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01-23-2008, 06:49 PM
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2018 previews (cont.)
 Major Gains * Signed reliever Trevor Quinton to be their new closer. Quinton, 36, will make $38,000 over two years. He has a career ERA of 3.79 with 89 saves and is known as an extreme groundball pitcher. Major Losses * Third baseman A.J. Brisebois became a free agent. He would later sign with the Yukoners in the offseason, be traded to the Grizzlies, be released by the Grizzlies in training camp, and then sign with the Oilers. Good with the glove, his career batting line is a mediocre .258/.309/.422. Replaced at 3B by the terrible Adam Cote. * Shortstop Wilfred McRae, age 23, became a free agent. This is a tough loss. McRae is a subpar fielder but hit .296/.349/.395 with 46 stolen bases last year and can play any infield position. He would sign with Kodiak. Replaced at SS by the marginal Aaron Boudreau. 2018 Forecast The Mushers are slowly but surely putting together a young core to help them contend in the future. Adrian Albert and Shane Kodo should eventually be fantastic pitchers. Ken Talley and Dave Langille (now 38) are both great hitters now. With fan interest dropping in this small, isolated market, however, it's unclear whether this franchise will survive that long. Prediction: 6th (last) in the Seward Division.  Major Gains * Slugging catcher Karl Morrisey has come over from Kodiak in a trade for relief pitcher Jason Hilton and a decent second base prospect, Scott Bayles. Big Morrey hit .335/.397/.489 last year and also won the Glove Wizard award, although some say he didn't deserve it. He may actually move to first base for the Jets, since catcher Dave Lepine is an All-Star in his own right and generally has a significantly better arm. This was a great trade for the Jets and a bad but not terrible one for the Grizzlies, who have an amazing young talent coming up to fill the catcher slot. * Starting pitcher Jeremy House, 27, and rookie center fielder Rowan MacIndoe came over from the Glacier Pilots in another solid trade. MacIndoe will start coming out of training camp and has decent upside. House is basically league average, with a pretty cheap salary ($25K over the next two years). The Jets gave up 2B-OF Anthony Garant, who had just been claimed off waivers from Fairbanks (see analysis above). * Acquiring shortstop Brett Small from Fairbanks was the biggest coup of the offseason - for any team. Small, 27, has a career line of .295/.362/.486, is a decent fielder, and will make $65,000 a year over the next three years. The Jets only gave up washed-up 42-year-old former superstar pitcher Monzaemon Mihashi (career 77-52, 3.50 ERA), who will be a free agent after 2018 and will make $63,000! New GM Kent Linkletter is starting to look like a genius. * 33-year-old right fielder Bill O'Farrell was signed as a free agent to a 1-year, $21K deal. He has never started regularly before but always hit well in the Training League. Last year, in 217 AB's, he hit a pretty poor .240/.344/.341 with Sitka. He could be a waste of money or he could be a spectacular find. Major Losses * 1B-2B Johnny Ledlow was traded to the Fairbanks Goldpanners for two marginal prospects. Ledlow, 29, has a career line of .286/.360/.458 and is not a good fielder. He's set to make $50,000 a year over the next three years. This is not a bad trade for the rebuilding Jets, despite the little return, and is one of the few sensible deals that Fairbanks made this offseason. * Mihashi, mentioned above. * Garant - but he wasn't on the team at all last year, so not a real loss. * Hilton, mentioned above. Forecast The Jets could be the most improved team in 2018. I doubt it's enough to contend for the pennant, given their cellar-dwelling status in 2017. But with a lineup that features Morrisey, Logan, Small, Ikarashi, and O'Farrell, and a starting rotation with an aging Gagnon and an up-and-coming Howatt, the Jets should be much stronger. Prediction: 4th in the Seward. |
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01-28-2008, 07:41 PM
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 This will be the third year for GM Adrian Aguilar, who took over after former GM Paul Sorenson, who had straightened out the team's finances, was kicked upstairs to the office of team President. The Goldpanners improved each of the last two years, marginally, but their payroll now threatens to balloon again. How will he get it under control? Major Gains [*] SP Monzaemon Mihashi, 42, who came over from Chugiak for SS Brett Small in that idiotic trade. What really boggles is the mind is that the Goldpanners re-signed him to a two-year extension at $63K per year! He's still capable of being league average, I'll grant you that, but there's more downside than upside here. [*] Signed LF Rob Corley to a 1-year, $16,000 deal. The former Miner standout has bounced around from team to team over the previous four years. Now 35, he still boasts an impressive career line of .294/.384/.502. He can provide some insurance in the outfield in case Colin Garrett or Matthew Bartholomew gets hurt. [*] Signed RF Sloan Pike to a 1-year, $14.5K deal. Pike hit .386 back in 2015, his only full season. He's still just 22. The Yukoners let him go after two straight terrible seasons that saw him shuttled back and forth between Whitehorse and Dawson City. He could be the new right fielder if Bartholomew has to move to the infield, but the Panners have also brought in a slick-fielding terrible-hitting shortstop, Jeff Rowland, who could make the team out of training camp and fill the hole left by Small's departure. Major Losses [*] Brett Small. [*] Traded RF Dave Squires to the Bucs for reliever Bryce Brown. I would not characterize Brown, who had 29 walks and 23 strikeouts last year, as a major gain. Squires, although he sat out most of last year, was a Hitter of the Year candidate in 2016 (.331/.404/.672 with 30 HR in 311 AB) and is still just 27. 2018 Forecast The Panners did everything they could to get worse over the offseason, but they have such a significant lead over the rest of their division (and Juneau, the only team that could conceivably catch them, did not improve) that they should easily make it back to the ACS to defend their consecutive titles. The acquisition of Mihashi does fortify the team's claim to possess the greatest starting rotation in league history (Cormack, Pond, Mihashi, Deacon, Corbitt). 1st in the Denali.  Juneau used to be a juggernaut, but now they've lost their way. The fan base is still there; they could have made their move this offseason but seem content to stand pat. Major Gains [*] Infielder George Robertson, 29, signed a two-year contract worth $72,695 with the Senators. Robertson has been a steady but not outstanding force at the plate. He has logged most of his innings at shortstop, but he is not a very good fielder. Last year he hit .256/.318/.380 with Mat-Su, his worst season to date. Normally he is a quite reliable OBP man with some pretty decent speed. Thirty-eight-year-old second baseman Ralph Collette, who has spent his entire career with Juneau, could end up being the odd man out with Robertson's arrival. Major Losses None. 2018 Forecast The team has gotten a little older, of course, but they still possess one of the best lineups in the league, top to bottom: C Corson, 1B-2B Randolph, 2B Collette, 3B Bedford, SS-1B-2B Matkin, LF T. Okawa, CF Theriault, and RF Suto. The rotation is really long in the tooth, with Northeast and Taggart leading the way. Arrington is their lights-out closer. Prediction: 2nd in the Denali.  Now is the year for the Grizzlies to take revenge on Fairbanks. Will they beef up their roster or spoil the chance? Major Gains [*] Number one Alaskan prospect Vincent McGrath will be playing catcher next year. Scouts are slavering at the opportunity to see him in action. Not much of an arm, but he hit .342/.407/.474 in the Training League last year. [*] Reliever Jason Hilton was acquired from Chugiak for previous starting catcher, Karl Morrisey. The Grizzlies really laid an egg on this one. Morrisey will be in the second-to-last year of his contract but is also a great hitter and just hitting his prime. Surely they could have gotten more for him. Hilton, 37, used to be great but is clearly in decline. Terrible deal for Kodiak. [*] Signed SS Wilfred McRae to a 2-year deal worth a total of $73.5K. McRae is just 23 and hit .296/.349/.395 with Bethel last year, not bad for a shortstop. He's not much of a fielder, but he's still a solid pickup for this club, replacing Stan Smart, who was lost to Whitehorse via trade. [*] Acquired a solid backup 1B-2B in 24-year-old Mike Melton (.270/.320/.407, 16-10 SB-CS last year) from Whitehorse for 3B-SS Stan Smart (.299/.377/.505 last year). Kodiak also gets reliever Calvin Turley, 21 years of age (3.07 ERA last year). The move gives the Grizzlies a bit more salary room, but it's hard to say that it made them a better team. Major Losses [*] Karl Morrisey. [*] Stan Smart. [*] SP Tim Myers was released at the end of training camp. The Grizzlies had to eat nearly $50,000 of his salary. Myers, 25, has never lived up to his former potential and was not able to make the rotation coming out of training camp. He would sign with North Pole at league minimum. 2018 Forecast This was a rough offseason for the Grizzlies. I think they might have had a marginally better time of it than Fairbanks, but they are also facing a tougher division. Nevertheless, they have a very solid top four in the rotation (Henry, Lockwood, Poor, Murdock), an excellent closer (Boutillier), and a solid lineup (C McGrath, 1B Meehan, 2B Navarro, 3B Seguin, SS McRae, CF Bolduc, RF Samson). Prediction: 1st in the Seward once again.  The Miners continue their long rebuild. A successful offseason means keeping salary in check and perhaps picking up someone potentially useful off the trash heap. Major Gains [*] Acquired 25-year-old catcher John Cashmann from the Bucs for 32-year-old reliever Kokei Memoto. This is basically a salary dump for the Bucs, who had signed Cashmann to an ill-advised three-year deal. Cashmann did hit .315/.354/.370 last year in a platoon, but is no longer expected to be a star (he was an All-Star in 2014 and 2015). But it plugs a gaping hole for Mat-Su. [*] Acquired 22-year-old SP Ed Bertrand from Sitka for 26-year-old lefty reliever Julien LeClerc. Neither player is much better than replacement level, but it's a big deal by the Miners' standards these days. Bertrand will join the rotation. Major Losses [*] SS George Robertson signed with Juneau, as mentioned above, a pretty significant loss. [*] LF John Horswill signed with North Pole. Horswill, the former Chugiak standout, hit .254/.333/.455 last year in a platoon and is now 36. [*] Relievers Memoto and LeClerc. 2018 Forecast The Miners should remain mired in obscurity. The only two above-league-average position players they can boast are 3B Beach and CF Payne. Their pitching staff is godawful. The good news? They could get a #1 overall pick in 2019. Prediction: 6th in the Denali. Last edited by Elendil; 05-15-2019 at 09:55 PM. |
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01-29-2008, 03:07 PM
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2018 previews (cont.)
 The Nicks had better start putting together a better amateur system, and quickly, before they waste the careers of stars like Abston, Major, and Randell. The fans are getting restless. Major Gains [*] 1B Phil Alder, 26, played a little bit last year but will get his first chance as full-time starter this year. He hit .326/.443/.511 last year with 190 AB's. [*] LF John Horswill, 36, signed a one-year deal for $21,300. His career stats are above, under Mat-Su. Not expected to be much better than replacement level, but at this position that still means a good hitter. [*] In a more significant move, the Nicks signed CF Phil Livingston, 28, away from Peninsula on a three-year contract worth approximately $51K per year. Livingston's career line is .299/.348/.402, he has stolen 138 bases, and he has won a Glove Wizard Award. [*] The Nicks signed 28-year-old outfielder Dennis Bandelow to a league-minimum contract. Bandelow had been playing in A ball for a while, where he didn't really perform as expected, and was eventually let go. He returns to Alaska after having been a Yukoner prospect several years ago. He hit surprisingly well in training camp and will start in right for the Nicks to open the season. Major Losses [*] Aging corner infielder Edison Dwyer (career .254/.331/.480, now 34 years old) was signed away by Chugiak on a 1-year, $16.3K deal. He will be a backup in Chugiak, but had been North Pole's starting first baseman for three straight years - and before that, a key element of their championship teams as a third baseman (he spent 2009-2017 with the club). 2018 Forecast The Nicks' rebuilding process is taking an agonizingly long time. They still have a superstar second baseman in John Abston, and Chance Major is still going strong in the rotation, though not quite what he used to be. Overall, though, the pitching staff is very bad, and this looks to be another year in the Denali Division cellar. Prediction: 5th in the Denali.  The Oilers have quietly put some pieces back together to try to contend again. They won the division back in '15 and then muddled through two sub-.500 seasons, but they look to come back strong this year. Major Gains [*] Twenty-three-year-old rookie first baseman Stan Marion will be joining the team this year. Marion has hit pretty well in the Training League. He won't be a star but should contribute. [*] Twenty-two-year-old center fielder Roy Groves will get his first chance to start this year with the departure of Livingston. He's a speedy, pretty rangey guy who chokes up and dinks singles. Time will tell if he can develop into a better offensive force, but for now he fills a hole. [*] Twenty-nine-year-old right fielder Keith Willerton joins the team as a free agent, signing a two-year contract worth $22,928 per year. Willerton has bounced around the league, posting a respectable but not outstanding career line of .289/.348/.417. He should still be in his prime, or close to it. Loss for Juneau. Major Losses [*] Right fielder Elvis O'Halloran is signed away by Fairbanks to a 1-year contract worth $16.6K. He will be a backup there but had started for Peninsula. He's now 36 and clearly in decline, but hit .238/.352/.452 last year - not too shabby. [*] Phil Livingston. 2018 Forecast With C Bob Russo, 2B Zander Sabin, SS Ken Swerdlow, and LF Phil Elliott in the lineup, and a rotation featuring Harvey Romanov, Ryan Dye, and Louis Mays, they should be a solid opponent and could well finish over .500 this year. Prediction: 3rd in the Seward.  The Sentinels are a puzzle. They simply refuse to go into a full rebuild despite all indications that they cannot keep up with Fairbanks and Juneau. Will this be the year they finally crash and burn completely? Major Gains [*] Infielder Luther Hemphill, 27, comes over from Kodiak on a 2-year contract worth just $12.8K per year. It's a solid deal for a player who hit .324/.385/.534 in 2016, his only full season in the AKL. A fractured foot kept him out of action all of last year. He is slated to start at second for Sitka. [*] Rookie third baseman Bret Turner, 21, will get his first taste of professional action. He had been acquired in a trade with Bethel for SP Shane Kodo last year. He can hit line drives to all parts of the field, and the Sentinels are quite bullish about his future. Major Losses [*] Starting pitcher Bryan Kendall retires. Kendall was one of the most consistent pitchers in league history, posting an ERA under 4.00 every year from 2008 to 2016 and throwing at least 140 innings each of those seasons. His final career numbers: 103-96, 3.73 ERA, 1776 IP, 168 HRA, 684 BB, 1574 SO. He was an 8-time All-Star. Even in his last year, he was one of Sitka's three best pitchers. [*] Midseason rental second baseman Chris Webb moves on, signing a 1-year deal with Juneau. Webb hit well in his half-year with Sitka (.297/.345/.426 for all of 2017). It's a somewhat pathetic finale to a bad trade that sent solid young pitcher Russell Carriere to the Bucs for a rental player for whom Sitka had no use. Webb will be a backup with Juneau. [*] Right fielder Bill O'Farrell moves on to Chugiak. Details above. 2018 Forecast This team has clearly gotten worse since last year, but it will be interesting to see how their youngsters do. They still have superstars in the lineup: SS Jack "Hustle" Hussey and LF Phil Botfield. Their pitching ace is definitely Dwayne Smith, who posted a 2.96 ERA last year. Prediction: 4th in the Denali.  The Yukoners made fistfuls of money last year by slashing payroll and staff. It didn't help their winning percentage but it did assure fiscal solvency for the near future. They also have, by far, the #1 minor league system in the league. Major Gains [*] Twenty-four-year-old rookie first baseman Waylon Sutton, acquired in a trade with North Pole last year, will get a chance at the "bigs." He's not much of a fielder, but he has developed one skill: hitting home runs. He clubbed 24 of them in 241 at-bats last year with the Skagway amateur club. [*] Infielder Mark Miller, 21, was claimed off waivers from Fairbanks in the offseason and could play with Whitehorse out of training camp, which would be his first Alaskan League action. He's a subpar fielder but has some smarts and is well liked by teammates. Hit .328 with the Amateur Goldpanners last year. [*] 3B Stan Smart comes over from Kodiak in a blockbuster trade that sends 1B-2B Mike Melton, 3B A.J. Brisebois, and RP Calvin Turley the other way, and also brings in SP prospect Michael Matthews. Smart will make $18,561 for 1 year, which should be a steal if he repeats his 2015-2017 numbers (career .268/.355/.468 line). However, the Yukoners probably want to re-sign him, and it's doubtful whether he would consent to that unless the team improves substantially. Whitehorse is considered a baseball backwater in league circles, where players can toil in obscurity for years without recognition or proper compensation. [*] In one of two major signings for the Yukoners, Lower 48 minor league standout Fred MacGregor, a 24-year-old corner outfielder and native Canadian, comes to Whitehorse. MacGregor hit .279/.362/.448 with Frisco, the Rangers' AA club. Since the AKL is about on a par with low-level A ball, those are some impressive numbers. He became a minor league free agent and headed up to the Yukon Territory to play some pro ball, make a little cash, and perhaps impress an MLB or CLB club. He will make $24K on a 1-year contract. [*] The Yukoners also signed back CF John Dugles, who had spent a year in Fairbanks after playing for Ketchikan-Whitehorse his entire career up to that point. Dugles is still just 29 but suffered some injury problems last year. His career line is .284/.344/.419. He will make $27,645 on a 1-year contract. [*] Rookie starting pitchers Ron Gunter, Pearce Holman, and Tony Gibbon could get a shot this year. Gunter and Gibbon are supposed to have great potential. Holman is now 29 and comes out of the Glacier Pilots' organization. He was 2015 Alaska Training League Pitcher of the Year but never got a shot with the parent club. Major Losses [*] OF Keith MacNeill, who was embroiled in that race controversy with Juneau a few years back, lets bygones be bygones and signs with the Senators! Of course, his antagonist, Cisco Pena, has since moved on to the Bucs. MacNeill is now 33, is terrible in the field, and hit below replacement level last year, so he's probably not a "major" loss, but some observers think he could return to previous glory. [*] Infielder Mike Melton, third baseman A.J. Brisebois, reliever Calvin Turley (see under Kodiak for analysis). 2018 Forecast Whitehorse had more turnover of various kinds, coming out of training camp, than any other club, and therefore they are hardest to predict. They don't really have many stars, but they don't have too many gaping holes either, other than catcher and the back end of the rotation. They could finish anywhere from second to last. Prediction: 3rd in the Denali. Looking Ahead An Anchorage Daily News piece recently provided evidence that winning clubs can be forecast on average two years in advance by dividing their winning percentage by payroll in any year. For instance, excluding the receivership year, the Glacier Pilots peaked in winning percentage per dollar in 2012, and in 2014 they won the championship. Chugiak's peak came in 2010, and they won the division with a .657 winning percentage in 2012. Juneau led the league in "win efficiency" in 2007 and won the championship in 2009. Fairbanks hit their peak in 2015, and of course success came a little more quickly (but lasted longer): they were champions the next two years. (Fairbanks also led the league in the statistic in 2013 and 2014!) Two years before Peninsula's 2010 championship, they led the league in win efficiency. It's almost uncanny how it works. So who led the league in "win efficiency" in 2016 and 2017? In 2016 it was Kodiak by a decent margin over Sitka and Fairbanks, and in 2017 it was Whitehorse by an immense margin over Bethel and then North Pole. Going by history, then, Kodiak could win it all this year, and Whitehorse in 2019. We'll see! Last edited by Elendil; 01-29-2008 at 03:10 PM. |
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01-30-2008, 07:03 PM
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2018 News & Events May 4, 2018 - On Opening Day, Bucs ace Cisco Pena, who has a history of fragility, left his start early. He would be diagnosed with bone chips in the elbow, keeping him out of action for 2-3 months. May 27, 2018 - Peninsula reliever Philippe Bisaillon badly injures himself in a freak accident suffered while chasing a dog. He will miss the entire season and perhaps some of next. June 15, 2018 - The Bethel Mushers take 19-year-old pitcher Kirk Stannard, an Anchorage native, with the #1 overall pick of the amateur draft. He will start his amateur career in Valdez of the ATL. June 18, 2018 - In the first major trade of the season, the Glacier Pilots deal 32-year-old backup catcher Roger Parent to Juneau for 38-year-old second baseman Ralph Collette. The deal is significant because Collette has been in the league since its founding and has played every season with Juneau. In recent years, however, he has not been starting for the team. He is expected to start in Anchorage, though. June 20, 2018 - The Yukoners and Sentinels swap youngsters. The Sentinels get pitcher Steve Oakes, who has #3-4 potential but has a 4.97 ERA this year, while the Yukoners get first base prospect Tak Young, a power-hitting lefty. June 25, 2018 - Chugiak right fielder Bill O'Farrell sees his season come to an end after an elbow injury in a game. The veteran had been playing his best ball in years, hitting .306 with six homers in 47 games. July 10, 2018 - There have been many re-signings this year, but none more puzzling than that of Monzaemon Mihashi by the Goldpanners. Don't get me wrong: I like Mihashi as a player, and think he could one day enter an Alaskan baseball hall of fame. But he's 42 years old with 15 strikeouts in 85 innings (3.93 ERA) and will make nearly $64,000 each of the next two years! July 10, 2018 - As the Goldpanners try to fend off the Senators and, unbelievably, the Nicks, their chances took a hit as star left fielder Colin Garrett goes down with a herniated disc. He could miss the entire season and postseason. July 15, 2018 - Eugene Pond pitches the third no-hitter in league history - and his second! Fairbanks blanks Chugiak 7-0, while Pond allows five walks and racks up eight strikeouts. His record moves to 8-3 and his ERA falls to 3.01. July 19, 2018 - All-Star rosters are announced. Here are the teams: Seward Division Anchorage Glacier Pilots 1B Dale Robison - injured C Chris Normore LF Garrett Shea SP Chip Becker CL Don Wilson Anchorage Bucs RF Sean Heath 1B Arnie Heard CF Aaron Ladner Bethel Mushers SP Adrian Albert Chugiak Jets CF Rowan MacIndoe SP Mark Howatt SP Jeremy House MR Guillaume Descoteaux Kodiak Grizzlies C Vincent McGrath RF Michael Samson 2B Mark Navarro 1B Al Meehan - replaces Robison SP Sam Lockwood SP Steven Henry CL Stuart Boutillier SP Davis Murdock Peninsula Oilers SS Ken Swerdlow 3B Ron Leighton 2B Zander Sabin SP Louis Mays Denali Division Fairbanks Goldpanners 3B Toby Burns CF Camden Neal C Eric Alcock SS Matthew Bartholomew SP John Cormack SP Eugene Pond SP Mark Deacon SP Larry Corbitt Juneau Senators 1B Aaron Randolph RF Kisei Suto 2B Gates Matkin SP Don Taggart MR Mike Davis CL Floyd Arrington SP Bill Colwill Mat-Su Miners CF Bryce Payne 3B Mark Beach C John Cashmann North Pole Nicks 2B John Abston SP Chance Major Sitka Sentinels SS Jack Hussey LF Phil Botfield Whitehorse Yukoners LF Fred MacGregor SP Pearce Holman MR Sam Peyton |
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02-04-2008, 05:12 PM
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Sitka, Alaska July 23, 2018 - The long-awaited All-Star Game in Sitka is finally upon us, and it could not be a lovelier day: a rare sunny day in the panhandle with temperatures in the 60s. Chip Becker starts for the Seward Division, and John Cormack takes the mound for the Denali. The Denali Division takes the lead in the bottom of the first when Bryce Payne leads off with a home run to right field. In the second, the Seward Division took the lead, 3-1, as Swerdlow and Sabin hit RBI doubles. There things stood until the 6th inning, when Ron Leighton jacked a three-run homer off Sam Peyton, making it 6-1. The Denali Division got plenty of opportunities to come back, but couldn't capitalize, leaving the bases loaded in the 6th. Abston's solo home run in the 7th was not enough, as Stuart Boutillier nailed down the save in the 9th. Final score: 6-2. Hometown favorites Hussey and Botfield were disappointments, each going 0-for-4 and stranding six men between them. In all the Denalis left 13 men on base in the game. The MVP of the game was Peninsula's Ron Leighton, who doubled, homered, and drove in three. August 1 Standings As of August 1, here is how the standings look: Seward Division PEN: 46-33 KOD: 46-34, 0.5 GB ANC: 44-36, 2.5 GB AGP: 44-38, 3.5 GB ERC: 41-38, 5 GB BET: 30-49, 16 GB Denali Division FAI: 46-35 JUN: 43-38, 3 GB NPN: 42-39, 4 GB WHI: 35-45, 10.5 GB MSM: 35-46, 11 GB SIT: 30-51, 16 GB The Seward Division has been far superior to the Denali Division this year, as evidenced by their All-Star victory. Peninsula is shocking everybody by their strong performance, and Kodiak has certainly under-performed. Meanwhile, Fairbanks is also letting Juneau and - shockingly - North Pole get much too close for comfort. Bethel and Sitka are vying for the top pick in next year's draft. Board of Governors Meeting The Board of Governors met in Anchorage in late July to discuss two significant items of business. First, the Commissioner announced that he had an agreement in principle with the Canadian League of Baseball for a Midnight Sun game on the Saturday after the summer solstice between the previous year's champions in each league. It would be an exhibition game and would not count in either league's standings. The offer represented in one sense a significant olive branch from the Canadians to a league with whom its relations had heretofore been rather hostile. On the other hand everyone expected the Canadian team would generally win, given the superior talent level. The next issue was much more controversial. Given the importance of the draft, a number of generally historically well-performing teams, namely North Pole, Mat-Su, Juneau, Chugiak, and the two Anchorage clubs, proposed a change to the draft. Two motions were proposed: first, a lottery system that would include all teams and assign higher probabilities of better picks to teams with lower winning percentages; when that failed, a proposal for a serpentine draft. Since changes to the draft system require a three-quarters majority, the first motion failed on a 6-6 vote, and the second motion failed on an 8-3 vote with one abstention. Fairbanks and Kodiak joined the aforementioned six on the second motion, while Peninsula abstained. The meeting did not end in rancor, however, as both sides saw that they needed to compromise to avoid the possibility of seeing a disastrous solution (by each of their criteria) imposed. It was clear that the existing system would be modified somewhat in favor of the better teams. This proposal could only be thinkable now that the league was in relative financial health, and even tiny-market cellar-dwellers like Sitka and Bethel did not seem to be in imminent danger. |
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02-14-2008, 07:41 PM
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2018 Stretch Run
2018: Photo Finish While Fairbanks used August to sew things up in the Denali Division, the race in the Seward Division couldn't have been tighter. But first, some anecdotes. Two Interesting Games On July 25, superstar slugger Phil Botfield gave the Sentinels a win in style, crushing a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against Chugiak. The final score in Sitka's come-from-behind victory was 11 to 10. On August 3, Sitka was embroiled in another slugfest, but came out on the wrong end this time. The Yukoners outscored them 19-12 in a game that lasted well over four hours. The two teams combined for 31 runs on 39 hits, 14 of which were extra-base hits. There were also six errors and six stolen bases in the game. It was a Pyrrhic victory for Whitehorse, though, as their best hitter Fred MacGregor went down on an injury that would last 2 weeks, more or less dooming his Rookie of the Year chances. The Grizzlies and Glacier Pilots Come On Strong The Pilots had to battle through injuries to make their way to the top of the Seward Division. At various times in August, they lost catcher Chris Normore, outfielder Mike Collette, center fielder Wynn Dunsmore, reliever Bill Gardner, reliever Guy Auger, and third baseman Griffin Shea. While the others made only short trips to the disabled list, Auger and Shea went down for the season - and could both miss some of next season. Shea's injury was particularly devastating given his .294/.345/.509 line in 2018. He might never be the same player again after tearing his ACL. Meanwhile, Kodiak's hitters started performing. Michael Samson went on a rampage. He hit three homers in a game on August 6, then went on to slug seven homers in 25 at-bats for the week. For August, he ended up hitting .373 with 12 HR, 30 RBI, and 28 runs. On September 1, the final day of the season, Kodiak and Anchorage were tied for first. The Grizzlies were hosting the Oilers, while the Pilots and Bucs faced off at Mulcahy. Kodiak fell behind 4-1 in the 8th inning of their game, but battled back and ultimately scored 2 in the bottom of the ninth to tie it at 9 and send it to extras. Peninsula then took the game in the 10th inning, 6-5. The Pilots by contrast squandered a 4-1 lead and went down to defeat, also by a score of 6-5. Thus the two teams remained tied and would have to play a one-game playoff for the division pennant. The Playoff The playoff took place the next day, and because the Glacier Pilots had won the season series between the two teams, they would host the game. Davis Murdock (11-3) took the hill for Kodiak, while veteran Chip Becker (13-6) started for Anchorage. The Grizzlies worked three runs off Becker over eight innings, while the Pilots remained stymied. Murdock walked two, struck out seven, and allowed three hits over his seven innings of work. In the 8th, though, the home team got their chance, when Murdock was lifted for Ben Bow. Dominic Gagne singled off Bow, which was enough to chase him and bring in Turley. Then 36-year-old Don Goodyear hit a pinch-home run to make it 3-2. They couldn't get any more, though. Boutillier came in for Kodiak in the bottom of the 9th and shut them down. Kodiak won the game 3-2, and for the third straight year, Kodiak and Fairbanks would be facing off in the Alaska Championship Series. |
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2018 Alaskan Championship Series Preview Batting Stats Kodiak Grizzlies
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Lineups vs RHP Kodiak Grizzlies 1. McRae, SS (.253/.296/.370, 23-5 SB-CS) 2. Navarro, 2B (.290/.377/.485) 3. McGrath, C (.366/.395/.596, 8-0 SB-CS) 4. Samson, RF (.289/.392/.538) 5. Meehan, 1B (.290/.335/.473) 6. S. Okawa, LF (.297/.369/.452) 7. Bolduc, CF (.235/.292/.423) 8. De La Cruz, 3B (.301/.306/.434) Fairbanks Goldpanners 1. Neal, CF (.274/.353/.387, 44-9 SB-CS) 2. Pike, RF (.360/.370/.439) 3. Alcock, C (.296/.368/.570) 4. King, 1B (.314/.368/.549) 5. Bartholomew, SS (.276/.349/.456) 6. G. Garrett, 2B (.357/.420/.610) 7. Burns, 3B (.291/.368/.482) 8. Corley, LF (.230/.332/.406) Analysis Kodiak has in the past had the advantage in terms of offensive firepower, but this season that advantage may be overturned. True, Kodiak outscored Fairbanks 624-564 this season, but Fairbanks' team OBP was better (.336 to .331). Bob Adamson is also taking some major risks with the starting lineups for the Panners. Veteran first baseman Adam Joly, the former Bethel standout, was starter most of the year and hit well: .333/.431/.465. At the end of the season, however, he was designated for assignment, and rookie Dave King took his spot at first and in the cleanup slot. In addition, Adamson is sticking with Rob Corley in left over Elvis O'Halloran, last year's starter. In right field, Colin Garrett will be returning mid-series after missing most of the season. He has been working out with the team, and Adamson predicts he will be ready by Game 3 at the latest. Finally, slick-fielding shortstop Jeff Rowland will be riding pine, allowing Bartholomew to move from second to short, thus making room for Garry Garrett. The move gives the team an offensive boost but a defensive downgrade. On the Kodiak side, rookie Miguel de la Cruz will be making the start at third base instead of top-notch glove man Bill Seguin. The reason? On August 1, Seguin tore a back muscle, putting him out of commission until next season. Despite his weak bat, Seguin was deadly on the basepaths, just the sort of guy you'd want for a late-inning situation in the championship series. Overall, the lineup situation is virtually a wash, but Kodiak does have a valuable weapon in Mike Melton coming off the bench, and it's possible that rookie superstar Vincent McGrath could carry the team to victory on his shoulders. Pitching Stats Kodiak Grizzlies
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Rotations Kodiak Grizzlies 1. Henry (12-6, 3.28) 2. Lockwood (6-9, 3.51) 3. Poor (6-8, 4.89) CL. Boutillier (21 SV, 1.74) Fairbanks Goldpanners 1. Cormack (16-4, 2.17) 2. Pond (9-3, 2.95) 3. Mihashi (6-9, 4.95) CL. Funk (26 SV, 2.19) Analysis Fairbanks again retains an advantage in the rotation, but an attenuated one. Not many people think Pond is really all that much better than Lockwood, but Cormack is definitely a superstar in this league. He's been virtually untouchable this year. Fairbanks' team ERA was 3.38 this year, while Kodiak's was 3.91. The different was actually greatest in the bullpen (3.06 to 4.29). However, Kodiak will have the solid Davis Murdock (12-3, 3.09) in the bullpen, or even as a starter if Poor does badly. Fairbanks can use Mark Deacon (7-8, 4.16) or Larry Corbitt (8-6, 3.38) in a similar way, though. However you slice it, Fairbanks should have the edge in pitching. Conclusion This is the third time that Cardinal and Adamson will match wits in the ACS. Thus far Adamson has gotten the better of the matchup. You might think that the Grizzlies players will be more geared up for this series than the spoiled-by-victory Goldpanners. On the other hand, their mental state might be more fragile if they got down early in the series. Also, Fairbanks will be looking to become the first team ever to "three-peat" in the Alaskan League. Fairbanks defeated Kodiak in the regular season series 6-2, but as we saw last year, that doesn't necessarily mean much. The Goldpanners have a 1.5-game advantage in the overall standings and a 4.5-game advantage in Pythagorean record, but they also played in a much weaker division. Experience has taught me not to bet against Fairbanks, although I anticipate another long, dramatic series. Prediction: Fairbanks in 7. Last edited by Elendil; 02-19-2008 at 09:04 PM. |
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2018
 Downtown Fairbanks in summer  Downtown Fairbanks at a rather different time of year Game One September 5, 2018 - This matchup of superstar pitchers likely to leave for richer pastures next year - Steven Henry and John Cormack - looked to be a great one. It was a chilly and windy night, but over 3,000 fans turned up at Growden Memorial to cheer on their Goldpanners. After a three-pitch top of the first, the home team got things going in the bottom half when Alcock drew a walk and rookie Dave King homered. They then made the lead 3-0 in the 2nd inning on four singles. Cormack continued strong, never really letting the Grizzlies into the game. He went eight innings of shutout ball, yielding four hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Henry, meanwhile, was shaky. He made it through just five innings, yielding five runs on 12 hits and three walks. Fairbanks ended up taking the game 7-0 while still managing to leave 14 men on base (16 hits, 4 walks, 1 reached on error). Dominating the first game in such fashion could only be a good omen for the club. Game Two September 6, 2018 - Thursday was a bit warmer than the day before and certainly less windy, as Lockwood and Pond faced off. Colin Garrett wasn't quite ready, so Pike would stay in right for the Panners. The Grizzlies started things off better this time, putting runners on second and third with nobody out in the first. But Pond got a popout, flyout, and strikeout to end the threat. The Goldpanners, meanwhile, picked up where they left off, knocking in two runs on four hits in the bottom half. In the top of the 3rd, the Grizzlies managed to even things up when Samson followed a McGrath double with a two-run blast to left-center. That made the score 2-2, a score that held until the bottom of the 4th, when the Goldpanners took the lead right back on leadoff back-to-back home runs from Burns and Corley. The Grizzlies continued the home run derby their next turn up, as McRae drew a leadoff walk and Navarro followed it up with a monster shot to deep center, estimated at 447 feet. However, they failed to capitalize further when with runners on the corners and one out, Stan Okawa bunted. The sacrifice put a runner on second, but with two outs they could not advance on an out, and Bolduc popped out to end the inning. One can only assume that Okawa, not a fast runner, was trying to reach first on the play. The 4-4 tie was finally broken in the 8th, when Miguel de la Cruz gave Kodiak the lead on a solo home run off Fairbanks reliever Bryce Brown. Kodiak would add to the lead in the ninth on an error, triple, and groundout. Final score: Kodiak 7, Fairbanks 4. Davis Murdock nailed down a two-inning save for the visitors. The series was now knotted up and headed down south to Kodiak Island. Game Three September 8, 2018 - After the rest day, Mihashi and Poor faced off under colder-than-normal conditions at Kodiak Island Park. Contrary to team expectations, Colin Garrett had not come back yet for Fairbanks, as a twisted ankle suffered in warmups would keep him out for yet another game. Kodiak got on the board early, as an error by third baseman Burns allowed Mark Navarro, who had doubled, to score. Fairbanks responded the next inning when pitcher Mihashi doubled in Bartholomew and Garry Garrett, then scored himself on a Neal single. 3-1 Fairbanks. Kodiak worked Okawa, who had led off with a double, around the bases the next inning to make it 3-2. But Fairbanks responded again, putting together two singles and a double to take a 5-2 lead. From that point on, Mihashi was surprisingly consistent. He went 8 innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts. Despite walking none and striking out 10, Poor was tagged with the loss, going seven innings with five earned runs allowed. Funk nailed down the save for Fairbanks. Final score: Fairbanks 5, Kodiak 3. They took a 2-to-1 lead in the series. |
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 Game Four September 9, 2018 - Down two games to one, the Grizzlies saw this as a must-win game. It would be an uphill battle, as their hitters would have to figure out John Cormack, while Steven Henry would need to improve on his Game One performance. Colin Garrett was finally penciled into the lineup for Fairbanks. Cormack looked strong at the start. The Grizzlies got runners to first and second before he set down both Samson and Meehan on swinging strikes. Nevertheless, the home team did get to him in the second inning. Stan Okawa slugged a leadoff double, then scored with one out on Miguel de la Cruz's single. De la Cruz himself scored from second on a two-out base hit by Wilfred McRae. 2-0. Henry, meanwhile, was absolutely dominant. He struck out ten and walked none through the first six innings, giving up no runs. Going to the seventh, it was still 2-0 Kodiak. In that inning, the Goldpanners finally got to Henry. With one out, Alcock managed a bloop double that got by a diving center fielder. Rookie Dave King followed that up with a two-run blast that tied the game. Henry would be pulled for Ben Bow later in the same inning, and Burns drove in Colin Garrett on a two-out triple off Bow to give Fairbanks the lead. Things were looking dire for Kodiak at that point, but they got their chance after the seventh-inning stretch. With one out, Oxford walked and McRae reached on a bobble by the shortstop, putting runners on first and second. Navarro then drove a hard grounder into the hole in left, and Oxford scored easily. On the first pitch to the next batter, catcher McGrath, Navarro and McRae pulled off a daring double steal. (Interesting note: Navarro's second stolen base of his seven-year Alaskan League career thus came in a steal of third in a tie game in the Alaskan Championship Series. His previous stolen base? A steal of second as part of a double steal in the 2014 ACS, when he was with the Glacier Pilots.) McGrath followed that feat up with a liner that fell in front of the left fielder, allowing both Navarro and McRae to score and sending the crowd of 1,167 into a frenzy. The score remained 5-3 until the ninth, when Davis Murdock came in for the save and pitched another scoreless inning in relief, working around a leadoff single by Bartholomew. Kodiak had tied up the series. Game Five September 10, 2018 - It was anyone's series again, and both teams could be expected to pull out all the stops in an attempt to win this crucial swing game. The town was still abuzz with chatter about Cardinal's bold double steal call the previous night. Pond and Lockwood would face off again, both looking for some redemption after shaky Game 2 performances. In the bottom of the 1st, the Grizzlies immediately got things rolling. A McRae single, McGrath double, and Samson homer quickly made it 3-0. However, the Goldpanners weren't two-time defending Alaskan champions for nothing. They clawed back, putting up runs in the second and third to come back within a run. They might come to rue the wasted opportunities in the third inning, when Colin Garrett left the bases loaded on a weak grounder with a full count. The Grizzlies added an insurance run in the 3rd, but after that point both pitchers settled down. The Grizzlies' next true threat came in the 5th, when they put runners on second and third with one out after a double steal involving McGrath, who was still young and thus a bit spry for a catcher, and Samson. However, Meehan popped out and Okawa struck out to end the inning. In the 7th, the Goldpanners jumped all over reliever Ben Bow. Garry Garrett singled, then Burns reached on a booted ball by the shortstop. With two outs and runners at second and third, Sloan Pike, now playing left field with Colin Garrett's return, came through in the clutch, driving a single into right. Both runners scored and the game was tied at 4. The Grizzlies wasted chance after chance to go back on top, as McGrath grounded into a double play with runners on the corners and one out in the bottom of the 7th, and the team failed to capitalize with two runners on in the 8th, 9th, and 10th innings as well. The game went to extras, with Calvin Turley pitching for Kodiak and closer Jon Funk for Fairbanks. In the top of the 11th, Kodiak closer Stuart Boutillier entered the game. He immediately ran into trouble, giving up a single to Colin Garrett, then throwing a wild pitch to Garry Garrett and ultimately walking him intentionally. But in a devastating 1-2 punch of tactical mistakes, Fairbanks squandered their chance. Colin Garrett was caught stealing third but Garry Garrett didn't go, then Rowland sacrificed to put Garry Garrett on second, but now with two outs. Pinch-hitter Johnny Nokes struck out to end the side. Brad Morris, the former Sitka closer, then entered for Fairbanks. He immediately ran into trouble, yielding a single to Navarro and a double to McGrath. He then intentionally walked the red-hot Samson to pitch to Meehan, who drove a 2-2 pitch over the second baseman's glove to give the Grizzlies a walk-off victory. Final score: Kodiak 5, Fairbanks 4, 11 innings. The Grizzlies now led the series three games to two. Game Six September 12, 2018 - Kodiak might have the upper hand in the series, but Fairbanks was returning home, and everyone remembered what happened last year when Kodiak had been up three games to one. Poor and Mihashi faced off before a crowd of 3,196 on a still but frosty night (40 degrees at first pitch). Both pitchers looked sharp early on, Mihashi even blowing some hitters away with a fastball that managed to hit 90 miles an hour - very unusual for him. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Grizzlies gave the Panners an opening when the first baseman dropped a throw to put Neal on first. After a wild pitch and a stolen base, Neal was on third and in position to score on a Garry Garrett groundball to the shortstop, who was playing back. 1-0. In the next frame, the Grizzlies tried to start a comeback, Meehan following a Samson single with a line-drive double to the gap, but Rob Corley (playing in left instead of Pike against the left-handed Poor) gunned him down at the plate in an amazing throw. That out ended the inning. In the 5th inning, though, the Grizzlies got their chance to tie things up, when Poor helped out his own cause by singling home de la Cruz, who had doubled. In the 6th, Kodiak really started to pull away, as the 42-year-old Mihashi began to look his age. Meehan doubled in Navarro and McGrath, then scored himself on a Bolduc double, making it 4-1 Kodiak. Mihashi was lifted in the 7th, but it didn't do any good. Kodiak crushed Bryce Brown and Mark Deacon for four runs on five hits. They left the bases loaded but now had an 8-1 lead. The Grizzlies could almost taste the championship that had so long eluded them. Their elation began to display openly when a de la Cruz two-run homer in the 9th made the score 10-1. But not so fast. With former Chugiak closer Jason Hilton pitching in the bottom of the 9th, the Goldpanners started to put together a rally. Alcock led things off with a double off the wall in center. King grounded out, but then Bartholomew singled in Alcock. Colin Garrett grounded out to make the situation dire. However, the flood for the exits halted momentarily when Rowsell singled home Bartholomew and then Corley hit a monster blast to right-center to make it 10-5. But there the rally died, as pinch-hitter O'Halloran grounded out on the first pitch he faced to set off the visiting team's celebrations. Final score: Kodiak 10, Fairbanks 5. They win the series in six games, avenging their heartbreaking defeats in the '16 and '17 series. It is the Seward Division's first championship since 2014 (Glacier Pilots) and only their fourth ever.  The ACS Most Valuable Player was 22-year-old rookie catcher and odds-on favorite for AKL Rookie of the Year, Vincent McGrath. He went 12-for-24 with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 6 runs, 4 RBI, and a 1.321 OPS in the series. Last edited by Elendil; 02-20-2008 at 08:38 PM. |
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2018 Year in Review
2018 Year in Review Awards Pitcher of the Year  John Cormack (FAI): 16-4, 2.17 ERA, 191 IP, 154 SO, 32 BB, 13 HR. Sets single-season pitching VORP record (68.6). Hitter of the Year Vincent McGrath (KOD): .366 average, 24 doubles, 6 triples, 18 home runs, 70 RBI, 77 runs, 16 walks, 391 at-bats. It is the first time that a rookie wins either Hitter of the Year or Pitcher of the Year. Rookie of the Year McGrath. Reliever of the Year  Donald Wilson (AGP): 1.45 ERA, 16 saves, 50 IP, 1 HRA, 3.8 SO/BB. He wins for the second straight year. Comeback Player of the Year  Vincent Wood (ANC). The Anchorage Bucs' 35-year-old closer, Vincent Wood, is this year's Comeback Player of the Year. Wood had two ineffective years in 2016 and 2017, and although he'd probably like to forget those seasons, the Bucs never lost faith in him. He kept his closer job through this season and posted a sparkling 1.67 ERA to go with 18 saves. He halved his walk rate from last year while maintaining his strikeout rate. Wood has spent his entire career with the Bucs, and is the only Buc player to have been with the team continuously since the league's creation. Manager of the Year It was a close vote between Larry Richards of North Pole and Trevor Wiggins of Anchorage, but in the end Wiggins won it. Neither team had any business doing as well as they had, but Wiggins had now led the Bucs to two consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history. It was also widely thought that Wiggins' hands-on approach to training pitchers and hitters was helping them to play above their natural ability. League Stats, etc.
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2018-19 Offseason
2018-19 Offseason Midnight Sun Game Scheduled The Montreal Nationales won the Canadian League championship for a third consecutive time and would travel to Kodiak to face the Grizzlies in the revival of what Alaskan League officials hoped would become an annual tradition: the Midnight Sun Game, played at 10 PM near the time of the summer solstice. This year's game would take place on July 4, by happy coincidence, the first off day for Kodiak after June 21. Incidentally, Montreal's third consecutive victory in the Canadian League had some Canadian League owners worried. Some teams had started to experience financial trouble, and despite the fact that the league's dual wild-card system kept most teams in the league in the postseason hunt until the last week of the season, it appeared that some fans were losing interest as the novelty of the league wore off. It would be good for the league if some other team began to win championships. Henry and Cormack Leave Meanwhile, the Canadian League was doing its part for parity in the Alaskan League. The top two Alaskan teams lost their top pitchers this offseason, as Steven Henry of Kodiak signed with Edmonton, and Fairbanks ace John Cormack made a deal with Ottawa. Both pitchers would make roughly twice what they could have made in Alaska. Following the losses of Yuke and Teranishi after the 2016 season, the top-level pitching in Alaska started to look depleted. Whitehorse and Fairbanks Bring in New Talent At the same time, the Yukoners and Goldpanners were doing their part to bring in new talent from the MLB system. Outfielders Nelson Lent and Ben Boyer arrived in Alaska, Lent to play for Whitehorse and Boyer with Fairbanks. Lent is a lifetime .287/.369/.417 hitter at the A level, while Boyer has compiled a .284/.350/.398 line in A ball. The Jets also signed an outfielder from the Lower 48, Dale Clement, but his career numbers weren't quite as solid. Major Free-Agent Signings The biggest signing of the offseason had to be pitcher Sam Lockwood by the Anchorage Bucs. They got him on an eye-popping, $145,000 a year, 3-year contract that harkened back to the old days of the league. There was certainly a lot of money floating around the league these days! And the Lockwood signing really put Grizzlies fans in a depression. Kodiak had now lost their top two starting pitchers. Kodiak tried to improve offensively by bringing in 37-year-old first baseman Charley Logan on a 3-year deal. Logan had hit .306/.425/.420 last year with the Jets; nevertheless, a 3-year deal was risky for a guy his age. Defensive catcher Dave Lepine moved from Chugiak for the first time in his career, accepting a surprisingly modest 1-year deal with Bethel. Lepine has been in the league since 2010 and has won two Glove Wizard awards. His lifetime hitting line is a respectable .266/.314/.419. The Grizzlies tried to replenish their rotation with a rather risky contract, giving $81K over 2 years to unproven youngster Jeremy Henderson. Henderson sat out all of 2018 after surgery on a ruptured bicep tendon. Before that, he had pitched three years with Mat-Su, compiling an uninspiring 5.23 ERA and 20-27 record. He must have looked good in tryouts! In a deal that was bigger in terms of sentimentality than reality, the North Pole Nicks pried veteran pitcher Scott Northeast away from Juneau, where he'd spent his entire (2007-2018) career. Northeast, now 32, has a career 111-77 record and 3.46 ERA, but now appears to be on the downslope of his career. North Pole still gave him a generous four-year deal, though. Major Trades Whitehorse had brought in new front-office management, unhappy with the results of their lengthy rebuilding project. The first sign that things were about to change drastically came when franchise icon John Mack was traded to Juneau for defensive outfielder Miles Pyke. Pyke was actually demoted to the Training League not long after the deal. Needless to say, Yukoners fans (those who still exist) were outraged. Mack was clearly on the decline now, though. His ERA last year was 4.25, and he got only 42 strikeouts in 150 innings, giving up 46 walks and 17 home runs. The Yukoners weren't done. They then sent 23-year-old pitcher Ron Gunter (4.56 ERA as a rookie in '18) to Chugiak for a couple of third-tier pitching prospects. This deal looked like a steal for the Jets no matter how you slice it. Gunter's still a little raw but has much more potential than the guys he was traded for. Whitehorse isn't in financial trouble anymore: why are they dumping salary? In perhaps a sign that they didn't expect to compete again right away, the Oilers dealt useful outfielder Keith Willerton to the Glacier Pilots for reliever Bill Gardner and a low-level pitching prospect. Willerton hit .349/.400/.542 last year, but no one really expects him to repeat that. Gardner is a control specialist and a lefty, but not very durable. Chugiak continued to make shrewd deals, as they finally got rid of 40-year-old starting pitcher Martin Gagnon, sending him to Juneau for 29-year-old second baseman Johnny Ledlow. Gagnon had a 6.04 ERA last year, while Ledlow had an equally disappointing .244/.310/.356 line with Fairbanks and Juneau. However, Ledlow's career line is an impressive .286/.358/.458. He's pretty subpar in the field, though. In a minor note, 27-year-old right fielder Jerry Peterson was dealt from the Pilots to Miners for washed-up lefty reliever Sam Haida. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Peterson hit .337 with 21 homers in 2016, but sat out all of 2017 with a training camp injury. He wasn't the same in 2018, but he still wants to try to make a comeback. Hopefully the Miners give him at least a little chance. The musical chairs continue for former Juneau standout Ralph Collette. The second baseman was dealt from the Pilots to the Panners for reliever Bryce Brown. Although Collette is 38, he really showed something last season after his trade to Anchorage, and I for one hope Fairbanks gives him a lot of playing time this year. The Fairbanks Goldpanners welcome third baseman Mark Beach back into the fold, four years after trading him to Mat-Su (before their championship runs!). Mat-Su receives 25-year-old star first baseman Dave King. Beach has compiled a .321 batting average with 831 hits, 19 homers, and 276 RBI and is still just 26. Training Camp Injuries Sitka will miss 22-year-old third baseman Bret Turner for the first month of the season. Turner could have been a Rookie of the Year candidate last year, had it not been for McGrath and MacGregor. The mood across Anchorage and, indeed, the league became subdued when it was learned that reliever Rowan Evans would never pitch again. Evans, just 25, had been one of the top setup men in the league since his entry in 2012. He has 192 career strikeouts to go with 97 walks allowed and 24 home runs allowed in 215 innings pitched. The Bucs saw sophomore starting pitcher Mark Tucker go down with a strained bicep just before the start of the season. He'll miss the first five weeks. He's a promising pitcher, who could become a star if his command develops as expected. Oilers starter Harvey Romanov tore a rotator cuff muscle, an injury that has ended many a pitcher's career. He'll need surgery, but there's a chance he could pitch again. Romanov was once a highly touted prospect, but his career numbers since 2009 are 49-69 with a 5.05 ERA. Next time: team previews... |
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04-03-2008, 08:21 PM
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While it would have been nice to see a Panner three-peat I have to say nice job by Kodiak and can't hold their victory against them. Strange trade they made in the off-season I hope this isn't the beginning of the end for this club!
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04-23-2008, 12:16 PM
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04-23-2008, 11:22 PM
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I'll eventually get back around to this but haven't had any extra time lately. I haven't even been fulfilling my beta testing responsibilities yet.
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06-17-2008, 09:55 PM
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Having largely fulfilled my beta testing responsibilities, I can now return to playing OOTP 2007! Until the 2019 season is complete, that is - then it's over to OOTP 9.
2019 Preview  The Bucs have improved their roster by signing Lockwood, no doubt. They look to be a decent club this year. Their hitting stars include catcher Edward Peterson (career .280/.319/.493, age 30), first baseman Arnie Heard (career .294/.412/.526, age 30), second baseman Garrett Shears (career .269/.349/.446, age 26), and center fielder Aaron Ladner (career .293/.365/.522, age 34). In the rotation they have Sam Lockwood (career 24-18, 3.47, age 27) and Cisco Pena (career 50-29, 4.17, age 27), who is coming off an injury-shortened season. Prediction: 3rd in the Seward.  The Glacier Pilots' lineup is just downright stacked. However, they are also old, and the team could fall apart any year now. Their stars in the field are catcher Chris Normore (career .286/.350/.439, age 26), first baseman Luke York (career .271/.343/.440, age 31, one of the best-fielding first basemen in the league, converted from the two bag), second baseman Dale Robison (career .295/.381/.501, 217-71 SB-CS, age 30), third baseman Sherman Ferris (career .269/.355/.371, age 33, still an outstanding fielder), shortstop Bob Thompson (career .312/.355/.485, age 25), center fielder Wynn Dunsmore (career .292/.372/.518, age 32), and right fielder Keith Willerton (career .299/.355/.447, age 30). For pitching they will rely especially on Chip Becker (career 134-91, 3.77 ERA, age 38), Arnold Perkins (6-7, 3.68 in his rookie year last year, age 22), and elite closer Donald Wilson (career 66 saves, 2.85 ERA, age 24). Prediction: 1st in the Denali, returning to the ACS for the first time since 2014. They haven't finished above .400 in four years, and their small fanbase is dwindling further. How much longer before they go bankrupt? Only extreme tight-fistedness is keeping them afloat. They have only two recognizable contributors on offense: catcher Dave Lepine (career .266/.317/.419, age 31, one of the best defensive catchers in AKL history) and left fielder Ken Talley (career .339/.392/.572, age 27). Their starting rotation is horrid, apart perhaps from youngster Ed Gallagher, who put up subpar 4-10, 6.17 ERA numbers in his rookie year last year but is only 21 and expected to be big. Despite their shrewd offseason moves, the Jets are still a good way from contending. In the field they have catcher "Big Morrey" (Karl Morrisey) (career .303/.363/.448, age 28), shortstop Brett Small (career .293/.362/.474, age 28), center fielder Francis Ikarashi (career .293/.418/.403, age 37), and right fielder Dale Clement (career .261/.320/.426 in single-A, age 28). Their biggest pitching standout is young Ron Gunter (6-7, 4.56 with Whitehorse last year as a rookie, age 24). Prediction: 4th in the Seward. Can the Panners recapture the title? Despite inevitable entropy, they still have an enviable lineup, featuring catcher Eric Alcock (career .301/.367/.540, age 28), first baseman Ralph Collette (career .286/.368/.488, age 39, still a great fielder at both first and second), third baseman Mark Beach (career .321/.384/.398, age 26), shortstop Matthew Bartholomew (say that three times fast) (career .274/.343/.432, age 26), left fielder Ben Boyer (career .284/.350/.398 in single-A, age 28), and center fielder Camden Neal (career .279/.340/.401, 194-44 SB-CS, age 26, very good fielder). Their above-average rotation features Eugene Pond (career 93-51, 3.50 ERA, age 31), Monzaemon "Money" Mihashi (career 85-62, 3.66 ERA, age 43), and Mark Deacon (career 37-23, 3.62 ERA, age 29). Closer Jon Funk (career 53 saves, 2.62 ERA, age 25) is among the very best in Alaska. Prediction: 1st in the Denali. Juneau and Fairbanks are by now bitter antagonists, perhaps almost as bitter as Kodiak and Fairbanks. The Senators have finished in second place each of the last three years, following the 2015 season in which Fairbanks finished in second behind Juneau. There is no question that these two teams dominate the Denali and perhaps will dominate the division for years to come. Can the Senators finally break through this year? A quick survey of their roster suggests that they cannot. Their only offensive stars are second baseman Aaron Randolph (career .327/.376/.550, age 28), third baseman George Robertson (career .301/.361/.411, age 30), shortstop Gates Matkin (career .301/.364/.422, 107-36 SB-CS, age 29), left fielder Tommy Okawa (career .318/.465/.422 - no that OBP is not a typo, age 32), and right fielder Kisei Suto (career .321/.404/.520, age 30). Top pitchers include familiar faces Bill Colwill (career 60-47, 188 saves but now a starter, 3.62 ERA, age 37), Don Taggart (career 97-77, 3.48 ERA, age 34), and closer Floyd Arrington (career 112 saves, 2.61 ERA, age 32). Prediction: 3rd in the Denali. Yes, that's right - bold prediction that someone will pass Juneau. As for whom, that will have to wait until tomorrow. |
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06-18-2008, 07:58 PM
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2019 Previews (cont.)
In an attempt to defend their AKL championship, Kodiak will field a team that is certainly worse than what they had last year, but still impressive. All nine starting position players are solid: catcher Vincent McGrath (.366/.395/.596 last year as a rookie, age 23), first baseman Charley Logan (career .308/.413/.452, age 37), second baseman Mark Navarro (career .289/.360/.437, age 28), third baseman Bill Seguin (career .247/.294/.405, 327-88 SB-CS, good fielder, age 30), shortstop Gregg Bolduc (career .266/.310/.454, age 27), left fielder Mark Oxford (career .288/.351/.396, age 24), center fielder "Stan the Man" Okawa (career .285/.351/.425, age 28), and right fielder Michael Samson (career .277/.383/.542, age 26). With Henry and Lockwood gone, the rotation will be led by Conrad Poor (18-15, 4.40, age 25), Davis Murdock (39-14, 3.63, age 25), and new signee Jeremy Henderson (20-27, 4.86, age 26). Closer Stuart Boutillier (48 saves, 2.65, age 25) is coming into his own. Prediction: 2nd in the Seward. I think the Pilots will catch them, but I could be wrong. The once-proud Miners have hardly anyone of league-wide reputation, but newly acquired first baseman Dave King (.314/.368/.549 in limited playing time last year, still qualified as a rookie, age 26) and longtime center fielder Bryce Payne (career .288/.345/.430, 304-108 SB-CS, last year's Glove Wizard, age 34) are worth mentioning. Prediction: 6th in the Denali. The Nicks have made desultory efforts to improve over the years, and they might just have some fight in them this year. Stars include first baseman Phil Alder (career .319/.414/.519, age 27), longtime second baseman John Abston (career .310/.373/.548, 425-105 SB-CS, age 33), third baseman Bill Randell (career .317/.377/.424, age 25), and closer Silas Lortie (career 21 saves, 4.21 ERA, age 22). Prediction: 4th in the Denali. The Oilers have fallen far fast. They still have second baseman Zander Sabin (career .271/.359/.439, age 33) and left fielder Phil Elliott (career .298/.371/.450, age 27), and up-and-coming right fielder Dwayne Ausenhus (.268/.365/.423 last year in limited playing time, age 23) could be very good. The rotation is getting up there in years, though, and improvement is unlikely. Prediction: 5th in the Seward. Indications are that Sitka will finally go through a complete tear down-and-rebuild job. However, they clearly plan on building around their superstars, as they re-signed shortstop Jack Hussey (career .325/.415/.465, two Glove Wizards, age 27) and right fielder Phil Botfield (career .326/.380/.556, age 30) and have made third baseman Bret Turner (.298/.340/.435 as a rookie last year, age 22) untouchable. The rotation is very callow, and the bullpen is downright ramshackle. Prediction: 5th in the Denali. Well, Whitehorse has had one of the best minor league systems in the league for a couple of years now. Will they finally break out of the cellar? I'm starting to think so. They've got few stars, but they're all young: newly signed left fielder Nelson Lent (career .287/.369/.417 in A-ball, age 24), right fielder Fred MacGregor (.388/.445/.630 as a rookie last year, age 25), starting pitcher Tony Gibbon (5-1, 4.06 as a rookie last year, age 24), and closer John Connors (26 saves, 4.19, age 25). There are some other youngsters to keep an eye on, so this is a team that may improve over the course of a season. Prediction: 2nd in the Denali. We'll see... |
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07-21-2008, 02:09 PM
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2019 Season Alaskan League Events, May-July May 8 - Conrad Poor of Kodiak had a heck of a first start for the season, throwing a no-no against the hapless Bethel Mushers. (Poor is now Kodiak's ace, and the Grizzlies are going to need him to step up his performance to his predicted talent level if they're going to repeat as champions.) It was actually almost a perfect game for Poor, as he allowed no walks and struck out 10. The only two base runners reached on a hit by pitch and an error. May 24 - The season's first major injury to a star player happened today, as left fielder Phil Botfield of Sitka went down with a fractured foot. He would miss more than six weeks. Botfield was coming off a season in which he hit .348 with 20 HR in 414 AB. May 25 - When it rains it pours. Juneau center fielder Olivier Theriault went down for the rest of the season. At 35 years old, one has to wonder about his ability to come back from an injury of this kind. Theriault has been one of the unsung heroes of the magnificent Senators franchise, having hit .277/.360/.452 with 136 home runs over a career stretching back to the league's inaugural season (he actually broke into the league with North Pole before being released and then signed by Juneau). May 29 - Today the league received devastating news: Young Bethel pitcher Ed Gallagher was killed in a car accident. He was just 22 years old, and had been the #1 rated pitching prospect in Alaska. In his second season with the Mushers, he had put up a 3.89 ERA with 28 K's and 9 BB's in 44 IP. Every game in the league opened with a moment of silence to honor the young man. Later the league would officially declare that the Rookie of the Year honor had been renamed the Ed Gallagher Award in his memory. June 12 - In the first significant trade of the year, the Whitehorse Yukoners obtained 32-year-old catcher Tim Rowsell from the Fairbanks Goldpanners for 31-year-old outfielder Celestin Routhier and a minor league catcher. Rowsell is a no-hit defensive catcher, while Routhier has been a consistent but average outfielder (career .296/.353/.474). June 17 - Sitka and Kodiak have put together a quite significant trade. Twenty-four-year-old catcher Andy Humby will go Sitka, while 30-year-old SP Pearce Holman, 29-year-old catcher Jeff Blair, and 27-year-old reliever Julien LeClerc went the other way. It should be a good deal for both sides; Humby has star potential but was stuck behind superstar Vincent McGrath, while the Sentinel players - particularly the pitchers - could be key parts of a pennant run for Kodiak. June 25 - Sitka has been wheeling and dealing, and they appear to have made a good one with North Pole. The Nicks gave up 27-year-old first baseman Phil Alder, who was hitting .354 with 10 home runs at the time, while Sitka traded 23-year-old second baseman Dominic Gagne, who was hitting .345 with two home runs. Gagne is a pretty good fielder who can play the outfield as well as second base, and he's younger, but he pretty much only hits singles, while Alder can walk and slug. However, Alder is coming up for free agency; Gagne isn't. July 4 - The Midnight Sun exhibition game between the Canadian League of Baseball champions and the Alaskan League champions was played today in Kodiak at 10 P.M. Unfortunately, the lights had to come on because of the cloudy weather, so the intended "midnight sun" effect was somewhat diminished. The Montreal Nationales were the heavy favorites, considering that the CLB is considered about AA or AAA level, while the Alaskan League is widely thought to provide competition at a Rookie League or Short Season A level. Indeed, the Nationales jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the second, and Grizzlies ace Davis Murdock was tattooed for six runs over five innings. In the bottom of the fifth, though, the Grizzlies came roaring back from their 6-1 deficit with five runs to tie. The Nationales eventually quieted the crowd with a four-run seventh and finished up a 10-6 victory. Despite the fact that Montreal had 25 baserunners in the game, leaving 15 on, it had seemed like a close and exciting game for all of about four innings altogether, and the game was widely considered a success, despite the Grizzlies' manager's complaints about losing a day off. July 4 - In other news, Peninsula dealt 34-year-old All-Star catcher Bob Russo, the former Senator, to the Nicks for 26-year-old SP Harry Barrett and a prospect. Apparently the Nicks believed they could compete; indeed, they were above .500 at the time, doing surprisingly well. Russo had been hitting .265 with six HR and 26 RBI, while Barrett had gone 4-7 with a 5.59 ERA and 32 K's in 74 IP. July 5 - The Sentinels have made yet another trade, sending 30-year-old right fielder John Dugles (.252, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 40 R) and two minor leaguers to Chugiak for 24-year-old SP Mark Howatt (7-5, 3.34). Both players looked set to become free agents after this season. July 18 - After having been released by the Florida Marlins organization, native Alaskan third baseman Ernest Dooks, age 23, will come to Alaska to play for a season. He was signed by the Mat-Su Miners. His career A-ball numbers are a modest .227/.300/.305, but he had made AAA before his release. July 18 - All-Star Game rosters were announced as follows: Seward Division 1B Arnie Heard (ANC) LF Sean Heath (ANC) CF Wynn Dunsmore (AGP) 2B Dale Robison (AGP) SS Doug Tomlinson (ANC) (injured) RF Dwayne Ausenhus (PEN) CF Francis Ikarashi (ERC) CF Roy Groves (PEN) 3B Sherman Ferris (AGP) C Vincent McGrath (KOD) 3B Troy Hodge (ANC) 2B Mark Navarro (KOD) SS Bob Thompson (AGP) (replacement for Tomlinson) C Edward Peterson (ANC) SP Davis Murdock (KOD) SP Sam Lockwood (ANC) SP Bill Ausenhus (KOD) (believe it or not, not related to Dwayne) SP Arnold Perkins (AGP) SP Russell Carriere (ANC) SP Shane Kodo (BET) SP Louis Mays (PEN) (still going strong!) SP Bill Petrie (PEN) MR Bryan Hanson (PEN) SP Terry Benoit (BET) Denali Division RF Fred MacGregor (WHI) 2B John Abston (NPN) LF Tommy Okawa (JUN) 1B Phil Alder (SIT) 1B Toby Burns (FAI) LF Nelson Lent (WHI) SS Gates Matkin (JUN) C Eric Alcock (FAI) LF Ben Boyer (FAI) 2B Aaron Randolph (JUN) CF Bryce Payne (MSM) 3B Bill Randell (NPN) C Norm Corson (WHI) CL Cam Lortie (NPN) SP Chance Major (NPN) - still striking out over a batter an inning at 35! SP Bill Colwill (JUN) - first full season as a starter only MR Mike Davis (JUN) SP Larry Corbitt (FAI) CL Floyd Arrington (JUN) SP Mark Deacon (FAI) SP Don Taggart (JUN) SP Mark Howatt (SIT) SP Stephen Seguin (MSM) SP Charlie Picard (NPN) All-Star Break Here are the standings as of July 19: AGP 45-27 - ANC 46-28 - KOD 39-33 6 PEN 31-41 14 ERC 27-45 18 BET 19-53 26 JUN 44-29 - WHI 41-32 3 NPN 40-32 3.5 FAI 39-33 4.5 MSM 34-39 10 SIT 30-43 14 Note the Anchorage domination in the Seward! Kodiak's starting to look in trouble. Whitehorse has climbed up the standings quickly in the Denali. Will my prediction based on wins per dollar hold up? If so, Whitehorse should win this year. But Juneau is tenacious; new manager Matt Miller has done an excellent job revitalizing the team. Fairbanks needs to get moving to win their fourth consecutive pennant. |
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I think I want to start this up again now that I'm back into OOTP. Unfortunately, almost all the images are dead because they were hosted on a server on which I no longer have an account. Might have to start this league again from scratch in OOTP 17.
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