series for the first time since 2006. Alas for Tucson, they were up against a Pittsburgh team out for blood. Only a year ago, the Pirates had been stunned by Memphis in the World Series, and they were determined not to allow such a debacle to occur again. The Pirates quickly grabbed the first two games of the series, outscoring Tucson 12-2. In Game 3, Pittsburgh raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, and led 4-2 heading into the bottom of the third. Homan, 0 for 12 in his previous three playoff games, stepped to the plate with 1 out and 1 on in the bottom of the third inning. He promptly ripped a game-tying, two run homerun, and the Diamondbacks went on to win their only game of the Series, 9-5. Tucson dropped the next two games to lose the Series. Tucson missed the postseason in 2034, though their 89 wins would have been enough to win the Southeast Division. In '35, they won 97 games, the most in franchise history, but fell to an 86 win Washington team in the ALCS. In 2036, they broke that franchise record for wins, and won a whopping 101. They fell, however, to Nashville in the ALCS. Nashville, with a paltry 76 wins, would become just the second team with a losing record to reach the World Series. 2037 saw Homan reach 500 homeruns for his career, but the Diamondbacks slipped to second place in the division. 2038 was a year of many things. Baseball expanded from 16 teams to 20 teams. Homan was named to his 14th consecutive All Star team. It would be his last. In early August, Homan became the 6th player to achieve both 500 homeruns and 3,000 hits in a career. Tucson won a franchise record 106 games, beating out Memphis by one game for the Central Division crown. The Diamondbacks then survived Atlanta in 7 games to reach the World Series. Their opponent was a familar one. Just 5 years ago, Tucson had fallen in the World Series to Pittsburgh. Now they faced them again. Game One went to the Pirates, as Tucson blew an early 4-0 lead. Game Two was shaping up to be the same. The Diamondbacks grabbed a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning, getting back to back homeruns from DH Hernando Romero and Homan. In the blink of an eye, however, Pittsburgh led 7-4. Tucson battled back, and rallied from a 9-7 deficit in the 8th inning. The game went to extra innings, and Tucson prevailed, winning 10-9 in 11 innings. Tucson edged Pittsburgh 4-2 in Game Three, with Homan providing 3 hits. Homan belted a 3 run homer in the fourth game, and Tucson routed the Pirates, 13-5. Tucson, in a position to capture their first ever World Series, trailed 2-1 in Game Five, until Homan blasted a go ahead, two run homerun in the 8th inning. The Diamondbacks couldn't hold the lead, however, and Pittsburgh staved off elimination with a 4-3 victory. Trying to force a Game 7, the Pirates led 2-0 going into the third inning of Game Six. But Tucson got a run scoring double from Homan, and broke the game open with a 5 run third. The Diamondbacks pulled away to win 8-3, capturing the first championship in franchise history. Homan returned to where it all began in 2039, signing with Nashville. Unfortunately, Nashville would barely finish better than the second year Miami Dolphins, losing 100 games to Miami's 101. In 2040, the 38 year old Homan saw his power completely and utterly vanish. Predators' fans said the same thing regarding quality baseball in Nashville, as the team sunk to dead last in the Southeast Division, losing 103 games. It was the worst record in franchise history, and a bitter pill to swallow for a franchise that had won 13 division titles, and made 10 World Series appearances, with 3 World Series wins in the 38 years of the league's existence. In '41, Homan left Nashville, and returned to Tucson. He saw little playing time, and was released in July, bringing his baseball career to an end. At the time of his retirement, Homan ranked second only to Hector Abad on the all time hit list. He was tied for 6th in homeruns. He was the all time leader in RBIs and doubles. He ranked 6th in walks, and 3rd in runs scored. He began the 2082 season at number 6 on the hit list, but has since been passed by Ricky Vega. He is tied for 17th in homeruns. He remained the all time leader in RBI until being passed by Ricky Vega this season. He remains the all time leader in doubles. He is 12th in walks. He ranked 4th in runs scored at the start of the season, but has since been passed by Santiago Serrato. Homan's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2020 95 320 85 20 1 12 50 35 39 73 1 0 .266 .345 .447 .792 NAS 2021 73 178 46 10 0 6 35 28 14 52 0 0 .258 .313 .416 .728 NAS 2022 122 221 33 11 0 11 32 30 38 59 2 0 .149 .274 .348 .623 NAS HAR 2023 142 433 118 30 3 15 61 71 58 109 4 2 .273 .358 .460 .818 HAR 2024 154 560 149 47 2 20 79 96 87 118 3 4 .266 .365 .464 .829 HAR 2025 155 553 161 55 0 29 109 95 83 87 7 3 .291 .384 .548 .932 HAR,NL 2026 152 604 179 47 2 25 100 102 78 74 3 3 .296 .377 .505 .882 TUC,AL 2027 154 572 189 57 0 45 142 139 95 37 1 5 .330 .426 .666 1.092 TUC,AL 2028 154 576 199 63 2 35 139 135 96 30 3 4 .345 .439 .644 1.083 TUC,AL 2029 154 570 199 68 5 43 149 132 73 33 6 0 .349 .423 .712 1.135 TUC,AL 2030 156 593 195 68 1 34 131 124 77 31 0 2 .329 .406 .619 1.025 TUC,AL 2031 153 575 195 60 2 30 116 121 98 31 5 0 .339 .435 .607 1.042 TUC,AL 2032 151 590 190 63 3 37 129 115 83 34 4 1 .322 .406 .627 1.033 TUC,AL 2033 155 568 198 60 2 39 145 131 101 38 12 2 .349 .447 .667 1.114 TUC,AL 2034 155 559 184 49 5 39 142 126 104 39 5 2 .329 .434 .644 1.078 TUC,AL 2035 156 586 174 48 3 32 131 119 105 42 6 4 .297 .404 .553 .957 TUC,AL 2036 156 563 191 56 4 35 142 123 106 38 6 3 .339 .444 .639 1.083 TUC,AL 2037 152 572 188 38 5 39 114 122 88 33 4 1 .329 .418 .617 1.035 TUC,AL 2038 156 586 173 38 0 30 120 114 98 42 3 2 .295 .396 .514 .910 TUC,AL 2039 154 564 181 49 2 21 113 100 89 34 3 2 .321 .413 .527 .940 NAS 2040 146 465 126 33 2 7 73 65 61 75 1 2 .271 .356 .396 .751 NAS 2041 24 28 7 3 0 0 3 7 7 6 0 0 .250 .400 .357 .757 TUC Total 3069 10836 3360 973 44 584 2255 2130 1678 1115 79 42 .310 .403 .570 .972 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2020, AA 34 109 22 4 0 0 5 17 29 34 1 0 .202 .364 .239 .603 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2026 5 21 6 2 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .524 .810 2027 6 21 5 1 0 3 8 5 4 2 0 0 .238 .360 .714 1.074 2028 7 27 7 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 0 .259 .333 .370 .704 2030 7 22 3 2 0 0 5 3 4 0 0 0 .136 .269 .227 .497 2033 11 43 10 4 0 1 6 6 5 3 0 0 .233 .313 .395 .708 2035 6 25 7 1 0 3 7 6 4 2 0 0 .280 .379 .680 1.059 2036 5 19 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 .316 .381 .368 .749 2038 13 46 13 4 0 3 10 9 6 2 0 0 .283 .365 .565 .931 Total 60 224 57 15 0 12 43 39 28 15 1 0 .254 .337 .482 .819 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Nashville in 2020... Had first career hit on 5/12/2020, off William Norberg (GR)... Hit first career homerun on 5/26/2020, off Art Western (ATL)... Traded from Nashville to Harrisburg on 7/8/2022 (Going to NAS: P C. Webb. Going to HAR: SS D. Homan, P E. Leclaire)... Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Rochester on 9/5/2025... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2025, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2025... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 2/4/2026 to a 4-year deal worth $11,727,000 per year... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Knoxville on 5/15/2026... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2026, hitting .538 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2026... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2027, hitting .383 with 9 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2027, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2027... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2028, hitting .348 with 7 HR, 33 RBI... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2028, hitting .354 with 7 HR, 29 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2028, hitting .345 with 35 HR, 139 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2029, hitting .396 with 12 HR, 32 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2029, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2029, hitting .395 with 7 HR, 27 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/3/2029... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2029, hitting .349 with 43 HR, 149 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2029... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/6/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2030, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 5/29/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2030, hitting .563 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2030, hitting .484 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2030, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/12/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2032, hitting .563 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Grand Rapids on 7/16/2032... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2032... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Atlanta on 4/21/2033... Had 2000th career hit on 5/26/2033, off Ruben Schock (GR)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2033, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2033, hitting .370 with 5 HR, 16 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Nashville, driving in 6 runs on 9/15/2033... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 7/25/2034... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2034, hitting .350 with 11 HR, 29 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2034, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against Nashville on 7/13/2035... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 4/17/2036... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2036, hitting .565 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 6/5/2036... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2036, hitting .375 with 8 HR, 35 RBI... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 9/15/2036... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Grand Rapids on 4/4/2037... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2037, hitting .577 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Had 500th career homerun on 5/16/2037, off Miguel Deltoro (KNO)... Was selected to the 2037 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Had 3000th career hit on 8/8/2038, off Arthur Ponton (NAS)... Drove in 7 runs against Denver on 9/12/2038... Won World Series with Tucson in 2038... Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/24/2039 to a 2-year deal worth $10,863,000 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Denver on 5/7/2040... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 2/5/2041 to a 1-year deal worth $552,000 per year... Released by Tucson on 7/14/2041, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2042. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2027 - .330 - 5th 2028 - .345 - 2nd 2029 - .349 - 1st 2031 - .339 - 7th 2033 - .349 - 3rd 2034 - .329 - 6th 2036 - .339 - 4th 2037 - .329 - 8th OBP 2027 - .426 - 2nd 2028 - .439 - 1st 2029 - .423 - 1st 2030 - .406 - 7th 2031 - .435 - 1st 2033 - .447 - 2nd 2034 - .434 - 7th 2035 - .404 - 8th 2036 - .444 - 3rd 2037 - .418 - 6th SLG 2025 - .548 - 6th 2027 - .666 - 3rd 2028 - .644 - 1st 2029 - .712 - 1st 2030 - .619 - 7th 2031 - .607 - 6th 2032 - .627 - 3rd 2033 - .667 - 1st 2034 - .644 - 4th 2036 - .639 - 4th 2037 - .617 - 3rd OPS 2025 - .932 - 5th 2027 - 1.092 - 2nd 2028 - 1.083 - 1st 2029 - 1.135 - 1st 2030 - 1.025 - 7th 2031 - 1.042 - 3rd 2032 - 1.033 - 4th 2033 - 1.114 - 2nd 2034 - 1.078 - 3rd 2035 - .957 - 8th 2036 - 1.083 - 3rd 2037 - 1.035 - 4th Hits 2027 - 189 - 7th 2028 - 199 - 5th 2029 - 199 - 3rd 2030 - 195 - 9th 2033 - 198 - 7th 2036 - 191 - 10th 2037 - 188 - 6th Doubles 2024 - 47 - 1st 2025 - 55 - 2nd 2026 - 47 - 10th 2027 - 57 - 3rd 2028 - 63 - 1st 2029 - 68 - 1st 2030 - 68 - 2nd 2031 - 60 - 1st 2032 - 63 - 3rd 2033 - 60 - 1st 2034 - 49 - 3rd 2035 - 48 - 3rd 2036 - 56 - 3rd Homeruns 2025 - 29 - 9th 2027 - 45 - 3rd 2028 - 35 - 7th 2029 - 43 - 2nd 2032 - 37 - 10th 2033 - 39 - 8th 2034 - 39 - 6th 2036 - 35 - 10th RBI 2025 - 109 - 5th 2027 - 142 - 3rd 2028 - 139 - 1st 2029 - 149 - 1st 2030 - 131 - 6th 2031 - 116 - 10th 2032 - 129 - 5th 2033 - 145 - 3rd 2034 - 142 - 5th 2035 - 131 - 8th 2036 - 142 - 2nd Runs 2027 - 139 - 2nd 2028 - 135 - 1st 2029 - 132 - 2nd 2030 - 124 - 5th 2031 - 121 - 7th 2032 - 115 - 10th 2033 - 131 - 2nd 2034 - 126 - 6th 2035 - 119 - 7th 2036 - 123 - 7th BB 2024 - 87 - 8th 2027 - 95 - 5th 2028 - 96 - 5th 2030 - 77 - 9th 2031 - 98 - 4th 2032 - 83 - 5th 2033 - 101 - 2nd 2034 - 104 - 4th 2035 - 105 - 6th 2036 - 106 - 4th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: CL Luis Velasco
Luis Velasco:
When I discussed Craig Posada, I said that he was one of just two relief pitchers in the Hall of Fame. Luis Velasco is the second. It is perhaps no surprise that Velasco, like Posada, spent virtually his entire career with Pittsburgh. It's a lot easier to rack up huge save totals on a team that gets huge win totals. Velasco was originally drafted by Tucson in the second round of the 2024 draft. However, before he ever played a game in Tucson's organization, he was traded to Pittsburgh for a second base prospect. From there, Velasco spent a year at A ball, two seasons at AA, and about two months at AAA, before finally making the jump to the big leagues in 2027. Pittsburgh traded veteran closer Andrew Gladney, and immediately named the rookie Velasco the new closer. He responded with an excellent season, notching 25 saves, while posting a 2.83 ERA. In his second season, Velasco saved 41 games and was named to his first All Star game, but was quite shaky at times, his ERA ballooning to 3.95. Though Pittsburgh fell to Los Angeles in the NLCS, Velasco had a very nice performance, picking up 2 saves, and going unscored upon in 2 2/3 innings. Velasco's 2029 season was somewhat the opposite of the '28 one. In the regular season, he was brilliant. He racked up 42 saves with a sparkling 2.04 ERA, and made his second All Star game. In the postseason, however, he blew up. Although Pittsburgh swept the Dodgers in the NLCS, Velasco blew a save in the fourth game, and the Pirates had to win in extra innings. He did pick up the save in Game 3 of the World Series, and the Pirates led Grand Rapids, 2 games to 1. He picked up another save in Game 5, and the Pirates led 3 games to 2. And then, Game 7. The game was a microcosm of the back and forth series. The Pirates led 2-0 early, and later pushed their lead to 3-1 heading into the 8th inning. The Tigers tied the game in the top of the inning, but Pittsburgh retook the lead, 4-3, in the bottom of the inning. Enter Velasco. One out and two homeruns later, Pittsburgh trailed 6-4. Although the Pirates rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, they went on to lose the game, and the series, 7-6 in 13 innings. Such a prominent implosion seemed to greatly affect the 25 year old Velasco. He labored through the following season, posting an ERA of 4.27, and blew 11 saves. But the '31 season saw Velasco bounce back. He made his third All Star team, and had an impressive 1.76 ERA. In 2032, he set a career high with 47 saves, and 78 strikeouts. He was somewhat shaky in the '33 regular season, blowing 10 saves, which helped him to pick up a career high 11 wins. But in Pittsburgh's run to a World Series victory that year, Velasco was excellent in the postseason. He made 5 appearances and notched the save in every one of them, including in the clinching games of both the NLCS and the World Series. Velasco remained superb for Pittsburgh over the next several seasons, both in the regular season and in the postseason, and helped the Pirates win 4 consecutive championships. In 2035, he matched his career best of 47 saves. In '37, he posted a career best 0.97 ERA, allowing only 5 earned runs in 46 1/3 innings. He blew just one save in 39 opportunities that season. It wasn't until 2038 before Velasco began to regress a little. His ERA, which had often been under 2.00 in recent seasons, would not dip that low again, and indeed, several seasons saw it rise above 3.00. His once ridiculous control became merely very good. In 2041, Velasco became the fourth pitcher to reach 500 career saves. 2042 would prove to be Velasco's final season. Even as he became no longer effective, his ERA jumping up over 5.00, he crept closer and closer to Craig Posada's 570 saves atop the all time list. And then tragedy struck for Velasco. In a late August game in '42, Velasco took the mound one save away from tying Posada. Abruptly, he grabbed his arm in pain. The diagnosis? A ruptured bicep tendon. He would not take the mound again that season. At 37 years of age, his career was pretty much over. Pittsburgh released him at the end of the year, and he would retire. Velasco ranks second all time in saves, with 569. He is one of just 6 pitchers to have reached 500 saves. Velasco' stats: Code:
Career Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 2027 40 0 3 2 25 2.83 47.2 46 15 15 5 37 0 0 PIT 2028 66 0 4 7 41 3.95 68.1 69 30 30 14 51 0 0 PIT,NL 2029 63 0 8 2 42 2.04 70.2 47 18 16 13 59 0 0 PIT,NL 2030 70 0 4 8 31 4.27 71.2 78 41 34 17 55 0 0 PIT 2031 65 0 5 4 39 1.76 76.2 65 20 15 11 63 0 0 PIT,NL 2032 70 0 5 5 47 3.26 66.1 54 24 24 7 78 0 0 PIT,NL 2033 59 0 11 3 29 3.82 66.0 67 29 28 6 63 0 0 PIT,NL 2034 61 0 5 3 31 2.73 62.2 55 26 19 8 65 0 0 PIT 2035 61 0 5 1 47 1.42 63.1 38 10 10 6 62 0 0 PIT,NL 2036 58 0 2 3 40 1.81 64.2 52 13 13 3 68 0 0 PIT,NL 2037 51 0 3 2 38 0.97 46.1 41 9 5 6 36 0 0 PIT 2038 55 0 4 5 26 3.58 55.1 58 27 22 13 46 0 0 PIT 2039 64 0 6 3 45 2.36 61.0 49 16 16 14 54 0 0 PIT,NL 2040 54 0 3 3 24 2.42 52.0 42 17 14 11 42 0 0 PIT 2041 59 0 5 4 38 3.65 56.2 52 25 23 17 41 0 0 PIT,NL 2042 44 0 3 8 26 5.18 41.2 61 25 24 20 20 0 0 PIT Total 940 0 76 63 569 2.85 971.0 874 345 308 171 840 0 0 Career Minor League Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2024, A 54 0 5 4 35 2.67 67.1 61 20 20 23 63 0 0 2025, AA 48 0 4 8 30 3.65 56.2 66 23 23 19 78 0 0 2026, AA 55 0 3 2 43 2.58 59.1 48 17 17 7 97 0 0 2027, AAA 28 0 4 4 13 2.21 40.2 30 10 10 6 59 0 0 Career Postseason Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2027 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2028 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 2.2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2029 5 0 1 0 3 6.00 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 0 0 2030 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2031 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2032 4 0 1 0 1 0.00 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2033 5 0 0 0 5 1.69 5.1 3 2 1 1 7 0 0 2034 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2035 4 0 1 0 3 0.00 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2036 6 0 1 0 3 1.59 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 2037 3 0 0 1 1 4.91 3.2 4 2 2 2 3 0 0 2038 3 0 0 1 2 1.69 5.1 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 2039 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2040 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2041 5 0 0 1 4 2.45 3.2 5 2 1 3 3 0 0 Total 48 0 4 3 29 1.81 49.2 40 12 10 10 45 0 0 Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2027 40 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2028 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 PIT,NL 2029 63 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2030 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 PIT 2031 65 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2032 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2033 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2034 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2035 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2036 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2037 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2038 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 PIT 2039 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2040 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT 2041 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT,NL 2042 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 PIT Total 940 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20 0 0 .000 .086 .000 .086 Player History Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Tucson in 2024... Traded from Tucson to Pittsburgh on 4/1/2024 (Going to TUC: 2B O. Madrid. Going to PIT: P L. Velasco)... Earned first career win on 6/8/2027... Injured on 9/24/2027 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2033... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2034... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2035... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2036... Was selected to the 2039 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2039... Injured on 5/28/2040 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks... Was selected to the 2041 Allstar game... Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2041... Injured on 8/26/2042 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks... Released by Pittsburgh on 10/3/2042... Retired in 2043. Pitching Leader Boards Appearances Saves 2027 - 25 - 7th 2028 - 41 - 1st 2029 - 42 - 1st 2030 - 31 - 4th 2031 - 39 - 1st 2032 - 47 - 1st 2033 - 29 - 4th 2034 - 31 - 3rd 2035 - 47 - 1st 2036 - 40 - 1st 2037 - 38 - 2nd 2038 - 26 - 5th 2039 - 45 - 1st 2040 - 24 - 9th 2041 - 38 - 2nd
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10-07-2007, 07:25 PM
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8/11/2082 to 8/17/2082
Denver @ Green Bay (10-3 Victory) Knoxville @ Denver (4-3 Victory) Knoxville @ Denver (8-7 Victory in 10 innings) Knoxville @ Denver (7-10 Defeat) Denver @ Memphis (0-1 Defeat) Denver @ Memphis (2-10 Defeat) Denver @ Memphis (9-2 Victory) The week began well, as the Broncos finished off the sweep of Green Bay, and took the first two games of a series against Knoxville. The latter of those two victories was won in dramatic fashion, and came on the strength of Ellis Bolling. Mired in an awful slump so far in August, Bolling smashed a 3 run homerun in the first inning to give the Broncos a quick lead. Through six innings, Denver led the game 6-2, but that lead evaporated in a heartbeat. Knoxville struck for two runs in the 7th inning, and 3 more in the eighth, to take a 7-6 lead into the ninth inning. But once more, Bolling lifted his team. With two outs, and facing the 79ers' dominating closer Jordan Odle, Bolling slammed his second homer of the game to tie up the game. In the 10th inning, Denver plated the winning run. But that effort seemed to take something out of Denver, and they dropped the next three games, before closing the week with a rout of Memphis, and allowing for the possibility of splitting that 4 game series. Overall, it was an excellent week for the suddenly revived Bolling. He went 8 for 26, with 2 doubles, 4 homeruns, and 10 runs batted in. Alexis Vazquez went 9 for 26, with 2 doubles, 3 homeruns, and 6 RBI. In addition, Vazquez set a new career high in homeruns, reaching 36 on the year(his previous best was 34), and tied his career best in RBI, with 124. Patrick Chason, still on the roster, though Joseph Swayze is back to full strength, went 6 for 21, with 4 doubles, and 4 RBI. Russell Thomas was 11 for 26, with a double, a homer, and 6 runs scored. Kenny Pillsbury continued to close in on 20 wins, as he reached 19 for the year, winning both of his starts this week, with a 2.45 ERA. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3854 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 R. Vega* 3396 6 C. Romeo 3383 7 D. Homan 3360 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 F. Garza* 3310 10 T. Guerrero 3301 HR: Code:
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# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2281 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214 Wins: Code:
# Career Wins W 1 R. Padgett 339 2 R. Jordan 335 3 R. Mccomas 321 4 S. Narbaiza* 306 5 J. Poss 295 I brought back the Wins part for this post because, well there is some tough news here. Narbaiza had been out since July 1st with a strained elbow ligament. He made his return on August 17th, and had pitched 6 2/3 innings, when he got hurt again. This time, it's an injured tricep muscle. He won't be back this season, unless, I suppose, by some stroke of fortune, Rochester makes the postseason. Narbaiza is still a great pitcher, but there's no telling what two serious injuries in one year, plus his own advanced age, will do to him by the time next season rolls around. I would be rather doubtful of his ability to stay healthy enough to win the 15 games it would take to reach third place on the wins list.
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: 3B Donald Murillo
Donald Murillo:
Scott Border was the all time homerun leader for 15 years.Timothy Knight, for four seasons.Tony Martinez, for two seasons. Cody Newport, for one season. Hector Abad, for fifteen seasons. For the last 42 years, however, only one man has held the title of "Homerun King." Donald Murillo. The sixth Hall of Famer to come out of the 2023 draft, Murillo was the 11th overall pick that year, selected by Atlanta. Murillo spent one year at AA, where he showed his power potential, ripping 21 homeruns. In '24 and '25, he split between AAA and the big leagues, where he continued to show impressive power, with 12 homeruns in only 130 at bats in the majors in 2024. Atlanta had a capable 3B already in place, and so Murillo was traded early in 2026 to Los Angeles. Los Angeles, a team that hadn't had a winning season in 2019, stuck Murillo in the starting lineup with no trepidation. Their confidence was rewarded. While Murillo smacked 32 homers in his first full season, the Dodgers captured the NL West division title, winning 88 games. They proceeded to win their first World Series since 2006, sweeping their way through the playoffs.Murillo stepped forward in Game Two of the World Series. Though the Dodgers led the series one game to none, they trailed in the second game, 4-1 heading into the eighth inning. Murillo got them back in the game, delivering a 2 out, 2 run homer to make it a 1 run game. Los Angeles plated 2 runs in the ninth inning to pull out the victory. The rest of the Series was relatively easy, as they outscored Nashville 13-3 in games three and four. Murillo was now a rising star. In '27, he belted 41 homeruns and made his first All Star team.In 2028, his homeruns jumped to 45, and the Dodgers returned to the postseason.This time, things were not so easy. They survived Pittsburgh in 7 games in the NLCS, and then faced off against Knoxville in the World Series. In Game 2, Murillo hit a two run homer in the first inning, but Los Angeles blew a 3-0 lead before pulling out a 6-5 victory to even the series at a game apiece. The teams split the 3rd and 4th games as well. Murillo delivered a 3 run homerun in the first inning of Game 5, but the Dodgers blew that lead, too. This time, they didn't come back to win the game, falling 6-4. Facing elimination, the Dodgers clung to a 5-3 lead in Game 6, heading into the 6th inning. Murillo homered to lead off the 6th inning, and the Dodgers forced Game 7, hanging on for a 6-4 victory. It looked bleak for Los Angeles, as they trailed 3-0 going into the seventh inning. With one out, however, Murillo ripped a double. One out later, the Dodger centerfielder, Rogelio Diez, slammed a two run homer. The Dodgers weren't going to go down easily. Knoxville pushed the lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the 7th. Dodger DH, Walter Woodard led off the 8th inning with a homerun. Knoxville's pitcher imploded. The homerun was followed by a walk and then a double. After an out, the Los Angeles leftfielder, Roberto Torre, delivered a two run single to give the Dodgers a 5-4 lead. The Dodgers' closer, Devin Costanza, notched his 7th save of the playoffs, and the Dodgers, along with Murillo, were world champions again. In '29, Murillo's homerun total dipped to 37. It wouldn't go under 40 again until 2037. The Dodgers made the postseason again, but were knocked off in the NLCS. Murillo's 1 for 16 performance helped with that. In 2030, Murillo won the first of 6 Gold Glove Awards, but the Dodgers muddled along to a third place finish. The Dodgers continued to struggle, and so, following the 2032 season, Murillo headed to Memphis, who wa coming off of an unlikely World Series victory. Memphis was good, but not good enough in '33, finishing in second place with 86 wins. 2034 would be different. While Memphis cruised to a franchise-record 97 wins and a division title, Murillo had a different record on his mind. Scott Border(5) and Anselmo Maldonado(1) had combined for 6 60-HR seasons from 2004 to 2010. A 60-HR drought followed Border's 2010 season until Antwan Leanos hit 62 in 2028. From there, 5 different players reached 60 from '28 to '34. Murillo, his sights on Border's AL record of 62, was one of them. April was a good month, though not really a sign of what was to come, with 9 homeruns. Murillo smacked 14 in May. In June, three Grizzlies hit at least 12 homeruns; Murillo belted 13, giving him 36 through three months.He was at 46 through July, but cooled off a bit in August, with only 6. Down the homestretch, Murillo didn't waver. 10 homeruns in the final month of the season gave Murillo 62 for the season, and a share of the AL record with Border. For his stupendous season, Murillo was awarded the AL Silver Slugger. It was all for nought, however, as Memphis fell in the ALCS to Nashville. Memphis sunk to last place in 2035, and Murillo packed up his bags again, this time for sunny San Diego. Murillo followed up his 62 HR season by hitting 53, and he became the 14th player to reach 500 career homeruns. The Padres survived a tight division race, and a one game playoff with Los Angeles, to reach the postseason, but they fell in the NLCS. In 2037, Murillo failed to hit 40 homeruns for the first time in 8 seasons, and San Diego just missed the playoffs, finishing one game behind Portland. The Padres won 104 games in '38, but lost in the NLCS. In 2039, Murillo left San Diego and signed with Tucson. That year, he became the third player to hit 600 career homeruns, joining Hector Abad and Antwan Leanos. In 2040, Murillo passed up Abad to become the all time homerun leader. Tucson reached the World Series, but lost to Sacramento in 6 games. Murillo turned 39 before the start of the '41 season. Now, it was all about trying to put his HR record out of reach. He combined for 44 homeruns over the '41 and '42 seasons, bringing his career total to 691. Challenge that, future ballplayers! At the time of his retirement, Murillo ranked first overall in homeruns, 16th in doubles, and 2nd in RBI. Today, he ranks 1st overall in homeruns, with 21 more than the second place guy. He also ranks 7th in RBI. Murillo is somewhat strange. One would think, and indeed, even prefer, that the homerun king be some great player. So many great hitters have come and gone, and it would be nice for one of them to be the homerun king. Instead, you get... Donald Murillo? A great doubles and homerun hitter, to be fair, but aside from that, a thoroughly mediocre hitter. Mediocre batting averages, mediocre walk totals, and plenty of strikeouts. As it is, though, Murillo will likely hold that record for a very long time. He's already held it for longer than all of the previous leaders combined, and for just over half of the league's history. To put things into a little perspective, Ricky Vega, mentioned in the "milestone watches" is currently 42 years old and is still about 40 homeruns behind Murillo. I don't think it's an unbreakable record, but it would take a pretty special player, with a little luck, and the right situation. Murillo's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2024 38 130 31 10 0 12 33 19 3 33 0 0 .238 .256 .592 .848 ATL 2025 60 168 41 11 1 4 21 24 17 51 0 0 .244 .314 .393 .706 ATL 2026 153 575 131 33 1 32 112 75 34 166 0 0 .228 .271 .456 .727 ATL LA 2027 154 586 161 42 2 41 127 96 48 141 0 0 .275 .330 .563 .893 LA,NL 2028 155 561 149 39 4 45 137 100 59 93 1 0 .266 .335 .590 .926 LA,NL 2029 151 562 133 36 2 37 123 94 54 92 1 0 .237 .304 .505 .809 LA 2030 153 564 155 38 4 47 117 84 36 105 0 0 .275 .318 .606 .925 LA,NL 2031 153 573 151 44 3 43 140 108 57 89 0 2 .264 .330 .576 .906 LA,NL 2032 157 594 140 36 3 49 142 98 44 106 2 1 .236 .288 .554 .842 LA 2033 151 574 150 38 5 42 125 96 58 112 2 3 .261 .329 .564 .894 MEM,AL 2034 156 580 150 42 4 62 165 128 53 104 1 1 .259 .321 .666 .986 MEM,AL 2035 153 570 130 32 4 53 139 110 53 109 0 2 .228 .294 .577 .871 MEM 2036 150 533 123 45 4 43 136 98 44 118 3 3 .231 .289 .572 .862 SD 2037 148 533 123 40 4 37 112 81 47 112 4 0 .231 .293 .529 .822 SD 2038 156 528 153 42 5 39 132 86 40 103 3 1 .290 .340 .610 .950 SD,NL 2039 153 572 146 42 5 29 104 94 45 123 0 1 .255 .310 .498 .808 TUC 2040 155 546 146 53 4 32 112 102 44 121 1 0 .267 .322 .555 .877 TUC 2041 154 515 127 44 7 36 118 97 48 150 0 1 .247 .311 .569 .880 TUC 2042 94 295 57 25 1 8 39 38 30 83 1 1 .193 .268 .366 .634 TUC ATL Total 2644 9559 2397 692 63 691 2134 1628 814 2011 19 16 .251 .310 .553 .863 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2023, AA 123 490 129 17 0 21 53 57 39 91 7 7 .263 .317 .427 .744 2024, AAA 90 359 83 22 0 14 47 43 23 65 4 1 .231 .277 .409 .686 2025, AAA 53 202 58 9 1 11 36 22 12 33 0 1 .287 .323 .505 .828 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2026 8 30 8 2 0 2 4 7 5 8 0 0 .267 .371 .533 .905 2028 14 49 11 4 0 3 10 6 6 10 0 0 .224 .309 .490 .799 2029 4 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .063 .063 .063 .125 2034 6 25 5 2 0 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 .200 .259 .280 .539 2036 6 17 4 2 0 1 3 3 2 4 0 0 .235 .316 .529 .845 2038 7 22 4 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 .182 .250 .364 .614 2040 13 41 5 3 0 1 7 4 4 12 0 0 .122 .200 .268 .468 Total 58 200 38 14 0 8 30 26 21 42 0 0 .190 .267 .380 .647 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Atlanta in 2023... Injured on 4/17/2023 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Had first career hit on 7/29/2024, off Richard Taylor (KNO)... Hit first career homerun on 8/2/2024, off Larry Page (MEM)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2024, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Traded from Atlanta to Los Angeles on 4/26/2026 (Going to ATL: 2B A. Stackhouse, 1B C. Stangl. Going to LA: 3B D. Murillo)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2026, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won World Series with Los Angeles in 2026... Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against Sacramento on 8/18/2028... Won World Series with Los Angeles in 2028... Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 6/2/2029... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2030, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2030, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2030, hitting .319 with 11 HR, 26 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2030, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/2030, hitting .438 with 3 HR, 3 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Sacramento, driving in 4 runs on 7/17/2030... Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 8/21/2030... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2030... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Hit for the cycle against Harrisburg on 4/12/2032... Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/12/2032... Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 2/4/2033 to a 3-year deal worth $6,286,500 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2033, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Kansas City, driving in 7 runs on 9/19/2033... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2033... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2034, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 62 on 9/29/2034... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2034, hitting .259 with 62 HR, 165 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Nashville on 7/11/2035... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2035... Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/13/2036 to a 3-year deal worth $8,116,200 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/21/2036... Drove in 7 runs against Hartford on 8/11/2036... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2036, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Had 500th career homerun on 8/29/2036, off Hisamitsu Yukinaga (ROC)... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2036... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 9/27/2038... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 2/1/2039 to a 4-year deal worth $5,110,600 per year... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Denver on 4/15/2039... Had 600th career homerun on 5/28/2039, off Gary Guglielmo (MIA)... Had 2000th career hit on 6/24/2039, off Warner Bailey (NAS)... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2039... Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 4/24/2041... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 6/10/2041... Hit for the cycle against Denver on 9/22/2041... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Denver on 9/22/2041... Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2041... Released by Tucson on 5/19/2042, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 6/9/2042 to a 1-year deal worth $496,000 per year... Injured on 9/12/2042 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2043. Batting Leader Boards Appearances SLG 2027 - .563 - 6th 2028 - .590 - 7th 2030 - .606 - 2nd 2031 - .576 - 8th 2032 - .554 - 10th 2034 - .666 - 1st 2035 - .577 - 7th 2036 - .572 - 6th 2037 - .529 - 6th 2038 - .610 - 4th 2040 - .555 - 9th 2041 - .569 - 3rd OPS 2030 - .925 - 9th 2034 - .986 - 6th Doubles 2028 - 39 - 10th 2031 - 44 - 7th 2034 - 42 - 7th 2036 - 45 - 7th 2037 - 40 - 8th 2038 - 42 - 6th 2039 - 42 - 9th 2040 - 53 - 1st 2041 - 44 - 3rd Homeruns 2026 - 32 - 6th 2027 - 41 - 3rd 2028 - 45 - 4th 2029 - 37 - 6th 2030 - 47 - 2nd 2031 - 43 - 4th 2032 - 49 - 3rd 2033 - 42 - 5th 2034 - 62 - 1st 2035 - 53 - 2nd 2036 - 43 - 4th 2037 - 37 - 4th 2038 - 39 - 6th 2041 - 36 - 3rd RBI 2026 - 112 - 6th 2027 - 127 - 3rd 2028 - 137 - 3rd 2029 - 123 - 8th 2030 - 117 - 6th 2031 - 140 - 2nd 2032 - 142 - 2nd 2033 - 125 - 9th 2034 - 165 - 1st 2035 - 139 - 4th 2036 - 136 - 2nd 2037 - 112 - 6th 2038 - 132 - 4th 2041 - 118 - 6th Runs 2034 - 128 - 4th
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8/18/2082 to 8/24/2082
Denver @ Memphis (7-4 Victory) Washington @ Denver (9-10 Defeat) Washington @ Denver (6-8 Defeat) Washington @ Denver (6-4 Victory) Denver @ Grand Rapids (7-9 Defeat) Denver @ Grand Rapids (13-1 Victory) The Broncos did indeed manage to salvage a split of the four game series with Memphis, but continued with their sluggish play. Perhaps the wear of a long season is getting to them. Perhaps the heat of summer is tiring them. Whatever it is, the last two weeks have definitely been mediocre for Denver. Meanwhile, the Broncos' rival, Tucson, has been playing very well lately, and have crept to within 5 games of Denver. With over a month still to play, 5 games isn't looking all that safe... Russell Thomas had a fine week, going 10 for 27, with a double, a homerun, 8 runs scored, and 3 stolen bases. Asbel Fuentez was also a productive table setter, going 9 for 24, with 2 doubles, a homerun, 8 RBI, 7 runs scored, 5 walks, and 3 stolen bases. While Thomas and Fuentez set them up, Ellis Bolling knocked 'em down. Bolling was 9 for 29, with 3 doubles, 5 homeruns, and 9 RBI. As well, the 33 year old Bolling now sits at 499 career homeruns, one away from 500. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3858 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 R. Vega* 3404 6 C. Romeo 3383 7 D. Homan 3360 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 F. Garza* 3315 10 T. Guerrero 3301 HR: Code:
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# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2286 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: CF Emanuel Maxon
Emanuel Maxon:
It is perhaps fitting that the "homerun king", Donald Murillo, is followed by Emanuel Maxon. While Murillo is the all time HR leader, Maxon is the single season HR king. Additionally, when looking back at Maxon's career, one could make a fairly strong argument that he could have become the all time leader, as well. When looking at a player's career numbers, there is often some aspect that jumps out to make that player distinctive. In Maxon's case, it is a tale of two careers. The first career began with Maxon being taken #1 overall by San Diego in the 2026 amateur draft. The Padres were a team with only occasional success, and hadn't played in the postseason since 2013. They weren't much better in Maxon's rookie season, but the young centerfielder enjoyed a promising first season, displaying both power and base-stealing prowess. It was enough to be named the NL Rookie of the Year. San Diego struggled again in 2027, but Maxon's bat exploded for 35 homers, and he drove in over 100 runs. In '28, he took yet another leap forward, belting 53 homeruns to go with his first .300 season. He was an All-Star for the first time in his career. But things were not so rosy for San Diego. Even as Maxon enjoyed another fine season in '29, with 43 doubles and 56 longballs while winning a Gold Glove Award, the Padres, who, at best, had been treading water in recent seasons, collapsed to a 106 loss season, setting a franchise record for futility. It made the events of 2030 even more magical. When the 2030 season began, the Padres had not had a winning season since 2024. They hadn't played in the postseason since 2013. They had never even played in the World Series. Meanwhile, after 17 years of not having a 60 homerun hitter, there had been two in the last two seasons- Antwan Leanos in 2028 and Greg Dos Santos in 2029. A new name was about to join that group. Emanuel Maxon got off to a quick start in April, belting 12 homeruns. He followed that up with 12 more in May, however, he cooled off a bit in June, with only 6 homeruns. That gave him 30 at the halfway point of the season. But as the season progressed into the heat of summer, so did Maxon's bat. July saw him smack 13 homers, as did August. With one month to go, Maxon stood at 56 homers. He needed only 4 more to reach 60, only 9 more to break Anselmo Maldonado's franchise record of 64(set in 2006), and only 11 more to break Scott Border's single season record of 66(set in 2005). He would not be stopped. Maxon batted .330 down the stretch, banging out 14 homeruns to set the all time single season mark with 70 homeruns. The magnificent feats of Maxon carried San Diego to a 95 win season, setting a franchise record at the time for wins. The Padres captured the West Division by 11 games over Sacramento. They were pitted against 100 win Pittsburgh in the NLCS, but they swept aside the Pirates as if they were nothing. In the American League, Knoxville barely survived Tucson in 7 games, nearly blowing a 3 games to 1 lead. Though Knoxville seemed to be the better team on paper- they had scored more runs than San Diego while allowing fewer- they were just too tired to handle the rested Padres. San Diego jumped on Knoxville in Game 1, getting 5 first inning runs en route to an 8-2 rout. Maxon homered once and scored 3 runs. Game 2 wasn't much better for the 79ers. Maxon delivered a pair of homeruns and San Diego hammered Knoxville, 11-3. Knoxville avoided the sweep with a 5-1 victory in Game 3, but it simply delayed the inevitable. Although Maxon went down with an injury in Game 4, the Padres crushed Knoxville 12-0. San Diego clinched its first ever championship with a 15-5 slaughter in the fifth game. Maxon was awarded the NL Silver Slugger, and won his second straight Gold Glove Award. In '31, San Diego remained competitive, winning 89 games, but finished 3 games out of first place. Maxon didn't hit 70 homeruns again, but "settled" for 53, which still led the National League. The Padres slumped to 75 wins in 2032, but Maxon slammed 54 homeruns, good for second in the league. San Diego returned to the top of the West in '33, winning 91 games on the strength of Maxon's league-leading 54 round-trippers. This postseason trip wasn't nearly as enjoyable as the last one. They fell to eventual World Series winner, Pittsburgh, in 5 games in the NLCS. The '34 season was a strange one for San Diego. In a year when three National League teams lost over 100 games, and four won over 90 games, the Padres were the lone mediocre team, winning a boring 78 games. Maxon did what he always did: mash the ball. He collected 50 homeruns for the 7th consecutive season, and batted .300 for the third time in his career. He was also named to his 7th consecutive All Star game. Little did anyone know that it would be his last 50 homerun season, or that he would go to only one more All Star game. One week into the '35 season, Maxon collapsed in pain while running the bases. The diagnosis was not good: a torn muscle in his back. Maxon missed the remainder of the season, and prepared to return in 2036. In a year when a weak Los Angeles team won the West with only 80 wins, the loss of Maxon to the 72 win Padres was particularly damaging. And so began Emanuel Maxon's second career. Initially, it didn't look that different. Though Maxon's batting average dipped into the .260 range, he still smacked 44 homeruns in '36 and made his 8th All Star game. The Padres, meanwhile, were revived with his return. They tied with Los Angeles for the West Division lead, with 83 wins apiece. San Diego then won a one game playoff to reach the postseason. Maxon was dismal in the postseason, going 1 for 22, and San Diego bowed out in 6 games to Pittsburgh in the NLCS. In '37, San Diego finished one game behind Portland for the West Division title, while Maxon batted a career worst .237 and failed to hit at least 40 homeruns for the first time since 2027. He did, however, reach 500 career homeruns that season. The Padres parlayed an expansion year into a franchise record 104 wins, and Maxon bounced back slightly in 2038. Though Maxon belted 3 homeruns in the NLCS, the Padres lost in 6 games. In '39, Maxon left the only team he had ever played for, and signed with the second year San Jose Sharks. The Sharks weren't exactly getting the "single season HR record Emanuel Maxon." Maxon slogged through his worst season since his rookie season, managing a paltry 17 homeruns, while batting only .232. 2040 wasn't better; in fact, it was worse. Maxon batted only .222 and put up a .757 OPS, the worst of his career. Less than a week into the '41 season, San Jose traded him to Atlanta. It was in Atlanta that Maxon reached 600 career homeruns(the 4th player to achieve the feat), and even enjoyed a slight bounce back season, though the 38 year old only saw part time action. He played one more season, though he spent much of the year in the minor leagues, before retiring. On April 7, 2035, Emanuel Maxon was 32 years old and had 446 career homeruns. He had hit at least 50 in each of the past 7 seasons, and had averaged 52.75 in the previous 4 seasons. It seems safe to say that Maxon would have hit a similar total in the '35 season, giving him an additional 50 or so to his 612 career total. That would have given him over 660 career homers, good for third place. If one also assumes a more natural decline, rather than the injury-heightened one that he actually had, it doesn't seem impossible to think he would have finished with around 690 homeruns like Donald Murillo. Say, an extra 10 in 2037 and an extra 10 in 2039, and maybe a few more in both 2041 and 2042. All of a sudden, he's right up there in the 680-90 range... When he retired, Maxon ranked 4th all time in homeruns. When the 2082 season began, Maxon ranked 11th all time, but has since been passed by Harrisburg 2B, Del Shigemori, who currently has 615 homeruns. Maxon's 70 homeruns in 2030 remains the all time single season mark. Only two players have seriously challenged it, and they will both be discussed very shortly. Only one player has had more 50 homerun seasons than Maxon's seven- Scott Border, who had 8. Maxon's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2026 147 522 135 22 6 19 55 89 56 160 38 9 .259 .330 .433 .763 SD 2027 157 570 150 30 4 35 112 110 85 141 35 8 .263 .359 .514 .873 SD 2028 155 556 170 34 2 53 130 123 91 144 37 10 .306 .403 .660 1.063 SD,NL 2029 156 555 169 43 4 56 135 124 87 151 21 13 .305 .399 .699 1.098 SD,NL 2030 159 579 168 35 4 70 155 133 85 156 28 10 .290 .381 .727 1.108 SD,NL 2031 157 581 168 39 4 53 140 142 98 147 22 8 .289 .392 .644 1.035 SD,NL 2032 156 572 163 28 5 54 127 123 101 117 11 11 .285 .392 .635 1.027 SD,NL 2033 157 563 168 36 5 54 147 142 93 77 17 7 .298 .398 .668 1.066 SD,NL 2034 155 564 171 38 6 50 133 119 101 85 17 9 .303 .409 .658 1.067 SD,NL 2035 7 25 8 3 0 2 6 6 4 2 1 0 .320 .414 .680 1.094 SD 2036 155 539 142 37 3 44 128 114 89 140 12 7 .263 .368 .588 .956 SD,NL 2037 154 544 129 47 4 31 121 81 69 146 4 2 .237 .323 .509 .832 SD 2038 144 503 128 44 0 34 107 91 78 134 8 3 .254 .355 .545 .899 SD 2039 152 500 116 38 2 17 62 74 111 159 6 1 .232 .372 .418 .790 SJ 2040 157 535 119 38 2 25 78 78 73 145 1 2 .222 .316 .441 .757 SJ 2041 94 283 69 18 1 15 46 39 42 72 1 0 .244 .342 .473 .815 SJ ATL 2042 11 28 5 2 0 0 2 3 4 8 0 0 .179 .281 .250 .531 ATL Total 2273 8019 2178 532 52 612 1684 1591 1267 1984 259 100 .272 .371 .580 .951 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2042, AAA 35 119 24 8 0 2 12 23 25 24 0 0 .202 .336 .319 .655 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2030 8 27 11 2 0 3 10 10 5 6 1 0 .407 .500 .815 1.315 2033 5 19 5 1 1 2 3 3 1 7 0 0 .263 .300 .737 1.037 2036 6 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 .045 .087 .045 .132 2038 7 24 3 0 0 3 3 4 3 12 0 1 .125 .222 .500 .722 Total 26 92 20 3 1 8 16 18 10 32 1 1 .217 .294 .533 .827 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by San Diego in 2026... Had first career hit on 4/7/2026, off William Roehl (POR)... Hit first career homerun on 4/16/2026, off Arnold Martin (ROC)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2026, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 8 RBI... Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2026, hitting .259 with 19 HR, 55 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 7/14/2027... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2027, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles, driving in 3 runs on 5/25/2028... Was selected to the 2028 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2028, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2028, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2028, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2028, hitting .421 with 11 HR, 30 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2029, hitting .327 with 13 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2029... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 9 runs on 4/17/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2030, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2030, hitting .286 with 12 HR, 31 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 4 runs on 5/13/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2030, hitting .346 with 6 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 7/17/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2030, hitting .407 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2030, hitting .326 with 13 HR, 29 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2030, hitting .304 with 6 HR, 10 RBI... Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 66 on 9/18/2030... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2030, hitting .314 with 12 HR, 26 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Knoxville on 10/16/2030... Injured on 10/19/2030 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Won World Series with San Diego in 2030... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2030, hitting .290 with 70 HR, 155 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2030... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2031, hitting .381 with 6 HR, 14 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2032, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2032, hitting .563 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2033, hitting .417 with 6 HR, 12 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Pittsburgh on 9/22/2033... Drove in 7 runs against Hartford on 9/27/2033... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2033, hitting .435 with 5 HR, 16 RBI... Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Hartford on 4/17/2034... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2034, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2034, hitting .333 with 16 HR, 35 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2034, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2034, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2034, hitting .396 with 8 HR, 28 RBI... Injured on 4/7/2035 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season... Drove in 6 runs against Rochester on 5/31/2036... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2036, hitting .481 with 5 HR, 17 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 4 runs on 6/12/2036... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 6/30/2037... Had 500th career homerun on 7/6/2037, off Carlos Delvalle (ROC)... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/23/2037... Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2037, hitting .481 with 5 HR, 16 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2037, hitting .374 with 12 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2038, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Injured on 9/14/2038 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Signed as a free agent by San Jose on 2/1/2039 to a 3-year deal worth $5,179,700 per year... Had 2000th career hit on 4/17/2040, off James Millen (HBG)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2040, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Sacramento on 8/1/2040... Traded from San Jose to Atlanta on 4/4/2041 (Going to ATL: CF E. Maxon. Going to SJ: P J. Martin)... Had 600th career homerun on 4/19/2041, off Henry Sotan (KC)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2041, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 5 RBI... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2043. Batting Leader Boards Appearances OBP 2034 - .409 - 9th SLG 2028 - .660 - 3rd 2029 - .699 - 1st 2030 - .727 - 1st 2031 - .644 - 1st 2032 - .635 - 4th 2033 - .668 - 1st 2034 - .658 - 2nd 2036 - .588 - 4th 2038 - .545 - 10th OPS 2028 - 1.063 - 3rd 2029 - 1.098 - 2nd 2030 - 1.108 - 1st 2031 - 1.035 - 1st 2032 - 1.027 - 4th 2033 - 1.066 - 3rd 2034 - 1.067 - 2nd 2036 - .956 - 5th Doubles 2029 - 43 - 10th 2034 - 38 - 10th 2037 - 47 - 2nd 2038 - 44 - 5th Triples 2026 - 6 - 6th 2034 - 6 - 9th Homeruns 2027 - 35 - 6th 2028 - 53 - 2nd 2029 - 56 - 2nd 2030 - 70 - 1st 2031 - 53 - 1st 2032 - 54 - 2nd 2033 - 54 - 1st 2034 - 50 - 2nd 2036 - 44 - 3rd 2037 - 31 - 8th 2038 - 34 - 10th RBI 2027 - 112 - 10th 2028 - 130 - 5th 2029 - 135 - 4th 2030 - 155 - 1st 2031 - 140 - 1st 2032 - 127 - 6th 2033 - 147 - 2nd 2034 - 133 - 2nd 2036 - 128 - 3rd 2037 - 121 - 4th Runs 2027 - 110 - 6th 2028 - 123 - 3rd 2029 - 124 - 4th 2030 - 133 - 1st 2031 - 142 - 1st 2032 - 123 - 3rd 2033 - 142 - 1st 2034 - 119 - 6th 2036 - 114 - 3rd BB 2027 - 85 - 8th 2028 - 91 - 5th 2029 - 87 - 9th 2030 - 85 - 5th 2031 - 98 - 4th 2032 - 101 - 5th 2033 - 93 - 7th 2034 - 101 - 5th 2036 - 89 - 7th 2039 - 111 - 3rd SB 2026 - 38 - 3rd 2027 - 35 - 2nd 2028 - 37 - 2nd 2029 - 21 - 7th 2030 - 28 - 4th 2031 - 22 - 6th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: CF Tod Tsukasa
Tod Tsukasa:
The first round of the 2023 amateur draft produced an unprecedented seven Hall of Famers: #10 Greg Dos Santos, #1 Juan Lantigua, #5 Jason Dockins, #3 Antwan Leanos, #15 Gerald Lipscomb, #11 Donald Murillo, and finally, #2 pick, Tod Tsukasa, drafted by Los Angeles. The Dodgers had been a strong team throughout the 10's, winning 6 division titles between 2010 and 2019, including 4 in a row from '16 to '19, but as the '20s began, the team slumped towards the bottom of the West Division, culminating in an embarassing 101 loss season in 2022. So it was that the 19 year old Tsukasa was available to them in the draft. There were few to challenge the talented young centerfielder for a starting spot, and Tsukasa stepped into the major leagues with nary a day in the minors. There was certainly raw potential, as he poked out 10 homeruns and swiped 17 bases, but his plate discipline left much to be desired. Still, he was named the NL Rookie of the Year in '23, and seemed to have a bright future in Los Angeles. The following year, however, Los Angeles stunningly traded Tsukasa to division rival Sacramento despite the fact that his hitting had improved and his fielding in center was good enough for a Gold Glove Award. In 2025, Tsukasa spent much of the season on the disabled list after tearing a calf muscle, and his numbers dropped off sharply. At the trade deadline in '26, Tsukasa was on the move again. He was traded to Nashville for veteran and future Hall of Fame starting pitcher, Jeremy Poss. It was a strange trade for Nashville, a team in the thick of a division race, to make. Nevertheless, as Tsukasa hit 20 homeruns for the first time in his career, and stole what would be a career high 37 bases, the Predators won the Southeast Division by 9 games. After Nashville knocked off Tucson in the ALCS, they were pitted against a familiar face for Tsukasa in the World Series: Los Angeles. Despite ample motivation, Tsukasa did little of note, and the Predators were swept by Los Angeles. Tsukasa batted .300 for the first time, and posted his first 100 RBI season in 2027, but Nashville just missed the postseason, finishing one game behind Knoxville in the Southeast. In '28, Tsukasa's power went to the next level, as he smashed 38 homeruns and slugged over .500 for the first time. He also won his second Gold Glove Award. Nashville was good, but good enough, that year. They posted 84 wins, but finished in third place, 10 games out of first. In 2029, Tsukasa was convinced to sign with Washington by former Sacramento teammate, 1B Jayson Funk. Though Washington did not have a particularly distinctive history, they were willing to spend a lot of money, and just maybe, they could spend enough to buy a winner. They came close, at least. With the third highest payroll in baseball, the Senators won 90 games, but finished in second place, two games behind Tsukasa's former team, Nashville. Tsukasa, meanwhile blasted 40 homeruns for the first time in his career, was named to his first All Star team, and won his third Gold Glove Award. 2030 was much the same as '29. Tsukasa had a monster season, finishing second in the batting race with a .364 average, and hammered 85 extra base hits en route to the Silver Slugger Award. The Senators, however, again finished in second place, 5 games behind Knoxville. Tings still did not change in '31, as Washington finished in third place, despite 93 wins, and another terrific season from Tsukasa. Although Tsukasa's good friend, Funk, left Washington after the '31 season, the Senators brought in another ex-teammate of Tsukasa's, in an effort to placate their frustrated star. Greg Dos Santos, who had also played with Tsukasa in Sacramento, signed a big contract with Washington, to give the Senators an all future Hall of Fame outfield, with Tsukasa, Dos Santos, and Jason Dockins. It also gave the Senators the second highest payroll in baseball. A lot of good it did them. Only two American League teams posted winning records, and Washington wasn't one of them. The Senators limped to a 77 win season and finished tied for last place. The '33 season wasn't any better, as Washington won a meager 76 games, even as Tsukasa won his fourth Gold Glove Award in centerfield. Having had enough of the situation in Washington, Tsukasa was happy to be a free agent in 2034. Strangely, however, he didn't sign with a team that was a perennial contender, or even one that looked like they could become a winner with the aid of a powerful bat like Tsukasa's. Instead, Tsukasa signed with one of the worst lackluster franchises around: Harrisburg. From 2019 to 2033, the Capitals had posted just one season above .500, and that one was only an 82 win season. They had finished in last place in the Northeast Division in 4 of the last 5 seasons. They hadn't finished as high as second place since 2022. It was certainly an odd team for a major star like Tsukasa to sign with. What followed was one of the most magnificent seasons of all time, and though Harrisburg would not reach the postseason, they would perhaps, be put back on the map. After a brief flurry of 60 homerun seasons, things had quieted down a bit. In 2028, Antwan Leanos had broken a long drought by smacking 62 homeruns for Rochester. The following year, Tsukasa's buddy, Greg Dos Santos, had belted 62 longballs for Sacramento. Then, in 2030, Emanuel Maxon had set the single season record by hitting 70 for San Diego. The next three seasons, however, had not seen any 60 HR hitters. 2034, then, was all the more magical, because two sluggers reached the 60 homerun plateau. Over in the American League, 3B Donald Murillo would hit 62 for Memphis. In the National League, it was Tod Tsukasa who issued the first major challenge to Emanuel Maxon's record of 70. April began inauspiciously, with Tsukasa hitting only 6 homeruns. May was bit better; he hit 9 homers. June was okay, as Tsukasa hit 8 homeruns to give give him 23 at midseason. At this point, he certainly wasn't on track for Maxon. In July, however, Tsukasa's bat erupted. He roared through the month, hitting .361 with 14 homeruns. If you were astounded by his July, well, his August blew it out of the water. Tsukasa ripped through August, hitting a whopping .435 with 20 homeruns, giving him 57 roundtrippers with one month to play. Could he hit the necessary 13 to tie Maxon? Almost, but not quite. Tsukasa belted 12 homeruns down the stretch, finishing with 69 four-baggers, one shy of Emanuel Maxon's record of 70. Along the way, Tsukasa set the National League record for RBIs and runs scored, with 186 and 156, respectively. The RBIs were also the major league record. The runs scored fell one short of Pierre Sanchez's major league record of 157 for Nashville in 2027. Tsukasa's RBI and runs scored record still stand untouched today. The Capitals, meanwhile, won 94 games, the most for the franchise since they won the Northeast Division in 2016 with 97 wins. Despite that, however, Harrisburgh still missed the postseason. Tsukasa won his second career Silver Slugger Award, and his 5th Gold Glove Award. Harrisburg's success was fleeting, however. In '35, though Tsukasa had a typically excellent, if injury-plagued, season(though not nearly as good as his '34, of course), the Capitals plunged to the bottom of the division, losing 94 games. It got worse in 2036. Tsukasa again missed time due to injuries, and the Capitals lost 101 games, the first 100 loss season for Harrisburg since 2024. The team improved to 78 wins in 2037, but Tsukasa missed significant time to injuries for a third consecutive season. He did snag his 6th career Gold Glove Award, however. In 2038, Tsukasa reached 500 career homeruns, and won his 7th Gold Glove Award in centerfield. Harrisburg enjoyed a modest improvement, winning 82 games, most likely due to expansion, however. In 2039, the aging, but still productive, Tsukasa was dealt to Knoxville, a team in the midst of a tight division race. It was just the shot in the arm the 79ers needed, as they edged out Atlanta for the Southeast Division crown by 2 games. Tsukasa homered 3 times in the ALCS against Kansas City, including a 2 out, 3 run blast in the 5th inning of Game 7 that gave Knoxville a 7-6 lead. Though the 79ers would eventually extend that lead to 9-6, they would blow both that lead, and a 10-9 lead, eventually losing 11-10 in 10 innings, ending Knoxville's season. Tsukasa signed with Rochester in 2040, and had two solid seasons in '40 and '41. The 38 year old Tsukasa got off to a slow start in 2042, and was released in late May, despite being only 2 hits away from 3,000 for his career. Just a few days later, the Miami Dolphins, playing very well despite being in only their fifth season, came calling. Tsukasa did not play much for the Dolphins, but in mid-June, he became the 9th player to reach 3,000 career hits. The surprising Dolphins won their first ever division title in '42, posting an AL-best, 93 wins. Tsukasa made the postseason roster, but did not see any action. But the Dolphins were happy with whatever non-playing contributions the veteran centerfielder could provide. They blew past Kansas City in four games in the ALCS, and then knocked off a powerful Portland team in six games to capture the first World Series championship in franchise history. At long last, Tsukasa found himself on a champion, even if his own contributions were limited. Tsukasa hung on for one more season, seeing action with Hartford and Knoxville in 2043, but was clearly at the end of the line. When he retired, Tsukasa ranked 9th all time in hits, 5th in homeruns, 6th in RBI, 15th in triples, and 8th in runs scored. Today, he ranks 15th in homeruns, 16th in RBI, and 21st in runs scored. His 7 Gold Glove Awards in centerfield are the second most time of all time. Only Marcelo Silvera won more, with 8. Tsukasa's stats: Code:
Career Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2023 132 477 125 24 1 10 49 56 21 133 17 3 .262 .293 .379 .673 LA 2024 154 565 152 30 1 17 78 76 32 162 16 7 .269 .308 .416 .724 LA SAC 2025 94 387 86 14 3 14 39 48 29 95 14 5 .222 .276 .382 .659 SAC 2026 157 634 167 18 7 23 81 94 44 144 37 14 .263 .311 .423 .734 SAC NAS 2027 154 613 189 31 6 20 106 97 49 113 33 16 .308 .360 .476 .836 NAS 2028 128 499 144 19 7 38 108 97 41 105 26 5 .289 .343 .583 .926 NAS 2029 144 545 170 27 7 42 119 109 58 105 28 16 .312 .378 .618 .996 WAS,AL 2030 142 538 196 37 10 38 140 113 77 76 11 7 .364 .444 .682 1.126 WAS,AL 2031 155 626 194 22 10 38 129 147 77 85 16 11 .310 .385 .559 .945 WAS,AL 2032 158 591 196 42 9 23 110 102 73 69 16 12 .332 .405 .550 .955 WAS 2033 162 617 165 25 1 38 106 106 99 90 7 14 .267 .369 .496 .865 WAS 2034 157 611 197 30 5 69 186 156 80 83 9 10 .322 .401 .727 1.128 HBG,NL 2035 129 482 136 22 2 37 107 94 65 74 13 7 .282 .367 .566 .934 HBG 2036 116 454 137 30 6 34 100 82 43 86 10 2 .302 .362 .619 .981 HBG,NL 2037 128 479 127 18 2 29 90 83 54 103 11 6 .265 .340 .493 .832 HBG 2038 152 587 165 27 10 33 104 108 69 124 8 7 .281 .357 .530 .887 HBG 2039 157 573 152 27 4 30 98 91 60 154 9 6 .265 .335 .483 .818 HBG KNO 2040 157 580 151 25 0 26 100 101 81 126 14 10 .260 .351 .438 .789 ROC 2041 153 549 129 20 6 28 108 94 58 129 9 11 .235 .308 .446 .754 ROC 2042 68 134 37 5 3 3 12 19 8 31 4 0 .276 .317 .425 .742 ROC MIA 2043 22 66 9 5 1 0 5 3 5 27 2 0 .136 .197 .242 .440 HFD KNO Total 2819 10607 3024 498 101 590 1975 1876 1123 2114 310 169 .285 .354 .518 .871 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2026 9 37 8 2 0 1 5 3 2 7 2 0 .216 .256 .351 .608 2039 7 29 8 0 1 3 6 4 1 4 1 0 .276 .300 .655 .955 Total 16 66 16 2 1 4 11 7 3 11 3 0 .242 .275 .485 .760 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 2023... Had first career hit on 4/2/2023, off Wilson Guido (SD)... Hit first career homerun on 4/4/2023, off Leon Ruelas (SAC)... Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2023, hitting .262 with 10 HR, 49 RBI... Traded from Los Angeles to Sacramento on 7/30/2024 (Going to LA: P L. Ruelas, P G. Xiquena. Going to SAC: CF T. Tsukasa)... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Los Angeles on 9/24/2024... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2024... Injured on 4/22/2025 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 10 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2026, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 6 RBI... Traded from Sacramento to Nashville on 7/31/2026 (Going to SAC: P J. Poss, P V. Kaii. Going to NAS: CF T. Tsukasa)... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Memphis on 8/11/2026... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2027, hitting .640 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Injured on 5/22/2028 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks... Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Grand Rapids on 8/27/2028... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2028, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2028... Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/5/2029 to a 5-year deal worth $14,027,700 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2029, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2029, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2029, hitting .387 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game... Injured on 7/16/2029 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week... Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 5 runs on 9/4/2029... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2029... Hit 3 homeruns against Memphis, driving in 6 runs on 4/15/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2030, hitting .542 with 5 HR, 10 RBI... Injured on 4/22/2030 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 2 weeks... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2030, hitting .429 with 8 HR, 22 RBI... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2030, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2030, hitting .423 with 8 HR, 30 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2030, hitting .364 with 38 HR, 140 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 4/24/2031... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2031, hitting .423 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 4/30/2032... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 5/24/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2032, hitting .464 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2033... Signed as a free agent by Harrisburg on 2/7/2034 to a 6-year deal worth $20,282,400 per year... Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 5/17/2034... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2034, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2034, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2034, hitting .361 with 14 HR, 35 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2034, hitting .481 with 7 HR, 16 RBI... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Portland on 8/27/2034... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2034, hitting .435 with 20 HR, 41 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2034, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 8 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Hartford, driving in 4 runs on 9/8/2034... Drove in 7 runs against Hartford on 9/9/2034... Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 168 on 9/12/2034... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2034, hitting .391 with 6 HR, 13 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2034, hitting .322 with 69 HR, 186 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2034... Had 2000th career hit on 4/18/2035, off Steven Davis (LA)... Injured on 6/9/2035 with a Strained Back, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 7/28/2035 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2036, hitting .519 with 6 HR, 14 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2036, hitting .405 with 13 HR, 38 RBI... Injured on 5/5/2036 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6 weeks... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 5 runs on 4/12/2037... Injured on 4/24/2037 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2037, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2037... Hit 3 homeruns against San Jose, driving in 4 runs on 4/15/2038... Had 500th career homerun on 9/8/2038, off Roscoe Harmon (POR)... Injured on 9/24/2038 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 2038... Drove in 6 runs against San Jose on 7/8/2039... Traded from Harrisburg to Knoxville on 7/22/2039 (Going to KNO: CF T. Tsukasa. Going to HBG: RF B. Eidson, P C. Kwan)... Signed as a free agent by Rochester on 2/5/2040 to a 4-year deal worth $10,126,400 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2041, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Released by Rochester on 5/26/2042, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Miami on 5/28/2042 to a 1-year deal worth $988,000 per year... Had 3000th career hit on 6/19/2042, off Anselmo Ramirez (KC)... Won World Series with Miami in 2042... Signed as a free agent by Hartford on 2/8/2043 to a 2-year deal worth $606,500 per year... Released by Hartford on 4/7/2043, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Knoxville on 4/21/2043 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year... Released by Knoxville on 6/23/2043, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2044. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2030 - .364 - 2nd OBP 2030 - .444 - 3rd 2032 - .405 - 7th SLG 2028 - .583 - 4th 2029 - .618 - 3rd 2030 - .682 - 1st 2031 - .559 - 8th 2032 - .550 - 10th 2034 - .727 - 1st 2035 - .566 - 3rd 2036 - .619 - 1st OPS 2028 - .926 - 7th 2029 - .996 - 3rd 2030 - 1.126 - 1st 2031 - .945 - 9th 2032 - .955 - 8th 2034 - 1.128 - 1st 2035 - .934 - 5th 2036 - .981 - 2nd Hits 2027 - 189 - 8th 2030 - 196 - 8th 2032 - 196 - 8th 2034 - 197 - 3rd Doubles 2032 - 42 - 9th Triples 2026 - 7 - 10th 2029 - 7 - 8th 2030 - 10 - 2nd 2031 - 10 - 4th 2032 - 9 - 4th 2036 - 6 - 6th 2038 - 10 - 2nd Homeruns 2028 - 38 - 5th 2029 - 42 - 4th 2030 - 38 - 7th 2031 - 38 - 5th 2033 - 38 - 9th 2034 - 69 - 1st 2035 - 37 - 2nd 2036 - 34 - 9th RBI 2029 - 119 - 6th 2030 - 140 - 2nd 2031 - 129 - 4th 2034 - 186 - 1st 2035 - 107 - 9th Runs 2029 - 109 - 9th 2031 - 147 - 1st 2034 - 156 - 1st BB 2030 - 77 - 10th 2033 - 99 - 3rd SB 2026 - 37 - 3rd 2027 - 33 - 4th 2028 - 26 - 10th 2029 - 28 - 5th
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8/25/2082 to 8/31/2082
Denver @ Grand Rapids (6-8 Defeat) Charlotte @ Denver (9-11 Defeat) Charlotte @ Denver (8-7 Victory) Charlotte @ Denver (13-5 Victory) Kansas City @ Denver (1-4 Defeat) Kansas City @ Denver (3-1 Victory) Kansas City @ Denver (12-0 Victory) Denver's slump continued into the final week of August, as they dropped the first two games, both of them 2 run losses. They rebounded, however, taking the final 2 games of the Charlotte series, and winning 2 of 3 against Kansas City to finish the month of August. The discussion of who contributed most during the week for the Broncos has to begin with Alexis Vazquez. Vazquez's bat was on fire through the week, as he went 16 for 31, with 4 doubles, and 10 RBI. The numbers were good enough to be named the AL Player of the Week. Additionally, Vazquez was torrid all through the month of August, batting .409/.447/.609/1.056, with 8 doubles, 5 homeruns, 30 runs batted in, and 19 runs scored. Those numbers were good enough to get Vazquez named the American League Batter of the Month. It is the third time this season that Vazquez has been named BotM. Other strong performers the past week include: Russell Thomas, who went 13 for 26, with 1 homerun, 5 RBI, and 8 runs scored. Ellis Bolling, who went 9 for 23, with 2 doubles, 3 homeruns, 12 RBI, and 8 runs scored. Booker Romero, who went 8 for 26, with 2 doubles, 2 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 8 runs scored. Christopher Kirk also threw just his second career shutout, a 7-hit, 4-strikeout, 0-walk affair against Kansas City. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3861 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 R. Vega* 3410 6 C. Romeo 3383 7 D. Homan 3360 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 F. Garza* 3324 10 T. Guerrero 3301 HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 R. Vega* 653 4 J. Paras 645 5 H. Abad 641 6 W. Byrd 639 RBI: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2287 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214 Next up: The standings as of September 1st, 2082, and Denver's batting and pitching stats.
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Standings through September 1st, 2082
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National League Standings West Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# San Jose 79 54 .594 - 79-54 0 38-29 41-25 6-5 24-12 22 San Diego 71 62 .534 8 75-58 -4 36-28 35-34 7-5 21-13 - Los Angeles 68 65 .511 11 66-67 2 36-31 32-34 4-6 15-19 - Portland 64 69 .481 15 64-69 0 27-41 37-28 6-5 20-15 - Sacramento 64 69 .481 15 69-64 -5 30-36 34-33 3-7 12-22 - Phoenix 54 79 .406 25 59-74 -5 26-40 28-39 0-7 15-19 - Northeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Pittsburgh 85 48 .639 - 81-52 4 41-27 44-21 10- 3 22-10 19 Hartford 74 59 .556 11 70-63 4 38-30 36-29 9- 6 16-14 - Buffalo 68 65 .511 17 66-67 2 33-33 35-32 7-10 21-20 - Rochester 64 69 .481 21 66-67 -2 27-38 37-31 6- 4 11-24 - Harrisburg 59 74 .444 26 62-71 -3 25-39 34-35 3- 7 11-23 - New Jersey 48 85 .361 37 45-88 3 26-43 22-42 9- 5 14-11 - American League Standings Southeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Miami 82 51 .617 - 81-52 1 35-31 47-20 7-6 28-15 15 Knoxville 67 66 .504 15 67-66 0 37-28 30-38 10-9 15-19 - Nashville 62 71 .466 20 61-72 1 29-37 33-34 7-5 19-17 - Washington 60 73 .451 22 64-69 -4 32-36 28-37 5-6 17-14 - Atlanta 59 74 .444 23 63-70 -4 27-40 32-34 5-6 14-20 - Charlotte 52 81 .391 30 47-86 5 22-43 30-38 6-5 18-17 - Central Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Denver 89 44 .669 - 90-43 -1 49-19 40-25 5-2 21-16 24 Tucson 83 50 .624 6 89-44 -6 43-24 40-26 5-6 13-20 - Grand Rapids 67 66 .504 22 63-70 4 28-36 39-30 2-2 18-13 - Memphis 67 66 .504 22 68-65 -1 41-28 26-38 6-7 19-24 - Green Bay 56 77 .421 33 47-86 9 26-41 30-36 7-7 18-13 - Kansas City 54 79 .406 35 59-74 -5 26-40 28-39 5-9 12-24 - Meanwhile, in the AL Southeast, Miami pretty much has that division wrapped up. They could, conceivably, clinch the division by the second week of September. The second place race has started to see some separation. Charlotte is pretty much out of it completely now, and Knoxville has actually managed to get above .500, while giving themselves some breathing room. Lastly, and of course, most importantly, is the Central Division race. As far as who is going to make the postseason, there isn't much debate. Denver and Tucson pretty much have 1st and 2nd firmly in control. What is up for debate, is who will be first and who will be second. Denver had been comfortable for awhile, but Tucson played very well up until the final week of August, and at one point in the final week, had gotten as close as, I think, 3 games back. Maybe 4; I can't remember. However, the Broncos recovered a bit at the end there, and Memphis swept a 3 game series from Tucson, doing Denver a big favor. So, the Broncos have a solid lead as we prepare for stretch run, but not so big that they can afford to relax at all. One multiple game slump for Denver & a Tucson hot streak will make things very shaky. And, er, I have somewhat of a board-related question. This probably isn't the best place to ask this, but oh well. I've seen them before in other Dynasty threads, and I'm seeing them right now in mine. There are these big gray "boxes" showing up the screen, covering up parts of some of the posts. They are even showing up the while I'm making this post, which is rather annoying, because one of them is covering up part of the posting window. Anyhow, what the heck are they, and how can I get rid of them? I'm using Firefox, but I'm pretty sure that I've seen them while using IE, too. I think that this is the first time I've seen them in my own thread, but I may be misremembering. Anybody know what I'm talking about, and can help?
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Denver's Batting Stats as of September 1st, 2082:
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Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS R. Thomas 124 534 186 17 2 18 90 113 50 24 .348 .402 .489 22 4 A. Vasquez 128 515 192 24 3 37 137 104 37 65 .373 .418 .647 8 5 E. Bolling 126 513 152 65 1 42 158 111 46 80 .296 .349 .673 2 1 A. Fuentez 121 487 173 46 2 13 68 114 60 26 .355 .428 .538 45 7 B. Romero 123 443 107 29 4 9 59 75 40 110 .242 .309 .386 23 5 J. Swayze 117 438 113 22 0 29 80 78 29 68 .258 .307 .507 2 0 L. Chappel 118 432 138 52 3 23 102 105 89 29 .319 .433 .613 2 0 T. Sato 110 430 142 13 3 5 65 79 26 31 .330 .381 .409 4 2 M. Bakke 107 424 135 18 3 9 74 61 25 41 .318 .357 .439 19 5 J. Rumfelt 76 233 60 10 1 5 35 30 28 22 .258 .343 .373 2 0 A. Navarro 61 144 39 11 2 1 15 32 11 21 .271 .318 .396 9 1 M. Phillips 49 120 36 7 0 2 15 23 23 15 .300 .411 .408 1 0 M. Grace 34 95 29 6 1 5 16 20 13 23 .305 .389 .547 1 0 P. Chason 15 53 18 7 1 1 10 6 1 2 .340 .364 .566 0 0 Denver's Pitching stats: Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K K. Pillsbury 28 28 20 5 0 3.92 199.2 227 103 87 32 147 C. Kirk 27 27 16 8 0 4.55 195.2 229 112 99 27 115 R. Lockridge 28 28 17 6 0 4.04 189.1 207 97 85 41 148 R. Mcnett 28 28 12 8 0 4.48 182.2 190 95 91 38 130 G. Buentello 16 16 7 3 0 5.15 101.1 130 61 58 25 65 J. Virgen 45 0 6 3 14 3.53 66.1 72 27 26 9 54 R. Gomez 34 0 1 4 9 3.64 47.0 53 22 19 9 49 L. Gwinn 28 0 2 1 1 5.28 44.1 44 26 26 10 40 S. Andrade 29 0 1 1 2 5.75 40.2 52 26 26 14 13 L. Salguero 30 0 3 3 2 6.63 38.0 45 31 28 12 32 F. Lemire 25 0 2 0 1 3.19 36.2 24 13 13 15 32 J. Myatt 6 6 2 2 0 6.69 35.0 45 30 26 20 21 R. Soto 13 0 0 0 1 6.20 20.1 22 15 14 5 12
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September Callups
With a pretty barren minor league system, most of Denver's September callups are mediocre veterans and career minor league types. Some will be familiar from last season, but there are a few new faces, as well.
Gary Kibby will provide the team with a third catcher. The 31 year old has only 6 career at bats at the major league level, and no hits. At AAA this season, Kibby has hit .268/.330/.393/.723. Kibby is a decent contact hitter. He has a strong arm behind the plate, and can play 3B and LF in a pinch, too. Switch-hitting Maurice Lalli played for Denver from 2074 to 2076 and will be making his return in a utility infielder role. Lalli is 33 years old, and actually has decent career numbers: .287/.336/.490/.826, with 66 homeruns in 1,410 career at bats. At AAA this year, he hit .263/.340/.431/.772, with 18 homeruns. Lalli can handle 2B, 3B, SS, and RF. He has a bit of pop in his bat, but is a free-swinger. I've always considered him a bit of an overachiever. Micheal Stennis was on the major league roster for awhile last season, but has spent this season entirely at AAA. Stennis is 33 years old. In 830 major league bats, he has hit .228/.296/.478/.775, with 47 homeruns. At AAA this year, he hit .266/.344/.516/.860, with 45 doubles and 26 homers. Stennis has good power, but rarely makes contact. He can play anywhere in the outfield, as well as at 1B and 3B. He has a strong arm and good speed. Jorge Gonzalez should be a solid option as a defensive replacement in the outfield, and as a pinch runner. Gonzalez is 30 years old, hits left-handed, and has excellent range no matter where you put him in the outfield, though his arm is rather weak. If you need him to, he can also play at 2B. Gonzalez is also a good runner. However, if you're looking for a good hitter... well, look elsewhere. Gonzalez is 7 for 37 lifetime in the majors, and is coming off of a .227/.288/.326/.614 season at AAA. Hopefully, he won't have to bat too much. I have the same sentiments regarding Efrain Ashlock. Ashlock is a 29 year old 2B/SS who is very fast. Ashlock is 1 for 7 in his career in the major leagues. He started this season at AAA, but hit a pathetic .207/.274/.303/.577. Moved down to AA, where one would have expected a better performance, Ashlock instead performed even worse, hitting .172/.218/.247/.465. Ashlock sucks as a hitter, but he can be used as a pinch-runner, and he's the best defensive SS on the team after starter Booker Romero. Lastly among the hitters coming up is 24 year old Marvin Lore. As Denver's 1st round pick from 2077, Lore is the only prospect hitter getting promoted this September. He has no major league experience yet, and is coming off of a .325/.394/.449/.842 season at AAA, with 31 doubles and 12 homers. Lore is a free-swinger with a little pop in his bat. He can play 1B and anywhere in the outfield. Though his range is poor, he does have a good arm. Now for the pitchers: Valentine McGurk some a bit of action in the majors last season, and for his career, he is 1-3 in 8 starts, with an 11.05 ERA. The 27 year old went 7-12 with a 4.72 ERA and 179 strikeouts at AAA this season. McGurk throws hard, and can strike guys out, but tends to be both wild and hittable. James Myatt played this season while George Buentello was on the disabled list, and went 2-2 with a 6.69 ERA in 6 starts. The 27 year old is 2-3 in 8 career games(7 starts), with a 6.91 ERA. At AAA, Myatt was 9-6 with a 3.09 ERA and 171 strikeouts. Myatt is sort of a strange bird. At 6 feet, 11 inches, he is a towering and dominating presence on the mound. And yet, he doesn't throw hard at all, which seems unexpected for someone his size. Nevertheless, he throws strikes; can make guys swing and miss; and keeps the ball down in the zone, limiting homeruns. 33 year old Larry Waltz had seen only limited major league action until basically being forced into the starting rotation last year. He wound up being a huge boost to Denver's rotation in the dog days of summers, and helped the Broncos reach, and hold onto, first place. This year, however, it was back to the minor leagues. In his major league career, Waltz has made 38 appearances, with 25 starts, and has gone 10-11 with a 4.95 ERA. At AAA this season, Waltz was 8-9 with a 3.49 ERA and 200 strikeouts. Waltz gets good velocity on his pitches, pounds the strikezone, and induces a ton of groundballs. Omar Lopez has been the AAA closer for Denver the last few seasons. The 27 year old has 9 career appearances in the major leagues, with a 4.26 ERA and 2 saves. At AAA this season, he made 45 appearances, notched 23 saves, posted a 2.75 ERA, and had a 56/10 K/BB ratio in 55 2/3 innings pitched. Lopez throws hard and throws strikes. 33 year old George Treadway was signed to a minor league contract at the beginning of this season. Treadway has 128 major league appearances, with a 5.95 ERA. At AAA this year, he made 58 appearances, posted a 3.79 ERA, and whiffed 89 batters in 78 1/3 innings. Treadway can usually get strikeouts, but his control is iffy, at best. Left-hander Bobby Villanueva is also 33 years old, and also like Treadway, was signed to a minor league contract in the offseason. Villanueva has 287 career appearances in the big leagues, and 6.71 ERA. At AAA this year, he had a 4.16 ERA in 46 games, and struck out 97 batters in 67 innings. Villanueva throws hard, but has little control. Denver's first round draft pick in 2079 was Walter Ortiz. At 27, Ortiz has no major league experience, so this is basically a last ditch effort to get something out of a high draft pick. Ortiz was 4-10, with a 5.66 ERA at AAA this season. Ortiz has decent control and doesn't give up too many homers. Otherwise, he sucks. Also being added to the roster is relief pitcher Robert Soto, who was on the roster for most of the season, but was demoted to AAA last month. To bring its September roster up to 40, Denver announced two free agent signings, both for one year only. First, veteran outfielder Derek Moos. The 36 year old Moos is has excellent range in the outfield, but a weak arm. He has good power and can occasionally draw a walk. However, he does swing and miss quite frequently, and doesn't hit for great average. He also has good speed. Moos is a lifetime .233/.299/.467/.766 hitter, with 192 career homeruns. He played for Memphis and Sacramento earlier this season, but was released by the latter in July. He batted .235 with an .845 OPS in 34 at bats. The second signing was of 28 year old, left-handed hitting 3B, Terry Melton. Melton has only 57 career at bats, and has hit just .222 in them. He was with Washington's AA team for about a month this season. He batted .323/.361/.414/.774 for them. All in all, it's a rather motley collection of callups. Not too many guys to really get excited about. The ones to watch, in my opinion, are Lore, Myatt, and Waltz. Lore may find himself as at least a part time DH next season, if Mark Bakke retires or is not brought back, or if somebody better isn't acquired somehow. Waltz isn't likely to get another chance at a starting spot, barring injury, but he may secure for himself a spot in the bullpen for next season. Myatt is the tough one. He has the talent to be a rotation member, but he hasn't really shown it much, and he'll likely have to fight with George Buentello for the fifth spot next season. If he can show anything in September, it could go a long way towards winning that battle.
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: SP George Vives
George Vives:
Some of the recent Hall of Famers discussed have held records such as the most homeruns in a season, the most homeruns in a season for an American League player, most homeruns ever, and most RBI in a season. How about we discuss a pitcher who holds a major record? Vives was drafted 9th overall in 2025 by Washington, but was traded near the end of June that very season. Washington dealt him straight up to Nashville for 27 year old rightfielder, Garret Daisuke. For a team that had hovered around .500 the previous three seasons, it was perhaps not a terrible move. Indeed, Daisuke was a solid bat who would hit .293 with 21 homeruns for the Senators in '25. On the other hand, Washington's history as a whole was quite a bit less than stellar, with only two division championships and no World Series appearances. Building around a young potential ace might have been a wiser course. Even worse, the team that Vives had been dealt to was a division rival who had recently dominated the AL Southeast Division. The Predators came into the '25 season having captured three straight division titles, and having made the World Series in two of the previous three seasons, though they had not won either time. It's one thing to sacrifice the future for the present; it's quite another to help out the powerful enemy next door while you are at it. And so it was that Washington remained where it had been, squeaking out 82 wins in 2025, while Nashville won its fourth straight division title, and this time, captured the World Series as well. Vives spent the entire season at AA for both Washington and Nashville, and put up very solid numbers. The following season saw Vives struggle badly while repeating AA; however, Nashville saw fit to challenge him with a September callup and he performed admirably, winning both of his starts. Nashville reached the World Series again in '26, but fell to Los Angeles. In 2027, Vives split his season between AA, AAA, and the big leagues, with good numbers down in the minors, but rather poor numbers in 9 major league starts. Nashville's run of division titles came to an end, as they finished tied with Knoxville atop the Southeast, and lost a one game playoff. In 2028, Vives found his way into Nashville's rotation for good, making 31 starts and struggling with a 6+ ERA. Nashville returned to postseason in 2029, beating out Washington by 2 games to finish in first place in the Southeast. Vives took a big step forward, winning 16 games and striking out 206 batters. Though Nashville was swept by Grand Rapids in the ALCS, the young Vives acquitted himself respectably in his lone start, allowing only 2 runs in 6 1/3 innings pitched. 2030 was a step backwards for both Nashville and Vives. The Predators slumped to a third place finish, winning only 82 games, and Vives' ERA ballooned almost to 5. You might say that it was a consolidation year for Vives, as he bounced back from it to become one of the best pitchers in baseball, and one of the greatest of all time. Three Southeast Division teams won 93 or more games in 2031, but it was Nashville who came out on top with 98 wins. Leading the charge was George Vives. The 25 year old stepped to the front of the Predators' rotation and won 20 games for the first time in his career, and struck out 200 batters for the second time. He was named to his first All Star team, as well. In the playoffs, Vives stepped forward once more. After losing his first start in the ALCS against Memphis, Nashville took control of the series with a 3 games to 1 lead. In the deciding Game 5, Vives tossed a 1 hit shutout, with 10 strikeouts, to send Nashville to the World Series. Nashville's opponent would be the powerful Sacramento Kings who led all of baseball in homeruns. The Kings won Game 1, 8-4, shelling Nashville's starter for 5 runs in 5 innings. In Game 2, however, Sacramento was held at bay by Vives. He surrendered just one run in 8 innings, and whiffed 11 batters en route to a 4-1 victory to even the series at a game apiece. After a Game 3 rout, and a Game 4 come from behind, extra-inning victory, the Predators led 3 games to 1. To the mound stepped Vives. Though he would get battered for 13 hits in 7 innings, Vives held the Kings to just 3 runs, and struck out 8 batters. It was enough for Nashville's bats, who opened up a 12-3 lead heading into the 8th inning. Sacramento put up a late fight, but it wasn't enough, and the Predators were World Series champions with a 13-8 victory. Heading into the 2032 season, the great Robert Jordan held the AL record for wins in a season by a pitcher, with 27 wins back in 2020 for Atlanta. That record was about to fall. In April, Vives was perfect. Six starts, six wins, and a sparkling 1.69 ERA. In May, he went 5-1, though his ERA was a shakier 4.65. He was 4-1 in 6 starts in June, with a 2.51 ERA. That gave him a midseason record of 15-2. July was a tough month for Vives, just 3-1 with a 4.05 ERA. In August, however, he bounced back with a vengeance, going 6-0 with a 1.71 ERA. At 24-3, he needed just 3 wins to tie Jordan for the record with one month to play. It wasn't easy, but Vives tied and broke the record, going 4-2 despite a 4.62 ERA, to finish with a record of 28-5, good for his first Cy Young Award. Vives' 28 wins remains an American League record today (the all time record, by the way, is 29, held by Hector Soriano, a pitcher who will be discussed in the near future). Despite the personal glory for Vives, however, Nashville finished 2 games out of first place, missing the postseason. In '33, Vives won "only" 19 games but won his second straight Cy Young Award. However, Nashville missed the postseason again, finishing 6 games out of first place. In '34, the Predators returned to the playoffs, winning their division with a lackluster 88 wins. Vives won 20 games again. It wasn't a great postseason for Vives, but Nashville did reach the World Series. And though they lost to Pittsburgh in 5 games, it was Vives who pitched 8 shutout innings in their lone victory. In 2035, Vives would post 21 wins and the second best ERA of his career, 2.42, and won his third Cy Young Award, but Nashville slumped to just 78 wins. It was the Predators first losing season since 2021. 2036 was a strange year. Nashville's losing continued, as they went just 76-86, but the Southeast Division was so bad that year, that Nashville's 76 wins were good enough for first place, and a playoff spot. Even more strange was the fact that the mediocre Nashville team easily handled a 101 win Tucson team in the ALCS to reach the World Series. Cinderella's night came to an end against Pittsburgh, however, with Vives getting lit up for 6 runs in 6 2/3 innings in a Game 1 defeat. After the Predators managed to cut the Pirates' series lead to 2 games to 1, Vives took the mound in Game 4. He got little offensive support in a 4-1 defeat, and Pittsburgh went on to take the series in 5 games. In '37, Nashville remained at about the same level of play, winning 78 games. Unfortunately, the rest of the division didn't, and those 78 wins were good for only third place. After a one year hiatus, Vives returned to the All Star game, making his 6th appearance in the midsummer classic. 2038. Ahh, expansion. Great teams win absurd numbers of games. Average teams suddenly look good. Sluggers tee off on outclassed scrub pitchers. And great pitchers dominate the sudden influx of mostly replacement level hitters. Vives, already holder of the AL wins record, made a strong run to try and break his own record in the expansion year of '38. Halfway through the year, he was 13-1, but a 7 win July got him to 20 wins with two months to play. He slumped badly in August, however, winning only 2 games, while posting an ERA over 5.00. He rebounded in September, winning 4 games, but it wasn't enough for the record. He finished with 26 wins, which was good enough for his fourth Cy Young Award. Nashville, meanwhile, bounced back from its recent struggles to win 90 games. They finished 2 games out of first, however. 2038 would be Vives' last 20 win season, and 2039 would be his last All Star campaign while with Nashville. Despite the decent season for Vives, Nashville imploded. The Predators finished with 100 losses, just barely better than the second year Miami Dolphins, who lost 101 games. It was the first 100 loss season in Nashville history. In 2040, things got worse, as the Predators lost 103 games. Vives, meanwhile, struggled, posting his first 4+ ERA since 2030. And at the trade deadline, an era came to an end for Nashville. The 34 year old Vives was traded by Nashville to division rival Knoxville for two prospects. In 2041, Vives enjoyed a resurgance, winning 17 games with a career best 2.27 ERA. Knoxville rolled to 103 wins to win the Southeast Division. Vives won 2 games in the ALCS against Grand Rapids, but took two of the losses in the World Series as Knoxville got swept by Pittsburgh. In 2042, Vives made his last appearance in the All Star game, but despite his decent season, Knoxville slumped badly, finishing in last place with 75 wins. '43 was Vives' worst season since his rookie season. He post a 5.55 ERA and walked a career worst 87 batters. Knoxville, meanwhile, hit rock bottom, losing a franchise record, 104 games. Knoxville struggled again in 2044, and Vives was released after pitching ineffectively for two months. At the time of his retirement, Vives ranked 4th all time in wins, 7th in strikeouts, and 8th in shutouts. At the start of this season, Vives ranked tied for 7th in wins, but he has since been passed up by Atlanta's Raimundo Carbajal. He currently ranks 20th all time in strikeouts. Vives' stats: Code:
Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams 2026 2 2 2 0 0 3.00 15.0 15 6 5 5 10 0 0 NAS 2027 9 9 4 3 0 6.46 47.1 58 36 34 23 44 1 0 NAS 2028 31 31 9 14 0 6.30 190.0 203 137 133 75 147 1 0 NAS 2029 33 33 16 10 0 3.65 219.1 211 104 89 63 206 2 1 NAS 2030 34 34 8 12 0 4.88 223.0 244 137 121 57 166 5 0 NAS 2031 34 34 20 6 0 3.63 252.2 247 105 102 51 200 9 2 NAS,AL 2032 36 36 28 5 0 3.12 268.1 290 104 93 47 219 5 2 NAS,AL 2033 36 36 19 5 0 3.20 281.2 280 110 100 49 222 6 3 NAS,AL 2034 36 36 20 12 0 3.65 263.2 275 119 107 45 232 8 2 NAS,AL 2035 35 35 21 9 0 2.42 278.2 273 86 75 37 229 8 1 NAS,AL 2036 36 36 19 9 0 3.95 262.1 279 129 115 45 208 5 2 NAS 2037 36 36 16 11 0 3.57 267.1 310 122 106 43 223 7 3 NAS,AL 2038 36 36 26 4 0 3.02 277.0 257 101 93 35 237 5 2 NAS,AL 2039 37 37 15 12 0 3.40 267.2 283 117 101 55 242 8 1 NAS,AL 2040 36 36 15 12 0 4.19 249.1 283 130 116 51 180 5 1 NAS KNO 2041 37 37 17 8 0 2.27 273.1 229 73 69 47 177 4 2 KNO 2042 35 35 15 11 0 3.62 248.1 262 108 100 55 133 5 2 KNO,AL 2043 31 31 14 13 0 5.55 178.1 215 121 110 87 113 0 0 KNO 2044 14 6 1 2 0 6.08 47.1 65 32 32 26 28 0 0 KNO Total 584 576 285 158 0 3.72 4110.2 4279 1877 1701 896 3216 84 24 Career Minor League Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2025, AA 25 25 10 9 0 3.10 194.2 167 71 67 76 170 10 4 2026, AA 24 24 6 14 0 5.39 160.1 153 103 96 56 188 4 1 2027, AA 10 10 3 7 0 4.50 76.0 71 39 38 27 109 2 0 2027, AAA 11 11 5 4 0 2.91 86.2 68 33 28 26 148 3 1 2028, AAA 3 3 0 2 0 3.27 22.0 13 8 8 11 35 0 0 Career Postseason Pitching Stats Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO 2029 1 1 0 0 0 2.84 6.1 3 2 2 4 6 0 0 2031 4 4 3 1 0 2.90 31.0 31 11 10 1 38 1 1 2034 4 4 2 0 0 4.73 26.2 26 14 14 7 21 0 0 2036 4 4 1 1 0 4.82 28.0 30 15 15 2 33 0 0 2041 4 4 2 2 0 3.30 30.0 26 12 11 5 16 2 0 Total 17 17 8 4 0 3.84 122.0 116 54 52 19 114 3 1 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Washington in 2025... Traded from Washington to Nashville on 6/25/2025 (Going to WAS: RF G. Daisuke. Going to NAS: P G. Vives)... Injured on 5/9/2026 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week... Earned first career win on 9/20/2026... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won World Series with Nashville in 2031... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2032, going 6-0, 1.69... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2032, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2032, going 4-1, 2.51... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2032, going 6-0, 1.71... Won Cy Young Award in 2032, going 28-5, 3.12 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2033, going 5-1, 2.17... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2033, going 4-1, 2.91... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Won Cy Young Award in 2033, going 19-5, 3.20 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2034, going 4-2, 2.33... Struck out 18 batters against Washington on 6/30/2034... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/2034, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2035, going 5-1, 2.08... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2035, going 4-1, 1.98... Won Cy Young Award in 2035, going 21-9, 2.42 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2036, going 5-0, 3.00... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2036, going 5-0, 1.77... Was selected to the 2037 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2038, going 7-0, 2.02... Won Cy Young Award in 2038, going 26-4, 3.02 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2039, going 4-2, 1.61... Was selected to the 2039 Allstar game... Traded from Nashville to Knoxville on 7/28/2040 (Going to NAS: 3B M. Harper, 2B J. Jones. Going to KNO: P G. Vives)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2041, winning 2 games with a 2.40 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2041, going 5-0, 1.01... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2041, going 4-0, 1.05... Was selected to the 2042 Allstar game... Injured on 5/15/2044 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Released by Knoxville on 6/8/2044, refused assignment to minors... Retired in 2045. Pitching Leader Boards Appearances ERA 2029 - 3.65 - 4th 2031 - 3.63 - 5th 2032 - 3.12 - 2nd 2033 - 3.20 - 1st 2034 - 3.65 - 2nd 2035 - 2.42 - 1st 2036 - 3.95 - 7th 2037 - 3.57 - 3rd 2038 - 3.02 - 2nd 2039 - 3.40 - 5th 2041 - 2.27 - 3rd 2042 - 3.62 - 8th WHIP 2029 - 1.25 - 5th 2030 - 1.35 - 9th 2031 - 1.18 - 3rd 2032 - 1.26 - 6th 2033 - 1.17 - 2nd 2034 - 1.21 - 2nd 2035 - 1.11 - 2nd 2036 - 1.24 - 5th 2038 - 1.05 - 1st 2041 - 1.01 - 3rd Wins 2031 - 20 - 4th 2032 - 28 - 1st 2033 - 19 - 2nd 2034 - 20 - 3rd 2035 - 21 - 4th 2036 - 19 - 4th 2037 - 16 - 10th 2038 - 26 - 1st IP 2031 - 252.2 - 5th 2032 - 268.1 - 2nd 2033 - 281.2 - 1st 2034 - 263.2 - 2nd 2035 - 278.2 - 3rd 2036 - 262.1 - 3rd 2037 - 267.1 - 3rd 2038 - 277.0 - 4th 2039 - 267.2 - 5th 2040 - 249.1 - 8th 2041 - 273.1 - 5th 2042 - 248.1 - 10th K's 2029 - 206 - 6th 2030 - 166 - 9th 2031 - 200 - 4th 2032 - 219 - 1st 2033 - 222 - 1st 2034 - 232 - 2nd 2035 - 229 - 3rd 2036 - 208 - 4th 2037 - 223 - 2nd 2038 - 237 - 4th 2039 - 242 - 4th CG 2031 - 9 - 5th 2033 - 6 - 9th 2034 - 8 - 2nd 2035 - 8 - 7th 2037 - 7 - 5th 2039 - 8 - 8th SHO 2031 - 2 - 6th 2032 - 2 - 2nd 2033 - 3 - 2nd 2034 - 2 - 3rd 2035 - 1 - 8th 2036 - 2 - 4th 2037 - 3 - 1st 2038 - 2 - 6th 2041 - 2 - 9th 2042 - 2 - 5th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: SS James Holsinger
James Holsinger:
It's not often that a team can plug one of the greatest offensive and defensive shortstops of all time into their lineup every day for nearly two decades. The Memphis Grizzlies of the '30s and '40s could. James Holsinger was the 3rd overall selection in the 2029 draft. Holsinger split his first professional season between AAA, where he hit well, and the major leagues, where he at least held his own for a last place Memphis team. In 2030, he found his way into the starting lineup and displayed the power to come, smacking 21 homeruns. He took a big leap forward in '31, crushing 39 longballs with a dramatically improved walk rate. He was named to his first All Star team, even as Memphis won a surprising division title with only 79 wins. The Grizzlies bowed out to Nashville in 5 games in the ALCS. In 2032, Holsinger enjoyed his first 40 homerun campaign, and Memphis repeated as division champs, despite, incredibly enough, posting an even worse record of 78-84. Memphis then rolled past 100 win Knoxville in the ALCS, with Holsinger hitting two homeruns in the four game sweep. In the World Series against Pittsburgh, Memphis clung to a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4. The Pirates scored a quick run in the first inning, and then added a run on a Gerald Lipscomb homerun in the sixth inning. With one out in the 8th inning, however, Memphis 2B Tomas Padilla reached base on one of his four singles in the game. Centerfielder Benjamin Middlebrook doubled, but Padilla stopped at third base. Pittsburgh elected to intentionally walk first-baseman Jayson Funk. That brought Holsinger to the plate with the bases loaded. The young shortstop had improved his plate discipline in every season he had been in the majors, and so he patiently waited for the perfect pitch to drive. But that pitch never came, and Holsinger had drawn a run scoring walk. One out later, third-baseman Clarence Santoro ripped a two run single to give Memphis a 3-2 lead. Then, in the ninth inning, with the Grizzlies still holding onto that one run lead for dear life, Holsinger again stepped to the plate with the bases loaded. This time, his perfect pitch came. Holsinger unloaded on the pitch from Pittsburgh reliever James Kim, and slammed it over the fence for the grand slam, putting the game out of reach. The Grizzlies added another run in the inning to complete the 8-2 victory. In the clinching Game 5, Holsinger got things started with a 2nd inning homerun, but Memphis was forced to rally from a 2-1 deficit, with the aid of a Holsinger run-scoring double, to win the game, and the series, by a score of 7-2. In 2033, Holsinger took another gigantic leap forward. After hitting in the .260 range the previous two seasons, Holsinger's batting average jumped to .335, aided no doubt, by a drop in strikeouts from 110 to 65 despite an increase in at bats. He enjoyed his first 200 hit season, and belted a league-leading 56 homeruns. Memphis, however, finished 7 games out of first place. His hitting numbers dropped off in '34, but Memphis returned to the playoffs, winning the Central Division with 97 wins. They fell to Nashville in 6 games in the ALCS, unfortunately. In 2035, Holsinger put forth a strong claim for being the best all around player in baseball. His average jumped back up over .300, he belted 52 homeruns, and even swiped 15 bases. He was rewarded with the American League Silver Slugger Award. But Holsinger wasn't just about the hitting. He also won his first Gold Glove Award that year. Memphis, however, slipped to last place in the division. The next several seasons were remarkably similar for Holsinger. He was a consistent .300+ hitter, finishing under that mark in only two seasons from '36 to '44. He hit 40 or more homeruns every year from '36 to '39, and then hit 30 or more every year from '40 to '43(HR #500 came in 2042). He was an occasional, if erratic, base stealing threat, with 20 or more stolen bases in all but one season from '36 to '43. He was an All Star every year from '36 to '41, and again in '43. He won the Gold Glove Award at SS every year from '36 to '40. There was another similarity, too, however. That one related to Memphis. Year in and year out, he was Memphis' starting shortstop, and year in and year out, the Grizzlies were sitting at home for the playoffs. And they came within 10 games of first place on only 3 occasions from '36 to '44(Holsinger's last season as a regular): The expansion year of '38, when they won a whopping 105 games, and finished one game back of Tucson; 2040, when they finished exactly 10 games behind Tucson; and 2043, when they finished 9 1/2 games behind Denver but were in last place. In 2045, the James Holsinger era came to a close. For 15 seasons he had given them an All Star hitting and Gold Glove fielding shortstop, but at 39 years of age, it was the end of the road for Holsinger. He was released before the month of April was complete. In late May he signed with Tucson, but lasted only about two weeks before getting released again. At the time of his retirement, Holsinger ranked tied for 15th in homeruns, 21st in RBI, and 24th in runs scored. He remained in the top 25 in homeruns until 2067. His six Gold Glove Awards at shortstop are tied for the second most of all time. Holsinger's stats: Code:
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2029 42 138 37 8 0 3 21 21 4 34 2 0 .268 .289 .391 .680 MEM 2030 151 535 133 15 4 21 79 58 37 121 7 4 .249 .297 .409 .707 MEM 2031 154 587 157 27 2 39 125 102 68 142 11 4 .267 .344 .520 .863 MEM,AL 2032 153 575 150 27 4 40 121 96 66 110 5 8 .261 .337 .530 .867 MEM 2033 154 621 208 29 4 56 149 153 74 65 9 2 .335 .406 .665 1.071 MEM,AL 2034 154 600 167 28 7 35 117 121 70 49 7 3 .278 .354 .523 .877 MEM 2035 156 586 189 23 6 52 145 135 74 35 15 4 .323 .398 .648 1.047 MEM,AL 2036 154 586 204 31 7 42 140 134 78 34 35 11 .348 .425 .640 1.065 MEM,AL 2037 153 589 179 28 9 44 130 124 75 42 26 10 .304 .383 .606 .989 MEM,AL 2038 151 589 191 22 8 40 144 133 73 42 14 11 .324 .399 .593 .991 MEM,AL 2039 156 605 197 27 7 46 142 129 66 32 25 10 .326 .392 .621 1.013 MEM,AL 2040 156 580 171 21 5 37 118 117 67 32 27 12 .295 .368 .540 .908 MEM,AL 2041 155 584 177 21 8 31 107 97 69 29 22 8 .303 .377 .526 .902 MEM,AL 2042 157 570 199 33 5 30 99 115 78 29 20 22 .349 .427 .582 1.010 MEM 2043 155 558 178 23 7 30 117 108 75 34 21 15 .319 .400 .547 .946 MEM,AL 2044 101 356 106 15 2 12 40 56 33 62 11 1 .298 .357 .452 .810 MEM 2045 12 22 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 .182 .182 .227 .409 MEM TUC Total 2314 8681 2647 379 85 558 1796 1699 1007 898 257 125 .305 .377 .561 .938 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2029, AAA 99 393 119 19 3 7 42 55 43 83 12 8 .303 .367 .420 .786 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2031 5 20 4 1 0 1 5 3 0 8 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 2032 9 34 6 1 0 3 10 4 4 2 0 0 .176 .263 .471 .734 2034 6 24 7 0 0 1 2 6 2 2 1 0 .292 .346 .417 .763 Total 20 78 17 2 0 5 17 13 6 12 1 0 .218 .274 .436 .710 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Memphis in 2029... Had first career hit on 4/12/2029, off Joel Perry (WAS)... Hit first career homerun on 5/2/2029, off Leo Zubiaga (KC)... Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 6 runs on 5/7/2031... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 6/6/2031... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won World Series with Memphis in 2032... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2033, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2033, hitting .426 with 11 HR, 28 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2033, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2033, hitting .519 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2033, hitting .402 with 13 HR, 32 RBI... Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 9/3/2033... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2034, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 8/16/2034... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2035, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2035, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Nashville on 7/9/2035... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2035, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 15 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2035, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2035, hitting .386 with 13 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2035, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2035, hitting .588 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Silver Slugger Award in 2035, hitting .323 with 52 HR, 145 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2035... Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2036, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2036, hitting .388 with 10 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2036, hitting .474 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2036... Hit 4 homeruns against Grand Rapids, driving in 7 runs on 4/7/2037... Was selected to the 2037 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2037, hitting .367 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2037, hitting .357 with 10 HR, 31 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2037... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2038, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2038, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Denver on 8/18/2038... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2038... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2039, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 6/21/2039... Was selected to the 2039 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2039, hitting .560 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2039, hitting .340 with 9 HR, 27 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2039... Drove in 6 runs against Denver on 4/3/2040... Was selected to the 2040 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2040... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Knoxville on 4/3/2041... Had 2000th career hit on 4/10/2041, off Joel Blane (DEN)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2041, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2041, hitting .434 with 8 HR, 22 RBI... Was selected to the 2041 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2041, hitting .481 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Had 500th career homerun on 6/21/2042, off Markus Taylor (GR)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2042, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 6 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2043, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 2043 Allstar game... Injured on 4/6/2044 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 8 weeks... Released by Memphis on 4/18/2045, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 5/26/2045 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year... Released by Tucson on 6/9/2045, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2046. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2033 - .335 - 10th 2035 - .323 - 10th 2036 - .348 - 2nd 2042 - .349 - 7th OBP 2033 - .406 - 7th 2036 - .425 - 7th 2042 - .427 - 7th SLG 2033 - .665 - 3rd 2035 - .648 - 1st 2036 - .640 - 3rd 2037 - .606 - 4th 2038 - .593 - 8th 2039 - .621 - 3rd 2041 - .526 - 10th 2042 - .582 - 9th OPS 2033 - 1.071 - 4th 2035 - 1.047 - 3rd 2036 - 1.065 - 5th 2037 - .989 - 5th 2038 - .991 - 6th 2039 - 1.013 - 4th 2042 - 1.010 - 7th Hits 2033 - 208 - 3rd 2035 - 189 - 8th 2036 - 204 - 1st 2038 - 191 - 9th 2039 - 197 - 6th Triples 2037 - 9 - 4th 2038 - 8 - 8th Homeruns 2031 - 39 - 3rd 2032 - 40 - 5th 2033 - 56 - 1st 2035 - 52 - 3rd 2036 - 42 - 4th 2037 - 44 - 2nd 2038 - 40 - 7th 2039 - 46 - 1st 2040 - 37 - 5th 2041 - 31 - 9th RBI 2031 - 125 - 6th 2032 - 121 - 9th 2033 - 149 - 2nd 2035 - 145 - 2nd 2036 - 140 - 5th 2037 - 130 - 3rd 2038 - 144 - 3rd 2039 - 142 - 2nd 2040 - 118 - 9th 2041 - 107 - 9th Runs 2033 - 153 - 1st 2034 - 121 - 10th 2035 - 135 - 1st 2036 - 134 - 3rd 2037 - 124 - 3rd 2038 - 133 - 5th 2039 - 129 - 3rd 2040 - 117 - 7th 2042 - 115 - 9th SB 2036 - 35 - 2nd 2037 - 26 - 6th 2039 - 25 - 5th 2040 - 27 - 9th 2041 - 22 - 8th
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: LF Matthew Allman
Matthew Allman:
Greatness can be measured in a couple of ways. One can look at the entire body of work and see what kind of milestones a player achieved. How many hits did he amass? How many homeruns? Doubles? Runs batted in? Runs scored? Stolen bases? Wins? Strikeouts? Saves? Alternatively, one might examine how good a particular player was when he was at his absolute best. How good was his peak value? And then you have a player like Matthew Allman. The elder half of a pair of brothers who played from the late 2020's to the mid-40's, Matthew Allman fit into both of those categories of greatness. He compiled impressive counting statistics while at the same time maintaining one of the most impressive peaks of all time. Indeed, he is one of a small group of players to put forth a career OPS greater than 1.000, and his 2037 season ranks as one of the single most impressive seasons ever. Starting in 2012, the Grand Rapids Tigers had a tremendous run of success, winning 10 division titles from that year until 2025, and posting just two losing seasons. They had made four World Series appearances in that stretch, and won three of them(2017, 2018, and 2020). But in 2026, the team abruptly sunk to the bottom of the league, losing 100 games- the first such season in franchise history. That record was good... er, bad enough to earn them the number one draft pick in 2027. With that pick, they selected a leftfielder by the name of Matthew Allman. Their incumbent left fielder had left as a free agent. Though they had signed a cheap free agent left fielder to replace him, an opening still existed for the young Allman to skip the minor leagues and step into the Tigers' starting lineup as the designated hitter. Allman's rookie season wasn't particularly good, but he did show a tiny bit of his promising future, with 9 homeruns and 50 walks in fewer than 500 plate appearances. Grand Rapids, meanwhile struggled their way to another last place finish. In 2028, it began to click for Allman. He raised his batting average by more than 70 points, and belted 50 doubles and 28 homeruns. Grand Rapids, too, saw improvement, as it managed to win 77 games. In '29, Allman's numbers declined very slightly, but mostly just in batting average. His extra base hit rate improved, as did his walk rate. More importantly, however, was the fortune of the Tigers. Grand Rapids survived a competitive, if also mediocre, Central Division, and reached the playoffs with 84 wins. Grand Rapids had no problems with Southeast Division power, Nashville, and swept them in four games in the ALCS. Allman had 3 hits and 2 RBI in the clinching game, but the best was yet to come. Pitted against a seeming juggernaught in 117-win Pittsburgh, the Tigers and Allman were quite comfortable with being underdogs. Grand Rapids quickly showed that it wasn't going to just lay down, winning Game 1 by a score of 6-3. Allman homered and drove in 2 runs. It looked bleak, however, after Grand Rapids dropped Games 2 and 3. The Tigers evened the series in Game 4, but dropped a close one, 3-2, in Game 5. Facing elimination, the Tigers trailed in Game 6, 2-0 after three innings. But Allman stepped up to the plate in the fourth inning and crushed a game-tying two run homerun. The Tigers went on to win, 6-4, to force a Game 7. It was probably one of the greatest World Series games ever. The winner would go home as champions; the loser would have six long months to think about what might have been. The Pirates quickly took the lead, with runs in the second and fourth innings, and led 3-1 going into the 8th inning. The Tigers tied the game with two runs in the top of the 8th, but fell behind, 4-3 in the bottom of the inning. In the 9th inning, ex-Pirate catcher, Augusto Paz, not known for his homerun power, slammed a two run homerun to give Grand Rapids the lead. The next batter was Allman. He hit his 3rd homerun of the series, and the Tigers had a 6-4 lead, needing only 3 more outs to become World Champions. But you don't win 117 games by surrendering when the going gets tough. The Pirates rallied in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game up and send it into extra innings. For three more innings, both teams put up goose-eggs. Finally, in the 13th inning, Grand Rapids plated a run. Pittsburgh couldn't match it, and the Tigers prevailed 7-6 to win the World Series. In 2030, Allman exploded. 207 hits. 69 doubles. 38 homeruns. 133 RBI. 142 runs scored. 92 walks. A .353/.441/.669 batting line. An OPS of 1.110. An All Star appearance. And he was still only 24 years old. Unfortunately, Grand Rapids slumped to just 73 wins, and several key members of the championship team were traded away, reducing Grand Rapids' payroll to the lowest in baseball. 2031 was another great year for Allman, as he posted a 1.033 OPS. The Tigers, however, continued to struggle, and slumped to just 69 wins. In '42, Allman smacked 40 homeruns for the first time in his career, but an unlucky Grand Rapids team went 2-10 in extra inning games, and wound up losing a weak Central Division by just 3 games, even though its record was a mediocre 75-87. It was a strange time to be a free agent who wanted to play for a winner. After a season in which only four teams posted winning records, how could one tell if any of the mediocre majority would become better than mediocre? Allman elected to sign with Atlanta, one of the more downtrodden of franchises. From 2022 to 2033, the Braves had finished in last place seven times, which was a far cry from the four consecutive division titles they captured from 2018 to 2021. Though Allman's numbers actually improved slightly from the previous two seasons, Atlanta seemed to not benefit, finishing in last place once again. Likewise in 2034, even after Allman produced his third straight 40 homerun campaign. In 2035, the same. The Braves finished with the second worst record in baseball, while Allman posted his 6th straight 1.000 OPS season. In '36, the Southeast Division was weak, but the 71 win Braves still finished 5 games out of first. That, despite Allman breaking his own personal best in OPS, with a 1.130 mark. In 2037, Allman outdid himself once again, and this time, he set the Atlanta franchise on his back and carried them to the postseason, winning the division by 2 games over Washington. Allman batted a whopping .350, with a .472 OBP, and .701 SLG. That gave him one of the greatest single seasons OPS ever, of 1.173. He blasted 59 doubles and 44 homeruns, and drew 126 walks. But, oh cruel mistress of fate! Who should it be that Atlanta faced in the ALCS, but Allman's old team, Grand Rapids. And despite more heroics from Allman- he batted .333 with a pair of homeruns in the series- Atlanta fell in 6 games. In 2038, Allman posted his ninth consecutive 1.000 OPS season, and Atlanta won its second straight division title. This time, naturally, Allman's Braves would face off against his brother, Peter, and the Tucson Diamondbacks in the ALCS. The younger brother got the best of the older brother. Though Matthew Allman delivered 2 homeruns and 5 RBI in the series, Atlanta blew a 3 games to 2 lead, and lost in 7 games. Allman's streak of 1.000 OPS seasons came to an end in '39, and Atlanta finished in second place, 2 games behind Knoxville. In 2040, both bounced back. Allman posted an OPS of 1.018, and Atlanta won 99 games to finish in first place. And once more, the Allman brothers would face off against each other in the ALCS. With a poor performance from Matthew, the Braves again fell to Peter Allman's Diamondbacks in 7 games. The Southeast Division in 2041 was ridiculously competitive. Two teams won 100 games, and the fourth year Miami Dolphins finished in last place with an 83-79 record. With that kind of competition, the loss of a key player could ruin a team's season. Allman and Atlanta found that out the hard way. In early May, Allman was felled with a broken knee. He would not return that year. Later, in July, Atlanta also lost its starting second baseman for the season with a torn PCL. It was too much to overcome for the Braves. Though they won 90 games, they finished a distant third place, 13 games out. Allman returned in '42, and posted the 11th, and final, 1.000 OPS season of his career. He also reached 50 doubles for the 10th time in his career. In mid-May, he hit the 500th homerun of his career. He was named to the All Star team for the 12th time in his career. Atlanta, however, finished in fourth place, with only 77 wins. His numbers slipped a bit in '43, though they were still excellent, and Atlanta continued to struggle, winning only 70 games. In '44, Allman posted his lowest OPS since his rookie season, and the Braves managed just 72 wins. In early June of '45, Allman became the 10th player to reach 3,000 career hits, but Atlanta, en route to a last place finish, released him at the end of July. A few days later, he signed with Tucson, but alas, it was one year after his brother had been traded away by the Diamondbacks, so the two never got to play together. At the time of his retirement, Allman ranked 9th all time in hits, 8th all time in homeruns, 5th all time in RBIs, 3rd all time in doubles, 3rd all time in walks, and fifth all time in runs scored. Today, he ranks 21st in homeruns, 10th in RBI, 4th in doubles, 7th in walks, and 11th in runs scored. It should also be pointed out, I think, that, were it not for the injury in 2041, Allman would likely have reached 600 homeruns, a feat only 13 players have achieved. He would probably have reached 900 doubles, which only one player has achieved. And he would easily have reached 2,000 runs scored, which only 7 players have achieved. Allman's stats: Code:
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2027 132 427 96 25 0 9 62 50 50 144 0 1 .225 .306 .347 .653 GR 2028 155 582 173 50 1 28 132 102 79 161 0 0 .297 .381 .531 .912 GR 2029 154 553 149 48 0 29 117 98 89 141 0 0 .269 .371 .514 .884 GR 2030 156 586 207 69 1 38 133 142 92 140 3 2 .353 .441 .669 1.110 GR,AL 2031 154 555 175 52 0 38 115 102 99 123 4 0 .315 .419 .614 1.033 GR,AL 2032 156 598 192 53 1 42 135 128 86 93 4 0 .321 .406 .624 1.030 GR,AL 2033 156 569 197 46 2 40 124 119 90 66 1 0 .346 .436 .645 1.080 ATL,AL 2034 154 555 170 53 0 46 146 129 120 78 0 0 .306 .430 .650 1.080 ATL,AL 2035 145 521 163 48 3 34 133 117 106 74 1 0 .313 .429 .612 1.041 ATL,AL 2036 153 554 192 67 1 38 140 126 108 96 4 1 .347 .453 .677 1.130 ATL,AL 2037 154 545 191 59 0 44 138 141 126 80 4 1 .350 .472 .701 1.173 ATL,AL 2038 157 567 174 65 0 39 121 138 126 71 0 1 .307 .433 .628 1.061 ATL,AL 2039 142 525 165 46 2 25 100 116 103 80 2 1 .314 .427 .552 .979 ATL,AL 2040 157 561 184 51 1 30 127 114 106 92 2 0 .328 .435 .583 1.018 ATL,AL 2041 31 109 34 7 0 6 24 23 17 16 0 0 .312 .405 .541 .946 ATL 2042 157 517 187 51 2 32 107 122 116 74 2 2 .362 .479 .654 1.132 ATL,AL 2043 153 539 175 41 3 24 111 95 89 95 2 1 .325 .420 .545 .966 ATL 2044 144 478 125 25 1 30 81 83 81 122 0 0 .262 .369 .506 .875 ATL 2045 110 354 87 13 1 6 39 45 42 102 0 0 .246 .326 .339 .665 ATL TUC Total 2720 9695 3036 869 19 578 2085 1990 1725 1848 29 10 .313 .417 .586 1.002 Career Postseason Batting Stats Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2029 11 43 13 3 0 3 8 10 8 10 0 0 .302 .412 .581 .993 2037 6 21 7 1 0 2 3 3 3 4 0 0 .333 .417 .667 1.083 2038 7 24 5 2 0 2 5 3 1 6 0 0 .208 .240 .542 .782 2040 7 26 6 3 0 0 2 3 4 7 0 0 .231 .333 .346 .679 Total 31 114 31 9 0 7 18 19 16 27 0 0 .272 .362 .535 .897 Player History Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Grand Rapids in 2027... Had first career hit on 4/6/2027, off Sammy Brizendine (TUC)... Hit first career homerun on 6/13/2027, off Rogelio Marguez (KNO)... Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 4/3/2028... Won World Series with Grand Rapids in 2029... Drove in 7 runs against Tucson on 4/27/2030... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 5/22/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/2030, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 5 RBI... Was selected to the 2030 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 7/9/2030... Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2030, hitting .478 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Knoxville on 9/20/2030... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 5/26/2031... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2031, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 6/22/2031... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2031, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2032, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 5 runs on 6/9/2032... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2032, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2032 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2032, hitting .467 with 4 HR, 12 RBI... Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Tucson on 9/8/2032... Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/2/2033 to a 7-year deal worth $12,584,000 per year... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2033, hitting .545 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game... Hit 3 homeruns against Kansas City, driving in 5 runs on 6/25/2034... Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2034, hitting .330 with 7 HR, 26 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/2035, hitting .483 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 6/29/2035... Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2035, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2035, hitting .361 with 8 HR, 29 RBI... Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 8/29/2035... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/2035, hitting .423 with 5 HR, 15 RBI... Injured on 9/18/2035 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2036, hitting .390 with 8 HR, 37 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2036, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 2036 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Kansas City on 9/22/2036... Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/2036, hitting .526 with 5 HR, 13 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2037, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Drove in 8 runs against Tucson on 4/14/2037... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2037, hitting .402 with 12 HR, 40 RBI... Was selected to the 2037 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2037... Hit 3 homeruns against Denver, driving in 5 runs on 5/3/2038... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2038, hitting .398 with 11 HR, 26 RBI... Was selected to the 2038 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 7/21/2038, off Edson Villegas (WAS)... Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2038... Was selected to the 2039 Allstar game... Injured on 9/5/2039 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Denver on 4/17/2040... Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Nashville on 6/4/2040... Was selected to the 2040 Allstar game... Injured on 5/4/2041 with a Broken Knee, out for full season... Had 500th career homerun on 5/12/2042, off David Hennen (TUC)... Was selected to the 2042 Allstar game... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/30/2042... Injured on 4/29/2044 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Had 3000th career hit on 6/6/2045, off William Shim Jr. (KC)... Released by Atlanta on 7/30/2045, refused assignment to minors... Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 8/4/2045 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year... Released by Tucson on 10/4/2045, refused assignment to minors... Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2046. Batting Leader Boards Appearances AVG 2030 - .353 - 5th 2033 - .346 - 4th 2036 - .347 - 3rd 2037 - .350 - 4th 2042 - .362 - 4th OBP 2028 - .381 - 9th 2030 - .441 - 2nd 2031 - .419 - 3rd 2032 - .406 - 4th 2033 - .436 - 3rd 2034 - .430 - 6th 2035 - .429 - 2nd 2036 - .453 - 2nd 2037 - .472 - 1st 2038 - .433 - 6th 2039 - .427 - 6th 2040 - .435 - 6th 2042 - .479 - 1st SLG 2030 - .669 - 2nd 2031 - .614 - 4th 2032 - .624 - 4th 2033 - .645 - 4th 2034 - .650 - 2nd 2035 - .612 - 2nd 2036 - .677 - 1st 2037 - .701 - 1st 2038 - .628 - 5th 2039 - .552 - 10th 2040 - .583 - 5th 2042 - .654 - 2nd OPS 2028 - .912 - 10th 2030 - 1.110 - 3rd 2031 - 1.033 - 4th 2032 - 1.030 - 3rd 2033 - 1.080 - 3rd 2034 - 1.080 - 2nd 2035 - 1.041 - 2nd 2036 - 1.130 - 1st 2037 - 1.173 - 1st 2038 - 1.061 - 3rd 2039 - .979 - 7th 2040 - 1.018 - 5th 2042 - 1.132 - 1st Hits 2030 - 207 - 2nd 2032 - 192 - 9th 2033 - 197 - 8th 2036 - 192 - 9th 2037 - 191 - 4th Doubles 2028 - 50 - 6th 2029 - 48 - 8th 2030 - 69 - 1st 2031 - 52 - 4th 2032 - 53 - 6th 2033 - 46 - 6th 2034 - 53 - 2nd 2035 - 48 - 4th 2036 - 67 - 1st 2037 - 59 - 1st 2038 - 65 - 1st 2039 - 46 - 4th 2040 - 51 - 3rd Homeruns 2030 - 38 - 8th 2031 - 38 - 4th 2032 - 42 - 4th 2033 - 40 - 6th 2034 - 46 - 3rd 2036 - 38 - 6th 2037 - 44 - 1st 2038 - 39 - 8th RBI 2028 - 132 - 2nd 2029 - 117 - 7th 2030 - 133 - 4th 2032 - 135 - 4th 2033 - 124 - 10th 2034 - 146 - 3rd 2035 - 133 - 7th 2036 - 140 - 4th 2037 - 138 - 2nd 2040 - 127 - 5th Runs 2030 - 142 - 1st 2032 - 128 - 3rd 2033 - 119 - 9th 2034 - 129 - 3rd 2036 - 126 - 5th 2037 - 141 - 1st 2038 - 138 - 1st 2039 - 116 - 9th BB 2028 - 79 - 8th 2029 - 89 - 7th 2030 - 92 - 3rd 2031 - 99 - 2nd 2032 - 86 - 4th 2033 - 90 - 7th 2034 - 120 - 1st 2035 - 106 - 5th 2036 - 108 - 3rd 2037 - 126 - 1st 2038 - 126 - 1st 2039 - 103 - 6th 2040 - 106 - 3rd
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Denver @ Atlanta (2-4 Defeat) Denver @ Atlanta (3-4 Defeat in 12 innings) Denver @ Atlanta (4-7 Defeat) Miami @ Denver (7-5 Victory) Miami @ Denver (1-5 Defeat) Miami @ Denver (9-1 Victory) If the end of August was a struggle for Denver, the first week of September was no less laborious. The Broncos opened the week by getting swept by Atlanta, with three tough, close losses. It was only the second time that the Broncos had been swept this season (they dropped both games of a two game series against Tucson back on April 16th and 17th). Fortunately for Denver, second place Tucson spent those three days also getting swept, by Miami, so they were not able to gain any ground on the Broncos. Denver did manage to rebound from the Atlanta series by winning 2 of 3 against Southeast Division leader, Miami. Asbel Fuentez was a spark plug for the Broncos offense in the past week, going 8 for 16, with 1 double, 4 walks, 4 stolen bases, and 5 runs scored. Tomas Sato was 7 for 19, with a double and a homerun, and 6 runs batted in. Russell Thomas was 8 for 20, with a pair of homeruns. In the extra inning loss to Atlanta, Kenny Pillsbury had strong performance, going 9 innings, with 3 runs allowed, and 12 strikeouts. In the week ending win against Miami, George Buentello did a fine job in shutting down the Dolphins' lineup. He tossed a complete game, and allowed only 1 run, which was unearned. Milestone Watch: Hits: Code:
# Career Hits H 1 S. Serrato* 3866 2 F. Mira 3826 3 S. Piche 3770 4 P. Sanchez 3447 5 R. Vega* 3418 6 C. Romeo 3383 7 D. Homan 3360 8 F. Cobos 3343 9 F. Garza* 3328 10 T. Guerrero 3301 HR: Code:
# Career HRs HR 1 D. Murillo 691 2 C. Bohanon 670 3 R. Vega* 654 4 J. Paras 645 5 H. Abad 641 6 W. Byrd 639 RBI: Code:
# Career RBIs RBI 1 R. Vega* 2294 2 D. Homan 2255 3 F. Mira 2218 4 E. Quon 2214
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