The IBL's Chicago Iron Pigs

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There are 23 picks in round 1, 14 in the supplemental round and 31 in the 2nd round for a total of 68 picks.
We hold picks 4, 19, 34, 59 and 65.

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WEEK: 3
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 15-4 +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 135 (46) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 77 (24) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 87/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 @ Providence/Off Day/3 vs Columbus

4/15
CHI 21 PROV 3
W-Pimentel (3-0) L-Perez (0-2)
HR CHI-Chavez 2 (3) Hudson 2 (5) Castro 2 (4) Cruz (3) Grueter (2) PROV-Wood (4)
IBL record 18 run 3rd inning. Hudson 2-4 2 HR's 3 runs 3 RBI's (13) 3 BB's Castro 4-7 2 HR's 5 RBI's (13) Chavez 3-6 2 HR's 3 runs 2 RBI's (9) Cruz 4-4 2 2B's (6) HR 4 runs 2 RBI's (11) Jackson 3 BB's Miranda 4-5 2B (6) Grueter GS 4 RBI's (8)
Lost in all this is Pimentel's streak, still going strong, 24 straight wins, 34 straight starts without a loss.

GREAT GAMES-C.C. Sabathia twirls a gem in a 2-1 win over Green Bay (news below)

4/16
PROV 8 CHI 2
W-Hickman (2-2) L-Bright (1-1)
HR PROV-Louque (1) Ward (1) Chavez (1)
Bright 1.1 8 ER's 3 HR's Panigua (PROV) 4-5 2 2B's (3) Ward (PROV) 3-4 HR

4/17
CHI 8 PROV 4
W-Perez (2-0) L-Lucas (1-3)
HR CHI-Grueter (3)
Costly win. Hall comes out in the 3rd with a shoulder issue. (news below) Grueter 3-5 2B (5) HR 2 RBI's (10) starting to heat up, over .200 finally. Louque (PROV) 4-5 2B (1) Ward (PROV) 3-5

INJURY NEWS-Stan Hall's shoulder is sore, sore enough that we're putting him on the 15 day DL. We'll let him sit 2 weeks and go from there. 27 year old Jose Davila (acquired from El Paso this winter for Alberto Rocha) will get the call. Given the tax on the pen, Steve Rush will also be sent down and we'll call up jake Carlson off his rehab.

4/18 Off Day Tim Davis will extend his DL stay another 4 weeks for Michigan. The 39 year old is having trouble getting his strained lat working again.

4/19
COL 6 CHI 4
W-Fowler (3-0) L-Morgan (2-2) S-Holt (3)
HR COL-Bowers 2 (5)
Morgan 7-7-5-5-0-11 Castro 3-5 Bowers 2-3 2 HR's 3 runs 4 RBI's (14)

4/20
CHI 5 COL 0
W-Trujillo (3-0) L-C.Gonzales (1-1)
HR NONE
Trujillo 9-2-0-0-1-14 career high! (96 game score) Martinez 2-4 3B (2) 3 RBI's (7)

4/21
CHI 6 COL 3
W-Pimentel (4-0) L-Morales (1-2) S-Cruz (6)
HR CHI-Grueter (4)
Pimentel now 25-0 in his last 25 decisions, has not lost in 35 straight starts. Battle 1-1 3 BB's 2 runs SB (1) Cruz (4) Hamlyn (4) SB's.

WEEK 3 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Troy Glaus (NY) 11-26 5 HR's 15 RBI's (.299-9-24) (and learns after Sunday's game he's going to miss 3-4 months with a torn ab muscle)
CL POTW-Roosevelt Ramsey (TUL) 14-26 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.370-10-23)

WEEK 3 POWER RANKINGS
1) Fresno
2) Chicago
3) Sacramento
4) Philadelphia
5) West Michigan

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (4) 13-7 1 GB 3rd Runs 2nd AVG 1st OBP/HR 2nd RA 1st BP ERA
AA Bakersfield (14) 10-10 4 GB 4th Runs 3rd OBP t-1st SB 14th SP ERA
A(S) Belleview (13) 10-10 T-1st t-5th Runs 3rd AVG 4th OBP 1st SB 2nd RA 2nd SP ERA 5th BP ERA
A(N) Denison (4) 13-7 +3 2nd Runs/AVG/OBP 1st HR 5th RA

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Hugh Collins (PIT) is hitting .321-7-24 (t-3rd HR's 2nd RBI's) Bryant Thomas 33K's are 1st

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Wow what an inning. That is 5 games for the Cubs. lol

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WEEK: 4
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 19-6 +2
RUNS SCORED: 177 (42) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 103 (26) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted
FAN LOYALTY: 88/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 vs Dayton/3 vs Alaska

4/22 Off Day

4/23
DAY 4 CHI 3
W-Kelley (3-1) L-Bright (1-2) S-Canales (5)
HR DAY-Thornton (4)
Pen caughs up lead, Bright throws shutout into the 6th. 7.1-6-4-4-1-4 Kelley 8-6-3-3-0-3 (3-1 3.58)

4/24
DAY 12 CHI 6
W-Woodroffe (2-2) L-Davila (0-1) S-Ramirez (1)
HR DAY-Rodriguez (3) Green 2 (7) Turner 2 (3) CHI-Miranda (3) Hudson (6)
Davila 5-9-8-6-1-6 7 runs 1st 3 IP. Gave the pen a chance by hanging into the 5th. M.Rodriguez 3-5 2B (3) HR Greene 2-5 6 RBI's (29) Turner (DAY) 3-5 2B 2 HR's 3 RBI's (6) M. Ramirez (DAY) 3-4 2 2B's Miranda 4-5 HR Hudson 2-5 HR 3 RBI's (17)

4/25
CHI 9 DAY 0
W-Morgan (3-2) L-G.Thomas (1-3)
HR NONE
Morgan 9-3-0-0-3-7 115 pitches Vela 3-5 Grueter 3-5 Hamlyn 3-4 2B (3) Blakeway 0-5 (hitting .111)

4/26
CHI 5 ALK 3
W-Trujillo (4-0) L-Santos (1-4) S-Cruz (7)
HR CHI-Hudson (7) Chavez (4)
Trujillo 7-5-0-0-2-7 Shaw 3-4 Chavez 3-4 HR

4/27
CHI 13 ALK 6
W-Pimentel (5-0) L-Bean (2-2)
HR ALK-Stokes (5) CHI-Castro (5) Shaw (5) Miranda (4) Chavez 2 (6)
Pimentel now 26-0 in last 26 decisions, 36 consecutive starts without a loss. 7-4-3-3-0-6 84 pitches. Castro 2-5 HR 3 RBI's (17) Shaw 2-4 HR 3 runs Chavez 2-4 2 HR's 3 RBI's (15) Miranda 3-4 HR Hamlyn 3-4 2B (4) (hitting .432 and now taking over at SS for the horribly slumping Blakeway)

4/28
CHI 6 ALK 1
W-Bright (2-2) L-M.Miller (1-3)
HR CHI-Castro (6)
Bright 9-7-1-1-1-7 123 pitches. Cruz 3-4 Castro 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (20)

WEEK 4 SUMMARY
FL POTW-George Tanner (COL) 15-32 2 HR's 9 RBI's (.327-8-17)
CL POTW-Terry Webb (PHI) 12-26 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.314-6-29)

WEEK 4 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (2)
2) Columbus (-)
3) Fresno (1)
4) Sacramento (3)
5) Philadelphia (4)
OUT West Michigan (12)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 +3) 18-8 +2 3rd Runs 1st AVG/OBP/HR 2nd RA 5th SP ERA 1st BP ERA 4th Def Eff (Salas .328-8-20/Estrada .372/Medina .345/Moore .406./Buckley 5-1 2.58)
AA Bakersfield (10 +4) 15-11 3 GB 2nd Runs/OBP t-4th HR 1st SB (Wilton .357/Ellis .375)
A(S) Belleview (8 +5) 14-12 +2 5th Runs 2nd AVG 4th OBP 1st SB t-3rd RA 2nd SP ERA (Hennessey .417/Guillen .344-4-14)
A(N) Denison (7 -3) 16-10 +3 2nd Runs 1st AVG/OBP/HR (Lopez .349-7-20/Blankenship .347 Kehoe 2-1 1.85)

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Bryant Thomas (FRE) 51 k's is 2nd in the CL Dan Pallard (NH) 2.81 ERA is 3rd in the FL Cipriano Alonz's (HAW) 10 SB are 1st in the FL

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April Records (Bold denotes record set this year)
AVG .479 Todd Helton (GB) '16
HR 14 Julio Morin (PIT) '22
RBI's 42 Tony Green (DAY) old record 39 Todd Helton (PHI) '19
SB's 17 Carl Crawford (GB) '18 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '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 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23



Lopez is a 21 year old minor league FA, signed last March. He was originally taken in the 3rd round of the 2021 draft (68th overall) by Dallas. From Hanna Boys Center HS, Sonoma, CA.

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WEEK: 5
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 23-8 +4
RUNS SCORED: 228 (51) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 127 (24) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy
FAN LOYALTY: 89/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 vs Hawaii/Off Day/3 @ Tulsa

4/29
HAW 8 CHI 4
W-Oswalt (2-1) L-Davila (0-2) S-Velez (1)
HR HAW-Massey (3) Wagner (2) Soriano (8) CHI-Miranda (5) Hudson (8)
Davila blows 4-0 lead in the 5th. C. Rodriguez (HAW) 4-5 2B (9) 3B (3) Miranda's homer extended his hitting streak to a career high 20 games.

GREAT GAMES-Angels game (news below) is just the 16th 6 hit game in IBL history, and Arizona's 2nd (Christian Wilkins 2022). The last 2 6 hit games (Alex Vela (CHI) last year) have come against the Clippers.

4/30
CHI 10 HAW 5
W-Morgan (4-2) L-Fox (0-2)
HR HAW-Wagner (3)
Morgan 7-8-5-5-0-12 120 pitches. Chavez 3-5 Jackson 1-3 3 RBI's (13) Wagner (HAW) 2-3 2B (7) HR 3 RBI's (12)

5/1
CHI 9 HAW 0
W-Trujillo (5-0) L-Charraz (3-2)
HR CHI-Castro 2 (8) Hudson (9) Cruz (4)
Trujillo 9-5-0-0-1-6 123 pitches Castro 2-2 2 HR's 4 runs 3 RBI's (23) Cruz 2-3 HR 4 RBI's (24) Blakeway 0-3 now hitting .101

In his last 3 starts Jorge Trujillo has gone 25 IP 12 H 0 ER 4 BB and 27 K's, going 3-0 0.00 with 2-hit shutout and today’s 5-hit shutout.

5/2 Off Day

5/3
CHI 13 TUL 2
W-Pimentel (6-0) L-Perez (1-3)
HR NONE
Pimentel 27-0 last 27 decisions, 37th straight start without a loss. Chavez 2-5 2B (2) 3 runs Grueter 4-6 3 2B's (9) 3 runs 4 RBI's (23) Miranda 3-4 2B (10) 2 RBI's (26) (hitting .431) Hamlyn 2-5 3B (1) 3 RBI's (10) Miranda has now hit safely in 23 straight.

STUFF-Ok I gotta ask, has anyone ever had anything close to a streak like this? I mean in a league played fair and square? This is stunning, he's pretty much gone a season +4-5 starts having never lost a game.

5/4
TUL 6 CHI 3
W-Robinson (4-1) L-Hall (1-2) S-Picot (8)
HR CHI-Hudson (10)
Hudson 4-5 HR 2 RBI's (25) Robinson 8-9-3-3-3-8

5/5
CHI 12 TUL 3
W-Bright (3-2) L-Romero (3-2)
HR TUL-Ramsey (12)
Bright 6-10-3-3-0-8 Hudson 2-5 2B (2) 3 runs Castro 4-5 3B (2) 4 runs 2 RBI's (25) Shaw 2-4 3 runs Chavez 3-5 2B (3) 3 RBI's (21) Ramsey (TUL) 3-4 HR 2 RBI's (34)

WEEK 5 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Ramon Castro (CHI) 9-21 3 HR's 6 RBI's (.313-8-25)
CL POTW-Daniel Rodriguez (DAL) 8-20 4 HR's 7 RBI's (.385-11-43)

ORG POTW
AA Brian Walker OF 11-22 4 HR's 13 RBI's (.341-5-22) (16th round (485th overall) in 2021)

WEEK 5 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Sacramento (4)
3) Fresno (3)
4) Philadelphia (5)
5) Columbus (2)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (4 -3) 22-11 +1 2nd Runs 1st AVG/OBP/HR/RA 3rd SP ERA 1st BP ERA 4th Def Eff (Cordero 9 HR's/Estrada .375/Tucker 2-0 1.29 as SP/McBrieve 6 SV 2.92)
AA Bakersfield (7 +3) 20-13 1 GB 2nd Runs/OBP 3rd HR 1st SB (Wilton .353/Walker .341/Ellis .378/ Scantlebury 26 RBI's)
A(S) Belleview (3 +5) 19-14 +4 5th Runs 1st AVG/OBP/SB 3rd RA 2nd SP ERA (Hennessey .382/Guillen .336-5-21/P.Hernandez 10 SV 2.12)
A(N) Denison (6 +1) 20-13 +2 2nd Runs 1st AVG/OBP/HR 5th RA/SP ERA (Lopez .343-9-27/Turner 32 RBI's/Kehoe 2-1 1.64)

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Bryant Thomas (FRE) 60 K's 2nd in CL Cipriano Alonzo (HAW) 10 SB 1st FL

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WEEK: 6
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 27-10 +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 270 (42) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 159 (32) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Happy (-1)
FAN LOYALTY: 90/100 (+1)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 vs Corpus Christi/3 @ Green Bay

5/6
OFF DAY

5/7
CC 10 CHI 4
W-Bond (6-1) L-Morgan (4-3)
HR CHI-Miranda (6) CC-Miles 2 (11) Carter (4) Carr (4) Garcia (2)
Morgan bombed, 7 ER 1.2 IP 5 HR's! Bond 9-11-4-4-1-2 130 pitches. Carter 4-5 2 2B's (15) HR 2 RBI's (31) SB (3) Miles 2-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's (29) Grueter 3-4

INJURY NEWS-Dallas OF Daniel Rodriguez is out for the season after breaking his knee on the 7th. The 26 year old is coming off a .308-24-84 rookie campaign and was leading the CL in AVG .401 and RBI's 44. (news below)

5/8
CC 3 CHI 2
W-Trujillo (6-0) L-Gobbi (4-1) S-Cruz (8)
HR NONE
Trujillo 7-7-2-2-1-9 Scoreless innings streak ends at 29 2/3rds innings.

5/9
CHI 9 CC 6
W-Pimentel (7-0) L-Quezada (3-2) S-Cruz (9)
HR CC-Carter (5) Miller (5)
Pimentel gets 6-0 lead in first 2, struggles to hold it 5.2-11-6-6-3-1. 28-0 and hasn't lost in last 38 starts. Hudson 1-4 2B (4) 3 runs Grueter 2-5 2B (11) 3 RBI's (29) Carter (CC) 3-5 HR 3 RBI's (34)

5/10
CHI 12 GB 1
W-Hall (2-2) L-G.Thomas (2-2)
HR Chi-Castro (9) Grueter 2 (6) Chavez 2 (8)
Hall 7-5-1-1-2-4 Hudson 3-5 3 runs Chavez 4-6 2 HR's 3 runs Grueter 2-4 2 HR's 4 RBI's (33)

5/11
CHI 8 GB 5
W-Bright (4-2) L-Althusser (2-6) S-Casas (1)
HR CHI-Castro (10) Hudson 2 (13)
Bright up 6-1 leaves hurt in the 6th, bases loaded, Davenport allows all 3 to score (5.2-5-4-4-3-7). Hudson 3-4 2 HR's 4 RBI's (32) Cordero (GB) 3-4 2B (6) 4 RBI's (14)

INJURY NEWS-Rob Bright has a bum shoulder, not too bad, but bad enough you're looking at 1-2 weeks. We'll go 3-4 days before making a move, if it's a week we'll manage, if it's more he and Manny Gonzalez throw on the same day, we'll DL him and call up Manny.

5/12
GB 8 CHI 6
W-Yates (2-2) L-Morgan (4-4) S-Becker (1)
HR CHI-Shaw (6) GB-Brooks 2 (9)
4 errors killed it early. Grueter 3-4 2 RBI's (36) Brooks (GB) 2-5 2 HR's 5 RBI's (29)

WEEK 6 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Mario Martinez (AZ) 12-28 5 HR's 9 RBI's (.286-11-40)
CL POTW-Paco Montes (FRE) 10-20 6 HR's 10 RBI's (.392-11-26)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: RBI's
176 Gerald Wright (MICH)
167 Bill Alexander
157 Cy May
157 Tony Greene (DAY)
156 Bill Hill

WEEK 6 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Sacramento (2)
3) Staten Island (-)
4) Philadelphia (4)
5) Fresno (3)
OUT Columbus (6)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (2 +2) 27-12 +2 2nd Runs 1st AVG/OBP/HR 4th SB 1st RA/SP ERA/BP ERA 4th Def Eff. (Cordero 13 HR's 36 RBi's/Estrada .391/Moore .398/McBrieve 9 SV 2.30/Davila 4-0 2.45/Gonzalez 4-1 2.30)
AA Bakersfield (13 -6) 22-17 4 GB 2nd Runs 3rd OBP t-1st HR 1st SB
A(S) Belleview (10 -7) 22-17 +4 1st AVG 5th OBP 1st SB 5th RA 2nd SP ERA 5th BP ERA (Hennessey .372/Guillen .351-6-27/Wilson .367/Hernandez 10 SV 1.89)
A(N) Denison (3 +3) 25-14 +2 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR t-3rd RA (Lopez .359-9-34/Robinson .331-4-13/Murphy .333-5-27/Kehoe 3-1 1.39)

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Pedro Salinas (SAC) 41 RBI's 3rd in CL 2.6 WAR 3rd, Craig Trent (SAC) 12 SV t-2nd Bryant Thomas (FRE) 68 K's 2nd in CL Cipriano Alonzo (HAW) 12 SB's 2nd

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WEEK: 7
RECORD: 7-0
SEASON: 34-10 +8.5
RUNS SCORED: 336 (66) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 185 (26) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy (+1)
FAN LOYALTY: 90/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 4 @ Columbus/3 vs Buffalo

5/13
CHI 8 COL 1
W-Trujillo (7-0) L-Barnes (3-3)
HR CHI-Castro (11) Shaw (7) Grueter (7) Chavez (9)
Trujillo 8-5-1-1-1-2 (7-0 1.82) Hudson 3-5 2 2B's (6) Chavez 3-4 HR 2 RBI's (28)

STUFF- in his last 6 starts Jorge Trujillo has gone 6-0 0.77 ERA in 47 IP 33 H 4 ER 40 K's and 6 BB's

5/14
CHI 9 COL 3
W-Pimentel (8-0) L-Braschi (0-4)
HR CHI-Cruz (5) COL-Segura (3) Garcia (3)
Pimentel 7-9-3-3-0-5 29-0 last 29 decisions 39 straight starts without a loss. Blakeway 3-5 2B (2) 3 RBI's (8) up to .156

5/15
CHI 9 COL 2
W-Hall (3-2) L-Fowler (5-2)
HR CHI-Miranda (7) Hudson (14)
Hall 7-5-2-1-0-8 Chavez 4-4 (.403) SB (3) Miranda 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (32) Cruz 3-5 2B (8)

5/16
CHI 9 COL 4
W-Davila (1-2) L-C.Gonzales (4-3) S- Cruz (10)
HR CHI-Grueter (8) COL-Lynch (11) Gomez (11)
Davila 5.2-5-1-1-3-6 100 pitches. Lynch (COL) 4-5 HR 2 RBI's (33) Cruz 2-5 2 2B's (10) Vela 2-5 2B (6) SB (3) 2 RBI's (10)

GREAT GAMES-Angelo Esparza (SAN) tossed a 2-hitter in New Orleans today, walking 1 and punching out 15 (news below)

NEWS-Corpus Christi resigned ace Adolfo Gobbi for 6 years (news below)

5/17
CHI 7 BUF 4
W-Morgan (5-4) L-O'Neil (0-2) S-Cruz (11)
HR CHI-Cruz (6)
Morgan 7.2-5-4-2-1-11 112 pitches. Cruz 2-3 2B (11) HR 4 RBI's (37)

5/18
CHI 17 BUF 6
W-Trujillo (8-0) L-Rodriguez (1-2)
HR BUF-Gill (8) CHI-Castro (12) Shaw (8) Miranda (8) Hamlyn (1) Hudson (15)
Trujillo has 1st stinker in a long time 5-9-6-6-3-4 106 pitches. Hudson 4-6 HR Castro 1-5 HR 3 RBI's (37) Miranda 2-4 3 runs HR 4 RBI's (37) Hamlyn 2-4 3 Runs HR 3 RBI's (14) Dieguez (BUF) 3-4 2 2B's (3)

INJURY NEWS-Philly and Sacramento suffer some pretty significant injuries (News below)

5/19
CHI 7 BUF 6
W-Carlson (1-0) L-Sanchez (2-3) S-Casas (2)
HR BUF-Crawford (5) CHI-Grueter (9) Vela 3 (4)
Pimentel leaves down 5-2 (4-8-5-5-4-6) now 40 consecutive starts without a loss. Alex Vela hits 3 solo shots scores 3 and drives in 3 (13) Crawford 3-5 2B (7) HR RBI (18)

GREAT GAMES-Vela's 3 HR's and Mitch Conner of LA tosses the leagues 26th no-hitter and the LA franchises 2nd in a win over Dallas. It marked the 2nd time Dallas had been no-hit. (news below)

WEEK 7 SUMMARY
FL POTW- Luis Chavez (CHI) 12-20 HR 4 RBI's (.415-9-30)
CL POTW-Lorenzo Ortiz (DAL) 9-21 5 HR's 10 RBI's (.250-8-18)

WEEK 7 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Sacramento (2)
3) Philadelphia (4)
4) Fresno (5)
5) West Michigan (-)
OUT Staten Island (8)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 +1) 31-15 +4 2nd Runs/AVG 1st OBP/HR t-4th SB 1st RA 2nd SP ERA 1st BP ERA 4th Def Eff. (Cordero .290-17-44/Salas .333-11-36/Moore .415/Tucker 3-0 1.29/McBrieve 11 SV 1.77)
AA Bakersfield (19 -6) 24-22 7 GB 4th Runs 3rd OBP/HR 1st SB (Wilton .341/Scantlebury .285-11-37/Garcia 5-2 2.98)
A(S) Belleview (11 -1) 25-21 +1 1st AVG 4th OBP 1st SB 5th RA 3rd SP ERA 4th BP ERA 5th Def Eff (Hennessey .355-3-22/Cooper .333-3-31/Guillen .346-6-30/Wilson .355-3-15)
A(N) Denison (6 -3) 28-18 -1 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR (Lopez .335-9-35/Turner .288-8-40/Murphy .324-7-32/Robinson .325-6-20)

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Pedro Salinas (SAC) 2nd in CL RBI's 46 Ernest Lindner (PIT) 13 SV 2nd in CL

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WEEK: 8
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 38-12 +9.5
RUNS SCORED: 367 (31) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 214 (29) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 @ Brooklyn/3 vs New Hampshire

5/20 Off Day
Check out news item 1. How about that? Ink a 26 year old ace who's one of the main reasons you're in first one week, the next he's out 13-14 months? Huge injury for them.

5/21
CHI 4 BRO 1
W-Hall (4-2) L-Martinez (2-7) S-Cruz (12)
HR CHI-Castro (13) Chavez (10) BRO-Fiermonte (1)
Hall 8-2-1-1-2-7 117 pitches P.Martinez (BRO) 8-8-3-3-1-5 Chavez 2-4 2B (8) HR RBI (31)

5/22
BRO 10 CHI 9
W-Kim (2-3) L-Davila (1-3) S-Douglas (9)
HR CHI-Cruz (7) Grueter (10) BRO-Miranda (11) Grant (7) Kelley (1)
Davila 0.2-6-7-7-1-1- 3 HR's (11.02 ERA) Came back to put tying run on, 9th inning 1 out. Miranda 3-4 2B (15) Cruz 2-3 GS 5 RBI's (42)

5/23
BRO 9 CHI 2
W-Lowry (4-3) L-Morgan (5-5)
HR BRO-Ishida (9) Hutchinson (4) Grant (8)
2nd consecutive bomb start, Morgan 4.1-10-8-8-2-3 3 HR's (5.51 ERA) Lowry 6.2-9-2-2-3-3 Hudson 4-4 M.Miranda (BRO) 3-5 3B (2) Grant HR 3 RBI's (33) Chavez extends hitting streak to 21.

5/24
CHI 5 NH 2
W-Plazewski (1-0) L-Sabathia (6-2) S-Cruz (13)
HR NH-Sandwell (3)
Trujillo 7-9-2-2-0-10 (ND) Castro 1-1 RBI (39) 3 BB's

5/25
CHI 7 NH 4
W-Davenport (2-0) L-Martin (1-1) S-Cruz (14)
HR NH-Ubadah (10)
Vela 2-4 3 RBI's (17) Ubadah 1-5 HR 3 RBI's (38) Jeffrey Hudson went 2-4 to extend his streak to 20 straight, Luis Chavez had his streak halted at 21.

MILESTONE- (See news item below)

5/26
CHI 4 NH 3
W-Casas (1-0) L-Kelly (0-2)
HR NH-Altagracia (11) CHI-Castro (14) Miranda (9)
Miranda 2 out 2R walk off HR Hall 7.1-5-3-3-1-7 (ND) Garcia (NH) 7-5-2-2-1-4

WEEK 8 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Christian Schall (COL) 11-23 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.241-11-35)
CL POTW-Alex Covington (CC) 10-22 3 HR's 7 RBI's


WEEK 8 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Sacramento (2)
3) Staten Island (8)
4) West Michigan (5)
5) Dallas (-)
OUT Philadelphia (17) 0-6 week! Fresno (8)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 37-15 8 GB 2nd Runs 1st AVG/OBP 2nd HR 4th SB 1st RA 2nd SP ERA 1st BP ERA 4th Def Eff. (Salas .318-14-43/Poole .348-6-24/Cordero .281-18-48/Moore .376/Buckley 9-2 2.92/McBrieve 12 SV 2.01)
AA Bakersfield (14 +5) 28-24 7 GB 5th Runs/AVG 3rd OBP 4th HR 1st SB (Wilton .338/Walker 8 HR/Ellis .381/Scantlebury 11 HR)
A(S) Belleview (7 +4) 29-23 +1 1st AVG 3rd OBP 1st SB 4th SP ERA/BP ERA 5th Def Eff. (Guillen .343-9-42/Wilson .354-5-17/Jones 6-1 2.57/Hernandez 13 SV 2.74)
A(N) Denison (10 -4) 30-22 3 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR (Lopez .340-9-37/Kehoe 4-1 1.58)

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Wes Morgan has had an amazing career, hitting #400 this week. Since leaving Chicago in 2019 he's hit .249 with 132 HR's and 507 RBI's in 608 games. For his career he's a .272/.365/.513 hitting in 1646 games with 400 HR's and 1190 RBI's. He's also scored 1007 runs. He has a ring (2017 w/ Chicago) a Gold Glove 2021 1B for the CL and is a 2 time all star. He has a HR title (2016 w/ 48) as well. He was an original Iron Pig, selected in the 4th round of the 2012 Inaugural draft (93rd player taken).

[gehrig38]

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[gehrig38]

This could be the best all around offense Chicago's ever run out there, top to bottom.




Grueter got off to a horrid start, but clearly rebounding nicely.





Cordero was our 1st pick in 2020 (18th overall) out of Bryant, and he's fallen off the radar the last few years, despite producing big time. Scouts are down on the hitting tools, but he's gone:

2020 SS .279-10-33 31 SB's .413 OBP 70 games (SS MVP, All Star)
2021 A .261-20-72 37 SB's .348 OBP 131 games
2022 AA .247-22-77 46 SB's .319 OBP 126 games
2023 AA .283-22-91 36 SB's .351 OBP 132 games (All Star)
2024 AAA .303-20-53 15 SB's .364 OBP 50 games

Obviously a ++ runner, he's an outstanding defender in CF as well. He's on a .304-51-134 pace in 126 games in AAA.

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 9
RECORD: 6-1
SEASON: 44-13 +9
RUNS SCORED: 416 (49) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 245 (31) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted (+1)
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 vs West Michigan/4 vs Dayton

5/27
CHI 6 WMI 4
W-Perez (3-0) L-Johnson (5-6) S-Casas (3)
HR CHI-Blakeway (1) Vela (5)
Perez BS (1) Bright 6.1-9-2-2-1-7 leaves with 4-1 lead. Walters (WMI) 3-5 2B (12) Vela 2-5 HR 2 RBI's (19) Blakeway 3-4 2B (5) HR 2 RBI's (13) (up to .197)

SIGNINGS-Alberto Rivera gets 64M over 4 years from the Bombers (news below)

5/28
CHI 5 WMI 2
W-Morgan (6-5) L-Vargas (4-4) S-Cruz (15)
HR CHI-Castro (15) Shaw (9) Grueter (11)
Morgan 8.1-4-1-1-1-9 Vargas 7-6-4-4-3-6 Vela 2-4 Castro HR 2 RBI's (42) Scott (WMI) 3-4 2 RBI's (22)

GOOD GAMES-Cordell Bond (CC) tossed his 3rd SHO of the year, and 2nd in a row, beating Dallas 1-0 on a 2-hitter. He walked 1, K's 2 and got 18 of 27 outs via ground ball. He's 9-2 2.39 in 12 starts.

5/29
WMI 7 CHI 5
W-Trinidad (4-4) L-Trujillo (8-1) S-T.Gonzalez (14)
HR WMI-Mejia (8) Debesa (10) CHI-Castro (16) Cruz (8)
Trujillo 6-7-6-4-3-3-5 3 errors (Trujillo, Battle and Blakeway) Vela 2-5 SB (5) Cruz HR 2 RBI's (44) Castro HR 2 RBI's (44)

5/30
CHI 11 DAY 6
W-Pimentel (9-0) L-Woodroffe (4-5) S-Davenport (1)
HR DAY-Torres (7) CHI-Cruz 2 (10) Grueter (12)
Pimentel 7-5-3-3-2-6 after we score 6 in the 1st. 30 consecutive wins, 43 consecutive starts without a loss. Cruz 3-5 2B 2 HR's 3 RBI's 3 runs (47) Grueter 3-5 2B (17) HR 3 RBI's (51) Torres (DAY) HR 3 RBI's (18)

5/31
CHI 9 DAY 2
W-Hall (5-2) L-Foster (1-3)
HR CHI-Shaw (10)
Hall 8-7-2-2-1-7 114 pitches. Shaw GS 4 RBI's (35) Chavez 0-1 3 BB's SB (6)

6/1
CHI 3 DAY 2
W-Bright (5-2) L-Canales (1-3)
HR Grueter (13) Hudson (16)
Hudson PH walk off HR Bright 9-5-2-1-2-3 117 pitches Grueter 2-4 2B (18) HR RBI (52)

6/2
CHI 10 DAY 8
W-Morgan (7-5) L-Zamora (6-4) S-Cruz (16)
HR DAY-Ramirez (4) Torres 2 (9) Turner (8) CHI-Grueter (14) Chavez (11)
Chavez 3-4 2B (11) HR 3 runs 3 RBI's (34) Shaw 3-5 2B (10) Castro 3-5 Torres 2-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's (23)

ROSTER NEWS-Jake Carlson was optioned out to AAA Tulsa after the game, Steve Rush was recalled. Our lefties are getting intermittent work at best, and Rush provides late inning defense as well as a RH bat.

WEEK 9 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Christian Schall (COL) 12-21 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.283-14-45) POTW 2 weeks in a row
CL POTW-Ricardo Flores (NO) 12-26 4 HR's 12 RBI's (.271-16-42)

IBL CAREER LEADERS: K/BB
7.31 Julio Gonzales (CC)
6.20 Ernesto Cruz (CHI)
4.71 Ivan Lopez (CC)
4.62 Juan Amaya (COL)
4.45 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)

WEEK 9 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Columbus (-)
3) Dallas (5)
4) Sacramento (2)
5) Staten Island (3)
OUT West Michigan (8)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 41-18 +9 3rd Runs 1st AVG/OBP 2nd HR 4th SB 1st RA 3rd SP ERA 1st BP ERA 5th Def Eff. (Cordero .306-20-54/Swagat .310/Medina .311/Poole .333 .497 OBP/Moore .368/McBrieve 13 SV 2.63)
AA Bakersfield (13 +1) 31-28 7 GB 4th Runs 2nd OBP 4th HR 2nd SB (Wilton .338/Ellis .365/Walker 10 HR's/Scantlebury 11 HR's/McGee 13 HR's)
A(S) Belleview (12 -5) 31-28 +1 2nd AVG 5th OBP 1st SB 4th SP ERA 5th BP ERA (Guillen .340-10-46/Wilson .336)
A(N) Denison (4 +6) 35-25 3 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR 4th Def Eff. (Lopez .346-10-44/Murphy .328-7-34/Kehoe 5-1 1.85)

FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 10
RECORD: 6-1
SEASON: 50-14 +11.5
RUNS SCORED: 465 (49) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 279 (34) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 4 @ Green Bay/3 vs Houston

6/3
CHI 6 GB 4
W-Trujillo (9-1) L-Hart 6-5) S-Cruz (17)
HR CHI-Shaw (11) Grueter (15) GB-Dominguez (7)
Trujillo 6.1-7-2-2-2-3 Shaw HR 2 RBI's (38) Miranda 2-3 2B (20) 2 RBI's (49)

6/4
CHI 8 GB 5
W-Pimentel (10-0) L-A.Martinez (1-5) S-Cruz (18)
HR NONE
Pimentel 7.1-8-4-4-2-5 31-0 last 31 decisions. Shaw 4-5 2B 2 RBI's (40) Hudson 3-3 3 runs 3 BB's Brooks (GB) 3-4 2B (10) SB (21)

6/5
CHI 6 GB 5
W-Hall (6-2) L-Becker (1-1) S-Casas (4)
HR CHI-Grueter (16)
Hall 8-8-4-4-4-6 120 pitches, loses 4-1 lead in the 8th, but Rush PH 1B in the top of 9 plates GW run with 2 outs. Grueter 3-4 HR RBI (56) Brooks (GB) 3-4

6/6
CHI 14 GB 5
W-Bright (6-2) L-Althlusser (3-10)
HR CHI-Cruz (11) Chavez 2 (13) GB-Brooks (13) Cordero (5)
Bright 7-7-4-4-0-11 after 3 R 5 H 1st inning. Hudson 1-3 4 runs 3 BB's Battle 3-5 2 RBI's (12) Chavez 2-5 2 HR's 3 runs 4 RBI's (39) Shaw 2-3 2B (12) 3 RBI's (43) Cruz 3-5 HR 3 RBI's (53) Blakeway 1-4 3 runs

6/7
CHI 5 HOU 4 (14)
W-Casas (2-0) L-R.Johnson (1-1)
HR HOU-Morales (14) Zapata (1)
Morgan 6-9-2-2-2-7 Pen 8-5-2-2-4-5 Chavez 4-7 3 2B's (14) Rush 5-7 2B (5) 3 RBI's (6) Flores (HOU) 5-6 2B (10) RBI (14)

BIG GAMES-Check out Kevin Vaughn of AAA Tulsa.....

6/8
HOU 8 CHI 3
W-Moss (6-5) L-Trujillo (9-2)
HR HOU-Susanti (8) CHI-Cruz (12)
Moss (HOU) 8.1-9-3-3-1-6 Trujillo 5-6-4-1-5-10 121 pitches Ordonez (HOU) 2-4 2 2B's (22) 3 RBI's (27)

6/9
CHI 7 HOU 3
W-Pimentel (11-0) L-R.Johnson (1-2)
HR HOU-Hernandez (3)
Pimentel 6.1-5-3-3-4-12 112 pitches, gave up 3 runs on 4 hits in the top of the 1st. Shaw 3-4 bases loaded 2B (13) in the 6th gives Pimentel lead, and win, 2 RBI's (45) Chavez 3-3 (.403)

Not even sure what to say at this point, this is beyond belief.

WEEK 10 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Luis Chavez (CHI) 12-29 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.403-13-40)
CL POTW-Pat Piercey (LV) 12-23 2 HR's 8 RBI's (.280-12-33)

WEEK 10 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) West Michigan (8)
3) Dallas (3)
4) Staten Island (5)
5) Columbus (2)
OUT Sacramento (10)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 46-19 +9 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/RA/BP ERA 2nd HR 4th SB 5th SP ERA/Def Eff
AA Bakersfield (11 +2) 35-30 5 GB 1st SB 3rd OBP 4th Runs/HR
A(S) Belleviw (12 -) 34-31 1 GB 1st SB 2nd AVG 4th SP ERA 5th OBP
A(N) Denison (4 -) 39-26 2 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR

[gehrig38]

Interesting draft pool, appears to have more SP depth, at the college level, than I remember in awhile. Picking 4th and 19th in round 1. I do have extra cash to spend if need be, but I am unsure of how I’d like to proceed this year. I could re-draft last years #1, Carlos Hernandez, if he makes it to 4, but his price is once again 8M. Maybe I go the entire draft on my scouts for once?
1st Round
#1) Providence Black Sox-Julio Herrera SP (18) 6’5” 205 Brainerd HS, MN-Low 90’s lefty, 4 above average pitches, durable as hell, 3.4M ask.
#2) New Orleans Voodoo-Ernesto Davila SP (18) 6’3” 190 Baker HS, CA-Mid 90’s righty with an outstanding FB. Concerns around his ability to stay healthy and his ability to work deep into games.
#3) San Jose Sharks-Bartolo Sandoval SP (18) 6’2” 190 Montgomery Central HS, TN-Mid to upper 90’s power right hander. 3rd straight HS SP to open the draft. Durable, top of the rotation arm.
#4) Chicago Iron Pigs-Carlos Hernadez SP (20) 6’1” 180 U. of Mississippi-Mid to upper 90’s with the ability to eat huge innings. 4 pitch guy with outstanding FB, Slider and Change up, workable CB.
THOUGHTS-Hernandez is once again a unanimous choice amongst the scouts. Still asking 8M but apparently more flexible (heard that last year. Merlin Mills a HS RH, and college OF Michael Dwyer are the other two options.
#5) New York Knights-Bill Morrow C (19) 6’3” 210 Hale HS, WI-OBP machine, big pop and a very good defender already.
#6) Baltimore Colts-Merlin Mills SP (19) 5’10” 180 Lutheran HS, CO-Mid to upper 90’s power arm.
#7) Hawaii Warriors-Michael Dwyer OF (22) 6’1” 190 Oklahoma St.-GG defense, 30/30+ bat, legs (both our potential next picks go at 6 and 7). Looking at HS SS Orlando Garcia, College SP Juan Gamboa and College SP Chris Keen as possible next picks if they last.
#8) New Hampshire Fisher Cats-Jose Lugo SP (18) 6’7” 220 Dubois Central Catholic HS, PA-#1 body, 92-94 FB/CB with a good change up. Outstanding worker, puts the time in to prepare.
#9) Houston Roughriders-Chris Keen SP (20) 6’4” 205 Pacific, CA-mid to upper 90’s lefty. Works outstanding cutter, slider with a ++ change up.
#10) Columbus Clippers-Orlando Garcia SS (18) 6’ 170 Poquoson HS, VA-Switch hitting left side of the infield guy. Great range, top of the order OBP guy, runs very well.
Ok now our next 2 are gone. Gamboa is the kid left we’d look at for our next pick, though I don’t see him making it.
#11) Edmonton Trappers-Leroy Balfour IF/OF (21) 6’ 185 U. of South Carolina-can play 1st, 2nd, 4rd and all 3 OF positions, all above average. Incredibly versatile defender with above average power.
#12) Las Vegas 51’s-Juan Gamboa SP (21) 6’2” 200 New Mexico State-Mid to upper 90’s power left hander. Power sinker, outstanding CB and slider too.
#13) Corpus Christi Hooks-Art Murphy OF (20) 6’4” 205 U. of Minnesota-LH power bat, corner OF, below average runner.
#14) Los Angeles Wizards-Dinh Xuan OF (18) 6’1” 180 Burroughs HS, MO-Many had him as #1 prospect entering draft. Top of the order legs, ok pop, good gap power and high average bat. Will get his share of K’s
#15) Dayton Dragons-Angel Rodriguez 1B (22) 6’2” 215 UTSA, TX-LH power bat, great zone awareness. Base clogger but decent defender.
#16) El Paso Diablos-Jaime Arredondo SP (18) 6’3” 190 Georgia Force HS, GA-LHP with 4 pitches, works 90-92 with 3 good secondary pitches. Horse, and about as smart as one.
#17) Arizona Rattlers-Reynaldo Castillo SP (18) 6’1” 185 Hooks HS, TX-LHP works 91-93 with very good change, and split. Somewhat of a smart alec who has had issues with teammates.
#18) Alaska Avalanche-Harris Boucher SP (19) 6’ 185 Frederick HS, CO-Low 90’s RHP, big sinker, decent CB, questions around 3rd pitch developing. Eats innings.
#19) Chicago Iron Pigs-Cedric Hardy OF (22) 6’ 180 Notre Dame-++ runner, can play LF right now, great eye, RHH.
THOUGHTS-Scouts are saying Cedric Hardy, OF from Notre Dame. Outstanding awareness of the zone, ++ runner, base stealer, well above average defender though his arm will play to LF most likely. Hits RH. Only issue for me is he’s 22 already. The guy we’ll try to wait on is LH RP Orlando Ortiz, given our dearth of LH relievers.
#20) Boston Bombers-Carlos Garcia SS (18) 5’10” 155 Rensselaer Central HS, IN-Leadoff bat, legs, no pop.

REMAINING PICKS
#3 11th pick Sup. Rd. (34th) Jamal bin Jafar SP (18) 5’10” 165 United Faith Christian Academy HS, NC-Right who works 89-90 with 5 pitches, including a good knuckle curve. High risk (size issues) high reward pick.
#4 22nd 2nd rd (59th) Rafael Torres 1B/DH (22) 6’ 205 Mississippi St, MS-Outstanding eye, good pop.
#5 28th 2nd rd (65th) Patrick O’Sullivan SS/3B (19) 6’2” 185 Nazareth Academy, IL-very good contact bat, very good range and defender, ok runner.

Round)
3) Chester Mathis LHP (20) 6’2” 195 Oklahoma City U
4) Jesus Velez SS (18) 5’8” 155 Bonneville HS, ID
5) Jacob Horton SP (18) 6’7” 210 Granby Memorial, CT
6) Oscar Pavoni SS (20) 6’2” 185 Rutgers, NJ
7) Carl Hudson OF (17) Jackson U., TN
8) Tage Colding RP (24) Stanford, CA
9) Manuel Rosa SP (19) Mansfield HS, OH
10) Ramon Lopez OF (17) Red Creek HS, NY
11) Nicholas Hampton C (17) Kimberly HS, WI
12) Judd Holmes OF (22) Pitt, PA
13) Brendan Pearsall SS (18) Villa Maria Academy, PA
14) Esteban Saucedo OF (18) Gateway Tech, MO
15) Ernesto Morales RP (20) Vanderbilt, TN
16) Patrick Laverty SS (21) Montana State-Bottineau, IL
17) Francisco Lopez 2B (18) Frankford HS, PA
18) Cesar Quintana 2B (23) Sonoma St, CA
19) Enrique Morin OF (21) Penn St.
20) Gilberto Castellanos C (21) Long Beach St.

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 11
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 54-16 +11.5
RUNS SCORED: 498 (33) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 302 (23) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 vs El Paso/3 vs Edmonton

Unless there's some exceptional thing to call out, I am going to start leaving the news items at the end of the week, or posting the day it happens if it's something huge. Instead of mixing it in with the game scores and recaps.

6/10 Off Day

6/11
CHI 8 EP 2
W-Hall (7-2) L-Menzies (4-3)
HR EP-Gaskin (11) CHI-Hudson (17)
Hall 7-3-2-2-3-9 113 pitches Hudson 4-5 HR 4 RBI's (49)

6/12
EP 7 CHI 2
W-O'Neill (4-6) L-Bright (6-3)
HR EP-Warren (5) Cordero (9) Cuesta (15) CHI-Shaw (12) Jackson (1)
O'Neill (EP) 7-7-1-1-4-3 Bright 6.2-4-4-4-4-2

6/13
EP 4 CHI 2
W-Prado (8-4) L-Morgan (7-6) S-J.Martinez (12)
HR EP-G.Rios (9)
Prado 7-8-1-1-2-6 Morgan 7.1-6-4-4-4-9 Hudson 3-3 2 BB

6/14
CHI 6 EDM 2
W-Trujillo (10-2) L-Toner (2-10)
HR EDM-Garza (2) CHI-Chavez (14)
Trujillo 7-10-2-2-1-4 Chavez 3-4 2B (14) HR 2 RBI's (42) Castro 3-4 2B (4) 2 RBI's (49) Garza (EDM) 3-4 HR 2 RBI's (26)

6/15 (First year player draft)
CHI 10 EDM 7
W-Davenport (3-0) L-Manuel (3-3)
HR EDM-Greer (6) CHI-Cruz (13) Grueter (17) Chavez 2 (16) Hudson 2 (19)
Pimentels streak of 45+ and 32 straight wins is on the line, down 7-3 bottom 9.....



This is biblically epic now....
Hudson 2-4 2 HR's 3 runs 3 RBI's (52) Chavez 2-3 2 HR's 3 runs 2 RBI's (44) Shaw 3-5 Grueter 2-5 HR 3 RBI's (60) Garza (EDM) 4-5 Raul Miranda is banged up, but just DtD, so we'll let him rest 3-4 days if we can.

6/16
CHI 5 EDM 1
W-Hall (8-2) L-I.Martinez (8-7)
HR NONE
Hall 8-6-1-0-2-4 (2.82 ERA) Martinez CG (L) 8-10-5-4-4-0 (105 pitches) Chavez 2 RBI's (46)

WEEK 11 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Jung-jun Pak (PROV) 10-17 4 HR's 7 RBI's (.400-8-16)
CL POTW-Cllint Levin (SAN) 12-20 HR 9 RBI's (.326-3-33)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: WINS
25 Angelo Esparza (SAN) '21 & '22
24 Vince Bray RET
23 Mike Lewis (LV) '22
23 Maurice Patterson (MICH) '22

WEEK 11 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) West Michigan (2)
3) Sacramento (10)
4) Staten Island (4)
5) Dallas (3)
OUT Columbus (6)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 50-19 +11 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/RA/BP ERA 2nd HR 4th SB/SP ERA 5th Def Eff.
AA Bakersfield (5 +6) 39-30 5 GB 1st SB 2nd OBP 4th Runs/HR 5th AVG
A(S) Belleview (8 +4) 37-32 1 GB 1st SB 2nd AVG 4th OBP/SP ERA 5th BP ERA
A(N) Denison (2 +2) 43-26 T-1st 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR

[gehrig38]

If you crash during a season, and a trade is made that day, the trade isn't necessarily made when you reboot.
I had a team trade a player twice, to different teams.
1st trade the game crashed at the end of the day, when I reloaded the save (I save daily during the season) the team traded that same player, in a different deal, a few days later.
The players will only go to one team (in mine at least) but there history notes will show them being traded twice.

[gehrig38]

Offensively aiming for some big time records, pitching staff starting to come around as well. Pedro Salinas and Hugh Collins are both tearing it up in the Coastal. Angelo Esparza with an even better year???

Empire, Western, Keystone, Lone Star, Pacific and Southern all offering some sort of race. Our Division and the Northeastern are turning into blowouts.

[Gern44]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

If you crash during a season, and a trade is made that day, the trade isn't necessarily made when you reboot.
I had a team trade a player twice, to different teams.
1st trade the game crashed at the end of the day, when I reloaded the save (I save daily during the season) the team traded that same player, in a different deal, a few days later.
The players will only go to one team (in mine at least) but there history notes will show them being traded twice.

Interesting. That would imply that the players history html data isnt backed up or restored with the critical game data. I suppose that makes sense, given how much history data is kept. But still weird.