The IBL's Chicago Iron Pigs

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CATCHING
Shane Jackson-L (26) came here via an odd path. Was drafted by Chicago in the 2nd round of the 2013 draft out of HS, was then traded to Dayton in 2017 for Esteban Flores and a 1st rounder. Ended up trading back for him in 2020, acquiring another Catcher, Ron Moore, who's a top prospect in AAA right now, in another trade to get a higher 1st round pick. Was a 2021 All Star and and had a monster season last year, hitting .272-24-66 in 127 games while splitting some time with George Knox. The everyday job is officially his as he breaks in the heir apparent. Career Def Eff of 1.060 and has thrown out 29.3% of baserunners.
Alex Vela-R (21) The heir apparent. Hit .310/.353/.442 in 120 AAA games last year. Already grades as a 20 arm (1-20 scale) and a 15 Catcher. Needs time to season defensively, but has a very good bat. Runs exceptionally well for a backstop. Outstanding worker and a popular clubhouse guy too. Acquired from Boston, along with top prospect Ramon Castro, in December of 2020 for Eric Arnold and Vinicius Montaury.

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THE INFIELD:
Breaking with the same 6 we broke with last year. The league premier offensive infield returns.
1B Pedro Salinas-R (29) Entering his 6th full season, a former Rookie of the Year and 3 time all star. In 5 full seasons he's hit .298/.401/.529 for a career .931 OPS with 167 homers and 595 RBI's. Managed to sign him to an incredibly team friendly deal prior to 2020 that he has 2 more seasons, and a club option at 6.4M, remaining on.
1B/DH Earl Shaw-L (24) Had a monster breakout campaign last year, hitting .311-43-130 to help Chicago in its world series run. In 293 games has hit 68 HR's and driven in 212. Lifetime .397 OBP.
2B Jeffrey Hudson-L (29) First real big ticket free agent the club ever signed. The 2017 Hank Aaron Award winner and IBL All Decade 2B, Hudson is a 7 time All star and 2 time gold glove winner (including last season). In 1169 career games he's hit .302/.390/.522 with 255 HR's and 882 RBI's. Since taking an everyday job has never appeared in less than 150 games.
3B Raul Miranda-R (26) Coming off a career offensive year that saw him hit .289/.385/.453 with 17 HR's and 88 RBI's in 152 games, with 30 2B's. Committed an alarming number of errors last season, 22, but has a career .996 EFF at 3B in 317 games. Good teammate and growing into a leader.
SS-Andre Blakeway-R (27) A 2 time GG winner at short, had, for him, a disappointing season last year hitting .278/.376/.386 (all career lows with exception of his rookie season). He's a premier defender who accels at getting on base when he's right. Last year was the first season he appeared in less than 148 games.
IF-Massimiliano Lorenzelli-R (30) Provides veteran leadership and stability to the group. In his 11th IBL seaosn, 10th in Chicago. Had a great year as a backup, and helped fill the hole when Blakeway went down. He's a doubles machine (267 career) who runs very well and can play D with anyone on the left side.

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THE OUTFIELD:
Like the infield, we return the same players that broke camp last year, but with a twist. Luis Chavez, arguably the best all around player in the game, is in the final year of a horridly underpaying contract. He's made it very clear to anyone that will listen, there will be ZERO hometown discount and he'll get every penny he can from this next deal. That number appears to be starting in the mid 20's.

LF-Ernesto Martinez-R (24) Broke camp as the 4th/5th OF last year, and our only RH bat in the group. Had an outstanding season. Hit .293/.403/.415 in 70 games. Provides good speed and a RH bat for late game PH situations should they arise. Unsure of where or how he may fit moving forward, with Castro beating the door down in AAA (though Castro is LH as well).
LF/RF-Eric Coates-L (30) Got off to a sluggish start last year and showed the game can be cruel as Dennis Ash took over the everyday job and won a 2nd batting title. Coates is a career .325 hitter with a .401 OBP over 722 games. The 2016 Rookie of the Year and 2018 Batting Champion. While this team is in the best position to succeed with him as our 4th guy, he has made it known that it's not going to be a good situation this year if he isn't starting come opening day. The team holds a 10.5M dollar option next year and given how good he's been, it's likely we'll look to get him out and somewhere OUTSIDE our league where he can play everyday. He's got a lot of good years left. FWIW his .3249 lifetime average is good for 4th all time in the IBL...
OF-Dennis Ash-L (27) Coming off a 2nd consecutive FL batting title and his 1st career Gold Glove. Ash is a premier leadoff man with speed to burn (20) and a gold glove across the outfield. Stole a career high 44 bases last season and hit a career high 38 doubles.
CF-Hugh Collins-L (32) The IBL's All Decade CF. Collins , except for a brief 35 game hiatus to Edmonton, was an original Iron Pig and figures to go into the HoF as one as well. A career .298/.379/.564 hitter with 314 HR's 917 RBI's and 218 SB's, few players blend the mix of speed and power that he brings. Coming off a career year last season when he hit 50 homers for the 1st time, and drove in 147. He failed to tie Bill Alexnder's club record of 51 over the seasons final 5 games. His contract calls for 18.8M this year and 20.6M next, which is the final year of the deal he signed with Edmonton. He won the 2016 GG in center and is a 6 time all star.
RF-Luis Chavez-L (27) In the discussion as the best all around player in the game. Coming off his 5 straight 30/30+ season (was 40/40 in '19 and '20). Is a 2 x Hank Aaron Award winner and 5 time all star. In sticky discussions now, and hoping to get him to agree to a 5-6 year deal in/around 20-23M per. He's not happy about the talks at the moment so we're allowing for a little cooling off period.

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What else? Omar is 72 now and I hear there are rumblings about a possible sale. While I certainly hope it's not true, I can understand it. On that note Omar has made clear his 'wish' for an IBL World Series, and we'll pull out every stop to make it happen this year.

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WEEK 1
RECORD: 3-0
OVERALL: 3-0 +1
RUNS SCORED: 16 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 11 t-3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN INTEREST: 80/100
WEEK AHEAD: 3 vs Columbus

4/1 CHI 5 COL 4
W-Jones (1-0) L Sandoval (0-1) S-Cruz (1)
Hall 1 ER 5 IP 8 K's 113 pitches. Chavez 2 RBI's Blakeway 2-5 2B (1) M. Gomez (COL) 4-5 2 RBI's in the loss

INJURY NEWS- LA SS Jimmy Rollins strained an oblique running the bases and will be lost for 3-4 weeks.

GREAT GAMES- Angelo Esparza tossed a CG 4-hitter and punched out 15 on opening day in a 10-1 win over the New Orleans Voodoo. It was the 1st game in Voodoo franchise history, nowhere to go but up.

FREE AGENT NEWS-
LA signs Quinn to close:
LA signed veteran Clinton Quinn to a 1 year 3.58M dollar deal to be their closer for the 2022 season. The 36 year old has 193 career saves.

Edmonton signs All Decade Catcher Alfred:
The Trappers announced the signing of catcher Rich Alfred to a 1 year 9.92M dollar deal today. The 34 year old is a career .309/.415/.531 hitter, a 5 time all star, gold glove winner and rookie of the year as well as a 2 time world champion with Tulsa.

4/2 CHI 3 COL 1
W-Martinez (1-0) L-Morales (0-1) S-Andre (1)
HR-NONE
Martinez goes 8.2-2-1-1-3-11 on 130 pitches. Hudson drives in 2, Chavez with 2 hits.

4/3 CHI 8 COL 6
W-Pacheco (1-0) L-Amaya (0-1) S-Cruz (2)
HR-CHI: Shaw 2 (2)
Shaw 2-4 GS 5 RBI's (5). Collins 2 hits, 6 run 5th.

GREAT GAMES-New Orleans Voodoo OF Robbie Howard went 3-3 with 6 RBI's as he slammed 3 HR's in their 8-4 win over San Antonio.

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WEEK 2
RECORD: 3-2
OVERALL: 6-2 t-1st
RUNS SCORED: 47 (31)
RUNS AGAINST: 38 (27)
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN INTEREST: 80/100
WEEK AHEAD:Off Day/3 @ Brooklyn/Off Day/2 vs Staten Island

4/4 Off Day

4/5 CHI 7 BRO 5
W-Morgan (1-0) L-Kelley (0-1) S-Cruz (3)
HR-CHI:Shaw (3) Chavez (1) BRO: Miranda (1)
Morgan battles 4 ER 6 IP Andre huge hold (1). Salinas 3-5 2 2B's (3) Miranda (CHI) 3-4 2 runs.

ORG NEWS-Belleview lefty Dave Garret tossed a no-hitter vs the Reno Bisons. The 20 year old k'd 6 and walked 2. Garret was signed as a minor league free agent last month.

INJURY NEWS-Boston 1B Steve Kind will miss the next 4 months at least, with a grade 2 concussion. The 30 year old is coming off a career year when he hit .328-28-116.

FREE AGENT NEWS;
Former Iron Pig RP Mike Moore signed a 1 year 1.5M dollar deal with the Baltimore Colts.

4/6 BRO 8 CHI 5
W-Bingley (1-0) L-McKinley (0-1) S-Wheeler (1)
HR-CHI: Collins (1) Chavez (2) BR): J.Pierce (1)
Mckinley was a disaster. 7 run first, 7ER 3.1 IP 6 walks. Blakeway goes 2-4.

4/7 CHI 5 BRO 4
W-Carlson (1-0) L-Terry (0-1) S-Cruz (4)
HR-BRO:Montero (1)
Ash 2-3 2B (1) 2 RBI's. Stan Hall comes out in the 2nd with an undisclosed injury, no word yet.

4/8 Off Day

4/9 SI 9 CHI 8 (10)
W-Mitchell (1-1) L-Pacheco (1-1)
HR-SI: Vaughan 2 (2) Stuart (3) Sanchez 2 (3) CHI: Blakeway (1) Salinas (1) Miranda (1) Chavez (3)
Martinez 2nd SP hurt in 2 days, 1 and 2 starters down! Pen gives up 5 homers over 8.2 IP. Chavez 3-5 2 RBI's (7) Ash 2-5 2B (2) 3B (1) Miranda 3-4 3 RBI's (4) Collins 3-5

INJURY NEWS-Stan Hall has an elbow issue and is likely out 3-4 weeks. Orlando Rea will get the 1st shot from Tulsa.

FREE AGENT NEWS-Las Vegas has inked veteran slugger Marcos Oginlara to a 1 year 7.12M dollar deal. The 32 year old is a 2 time GG winner and a 3 time all star with 193 career HR's and 144 SB's.

4/10 CHI 6 SI 1
W-Trujillo (1-0) L-Gray (0-1)
HR-CHI: Shaw (4)
Trujillo 8-7-1-1-2-1. Shaw 3-4 2B (2) 2 RBI's (10) Ash 2-3 2B (3)

WEEK 2 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Antonio Altagracia (DAY) 10-22 2 HR's 8 RBI's
CL POTW-Mike Johnston (BOS) 9-25 6 HR's 16 RBI's

WEEK 2 POWER RANKINGS
1) Arizona
2) Sacramento
3) Boston
4) Las Vegas
5) Edmonton
Chicago (6)

AAA Tulsa (1) 9-1 +1
AA Bakersfield (8) 6-4 T-1st
A(N) Belleview (1) 9-1 +2
A(S) Denison (24) 3-7 3 GB

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WEEK 3
RECORD: 6-1
OVERALL: 12-3 +1.5
RUNS SCORED: 87 (40) 5th
RUNS AGAINST: 61 (23) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted
FAN INTEREST: 80/100
WEEK AHEAD: 1 vs Staten Island/3 vs Michigan/3 @ New Hampshire

4/11 Chicago 8 SI 0
W-Morgan (2-0) L-Vasquez (0-1)
HR-CHI: Jackson (1) Collins (2)
Salinas 2-4 2 RBI's (3) Collins 3R HR Jackson 2-4 2 RBI's (6) Miranda goes down running the bases. He's dtd with a tight calf.

INJURY NEWS-Feared the worst, and while it could be worse, it's still bad. Roberto Martinez has a sore shoulder and will need a scope and look at the labrum, he'll be out at least 8 weeks. Dan Pallard will be recalled from Tulsa.
THOUGHTS-Not sure I need to offer them, but this is clearly an enormous issue. My 1 and 2 out, Martinez could be more than 2 months. I need to hope the depth in the system pays off now. The pen is going to get pushed but I need the offense to get some breathing room.

4/12 MICH 6 CHI 2
W-Paterson (3-0) L-McKinley (0-2) S-Ramirez (4)
HR-MICH: Lozano 2 (2) CHI: Collins (3)
McKinley 5.2-6-5-5-2-8 Ortiz (MICH) 3-4 2 2B's (2) 3 RBI's (11) Lozano (MICH) 2-3 3 runs 2 RBI's (4)

INJURY NEWS-Boston Bomber SP Lee Case announced he'll undergo elbow surgery and be lost for the year. The 25 year old was Boston's 1st round pick in 2018 (after being West Michigan's in 2017 and not signing) and was 32-35 4.70 in 92 career starts.

4/13 CHI 6 MICH 5
W-Jones (2-0) L-Wilson (1-1) S-Cruz (5)
HR- MICH: J. Grant (3) Lozano (3) CHI: Shaw (5)
Jackson 2-3 2B (1) 3 RBI's (9) Tobias (MICH) 3-3 Rea 5.1-8-5-5-1-3 in IBL debut.

INJURY NEWS-It's shaping up to be one of those years. Jeffrey Hudson is out with gout, ya, gout. He'll be out the next 3-4 days.

4/14 CHI 7 MICH 6
W-Andre (1-0) L-Ramirez (0-2)
HR-MICH: Lozano (4) CHI: Jackson (2)
4 runs in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. Collins 3-4 2 RBI's (9) Chavez 2 RBI's (9) Lozano (MICH) 2-4 4 RBI's (10) Reyes (MICH) 3-4 2 2B's (2)

GREAT GAMES-Joaquin Vargas twirled a 3-hit shutout for West Michigan today. Vargas punched out 15, and walked none, in the 5-0 win over Green Bay.

4/15 CHI 6 NH 2
W-Trujillo (2-0) L-Buerhle (1-2)
HR-CHI: Salinas (2)
Trujillo 6-7-2-2-0-3 Salinas 3-4 2 RBI's (5) 3 Chicago errors.

INJURY NEWS-Another pitcher down. Jorge Pacheco left with an apparent arm injury, no word yet on the extent but he'll be unavailable today at least.

4/16 CHI 6 NH 3 (10)
W-Watanabe (1-0) L-Powell (0-1) S-Cruz (6)
HR CHI-Collins (4) NH-Chapa (2)
Morgan 7.1-4-1-1-4-8 Carlson gives up HR to 1st LHH he faces. Collins 3-5 2 RBI's (12) Salinas 3 RBI's (8) Madrid (NH) 8-7-1-1-1-3 (ND)

INJURY NEWS-Pacheco's got a sore elbow, but is DtD for the next 3-4 days.

4/17 CHI 5 NH 1
W-McKinley (1-2) L-Muggleston (1-3) S-Andre (2)
HR CHI-Shaw (6)
Miranda 3-4 Chavez SB (4) Ash, Collins 2-4

FREE AGENTS-
26 year old OF Hector Hernandez has signed a 1 year 4.18M dollar deal with the Providence Black Sox. There was rampant speculation that the young star was such a significant clubhouse distraction that he might have sat out the year. He broke into the IBL at 20, and is a career .263 hitter with 140 HR's 120 SB's 183 2B's and 45 3B's in 743 games with Buffalo.

WEEK 3 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Hugh Collins (CHI) 12-27 3 HR's 11 RBI's (.404-4-13)
CL POTW-Gary Anderson (SJ) 12-29 5 HR's 9 RBI's (.273-7-13)

WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago
2) Arizona
3) Boston
4) Green Bay
5) Corpus Christi

AAA Tulsa (1) 12-4 +2 (Castro .377-5-17/Davis .345-2-13/Cook .333-3-9/Casas 1.80 5 Saves)
AA Bakersfield (7) 10-6 t-1st (Russell .381/Cordero .313-3-11/Owen .365-2-16)
A(N) Belleview (1) 13-3 +4 (Harvey .328/McGrath .294-3-12/Torres .510-1-11/Garrett 3-0 0.76)
A(S) Denison (26) 6-10 3 GB (St.John .322/Walker 0-1 2.81/Chambers 2-1 2.31)

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WEEK 4
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL:15-6 +3
RUNS SCORED:121 (34) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 90 (29) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy
FAN INTEREST: 83/100
WEEK AHEAD: Off Day/3 @ Dayton/3 vs Green Bay

4/18 Off Day

4/19 CHI 6 DAY 4
W-Rea (1-0) L-Howell (1-2) S-Cruz (7)
HR CHI-Miranda (2) DAY-Flores 2 (2)
Rea 7-5-2-2-2-3 first IBL win. Collins 3-5 2B (2) 2 RBI's (15) Flores (DAY) 2-4 4 RBI's (6)

CONTRACT NEWS:
Chicago extends Blakeway
27 year old Andre Blakeway has agreed to terms on a 5 year deal with a 6th year club option for 53M dollars. The deal calls for the slick fielding SS to make 6.3/7.4/8/4/9.5/10/5 with a 6th year at 10.6 as well.

REASONING-He's an anchor, offensively and defensively. At 27 he's hitting his prime, and while he's making a 9M dollar base this year, he was ok with back tracking on the base for first 3 years of the deal. Going to the market would have likely been 2x the cost to get a player of this caliber. Fans were clearly happy, interest went from 80 to 83.

4/20 DAY 4 CHI 2
W-Morris (3-1) L-Pallard (0-1) S-Gallagher (2)
HR NONE
Morris (DAY) 7.1-7-2-2-4-3. Greene (DAY) 3-4 2 RBI's (16)

4/21 DAY 2 CHI 1
W-Green (1-0) L-Trujillo (2-1) S-Gallagher (3)
HR-CHI: Jackson (3)
Trujillo 6.1-6-2-2-0-5 Powers (DAY) drives in both runs (10)

4/22 GB 6 CHI 5 (10)
W-Becker (1-0) L-Andre (1-1)
HR-CHI: Collins (5) GB: Walker (4)
Pen gives up 3 in the 8th, 1 in the 10th to lose. Blakeway 3-4 2B (5) Chavez 3-5

CONTRACT NEWS-
Silver Stars extend Edwards
San Antonio and left fielder Cliff Edwards came to terms on a 6 year contract extension that will keep the 28 year old slugger 'home' for 90M dollars. San Antonio's 2014 1st round pick out of Cal-State San Bernadino, Edwards is a 2 time all star and career .298/.378/.510 hitter in 819 game with 139 homers and 574 RBI's.

4/23 CHI 12 GB 6
W-Jones (3-0) L-Steward (1-1)
HR- GB: Walker (5) Brooks (1) Reeves (6) CHI: Salinas (3) Jackson (4). Pen falters again after so-so start from McKinley. Salinas (10) Collins (19) and Jackson (14) all drive in 2.


4/24 CHI 8 GB 7
W-Andre (2-1) L-A.Martinez (1-1) S-Cruz (8)
HR GB-Thornton (6) CHI-Jackson (5) Hudson (1) Chavez (4) Collins 2 (7)
Ash 3-4 Hudson 3 RBI's (13) Hood (GB) 3-3 3 RBI's

GREAT GAMES-Daytons Jose Torres went 4-5 with 3 HR's and 7 RBI's in Dayton's 16-7 win over Columbus.

WEEK 4 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Carl Crawford (BUF) 12-29 3 HR's 10 RBI's (.347-7-18)
CL POTW-Alberto Rivera (EP) 16-31 HR 10 RBI's (.372-3-19)

WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS
1) Arizona
2) Chicago
3) San Antonio
4) Corpus Christi
5) Buffalo

AAA Tulsa (4) 16-7 +4 (Castro .348-6-20/Casas 8SV 1.08)
AA Bakersfield (8) 14-9 1 GB (Cordero .283-4-14/Russell .323-0-7)
A(N) Belleview (1) 19-4 +6 (M Torres .431-2-12/McGrath .304-5-16)
A(S) Denison (24) 9-14 4 GB (St.John .303-0-8)

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APRIL SUMMARY
FL HITTER- Hugh Collins (CHI) .390-11-32
CL HITTER- Julio Morin (PIT) .337-14-31
FL PITCHER- Mike Jones (COL) 5-0 1.46
CL PITCHER- Cody Milller (BOS) 5-0 1.70
FL ROOKIE- Antonio Sandoval (EDM) .327-5-20
CL ROOKIE- John Newman (DAL) .330-1-14

BREAKING NEWS: 31 year old SS Alex Rodriguez called a press conference today to announce his retirement from professional baseball. After suffering a concussion this past week, his 3rd, doctors told him to continue playing would be risking too much.
“Baseball has been such a huge part of my life and I am going to miss it. Though my playing days are over, I hope I can find a way to continue to be apart of it.” Rodriguez said. He retires as the IBL's career leader in Slugging % (.599) and OPS (1.009) while winning 1 MVP 2 Gold Gloves and being elected to 5 All Star games in his 8 year IBL career.

April Records (Bold denotes record set this year)
AVG .479 Todd Helton (GB) '16
HR 14 Julio Morin (PIT) '22
RBI's 39 Todd Helton (PHI) '19
SB's 17 Carl Crawford (GB) '18 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20
Hitting Streak 25 Joe Rowe (FRE) '14 Jorge Saucedo (HOU) '18 Chris Harvey (HOU) '20
Wins 6 Raul Gonzalez (HOU) '13 Chris O'Slattery (BAL) '14 Barry Zito (EP) '19
Saves 18 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K's 61 Ramon Roa (PIT) '19

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WEEK 5
RECORD: 7-0
OVERALL: 22-6 +8
RUNS SCORED: 179 (58) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 118 (28) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy
FAN INTEREST: 85/100 (+2)
WEEK AHEAD: 1 vs Green Bay/3 vs Alaska/3 @ Arizona

4/25 CHI 11 GB 7
W-Pallard (1-1) L-Potts (0-1)
HR CHI: Collins (8)
Pallard goes 6.2-6-5-0-4-5, Salinas (3) Hudson (3) errors cost him. Ash 2-5 2B (7) 4 RBI's (11) Collins 2-4 5 RBI's (26) Chavez 3-5 Brooks (GB) 2-4 3 RBI's (8)

4/26 CHI 11 ALK 5
W-Trujillo (3-1) L Price (2-1)
HR CHI: Salinas (4) Chavez 2 (6)
Ash 3-5 3 runs 2B (8) 2 3B's (4) Chavez 4-5 3 runs 5 RBI's (18) Fiermonte (ALK) 3-4 2 2B's (3) Ruiz (ALK) 3-3 2 2B's (5)

INJURY NEWS-2020 Aaron Award winner and 2017 batting champion Jesus Castro (PHI) broke his ankle today and team doctors say it'll be at least 4 months before the all star can return. Philly is off to a 10-13 start, 5.5 back of Boston in the Keystone.

4/27 CHI 6 ALK 5
W-Morgan (3-0) L-Rubio (0-3) S-Cruz (9)
HR ALK: Christensen (5) Stokes (4) Collins (6)
Chavez 3-4 3B (1) SB (6) Coates 1-1 2 RBI's (4) 3 BB's Morgan 7-7-5-5-2-9 3 HR's

4/28 CHI 8 ALK 2
W-McKinley (2-2) L-Solis (0-2) S-Pacheco (1)
HR ALK: Christensen (6) CHI: Ash (1) Jackson (6) Hudson (2) Collins (9)
Pacheco 2.1 of relief before we broke it open. Hudson 2-4 3 RBI's (19)

REORDS-Julio Moran (PIT) has tied the IBL April record for home runs with 13 today, and Jose Rivera of Fresno has 12, both teams have 2 game remaining this month.

4/29 CHI 11 AZ 6
W-Rea (2-0) L-Reyes (2-2)
HR CHI: Salinas 2 (6) Chavez (7) Collins (10) AZ: Angel (4) Boyd (5)
Salinas 3-5 3 runs 4 RBI's (16) Vela 2-3 3 RBI's (4) Jeffrey Hudson is HBP in the 7th and leaves the game, news incoming.

INJURY NEWS-Jeffrey Hudson has a fractured ring finger and will miss the next 4-5 weeks. Jeremy Hamlyn will be recalled and take over the everyday 2B job.

GREAT GAMES-Veteran hurler Jesus Romano tossed the 23rd no-hitter in IBL history today in a 4-0 win over West Michigan. He struck out 11 and walked 4 in throwing the 1st no-hitter in NY Knights history. Today marked the 3rd time West Michigan had been no-hit. Romano is 2-4 4.31 in 6 starts this year.

4/30 CHI 5 AZ 1
W-Pallard (2-1) L-Green (3-2)
HR CHI: Chavez (8) Collins (11)
Ash 3-4 Collins 2-5 2B (4) 3 RBI's (32) Shaw 3-4 SB (2)

5/1 CHI 6 AZ 2
W-Hall (1-0) L-Pimentel (1-2)
HR CHI- Miranda (3)
Hall 7-5-2-2-3-8 1st start off DL. Ash 3-4 2B (9) Blakeway 2-4 2 RBI's (13)

WEEK 5 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Luis Chavez (CHI) 15-29 5 HR's 9 RBI's (.311-8-22)
CL POTW-Felix Sanchez (DAL) 12-20 4 HR's 8 RBI's

WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago
2) Corpus Christi
3) Fresno
4) Edmonton
5) Buffalo

(HR-RBI if just 2 numbers present)
AAA Tulsa (2) 20-9 +4 (Overhill .423-4-17/Castro .386-8-30/Aragon .309-7-23/Casa 8SV 0.96)
AA Bakersfield (3) 19-10 t-1st (Owen .349/Cline .347/Carter .325/Cordero 5-17/Gallois 3-0 2.73)
A(N) Belleview (4) 20-9 +3 (Harvey .321/McGrath 5-20/Gardner 2-1 2.01)
A(S) Denison (27) 11-18 5 GB (Paul 5-14)

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WEEK 6
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 25-9 +8
RUNS SCORED: 215 (36) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 158 (40) t-4th
OWNERS MOOD: Happy
FAN INTEREST: 85/100
WEEK AHEAD: Off Day/3 @ Corpus Christi/3 @ El Paso

Interleague Play and our 1st series is a 2021 WS Rematch.

5/2 Off Day

5/3 CHI 5 CC 3
W-Trujillo (4-1) L-Toner (1-3) S-Cruz (10)
HR NONE
Miranda 1-4 3 RBI's on bases loaded 3B (1) Ash 3B (5) Trujillo 7-5-3-2-1-4. Snapped former Iron Pig Ron Millers 21 game hitting streak. He's off to another hot start, hitting .346-7-23 so far. Had a monster 2021, hitting .291-40-117.

5/4 CC 5 CHI 4
W-Robinson (2-3) L-Morgan (3-1) S-Peters (10)
HR CHI-Ash (2) HR-Boogermans (3) Miller (8)
Miller 3-4 3 RBI's (26) Salinas 2 RBI's (20) Chavez 2 SB (9)

5/5 CC 6 CHI 5
W-Lepine (1-1) L-Pallard (2-2) S-Peters (11)
HR None
2 more errors Pallard 6.1-7-6-3-5-4 Sipes (CC) hurt Jones (CC) 1-1 3 runs Ash 2-4 3B (6) 2 RBI's (17) SB (4)

ON A ROLL-Jesus Romano (NY) followed up his no-hitter with a 6-hit shutout of Philadelphia in a 7-0 win. He punched out 7 and walked just 1 on 119 pitches. He's gone from 1-4 5.58 to 3-4 3.51 in 2 starts.

5/6 CHI 7 EP 1
W-McKinley (3-2) L-Anderson (0-3) S-Tucker (1)
HR CHI-Chavez (9) Collins (12)
Tucker 3IP for the save. Collins 3 RBI's (37) McKinley 6-4-1-1-7-5 2 DP's

INJURY NEWS-Vincent Romero (NO) has a bad labrum and it's believed he'll miss at least the next 4 months for the Voodoo. The 35 year old was 1-3 3.77 in 7 starts. He's 155-99 3.53 lifetime and a 4 time all star. He led the IBL in wins in the inaugural 2012 season (21).

5/7 CHI 5 EP 2
W-Hall (2-0) L-Prado (4-2) S-Cruz (11)
HR NONE
Hall 7-1-1-1-2-6 combines with Cruz on 2 hitter. Shaw 2-4 2B (4) RBI (19) Collins 2-2 and was hurt running the bases in the 3rd, no word on the extent of the injury yet.

5/8 EP 23 CHI 10
W-Lopez (2-3) L-Trujillo (4-2)
HR CHI: Martinez (1) EP- Rios (3) Cordero (5) Bernarda (7) Pettiford (2)
Not a misprint. 20 hits and 11 walks. Huge early error opened the floodgates. Watanabe walked 4 in 0 IP. Pacheco bombed 1.2-6-7-7-3-1. For El Paso, Rios 3-5 3 runs 3 RBI's (26) Cordero 2-4 3 runs Bernarda 4-5 2 RBI's (20) Rivera and Greer scored 3 each Gaskin 1-1 3 RBI's (13) Pettiford 2-4 3 runs 4 RBI's (11) and Torres 1-4 3 RBI's (12). Hamlyn 3-5 3B (1) Miranda 3-5 and Vela 3-5 2B (2)

INJURY NEWS-Hugh Collins has a severe hamstring strain, and will likely miss 4+ weeks. Top prospect Ramon Castro will get the call (.367-9-33 in 34 AAA games, .432 OBP). He and Eric Coates will mess around with playing time, Coates will be the defensive guy when needed.

GREAT GAMES-Esteban Figueroa (SAC) tossed his 4th career shutout in a 6-0 win over Arizona. He punched out 14 and walked just 1, while yielding only 2 hits. He's 3-2 3.72 in 8 starts with 75 K's in 55.2 IP.

WEEK 6 SUMMARY
FL POTW- Pedro Roman (ALK) 9-24 5 HR's 12 RBI's (.293-17-35)
CL POTW- Ron Miller (CC) 14-30 3 HR's 8 RBI's (.364-9-29)

IBL CAREER LEADERS: COMPLETE GAMES
Ruben Cruz (NO) 83
Chris O'Slattery (BAL) 68
Matthieu Cafasso (AAA) 59
Marcos Diaz (-) 50
Ed Lawson (-) 44

WEEK 6 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago
2) Corpus Christi
3) Michigan
4) Edmonton
5) San Antonio

AAA Tulsa (5) 23-13 +1 (Aragon .317-10-30/Cook .311-4-14/Overhill .371-5-18/Casas 10SV 0.64)
AA Bakersfield (4) 23-13 3 GB (Cordero .285-8-24/Russell .373-1-16/Burns 4-0 2.84)
A(N) Belleview (4) 24-12 +2 (Harvey .314 17 SB/Gardner 3-1 1.51)
A(S) Denison (28) 13-23 7 GB (Bennett 2-3 2.83/Walker 2-3 2.25)

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WEEK 7
RECORD: 3-4
OVERALL: 28-13 +6
RUNS SCORED: 252 (37) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 187 (29) 5th
OWNERS MOOD: Good
FAN INTEREST: 91/100 (+6)
WEEK AHEAD: 4 @ Columbus/3 vs Dayton

5/9 COL 5 CHI 4
W- Amaya (2-1) L-Cruz (0-1)
HR NONE
Cruz 0.2-3-2-2-0-1 Tanner (COL) 3-4 2 2B's (11) 3B (1) 2 run walk off 2B after a Coates error 3 RBI's (26) Salinas 4 BB. Morgan 7.1-3-3-3-3-7 (ND)

5/10 COL 5 CHI 4
W-Hart (3-2) L-Pallard (2-3) S-Amaya (4)
HR CHI-Chavez (10) COL-Sweeny (3)
Pallard in early trouble 5.1-6-5-5-5-4 Hart (COL) 8-6-3-3-5-4. Jackson 3-4 Casto 2-4 2 2B's (1st IBL hit).

STREAKS-San Antonio's Cliff Edwards has tied Rich Stone's 2015 IBL record hitting streak by hitting in his 30th straight game today. He's 44-121 (.364) with 7 HR's and 26 RBI's during the streak which began on April 7th. With the exception of April 6th when he went 0-3 in a 6-3 win, he's had a hit in every game he's played in so far this year.

CONTRACT NEWS-
Cruz signs on for 3 more in Chicago.
He's the only Closer we've ever known, a likely HOF'er and most popular players on the team, and in the league. When he made it clear he would take less to remain, it was an easy conversation. Ernesto Cruz agreed to a 3 year 25.2M dollar extension today that will hopefully keep him in an Iron Pigs uniform for his entire IBL career. He's 27-27 with 391 Saves and a 1.96 ERA in 11 big league seasons. The all time saves leader. Fans were, as expected, very excited at the news. Wow, interest jumped from 85 to 91 with the news.

5/11 COL 5 CHI 4
W-Cox (2-0) L-Tucker (0-1) S-Robinson (2)
HR CHI: Ash (3) Salinas (7) COL-Gomez (7)
Pacheco comes in 1st and 2nd 2 out, walks Gomez, then walks in tying run, Watanabe relieves and walks in winning run. Cox (COL) 8-6-4-3-3-3-6. Tanner (COL) 3-4 Gomez 3 RBI's (27) Salinas 2-4 RBI (24) Blakeway 3 BB's.

STREAKS-Cliff Edwards had his 30 game hitting streak halted in a 4-0 loss to New Orleans today.

INJURY NEWS-Alaska SP George Bean will miss the next 13-14 months after undergoing Tommy John Surgery today. The 33 year old is 147-97 3.98 in 331 career starts covering 2158.2 IP. He's a 2 time all star.

5/12 CHI 4 COL 3
W-Jones (4-0) L-Topping (2-1) S-Cruz (12)
HR NONE
Vela 3-3 2B (3) Miranda, Castro 2-4 Hall 5.2-5-3-2-4-10 (ND) Jones (COL) 7-7-2-1-5-5 (ND)

5/13 DAY 7 CHI 6 (10)
W-Gallagher (1-3) L-Andre (2-2) S-Boswell (2)
HR DAY-Torres (8) CHI: Coates (1)
Trujillo 7.1-7-5-5-2-9 (ND) Coates PH HR in the 9th to tie (1). Flores (DAY) 3-5 3 RBI's (16)

5/14 CHI 6 DAY 4 (10)
W-Tucker (1-1) L-Gallagher (1-4)
HR DAY: Torres (9) Greene 2 (8) CHI-Vela (1) walk off
Castro 3-5 Salinas 2-4 2B (10) Vela 1st career IBL HR wins it. Morgan 7-5-4-4-1-12 (ND) 3 Errors

5/15 CHI 9 DAY 0
W-Pallard (3-3) L-Howell (2-4)
HR CHI-Jackson (7)
Blakeway 3-4 2 2B's (10) 3 runs Jackson 3-3 2B (4) 3 RBI's (25) Altagracia (DAY) 3-4 2B (7) Pallard 6.2-5-0-0-3-8

WEEK 7 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Juan Barrios (BRO) 13-24 3 RBI's (.338-5-20)
CL POTW-Julio Morin (PIT) 8-24 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.321-21-45)

ORG POTW
A(S) Bill Heard 1B 14-25 2 HR's 9 RBI's (.277-6-27)

WEEK 7 POWER RANKINGS
1) Corpus Christi
2) Michigan
3) Chicago
4) Edmonton
5) San Antonio

AAA Tulsa (6) 27-15 +1 (Overhill .352-6-21/Aragon .304-11-34/Casas 14SV 1.04)
AA Bakersfield (3) 28-14 2 GB (Cordero .261-9-27/Carter .306-2-17/Russell .386-2-18/Salas .340-2-10)
A(N) Belleview (3) 28-14 +4 (Harvey .321 17 SB/Flores .318/Torres .336/Chambers 2-1 1.83)
A(S) Denison (26) 16-26 7 GB (Rodriguez .304-2-12/Walker 3-4 2.44/Herrera 5SV 0.76)

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WEEK 8
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 31-16 +6
RUNS SCORED: 277 (25) 2nd
RUNS AGAINST: 210 (23) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Good
FAN INTEREST: 91/100
WEEK AHEAD: 1 vs Dayton/3 vs New York/Off Day/2 @ Buffalo

5/16 DAY 4 CHI 3
W-Morris (4-5) L-McKinley (3-3) S-Gallagher (8)
HR DAY-Greene (9)
McKinley 8-8-3-2-3-5 Lorenzelli 3-4 2 2B's (3) Chavez 2-2 3 BB's

5/17 CHI 3 NY 1
W-Hall (3-0) L-Dansen (3-4) S-Cruz (13)
HR NONE
Hall 7.2-7-1-1-1-7 Dansen CG (L) 8-8-3-3-0-3 Ash 2 RBI's (24) Blakeway 2-4 2B (11) Castro 2-4 (.323) RBI (3)

5/18 CHI 2 NY 0
W-Trujillo (5-2) L-Davis (4-4)
HR NONE
Trujillo CG 4-hitter 8 K's 0 BB. Davis (NY) 7-5-2-2-3-6 (L). Castro 2-3 (.353) Shaw (22) Miranda (17) RBI's. 2B Jeremy Hamlyn went down with a leg injury, and post game looks have him out 2-3 days.

5/19 NY 10 CHI 5
W-Romano (5-5) L-Morgan (3-2)
HR NY-Ibarra (4) Davey (8) CHI- Vela (2)
Morgan 4.2-9-7-7-2-2 Kin (NY) 3-4 2B (5) 3 RBI's (8)

GREAT GAMES-Former Iron Pig Ken Lee tossed a 6-hitter in Green Bay today, shutting out the Blizzard to move to 7-2 3.48 in 10 starts.

5/20 Off Day DL news-Hudson is 1-2 weeks away, Martinez 2 and Collins 3 weeks out.

5/21 CHI 7 BUF 2
W-Pallard (4-3) L-Rogers (4-5)
HR CHI: Castro (1) 1st IBL HR Salinas (8)
Chavez 3-5 2B (2) Salinas 3 RBI's (29) Castro leadoff HR.

5/22 BUF 6 CHI 5 (18)
W-O'Neil (1-0) L-Carlson (1-1)
HR CHI-Shaw (7) Ash (4) BUF Webb (4)
Webb 2 out HR bottom 9 off Cruz BS (4) to tie. Watanabe 5-2-0-0-2-3 in relief. Hall 7-10-3-3-1-6 (ND) Webb (BUF) 3-9 3 runs Ash 4-8 Shaw 3 RBI's (25) Blakeway 3-6 2B (12)

MILESTONES-Travis Bryant (DAL) became the IBL's 2nd 400 HR club member in a 2-3 4 RBI day today as Dallas beat LA 9-5. Bryant joins Curt Whimster (TUL) and his 409 as the only 2 members. He's a .272 lifetime hitter with 1127 RBI's.

WEEK 8 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Mario Gomez (COL) 15-29 3 HR's 8 RBI's (.374-10-38)
CL POTW-Chris Gray (TUL) 13-25 HR 6 RBI's (.313-4-24)

IBL CAREER LEADERS: DOUBLES
Curt Whimster (TUL) 429
Gerald Wright (DAL) 423
Rich Stone (HOU) 386
Pat Adams (LV) 370
Vincente Soto (NO) 362

WEEK 8 POWER RANKINGS
1) Michigan
2) Chicago
3) Corpus Christi
4) Edmonton
5) San Antonio

AAA Tulsa (9) 29-19 2 GB (Aragon .312-12-37/Overhill .327-6-24/Rea 3-1 1.96/Casas 15 SV 1.02)
AA Bakersfield (8) 30-19 5 GB (Cordero .254-10-31/Russell .369-4-26/Salas .352-2-15/Cline /.340-4-28)
A(N) Belleview (4) 34-15 +3 (Harvey .328/Torres .336-4-24/Angel 8-1 3.02)
A(S) Denison (25) 18-31 9 GB (Walker 3-5 2.30/Bennett 3-5 2.94)

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WEEK 9
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 36-18 +7.5
RUNS SCORED: 314 (37) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 236 (26) t-2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Good
FAN INTEREST: 93/100 (+2)
WEEK AHEAD: 1 @ Buffalo/3 vs Providence/3 @ West Michigan

5/23 CHI 7 BUF 4
W-Trujillo (6-2) L-Washington (5-4) S-Pacheco (2)
HR CHI: Castro (2) Salinas (9)
Trujillo 8.1-9-4-3-1-7 Salinas 4-4 2B (12) 2 RBI's (31 ) Castro 2-4 3 RBI's (9)

INJURY NEWS-Michigan is finally putting it all together, but they can't seem to catch a break. Maurice Paterson will miss another 5 weeks with a sprained ankle. The 23 year old is off to a 9-0 3.34 start in 10 games with 87 punch outs in 72.2 IP. The Wolverines are 31-16, 4.5 games ahead of West Michigan.

5/24 CHI 12 PROV 1
W-Mogan (4-2) L-Holloway (2-6)
HR- CHI: Shaw 2 (9) Castro (3) Blakeway (2)
1st ever meeting. Morgan toses CG 3-hitter, 9 K's. Castro 3 RBI's (12) Chavez 3-5 Shaw 4-5 3 runs 5 RBI's (30) Blakeway 2-4 3 RBI's (19)

5/25 CHI 4 PROV 2
W-Pallard (5-3) L-Hickman (1-8) S-Cruz (14)
HR CHI-Miranda (4)
Castro 3-4 (.379) Blakeway 2-3 2 Runs

5/26 CHI 4 PROV 3
W-McKinley (4-3) L-Guzman (1-8) S-Cruz (15)
HR PROV: Hernandez (5) CHI- Castro (4) Jackson (8)
Castro leadoff HR 3-4 2 RBI's (14) Jackson 3-4 2 RBI's (27) McKinley 6.2-7-3-3-1-5

TRANSACTION NEWS:
Chicago appeases Coates, ships him to Baltimore
Eric Coates had been in the GM's office no less than 3 times in the past 2 weeks. Ever the good soldier he'd never really done anything to lose his job, other than get outplayed at the wrong time. He wants to start, it's clear with the Chavez contract, and Dennis Ash entrenched in left, that an everyday job is not happening here without an injury. He's got a 10M club option for next season that we'd already told him was not being picked up. He asked to be traded, never demanded, but asked, and was clear about wanting to be on the east coast. We managed to get Baltimore to part ways with a 20 year old Dean Kehoe, a SP prospect taken 15th overall in 2019 out of Atascadero HS in California. He's a project with a huge arm and huge upside if he ever locates the strike zone. We've recalled Andy Davis, our #4 prospect and the Ibl's #30, to be the backup vs RHP for the next few weeks until Hugh Collins returns. We've also reached out to some free agents to help plug some holes in Tulsa. Coates joins former teamate Wesley Morgan in Baltimore. Wes is on the DL for the next month but was off to a .279-12-37 start for the Colts, who are 5.5 back of Pittsburgh.

5/27 CHI 8 WMI 7
W-Hall (4-0) L-Johnson (5-5) S-Watanabe (1)
HR CHI-Chavez (11) WMI-Long (6)
Hall 6-9-5-2-0-3 and the pen barely holds on. Martinez 2B (3) 3 RBI's Salinas 3 BB's Castro 2-4 (.409)

5/28 WMI 4 CHI 0
W-Lawson (5-4) L-Trujillo (6-3)
HR WMI-Adaricio (7)
Lawson 8.2-3-0-0-3-6. Hamlyn 2-2 Ash has only other hit.

5/29 WMI 5 CHI 2
W-Domingo (3-2) L-Morgan (4-3) S-Watkins (10)
HR WMI-Adaricio (8) Montoya (9)
Just 3 hits, Domingo 7-3-2-2-3-6. Shaw 2 RBI's (32) Lopez (WMI) 3-3 2B (14)

RECORD BREAKERS-Esteban Figueroa (SAC) tossed a 1-hitter and set an IBL record with 18K's in a 5-0 win over Pittsburgh. Figueroa moves to 5-2 2.51 on the season. In the past 3 starts he's thrown 29 IP and K'd 40 batters, giving up just 9 hits and 4 walks. It was his 5th career shutout, and 2nd of Pittsburgh, the team he no-hit in 2020. Fernando Montoya broke the bid up with a 7th inning leadoff single.

WEEK 9 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Ed Thomas (BRO) 12-22 2 HR's 8 RBI's (.289-7-36)
CL POTW-Jesus Becerra (LV) 14-31 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.282-10-41)

IBL CAREER LEADERS: STRIKEOUTS
1) Walt Thompson (TUL) 2263
2) Chris O'Slattery (BAL) 2110
3) Alfredo Alejandrez (SJ) 1694
4) Colin Durham (BOS) 1694
5) Ramon Roa (BAL) 1692

WEEK 9 POWER RANKINGS
1) Corpus Christi
2) Chicago
3) West Michigan
4) Edmonton
5) Michigan

AAA Tulsa (7) 33-22 1 GB (Overhill .326-8-28/Aragon .300-12-40/Rea 3-1 2.01/Casas 17SV 2.25)
AA Bakersfield (10) 33-22 6 GB (Russell .358-4-28/Salas .336-3-21)
A(N) Belleview (1) 39-16 +6 (Harvey .322/Torres .351/Swagat /.306/Brown .302-8-34/Angel 9-1 2.72)
A(S) Denison (22) 22-33 9 GB (Rodriguez .313-4-26/Walker 4-5 2.60/Herrera 9SV 1.27)

TRADE NEWS-New Orleans has sent 25 year old SS Cary Wallace and 20 year old 2B prospect Robinson Cano to Green Bay for 29 year old 1B Francisco Gonzalez.

REASONING-I can't even begin to undestand this one. Two very good young players, for an average older one. Their scouts aren't onto Cano just yet, but Wallace is a very good player, just 25 (our 2017 1st rounder, 9th overall).

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MAY SUMMARY
FL HITTER- Rich Alfred (EDM) .338-7-18 (.282-9-28)
CL HITTER- Eric Price (FRE) .279-12-38 (.244-17-54)
FL PITCHER- Ivan Martinez (EDM) 5-1 1.99 (10-2 3.26)
CL PITCHER- Colin Durham (BOS) 6-0 1.90 (9-1 2.98)
FL ROOKIE- Ramon Castro (CHI) .346-4-14
CL ROOKIE- Lorenzo Ortiz (DAL) .276-6-16 (.244-9-28)

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WEEK 10
RECORD: 2-3
OVERALL: 38-21 +5
RUNS SCORED: 336 (22) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 268 (32) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Good
FAN INTEREST: 93/100
WEEK AHEAD: Off Day/3 @ Green Bay/Off Day/2 @ Columbus

5/30 Off Day

5/31 GB 10 CHI 4
W-Castro (4-1) L-Pallard (5-4)
HR CHI-Miranda (5)
Pallard 4.1-9-6-6-3-3 Castro (GB) 7-5-4-4-3-3. Walker (GB) 3-5 Alvarado (GB) 3-5

6/1 GB 10 CHI 4
W-Freestone (7-2) L-Hall (4-1)
HR CHI: Jackson (9) GB-Alvarado (6) Melton (1)
Melton (GB) 4-5 2B (7) 3 runs 3 RBI's (19) Alvarado 3-4 3 RBI's (33) Hudson 3-5 Chavez 3-5 Shaw 3-3

6/2 GB 11 CHI 6
W-Hart (2-0) L-Trujillo (6-4)
HR CHI-Castro (5) Chavez (12) GB-Cruz (4) A.Jones (6)
Another horrid start. Cruz (GB) 3-4 3 RBI's (16) Salinas 2-4 2 2B's (14) Miranda 2-4 2 2B's (9)

6/3 Off Day

6/4 CHI 1 COL 0
W-Morgan (5-3) L-Jones (6-3) S-Cruz (16)
Morgan 8.1-6-0-0-4-9 Jones (COL) 8-4-1-1-5-4
HR NONE
Gomez (COL) 3-4 2B (18) Vela GW RBI (15)

DL NEWS-Roberto Martinez is off the DL and on a 1-2 start rehab assignment.

6/5 CHI 7 COL 1
W-Pallard (6-4) L-Cox (4-2)
HR CHI-Salinas (10) COL-Ryan (6)
Ash 2-2 Chavez 2 RBI's (35)

WEEK 10 SUMMARY
FL POTW- Wazir Ubadah (NH) 13-26 4 HR's 12 RBI's (.276-15-44)
CL POTW- John Lewis (BOS) 18-35 5 RBI's (.297-4-27)

ORG POTW
AAA Matt Cook IF 10-21 3 HR's 13 RBI's (.326-10-38)

WEEK 10 POWER RANKINGS
1) Corpus Christi
2) Chicago
3) West Michigan
4) Boston
5) Las Vegas

AAA Tulsa (3) 38-23 +1 (Overhill .322-9-32/Aragon .314-15-51/Rea 4-1 1.92)
AA Bakersfield (13) 36-26 7 GB (Cordero .254-12-37/Russell .358-5-30/)
A(N) Belleview (4) 42-20 +6 (Torres .342-5-29/Swagat .314-1-27)
A(S) Denison (21) 26-36 7 GB

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WEEK 11
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 41-24 +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 374 (38) 3rd
RUNS AGAINST: 291 (23) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Good
FAN INTEREST: 93/100
WEEK AHEAD: 1 @ Columbus/3 vs Houston/Off Day/2 vs Tulsa

ROSTER NEWS-With Martinez coming off the DL and his rehab a corresponding move will need to be made. Pallard has outpitched McKinley but Steve has no options remaining and I'll lose him on waivers for sure. I shopped him, and there's major interest (as expected), but I don't see a deep need right now, so I'll hold on and send Pallard back.

6/6 COL 6 CHI 5
W-Morales (2-4) L-Hall (4-2) S-Amaya (8)
HR CHI: Chavez (13) COL-Debesa (7)
Morgan struggled early 7-6-5-5-1-6 Debesa 3 RBI's (32) Chavez 3 RBI's (38)

6/7 CHI 9 HOU 4
W-Mckinley (5-3) L-Bond (7-5)
HR HOUavis (7) CHI: Salinas (11) Chavez (14) Hudson 2 (4)
Salinas 3-4 3 RBI's (36) Chavez 2-4 3 RBI's (41) Hudson 3-3 2 runs 2 RBI's Castro 2-4 2B (3) 3B (2)

6/8 HOU 8 CHI 6 (12)
W-Ellis (4-2) L-Watanabe (1-1)
HR CHI: Chavez (15)
Cruz BS (5) Blakeway 0-0 4 BB's Chavez 3-6 4 RBI's (45) SB (14) Ash 2-4 SB (10)

AA All Stars-Millard Cline C-.316/.346/.435, Clinton Hayden 3B-.290/.430/.421,
A(N) All Stars-Carl Walker SP 6-5 2.30

TRADE NEWS:
El Paso has traded former Iron Pig 3B Alberto Rivera to the Dayton Dragons for 21 year old OF Prospect Thomas Mayfield (1* big speed, versatile OF) and 23 year old OF Prospect Luis Soto (2.5* big speed, outstanding defender and top of the order bat, 2nd rounder (42nd) out of Oregon State in 2020).

6/9 CHI 3 HOU 2
W-Jones (5-0) L-Ellis (4-3) S-Cruz (17)
HR NONE
Morgan 7-6-2-2-1-13 (ND) Miranda drives in GW with 8th inning 2B (11) Chavez 2-4 2B (4)

MINORS NEWS-On his 1st day back in AAA Tulsa OF Andy Davis went 5-5 and hit for the cycle in a 20-2 win over the Wizards AAA club.

AAA All Stars-Orlando Rea SP 5-1 1.71, Cisco Casas 20 SV 2.66, Matt Cook 2B .325/.389/.591, John Overhill IF .325/.424/.575

6/10 Off Day

6/11 TUL 3 CHI 2
W-Thomas (9-3) L-Martinez (1-1) S-Navarro (15)
HR TUL-Moreton (2) CHI-Hudson (5)
3 Iron Pig errors, Martinez 6.1-5-3-3-3-4 Thomas (TUL) 6-3-1-1-3-3 (9-3 2.85)

6/12 CHI 13 TUL 0
W-Hall (5-2) L-Thompson (6-5)
HR CHI-Hudson (6) Salinas (12)
Hudson 3-5 2 2B's (4) 5 RBI's (33) Salinas 3 RBI's (39) Blakeway 3-3 2B (15) 3B (4) 3 RBI's (25) was hurt running the bases in the 7th. Haynes (TUL) 3-4 2B (7) Hall 9-6-0-0-3-5.

INJURY NEWS-Andre Blakeway has a bad calf strain and is out at least 3 weeks. Jeremy Hamlyn will be recalled.

WEEK 11 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Luis Chavez (CHI) 12-27 3 HR's 12 RBI's (.304-15-45)
CL POTW-Bill Miles (CC) 9-14 5 HR's 11 RBI's (.347-13-44)

WEEK 11 POWER RANKINGS
1) Corpus Christi (1)
2) West Michigan (3)
3) Chicago (2)
4) Edmonton (7)
5) Philadelphia (17)
OUT Boston (10) Las Vegas (12)

AAA Tulsa (7) 40-26 1 GB (Overhill .323-11-39/Cook .325-10-40/Rea 5-1 1.71)
AA Bakersfield (9) 38-27 7 GB (.257-13-41/Russell .356-5-35)
A(N) Belleview (4) 44-21 +7 (Torres .341-5-33/Angel 9-2 2.96)
A(S) Denison (25) 27-38 9 GB (Walker 6-5 2.30/Herrera 12SV 1.42)

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Here's the pre draft release....