The IBL's Alaska Avalanche

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Halfway through May...

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2027 WEEK 7
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 25-17 +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 224 (28) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 187 (22) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Good 48/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Edmonton/4 vs Arizona

5/10
ALK 5 EDM 4
W-Hall (3-5) L-Miller (1-4) S-Durham (2)
HR EDM-Carter (2) ALK-Harrell 2 (11)
Antonio Gonzalez threw out the tying run at home to end the game. Hall went 7-5-3-3-4-9 and Bob Harrell homered twice and drove in 4 (31).

5/11
ALK 5 EDM 1
W-Drake (4-2) L-I.Martinez (3-3)
HR ALK-Gonzalez (8) Young (1)
John Drake continued his strong run with a 5-hit CG, striking out 8 and walking just 1. Enrique Garcia led off and went 3-4 and Antonio Gonzalez hit a 3 run homer in the 2nd.

5/12
EDM 3 ALK 2 (10)
W-McIntyre (2-1) L-Casas (1-1)
HR NONE
Bob Carter's RBI single in the 7th forced extra innings after Carlos Hernandez went 8-9-2-2-2-9 on 132 pitches (should have taken him out after 7). Luis Gil went 3-4 with a double (8). Enrique Garcia was 3-5 with a stolen base (4)

5/13
ALK 3 AZ 2
W-Alexander (2-0) L-Castle (0-1)
HR NONE
Kevin Vaughn's 2nd hit of the day, and RBI single, was the walk off winner. Gerald Buckley went 7.2-10-2-2-3-4 and Luis Hernandez went 7.2-6-2-2-3-3, both getting a no decision.

5/14
AZ 7 ALK 1
W-Burns (1-4) L-Solis (1-4)
HR AZ-Peterson (7) Boyce (6) Reeves (3)
A 5 run second was the game as Solis gave up 7 in 6 innings. Jim Burns went 6.1-6-1-1-1-4. Denny Boyce hit a 3 run homer.




2000 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez 8/19/25 (30 years 271 days)
Rich Stone 9/15/23 (32 years 195 days)
Jeffrey Hudson 8/8/25 (32 years 223 days)
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/14/27 (36 years 260 days)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)

5/15
ALK 5 AZ 4
W-Hall (4-5) L-Thomas (0-1) S-Casas (10)
HR AZ-Powell (4) Blue (3) ALK-Adams (1)
Stan Hall continues to have issues with the longball, giving up 2 in 8 innings today, for 4 runs on 4 hits, striking out 9. A 3 run 6th managed to get him the win. Ibarbia was 3-5 leading off, with 2 stolen bases (7) and 2 runs.

5/16
ALK 7 AZ 1
W-Drake (5-2) L-Campos (5-3)
HR NONE
John Drake has his third very strong start in a row, going 7-6-1-1-1-10. Kevin Vaughn was 3-5 leading off, Michael Young was 3-4 with a double (13) 2 stolen bases (11).

WEEK 7 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Fred Gill (BUF) 14-27 4 HR's 7 RBI's (.274-10-26)
CL POTW-Jorge Salazar (DAL) 14-28 4 HR's 14 RBI's (.349-7-31)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: TOTAL BASES
468 Ramon Castro (CHI) '26
461 Tony Greene (GB) '21
449 Bill Hill RET '12
446 Gerald Wright RET '15
429 Cy May RET '12

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Columbus (-)
3) Dallas (4)
4) Buffalo (2)
5) West Michigan (-)
OUT El Paso (13) New Hampshire (7)

NEWS/NOTES
Former Iron Pig #1 Roberto Martinez, 2021 Koufax winner, is off to a career best start for 1st place Buffalo.

In New Orleans, the Voodoo might actually compete for the 1st time in their young history. Ishida is on a 71 homer pace, leading the Coastal League and Hooks 1B Earl Shaw by 2. It's also the first time the feat has been accomplished by a New Orleans player.

Morin signs the monster contract last week, out for a month this week.

Joao Carnaxide is a very good catching prospect. Above average on D, very good bat. Hit .256/.302/.341 in 105 games last year. Legit backup at 25.

I then turned around and moved AAA C prospect Albert Coleman, good D decent bat, to Baltimore for power RH reliever Roberto Morales. I'll put him on the 40 man, recall him and designate Jonasz Plazewski for assignment.

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2027 WEEK 8
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 29-19 +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 248 (24) 9th
RUNS AGAINST: 199 (12) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Good 50/100 (+2)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ West Michigan/3 @ New Hampshire/Off Day

5/17
WMI 3 ALK 2
W-A.Johnson (5-2) L-Casas (1-2) S-Franklin (12)
HR NONE
Artie Johnson went 8-8-2-2-0-7 and ended up the winner when Cisco Casas allowed Carlos Hernandez runner to score, and gave up 2 more in a 3 run 8th. Hernandez went 7.2-5-1-1-2-11 in a ND. Matt Lynch went 3-4 with a double (5).

5/18
ALK 9 WMI 5
W-Morales (2-1) L-Crow (0-2) S-Casas (11)
HR ALK-Gonzalez (9) Walton (5) WMI-Flores (11)
Ramon Morales serves up a game tying homer to the 1st batter he faces, but manages to get the W. Buckley battles, going 6-10-4-4-2-3 for a ND. Antonio Gonzalez goes 2-5 with a double (6) homer and 4 RBI's (25). Ricardo Flores was 3-4 with a double (8) homer and 2 RBI's (44).

5/19
WMI 2 ALK 0
W-Saenz (2-3) L-Solis (1-5) S-Franklin (13)
HR NONE
Gilberto Saenz and 5 relievers combined on a 4-hit shutout to beat Jesus Solis who went the distance (8-3-2-2-2-3) on 101 pitches. The White Caps scored their 2 in the 4th on a Lynch RBI single and Nelson sac fly.

5/20
ALK 7 NH 0
W-Hall (5-5) L-Pena (4-2)
HR NONE
Stan Hall tossed the teams 2nd 3-hit CG in a row, this time a shutout AND a win, as he struck out 5, and walked none in his 28th career complete game and 13th career regular season SHO (4th all time). Enrique Garcia went 3-5 with 2 triples (3) and 3 runs, Antonio Gonzalez went 3-5 and Manuel Ibarbia was 3-4 with a double (4).

5/21
ALK 2 NH 1 (12)
W-Sheppard (1-0) L-Jackson (1-2) S-Casas (12)
HR ALK-Ibarbia (4)
Manny Ibarbia's 12th inning solo shot proved the difference in a game that featured some outstanding efforts on the mound. The 2 SP combined to go 17-10-2-2-1-7 as Drake gave up a run on 5 hits with 6 k's over 9 and Cliff Pennington gave up a run on 5 hits walking 1 and striking out 1 over 8.

5/22
ALK 4 NH 1
W-Hernandez (7-1) L-Wright (4-3)
HR NONE
Carlos Hernandez moved to 7-1 3.06 with a 7-3-1-1-4-3 outing on 111 pitches, beating Russell Wright who fell to 4-3 3.26 in a complete game loss (9-5-4-4-4-7). Michael Young drove in 2 key runs with a 7th inning double (14).

5/23
Off Day

WEEK 8 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Michael Griggs (BUF) 11-24 5 HR's 9 RBI's (.319-14-31)
CL POTW-Chris Jenkins (NO) 12-28 4 HR's 9 RBI's (.360-15-38)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Boston (-)
2) Chicago (1)
3) Columbus (2)
4) Alaska (-)
5) West Michigan (5)
OUT Dallas (10) Buffalo (6)

NEWS/NOTES
News filled season for Kokawa already. Hitting his butt off and now sitting for the next 6 weeks.

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The teams have applied for and been giving permission by the league, to change their team names.

Both New Hampshire, and Sacramento, as well as West Michigan, have all applied. New Hampshire and Sacramento are both changing for sure, West Michigan is on the fence.

I mention this here because I need help coming up with some cool names, fitting names, for all 3 before the 2028 season.

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2027 WEEK 9
RECORD: 3-4
OVERALL: 32-23 +2.5
RUNS SCORED: 282 (34) 10th
RUNS AGAINST: 230 (31) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Good 50/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Staten Island/3 vs New York/1 vs Hawaii

5/24
ALK 11 SI 3
W-Buckley (5-3) L-Roy (2-5)
HR ALK-Young (2) Covington (5) Adams (2)
11 runs on 17 hits back Buckley's 7-5-2-2-0-5 win. Michael Young leads off with a 3-6, and a homer, stolen base (13) scores 2 and drives in 2 (21). Dave Adams 2-4 with a double (5) 1st inning 3 run homer and Tim Harvey snapped out of a mini slump going 3-5 with a double (3).

5/25
SI 7 ALK 0
W-Naif (3-7) L-Solis (1-6)
HR SI-Crowder (2) Vigouroux (2)
Kasib Naif carries a 3 hit shutout into the 9th before tiring, going 8.1-3-0-0-2-3 as Jesus Solis drops to 1-6 5.68 on the year. Cedric Vigouroux went 3-5 with a triple (3) homer and 3 runs and Benton Crowder drove in 3 (8).

ROSTER NEWS-32 year old Jesus Solis was informed, after the loss, that he was being sent to AAA Eagan to 'clear his head'. With the IBL's rule change taking away a players right to refuse, he knew there was nothing he could do, and actually seemed relieved at the option. Recently acquired P Jorge German will get first crack at the spot, with 24 year old David Rogers struggling (ERA over 6). Mike Bowman needs a bit more time, but he's close.

5/26
SI 7 ALK 1
W-Duarte (1-0) L-Hall (5-6) S-Mendoza (1)
HR SI-Garcia 2 (10) Cox (5)
Tony Duarte (5.2-4-0-0-1-4) and Guillermo Mendoza (3.1-4-1-1-0-3) carry a shutout into the 9th before a 2 out run breaks it up. Stan Hall was victimized, again, by the long ball. Giving up 3 in 6.2 innings for 7 runs on 8 hits. He walked 1 and struck out 10. His career high for HR's in a season is 25, right now he's on pace to give up 44! Yankee catcher Thomas Garcia went 2-4 with 2 homers, driving in 3 (28).

5/27
ALK 13 NY 5
W-Drake (6-2) L-McCormick (5-5)
HR ALK-Covington (6) Vargas (5)
Drake takes a no-hitter into the 7th, ending up with a 7-2-2-2-1-4 day as the offense pounds out 19 hits and scores 13 times off 5 Knight pitchers after SP Whit McCormick left, hurt, just 2 hitters into the game. Alex Covington went 4-5 with a double (6) homer, scored 3 and drove in 2 (17), Antonio Vargas was 3-5 with a homer and 3 RBI's (13) and Tim Harvey went 3-5 with a double (4) and a stolen base (5).

NEWS-Talk about realism? How about this news item....This is the Black Sox 6th year, and they've never won more than 64 games. With young Robinson Cano hitting leadoff (with 15 bombs) and former rookie of the year Jung-jun Pak, as well as Hollis Proctor (.316) their offense is definitely trending up, with Manny hitting cleanup it's elite, or are they? They're 4.5 behind 1st place West Michigan.



5/28
ALK 7 NY 1
W-Hernandez (8-1) L-Perez (2-3)
HR ALK-Gonzalez (10) Vaughn (6) Vargas (6) Ibarbia (5)
2nd start in a row the SP goes 7+ with 2 hits, this time Hernandez goes 8-2-1-1-4-7 to go 8-1 2.85 on the year. Garcia, leading off, goes 3-4 with a double (4) and a stolen base (6) Gonzalez and Ibarbia hit 2 run homers and Kevin Vaughn goes 2-4 with a homer and scores twice.

5/29
NY 5 ALK 0
W-Romano (8-4) L-Buckley (5-4)
HR NONE
Jesus Romano wins his 192nd career game by taking a shutout into the 9th before tiring. He gave up 7 hits and struck out 7 in 8 1/3rd innings to beat Gerald Buckley who went 8.1-7-3-3-0-5.

INJURY NEWS-What a day for pitchers....Not sure how Butler is 1-7, his peripherals are outstanding, 75.2 IP, 59 hits, 48 K's 30 BB's. Not that it matters, he's down for a year or more now.



5/30
HAW 3 ALK 2
W-Castillo (6-3) L-German (1-1) S-Castro (3)
HR HAW-Dwyer (10)
Vincente Castillo goes 8-4-2-1-3-3 to beat Jorge German, making his first start for us, who went 8-9-3-3-2-3 in the loss. Offense stayed cold, managing just 4 hits.

WEEK 9 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Sergio Gomez (MICH) 11-23 2 HR's 8 RBI's (.302-13-43)
CL POTW-Ed Adronyk (SAC) 12-29 5 HR's 16 RBI's (.294-13-41)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Boston (1)
2) Chicago (2)
3) El Paso (-)
4) Columbus (3)
5) Houston (-)
OUT Alaska (10) West Michigan (7)

NEWS/NOTES
Miranda being out could be an issue with the River Cats up just 1.5 games on Fresno.

Wow, what a start for the 25 year old Gomez. He was 11-10 5.39 in 27 starts last year, nothing real good numbers wise, but what a start this year. He was the Roughriders 4th round pick out of U. of Georgia in 2022 (121st overall).

Baltimore reaches out and gets Altagracia to agree to a 1 year 4.07M dollar deal. 13th in OBP 14th in AVG, and 6 out and falling fast.

If things continue on their current path, Paco is the future SS of this franchise. Just 21 he's already an elite defender. This will be his 2nd year in AAA, 1st full season. He was signed out of the Dominican by San Jose in 2022, and I traded for him in May of 2025, dealing C Dave Nicholson (who's since moved on to Vegas) and 1st and 3rd rounders.

For a team already battling injuries and a nightmare season, Powell getting hurt kills the Rattlers.



News from late Sunday of the Black Sox owner passing.

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2027 WEEK 10
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 37-24 +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 326 (44) 10th
RUNS AGAINST: 243 (13) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Good 51/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Hawaii/Off Day/3 @ Edmonton

5/31
ALK 5 HAW 0
W-Hall (6-6) L-Leese (2-6)
HR NONE
Hall goes 7-6-0-0-2-6 and I call it a night after 107 to give him at least a little rest after some big pitch count starts. Former Alaska prospect Wes Leese goes 6.1-8-5-2-2-4 on 120 pitches in the loss. Ibarbia goes 3-4 with a double (6) stolen base (9) and scores once and drives in 1 (30).

6/1
ALK 5 HAW 2
W-Drake (7-2) L-Domingo (3-3) S-Casas (13)
HR ALK-Gonzalez (11)
Drake continues to pitch well, going 6.2-7-2-2-0-7 with Valdes (H8) getting 4 big outs. Kevin Olson goes 3-3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's (26) and Antonio Gonzalez hits a 2 run homer. Luis Negron goes 3-4 with 2 doubles (21) and an RBI (22) in the loss.

STUFF-spent a day or two with the baseball people. Providence has made it clear, they are dealing superstar slugger Manny Ramirez. Question is, do we want him? Is it worth it? To answer that I need to know the 'price'.

6/2
ALK 3 HAW 0
W-Hernandez (9-1) L-Cameron (6-4) S-Casas (14)
HR NONE
Carlos Hernandez took a 3-hit shutout into the 9th before back to back singles with 1 out put runners on the corners. Casas came in to get 2 K's and end it. Hernandez went 8.1-5-0-0-3-7 (118 pitches) to move to 9-1 2.56 on the year. Stan Cameron tossed a CG in the loss. Going 8-8-3-3-0-6 on 121 pitches (he's 6-4 3.51). Kevin Vaugn was 3-3 with 2 runs scored.

6/3
Off Day

6/4
ALK 11 EDM 2
W-Buckley (6-4) L-Rodriguez (3-5)
HR ALK-Vaughn (7) EDM-Griffin (9)
Gerald Buckley goes 6-7-1-0-1-4 before the offense breaks it open, scoring 11 on 14 hits and 5 walks. Gonzalez goes 3-5 with 3 runs and a stolen base (6) Walton goes 3-5 with a double (10), driving in 2 (24) and Kevin Vaughn goes 3-5 with a homer and 5 RBI's (26).

6/5
EDM 8 ALK 6
W-I.Martinez (8-3) L-German (1-2) S-McIntyre (10)
HR ALK-Gonzalez 2 (13) Vaughn (8) EDM-Cruz (7) Jordan (9)
A 7th inning bullpen implosion made a decent start for German (6-6-5-5-3-4) look far worse. 5 straight hits giving up by Carlson and Morales. Martinez scatters 12 hits in 7.2 to move to 8-3 2.73.

DL NEWS-2 former Rookies of the Year head to the DL. Fortunately neither team is in their respective races.



6/6
ALK 14 EDM 1
W-Hall (7-6) L-Allison (4-4)
HR ALK-Gonzalez GS (14)
Stan Hall went 6-7-1-1-3-2 before getting the day off when the offense went nuts on 5 Trapper pitchers, scoring 14 times on 16 hits and 8 Trapper walks. Antonio Gonzalez hit a 7th inning grand slam, driving in 4 (35) and Matt Edwards was 0-2 with 3 walks and 3 runs. Bob Harrell went 3-4 with 2 doubles (9) and 4 RBI's (42) and Kevin Olson was 2-4 with a double (16) stolen base (13) and 3 runs.

WEEK 10 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Ramon Castro (CHI) 15-34 2 HR's 6 RBI's (.326-4-15)
CL POTW-Javier Dieguez (SAN) 10-19 4 HR's 9 RBI's (.257-9-28)

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (2)
2) Boston (1)
3) Alaska (19)
4) West Michigan (7)
5) Brooklyn (-)
OUT El Paso (9) Columbus (6) Houston (8)

AAA Eagan (6) 33-29 7 GB 1st HR/SB 2nd Def 4th Runs against/SP ERA 5th Runs/AVG
AA Kodiak (1) 39-23 +5 1st SB 4th Runs against 5th Runs/AVG/OBP
A(S) Spokane (17) 26-36 10 GB 3rd Def
A(N) Yakima (14) 32-30 7 GB 1st AVG/SB 3rd OBP

NEWS/NOTES
Might not look like much but Rogers started the season 0-3 with a 12.89 ERA in his first 3 starts.

A swap of lefties. I had Carlson in Chicago and know he can handle a workload, and lefties, with command. I'll probably work to address the shortage of left handers this year, either through the draft or this winter.

Buffalo's OF situation is a bit dire, and they moved a guy tied for the FL lead in HR's to fix it in Michael Griggs. Schultz is a good player, a payroll hit for sure, but a good player. Tulsa did nicely in this deal as well.

Maybe the Drillers think 8.5 games is doable? The 2nd deal makes me think so, sending 2 prospects for Gonzalez, who could legitimately be a 2 or 3 starter. I think I like both deals Baltimore made, 2 top prospects and low risk 23 year old high upside arm for 2 players in their late 20's.

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Originally Posted by gehrig38

The teams have applied for and been giving permission by the league, to change their team names.

Both New Hampshire, and Sacramento, as well as West Michigan, have all applied. New Hampshire and Sacramento are both changing for sure, West Michigan is on the fence.

I mention this here because I need help coming up with some cool names, fitting names, for all 3 before the 2028 season.

Their colors? Red, Yellow, and Blue, of course.

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2027 WEEK 11
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 42-25 +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 362 (36) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 265 (22) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Happy 52/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs San Jose/3 vs Fresno/Off Day

6/7
AKL 10 SJ 3
W-Drake (8-2) L-Sabathia (2-9)
HR SJ-Craig (5) ALK- Vargas 2 (8)
Drake works through some early trouble to go 7-8-3-3-1-7 and the offense opens it up early scoring 5 on 10 hits in 3 innings off C.C.. Every starter has 1 hit, 5 have 2 with Vargas homering twice and driving in 3 (17). Alfredo Ynequez goes 3-4 with a double (15) in the loss. Tim Harvey is 3-4 with an RBI (5).

NEWS-Green Bay GM Nick White sent along a trade proposal today. They're 19.5 out, so clearing in rebuild mode with a furious Marc Cuban in the owners seat. They've offered 7 time gold glover, 2 time all star David Walker up and are looking at big time prospects in return. Walker is a horse, since 2021 hasn't played in fewer than 153 games nor hit less than 30 homers. He has a run of 6 straight 30/30 seasons, that started with a 40/40 year in 2021 (when he finished 3rd in the MVP voting). He's due 13.5 through 2029. He's won 5 gold gloves in right, 2 in center. I'll tinker, and talk, but I am not seeing a fit.

6/8
ALK 5 SJ 3
W-Hernandez (10-1) L-Fernandez (2-6) S-Casas (15)
HR SJ-Ammanati (5) ALK-Olson (5)
Hernandez got into the 9th with a 5-1 lead but tired, going 8.1-7-3-3-0-10 on 111 pitches before Casas got the final 2 outs (not before allowing the IR to score though). He's 10-1 2.62 and fighting for the start in the AS game it appears. Another solid outing for the offense as 8 starters got a hit, 4 with 2 hit days.



300 Home runs, by age
Luis Chavez 6/5/23 (29 years 195 days) Hit 3 home runs in the game
Jeffrey Hudson 5/28/2023 (30 years 181 days)
George Quinn 5/25/25 (30 years 235 days)
Valentin Maitani 8/28/20 (30 340 days)
Curt Whimster 5/6/19 (30 years 349 days)
Christian Schall 6/6/23 (31 years 155 days) 1 day after Chavez
Bill Alexander 6/18/19 (31 years 177 days)
Wes Morgan 7/25/20 (31 years 183 days)
Chandler Harris 4/3/23 (31 years 331 days)
Hugh Collins 8/13/21 (32 years 12 days)
Alberto Vargas 8/24/19 (32 years 30 days)
Ron Stokes 7/26/22 (32 years 39 days)
Jamie Vance 7/26/22 (32 years 181 days)
Brent McCoy 7/14/21 (33 years 172 days)
Michael Moran 9/24/24 (33 years 232 days)
Caden Haynes 8/23/22 (33 years 259 days)
Ross Tunstall 7/21/20 (33 years 273 days)
Cliff Edwards 4/17/27 (33 years 303 days)
Troy Glaus 6/13/25 (33 years 310 days)
Travis Bryant 7/15/19 (34 years 133 days)
Rafael Cuesta 9/7/24 (34 years 181 days)
Paul Reeves 7/7/25 (34 years 237 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/8/25 (34 years 271 days)
Cy May 6/17/20 (35 years 127 days)
Marcos Oginlara 7/13/25 (35 years 143 days)
Gerald Wright 5/12/24 (36 years 37 days)
Scott Rolen 6/8/27 (37 years 66 days)
Alejandro Villanueva 8/11/23 (37 years 262 days)
Bill Hill 9/3/20 (38 years 9 days)
Tim Davis 4/4/2024 (39 years 63 days)

6/9
ALK 2 SJ 1
W-Buckley (7-4) L-(Foster (0-1) S-Casas (16)
HR NONE
Buckley (7-9-1-1-0-3) outpitches Foster (8-8-2-2-3-3) with help from Carlson and Casas for the last 6 outs. Gustavo Jaquias went 3-4 with a triple (4) in the loss.

6/10
ALK 13 FRE 10
W-Alexander (3-0) L-Palacios (5-3) S-Sheppard (2)
HR FRE-Trujillo (7) ALK-Adams (3)
Neither starter got to the 5th. Joao Carnaxide went 5-5 with a double and 3 RBI's (7), Michael Young was 3-5 with 2 RBI's (26). Frank Morgan went 3-5 with a triple (1) and 5 RBI's (38) in the loss.

6/11
ALK 5 FRE 2
W-Hall (8-6) L-Gibbs (1-5)
HR FRE-Morgan (7) ALK-Gonzalez (15) Walton (6)
Stan Hall needs 121 pitches to go throw a CG 5-hitter, striking out 10, walking 2. Kevin Vaughn goes 3-3 with a double (12).

TRADE NEWS-Providence got rid of Ramirez. New York sends 4 players to the Black Sox for the star crossed slugger. The Knights are 14th in runs and OBP, 15th in average and 16th in HR and 9.5 out. We'll see how they do from here on in.



6/12
FRE 3 ALK 1
W-Wright (8-5) L-Drake (8-3) S-Ellison (12)
HR FRE-Morgan (8) Schmidt (5)
Travis Wright goes 7.2-8-1-1-1-7 to outpitch Drake (7-6-2-2-1-8) and moves to 8-5 2.80 on the year. Eugene Schmidt and Marcos Diaz went 3-4

6/13
Off Day

WEEK 11 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Luis Mora (COL) 8-11 3 HR's 4 RBI's (.256-6-24)
CL POTW-Jim Edwards (NO) 16-28 4 RBI's (.311-20-47)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: RUNS (wow, look at the top 3...)
160 Ramon Castro (CHI) '26
152 Juan Barrios (CHI) '26
150 Luis Chavez (CHI) '26
145 Luis Chavez (CHI) '19
145 Dave Palmer RET '16

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Columbus (6)
3) Alaska (3)
4) West Michigan (4)
5) Brooklyn (5)
OUT Boston (6)

NEWS/NOTES
Oliver's 4th year is an 8m dollar player option. He had a great season last year, the first season he played in more than 121 games (156). hitting .304/.360/.453

Harris Boucher is ready for AAA, and teams like Koo more than I do. He'll pitch here, mid to bottom of a rotation, and I like Hamilton's versatility, his RH bat and his potential to get better even at 25.

Gomez was a nice piece of trade bait, given how he hit while up. White is a very good arm, still just 25, that could fill a swing role if need be. Trying to clear some room at Eagan to insure playing time for the younger prospects.

The injury to Gill is going to present a problem for the Bisons, with New Yorks acquisition of Manny, and Brooklyn playing well, they're using 25 year old Tom Butler to replace him. Butler is all glove, no bat.

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2027 1st year player draft

For the 1st time in awhile, I have the #1 overall pick. There is no issue on the “need”, it’s an impact bat. Problem is the top 4-5 players in this draft are starting pitchers. Our scouts want Jose Cruz, a 6’ 175 pd righty out of Moniteau County HS, Mo. I’m still high on Richard Morton, a blazing fast outfielder out of UCLA who projects as a 3 hole bat. Very good defender, above average on the corners, plays a very good 1B too.

A look back at last years top picks

Here was the pre draft board of the top 10….



And here was how they were picked
1) Providence-Craig Lee LHP (19) High Pt Central HS, NC-6’3” 190-Had a good year at Rookie ball (6-5 2.69 in 87 IP, 122 K’s). Off to a slow start (2-7 5.19 10 GS) at Class A Barre.
2) Las Vegas-Wulf Wiegel RHP (17) Zavalla HS, TX-6’7” 210-5-4 3.38 in 14 starts in Rookie ball. 1-2 8 Saves 2.30 at Class A Charleston.
3) San Jose-Andy Morgan LHP (22) Texas Tech-6’5” 220-The most ‘mature’ prospect in the draft, made it to the show in September (0-1 11.32 6 G 1 GS). 3-3 3.09 in 11 AAA starts this year. Likely to break camp with the Sharks out of spring next year.
4) New Orleans-William Anderson RHP (18) Leander HS, TX-6’4” 205-1st of 2 picks in the top 7. Went 1-0 6.61 in 4 starts before his season ended with a forearm injury. Back in SS this year.
5) New York-Woodrow Hudson RHP (18) Greater Lowell Tech, MA-5’10” 175-Made 1 start and tore his labrum in the 6th inning of that game. Started at class A this year, and is a combined 2-4 5.48 in 12 starts.
6) Arizona-Darby Wallace RHP (20) Mt. St. Mary’s College, MD-6’3” 205- Another matured prospect, 4-1 2.70 in 6 starts at Class A. Entered the year as the IBL’s #17 prospect, 7-5 4.12 in 14 AA starts.
7) New Orleans-Stan Beasley LHP (19) Clarksville HS, TN-6’7” 215-Good start (6-5 2.75 in 13 rookie league starts) and is in A ball this year, combined 5-3 3.62 in 14 starts with 80 K’s in 87 IP.
8) Hawaii-Juan Aguirre RHP (18) Woodlawn HS, AL-6’2” 190-5-3 2.28 in 10 starts at Rookie league Kahului. Starting there again this year.
9) Baltimore-Victor Wells SS R/R (19) Corona HS, CA-6’ 165-1st position player taken (two very deep pitching drafts in a row it seems). Played in 24 games before his season ended with a concussion. Hit .269/.333/.366 in 93 at bats. Entered 2027 as the IBL’s #4 prospect, started this year at AA, and went to AAA, hit .293/.326/.341 in 41 AAA at bats. Back in AA, and struggling .180/.226/.200.
10) Dayton-Jesus Rodriguez LHP (21) Florida State-6’ 195-1 Short A start then went 4-4 3.31 in 11 Class A starts, with 83 K’s in 68 IP. Went 5-1 2.94 in 12 AA starts before being promoted, 1-2 7.02 in 3 AAA starts. IBL’s #42 prospect.

So the thought, at least right now, is to grab 2 bats that are as close as possible (meaning College bats if possible) but taking the 2 highest upside guys on offense, with the hope one of the top arms falls to the comp round?

Here’s the top 10 picks, as projected. (I’ll cover the 1st 10 picks (IN ITALICS), and stop when these 10 guys have been chosen) (number in (#) at the end is their pre draft ranking)



1) Alaska-Richard Morton OF L/L (21) 6’2” 195 UCLA-A 4.5 tool guy. His power will likely max out at 10-15 homers. But he can fly (19/20), projects to a .400+ OBP, hit for average and play across the OF as well as an above average 1B. He’s asking 5.5 for a 4.05 slot, but I have room. (9th)
2) San Jose-Ricardo Silva OF L/L (21) 6’1” 185 U.of Georgia-Similar players, very good OF (15 rated CF now) with good speed (13) and a good bat. More of a 2 hole guy. Outstanding base stealer.
3) Las Vegas-Jose Cruz RHSP (18) 6’ 175 Moniteau HS, MO-Not in the OSA’s top 10 but the guy our scouts wanted at 1, which I find interesting. Low to mid 90’s already, baseball rat who lives at the park.
4) Baltimore-Elijah Potts RHSP (19) 6’3” 195 South Shore Christian Academy, MA-Huge arm. Righty with 3++ pitches who’s 91-93 already. Biggest ask of the draft at 8M. (2nd)
5) Providence-George Horne RHSP (22) 6’3” 215 U.of Texas-Mid to upper 90’s sinker baller. Has huge repertoire, features sinker, cutter, change, split and fork (never seen a guy with both of those). Asking 3M. (4th)
6) Alaska-Fred McKenzie C R/R (18) 6’1” 190 Wellington HS, OH-Debated about a more mature hitter, but in the end this kids ceiling is off the charts. 20+ power, well above average eye, ok behind the plate already. I have good depth at Catcher, so can allow him to progress slowly. Also his asking price (2.6) is within the slot more or less and might allow me to use more on the comp pick.
7) Arizona-Carlton Ballard RHSP (20) 6’2” 200 Oregon State-Low 90’s control guy, innings eater. Arizona was excited he fell this far, was expecting him to go earlier. (3rd)
8) New York-Jose Valencia RHSP (19) 6’6’ 215 Algona HS, IA-Monster body with huge arm. 95-97 right now, with a bowling ball sinker. (6th)
9) Edmonton-Paco Padilla RHSP (20) 6’ 190 Clemson-High baseball IQ, good work ethic, 93-95 fastball, slider, curve mix. Raw change up. 6.5M ask.
10) Green Bay-Rafael Damaso IF R/R (20) 6’ 175 Washington State U.-Huge power bat, already a ++ defender at 2B, SS and 3B. Below average baserunner. Could be a 40 homer guy if he stays on course.

After 10 picks, the 1st, 5th, 7th, 8th and 10th rated prospects remain on the board with the top 2 hitting prospects (Ward, Fairlamb) still undrafted.

11) Staten Island-Gary Turner RHSP (21) 6’4” 210 U. of Utah-The top overall prospect coming in according to the OSA. Likely AA ready now. Sits mid to upper 90’s with 6 pitches. (1st)
12) Houston-Mark Ward OF R/R (22) 6’1” 180 Georgetown-Scouts say he could win a gold glove in center right now. Potentially a leadoff bat, above average legs, outstanding eye, good pop. (7th)
13) San Antonio-Derek Craig 1B R/R (20) 6’3” 215 UC-Riverside-Very good eye, decent power as well, base clogger as a runner and a below average defender at first. Likely a DH. OSA has him as a monster power bat and a 4 hole hitter. (#8)
14) Dayton-Edgar Lopez 1B R/R (20) 6’3” 220 Dallas Baptist-Another power bat from the right side, very good defender, not an ounce of speed. (#10)
15) Houston-Anthony Fairlamb OF R/L (22) 6’3” 205 U. of Georgia-Houston has a huge 1st round, grabbing the 5th and 7th ranked prospects (but the 1st and 2nd ranked bats) with their 12th and 15th picks. Top of the order bat, outstanding defender. ++ Speed, good basestealer. Potential 3 hitter with big power. (5th)

So the top 10 projected picks are now gone, with Houston nabbing 2 of them much later than expected.

ALASKA PICKS
#3) Suppl. Round 10th pick (36th overall) Orlando Martinez IF/OF L/R (18) 6’ 170 Chantilly HS, VA-A true leadoff hitter and the rare hit left/throw right defender. Will likely be able to play a ++ 2B, 3B and SS, as well as LF, he can fly, and scouts have his eye as a 19, possible 20, on the 1-20 scale. Very little pop, outstanding contact guy. We’ll focus on helping him work on his bunting game to utilize his wheels.

Thoughts-Scouts were high on Rich Moody, a 20 year old out of ASU. 3 pitch mid 90’s starter who had a great season against great competition in the Pac-12. Given how many arms I’ve gotten, and how fast, I thought I could put this draft ‘over the top’ if I could find one more potential impact bat. I think I did that with Martinez. His extreme versatility, LH bat and eye, with the speed, could place him in the leadoff spot if he continues. OSA is FAR higher on his ability to hit for a high average than our guys, but he’ll get on at a .400+ clip.

# Round
3) Joe Burke RHSP (18) 6’7” 215 Rice HS, NY-A monster upside with a huge presence. He’s a beast. Throws in the low 90’s now, but his cutter, slider need a complimentary pitch. He’s got the beginnings of a change up.

4) Felix Villa SS R/R (21) 6’1” 185 U.of Mississippi-Gold glover at short right now. Very good runner, bat could come, and if it does a special player.

4) Carlos Burgos IF/OF R/R (17) 6’ 165 Decatur HS, GA-Plays all 4 IF positions and CF/RF. Huge range, developing defender. Surprised to see him available, as our scouts have him as a potential 16 power kid (1-20 scale) with big gap power and a potential 14 eye. OSA not as high on him. Lots of time to grow, and work on his ‘people skills’ in the clubhouse.

5) Felipe Negron IF/OF R/R (21) 6’1” 185 Cal State-Fullerton-Another huge upside top round potential player. Could play, today, in the IBL and be a top tier defender now, at 2B, 3B and SS, and an above average LF with the ability to play CF well. Outstanding runner, base stealer, can bunt for a hit. Bat is a pretty big question otherwise. But after 5 rounds I have picked 7 players, and I think I love the HUGE variety in tools and upside on all 6 bats and the low risk HUGE reward on a 6’7” 18 year old.

(For the 1st time, I am going to let my scouts draft the rest of the way, unless they overdo a position, which I’ll note, but I want to see how they do)

6) Carlos Hernandez OF R/R (20) 6’3” 190 Mississippi State
7) Cristoball Martinez RHSP (18) 6’ 175 Lutcher HS, LA
8) Miguel Rodriguez OF L/R (19) 6’4” 200 Cherryville HS, NC
9) Jorge Hernandez IF R/R (22) 6’3” 205 U.of Washington
10) Rafael Maldonado OF R/R (18) 6’2” 185 Algonquin Regional HS, MA
11) Fred Cochran RHSP R/R (20) 5’10” 175 St. Leo, FL
12) John Griffin IF R/R (18) 6’3” 195 South Urban Academy, OH
13) Martin Martinez RHSP (21) 6’ 190 Illinois St.
14) Rafael Rodriguez OF R/R (18) 5’10” 165 Bronx School of Science, NY (man I love this
15) Greg Harding LHSP (21) 6’4” 215 U. of Texas
16) Sergio Arroyo IF R/R (22) 5’10” 180 U. of South Carolina
17) Jose Ramirez OF R/R (22) 6’1” 195 Cal State-Fullerton (teammate of our 5th rounder)
18) Carroll Sloan C S/R (20) 6’ 195 Georgia Tech
19) Cristobal Gutierrez OF R/R (18) 6’2” 185 Arcadia HS, LA
20) Vincente Rodriguez IF R/R (19) 5’10” 165 Nyssa HS, OR (last player taken in the draft)

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Just wanted to drop a line. Still reading this and following it as well. Really enjoy your work here in not only your team. But presenting the history of your league. Thank you very much for the work done here.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 12
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 45-28 +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 398 (36) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 296 (31) 2nd
OWNER/FANS: Happy 52/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Green Bay/Off Day/3 vs Dayton

6/14
ALK 11 GB 8
W-Alexander (4-0) L-Parker (0-3) S-Casas (17)
HR GB-Johnson (1) Cannon (10)
A nightmare 7th sees the pen blow a 5 run lead but the offense manages to plate 3 in the 9th to win it. Bob Harrell goes 4-6 scoring and driving in 2 (45) and Mike Walton goes 4-6 with a double (13) and 2 runs. Kevin Vaughn went 3-5 with 2 doubles (14) and Michael Young was 2-4 with a stolen base (16) and 3 RBI's (30).

6/15
ALK 9 GB 3
W-Buckley (8-4) L-J.Martinez (7-5)
HR NONE
Buckley almost gets knocked out early, but gets out of a jam to go 7-6-3-3-0-2 around 2 rain delays. Enrique Garcia goes 4-5 with 3 RBI's (31) and Vargas and Carnaxide both score 3. Isaac Darch goes 3-4 with a double (15) in the loss.

6/16
GB 6 ALK 5
W-Craxi (1-0) L-Sheppard (1-1)
HR NONE
Jorge German blew a 4-0 lead in the 5th and Floyd Banks hit a walk off double in the 9th off Marc Sheppard. Lutz Althusser went 8-8-4-4-4-4 in a ND. Michael Young was 3-5 with a stolen base (19) and he scored 3 times. Steve Cannon went 3-5 in the win.

6/17
Off Day

6/18
DAY 6 ALK 3
W-Woodruffe (6-6) L-Alexander (4-1) S-Andrews (3)
HR DAY-Arroyo (17) Ramos (2) Flores (11) ALK-Walton (7)
Ron Alexander took over in a 3-3 game and proceeded to give up Rodrigo Arroyo's 17th HR in the 8th. Stan Hall went 7-6-3-3-3-9 on 125 pitches, and Charlie Woodroffe went 8-7-3-2-0-3 for the win.

MINORS-Chris was the 1st overall pick in the 2025 draft, and is coming along nicely it appears.



6/19
DAY 6 ALK 5 (14)
W-Hogan (5-6) L-Morales (2-2) S-Martinez (1)
HR DAY-Arroyo (18) Torres (3) Byrd (9) ALK-Vaughn (9)
Casas blew his 3rd save and forced a 14 inning marathon on the bullpens. For Dayton, Jose Torres was 4-6 with a double (7) homer and 2 runs scored while John Byrd went 4-7 with a homer. Every Avalanche starter had a hit, with Harvey, Covington, Adams, Ibarbia and Vaughn all getting 2.

6/20
ALK 3 DAY 2
W-Hernandez (11-1) L-Hogan (5-7) S-Carlson (1)
HR ALK-Vargas (9) Ibarbia (6)
Angel Vargas' 2 out 8th inning homer made a winner of Hernandez who went 8-5-2-1-4-9 on 123 pitches to move to 11-1 2.78 on the year. Vargas was 3-4 with a double (5) homer and 2 runs.

WEEK 12 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Stan Cannon (GB) 13-25 3 HR's 8 RBI's (.328-12-56)
CL POTW-Dudley Williams (SAN) 9-18 4 HR's 10 RBI's (.295-16-63)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: TOTAL BASES
468 Ramon Castro (CHI) '26
461 Tony Greene (GB) '21
449 Bill Hill '12
446 Gerald Wright '15
429 Cy May '12

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Boston (6)
3) Buffalo (-)
4) Alaska (3)
5) Columbus (2)
OUT West Michigan (6) Brooklyn (7)

AAA Eagen (15) 39-34 8 GB 1st SB 2nd AVG/Runs against/HR 4th SP ERA/DEF 5th Runs/OBP
AA Kodiak (3) 47-26 +6 2nd SB 3rd BP ERA 4th AVG/Runs against/DEF 5th Runs/OBP
A(S) Spokane (20) 30-43 11 GB 3rd DEF
A(N) Yakima (18) 38-35 7 GB 1st AVG/SB 3rd OBP

NEWS/NOTES
With Brooklyn just a game out the Martinez injury is a big one, especially since he was 8-1 3.39 in 12 starts. They're 1 game in back of Buffalo.

Castillo is the catcher I sent a bevy of players to Hawaii for in March, at the end of camp.

San Antonio is cashing it in it appears. At 15.5 out it seems they've embraced the rebuild mode 75 year old owner Nathanial Phillips has demanded, and dealt the 1A in their former 1/1A combo of Esparza and Beckett. The Hooks are 4.5 out, 2 in back of Houston, and trailing 1st place El Paso. Wih Ace Adolfo Gobbi out for at least 3 more months they had a hole to fill and Beckett will do that.

2nd year in a row Andy Morgan has gone down with a serious arm injury. LA appeared to be the only real contender for Sacramento this year.

[gehrig38]

2027 WEEK 13
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 50-30
RUNS SCORED: 430 (32) 8th
RUNS AGAINST: 322 (26) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Happy 54/100 (+2)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Providence/4 @ Arizona

6/21
PROV 10 ALK 2
W-Guzman (3-2) L-Buckley (8-5)
HR PROV-Khaskheli (4)
Gerald Buckley couldn't overcome a 1st inning error, giving up 5 unearned runs and going 4-9-8-3-2-4. Iman Khaskheli went 3-5 with a homer and 3 RBI's (24). Enrique Garcia went 3-4 with a double (7) in the loss.

6/22
ALK 4 PROV 3
W-German (2-2) L-V.Gonzalez (3-11) S-Casas (18)
HR PROV-Proctor (14)
Jorge German wins his 1st in an Avalanche uniform, going 7-8-3-3-2-4 with Alexander (H1) and Casas closing it out. Angel Vargas was 3-4 with an RBI (20) and Enrique Garcia scored twice.

6/23
PROV 4 ALK 2
W-Hall (9-6) L-Perez (5-6) S-Casas (19)
HR PROV-Proctor (15) Cahill (5) ALK-Harrell (12)
Stan Hall (8-6-2-2-1-6) was sharp in outpitching Jose Perez (8-7-4-4-2-2) in his CG effort. Kevin Olson went 2-2 with a stolen base (19)

DRAFT NEWS-With #1 overall pick Richard Morton's signature today, every pick, except SS Felix Villa (4th rd 104th overall) has been signed and is playing. And Villa actually comes to terms on the 24th.

6/24
ALK 4 AZ 1
W-Drake (9-3) L-Thomas (1-5)
HR AZ-Reeves (8)
John Drake turns in another outstanding effort, tossing a CG 3-hitter (9-3-1-1-1-7) on 104 pitches and getting 2 RBI's (33) from Mike Walton. Bryan Thomas (1-5) was the loser in his 7.1-8-4-3-4-8 outing.

6/25
AZ 4 ALK 3
W-Zito (2-9) L-Hernandez (11-2) S-Castle (17)
HR AZ-Parker (1) Peterson (10)
Jeremy Peterson's 6th inning solo shot broke a 3-3 tie and made Carlos Hernandez a loser for just the 2nd time in 13 decisions (6-9-4-4-1-5). Jerry Parker went 3-3 with a homer and 3 RBI's (14).

6/26
ALK 9 AZ 1
W-Buckley (9-5) L-Hernandez (5-8)
HR ALK-Adams (4)
Buckley tossed 5 no-hit innings to start, ending with a 7-4-1-1-2-3 outing and is 9-5 3.58 on the year. 8 starters had hits and Kevin Vaughn was 2-3 with 3 runs.

6/27
ALK 6 AZ 5
W-Sheppard (2-1) L-Maestas (1-2) S-Casas (20)
HR ALK-Olson (6) AZ-Blue (7)
Down 5-2 Walton and Garcia doubled in a 3 run 8th and Bob Harrell's 3rd hit of the day, a 9th inning double (12) plated the game winner. Harrell was 3-5 with 2 doubles and Garcia went 3-3 with a double (8) and his 10th stolen base.

WEEK 13 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Alfonso Soriano (HAW) 10-24 4 HR's 10 RBI's (.290-13-45)
CL POTW-Jose Machado (PIT) 15-25 4 HR's 9 RBI's (.297-10-39)

NEW FEATURE-Going to try something different. I will list ALL the POTW, by team. To give you an idea of teams and their minor leagues, if it works...
POTW-EDM NY NO 3 BRO COL FRE 2 HAW SI DAY

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (4)
2) Chicago (1)
3) Boston (2)
4) El Paso (-)
5) Buffalo (3)
OUT Columbus (8)

NEWS/NOTES
Big day for former MLB prospect Alfonso Soriano.

Three huge injuries, all to teams in 1st place. Michael Moran was off the DL just days after missing 6 weeks before he hurt his forearm.

Figueroa was pacing the league in K's again, and having a great season so far, and Dallas is going to be hard pressed to get someone to fill in. Both of these could spark some deals with 5 weeks to go before the deadline.

This is Castro's 2nd DL stint in the 1st half after his record breaking season of 2026.

Felix Sanchez is poised to crush this league for the next few years, hitting his prime after 2 huge seasons. Drafted by Fresno in 2017 (Supp pick 37th overall) he was dealt to Dallas for RP Raul Cruz (who's now the closer in LA) in 2020.

The Knights, after acquiring Manny Ramirez last week, have gotten another top hitting prospect. Providence is in dire need of pitching, starting and relieving and is using their top 10 system to do just that.

3 years and 51+ million left on Lopez's contract, and he's out until mid 2028.

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LEAGUE RECORDS THROUGH 81 GAMES (bold are records set this year)
AVG-.433 Stan Park (EP) '27 .424 Louis Ginger (WMI) '25
HR-35 Tony Greene (DAY) '21
RBI- 118 Ramon Castro (CHI) '26 OLD RECORD 89 Horst Grueter (CHI)
SB-43 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20 Isaac Darch (GB) '26
W- 13 Ken Lee (CHI) '16
Saves- 33 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K- 172 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23
ERA- 1.75 Ernie Kelly (DAY) '12 '13
BEST RECORD- 62-19 .765 Chicago Iron Pigs '24 OLD RECORD 60-21 .741 Chicago Iron Pigs '18 Columbus Clippers '20

[gehrig38]

Some good, some bad, nothing horrific. Gonzalez has been a nice surprise, up until his injury today (which is the reason for the news item below). Edwards is having a bad year at the plate, but still getting on. The two 'kids' are pitching outstanding, a combined 20-7 so far and a 58.8 WAR. Stan Hall has good peripherals, but is getting beaten with the long ball this year, already giving up 19. Seems Alexander and Durham have switched places.

[gehrig38]

Too good to be true. Solis was miserable, and made it known, after his demotion. At 10 million a year there was zero interest until today, when Green Bay offered up veteran slugger Stan Cannon. He saves me big money right now, and brings a big bat to the table as Rodriguez hits the DL. I have opted to move him to the 60-day, as he's a rule 5 and it will allow me to keep him, and Cannon could be a huge pickup. For the veterans on this thread do you remember this Cannon guy? I'll give ya a little bit to try and recall.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Cannon could be a huge pickup. For the veterans on this thread do you remember this Cannon guy? I'll give ya a little bit to try and recall.

You traded for him as a AAA prospect back when you were still in Chicago. He didn't do much and then you dumped him to somebody in a huge deal. I don't remember much else. I just remember you being excited when you got him and then he stayed in the minors forever. Late bloomer, I guess.

[gehrig38]

And Minor league teams with winners

BRO LV 2 TUL 2 CHI 2 PIT EP 2 HAW 2 WMI SJ FRE EDM

[gehrig38]

Originally Posted by Orcin

You traded for him as a AAA prospect back when you were still in Chicago. He didn't do much and then you dumped him to somebody in a huge deal. I don't remember much else. I just remember you being excited when you got him and then he stayed in the minors forever. Late bloomer, I guess.

DING DING DING, we have a winner.