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2086 Final League Batting and Pitching Statistics
League Batting Statistics:
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National League Batting
West Division
Team AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
San Jose .271 153 843 5701 1544 291 56 538 814 .336 .422 .758 95
Los Angeles .268 179 815 5659 1518 282 28 547 1003 .335 .423 .758 67
San Diego .266 198 862 5616 1495 279 34 590 824 .339 .434 .773 131
Sacramento .266 168 777 5626 1494 254 28 516 1001 .329 .410 .740 62
Phoenix .263 213 861 5671 1491 342 36 594 1059 .335 .449 .783 89
Portland .273 147 811 5713 1557 278 28 534 1055 .336 .408 .744 91
Northeast Division
Team AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
Hartford .295 196 972 5779 1705 354 34 501 944 .354 .470 .824 51
New Jersey .286 208 952 5785 1656 293 52 525 998 .347 .463 .810 116
Buffalo .275 180 857 5717 1575 302 28 513 1099 .337 .433 .770 77
Pittsburgh .274 157 841 5731 1569 292 52 510 1034 .338 .425 .763 36
Rochester .267 171 808 5606 1495 295 23 487 1022 .326 .419 .745 181
Harrisburg .270 91 759 5597 1513 288 39 579 1089 .340 .384 .725 145
Total .273 2061 10158 68201 18612 3550 438 6434 11942 .338 .428 .766 1141
American League Batting
Southeast Division
Team AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
Miami .273 205 915 5612 1533 315 35 692 760 .354 .451 .805 41
Atlanta .293 239 1012 5776 1695 393 36 691 1039 .371 .498 .869 119
Knoxville .265 235 929 5633 1492 325 35 661 1222 .344 .460 .804 130
Washington .276 161 861 5685 1570 314 23 576 761 .345 .424 .769 74
Nashville .281 248 984 5773 1625 343 31 632 1092 .354 .481 .835 73
Charlotte .281 231 937 5791 1630 382 32 534 820 .344 .478 .822 82
Central Division
Team AVG HR R AB H 2B 3B BB K OBP SLG OPS SB
Denver .299 253 1050 5903 1764 394 23 613 918 .367 .502 .869 96
Tucson .297 153 955 5824 1727 369 38 563 884 .361 .452 .813 109
Memphis .271 215 921 5727 1552 333 35 547 969 .338 .454 .792 94
Green Bay .256 177 809 5587 1432 340 27 561 1146 .326 .422 .748 68
Kansas City .281 192 934 5705 1603 305 54 647 1066 .357 .454 .811 187
Grand Rapids .275 167 921 5686 1562 300 34 692 1008 .356 .428 .783 60
Total .279 2476 11228 68702 19185 4113 403 7409 11685 .352 .459 .811 1133
Thoughts: In the National League, offense was significantly down this season. The NL OPS of .766 was the lowest its been since 2075(.762). Likewise for runs scored(9,914). The NL homerun total was the lowest its been since 2068(1,935). AS for the American League, the league OPS was virtually identical to last season's .812 figure. The runs scored and homerun totals were down only slightly from last season. Harrisburg became the first team since the '41 Kings to fail to hit at least 100 homeruns in a season. The Capitals' total of 91 is the second lowest total of all time, "bested" only by the expansion San Jose Sharks of 2038, who mustered only 78 homeruns. League Pitching Statistics: Code:
National League Pitching
West Division
Team ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
San Jose 4.18 43 1463.0 1351 731 680 217 530 1075 .243 8 3
Los Angeles 4.55 42 1457.1 1502 803 736 155 516 1049 .264 9 4
San Diego 4.34 41 1444.2 1615 770 697 131 344 941 .283 24 5
Sacramento 5.22 41 1448.2 1658 919 840 175 613 1055 .288 9 5
Phoenix 6.12 39 1445.0 1775 1133 982 252 566 932 .300 5 0
Portland 5.12 33 1449.1 1527 907 824 229 648 928 .270 12 1
Northeast Division
Team ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
Hartford 4.46 27 1441.0 1452 771 714 136 572 961 .262 38 6
New Jersey 4.54 46 1460.1 1490 802 736 156 505 963 .262 10 3
Buffalo 4.08 33 1458.2 1393 738 662 125 590 1085 .250 17 2
Pittsburgh 4.19 35 1445.1 1582 745 673 150 412 1068 .275 10 3
Rochester 5.34 33 1425.0 1543 906 845 172 744 987 .278 13 6
Harrisburg 5.31 36 1432.1 1724 933 845 163 394 898 .297 11 4
Total 4.78 449 17370.2 18612 10158 9234 2061 6434 11942 .273 166 42
American League Pitching
Southeast Division
Team ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
Miami 4.13 42 1439.2 1419 731 660 140 549 1181 .254 10 3
Atlanta 5.56 44 1448.2 1560 971 895 235 740 990 .274 22 1
Knoxville 4.71 41 1445.2 1516 832 756 141 585 984 .269 32 6
Washington 5.59 39 1441.1 1689 980 896 238 620 923 .290 20 4
Nashville 6.17 32 1423.0 1695 1089 976 250 715 907 .295 0 0
Charlotte 6.93 34 1425.0 1902 1236 1097 213 778 824 .320 11 1
Central Division
Team ERA S IP HA R ER HRA BB K OAVG CG SHO
Denver 4.69 44 1459.2 1676 832 761 159 426 967 .286 4 3
Tucson 5.08 46 1451.2 1544 886 820 238 561 1011 .270 24 3
Memphis 4.68 31 1447.1 1498 840 752 198 557 993 .265 47 7
Green Bay 4.73 36 1436.1 1395 830 755 208 573 1047 .252 30 3
Kansas City 5.76 35 1427.2 1566 980 913 256 648 881 .277 18 5
Grand Rapids 5.91 35 1422.1 1726 1021 934 200 657 977 .298 16 1
Total 5.32 459 17268.1 19186 11228 10215 2476 7409 11685 .279 234 37
Thoughts: Not surprisingly, the National League pitching numbers also reflected the depressed offense. The NL ERA was the lowest its been since 2075(4.66). The AL ERA was a bit lower than last year's 5.41 figure, but about the same as 2084's 5.33 figure. Nashville achieved something rather noteworthy this season. The Predators became the first team in league history to go an entire season without having a pitcher pitch a complete game.
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2086 Season Review: Charlotte Panthers
Before I start the playoff previews, I will do brief reviews for each of the non-playoff teams, starting with the worst teams and working upwards.
Charlotte Panthers(59-103)  Run Scored rank: 7th Runs Allowed rank: 24th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS K. Oberry CF 151 626 159 38 6 18 79 86 49 98 .254 .307 .420 15 15 M. Hensler LF 146 569 176 32 1 21 90 86 37 37 .309 .353 .480 8 2 A. Chilson 3B 152 567 166 19 1 30 91 88 45 76 .293 .350 .489 8 1 J. Wysocki RF 152 545 156 32 3 32 98 106 102 93 .286 .403 .532 3 2 S. Hart 1B 139 542 152 48 1 29 104 87 42 77 .280 .334 .533 0 1 T. Lindsey SS 154 541 172 59 5 15 92 97 69 34 .318 .395 .529 6 7 B. Wilson 2B 120 439 136 36 9 8 55 69 31 31 .310 .356 .487 17 11 R. Bowen 3B 93 323 94 21 0 5 44 47 12 23 .291 .316 .402 0 1 W. Flowers C 95 286 59 20 0 17 51 49 44 88 .206 .310 .455 2 0 L. Urrutia C 73 242 62 13 0 10 29 37 17 59 .256 .313 .434 1 0 J. Gans LF 78 193 61 13 0 11 41 35 14 29 .316 .359 .554 4 3 M. Robinson 3B 43 125 25 5 0 4 15 14 7 11 .200 .241 .336 0 0 C. Mccleery 1B 49 96 27 5 1 4 22 12 24 24 .281 .426 .479 1 0 C. Alvarez 2B 46 95 25 7 1 0 10 17 4 18 .263 .307 .358 2 0 G. Morejon CF 63 87 17 6 1 0 3 26 11 24 .195 .283 .287 6 0 R. Norris LF 40 75 18 4 0 4 16 7 3 19 .240 .275 .453 1 1 M. Ybanez SP 20 50 11 0 0 0 5 7 5 23 .220 .286 .220 1 0 F. Knights C 18 48 9 3 0 1 4 7 3 8 .188 .231 .313 0 0 O. Martinez SS 25 40 7 2 0 1 3 4 1 15 .175 .195 .300 0 0 D. Mays 1B 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .667 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH E. Westgate 36 36 13 13 0 5.83 223.2 273 173 145 93 97 4 0 M. Ybanez 31 31 11 14 0 5.09 212.1 235 130 120 90 117 5 2 B. Bourgeois 28 28 7 15 0 7.09 158.2 189 135 125 59 96 3 1 D. Almonte 74 0 4 5 4 4.63 138.0 151 81 71 49 71 0 0 C. Fleitas 71 0 3 2 17 3.99 112.2 107 54 50 49 107 0 0 R. Desrochers 75 0 4 7 4 7.17 106.2 147 95 85 81 59 0 0 M. Arsenault 72 0 7 2 6 6.33 106.2 103 78 75 97 99 0 0 H. Rao 28 28 3 22 0 12.48 106.0 207 164 147 84 79 0 0 J. Mccart 68 0 5 0 3 6.20 106.0 147 80 73 60 44 0 0 J. Criado 15 15 1 9 0 7.71 72.1 110 75 62 31 32 1 0 W. Davis 15 15 4 5 0 7.28 71.2 110 71 58 36 32 0 0 T. Aubin 15 0 2 0 0 6.83 27.2 39 25 21 26 13 0 0 B. Rotella 5 5 1 2 0 10.27 23.2 45 27 27 17 12 0 0 W. Symonds 6 6 0 4 0 15.05 20.1 33 35 34 20 8 0 0 P. Malin 5 5 0 4 0 5.75 20.1 28 23 13 16 11 0 0 C. Dros 5 5 1 3 0 13.76 17.0 43 28 26 10 6 0 0 J. Elson 6 1 0 0 0 7.98 14.2 23 13 13 10 8 0 0 Thoughts: At the beginning of the season, I stated that Charlotte's offense would be respectable, but that it's lack of pitching would prevent the Panthers from competing. That is exactly what happened, as Charlotte ranked a very solid 7th in runs scored, but dead last in runs allowed. The disastrous pitching staff led to the Panthers finishing with the worst record in all of baseball. This was Charlotte's 11th last place finish in 23 years of existence. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Thiry-year old outfielder Modesto Hensler has bounced around quite a bit the last few seasons, but after this season, he may have finally found a home. Since 2082, Hensler has played for Sacramento, Los Angeles, Washington, Grand Rapids, and Charlotte. In his third season as an every day player, he set career highs in hits, doubles, homeruns, RBI, walks, batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. His .833 OPS was an improvement of nearly 100 points from last season's .734 total. Biggest Disappointment: Center-fielder Keith O'Berry seemed to emerge last season, when he hit .315 with an .839 OPS, 60 extra base hits, and 114 runs scored, but his numbers collapsed this season. Although he set career highs in homeruns and RBI, he also set career lows in batting average and on base percentage, and whiffed a career high 98 times. At age 27, he should be enjoying the best seasons of his career, but in five seasons as a regular now, he has had only one above average season. Outlook: It all comes down to pitching. Charlotte has a fairly good lineup that is relatively young- only 3 regulars were over the age of 30, with Randall Bowen(33) being the oldest- and only one starter is eligible for free agency after this season. Unfortunately, that happens to be right-fielder James Wysocki, who is one of the best all around hitters in the game and will be difficult to resign. Still, even without Wysocki, the lineup could be good enough to compete. At least, it would be if the pitching staff was better. That's something that could happen, too, as two of the Panthers' least effective starters this season were talented youngsters Bobby Bourgeois(25) and Jonah Criado(23). Improvement from those two, plus the addition of 1 or 2 good relievers, and Charlotte could potentially surprise some people next season.
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2086 Season Review: Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators(63-99)
 Runs Scored rank: 3rd Runs Allowed rank: 22nd Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS A. Carrillo LF 153 592 148 28 2 38 118 100 68 93 .250 .330 .497 3 4 R. Steele RF 152 587 194 27 2 15 84 106 61 83 .330 .392 .460 1 1 T. Stallman 1B 152 556 164 19 0 35 122 109 99 99 .295 .405 .518 3 0 D. Lane C 144 520 165 31 4 34 108 104 97 27 .317 .424 .588 0 0 G. Schuyler CF 141 494 152 25 4 16 81 73 27 78 .308 .342 .472 3 3 A. Cisneros 3B 133 479 152 50 5 9 72 79 38 26 .317 .371 .499 4 2 D. Rosier SS 119 469 111 34 2 29 67 118 87 134 .237 .362 .503 38 9 L. Lagunas 2B 123 432 121 39 4 18 69 73 40 124 .280 .341 .514 8 10 J. Ruelas SS 120 405 119 22 1 17 71 54 20 117 .294 .332 .479 1 1 I. Haner CF 66 180 48 19 0 3 23 23 19 44 .267 .338 .422 1 1 E. Fudge C 67 160 40 9 3 3 24 26 15 34 .250 .314 .400 7 3 A. Wolfe 2B 55 131 33 3 1 5 18 22 13 15 .252 .327 .405 0 1 J. Miller SS 35 97 25 8 2 2 13 14 3 22 .258 .277 .443 0 1 D. Castellanos 2B 41 91 23 5 0 2 10 12 4 32 .253 .284 .374 1 0 H. Uribe RF 33 78 20 4 0 2 4 10 8 21 .256 .326 .385 0 0 K. Lillibridge LF 25 51 14 2 2 0 9 14 7 11 .275 .362 .392 2 1 E. Fagan 1B 12 32 8 3 0 0 2 0 3 11 .250 .314 .344 0 0 W. Gobin C 4 13 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 .231 .286 .385 0 0 S. Gula SS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Gordillo CF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH J. Alemany 35 35 9 10 0 5.07 204.0 213 130 115 74 144 0 0 J. Pannell 34 34 12 15 0 6.12 195.2 205 143 133 115 158 0 0 O. Smith 33 33 11 12 0 4.69 190.0 224 113 99 90 119 0 0 M. Schmalz 33 33 8 15 0 7.17 175.2 189 153 140 112 150 0 0 B. Omara 75 0 6 6 2 4.78 141.1 142 84 75 56 97 0 0 E. Braley 69 0 1 2 4 5.08 108.0 116 71 61 44 45 0 0 O. Lopez 71 0 6 4 1 3.13 97.2 94 42 34 14 55 0 0 M. Tsumemasa 68 0 5 14 19 7.87 92.2 102 87 81 81 66 0 0 A. Geren 59 0 2 5 6 5.86 86.0 108 63 56 45 52 0 0 J. Harrop 17 17 4 6 0 8.10 76.2 136 76 69 26 29 0 0 C. Pasley 23 0 1 2 0 7.03 39.2 52 35 31 30 18 0 0 C. Thompson 9 9 1 3 0 8.69 38.1 57 39 37 29 22 0 0 C. Dollinger 5 5 1 2 0 7.67 27.0 41 24 23 13 11 0 0 J. Basham 5 5 0 5 0 12.10 19.1 30 27 26 17 7 0 0 E. Herrera 5 5 1 2 0 11.57 18.2 34 27 24 18 11 0 0 J. Davis 9 0 1 0 0 7.04 15.1 22 13 12 6 7 0 0 R. Thompson 6 5 0 4 0 22.15 13.0 35 37 32 14 7 0 0 M. Alvarez 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 2.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 0 Thoughts: Nashville avoided a third straight last place finish, but was still one of the worst teams in the league. That was in spite of having a surprisingly strong offense which ranked 3rd in all of baseball in runs scored. Of course, the Predators' pitching remained among the worst in the league. Nashville has ranked 22nd or worse in runs allowed for three consecutive years now. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Right-fielder Reginald Steele set career highs in virtually every offensive category this season: hits, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. At age 26, Steele could see his numbers continue to improve, making him an All Star-caliber player. Veteran third-baseman Alberto Cisneros also deserves mention for his surprising performance. The 34 year old Cisneros posted an .870 OPS, which was his highest since he had an .873 OPS for San Jose in 2081. His OPS had ranged from .720 to .772 the past four years. Cisneros also set career highs in doubles, homeruns, runs scored, and slugging percentage. Biggest Disappointment: To be honest, Nashville really didn't have any players that could be considered disappointments this season. There weren't any players who dramatically underperformed or failed to meet expectations. The closest might be closer Mitsusaburou Tsumemasa, who went from bad(5.02 ERA last season) to a complete train-wreck this season. He set career highs in both losses and walks, and had the worst ERA of his career. He also led all of baseball with 11 blown saves. Outlook: The good news is that Nashville does not have any free agents of consequence. The bad news is that the Predators' main strength- the lineup- is a bit on the old side. Six regulars are over the age of 30. For that matter, the pitching staff is also on the old side. The four main starting pitchers are all at least 33 years old, and 3 of the main relievers are over the age of 30. While there are a few young hitters in the system, there are absolutely no pitchers in the pipeline that are worth anything. Until that can be rectified, Nashville will continue to look up at the other teams in the Southeast.
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04-11-2010, 09:09 PM
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2086 Season Review: Harrisburg Capitals
Harrisburg Capitals(67-95)
 Runs Scored rank: 24th Runs Allowed rank: 17th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS D. Underwood SS 152 557 174 24 9 14 68 102 90 116 .312 .408 .463 24 11 C. Drews 3B 152 550 145 14 2 22 81 106 82 130 .264 .357 .416 10 4 A. Ornelas 2B 147 519 170 32 5 7 81 85 70 63 .328 .405 .449 51 13 G. Vidal RF 145 518 160 46 7 8 60 77 47 32 .309 .370 .471 1 9 J. Benson 1B 125 439 134 19 2 4 70 57 50 35 .305 .373 .385 12 10 A. Crowley C 107 334 86 20 0 3 50 38 41 35 .257 .333 .344 1 0 J. Mccluney LF 93 332 97 32 1 8 67 41 26 79 .292 .347 .467 2 0 B. Wimbush 2B 117 292 58 6 0 3 29 33 29 71 .199 .277 .250 1 2 U. Belmonte CF 88 271 74 15 2 0 23 30 13 46 .273 .313 .343 1 0 B. Collard C 97 213 63 16 0 3 41 25 10 26 .296 .320 .413 3 3 O. Colunga C 62 211 62 26 2 4 35 35 37 56 .294 .412 .493 0 1 N. Pla CF 73 209 58 6 0 0 16 26 27 31 .278 .368 .306 13 4 O. Marzano LF 85 206 60 10 2 0 21 18 23 48 .291 .373 .359 6 5 N. Sauceda SS 74 148 35 14 4 1 28 19 13 43 .236 .294 .405 8 5 M. Ortiz CF 55 137 45 7 1 4 23 23 7 29 .328 .384 .482 6 2 T. Alder 1B 40 120 35 2 0 5 20 13 7 16 .292 .323 .433 0 0 B. Posada RF 46 90 18 2 1 0 9 7 2 34 .200 .213 .244 3 1 R. Lozano SP 33 84 8 2 0 0 3 4 4 39 .095 .135 .119 0 0 C. Noguez SP 33 82 15 0 1 0 4 5 4 38 .183 .221 .207 1 1 V. Dykema SS 44 80 13 2 0 0 10 11 2 12 .162 .181 .188 1 0 J. Baine SP 32 78 6 0 0 0 5 3 4 33 .077 .122 .077 0 0 M. Saunders 2B 25 70 12 3 0 0 2 6 3 19 .171 .205 .214 0 1 J. Bradford SP 29 64 10 0 0 3 6 6 1 31 .156 .169 .297 0 0 D. Armenguer C 14 34 13 1 0 1 6 2 1 8 .382 .378 .500 1 1 E. Dameron SP 9 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 .048 .048 .095 0 0 W. Braun SP 12 20 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 .100 .136 .100 0 0 R. Silva SP 8 17 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 .118 .118 .294 0 0 S. Yoriie 1B 6 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .083 .154 .083 0 0 A. Diaz SP 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 .200 .200 .200 0 0 R. Byler MR 48 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 D. Martinez MR 28 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .333 .500 .333 0 0 M. Lewis MR 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Vess SP 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Lazar MR 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 0 P. Duran MR 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 G. Dowdy MR 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 E. Marrufo MR 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Evan MR 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH R. Lozano 33 33 14 11 0 4.93 230.0 292 133 126 45 92 4 1 C. Noguez 33 33 12 16 0 4.53 224.1 247 127 113 36 191 3 1 J. Baine 32 32 11 16 0 4.74 214.2 242 123 113 56 129 0 0 J. Bradford 29 29 8 11 0 6.15 184.1 253 137 126 39 109 1 1 W. Braun 12 12 2 7 0 7.86 63.0 91 64 55 24 57 0 0 E. Dameron 9 9 2 6 0 5.28 61.1 74 39 36 21 20 3 1 J. Evan 59 0 5 1 0 2.85 60.0 58 26 19 20 31 0 0 P. Duran 47 0 2 4 0 2.55 60.0 53 20 17 17 37 0 0 R. Byler 48 0 3 2 0 8.28 54.1 74 51 50 23 29 0 0 R. Silva 8 8 1 6 0 5.54 52.0 57 36 32 12 37 0 0 F. Savoie 54 0 4 9 32 6.14 51.1 70 38 35 25 48 0 0 D. Martinez 28 0 1 1 3 6.07 40.0 53 30 27 7 21 0 0 A. Lazar 23 0 1 1 1 4.06 37.2 37 20 17 16 28 0 0 G. Dowdy 26 0 1 0 0 7.48 27.2 34 26 23 15 17 0 0 M. Lewis 19 0 0 1 0 5.40 25.0 32 20 15 4 17 0 0 A. Diaz 3 3 0 2 0 9.26 11.2 16 12 12 6 8 0 0 J. Vess 3 3 0 1 0 12.00 9.0 13 12 12 9 1 0 0 E. Marrufo 5 0 0 0 0 6.14 7.1 9 7 5 7 4 0 0 R. Walker 4 0 0 0 0 2.25 4.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 C. Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Thoughts: Harrisburg had slightly higher hopes for this season. The Capitals weren't expected to contend, but a run at .500 seemed like a possibility. Obviously that didn't happen. Injuries played a big part in that, as catcher Osvaldo Colunga played only about 2 1/2 months before having his season end because of a torn calf muscle. First-baseman Jerry Benson missed about a month with a fractured hand. Center-fielder Nathan Pla missed over a month with a dislocated shoulder. For an offense that was already mediocre at best, these injuries were devastating. Additionally, starting pitchers Ray Lozano, Jason Bradford, and Cedric Noguez all saw their numbers drop significantly from last year(although, in Noguez's case, he had only made 11 starts in 2085). To top it off, closer Frank Savoie also performed much worse this season. A punchless, injury-riddled lineup, an erratic rotation, and an unreliable closer are an excellent recipe for a disappointing season. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Twenty-one year old shortstop Daniel Underwood took a pretty big leap forward this season, increasing his OPS from .735 last year to .871 this season. He set new career highs in hits, doubles, triples, runs scored, walks, stolen bases, batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. He also struck out 30 fewer times in 51 more at bats. Starting pitcher Jack Baine also deserves a mention. A year ago, he went 3-14 with a 7.26 ERA. Obviously, this year's numbers were vastly superior. Biggest Disappointment: Center-fielder Nathan Pla is a good candidate here. Although he has the excuse of being injured for part of the season, the fact is that his OPS went from .820 last season to a pathetic .674 this year. Jason Bradford also makes a good choice. After posting a respectable 4.31 ERA in 217 innings last season, his ERA ballooned almost 2 full runs, and his H/9 IP, BB/9 IP, K/9 IP, and HR/9 IP all worsened. Outlook: The Capitals have several decisions to make this offseason, as Antonio Ornelas, Jerry Benson, Jack Baine, John Evan, and Pascual Duran are all eligible to become free agents. Underwood, George Vidal, and rookie outfielder James McCluney, who looked pretty good after being promoted in June, are a solid young trio, but the rest of the lineup is a little old and there aren't many exciting hitting prospects in the minor leagues. The pitching staff may bounce back to being respectable, but without a stronger lineup, Harrisburg will have a difficult time competing in the contentious Northeast Division.
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2086 Season Review: Portland Trailblazers
Portland Trailblazers(67-95)
 Runs Scored rank: 20th Runs Allowed rank: 15th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS D. New RF 155 619 208 32 4 17 80 104 49 84 .336 .388 .483 13 5 J. Creswell CF 157 613 186 34 3 20 88 88 32 117 .303 .337 .467 6 3 B. Bruch 1B 153 578 133 16 2 19 87 82 67 94 .230 .308 .363 1 0 J. Vargo 3B 153 571 180 34 5 12 87 84 60 38 .315 .382 .455 12 6 G. Jones C 138 476 157 23 3 9 58 95 46 67 .330 .389 .447 23 8 M. Colon SS 148 476 136 24 2 17 72 61 30 126 .286 .335 .452 9 3 J. Mcquillen 2B 136 428 94 14 2 13 47 72 82 123 .220 .350 .353 9 10 B. Wilkinson 1B 144 396 122 26 4 20 87 72 68 108 .308 .410 .545 9 4 J. Shenk LF 136 377 97 18 2 7 49 35 44 56 .257 .335 .371 4 6 C. Ruano CF 118 360 104 24 1 7 45 41 22 24 .289 .326 .419 1 1 L. Gonzalez C 115 285 75 7 0 11 44 39 18 66 .263 .312 .404 0 0 R. Barranco LF 101 245 49 7 1 9 28 51 47 73 .200 .327 .347 17 9 R. Schober RF 54 98 24 3 0 0 13 10 4 12 .245 .288 .276 0 0 L. Sizer 2B 44 88 11 5 1 1 9 9 10 25 .125 .222 .239 1 0 C. Kirk SP 32 82 9 4 0 0 8 4 5 29 .110 .159 .159 0 0 D. Torres 2B 28 75 21 7 1 1 10 8 3 16 .280 .308 .440 0 0 J. Zimmermann SP 33 71 18 1 0 0 6 12 3 34 .254 .284 .268 0 0 E. Martorell SP 32 65 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 28 .046 .075 .062 0 0 D. Bogen SP 22 49 7 0 0 0 4 0 3 18 .143 .192 .143 0 0 D. Disanto SP 11 25 3 0 1 0 3 3 1 12 .120 .154 .200 0 0 D. Vilaseca 3B 23 20 6 2 0 0 3 1 1 3 .300 .333 .400 0 0 S. Grigg CF 9 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .333 2 1 D. Rosenberger MR 67 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Virgen MR 61 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0 0 E. Beckwith SP 5 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 0 0 V. Alou RF 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .000 .000 .000 1 0 R. Thomas SP 5 10 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 .100 .091 .200 0 0 T. Difranco 1B 11 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 0 0 W. Griffin MR 71 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 G. Nicoll LF 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 .167 .375 .167 0 0 T. Sancristobal SP 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .167 .167 .167 1 0 L. Walk MR 60 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 D. Rank MR 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH C. Kirk 32 32 16 7 0 2.55 247.1 238 85 70 34 169 6 1 J. Zimmermann 33 33 8 15 0 6.47 197.2 224 155 142 126 107 1 0 E. Martorell 32 32 9 18 0 7.20 193.2 202 166 155 121 137 2 0 D. Bogen 25 25 6 10 0 5.03 164.2 174 98 92 50 139 3 0 D. Rosenberger 67 0 8 4 4 3.86 91.0 91 42 39 37 51 0 0 J. Virgen 61 0 3 5 0 3.15 80.0 79 33 28 26 29 0 0 W. Griffin 71 0 6 8 29 3.38 77.1 57 31 29 36 68 0 0 L. Walk 60 0 0 8 0 4.27 71.2 64 42 34 31 36 0 0 D. Disanto 11 11 4 6 0 5.26 65.0 63 39 38 17 45 1 0 D. Rank 37 0 2 2 0 5.10 42.1 58 30 24 23 31 0 0 R. Thomas 5 5 0 3 0 10.13 29.1 46 33 33 16 9 0 0 E. Beckwith 5 5 1 1 0 8.76 24.2 51 25 24 9 16 1 0 T. Sancristobal 2 2 0 1 0 9.75 12.0 17 13 13 7 5 0 0 G. Teeter 9 0 0 2 0 9.00 8.0 14 9 8 7 4 0 0 S. Colon 4 0 0 1 0 10.80 3.1 7 4 4 3 1 0 0 C. Yost 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 E. Phillips 2 0 0 0 0 13.51 0.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 Thoughts: This season marked Portland's 4th straight last place finish, and 7th in the past 8 years. It also marked the 9th consecutive season that the Trailblazers have finished 20th or worse in runs scored. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: A number of players fit the bill here. Twenty-three year old center-fielder John Creswell, acquired from Green Bay via trade in the middle of the year, set career highs in, well, everything. Third-baseman John Vargo set career highs in RBI, walks, batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. Twenty-year old shortstop Martin Colon, in just his second professional season, held his own with a .787 OPS as a rookie. Biggest Disappointment: For the second straight season, first-baseman Bill Bruch has to be considered Portland's biggest disappointment. At 24, the talented Bruch should be improving his skills. Instead, he seems to be going backwards. In 2084, he posted a very solid .806 OPS. Last year, it dipped to .768. This year, Bruch posted an absolutely pitiful .671 OPS. Outlook: The Trailblazers do have a number of young, talented hitters on the roster, including Bruch, Creswell, Colon, Bill Wilkinson, Rafael Barranco, Gary Jones, and David New. The latter two are eligible for free agency, however. Portland's weakness lies in the starting rotation where, after Christopher Kirk, there aren't any established pitchers. Still, Danny Bogen and Darryl DiSanto are talented youngsters who could help lead Portland into a new era. Portland could be an interesting team to watch in a year or two.
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2086 Season Review: Phoenix Cardinals
Phoenix Cardinals(68-94)
 Runs Scored rank: T14th Runs Allowed rank: 23rd Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS G. Olivera 1B 153 600 181 25 5 9 71 101 54 102 .302 .359 .405 0 0 M. Esparza LF 153 560 147 38 9 44 132 126 100 61 .262 .375 .598 30 10 A. Nicklas 3B 157 553 142 51 3 35 116 94 62 40 .257 .335 .550 1 1 M. Morales SS 155 540 142 28 2 38 96 109 110 73 .263 .388 .533 7 1 K. Mueller 2B 150 519 141 18 3 11 48 58 42 92 .272 .326 .382 1 0 E. Braza CF 110 434 116 23 1 19 57 68 22 60 .267 .307 .456 29 9 E. Ketterer RF 139 428 131 39 2 9 72 47 16 76 .306 .337 .470 0 0 G. Hunter C 115 398 140 34 2 20 84 65 69 53 .352 .452 .598 0 0 R. Cintron RF 129 299 71 11 3 4 28 31 25 75 .237 .301 .334 8 4 C. Littleton C 109 244 61 17 0 9 38 32 31 73 .250 .333 .430 0 0 A. Raines CF 89 221 51 11 3 3 21 28 16 69 .231 .283 .348 2 3 M. Tarancon 1B 92 123 28 10 0 2 17 16 20 7 .228 .333 .358 0 0 W. Chamber 3B 35 97 21 6 2 1 11 17 3 23 .216 .245 .351 2 0 S. Champine 2B 80 93 25 4 0 2 9 22 3 27 .269 .299 .376 8 1 S. Withrow SP 32 74 15 4 0 1 6 6 2 36 .203 .224 .297 0 0 T. Rivera SP 35 66 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 35 .045 .086 .061 0 0 D. Wilson C 25 52 21 7 0 2 8 6 0 14 .404 .404 .654 0 0 F. Guerro CF 37 51 12 3 0 0 4 4 0 9 .235 .250 .294 1 0 E. Padilla SP 28 50 7 1 0 1 8 5 4 21 .140 .200 .220 0 0 B. Ardis SP 21 47 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 .043 .043 .064 0 0 J. Huber SP 26 37 7 2 0 1 6 3 1 14 .189 .205 .324 0 0 M. Kingston SS 12 32 7 2 0 1 4 6 4 10 .219 .306 .375 0 0 M. Reed SP 12 17 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 .176 .176 .235 0 0 D. Mettler MR 83 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 M. Groves MR 68 15 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 6 .133 .235 .333 0 0 J. Lonon MR 48 15 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 .067 .125 .067 0 0 J. Olivera SP 10 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 .143 .200 .143 0 0 J. Loera RF 13 12 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 .333 .333 .583 0 0 E. Solano MR 91 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Heinsohn MR 75 11 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 .182 .250 .273 0 0 D. Zamarripa 2B 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .100 .100 .200 0 0 A. Bruce MR 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 0 0 C. Dupre 3B 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 0 0 A. Tillman SS 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 A. Gebhardt MR 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH T. Rivera 35 35 10 13 0 5.92 208.1 237 163 137 65 82 0 0 S. Withrow 32 32 15 8 0 4.35 205.0 202 103 99 60 169 1 0 E. Padilla 28 28 10 12 0 4.93 157.0 200 101 86 49 85 1 0 J. Huber 26 25 3 17 1 7.92 125.0 169 117 110 68 92 3 0 B. Ardis 21 21 6 9 0 6.40 122.1 151 94 87 38 58 0 0 E. Solano 91 0 3 8 14 4.55 116.2 116 67 59 34 90 0 0 D. Mettler 83 0 4 2 1 4.38 113.0 126 66 55 53 75 0 0 R. Heinsohn 75 0 4 4 6 5.36 95.2 96 70 57 47 87 0 0 M. Groves 68 0 5 3 15 5.58 80.2 92 62 50 20 71 0 0 J. Lonon 48 4 3 5 0 11.52 77.1 157 119 99 53 40 0 0 M. Reed 12 7 3 5 0 8.74 46.1 76 50 45 16 25 0 0 J. Olivera 10 10 1 7 0 10.23 41.1 60 60 47 34 30 0 0 A. Bruce 30 0 1 1 2 6.59 41.0 57 33 30 17 17 0 0 A. Gebhardt 8 0 0 0 0 6.55 11.0 16 14 8 10 9 0 0 T. Kitterman 2 0 0 0 0 21.00 3.0 12 8 7 1 2 0 0 J. Klahn 4 0 0 0 0 23.15 2.1 8 6 6 1 0 0 0 Thoughts: After a couple of seasons of flirting with .500, Phoenix collapsed back to the bottom of the league, losing its most games since 2080, when the Cardinals were 67-95. In the end, it was the same story as ever. The Cardinals' lineup was dangerous enough to make things interesting at times, but the terrible pitching staff sunk them time and time again. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: There aren't many good choices here, but starting pitcher Evelio Padilla might be an acceptable candidate. The 27 year old, who had never before made more than 8 starts in a season, and who had just 34 career starts prior to this season, posted a somewhat respectable 4.93 ERA in 28 starts. Biggest Disappointment: Center-fielder Eduardo Braza saw his OPS drop nearly 100 points, from .857 last year to .764 this season. In his defense, however, he did miss nearly two months with an injury. Starting pitcher Tony Rivera had his ERA jump from 4.34 in 2085 to 5.92 this season. Outlook: Things look very bleak in Phoenix these days. The fan support has just about bottomed out, and the impending free agency of star catcher Gary Hunter certainly won't help with that. The Cardinals' lineup is fairly good, but they simply don't have enough pitching to even remotely think about competing. Worse still, the financial woes of the Cardinals make the idea of trading veteran starter Steven Withrow, and his $6 million contract a rather attractive one. Withrow, of course, is the only decent pitcher Phoenix has. For now, expect Phoenix to remain at the bottom of the West Division.
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2086 Season Review: Rochester Rhinos
Rochester Rhinos(69-93)
 Runs Scored rank: 22nd Runs Allowed rank: 14th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS R. Cohen 1B 154 633 213 52 8 13 66 110 30 74 .336 .367 .506 65 19 G. Manrique RF 155 555 146 25 2 33 114 95 58 41 .263 .334 .494 10 4 P. Bibbs C 148 519 151 27 1 19 91 80 61 84 .291 .364 .457 0 0 C. Lei 3B 136 516 144 25 2 13 64 80 43 77 .279 .347 .411 12 5 T. Straub CF 151 505 122 22 1 17 69 72 49 71 .242 .310 .390 32 6 N. Colin LF 148 486 144 29 3 24 93 78 18 94 .296 .323 .516 25 13 S. Salo 2B 139 472 149 19 1 15 84 91 82 59 .316 .419 .456 1 0 H. Clark SS 95 242 71 17 1 3 30 21 9 13 .293 .317 .409 2 3 A. Gulbranson 1B 106 141 48 9 1 2 19 19 7 21 .340 .367 .461 1 0 R. Matamoros 2B 60 139 43 6 0 2 20 12 4 34 .309 .331 .396 5 1 R. Crawford C 38 109 10 2 0 0 5 6 9 45 .092 .157 .110 2 0 N. Aguiar CF 90 106 20 2 0 0 4 9 13 30 .189 .281 .208 2 0 R. Ahn 1B 92 83 24 2 1 3 10 17 20 19 .289 .430 .446 1 2 M. Urick SP 35 77 11 1 0 0 5 3 4 35 .143 .185 .156 0 0 J. Papp SS 50 67 19 8 0 0 7 10 6 23 .284 .360 .403 0 0 F. Maldonado SP 32 61 10 4 0 1 4 4 1 21 .164 .177 .279 0 0 E. Casarez SP 32 61 6 4 0 1 7 7 4 30 .098 .154 .213 0 0 J. Plazas 2B 40 59 9 3 0 2 8 8 4 12 .153 .206 .305 0 0 H. Laxton SP 26 52 6 1 0 0 2 2 2 27 .115 .148 .135 0 1 D. Lopez 3B 21 48 11 1 0 4 4 8 6 10 .229 .327 .500 0 0 J. Romero RF 21 25 9 2 0 0 1 0 2 10 .360 .407 .440 1 4 A. Navarro CF 19 23 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .217 .217 .261 1 0 J. Smith SP 8 20 8 1 0 1 5 3 1 5 .400 .429 .600 0 0 L. Luna MR 71 16 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 8 .063 .118 .125 0 0 D. Digennaro MR 71 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 P. Vanek SP 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 0 0 M. Martinez MR 72 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 .100 .091 .200 0 0 S. Rodriguez MR 71 7 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .286 .250 .429 0 0 H. Ryan SP 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 0 0 S. Flowers SP 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .400 0 0 P. Levasseur SS 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 0 0 P. Villacorta SP 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 R. Mijangos 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 B. Montalvo MR 92 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 D. Villegas SP 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 T. Woodward MR 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH M. Urick 35 35 12 11 0 2.55 236.1 161 75 67 84 222 3 3 F. Maldonado 32 32 11 16 0 6.29 189.0 223 154 132 109 99 3 0 E. Casarez 32 32 11 7 0 5.00 167.1 185 97 93 110 102 0 0 H. Laxton 26 26 7 15 0 6.37 149.2 192 111 106 110 126 2 1 J. Smith 25 25 10 7 0 5.68 145.2 177 104 92 58 95 2 1 B. Montalvo 92 0 5 3 2 3.65 106.0 102 47 43 50 76 0 0 L. Luna 71 0 3 7 26 3.07 99.2 89 34 34 19 23 0 0 S. Rodriguez 71 0 2 4 2 6.12 82.1 114 56 56 52 67 0 0 D. Digennaro 71 0 6 5 0 6.89 81.0 87 64 62 50 48 0 0 M. Martinez 72 0 5 6 2 7.23 79.2 84 65 64 53 61 0 0 P. Vanek 5 5 0 2 0 7.57 27.1 35 26 23 21 13 0 0 H. Ryan 5 5 0 4 0 15.16 19.0 44 32 32 6 6 0 0 T. Woodward 16 0 0 1 0 8.36 14.0 23 14 13 9 5 0 0 S. Flowers 5 5 0 3 0 25.31 10.2 25 30 30 15 8 0 0 P. Villacorta 3 2 0 0 1 7.84 10.1 21 9 9 4 4 0 0 D. Villegas 5 0 0 0 0 3.72 9.2 16 6 4 3 9 0 0 B. Jaco 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 4.0 6 4 4 2 4 0 0 R. Ahn 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 R. Crawford 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Thoughts: This was the first time that Rochester had lost 90 or more games since it lost 91 in 2067. It was the Rhinos worst season since going 69-93 in 2061. It was only the third losing season that the Rhinos have had in the last 18 years; however, all 3 of those seasons have occurred in the last 5 years. Rochester had a pretty good run through the '70s and early '80s, but it seems as though it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain that kind of success. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: The only "surprising" performance would be that of 38 year old left-fielder, Nicolas Colin. After two straight sub-.800 OPS seasons, the elderly outfielder posted a very solid .839 OPS. Biggest Disappointment: Not only weren't there any surprises, there also weren't really any disappointments. Maybe catcher Paul Bibbs, who had his OPS drop from .875 to .821(his lowest total since 2081), hit fewer than 20 homeruns for the first time since 2080, and drove in fewer than 100 runs for the first time since 2081. Bibbs also set a career high in strikeouts. Outlook: The Rhinos have one big potential free agent this offseason: slugging right-fielder Gustavo Manrique. As putrid as their offense was this season, they probably can't afford to let him leave. That's especially the case, seeing as how Manrique, along with Sergio Salo, even at age 30, are Rochester's youngest starting position players. Rochester's lineup is pretty old, and there are any prospects of note knocking on the door. On the pitching side of things, Mose Urick remains one of the best in the game, while 25 year old rookie Horace Laxton is a very highly touted prospect who could give the Rhinos a pretty good 1-2 punch with some development. Expect to see more of 21 year old Daniel Villegas next season, as he has just as much upside as Laxton. Rochester has enough talent to make some noise next year, but the Rhinos really need to start infusing their lineup with youth. They can't rely on aged guys like Colin putting in productive years every season.
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2086 Season Review: Grand Rapids Tigers
Grand Rapids Tigers(70-92)
 Runs Scored rank: T10th Runs Allowed rank: 21st Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS J. Longoria Jr. LF 154 587 137 20 5 19 68 94 96 177 .233 .342 .382 17 8 G. Benny 2B 150 561 148 23 7 4 67 76 38 71 .264 .313 .351 2 5 K. Perry Jr. 1B 154 559 186 34 2 26 85 118 88 110 .333 .433 .540 0 0 O. Torres CF 153 537 128 26 3 22 98 83 81 83 .238 .340 .421 1 0 K. Tebo 3B 153 521 167 39 3 12 104 94 106 121 .321 .436 .476 1 0 B. Orsini RF 143 497 136 26 3 21 94 98 97 80 .274 .390 .465 13 3 C. Perez C 130 445 131 23 0 14 75 58 17 64 .294 .320 .440 0 0 R. Martinez C 113 436 142 24 2 13 75 68 25 28 .326 .362 .479 4 1 M. Beazley SS 129 336 100 22 0 19 78 51 20 73 .298 .332 .533 0 0 G. Rius LF 108 250 37 18 0 5 26 36 37 80 .148 .256 .280 5 3 E. Plata 2B 81 222 60 11 2 8 33 35 11 65 .270 .311 .446 3 0 D. Roque C 80 195 54 17 1 5 36 26 7 32 .277 .306 .451 2 0 T. Francois RF 42 109 17 4 1 4 10 15 14 19 .156 .270 .321 5 2 N. Bare SS 43 63 15 2 0 2 6 14 5 11 .238 .294 .365 3 1 C. Delossantos LF 43 62 15 1 1 1 7 9 9 13 .242 .338 .339 1 1 J. Monasterio CF 26 58 13 0 2 0 5 11 3 10 .224 .262 .293 0 3 E. Peña 3B 16 38 8 6 0 1 7 4 1 9 .211 .231 .447 0 0 G. Puñal CF 12 16 5 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 .313 .389 .500 0 0 B. Nilson 1B 14 12 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 .250 .286 .250 0 0 J. Kratochvil SS 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .125 0 0 J. Vitagliano MR 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 1 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH R. Barnett 36 36 13 18 0 5.46 229.0 249 147 139 119 215 4 1 H. Carillo 33 33 10 11 0 5.14 204.2 258 132 117 83 117 1 0 P. Esparza 27 27 11 11 0 4.89 187.2 172 112 102 81 119 2 0 J. Vitagliano 59 0 3 4 3 5.51 94.2 86 60 58 31 77 0 0 C. Mckissick 16 16 3 6 0 8.32 79.0 118 77 73 33 42 1 0 D. Leith 60 0 0 6 4 4.98 77.2 93 49 43 41 62 0 0 E. Mapp 12 12 4 7 0 8.15 67.1 96 66 61 31 31 2 0 N. Owen 47 0 4 2 0 6.65 67.2 85 52 50 54 25 0 0 M. Snow 43 0 2 2 0 4.93 65.2 80 42 36 21 54 0 0 M. Roosevelt 55 0 3 1 12 6.93 62.1 81 56 48 44 59 0 0 S. Olmeda 46 0 5 2 18 1.89 62.0 34 14 13 18 45 0 0 K. Garvey 6 6 6 0 0 3.86 49.0 48 21 21 6 33 1 0 C. Costilla 4 4 1 2 0 10.24 19.1 28 23 22 13 11 0 0 H. Crosley 6 0 1 0 0 7.56 8.1 16 7 7 3 9 0 0 J. Seth 4 0 0 0 0 4.77 5.2 6 3 3 1 3 0 0 R. Mansell 1 1 0 0 0 15.00 3.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 0 Thoughts: Between 2061 and 2083, the Tigers had only one last place finish. Now, they have had two in the last three seasons. Despite a respectable offense, Grand Rapids was severely hampered by a terrible pitching staff. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Twenty-three year old Kenny Perry, Jr. enjoyed a standout season in his second year as a starter, finishing 9th in the AL in batting average, 4th in on base percentage, 6th in OPS, and tied for 4th in runs scored. Veteran infielder Mickey Beazley, a part-timer for most of his career, set career highs in at bats, hits, doubles, homeruns, RBI, and runs scored. He raised his OPS by nearly 100 points from last season(.766 in 154 at bats to .865 this year). Biggest Disappointment: Center-fielder Oswaldo Torres posted his lowest OPS(.761) since his rookie season of 2080. It represented a decline of nearly 100 points from last season's .854 total. Although Russell Barnett set a career high in strikeouts, he also saw his ERA balloon significantly from last year's respectable 4.39 figure. It was his worst ERA in a full season. Outlook: The Tigers' lineup is fairly solid and not excessively old. They have two young core players at the infield corners in Perry and 24-year old third-baseman Kenneth Tebo. Only one regular is eligible for free agency- catcher Ramon Martinez. For the immediate future, scoring runs will not be a problem for Grand Rapids. Preventing them may prove more troublesome. Veteran starters Barnett and Pedro Esparza have not been consistent in their big league careers thus far, while talented 26-year old Henry Carillo has yet to live up to expectations. Elias Mapp(24) and Christopher McKissick(22) are young and very talented but, as evidenced by their respective performances this season, neither is ready to lead a rotation yet. Obviously, there is potential for a resurgence in Grand Rapids within the next couple of seasons, but it is by no means a sure thing.
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2086 Season Review: Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals(72-90)
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Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS R. Boser SS 145 596 196 27 5 10 83 92 38 96 .329 .371 .441 15 6 C. Prime RF 152 584 172 23 1 15 84 74 46 30 .295 .350 .414 6 2 G. Taub CF 141 522 145 22 6 29 90 97 46 33 .278 .335 .510 17 7 G. Vega 1B 147 513 165 31 3 13 78 79 76 68 .322 .409 .470 3 1 D. Guan 3B 136 508 142 27 13 15 66 109 73 125 .280 .369 .472 56 9 H. Glaspie C 138 496 118 31 7 14 81 81 78 131 .238 .346 .413 12 7 F. Heins CF 155 488 138 38 3 29 90 101 103 139 .283 .410 .551 27 5 J. Zabala LF 116 390 113 28 4 12 61 60 33 58 .290 .344 .474 23 10 G. Leal 2B 109 308 75 7 3 10 33 42 16 52 .244 .296 .383 12 4 C. Troutt 3B 109 276 68 21 1 12 45 47 51 82 .246 .367 .460 0 0 P. Shealy 1B 99 213 60 9 1 12 64 32 21 75 .282 .350 .502 4 2 R. Chien C 68 179 44 6 1 7 26 23 8 46 .246 .282 .408 2 3 T. Tejeda SS 67 127 32 6 1 1 17 22 10 25 .252 .312 .339 3 3 C. Wickstrom LF 38 106 25 10 0 2 13 15 12 26 .236 .331 .387 0 0 T. Bowers 2B 37 96 25 1 0 4 11 14 22 20 .260 .413 .396 0 0 R. Gero LF 30 82 26 5 2 1 13 14 3 11 .317 .349 .463 1 3 A. Velazquez LF 24 58 13 2 0 2 7 5 2 16 .224 .262 .362 2 0 M. Upson CF 27 41 8 2 0 1 6 7 4 13 .195 .267 .317 1 0 M. Mcanulty MR 50 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 .167 .167 .667 0 0 J. Cooper MR 64 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Young 2B 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Adkins C 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH C. Crane 30 30 8 14 0 6.47 179.1 218 141 129 115 109 4 0 M. Byrne 22 22 12 7 0 4.06 157.1 174 78 71 22 98 7 3 T. Plemons 25 25 11 14 0 5.72 151.0 172 102 96 51 106 2 2 J. Espada 26 26 7 12 0 7.51 130.2 167 114 109 50 73 0 0 R. Hosford 15 15 4 5 0 5.15 101.1 111 61 58 36 69 2 0 V. Brown 66 0 3 4 4 6.24 96.2 103 78 67 73 70 0 0 R. Gomez 54 0 4 0 2 3.93 87.0 80 42 38 24 62 0 0 W. Vallery 54 0 2 4 1 4.78 86.2 71 46 46 43 47 0 0 J. Cooper 71 0 2 2 0 5.96 83.0 95 59 55 54 62 0 0 M. Mcanulty 71 0 5 4 12 4.72 82.0 88 48 43 29 35 0 0 W. Martin 53 0 3 3 17 5.29 78.1 67 49 46 37 43 0 0 N. Miceli 30 0 1 2 0 4.01 49.1 45 27 22 36 25 0 0 D. Mollett 8 8 1 5 0 10.00 36.0 56 44 40 18 17 1 0 F. Rubalcaba 21 0 2 2 0 5.24 34.1 41 21 20 13 14 0 0 J. Jones 5 5 2 2 0 8.07 29.0 26 26 26 30 19 0 0 J. Matthews 5 5 0 4 0 5.72 28.1 37 18 18 10 19 0 0 N. Armstrong 6 5 0 5 0 14.43 19.1 35 32 31 21 8 0 0 J. Abercrombie 5 5 1 1 0 14.36 15.2 27 26 25 9 10 0 0 L. Vanderpool 2 0 1 0 0 3.86 4.2 4 3 2 1 3 0 0 Thoughts: This was the first time in more than a decade that Kansas City ranked in the top 10 for runs scored. The last time that happened was in 2074, when the Royals ranked 4th in the league in that category. The past two seasons, Kansas City has ranked 20th. In other areas, however, some things never change. Since 2082, the Royals have ranked 20th, 22nd, 18th, 20th, and now 19th, in runs allowed. The last time that the Royals ranked in the top 10 in runs allowed also happens to be the last time that they reached the postseason: 2059. Of teams that have reached the postseason before, that is the second longest drought(the longest belongs to Harrisburg, which last made the playoffs in 2016). Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Veteran third-baseman Don Guan easily bested his previous career best in OPS(.774) with a very solid .842 total. He also set career highs in triples, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. In his first season as an everyday player, 23-year old center-fielder Floyd Heins put up superb numbers. He showed excellent power, very good plate discipline, and alertness on the basepaths. He has a very bright future ahead of him. Twenty-eight year old Marcus Byrne, with only 19 1/3 innings pitched at the big league level before this season, had a very good season, leading the team in wins, complete games, and shutouts. He tied for the AL lead in shutouts with 6-time All Star and 1-time Cy Young winner Kenny Pillsbury, and 2-time All Star Kosami Masaru. If he had pitched enough innings to qualify for the ERA title, his BB/9 IP total of 1.3 would have ranked first in the American League. His 0.3 HR/9 IP total would have ranked third in the AL. Biggest Disappointment: Reliever Willie Vallery had his ERA jump almost 2 full runs from last year's 2.83 figure. He also had his BB/9 IP go from 2.5 to 4.5, his K/9 IP go from 6.0 to 4.9, and his HR/9 IP go from 0.8 to 2.1. Outlook: Kansas City's future seems pretty shaky. It is unlikely that the Royals' offense will repeat its performance from this season, and Heins and 21 year old second-baseman Thomas Bowers are the only particularly young players on the current roster. Meanwhile, the pitching is a mess. Even if Byrne's performance this season is not a fluke, he's the only decent starter that Kansas City has. The Royals do not have any pitching prospects of note that are close to major league ready. It is likely that the Royals' playoff drought will continue, barring some drastic changes.
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2086 Season Review: Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings(72-90)
 Runs Scored rank: 23rd Runs Allowed rank: 16th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS M. Milewski RF 158 611 166 24 1 20 87 95 38 97 .272 .316 .412 15 3 N. Adrover 1B 156 597 179 39 4 34 124 84 39 126 .300 .342 .549 0 1 D. Scott 2B 152 589 168 16 6 6 47 79 63 72 .285 .356 .363 7 6 R. Montalvo LF 156 567 173 19 4 34 105 109 84 60 .305 .398 .533 0 3 B. Strickland 3B 154 536 141 19 0 17 65 63 47 99 .263 .328 .394 1 2 A. Ocampo SS 159 533 162 44 2 35 117 118 99 41 .304 .409 .591 19 10 R. Isenhour C 137 432 114 26 3 1 40 43 25 21 .264 .313 .345 0 0 A. Ibañez CF 131 380 108 13 1 4 41 46 24 68 .284 .334 .355 12 4 M. Welty CF 72 241 46 7 1 6 21 17 8 78 .191 .223 .303 4 0 J. Armstrong C 96 227 79 10 0 4 37 27 20 37 .348 .403 .445 0 0 M. Soriano CF 62 157 34 6 1 0 12 20 17 42 .217 .295 .268 0 1 J. Destefano 2B 61 108 34 2 2 1 12 12 5 26 .315 .339 .398 0 1 G. Petrucci SS 52 85 18 2 0 2 4 16 6 24 .212 .264 .306 2 2 C. Strothers SP 35 81 8 3 0 1 4 5 7 30 .099 .169 .173 0 0 D. Myers SP 31 76 9 3 0 0 6 1 2 37 .118 .141 .158 0 0 B. Kennett 3B 45 75 18 2 1 1 4 11 6 22 .240 .305 .333 0 0 C. Vandyne SP 32 63 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 28 .079 .147 .175 0 0 S. Ryo CF 29 55 14 3 0 0 7 2 7 17 .255 .338 .309 0 0 B. Pagano SP 32 51 4 1 1 0 2 4 2 19 .078 .113 .137 2 0 W. Stokley C 23 46 9 1 0 1 6 6 4 3 .196 .255 .283 0 0 U. Swain SP 23 46 9 5 0 0 3 5 2 13 .196 .229 .304 0 0 J. Crider LF 12 27 5 1 0 0 2 4 2 9 .185 .233 .222 2 0 D. Fields 3B 24 25 8 3 0 0 8 5 3 3 .320 .393 .440 0 0 G. Loewen CF 13 23 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 12 .043 .083 .174 0 0 J. Hughes 1B 10 18 9 3 0 1 3 5 0 4 .500 .500 .833 0 0 T. Swarts MR 78 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 0 0 G. Yunque MR 31 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 0 0 M. Elsberry MR 72 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 0 0 L. Salguero MR 67 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .250 .250 .375 0 0 R. Garcia SP 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 T. Kittel MR 85 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 E. Cooper 1B 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 .200 .429 .600 0 0 J. Natoli 2B 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 .000 .000 .000 4 1 J. Blakeley SP 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 N. Blind RF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH C. Strothers 35 35 18 11 0 3.09 250.2 242 99 86 93 241 1 0 D. Myers 31 31 11 11 0 4.14 206.2 216 102 95 33 164 5 3 C. Vandyne 32 32 11 11 0 6.03 203.0 226 140 136 129 121 0 0 B. Pagano 31 31 7 13 0 6.42 164.0 226 125 117 55 110 0 0 U. Swain 23 23 6 11 0 6.09 139.0 187 98 94 55 69 3 2 T. Kittel 85 0 5 5 3 4.75 106.0 111 68 56 39 90 0 0 T. Swarts 78 0 3 8 1 7.03 89.2 115 76 70 52 51 0 0 M. Elsberry 72 0 6 3 23 4.12 87.1 79 40 40 26 67 0 0 L. Salguero 67 0 2 4 13 4.44 77.0 80 44 38 25 64 0 0 G. Yunque 31 0 0 3 1 6.47 40.1 46 33 29 35 37 0 0 R. Garcia 8 7 0 3 0 13.15 26.0 54 40 38 25 11 0 0 R. Toms 12 0 0 0 0 4.20 15.0 19 15 7 12 3 0 0 J. Blakeley 3 3 0 3 0 17.66 8.2 24 19 17 7 4 0 0 Thoughts: As a testament to the strength of the Sacramento organization, this season represented the first time in 30 years that the Kings had lost as many as 90 games in a season. 2057 marked the end of a brief down period for Sacramento, which had unexpectedly followed one of its strongest eras. The Kings won 5 division titles and 1 World Series(2052) from 2048 to 2053, and won at least 83 games every year from 2046 to 2054. In '55, however, they slumped to a 65-97 season, and followed that with records of 66-96 and 72-90. Sacramento bounced back in 2058(93-69), and has been consistently strong ever since. After losing the '84 World Series to Tucson, however, the Kings have taken a step backwards, with 84 losses last year, and now 90 this season. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Shortstop Alberto Ocampo is among the better hitters in the league, but he outdid even himself this season. He posted a career-high 1.000 OPS, and set career highs in doubles and on base percentage. Twenty-four year old David Myers had a very solid first full season in the big league. He tied for second in the league in shutouts with Mose Urick and Carlos Lozoya- two pitchers who have combined for 5 Cy Young Awards. Two time All Star Peter Boughner led the league in shutouts, so that is some pretty darn good company that Myers found himself in. Myers also ranked 5th in the league in BB/9 IP, with a 1.4 total. Biggest Disappointment: Right-fielder Matthew Milewski continued his sudden decline. Last season, he posted a career worst .766 OPS. This year, the 3-time All Star mustered a pathetic .728 OPS. His .412 slugging percentage was the lowest of his career, and his 20 HR/87 RBI represented his fewest since he had 19 and 85, respectively, in 2080, his first full season. At the age of 29, Milewski should be in his prime and having the best seasons of his career. After posting a 3.34 ERA in 15 starts last season, second year starter Bruno Pagano was definitely a disappointment this season. He did cut down on his walk rate, going from 5.1 BB/9 IP to 3.0, but he worsened in pretty much every other category. Outlook: For the most part, the Kings' roster isn't too old. However, Sacramento's best pitcher(Carl Strothers) and one of its best hitters(Ramon Montalvo) are both 34 years old. Sacramento might still have enough talent to bounce back, but it would need even more improvement from Myers and for Milewski to return to form. Bolstering the bullpen wouldn't hurt either, as the only pitcher under the age of 33 to see significant action was 27-year old Thomas Swarts, who also happened to be the worst reliever on the team.
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2086 Season Review: Washington Senators
Washington Senators(75-87)
 Runs Scored rank: 14th Runs Allowed rank: T19th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS M. Sanders 3B 163 684 186 36 0 14 89 106 47 52 .272 .325 .386 4 0 S. Pina SS 149 599 172 35 3 17 73 102 71 38 .287 .365 .441 25 18 R. Springs LF 153 581 159 15 2 17 86 83 45 77 .274 .327 .394 8 4 A. Marcellus 2B 154 544 173 46 5 14 95 91 41 36 .318 .368 .498 16 2 B. Jusino CF 139 540 160 22 2 10 70 65 21 25 .296 .319 .400 10 1 S. Laureano 1B 145 525 152 43 2 28 104 106 92 119 .290 .394 .539 1 0 S. Patterson RF 140 492 131 30 0 18 77 78 73 16 .266 .363 .437 1 1 J. Osborn C 134 460 137 18 1 19 78 69 77 62 .298 .402 .465 1 2 S. Mack 3B 123 389 88 17 4 14 57 49 35 127 .226 .295 .398 0 0 P. Leff RF 99 317 88 22 4 4 43 45 19 77 .278 .317 .410 2 1 B. Janik C 63 163 39 10 0 2 24 17 28 38 .239 .371 .337 0 2 C. Trujillo CF 52 93 23 6 0 1 14 13 9 23 .247 .320 .344 1 1 E. Mcclain SS 25 88 12 4 0 0 2 8 6 23 .136 .200 .182 1 0 J. Navarra 2B 24 60 15 3 0 2 10 8 3 14 .250 .281 .400 0 0 L. Dieguez 1B 15 54 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 16 .093 .125 .111 0 0 E. Valer 1B 20 49 16 3 0 0 10 5 3 15 .327 .370 .388 0 2 M. Merino C 14 33 13 2 0 1 6 8 3 4 .394 .432 .545 1 0 J. Mower LF 24 30 3 3 0 0 3 7 5 6 .100 .222 .200 3 1 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH J. Fuentes 35 35 11 13 0 4.76 251.2 255 149 133 79 199 2 0 K. Thurman 35 35 19 13 0 4.80 249.1 251 146 133 56 228 5 2 L. Faulk 33 33 15 9 0 4.65 226.1 289 128 117 74 119 9 2 C. Smith 23 23 7 12 0 7.16 120.2 143 103 96 80 78 1 0 G. Alonso 58 0 1 6 0 6.32 94.0 113 71 66 46 38 0 0 J. Grand 61 0 3 2 2 3.65 91.1 91 43 37 47 53 0 0 J. Smith 64 0 5 8 36 3.43 86.2 74 37 33 19 65 0 0 C. Reeve 52 0 6 2 0 7.03 73.0 80 59 57 52 39 0 0 V. Jones 51 0 2 3 1 6.26 64.2 83 47 45 63 32 0 0 S. Farina 10 10 2 4 0 6.75 60.0 74 48 45 20 24 2 0 J. Malchow 8 8 2 4 0 9.16 38.1 67 43 39 32 11 1 0 I. Buitrago 5 5 1 4 0 10.48 22.1 41 27 26 11 11 0 0 D. Piner 5 5 1 2 0 9.00 22.0 40 25 22 12 7 0 0 Q. Trigg 5 5 0 3 0 9.43 21.0 50 28 22 9 11 0 0 E. Mower 4 0 0 0 0 6.10 10.1 14 7 7 7 4 0 0 B. Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 2.35 7.2 4 2 2 3 4 0 0 P. Romero 3 3 0 2 0 21.86 7.0 21 18 17 8 2 0 0 L. Cortines 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 Thoughts: This year marked the first time that Washington has had consecutive losing seasons since finishing below .500 four years in a row from 2070 to 2073. Of course, the Senators have only had 3 losing seasons total since 2074, and all have come within the last five seasons. Washington had a surprisingly mediocre offense this season. It's surprising because the Senators have consistently been among the best teams in baseball at scoring runs for awhile now. This year was only the second time since '74 that Washington had finished worse than 8th in runs scored. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Veteran starter Lester Faulk, who has had a fairly terrible career(53-111 W-L record and a 6.55 ERA), inexplicably set career bests in wins, ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games, and shutouts. He lowered his ERA by 4 runs from last season's abysmal 8.65 figure. At age 36, this was almost certainly a fluke, but it was a respectable season nonetheless. Biggest Disappointment: When players who have had excellent careers start to see their numbers fall as they age, it seems unfair to call them "disappointing", but that's the nature of professional sports. For Washington, a pair of 36-year old players fell into that category. Third-baseman Mike Sanders, a 6-time All Star, had his OPS plunge more than 130 points from last season's .843 total, down to a meager .711 figure. His homerun total and slugging percentage were his lowest as a regular. Strangely, he set a career high in walks this season. Meanwhile, 8-time All Star and 1-time Silver Slugger winner Roy Springs slugged under .400 for the first time in his career and posted his lowest OPS as an everyday player. The .721 OPS he put up marked a greater than 200 point decline from last season's .933 total. He failed to drive in 100 runs for the first time since 2075. Outlook: Aside from Sanders and Springs, the Senators' lineup isn't actually that old. Most of the regulars are between the ages of 27 and 29, with catcher Joseph Osborn a few years younger, at age 25. On the other hand, the pitching staff is almost frighteningly old. The three main starters are 35 or older, and three of the relief pitchers are 33 or older. What is even worse, is the fact that Washington's minor league system is largely barren of impact prospects. Certainly, there are none that could be expected to make a difference in the next couple of seasons. The Senators might want to think about grabbing 1 or 2 of the best available free agent starting pitchers for one all out effort for the postseason.
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2086 Season Review: Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers(76-86)
 Runs Scored rank: 21st Runs Allowed rank: 9th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS J. Gonzalez 2B 149 554 137 42 2 18 85 90 77 101 .247 .339 .428 2 2 R. Quirk 3B 150 550 170 32 0 16 85 85 56 77 .309 .375 .455 1 1 E. Willis LF 152 549 124 30 6 28 88 76 54 96 .226 .301 .455 7 6 E. Claflin CF 144 513 133 38 6 21 69 96 64 150 .259 .348 .480 37 1 E. Schuh 1B 141 502 125 40 0 26 80 62 32 146 .249 .298 .484 1 0 C. Wooton SS 151 500 124 28 2 21 85 78 73 148 .248 .342 .438 14 1 B. Breton C 118 443 114 22 1 7 54 63 37 62 .257 .315 .359 0 1 M. Santos RF 124 415 97 26 0 16 59 45 40 82 .234 .307 .412 6 6 A. Fuentez RF 117 375 98 21 1 3 34 54 35 66 .261 .329 .347 8 6 S. Fernandez C 97 299 73 8 1 11 48 44 24 73 .244 .301 .388 1 0 N. Stewart SS 86 203 43 7 3 3 20 23 18 37 .212 .276 .320 1 7 R. Grubb RF 72 195 48 10 1 1 15 27 23 52 .246 .329 .323 0 5 D. Brochu CF 44 107 19 7 0 1 10 10 15 16 .178 .285 .271 0 1 J. Justiz 1B 47 102 23 11 0 0 14 12 14 35 .225 .331 .333 0 0 L. Ferro RF 27 100 26 2 3 4 16 13 8 32 .260 .318 .460 0 1 C. Valentine SS 46 95 17 6 0 4 15 10 10 32 .179 .264 .368 0 0 C. Cooper SP 21 53 8 1 0 0 2 3 1 22 .151 .167 .170 0 0 B. Leatherman SP 20 33 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 15 .061 .061 .152 0 0 L. Balderrama 1B 14 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 .111 .200 .111 1 0 R. Rios 3B 10 15 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 .133 .235 .400 0 0 L. Harper 1B 6 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .286 .286 .429 0 0 G. Lasseter SP 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .250 .000 0 0 W. Rieth LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH A. Reynoso 35 35 19 10 0 4.01 269.1 222 135 120 50 225 15 1 C. Cooper 33 33 15 9 0 3.84 232.0 218 113 99 37 178 4 2 G. Lasseter 32 29 13 14 0 4.32 222.2 213 110 107 63 169 8 1 E. Ruiz 30 30 10 13 0 5.07 199.0 171 121 112 120 162 4 0 B. Leatherman 32 32 9 12 0 5.81 190.2 204 131 123 108 129 0 0 J. Marrone 29 16 6 12 0 6.40 123.2 173 102 88 54 44 1 0 D. Moss 46 0 4 4 2 4.39 84.0 88 47 41 40 75 0 0 B. Escarcega 49 0 2 5 13 2.44 62.2 49 18 17 21 29 0 0 J. Seder 37 0 2 1 0 2.61 58.2 39 20 17 17 36 0 0 L. Carr 26 0 0 1 0 3.23 30.2 30 14 11 13 19 0 0 P. Zena 5 0 2 0 0 1.74 10.1 10 5 2 5 7 0 0 G. Omara 2 2 0 2 0 10.80 8.1 15 10 10 6 4 0 0 D. Jackson 1 1 0 1 0 13.50 3.1 4 6 5 3 3 0 0 Thoughts: This was Green Bay's best season since winning 79 games in 2073. After seven straight seasons of winning 67 or fewer games, the Packers have now topped 70 wins in two straight seasons. The Packers' respectable performance this year was due in large part to having a fairly decent pitching staff, something that has pretty much never happened before. In fact, this was the first time in franchise history that Green Bay had finished better than 14th in the league in runs allowed. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Elmer Claflin shattered pretty much all of his personal bests this season, setting career highs in doubles, triples, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, stolen bases, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. He raised his OPS from .658 last season to .828 this year. Biggest Disappointment: Catcher Benito Breton saw his OPS drop from .800 to a career low .674 total this season. He also had career lows in batting average and slugging percentage. Starter Bill Leatherman had his ERA worsen by more than a run from last season's 4.73 figure. This year's ERA was his worst since 2081. Outlook: The Packers' lineup is a mix of mediocre to slightly above average veterans with a few younger, talented players mixed in. A lot depends upon the development of 19 year old catcher Santiago Fernandez, who has the most upside of any of the younger hitters. The one thing the Packers lack is a truly elite hitter, and Fernandez could develop into that. On the pitching side of things, it may be difficult for Green Bay to repeat this season's performance. Two of the better pitchers, Christopher Cooper and George Lasseter, are 36 and 35, respectively. In addition, Cooper is eligible to become a free agent, and is unlikely to resign with Green Bay. Unfortunately, the Packers do not have any pitching prospects ready to step in at the big league level.
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2086 Season Review: Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies(80-82)
 Runs Scored rank: T10th Runs Allowed rank: 12th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS J. Ishmael 1B 153 597 145 27 7 44 125 115 45 172 .243 .301 .533 6 5 J. Schwing CF 155 587 177 64 1 13 88 85 37 101 .302 .342 .480 5 3 L. Welter RF 151 583 176 35 2 17 87 80 32 18 .302 .338 .456 20 2 T. Carrillo LF 152 568 144 32 7 29 77 110 91 152 .254 .359 .488 21 9 E. Phillips 2B 153 557 166 25 5 20 86 95 92 35 .298 .400 .469 2 0 R. Chouinard SS 148 531 138 31 2 31 107 74 25 125 .260 .297 .501 0 0 J. Henriques 1B 142 502 138 36 0 23 89 75 39 118 .275 .334 .484 0 0 T. Herbert 3B 120 386 97 11 0 15 52 63 26 50 .251 .300 .396 0 0 J. Stutes RF 102 312 92 22 2 9 55 48 22 51 .295 .345 .465 3 0 R. Chapa C 92 296 85 11 4 1 37 38 48 25 .287 .389 .361 0 0 E. Jameson 3B 96 278 76 11 5 11 47 46 21 37 .273 .328 .468 4 5 A. Easter C 74 245 65 12 2 5 34 40 28 30 .265 .342 .392 12 9 J. Casale SS 59 96 15 7 1 2 12 21 5 15 .156 .214 .313 6 0 J. Cornelius CF 40 83 20 4 0 2 9 14 17 28 .241 .400 .361 5 6 R. Takanori CF 34 63 17 3 0 1 4 16 10 8 .270 .378 .365 6 0 P. Aguilera 2B 47 50 8 4 0 1 4 11 4 13 .160 .222 .300 8 3 F. Lamela C 18 48 7 1 0 1 5 6 7 14 .146 .268 .229 1 0 M. Gottschalk RF 16 36 10 1 0 1 6 6 4 2 .278 .350 .389 0 0 X. Dovando 1B 13 23 6 1 0 0 2 4 2 5 .261 .346 .304 0 0 D. Alfaro 2B 13 20 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 .250 .250 .250 0 0 S. Grimaldi 3B 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH R. Standley 35 35 17 13 0 3.77 286.2 275 133 120 60 245 19 2 R. Kelemen 33 33 18 13 0 3.98 258.0 238 130 114 102 142 14 3 C. Deherrera 30 30 11 10 0 4.34 199.0 223 114 96 59 151 3 1 R. Mangano 24 24 13 6 0 3.22 195.2 182 77 70 30 115 10 1 M. Snoddy 24 24 4 11 0 7.04 130.1 151 117 102 85 68 0 0 E. Molina 33 7 1 6 1 7.27 64.1 85 57 52 53 52 0 0 R. Kirby 50 0 6 5 1 4.08 64.0 50 30 29 27 39 0 0 C. Garza 48 0 3 5 28 3.05 56.0 51 21 19 15 36 0 0 M. Diaz 40 0 5 4 1 6.67 54.0 68 42 40 39 48 0 0 C. Zoller 22 0 1 2 0 6.86 42.0 50 33 32 28 19 0 0 W. Brown 34 0 0 3 0 5.62 41.2 46 34 26 31 43 0 0 L. Carter 5 3 1 1 0 8.31 17.1 34 16 16 3 8 1 0 N. Garcia 6 0 0 0 0 3.52 7.2 10 3 3 3 5 0 0 E. Fulcher 1 1 0 0 0 11.57 4.2 6 6 6 5 1 0 0 Thoughts: The last few years have been frustratingly similar for Memphis. The Grizzlies have been consistently better than the dregs of the Central Division, but they just can't seem to get past Denver or Tucson. Since 2080, Memphis has two 4th place finishes and five 3rd place finishes. The Grizzlies' performances in that time period have ranged between below average(a low of 75 wins) and very good(a high of 95 wins). For a franchise that had been incredibly dominant from the late 50's to the late 70's(10 division titles, 16 playoff appearances, 4 World Series appearances, 3 World Series victories between the years 2057 and 2079), these middle of the pack finishes are tough pill to swallow. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Rickie Standley finally had his breakthrough season, setting personal bests in wins, ERA, innings pitched, and complete games. He lowered his ERA by about a full run from last season's 4.78 figure. Claudio Deherrera had his best season since winning the 2082 Rookie of the Year Award. He set a career high in innings pitched, and saw his ERA improve by nearly a run from last year's 5.28 mark. Second year starter Russell Mangano improved his ERA by more than 3 full runs from last season(his ERA was 6.42 last year). Biggest Disappointment: Shortstop Roy Chouinard had his OPS plunge from .920 down to .798 this season, and he topped 100 strikeouts for the first time since 2079. Right-fielder Lester Welter had the same number of plate appearances this season as last(627) and the same number of at bats, but he recorded fewer hits, doubles, homeruns, and walks, which meant that all of his rate stats declined. Last year's OPS was .844; it dropped to .794 this season. Outlook: The Grizzlies have several key players eligible for free agency at the end of the season, including Deherrera, Welter, and left-fielder Terrell Carillo. This year's lineup wasn't particularly young, as Jason Schwing(27) and John Henriques(28) were the only regulars under the age of 30. Compounding that issue is the fact that Memphis really only has notable prospect knocking on the door(first-baseman Xavier Dovando). The pitching staff is in better shape, especially if the Grizzlies can hang on to the 26 year old Deherrera, as Standley(28) and Mangano(25) are still pretty young. Throw in Roy Kelemen who, at 35, still probably has another good year or two left in him, and Memphis will certainly have one of the better rotations in the league next year. Overall, Memphis has enough talent to contend, but the present roster remains not quite good enough to get past the Broncos or Diamondbacks.
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2086 Season Review: Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates(82-80)
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Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS D. Barrientos CF 150 638 200 38 8 21 110 110 38 97 .313 .358 .497 0 0 J. Sequeira 1B 146 575 206 29 8 27 113 84 30 25 .358 .398 .577 1 0 J. Harmer Jr. LF 148 542 185 58 10 4 60 102 96 92 .341 .443 .507 1 0 J. Rael 3B 143 539 122 22 0 31 95 94 68 83 .226 .315 .440 0 0 B. Cubillas SS 139 490 113 20 2 7 52 58 34 85 .231 .289 .322 5 0 G. Calderon RF 140 467 143 28 7 10 77 70 22 65 .306 .341 .460 3 0 R. Triado LF 141 421 130 15 1 17 75 69 35 58 .309 .363 .470 0 0 C. Joubert 2B 125 417 120 19 2 17 51 59 22 29 .288 .330 .465 1 0 R. Able 2B 119 405 87 16 6 7 45 58 55 122 .215 .308 .336 19 2 H. Yosuke C 88 281 58 11 0 3 29 32 36 49 .206 .315 .278 1 0 J. Rowland C 69 237 59 17 2 4 25 27 12 64 .249 .284 .388 1 0 C. Kyser 2B 67 192 38 9 1 10 36 28 22 57 .198 .290 .411 0 0 S. Garcia 1B 75 177 56 6 0 3 25 24 11 22 .316 .354 .401 1 0 S. Council SP 32 97 28 2 3 0 9 15 3 35 .289 .307 .371 0 0 G. Lauritsen C 24 90 28 4 1 3 13 12 3 23 .311 .347 .478 0 0 R. Labat SP 32 80 21 4 0 1 6 6 6 30 .262 .314 .350 0 0 A. Fajardo SP 33 72 8 1 0 0 2 4 4 32 .111 .156 .125 0 0 I. Villalon SP 24 52 9 3 1 2 5 4 3 19 .173 .218 .385 0 0 C. Ostlund SP 12 25 5 1 0 0 2 3 4 9 .200 .310 .240 0 0 K. Wehr CF 4 12 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .417 .462 .417 1 0 W. Pigford 1B 7 11 5 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 .455 .571 .545 0 0 T. Preuss SS 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 .100 .250 .100 0 0 M. Tenney RF 3 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .111 .111 .222 0 0 J. Shewmaker 3B 2 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 0 0 E. Carbonell SP 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 S. Gerst 1B 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 .143 .250 .143 0 0 A. Whipple SP 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 0 0 J. Rafter RF 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 E. Ashlock SS 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 .000 .200 .000 2 1 R. Chavez MR 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Vega MR 42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Boring MR 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Fuentes 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 0 0 E. Beltran SP 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 0 0 J. Odonoghue MR 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 K. Nampo MR 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Barnett MR 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH S. Council 32 32 22 6 0 2.87 238.1 232 84 76 62 177 3 0 A. Fajardo 33 33 12 14 0 4.42 217.2 251 120 107 48 141 3 0 R. Labat 32 32 10 10 0 3.98 217.0 221 105 96 63 187 2 1 E. Carbonell 26 26 7 14 0 6.87 167.2 228 144 128 90 98 5 0 I. Villalon 24 24 8 9 0 4.17 153.1 194 81 71 42 136 0 0 C. Ostlund 12 12 2 7 0 5.86 78.1 96 57 51 15 51 0 0 J. Vega 42 0 4 5 7 2.91 55.2 56 24 18 16 35 0 0 J. Barnett 40 0 2 6 6 2.70 53.1 56 20 16 11 42 0 0 R. Chavez 32 0 3 3 1 3.81 52.0 58 23 22 3 38 0 0 J. Odonoghue 38 0 4 5 2 5.07 49.2 53 29 28 17 39 0 0 R. Boring 29 0 2 0 0 4.19 38.2 36 20 18 10 37 0 0 K. Nampo 28 0 0 1 0 3.50 36.0 33 16 14 15 26 0 0 R. Melendez 33 0 3 2 19 2.10 34.1 35 8 8 7 27 0 0 M. Garcia 23 0 0 0 0 3.70 24.1 27 12 10 8 16 0 0 A. Whipple 3 3 0 1 0 13.76 17.0 34 26 26 11 10 0 0 E. Beltran 1 1 1 0 0 1.17 7.2 6 1 1 3 4 0 0 F. Kuntz 3 0 1 0 0 0.00 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 S. Hankerson 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 Thoughts: If there were any Pittsburgh fans that thought last season's collapse to a last place finish was nothing more than a fluke, well, they were partly right. The Pirates did win 11 more games this year than last, and they were in playoff contention for much of the season. But it would be wishful thinking to assume that Pittsburgh will reclaim the Northeast throne without any difficulty. The team has serious flaws that, until corrected, will keep the team in the middle of the pack. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: First-baseman James Sequeira raised his OPS by more than 150 points from last season, posting a career best .975 total. He also set career highs in hits, doubles, triples, walks, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. His batting average ranked 3rd in the National League. After receiving cups of coffee the past two seasons, starter Isaias Villalon secured a spot in the rotation with a fairly credible performance. His K/9 IP of 8.0 would have ranked 6th in the NL if he had pitched enough innings to qualify. Biggest Disappointment: This wasn't really unexpected, given the serious injury that he suffered last season, but third-baseman Javier Rael saw his numbers plunge dramatically. The past three seasons, Rael has had OPS's of .998, .912, and 1.030(182 at bats). This year, his OPS collapsed to a career-low .754 total. All of his other rate stats were the worst of his career as well. The year began terribly for Rael, as he posted a paltry .694 OPS, with just 1 homerun, in the month of April. May, June, and July were much better, as he blasted 22 of his homeruns in those months, and OPS'ed .823, .949, and .910, respectively. He managed another 6 homeruns in August, but hit just .175 with a .644 OPS. In September, he mustered just a .131 batting average and a pathetic .435 OPS. At 32, one wonder how many even passable seasons he might have left. All players eventually succumb to age, even the great ones. Joe O'Donoghue has been one of the league's great relievers for many years- a 2.73 ERA in 1184 1/3 innings pitched is proof of that- but the 38 year old righty posted the worst ERA of his career this year. His previous worst was last season's 3.70 ERA. Outlook: Half of Pittsburgh's lineup is fairly solid: first base and all three outfield positions. The other half is mostly a disaster, with the players seeing the most action being more suited to backup roles. The pitching staff is much better, with 4 starters ranging from average to very good, and an excellent bullpen. This offseason will be very interesting to watch, as the Pirates have numerous potential free agents, including Sequeira, starting pitchers Scott Council and Andreas Fajardo, second-basemen Ciro Joubert and Robert Able, and relievers O'Donoghue, Julian Vega, and Rolando Melendez.
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2086 Season Review: Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills(84-78)
 Runs Scored rank: 16th Runs Allowed rank: 3rd Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS A. Lugo CF 155 623 201 34 6 13 76 111 32 84 .323 .359 .459 24 22 B. Lamas 3B 155 594 209 40 1 28 101 98 49 29 .352 .401 .564 2 0 A. Cortines 2B 153 594 155 37 4 15 86 83 54 129 .261 .327 .412 1 3 C. Vanderhoof 1B 157 584 169 36 2 23 100 87 60 78 .289 .355 .476 0 1 R. Ferrari LF 150 573 165 22 3 15 68 86 56 143 .288 .357 .415 17 11 L. Lum C 141 503 123 25 3 13 81 57 37 136 .245 .291 .384 2 3 B. Moore SS 154 484 129 33 0 24 83 78 65 117 .267 .359 .483 2 3 J. Kling RF 130 463 124 26 4 32 98 93 75 71 .268 .366 .549 10 9 E. Coloma LF 68 141 39 7 0 1 11 15 7 12 .277 .318 .348 0 1 T. Smith 1B 94 115 28 5 0 5 15 17 15 8 .243 .331 .417 0 1 B. Furtado SP 34 81 15 2 1 0 10 8 2 39 .185 .202 .235 1 0 M. Hotchkiss 2B 58 72 19 1 0 2 9 11 2 5 .264 .293 .361 4 1 B. Tatro SP 31 72 11 1 0 0 4 5 4 32 .153 .197 .167 0 0 J. Oliver SP 34 66 7 2 0 0 5 6 9 27 .106 .213 .136 0 0 R. Aikin 2B 46 61 19 5 1 3 17 12 6 8 .311 .373 .574 0 0 E. Porcaro 2B 35 55 12 3 0 0 6 7 6 10 .218 .295 .273 0 0 B. Mckenzie LF 26 49 7 0 0 0 4 7 3 15 .143 .189 .143 0 0 R. Moon C 15 38 10 4 0 0 9 3 2 9 .263 .300 .368 0 0 L. Cuomo SP 14 27 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 9 .185 .185 .333 0 0 J. Stone 3B 12 23 7 1 1 2 6 9 8 8 .304 .485 .696 0 0 L. Trump SS 21 21 7 4 0 0 2 4 1 5 .333 .364 .524 2 0 E. Vidrio CF 25 19 4 0 0 0 3 9 1 5 .211 .250 .211 3 1 S. Rodriguez SP 9 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 .000 .105 .000 0 0 J. Madrigal SP 7 14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .143 .143 .143 0 0 S. Granado MR 70 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 0 0 J. Zinn SP 3 7 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .429 .429 .571 0 0 R. Chaires 1B 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 J. Morgan SP 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .167 .286 .167 0 0 B. Albacete MR 72 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Arledge MR 46 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 0 0 A. Erazo MR 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 G. Johnson MR 78 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 0 B. Douglas MR 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Wagaman SP 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH B. Furtado 34 34 12 17 0 3.86 235.2 214 118 101 88 192 5 1 B. Tatro 31 31 10 13 0 4.24 216.2 203 114 102 74 161 8 1 J. Oliver 34 34 17 3 0 2.67 215.1 160 75 64 79 127 2 0 G. Johnson 78 0 4 5 3 3.04 94.2 95 38 32 30 89 0 0 A. Erazo 70 0 7 3 3 4.73 85.2 91 49 45 67 65 0 0 S. Granado 70 0 7 5 14 3.69 83.0 73 34 34 27 58 0 0 L. Cuomo 14 14 4 7 0 6.30 80.0 103 61 56 40 49 0 0 B. Albacete 72 0 3 3 2 2.68 77.1 62 24 23 33 71 0 0 B. Douglas 53 0 3 2 29 2.03 62.0 36 17 14 26 59 0 0 S. Rodriguez 9 9 3 3 0 5.05 57.0 64 33 32 21 38 1 0 A. Arledge 46 0 1 3 3 8.26 40.1 50 38 37 44 43 0 0 J. Madrigal 7 6 1 2 0 4.34 37.1 41 24 18 15 19 0 0 J. Morgan 5 5 1 2 0 9.53 22.2 35 25 24 18 10 0 0 J. Zinn 3 3 1 1 0 4.12 19.2 18 9 9 6 13 0 0 J. Wagaman 2 2 0 2 0 10.39 8.2 13 10 10 5 4 0 0 R. Bolster 4 0 0 0 0 1.80 5.0 4 1 1 1 3 0 0 Thoughts: Buffalo has finished in the top 10 in runs allowed every year since 2080, but in those seven years, the Bills have reached the postseason only twice. The main reason for that is the fact that in that same time period, Buffalo has finished 15th or worse in runs scored in all but one year. A good pitching staff can only take a team so far if its efforts can't be supported by the lineup. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: After being one of the worst everyday position players in all of baseball last season with a pathetic .607 OPS in 488 at bats, shortstop Barry Moore raised his OPS to .843, and easily shattered his career highs in pretty much every offensive category. Thirty-year old center-fielder Alfonso Lugo posted his first .800+ OPS(.818), and also set career highs in at bats, hits, doubles, runs scored, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. Biggest Disappointment: Second-baseman Antonio Cortines had his OPS drop from .813 to a career low .740, and also set career lows in batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. He did set a career high in doubles, however. Outlook: Buffalo's lineup is fairly young, with the oldest regular being 31 year old first-baseman Carter Vanderhoof, while its top three starting pitchers are all 28 or younger. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Bills have four key potential free agents: two of their best relievers in Brent Douglas and Silvio Granado, second-baseman Cortines, and left-fielder Ralph Ferrari. While the latter two aren't great players, the Bills don't exactly have a lot of depth, so even their average contributions would be sorely missed. Buffalo is also not the kind of team that generally has a lot of money to throw around in free agency, therefore, signing big name replacements would be an unlikely event.
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2086 Season Review: San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres(88-74)
 Runs Scored rank: 13th Runs Allowed rank: 5th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS G. Canales 1B 155 624 168 22 4 38 99 125 72 34 .269 .352 .500 26 9 A. Burdick 2B 155 552 157 16 2 11 69 90 89 97 .284 .383 .380 0 0 G. Ruiz LF 146 550 187 49 2 35 109 102 53 121 .340 .399 .627 0 0 J. Ector RF 153 538 141 8 3 34 97 86 83 44 .262 .365 .478 2 1 G. Matos CF 147 495 161 30 3 30 116 99 70 95 .325 .412 .580 8 2 J. Lucia 3B 138 455 120 18 0 6 47 39 33 31 .264 .317 .343 11 5 M. Alarcon SS 140 423 102 30 8 6 41 62 31 74 .241 .302 .392 50 12 S. Alvarez C 107 392 108 26 6 22 79 69 45 26 .276 .353 .541 2 2 M. Preciado LF 117 248 74 16 1 5 38 35 13 29 .298 .335 .431 6 3 C. Threatt C 94 244 60 18 0 3 39 28 11 18 .246 .277 .357 1 1 M. Saldana CF 87 170 42 9 1 0 13 21 11 13 .247 .290 .312 0 2 J. Flinn 3B 57 149 34 7 1 2 21 23 13 20 .228 .293 .329 9 1 J. Helman SS 73 140 38 7 1 3 17 29 21 24 .271 .376 .400 11 1 R. Ashford 2B 47 121 39 5 0 2 16 18 9 20 .322 .371 .413 3 3 C. Lozoya SP 34 94 10 5 0 0 3 3 4 36 .106 .143 .160 0 0 D. Spicher SP 33 89 7 2 1 0 5 2 5 25 .079 .128 .124 0 0 P. Pauli SP 30 79 11 3 0 0 1 6 6 34 .139 .200 .177 1 0 C. Greene SP 33 79 6 1 0 0 3 3 5 35 .076 .131 .089 0 0 J. Hasler C 34 55 14 2 0 0 4 10 11 7 .255 .382 .291 0 0 B. Delapaz SP 22 42 4 1 1 0 6 3 1 19 .095 .111 .167 0 0 B. Romero 3B 13 20 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .200 .238 .250 0 0 R. Borland LF 7 12 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 .250 .250 .500 0 0 T. Bee SP 7 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 .000 .077 .000 0 0 R. Orosco MR 31 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .143 .143 .286 0 0 W. Boudreau 3B 3 5 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 .600 .600 .800 0 0 C. Panella RF 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 S. Eye MR 52 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .167 .000 1 0 D. Peña MR 50 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 0 0 H. Neyra MR 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Ruark MR 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Paulk SP 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 0 0 J. Donato MR 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Tracy MR 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH C. Lozoya 34 34 19 8 0 2.50 248.2 225 83 69 57 247 4 3 D. Spicher 33 33 14 16 0 4.53 246.1 310 133 124 36 128 13 1 C. Greene 33 33 18 8 0 4.03 232.0 275 113 104 24 120 2 0 P. Pauli 30 30 14 11 0 4.92 212.0 219 123 116 31 114 5 1 B. Delapaz 22 21 5 10 0 5.68 122.0 164 93 77 50 50 0 0 S. Eye 52 0 7 2 1 3.71 63.0 55 26 26 16 44 0 0 D. Peña 50 0 1 4 1 4.53 53.2 51 31 27 22 42 0 0 J. Ruark 52 0 1 5 34 3.61 47.1 39 22 19 22 36 0 0 R. Tracy 41 0 2 3 2 5.60 45.0 50 29 28 33 45 0 0 R. Orosco 31 1 1 2 3 3.49 38.2 28 17 15 9 38 0 0 J. Donato 31 0 3 0 0 4.66 36.2 50 20 19 13 28 0 0 H. Neyra 28 0 1 0 0 2.21 36.2 37 11 9 11 17 0 0 T. Bee 7 7 2 3 0 12.40 32.2 65 47 45 15 23 0 0 I. Brunswick 11 0 0 0 0 3.18 17.0 18 6 6 0 6 0 0 C. Paulk 3 3 0 2 0 11.70 10.0 26 16 13 4 1 0 0 A. Carrasco 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 Thoughts: This was probably the most unexpected result of the 2086 regular season. With 5 straight playoff appearances and 2 straight division titles, no one would have predicted the Padres to be on the outside looking in come October. After a strong start, however, everything unraveled for San Diego. At the end of May, the Padres led the division by 6 games. On July 1st, they were tied for the division lead with San Jose, and both teams led Los Angeles by 10 games. On August 1st, San Diego trailed San Jose by 6 games, but still led the Dodgers by 3 1/2. By September, the Padres were in third place, 6 games out of first, and 2 1/2 out of second. Ultimately, they came up 1 game short of second place, and missed the postseason for the first time since 2080. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Center-fielder Gaby Matos' performance this year was only surprising in that he was coming off of a down year. Otherwise, his numbers weren't really out of line with his career numbers. He raised his OPS from .799 to .992, good for the second highest total of his career. He set career highs in RBI, batting average, and on base percentage. Biggest Disappointment: Where to begin? Thirty-eight year old Andrew Burdick had his OPS plummet from 1.022 to .764(his lowest total since his rookie season of 2067), hit his fewest homeruns since his rookie season(4), had his lowest RBI total since his rookie season(41), scored under 100 runs for the first time since 2068, had his highest strikeout total since 2076(100), failed to steal a base for the first time in his career, hit under .300 for the first time since 2069, reached base at a below .400 clip for the first time since 2070, and slugged under .500 for the first time since 2069. Sadly, the writing is on the wall for one of the all time greats. Meanwhile, second year infielder Jeramias Lucia had his OPS drop from a mediocre .724 to a disastrous .660 total. Shortstop Manuel Alarcon had his OPS drop more than 100 points, from .797 to .694. Casey Greene's ERA jumped from a career best 2.74 to a career worst 4.03. Delbert Spicher's ERA worsened by more than 60 points from last year's 3.90 figure. Preston Pauli's ERA worsened by 1.5 runs(it was 3.41 last season). Outlook: The Padres have free agents galore this offseason, starting with ace Carlos Lozoya. Third starter Delbert Spicher, reliever Dario Pena, and shortstop Manuel Alarcon are other notable potential free agents. Additionally, Andrew Burdick's contract expires at the end of the season, and the Padres will have to make a tough decision regarding him. From a sentimental standpoint, the Padres would certainly like to have the future Hall of Famer end his career with them, as his acquisition in 2073 helped to spur a resurgent era for San Diego. On the other hand, he'll turn 39 early next season, and his numbers dropped considerably this season. Potential free agents aside, San Diego is a fairly veteran team, with five regulars age 30 or older, and 3 starting pitchers age 30 or older. Other than Burdick, none of these players have reached the point where they might drop off of a cliff yet, so the Padres should remain a playoff contender for at least another 2 years. The only prospect of note that might make an impact in the near future is corner infielder Balta Romero, who hit .400 at AAA this season, with a 1.012 OPS, 66 extra base hits, 130 RBI, 123 runs scored, and 46 stolen bases in 50 attempts. His big league cup of coffee wasn't particularly impressive, however.
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2086 Season Review: Knoxville 79ers
Knoxville 79ers(89-73)
 Runs Scored rank: 9th Runs Allowed rank: T10th Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS S. Amezaga CF 148 599 187 27 5 13 54 98 65 98 .312 .382 .439 65 13 B. Wyatt RF 152 579 171 22 6 44 131 119 97 137 .295 .396 .582 38 12 D. Moise C 137 567 181 26 5 8 79 86 25 79 .319 .347 .425 4 0 J. Forrester 2B 151 542 148 31 8 43 112 95 58 140 .273 .341 .598 10 9 A. Taylor 1B 157 537 156 40 2 35 118 108 91 90 .291 .392 .568 0 0 D. Noles 3B 139 531 130 37 2 20 95 89 57 44 .245 .321 .435 1 1 E. Mccullough C 148 494 109 32 0 18 85 68 87 155 .221 .339 .395 0 0 J. Bailey SS 142 479 115 26 3 11 60 66 23 128 .240 .285 .376 3 3 J. Kier LF 104 363 83 31 0 23 63 71 67 109 .229 .348 .504 1 0 J. Shim LF 96 278 51 9 0 3 13 26 8 63 .183 .214 .248 3 0 L. Hawn SS 93 222 49 12 0 8 37 31 25 55 .221 .295 .383 2 1 J. Seldon C 66 203 65 19 1 4 21 32 30 56 .320 .412 .483 0 1 W. Mcneel 1B 54 78 20 4 2 5 19 16 14 12 .256 .381 .551 0 0 R. Gillmore CF 16 48 6 2 0 0 3 6 6 17 .125 .236 .167 0 0 C. Villanueva 3B 13 36 8 3 1 0 2 2 3 15 .222 .282 .361 0 0 W. Simon LF 22 24 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 .125 .125 .208 0 0 G. Forbes 2B 27 21 2 0 0 0 3 9 1 7 .095 .167 .095 3 0 E. Goodlett RF 11 20 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .350 0 1 B. Alford 2B 19 11 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 3 .182 .357 .273 0 1 H. Gregory 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH K. Masaru 37 37 18 13 0 4.00 283.2 282 143 126 117 175 13 3 R. Romero 32 32 19 7 0 3.40 248.2 231 103 94 71 208 10 2 P. Godinez 35 35 17 10 0 4.22 243.0 276 124 114 37 148 2 1 A. Barnes 32 32 9 18 0 6.04 213.0 225 155 143 93 165 7 0 A. Ambriz 43 9 5 3 2 5.63 116.2 134 80 73 70 56 0 0 M. Rocha 28 17 6 9 0 5.59 116.0 131 81 72 82 74 0 0 B. Schwindt 42 0 7 2 2 3.70 73.0 77 34 30 27 54 0 0 J. Odle 46 0 3 7 29 4.57 43.1 35 23 22 24 32 0 0 L. Losh 24 0 2 0 0 3.98 43.0 34 22 19 21 37 0 0 F. Blanco 30 0 2 2 3 8.38 38.2 47 37 36 26 19 0 0 P. Rivera 31 0 1 2 5 7.71 25.2 37 25 22 15 14 0 0 P. Hilson 3 0 0 0 0 16.88 2.2 7 5 5 2 2 0 0 Thoughts: As the 14th team to achieve a payroll in excess of $100 million, certainly expectations were high for Knoxville. But while the 79ers played well all season, a late season swoon cost them a third straight trip to the postseason. They became the 5th $100 million payroll team to miss the postseason. Interestingly, all five of those teams have come from the Southeast Division: three different Washington teams, one Atlanta team, and this year's Knoxville squad. Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player: Starting pitcher Rene Romero's numbers have been getting better year after year, but this was the first time that he has been in the Cy Young discussion. Romero set career bests in wins, ERA, innings pitched, and strikeouts. He tied for 4th in the league in wins, ranked 4th in ERA, 8th in innings pitched, 6th in strikeouts, and tied for 5th in complete games. Biggest Disappointment: Catcher Daniel Moise had his OPS drop by 127 points, from .899 to .772, and, despite collecting 85 more at bats this season, he had 6 fewer homeruns, 11 fewer RBI, and 1 fewer run scored. Donald Noles' OPS went from .859 last year to .756 this year; it was the first time he had an OPS under .800 since 2076. Shortstop Joseph Bailey had his OPS plunge from .802 to .660, and he had a career worsts in strikeouts, batting average, and on base percentage. Outlook: Knoxville has only two potential free agents worth mentioning: veteran closer Jordon Odle, and 26 year old second-baseman Jack Forrester, who set career highs in OPS, homeruns, RBI, and slugging percentage, and hopes to win his fifth straight Gold Glove Award this season. Clearly, the latter player will be a priority for the 79ers. Knoxville may not be able to afford losing him, as its lineup is fairly old. Forrester and Moise were the only regulars under the age of 32. The rotation is in better shape, as 32-year old Pedro Godinez is the oldest full-time starter(Marcos Rocha is 36, but he was relegated to a swing-man role this season). Knoxville's minor league system isn't exactly swimming in big league ready prospects, so the 79ers will most likely have to keep spending to remain a contender. That probably won't be an issue in the immediate future, but there is always the risk of being stuck with a bunch of expensive, declining veterans. That concludes the season reviews for the non-playoff teams. The Divisional Round playoff previews are next on the agenda, but they might not be posted for another week.
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2086 Divisional Round Preview: New Jersey VS. Hartford
The New Jersey Devils(94-68)
 VS. The Hartford Whalers(96-66)  Quick Facts: - New Jersey and Hartford have never faced each other in the postseason before. That's not surprising, as this is only New Jersey's second ever postseason appearance. - New Jersey is, of course, the defending champion. Last year, in New Jersey's first trip to the playoffs, the Devils defeated San Jose(6 games), San Diego(6 games), and Miami(6 games) to win their first ever World Series title. That has to sting Hartford fans just a little bit. The Whalers are a founding member of this league, but despite 3 World Series appearances(2050, 2065, and 2077) they have yet to win a championship. That '77 World Series loss to Washington actually represents the last time that Hartford was in the postseason. Only two members of the Whalers' current roster were on the 2077 team: first-baseman John Rachal and second-baseman Lucas Bustamante. The latter actually had a brief sojourn in Kansas City, starting when Hartford traded him in 2083 and ending at the end of last season. He rejoined Hartford this offseason as a free agent signing. - Hartford won the regular season series, 10-6. The average score of the 16 meetings was 5.6 to 5.4, in the Whalers' favor. Both teams reached double digits in runs scored twice: New Jersey in wins of 11-5 and 10-4, and Hartford in wins of 11-7 and 13-7. There were only two shutouts, and both were produced by the Devils, in wins of 3-0 and 7-0. Four of the games were decided by 1 run, and Hartford won 3 of them. Two games went to extra innings, and the Whalers prevailed both times. - New Jersey's offense ranked 5th in batting average, 8th in homeruns, 19th in walks, and 6th in runs scored. The Devils' pitching staff ranked 7th in ERA, 5th in opponents' batting average, 8th in homeruns allowed, 5th in walks allowed, and 7th in runs allowed. - Hartford's offense ranked 3rd in batting average, 11th in homeruns, 23rd in walks, and 4th in runs scored. The Whalers' pitching staff ranked 6th in ERA, 6th in opponents' batting average, 3rd in homeruns allowed, 12th in walks allowed, and 6th in runs allowed. Thoughts: New Jersey and Hartford may be the most evenly matched first round opponents this year. Both teams possess above average lineups that can do a lot of damage, and both teams have pretty good pitching staffs. Predicting a winner in this series will be a difficult task, although the Devils at least have the experience gained from last season's championship run to lean on if need be. Still, Hartford has some postseason experience of its own, even if the team hasn't been to the playoffs in awhile. Catcher Norman Adrover and relief pitcher Pete West both earned a World Series ring last year while playing for New Jersey. Both Rachal and Bustmante, as previously mentioned, were with the Whalers when they lost the '77 World Series. Third-baseman Louis Guerriero saw postseason action while with Rochester in 2080, '81, and '85. Shortstop Ralph Jennings was with Washington when the Senators reached the playoffs in 2080 and 2081. Left-fielder Robert Perkins was with Nashville when the Predators made the playoffs in 2082 and 2083. Center-fielder Larry Romanowski was a member of the last San Jose team to reach the World Series(2079). Right-fielder Richard Herb was a part of Miami's '79 World Series winning team, and also the '81 team that lost the World Series. Starting pitchers Peter Boughner and Benjamin Guertin were both members of the '84 Tucson team that won the World Series; Boughner also played for the Diamondbacks in 2080 when they lost in the World Series. Finally, Bruce Congdon saw postseason action for Knoxville in 2084. The Teams: Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS A. Lucia 1B 158 615 199 55 7 38 136 119 49 84 .324 .377 .621 12 9 H. Baldridge CF 156 575 186 30 7 28 127 94 58 90 .323 .384 .546 12 1 Z. Maresuke RF 152 560 157 21 5 33 115 114 69 88 .280 .361 .512 2 4 R. Mccrimmon LF 151 553 160 20 6 37 108 122 68 104 .289 .368 .548 39 17 R. Charron 2B 141 537 193 33 1 2 49 100 72 74 .359 .438 .436 1 1 A. Escalera 3B 142 502 153 21 4 11 71 73 35 22 .305 .349 .428 4 5 B. Hall SS 132 420 118 31 6 4 47 67 37 56 .281 .339 .412 14 5 A. Ramirez 2B 124 299 73 14 0 3 34 33 22 50 .244 .295 .321 0 0 S. Howard C 68 211 58 9 2 1 28 21 12 57 .275 .320 .351 10 7 J. Brinton 2B 96 206 72 8 6 8 33 38 9 23 .350 .377 .563 1 1 M. Hagaman LF 99 183 49 8 0 13 34 32 15 27 .268 .320 .525 6 2 M. Kaster 2B 73 168 42 8 1 12 33 30 18 52 .250 .340 .524 5 3 E. Ikeda CF 66 117 22 3 1 3 10 16 17 31 .188 .307 .308 9 2 K. Wilcox C 34 92 21 5 0 1 14 13 14 5 .228 .330 .315 0 0 K. Chancey SP 34 90 5 1 2 0 2 7 1 45 .056 .066 .111 0 0 D. Ocampo SP 32 77 6 0 0 0 2 2 1 27 .078 .090 .078 0 0 M. Secrest SP 32 73 9 3 1 3 6 9 5 29 .123 .179 .315 0 0 J. Hazeltine SP 31 69 23 3 2 0 10 9 4 34 .333 .370 .435 0 0 K. Phipps SP 30 55 8 1 1 0 3 5 3 24 .145 .190 .200 0 0 P. Benning MR 71 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .143 .143 .286 0 0 A. Mota MR 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 0 0 P. Orr MR 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 L. Buttram 3B 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .250 0 0 K. Hansen RF 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Nichols MR 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Prahl MR 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 D. Corcuera SP 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 K. Abdul SP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Fajardo MR 38 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Stanger MR 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Troutman MR 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Sanchez LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 First-baseman Amaury Lucia was the leader of the New Jersey attack, and set career highs in hits, triples, RBI, runs scored, and batting average. He just missed a third straight season with an OPS above 1.000, finishing with a .998 total. Second year center-fielder Herbert Baldridge built upon his impressive half season from last year and raised his OPS from .862(264 at bats) to .930. Left-fielder Russell McCrimmon posted his second straight .900+ OPS season(.916), and set career highs in hits, triples, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, stolen bases, batting average, and on base percentage. Second-baseman Ramon Charron set career highs in OPS(.873), hits, doubles, RBI, runs scored, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. He finished 2nd in the NL batting race. The only career highs that right-fielder Zankuro Maresuke set this season were in runs scored and walks. Nevertheless, he had another fine season, posting an .873 OPS. The weak links in the Devils' lineup included third-baseman Alfredo Escalera, who had his OPS drop from .847 to .778, even as he hit above .300 for the first time since 2083. His homerun total dropped by 50%, from 22 last year down to 11 this year, and he posted his lowest runs scored total since scoring 59 runs in 2080, when he was a part time player and had only 285 at bats. Since arriving in New Jersey as a free agent in 2083, shortstop Brian Hall has gotten worse every season. He has posted OPS's of .903, .863, .779, and now, a middling .751 figure. The Devils gambled at the trade deadline, and surrendered starting catcher Cefe Perez in exchange for bullpen help. That left 31 year old rookie Sidney Howard as the starter, and he hasn't exactly taken over the job. He posted a .619 OPS in August and a .581 OPS in September. For the year, he has mustered an unimpressive .671 OPS. Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH K. Chancey 34 34 21 3 0 2.39 252.0 185 72 67 93 152 5 2 M. Secrest 32 32 13 9 0 4.43 203.0 218 107 100 37 125 2 1 J. Hazeltine 31 31 15 11 0 5.02 192.0 208 113 107 35 115 2 0 D. Ocampo 32 32 11 10 0 3.94 191.2 172 100 84 89 184 1 0 K. Phipps 30 30 7 9 0 5.20 166.0 205 107 96 72 117 0 0 P. Benning 71 1 3 3 2 5.96 90.2 93 63 60 51 54 0 0 A. Mota 67 0 4 6 34 3.66 78.2 71 36 32 18 55 0 0 J. Troutman 65 0 7 3 2 3.41 74.0 73 34 28 33 56 0 0 J. Prahl 48 0 1 3 1 5.24 55.0 69 34 32 12 26 0 0 A. Fajardo 38 0 5 4 2 4.60 43.0 39 26 22 10 12 0 0 P. Orr 27 0 3 1 2 10.09 33.0 60 43 37 24 21 0 0 B. Nichols 22 0 1 2 1 8.10 23.1 33 21 21 20 19 0 0 D. French 21 0 2 2 1 7.40 20.2 27 18 17 4 11 0 0 I. Resnick 10 0 1 0 0 3.75 12.0 10 5 5 1 6 0 0 R. Hassinger 10 0 1 0 0 2.89 9.1 8 4 3 3 4 0 0 T. Mashai 6 0 1 1 0 4.50 8.0 9 4 4 1 2 0 0 K. Abdul 1 1 0 1 0 9.53 5.2 7 6 6 6 2 0 0 D. Corcuera 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 5.0 8 5 5 3 2 0 0 R. Stanger 2 0 0 0 0 3.00 3.0 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 R. Reasor 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Devils' rotation was anchored by Kenneth Chancey, who has an excellent chance at winning the Cy Young Award after pacing the National League in ERA. Chancey set personal bests in wins, ERA, and WHIP(1.10). It was his second straight 20-win season, and the third of his career. Chancey was one of the heroes of the playoff run last year, going 4-0 in 5 starts with a 1.12 ERA. Desmond Ocampo bounced back from a sophomore slump and lowered his ERA by about 1 1/2 runs from last year's 5.46 figure. Twenty-two year old Michael Secrest had a solid first full season, although his ERA was worse this year than the 3.67 mark he put up in 12 starts last season. John Hazeltine was a lot better this year than he was last season(5.73 ERA), but still not anything special. He did set career bests in wins, strikeouts, and WHIP(1.27). Closer Abel Mota had 2 more saves this year than last, but his ERA ballooned by more than a full run, up from 2.50 last year. Jonathan Troutman was acquired at the trade deadline to bolster what was a pretty awful bullpen. He got off to a rocky start, with a 4.63 ERA in 13 appearances in August, but was almost untouchable down the stretch. In 10 September innings, the veteran right-hander posted a 0.00 ERA, allowed opposing hitters to hit just .188 against him, and had a sparkling 0.70 WHIP. After those two, there is a severe dropoff. Angel Fajardo was serviceable, as he has been each of the past 4 years, but that is about all you can say about him. He also missed two months with an injury, however, he did pitch very well after returning: a 1.74 ERA in 9 September appearances. Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS L. Guerriero 3B 155 616 234 78 6 47 176 132 48 143 .380 .428 .755 6 2 J. Rachal 1B 150 595 167 43 1 27 121 96 68 97 .281 .353 .492 0 0 R. Jennings SS 155 582 174 34 6 23 110 100 52 53 .299 .359 .497 6 5 R. Perkins LF 152 574 191 24 7 20 100 128 77 42 .333 .413 .503 3 6 L. Romanowski CF 141 549 173 33 4 7 48 112 47 38 .315 .380 .428 10 9 L. Bustamante 2B 149 538 176 32 1 13 86 65 22 15 .327 .359 .463 0 1 R. Turner RF 158 536 133 25 1 30 113 99 90 139 .248 .356 .466 1 0 N. Adrover C 138 503 143 28 1 13 61 61 19 60 .284 .318 .421 1 1 R. Barbosa CF 109 262 90 12 2 8 32 44 16 39 .344 .386 .496 1 1 R. Herb RF 79 144 53 5 2 1 16 39 7 17 .368 .397 .451 18 4 R. Gomez SS 56 132 33 6 0 3 16 16 7 43 .250 .288 .364 1 0 P. Boughner SP 34 104 24 5 1 0 7 12 3 39 .231 .252 .298 0 0 B. Congdon SP 32 76 10 1 1 0 4 7 5 26 .132 .185 .171 0 0 E. Chambliss SP 35 76 5 1 0 1 2 5 1 41 .066 .077 .118 0 0 W. Carter C 31 74 14 5 0 2 8 6 5 19 .189 .241 .338 0 0 A. Smith C 24 71 13 6 0 1 10 9 6 16 .183 .247 .310 0 0 B. Guertin SP 26 67 3 1 0 0 2 4 7 33 .045 .135 .060 0 0 A. Marciano SP 25 52 11 3 0 0 4 5 2 21 .212 .241 .269 0 0 J. Langlais 1B 12 43 16 5 0 0 11 6 2 12 .372 .391 .488 0 0 R. Wall 3B 32 30 6 1 0 0 0 10 1 5 .200 .226 .233 3 1 S. Robinson SP 17 27 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 12 .074 .074 .074 0 0 B. Frau LF 28 26 7 1 1 0 3 6 5 3 .269 .406 .385 0 0 S. Bustamante 2B 15 21 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 .381 .381 .381 0 0 O. Rippeon LF 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 0 0 M. Larson MR 57 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 M. Leto MR 74 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 .333 .500 .667 0 0 R. Banton MR 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Alvarado MR 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 L. Casto RF 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 R. Mattos SP 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 P. West MR 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Obviously, the name that jumps out when one looks at Hartford's lineup is third-baseman Louis Guerriero, who just polished off one of the most dominating regular seasons in league history. Not only did he become just the third player to ever win the Triple Crown, he also paced the league in hits, doubles, runs scored, slugging percentage, and OPS. He broke the NL single season record for doubles one year after tying the previous record of 68. He had his 3rd consecutive season with an OPS above 1.000, and the 6th of his career. He had his 4th 200-hit season, his 3rd 40-HR season, his 8th 100-RBI season, and his 11th 100-runs scored season. Guerriero also reached 400 career homeruns this season. He is a shoe-in to win his first career Silver Slugger award. Of course, Guerriero isn't the only Whaler to have a strong offensive season. Left-fielder Robert Perkins set career highs in OPS(.917), hits, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, walks, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. For most anyone else, the season that Ralph Jennings had would be considered just fine. For Jennings, though, it was actually a "down" year. His .855 OPS was his first under .900 since 2080. He slugged under .500 for the first time since 2078, and failed to hit 30 homeruns for the first time since 2080. Still, it was a very good season. Much of what I just said could also apply to first-baseman John Rachal. The 33 year old slugger had an .846 OPS, which marked his first under .900 OPS season since 2076. He failed to hit .300 for the first time since 2079, and failed to hit 30 homeruns for the first time since 2076. He did, however, reach 400 career homeruns this season. Right-fielder Roy Turner was very solid in his first season as an everyday player. The 25 year old posted an .823 OPS and had a very strong finish. Fifteen of his homeruns came in the final two months of the season, and his August and September OPS's were .900 and 1.061, respectively. Veteran second-baseman Lucas Bustamante had his best season since 2082. His OPS that season was .853, and after three straight sub-.800 seasons, he posted an .822 total this season. He hit also .300 for the first time since '82 and reached double digits in homeruns for the first time since 2083. His 15 strikeouts represented the fewest that he has had in any season, with the exception of a 7 at bat cup of coffee back in 2071. Center-fielder Larry Romanowski had a solid .808 OPS and topped 100 runs scored for the third straight season. The only Whalers' regular that had a subpar season was catcher Norman Adrover. The former New Jersey Devil mustered a .739 OPS, set a career high in doubles, and reached double digits in homeruns for the first time since 2083. Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH P. Boughner 33 33 21 9 0 3.01 271.2 234 98 91 44 116 18 4 B. Congdon 31 31 13 10 0 4.01 215.2 208 107 96 58 162 6 0 E. Chambliss 35 35 12 12 0 4.76 215.2 232 123 114 126 213 1 0 B. Guertin 26 26 11 7 0 3.68 191.0 186 84 78 61 138 8 1 A. Marciano 25 25 10 9 0 6.97 151.0 173 122 117 123 61 5 1 M. Leto 73 0 9 4 0 5.60 82.0 91 54 51 31 79 0 0 S. Robinson 17 11 4 1 0 4.81 73.0 81 46 39 21 42 0 0 M. Larson 57 0 5 4 1 4.13 69.2 67 32 32 13 52 0 0 J. Alvarado 56 0 9 5 24 3.95 57.0 59 28 25 38 26 0 0 R. Banton 47 0 1 2 0 4.80 54.1 52 29 29 20 31 0 0 P. West 51 0 0 2 2 6.20 49.1 54 40 34 35 34 0 0 R. Mattos 5 1 1 1 0 6.35 11.1 15 8 8 2 7 0 0 Peter Boughner enjoyed his best season since 2081. He matched his ERA total that season, and came within 1 of doing the same in the wins department. He set career highs in innings pitched, strikeouts, and complete games, and tied his career high in shutouts. He tied for 3rd in the NL in wins, ranked 8th in ERA, and led the league in innings pitched, complete games, and shutouts. Benjamin Guertin reduced his ERA by 0.36(from 4.04), and set a career high in complete games. Bruce Congdon had the best ERA of his career and set a career high in complete games. Edward Chambliss isn't the worst 4th starter to have for a postseason series, with an ERA around league average. He also topped 200 strikeouts for the third straight season, and fourth time in his career. Of course, he also topped 100 walks for the 10th consecutive season. Chambliss was 4th in the National League in strikeouts and tied for 2nd in walks. Hartford's bullpen isn't exactly anything special. Closer Jonah Alvarado had the best ERA among the bunch, and that was despite walking more batters than he struck out. Alvarado's ERA improved by more than 3 full runs from last season's 6.97 figure. He also tied for the league lead with 9 blown saves. Although he had an inferior ERA to Alvarado, 37 year old Mitchell Larson was probably Hartford's best reliever. He had an acceptable ERA and a much more impressive K/BB ratio. The rest of the bullpen was not very good, with Michael Leto being the biggest disappointment. His numbers dropped precipitously from last season, when he had a 2.41 ERA and 117 K in 112 innings pitched. Prediction: When it comes down to it, Hartford's lineup seems to have fewer holes in it. That might be just enough to turn the tide in what is otherwise a very even matchup. Whalers in 7 games.
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2086 Divisional Round Preview: Los Angeles VS. San Jose
The Los Angeles Dodgers(89-73)
 VS. The San Jose Sharks(96-66)  Quick Facts: - Los Angeles and San Jose have met twice before in the postseason. The Sharks outlasted the Dodgers in 7 games in the 2064 NLCS, rallying from a 3 games to 1 deficit with wins of 8-5, 7-2, and 4-1. The 8-5 Game Five victory included a rally from a 5-1 deficit. The Sharks went on to defeat Tucson in 5 games in the World Series. The second playoff meeting occurred in the 2076 Division Round. San Jose, which had won the West Division by 20 games that year over Los Angeles en route to a league-best 103-59 record, rolled over the Dodgers in 5 games. The Sharks eventually reached the World Series, but lost to Knoxville in 5 games. - 2076 was the last time that Los Angeles reached the playoffs. The Dodgers also reached in 2074(when they paced the league with 106 wins) and 2072. In '74, they lost to Pittsburgh in the NLCS, and in '72, they fell to Rochester in the Divisional Round. The Dodgers haven't been to the World Series since 2028, when they defeated Knoxville in 7 games. - San Jose reached the postseason last year, but lost in the Divisional Round to eventual champion, New Jersey. The Sharks' last World Series appearance came in 2079(a 5 game loss to Miami), and the Sharks' last win came in 2072(a 6 game win over Tucson). First-baseman Ugo Momoru is the only player still around from the '72 team. - The Dodgers won the regular season series over the Sharks, 9-5. The average score favored Los Angeles, 4.9 to 3.1. Only one game featured a team reaching double digits in runs scored, and that was a 12-2 rout by the Dodgers. There were 3 shutouts and all of them had the Dodgers winning by a score of 4-0. One game went to extra innings: a 2-1, 13-inning San Jose victory. There were 3 1-run games, and the Sharks won them all. - Los Angeles' lineup ranked 18th in batting average, 14th in homeruns, 14th in walks, and 19th in runs scored. The Dodgers' pitching staff ranked 8th in ERA, 7th in opponents' batting average, 7th in homeruns allowed, 6th in walks allowed, and 8th in runs allowed. - San Jose's offense ranked 16th in batting average, tied for 21st in homeruns, 16th in walks, and 17th in runs scored. The Sharks' pitching staff ranked 3rd in ERA, 1st in opponents' batting average, 17th in homeruns allowed, 7th in walks allowed, and tied for 1st in runs allowed. Thoughts: Like the other National League matchup, this Divisional Round series features two fairly similar teams. Both Los Angeles and San Jose have strong pitching staffs and lackluster lineups. Also like the other first round series, this matchup pits a team that reached the postseason last year against a team that has not been in the playoffs for some time. The Sharks, of course, have reached the playoffs 11 times in the past 12 years, so they have quite a bit of postseason experience on their roster. But what about the Dodgers? As mentioned, Los Angeles' last trip to the postseason was in 2076, and two members of the current team were also on that squad: first-baseman Timothy Wegener and right-fielder Leland Pye. Catcher Larry Seishisai, who is in his second go-around with the Dodgers, was actually a member of the 2072 Los Angeles team that reached the postseason. Seishisai and reliever James Copp both played for Memphis when the Grizzlies reached the postseason every year from 2077 to 2079; that includes the 2078 team that lost in the World Series to Rochester. Starting pitcher William Bergan is the only member of the team that has played for a World Series winner. He played for the Tucson Diamondbacks from 2080 to 2084; the '80 team lost to Pittsburgh in 7 games in the World Series while the 2084 team defeated Sacramento in 7 to capture a World Series title. Other Dodgers' players who have seen playoff action are center-fielder Carlo Romero('76 Grand Rapids and '82 and '83 Nashville), third-baseman Andres Garcia('76 Grand Rapids), second-baseman Fred Claire('76 Grand Rapids and '82 Buffalo), left-fielder Jonathan Constantino('83 Tucson), and first-baseman Jerry Hise('75 San Diego and '82 and '83 Nashville). The Teams: Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS T. Wegener 1B 151 591 176 33 2 21 79 84 28 41 .298 .332 .467 0 0 J. Valle SS 156 566 177 43 8 39 116 109 67 131 .313 .385 .624 2 1 C. Romero CF 155 566 160 17 1 24 73 104 84 87 .283 .377 .443 7 0 L. Seishisai C 151 530 131 22 0 18 65 83 63 31 .247 .327 .391 5 2 A. Garcia 3B 150 524 149 34 6 19 82 89 92 108 .284 .404 .481 9 4 J. Green 2B 138 497 137 23 5 10 74 57 34 107 .276 .325 .402 7 10 L. Pye RF 149 486 123 30 0 24 91 69 72 118 .253 .349 .463 2 2 J. Constantino LF 112 397 120 17 2 6 42 47 21 23 .302 .338 .401 14 3 F. Claire 2B 120 367 85 19 0 8 49 36 17 92 .232 .273 .349 9 3 R. Renard LF 123 354 100 15 3 12 53 54 17 47 .282 .324 .444 14 2 J. Hise 1B 112 200 59 11 1 3 26 32 16 35 .295 .348 .405 0 0 S. Mash 3B 107 173 68 4 1 0 18 28 15 38 .393 .442 .428 4 2 W. Fairbanks C 33 96 20 2 0 0 6 9 6 14 .208 .250 .229 0 0 P. Chason 2B 57 95 16 4 0 0 12 8 5 10 .168 .208 .211 0 0 W. Bergan SP 33 89 9 4 0 0 1 7 2 34 .101 .121 .146 0 0 E. Tiano SP 32 70 6 3 0 0 3 3 4 22 .086 .135 .129 0 0 R. Jones SP 36 67 12 1 0 0 7 7 1 27 .179 .188 .194 0 0 F. Savala SP 27 55 8 1 0 0 4 0 2 24 .145 .175 .164 0 0 J. Edmonson CF 46 52 14 5 1 0 2 5 7 12 .269 .356 .404 0 2 R. Payne C 27 52 9 3 1 0 5 4 1 13 .173 .189 .269 0 2 S. Orellana SP 27 44 7 0 0 0 4 4 3 21 .159 .213 .159 0 0 M. Heath CF 11 22 7 1 0 0 3 4 1 7 .318 .333 .364 0 0 J. Teal SP 58 20 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 .100 .095 .150 0 0 H. Rubino SS 23 19 6 2 0 0 1 6 0 7 .316 .316 .421 1 0 J. Copp MR 59 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0 0 O. Campana RF 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .200 .429 .200 0 0 R. Concepcion SP 19 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 D. Catoe MR 90 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 0 0 J. Khalil MR 62 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 0 0 S. Todaro MR 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Oldham 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Shortstop Jose Valle had the best season of his career to lead the Dodgers' offense. He had a career-best 1.009 OPS(ranking 3rd in the NL) and also set career highs in doubles and slugging percentage. Third-baseman Andres Garcia delivered an .885 OPS, giving him 6 consecutive seasons with an OPS above .800. On the negative side, he failed to hit 20 homeruns for the first time since 2077 and failed to draw 100 walks for the first time since 2078. Center-fielder Carlo Romero had an .820 OPS, which for him, was actually a slight disappointment. After all, he has a career .927 OPS. He did reach 500 career homeruns this season, and he topped 100 runs scored for the 15th straight season. Right-fielder Leland Pye quietly put up another solid season. He had an .812 OPS, which gives him 7 straight .800+ OPS campaigns. He also topped 20 homeruns for the 4th straight season and the 8th time in the past 9 seasons. He reached 30 doubles for the 7th consecutive season. Pye has only been an All Star once, but he continues to get the job done. First-baseman Timothy Wegener had a somewhat down season, although he was still above average. His .799 OPS represented his first sub-.800 OPS since 2081. He also had his lowest homerun total for a full season. The rest of the Dodgers' lineup posted average to below average numbers. Left-field platoon mates Jonathan Constantino(.739 OPS) and Ray Renard(.767 OPS) average out to a fairly mediocre player. Constantino did post a better than .300 batting average for the 4th straight season, but his on base percentage was his worst as a regular. Renard actually set career highs in OPS, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, batting average, and slugging percentage. Twenty-two year old rookie second-baseman Jason Green played for three different teams this season, and that probably made it difficult for him to settle into a rhythm. His .727 OPS certainly wasn't impressive. Veteran catcher Larry Seishisai had one of the worst seasons of his career. His .718 OPS was his worst since the last season of his first stint with LA, when he posted a .671 OPS in 2073. It was also a 229 point drop from last season's .947 total. He failed to hit 20 homeruns for the first time since 2076 and failed to slug .400 for the first time since 2073. Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH W. Bergan 33 33 18 7 0 3.83 237.1 208 109 101 62 178 6 2 E. Tiano 32 32 13 17 0 5.33 219.2 250 138 130 68 181 3 2 R. Jones 37 36 12 8 0 3.63 216.0 185 97 87 60 155 0 0 S. Orellana 27 27 8 13 0 5.65 156.0 161 104 98 80 97 0 0 F. Savala 27 27 7 9 0 5.49 154.0 190 103 94 40 130 0 0 J. Teal 58 6 6 5 2 4.81 106.2 121 59 57 41 81 0 0 D. Catoe 90 0 5 3 2 3.82 96.2 108 44 41 48 61 0 0 J. Copp 59 0 9 2 31 1.86 77.1 65 20 16 20 78 0 0 J. Khalil 62 0 2 4 5 3.03 71.1 51 27 24 24 29 0 0 S. Todaro 31 0 5 2 0 5.28 29.0 39 22 17 25 11 0 0 R. Concepcion 19 1 0 0 1 6.51 27.2 40 23 20 11 20 0 0 F. Margolis 4 0 0 0 0 22.50 4.0 7 11 10 13 2 0 0 S. Razo 2 0 0 0 0 16.88 2.2 6 5 5 0 2 0 0 T. Neer 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 1.0 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 The Dodgers' bullpen isn't too bad, so that might offset some of the rotational weaknesses. Closer James Copp was one of the most dominating relievers this season. In the second most innings pitched of his career, he had career bests in both ERA and strikeouts. He also topped 30 saves for the 4th time in his career and the first time since 2080. Second year left-hander Jacob Khalil improved significantly from his rookie season. He bettered his ERA by more than 2 1/2 runs(it was 5.59 last year) and actually had more strikeouts than walks(it was 33/36 last year). Veteran Denny Catoe had the best season of his career. He reached 90 appearances for the second time in his career and posted an ERA under 4.00 for the first time. Jason Teal wasn't too bad as a sort-of swingman, as he managed an ERA close to league average. Interestingly, his numbers as a starter were a lot better than his numbers as a reliever. In 6 starts and 47 1/3 starter innings pitched, Teal had a 3.23 ERA and 32 strikeouts against 14 walks. In 52 relief appearances and 59 1/3 relief innings pitched, he had a 6.07 ERA and 49 strikeouts against 27 walks. It is fair to point out, however, that his least effective start came against San Jose(6 2/3 innings pitched, 9 hits, 5 runs, 4 earned runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts). Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS U. Momoru 1B 149 585 152 21 1 28 108 97 79 31 .260 .350 .443 3 0 O. Escobedo SS 148 580 174 24 6 25 96 86 34 38 .300 .346 .491 0 0 J. Lumsden RF 148 571 173 42 5 23 112 103 61 35 .303 .372 .515 1 0 E. Alexander CF 137 496 148 11 9 20 63 90 29 66 .298 .343 .478 32 13 C. Seaver C 136 463 110 21 1 13 66 56 50 71 .238 .310 .371 4 0 S. Martinez LF 130 458 136 37 7 3 61 80 75 84 .297 .396 .428 7 4 R. Clear 2B 127 443 138 19 6 1 39 77 36 51 .312 .364 .388 28 5 V. Zurcher 2B 114 410 124 35 5 11 69 47 27 67 .302 .343 .493 1 4 H. Motoshige 3B 97 294 81 20 4 8 40 36 14 35 .276 .308 .452 3 1 F. Conde CF 95 275 80 18 4 0 30 50 55 13 .291 .412 .385 5 2 A. Francis 3B 75 239 53 8 3 18 42 31 8 75 .222 .255 .506 2 1 G. Ormiston CF 93 236 68 11 1 0 26 30 32 30 .288 .375 .343 4 0 D. Vassar C 30 90 20 2 2 0 6 12 9 27 .222 .290 .289 0 0 J. Echeveste SP 33 84 10 3 0 0 6 3 3 36 .119 .149 .155 0 0 J. Myatt SP 31 74 8 5 0 0 3 7 6 30 .108 .171 .176 1 0 B. Simmerman SP 32 68 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 31 .162 .197 .162 0 0 J. Holcomb SP 30 67 7 5 1 0 3 4 3 27 .104 .141 .209 1 0 S. Mchenry SP 25 59 9 1 0 1 5 3 0 23 .153 .153 .220 0 0 R. Tibbs LF 21 53 11 3 0 2 7 5 4 3 .208 .263 .377 1 0 T. Melton 1B 11 25 5 2 0 0 5 4 0 2 .200 .200 .280 1 0 R. Whitesell C 5 20 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 6 .150 .190 .200 0 0 J. Catania 1B 7 19 6 1 0 0 1 4 1 3 .316 .350 .368 1 0 F. Prentice 3B 8 17 6 0 1 0 5 3 1 6 .353 .368 .471 0 0 F. Shimizu 3B 4 14 4 1 0 0 3 3 2 3 .286 .375 .357 0 0 W. Turner RF 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 .143 .200 .143 0 0 C. Geter SP 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .000 .077 .000 0 0 T. Richmond SP 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Vaccaro CF 4 7 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 .571 .625 .571 0 0 B. Cisneros 3B 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 J. Turner MR 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Aybar CF 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 C. Blanton MR 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Bolduc SP 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 0 0 N. Martinez MR 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Frisch MR 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 G. Parker MR 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 San Jose right-fielder James Lumsden is basically the Sharks' version of Leland Pye. Not really a star, but consistent as hell. Lumsden had an .887 OPS this season, marking his 6th consecutive season with an OPS above .800(his 8th if you count 2079 and 2080 when he had 200+ at bats each year as a part time player). He topped 20 homeruns for the fourth straight season, 100 RBI for the fourth straight season, and 100 runs scored for the third straight season). He also set career highs in both walks and on base percentage. Shortstop Orlando Escobedo had an .837 OPS and hit .300 for the first time in his career. He set career highs in both hits and on base percentage, and topped 20 homeruns for the 8th straight season. His total of 25 was, however, his lowest in his eight seasons as an everyday player. Infielder Victor Zurcher filled in wherever needed, making 49 starts at third base, 39 starts at second base, and 14 starts at shortstop. All told, he made 102 starts, and set career highs in OPS(.836), batting average, on base percentage, hits, and doubles. He tied his career high in RBI. Left-fielder Simon Martinez had another solid season as a table-setter. He posted an .824 OPS, and topped 30 doubles for the fourth straight season. Center-fielder Eric Alexander had a career-best .821 OPS, and also set career highs in games played, at bats, hits, triples, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, walks, stolen bases, and slugging percentage. First-baseman Ugo Momoru showed his age this season, as the 36 year old saw his OPS dip below .800 for the first time since 2074. He finished with a .793 total. He also had the worst batting average of his career. Momoru still managed to reach 20 homeruns and 100 RBI for the 12th straight season. Sharing the 2B/3B duties with Zurcher were Andrew Francis(52 starts at 3B), Hidesaburou Motoshige(56 starts at 3B), and Robert Clear(113 starts at 2B). While all three had periods of strong productivity, they all finished with mediocre numbers. The 38 year old Francis managed a .761 OPS and reached double digit homeruns for the 15th straight season. He had the worst on base percentage of his career. Motoshige posted a .760 OPS, and actually had the best slugging percentage of his career. Robert Clear had a .753 OPS(right around his career .750 total), and set career highs in games played, at bats, hits, triples, runs scored, stolen bases, and on base percentage. He tied his career highs for walks and batting average. Catcher Charles Seaver is 37 years old and he played like it. His .682 OPS was easily the worst of his career, as were his batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage totals. His hits, homeruns, RBI, and runs scored were the worst totals that he has had in 13 years as an everyday player. His strikeout total was his highest since 2075. Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH J. Echeveste 33 33 24 6 0 2.78 236.0 213 83 73 49 114 4 2 B. Simmerman 32 32 10 14 0 4.94 213.1 209 125 117 84 133 2 1 J. Myatt 31 31 13 8 0 4.70 210.2 201 115 110 75 159 1 0 J. Holcomb 30 30 13 8 0 4.98 175.1 158 105 97 113 106 0 0 S. Mchenry 25 25 8 11 0 5.90 158.2 160 113 104 72 169 1 0 G. Parker 58 0 8 5 10 2.01 94.0 74 21 21 11 64 0 0 B. Frisch 46 0 9 4 9 2.53 74.2 47 22 21 24 96 0 0 C. Blanton 50 0 4 6 23 2.00 72.0 66 16 16 2 60 0 0 N. Martinez 38 0 2 1 0 3.34 59.1 53 23 22 8 38 0 0 J. Turner 38 0 0 1 1 4.40 59.1 42 30 29 27 73 0 0 C. Geter 5 5 3 0 0 2.51 32.1 34 9 9 13 17 0 0 T. Richmond 5 5 1 2 0 7.00 27.0 31 23 21 21 16 0 0 J. Pounders 26 0 1 0 0 9.62 24.1 35 29 26 13 7 0 0 A. Cavazos 7 0 0 0 0 9.72 8.1 11 9 9 8 9 0 0 B. Bolduc 2 1 0 0 0 3.86 7.0 3 3 3 5 7 0 0 L. Preuss 6 0 0 0 0 1.29 7.0 9 3 1 2 3 0 0 J. Mealy 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 M. Carlyle 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 J. Bray 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Juan Echeveste proved that last season wasn't a fluke, as he led all of baseball in wins and finished 6th in the NL in ERA. The win total broke San Jose's franchise record of 23, which had stood since 2060. Echeveste set career bests in starts, wins, ERA, innings pitched, and strikeouts. After Echeveste, the Sharks' rotation was a little shaky. Left-hander James Myatt had a serviceable ERA and set career bests in wins and WHIP(1.31), but had his strikeout rate drop from 8.0 per 9 innings last season to only 6.8 this season. Bill Simmerman had a much worse season this year than last. A year ago, he went 18-10 with a 3.67 ERA and was named to the All Star team. This year, his ERA ballooned by more than a run, he surrendered 4 more homeruns in 31 2/3 fewer innings, and his walk rate go from 2.3 per 9 innings to 3.5 per 9 innings. His 41 homeruns allowed were the 5th most in the National League. If San Jose uses a 4th starter, it is not clear if the Sharks will go with the more experienced Steven McHenry, who had the worst ERA of his career this season and, despite not even pitching enough innings to qualify for the ERA title, still managed to surrender 48 homeruns, good for the 2nd most in the NL, or with 28 year old rookie James Holcomb who somehow managed a slightly below average ERA despite walking more batters than he struck out. Like Los Angeles, the Sharks' bullpen is strong enough to make up for any deficiencies in the rotation. Clinton Blanton set career bests in saves, ERA, strikeouts, and WHIP(0.94). Bill Frisch had an ERA under 3.00 for the 8th consecutive season, topped 90 strikeouts for the 6th time in his career, and had a WHIP under 1.00(0.95) for the 4th time. George Parker had career bests in games, saves, ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts, and WHIP(0.90). Even the back of the bullpen types for San Jose(Narciso Martinez and James Turner) put up above average numbers. If the Sharks get to the late innings with a lead, it will be very difficult for any team to come back. Prediction: From a pure talent standpoint, Los Angeles probably has a superior rotation, and in a playoff series that would normally be enough overcome an otherwise similar opponent. But from an actual performance standpoint, the Dodgers and Sharks seem pretty even. San Jose does have an advantage in the bullpen, although the Dodgers aren't really weak there, either. On the other hand, the Sharks pitching staff has been vulnerable to homeruns, and while the Dodgers' offense isn't great, it was at least close to average in hitting homeruns. Most likely, this will be a long series. Los Angeles in 7 games.
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2086 Divisional Round Preview: Atlanta VS. Miami
The Atlanta Braves(92-70)
 VS. The Miami Dolphins(101-61)  Quick Facts: - Atlanta and Miami have met in the postseason only once before. An 85-win Dolphins team knocked off a 96-win Braves team in 5 games in the Divisional Round, before falling to the eventual World Series champions, Memphis, in the ALCS. - This is Atlanta's first playoff appearance since that 2069 season. To put that time-frame into perspective, veteran Miami outfielder Dennis Fernandez was considered the top hitting prospect in the league in '69, while Miami first-baseman Aaron Shorts was the 52nd best prospect The Braves had also made the playoffs in 2068, but lost to Grand Rapids in the Divisional round. You'd have to go all the way back to 2040 to find the next previous postseason appearance for the Braves. Atlanta's last World Series appearance(and victory) was in 2021, which is the longest drought of any team that has won at least one World Series title. - This was Miami's 14th consecutive Southeast Division title. The Dolphins have reached the World Series 5 times in the past 7 years, winning in '79 and '82, and losing in '81, '83, and '85. Only 5 players remain from the '79 victory over San Jose(catcher Jake Foss, first-baseman Aaron Shorts, third-baseman Thomas Fuentes, Jr., and starting pitchers Jose Caceres and Christian Hokusai, although the latter was used as swing-man that year, with 32 appearances and 7 starts). Twelve players remain from the '82 win. - Miami won the regular season series over Atlanta, with 9 wins in 14 games. The average score was 6.5 to 4.1, in favor of the Dolphins. Only two games had one of the teams reaching double digits in runs scored, and both were Miami victories(12-5 and 13-5). There was one shutout(a 5-0 Dolphins' victory). There was one extra inning game(an 8-6, 10-inning Miami win). None of the games were decided by only one run. There were 5 games decided by two runs(the Braves were 3-2 in those games). - Atlanta's offense ranked 4th in batting average, 3rd in homeruns, 3rd in walks, and 2nd in runs scored. The Braves' pitching staff ranked 18th in ERA, 12th in opponents' batting average, 19th in homeruns allowed, 22nd in walks allowed, and 18th in runs allowed. - Miami's offense ranked 13th in the league in batting average, 9th in homeruns, tied for 1st in walks, and 12th in runs scored. The Dolphins' pitching staff ranked 2nd in ERA, 4th in opponents' batting average, 4th in homeruns allowed, 8th in walks allowed, and tied for 1st in runs allowed. Thoughts: This matchup is awfully similar to the Miami-Knoxville playoff matchups in the past two years. Atlanta, like the '84 and '85 79ers, has a fearsome lineup and questionable pitching, while Miami remains one of the most balanced teams in the league. The Dolphins defeated Knoxville relatively easily both times, first in 6 games and then in 5 games. That does not bode well for Atlanta. Another potentially troublesome characteristic of the Braves is that, like National League playoff teams Hartford and Los Angeles, they have not been to the postseason for some time. Atlanta does have some players with postseason experience, however, only a few of these players are actually significant contributors. Third-baseman Raymond Stair saw action for Tucson in 2081. Starting pitcher Leonard Mickelson was with Buffalo in 2084. Veteran starter Andrew Barnes was with World Series-loser Knoxville in 2075, Grand Rapids in '76, and Washington from 2079 to 2081. Closer Abel Vivar was a rookie for the '78 Pittsburgh Pirates, but didn't actually see any action during the playoffs that year. Reliever Christopher Schulz was with Nashville in '82 and '83. Reliever Omar Maldonado was with Tucson last year. Backup catcher Arthur Anderson was with Hartford in 2074. Reserve outfielder Carl Gray was with San Diego in 2081 and in 2082, the year the Padres lost the World Series to Miami. Finally, reserve infielder Robert Sala was with Miami in 2084 and 2085, when the Dolphins lost in the World Series to New Jersey. The Teams: Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS A. Mcgarity CF 153 626 196 34 10 7 71 110 86 80 .313 .395 .433 39 29 R. Attaway SS 155 609 177 44 6 39 119 118 73 148 .291 .368 .575 5 6 J. Campos LF 155 607 188 43 0 26 97 95 61 120 .310 .374 .509 10 2 P. Peed 1B 151 580 156 25 0 24 89 76 43 81 .269 .316 .436 1 0 N. Keough 2B 154 572 200 57 2 21 110 100 57 36 .350 .406 .566 4 3 F. Trujillo RF 151 562 201 42 2 29 124 116 81 80 .358 .438 .594 3 2 R. Stair 3B 152 548 159 53 5 25 116 103 61 81 .290 .366 .542 7 6 B. Baker C 131 478 141 22 3 30 85 100 57 41 .295 .373 .542 0 0 R. Turner CF 68 188 53 13 0 4 38 28 13 34 .282 .333 .415 4 7 D. Bertrand 2B 77 180 49 12 0 8 25 30 22 41 .272 .359 .472 0 0 A. Andersen C 54 156 34 9 0 1 21 21 25 40 .218 .330 .295 0 0 C. Gray RF 52 134 33 8 0 10 23 26 15 27 .246 .329 .530 2 1 B. Rocha SS 41 108 32 8 1 8 24 17 8 32 .296 .350 .611 3 3 R. Sala 2B 27 76 14 8 1 1 11 9 7 7 .184 .253 .355 0 0 S. Porter 3B 19 47 10 1 0 0 8 6 3 9 .213 .255 .234 0 0 S. Beal SP 14 34 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 18 .059 .108 .059 0 0 R. Butler C 11 28 7 2 1 0 3 3 4 6 .250 .344 .393 3 1 J. Kramer C 6 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .087 .087 .087 0 0 D. Hardeman 1B 8 9 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 .333 .455 .556 0 0 L. Dodds LF 4 8 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 .500 .500 .625 0 0 T. Hill RF 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .375 0 0 S. Dediego SS 16 6 3 2 0 1 3 5 1 1 .500 .571 1.333 1 0 T. Toyotomi SS 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Veteran right-fielder Flavio Trujillo had one of the best seasons of his career at the age of 36. He set a career high with a 1.033 OPS, and also set career highs in hits, RBI, batting average, and on base percentage. He tied his career high for slugging percentage. Second-baseman Nicholas Keough shattered pretty much all of his career highs this season. His .972 OPS was a career best, as were his totals in hits, doubles, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, batting average, and slugging percentage. Strangely, his walk total was his lowest in four seasons as an everyday player. The previous three years, he had 73, 83, and 92 walks. It was pretty much a ho-hum season for shortstop Roger Attaway. He only managed his 7th straight season with a .900+ OPS(.943), topped 40 doubles for a second straight season, topped 30 homeruns for the 11th time in his career, drove in 100+ runs for the 9th time, and scored 100+ runs for the 8th time. The 31 year old Attaway is just 28 homeruns away from 500 for his career. Catcher Bill Baker set career highs in OPS(.915), triples, homeruns, runs scored, walks, and slugging percentage. Third-baseman Raymond Stair set a career high with a .908 OPS, and also set career highs in hits, triples, homeruns, RBI, runs scored, batting average, and slugging percentage. He topped 50 doubles for the 5th time in his career. Most people would have considered left-fielder Joey Campos' season a successful one, but after the monster campaign that he had last season to win the Silver Slugger Award, this year's numbers were on the disappointing side. His OPS plunged from 1.128 to .883, he hit 21 fewer homeruns, his RBI total dropped by 58, and his runs scored total dropped by 29. It was the first time since his rookie season of 2076 that he failed to drive in 100+ runs. Granted, if you look at his career, last season was somewhat fluky, and his numbers this season are actually more in line with his average performance. Center-fielder Arnold McGarity built upon last season's solid numbers and set career highs in OPS(.828), doubles, triples, homeruns, walks, and slugging percentage. Although he was only a part-time player during the regular season, it looks as though Atlanta is going to use infielder Douglas Bertrand as the designated hitter. Bertrand managed a respectable .831 OPS in his limited role and showed both decent power and on base ability. The lone weak spot in the Braves' lineup is first-baseman Peter Peed. The 28 year old Peed seemed to have a breakthrough season last year, with an .847 OPS and 58 extra base hits. This year, however, his OPS plunged to .753, his batting average dropped 34 points, his on base percentage dropped 45 points, and his slugging percentage dropped 50 points. He did set a career high in RBI, but that was about the only positive for Peed this season. Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH T. Sanchez 36 36 16 12 0 4.61 255.2 251 146 131 116 200 5 0 L. Mickelson 32 32 8 15 0 5.72 226.2 244 153 144 93 167 9 1 T. Testa 34 34 12 17 0 5.54 221.0 232 141 136 100 150 6 0 A. Barnes 30 30 8 8 0 7.62 170.0 213 156 144 86 96 2 0 S. Steffens 21 21 8 5 0 5.86 116.2 118 83 76 81 88 2 0 S. Beal 24 15 4 6 1 5.47 108.2 115 73 66 60 72 0 0 A. Vivar 67 0 9 5 29 3.35 96.2 76 37 36 41 94 0 0 J. Feller 55 0 5 2 3 4.91 80.2 88 46 44 45 35 0 0 C. Schulz 60 0 7 2 3 4.21 77.0 92 44 36 18 42 0 0 N. Parrino 56 0 6 4 3 7.88 75.1 94 74 66 55 37 0 0 O. Maldonado 63 0 5 0 4 4.08 75.0 68 39 34 66 52 0 0 A. Hall 10 6 3 3 0 7.89 37.2 52 33 33 27 18 0 0 C. Montenegro 1 0 0 0 0 2.08 4.1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 M. Pierce 3 0 1 1 0 4.91 3.2 5 3 2 2 3 0 0 W. Donald 2 2 0 0 0 29.70 3.1 13 11 11 5 1 0 0 Thomas Sanchez is the only member of Atlanta's rotation that is even somewhat decent, and even he has his issues. Sanchez set career highs in innings pitched, strikeouts, and walks this season, while managing a fairly typical, for him, ERA. Since 2082, Sanchez's ERA's have been 4.60, 4.43, 4.64, 4.94, and now, 4.61. That's pretty consistent. Tony Testa had one of his better seasons, which isn't saying a whole lot. After three straight seasons with an ERA above 6.00, this year's total looks halfway decent. He set career highs in innings pitched, losses, and complete games. He also managed to walk 100 batters for the 5th straight year. After two years as a reliever and occasional starter, Leonard Mickelson finally got a chance to start fulltime. He wasn't overly impressive, but did seem to get better as the season went on. He was 6-1 in the final two months of the season, and an ERA under 5.00 in both August and September. Andrew Barnes was solid pitcher in his day, but at the age of 38 now, he really doesn't have a lot left. He had the worst ERA of his career and failed to strikeout at least 100 batters for the first time since 2074. Closer Abel Vivar is the best reliever in a bullpen that could be described as "average." Vivar had the second best ERA of his career, the best WHIP(1.21), and set a career high in strikeouts. Omar Maldonado managed a respectable ERA despite having more walks than strikeouts. It was only the second time in his career that his ERA has been under 5.00. Christopher Schulz followed up the best season of his career(2.56 ERA in 60 games) with an o.k. one. He managed to make exactly 60 appearances for the 4th consecutive season, and the 5th time in his career. He also set a career high in wins. For a 37 year old, Jacob Feller's season wasn't that bad, although it certainly wasn't good, either. He managed the third best ERA of his career despite having more walks than strikeouts. Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS D. Armas CF 149 598 213 28 2 13 76 96 80 67 .356 .433 .475 1 0 A. Chichester LF 149 580 180 41 3 28 110 104 42 78 .310 .369 .536 3 0 A. Shorts 1B 144 573 170 65 1 7 62 113 110 49 .297 .408 .450 6 0 E. Mcgurk C 142 546 126 16 4 45 119 103 95 97 .231 .344 .522 0 3 T. Fuentes Jr. 3B 149 545 146 20 8 28 102 94 80 88 .268 .364 .488 0 0 D. Fernandez RF 148 531 119 37 5 27 100 96 98 44 .224 .342 .465 1 1 F. Alvarez SS 143 526 121 13 5 18 60 64 31 84 .230 .270 .376 14 3 J. Foss C 131 525 170 38 0 16 96 77 45 62 .324 .376 .488 0 0 D. Bahena 2B 126 442 108 21 1 5 46 52 43 61 .244 .312 .330 5 0 F. Hedin C 46 139 41 4 0 3 23 18 12 24 .295 .353 .388 0 0 B. Tovar 2B 44 134 38 11 1 3 24 25 7 9 .284 .338 .448 1 0 M. Allen CF 35 107 31 5 0 4 21 18 10 22 .290 .353 .449 0 0 W. Mcalpine LF 43 104 22 6 4 0 13 22 12 8 .212 .294 .346 10 4 J. Meacham 1B 24 85 19 1 0 4 12 10 4 23 .224 .267 .376 0 0 S. Deputy 3B 32 82 17 6 1 3 11 16 11 19 .207 .295 .415 1 0 A. Steiger SS 17 62 13 1 0 1 8 7 4 19 .210 .258 .274 0 0 J. White RF 16 48 11 3 0 1 5 4 9 6 .229 .351 .354 0 0 P. Sala LF 3 11 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 0 0 E. Lasa LF 5 6 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 .167 .286 .167 0 0 J. Cervantes 3B 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 0 0 M. Mckenzie CF 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Center-fielder Daniel Armas set career highs in OPS(.908), hits, homeruns, RBI, walks, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. Left-fielder Albert Chichester bounced back from some mediocre seasons to post a .905 OPS, and set career highs in hits, homeruns, RBI, and runs scored. Designated hitter Edmond McGurk had his worst OPS since becoming a regular in the Miami lineup(.866), but still managed to top 40 homeruns, 100 RBI, and 100 runs scored for the 4th straight season. McGurk's 45 homeruns paced the American League, which means that he has led the AL in homeruns for three straight seasons. That feat hasn't been accomplished since Hall of Fame first-baseman Dave Gutierrez did it for Memphis from 2065 to 2067. Even at age 38, catcher Jake Foss is hard to slow down. He posted an .863 OPS, giving him an .843 or better OPS in 14 seasons as an everyday player. First-baseman Aaron Shorts had an .858 OPS and set career highs in doubles and walks. He also scored 100+ runs for the 4th straight season. Third-baseman Thomas Fuentes, Jr. had a solid .853 OPS and topped 20 homeruns and 100 RBI for the fourth straight year. Right-fielder Dennis Fernandez is another Miami veteran that just seems to keep on truckin'. The 37 year old posted an .807 OPS and drove in 100+ runs for the third straight season. Fernandez is 2 homeruns away from 400 for his career. The weak link in Miami's lineup is in the middle infield. Shortstop Francisco Alvarez set career highs in triples, homeruns, walks, and stolen bases, and even cut down considerably on his strikeouts(he had 133 in 519 at bats last season), but his OPS plummeted from .743 to .646 this season. Meanwhile, second-baseman Dale Bahena had his OPS collapse from .758 to .643. It's good that two of them are strong in the field, because they sure didn't contribute much at the plate. Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH C. Hokusai 33 33 21 8 0 2.34 230.2 160 70 60 48 227 4 2 M. Prior 32 32 18 9 0 3.76 222.2 219 109 93 69 207 2 0 R. Baston 30 30 17 9 0 3.68 215.1 215 100 88 90 179 4 1 J. Caceres 30 30 12 11 0 5.95 165.0 192 118 109 134 75 0 0 A. Otte 31 26 9 8 0 5.33 158.2 182 98 94 61 138 0 0 J. Strahan 47 0 3 1 2 3.42 71.0 77 28 27 16 37 0 0 S. Fierros 54 0 8 4 30 2.08 69.1 46 16 16 15 70 0 0 J. Carpenter 48 0 5 4 3 2.94 64.1 57 23 21 13 57 0 0 V. Fuentez 42 0 0 1 0 4.02 56.0 45 25 25 20 70 0 0 K. Hinkle 38 0 0 0 0 3.63 52.0 53 25 21 27 39 0 0 S. Barros 44 0 3 1 7 5.54 50.1 52 38 31 8 27 0 0 J. Espinoza 8 6 4 2 0 5.56 43.2 51 31 27 26 25 0 0 T. Pough 4 2 0 1 0 9.95 12.2 20 14 14 7 6 0 0 A. Ibañez 2 2 1 1 0 4.09 11.0 16 7 5 3 10 0 0 J. Bohorquez 3 1 0 1 0 14.14 7.0 12 11 11 5 8 0 0 E. Salcedo 7 0 0 0 0 10.13 5.1 9 6 6 3 2 0 0 E. Owen 3 0 0 0 0 10.39 4.1 4 5 5 3 3 0 0 G. Green 3 0 0 0 0 31.50 2.0 9 7 7 1 1 0 0 Miami's rotation is anchored by Christian Hokusai, who topped 20 wins for the second year in a row and for the 4th time in his career. He also set career bests in both ERA and strikeouts. His ERA total led the American League, his win total was tied for 2nd, and his strikeout total ranked 3rd. That makes him the likely front-runner to win the AL Cy Young Award. Last year's Cy Young winner, Ramon Baston, also had a fine season, although it wasn't as good as 2085's 23-5, 2.95 ERA performance. Baston also set a career high in walks this year. Mark Prior had his best season since his rookie season of 2080. He tied his career high in wins, which was set in 2080. He had his first under-4.00 ERA since 2081, when he had a 3.79 ERA. He had his second 200+ strikeout season, and set a career high in that category(he had 205 K's in his rookie season). He also topped 30 starts in a season for the first time since his rookie season. After those three, the Dolphins' rotation gets significantly worse. After making 15 appearances and 5 starts combined in the past two seasons, Adam Otte more than doubled his appearance total and started more than 5 times as many games in this season alone. While he got off to a respectable start, his numbers faded considerably in July and August, and he wound up with an ERA right around the AL average of 5.32. Meanwhile, it looks like it is the end of the line for 38 year old Jose Caceres. He had the worst ERA of his career, the fewest strikeouts in a full season, and his worst WHIP in a full season(1.98). Although he has always been walk-prone, this was the first time in his career that he had more walks than strikeouts. Salvador Fierros had another dominant season as Miami's closer. He set career bests in games, saves, and WHIP(0.88). Left-hander Joseph Carpenter had the second best ERA of his career, set a career high in strikeouts, and paced the American League with 14 holds. Joseph Strahan set career highs in games, innings pitched, and strikeouts. Kenneth Hinkle set career bests in games, ERA, and innings pitched. Second year reliever Vinny Fuentez set career highs in games, innings pitched, and strikeouts. Prediction: Atlanta is not a bad team and its lineup is certainly fearsome, but Miami's pitching staff outclasses the Braves' staff by a wide margin. That is likely to be the difference in this series. The Dolphins should be able to hold the Braves' offense at bat, but Atlanta's pitching will be hard-pressed to do the same thing to Miami's lineup. Dolphins in 5 games.
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