The IBL's San Diego Sun Devils

[gehrig38]

Well we're not in San Antonio anymore, that's for sure. We did make it through camp with no real injuries to speak of, and some guys I was thinking would break camp with the big club, played their way off the roster, McKellar, Horne and our pen looks deep and strong. Which I suspect it will have to be. I am trying to break camp with 8 relievers, as I think I may need them, but I don't know that I can.


The best I can hope for is a relatively injury free season. The whole ballgame is assembling talent, no one, not even Seb Adams, is untouchable. His signing cost me the 1st pick in the 2nd round and I've love to deal and get another pick around then.



As yo can see from the stats, the staff should actually be ok, but the offense is breaking camp with 10 players (of 13) that have fewer than 200 IBL at bats, including 6 that have never had a single AB. That will not go over well in this pitching rich division. I have 1 offensive player with a positive WAR....



Salt Lake is looking at an IBL record breaking season, and not in a good way. I'm actually surprised to see that many wins, but I think the focus on cheaper, older, free agent starters helped, along with stockpiling the pen. Still no Michigan....
Casillas with a possible run at the triple crown again, and Stan Hall, holy cow if the manages that this year I don't know what to say.



San Antonio, I expect, to make a big time run, for a lot of years. That club is stacked. Huge year and possibly consecutive MVP runs for Craig, Quincy Hutchison making another 30/30 run. My goodness look at the Las Vegas pitching and that's with Brandon Webb nowhere to be found. O'Dell and Merrill (though I have no idea why they signed him) with big years and van Claveren making another run at the single season K record.

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK
RECORD: 3-4
OVERALL: 3-4 1.5 GB (Hawaii 5-3)
RUNS SCORED: 31 t-12th
RUNS AGAINST: 27 2nd (Impressive, but 3 of those games were Salt Lake, and they are going to be atrocious)
OWNER/FANS: Happy 100!!!/100
SCHEDULE: 3 vs West Michigan/Off Day/3 @ Salt Lake City/1 @ Arizona

Seasons opening on a Sunday night, week 1 is 8 days.

4/1
SD 6 WMI 5
W-Vogel (1-0) L-X Green (0-1) S-Canales (1)
HR WMI-A. Davis (1) C. Anderson (1) SD-Adams (1)
Vogel 6 IP 6 H 2 K 3 ER Adams 1-2 HR 2 BB 2 R RBI

GAME NOTES-Seb Adams has the San Diego Sun Devils 1st hit, HR, R and RBI as he hits a 2 out solo homer in the bottom of the 1st inning off Xavier Green of West Michigan. 1st 2B Alberto Martinez

EXPANSION NEWS: Mexico beat Houston 2-1 in a bottom of the 8th walk off, Ottawa got a walk off hit in the bottom of the 10th to beat Fresno 4-3, Jesus Romano went 8 IP 11 K's 1 ER 4 H in the opening day start and the Bengals open the season today.

IBL ACTIVE CAREER LEADER: K/BB
6.25 Gerald Davenport (BOS)
5.75 Jeffrey Graves FA
4.72 Rob Bright (GB)
4.26 Stan Cameron (SAC) Tossed opening day SHO by the way
4.25 Stan Hall (ALK)

4/2
WMI 4 SD 3
W-Jackson (1-0) L-Losoya (0-1) S-Crosby (1)
HR WMI-McKinney (1)
Dayman 7 IP 7 H 3 ER 5 K (3 R 4 H 1st inning) Uribe 3-3 2 2B(2) R RBI (1) Knapp 2-3 2B (1) 3B (1) (1st franchise 3B) R RBI (1)
Jackson (WMI) 7.2 IP 7 H 6 K 0 BB 3 ER

4/3
WMI 3 SD 1
W-Flores (1-0) L-Morris (0-1) S-Crosby (2)
HR NONE
Flores (WMI) 8 IP 6 H 6 K 1 ER
Morris 6.2 IP 5 H 8 K 2 BB 2 HBP 3 ER

ROSTER NEWS-2 of the waiver claims went through. I turned around and dealt Rodriguez due to his limited defensive ability and managed to send him and C Miguel Hernandez to San Jose for C Antonio Rivera. A legit power bat who's a far better catcher and was at one time a top 100 prospect (2030). I also grabbed a 3rd rounder for my 4th in the upcoming draft. The Cooper claim went through and he was put on the roster, with OF/DH Angelo Nunez designated for assignment. Cooper is a good defender across the OF and could bring a prospect at the deadline.



MINORS NEWS-Mexico prospect Mike Trout tore his PCL today and will miss the season....

4/4
OFF DAY

4/5
SD 9 SLC 2
W-Ross (1-0) L-Bechtold (0-1)
HR SD-Adams (2) Knight (1) SLC-Villoldo (2)
Ok this team sucks. They are going to see some pitching records set against them.
Ross 6 IP 2 H 11 K 4 BB 1 ER Cooper 2-3 2 BB R RBI Adams 2-4 HR BB RBI (2) Nelson 3-5 2B (1) 2 R Knapp 2-4 2 2B (4) BB R RBI (3)

ROSTER NEWS-25 year old Alan Yates made it through waivers, and became a Sun Devil today. 25 year old Rule 5 OF Mike Knight was returned to Fresno to make room on the 25 man. Yates will play here and there, he's not ready, but out of options.

4/6
SLC 4 SD 3
W-Park (1-0) L-Villanueva (0-1) S-Ramos (1)
HR SD-Morin (1) SLC-Villoldo (3) Pugh (1) Keys (1)
Park (SLC) 8 IP 8 H 3 ER
Villanueva 7.1 IP 7 H 3 HR 5 K 3 ER

This was the Bengals 1st ever win as a franchise.

INJURY NEWS-Big blow in Alaska, Sykes was their closer out of camp. Former SP Hiroji Shimizu is now their closer. And the very next day Jose Vargas goes down 2 weeks, Shimizu moves into the rotation and 35 year old Mario Castillo moves into the closers role.



4/7
SD 6 SLC 5 (13)
W-Losoya (1-1) L-Vanbuskirk (0-1) S-Canales (2)
HR NONE
6 SB's Vogel 6 IP 8 H 5 R 4 ER 5 BB 1 K Martinez 3-6 2B (3) 3B (1) 2 R 2 RBI (4) R. Smith 2B (2) 3 RBI (3)
Cody Miller (SLC) 5.1 IP 6 H 5 ER

4/8
AZ 4 SD 3
W-Ryan (1-1) L-Dayman (0-1) S-Toon (1)
HR AZ-Holiday (4)
Ryan (AZ) 8 IP 9 H 2 ER 5 K Holiday 2-4 HR SB (2) R 4 RBI (11)
Dayman 6 IP6 H 4 ER 4 BB 3 K Martinez 3-4 R RBI (5)

STUFF-#1 prospect, the guy I traded for last year in San Antonio, Sam Curtis, was the AA POTW this week going 14-30 5 HR 15 RBI.

MINORS-My only ranked prospect, 1B/OF Jorge Melendez is off to a great start at Class A Norman. He's hitting .382-1-4 thorugh their first 8 games, they are 7-1.

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Vicente Vazquez (HAW) 12-22 5 HR 8 RBI
CL POTW: Paco Morales (BOS) 15-31 4 HR 14 RBI

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Brooklyn
2) Los Angeles
3) Dallas
4) San Jose
5) San Antonio

NEWS:
The Sheppard signing gives the Iron Pigs an ugodly pen. He, IBL single season saves record holder John O'Halloran, Keith Hansen (2034 Rivera Award winner) and free agent Richaro Hidalgo as the closer. 507 combined saves from those 4.
Mike Toon had a great year in Arizona last year, tried to cash in and ended up back in the desert for a fraction of what he was looking for.

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 2
RECORD: 3-4
OVERALL: 6-8 -3 (Edmonton 9-5)
RUNS SCORED: 53 (22) 14th
RUNS AGAINST: 65 (38) 10th
OWNER/FANS: Good 100/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Arizona/3 vs Columbus/1 @ Chicago

4/9
SD 5 AZ 2
W-Morris (1-1) L-Roman (0-1) S-Canales (3) Strikes out Domingo Casillas 1st and 2nd 2 out to end it.
HR SD-Ferguson (1)
Morris 7 IP 8 H 5 K 1 ER Adams 3-5 2 SB (4) 2 R Uribe 2-5 3 RBI (5)
Roman (AZ) 5.1 IP 9 H 10 K 3 ER

4/10
SD 3 AZ 2 (10)
W-Keller (1-0) BS (1) L-Johnson (0-1) S-Canales (4)
HR SD-Uribe (1) Cooper (1) GW AZ-Mathews (1)
Ross 6.1 IP 1 H 6 K 2 BB 1 ER Keller BS (1) on passed ball 4 K 1.2 IP AZ 2 hits Uribe 2-3 BB 2B (4) HR R 2 RBI (7)
J. Green (AZ) 6.2 IP 11 K 6 H 2 ER

4/11
AZ 11 SD 2
W-J. Hernandez (2-0) L-Villanueva (0-2)
HR SD-Adams (3) Uribe (2) AZ-Acosta (1) Jacobs (1) Holiday (5)
Hernandez (AZ) 8.1 IP 5 H 4 K 2 ER Casillas (AZ) 3-4 2B (4) BB R RBI (2) Holiday HR 3 RBI (14)
Adams 2-3 HR RBI (3) Uribe 2-4 HR RBI (8)

4/12
COL 3 SD 1
W-Simons (1-1) L-Vogel (1-1) S-Melendrez (1)
HR NONE
Kade Simons (COL) 8 IP 6 H 8 K 1 ER
Vogel 7 IP 5 H 8 K 2 ER

ITEMS OF INTEREST-That'll teach you to give up on me!



4/13
SD 5 COL 4
W-Dayman (1-1) L-V. Perez (1-1) S-Keller (1)
HR COL-Roberts (1) Pryor (5) SD-Knapp (1)
Dayman 7 IP 6 H 7 K 3 ER Morin 3-4 2 2B (2) 2 R RBI (6) Yates 3-3 2B (4) 2 RBI (2)
Perez (COL) CG (L) 8 IP 9 H 6 K 5 ER

INJURY NEWS-Veteran Felix Canales came out of the game after a pitch in the 9th, Keller closed it by the skin of his teeth, but Canales could be out for some time, waiting on word.

4/14
COL 7 SD 3
W-Cahill (1-0) L-Morris (1-2)
HR COL-Xuan (5) GW SD-R. Smith (1)
Left Morris in 1 hitter too long, Losoya comes in, gives up a HR and gets ejected after drilling the next guy. Morris 7 IP 8 H 8 K 3 ER Adams 3-4 2B (2) SB (5) R Smith 1-3 2 BB 2 SB (4) 2 R RBI (4)
Treffen (COL) 3-5 2B (9) R Xuan HR 3 RBI (10)

NEWS- Canales is out 2-3 months so 31 year old journeyman Miguel Escalante is called up to close. Losoya is serving a 4 game suspension now.

4/15
CHI 9 SD 3
W-Coleman (2-0) L-Ross (1-1)
HR SD-Knapp (2) CHI-Abreu (1) Numbers (1) Conner (2) Morrow (1)
Ross 7 ER 2 HR 6 H 1 IP Opacic 3.2 IP 1 H 7 K (bullpen is spent)
Coleman (CHI) 7.2 IP 7 H 3 ER 7 K Torres (CHI) 3-4 R Peters (CHI) 3-3 BB R

MOST SERVICE TIME
20 years 102 days Jose Romano (OTT) 308-250 4.11 ERA 4849 IP 4686 K's
18 years 151 days Antonio Rojas (TUL) .252/.379/.369 2362 games 135 HR 192 SB
18 years 87 days Shimei Ikarashi (BRO) 89-81 402 Saves 3.12 1097 games
18 years 16 days Andre Blakeway (NY) .287/.368/.393 2537 games all time triples leader (171) 5 gold gloves at SS
18 years 10 days Mike Lewis (SI) 273-217 3.82 4489 IP 4011 K's

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Miguel Cabrera (NH) 14-23 2 HR 10 RBI (.412-3-11)
CL POTW: Manuel Rodriguez (PHI) 9-17 2 HR 6 RBI (.429-4-11)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Brooklyn (1)
2) Los Angeles (2)
3) New Orleans (-)
4) San Jose (4)
5) West Michigan (-)
OUT Dallas (15) San Antonio (9)
26) San Diego

[gehrig38]

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 3
RECORD: 2-3
OVERALL: 8-11 -6 (Edmonton 15-6 (6-1)
RUNS SCORED: 66 (13) 17th
RUNS AGAINST: 84 (19) t-4th
OWNER/FANS: Good 100/100
SCHEDULE: 2 @ Chicago/Off Day/3 vs Brooklyn/Off Day

4/16
SD 6 CHI 2
W-Villanueva (1-2) L-Ortega (1-2)
HR SD-Morin (2) Uribe (3) CHI-Guzman (2)
Villanueva 7.2 IP 6 K 2 ER Uribe 2-4 BB HR 2 R 3 RBI (11)

4/17
SD 5 CHI 3
W-Vogel (2-1) L-Iddison (2-1) S-Escalante (1)
HR SD-Smith (2) Martinez (1)
Vogel 6 IP 8 H 5 K 3 ER Smith 3-5 2 2B (5) HR 3 R RBI (5) Adams 4-5 2B (4) R RBI (4)
Iddison (CHI) 5.2 IP 11 H 9 K 5 ER Morrow (CHI) 3-4

4/18
OFF DAY

4/19
BRO 2 SD 0
W-Hoffman (3-0) L-Dayman (1-2) S-Orosco (4)
HR NONE
Hoffman (BRO) 8 IP 9 H 5 K (3-0 0.80)
Dayman 7 IP 5 H 9 K 2 ER

ROSTER NEWS-I have signed free agent, and a former player of mine in Alaska, Lowell Cook to a 2 year deal with a 3rd year club option at 4.5M. He's going to be the full time DH, and the move meant I needed space so I dealt Allen to San Antonio for RP Eric Barton, who's name has been offered in every trade since camp



4/20
BRO 1 SD 0
W-O'Dunn (3-0) L-Morris (1-3) S-Orosco (5)
HR NONE
O'Dunn (BRO) 8 IP 2 H 3 K 0 BB (3-0 2.76) Vasario (BRO) 3-4 RBI 2 CS (4)
Morris 7.1 IP 8 K 6 H 4 BB ER

4/21
BRO 11 SD 2
W-Sanchez (2-0) L-Ross (1-2)
HR BRO-Cordova (3) Garcia (3) McAlister (2)
Sanchez (BRO) 2 ER 9 H 6.1 IP McAlister (BRO) 4-4 BB HR 3 R 2 RBI (5) Jenkins (BRO) 3-4 R 2 RBI (13)
Ross 3 IP 9 H 7 ER

4/22
OFF DAY

[BIBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK[/B]
FL POTW: Thomas Herring (EDM) 14-19 4 HR 10 RBI (.517-8-19)
CL POTW: Quincy Hutchison (SAN) 13-27 3 HR 8 RBI (.375-4-10)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Brooklyn (1)
2) Edmonton (-)
3) Las Vegas (-)
4) Hawaii (-)
5) Los Angeles (2)
OUT New Olreans (6) San Jose (7) West Michigan (11)
29) San Diego (26)

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 4
RECORD: 3-4
OVERALL: 11-15 5 GB (Edmonton 17-11 (2-5)
RUNS SCORED: 100 (34) 16th
RUNS AGAINST: 109 (25) 5th
OWNER/FANS: Good 99/100 (-1)
SCHEDULE: 2 @ Hawaii/4 vs Edmonton/1 vs Staten Island

4/23
HAW 8 SD 4
W-Ford (1-1) L-Villanueva (1-3)
HR NONE
Ford (HAW) 8 IP 12 H 4 ER Anderson (HAW) 3-5 2B (1) 2 R Gonzalez (HAW) 2-4 BB 2 R 3 RBI (15) Jones 3-4 BB 2B (4) R 2 RBI (13)
Villanueva 1.2 IP 8 H 6 ER Nelson 3-4 RBI (2)

ROSTER NEWS-I've signed veteran LH reliever Orlando Ortiz to a 2 year 2M dollar free agent contract. I need a 2nd left hander in the pen. I actually need about 4 more relievers in the pen the way my starters are going right now. Dustin Glenn is designated for assignment. I've also put a waiver claim in on 24 year old middle infielder Cordell Calhoun of Los Angeles. He's a legit player who's got some room to grow and is exactly the type of character guy you work to put into these situations.

INJURY NEWS-Brooklyn's Ricciardo Vasario herniated a disc in a game on the 21st and the team learned he'd miss the next 3 months, at least. The 76 million they spent this winter is on the DL for 12 weeks. This is the 2nd year in a row he's missed a huge chunk of the season.

4/24
SD 13 HAW 8
W-Vogel (3-1) L-Rivera (2-1)
HR HAW-Moore (2) SD-Cook (1)
Vogel 5.2 IP 8 H 6 ER Smith 4-5 SB (5) 2 R RBI (8) Uribe 2-4 2 2B (8) 3 R 3 RBI (15) Cook 3-5 2B (3) HR 2 R 3 RBI (4) Nelson 3-5 R
Conley (HAW) 3 RBI (20) V. Gonzalez (HAW) 3-5 2B (6) 3B (1) R RBI (16)

ROSTER NEWS-The Calhoun waiver claim went through. He will come in an play SS/2B pretty consistently as we work to rebuild. The claim meant Ferguson was expendable and this trade was worth it. Timo is actually ready to start, but a borderline guy due to his inability to get deep into games. We're going to give it a whirl. He can always be a power arm out of the bullpen. 32 year old Gustavo Villanueva was designated for assignment to make room. Probably just as important as any of this was the ability to grab another early pick, this time a 3rd (pick 104) for a 5th (pick 157). Right now I have picks 1, 83, 99 and 104). I started the year with picks 1, 49, 83 and 121. So in essence I've swapped 49 for 99 and 121 for 104. The key is in the players I dealt in those trades making players out of themselves. Calhoun is a RHH who plays an exceptional 2B and is getting better at SS. He's not fully matured as a player, but he has across the board above average tools now, or the potential to get the others there. Runs a tic above average and also handles the bat, bunting, extremely well.



4/25
SD 11 EDM 1
W-Dayman (2-2) L-Serrano (1-2)
HR EDM-Soto (3) SD-Morin (3) GS
Dayman CG 3 H 6 K (1st ever San Diego CG) Morin 2-4 1st Sun Devil Grand Slam 4 RBI (12)

NEWS-Marcos Ximenes came to see me today. Apparently he feels he should be the teams closer. It wasn't combative or confrontational, but a constructive conversation. At the end I agreed. Why not? He's got the arm, signing Ortiz gives me a left setup man. Escalante was informed of the change and he's moving into a setup role.

4/26
EDM 3 SD 2
W-Hall (1-1) L-Ximenes (0-1) BS (1) S-Miller (8)
HR EDM-Cox (1) PH GW SD-Calhoun (1)
Well that went well. Morris went 8 IP 5 H 9 K left leading 2-0. Ximenes came in, 1B, HR, loss.
Cox (EDM) PH 3 run HR

4/27
SD 4 EDM 1
W-Decker (1-0) L-Curran (3-3) S-Ximenes (1)
HR EDM-Shaw (1)
Timo 5.1 IP 4 H 4 K 1 ER
Curran (EDM) CG (L) 8 IP 8 H 3 K 5 BB 4 ER

4/28
EDM 1 SD 0
W-Grendon (4-2) L-Ross (1-3) S-Miller (9)
HR NONE
Grendon (EDM) 8.1 IP 3 H 8 K
Ross 7 IP 5 H 6 K 1 ER

4/29
SI 3 SD 0
W-L. Martinez (3-3) L-Vogel (3-2)
HR NONE
Martinez (SI) CG SHO 2 hitter 8 K's Buckner (SI) 3-5 R RBI (9)
Vogel 6 IP 10 H 6 K 3 ER

ROSTER NEWS-Salt Lake City claimed Villanueva, fans were a tad displeased the popular veteran was let go.

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Cris Delgado (ALK) 13-25 HR 7 RBI (.396-3-20)
CL POTW: Sergio Silva (EP) 11-24 5 HR 12 RBI (.330-9-29)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Dayton (-)
2) San Jose (7)
3) Las Vegas (3)
4) Brooklyn (1)
5) El Paso (-)
OUT Edmonton (10) Hawaii (9) Los Angeles (15)
32) San Diego (29)

[gehrig38]

A look at their home unis, I have a ton of variants the guys have made, and they look amazing!

[Orcin]

Those unis are amazing. The work on that forum is exceptional.

[gehrig38]

April Records (Bold denotes record set/tied this year)
AVG .482 Luis Gil (EDM) '26 OLD RECORD .479 Todd Helton (GB) '16
HR 15 Dennis McKenzie (DAL) '34 OLD RECORD 14 Jeffrey Bullock (SAN) '32 Julio Morin (PIT) '22 Pedro Roman (FRE) '25
RBI's 42 Tony Green (DAY) '23 OLD RECORD 39 Todd Helton (PHI) '19
SB's 18 Jose Aguilar (LV) '35
WAR 3.5 Benton Crowder (HOU) '28
Wins 6 Raul Gonzalez (HOU) '13 Chris O'Slattery (BAL) '14 Barry Zito (EP) '19 Jose Hernandez (CHI) '29
Saves 18 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K's 68 Gareth van Claveren (LA) '35 OLD RECORD 66 Stan Hall (ALK) '31
ERA 0.74 Heath Petty (NH) '34 OLD RECORD 0.95 Gerald Kelly (DAY) '12 Kade Simons (NH) '31
BEST RECORD 25-2 (.926) Houston '13 24-3 (.889) Alaska '31
WORST RECORD 4-21 (.160) Dallas '19 5-23 (.179) New Orleans '26

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 5
RECORD: 2-4
OVERALL: 13-19 -6 (Edmonton (20-14 (3-3)
RUNS SCORED: 121 (21) t-16th
RUNS AGAINST: 139 (30) t-5th
OWNER/FANS: Undecided 95/100
SCHEDULE: 2 vs Staten Island/OFF DAY/3 @ New York/1 vs Providence


4/30
SD 2 SI 1
W-Dayman (3-2) L-Stichini (1-2) S-Ximenes (2)
HR SI-Damaso (4)
Dayman 6.1 IP 6 H 1 ER Morin 2B (5) 2 RBI (14)
Stichini (SI) 7 IP 6 H 2 ER

MILESTONE-Juan Barrios 3rd inning single in our game today was his 2500th career hit, putting him in pretty exclusive company.



2500 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez (CHI) 8/17/28 (33 years 270 days) vs Houston
Juan Barrios (SI) 4/30/35 (37 years 101 days) 3rd inning 1B off John Dayman (SD) 2015 games
Curt Whimster (PIT) 8/2/25 (37 years 350 days) vs Sacramento
Andre Blakeway (COL) 4/24/33 (38 years 75 days) 1st inning 1B off Jay Coleman (DAY)

5/1
SI 5 SD 3
W-Powell (1-0) L-Escalante (0-1) S-S, Smith (6)
HR SI-Donnelly 2 (8) Buckner (4)
Morris 6.1 IP 3 H 4 BB 3 K 3 ER (2.55 ERA) Yates 4-4 RBI (7)
Buckner (SI) 3-5 2B (9) HR 2 R RBI (10) Donnelly 2-3 BB 2 HR 2 R 4 RBI (20)

5/2
OFF DAY

SUBJECT: Vegas extends ace
Juan Jose “Cougar” Gamboa agreed to terms today on a 3 year 54 million dollar contract extension. The 2031 Koufax winner and 3 time all star is 2-2 4.95 through 6 starts this year and 143-82 3.48 in 283 career starts since Las Vegas picked him 12th overall out of New Mexico State in 2024.



5/3
NY 5 SD 4 (11)
W-Rea (2-1) L-Decker (1-1)
HR NY-Campos (2) walk off
Time 6.1 IP 6 H 4 ER Decker came in and threw 1 pitch, game over. Cook 0-2 R 3 BB Uribe 2-5 RBI (16) (.348)
Scott (NY) 8 IP 7 H 3 ER

5/4
NY 11 SD 7 (14)
W-Rea (3-1) L-Decker (1-2)
HR SD-Adams (4) Cook (2) NY-Cabanas GS (4) Campos (3) walk off grand slam
Decker working in his 3rd inning, lead off 3B, 1 out, walks the bases loaded, K, Campos walk off grand slam. Ross 6 IP 9 H 7 R 6 ER blew early 6-0 lead.
Soto (NY) 3-7 3B (4) R RBI (10) Campos 4-7 1B, 2B (12) 3B (2) Grand Slam to cap cycle 4 RBI (22)



5/5
NY 6 SD 2
W-Hernandez (1-0) L-Vogel (3-3)
HR NONE
Hernandez (NY) CG 6 H 5 K 2 ER Morton (NY) 3-4 R 3 RBI (12)
Vogel 6 IP 10 H 4 K 4 ER

5/6
SD 3 PRO 2
W-Opacic (1-0) L-Ramirez (1-5)
HR SD-Uribe (4)
Ramirez (PRO) CG (L) 8.2 IP 9 H 3 ER 8 K
Dayman 8 IP 7 H 5 K 2 ER Calhoun 2-4 2 RBI (10) GW on walk off 1B

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Vicente Vazquez (HAW) 8-20 5 HR 14 RBI (.373-16-37)
CL POTW: Charles Tucker (FRE) 11-23 4 HR 9 RBI (.228-8-22)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: TRIPLES
19 Luis Rubio RET '13
19 Carl Crawford RET '18
18 Jesus Andrales RET '14
18 Rich Stone RET '16
18 Hector Hernandez RET '19

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Las Vegas (3)
2) Brooklyn (4)
3) Philadelphia (-)
4) Edmonton (10)
5) El Paso (5)
OUT Dayton (16) San Jose (27) Wow, from 2 to 27 in a week, 0-7 outscored 39-17

32) San Diego (32)

NEWS:
He was the 2029 CL MVP, nearing 400 career homers. A .295/.334/.569 lifetime hitter in 1459 games.

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 6
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 18-21 -4.5 (Arizona 23-17)
RUNS SCORED: 153 (32) 16th
RUNS AGAINST: 162 (23) 4th
OWNER/FANS: Normal 95/100
SCHEDULE: 2 vs Providence/4 vs Alaska/1 vs Salt Lake City

5/7
SD 9 PRO 7
W-Opacic (2-0) BS (1) L-Almadanim (0-1) BS (1) S-Ximenes (3)
HR PRO-Herhard (10) Woolridge (9) SD-Adams (5) Knapp (3)
Morris 6 IP 3 H 4 K 4 ER Adams 2-3 2 BB 2B (6) HR 2 R 3 RBI (11) Knapp HR 3 RBI (14)

MILESTONE-Zapata drives in 2 with his 2000th career hit. (see chart a few days from now)



5/8
PRO 2 SD 1
W-Juneau (2-0) L-Decker (1-3) S-Notenboom (2)
HR PRO-Torres (2) Woolridge (10) GW SD-Adams (6) Leadoff
Juneau (PRO) 8 IP 7 H 6 K 1 ER
Timo 7 IP 5 H 5 K 1 ER Decker GW HR to Woolridge in the 9th Adams 3-4 2B (7) HR R RBI (12)

NEWS-I have made a complete reshuffle of the lineup. Seb Adams is now going to lead off and the only other set spot will be Lowell Cook in the cleanup spot, Uribe, for now, will hit 3rd until he cools off (.318) and young prospect Alan Yates has moved into an every day role. He's hitting above his head (.329 10 RBI's) for where our scouts say he is, but that'll work. Calhoun is also playing 2B every day now too.

5/9
ALK 4 SD 2
W-Saldana (6-2) L-Ross (1-4) S-Shimizu (3)
HR ALK-Martin (4) SD-Cook (3)
Saldana (ALK) 7 IP 9 H 5 K 2 ER (6-2 3.02) Delgado (ALK) 3-4 R
Ross 1-4 6.81 6.1 IP 7 H 3 BB 4 ER 7 K Adams 4-4 2B (8)

AROUND THE LEAGEUE: Gareth van Claveren is 2-1 in his last 4 starts. He's thrown 28.1 IP 17 H with an eye popping 53 K's.

5/10
SD 4 ALK 3
W-Keller (2-0) L-Shimizu (1-3) BS (1)
HR ALK-Martin (5) SD-Martinez (2) PH
Scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th, tied on Cooks hit and run double, Cooper singles him in to win it.
Vogel 8 IP 8 H 5 K 3 ER
Vargas (ALK) 8 IP 5 H 6 K 1 ER Shimizu 0 IP 4 H 3 ER (12.46 ERA)

5/11
SD 5 ALK 2
W-Dayman (4-2) L-Hall (1-3) !!!!! Beat Stan Hall!!
HR SD-Yates (1) Nice guy to get your 1st career HR off of!
Dayman CG 5 H 7 K 0 BB 2 ER Yates 2-3 HR 2 R 2 RBI (12)
Hall (ALK) 5.1 IP 8 H 5 ER

MILESTONE-The 2nd Las Vegas player to reach the milestone in the past week. Ironically, Zapata, who did it last Monday, was 5-5 in this game.



2000 HIT CLUB
Bashir Malik (DAY) 6/1/34 (30 years 161 days) RBI single off Caffar Iddison (CHI) in the bottom of the 3rd
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)
Felix Torres 9/8/25 (32 years 288 days)
Pedro Hernandez 7/10/33 (33 years 203 days) 9th inning double off Brady Stephens (FRE)
Giberto Zapata (LV) 5/7/35 (32 years 340 days) 2 run single in the bottom of the 4th off Mario Bruno (CC) 1732 games
Sozui Kokawa (LV) 5/11/35 (33 years 59 days) RBI single in the bottom of the 1st off Ryan Howard (LA) 1614 games
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days) 1st member
Tony Greene (PHI) 5/17/31 (34 years 15 days) 3 run HR off Adrian Gomez (HOU) in the bottom of the 5th
Juan Barrios (SI) 4/16/32 (34 years 88 days) 3B off Ignacio Serrano (EDM) in the top of the 7th
Mario Gomez (CHI) 7/21/31 (34 years 95 days) 2B off Wilber Chase (CC) in the bottom of the 3rd
Pedro Lopez (HOU) 4/14/32 (34 years 238 days) 2B off Chris Murphy (LV) in the bottom of the 9th.
Jesus Reyes (EDM) 8/4/34 (34 years 269 days) 1B off Luis Martinez (SI) in the top of the 7th.
George Quinn 7/20/29 (34 years 293 days)
George Tanner (COL) 7/25/33 (34 years 16 days) 1B off Adrian Gomez (HOU) in the top of the 4th
Cliff Edwards 7/9/28 (35 years 22 days)
Earl Shaw (CC) 4/22/33 (35 years 59 days) 1B off Jesus Gonzales (EP) in the bottom of the 9th.
Andre Blakeway 4/23/30 (35 years 74 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Jimmy Rollins 6/19/30 (35 years 204 days)
Javier Martinez (BOS) 5/21/34 (35 years 217 days) 5th inning single off Miguel Gallo (TUL)
Lando Jongmans 5/14/27 (36 years 33 days)
Jose Perez (NY) 9/1/33 (36 years 188 days) 2 run double in the 8th inning off Luis Castaneda (DAY)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Pete Merritt (HOU) 8/7/33 (36 years 305 days) 1st inning single off Julio Gonzales (SJ)
Manuel Rodriguez (NY) 9/16/33 (37 years 11 days) 3rd inning 1B off Xavier Green (WMI)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Ramiro Sanchez (TUL) 9/7/33 (37 years 16 days) bases loaded 2B in the 8th inning off Jason Beck (CC)
Raul Miranda (LA) 7/14/33 (37 years 114 days) 3rd inning single off Reynaldo Castillo (SAC)
Will Lee 6/8/32 (37 years 232 days) RBI single in the bottom of the 4th off Sadao Suzuki (PHI) 3-4 RBI
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)
Fred Gill 8/21/30 (38 years 13 days)
Alberto Rivera (SI) 5/30/33 (38 years 186 days) 9th inning single off Eric Gore (BUF)
Antonio Rojas (WMI) 6/28/33 (39 years 122 days) 2 run double off Xavier Woods (MICH) in the bottom of the 3rd 3-5 2B (23) 3 R 2 RBI (34)
Tim Davis 7/20/27 (42 years 169 days)

5/12
SD 3 ALK 2
W-Morris (2-3) L-Valencia (3-3) S-Ximenes (4) DP with the bases loaded and 1 out to end it
HR NONE
Morris 6 IP 2 H 5 BB 7 K 2 ER (2-3 2.98) R. Smith 3-3 RBI Adams 1-3 SB (8) BB 2 R
Valencia (ALK) 7 IP 10 H 4 K 3 ER (3-3 3.34) Burgos (ALK) 0-1 R 3 BB

STUFF-Took 3 of 4 from the Avalanche, not bad. Still battling Salt Lake for the cellar.

5/13
SD 9 SLC 3
W-Timo (1-0) L-Jordan (1-1)
HR SD-Knapp (4) Knight (1) Grand Slam
Timo 7 IP 3 H 4 K 2 ER Knight 3-4 2B (1) Grand Slam 2 R 4 RBI (4)

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Domingo Casillas (AZ) 16-28 4 HR 13 RBI (.359-8-40)
CL POTW: Gilberto Zapata (LV) 15-27 HR 9 RBI (.288-2-27)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Las Vegas (1)
2) West Michigan (-)
3) Boston (-)
4) El Paso (5)
5) Brooklyn (2)
OUT Philadelphia (7) Edmonton (30!!) Wow, 0-7 and outscored 34-15!! Dropped from 4th to 30th
19) San Diego (32)

[gehrig38]

DRAFT NEWS
The pool for what will likely be one of the most important drafts of my career is out. A ton of pitching, and some big time catching at the top of the talent list. Goff jumps out but he's 5'9” tall, and that scares me as a #1 overall pick. The upside is his work ethic and his upper 90's fastball. Haitly is a potential franchise bat, and Wallace, the kid out of HS is a potential, smart, great work ethic. Ibarras is IBL ready now as a defender, huge power, student of the game and a grinder.





So tons of pitching and the top spots on the position player board are catchers, though Martinez could be a legit option at 1 as well. Make no mistake, this pick HAS to be a top of the rotation ace or a 3 hole hitter for a decade + for this plan to go accordingly. After 1 I don't pick again until 83 and then 99 and 105 in the 3rd.

[gehrig38]

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 7
RECORD: 3-4
OVERALL: 21-25 7.5 GB (Alaska 28-17)
RUNS SCORED: 195 (42) 16th
RUNS AGAINST: 206 (44) 6th
OWNER/FANS: Normal 95/100
SCHEDULE: 2 vs Salt Lake City/4 @ Edmonton/1 @ Buffalo

5/14
SD 3 SLC 2
W-Decker (2-3) L-Horne (1-5) S-Ximenes (5)
HR SLC-Pugh (9)
Ross injured in the 4th, diagnosis pending, Decker 4.1 IP 4 K 1 H Adams 0-1 3 BB Nelson 2-4 2 RBI (9) Smith 2-4 3B (3) 2 R RBI (11)

5/15
SLC 4 SD 2
W-C. Miller (2-5) L-Vogel (3-4) S-Sharp (8)
HR SLC-Pugh (10) SD-R. Smith (3)
Miller (SLC) 7.2 IP 3 H 4 K 1 ER Murray (SLC) 3-4 2 2B (10) RBI (7)
Vogel 6.1 IP 6 H 6 K 4 R 1 ER

MILESTONE-George Tanner hits a 4th inning solo shot and becomes the 12th member of the IBL's 400 homer club.



400 Homer runs, by age (12)
Luis Chavez (CHI) 5/31/26 (31 years 191 days) Solo HR vs Columbus
Jeffrey Hudson (CHI) 4/17/26 (33 years 111 days) 2 run HR vs West Michigan
Curt Whimster (TUL) 9/24/21 (33 years 122 days) 1st member
George Quinn (PHI) 8/4/28 (33 years 309 days) Solo HR vs San Jose
Horst Grueter (EDM) 6/12/31 (34 years 34 days) 6th inning solo HR Matt Tucker (LA)
Tony Greene (PHI) 7/20/31 (34 years 79 days) 7th inning solo HR Leonard Stewart (BUF)
Christian Schall (AZ) 7/9/26 (34 years 190 days) 2 run HR vs Edmonton
Hugh Collins (PIT) 7/14/24 (34 years 317 days) Solo HR vs Boston
Wes Morgan (BUF) 5/25/24 (35 years 120 days) Solo HR vs Alaska
Jamie Vance (TUL) 7/21/25 (35 years 176 days) 2 Run HR vs Chicago
George Tanner (COL) 5/15/35 (36 years 311 days) 4th inning Solo HR off Robbie Caine (CHI) 1902 games
Travis Bryant (DAL) 5/22/22 (37 years 80 days)

INJUJRY NEWS-Bob Ross ruptured his UCL and is out a year or more. At 37 it's like a career ender. I have no one really ready in the minors, so I made an offer to 27 year old journeyman Alberto Quinones. I will not give up anything to grab a starter for a 5th place team, that makes no sense. Been messing around with trying to work Homer Decker into the starting rotation. His changeup has a ways to go, but he does have a third pitch.

5/16
EDM 9 SD 8
W-Bruce (1-0) BS (1) L-Ximenes (0-2) BS (2) S-Miller (13)
HR SD-Knapp (5) Calhoun 2 (3) EDM-Herring (10) Trevino (5) Perez (8) GW
Dayman 10 H 7 ER 4.2 IP offense battles back from 7-2 deficit, Ximenes 8-7 lead 2 outs in the 8th, 2 run HR.
Knapp 2-4 HR 2 R 4 RBI (19) Calhoun 2 HR 3 RBI (15)

BULLPEN NEWS-The Ximenes experiment is over. Opacic has dealt to a 1.05 ERA so far. Ximenes setting up gives me the ability to go L/R/L if I need to, before the 9th.

INJURY NEWS-Columbus has lost star Manny Ramirez for 6-7 weeks after straining an oblique yesterday. The Clippers are 20-23, 5.5 games in back of the White Caps.

ROSTER NEWS-27 year old Cuban free agent Alberto Quinones has signed a minor league deal, and been placed on the 25 man roster to take Ross' rotation spot for now. There are really no alternatives.

5/17
SD 13 EDM 10
W-Ximenes (1-2) L-Rice (0-1) BS (1) S-Opacic (1)
HR SD-Morin (4) Uribe (5) EDM-Leeds (8) Trevino (6)
Morris 2.2 IP 8 H 5 BB 9 ER Decker 3.1 IP 4 K 6 H 1 ER Adams 3-5 BB 2B (10) 2 R RBI (14) Martinez 3-6 2B (5) 2 R 3 RBI (14) Uribe 3-6 HR 2 R 3 RBI (22)
Clark (EDM) 2.2 IP 11 H 7 ER Leeds 3-4 BB HR 2 R 3 RBI (24) Trevino HR 3 RBI (24)
Down 2-0, up 4-2,7-2, down 9-7, 10-7, 10-9, tied 10-10 up 11-10...

5/18
SD 4 EDM 2
W-Timo (2-0) L-Curran (3-6 3.27) S-Escalante (2)
HR SD-Knapp (6)
Timo 6 IP 6 H 3 K 2 ER Knapp HR 2 RBI (21)
Curran (EDM) 6 IP 7 H 2 ER

5/19
EDM 7 SD 5
W-Padilla (3-1) L-Quinones (0-1) S-Miller (14)
HR EDM-Soto (4) Palemiro (1) Shaw (3)
Padilla (EDM) 8 IP 5 H 7 K 2 ER Viera 3-4 2 2B (6) BB SB (3) 2 R
Quinones 4 IP 8 H 4 BB 3 HR 6 ER Cook 2-4 2B (6) 3 RBI (12)

5/20
BUF 10 SD 7
W-Crawford (2-1) L-Vogel (3-5) S-Sanders (12)
HR SD-Nelson (1) Rivera (1) Cook (4)
Vogel 2 IP 6 H 5 BB 8 R 6 ER Nelson 2-4 BB 2B (7) HR 2 R 2 RBI (11) Cook 2-4 BB HR 2 RBI (14)
Crawford (BUF) 4.1 IP in relief 0 H 3 K 3 BB

IBL CAREER LEADER: EXTRA BASE HITS
1337 Curt Whimster HOF
1070 Luis Chavez FA
1059 George Tanner (COL)
919 Hugh Collins HOF
910 Gerald Wright RET



IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Don Anderson (HAW) 15-31 3 HR 9 RBI (.260-7-22)
CL POTW: Sergio Silva (EP) 6-15 3 HR 8 RBI (.291-14-42)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Las Vegas (1)
2) Alaska (-)
3) El Paso (4)
4) West Michigan (2)
5) Philadelphia (7)
OUT Boston (14) Brooklyn (8)
24) San Diego (19)

NEWS:
Absolutely no clue why Salt Lake would trade for a 12 million dollar 36 year old Closer but given Michigan's past this might be the best trade they've ever made....

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 8
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 25-27 -8 (Alaska 33-19 5-2)
RUNS SCORED: 223 (28) 15th
RUNS AGAINST: 230 (24) t-4th
OWNER/FANS: Good 94/100 (-1)
SCHEDULE: 2 @ Buffalo/OFF DAY/3 @ New Hampshire/1 vs Dayton

5/21
BUF 6 SD 1
W-Roger (4-4) L-Dayman (4-3)
HR BUF-Simmons (8) Silva 2 (2)
Roger (BUF) CG 9 H 4 K 1 ER Silva 2 HR 3 RBI (3)
Dayman 6 ER 3 HR 7 IP

5/22
SD 5 BUF 1
W-Morris (3-3) L-Young (3-6)
HR SD-Adams (7) Knapp (7) Calhoun (4)
Morris 6 IP 4 H 3 K 3 BB 0 R Morin 3-4 2B (8) R Adams 1-3 BB HR R RBI (15) Knapp HR 3 RBI (24)
Young (BUF) 8.1 IP 8 H 5 K 4 ER

5/23
OFF DAY

ROSTER NEWS-On the off day OF Rusty Smith is told he's being designated. He argues for a trade but I have to let him know we tried, no one was biting. Hate to have to tell a player that. 26 year old Maximo Stone, an elite defender who's doing well at AAA San Francisco (.306-4-22) is being recalled. Stone was drafted out of Tulane in the 4th round of the 2030 draft, right after I departed Alaska. He's won 2 minor league gold gloves and been a 2 time minor league All Star.

5/24
SD 10 NH 7
W-Ortiz (1-0) L-Rios (8-3) S-Opacic (2)
HR SD-Uribe (6) NH-Aguilar (4) Hughes (6)
Ortiz 5 ER 6 H 4.2 IP Uribe 3-5 2B (11) HR 2 R 3 RBI (26) Knapp 2-4 2B (9) 3 RBI (27)
Rios (NH) 6.2 IP 8 H 8 R 5 ER 4 NH errors Cabrera 3-5 2B (10) 2 RBI (29)

ROTATION NEWS-I've made the decision to give Homer Decker a few starts and see what happens. His 3rd pitch is at least serviceable, and Quinones is a #6 starter at best. Decker is just 25, this could be a good move for both parties.

5/25
NH 5 SD 4
W-Petty (3-2) L-Ximenes (1-3) BS (3) S-Arroyo (11)
HR SD-Stone (1) Calhoun (8) NH-Aguilar (5) Balfour (10) GW Hughes (7)
What a hard loss. Decker left in the 8th up 4-2 2 outs 2 on, Ximenes serves up a 3 run shot to lose it. He went 7.2 IP 7 H 4 ER 7 K 1 BB (only BB was IW to Aguilar in the 8th)
McWhirr (NH) 6 IP 5 H 3 R 2 ER 10 K 2 NH Errors Balfour 2-4 2B (7) HR 3 RBI (28)

DRAFT-As I compile reports it seems to me the dream scenario would have an impact #1 arm with the 1st pick and one of Bin Halim, Christensen, Dyer or Molina still there with my 2nd pick. All 4 are supreme closer arms and getting an impact player that late would be a steal. Halim is a potential HOF closer.

5/26
SD 4 NH 2
W-Vogel (4-5) L-Buckley (3-6) S-Opacic (3)
HR SD-Adams (8) Uribe (7) Stone (2) Knapp (8) NH-Cabrera (12)
Buckley (NH) CG (L) 9 IP 7 H 4 solo HR 3 K McDonald (NH) 3-4 RBI (25)
Vogel 6 IP 7 H 5 K 2 ER 4 DP's

5/27
SD 4 DAY 3
W-Dayman (5-3) L-Watson (4-5) S-Opacic (4)
HR DAY-I. Rodriguez (4) SD-Uribe (8)
Dayman 7 IP 4 H 6 K 3 ER (3R HR) Uribe 2-4 HR 2 RBI (29) Stone 2-3 2B (3) (.467-2-4)
Watson (DAY) CG (L) 8 IP 10 H 4 R 3 ER 1 K Rodriguez (DAY) HR 3 RBI (20)

ROSTER NEWS-After the game Dayman is called into my office. The news, for him, is sweet. He's heading to a contender. Our fans aren't happy as we trade our most popular and probably our best starting pitcher, but this is exactly the sort of deal we HAVE to make to get where we want.
We acquire two huge prospects, one bat and one arm, and we move from the 1st pick in round 3 to the 29th pick in round 2 (77th overall). Spooneck was drafted 85th overall by LA in 2034 out of Los Altos HS in Los Altos, California. He skyrocket up the prospect charts, entering this year #29 in the league. He's a franchise CF who can flat out fly. He can hit, and has power and likely could bunt .300. He's already an elite defender in CF and can play both corners in a pinch. He is the future leadoff hitter, or #2 guy, for this franchise. He's just 19 years old and hails from Sunnyvale California. Thompson was the West Michigan White Caps #1 pick in 2034, 12th overall , out of U. of Texas-Arlington. Was dealt to Columbus this winter and entered the year the IBL's 25th ranked prospect. He was pushed way too fast, entering the year in AA when he should have started at A ball, which is where he will head. He is a true #1 or #2 arm. He's 6'2” and throws an easy 95+. He has. Amazingly, 6 pitchers and 5 are already + (Cutter, Curve, Slider, Fork and a circle change) with a regular change coming. He will report to Rehoboth Beach and start tomorrow, Sponneck (pronounced Spawn-eck) will head to Moore and start the year at their Short Season club.
Losoya, Austin and Ross Jr. all served their purpose. Players gotten to be included in deals exactly like this. As of today Sponneck is rated #25 and Thompson 21 on the prospect listing, and these guys move our system to the #10 organization in the game and give us 3 in the top 50 with Melendez (#39) who's nearing a call up to AA (.346/.416/.566 in 53 games at Class A Norman with 8 HR 40 RBI) after winning POTW honors for Norman with week.
The more immediate issue is how to fill Dayman's rotation spot with someone serviceable as Eric Barton is called up to replace Losoya, I put a claim in for 28 year old SP Mike Garner out of Sacremento. A RHP who's bounced back and forth since 2030 making 28 relief appearances. Reliever Mark Catron will be recalled until the claim is resolved to give us an extra arm out of the bullpen. (fan interest dropped 4 pts at the news)



OTHER NEWS-Sergio Silva appears to have capitalized on his torrid start, nabbing 68 million for the next 4 seasons from the Diablos.

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Thomas Herring (EDM) 9-18 4 HR 8 RBI (.325-15-37)
CL POTW: Al Hurt (DAL) 13-21 HR 6 RBI (.426-7-22)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Las Vegas (1)
2) Alaska (2)
3) El Paso (3)
4) Brooklyn (8)
5) Tulsa (-)
OUT West Michigan (19) Philadelphia (16)

18) San Diego (19)

[gehrig38]

Delgado makes it 2 months in a row. Chicago, Alaska both atop their divisions with my last club 3.5 back but leading the WC race. Gareth van Claveren is on pace for 404 strike outs after a monster May. His strikeout totals per start, 13. 14, 14, 14, 13, 9 and 11 for a new IBL record 74 in a single month.

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 9
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 29-30 -9.5 (Alaska 38-20 5-1)
RUNS SCORED: 263 (40) t-11th
RUNS AGAINST: 254 (24) 5th
OWNER/FANS: Good 88/100 (-6) lots of wheeling and dealing this week
SCHEDULE: 2 vs Dayton/4 vs Ariizona/1 @ Hawaii

5/28
SD 5 DAY 0
W-Morris (4-3) L-Marquez (3-1) S-Escalante (3)
HR SD-Adams (9) 2nd lead off Uribe (9) Cook (5)
Morris 6.1 IP 2 H 4 BB 4 K 0 R Escalante 2.2 IP 1 H 5 K Urbie 2-4 HR 3 RBI (32) Cook 3-3 BB HR RBI (15) Stone 3-4 (.526)

5/29
SD 12 DAY 1
W-Timo (3-0) L-Mann (5-6)
HR NONE
Timo 6 IP 1 H 11 K 1 hr rain delay (team record 11 K's) Combined 2-hitter, lost SHO on 9th inning error Adams 2-4 BB 2 SB (11) 3 R 2 RBI (18) Morin 2-3 2 BB 2 2B (10) 2 R 3 RBI (20) Yates 4-5 2B (8) R 2 RBI (18) Calhoun 2-4 BB 2 R 2 RBI (21)

5/30
AZ 6 SD 3
W-J. Green (5-5) L-Decker (2-4) S-Toon (11)
HR AZ-Casillas 2 (13) SD-Stone (3)
Green (AZ) 8 IP 6 H 3 R 3 ER Casillas (AZ) 2-3 IBB 2 HR 4 RBI (.343-13-54) and Matt Holiday hitting behind him is hitting .315-14-44.
Decker 5 IP 7 H 6 R 5 ER 2 Casillas HR's Stone 3-4 2B (4) HR R RBI (5)

ROSTER NEWS- Mike Garners waiver claim goes through. He's added to the 25 man roster and RP Eric Barton heads back to SF. I also put another claim in, Columbus OF Kasper Costell, a 30 year old LHH RF/CF. He's a top tier defender in both places and a good offensive player. If the claim makes it I'll likely designate or part ways with 32 year old Roosevelt Cooper. He just has not been able to find his swing (.192/.229/.232) in 33 games and while I'd love to trade him I can't get a bit.

LATE BREAKING NEWS-Salt Lake City bit! They are in desperate need of bodies and I unloaded Cooper, and journeyman Angelo Nunez, both far better players than their numbers this year (Salt Lake inserted Cooper into the 2 hole vs RHP) and I got back RHP Wayne Larkin, who will start, and a HUGE pickup in swapping 2nd rounders and I give up 1 of my 3rds for theirs. This is huge, we are now picking 1, 50, 86 and 108 where we were picking 1, 77, 98 and 104. I'm feeling way more excited about that 2nd pick now, there is a chance to get a very good player there. Well, a player 27 spots better than the one I had. Larkin will head to the IBL bullpen, since he's out of options, as we await the claim on Costello in 4 days.



5/31
SD 6 AZ 4
W-Keller (3-0) L-J. Hernandez (7-4) S-Opacic (5)
HR SD-Adams (10) Uribe 10)
Vogel 6 IP 2 H 5 BB 3 K 3 R 2 ER SD 3 Errors Adams 2-4 HR 2 R 3 RBI (21) he and Uribe hit HR's in the 8th to bring us back from 4-1 with 5 run 8th

CONTRACT NEWS-RP Milovan Opacic has agreed to a 4 year 9.57M dollar extension. He was arbitration eligible and looking at 1.5-2M, got him at 1.2/1.8/2.5 and a vest option (40 GF) of 4.07M in 2039. At 26 he's going to be a late inning arm for me for the length of this deal.

ROTATION NEWS-Mark Catron is going to be given a shot to start as well. After Garners start tomorrow we'll see where we are at, but Catron has a starter build and repertoire, just needs to improve his command.

6/1
AZ 7 SD 4
W-Roman (2-3) L-Garner (0-1) S-Dickerson (1)
HR AZ-Casillas (14) Mathews (4) Ricci (6)
Garner 5 IP 8 H 4 BB 5 ER Adams 3-5 2B (13) R RBI (22)
Mathews (AZ) 2-5 HR 3 RBI (20) Ricci (AZ) 2-4 BB 2B (11) HR 2 R 2 RBI (33)

6/2
AZ 6 SD 5
W-D. Johnson (6-1) BS (2) L-Keller (3-1) S-Toon (12)
HR AZ-Casillas (15) SD-Uribe (11)
Morris 6 IP 8 H 5 K 3 BB 4 ER Uribe 3-5 2 2B (14) HR 3 RBI (39) Stone 2-3 2 BB 3 R (.421)
Casillas (AZ) 4-5 HR RBI (56)

6/3
SD 5 HAW 0
W-Timo (4-0) L-Ford (4-3)
HR SD-Uribe (12)
Timo 7 IP 2 H 6 K Stone 2-5 (.419) Uribe 3-4 BB HR 2 R 2 RBI (41)

TRADE NEWS-I manage to swing another one, this time with one of my former clubs. San Antonio, clearly in win now mode, is looking for bullpen help and IF depth, so I give it to them in Glenn and Morin. I grab Cruz who I traded for last year and pick up a very nice SP prospect in Romero. I also manage to get back into the 5th round by giving them my 6th pick.



ROSTER NEWS-In other news the claim for Costello has gone through. I designate SP Mike Garner, just days after claiming him, and I am likely to let Cruz sit a day on the DFA list and I will shop Alvin Nelson tomorrow, if no one bites I'll option him to SF. The move of Morin also leaves me short handed in the infield. It's either a call up, trade or a claim needing to be made in the next few days. For today I'll grab Martin Weeks as a backup INF from SF.

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Tony Williams (GB) 12-27 3 HR 10 RBI (.370-3-14)
CL POTW: Enreecko Obispo (SJ) 11-24 4 HR 10 RBI (.272-5-31)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (2)
2) Las Vegas (1)
3) Brooklyn (4)
4) San Antonio (-)
5) Arizona (-)
OUT El Paso (7) Tulsa (6)
14) San Diego (18)

NEWS:
Sacramento took on the final year and wasted little time getting Cameron to stay for 4 more. 7-4 2.35 in 13 starts will do that for ya.

[gehrig38]

I thought I'd catch you up on the chaos.

This is the past 2 weeks worth of moves. I do this because they aren't done yet. You see Ron Moore just signed, I needed AAA depth at Catcher. He refused to go down upon signing and is a player in the middle of a trade I am working with New Orleans, but I am waiting to hear back.

There's a rhythm to this, and it's humming right now, just 11 days before our 1st draft.

[gehrig38]

2035 SEASON WEEK 10
RECORD: 2-5
OVERALL: 31-35 -13 (Alaska 43-21 5-1)
RUNS SCORED: 291 (28) 12th
RUNS AGAINST: 298 (44) 7th
OWNER/FANS: Undecided 87/100 (-1)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Hawaii/3 @ Michigan/1 @ Green Bay

6/4
HAW 13 SD 5
W-Daniel (4-6) L-Decker (2-5)
HR NONE
Daniel (HAW) 8 IP 7 H 6 K 3 ER V. Gonzalez (HAW) 4-4 BB 2 2B (13) 2 R 3 RBI Moore (HAW) 3-4 2B (14) 2 R RBI (26)
Decker 3.2 IP 9 H 7 ER Costello 3-5 2 2B (8) R

INJURY NEWS-Major injury news out of Columbus. Former MVP and 10 time all star George Tanner is lost for the season.

6/5
SD 10 HAW 3
W-Vogel (5-5) L-RIvera (6-5)
HR HAW-Anderson (9)
Vogel 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 K Costello 2-4 BB 2B (9) 2 R RBI (16) Stone 3-5 2B (6) R

ROSTER NEWS-I managed to sign and trade Ron Moore. New Orleans offered me a 25 year old 3B in Angel Villanueva (exceptional defender, maturing offensive player and a switch hitter) and 24 year old AAA Catcher Sancho Aguilera. So I solve my AAA backup catcher question and get a piece that'll play the infield every day for a few years, for a free agent I never had on my roster.



6/6
HAW 4 SD 0
W-Aguirre (9-2) L-Catron (0-1)
HR HAW-Torres (3)
Aguirre (HAW) 8 IP 5 H 7 K Torres 2-3 HR 3 RBI (15)
Catron 6.1 IP 7 H 6 K 4 ER

MILESTONES-Ruben Soto's 2nd homer of a 2 homer day is career blast 300.



300 Home runs, by age
Luis Chavez (CHI) 6/5/23 (29 years 195 days) 3-4 3 HR's 4 RBI's off Columbus
Jeffrey Hudson (CHI) 5/28/2023 (30 years 181 days) Solo HR off New Hampshire
George Quinn (PHI) 5/25/25 (30 years 235 days) Solo HR vs Sacramento
James Welch (SJ) 5/19/33 (30 years 309 days) solo HR off Randy Hollis (DAL) in the bottom of the 3rd
Valentin Maitani (PHI) 8/28/20 (30 340 days)
Curt Whimster (TUL) 5/6/19 (30 years 349 days) 1st member
Horst Grueter (EDM) 5/9/28 (31 years 2 days) 4-4 2 run HR vs Los Angeles
Tony Greene (GB) 5/19/28 (31 years 19 days) 3 run HR vs New York
Christian Schall 6/6/23 (31 years 155 days)
Bill Alexander 6/18/19 (31 years 177 days)
Wes Morgan 7/25/20 (31 years 183 days)
Felix Sanchez 9/20/31 (31 years 267 days) 2 run HR off Eric Franklin (PIT) in the top of the 3rd.
Chandler Harris 4/3/23 (31 years 331 days)
Hugh Collins 8/13/21 (32 years 12 days)
David Walker (GB) 9/5/28 (32 years 14 days) 2 run HR vs Michigan
Alberto Vargas 8/24/19 (32 years 30 days)
Ron Stokes 7/26/22 (32 years 39 days)
Jim Edwards 9/29/33 (32 years 81 days) Went 2-3 with 2 solo HR's. The 2nd, a solo shot in the 6th off Raul Torres (DAL) was #300
Pedro De Jesus (MICH) 7/27/31 (32 years 158 days) 2 run HR off Bill Mcwhirr (NH) in the bottom of the 7th . 2nd of 2 HR's in the game. 3-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's
Jamie Vance 7/26/22 (32 years 181 days)
Earl Shaw (CC) 8/28/30 (32 years 187 days)
George Tanner (COL) 5/1/31 (32 years 296 days) Solo HR off Jesus Martinez (HAW) in the bottom of the 7th.
Ruben Soto (BAL) 6/7/35 (33 years 44 days) 2-3 2 HR's 3 RBI solo HR off Kasib Naif (NO) in the bottom of the 4th 1198 games
Dennis McKenzie (DAL) 5/31/34 (33 years 162 days) Solo HR off Miguel Escalante (LV) in the top of the 5th
Brent McCoy 7/14/21 (33 years 172 days)
Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) 7/11/32 (33 years 225 days) 2 run HR off Roy Shaw (CHI) in the bottom of the 6th
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)
Ramon Castro 5/18/32 (33 years 360 days) walk off game winning 3 run homer off Staten Island closer Hugh Walters
Jose Torres 5/12/33 (34 years 19 days) solo HR off Andre Mena (CC) in the top of the 4th 2 solo homers in 2-3 game
Julio Morin (PIT) 7/12/33 (34 years 50 days) 2 run HR off Victor Lugo (PHI) in the bottom of the 1st
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)
Pedro Lopez 4/15/32 (34 years 239 days) 2 run HR off Hung Fong (DAL) in the bottom of the 3rd
Lando Jongmans 5/8/25 (34 years 271 days)
John Naylor 9/20/32 (34 years 278 days) solo HR off Justin Green (HAW) in the top of the 7th
Mario Gomez 4/4/32 (34 years 352 days) 3 run GW HR off Kevin Sharp (DAY) in the 10th.
Cy May 6/17/20 (35 years 127 days)
Marcos Oginlara 7/13/25 (35 years 143 days)
Diogo Ameixieira (PIT) 9/26/34 (35 years 185 days) 2 run HR off Tom Warner (BAL) in the bottom of the 3rd 2-3 5 RBI's
Jesus Becerra 9/1/31 (35 years 221 days) 2 run HR off Daniel Martin (LA) in the bottom of the 3rd
Ricardo Flores 6/4/31 (35 years 231 days)
Ramiro Sanchez 4/14/32 (35 years 237 days) 3 run HR off Matt Roy (EDM) in the 1st inning
Pedro Debesa 7/11/31 (35 years 268 days) Solo HR off Stanford Towns (FRE) in the bottom of the 2nd.
Fred Gill (BUF) 9/2/28 (36 years 27 days) 3-3 2 HR's 5 RBI's 2 Run HR vs Alaska
Gerald Wright 5/12/24 (36 years 37 days)
Abel Bernarda (FRE) 6/8/28 (37 years 39 days) Solo HR vs Hawaii
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)

6/7
MICH 6 SD 1
W-P. Martinez (6-7) L-Morris (4-4)
HR SD-Stone (4) Lead off MICH-Zmelik (2) Lead off
First time in 23 years I've had dueling lead off HR's in a game.
Martinez (MICH) 6.2 IP 7 H 6 K 1 ER
Morris 6 IP 5 H 7 K 5 R 2 ER 4 SD Errors

6/8
SD 5 MICH 2
W-Timo (5-0) L-Garcia (5-5) S-Opacic (6)
HR -SD-Cruz (8) MICH-Harmon (14) Perez (6)
Timo 8 IP 6 H 1 K 0 BB 2 ER Cruz 2-4 HR 3 RBI (17)

6/9
MICH 6 SD 5
W-W-Scott (1-0) BS (1) L-Keller (3-2)
HR SD-Cruz 2 (10) MICH-R. Martinez (13) Walk off
Tovar (MICH) 8 IP 9 H 3 ER Martinez 1st batter Keller faces, walk off HR
Decker 6 IP 8 H 7 K 3 BB 5 ER Costello 3-4 R RBI (17) Cruz 2-3 BB 2 HR 2 RBI (19)

INJURY NEWS-Brooklyns big FA signing, C Chris Jenkins, is out for the season after tearing a hip muscle. The 34 year old Catcher has a long road back with 2 more years (35.4M) and a 20.2M vesting option of 120 games.

6/10
GB 10 SD 2
W-Roberts (6-4) L-Vogel (5-6)
HR GB-Madrigal (9)
Roberts CG (W) 7 H 7 K 2 ER Madrigal 2-4 BB HR 4 RBI (35)
Vogel 5 IP 7 BB 5 H 6 ER

IBL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW: Cris Delgado (ALK) 9-21 3 HR 8 RBI (.367-15-49)
CL POTW: James Welch (SJ) 10-20 4 HR 13 RBI (.253-15-45)

IBL POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Las Vegas (2)
3) Brooklyn (3)
4) Tulsa (6)
5) Arizona (5)
OUT San Antonio (12)

27) San Diego (18)

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2035 AMATEUR DRAFT
This is, after 23 years, a completely new mindset for coming into a draft. I’ve managed to grab a few prospects, but I am literally trying to fill an entire organization, starting this year. As the owner I have given myself flexibility monetarily this year, understanding that EVERYTHING revolves around this day. If you want to build something lasting and long term, and rock solid, it all starts with the amateur players you bring into your system, both US and foreign born. I will be extremely aggressive in both this draft and the upcoming international FA market.

Here are the top 10 prospects heading into the war room today. I will follow the 1st round until they are gone. Number in (#) is their place on the list.



You have ‘rules’ you live by, ideas you try and follow and stick to. Short starting pitchers don’t have long careers, for the most part. To every rule, and every idea, there are exceptions. Ray Goff out of Auburn is an exception, I hope. At 5’9” and 175 lbs he’s WAY on the short side of what I look for. The exception? He throws upper 90’s at 21, he has an exceptional work ethic, he’s healthy and has been and he had a great year (9-1 1.99) vs great competition. He’s asking 8m, which sucks, but our scouts are unanimous that he’s the best pitcher, by a wide margin, in this draft and every bit the package you look for, minus 4-6 inches, with the 1st overall pick.

1) San Diego – Ray Goff RHP 21 5’9” 175 Auburn – The San Diego Sun Devils 1st ever draft choice is also the guy we expect to pitch game 1 of our first world series, when we get there. We are not haggling, we’ve made it clear we’ll meet his demand before the draft today, I expect to get him signed quickly, and get him to A ball or Short Season, not sure.
2) Mexico – Roger Thurman RHP 21 5’11” 190 U. of Illinois – A low to mid 90’s fireballer with 4 ++ pitches, advanced for his age. Loves the game.
3) Ottawa – Jerry Haitly C 19 6’4” 210 Forin HS, Sacramento, CA – Our scouts love this kid. Big bat, going to be a great receiver. Heard he was locked into an Ivy league school. Huge power, looks to be a 3 hole hitter. (5)
4) Salt Lake City – Bill Johnston LHP 17 6’2” 185 Plymouth HS, Indiana – Upper 80’s high school lefty with 5 pitches, 3 of which grade out as exceptional potential (FB, slider, Change). Future manager, great teammate. (3)
5) New York – Dwayne Cooper C 22 6’6” 230 USC – Premier player on both sides. 3 or 4 hitter and outstanding defender. Too big for me to catch, and a quiet kid. OSA had him as their top overall offensive prospect. (1)
6) New Orleans – Leon Ferguson RHP 20 6’1” 190 Rice – 1st of back to back picks. Huge arm, 5 pitches, works upper 90’s. Teammates think he’s a dick, trash talker. Has #1 makeup. (4)
7) New Orleans – Marcos Ruiz RHP 21 6’1” 195 Penn State-Scranton – Big time win here with back to back top of the rotation college arms. Mid 90’s 3 pitch righty who is a gamer. Lives at the ballpark. (6)
8) Hawaii – Ramiro Martinez OF 20 6’2” 195 Murray State – Our favorite position player. Already above average in CF, big legs and a 4 or 5 hole bat potential. Big time intangibles, leader and hard worker. (10)
9) Dayton – Pat Robinson RHP 18 6’ 180 Toms River East, NJ – 3.5 pitch righty who’s 91-93 already. Features ++ change up potential and great forkball. Question around stamina for us. Quiet kid.
10) West Michigan – Ed Robinson RHP 18 6’2” 185 Interlake HS, Wa – We loved this kid. His 3 pitches, potentially, are all wipeout offerings. 92-94, big time presence on and off the field, leader. Tools to be a 240 IP+ guy. (8)
11) Michigan – Dave Wallace RHP 18 6’1” 185 Nova HS, FL – Great intangibles, big arm, big baseball IQ. 4 + pitches with a ++ FB and Curve. Great pick here. (7)
12) Houston – Dale Hartley LHP 23 5’10” 195 Villanova – Oldest college arm in the round. Huge arm, upper 90’s with HoF fastball. We have him as a 3 or as a late inning power arm. Leader, great teammate.
13) Philadelphia – Jose Ibarra C 21 6’2” 205 Hofstra – Best defending catcher in the draft. Huge power potential, already advanced. Student of the game and puts enormous time into preparation. (9)
14) San Jose – Jesse Terry IF 18 6’ 170 UMS-Wright Prep HS, AL – Surprising pick with Edgar on the board. Good wheels, 2 hole bat as it projects. Very raw defensively.
15) Buffalo – Daniel Edgar IF/OF 18 6’1” 170 Washburn HS, MN – Steal of the draft in everyone’s eyes. Versatility to start at 2B, 3B, SS, CF, RF depending on where they need him. Insane tools on defense. Big power potential, average runner. OSA’s 2nd rated prospect coming in. (2)

That’s it for the top 10 prospects. I’m 35 slots from my next pick and my hope is that Bin Halim or Christensen is on the board. Teams have issues sometimes taking RP this early. In a perfect world Catcher Angelo Martinez would be around, RF Bill Ellis and IF Leo Branch. One of them likely will be as all are HS projects.

Martinez went 18th to Arizona, and Baltimore took bin Halim with the 19th pick while Dallas took Christensen with the next pick.

PICK
1) Rob Charles 1B 19 6’1” 200 Pickerington Central HS, OH – Scouts were pushing SP Stan Rodgers (great arm, major stamina questions) and Chet Thomasson HS OF (great wheels but the bat doesn’t feel like it deserves this early of a pick). Charles is a beast, huge power potential, good defender at 1B now. Can’t run, but 4 hole bat potential. FWIW Thomasson and Rogers went with the next 2 picks.
2) Jake Marris IF/OF 21 5’11” 175 U. of Mississippi – Another Alex Covington. Already rated a 19+ defender at 2B, SS, LF and CF. OSA has his bat as a better one than we do in a few years, but he’s a potential elite ‘extra man’ being able to play 5 different positions at a gold glove level.
3) Juan Cortez LHP 18 6’2” 190 Huntington HS, MD – A potential 1st round arm with big ask (3.4M). Concerns around his ability to work deep into games pushed him back this far as a SP prospect. Cuban kid with good intangibles and great body. Could be a 2 or 3 if everything broke right. Nice pick for the 2nd of 2 third rounders. I don’t pick again until the back end of the 5th round.
4) Tom Wood RHP 18 6’2” 190 Lincoln-Way Central HS, IL – Actually a hidden gem this late. A kid who could end up being a solid 4 in the big leagues.
5) Enrique Robles OF 17 6’2” 185 Taft HS, CA
6) Beau Jolly C 18 6’ 200 St Paul HS, CA (Bonus baby)
7) Chad Carter RHP 19 5’8” 160 Powell County HS, KY
8) Neal Wolfe LHP 17 6’7” 205 Lynden HS, MA (Could be a HUGE sleeper, monster of a kid)
9) Mark Combs RHP 21 6’2” 200 U. of Florida
10) Thomas Smith RHP 19 6’1” 185 Turlock Christian HS, CA (Bonus baby)
11) Stephen Rowland OF 6’1” 195 U. of Arizona
12) Doug Miller C 6’1” 19 Indian Creek HS, IL
13) Dale Murphy C 6’ 195 21 U. of Jacksonville
14) Fajahat Thind OF 6’2” 195 Western Carolina (Amazing name!)
15) Deron Hester LHP 5’9” 165 Belgrade-Broote-Elrosa HS, MN
16) Bill Bailey IF/OF 6’3” 190 Horizon Christian HS, OR
17) Jeff Atkins RHP 6’3” 210 Dallas Baptist College
18) Gill Monge OF 6’1” 190 Northeastern