The IBL's Chicago Iron Pigs

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 12
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 58-18 +12.5
RUNS SCORED: 543 (45) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 331 (29) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 vs Arizona/Off Day/3 @ New York

6/17
CHI 12 AZ 3
W-Bright (7-3) L-A.Davis (2-8)
HR ChI-Castro (17) Shaw (13) Cruz (14) Hudson (20)
Bright 7-9-3-3-1-9 Hudson 3-5 2 2B's (9) HR 3 RBI's (55) Shaw 3-4 2B (15) HR 2 RBI's (49) Chavez 2-5 SB (.404) Nakamura (AZ) 3-4 2 2B's (13)

6/18
AZ 7 CHI 6
W-Hamilton (6-4) L-Morgan (7-7) S-Graham (12)
HR AZ-Reeves (15) CHI-Rush (1) Castro (18) Vela (6)
Morgan putrid 3.1-10-6-6-0-5 (5.57 ERA) and still leading the FL in K's (110) Castro 3-4 HR 3 runs 3 RBI's (52) Powell (AZ) 4-5 2B (17) Wilikins 2-5 3 RBI's (35) Blakeway 3-4 3B (5) all the way up to .259

6/19
CHI 7 AZ 5
W-Perez (4-0) L-Hall (3-4) S-Cruz (19)
HR AZ-Powell (8) A.Hernandez (10) CHI-Shaw (14) Hudson (21)
Trujillo 6.1-6-2-2-3-3 came out with a sore arm, out 5-6 days. Hudson 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (58) Castro 3-4 2B (5) 3B (4) Powell (AZ) 4-4 2B (18) HR

6/20 Off Day

6/21
CHI 13 NY 5
W-Pimentel (12-0) L-Alejandrez (6-8)
HR NY-Negron (7) Kim (12)
Hudson 3-6 3 runs (.392) Cruz 3-4 2 2B's (19) 3 runs Chavez 3-5 (.403) Blakeway 1-5 2B 3 RBI's (24) Pimentel 7-7-3-3-3-3 Miranda was hurt again, this time he's not even available, out for 5-7 days.

STUFF-Ok it's time to sit back and appreciate what this guys done. Signed as a last minute guy 2 off seasons ago, he's on an unprecedented run.
He's made 42 starts in a Chicago uniform:

30-0 3.99 268.2 IP 260 H 112 BB's 268 K's.

He has not been beaten in 47 consecutive starts and he's won 33 consecutive decisions. The old marks, for reference, were 24 by Maurice Paterson and for wins it was 16 by Esparza. The 2nd current longest in both is 12 wins by Miller of Arizona, and 14 starts by Jackson of Philadelphia.

6/22
CHI 6 NY 3
W-Hall (9-2) L-Ellis (1-2) S-Cruz (20)
HR CHI-Cruz (15) Grueter (18) Hudson (22) NY-Petty (12)
Hall 7-2-2-1-2-7 (2.70 ERA) Chavez 2-3 (.407) Cruz 2-5 3B (3) HR Hudson 2-5 HR 2 RBI's (60)

DRAFT NEWS-1st pick (4th overall) Carlos Hernandez has finally signed a pro contract, 3rd times the charm I guess! He took 6.5M (was asking 8) and was sent to SS Heavener to pitch opening day.
As of today we have not signed our 2nd pick (Hardy) 3rd (bin Jafar) 4th (Torres) and 5th (O'Sullivan)

6/23
NY 6 CHI 1
W-Romano (8-3) L-Bright (7-4)
HR NY-Butler (2) Sandoval (11)
Bright threw well before 2R HR in the 8th. 7.2-8-6-6-1-6 Romano 9-4-1-1-2-6 115 pitches (8-3 3.49)

WEEK 12 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Tim Davis (WMI) 12-22 3 HR's 11 RBI's (.349-10-35)
CL POTW-Julio Mercado (EP) 13-24 2 HR's 8 RBI's (.268-15-54)

WEEK 12 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) West Michigan (2)
3) San Antonio (-)
4) Dallas (5)
5) Staten Island (4)
OUT Sacramento (11)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (2 -1) 53-23 +10 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR/RA/BP ERA 4th SB/SP ERA 5th Def Eff
AA Bakersfield (6 -1) 44-32 7 GB 1st SB 2nd OBP 3rd Runs/HR 5th AVG/RA/Def Eff
A(S) Belleview (7 +1) 41-35 +1 1st SB 2nd AVG 3rd SP ERA 4th OBP 5th BP ERA
A(N) Denison (6 -4) 46-30 2 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR

I posted Esparaza's starts on the year, to basically show how good he is. He's now 1 SHO behind the single season record of 5 (he and Vincent Bray share it) and is having another Koufaxian year.

[gehrig38]

LEAGUE RECORDS THROUGH 81 GAMES (bold are records set this year)
AVG-.406 Luis Chavez (CHI) '24 OLD RECORD .398 Rich Stone (FRE) '12
HR-35 Tony Greene (DAY) '21
RBI- 88 Jorge Garza (LA) '12
SB-43 Jimmy Rollins (PHI) '20
W- 13 Ken Lee (CHI) '16
Saves- 33 Michael Ross (HOU) '13
K- 172 Esteban Figueroa (SAC) '23
ERA- 1.75 Ernie Kelly (DAY) '12 '13
BEST RECORD- 62-19 .765 Chicago Iron Pigs '24 OLD RECORD 60-21 .741 Chicago Iron Pigs '18 Columbus Clippers '20

[gehrig38]

This is, by a wide margin, the best, deepest and most dominant offense in IBL history.
Obviously Chavez's .406 jumps out, and it should, but there's 81 games left so we'll temper the excitement. Hudson is 'quietly' having an MVP season. Grueter, after a bad start, is raking, and driving in big runs. Earl Shaw continues to mash (though Swagat is beyond ready to be recalled, and I am unsure of what to do). Castro, Cruz and Miranda are all mashing. Shane Jackson is having a 'down' year, with just 1 HR after 4 straight 20+ homer seasons. Alex Vela is certainly picking up the slack.
If Will Battle gets a shot he's going to be a machine in the leadoff spot.



On the pitching side it's more of the same. A rotation deep from 1 to 5. Andy Morgan's having a very weird season, with an ERA above 5 but leading the league in K's. Trujillo just wins, sometimes not pretty, sometimes the hard way, but he wins and this year it's coming together.
Rob Bright is starting to find his way, and pitching very well and the pen 'feels' like it's solid.
I never in a million years would have guessed Ernesto Cruz would A) Still be closing B) and doing it at such a high level.
Cisco Casas is a K machine, best arm I've ever had, and hopefully ready to slide into that role though Davenport could be a legitimate option.

In the minors we are continuing along with the player development machine. Asiman Swagat is still just 20, and clearly ready to be an IBL DH. He's nowhere near ready defensively.

13 of the IBL's top 100 prospects reside in our system and they're all over the mound, and field.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Obviously Chavez's .406 jumps out, and it should, but there's 81 games left so we'll temper the excitement.

I live in Houston and we've never seen a number with a "4" in front of it (even ERA's), so ok if I get excited?

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Cisco Casas is a K machine, best arm I've ever had, and hopefully ready to slide into that role though Davenport could be a legitimate option.

Wow, no kidding. Casas is wicked. Given his BABIP vs. Cruz, I think that change of roles might come sooner than later.

[ashantewarrier]

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.

Yes I've noticed this as well. I've had to delete history notes of trades that took place before game crashes.

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 13
RECORD: 6-1
SEASON: 64-19 +15.5
RUNS SCORED: 601 (58) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 355 (24) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic (+1)
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 4 vs Columbus/3@ Dayton

6/24
CHI 12 COL 1
W-Morgan (8-7) L-Abreu (4-2)
HR COL-Tanner (22) CHI-Chavez 2 (18) Shaw 2 (16) Grueter (19) Hudson (23)
Morgan 6-3-1-1-2-11 Chavez 3-4 3 HR's 3 runs 2 RBI's (51) Shaw 2-5 HR 3 runs 2 RBI's (54) Grueter 4-5 2B (20) HR 4 RBI's (70)

6/25
CHI 7 COL 4
W-Trujillo (11-2) L-Barnes (7-5) S-Cruz (21)
HR NONE
Trujillo 6.1-7-3-2-1-6 Hudson 3-5 (.397) Chavez 3-5 2B (16) SB (9) 3 runs (.416) Shaw 2-4 2B (17) SB (4) 2 RBI's (56)

DRAFT NEWS-Jamal bin Jafar (3rd) and Patrick O'Sullivan (5th) have signed and reported to Omaha.

6/26
COL 3 CHI 2
W-Gonzales (6-5) L-Pimentel (12-1) S-Holt (19)
HR NONE
IT'S OVER! He went 7-7-3-3-4-9 on 125 pitches but the tying run was left standing on 2nd in the 9th. Mangin (COL) 3-3 2B (14)

STUFF-And what is likely to stand up for the history of the IBL, Gabriel Pimentels win streak is halted at 33, and his undefeated streak is stopped at 47 starts. He's gone 30-1 in 43 starts since singing as a 2023 FA.

6/27
CHI 5 COL 2
W-Hall (10-2) L-Morales (9-4)
HR COL-Schall (18) CHI-Cruz (16)
Hall 9-9-2-2-1-10 117 pitches. Martinez 3-4 Rush 1-2 3 runs Hamlyn 2-3 2 RBI's (22)

6/28 (Halfway point)
CHI 7 DAY 4
W-Bright (8-4) L-Woodroffe (6-8) S-Cruz (22)
HR CHI-Cruz (17) Grueter (20) DAY-Ramos (3) Torres (17)
Bright 7-4-2-2-4-5 Grueter HR 3 RBI's (73) Ramos (DAY) 3-4 2B (11) HR RBI (14)

6/29
CHI 16 DAY 3
W-Morgan (9-7) L-Zamora (8-5)
HR CHI-Grueter 2 (22) Miranda (10)
Morgan 7-7-3-2-1-7 Shaw 3-6 2B (18) 3 RBI's (59) Miranda HR 4 RBI's (61) Grueter 4-6 2B (21) 2 HR's 5 RBI's (78) Vela 3-6 2 2B's (11) (he's now taken over the everyday job)

6/30
CHI 9 DAY 7
W-Casas (3-0) L-S.Martinez (4-4) S-Cruz (23)
HR CHI-Castro (19) Miranda (11) DAY-Torres (18) Quintania (1)
Trujillo 6.1-6-4-3-4-5 Casas BS (1) in the 8th. Shaw 4-5 3 RBI's (62)

WEEK 13 SUMMARY
FL POTW-David Peterson (ALK) 16-27 HR 3 RBI's (.356-2-16)
CL POTW-Jamie Vance (TUL) 13-29 2 HR's 7 RBI's (.316-16-60)

WEEK 13 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Fresno (-)
3) El Paso (-)
4) West Michigan (2)
5) New York (-)
OUT San Antonio (6) Dallas (8) Staten Island (7)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 +1) 58-24 +12 1st Runs/Avg/OBP/HR/RA/BP ERA 4th SB/SP ERA 5th Def Eff
AA Bakersfield (9 -3) 48-34 6 GB 1st SB 2nd OBP/HR 3rd Runs 5th Defense
A(S) Belleview (8 -1) 44-38 T-1st 1st AVG/SB 3rd OBP/SP ERA 5th RA
A(N) Denison (9 -3) 49-33 4 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP 2nd HR
SS Heavener (12) 4-2 T-1st T-2nd HR
R Omaha (21) 3-3 T-1st 1st SB

[gehrig38]

Salas with a great week to cap a great month. Stan Hall coming on.

[gehrig38]

Albert Pujols (MICH) joins Carlos Torres as the only players in IBL history to hit 4 home runs in single game. Torres accomplished the IBL first on 8/16/19 while playing for Buffalo in a win over Brooklyn.

[gehrig38]

8 Chicago Iron Pigs make the club, with a few more deserving but not there. Ernesto Cruz and Curt Whimster are both heading to their 8th all star games.

[gehrig38]

And a look back, first as well as a thanks to Justafan for another awesome logo!





2012 Coastal 6 Frontier 5 W Hanna (FRE) (1-0) L Wells (EP) (0-1) S Suhayb (LV) (1) HR Tunstall (PIT) (1) Davis (EDM) (1) MVP Ross Tunstall (PIT)
2013 Coastal 9 Frontier 3 W Suhayb (LV) (1-0) L Mendez (EDM) (0-1) HR Whimster (TUL) (1) MVP Lando Jongmans (BAL)
2014 Frontier 10 Coastal 4 W Barlow (DAY) (1-0) L Holmes (COL) (0-1) HR Pitzi (SAC) 2 (2) Rosa (WMI) (1) Soto (LA) (1) Boyd (BAL) (1) Evans (CC) (1) Strong (COL) (1) MVP Vasco Pitzi (SAC)
2015 Frontier 8 Coastal 1 W Barlow (DAY) (2-0) L Medina (FRE) (0-1) HR NONE MVP Jean Chartier (CHI)
2016 Frontier 5 Coastal 4 W Potts (ALK) (1-0) L Gonzalez (LA) (0-1) HR Young (TUL) (1) Garza (FRE) (1) Moore (NY) (1) Villanueva (SI) (1) MVP Matthew Moore (NY)
2017 Frontier 7 Coastal 6 W Courtney (EDM) (1-0) L Gonzalez (LA) (0-2) S Cruz (CHI) (1) HR Chavez (CHI) (1) Helton (GB) (1) Riggs (CHI) (1) MVP Todd Helton (GB)
2018 Frontier 10 Coastal 4 W Copeland (PHI) (1-0) L Dejesus (COL) (0-1) HR Morgan (CHI) 2 (2) Hudson (COL) (1) MVP Wesley Morgan (CHI)
2019 Frontier 2 Coastal 1 W Cruz (CHI) (1-0) L Barlow (LV) (2-1) HR NONE MVP Scott Rolen (GB)
2020 Frontier 9 Coastal 3 W Gonzalez (NY) (1-2) L Figueroa (SAC) (1-0) HR Rolen (GB) (1) Quinn (PHI) (1) MVP Dean Strong (COL)
2021 Coastal 4 Frontier 3 W Artlano (FRE) (1-0) L Peters (EDM) HR Walker (GB) (1) MVP David Walker (GB)
2022 Frontier 4 Coastal 3 W Mason (MICH) (1-0) L Kelley (BOS) (0-1) S Cruz (CHI) (2) HR NONE MVP John Drake (WMI)
2023 Coastal 8 Frontier 7 (11) W White (DAL) (1-0) L Smith (EDM) (0-1) HR Chavez (CHI) (2) Glaus (NY) (1) Edwards (SAN) 2 (2) Carmona (LA) (1) Oginlara (SAC) (1) MVP Cliff Edwards (SAN)
2024 Frontier 1 Coastal 0 W-Douglas (BRO) (1-0) L-Walker (SJ) S-Cruz (CHI) (3) HR Alfred (BRO) (1) MVP Rich Alfred (BRO)

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 14
RECORD: 2-0
SEASON: 66-19 +16.5
RUNS SCORED: 616 (15) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 358 (3) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 1 @ Dayton/All Star Break/1 @ Green Bay

7/1
CHI 7 DAY 1
W-Pimentel (13-1) L-Kelley (7-6)
HR NONE
Pimentel starts a new streak 8.1-3-1-1-3-6 128 pitches. Chavez 3-5 2 runs, enters the break hitting .405-18-54. Castro 3 RBI's (62) Blakeway 3-5 average to .275.

On May 8th Andre Blakeway was hitting .093/.218/.107. He was 7-75 with 0 HR's 2 RBI's 9 runs 11 BB's and 24 K's and benched pretty much. That was 26 games into the season. In his last 47 games he is 56-154 with a HR and 30 RBI's. He's hitting .364-1-30 with 22 BB's and 29 K's while scoring 28 runs with an OBP of .443.

7/2 All Star Break begins
HUGE trade out of Sacramento (news below)

7/3 Off Day
7/4 All Star Game
7/5 Off Day
7/6 Off Day

7/7
CHI 8 GB 2
w-Hall (11-2) L-Montgomery (9-5)
HR CHI-Grueter (23) Chavez (19) GB-Brooks (15)
Hall 9-4-2-2-1-10 (2.58) Hudson 3-5 Chavez HR 3 RBI's (57) (.403) Grueter 2-3 HR 2 RBI's (81)

WEEK 14 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Albert Pujols (MICH) 8-10 4 HR's 6 RBI's (.303-16-53)
CL POTW-Pedro Roman (FRE) 4-6 2 HR's 6 RBI's (.231-25-64)

WEEK 14 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Fresno (2)
3) Dallas (5)
4) West Michigan (4)
5) Columbus (-)
OUT El Paso (6)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 62-27 +12 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR/RA/BP ERA 4th SB/SP ERA/Def
AA Bakersfield (6 +3) 53-36 5 GB 1st SB 2nd OBP/HR 3rd Runs 5th RA/Def
A(S) Belleview (7 +1) 48-41 +2 1st AVG/SB 3rd SP ERA 4th OBP 5th RA
A(N) Denison (4 +5) 54-35 1 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR
SS Heavener (7 +5) 8-5 1 GB 3rd HR
R Omaha (10 +11) 8-5 +1 1st SB 2nd OBP 4th Runs/AVG



The trade activity went from tepid to insane overnight. Some big names moved, some big prospects moved.

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 15
RECORD: 4-3
SEASON: 70-22 +19.5
RUNS SCORED: 676 (60) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 395 (37) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 @ Green Bay/4 @ Columbus

7/8
GB 8 CHI 6
W-Hart (9-7) L-Trujillo (11-3) S-Hodges (20)
HR CHI-Shaw (17) GB-Walker 2 (23) Cantrell (1)
Shaw 3-5 3B (1) HR 2 RBI's (65) Walker (GB) 2-4 2 HR's 3 RBI's (59)

7/9
GB 5 CHI 3
W-Thomas (7-6) L-Pimentel (13-2) S-Wells (3)
HR CHI-Castro (20)
Thomas 7.1-6-0-0-0-2 Chavez 3-4 (.409) Castro HR 3 RBI's (67)

7/10
GB 14 CHI 6
W-Wells (3-0) L-Bright (8-5) S-Holmes (1)
HR GB-Walker (24) Cordero (9) Calhoun (2)
Up 4-0 after the top of the 1st, Bright goes 4.1-11-9-9-3-3. Cordero (GB) 3-5 HR 4 RBI's (44) Walker (GB) 2-5 HR 3 RBI's (62) Griffin (GB) 3-4 Hudson 3-5 Shaw 2-4 2 2B's (21) 4 RBI's (69)

7/11
CHI 15 COL 3
W-Morgan (10-7) L-Gonzales (6-6)
HR CHI-Vela (7) Grueter 2 (25) Cruz (18) Rush (2) COL-Tanner (26) Lynch (22)
Morgan 9-5-3-3-0-11 Battle 1-2 2B (8) 4 BB's Grueter 3-5 2 HR's 8 RBI's (89) Vela 2-3 2B (12) HR 3 runs

INJURY NEWS-Lee Case (BOS) is going to be out 4 months. This is the 3rd straight season the Boston ace has gone down with a major injury (news below)

7/12
CHI 11 COL 3 (10)
W-Plazewski (2-0) L-Amaya (0-3)
HR CHI-Shaw (18) Cruz (19) Chavez GS (20)
8 run top of the 10th. Hall goes 8-7-3-3-1-6 on 114 pitches. Chavez 4-6 HR 3 runs 4 RBI's (62) (now hitting .414!) Shaw 4-5 2B (22) HR RBI (70) Miranda 3-6 2B (28) 3 RBI's (69)

7/13
CHI 12 COL 0
W-Trujillo (12-3) L-Barnes (7-7)
HR CHI-Miranda (12)
Trujillo 7.1-4-0-0-3-10 114 pitches. Cruz 2-3 2B (23) 2 RBI's (69) hurt running the bases and will likely be out for a week. Chavez 1-4 3B (3) 3 RBI's (65) (.412) Miranda 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (72)

7/14
CHI 7 COL 4
W-Pimentel (14-2) L-Morales (9-6) S-Cruz (24)
HR CHI-Castro (21) Grueter (26) COL-Garcia (13) Schall (21)
Pimentel 6-6-1-1-4-7 Castro 3-5 2 2B's (10) HR 2 RBI's (69) Grueter HR 2 RBI's (91) Garcia (COL) 3-5 HR 2 RBI's (38)

MILESTONE-Huge milestone for Hugh Collins (PIT). (news below)

WEEK 15 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Rafael Salgardo (WMI) 10-15 4 HR's 15 RBI's (.302-8-50)
CL POTW-John Naylor (CC) 16-29 5 HR's 14 RBI's (.294-19-56)

WEEK 15 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Fresno (2)
3) Staten Island (-)
4) Boston (-)
5) Dallas (3)
OUT West Michigan (6) Columbus (21) 1-6 weeks including a 4 game sweep by visiting Chicago!

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (2 -1) 67-28 +15 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR/RA/BP ERA 2nd Def Eff 4th SB/SP ERA
AA Bakersfield (6 -) 56-39 5 GB 1st SB 2nd OBP/HR 3rd Runs 5th RA/Def Eff
A(S) Belleview (8 -1) 51-44 +1 1st SB 3rd AVG/OBP 4th SP ERA 5th BP ERA/Def Eff
A(N) Denison (6 -2) 58-37 2 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR 5th SB
SS Heavener (15 -8) 10-9 4 GB 3rd HR
R Omaha (15 -5) 11-8 +3 1st SB 3rd OBP 4th Runs/AVG

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 16
RECORD: 5-1
SEASON: 75-23 +19.5
RUNS SCORED: 728 (52) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 414 (19) T-1st
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 92/100 (+1)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 @ Buffalo/3 vs Corpus Christi

7/15 Off Day
Patriots, Iron Pigs swap prospects and draft picks (news below)

7/16
CHI 18 BUF 1
W-Bright (9-5) L-F.Rodriguez (1-10)
HR CHI-Miranda (13)
Bright 6-4-1-0-2-8 Battle 4-5 2B (9) 3 RBI's (19) 2 BB's Chavez 3-6 3 runs 3 RBI's (69) 3 SB's (12) (.413) Shaw 2-3 2B (24) 4 RBI's (75) 3 BB's SB (6) Miranda 3-6 HR 3 RBI's (75) Blakeway 3-5 2B (14) 3 RBI's (38)

NEWS-Swagat extends his streak to a record 30 games at Tulsa, Jeffrey Hudson, in the midst of an MVP season, strains a hammy making a play and is down 2-3 weeks. He heads to the 15 day, Kevin Vaughn is called up.

7/17
CHI 5 BUF 0
W-Morgan (11-7) L-Silva (6-8)
HR NONE
Morgan 9-5-0-0-1-9 123 pitches Chavez 3 RBI's (71) (.411) Castro 2-4 2 RBI's (72)

STUFF-Take a look at Buffalo's DL. 4/5ths of their rotation, their backup closer, nightmare year as they sit at 32-63 and 24 GB.



7/18
BUF 7 CHI 5
W-Vance (4-11) L-Hall (11-3) S-Bonnet (17)
HR BUF-Gamble (14) Dieguez (7)
Hall 5.2-9-7-7-4-3 Gamble 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (36) Chavez 0-1 3 BB's (.410)

7/19
CHI 8 CC 4
W-Trujillo (13-3) L-Lepine (5-5)
HR CC-Carter (6) CHI-Grueter (27) Chavez (21)
Trujillo 7.1-9-4-4-2-4 Chavez 3-5 HR 3 RBI's (76) (.413)

7/20
CHI 9 CC 5
W-W-Pimentel (15-2) L-McKinley (4-9)
HR CC-Flores (10) Naylor (21) CHI-Miranda (14) Chavez (22)
Miranda 4-5 2B (29) HR 3 RBI's (78) Castro 3B (6) 3 RBI's (76) Chavez 2-4 HR 2 RBI's (78) (.414)

7/21
CHI 7 CC 2
W-Bright (10-5) L-Bond (12-7)
HR CC-Flores (11) CHI-Cruz (20) Grueter (28)
Bright 8-4-2-2-1-6 Battle 2-5 3B (2) 2 RBI's (21) Cruz 2-4 HR 2 runs

WEEK 16 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Christian Wilkins (AZ) 8-22 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.373-18-67)
CL POTW-Jesus Becerra (LV) 11-28 3 HR's 12 RBI's (.306-23-83)

IBL CAREER LEADER: OPS
1.009 Alex Rodriguez RET
.982 Curt Whimster (DAL)
.969 Luis Chavez (CHI)
.966 Earl Shaw (CHI)
.955 Todd Helton RET

WEEK 16 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) West Michigan (6)
3) Fresno (2)
4) Staten Island (3)
5) Philadelphia (-)
OUT Boston (8) Dallas (6)

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 +1) 72-30 +16 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/RA 2nd HR 3rd Def Eff 4th SB 5th SP ERA
AA Bakersfield (8 -2) 60-41 5 GB 1st SB 2nd Runs/OBP/HR 5th RA/Def Eff
A(S) Belleview (6 +2) 56-45 +4 1st AVG/SB 3rd OBP 5th RA/SP ERA/BP ERA
A(N) Denison (3 +3) 63-38 2 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR 5th SB
SS Heavener (13 +2) 14-11 4 GB 3rd SP ERA 4th HR
R Omaha (21 -6) 13-13 T-1st 2nd SB

Some good weeks and great performances from our minor leaguers, and quite a few trades.

[gehrig38]

Philly, Boston, Pittsburgh all with a legit shot in the Keystone.

El Paso hasn't been in the post season since 2020, but the Diablos, Hooks and Drillers are all in it in the Lone star.

Fresno appears to be opening up the Pacific right now.

Dallas has become a player in the franchises 8th season. Last year was their first .500 finish. Curt Whimster was a huge signing for them. Looks like the Southern will be them and the Silver Stars.



Yanks, Knights and Cyclones all hanging around the Empire.

Barring disaster I think we'll set the all time record for wins in the regular season (116 in 2021). With 64 games left we need to go 42-22 (.656 win %)

Edmonton is aglow with the thought they could make their 1st post season appearance, ever. Along with Michigan they are 1 of the only 2 original IBL franchises to have never made the playoffs.

West Michigan has the NE division pretty much locked up.



Can he do it? .414 is pretty amazing considering the date. He plays very little vs LHP now so that could be a huge plus.

Art Williams has helped Edmonton's surge with huge power numbers lately.

Horst Grueter has had a ton of RBI's the past month, with Greene out for a spell he caught, and passed him in RBI's.

Jose Navarro looks like he's going to challenge the Saves mark while Angelo Esparza looks to have his sights on the single season ERA record (2.14 Shawn Calhoun 2013) as well as making another run at a pitching triple crown.

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Originally Posted by gehrig38

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.

I have never seen a pitcher this hot during my time. I had a pitcher put together back to to back 1 and 2 loss seasons back in version 6.5 (19-1, 24-2). The best, I have seen in v13, was 12-1 to start the season... Pretty amazing streak he put together.

Originally Posted by gehrig38

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

And based on your fan interested Salinas and Collins are long forgotten...

[gehrig38]

They're both having good years for teams in contention.

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 17
RECORD: 5-2
SEASON: 80-25 +22.5
RUNS SCORED: 779 (51) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 450 (36) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 92/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 @ Houston/4 vs Dayton

7/22
CHI 9 HOU 3
W-Morgan (12-7) L-R.Johnson (3-3)
HR CHI-Grueter (29) E.Martinez (1) HOU-Guerrero (12)
Morgan 7.1-8-3-3-2-7 Blakeway 2B (16) 3 RBI's (42) Martinez 4-4 HR 2 RBI's (15)

7/23
CHI 6 HOU 4
W-Hall (12-3) L-Moss (6-9) S-Cruz (25)
HR CHI-Vaughn (1) Grueter 2 (31)
Hall 7-6-3-3-1-7 Grueter 4-4 2 HR's 2 RBI's (100) Vaughn HR (1st IBL HR) 3 RBI's (3)

7/24
CHI 12 HOU 1
W-Trujillo (14-3) L-Castillo (4-10)
HR CHI-Grueter (32) HOU-Ubadah (18)
Trujillo 9-3-1-1-2-6 loses SHO with 2 outs in the 9th, 111 pitches. Cruz 3-5 Chavez 1-4 2B (18) (.412) Castro 4-5 2B (11) 3 RBI's (79) Grueter HR 4 RBI's (104) He's homered in 4 straight, 5 of last 6, with 6 HR's and 11 RBI's over that span.

NEWS-Roughriders fire Castellanos.
Manager Carlos Castellanos was fired by Houston today after his 4th season managing the club. After 4 years managing in Boston the Roughriders brought him over to shake things up, and he didn't. They're on course for a franchise worst season, playing .370 ball right now (37-63).

7/25
CHI 10 DAY 5
W-Pimentel (16-2) L-Zamora (10-6)
HR DAY-Rodriguez (13) CHI-Vaughn (2) Cruz (21)
Pimentel 6.1-10-2-2-2-4 Cruz 4-5 2B (24) HR 3 runs 4 RBI's (74) Castro 3-5 3 2B's (14) Vaughn 3-5 2B (3) HR 2 RBI's (7) Blakeway 3-4 (now hitting .302) Chavez 2-5 (.412)

NEWS-HOLY CRAP. The Dragons today dealt former MVP Tony Greene to Fresno (news below). He's a free agent at years end, and apparently they wanted more than a draft pick. They also dealt C Martin Ramirez (news below). Fresno was already 1st in the CL in HR's. They're 6.5 up on Sacramento, but they did pay a pretty steep price for a 3 month rental if they don't resign him. And check out the CL PotW

7/26
DAY 6 CHI 1
W-Holloway (1-3) L-Bright (10-6)
HR DAY-Turner (14)
Holloway 8-7-1-1-3-6 Mathis (DAY) 3-4 2B (4) 3 runs Turner (DAY) 2-2 HR 4 RBI's (44) Cruz 2-2 2 BB's Chavez 1-4 (,410)

7/27
DAY 11 CHI 2
W-Kelley (8-8) L-Morgan (12-8) S-Martinez (1)
HR DAY-Rodriguez (14) O'Brian (5)
Kelley 6.2-6-1-1-1-2 Rodriguez (DAY) 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (71) Armstrong (DAY) 2-4 2B (1) 3B (1) 3 RBI's (4) Turner (DAY) 3-5 2B (10) Grueter 3-4 Chavez 0-5 (.404)

7/28
CHI 11 DAY 6
W-Cruz (1-0) L-Ramirez (2-2)
HR CHI-Grueter (33) Chavez 2 (24)
Chavez 2-5 2 HR's 5 RBI's (84) (.404) Malik (DAY) 3-4 2B (25) 2 RBI's (35) Hall 6-5-5-4-2-10 Cruz 1st BS.

OF Roberto Cruz had issues throwing from the outfield in the game, and had to come out. He's out for 5-7 days with a 'dead arm', and we'll monitor it from here.

NEWS-Big milestone news for Julio Gonzales

WEEK 17 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Hoerst Grueter (CHI) 15-29 5 HR's 11 RBI's (.289-33-107)
CL POTW-Tony Greene (FRE) 17-32 3 HR's 13 RBI's (.556-0-2) Hell of a first week!

WEEK 17 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Staten Island (4)
3) West Michigan (2)
4) Dallas (6)
5) Fresno (3)
OUT Philadelphia (15) 1-6 week, 3 game sweep by Staten Island, lost 3 of 4 to Boston to fall 4 out.

MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 76-32 +17 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/RA/BP ERA 2nd HR 3rd Def 4th SB/SP ERA
AA Bakersfield (5 +3) 65-43 4 GB 1st SB 2nd OBP/HR 3rd Runs 5th RA/SP ERA
A(S) Belleview (4 +2) 60-48 +7 1st AVG/SB 3rd OBP/SP ERA 4th RA/Def 5th BP ERA
A(N) Denison (4 -1) 67-41 1 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR 5th SB/RA/Def
SS Heavener (17 -4) 17-15 4 GB 2nd SP ERA 3rd HR
R Omaha (12 +9) 17-15 +1 2nd SB

[gehrig38]

MINORS-Gerald Jones was signed as a 2022 minor league FA, Martinez was our 2nd pick (47th overall) in the 2022 first year draft out of Siskyous College.

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 18
RECORD: 3-3
SEASON: 83-28 +21.5
RUNS SCORED: 802 (23) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 479 (29) 2nd (1st week I can remember being outscored since I started noting runs per week)
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 92/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 vs Michigan/Off Day/3 @ West Michigan

7/29
CHI 5 MICH 2
W-Trujillo (15-3) L-Paterson (7-9) S-Casas (5)
HR MICH-R.Wright (4) CHI-Shaw (19)
Trujillo 8-4-2-2-3-3 Paterson 8-8-5-4-2-3 Shaw 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (84) Chavez 0-4 (.399) Miranda 2-4 2B (30) 2 RBI's (83)

7/30
CHI 4 MICH 3 (11)
W-Perez (5-0) L-Honeycombe (2-3)
HR CHI-Vaughn (3)
Vaughn ties it with leadoff HR in the 11th, Blakeway scores on errant pickoff to win it. Shaw 3-5 Chavez 1-4 (.397)

7/31
CHI 5 MICH 4
W-Bright (11-6) L-Mason (2-5) S-Cruz (26)
HR CHI-Grueter (34)
Grueter 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (111) R.Wright (MICH) 3-4 2 2B's (19)

8/1 Off Day

8/2
WMI 6 CHI 5
W-Barlow (3-2) L-Perez (5-1)
HR CHI-Grueter (35) WMI-Hunter (19) Mejia (18)
Casas comes in in the 7th, allows both Morgan runs to score, then after 5-3 lead, gives up a 2R HR to blow another lead. Morgan 6.1-6-3-3-2-10, leaves with 2 guys on. Chavez 2-5 2B (19) (.397) Grueter 2-5 HR 2 RBI's (113)

INJURY STUFF-Andre Blakeway has a bad back, nothing serious but enough to hobble him, we'll try to give him a few days off. Jeffrey Hudson is due back off the DL tomorrow.

8/3
WMI 3 CHI 2
W-Valentin (8-5) L-Hall (12-4) S-Gonzalez (27)
HR CHI-Grueter (36)
Corunha (WMI) 3-4 2 2B's (13) RBI (58) Grueter HR 2 RBI's (115)

8/4
WMI 11 CHI 2
W-A.Johnson (11-9) L-Trujillo (15-4)
HR CHI-Rush (3) WMI-Corunha (19) Scott (9) Montoya (16)
3 errors (Hamlyn (2) Vela (2) Hudson (7)) lead to 5 unearned runs. Trujillo 4-7-9-4-1-1 Jonson 9-9-2-2-1-1 Corunha GS 5 RBI's (63) Scott (WMI) HR 3 RBI's (50)

WEEK 18 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Lance Berkman (GB) 11-21 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.457-3-13)
CL POTW-Jose Torres (SAN) 13-24 5 RBI's (.330-3-40)

WEEK 18 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) West Michigan (3)
3) Staten Island (2)
4) Fresno (5)
5) Boston (-)
OUT Dallas (9)

[gehrig38]

WEEK: 19
RECORD: 6-0
SEASON: 89-28 +23
RUNS SCORED: 829 (27) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 493 (14) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN LOYALTY: 93/100 (+1)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 @ Alaska/Off Day/3 vs Green Bay

8/5
CHI 7 ALK 3
W-Davenport (4-0) L-Allison (0-1)
HR CHI-Castro (22) Hudson (24) ALK-Sanchez (21)
Pimentel 4.1-3-0-0-1-3 leaves after 67 pitches, no word yet. Hudson 2-4 2B (12) HR 5 RBI's (70) Chavez 0-4 (.393) Sanchez (ALK) 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (70)

8/6
CHI 6 ALK 2
W-Bright (12-6) L-Bean (5-9)
HR ALK-Salgado 2 (7) CHI-Chavez (25)
Bright 8-7-2-2-1-5 112 pitches. Cruz hurt in the 9th, no word yet. Chavez 3-5 2B (20) HR 4 RBI's (89) SB (14) (.396)

INJURY NEWS-Both Cruz and Pimentel are off to see Dr Yocum. Hate to think this is anything that could infringe on the post season, this team is constructed to roll in October.

8/7
CHI 3 ALK 2
W-Morgan (13-8) L-Solis (8-10) S-Cruz (27)
HR NONE
Morgan 6-8-2-2-3-8 Solis 7-7-3-3-1-3 Chavez 1-3 RBI (90) (.395) Grueter RBI (116)

INURY NEWS-See items below, but needless to say huge blows, both. Cruz's hip strain is severe enough that he'll be laid up 6 months, and Pimentel's looking at 3-4 weeks with the bad back. Kerry Poole will be recalled and Cruz will be put on the 60 day, and Matt Tucker will get a shot to start for the time being.

8/8 Off Day

8/9
CHI 1 GB 0
W-Hall (13-4) L-Thomas (7-10)
HR CHI-Hudson (25)
Hall 9-4-0-0-0-9 3 DP's 103 pitches, Thomas 8-3-1-1-2-2 101 pitches, Hudson homers in the bottom of 8 to win it. Chavez 2-3 (.397)

8/10
CHI 5 GB 4
W-Trujillo (16-4) L-Hart (12-8) S-Cruz (28)
HR CHI-Castro (23) Hudson (26)
Trujillo 7-2-0-0-6-6 Casas 0-3-3-3-0-0 Cruz gets 3 outs with tying run on 2nd. Hudson 2-3 HR 3 RBI's (75) Chavez 1-3 (.397) Rolen (GB) 1-2 2B (28) 3 BB's

8/11
CHI 5 GB 3
W-Perez (6-1) L-Althusser (7-14) S-Cruz (29)
HR GB-Berkman (6) CHI-Grueter (37)
Bright 6.2-6-2-2-0-8 Davenport BS (3) Grueter 2-3 HR 3 RBI's (119) Chavez 0-4 (.392)

WEEK 19 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Mark Ramsey (AZ) 14-25 5 RBI's (.319-0-11)
CL POTW-Tomas Angel (EP) 14-25 2 HR's 4 RBI's (.383-4-13)

HA! Nice, both PotW were just traded for each other at the deadline.

INJURY NEWS-Buzzards luck in Edmonton, Williams down for at least a month (news below)

WEEK 19 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Staten Island (3)
3) West Michigan (2)
4) Fresno (4)
5) Boston (5)



MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY