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May 18 - 24
Major Transactions
------------------------ May 18: The Brewers trade LF Jonathan Harbison (.207, 0, 8) to the A's for CF Dylan Dockery (.500, 1, 4). I didn't even look at the transactions log until after I ran Milwaukee's review... this seems like a trade that could work out well for both teams (although the A's AI GM dislikes it). Harbison isn't hitting and was atrocious as a center fielder but can probably be adequate as a 4th outfielder, and Dockery is a couple years younger and... played a lot for Oakland in center last year. The truly important thing here is that crappy corner OF John Simmons still gets to start for the Brew Crew somehow. May 19: The Cardinals purchase minor league LHP Pat Fix (2-3, 5.55 in AAA Buffalo) from the Expos. Fix pitched 73.2 innings for Montreal last year but was very bad. Age-wise, Fix (28) is closer to being part of the Expos' first good team than a lot of guys in their organization, but he couldn't even break into this team and as noted, he hasn't been very good in AAA this year either. St. Louis always needs more pitching and they'll take Fix on as a project. May 19: The Giants trade RP Jordan Sandoval (1-0, 6.23) to the Cardinals for RP Sam Williams (1-1, 7.50). This is just your standard trade of one reliever who's not working in his current bullpen for the same. Williams was solid for the Padres last season but Sandoval has an 8:2 K/W ratio this year, so take your pick on who will work out better... May 24: The Indians trade OF Danny Valdez (.200, 1, 1) and minor league SP Shane Rouser (3-3, 3.72 in AA Savannah) to the Tigers for RP Eric Godard (3-0, 3.57). The Indians seem to be recovering from the early-season issues they were having but they definitely need relief pitching help. Detroit on the other hand is a little lost. Rouser might not do much but Valdez had one of those Rudy Pemberton type years last year (.455, 4 HR, and 20 RBI in just 66 at-bats) and probably deserves a larger role than the one he was getting in Cleveland. News ----------------------- May 18: In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker began the steps to be legally married in the eyes of the state. Baker, a law student, believed that state law did not prohibit a marriage between two men; however, the marriage was still invalidated. May 18: Tina Fey was born. May 18: Royals 3B Jeff Nation (.286, 2, 15) was named the AL Player of the Week with 12 hits in 24 at-bats including his first 2 HRs of his career and 5 RBIs. Unsurprisingly, it is the first such award for the 24 year old. May 18: Good old Hammerin' Henry Riggs (.246, 6, 19), the Braves RF, went from zero to hero this past week with 8 hits in 23 at-bats, 4 HRs, and 11 RBIs. This is his 19th PotW, which has to be some kind of record. May 21: Cubs 3B John Maroney (.308, 2, 6) sent me the "come on, coach, give me a chance to start" email (which, it's 1970, John... HOW). Maroney has nowhere to play given that he's a corner IF and two of the Cubs' best players play 1st and 3rd. He's still a very useful pinch hitter and backup so instead of releasing him I stuck him on the trading block. May 22: Pirates SP Ernie Alvarez (3-3, 3.72) is out for the season with the old biscuit meniscus. He may be back to pitch a game or two in late September. The Pirates (19-21) are doing... Piratesy. May 22: Expos LF Jorge Andres (.182, 1, 4) has announced he'll retire at the end of the year. It's so cute that he thinks that he'll last the entire year... May 22: Red Sox LF Josh Teague (.250, 4, 9) played his first game in more than a month and was pretty key in an 8-1 thrashing of the Baltimore Orioles. I mention this because he's the Sox cleanup hitter and the guy who filled in for him, 3B Mauro Magoni (.237, 1, 14) hit just .214 in that lineup spot. Hopefully he'll rediscover his hitting stroke in a lower-importance role. May 23: The Dodgers lost CF Butch Magana (.206, 2, 4) to a broken collarbone for the next six weeks. They were already working on life without Danny Hohman, who tore his PCL in spring training and will miss all of the regular season, so they are seriously running on fumes in center now. May 24: The Soviet Union starts work on the Kola Superdeep Borehole. May 24: The Yankees had one of those doubleheaders your girlfriend told you not to worry about. They scored a total of 22 runs off the Indians. Needless to say it was a sweep but this is going to be really, really bad for Cleveland. Both of their starters got knocked out of the box, Andy Lagunas (4-1, 4.53) in the 1st inning of Game 1 and Vicente Hernandez (0-1, 6.23), who himself was spot starting for Dylan Hamilton (3-5, 4.71) because the latter couldn't go, in the 4th inning of Game 2. Also, in the second game new acquisition Eric Godard threw 7 pitches to one batter in relief of Hernandez before he left with a sore elbow and then his replacement, Doug Ellis (2-2, 3.91, 2 Sv) went down with an as-yet-unknown injury with 2 outs in the 5th. I have no choice but to pre-emptively put him on the DL just so that the staff has enough warm bodies for the three game series vs. Baltimore that begins tomorrow. Incidentally, Hamilton had to come in to pitch 2.2 innings in the 2nd game so the whole reason I took him out - to save him for tomorrow - comes to naught. May 24: Mets 3B Nick Hawkinson (.198, 2, 11) broke his thumb sliding into third base. Hawkinson is 41 and this is probably his last season whether he realizes it or not. May 24 (evening): ...and it's time for power rankings. 1st (6th) Houston 27-17 2nd (4th) Minnesota 23-16 3rd (1st) New York (N) 26-15 4th (7th) San Francisco 25-19 5th (8th) Oakland 21-17 What a time to be a fan of baseball in the Bay Area! For that matter, the NL West has really had some teams show up in the face of the Braves' fall from grace. The Astros are actually not the biggest movers up in MLB this week, as the White Sox (19-22) have jumped all the way up to 12th from 18th the week before. The most precipitous drop came from the Phillies (18-23), who fell from 12th to 19th. And the bottom five: 20th (13th) San Diego 20-26 21st (17th) Washington 16-24 22nd (24th) Atlanta 15-26 23rd (22nd) Milwaukee 16-26 24th (23rd) Montreal 13-27 I keep thinking the Braves are on the upswing but there they are, 3rd worst. They were 3-3 this week so there is that... Teams In Review ----------------- May 18: A couple teams in here today... first up, the expansion Milwaukee Brewers, who are 2-6 in their last 8 games to fall to 15-21 (I won't say I won't ever miss 20 losses but the Brew Crew dropped a double-header yesterday). It's just all-around badness with this team: they're dead last in runs allowed in the AL with 183 (both the starters and relievers are 11th with ERAs in the mid 4s) and runs scored is 3rd from the bottom with 128. RF Richard Berman (.336, 0, 20) has been en fuego all season so there is that at least. I think he might be ROY. Rotation: The Brewers just got back RH Shunichi Zeniya (1-0, 1.50), who missed the second half of last season right after getting bought out from Chicago and then had brand new injuries this year. I say this because the rest of the rotation is kind of a mess. How is Jeremiah Vardaman (3-2, 2.47) the putative ace (he was 4-16 with the A's last year)? I've already demoted Chris Olivares (3-3, 4.81) to the 'pen. The one major change I made here today - and it's really not even that major, since an injury to Julio Garcia (0-0, 0.00) in his first start had pushed it down to a 4-man rotation - was to install LH Adam Clark (5-2, 3.61 at AAA Portland). I don't expect great things to be honest but hey, see what sticks... Bullpen: Okay, LH Luis Hernandez (2-4, 6.98) is just plain baaaaad. And he's 30. Why is he here again? Well, he's not anymore. The aforementioned Julio Garcia has that annoying "Unknown" injury, which, the way I play, usually causes guys to get completely lost for a week or two until I a. remember they were hurt and then b. realize they're ready to play again. This isn't so bad for relievers but still... I've taken to DLing those guys and I'm gonna do that here too. LH Dave Zapata (1-1, 3.76 at Portland) takes his place. Catcher: I was expecting to bench Jonathan Victoria (.225, 6, 15) but somehow he's hit .353 for the month after a .145 April so I guess he keeps his job. Third base: Francisco Martinez (.353, 1, 14) is clearly out-hitting the old man Ryan Colvin (.226, 2, 11) so the 23 year old wins the job going forward. Colvin's already going to retire at season's end so it's not like they're losing much if he gets angry or something. Shortstop: Eric Biron (.179, 2, 8) isn't hitting and, worse, is a 40/80 shortstop, so I'm dropping him into a half-time platoon with lefty-hitting Tony Escobedo (.100, 0, 1). Escobedo is 2-20 on the season, which, small sample size; I fully expect him to hit .200 with extended time. Left field: John Simmons (.229, 2, 7) flitted through 3 teams last year, failing to hit for two of them, and now is approaching his career rates. Why is he starting again? Meanwhile, CF Jonathan Harbison (.207, 0, 8) has had all the range of a postage stamp in center field but, being 5 years younger than Simmons (who is 33), has a better case for starting. Center field: Fernando Ceballos (.318, 0, 3) moves into the starting role as much for the glove (he's 70/80 out there! With 70 range!) as for whatever he's shown as a 4th outfielder and pinch-hitter. Since Harbison and Ceballos are the only two guys who could play there so far, I had to demote RH pinch-hitter Roger Greeno (.357, 0, 3) to AAA in favor of Jason Haskell (.225, 2, 12 in Portland), who doesn't look like he can hit in the majors but is reasonably adequate as an emergency backup and might outhit some of the pitchers in pinch-hitting situations. May 18: I remember mentioning that the current Pittsburgh Pirates (16-20, 5th NL East) are just about the boringest team in Major League Baseball. Sorry to any Pittsburgh natives but it continues for... yins? They're ringing out Forbes Field with a league low 17 homeruns and the 3rd worst offense that offsets a kind of decent pitching (6th in runs allowed, a 3.90 starters' ERA that is 7th). Rotation: DJ Cheeves (1-5, 4.78) has been the worst guy on the staff so far but he was 12-8 last season and went to the ASG in '66 and '67 so it's way too early to pull the plug. In fact, I'm leaning towards keeping the rotation intact even though 4 of the 5 members have ERAs north of 4. This part of the team, at least, isn't really underperforming per se... Bullpen: Paz Lemus is the same awesome guy he's always been (1-1, 1.99, 3 Sv) and in fact I think I need to lean on him waaay harder moving forward. I did leave him in for 3 innings in an extra-innings affair against Montreal yesterday (he got tired and picked up his first loss) so there's that, I guess? Anyway... Carlos Torres (1-0, 9.00) has given up 6 runs in 6 IPs and there's a general issue here were they were using a 5 man 'pen with a 5 man rotation and that just leaves too many middle relievers not playing in this era, so he's been DFA'd. Catcher: I don't know what's wrong with Doug Connally (.189, 0, 5) but the kid's still just 25 and had 11 dingers last year so he'll get plenty of time to work things out. Backup Mike Fenley (.208, 0, 0) on the other hand isn't doing a whole lot, bats left, and I don't really want to tell my starting catcher he can't rest against lefty pitching, so I called up veteran Carlos Hernandez (.261, 1, 10 at AAA Columbus) to take the newly vacated 25th roster spot. Hernandez I notice hit .156 for San Diego last year. Yikes. First Base: Abilio Valdivia (.237, 2, 9) was criminally underused earlier in his career - he's a lifetime .326 hitter with just 1583 hits at age 38 - but that doesn't mean he gets to start full-time until he's like 45 to make up for it. I will continue to play him for now though, as he's played well enough recently to be given a chance to prove that a bad month and a half are just that. Second Base: Replacing Henry Villar, who is out for the season with a concussion, has proven to be pretty rough. Arturo Martinez (.192, 0, 7) has Gold Glove quality talent but forgot how to hit after April and so I'm bringing up Tyler Cohen (.338, 3, 23 at Columbus) to push him. Cohen is 28 and not a prospect but I guess this is more of a stopgap situation anyway. Third Base: Roberto Prieto (.220, 0, 10) is also old and also isn't hitting but like Valdivia he's been too good in recent years to just give up on. I even sent down his backup Gregg Powell (.194, 0, 2) to make room for Cohen. May 20: This is actually the evening of the Philadelphia Phillies' 20th loss but, I mean, this is not an exact science, people! Also I wanted to make one move in particular while it's fresh in my mind. Anyway, Philadelphia (17-20, 4th, NL East) is mediocre so far - they aren't movers and shakers relying on a good young rotation as much as I'd hoped they would, but there are definitely worse teams in the league right now. They are, it should be said, 5th in runs allowed and 5th in starters' ERAs (which, as I think you'll see below, still says good things about the rotation) but are being tied up primarily by a really bad offense to date (11th in runs scored, 10th in HRs with 29 in 37 games). Rotation: Normally I prefer to do the OOTP playing-out-all-the-games equivalent of going to the weight room... which is... okay, that's a terrible analogy. What I mean is, I try not to make decisions in fits of pique. All that said, Orlando Flores (0-2, 5.40) has been hurt a lot and really bad when he hasn't been hurt. He just got knocked out of the box in the 6th today and has pitched just 16.1 innings over 4 starts. A change has to be made. Other than him, the other 4 guys currently in the rotation all have ERAs under 3.50. I'm tempted to switch to a 4-man but the Phillies just plain aren't good enough to overwork the starters like that... Bullpen: JR Kottke (0-0, 13.50) is like Exhibit A in my self control. He's pitched 2 games, 2 innings, and allowed 5 walks. Despite myself, I'm leaving him in; he's only 25 and his control can't possibly be this bad. On the other hand, I'm not about to promote him into the rotation. You know what? We're going to a 4-man anyway and carrying 6 relievers like it's 1991. I am a MAVERICK. Catcher: Lee Citro's (.205, 1, 4) been bad, really bad, he's got a bad arm (26.7 RTO% so far this year), and the Phillies have no particular ties to him given that he was a throw-in in the trade that brought Joel Schaben over. Also, his clubhouse demeanor is the type that doesn't get him special dispensation. He's going to move to the bench in favor of Sam Rahn (.227, 1, 3), who is a 29 year old with 77 career bat-bats in the majors. He's definitely not a long-term solution; at the same time, he did hit over .300 in AAA last year and has an arm that approaches averageness. Right Field: I kind of expected to make more moves in the field but everyone seems to be just, like, generally mediocre instead of outright terrible. One place I can make moves is that Andrew Powell (.355, 1, 19) is straight up outhitting Bobby Kelly (.121, 0, 0), who was mixing in for starts with him so far. In fact, Kelly's hit "cut this man" levels of not-hittingness, and to make matters worse he and Citro are sulking about the clubhouse. He gone. (general lineup stuff) 2B Victor Serna (.242, 10, 21) is now officially the Phillies' cleanup hitter based on hitting a third of the team's dingers all by himself. 1B Josh Coffey (.272, 2, 12) is the old guy and seemed fine when he was hitting .316 like last year, but at this point he isn't even carrying a league average bat. May 24: The New York Yankees' (21-20, 3rd, AL East) strategy of swapping out aging stars with more aging stars seems to be... not working so much, as they're only treading water. I guess that said, this year's supervet 1B Alex Cardenas (.344, 8, 25) is the best hitter on the team. Actually a closer look indicates that they're 3rd in the AL in runs scored per game and lead the league in fewest runs allowed per so it's mostly bad luck (they have the worst Pythag wins to actual wins differential in baseball with a -4 so far); if they played to their luck they'd have the best record in the AL. Rotation: LH Dan Ballard (1-7, 6.67) seemed to take a step back last year and has been awful so far here, so if anyone's a candidate for getting demoted into long relief, it's him. Jake Powers (5-3, 3.44) has been striking out more than a hitter per inning in AAA so I think it's time for the 24 year old to get the call up. My one point of reticence here is that there's now only one lefty in the rotation, which doesn't adequately take advantage of Yankee Stadium. Bullpen: The 5 man bullpen, even with the Yanks running a 4-man rotation, isn't really being used enough but I don't really want to dip beneath it. I'm reminded of the Earl Weaver quote that when it comes to bullpens either 3 men is too many or 6 men is not enough, so I'll keep the extra guys with the thought that the starters might not make it as far into games once they're forced to pitch at less than 100%. Catcher: I replaced the 38 year old incumbent Jason Mooneyham (.207, 1, 5) with Khalil Tabb (.272, 2, 10) earlier this year, but while neither is that good at fielding right now Tabb has a noodle arm (he's actually 55/80 in catcher ability so he's not horrific at pitch calling). Since the Yankees have a roster spot free that means I'm calling up a 3rd catcher in Josh Paige (.286, 0, 1). Paige is not exactly a budding superstar himself but he will at least be a better option to fill in for Tabb vs. lefties than the left-handed hitting Mooneyham. Shortstop: Ty Stover (.250, 7, 23) really doesn't look like he can handle shortstop anymore but it looks like he's "just" got no range instead of committing a million errors so he gets to stay there. Also I'm not sure what I'd do if I wanted to affect a change here. I could move Stover to second and replace the struggling Wing-fung Yi (.197, 2, 12) but Yi is one of the few younger players in the lineup and then who do I use at short? There is a guy down on the farm, 22 year old German Ybarra (.268, 2, 18), who was rated the 10th best prospect in baseball at the beginning of the year, but he seems more like a September call-up than a permanent replacement at this point. Right field: Frank Meneses (.392, 8, 24) went into the season as a backup but the 2 time Silver Slugger has hit his way back into the lineup. I've pushed him up to 5th behind Alex Cardenas and Ty Stover; by rate stats he's been the best player on the team. May 24: The Detroit Tigers (17-20, 5th, AL East) have been straight up scuffling this year. After they won 91 last year it really looked like they were going to be at least dark-horse contenders this year but even with the Red Sox and Indians struggling out of the gate they just plain couldn't get it going. It looks like the primary culprit is the offense, as the D has been 4th in the league in runs allowed so far. Rotation: Ben Schmidt (0-0, 6.23) was bad in relief earlier, which got him demoted, but then he went down and struck out a batter per inning in AAA to earn a re-promotion (remotion?) as the Tigers switch into a 5 man rotation to save their young rotation's arm.s Bullpen: I just traded away Eric Godard (see above) but as I've called Ben Schmidt back up I'm going to leave the bullpen with 4 men. First Base: Jose "Joker" Ayala (.250, 4, 17) has not been hitting at the level he'd established last year but TBH the Tigers have bigger issues right now. Third Base: David Salinas (.238, 0, 8) was roughly league average after he came over from the Yankees last year but this year he's lost what was left of his power (just 4 XBHs in 126 at-bats) and I think it's time for a change. John Daughtry (.125, 0, 0) has only gotten 8 at-bats this year, so pay no attention to that average. He's also scouted as potentially a better fielding 3B than Salinas, who was mostly in the lineup for his glove in the first place. Left field: Adam Dittmar (.152, 5, 10) had a career year last year but he's been as unexpectedly awful in 1970 as he was good in '69. He is a career .235 hitter and so the .152 is probably closer to his actual ability than the .302 average from last season so I'm immediately slotting in newly acquired Danny Valdez to share half of the left-field at-bats vs. RHP. Dittmar is a righty so this is sort of a platoon.
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May 25 - 31
Major Transactions
------------------------ May 26: The Athletics sent RP Adam Cheeseman (2-0, 6.89) to the Padres as part of a conditional deal. I have no idea what other planks of the "conditions" are but at this point I think sending the 35 year old Cheeseman out is an addition by subtraction deal. I guess from San Diego's standpoint, 4 games ago Cheeseman had an ERA under 3 and has just gotten blown up in the past week and a half. May 28: The Red Sox traded 2B Arturo Jacquez (.077, 0, 1) to the Royals for 1B/OF Sergio Sicre (.228, 1, 15). Jaquez was brought in from Detroit to push the incumbent Dwayne Fraser (.297, 0, 20) but he's barely played, so they ship him off for Sicre, who was mostly a victim of numbers (and bad fielding at 3B) in KC but who may have a chance to fill in with Boston, as Mike Miller is currently shelved with an as-yet-undisclosed injury. May 30: The Cubs trade CL Chad Nies (2-1, 4.97, 7 Sv) to the Giants for SP Jason Sanders (6-3, 3.07). This is admittedly a bit of a stretch from the actual move, which was the one that sent Ted Abernathy to SF. Nies is a full decade younger than Abernathy was at the time of this trade so is waaay more valuable. IRL the Cubbies only got back career pinch-hitter Phil Gagliano. Here they'll receive Sanders, who seems like a full-on "sell high" guy but, you know, Chicago does need starting pitching really badly so I think this makes sense. I tried to justify expanding it further by having the Cubs throw in a shortstop but they don't really have anyone fit for the task who's major league ready and not like 36. News ----------------------- May 25: Cleveland CF Carlos Hernandez (.305, 6, 19), acquired from the Cardinals in the offseason, won the AL Player of the Week award with 16 hits in 36 at-bats including 3 HR and 11 RBI. Quite the output for a center fielder! Cleveland itself was 5-3 last week and scored 19 runs in their 3 losses so it's safe to say the offense was on a roll in general. May 25: Over in the NL, the Dodgers are full of old men but their token youngster, 1B Rafael Disla (.354, 7, 23), was the best player in the NL last week. He hit .423 with 11 hits in 26 at-bats, 3 HR, 9 RBI, and 5 runs scored. That's his 3rd PotW in 3 seasons. May 25: Twins' OF Alejandro Cortez (.231, 1, 12), a 3-time All-Star and the 1966 MVP, will miss the next month with a sprained elbow. This feels like a move that hurts Cortez more than the Twins, as he was seriously struggling this year and seems to have completely lost his power stroke. May 26: The Soviet Union launches a commercial transport jet, the Tupolev Tu-144, which is the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. Given what happened to the Concorde, I'm a little reminded of that old cosmonaut joke where they're like "America was the first to land on the Moon, well... Soviet Russia shall be the first to land... on the SUN." May 26: Because there are no knuckleballers in this league and because I wanted to have them, I just imported Phil Niekro circa 1965 and let the game randomly rename him Colin "Knucksie" Rose. He's on the Braves now. Let's see how he does! Maybe I'll bring in his brother in a couple years. I feel like it's too late to import Wilbur Wood; as it is, "Colin" will probably play into the mid-90s the way knuckleballers age. May 27: Man, horrible day for the diagnosis: murder. First up, the Tigers' SP Jimmy Goddard (1-1, 3.86), who won 15 games last year and this year has had 6 freaking no-decisions in 8 starts, is out for basically the rest of the season with a partially torn labrum. Detroit's kind of been scuffling so far this year in spite of being relatively injury free; this one might have been the straw that broke the ol' camel's back though. Robbie "Furball" Vaughn (0-1, 2.70) was a victim of numbers earlier in the year but looked good in 2 AAA starts so he'll come back up and play in the rotation. NOT A FAN OF THAT NICKNAME THO May 27: Red Sox SP Marco Sanchez (4-3. 3.54) is out for the next month and a half with an oblique strain. Boston, conversely, has been hit hard by injuries to their rotation and that's keeping the AL East in play. Michael Pesco still has more than a month until he comes back. There are also 4 relievers of varying ability on the DL. Since the Bosox are now down to 3 decent starters plus Bruce Britt (2-1, 8.79) I think I've got pretty much no choice but to go to a 4 man "start highest rested" setup until people get back. May 27: So my panic decision to pre-emptively put Indians CL Doug Ellis (2-2, 3.91, 2 Sv) on the DL didn't come around to hurt me at all, as it turns out he's also going to miss the remainder of the season with shoulder inflammation. I'd gone this far without naming a stopper in his absence but now that I know he's out Eric Godard (3-0, 3.57) (no relation to Jimmy Goddard, first up because these are all 1s and 0s but also because their names are spelled differently) will take over those duties. May 27: He's been up for like a week but already CF John Hackett (.200, 0, 0) is complaining that he should be in the starting lineup. Really, John? Dude hit .155 in AAA and the only reason I called him up was that there is literally nobody else in the organization with Ian Everett out who can play CF. On top of that, the guy in front of him right now - Alvin Romero (.322, 1, 14) is clearly better and more popular, so this is a full on "look at me, I am selfish" move. I'm not going to straight up cut him right now because I need him but I'll rethink that in 3 weeks and/or when he goes full-on "trade me now" mode. May 27: With a 5-3 win over the Orioles at the Mistake today that finished a series sweep, the Indians evened their record up at 20-20, a nice run for a team that was 9-15 as late as May 9. Chris Regan (4-2, 3.33) really earned his stripes today, going 11 innings and covering for a still-depleted bullpen before newcomer Deshawn Mazyck (0-0, 0.00) pitched the bottom of the 12th for his 2nd save in as many appearances. Cleveland gets a much-needed day off and then ends the month with a three-game series at Milwaukee. May 27: Apparently I have a lot to talk about today... so I know Royals 3B Jeff Nation (.331, 4, 23) just won PotW the week before last but man, he is just plain not working out at 3rd base. He just committed his 13th error of the season and his fielding average there has dipped below .900 and into Butch Hobson territory. I'm not about to pull him from the lineup but changes need to be made. I cheated in the editor to give him some rating in left and also bump up his range/error/arm to better match what he has in the infield (one thing that's long bugged me is that those numbers don't correlate better). He's still a bad LF but probably not worse than Sergio Sicre (.228, 1, 15), who I'm sending down to AAA immediately. In his place I'm calling up AA 3rd baseman Ryan Newton (.356, 3, 19 in Elmira), who was a top pick for the Orioles who apparently landed in the Royals' organization when they added that club to their organization. ANYWAY, I'd put in someone from AAA but nobody in Omaha looks like even a AAAA quality guy at the hot corner and let's face it, the Royals are not really contending this year. May 27: Because I'm not doing enough today (heh)... I noticed that Charlie Hough also made his debut with the Dodgers in 1970 and, well, I like knuckleballers so I brought him in too. The program changed his name to the very prescient Bryce Wilhelm. The AI decided to make "Wilhelm" the closer for the A level Daytona Beach Dodgers so it seems unlikely that he'll see action this season but he's only 22 and, well, the real life "Bryce Wilhelm" played in the majors until he was 46... May 30: White Sox SP Daniel Roche (4-4, 2.73) is out for the season and maybe is at the end of his career after getting diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff. The White Sox are getting back into things but this will be a huge blow for them to say the least. Roche, a 3 time All-Star, has a career record of 105-91 and was 17-12 for the Pale Hose last season. May 30: Speaking of injuries, Mets SS Brian Wilcox (.228, 4, 14) is gone until at least late September with a torn meniscus in his knee. Short is kind of a mess after Wilcox; I had Robert Williams (.286, 1, 3) in there as his backup but that was mostly theoretical / for use only in late innings after Wilcox was pinch-hit for. Williams is a bad fielder, though I should say that the bar for fielding up the middle is a little lower in this league than in your standard historical games - he's got a 40 and would not be the worst guy in the league with that rating. All that said, the Mets' two options in AAA are both being trained into SS and their AA guy is... Lorenzo Ortega (.348, 1, 10), who hit .140 in 33 games for the Mets last season. I think he's still their SS going forward barring a trade. I'll still work in Williams heavily in case Ortega still can't hit at this level or if Williams' 40 rating is the kind of 40 rating that still translates to not being a disaster (he's actually +0.4 by ZR in 40 innings at short this year and it looks like his rating there is low primarily due to range... which, granted, is bad but perhaps not the kind of bad that will cause him to commit 40 errors). May 31: The 1970 World Cup begins in Mexico. In spite of living next door to the proceedings, the US failed to qualify; the North American clubs are Mexico (who gets an automatic berth for hosting) and El Salvador (who gets in because they have a big lizard in their backyard) (10 points for the reference!). May 31: The first round of All-Star voting is out. I'd dump it here but there doesn't appear to be an easy way to push it into a text file where I can copy and paste it. Anyway in the AL Boston Red Sox 1B Mike Miller (.291, 10, 29) is the top vote-getter in the AL, although Yankees first-sacker Alex Cardenas (.342, 9, 26) is 3,000 votes behind. I guess fans are filling out ballots and only putting their favorite Lou Gehrig lookalike... in the NL, the #1 guy is Mets 1B Joshua "Superman" Waltenbery (.313, 8, 32), although at least here the #2 guy is not a 1B; it's Braves' 2B Kevin Dwyer (.360, 10, 29), who's having an amazing season while the rest of his team crumbles. May 31: Cuban emigre and Cubs SP Javy Obregon (2-2, 6.13) got some bad, bad news today: he'll miss most of the rest of the season with torn ankle ligaments. This come right on the heels of the Cubbies trading their best reliever in Chad Nies in exchange for propping up the rotation in case Obregon's injury was worse than expected so needless to say, north siders are... I wouldn't want to call it breathing a sigh of relief, exactly, but breathing a sigh of being Even Steven if we want to call that a thing. May 31: Yankees RP Chris Wilson (2-0, 2.22) is straight-up past the point of demanding to be put into the rotation and wants a trade. I'm looking back on his career now and he was actually pretty good up to around the age of 30 (in 1967) but has really not played very often or very effectively since then. He's doing okay now. though. Knowing he wants that trade I'm going to drop him into the rotation anyway, where he'll replace 24 year old Jake Powers (1-0, 2.57). Powers looks like the real deal but on the other hand the Yankees are still in the mindset that they can contend so they'll try their hand with the guy who 31-9 between 1963 and 1964. May 31 (evening): And a look at power rankings... 1st (10th) Cincinnati 30-20 .600 2nd (1st) Houston 31-19 .620 3rd (3rd) New York 30-18 .625 4th (7th) Chicago (N) 25-19 .568 5th (2nd) Minnesota 27-18 .600 Just when you think Cincinnati is over with, they go 6-1... playing San Diego and Montreal will do that for you. Also, the top 4 team are all in the NL, which is a little scary (although this is of course based on how they're all doing in the league and there's no interleague play in 1970 so it's more that the AL has more parity). As you'd expect the Reds are the biggest risers, although the Cleveland Indians (22-21) surged from 18th to 9th as well. Oakland (23-21) took the biggest drop from 5th to 12th. 20th (16th) Kansas City 21-25 .457 21st (22nd) Atlanta 17-29 .370 22nd (20th) San Diego 21-32 .396 23rd (23rd) Milwaukee 17-31 .354 24th (24th) Montreal 14-32 .304 The bottom seems as it should be... well, other than Atlanta. The 4 expansion teams hold 4 of the 5 cellar slots. Teams In Review ----------------- May 25: Somehow I've avoided to look at the Kansas City Royals (20-20, 4th AL West). As the record indicates, they've actually been pretty good, but unlike last year "pretty good" hasn't been enough to actually sit on top of the AL West for any length of time. They are only 3 1/2 games out of first so you can kind of say they're contending if you don't look too hard. The offense has been only average (167 runs scored, 6th) and the pitching has been baaad (193 runs allowed, 3rd worst) so you can see that they're overachieving. On the other hand, 20 year old CF Dave Corona (.322, 6, 17) looks like a legitimate superstar in the making. Rotation: Ryan Hicks (3-4, 7.93) was an All-Star for the Royals last year, is 34, and this is a "what have you done for me lately?" league. Also, his stamina is very bad for a starter. I think he pretty much has to go play in the bullpen for a while. I'm dropping in LH specialist Tim Banks (1-0, 1.17) to take his place for now, at least, although Banks is 36 and himself no spring chicken. My excuse is that this is an expansion team. All that said, Eddie Euceda (0-6, 4.97) has also not been good and is also well over 30 (at 35) and so he, too, will make the transition to the bullpen while I call up 29 year old minor league Jose Chavez (5-2, 1.63 at Omaha), who has been tearing up AAA and deserves a trial. Bullpen: All the movement in the rotation necessitated sending down Nick Colucci, who was doing well in AAA but then got pasted in the majors (1-0, 8.10). I don't expect Euceda or Hicks to be given particularly long leashes. Catcher: Jay Byers (.247, 2, 8) is kind of meh but his 45 overall at catcher is due mainly to his bad arm; he's actually got a 55 in handling pitchers, which is comparable enough, at least, to backup Chris Flores' (.212, 0, 1) at the position. I was expecting to switch them out but I... will not. They've been in a straight-up platoon, actually, and I think Byers has played well enough to earn a larger role for now (I'm still spelling him vs. lefties, as he was the LH half of that platoon previously). Third base: I'm not doing anything with him but 3B Jeff Nation (.303, 2, 18) has been the Royals' steal of the offseason. He was the main piece they got back in trading Brian Baldwin (.176, 0, 1) to the Mets. I'm not exactly going to throw a pity party for the Gothams but man, that was a bad move for them. Shortstop: Carlos Altmann (.267, 0, 12) is hitting around the emptiest .267 you can imagine and although he's a very good fielder, he's also 34 and certainly not a long-term answer for the Royals. To help try and accelerate things I sent down his backup Andy Steinmetz (.222, 1, 3), who hit all of .167 last year in 168 at-bats, and replaced him with prospect Nate Sita (.217, 8, 35 at Elmira), who is probably not quite ready with the stick but looks like he could do the job with the glove. I'm calling on him to play every 4th day at short and wave a glove at third when Jeff Nation needs a rest. Left field: Sergio Sicre (.227, 1, 15) is very much still learning the position and he's not hitting well either. That said, I've already dropped him into a platoon role with Kyle Damian (.349, 1, 6) getting the nod vs. LHP and at 24 he's much more likely than a lot of these guys to be a factor on the first real Royals playoff contender. Right field: Carlos Guzman (.231, 4, 19) hit 6 HRs in 179 at-bats last year and that made me want to try him out as a starter. Well, it's plain to see why he's never gotten a shot until now in spite of spending 15 years in the Phillies' international complex and then their minor league system. The power looks like it was a fluke, plus he can't field. To replace him, I'm calling up Cuban refugee RJ Dominguez (.331, 7, 20), who was signed in March and has done absolutely nothing but indicate he could be the Royals RF of the future. Or maybe LF; he's also not the best with the glove (though he's far better than Guzman). All of this puts 38 year old OF Brian Milton (.538, 0, 5) right on the brink of Cutsville; the only thing keeping him around right now is the solid pinch-hitting stroke he provides against LHPs. (I just noticed that the AI sent Steinmetz all the way down to AA when I asked it to handle the minors. Wooow) May 25: The St. Louis Cardinals (19-20, 4th, AL East) have not been ravaged by injuries this year but instead they just haven't been all that good. The run scoring in particular is weirdly average (189, 6th in the NL) whereas the pitching, even with most everyone back, has not held up (197 runs allowed, 9th). I see a team anchored by 1B Justin Stone (.304, 11, 35) and LF Lorenzo Martinez (.265, 11, 31) and I just think "this is a team that should be contending" but so far they haven't even pushed the Cubs for 2nd best. The real culprit though? The defense: dead last in defensive efficiency (.687) and zone rating (-19.7). Rotation: The biggest problem in the regular rotation I see is that TJ Monahan (0-4, 6.15) has been with the club throughout their great run but also has barely ptiched in the past 3 years (a total of 23 starts since 1967) and now it looks like he's just not up to snuff anymore. I'm going to replace him, at least for now, with RH Dusty Collins (2-0, 0.90 in AAA Tulsa). I don't like that the AI saw fit to send him down to AA Arkansas to open the year, and I don't like that he was pretty bad in the majors last year (2-5, 6.16), but everyone else who's there are old men or have some horrific control issues. Bullpen: Monahan is the long relief man, at least for now. I don't have a defined set-up man and that's primarily because outside of RH Adam Eastin (2-1, 1.50, 6 Sv), the bullpen has been sort of trash. Catcher: John Stuart (.212, 2, 13) has really not worked out and I put his usage back to being pulled when he's 85% rested. I've also dropped him down in the order a bit but when everything is clicking he's the best catcher in the NL so no 2-month slump will take him out of a starting role. Second Base: 35 year old Chris Johnson (.211, 1, 10) has been hurt a bunch this year and hasn't been effective when healthy, so I'm going to mix Luke Dunnahoe (.268, 1, 5) into that role a bit more. Dunnahoe played with Philadelphia last year and was a bad shortstop but as a second baseman he looks adequate, at least. Third base: I'm not really sure what to do with Mike Morrison (.244, 1, 6), who's dropped almost 70 points in average from last year. I guess I'll just have to let him play through it. He's been a starter for 4 years and this is the first year he's hitting below .300. Also, he's pretty much the only plus defender in the entire lineup. Shortstop: Tom Depew (.299, 1, 4) is not looking like he's really fit to play 2nd but he's young and unlike seemingly everyone else on this roster he's doing well with the bat. A move to 2nd is almost certainly in his future. For now, he'll stay at short: the Cards have some intriguing prospects at the position but none of them field even as well as Depew does. Center field: Ray Herring (.275, 4, 19) is yet another guy on this roster who doesn't field well enough to play at his position but also isn't hitting super well. Here at least they've got a guy to push him: prospect Jake Leone (.357, 3, 25), a 6th round pick in last year's draft who is hitting very well in AA Arkansas. He also doesn't look like much of a fielder but he stands a (slightly) better chance to become one. For now, he'll split the at-bats vs. righties. May 25: I kind of missed that the Cleveland Indians (18-20, 5th, AL East) lost #20 yesterday until I played today. I guess I thought I'd covered them a while ago. However, they've started to turn things around a bit - 11-9 now in May after a 7-11 April and even at that they opened up May 2-4... so they're on a 9-5 run right now (it was 9-3 before the debacle yesterday). The team as a whole is just looking mediocre statistically - 5th in runs scored with 181, 8th in runs allowed with 173 - but that's kind of what starting awful and then playing great looks like. Rotation: The rotation is still a mess since Dylan Hamilton (3-5, 4.71) had to go in long relief yesterday. All that said, though, I think the poorer performers in the rotation - Hamilton and Andy Lagunas (4-1, 4.53) are starting to come around. Bullpen: I think things are turned around enough that calling up Deshawn Mazyck (1-3, 2.68 at AAA Wichita) will right the ship, although even in the medium term closer Doug Ellis (2-2, 3.91, 2 Sv) is out for the next 3 weeks with... something. He was hurt yesterday with the old diagnosis: unknown (which I refer to as the diagnosis: murder) and I needed to free up the roster slot so he's pre-emptively on the 21 day DL whether it's a longer term injury or not. Otherwise, for now the Tribe is running without a stopper. I guess if Ellis does go down for a while I'll need to name one but for now I'll just try to let everything sort itself out. Catcher: I've decided to move Jonathan House (.274, 2, 11) into a straight platoon with Jason Zimmerman (.261, 1, 4). For one thing, this should allow Zimmerman to not have to come in when House, a lefty hitter, is tired but a good RHP is due up. For another, Zimmerman is a really good defender and House is only kind of average. First base: On the other hand I think I'm going to stick with Ernesto Garcia (.154, 9, 20) as the full-time 1B even though Kyle Kelver is definitely around (.341, 3, 10). Garcia ed the league in HRs last season but this year has gotten into that rut where he's swinging hard at everything. I expect he'll work it out, or at least I'll go with that for the next month and a half or so. Kelver was and still is working in every 3rd game vs. lefties... Right field: I was thinking I was going to have to make a decision on Tommy Pron (.280, 1, 19) but after going through a rough stretch that saw his average dip all the way to .238 he's picked things up over the last week or so. There's still not a lot of power but I feel like that's a worry to make more sense of later, especially since by the RBI count he's still coming through in the clutch (he co-led the league in the category last year with 101, too). May 26: The Baltimore Orioles (23-20, 2nd AL East) are running the reverse Indians route, starting out gangbusters (12-7 in April!) but then slipping apart lately. They're still right in the mix in the early going, although how exactly I'm not sure. The hitting is 8th (169 runs scored) but TBH looks a lot worse than the straight stats suggest - dead last in BA with .228, 2nd worst in OBP with .304 (very un-Earl Weaver like!)... the pitching fortunately has been better (171 runs allowed, 5th) but man, there are some big, big holes in the lineup. Which... this is a team that lost 98 games last year! Even a kind-of May strong run is more than anyone bargained for, I think. Rotation: The rotation is really only missing one guy right now - Yen-ti Wei (2-4, 3.84) is recovering from a blistered finger - but it seems discombobulated to me. I'm going to go ahead and switch out from the 5-man rotation we opened the year with to a 4 man for as long as the O's seem to have a chance. That still puts RH TJ Ziegler (2-2, 4.88) in there, at least until Wei is back, but you've got to do what you've got to do. Bullpen: Montay Luiso (3-1, 0.36, 9 Sv) is doing yeoman's work and kind of covering up for a 'pen that is statistically doing well but kind of... isn't. Like, I just straight up don't trust Dan Schoner (0-1, 2.61, 1 Sv) and his 8:2 BB/K ratio, but at the same time, he's doing stuff so how do I remove him? No real changes for now outside of Mike Overman (2-2, 3.52) moving back here after a start in the rotation; he's the odd man out with the move down to 4 guys. Catcher: Jon Hernandez (.220, 5, 24)'s average is down 40 points but, like, he's hitting for power and coming through in the clutch. I think he's got to stay. He is kind of bad at handling pitchers though. The problem I'm seeing is, his backup Brent Masella (.159, 0, 1) is 36 and doesn't look like he can handle major league pitching any longer. Ugh. Still... First Base: If only Hernandez was hitting a bit better, I'd feel more OK about moving him here. That might still happen this year. John Fleischaker (.197, 2, 2) is the "best" of an awful bunch this year. The other guy who's gotten major at-bats is Devin Cutter (.126, 3, 10), who is already down in AAA. Just, ugh. OKAY I AM DOING IT. Hernandez moves to first and Robert Keith, the 3rd stringer who, now that I look at him, was a Gold Glove award winner at catcher with the Dodgers in 1968, is the new starter there. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Second Base: Danny Fager (.366, 3, 13) literally came off the DL the same day I'm writing this up. Obviously, he's a big bat to have back. He displaces Jorge Padilla (.245, 4, 19), who hit pretty fine for a second baseman but he doesn't play anywhere else and a .297 OBP is not what the Earl Weaver team desires. Left field: Dave Hiatt (.176, 3, 17) was... okay last year, maybe not good enough to truly deserve the shot he's gotten this year, but the O's outfield is really, really thin right now. I'd consider sending down Padilla to learn to play the outfield but to be honest he doesn't have the tools to ever be anything more than mediocre and I just think I can coax more out of these guys. For now, I'm just going to up and give the job to Edgar Colon (.244, 0, 5), who is 34 and screams mediocrity but he's a good fielder and frankly mediocre would be an upgrade right now. Center field: Bryant Tarala (.203, 8, 16) would be an Earl Weaver darling if Earl Weaver existed in this timeline, so the fact that he's stopped hitting singles this month (.148 so far in May) will not concern me. I did move him down in the order from leadoff, which wastes his power... to cleanup. Cleanup might be overkill but hey, dingers, and Danny Fager ought to do well in the #1 slot. Right field: Matt Nugent (.236, 3, 12) is not good but there are way worse spots to worry about here. Also he's only 23 and so kind of keeping up with business in the majors is a bonus in and of itself. May 26: These really do come fast and furious... The Los Angeles Dodgers (22-20, 4th, AL West) have done pretty well to sit just outside of true contention. I think that basically besides CF Danny Hohman the roster has been surprisingly healthy. As you'd expect from a team playing in Chavez Ravine, the offense (176 runs, 7th) is behind the defense (167, 3rd). I still remember the preseason predictions said this team would be awful though and they're legitimately above average. Rotation: Andy "Lizard" Ring (2-5, 6.45) is the only guy I'd seriously consider pulling from the rotation and... come on, the guy's a 4 time All Star and 1967 Cy Young Award winner. He deserves multiple chances. Bullpen: Keith Pacheco (0-0, 2.81) seems like he's recovered from last year's weird malaise. The Dodgers use a 5 man rotation because Dodgers but also like to make heavy use of their bullpen, so they're like an early 90s team almost. The one thing I feel we're missing here is a LOOGY (LOIGY? Left-Handed One Inning GuY?), so I'm going to send Carlos Figueroa (0-0, 6.00) down in favor of Romain Schmidt (1-1, 4.72 in AAA Spokane) who has been meh in the minors and is a known Canadian but he throws from the side I'm looking for and hits the mid-90s on the gun, which for a lefty is like triple digits. Catcher: Eddie Dimmock (.188, 3, 18) is hitting more than 70 points worse than last year and I can't help but think the left-handed batter is getting sad from too many appearances vs. LHP. His backup Mauricio Alvarez (.077, 0, 2) is a bad fielder and was supposed to provide more lefty hitting, which he's not even doing, so I'm sending him down in favor of AA catcher Jason Davis (.244, 0, 16 at Albuquerque), who is the only backstop in the high minors who isn't struggling to stay above the Mendoza Line. He's not the greatest catcher himself but Dimmock is a plus fielder so that doesn't matter as much. Third base: Brian Maccioli (.184, 3, 8) was bad before he got hurt and landed on the DL, so 22 year old Gustavo Reyna (.243, 0, 2) will get every chance to take the position over. He hasn't really taken the opportunity but he's not terrible and carries a good glove. And also, he's not like 40 years old like half the lineup, which is always a bonus. Center field: Nick Harper (.600, 0, 0) has had all of ten at-bats with Butch Magana (.206, 2, 4) joining Danny Hohman on the DL a few days ago. This position is a pretty major minus, to the extent that should the Dodgers continue to stay in the AL West hunt, they'll really need to trade for a stopgap here. May 27: The Cincinnati Reds (26-20, 3rd NL West) are the poster child for the big April then falling off team. Um. I think that sentence makes sense. Anyway, they were 20-8 as of April 7, then went on a bad 1-6 run where the only win was in extras, and have been more or less .500 since. They're still right in there with Houston. It's good hitting (235 runs, 2nd) and strong front-line starting pitching (193 in runs allowed, only 8th) that's getting things going for them so far. Rotation: I'm not at all impressed by Tom Bertan (2-3, 5.13), who is averaging less than 6 IP per start so far, but organization-wide starting pitching is on the thin side. As it is, Bertan was added from California over the offseason. Bill Vanover (1-2, 3.72) just had a really nice spot start yesterday against San Diego (8 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) but I think Bertan will stay in there for now. Bullpen: The 'pen is actually 3rd in the NL in ERA (2.95), which is surprising to me because Ricky Rosas (2-2, 2.49, 9 Sv) has had a pretty rocky May (1-2 4.32 ERA) and usually that is kind of an indicative, um, thing. Nevertheless I'll leave these guys mostly alone because why try to fix a thing that isn't broken in the first place? Catcher: I only mention Oliver Williams (.312, 2, 24) here because he's been hitting so well that I'm pulling him out of the customary 8th hole in the lineup. Williams is new to the job here; Mike Perez was an All-Star for them last year but was shipped off to the Angels. Maybe there's something in that gross chili they eat there that makes catchers hit well? Right Field: There are guys who aren't hitting super well - LF Junior Cannon (.275, 4, 17) has been a far cry from the insane half-year he had in '69, for example - but Justin Jensen (.179, 9, 22) is the only guy on the roster who's really and truly in a slump right now. Still, he's leading the team in HRs and is driving guys in when it counts, so he's most certainly still got a spot in this lineup. May 29: I'm as surprised as anybody else that the Oakland Athletics (22-20, 3rd AL West) have been doing this well. Like, not even 75-87 levels of "improved"; these guys are legitimately contending in the AL West this year. A slightly closer look reveals that they're pretty average on both sides of the ball (6th in runs scored in the AL, 6th in runs allowed) but, like, that's still a huge, huge improvement over last year. Rotation: The A's rotation has been mostly pretty solid; the only two guys with ERAs over 4 who have started games for the A's this year are the two options they've used as the 5th starter, 26 year old Lee Barnard (0-1, 5.50) and 30 year old Jose Rubio (1-0, 5.82). For the sake of the bigger picture I think Barnard is closer to the A's future needs than Rubio so I went ahead and swapped them back out (I believe Rubio started the year on the DL and I dropped him into the rotation in place of Barnard when he came back). I guess this really screams for a 4 man setup but I think that's taking things a bit too far with a team that lost 112 games last season. Bullpen: No really awful parts here, at least now that Adam Cheeseman is gone to San Diego. Well... Jose Rubio was bad as a SP but does that really count? The next weakest link is LOIGY Danny Weichert (2-0, 4,58), and I do have a lot of lefties in this 'pen already, but on the other hand the guy's struck out 19 batters in 22.1 innings this year so the .360 opponents' BA he's yielding seems unnaturally high... Second Base: Rich Potter (.225, 0, 13) has lost 72 points off of his average compared to a year ago and that makes him singularly useless at the plate. He's still a decent fielder at 2B (I was about to say "plus" but his ZR indicates he's been slightly negative this year at -1.1 runs saved). A look at the minors indicates that our 2nd best 2B prospect is in AAA and is mashing - Ruben Molina (.362, 0, 12 in Iowa) - and I can't just ignore that, I don't think. I'm calling him up and releasing backup 3B Preston Beall (.333, 0, 3), who has barely played this year. Potter seems better suited for a utility role anyway. Third base: Chase Jones (.207, 6, 27) has been struggling a little at the plate, though he's been fine in the clutch, and perhaps more importantly he hasn't committed a single error at third base this season, which is a little amazing considering there are a couple guys in this league with sub-.900 FAs at that position. Shortstop: I really, raelly don't like former Pilots guy Gil Wilson (.242, 2, 8) here but this is a position where the A's farm isn't quite ready to go (also, Wilson is only 27 I guess) so instead I'm going to semi-platoon Potter in at this position. Potter plays shortstop like a below average second baseman so he is not long-term viable here. May 29: The San Francisco Giants (27-20, 3rd, NL West) have been lying in wait all season, hoping for the guys in front of them to slip a little. Thus far, the Reds have made that slip I guess but the Astros are still proving the better team. SF is built around pitching and defense (168 runs allowed, 2nd best in the NL and 208 runs scored are only 5th), although I guess at that it's primarily pitching, as by ZR they're only 7th and defensive efficiency is 2nd worst in the NL. Rotation: They're running a 4 man rotation and it looks just fine to me. I don't know exactly what to do with Roy Holm (3-6, 3.96), who is one of the pre-eminent strikeout pitchers in the game but also gives up a lot of walks and HRs, which is why his career record is only 143-157. For now, he's good enough to stick in the rotation. Down the line? He's probably a reliever once he gets into his later 30s (he's already 34 so the clock, it ticks already). Bullpen: The Giants traded for LOIGY Sam Williams (1-1, 7.50) 10 days ago and he has still yet to make his San Francisco debut. I mean, he seems... volatile. For now I'm leaving the 'pen intact as well, although it's certainly not in fine a shape as the rotation so far. I'm going to slightly change the formatting up on this, in case there's, like, nothing to report on or something, I don't know... Infield: SS Masayuki Kojima (.139, 1, 6) has done nothing this year to indicate he should be in the majors - he's not even a good fielder - but his putative backup Mario Guevara (.312, 5, 18) is 39 and an even worse fielder out there. UGH and both the AAA and AA guys at short are organizational soldiers who are also on the wrong side of 30. I really, really don't want to give the job back to Guevara but I feel I have no choice... Outfield: Scott Lammers (.180, 5, 20) led the team in HRs last year but he still wasn't thaaat good and he isn't exactly a superstar in the field either. I think the time has come to call back OF Will Hartmann (.500, 0, 2), who'd been sent down because he wasn't getting PT in the majors, and just give him this spot. Even if he can't hit - and there's a very good chance that the 24 year old will outhit Lammers - he'll be a much, much better defender as he's a converted CF. May 30: Like I said, these seem to come in bunches, especially when the league is going PARITY LEAGUE mode (which maybe isn't the case but then again nobody's on pace to win 100 right now)... ANYWAY, the California Angels (25-20, 2nd AL West) are so far following up a surprising 83-79 finish in 1969 with some legit good play. They're also at least slightly young; just one guy in their lineup (catcher Mike Perez (.206, 6, 17)) is over 30 and only #1 starter Dustin Beaulieu (4-4, 2.70) passes the Logan's Age barrier in the rotation. I'm a bit surprised TBH that the lineup has been so healthy (3rd in the AL with 207 runs scored) and the pitching staff, well, plays in the Big A (4th in runs allowed, 175, although dead last in Ks). Rotation: I am sooo unsure as to what to do with Paul Kahl (4-5, 3.64). Dude is averaging 1.2 K/9 but he's been more or less league average so far because... I feel like it's smoke and mirrors but this is basically what he's done. Well... he struck out 4 batters per 9 2 years ago so not really. IRL this would scream "Kahl has an undiagnosed arm injury" but in-game he just can't miss bats I guess. Anyway, those are a lot of words to justify not taking him out of the rotation just yet. I do feel like we may transition to a 4-man though. The only thing stopping me, really, is that it's basically 5 guys who give you ERAs in the mid-3s as opposed to being at all top-heavy. Bullpen: I do think I'm going to demote stopper Bong-ok Park (1-4, 5.64, 4 Sv) out of his role. I keep thinking "yeah, he's bad because he got ripped in the first week", which is true but it's late May now and it's safe to say that he's just gotten beat up a lot. His replacement (for now) Bubba Touchton (0-0, 1.90) isn't missing bats but does have one of the best curveballs in the game, and I'm moving his best friend Tanzan Kihara (0-0, 1.96) up to the setup role. This also allows me to shunt Park all the way down into the lefty specialist role. Infield: The closest thing I see to someone with a tenuous hold on their job in the infield is 2B Chance Hopka (.229, 0, 11) and that's mostly because Mauricio Mendez (.294, 1, 3) was great last year and I'd like to find a spot in the lineup for him. I'll start mixing Mendez in a bit more aggressively. We'll see! I also noticed that 3B Kristian Schneider (.326, 1, 13 with CAL) has a sub-.900 FA at third in spite of being a 60 overall there. He does have an error of just 45. Pete Jennings (.324, 4, 27) could move back there I guess except that he also barely had a plus-.900 FA at the hot corner this year. I'll keep a lookout... Outfield: All three spots are pretty well set. 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LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST Team W L WPct GB R RA Boston Red Sox 26 19 .578 - 208 181 Baltimore Orioles 26 22 .542 1½ 195 193 New York Yankees 26 23 .531 2 241 184 Cleveland Indians 22 21 .512 3 211 188 Detroit Tigers 21 23 .477 4½ 171 173 Washington Senators 19 27 .413 7½ 164 195 LEAGUE STANDINGS WEST Team W L WPct GB R RA Minnesota Twins 27 18 .600 - 179 170 California Angels 25 22 .532 3 215 188 Oakland Athletics 23 21 .523 3½ 203 193 Chicago White Sox 23 24 .489 5 237 229 Kansas City Royals 21 25 .457 6½ 188 230 Milwaukee Brewers 17 31 .354 11½ 153 241 LEAGUE BATTING STATS Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS New York Yankees 4.9 241 49 1674 434 72 12 62 207 299 17 .259 .343 .428 .771 Chicago White Sox 5.0 237 47 1638 454 80 12 34 155 260 21 .277 .342 .403 .745 California Angels 4.6 215 47 1625 448 72 13 31 126 262 31 .276 .326 .393 .719 Cleveland Indians 4.9 211 43 1553 433 68 7 47 128 189 9 .279 .335 .422 .757 Boston Red Sox 4.6 208 45 1566 406 67 7 41 148 253 16 .259 .325 .390 .715 Oakland Athletics 4.6 203 44 1547 424 62 6 38 154 210 7 .274 .341 .396 .737 Baltimore Orioles 4.1 195 48 1607 366 53 12 46 181 350 34 .228 .308 .362 .669 Kansas City Royals 4.1 188 46 1562 404 70 14 27 191 248 25 .259 .341 .373 .714 Minnesota Twins 4.0 179 45 1515 363 71 13 43 163 279 14 .240 .313 .389 .702 Detroit Tigers 3.9 171 44 1524 387 67 12 37 124 283 23 .254 .310 .386 .697 Washington Senators 3.6 164 46 1576 397 56 14 23 125 265 29 .252 .310 .349 .659 Milwaukee Brewers 3.2 153 48 1625 386 76 9 18 134 280 29 .238 .295 .329 .624 TOTALS 4.3 2365 552 19012 4902 814 131 447 1836 3178 255 .258 .324 .385 .709 LEAGUE PITCHING STATS Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP Minnesota Twins 3.8 170 45 15 2 10 3.45 401.2 408 28 114 292 1.30 .262 .304 Detroit Tigers 3.9 173 44 10 3 9 3.46 403.1 378 34 168 306 1.35 .252 .295 Boston Red Sox 4.0 181 45 12 5 8 3.32 409.0 395 29 155 330 1.34 .253 .303 New York Yankees 3.8 184 49 15 4 6 3.38 431.0 431 40 107 282 1.25 .259 .289 California Angels 4.0 188 47 12 3 4 3.60 422.2 406 35 162 182 1.34 .252 .264 Cleveland Indians 4.4 188 43 8 3 6 3.84 393.1 383 47 144 247 1.34 .254 .275 Baltimore Orioles 4.0 193 48 9 3 12 3.55 438.1 418 42 163 201 1.33 .253 .266 Oakland Athletics 4.4 193 44 6 1 6 3.60 398.0 385 45 167 274 1.39 .251 .277 Washington Senators 4.2 195 46 12 3 6 3.72 411.1 371 28 147 253 1.26 .241 .269 Chicago White Sox 4.9 229 47 7 2 8 4.43 412.1 410 50 178 283 1.43 .260 .286 Kansas City Royals 5.0 230 46 10 2 9 4.16 413.0 453 35 178 265 1.53 .276 .310 Milwaukee Brewers 5.0 241 48 9 3 6 4.51 424.2 464 34 153 263 1.45 .277 .309 TOTALS 4.3 2365 552 125 34 90 3.75 4958.2 4902 447 1836 3178 1.36 .258 .287 LEAGUE MISCELLANEOUS STATS Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW Attendance Payroll Balance Milwaukee Brewers 15 33 2 0 20 0 0 1 0 482,888 $421,035 $939,761 Detroit Tigers 22 22 -1 0 20 0 0 2 4 295,181 $612,641 $772,780 Boston Red Sox 25 20 1 0 24 1 5 0 12 368,129 $732,283 $344,112 New York Yankees 30 19 -4 0 45 3 1 0 1 406,674 $782,153 $2,936,962 California Angels 26 21 -1 0 17 0 0 0 6 293,643 $633,021 -$33,269 Cleveland Indians 24 19 -2 0 12 0 0 0 2 306,873 $605,450 $595,333 Baltimore Orioles 24 24 2 0 25 0 1 2 6 446,923 $660,814 $1,260,769 Oakland Athletics 23 21 0 0 24 1 0 0 4 269,094 $410,734 $210,526 Washington Senators 19 27 0 0 17 0 0 1 4 308,394 $567,987 $219,648 Chicago White Sox 24 23 -1 0 18 0 1 0 5 358,456 $619,419 $1,137,912 Kansas City Royals 19 27 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 501,338 $398,293 $1,807,761 Minnesota Twins 24 21 3 0 49 6 1 2 5 338,173 $725,487 $935,477 League Batting Leaderboards Batting AVG A. Flores WAS .364 W. Vargas CHW .362 G. Thompson DET .353 F. Martinez MIL .345 M. Schurke OAK .337 On-Base PCT W. Vargas CHW .441 D. Corona KC .439 T. Weiss NYY .415 J. Marsden OAK .413 M. Perez BAL .405 Slugging PCT D. Villegas DET .605 D. Corona KC .557 A. Cardenas NYY .550 D. Decker OAK .517 T. Stover NYY .513 On-Base + Slugging D. Corona KC .996 D. Villegas DET .979 A. Cardenas NYY .952 W. Vargas CHW .922 T. Weiss NYY .915 wRC+ A. Cardenas NYY 175 D. Corona KC 170 D. Villegas DET 167 T. Stover NYY 161 J. Marsden OAK 160 WAR O. Handa BOS 2.4 M. Perez BAL 2.3 B. Tarala BAL 2.3 T. Stover NYY 2.2 A. Cardenas NYY 2.1 Runs Created / 27 outs A. Cardenas NYY 8.9 D. Corona KC 8.8 D. Villegas DET 8.4 T. Weiss NYY 8.1 W. Vargas CHW 8.1 Isolated Power D. Villegas DET .309 T. Stover NYY .253 B. Tarala BAL .237 D. Corona KC .233 L. Morgenstern MIN .228 Games M. Nugent BAL 48 J. Blevins BAL 47 A. Cardenas NYY 47 D. Field NYY 47 J. Henderson CHW 47 At-Bats B. Long CHW 198 T. Brown CHW 197 O. Handa BOS 195 N. Hodge CAL 193 J. Ayala DET 190 Runs D. Decker OAK 36 A. Cardenas NYY 35 B. Tarala BAL 34 T. Brown CHW 33 D. Corona KC 33 Hits W. Vargas CHW 67 A. Cardenas NYY 63 J. Johnson CLE 62 M. Perez BAL 62 T. Brown CHW 61 Total Bases A. Cardenas NYY 104 T. Brown CHW 98 D. Corona KC 98 D. Decker OAK 92 D. Villegas DET 92 Singles J. Johnson CLE 54 M. Perez BAL 53 W. Vargas CHW 53 P. Jennings CAL 47 G. Thompson DET 47 Doubles D. Field NYY 14 C. Contreras DET 13 D. Corona KC 13 T. Pron CLE 13 R. Berman MIL 12 Triples S. Veneziano WAS 6 D. Corona KC 5 R. Berman MIL 4 L. Morgenstern MIN 4 G. Thompson DET 4 Home Runs D. Villegas DET 14 F. Meneses NYY 11 T. Stover NYY 11 E. Garcia CLE 10 A. Martinez MIN 10 Runs Batted In T. Stover NYY 37 J. Lewis CHW 35 D. Villegas DET 35 F. Meneses NYY 31 W. Vargas CHW 31 Stolen Bases A. Romero CAL 18 G. Thompson DET 13 D. Corona KC 12 M. Perez BAL 11 W. Vargas CHW 11 Bases On Balls B. Tarala BAL 38 D. Corona KC 37 M. Brookes MIN 34 T. Stover NYY 34 T. Weiss NYY 33 Intentional Walks W. Vargas CHW 9 D. Corona KC 7 M. Brookes MIN 6 J. Villasenor MIN 5 T. Weiss NYY 5 Hit-By-Pitch K. Damian KC 4 J. Dolak BOS 4 T. Brown CHW 3 D. Fager BAL 3 M. Miller BOS 3 Strikeouts B. Tarala BAL 49 J. Victoria MIL 47 M. Perez CAL 46 J. Ayala DET 43 M. Mullen DET 43 Sacrifice Hits K. Coffey WAS 8 C. Benavides MIN 7 J. Kindberg BOS 7 V. Akright DET 6 O. Olthof NYY 6 Sacrifice Flies C. Adams CAL 5 J. Escobar OAK 4 B. Tarala BAL 4 M. Brookes MIN 3 N. DeBoer WAS 3 League Pitching Leaderboards ERA T. Mosher NYY 1.93 C. McGranahan OAK 2.39 S. Hinojosa BOS 2.42 C. Benavides MIN 2.51 T. White KC 2.69 Wins A. Ramos MIN 8 D. Caneas NYY 7 J. Matthews CLE 7 H. Giron BAL 6 S. Hinojosa BOS 6 Losses D. Ballard NYY 7 J. Kratky MIL 7 C. Benavides MIN 6 B. Bruno WAS 6 E. Euceda KC 6 Winning PCT A. Ramos MIN .889 A. Lagunas CLE .833 H. Giron BAL .750 S. Hinojosa BOS .750 R. O'Neal OAK .750 Saves M. Luiso BAL 10 M. Brock BOS 7 B. Munoz KC 7 W. Chavez WAS 6 A. Madrigal DET 6 Games Pitched M. Post CHW 22 J. Howard MIL 21 M. Luiso BAL 19 B. Munoz KC 19 F. Uscanga OAK 19 Games Started C. Benavides MIN 13 D. Caneas NYY 12 J. Matthews CLE 12 T. Mosher NYY 12 A. Ramos MIN 12 Complete Games T. Mosher NYY 8 C. Benavides MIN 6 A. Ramos MIN 6 E. Molina DET 5 K. Coffey WAS 4 Shutouts J. Kindberg BOS 3 J. Matthews CLE 3 C. Daugharty WAS 2 T. Mosher NYY 2 O. Olthof NYY 2 Innings Pitched C. Benavides MIN 104.0 T. Mosher NYY 102.1 A. Ramos MIN 93.0 J. Matthews CLE 91.2 D. Caneas NYY 87.1 Hits Allowed D. Caneas NYY 101 A. Ramos MIN 98 C. Benavides MIN 93 D. Ballard NYY 88 O. Olthof NYY 85 Home Runs Allowed R. Mendoza CHW 15 D. Caneas NYY 13 E. Tyler KC 10 G. Lueders CHW 9 A. Williams CAL 9 Walks Allowed M. Chavez KC 44 R. Shelton OAK 41 C. Villalpando BAL 39 J. Kindberg BOS 38 V. Akright DET 36 Walks per 9 IP T. Mosher NYY 1.4 O. Olthof NYY 1.5 A. Ramos MIN 1.5 H. Giron BAL 1.6 C. Olivares MIL 1.7 Strikeouts E. Molina DET 78 J. Kindberg BOS 76 C. Benavides MIN 73 S. Hinojosa BOS 68 A. Ramos MIN 68 Strikeouts per 9 IP R. Ortiz OAK 10.1 E. Molina DET 9.2 J. Kindberg BOS 8.2 S. Hinojosa BOS 7.8 M. Sanchez BOS 7.6 K/BB O. Olthof NYY 4.5 A. Ramos MIN 4.2 T. Mosher NYY 3.9 M. Sanchez BOS 3.4 E. Molina DET 3.4 WHIP T. Mosher NYY 0.88 C. Daugharty WAS 1.00 C. McGranahan OAK 1.08 E. Molina DET 1.13 D. Beaulieu CAL 1.14 Hits per 9 IP C. Daugharty WAS 5.6 T. Mosher NYY 6.5 V. Akright DET 7.2 R. Ortiz OAK 7.2 E. Molina DET 7.4 Opponents AVG C. Daugharty WAS .181 T. Mosher NYY .198 R. Ortiz OAK .220 D. Beaulieu CAL .225 E. Molina DET .226 Opponents OBP T. Mosher NYY .237 C. Daugharty WAS .261 C. McGranahan OAK .270 D. Beaulieu CAL .283 O. Olthof NYY .285 Opponents SLG T. Mosher NYY .270 C. Daugharty WAS .278 V. Akright DET .296 C. McGranahan OAK .320 E. Molina DET .323 Opponents OPS T. Mosher NYY .507 C. Daugharty WAS .540 C. McGranahan OAK .590 E. Molina DET .611 V. Akright DET .614 BABIP C. Daugharty WAS .213 T. Mosher NYY .226 D. Beaulieu CAL .230 C. McGranahan OAK .238 G. Bruno CAL .248 WAR T. Mosher NYY 3.1 C. Benavides MIN 2.8 O. Olthof NYY 2.7 J. Kindberg BOS 2.6 A. Ramos MIN 2.6 Minnesota isn't running away with it but they do own the best record in the AL and are a full series up on the next two guys. It does feel, much more this year than last, like this division benefits from having two expansion teams in it to kick around a lot. I mean, even the A's have a winning record. The A's! National League Code:
LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST Team W L WPct GB R RA New York Mets 30 18 .625 - 205 180 Chicago Cubs 25 19 .568 3 249 195 Pittsburgh Pirates 24 25 .490 6½ 180 191 St. Louis Cardinals 22 23 .489 6½ 207 223 Philadelphia Phillies 21 26 .447 8½ 181 198 Montreal Expos 14 32 .304 15 142 255 LEAGUE STANDINGS WEST Team W L WPct GB R RA Houston Astros 31 19 .620 - 263 208 Cincinnati Reds 30 20 .600 1 270 199 San Francisco Giants 29 21 .580 2 216 174 Los Angeles Dodgers 24 24 .500 6 192 188 San Diego Padres 21 32 .396 11½ 221 254 Atlanta Braves 17 29 .370 12 198 259 LEAGUE BATTING STATS Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS Cincinnati Reds 5.4 270 50 1706 469 63 13 41 230 301 25 .275 .361 .399 .760 Houston Astros 5.3 263 50 1775 471 82 13 56 184 255 23 .265 .339 .421 .759 Chicago Cubs 5.7 249 44 1576 460 76 15 55 127 250 20 .292 .346 .464 .810 San Diego Padres 4.2 221 53 1789 426 56 15 55 189 350 30 .238 .312 .378 .690 San Francisco Giants 4.3 216 50 1724 439 68 9 44 180 288 21 .255 .327 .381 .708 St. Louis Cardinals 4.6 207 45 1570 416 81 9 41 164 264 11 .265 .334 .406 .741 New York Mets 4.3 205 48 1562 370 57 13 40 199 274 20 .237 .323 .367 .690 Atlanta Braves 4.3 198 46 1600 397 56 11 47 151 257 26 .248 .315 .385 .700 Los Angeles Dodgers 4.0 192 48 1596 384 59 5 43 151 279 6 .241 .309 .365 .673 Philadelphia Phillies 3.9 181 47 1592 408 63 6 37 169 285 14 .256 .331 .373 .704 Pittsburgh Pirates 3.7 180 49 1665 415 66 13 27 169 252 13 .249 .322 .353 .675 Montreal Expos 3.1 142 46 1576 376 63 12 35 158 298 4 .239 .311 .360 .671 TOTALS 4.4 2524 576 19731 5031 790 134 521 2071 3353 213 .255 .328 .388 .715 LEAGUE PITCHING STATS Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP San Francisco Giants 3.5 174 50 13 7 12 2.89 458.0 428 42 151 346 1.26 .248 .286 New York Mets 3.8 180 48 9 3 15 3.37 430.0 413 37 182 330 1.38 .250 .291 Los Angeles Dodgers 3.9 188 48 12 5 8 3.44 427.0 395 33 183 324 1.35 .244 .284 Pittsburgh Pirates 3.9 191 49 17 7 5 3.62 442.1 423 29 123 278 1.23 .252 .285 Chicago Cubs 4.4 195 44 8 4 11 4.16 389.1 376 52 166 236 1.39 .257 .273 Philadelphia Phillies 4.2 198 47 9 4 8 3.57 418.0 404 43 158 259 1.34 .250 .272 Cincinnati Reds 4.0 199 50 9 3 13 3.49 448.1 408 43 145 361 1.23 .239 .278 Houston Astros 4.2 208 50 12 1 11 3.73 458.2 442 39 183 273 1.36 .254 .279 St. Louis Cardinals 5.0 223 45 9 1 9 4.24 408.0 416 42 154 236 1.40 .264 .284 San Diego Padres 4.8 254 53 8 2 7 4.34 467.0 465 51 241 244 1.51 .261 .275 Montreal Expos 5.5 255 46 7 1 5 4.90 409.2 431 50 226 245 1.60 .273 .293 Atlanta Braves 5.6 259 46 4 2 9 4.93 414.0 430 60 159 221 1.42 .271 .279 TOTALS 4.4 2524 576 117 40 113 3.87 5170.1 5031 521 2071 3353 1.37 .255 .281 LEAGUE MISCELLANEOUS STATS Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW Attendance Payroll Balance Atlanta Braves 17 29 0 0 41 3 1 0 2 296,009 $736,512 $958,931 New York Mets 27 21 3 0 27 0 0 3 12 606,497 $682,756 $2,324,805 Los Angeles Dodgers 24 24 0 0 25 1 1 1 3 538,093 $646,099 $1,854,794 Pittsburgh Pirates 23 26 1 0 17 0 0 1 11 300,546 $660,996 $357,460 Chicago Cubs 27 17 -2 0 26 1 0 1 5 328,134 $681,646 $475,114 Philadelphia Phillies 22 25 -1 0 10 0 0 0 5 255,950 $582,069 $507,745 Cincinnati Reds 32 18 -2 0 21 0 0 2 5 304,636 $728,304 -$99,328 Houston Astros 30 20 1 0 27 0 0 1 5 421,459 $618,951 $1,160,485 St. Louis Cardinals 21 24 1 0 38 6 0 1 3 478,195 $634,844 $1,812,377 San Diego Padres 23 30 -2 0 6 0 0 0 3 506,091 $487,514 $1,710,222 Montreal Expos 12 34 2 0 17 0 0 0 5 347,389 $409,529 $1,033,019 San Francisco Giants 30 20 -1 0 31 0 2 1 6 465,304 $650,846 $1,093,762 League Batting Leaderboards Batting AVG P. Ortiz CIN .397 J. Workman CHC .392 K. Dwyer ATL .367 B. Cooper SF .360 A. Powell PHI .349 On-Base PCT P. Ortiz CIN .466 B. Kraljevic CIN .466 J. Waltenbery NYM .452 J. Stone STL .425 K. Dwyer ATL .424 Slugging PCT J. Workman CHC .734 N. Hernandez SD .660 J. Stone STL .645 J. Weaver HOU .645 K. Dwyer ATL .633 On-Base + Slugging J. Workman CHC 1.156 J. Stone STL 1.070 K. Dwyer ATL 1.057 N. Hernandez SD 1.042 P. Ortiz CIN 1.030 wRC+ J. Workman CHC 218 K. Dwyer ATL 198 N. Hernandez SD 193 J. Stone STL 192 P. Ortiz CIN 192 WAR P. Ortiz CIN 3.8 N. Hernandez SD 3.5 B. Kraljevic CIN 3.3 K. Dwyer ATL 3.2 J. Stone STL 2.8 Runs Created / 27 outs J. Workman CHC 12.7 K. Dwyer ATL 11.4 J. Stone STL 10.4 P. Ortiz CIN 10.3 J. Waltenbery NYM 9.4 Isolated Power J. Weaver HOU .377 N. Hernandez SD .351 J. Workman CHC .343 L. Martinez STL .341 J. Stone STL .326 Games A. Fujimoto SD 50 N. Hernandez SD 50 K. Landry SD 50 S. Clark CIN 49 J. Everhart SF 49 At-Bats P. Ortiz CIN 204 B. Cooper SF 203 B. Heyen SF 203 S. Clark CIN 202 J. Lopez HOU 201 Runs P. Ortiz CIN 45 J. Weaver HOU 43 B. Kraljevic CIN 41 N. Hernandez SD 39 K. Dwyer ATL 37 Hits P. Ortiz CIN 81 B. Cooper SF 73 K. Dwyer ATL 66 R. Disla LAD 64 J. Lockhart HOU 64 Total Bases N. Hernandez SD 126 J. Weaver HOU 118 P. Ortiz CIN 115 K. Dwyer ATL 114 J. Stone STL 111 Singles P. Ortiz CIN 63 B. Cooper SF 58 P. Stewart PHI 53 R. Disla LAD 52 J. Lockhart HOU 52 Doubles K. Dwyer ATL 14 J. Stone STL 14 A. van Zanten MON 14 A. Owens MON 13 J. Coffey PHI 12 Triples P. Ortiz CIN 8 N. Hernandez SD 7 A. Martinez PIT 7 J. Taylor CHC 6 E. Griffin LAD 4 Home Runs J. Weaver HOU 20 N. Hernandez SD 16 J. Everhart SF 13 J. Workman CHC 13 L. Martinez STL 12 Runs Batted In J. Weaver HOU 51 N. Hernandez SD 42 J. Stone STL 39 J. Workman CHC 39 T. Mock SF 38 Stolen Bases B. Cooper SF 10 M. Wendt CIN 10 J. Lopez HOU 9 S. Gabel CHC 8 P. Ortiz CIN 8 Bases On Balls B. Kraljevic CIN 46 J. Waltenbery NYM 40 D. Garcia SD 38 J. Everhart SF 36 C. Wilkes CIN 33 Intentional Walks B. Cooper SF 6 J. Waltenbery NYM 6 B. Wilcox NYM 5 C. Campbell SF 4 J. Lopez HOU 4 Hit-By-Pitch J. Coffey PHI 4 R. Dietrich ATL 4 C. Granneman LAD 4 B. Heyen SF 4 J. Lawson PIT 4 Strikeouts J. Staiti LAD 49 J. Stuart STL 47 M. Wendt CIN 46 J. Jensen CIN 45 V. Serna PHI 45 Sacrifice Hits J. McCauley STL 10 M. Gaddi PHI 9 S. Waiters CIN 8 A. Castillo LAD 7 M. Johnston CIN 7 Sacrifice Flies B. Jackson PIT 5 B. Kraljevic CIN 5 L. Martinez STL 5 J. Staiti LAD 5 S. Clark CIN 4 League Pitching Leaderboards ERA M. Stuckey SF 2.24 F. Apolonio LAD 2.25 J. Beane NYM 2.28 J. Mash NYM 2.49 R. Rivera SF 2.52 Wins S. Waiters CIN 9 J. Beane NYM 8 J. Hagan CIN 8 M. Stuckey SF 8 F. Apolonio LAD 7 Losses P. Farr MON 8 R. Andrade LAD 7 D. Cheeves PIT 7 T. Dean ATL 6 R. Holm SF 6 Winning PCT S. Waiters CIN .900 J. Mash NYM .875 J. McCauley STL .875 F. Apolonio LAD .778 M. Gaddi PHI .778 Saves G. Saus NYM 13 J. Booth SF 11 R. Rosas CIN 10 J. Douglas HOU 9 J. Winn ATL 9 Games Pitched J. Booth SF 25 A. Eastin STL 21 P. Lemus PIT 21 C. Nies CHC 21 G. Saus NYM 21 Games Started E. Carrillo NYM 13 J. Mullett HOU 13 M. Stuckey SF 13 T. Dean ATL 12 M. Gaddi PHI 12 Complete Games F. Apolonio LAD 6 J. Battaglia PIT 6 R. Rivera SF 6 J. Beane NYM 5 M. Gaddi PHI 5 Shutouts V. Marin CHC 3 M. Stuckey SF 3 R. Aguilar SD 2 F. Apolonio LAD 2 J. Battaglia PIT 2 Innings Pitched M. Stuckey SF 100.2 S. Waiters CIN 99.2 M. Gaddi PHI 93.0 R. Rivera SF 93.0 T. Rivera HOU 91.2 Hits Allowed M. Stuckey SF 97 J. Mullett HOU 92 E. Carrillo NYM 90 K. Pennock ATL 89 R. Aguilar SD 86 Home Runs Allowed K. Pennock ATL 15 F. Carranza ATL 13 B. Lucas CHC 13 J. Moreno SD 11 R. Rivera SF 11 Walks Allowed E. Carrillo NYM 57 J. Mullett HOU 49 M. Navarro MON 46 R. Andrade LAD 45 J. Agudo PHI 44 Walks per 9 IP R. Rivera SF 1.2 S. Waiters CIN 1.7 V. Sanchez ATL 1.8 M. Gaddi PHI 1.9 S. Arango PIT 1.9 Strikeouts E. Carrillo NYM 93 S. Waiters CIN 91 R. Holm SF 86 M. Gaddi PHI 78 J. Hagan CIN 73 Strikeouts per 9 IP E. Carrillo NYM 9.5 R. Holm SF 8.7 M. Navarro MON 8.5 S. Waiters CIN 8.2 J. Hagan CIN 7.9 K/BB R. Rivera SF 6.1 S. Waiters CIN 4.8 M. Gaddi PHI 3.9 S. Arango PIT 3.4 J. Battaglia PIT 2.5 WHIP R. Rivera SF 0.92 J. Battaglia PIT 0.95 S. Waiters CIN 1.01 M. Gaddi PHI 1.02 V. Sanchez ATL 1.06 Hits per 9 IP J. Agudo PHI 6.2 J. Battaglia PIT 6.4 R. Salinas LAD 6.6 R. Rivera SF 7.2 M. Gaddi PHI 7.3 Opponents AVG J. Agudo PHI .193 J. Battaglia PIT .197 R. Salinas LAD .206 R. Rivera SF .214 M. Gaddi PHI .217 Opponents OBP R. Rivera SF .247 J. Battaglia PIT .250 M. Gaddi PHI .260 S. Waiters CIN .263 V. Sanchez ATL .281 Opponents SLG J. Battaglia PIT .298 M. Gaddi PHI .298 T. Rivera HOU .312 R. Salinas LAD .315 J. Agudo PHI .316 Opponents OPS J. Battaglia PIT .548 M. Gaddi PHI .558 S. Waiters CIN .604 F. Apolonio LAD .609 R. Rivera SF .615 BABIP J. Agudo PHI .211 J. Battaglia PIT .222 R. Rivera SF .241 J. Im SD .243 V. Sanchez ATL .244 WAR M. Gaddi PHI 3.6 S. 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May Stat Dump
I'm a little unsure as to whether or not to add more stats. I did update the sorting for both batters and pitchers - batters now show the positional starters first and then backups; pitchers show the top 4 starters, then the #1 guy in saves, then the next 3 guys in relief games, then everyone else. One thing I think I want to do with this is include something about pitch quality, which would turn this into a list I'd actually use myself (since I play with ratings off, I can't look at that).
ETA: I figured out how to add pinch appearances, so I've added them in below (well, the implied totals as the "H" field). I should note that my formula for determining where these items go is slightly different than BBRef's; I used 2/3rds of team games for the * and at least 10% of team games to go in front of the slash. I think BBRef is hard-coded to 10 games for the slash. ETETA: In figuring out how to add the "H" part of the string I noticed that I had an issue with ordering. Funny how one feature uncovers a bug! Anyway... fixed. Code:
ATL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Molina, Pat L 0.181 27 105 7 19 2 1 1 6 0 0.976 2 Chairez, Dante R 0.279 37 136 18 38 5 0 9 29 0 0.986 *3/H9 Dwyer, Kevin L 0.367 45 180 37 66 14 2 10 30 1 0.987 *4 Martinez, Franklin L 0.248 36 113 16 28 8 0 2 17 1 0.915 5H/3 Dietrich, Ryan L 0.239 35 109 10 26 3 0 0 2 3 0.994 *6 Yebra, Ruberto L 0.289 21 90 10 26 1 3 1 13 7 0.974 7 Dees, Brian R 0.152 30 99 14 15 0 0 5 11 5 1.000 8/H Riggs, Henry R 0.280 45 168 27 47 9 0 11 29 0 0.964 *9 Medford, Mike L 0.206 32 97 8 20 1 0 2 9 0 0.900 5H/8 Damon, Josh L 0.222 42 81 9 18 1 0 4 13 0 1.000 H87 Ward, Chris R 0.316 19 76 13 24 4 2 0 6 8 0.949 7 Dennehy, Shaun L 0.298 15 57 5 17 0 0 1 6 0 0.976 2 Holden, Jeremy L 0.163 21 49 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 1.000 3H Patton, Elijah L 0.211 15 38 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0.982 6 Panizzi, Franco R 0.156 17 32 4 5 0 1 1 3 0 1.000 8/H9 Rey, Pablo L 0.227 14 22 3 5 0 1 0 3 0 1.000 H2 ATL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Dean, Trevon L 4 6 0 5.38 12 12 82.0 80 49 38 55 Pennock, Kevin L 4 6 0 6.39 11 11 69.0 89 49 26 27 Sanchez, Vinny L 4 5 0 3.09 9 9 70.0 60 24 14 22 Carranza, Felix L 3 3 0 5.02 12 7 57.1 59 32 21 41 Winn, John L 0 1 9 2.05 19 0 26.1 24 6 9 22 Reyes, Victor L 0 2 0 7.71 15 0 21.0 27 18 6 13 Cokely, Seth L 1 3 0 7.47 14 0 15.2 20 13 13 7 Rivera, Andres L 1 1 0 4.15 16 4 43.1 41 20 18 21 Cari, Jake L 0 1 0 6.43 3 3 14.0 15 10 8 6 BAL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Hernandez, Jon R 0.211 37 123 18 26 6 1 6 27 0 0.989 *2/3H Cutter, Devin R 0.126 29 87 9 11 2 0 3 10 0 0.992 3/H Padilla, Jorge L 0.243 34 111 10 27 4 0 4 19 1 0.988 4H Perez, Marco L 0.337 47 184 23 62 3 1 5 28 11 0.931 *5 Blevins, Jon L 0.278 47 180 19 50 5 1 2 17 2 0.978 *6 Hiatt, Dave R 0.165 43 133 9 22 3 2 4 18 0 1.000 *7H/9 Tarala, Bryant R 0.213 47 169 34 36 6 2 10 20 10 1.000 *8/3 Nugent, Matt R 0.215 48 172 24 37 8 2 3 12 8 0.982 *9/8H Fager, Danny L 0.344 23 93 22 32 2 2 3 13 2 1.000 4/H Fleischaker, John L 0.197 30 71 5 14 3 1 2 2 0 0.985 3H Colon, Edgar L 0.273 28 55 3 15 4 0 0 8 0 1.000 H7 Masella, Brent L 0.159 15 44 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0.986 2/H Cutler, Andrew S 0.190 15 21 3 4 1 0 2 6 0 0.950 H/93 BAL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Giron, Hector L 6 2 0 2.79 11 11 84.0 84 26 15 32 Villalpando, Carlos L 3 4 0 6.94 10 10 59.2 75 46 39 17 Wei, Yen-ti L 2 4 0 3.84 9 9 58.2 58 25 22 34 Lopez, Alfredo L 2 2 0 2.58 7 7 45.1 44 13 18 22 Luiso, Montay R 3 2 10 0.85 19 0 31.2 27 3 9 19 Schoner, Dan L 0 1 1 2.53 16 0 21.1 15 6 8 2 Lee, Sung-jin L 1 0 1 2.21 15 0 20.1 17 5 8 12 Overmann, Mike L 3 3 0 3.46 12 1 26.0 22 10 6 13 Ziegler, T.J. L 3 2 0 4.17 5 5 36.2 28 17 17 24 Bowman, Phil L 2 0 0 2.00 10 0 27.0 14 6 9 12 Contreras, Alfredo R 1 2 0 5.32 4 4 23.2 28 14 12 10 BOS Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dolak, Jeremy L 0.292 37 130 15 38 5 0 3 21 0 0.986 *2 Miller, Mike R 0.291 45 179 29 52 9 0 10 29 0 0.990 *3 Fraser, Dwayne L 0.297 45 165 21 49 11 1 0 22 2 0.987 *4 Magoni, Mauro L 0.236 43 165 16 39 7 0 2 19 0 0.931 *5/3 Handa, Oniji L 0.308 45 195 26 60 8 0 7 24 0 0.964 *6 Teague, Josh R 0.270 22 89 16 24 1 3 6 15 1 0.975 7 Glynn, Jon L 0.256 30 121 13 31 0 1 3 16 8 0.989 *8 Kim, Jun R 0.268 43 164 29 44 10 1 6 20 2 0.978 *9/7 Johnston, Ryan R 0.183 22 82 12 15 5 1 1 2 1 1.000 87 Pitt, Josh R 0.213 22 47 5 10 2 0 0 6 1 0.963 7H/8 Bartoszek, Sid L 0.182 11 33 2 6 2 0 1 5 0 0.987 2/H Miller, Cody L 0.233 11 30 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 1.000 7/H BOS Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Kindberg, Justin R 6 4 0 2.80 11 11 83.2 76 26 38 76 Hinojosa, Sandy L 6 2 0 2.42 10 10 78.0 71 21 24 68 Sanchez, Marco L 4 3 0 3.54 9 9 68.2 71 27 17 58 Davila, Franklin L 2 5 0 5.04 9 9 60.2 69 34 16 30 Brock, Matt L 1 2 7 3.68 16 0 22.0 14 9 12 19 Messina, Chris L 2 1 0 3.26 11 0 19.1 15 7 10 11 Bryant, Terrance R 1 0 0 1.35 10 0 13.1 8 2 5 10 Britt, Bruce L 1 0 0 8.79 4 2 14.1 24 14 15 9 Pesco, Michael R 3 0 0 0.87 4 4 31.0 22 3 8 29 CAL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Perez, Mike L 0.202 39 129 21 26 5 0 6 17 0 0.995 *2 Jennings, Pete L 0.324 47 185 23 60 8 1 4 27 0 0.983 35/H Hopka, Chance L 0.223 44 179 26 40 6 3 0 11 4 0.984 *4/6 Schneider, Kristian R 0.333 27 99 20 33 6 0 1 14 1 0.886 5/H Adams, Chris L 0.267 46 161 16 43 6 3 2 29 1 0.958 *6 Vargas, Nelson L 0.333 46 183 26 61 9 2 5 29 3 0.980 *7 Hodge, Norm R 0.290 46 193 23 56 5 1 5 17 9 1.000 *8 Tyree, Chris L 0.325 43 163 22 53 12 3 3 24 6 0.982 *9/H Skelton, Jon R 0.284 17 67 10 19 3 0 2 10 0 0.987 3 Cavazos, Juan R 0.152 13 33 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0.949 2/H McSparren, Wayne L 0.259 14 27 4 7 2 0 1 4 0 1.000 H5 Berry, Jon R 0.125 25 24 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 1.000 H/37 Romero, Alvin R 0.273 12 22 4 6 2 0 0 1 4 1.000 H9 Mendez, Mauricio L 0.318 11 22 5 7 2 0 1 3 2 0.966 4H CAL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Kahl, Paul L 4 5 0 3.72 10 10 72.2 81 30 35 11 Williams, Aidan R 6 2 0 4.69 10 10 71.0 73 37 24 43 Bruno, Gary L 4 2 0 3.46 9 9 65.0 57 25 25 22 Beaulieu, Dustin R 4 4 0 2.70 9 9 63.1 55 19 17 26 Park, Bong-ok R 1 4 4 5.48 16 1 23.0 24 14 14 11 Touchton, Bubba L 0 1 0 2.66 17 0 23.2 17 7 13 10 Kihara, Tanzan L 0 0 0 1.77 13 0 20.1 19 4 2 18 Richey, Scott L 0 1 0 3.68 10 0 14.2 9 6 11 9 Irons, Jordan R 5 2 0 3.63 8 8 57.0 60 23 19 21 Yates, Gavin L 1 1 0 3.00 9 0 12.0 11 4 2 11 CHC Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Darrow, Greg L 0.343 38 143 22 49 9 0 5 24 0 0.983 *2 Lopez, Antonio R 0.309 44 175 30 54 6 1 10 36 0 0.995 *3 Perez, Juan R 0.301 41 156 23 47 7 0 6 25 1 0.982 *4 Gabel, Sean L 0.340 37 156 23 53 10 3 0 21 8 0.970 *5 Taylor, Jeremy L 0.247 44 178 26 44 6 6 7 29 3 0.985 *6 Workman, Jason R 0.392 40 143 32 56 10 0 13 39 0 0.975 *7H Tooley, Mark L 0.276 42 181 34 50 6 1 6 21 5 1.000 *8 Groves, Adam L 0.209 40 129 24 27 6 1 5 12 1 1.000 *9H/7 Vallejo, Alex R 0.311 19 61 7 19 3 2 0 3 0 1.000 9H/8 Marks, Sam R 0.379 31 58 8 22 4 0 1 10 1 0.955 H7/9 Maroney, John L 0.310 17 42 6 13 2 0 2 7 0 0.941 5H CHC Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Lucas, Bill L 4 5 0 4.05 12 12 86.2 86 39 39 57 Marin, Victor L 5 3 0 3.33 10 10 73.0 68 27 27 36 Obregon, Javy L 2 2 0 6.13 8 8 39.2 45 27 21 14 Wilbers, Mike L 3 1 0 3.00 6 6 36.0 31 12 10 22 Nies, Chad R 2 1 7 4.97 21 0 29.0 29 16 12 33 Paulus, Nick L 1 1 2 3.91 15 0 23.0 22 10 14 15 Gurley, Ryan R 4 2 0 6.52 13 0 19.1 24 14 9 16 Martinez, Antonio L 0 1 2 3.63 12 0 17.1 15 7 11 12 Jones, Kenny L 2 2 0 3.79 8 5 38.0 28 16 16 25 Castro, Frank L 2 1 0 3.76 7 3 26.1 26 11 7 6 CHW Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Coyle, Danny L 0.152 32 92 7 14 4 0 3 12 0 0.982 *2 Lewis, Josh L 0.263 47 190 24 50 6 1 6 35 0 0.991 *3 Long, Brian L 0.283 46 198 30 56 12 1 2 25 0 0.996 *4 Wooten, Jordan R 0.242 36 91 16 22 3 0 3 7 0 0.948 5H Henderson, Justin L 0.259 47 174 22 45 8 1 2 25 5 0.978 *6 Vargas, Willie L 0.362 47 185 30 67 9 2 3 31 11 0.988 *7 Brown, Tom L 0.310 46 197 33 61 10 3 7 30 3 0.985 *8/9 Wade, Josh L 0.323 44 161 23 52 8 4 2 17 1 0.974 *9/H7 Dominguez, Omar L 0.288 24 73 10 21 6 0 1 17 0 0.917 5H/3 McIntyre, Nick R 0.321 29 56 11 18 5 0 3 11 0 0.967 2H de Velasco, Ivan L 0.118 15 34 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0.962 5H Daly, Kyle L 0.241 17 29 6 7 1 0 1 2 0 0.857 H/97 Fonseca, Chris R 0.360 16 25 5 9 2 0 0 3 1 1.000 H/98 CHW Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mendoza, Raul L 3 5 0 5.17 11 11 76.2 81 44 20 55 Lueders, Gene R 4 4 0 5.37 10 10 65.1 73 39 27 44 Roche, Daniel L 4 4 0 2.73 9 9 59.1 56 18 23 34 Anderlik, Tim L 2 1 0 3.73 6 6 41.0 35 17 20 24 Post, Malcolm L 3 4 5 3.51 22 0 25.2 28 10 9 19 Venegas, Manny R 0 1 0 3.63 15 0 17.1 15 7 8 15 Sanchez, Elias L 1 0 0 3.50 13 0 18.0 15 7 10 8 Moon, Suk-min L 1 0 3 2.60 13 0 17.1 17 5 7 12 Hui, Kien-lung R 2 4 0 4.80 12 5 45.0 37 24 29 45 Sanchez, Luis L 2 0 0 7.13 3 3 17.2 32 14 7 11 Natalie, Tim R 1 0 0 4.26 5 1 12.2 9 6 5 6 CIN Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Williams, Oliver L 0.321 42 137 27 44 9 0 2 29 0 0.988 *2 Clark, Stephen R 0.262 49 202 22 53 9 0 4 29 0 0.986 *3 Ortiz, Pedro L 0.397 48 204 45 81 6 8 4 30 8 0.985 *4 Kraljevic, Bobby R 0.339 48 180 41 61 9 0 3 34 0 0.924 *5 Wendt, Mike L 0.246 48 171 26 42 4 2 6 25 10 0.943 *6 Cannon, Junior R 0.264 32 121 18 32 5 0 4 19 0 1.000 7/9 Wilkes, Chris L 0.254 48 181 28 46 3 0 1 21 6 0.980 *8 Jensen, Justin L 0.188 38 133 23 25 4 1 10 25 0 1.000 *9 Ortega, Willie L 0.296 22 71 11 21 2 0 4 12 0 0.966 7H/3 Cowan, Greg R 0.234 24 64 7 15 2 0 1 8 1 0.963 9H/7 Kohut, John R 0.286 15 35 4 10 1 1 0 6 0 0.972 2/H Downing, Matt L 0.333 18 24 2 8 1 1 0 3 0 1.000 6H/4 CIN Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Waiters, Steve R 9 1 0 2.71 12 12 99.2 82 30 19 91 Hagan, Joe L 8 4 0 4.01 12 12 83.0 79 37 35 73 Johnston, Mike L 5 4 0 3.52 11 11 79.1 70 31 24 57 Bertan, Tom L 3 3 0 4.75 9 9 55.0 53 29 15 27 Rosas, Ricky L 2 2 10 2.33 20 0 27.0 27 7 11 28 Shrewsbury, Greg L 1 1 3 1.17 19 0 23.0 21 3 3 16 Elser, Garrett L 1 1 0 3.12 11 0 17.1 11 6 13 17 Vanover, Bill L 1 2 0 3.60 8 4 30.0 30 12 7 20 Hall, Andy L 0 1 0 2.03 6 2 13.1 9 3 5 7 CLE Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos House, Jonathan R 0.295 37 122 16 36 4 0 2 15 0 0.992 *2 Garcia, Ernesto R 0.156 37 141 17 22 0 0 10 22 0 0.994 *3/H Pritchett, T.J. L 0.293 36 123 18 36 4 0 6 19 0 0.967 *4 Hernandez, Roberto L 0.291 41 172 28 50 10 1 4 18 0 0.972 *5 Johnson, John L 0.335 41 185 28 62 7 0 1 13 3 0.980 *6 Huanosta, Alonzo L 0.345 28 119 18 41 10 1 7 26 1 0.967 7/H Hernandez, Carlos L 0.295 40 176 24 52 9 3 6 20 0 0.980 *8 Pron, Tommy R 0.306 41 160 18 49 13 0 1 18 0 0.990 *9 Miller, Nick R 0.224 29 67 15 15 3 1 2 9 3 1.000 7H/9 Kelver, Kyle L 0.354 22 48 7 17 2 0 4 11 0 0.988 3H Zimmerman, Jason L 0.233 13 30 4 7 2 0 1 5 0 1.000 2H Sanchez, Jorge L 0.207 12 29 2 6 0 0 0 4 2 1.000 H/879 Aguillon, Tony L 0.348 14 23 3 8 2 0 1 5 0 0.909 H4/5 Grube, Chris R 0.143 7 21 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0.975 4 CLE Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Matthews, Josh R 7 3 0 2.75 12 12 91.2 80 28 36 55 Hamilton, Dylan L 3 6 0 4.44 11 10 71.0 60 35 29 45 Lagunas, Andy L 5 1 0 4.50 10 10 50.0 52 25 23 35 Regan, Chris L 4 2 0 3.33 9 9 75.2 72 28 16 41 Ellis, Doug L 2 2 2 3.91 17 0 25.1 31 11 6 18 Reyes, Bob L 0 4 0 4.68 17 0 25.0 30 13 5 13 Hernandez, Vicente L 0 1 1 5.14 13 1 21.0 25 12 6 11 Whittier, Landon L 0 1 1 3.63 12 0 17.1 16 7 14 11 DET Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Farinelli, Gianluigi L 0.293 38 140 13 41 6 1 5 16 0 0.977 *2/H Ayala, Jose L 0.232 44 190 19 44 7 1 4 17 0 1.000 *3 Villegas, Danny L 0.296 42 152 24 45 5 0 14 35 1 0.972 *4 Salinas, David L 0.238 38 126 16 30 4 0 0 8 3 0.959 *5 Mullen, Matt L 0.245 44 159 11 39 9 1 0 12 0 0.990 *6 Dittmar, Adam L 0.168 39 143 21 24 3 1 6 13 6 0.953 *7 Thompson, Guillermo L 0.353 40 173 19 61 10 4 0 15 13 0.991 *8 Contreras, Chris R 0.330 43 179 20 59 13 2 2 21 0 1.000 *9 Daughtry, John L 0.161 19 31 3 5 2 1 2 2 0 0.950 5H Hall, Sean R 0.154 24 26 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 1.000 H/76 Woodcock, Scott L 0.231 9 26 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2/H Irwin, Bob L 0.208 12 24 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 1.000 8H DET Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Akright, Vince L 4 4 0 2.95 11 11 85.1 68 28 36 49 Molina, Edgar L 5 4 0 3.54 10 10 76.1 63 30 23 78 Gilmer, Jason L 3 4 0 4.19 9 9 62.1 68 29 26 45 Goddard, Jimmy L 1 1 0 3.86 8 8 53.2 50 23 21 38 Madrigal, Alex L 0 3 6 0.83 13 0 21.2 19 2 6 13 Hilbert, Larry L 2 2 1 2.89 12 0 18.2 19 6 7 5 Godard, Eric L 3 0 0 3.57 12 0 17.2 18 7 12 11 Schmidt, Ben L 1 1 1 4.43 7 2 22.1 23 11 8 26 Lopez, Mike L 2 1 0 4.73 8 4 26.2 32 14 20 23 HOU Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Rigdon, Dan L 0.201 39 139 10 28 6 2 1 19 0 0.996 *2 Richens, Justin R 0.293 48 188 34 55 9 2 9 35 0 0.996 *3 Chairez, Alejandro L 0.309 29 123 27 38 10 2 3 14 3 0.974 4 Little, Pete L 0.262 47 191 30 50 11 2 4 27 0 1.000 *5 Green, Jordan L 0.264 47 178 22 47 8 0 4 17 0 0.974 *6 Lockhart, Jesse L 0.337 47 190 28 64 7 1 4 20 6 0.989 *7 Lopez, John R 0.279 47 201 37 56 9 3 6 24 9 0.985 *8 Weaver, Jaden R 0.268 47 183 43 49 9 0 20 51 1 0.992 *9 Blake, Adam L 0.217 28 83 7 18 2 0 1 9 0 0.975 4/H3 Fenney, Steve L 0.255 28 47 5 12 2 1 0 2 3 1.000 H/97 Copeland, Bobby S 0.195 20 41 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0.986 2/H Ringstad, Nate L 0.250 16 28 1 7 1 0 0 5 0 1.000 H/53 Crozier, Nick L 0.273 10 22 2 6 0 0 1 4 1 1.000 /8H4 HOU Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mullett, Josh L 6 4 0 4.63 13 13 89.1 92 46 49 43 Rivera, Tony R 5 3 0 2.65 12 12 91.2 81 27 35 69 Graton, Jeff L 7 4 0 3.83 12 12 87.0 78 37 24 47 Lara, Juan L 5 2 0 4.31 11 6 48.0 52 23 24 28 Douglas, Jon L 1 2 9 1.67 19 0 27.0 18 5 11 23 McDonald, Caleb L 2 0 0 1.37 13 0 19.2 19 3 5 8 Field, Joe L 0 1 0 4.43 9 1 20.1 24 10 11 11 Shepard, Aaron L 4 1 0 3.92 6 6 39.0 34 17 8 23 KC Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Byers, Jay R 0.232 32 95 9 22 6 0 2 10 0 0.985 *2 Ono, Yahashi L 0.292 46 185 19 54 6 0 2 22 1 0.996 *3 Coleman, Ian L 0.232 45 185 24 43 7 3 3 17 0 0.975 *4 Nation, Jeff L 0.320 45 175 25 56 9 3 4 23 3 0.900 *5/7 Altmann, Carlos S 0.233 43 133 9 31 4 2 0 12 5 0.983 *6/5 Sicre, Sergio R 0.228 41 136 14 31 6 0 1 15 0 0.894 *7H Corona, Dave R 0.324 46 176 33 57 13 5 6 22 12 0.954 *8 Guzman, Carlos L 0.236 36 144 17 34 2 0 4 20 0 0.966 *9/H Flores, Chris L 0.203 22 59 6 12 2 0 0 1 0 0.990 2H Damian, Kyle L 0.315 30 54 7 17 5 0 1 6 0 1.000 H7 Milton, Bryan L 0.483 14 29 5 14 4 1 0 5 2 1.000 9H DomÃ*nguez, R.J. L 0.250 6 20 5 5 0 0 3 5 0 1.000 9 KC Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Chavez, Miguel R 5 5 0 4.21 10 10 68.1 66 32 44 50 White, Tim R 5 4 0 2.69 9 9 67.0 72 20 18 47 Tyler, Eric L 3 3 0 4.39 9 9 65.2 72 32 16 31 Euceda, Eddie R 0 6 0 4.96 10 8 52.2 62 29 20 32 Munoz, Billy L 1 1 7 0.73 19 0 24.2 15 2 7 25 Quinn, Kevin L 2 1 1 4.88 16 0 24.0 26 13 17 15 Fitzgerald, Glenn L 0 0 0 3.72 14 0 19.1 21 8 15 9 Banks, Tim R 1 0 1 1.16 13 1 23.1 23 3 7 12 Hicks, Ryan L 3 4 0 7.78 9 6 37.0 57 32 23 23 Colucci, Nick L 1 0 0 8.10 9 0 16.2 24 15 6 9 LAD Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dimmock, Eddie R 0.188 40 133 11 25 6 0 4 19 0 0.993 *2 Disla, Rafael R 0.344 47 186 25 64 5 0 7 27 0 0.981 *3 Tristan, Billy L 0.313 43 160 32 50 8 0 6 21 1 0.976 *4/5H Maccioli, Brian L 0.184 23 87 11 16 1 0 3 8 0 0.967 5 Staiti, Jason L 0.187 45 155 12 29 4 0 5 21 0 0.970 *6 Griffin, Ernie R 0.308 46 172 29 53 7 4 9 30 1 0.988 *7/89 Magana, Butch R 0.206 28 102 14 21 2 0 2 4 1 1.000 8 Granneman, Chris R 0.255 44 153 19 39 8 1 6 25 2 0.973 *9 Winchell, Dusty R 0.196 26 51 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 H/798 Lander, Brian S 0.191 20 47 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0.964 65/4H Rhone, Jamal L 0.275 22 40 7 11 3 0 0 3 0 0.867 H8/97 Reyna, Gustavo L 0.225 12 40 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 0.933 5 Harper, Nick L 0.281 10 32 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 8/H Schwartz, Jeremy L 0.310 10 29 7 9 3 0 0 6 0 0.857 5/H Alvarez, Mauricio R 0.077 14 26 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.984 2 Parsons, David L 0.125 15 24 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 4H Holstine, Rich L 0.261 23 23 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 H/3 LAD Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Apolonio, Fernando R 7 2 0 2.25 10 10 84.0 75 21 20 44 Salinas, Rogelio R 5 4 0 2.64 10 10 75.0 55 22 36 62 Castillo, Andres R 5 4 0 3.68 10 10 73.1 69 30 24 60 Ring, Andy L 3 5 0 5.79 9 9 60.2 77 39 19 48 O'Leary, Mike R 3 2 7 2.88 19 0 25.0 14 8 14 27 Pacheco, Keith L 0 0 1 2.65 12 0 17.0 15 5 3 24 Parsley, Jason L 0 0 0 0.66 9 0 13.2 10 1 5 9 Andrade, Raul L 1 7 0 4.58 9 9 59.0 64 30 45 34 MIL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Victoria, Jonathan S 0.220 37 118 11 26 3 0 6 17 1 0.991 *2 Fath, Jon R 0.264 34 91 15 24 7 0 1 8 1 0.990 3H Rios, Esteban L 0.130 26 92 6 12 2 0 0 1 1 0.965 4/H Martinez, Francisco R 0.345 41 142 11 49 9 0 1 16 0 0.943 54H/6 Biron, Eric L 0.195 41 123 9 24 6 0 2 11 1 0.955 *6/4 Simmons, John L 0.187 40 155 20 29 11 1 2 8 2 0.989 *7 Harbison, Jonathan S 0.207 33 140 10 29 3 1 0 8 4 0.980 *8 Berman, Richard L 0.324 43 170 16 55 12 4 0 24 6 0.980 *9/H Colvin, Ryan L 0.225 27 71 8 16 3 0 2 12 0 0.953 5H Escobedo, Marcos L 0.268 18 71 6 19 2 2 0 5 5 1.000 4 Holman, Jack R 0.209 18 67 6 14 2 0 0 4 0 0.986 3 Mendez, Luis L 0.373 20 51 7 19 4 0 0 4 3 1.000 3H Dockery, Dylan L 0.255 12 47 5 12 2 0 0 3 2 0.958 8/9 Jenkins, Jordan L 0.095 16 42 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0.976 2/H Ceballos, Fernando L 0.317 21 41 6 13 1 0 0 3 1 1.000 H8/9 Escobesco, Tony R 0.171 22 41 2 7 2 0 1 3 0 1.000 6/H4 Carrasco, Pedro R 0.270 18 37 8 10 3 1 3 9 2 1.000 7H MIL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Vardaman, Jeremiah L 3 4 0 3.10 10 10 69.2 61 24 31 41 Gomez, Ricardo L 4 3 0 4.40 10 10 59.1 75 29 12 29 Kratky, Jake L 1 7 0 5.11 9 9 56.1 65 32 17 28 Olivares, Chris L 3 3 0 4.47 13 6 52.1 59 26 10 30 Owens, Tom R 0 0 3 5.06 18 0 21.1 30 12 10 14 Howard, Josh L 0 2 2 3.95 21 0 27.1 24 12 10 31 Plaunt, Danny L 1 2 0 4.41 16 2 32.2 34 16 7 28 Hernandez, Luis R 2 4 1 6.98 11 4 38.2 50 30 12 25 Zeniya, Shunichi L 1 2 0 3.67 5 4 27.0 30 11 13 11 Clark, Adam R 0 2 0 4.97 2 2 12.2 15 7 2 10 MIN Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Reed, Brad L 0.246 37 134 15 33 11 1 4 17 0 0.992 *2 Martinez, Angelo R 0.274 44 179 21 49 10 0 10 29 0 0.992 *3 Gilmet, Daniel L 0.323 22 93 13 30 7 1 1 5 5 0.971 4/6 Brookes, Mike S 0.264 43 144 21 38 7 2 5 24 0 0.935 *5 Park, Dong-hak R 0.188 39 117 9 22 1 1 1 10 1 0.964 64 Cortes, Alejandro R 0.231 32 121 16 28 6 1 1 12 1 1.000 *7/H Villasenor, Jose R 0.241 24 79 6 19 4 0 3 11 0 0.974 8 Morgenstern, Lou L 0.233 44 180 30 42 9 4 8 29 1 0.989 *9/8 Dempsey, Zach R 0.228 25 79 9 18 4 0 2 7 4 1.000 8/H Grigg, Mike L 0.338 36 74 12 25 4 0 2 4 0 1.000 H7/9 Mendel, Marty L 0.216 15 51 6 11 1 0 0 3 2 0.921 6 Pellot, Danny L 0.333 22 39 3 13 2 1 1 4 0 0.955 46/H Theroff, Matt L 0.192 8 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 2 Baek, Jun-ho L 0.211 6 19 3 4 1 1 1 6 0 0.974 6 MIN Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Benavides, Chris L 5 6 0 2.51 13 13 104.0 93 29 30 73 Ramos, Angelo L 8 1 0 3.19 12 12 93.0 98 33 16 68 Magdaleno, Ricardo R 3 3 0 5.07 8 8 55.0 68 31 19 20 Ruiz, Victor L 2 3 0 5.59 8 7 46.2 44 29 24 37 Theisen, Todd L 3 1 4 4.50 15 0 22.0 28 11 5 19 Lynn, Pete L 2 1 4 2.11 13 0 21.1 17 5 7 27 Marceau, Jim L 2 2 1 1.46 8 0 12.1 9 2 2 14 Larsen, Mike L 2 1 0 2.51 5 5 32.1 34 9 6 19 MON Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Singleton, Ian L 0.109 22 55 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0.964 2 Munoz, Armando R 0.231 45 186 18 43 8 0 8 21 0 0.993 *3 van Zanten, Adri L 0.284 45 183 16 52 14 1 2 14 0 0.987 *4 Owens, Adam L 0.289 45 173 24 50 13 1 8 19 0 0.939 *5 Yarbor, George S 0.212 41 132 8 28 3 1 0 13 1 0.957 *6/H Martinez, Jerry L 0.254 31 71 5 18 3 0 3 10 0 1.000 7H Byce, Jeff L 0.204 40 167 11 34 0 3 1 6 2 1.000 *8 Williams, Matt L 0.237 24 76 15 18 1 1 6 10 0 1.000 9/H Sullivan, Aaron R 0.250 29 96 13 24 3 3 2 12 0 1.000 79/H Martinez, Gabe S 0.239 40 92 7 22 1 1 0 4 0 0.983 H9/73 Putnam, Brent L 0.160 14 50 5 8 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2 Andres, Jorge R 0.208 26 48 7 10 3 0 1 4 1 1.000 H7 Carranco, Roberto S 0.227 22 44 3 10 2 0 2 6 0 1.000 2/H Mendoza, Anton L 0.432 15 44 3 19 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8/H79 Rojas, Sergio L 0.188 13 32 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 6/4H MON Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Farr, Phil L 1 8 0 4.09 9 9 66.0 67 30 35 33 Youngblood, Jonas L 1 5 0 5.64 9 9 59.0 65 37 30 28 Navarro, Melvin L 2 5 0 4.47 9 9 58.1 54 29 46 55 Figueiredo, Brian L 3 3 0 5.68 11 7 57.0 61 36 41 28 Herod, Nate R 1 0 4 1.80 14 0 15.0 12 3 5 3 Munro, Trevor L 0 0 1 3.74 16 0 21.2 18 9 7 13 Garcia, Salvatore R 1 1 0 4.67 14 0 17.1 19 9 14 15 Pritchard, Cole L 1 0 0 2.19 9 0 12.1 8 3 4 11 Robinson, Kareem L 0 5 0 7.16 5 5 27.2 40 22 13 22 Olvera, Javier L 2 2 0 2.93 4 4 27.2 20 9 10 14 Young, Josh L 0 2 0 4.95 3 3 20.0 27 11 10 4 NYM Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Bushon, Jason L 0.267 41 146 19 39 5 2 3 14 2 0.997 *2 Waltenbery, Joshua R 0.321 48 168 24 54 10 2 8 32 0 0.993 *3 Warren, Nick L 0.251 47 195 23 49 9 4 3 20 1 0.976 *4 Hawkinson, Nick L 0.198 30 101 14 20 2 1 2 11 2 0.972 5 Wilcox, Brian L 0.228 44 127 18 29 4 0 4 14 6 0.978 *6 Washington, Jimmy R 0.213 47 188 17 40 9 0 5 32 0 0.965 *7/9 Hope, Curtis R 0.259 39 147 27 38 5 2 5 25 7 1.000 *8/H Arriaga, Edgar L 0.237 47 169 20 40 5 0 7 21 0 0.960 *9/7 Vallin, Jose L 0.180 27 50 8 9 1 0 1 4 1 0.923 H5 Owens, Andy L 0.135 15 37 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 8H/9 Baldwin, Bob L 0.200 21 35 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 0.900 5H Diaz, Mario R 0.500 31 30 7 15 1 2 0 3 1 1.000 H/7 Romero, Ricardo L 0.190 11 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0.980 2/H NYM Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Carrillo, Ernesto L 7 3 0 4.79 13 13 88.1 90 47 57 93 Beane, Joe R 8 3 0 2.28 11 11 87.0 71 22 36 69 Mash, John L 7 1 0 2.49 11 11 83.0 75 23 21 40 Sandoval, Julio L 1 6 0 6.08 7 7 40.0 58 27 22 18 Saus, Geoff L 0 0 13 2.28 21 0 27.2 28 7 5 30 Hollopeter, Steve L 1 1 1 0.90 14 0 20.0 16 2 4 15 Marin, Roberto L 1 3 1 4.15 14 1 21.2 21 10 12 14 Camacho, David R 0 0 0 1.35 9 1 20.0 14 3 5 16 McNicholas, Dave L 3 1 0 3.66 6 4 32.0 27 13 15 27 NYY Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Tabb, Khalil L 0.257 31 105 18 27 5 0 2 14 0 0.994 2/H Cardenas, Alex R 0.333 47 189 35 63 12 1 9 26 0 0.988 *3 Yi, Wing-fung L 0.186 47 177 20 33 4 2 2 16 8 0.995 *4 Weiss, Tom L 0.295 47 166 30 49 8 1 8 24 0 0.911 *5 Stover, Ty L 0.259 44 158 29 41 7 0 11 37 0 0.985 *6 Field, Dan L 0.293 47 184 21 54 14 0 6 24 0 1.000 *7 MacMillan, Micah R 0.283 43 184 27 52 8 3 4 15 5 1.000 *8 Meneses, Frank R 0.309 31 94 23 29 2 2 11 31 4 0.982 9H/7 Mooneyhan, Jason R 0.222 25 90 5 20 5 1 1 5 0 0.981 2/H Poynor, Ross R 0.211 27 71 6 15 2 1 3 11 0 0.966 9H/78 Jones, Pat R 0.353 23 34 5 12 2 0 2 6 0 1.000 H/45 Murphy, Jeff S 0.147 11 34 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 8/H Ash, Marc L 0.125 16 24 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 9H NYY Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mosher, Tracy R 6 5 0 1.93 12 12 102.1 74 22 16 62 Caneas, Danilo L 7 5 0 4.12 12 12 87.1 101 40 25 48 Olthof, Obke L 5 5 0 2.95 11 11 85.1 85 28 14 63 Ballard, Dan R 2 7 0 6.11 11 11 66.1 88 45 32 41 Kelly, Jesse R 3 1 5 1.90 17 0 23.2 23 5 2 21 Hinkson, David L 0 0 1 7.24 11 0 13.2 19 11 2 11 Wilson, Chris L 2 0 0 2.22 7 2 24.1 19 6 11 22 OAK Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Escobar, Jonathan L 0.248 38 133 22 33 5 0 5 25 0 0.992 *2 Decker, David L 0.315 43 178 36 56 9 0 9 28 0 0.990 *3 Potter, Rich L 0.222 42 185 16 41 7 1 0 13 1 0.964 *4/6 Jones, Chase L 0.204 37 142 17 29 3 1 6 28 0 1.000 *5 Wilson, Gil R 0.233 29 103 7 24 3 0 2 8 0 0.957 65 Levario, Matthew S 0.288 42 160 30 46 5 1 7 20 2 0.989 *7 Schurke, Mike S 0.337 43 169 18 57 10 3 0 25 3 1.000 *8/9 Marsden, John R 0.335 43 176 27 59 7 0 7 18 0 0.979 *9 Owen, Kellen L 0.333 24 81 12 27 9 0 0 7 0 0.901 6/H45 Culliton, Jeff R 0.225 29 40 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0.969 H2 Bueno, Raul L 0.214 18 28 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 H/473 Henricks, Jordan L 0.261 16 23 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 1.000 H/93 OAK Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Shelton, Rick L 3 6 0 3.98 9 9 63.1 58 28 41 47 O'Neal, Ryan L 3 1 0 3.65 9 9 61.2 60 25 17 33 McGranahan, Chris L 4 4 0 2.39 9 9 60.1 51 16 14 22 Ortiz, Roberto L 2 2 0 3.77 9 9 59.2 48 25 34 67 Uscanga, Freddy R 4 3 4 2.55 19 0 24.2 21 7 12 14 Ramirez, Carlos L 2 3 2 2.81 16 0 25.2 18 8 7 26 McCourt, Aaron L 0 0 0 0.48 14 0 18.2 11 1 6 13 Cheeseman, Adam L 2 0 0 6.89 14 0 15.2 20 12 11 7 Barnard, Lee R 0 2 0 4.68 4 4 25.0 32 13 8 15 Rubio, Jose R 1 0 0 5.32 6 4 23.2 34 14 9 11 Weickert, Danny R 2 0 0 4.58 12 0 19.2 32 10 8 19 PHI Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Citro, Lee L 0.207 33 116 16 24 4 1 1 4 0 0.985 *2/H Coffey, Josh L 0.259 47 185 16 48 12 0 3 17 0 0.995 *3 Serna, Victor L 0.247 45 158 28 39 4 0 12 26 3 0.974 *4/6 Becerra, Alex L 0.218 30 101 12 22 1 0 5 13 0 0.899 5/H Shannon, Tony L 0.255 40 153 17 39 10 3 2 18 3 0.951 *6/5 Stewart, Paul R 0.339 47 186 27 63 5 0 5 21 1 1.000 *7 O'Connor, Mark R 0.252 33 135 10 34 5 0 2 7 3 0.983 *8/H Powell, Andrew R 0.349 40 146 18 51 12 0 1 23 0 0.964 *9/H Arellano, Pedro R 0.232 30 82 9 19 2 1 2 9 0 0.902 5H Rahn, Sam L 0.296 16 54 3 16 4 1 1 5 0 1.000 2/H Baron, Malachai R 0.189 16 37 4 7 0 0 0 5 1 0.967 8H/7 Kelly, Bobby L 0.121 17 33 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9H/7 Schaben, Joel R 0.303 9 33 3 10 0 0 0 1 3 1.000 8 Byerly, Steve L 0.212 11 33 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0.957 6/H45 PHI Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Gaddi, Marius L 7 2 0 2.81 12 12 93.0 75 29 20 78 Quintana, Roger R 3 4 0 3.36 9 9 59.0 61 22 20 42 Dapson, George L 4 2 0 2.53 10 8 67.2 64 19 22 32 Agudo, Jose L 3 4 0 2.94 8 8 52.0 36 17 44 35 de la Cruz, Luis L 2 4 4 3.76 19 0 26.1 35 11 6 7 Sanchez, Omar L 1 3 4 6.94 17 0 23.1 34 18 7 17 Sherritt, Joe L 0 0 0 2.60 13 0 17.1 14 5 5 6 Grohs, Tom R 1 0 0 0.53 13 0 17.0 14 1 0 13 Entwistle, Josh R 0 3 0 4.55 5 4 27.2 27 14 9 14 Flores, Orlando L 0 2 0 4.74 6 4 19.0 17 10 14 9 Chacon, Jorge R 0 2 0 11.20 4 2 13.2 23 17 6 3 PIT Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Connally, Doug L 0.188 40 128 17 24 4 1 3 12 0 0.992 *2 Valdivia, AbÃ*lio L 0.259 48 189 22 49 7 1 4 16 0 0.991 *3 Martinez, Arturo L 0.175 29 97 14 17 1 7 0 7 0 0.981 4/6H Prieto, Roberto L 0.241 44 174 18 42 10 1 0 14 2 0.949 *5 Webster, Tyler R 0.245 45 159 25 39 9 2 10 25 1 0.991 *6 Lawson, Justin L 0.333 46 177 16 59 10 0 5 25 0 1.000 *7/H Johnson, Elijah S 0.300 46 180 24 54 7 0 1 15 5 0.981 *8/H Jackson, Brian L 0.293 38 150 13 44 5 1 1 23 3 0.967 *9 Cardenas, Luis L 0.192 22 52 4 10 2 0 1 4 0 0.973 46H/5 Hearl, Justin R 0.261 17 46 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0.966 H/789 Villar, Henry R 0.400 12 40 5 16 2 0 0 4 1 0.962 4/6 Carrera, Carlos L 0.286 12 35 4 10 2 0 2 5 0 1.000 9/H Fenley, Mike R 0.188 13 32 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 2/H Powell, Gregg R 0.194 20 31 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 H5/3 PIT Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Battaglia, Jeremy R 7 3 0 2.60 10 10 83.0 59 24 20 51 Arango, Santos R 2 5 0 4.23 10 10 78.2 71 37 17 57 Jones, Clyde R 5 4 0 2.75 10 10 72.0 78 22 20 48 Cheeves, D.J. L 1 7 0 5.37 10 10 67.0 79 40 30 47 Lemus, Paz L 2 1 5 1.41 21 0 32.0 24 5 11 22 Cervantez, Jorge L 1 0 0 3.07 8 0 14.2 13 5 2 3 Torres, Carlos R 2 0 0 4.80 7 1 15.0 17 8 2 6 Alvarez, Ernie L 3 3 0 3.72 8 8 58.0 61 24 15 23 SD Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Bakke, Adam L 0.191 42 136 8 26 3 0 0 6 0 0.995 *2/H Garcia, Diego R 0.224 47 116 13 26 4 0 3 8 1 0.981 3H Honesto, Roberto L 0.281 29 121 16 34 3 2 2 11 4 0.980 4 Landry, Kevin L 0.259 50 197 24 51 5 3 7 32 5 0.927 *5 Fujimoto, Akiho L 0.296 50 196 19 58 12 0 1 25 0 0.970 *6 Henderson, Davin L 0.250 29 108 20 27 0 1 4 9 2 0.984 7/9H Hadley, Zackery L 0.213 21 80 9 17 1 1 0 5 7 0.968 8 Hernandez, Nelson L 0.309 50 191 39 59 5 7 16 42 3 0.984 *98/7 Gomez, Carlos L 0.266 44 109 15 29 5 0 4 14 0 0.957 7H/3 Gray, Jake L 0.135 21 74 9 10 2 1 1 1 2 0.990 4/H Chapman, John L 0.239 20 71 10 17 3 0 5 11 0 0.994 3/H Mitchell, Tyler R 0.232 17 69 10 16 1 0 5 16 2 1.000 8/H Slater, Cody R 0.250 20 48 8 12 3 0 3 8 4 1.000 8H/79 Shen, Xiu-tou R 0.143 16 35 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0.981 2H Duarte, Jose L 0.032 10 31 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 9/H SD Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Aguilar, Rodrigo R 6 5 0 3.56 11 11 81.0 86 32 38 30 Moreno, Juan R 1 4 0 5.10 10 10 65.1 70 37 33 33 Im, Ji-man R 5 2 0 4.37 12 7 59.2 57 29 24 21 Reece, Tim L 3 1 0 3.80 10 5 42.2 36 18 15 33 Schnipke, Erik L 1 4 5 1.80 18 3 40.0 35 8 19 29 Valenzuela, Chris L 1 1 1 2.81 19 0 25.2 20 8 10 19 Hannon, Jerry L 0 2 1 4.05 14 0 26.2 20 12 10 15 Ortega, Francisco R 0 3 0 4.73 14 3 32.1 31 17 18 19 Rodriguez, Alejandro R 1 2 0 6.58 7 4 26.0 34 19 13 12 Teague, Jon L 1 4 0 7.27 5 5 26.0 32 21 24 10 O'Connor, Andy L 1 4 0 7.20 5 5 25.0 28 20 27 16 Garcia, Pablo L 1 0 0 2.45 7 0 14.2 14 4 10 6 SF Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Campbell, Chris L 0.226 36 106 13 24 3 1 1 8 0 0.989 *2 Everhart, John L 0.277 49 177 34 49 9 1 13 36 0 0.988 *3/H Heyen, Bill L 0.276 48 203 29 56 8 3 0 17 4 0.992 *4 Mock, Tim L 0.296 48 196 22 58 12 0 6 38 2 0.926 *5 Kojima, Masayuki R 0.135 32 104 5 14 3 1 1 6 0 0.974 6 Cooper, Barry R 0.360 48 203 33 73 9 2 4 15 10 0.989 *7 Park, Chae-hwi L 0.278 30 108 11 30 5 0 3 9 4 1.000 8/H Lammers, Scott S 0.182 46 165 21 30 6 0 5 20 0 0.972 *9 Seligman, Danny L 0.292 20 89 10 26 3 0 2 13 1 0.959 8 Guevara, Mario L 0.294 25 85 12 25 1 0 5 18 0 0.981 6/4H Adame, Edwin S 0.263 21 38 4 10 2 0 1 5 0 1.000 2/H Castillo, Ignacio R 0.083 33 36 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 H/39 SF Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Stuckey, Mike L 8 3 0 2.24 13 13 100.2 97 25 30 70 Holm, Roy R 3 6 0 3.96 12 12 88.2 85 39 42 86 Rivera, Robert R 4 4 0 2.52 11 11 93.0 74 26 12 73 Sanders, Jason L 6 3 0 3.07 10 10 76.1 70 26 29 56 Booth, John R 3 2 11 1.15 25 0 31.1 26 4 11 17 Roman, Henry R 3 0 0 4.09 14 1 22.0 28 10 9 13 Wilson, Bill R 1 2 0 3.00 7 2 21.0 20 7 11 12 STL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Stuart, John L 0.223 39 157 12 35 12 0 2 14 0 0.987 *2 Stone, Justin R 0.320 44 172 33 55 14 3 12 39 4 0.990 *3 Johnston, Chris L 0.219 30 128 23 28 7 0 1 11 2 0.976 *4 Morrison, Mike L 0.268 39 149 15 40 7 0 1 9 0 0.972 *5/H Depew, Tom R 0.306 40 147 15 45 8 1 1 6 2 0.956 *6/4H Martinez, Lorenzo R 0.267 39 135 25 36 6 2 12 37 0 0.975 *7/H Herring, Ray L 0.268 42 194 24 52 11 1 4 19 2 0.987 *8 Satterfield, Casey L 0.323 43 167 26 54 7 1 6 29 1 0.982 *9 Dunnahoe, Luke L 0.231 19 52 4 12 2 1 1 5 0 0.960 46 Street, J.D. L 0.378 14 37 5 14 1 0 0 2 0 0.944 5/H8 Palmarocchi, Pietro L 0.143 9 28 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.955 4 Jimenez, Danny L 0.174 12 23 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0.947 7H Lizama, Willis L 0.421 6 19 6 8 0 0 1 3 0 0.973 2 Wilson, Matt R 0.333 16 18 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0.923 H/93 STL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO McCauley, Jimmy L 7 1 0 2.87 10 10 75.1 67 24 25 47 Garcia, Mario L 1 5 0 4.38 9 9 63.2 60 31 21 32 Vargas, Octavio L 3 4 0 3.82 9 9 61.1 67 26 15 34 Bachler, Vince L 1 1 0 3.00 5 5 33.0 25 11 13 26 Eastin, Adam L 4 1 7 1.80 21 0 35.0 24 7 17 20 LaPointe, Jason L 2 1 1 4.68 15 3 32.2 44 17 12 22 Williams, Sam R 1 1 0 7.50 12 0 12.0 14 10 12 10 Qiu, Valentin L 2 1 0 3.77 9 0 14.1 11 6 6 15 Young, Josh L 1 3 0 5.83 5 4 29.1 31 19 7 6 Monahan, T.J. L 0 4 0 6.15 4 4 26.1 36 18 9 12 WAS Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Flores, Armando L 0.364 40 151 13 55 11 0 0 11 0 0.992 *2 DeBoer, Nick L 0.314 36 105 13 33 4 1 6 24 0 0.996 3H Knight, Tyler L 0.143 29 84 4 12 0 0 0 6 1 0.975 4/5H Curran, Rob R 0.268 17 56 8 15 1 1 0 1 0 0.943 5 Nyman, Joe L 0.231 43 160 15 37 5 2 2 12 2 0.958 64 Veneziano, Sebastiano R 0.253 43 174 20 44 2 6 5 25 4 0.990 *7/H Swan, Bill L 0.098 14 51 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 8 Alvarez, Manuel L 0.202 31 109 8 22 4 0 0 9 0 1.000 9/H Romero, Alvin R 0.345 30 116 20 40 9 2 1 12 14 0.988 98/H7 Skelton, Jon R 0.280 24 82 10 23 1 0 3 11 0 0.988 3H Ramey, Justin L 0.319 19 72 14 23 5 1 2 14 4 0.969 6 Pope, Aaron L 0.250 16 60 5 15 4 0 0 3 0 0.900 5/H Allen, Mike L 0.271 18 59 4 16 4 1 1 3 0 0.977 8/79H Schneider, Kristian R 0.222 15 54 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 0.882 5 Everett, Ian R 0.211 13 38 3 8 1 0 1 5 3 0.941 8/H Rzepka, Jeremy L 0.320 13 25 3 8 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 46/H Gonzalez, Ramiro S 0.333 7 24 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2/7 Hackney, Matt L 0.292 25 24 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 NaN H WAS Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Coffey, Kent L 3 5 0 2.74 9 9 72.1 63 22 26 43 Freeman, Kevin R 4 4 0 3.97 9 9 70.1 76 31 17 35 Daugharty, Chad L 4 4 0 2.75 9 9 68.2 43 21 26 51 Bruno, Brian L 3 6 0 4.59 9 9 66.2 68 34 13 38 Chavez, Willis R 0 3 6 1.54 18 0 23.1 21 4 10 13 Shepherd, Ron R 1 0 0 0.57 12 0 15.2 9 1 7 14 Terry, Tyler L 0 2 0 3.95 10 0 13.2 8 6 8 9 Slaughter, Gabe L 1 1 0 4.85 8 1 13.0 13 7 4 5 Parks, Dale R 1 2 0 5.98 11 6 46.2 48 31 22 28
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------------------------ No transactions this week according to BBRef! It's Draft Week, I guess? June 5: Although speaking of, why clutter the regular newswire with draft stuff if the transactions section is going to be empty! It's draft day, folks! Hold on to your butts! I don't really have a set routine for the draft; usually I wind up drafting the first round and then just let the AI go after everything else. This should allow me to draft for need just a little tiny bit... Because I feel like writing a damn essay, I'm just gonna break down the first round until I get bored... 1. MON - SS Hudson Watts. The scouts' recommendation. It's kind of looking like a weak draft from Montreal's perspective and Watts at least looks like he's going to be able to contribute quickly, as he's a graduating senior (also, he probably won't threaten to go unsigned). 2. OAK - SP Josh Haugen. Another scout rec... I'm not really enamored with this guy's future potential but starting pitching is always precious. 3. BAL - CF Damian Kerchner. The O's already have their CFOTF set but that's OK; Kerchner probably won't stick in center anyway. He does have the best EYE in the draft, which was a big consideration for me for this team. 4. MIL - SP Alex Izquierdo. The scouts asked for CF Moniko Fernandez, who I've already seen on the top of a couple boards (I'll try not to use that!) but Izquierdo has the same potential (65 OVR) and looks like he's a better all-around pitcher than Fernandez is a hitter, if that makes sense. 5. KC - CF Moniko Fernandez. This guy could only drop so far. Interestingly he's only the 7th best player in the draft according to OSA but, well, I'm not using OSA for my recs. Fernandez doesn't have the best eye but otherwise looks like he could be the next/first Ichiro. 6. PIT - CF Michael Sabir. A scouting rec, Sabir looks like a slightly lesser version of Fernandez, although closer to being major-league ready, I think. We'll see! Also, he doesn't want any money so that's a bonus for a struggling franchise like the Pirates. 7. SD - SS Benjamin Carter. Another scouting rec (and for the most part I may wind up just letting the scouts heavily inform these picks), Carter looks like he's profiled to be a kind of middling player but at 22 he's pretty close to being ML level already and already looks like he can play a variety of positions, so he's exactly the kind of Swiss Army Knife type player that will help vault the Padres into mediocrity. 8. LA - 2B Danny Tutunijan. I went away from scouting recommendations because I know the Dodgers are starting 40 year old Billy Tristan at the keystone and so they desperately need a long-term replacement. It looks to me like the main thing that kept Tutunijan from being much more highly regarded is his defense; as a college junior I'm not 100% sure he's even going to be able to stick at 2nd and just straight up lacks the arm to play on the right side of the infield. If he can improve with the glove though he'll be a 4-tool player (arm is one of the 5 tools, right?), 5 if you count plate discipline as a tool. 9. WAS - SP Nate Kemp. I admit I had to go into the editor with this guy. Look... his name is Jaden. I will not have a draftee named Jaden in 19 god damn 70. It just will not happen. Anyway, NATE Kemp looks close to ML ready and the Senators play in a pitchers' park (for now!) and, well, at this point going with a pitcher is zigging where the rest of the league zagged. 10. CIN - C Johnny Becton. Another guy I had to change the name of (Thatcher! CHRIST). I actually don't think Becton's going to wind up playing much catcher in the pros so I hesitate to call him the next Johnny Bench, but this guy looks like he'll be able to hit well enough to carry a 1B or corner OF job. 11. PHI - CF Brandon Anderson. The game wanted me to pick a catcher named Lee Zgonc but Anderson fills a need better and was the #3 player in the draft going in according to OSA (and for that matter is at the top of the Phillies' list behind a relief pitcher). 12. STL - C Chris Grider. The Cards' scouting director also went for Zgonc and that is a great, great name, I will grant you, but Grider looks a lot more like a guy who will actually catch in the major leagues (a 40 rating at C compared to Zgonc's 30). 13. CAL - 3B Jason Poindexter. The Angels had two guys at the top of their list, Poindexter and CF Sonny Burwell, and I wound up going with Poindexter because a. it looked to me like a lot of Burwell's value is locked up in his defense and the Angels already have all-world CF Norman Hodge, and b. I like Poindexter's personality ratings better. 14. HOU - SP Rob Littlejohn. Houston needs starting pitching and I think Littlejohn might have had the best stuff in the draft, at least for a guy who is projected to start. He's not quite major league ready yet, I don't think, but is probably only a couple seasons away. 15. SF - CF Sonny Burwell. Time will tell if the Angels made the right decision above, but their California "rivals" (I mean, they're in a different league so they can only rival so much) snapped up the other guy. The Giants' scouting director is not very sanguine on his offense but the Giants need position players, period, and Burwell looks like he could win a few Gold Gloves if things break the right way. 16. NYY - SS Taylor Deveraux. The Yankees are using a late-30s guy at shortstop right now in Ty Stover so this is definitely a position they need help in. I actually think that Devreaux should stick at short and might even win a Gold Glove or two if Red Sox phenom Oniji Handa falls apart or moves to the other league. 17. DET - SP Ryan Boydston. The scouting director once again wanted me to go after Lee Zgonc but the Tigers already have a youngish bat-first catcher. Instead I went for Boydston, who looks like he might be a bit of a steal this low in the first round. That said, he does want a lot of money. 18. CHW - C Lee Zgonc. Sure, what the heck? Zgonc has fallen far enough already and the White Sox are in a position to want to take a chance on a guy who might be 10 picks underdrafted at this point. Zgonc has amazing plate discipline skills and the personality line on him is that he's a "baseball rat". IME, Chicago and rats are an iconic duo. 19. MIN - 1B Greg Cooper. Cooper has old players' skills and doesn't even look like a very good fielding 1B but he also looks like he's a good pure hitter, which is something that could just become more valuable around 1973, who knows? 20. CHC - SP Jacob Casey. Casey's a slight reach but the top guys on the Cubs' list were a center fielder, a catcher, and a relief pitcher. The Cubs don't really need the first two positions and I'm not going to draft a reliever in the first round in 1970. Anyway he's only 19 so unfortunately for Cubs fans hoping for a quick fix he's not going to be ready to go for a while. 21. BOS - CF David Cook. Cook's fallen maybe a bit further than he "should" have and Boston has a need for a CF. Looks like their scout and my eyes lined up pretty well here. 22. ATL - SS Zach James. James is definitely a gamble. He has most of the tools to succeed as a shortstop but he has bad hands (only 50) so he might wind up being a second baseman (although if that happens he'll be a multi-time Gold Glover there). If he sticks at short, I think multiple All-Star Games are in the offing. 23. NYM - 3B Robbin Homer. Pickings are starting to get slim here and Homer doesn't look super fantastically amazing. On the other hand, he looks like glove-wise he could play third base in the major leagues right now and if he's close with the stick he could be the Mets' Opening Day starter at that position in 1971. 24. CLE - C Lester Dowell. Big catcher draft this year. Dowell looks like a better long term fit behind the plate than Lee Zgonc but he's not super fantastic. Nevertheless, Cleveland's starter there, John House, kind of looks like a forever-platoon guy and Dowell could turn that into a very plus position once he matures. And, just because I feel like spending 3571058701 HOURS on the draft this year, OSA's list of the top 10 and where they landed: 1. Joe Wells, 21 year-old CF out of college. (Reds, 2nd round, 34th overall, and perhaps the steal of the draft?) 2. Brandon Anderson, 21 year-old CF out of college. (Phillies, 1st round, 11th overall) 3. Michael Sabir, 23 year-old CF out of college. (Pirates, 1st round, 6th overall) 4. Hudson Watts, 23 year-old SS out of college. (Expos, 1st overall) 5. Ryan Boydston, 21 year-old LHP out of college. (Tigers, 17th overall) 6. Benjamin Carter, 22 year-old SS out of college. (Padres, 7th overall) 7. Moniko Fernández, 22 year-old CF out of college. (Royals, 5th overall) 8. Lester Dowell, 21 year-old C out of college. (Indians, 24th overall) 9. [s]Jaden[/s] Nate Kemp, 21 year-old LHP out of college. (Senators, 9th overall) 10. Ricky Rosales, 17 year-old SS out of high-school. (Orioles, 3rd overall) News ----------------------- June 1: White Sox LF Willie Vargas (.362, 3, 31) won the AL Player of the Week award by getting 13 hits in 26 at bats. He also had 1 HR and 6 RBI. Somehow this is Vargas' first PotW award. He's only 25 so there should be a lot more coming. June 1: On the other end of the PotW spectrum, Braves RF Henry Riggs (.280, 11, 29) won his 2nd award this year and 20th of his career. He hit .529 (10-19) with 4 ding-dongs and (only) 6 RBI. And to think I was wondering if he was done a month ago... June 1: Expos 3B Adam Owens (.289, 8, 19) continues to make the Mets regret shipping him off. He won NL Rookie of the Month honors with a .311 average, 6 HRs, and 13 runs scored. He's pretty good! June 1: 3B/LF Jeff Nation (.320, 4, 23) of the Royals is looking like the odds-on favorite for ROY honors, position switch or no position switch. In May Nation hit .371 with all 4 of his HR and 20 of his ribbies. He's not just a great rookie, he's KC's best player, period. June 1: Josh Matthews of the Cleveland Indians (7-3, 2.75) took home the May Pitcher of the Month honors for the AL, going 6-1 with a 2.30 ERA. He finished a yard shy of the Cy last year and now with Cleveland surging he has to be on the top of that early list. June 1: Giants starter Mike Stuckey (8-3, 2.24) might have stolen the NL Pitcher of the Month from others but he did TBF have an awfully good May. He went 5-1 with a 2.30 ERA and 37 Ks in 54.2 innings pitched. June 1: Cardinals 1B Justin Stone (.320, 12, 39) is proving that in spite of missing most of last year he is every last bit the MVP candidate he's been since entering the league. In May he hit .324 with 10 of his 12 1970 HRs and 31 RBIs. At the age of 30, he's managed to rack up 18 of these awards. June 1: Yankees RF Frank Meneses (.309, 11, 31) went from pinch-hitting to the AL Batter of the Month over the course of May. He hit .309 with all 11 of his HRs along with 28 of his 31 RBI. This is Meneses' 3rd BotM but first since 1966. June 1: The Cubs were dealt a pretty big blow, as veteran 2B Juan Perez (.301, 6, 25) was diagnosed with an elbow strain that will cause him to miss the next 6 weeks. I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger on calling up prospect David Holcombe (.281, 4, 23) in his place, which is less confidence that Holcombe can take over and more heavy skepticism that Tim Mantero (.176, 0, 0), who was Perez' caddy last year as well, can do the job the Cubs need a 2B to do. June 1: Pirates' SP Clyde Jones (5-4, 2.75) will miss the rest of the year with a torn meniscus in his knee. The Pirates seem loaded with young starting pitchng and as such all they have to do is call up 24 year old Danny Perez (5-4, 3.18 in AAA Columbus). I mean, they'll still miss Jones, don't get me wrong... June 2: Phillies 3B Pedro Arellano (.232, 2, 9) is demanding more PT in what I think is mostly "I don't want to be both a backup and play for a bad team" situation. The incumbent there is Alex Becerra (.218, 5, 13), who isn't exactly a world-beater himself, but the situation is not exactly so dire that I want to replace a 30-year-old with a 31-year-old with less of a track record. Probably I'll just let Arellano stew until he demands his release. June 3: Tigers C Scott Woodcock (.231, 0, 3) also announced he's unhappy with his role on the team. I was a little surprised he didn't speak up earlier, as he was the starter last season and wasn't completely awful or anything. Nevertheless, he's 35 and is clearly inferior to Gianluigi Farinelli (.292, 5, 17) as both a hitter and a fielder. Sorry, Scott, you had a good run in Detroit but you've got to either accept a backup job or accept that your time is over there. June 3: Dodgers RP Keith Pacheco (0-0, 3.44) is getting mad... about not being a starter? He has a grand total of 56 starts over his 8 year career and hasn't been used significantly has a starter since 1965. That said though... man, Raul Andrade (1-8, 5.29) has really not cut it after missing all of 1969 and maybe it is time for a change... June 3: And completing the angry guy trifecta, Yankees 2B Pat Jones (.353, 2, 6) also wats to start. Last year he was a meh pinch-hitter / fill-in at 2nd and this year... he's blocked by Wing-fung Yi (.189, 2, 17), who TBF has been pretty awful this year but last year he hit over .300 and he's 8 years younger than Jones. Nevertheless I will start mixing Jones in a bit more, which will probably just slightly prolong his descent into demanding to be traded but you never know... June 5: Angels RF Chris Tyree (.339, 3, 28), who was having a sensational sophomore season (ALLITERATION) is going to miss the next 5 weeks with a hamstring strain, a big blow to an Angels team that is falling back to the pack. I've got a platoon of Jon Berry (.138, 1, 3 but he was better last year) and Barney Leriche (.250, 0, 2) working for him until he returns. June 5: So, right after I wrote the write-up on the Twins below, RH Todd Thiesen (4-1, 3.68, 4 Sv) spot-started and had the kind of game that makes you say "okay, you know what? I changed my mind and you do go into the rotation." At the least I'm going to switch out to a 5-man for maybe the next month or so to let things shake themselves out. June 5: Man, it's like this is "Reconsider A Reliever Day" or something... Indians RH Bob Reyes (1-4, 3.44) also spot-started his way into the Indians rotation today. Like the Twins, they were running a 4-man staff; like the Twins, I'm opening up to 5 men for the undefineable future. June 5: ON THE OTHER HAND... I don't generally announce releases unless they're in context with something else (and maybe this should be in Transactions? MEH) but man... I feel like I've given RH Victor Reyes (0-2, 7.61) all the chances in the world to work in Atlanta but he's just not. The peripherals look okay - well, other than the 4 HRs in 23.2 innings - but he's flat out not getting batters out. Maybe this sends a message to the team. His replacement for now is AAA reliever Chuugo Takahashi (2-2, 4.46 at Richmond) who isn't pitching well but to make up for that he has a beautiful mustache. June 6: The Royals learned that RP Glenn Fitzgerald (0-0, 3.43) will miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum. Given that he's 35, it's entirely possible that this also closes the book on his career. Fitzgerald's been an enigma for me the past couple years: he's very, very wild (more than a walk per IP last year and this year he brought it down to "only" 6.4 BB/9) but he had at least decent succes in the past as a career middle reliever for the Cubs. With the Royals this year his "success" (which, he's basically an average arm out of the bullpen) was smoke and mirrors but, you know, success is success. Anyway, bye Glenn. It was nice "knowing" you. June 6: Twins SP Angelo Ramos (10-1, 2.95) threw a 4-hitter today to become the first pitcher in either league to reach double digits in wins. Ramos has a career record of 195-113 and has somehow never managed to win a Cy Young in spite of finishing in the money 6 times. Will this be his year? June 6: Speaking of 10 game winners... Reds LH Steve Waiters (10-1, 2.48) gave up a no-hitter with 1 out in the 8th but recovered to win a 3-0 shutout of the Mets to be the first NL guy to hit double digits in the category. Waiters, 26, seems to have turned a corner this year, although TBF he made the All-Star Game the last 2 years as well so he hasn't exactly been bad. June 7: The AL All-Star voting so far: CATCHER 1. Brad Reed, Minnesota Twins: 158,591 2. Jon Hernandez, Baltimore Orioles: 158,087 3. Armando Flores, Washington Senators: 153,157 FIRST BASE 1. Mike Miller, Boston Red Sox: 246,018 2. Alex Cardenas, New York Yankees: 232,180 3. David Decker, Oakland Athletics: 181,397 SECOND BASE 1. Danny Villegas, Detroit Tigers: 197,188 2. Danny Fager, Baltimore Orioles: 189,096 3. T.J. Pritchett, Cleveland Indians: 176,616 THIRD BASE 1. Tom Weiss, New York Yankees: 216,681 2. Marco Perez, Baltimore Orioles: 211,645 3. Mike Brookes, Minnesota Twins: 207,820 SHORTSTOP 1. Ty Stover, New York Yankees: 215,356 2. Oniji Handa, Boston Red Sox: 198,748 3. John Johnson, Cleveland Indians: 184,895 LEFT FIELD 1. Alonzo Huanosta, Cleveland Indians: 201,666 2. Willie Vargas, Chicago White Sox: 198,499 3. Matthew Levario, Oakland Athletics: 196,378 CENTER FIELD 1. Bryant Tarala, Baltimore Orioles: 194,265 2. Tom Brown, Chicago White Sox: 183,105 3. Norm Hodge, California Angels: 170,790 RIGHT FIELD 1. Alvin Romero, Washington Senators: 191,244 2. Frank Meneses, New York Yankees: 181,740 3. John Marsden, Oakland Athletics: 166,422 STARTING PITCHER 1. Chris Benavides, Minnesota Twins: 109,977 2. Tracy Mosher, New York Yankees: 108,630 3. Sandy Hinojosa, Boston Red Sox: 103,998 4. Josh Matthews, Cleveland Indians: 96,776 5. Justin Kindberg, Boston Red Sox: 94,306 RELIEVER 1. Montay Luiso, Baltimore Orioles: 114,661 2. Pete Lynn, Minnesota Twins: 94,260 3. Alex Madrigal, Detroit Tigers: 88,785 4. Billy Munoz, Kansas City Royals: 85,802 5. Malcolm Post, Chicago White Sox: 75,446 Tommy Weiss is leading 3rd basemen over Marco Perez, which strikes me as a little crazy. They should both get in though. Otherwise, wow, Alvin Romero's getting a lot of love really early in his career. Brad Reed's looked really average to me this year but I guess really average is great for a catcher. And in the NL: CATCHER 1. Jason Bushon, New York Mets: 178,223 2. John Stuart, St. Louis Cardinals: 158,383 3. Greg Darrow, Chicago Cubs: 141,871 FIRST BASE 1. Joshua Waltenbery, New York Mets: 279,525 2. Justin Stone, St. Louis Cardinals: 229,660 3. Rafael Disla, Los Angeles Dodgers: 229,081 SECOND BASE 1. Kevin Dwyer, Atlanta Braves: 277,740 2. Pedro Ortiz, Cincinnati Reds: 252,051 3. Billy Tristan, Los Angeles Dodgers: 176,192 THIRD BASE 1. Bobby Kraljevic, Cincinnati Reds: 194,190 2. Pete Little, Houston Astros: 192,223 3. Sean Gabel, Chicago Cubs: 187,884 SHORTSTOP 1. Jeremy Taylor, Chicago Cubs: 182,322 2. Tyler Webster, Pittsburgh Pirates: 157,689 3. Akiho Fujimoto, San Diego Padres: 153,602 LEFT FIELD 1. Jason Workman, Chicago Cubs: 228,673 2. Barry Cooper, San Francisco Giants: 222,468 3. Ernie Griffin, Los Angeles Dodgers: 205,506 CENTER FIELD 1. John Lopez, Houston Astros: 197,493 2. Curtis Hope, New York Mets: 179,844 3. Mark Tooley, Chicago Cubs: 161,738 RIGHT FIELD 1. Jaden Weaver, Houston Astros: 264,459 2. Nelson Hernandez, San Diego Padres: 214,572 3. Henry Riggs, Atlanta Braves: 202,172 STARTING PITCHER 1. John Mash, New York Mets: 102,422 2. Robert Rivera, San Francisco Giants: 101,635 3. Steve Waiters, Cincinnati Reds: 95,244 4. Fernando Apolonio, Los Angeles Dodgers: 95,048 5. Mike Stuckey, San Francisco Giants: 90,876 RELIEVER 1. John Winn, Atlanta Braves: 145,261 2. Geoff Saus, New York Mets: 101,619 3. Paz Lemus, Pittsburgh Pirates: 100,692 4. John Booth, San Francisco Giants: 99,857 5. Adam Eastin, St. Louis Cardinals: 92,995 Mash incidentally just got hurt and will be out of the rotation for the next 2-3 weeks so I'm going to go ahead and guess that he will not start the All-Star Game. 2/3rds of the starting outfield, meanwhile, would be Astros if the game was tomorrow and I can't say I don't agree. June 7 (evening): And the power rankings! Things are looking... strange. 1st (1st) Cincinnati 34-21 .618 2nd (7th) Boston 30-20 .600 3rd (5th) Minnesota 32-20 .615 4th (4th) Chicago (N) 29-20 .592 5th (2nd) Houston 34-22 .607 The biggest story is the Mets falling out of the top 5. They got knocked all the way down to 8th, the second largest drop of the week (Baltimore dropped from 8th to 14th). I'd also mentioned that I've gotten through every team's 20-loss reviews; I was incorrect, as the Cubs have not been so touched yet. The bottom 5: 20th (21st) Atlanta 20-31 .392 21st (22nd) San Diego 23-35 .397 22nd (23rd) Milwaukee 20-34 .370 23rd (24th) Montreal 17-35 .327 24th (20th) Kansas City 21-31 .404 The Royals fell into dead last by going 0-6 this week; in fact, they're on an 11 game losing streak. Somehow they're still 2 games up on Milwaukee for the chase to the AL West cellar. Teams In Review ----------------- June 3: The Houston Astros (31-20, 2nd AL West) might just be the biggest surprise of the season. It's them or the Reds (who are 1/2 game above them in the standings right now). Maybe just as surprising is how they're doing it: despite playing half their games at the Astrodome they are an offense-oriented team (3rd in runs scored with 269, only 8th in runs allowed with 223). Rotation: Josh Mullett (6-4, 4.72) had been somehow putting up good numbers - 12-7, 1.90 in '68, 17-9, 3.76 last year - in spite of some iffy peripherals including a backwards walk-to-strikeout ratio. This year his production seems to have fallen to about where he "should" be. At the same time, he keeps the 'Stros in games... I think I'm leaving him in; in fact, I'm switching Houston out to a 5 man rotation for a month or so so that hopefully they'll be good to go in the dog days of summer. It's a gamble, I will grant you. Caleb McDonald (0-2, 1.66), who's been lights-out in middle relief so far, flips into the rotation. Bullpen: Jon Douglas (1-3, 3.90, 9 Sv) has been... fine. The idea at the beginning of the year was to use both him and LH Alex Ochoa (0-0, 4.66, 1 Sv) as co-stoppers but Ochoa got DLed and frankly wasn't that good before then. Will they need help from outside of the organization? I don't see a lot going on in AAA Oklahoma City either... Infield: C Dan Rigdon (.197, 1, 19) has lost nearly 100 points off his average this year but he's still a very good catcher and his backup Bobby Copeland (.190, 1, 5) is not. There's no competition! Outfield: Hey, RF Jaden Weaver (.261, 20, 51) isn't a very good fielder and he's only hitting .261 and... oh wait, yeah, he's just barely off the pace to tie the single-season HR record (65 in this league; right now he's on pace to hit 64). Nothing to see here! Move along! June 4: With the AL East in turmoil, the Boston Red Sox are still sort of on top (26-20, 1st AL East) but they're kind of scuffling. They were only 13-13 in May and have lost their lone June game so far. They do have the best starters' ERA in the league (3.26) but you wonder how long that will last with half of the rotation out with injuries. Overall the biggest issue, probably, is that the offense is not as awesome as people thought they'd be (209 runs, 5th in the AL after they were 3rd in the league in that category last year). Rotation: Bruce Britt (1-0, 8.79) is On Notice but the rotation as noted is kind of depleted right now and I don't want to go Mt. Piniella with this team so he'll stick around... for now. I'd consider switching down to a 5 man but that's like the opposite of what they need right now; really they want to give as many starts as they can to 1969 Cy Young Award winner Justin Kindberg (6-4, 2.80) and veteran acquisition Sandy Hinojosa (6-2, 2.42). Bullpen: The bullpen, honestly, is looking pretty good. I'm not exactly sure why they have the 3rd worst ERA in the league (3.78); whatever issues they had appear to have already been settled. Infield: The continued struggles of 3B Mauro Magoni (.231, 2, 19) have led me to mixing in prospect Edwin Madriles (.278, 8, 25 in AAA Louisville) at the position. It's a mid-season position battle! Outfield: CF Ryan Johnston (.190, 1, 2) has been hurt a lot this year and not very good when healthy. Worst of all, the 27 year old looks like he's backslid on defense a bit and is now below average. I'm going to start platooning Jon "The Astronaut" Glynn (.256, 3, 16), who isn't super great himself but is under 25 and a much better fielder at least. June 5: Man, busy day for writing! Given that we have PARITY LEAGUE this year, the Minnesota Twins are the second-to-last team to reach 20 losses (29-20, 1st AL West) and I believe the Mets are also coming up today. The Twins have had some issues this year, primarily based around a kind of bad offensive attack (190 runs scored, 9th due primarily to having the 3rd worst BA in the AL at .239) that's sort of holding a league-best defense (181 runs allowed) back. I say "kind of" because they still have the best record in the junior circuit. Rotation: There's not a lot that I want to change to be honest. RH Victor Ortiz (2-4, 5.27) has been pretty bad so far but it's been 8 months since he was carrying the team in the postseason so it seems premature to cut bait. Otherwise I guess Ricardo Magdaleno is the other guy struggling (2-4, 4.86) but he, too, was pretty solid last season. Call this a Law of Competitive Balance thing but with the team winning anyway and at that winning on the backs of their pitching staff, I don't see a good reason to switch stuff out. Bullpen: The Twins' bullpen has three proven stoppers in Pete Lynn (2-1, 2.66, 5 Sv), Pete Eason (0-0, 0.00, 1 Sv), and Todd Thiesen (3-1, 4.43, 4 Sv), so I guess it's not surprising that they're so good. And, like, only Thiesen has been worse than average so why fix what ain't broke? Infield: The issues the team had up the middle were mostly due to injuries to starters 2B Daniel Gilmet (.320, 1, 5) and SS Marty Mendel (.246, 0, 3). Neither is a great defensive option but, like, the team's pitching seems like it enjoys overcoming that and I'm not going to stand in their way. Outfield: The Twinkies pretty sorely miss LF Alejandro Cortes (.231, 1, 12), who's still got another 3 weeks before he gets back from a sprained elbow. I mean, Mike Grigg (.342, 2, 4) has been filling in fantastically in his stead - he feels like he's in the Johnny Grubb role in the real life mid-80s Tigers - but he could just as easily be doing this work as a 4th outfielder and pinch-hitter. Still, I think we stand pat. June 5: And, to round things out for 20 losses, the New York Mets. They hit 20 losses (30-20, 1st, NL East) on the heels of a 3 game losing streak that includes getting swept in a 2-game series against the suddenly-lowly Braves (who just, to make matters worse, dropped a game 8-1 to the last-place Expos). As such, they actually only have the 3rd best record in the NL, trailing the Reds (33-20) and Astros (32-20). The hitting has only been average (217 runs scored, 6th, thanks in large part to a .238 BA that's 3rd-worst), which has been the primary thing keeping the Cubs close, as their pitching is as good as ever (194 runs scored, 2nd). Incidentally, the Mets tweak their lineup just as they open up with 6 games on the road against two potential playoff opponents in Cincinnati and Houston. Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire! Rotation: For a team that's doing so well overall, the Mets have some weird holes in the rotation. Ernesto Carillo (7-3, 4.63) went from 15-7 and 2.73 last year to, so far, acting like he's on the Cubs or something with a super high ERA built on a looot of wildness (5.8 BB/9, although he's striking out nearly 10 men an inning) but that 7-3 record somehow. Bookending the rotation right now is RH Julio Sandoval (1-6, 5.94), who was 18-7, 2.60 last year (and led the league in ERA!) but has also been baaaad so far, also due to poor control (4.2 BB/9), although unlike Sandoval he doesn't have the stuff to back that up and as such he's also given up 8 dingers in 47 IP. He's on the watch but I can't just demote him to the 'pen just yet. One thing I will do that I've been doing for several teams now is pop it out to a 5 man rotation to rest the starters' arms as the game comes a bit faster and also give David "Macho" Camacho (0-1, 1.77), who was 10-7 and 3.59 as a spot starter and long reliever last year, a shot at breaking in when the flip back down the stretch. Bullpen: Moving Camacho out allows the Mets to go with a very hierarchical 4-man staff, headed by Geoff Saus (0-1, 3.90, 13 Sv), who's nominally worse just based on giving up hits even though he's still striking out more than a batter an inning. Oh yeah, in 1970 they thought that was a thing... the one add I'd like is a LOIGY but AAA Tidewater literally doesn't have a single southpaw on the staff. One thing I will do to try and address that is to sign 33 year old Gerardo Vinueza, who got into 2 whole innings with California last year, to a minor league contract. The fact that he's unsigned doesn't bode well but I mean a lefty could be a difference-maker in the playoffs. Infield: 2B Nick Warren (.239, 3, 20) was brought in from the Expos last year and he is just baaaarely adequate. He's a good fielder (ZR disagrees but sometimes ZR can suck it) and I don't want to mess with success and that's kind of the only reason he's still in the lineup. They do have Mark Tomblin (.500, 0, 2), who hit .175 in limited time last season and has barely played this year, and I'll mix him in just push Warren a bit harder, maybe make him aware that he's on notice. At third, Nick Hawkinson (.198, 2, 11) looked every bit the 41-year-old that he is before he got hurt. The team came in with a cache of guys at this spot to cover for this, but neither of the other vets have worked out either so far. 35 year old Jose Vallin (.193, 1, 6), who hit .300 primarily as a pinch-hitting option last year, has lost more than 100 points off of his average, and Bob Baldwin (.200, 0, 1) is also old (35) and playing like an old man. I'd further complain that the Mets traded away a perfectly good 3B in Jeff Nation to get him but Nation has been teeeeeeeeerrible afield and frankly that is exactly the kind of gamble a team like the Mets can't afford to take. IN ANY CASE, the one thing I am doing here is giving Bob Baldwin more PT in the hopes that he'll improve with semi-regular at-bats. Outfield: LF Jimmy Washington (.222, 5, 36) has been as good as ever at driving batters in and lately it looks like he's begun to hit: after opening the year with a 14-78 April with just 1 HR, he hit .236 last month and is at .400 (4-10) so far this one. Is that enough? The ribeyes tell me yes. RF Edgar Arriaga (.236, 7, 21) had basically the same May that Washington did but he's several years older and doesn't have anything like the track record his fellow corner OF does. As such, I'm going to start spelling him heavily with LH Adam Greenlee (..300, 0, 3, primarily as a PH) and RH Andy Owens (.135, 0, 3, but .295, 2, 19 last year). For being one of the best teams in baseball, the Mets have a lot of holes...
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Major Transactions
------------------------ After the draft last week I kind of, um, forgot that these existed. So instead I'm running the whole week's worth of transaction on Sunday... June "8": The Red Sox purchased RP Eddie Sanchez (2-0, 5.27) from the Mets for $5,000. The Mets are running short on pitchers but the Red Sox are arguably even shorter so, you know, it sort of works I guess? June "9": The Brewers purchased OF Kenny Augsburger (.176, 0, 2) from the Giants for $2,000. Augsburger was used extensively as a pinch-hitter and 4th OFer last year for the Giants' AAA club but has barely played in the majors for them this season. The Brewers could definitely use some better outfielders, even with the trade below... June "11": The Brewers traded RF Richard Berman (.317, 0, 27) to the A's for SP Chris Granahan (4-6, 2.97) and RF John Marsden (.344, 7, 18). This was, frankly, a bizarre trade IRL (Steve Hovley, a 26 year old OFer best known for shaving his head in spring training of 1969 and then not cutting his hair again all season long, for 2 guys at the end of their rope). I guess the Brewers just didn't want a hippie on their team or something. Here, Richard Berman is waaay better than Hovley but arguably John Marsden might be better. He's also 4 years older and McGranahan is one of those guys who can't stay in rotations because he keeps getting hurt (I did manually lower his proneness in the offseason though). Also, Berman was literally the only non-red player in the Brewers' lineup outside of catcher Jonathan Victoria. June "13": The Astros traded OF/PH Steve West (.276, 1, 5) and SS Dusty McCully (.264, 2, 19 at AAA Oklahoma City) to the Cardinals for RP Adam Eastin (5-1, 2.01, 9 Sv). Even though the Cards are technically listed at "win now" mode, this is a white flag trade. The Astros have been hurting in the bullpen all year long (they're 9th in the NL in bullpen ERA) and Eastin, on his 3rd team in 2 years, figures to give them a real shot in the arm there. For St. Louis, the guys they got back are major league ready and will probably fill in somewhere. June "13": The Royals traded 2B Victor Hernandez (.241, 1, 10 at AAA Omaha) for MI Luke Dunnahoe (.284, 1, 7). This is, as IRL, one of these moves where one team seems to send a meh but starting quality player to an expansion club just to, like, help them out or something. Dunnahoe was the Phillies' starting SS last year but doesn't really field well enough to stick on a good team. He should get lots of opportunities for the Royals. Hernandez got a cup of coffee with Seattle last season but I'd be surprised if he makes it back into the majors to be honest. News ----------------------- June 8: Dodgers second baseman Billy Tristan (.333, 7, 25) became one of the oldest players in MLB history (maybe the oldest, who knows?) to win NL Player of the Week after an 11-23, 4 RBI week. This was Tristan's 4th such honor, which, hey, matches how many times he's made it to the All-Star Game. He's 3rd in the league in All-Star voting at his position, too, so a 5th entry is not out of the question. June 8: Twins 1B Angelo Martinez (.290, 13, 36) won Poty number 16 and his first this year after an MVP 1969 season. Still only 31, it's clear that Martinez still has a lot left in the tank. He had 11 hits in 28 at-bats with 3 HRs, 7 runs scored, and 7 RBI last week. June 8: Padres SS Akiho Fujimoto (.298, 1, 25), a dark horse / possible lone entrant for the All-Star Game, will miss the next 6 weeks with a hamstring strain. It's a bad hamstring strain, OK? Dan Litrell (.316, 2, 7), who put in a surprisingly decent year as the regular at short for San Diego last year, will take over in his stead. June 9: The Cards were having a relatively injury-free season so far, but that's gone by the wayside a bit, as it was announced today that 2B Chris Johnston (.234, 1, 3) will miss the next month and a half with a strained abdominal muscle. I swear, the real 70s would have guys just rub dirt in it but this is not a day to day injury so OK I guess. Johnston has a bit of a history of injury proneness and St. Louis already acquired his backup over the offseason, middle infielder Luke Dunnahoe (.241, 1, 6), so it's more of bad news for Johnston than it is for the organization, as Johnston was having a rough year. June 9: Orioles OF Andrew Cutler (.167, 2, 6) is demanding to be traded. He's been a 4th OF for the O's who's occasionally popped into the lineup, but he's 33 now and I just don't see what he offers outside of the pinch-hitting he's been doing (poorly). The incumbent Matt Nugent (.214, 4, 14) has been struggling, it's true, but he's also a full decade younger than Cutler and as such has a much better chance to be decent in a couple years. Finally, Baltimore's fallen back to earth after a hot start (they're .500 now, 27-27). If the team was doing better I guess I'd care more about continuity but... I don't. I guess congrats, Andrew? You get to find your next job yourself. June 10: The Astros are dealt a pretty severe blow as SS Jordan Green (.292, 4, 20) was diagnosed with a herniated disc in his back and will miss the next 2-3 months. With 2B Adam Blake looking pretty underwhelming (.202, 1, 10), I'm going to go ahead and not send Alejandro Chairez (.309, 3, 14) to that position and instead will use the classic good-field no-hit John Timonen (.238, 0, 0) until/unless I get sick and tired of him hitting .150 (if you think I'm exaggerating, okay I am but only slightly; his career average is .182). June 10: Yankees RF Frank Meneses (.325, 13, 37) hit his 13th HR on the season. No big whoop, but I thought I'd point it out because he hit 12 all last year in 428 at-bats. For that matter, he also had only 45 RBIs last season and he's closing in on that mark already too. He's having one monster of a career year. June 10: Also, the Royals lost today 4-1 in 11 innings to push their losing streak to 13 games. They were a game over .500 when this started; now they're 2 games out of the AL West cellar. June 10: The Cubs are 6-1 in June and have taken sole possession of first in the NL East. They're 31-20 now and are a half game up, but a half game is still a half game. They've had the major advantage of having played the Dodgers and Padres during this time whereas the Mets just wrapped up a 6 game set of games at Cincinnati and Houston, where they finished 3-3 (which is pretty damn good considering those are the two teams competing for the NL West title). June 12: This is barely even news but Orioles CF Bryant Tarala (.199, 11, 23) is hurt again, this time out for a month and a half with an undisclosed shoulder injury (hey, it's better than "sore shoulder"). Rich Kemm (.268, 5, 23 at AAA Rochester) played about half the year last year as the Seattle Pilots' main man in center so the O's will make do with him as they try to tread water in the AL East. June 13: It just keeps getting worse for the Mets' chances to repeat. Today they learned that SP Joe Beane (10-3, 2.05), who's only been the ace of the staff all season, will be out until after the All-Star Break with shoulder bursitis (now there is a good 70s era injury). This comes just a couple days after finding out that set-up man Roberto Marin (1-3, 3.91) was going to miss the entire season with a torn labrum. I guess things could be worse - see the Red Sox - but Chicago's already staked out a 1 game lead in the East and it looks like the Mets are going to need to have a great summer to outlast their new rivals. June 13: Cardinals OF Danny Jiminez (.231, 0, 3) walked into my office and demanded a trade (look, in this reality I simultaneously exist in 24 locations at once. Deal with it). Well, specifically, he said "play me or trade me". Um, dude. You're a left fielder and the corner OFers in front of you are the single-season leader in HR in Lorenzo Martinez (.249, 14, 43) and the team leader in hits in Casey Satterfield (.298, 7, 32). I guess what you're asking for is your release then? OK I guess. Good luck in Mexico... June 13: Nothing official yet but the Brewers are about to get absolutely eaten with the draft this year. They're already way over budget for signings and have yet to sign their 3rd and 4th round picks. Also their 10th and 21st rounders were impossible-to-sign HS players. All those guys are almost certain to go back into the draft next year with zero compensation. I have to admit, I'm kind of loving that the 3rd round guy is a college junior out of the University of Washington - the irony here of course is that the UW (my alma mater!) is based in Seattle, Washington, the city this team moved away from in the middle of the night in late March. June 13: "The Long And Winding Road" becomes the 20th and final single by the Beatles to reach #1 on the Billboard chart. Also, it's the worst Beatles song to hit #1 and arguably their worst song, period (I kind of like "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", shut up). June 13: The Royals' tailspin continues and the team's frustrations are now getting out onto the playing field. Today in a 12-4 loss to the Yankees, pitcher Ryan Hicks (3-4, 7.59) hit NY shortstop Ty Stover (.298, 13, 42), who charged the mound and ignited a bench-clearing brawl. Both players have been suspended by the league. Kansas City has now lost 15 games in a row. June 14: AL All-Star voting update: CATCHER 1. Jon Hernandez, Baltimore Orioles: 258,862 2. Armando Flores, Washington Senators: 254,295 3. Brad Reed, Minnesota Twins: 251,590 FIRST BASE 1. Mike Miller, Boston Red Sox: 390,839 2. Alex Cardenas, New York Yankees: 368,635 3. Angelo Martinez, Minnesota Twins: 295,824 SECOND BASE 1. Danny Villegas, Detroit Tigers: 318,782 2. Danny Fager, Baltimore Orioles: 297,619 3. T.J. Pritchett, Cleveland Indians: 275,958 THIRD BASE 1. Tom Weiss, New York Yankees: 344,638 2. Marco Perez, Baltimore Orioles: 340,608 3. Mike Brookes, Minnesota Twins: 337,072 SHORTSTOP 1. Ty Stover, New York Yankees: 356,903 2. Oniji Handa, Boston Red Sox: 314,852 3. John Johnson, Cleveland Indians: 296,054 LEFT FIELD 1. Alonzo Huanosta, Cleveland Indians: 331,162 2. Willie Vargas, Chicago White Sox: 316,192 3. Matthew Levario, Oakland Athletics: 315,719 CENTER FIELD 1. Bryant Tarala, Baltimore Orioles: 308,903 2. Tom Brown, Chicago White Sox: 290,836 3. Norm Hodge, California Angels: 271,238 RIGHT FIELD 1. Alvin Romero, Washington Senators: 316,021 2. Frank Meneses, New York Yankees: 301,932 3. John Marsden, Oakland Athletics: 267,413 STARTING PITCHER 1. Chris Benavides, Minnesota Twins: 172,259 2. Tracy Mosher, New York Yankees: 170,351 3. Sandy Hinojosa, Boston Red Sox: 159,402 4. Josh Matthews, Cleveland Indians: 154,538 5. Justin Kindberg, Boston Red Sox: 148,584 RELIEVER 1. Montay Luiso, Baltimore Orioles: 176,787 2. Pete Lynn, Minnesota Twins: 153,394 3. Alex Madrigal, Detroit Tigers: 150,007 4. Matt Brock, Boston Red Sox: 123,752 5. Malcolm Post, Chicago White Sox: 122,900 Mike Miller (.280, 11, 35) is not having a great season in Mike Miller terms but it's still enough to lead everyone. It'll be interesting to see who takes over in CF with Tarala hurt, too. I mean, I guess that's Tom Brown, especially with Norm Hodge in a bit of a slump recently, but I guess we'll see. At catcher, Jon Hernandez is now a first baseman and that gap for catcher is really small, which is for the best since Armando Flores is having a singular season for a backstop. And in the NL: CATCHER 1. Jason Bushon, New York Mets: 288,660 2. John Stuart, St. Louis Cardinals: 254,168 3. Greg Darrow, Chicago Cubs: 242,401 FIRST BASE 1. Joshua Waltenbery, New York Mets: 441,135 2. Justin Stone, St. Louis Cardinals: 369,736 3. Rafael Disla, Los Angeles Dodgers: 359,738 SECOND BASE 1. Kevin Dwyer, Atlanta Braves: 440,311 2. Pedro Ortiz, Cincinnati Reds: 401,464 3. Billy Tristan, Los Angeles Dodgers: 291,991 THIRD BASE 1. Bobby Kraljevic, Cincinnati Reds: 314,858 2. Pete Little, Houston Astros: 307,576 3. Sean Gabel, Chicago Cubs: 298,631 SHORTSTOP 1. Jeremy Taylor, Chicago Cubs: 295,674 2. Tyler Webster, Pittsburgh Pirates: 253,305 3. Akiho Fujimoto, San Diego Padres: 247,539 LEFT FIELD 1. Jason Workman, Chicago Cubs: 374,526 2. Barry Cooper, San Francisco Giants: 350,415 3. Ernie Griffin, Los Angeles Dodgers: 334,979 CENTER FIELD 1. John Lopez, Houston Astros: 308,897 2. Curtis Hope, New York Mets: 291,163 3. Mark Tooley, Chicago Cubs: 271,557 RIGHT FIELD 1. Jaden Weaver, Houston Astros: 420,409 2. Nelson Hernandez, San Diego Padres: 344,608 3. Henry Riggs, Atlanta Braves: 323,007 STARTING PITCHER 1. Robert Rivera, San Francisco Giants: 158,155 2. John Mash, New York Mets: 156,710 3. Steve Waiters, Cincinnati Reds: 155,495 4. Fernando Apolonio, Los Angeles Dodgers: 143,764 5. Mike Stuckey, San Francisco Giants: 139,700 RELIEVER 1. John Winn, Atlanta Braves: 226,687 2. Paz Lemus, Pittsburgh Pirates: 157,596 3. Geoff Saus, New York Mets: 156,649 4. John Booth, San Francisco Giants: 154,051 5. Adam Eastin, St. Louis Cardinals: 143,521 I love that relievers are getting more traction than starters this year. Heh. I personally would vote Pedro Ortiz in over Kevin Dwyer at second but Dwyer's doing pretty well and Atlanta baseball fans need something to root for in this horrific season gone wrong. June 14: Something something finesse beats power something something. Tigers starter Vince Akright (4-6, 3.58) set a new American League record for strikeouts in a game with 16 but it wasn't enough to outpitch his opponent as the Angels wound up beating the Tigers 2-0. California starter Gary Bruno (6-3, 3.30) went all the way with the shutout, losing his Maddux on the 2nd to last batter. Somehow the Angels collected 9 hits off of Akright, who led the league in wins and shutouts last year but has had some terrible, terrible luck in 1970. The winning run came in the 6th on a bases-loaded walk by backup catcher Juan Cavazos (.222, 1, 7). June 14: Kansas City keeps finding new ways to lose. Tonight they came back from being down 7-4 in the 9th inning with 2 HRs off of Yankees closer Jesse Kelly (4-1, 2.76, 7 Sv), only for their own bullpen to blow up 2 innings later and lose the game 11-8. Eddie Euceda (0-7, 5.55) took the L for the Royals although this was his third game in three nights and he was clearly coming in tired. June 14 (evening): And it's a topsy-turvy week and here are the power rankings: 1st (4th) Chicago (N) 34-21 2nd (3rd) Minnesota 37-22 3rd (10th) New York (A) 35-25 4th (5th) Houston 38-24 5th (2nd) Boston 33-22 Yeah, that's the Yankees, not the Mets, in 3rd place this week. They've won 5 in a row - playing the Royals helped! - and are just 1/2 game in back of the Red Sox. They're also the biggest gainers at +7. The biggest losers are Pittsburgh (31-30, 6 GB), who dropped from 9th to 15th. Which, they aren't really a top 10 team anyway but still. The bottom five: 20th (20th) Atlanta 21-36 21st (17th) Los Angeles 25-35 22nd (22nd) Milwaukee 21-39 23rd (23rd) Montreal 18-40 24th (24th) Kansas City 21-36 KC's at 16 straight losses now. It's too bad OOTP doesn't track winning and losing streaks; I'd be interest to know if it's the worst such streak in history. Anyway, otherwise the bad teams are pretty well set there with the exception of the Dodgers, who are finally beginning to do what everyone thought they'd do at the beginning of the year, which is to say they're not very good. Teams In Review ----------------- June 9: So... when I said we were done with these for 20 losses, I was wrong... the Chicago Cubs (29-20, T-1st NL East) just now lost their 20th. Part of my missing that was that they've been sneaky good, part of it was because they just haven't played much baseball so far - pretty sure the 49 games they've played is last in the league. So far the Cubs have been quite a bit more sane on defense than I thought they were earlier in the year (213 runs allowed; 4th) although the offense, while good (284 runs scored, 3rd), it hasn't quite been outstanding. Rotation: The rotation has been... fine. Good, not great, particularly now that Jason Sanders (7-3, 2.85) has come along from San Francisco. He's by default the staff ace, which is good because he cost them their top-class stopper Chad Nies (2-1, 5.23, 7 Sv). I'm seeing not a lot ready to go in the minor leagues so I'm going to zig where I've zagged with most teams and am keeping the Cubbies on a 4-man rotation... for now. Bullpen: With Nies gone, Nick Paulus (2-1, 3.81, 3 Sv) is now the default option for stopper. He's... mediocre. That kind of describes the current state of the entire bullpen. The one guy who looks truly awful is LH Ryan Gurley (4-2, 6.52) and he was really good last year so I don't really want to cut bait on him so soon. Infield: I'm not a really huge fan of either Tim Mantero (.286, 0, 3) or prospectish David Holcombe (.214, 0, 2) as the answer for second base. Juan Perez (.301, 6, 25) comes back in a month so it's maybe not a gaping black hole, but it's certainly a place where the Cubs are losing ground compared to the rest of the league. Outfield: I'm facing a real dilemma with RF Adam Groves (.211, 5, 13): he's not really hitting, but the guy led the league in walks (86) and hit by pitch (11) in 1968 before missing all of last year with an injury. It feels bad, man, to force him to give up his gig after 200ish plate appearances. On the other hand, they have Alex Vallejo (.300, 0, 6) who hit .317 last year with Philadelphia and who is 3 years younger and a potential Gold Glove level fielder. I'm going to stand pat here with the rationale that the Cubbies are playing too well to mess with success, but Adam Groves, you're on notice! 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------------------------ Not sure what went on with June 15, 1970 IRL but there were a bunch of moves (mostly purchases)... June 15: The Cardinals purchased minor league 3B Jonathan Jiminez (.286, 8, 31 in AAA Salt Lake City) from the Padres for $2,000. Jiminez looks pretty decent actually but he's only the #3 3rd baseman on the Pads' roster and so is pretty much organizational depth. SD could use some cash. June 15: The A's purchased RP Josh Howard (1-2, 3.90) from the Brewers for $3,000. The A's are kind of on the periphery of contending for the AL West if the Twins fall apart, I guess, and the Brewers seem intent on getting rid of everyone and everything associated with the Pilots. June 15: The Padres purchased minor league RP Jake Callaway (1-0, 2.70, 6 Sv for AAA Tulsa) for $1,500. Callaway was briefly in the majors this year but got bombed to the tune of 6 runs allowed in 2.1 innings. The Pads still need basically everything they can get though. June 15: This looks like the big one... the White Sox trade RP Elias Sanchez (1-0, 2.74) and CF Chris Fonseca (.310, 1, 5) to the Indians for SP Bob Reyes (2-4, 3.07) and RP Vicente Hernandez (0-1, 5.09). I had a lot of trouble making this work out. Fonseca is probably the best player in this deal, at least potentially, although I guess Reyes is the best right now. Cleveland does have a glut of starting pitching so moving a guy off the back end of it shouldn't be too big of a deal. June 15: The Orioles traded SS Steve Saunders (.000, 0, 0) for RP Billy Munoz (1-2, 2.08, 7 Sv). Saunders is little more than organizational filler but Munoz is reportedly unhappy and wanted out of KC (apparently because he didn't like all the slackers on the team, but hey, it's easier to move the angrier guy). Also, he was making $41k this year and that's not money the Royals need to be spending on relief pitchers. June 15: The Reds traded minor league LF Willie Ortega (.296, 4, 12 at Cincinnati earlier this season) to the Expos for LF Jerry Martinez (.284, 4, 12). Ortega was a bit of a project but now that Cincinnati's actually pretty good, they need a guy they know who can do the job. Jerry Martinez is that man. June 15: The Orioles traded 1B John Fleishacker (.197, 2, 2) to the Brewers for minor league RP Steve Guarino (5-2, 2.59 at AAA Portland) and minor league SP Adam Clark (0-5, 6.43 in a stint at Milwaukee earlier this year). Fleishacker started the season as the #1 1B in Baltimore but had fallen so far out of favor that he was sent down to the minors. Now he's off to the Brew Crew to see if they can salvage that career. June 15: The Brewers trade RP Tom Owens (0-0, 4.26, 5 Sv) to the Expos for LF Jorge Andres (.200, 1, 4). The Brewers continue to scrub their roster of Pilots and the Expos, well, Andres started for them last year but is barely playing for the team this year. Both players are over 35 so either way, futures are limited. News ----------------------- June 15: The NL Player of the week is young Phillies SS Tony Shannon (.271, 3, 21), who went 11 for 20 to earn that mark. He was the first overall pick in 1968 but couldn't break into a really strong Cubs lineup last year so made his way to Philadelphia. This is his first of what could be many of these (although I feel like early returns seem to indicate he's going to be merely good rather than incredible). June 15: In the AL, Yankees SS Ty Stover (.298, 13, 42) missed the entire weekend after being ejected for starting a brawl vs. the Royals, but apparently he did so much in the first 5 days that the league didn't care and gave him PotW anyway. To be fair, Stover did go 10-14 in those games. This was his 9th PotW award. June 15: Kansas City's losing streak reaches 17 as they get blown out by Boston 10-1. Today it was Tim White (5-7, 4.46) who took the L, getting knocked out of the box in the 6th. His ERA has spiked more than 2 runs from the 2.44 mark that it was the morning of May 27. June 16: And the Red Sox' season takes another hit. Franklin "Dirty" Davila (4-6, 5.00) is going to miss most if not all of the season with biceps tendinitis. He joins Marco Sanchez (4-3, 3.54) and Michael Pesco (3-0, 0.87) on the DL. Somehow the Sox are still in first, tied with the Yankees, but that will probably change soon. June 16: That said, as bad as the Sox' luck has been lately, it's not so bad that they'd lose to the Royals. They beat KC 11-6 to extend that losing streak to 18 games. June 17: The Royals' streak extends to 19 games with a shutout loss to the Red Sox. Justin Kindberg (10-4, 2.39) blanked Kansas City on 6 hits, striking out 10 in the process. This is also the loss that finally puts the Royals into the AL West Cellar, half a game behind the Brewers. June 17: Meanwhile, the LA Dodgers aren't stringing all their losses together in one big group so it's not as newsworthy but since a 13-7 April they've gone 11-17 in May and... 2-13 so far in June. They got blown out 8-1 today in Dodger Stadium to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Andres Castillo (5-7, 4.94) picked up the L for the city of Angels and we are getting very close to going into full-on rebuild mode I think. June 18: In the UK, the Conservative Party wins and Edward Heath becomes the new Prime Minister. The Labour Party had won the previous two elections and this was a bit of an upset, all things considered. June 19: Dodgers 2B David Parsons (.103, 1, 2) announced he's hanging up the cleats at the end of the season. He played around half the year for LA last year and hit for a high if empty average but has barely played so far this year. I am not optimistic that he'll actually finish the season with this team. June 19: Kansas City FINALLY breaks out of their slump, taking down the Oakland Athletics 4-2 at Royals Stadium. Miguel Chavez (6-7, 4.21) picks up the first victory for the Royals all month. LF Jeff Nation (.308, 6, 29) hit a 2-run triple in the 4th that got things going right for KC. "It's always nice to be on the winning side, but we take nothing for granted", he said after the game (yes, that is what OOTP said he said). After 19 straight Ls, I can't blame ya, Jeff. June 19: Expos CF Anton Mendoza (.412, 0, 5) tied an Expos record with 5 hits in a 14-inning 4-3 victory over the Pirates. The all-time NL record holder for hits in a game, by the way, is Andy James, a career backup OF for the St. Louis Cardinals who rapped 7 hits in an extra-inning game on July 12, 1953. June 21: AL All-Star voting update: CATCHER 1. Jon Hernandez, Baltimore Orioles: 381,969 2. Armando Flores, Washington Senators: 372,825 3. Brad Reed, Minnesota Twins: 349,549 FIRST BASE 1. Mike Miller, Boston Red Sox: 539,836 2. Alex Cardenas, New York Yankees: 524,184 3. Angelo Martinez, Minnesota Twins: 427,301 SECOND BASE 1. Danny Villegas, Detroit Tigers: 453,451 2. Danny Fager, Baltimore Orioles: 416,078 3. T.J. Pritchett, Cleveland Indians: 396,625 THIRD BASE 1. Marco Perez, Baltimore Orioles: 495,187 2. Mike Brookes, Minnesota Twins: 491,774 3. Tom Weiss, New York Yankees: 481,701 SHORTSTOP 1. Ty Stover, New York Yankees: 524,241 2. Oniji Handa, Boston Red Sox: 452,054 3. John Johnson, Cleveland Indians: 416,944 LEFT FIELD 1. Alonzo Huanosta, Cleveland Indians: 478,873 2. Willie Vargas, Chicago White Sox: 448,055 3. Matthew Levario, Oakland Athletics: 447,548 CENTER FIELD 1. Bryant Tarala, Baltimore Orioles: 433,992 2. Tom Brown, Chicago White Sox: 407,720 3. Norm Hodge, California Angels: 373,228 RIGHT FIELD 1. Alvin Romero, Washington Senators: 458,976 2. Frank Meneses, New York Yankees: 436,076 3. John Marsden, Milwaukee Brewers: 386,640 STARTING PITCHER 1. Chris Benavides, Minnesota Twins: 237,870 2. Tracy Mosher, New York Yankees: 235,623 3. Sandy Hinojosa, Boston Red Sox: 220,460 4. Josh Matthews, Cleveland Indians: 217,947 5. Justin Kindberg, Boston Red Sox: 212,436 RELIEVER 1. Montay Luiso, Baltimore Orioles: 242,272 2. Pete Lynn, Minnesota Twins: 218,736 3. Alex Madrigal, Detroit Tigers: 207,812 4. Todd Theisen, Minnesota Twins: 176,497 5. Matt Brock, Boston Red Sox: 175,287 Jon Hernandez continues to increase his AS catcher votes... by playing first base. Hey, he's listed as a C on the ballot! The big race to me looks like Marco Perez vs. Mike Brookes at 3rd. Both of them will make the team but it seems like it's neck and neck as to who will be the starter... And in the NL: CATCHER 1. Jason Bushon, New York Mets: 419,131 2. Greg Darrow, Chicago Cubs: 361,703 3. John Stuart, St. Louis Cardinals: 361,702 FIRST BASE 1. Joshua Waltenbery, New York Mets: 609,743 2. Justin Stone, St. Louis Cardinals: 523,136 3. Antonio Lopez, Chicago Cubs: 503,427 SECOND BASE 1. Kevin Dwyer, Atlanta Braves: 615,023 2. Pedro Ortiz, Cincinnati Reds: 567,590 3. Billy Tristan, Los Angeles Dodgers: 420,464 THIRD BASE 1. Bobby Kraljevic, Cincinnati Reds: 455,598 2. Pete Little, Houston Astros: 427,831 3. Sean Gabel, Chicago Cubs: 419,614 SHORTSTOP 1. Jeremy Taylor, Chicago Cubs: 427,272 2. Tyler Webster, Pittsburgh Pirates: 356,044 3. Akiho Fujimoto, San Diego Padres: 347,711 LEFT FIELD 1. Jason Workman, Chicago Cubs: 532,362 2. Barry Cooper, San Francisco Giants: 492,680 3. Ernie Griffin, Los Angeles Dodgers: 480,154 CENTER FIELD 1. John Lopez, Houston Astros: 446,968 2. Curtis Hope, New York Mets: 419,692 3. Mark Tooley, Chicago Cubs: 388,592 RIGHT FIELD 1. Jaden Weaver, Houston Astros: 588,886 2. Nelson Hernandez, San Diego Padres: 492,451 3. Henry Riggs, Atlanta Braves: 445,994 STARTING PITCHER 1. Robert Rivera, San Francisco Giants: 223,091 2. Steve Waiters, Cincinnati Reds: 220,959 3. John Mash, New York Mets: 218,745 4. Fernando Apolonio, Los Angeles Dodgers: 196,175 5. Tony Rivera, Houston Astros: 191,712 RELIEVER 1. John Winn, Atlanta Braves: 311,007 2. Geoff Saus, New York Mets: 221,533 3. Paz Lemus, Pittsburgh Pirates: 216,587 4. John Booth, San Francisco Giants: 208,367 5. Adam Eastin, Houston Astros: 198,986 Man, the Braves are still soooo top heavy... they're now pretty established as terrible and yet they have the top overall vote-getter and John Winn is the "starting" stopper. Also, of course, Henry Riggs, in spite of a really bad June, is still 3rd among right fielders. June 21 (end of day): And now, time for some POWER RANKINGS! At the top... I should maybe go back and look at the past few weeks but at least compared to the week ending June 14 things are pretty topsy-turvy: 1st (4th) Houston 42-26 .618 2nd (6th) Cincinnati 41-26 .612 3rd (3rd) New York (A) 39-27 .591 4th (5th) Boston 38-24 .613 5th (2nd) Minnesota 39-25 .609 So now not only are the Astros and Reds, and also the Yankees and Red Sox, competing with each other for the top spots in their respective divisions, but they're also 1-4 in the power rankings. I'm really not sure how Boston's been keeping up, to be honest, although it looks like 2 top starting pitchers - Michael Pesco and Marco Sanchez - are due back soon (Pesco in a week, Sanchez in 2). As of right now 2 of the top 4 teams would actually miss out on the playoffs though, so yeah... otherwise, the one division leader not in the top 5 is Chicago (N), who dropped all the way from 1st to 7th after a 3-4 week. They're still a game and a half up on the Mets, who dipped to 9th after a 1-3 week (rainouts!) themselves. Oakland was the big riser-upper, going from 16th to 8th. They are a very up and down team this season. The aforementioned Cubs were the biggest losers. And at the bottom: 20th (22nd) Milwaukee 26-41 21st (20th) Atlanta 25-39 .391 22nd (23rd) Montreal 22-42 23rd (21st) Los Angeles 27-40 24th (24th) Kansas City 22-41 KC lost their last 2 games of the series with the A's after breaking that 19 game losing streak in the opener, so they're now 1-21 in their last 22. I realize now that I haven't done a deep dive on them for 40 losses; I'll take care of them and the Dodgers tomorrow. Atlanta was actually 4-3 last week, including a series tie against the Astros (2-2) over the weekend. I keep thinking they're about to finally turn it around but then they start giving up 10 runs a game for a week and prove me wrong, and I am expecting more of the same. Teams In Review ----------------- June 16: The Milwaukee Brewers (21-40, 6th AL West) have the ignominious distinction of becoming the first 40-loss team I'll look at. The Expos (who I'll also cover today) actually reached the mark first but a combination of catching up over the last couple games and the fact I play out the AL before the NL means the Brew Crew are first. They're just not a good team, period - 11th in runs allowed, 12th in runs, 11th in zone rating. They've just about succeeded in ridding the entire roster of Pilots, so there's that at least. Rotation: The recently acquired Chris McGranahan (4-7, 3.45) is now the team's "ace". If he can stay healthy, which has been an issue for him all of his career, the Brewers' rotation looks like it's full of guys who can at least be around league average for 6 or 7 innings. They're also a bit on the older side for a team that should be building but it's a start. Bullpen: The 'pen is a bit all over the place with the trade of Tom Owens to the Expos. Danny Plaunt (1-2, 3.79) the guy who is in my mind at least best known for starting 1969 1-11 (he finished 4-15) is their stopper now. He's been better in relief than he was as a starter last year so there is that. I'm not massively impressed by anyone else in here but they at least are young - nobody of the 4 is over 28. It seems workable for now. Infield: Man, so many holes... I have Dr. Jack Holman (.252, 3, 13) as the starting 1B and haven't swapped him out mainly because at some point you just have to decide on somebody. Holman seems about the same level as Jon Fath (.248, 2, 10) and I think that overall you need your first baseman to hit a bit better than .250 with middling power. 2B Estaban Rios (.138, 0, 2) is hitting more than 100 points lower than last year, when he was a vaguely decent middle infielder. As of now basically the only reason I haven't cut him outright is that he's only 24 years old. Nevertheless, he's pretty well lost his job to Marcos Escobedo (.302, 1, 7), who is on the wrong side of 30 but come on man, there are limits. Outfield: The outfield has been basically remade with trades in the past couple days. The new corner guys are Kenny Augspurger (.143, 0, 2), previously a Giants organizational guy. His resume includes a couple of minor league Gold Gloves but even at 27 now he looks like a below average LF to me. The new RF, replacing Richard Berman (.317, 0, 27), is John Marsden (.344, 7, 18). Marsden is 4 years older than Berman but I think the Brewers may have gotten the better player in that deal. Center though is where I do want to make a change. Dylan Dockery (.229, 0, 5) has that starter experience on his CV, having done the work for Oakland last year, but Oakland was terrible and Dockery doesn't really do anything that you want your starting CF to do. So insteead I am turning to Fernando Ceballos (.318, 0, 3), who has been raking a little in 44 at-bats in 1970 but mostly is a top caliber defender in center. June 16: Yeah, the Montreal Expos (18-40, 6th NL East) are just bad too. One thing I've noticed is that in this league at least, these expansion teams are often in that vague "not great" level their first year and then really bottom out in their 2nd. The Angels, who went 86-75 in their inaugural season of 1961 and then fell to 69-93 in their second are the first team that comes to mind. The Expos "avoided" this by going 48-114 last year, the worst record in MLB history, but look just as bad in 1970 with no real prospects for long-term improvement. In a piece of good news, it looks like they've signed all of their draft picks! That's actually saying something given that the Brewers and Royals are both allowing multiple players to go unsigned. Rotation: I'm dumping Phil Farr (1-10, 4.26) into the bullpen, not because he's legit the worst starter on the team or even close to it but because the Expos simply have no reason to give him that much PT. He went 7-21 last year and was the first man to 10 losses this year, and he's 34. He's not very good. What is left to prove? For similar reasons, I gave Cole Pritchard (1-2, 8.69) a couple starts but I think that's all we needed to see from the 33 year old. Bullpen: The changes above put Mike Scott (0-1, 5.73) and Brian Figeuiriedo (3-3, 5.09) into the rotation, Figgy for the 2nd time this year. They don't look great but they're bad and under 30 at least. Tom Owens (0-0, 4.26, 5 Sv) is a new addition to the team, at least for this year. Infield: I don't know what's wrong with Brent Putnam (.176, 2, 10), who's a 3 time All-Star and the Cubs' starting backstop last season, so I'm going to just leave him be. Roberto Carranco (.278, 4, 9) is there as the 1969 starter for the Quebeckers but it's not like he's going to be a long-term solution himself. 1B Armando Martinez (.251, 10, 28) hasn't looked anywhere near like that long bright spot / dark horse MVP candidate of last year but, like, what do you do? Even with a below-average bat in 1970 (his OPS+ is 91) he's still one of the best hitters on the team. Outfield: The Expos literally just, as in they haven't had a chance to use, former Reds LF Willie Ortega (.296, 4, 12). He's not really a prospect at 26 but was blocked in Cincy so maybe he'll turn into something with an every day job, who knows? Gabe Martinez (.250, 0, 8) looked really nice in April so I gave him a starting job. He responded with a .206 June. He's bad but, like, who's going to replace him? Anton Mendoza (.359, 0, 3) maybe once Jeff Byce (.199, 1, 6) comes back from a hand contusion... but I think Mendoza might be better off as a super-sub, filling for both players regularly. Looking at it, though, I'm realizing I've also mostly forgotten about Matt Williams (.238, 8, 16), who was a half-time 4th outfielder for the Cubs last year before getting shuffled out of there. Okay, this is the replacement and Martinez can go back to pinch-hitting.
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------------------------ June 22: The A's purchased minor league 2B Chris Moore (.342, 5, 33 in AAA OKC) for $2,500. Moore was, as the stats suggest, tearing up AAA but didn't have a spot in the majors with the superlative play of Alejandro Chairez (.292, 5, 19), so instead the Astros accepted a bit of cash for the 30-year-old. For the A's, Moore will fit in immediately as their starter, replacing Ruben Molina (.230, 0, 8), who to be honest would have been just fine as a prospect type guy going into the year but the A's expectations have changed. June 22: The Cardinals selected Pirates RP Kevin Kading (0-2, 4.76) off of waivers. This is probably the "gamiest" thing that I do here; Kading really didn't necessarily need to leave the Pirates but hey, I want to keep the overall level of transactions in line with what happened in real life. Anyway, it's not like they lost anyting great, as Kading is 34 and isn't exactly a world-beater. On the Cardinals' side of the ledger, they seem to be in constant need of relief pitching and the guy is striking out almost a batter an inning (15 in 17 frames to date). June 24: The Astros trade P D.J. Fletcher (4-3, 3.33 at AAA OKC) to the Expos for LF Javy Perez (.214, 6, 14 at AAA Buffalo). It's mostly a trade of guys not really working out in their minor league organizations, although I like that the game thinks Fletcher could shine as a reliever (IRL this was the trade that sent Mike Marshall to Montreal). June 24: The Cubs trade RF Alex Vallejo (.333, 3, 17) to the A's for RP Freddy Uscanga (4-3, 2.97, 6 Sv). This trade is blown up a bit more than the real-life version but I think it makes sense. Vallejo came into Chicago this year expecting to compete for the RF job but Adam Groves (.227, 7, 18) successfully came back from the concussion that caused him to miss all of 1969 and, following a tough start, is beginning to look like the Adam Groves of old. Uscanga has been a good, young reliever for the A's, but in spite of their surprising season, getting a starting caliber corner OF seemed like too much to pass up. June 26: The Red Sox purchase IF Tony Escobedo (.188, 1, 9) from the Milwaukee Brewers for $2,500. The Brewers continue their fire sale of guys who saw time in Seattle last year and the Red Sox add middle infield depth. Nothing more to see here! I love how that looks like I'm hiding something. News ----------------------- June 22: President Richard Nixon signs the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, a move that lowers the voting age in the US from 21 to 18. June 22: Reds 3B Bobby Kraljevic (.351, 6, 52) took home his first of what will surely be many NL Player of the Week awards after he went 11-23 with 3 HR and 8 RBI. He's hit a grand total of 17 dingers in his major league career and got a sixth of them in the past 7 days. Not bad! June 22: White Sox OF Josh Wade (.318, 5, 24) is also under 27 (I guess Kraljevic is technically just above that age) and also took home PotW honors with 15 hits in 28 at-bats. Like Bobby K, it's his first such award, and like Bobby K, it probably won't be his last. June 22: Phillies SP Jose Agudo (3-4, 2.87), who was having a weirdly good season in spite of horrifically bad control (54 walks in 59.1 innings) will miss the season with a partially torn labrum. Hopefully next year he'll have better command! He's still only 25. June 24: Congress repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, a bill that allowed the President to use conventional military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war. Although Vietnam seems to be winding down, it's got another 6 years before we pull out... June 24: Really bad news in Cincinnati as Reds hurler Mike Johnston (5-5, 3.78) will undergo elbow ligament reconstruction surgery and miss not only the rest of 1970 but probably won't be back until the All-Star Game next year. The Reds are currently a game and a half back of the Houston Astros and this one hurts. June 24: Speaking of injuries, it seemed like the St. Louis Cardinals had mostly missed the injury bug that plagued them last year... until now. C John Stuart (.222, 2, 15) looks to miss the rest of the season with a fractured ankle. Stuart had been expected to add a 3rd power bat to a lineup that already included Justin Stone and Lorenzo Martinez, but never got things going, following a 22 HR, 73 RBI 1969 with just 2 and 15 in 1970. The Cards look completely bereft at the position; the new starter is Willis Lizama (.342, 2, 5), a guy who last played in the majors in 1964 before winning the backup backstop job in St. Louis. June 25: Cardinals RP Jason LaPointe (3-3, 4.75), who has been playing himself off the team levels of bad this year, demanded a trade. The Cards are 30-37 and are going nowhere and don't need him. Aaaand, this demand comes right in line with the claim on Kevin Kading (see above) getting completed. What a fantastic turn of events! Bye, Jason! June 25: I was a bit frustrated at the time but in retrospect this was an awesome game... Raul Mendoza (4-8, 4.53) and Paul Kahl (4-7, 3.98) have been kind of disappointing all season long for their respective teams, the White Sox and Angels, and so of course today they combined to pitch 25 innings and allow just 1 run in a 13-inning, 1-0 victory for the Chicagos. Mendoza didn't complete the game because the man had already thrown 171 pitches through 12, leaving it to newly appointed stopper Ben Lamar (0-0, 3.72, 1 Sv) to close out the bottom of the 13th for the save. June 25: Just when you thought the Cubs were going to start walking away with the NL East, it closed right back up. Going into the 22nd the Cubs were 38-25 and held a 2 1/2 game lead over the Mets and, on top of that, were heading into a 4 game series against their rivals at Wrigley Field. Cue the Amazins winning 3 out of 4 games in that series and lopping the lead down to a mere half game... June 26: The Giants got some bad but not really unexpected news that 1B John Everhart (.295, 14, 47) will be out for the next month with chronic back soreness, which I guess is something with a set date of return now. I brought him in from left field in large part to try and reduce the injury risk but he's wrecked at this point so it was going to happen sooner or later. I took this opportunity to also release 1B Ignacio Castillo (.140, 1, 4), who I'd penciled in as the starter while Everhart was out but dude was not hitting at all and is 38 so it was time to move on. The fanbase, incidentally, did not like me dumping a franchise legend, even one clearly out of gas, and new guy Chris Seek (.334, 7, 47 at AAA Phoenix) may take the brunt of the blame. Well, unless he keeps hitting, in which case the fans will forget. June 27: Man, Cris Ramos (.281, 0, 7) just cannot stay healthy. The Royals' third sacker, drafted in the 21st round of the expansion draft, tore his calf muscle in spring training and was out until earlier this month, at which point KC brought him right in to start at 3rd. 9 games into his 1970 season he strained his abs sliding into second and now will miss an additional two months. He looks like a guy who has a history of raking in the minors and the Mexican League, so his loss is keenly felt. Prospect Ryan Newton (.255, 0, 6), who had an earlier stint as the Royals' third sacker before Ramos was ready to go, will get the job back for now. June 28: AL All-Star voting: CATCHER 1. Jon Hernandez, Baltimore Orioles: 515,463 2. Armando Flores, Washington Senators: 492,601 3. Brad Reed, Minnesota Twins: 450,880 FIRST BASE 1. Mike Miller, Boston Red Sox: 701,459 2. Alex Cardenas, New York Yankees: 683,293 3. Angelo Martinez, Minnesota Twins: 563,918 SECOND BASE 1. Danny Villegas, Detroit Tigers: 599,862 2. Danny Fager, Baltimore Orioles: 535,020 3. T.J. Pritchett, Cleveland Indians: 527,054 THIRD BASE 1. Marco Perez, Baltimore Orioles: 663,948 2. Mike Brookes, Minnesota Twins: 660,942 3. Tom Weiss, New York Yankees: 632,073 SHORTSTOP 1. Ty Stover, New York Yankees: 703,745 2. Oniji Handa, Boston Red Sox: 601,666 3. John Johnson, Cleveland Indians: 545,979 LEFT FIELD 1. Alonzo Huanosta, Cleveland Indians: 622,959 2. Willie Vargas, Chicago White Sox: 586,316 3. Matthew Levario, Oakland Athletics: 574,851 CENTER FIELD 1. Bryant Tarala, Baltimore Orioles: 565,743 2. Tom Brown, Chicago White Sox: 526,466 3. Norm Hodge, California Angels: 488,984 RIGHT FIELD 1. Alvin Romero, Washington Senators: 602,539 2. Frank Meneses, New York Yankees: 577,482 3. John Marsden, Milwaukee Brewers: 508,884 STARTING PITCHER 1. Chris Benavides, Minnesota Twins: 309,562 2. Tracy Mosher, New York Yankees: 308,377 3. Josh Matthews, Cleveland Indians: 289,643 4. Sandy Hinojosa, Boston Red Sox: 288,790 5. Justin Kindberg, Boston Red Sox: 282,084 RELIEVER 1. Montay Luiso, Baltimore Orioles: 320,947 2. Pete Lynn, Minnesota Twins: 287,442 3. Alex Madrigal, Detroit Tigers: 269,075 4. Todd Theisen, Minnesota Twins: 238,241 5. Malcolm Post, Chicago White Sox: 230,986 Still think it's kind of hilarious that the #1 vote-getting catcher is now playing first. I *think* that once he plays more games at first the game will tick him over to that position so he might suddenly drop out but I'm not sure. I've also seen backup catchers play in the ASG so who knows? Also, Alvin Romero is still on course to be the starter at RF for the AL... man, that trade looks really bad for the Angels right now. And in the NL: CATCHER 1. Jason Bushon, New York Mets: 555,268 2. Greg Darrow, Chicago Cubs: 482,261 3. John Stuart, St. Louis Cardinals: 469,191 FIRST BASE 1. Joshua Waltenbery, New York Mets: 788,672 2. Justin Stone, St. Louis Cardinals: 695,325 3. Antonio Lopez, Chicago Cubs: 665,620 SECOND BASE 1. Kevin Dwyer, Atlanta Braves: 809,193 2. Pedro Ortiz, Cincinnati Reds: 734,269 3. Billy Tristan, Los Angeles Dodgers: 554,501 THIRD BASE 1. Bobby Kraljevic, Cincinnati Reds: 601,302 2. Pete Little, Houston Astros: 563,309 3. Sean Gabel, Chicago Cubs: 545,715 SHORTSTOP 1. Jeremy Taylor, Chicago Cubs: 568,568 2. Tyler Webster, Pittsburgh Pirates: 462,138 3. Akiho Fujimoto, San Diego Padres: 453,368 LEFT FIELD 1. Jason Workman, Chicago Cubs: 690,858 2. Barry Cooper, San Francisco Giants: 639,843 3. Ernie Griffin, Los Angeles Dodgers: 623,788 CENTER FIELD 1. John Lopez, Houston Astros: 595,628 2. Curtis Hope, New York Mets: 559,662 3. Mark Tooley, Chicago Cubs: 510,904 RIGHT FIELD 1. Jaden Weaver, Houston Astros: 767,966 2. Nelson Hernandez, San Diego Padres: 643,421 3. Henry Riggs, Atlanta Braves: 577,685 STARTING PITCHER 1. Steve Waiters, Cincinnati Reds: 295,946 2. Robert Rivera, San Francisco Giants: 291,890 3. John Mash, New York Mets: 287,456 4. Tony Rivera, Houston Astros: 261,774 5. Fernando Apolonio, Los Angeles Dodgers: 254,676 RELIEVER 1. John Winn, Atlanta Braves: 401,850 2. Paz Lemus, Pittsburgh Pirates: 290,363 3. Geoff Saus, New York Mets: 288,495 4. John Booth, San Francisco Giants: 265,500 5. Adam Eastin, Houston Astros: 262,456 Usually the game likes to use 2 players at every position (save pitcher of course) so it would be not surprising - and yet very surprising - to see Braves slugger Henry Riggs, chasing 500 HRs, left off the team this year. He did to be fair have a kind of awful first half of this month, although he's rallied (now he's .221/6/17 in June). June 28: A vigil for Wizard of Oz star Judy Garland turns into a protest as NYC cops do 1960s NYC cops things and raid a gay bar in Greenwich Village. This escalates into the Stonewall Uprising, the first major gay protest and is considered the event that birthed the modern gay rights movement. June 28: US troops ground troops withdraw from Cambodia, a country they were never in in the first place. Don't worry about it, guys! June 28: The Yankees faced off against the Red Sox in a vitally important June doubleheader and managed to wash the Sox twice. Boston came at them with their best two pitchers - Justin Kindberg (10-6, 2.58) and the recently off the DL Michael Pesco (3-1, 1.37) but Dutch phenom Olbe Olthof (10-5, 2.76) struck out 11 to carry the Yanks to a win in the first game, 5-3, and then back-of-the-rotation guy Chris Wilson (3-1, 2.63) overcame a wild night (6 BB in 8 IP) to hand a 2-2 tie to ace Jesse Kelly (6-2, 2.05, 8 Sv) to win it in the 9th. The sweep puts New York 2 1/2 games up on Boston and puts their magic number at 90 (okay, maybe a little early for that). June 28: I don't know if this is overly waffley, but... Dodgers 2B Billy Tristan (.318. 7, 29) is probably going to miss most/all of the next couple weeks with a sprained knee and my original thought was to do with the position what the Dodgers did last year, which was to spell him with David Parsons (.140, 2, 5). Parsons is 36 and although the sample size is tiny he's flat-out not hitting? He's also unhappy with his role. What purpose is he serving for LA? I'm going to cut him and take my chances with minor leaguer Francisco Pena (.274, 2, 10 at AA Albuquerque). Pena got 108 at-bats and looked pretty OK last year in the majors but for some reason - the AI's love of crappy, 30+ year old AAAA quality players in the high minors, I guess - he was all the way down in AA so far. If nothing else, he figures to be a much better fielder than Parsons, who was really eroding on D, and he can't possibly hit as badly as Parsons was, right? June 28 (end of day): Power rankings!!! 1st (1st) Houston 46-28 .622 2nd (3rd) New York (A) 43-29 .597 3rd (10th) Cleveland 39-31 .557 4th (7th) Chicago (N) 41-29 .586 5th (2nd) Cincinnati 43-30 .589 The big story at the top is Cleveland. The Tribe had a really bad April (7-11) that put them out of the pennant in the eyes of some pundits (who? LOOK. This is my universe and I GET TO MAKE UP FAKE PUNDITS) but they've been 32-20 since and lately are on a 3 game winning streak. They're 3 games behind the Yankees and a half-game in back of the Bosox. They're also the most upwardly mobile team; the most downwardly mobile are their rivals in Boston (39-30), who fell all the way from 4th to 13th this week. The Red Sox did just get back Michael Pesco and his presence is sorely needed. In the NL I think the big story is still that West race between Houston and Cincinnati. The 'Stros just won a series at home vs the Reds, 2 games to 1, and so that's why they're on top of the division and the power rankings right now. The East race is way closer than you might think given that the Mets are not in the top 5; they're just a half game behind the Cubbies and are, to be fair, 6th in power rankings. And at the bottom: 20th (14th) St. Louis 31-41 .431 21st (20th) Milwaukee 29-45 .392 22nd (17th) Detroit 30-40 .429 23rd (23rd) Los Angeles 28-45 .384 24th (22nd) Montreal 24-48 .333 Both the Royals (now 19th) and the Braves (17th) moved out of the old crab pot, replaced by the slumping Cardinals and Tigers. I looked at the Cards below and will be reviewing the Tigers soon as well. The only really and truly awful team remains the Expos, although I kind of think the Dodgers are in that general vicinity as well. Teams In Review ----------------- June 22: This time last month the Kansas City Royals were looking like kind of a success story as an expansion franchise. Now they are the worst team in the American League. 19 straight losses will do that to you. The hitting is slightly better than league-worst (10th with 245 runs scored) but the defense is just plain bad, with both the starters' ERAs (4.98) and the relievers' (4.66) ranking dead last in the junior circuit, with a league-leading 66 errors and league-worst -40.7 zone rating to boot. Rotation: As fun as it would be to just blow everything but and start over, I think the current rotation is about as good as it can get, which is to say it's mediocre. I do feel like RH Eric Tyler (3-5, 5.28) looked much better in relief last year than as a starter but there's really nobody worthwhile to transfer out of the 'pen. One guy to keep track of: 23 year old Rick Rodriguez (4-2, 3.92 in AAA Omaha) is on the top 200 prospect list and is striking out more than a batter an inning in the minor leagues so far. He's also given up 6 HRs in 59.2 IPs but Royals Stadium might be the best ballpark in the league for a gopher specialist to learn the craft. Bullpen: I've already begun switching guys out of here but the current crop of relievers is not exactly performing either. The only relievers with more than 4 appearances right now both started the season in the rotation: RH Ryan Hicks (3-4, 7.36) was actually outstanding last year (11-9, 3.16), and also LH Eddie Euceda (0-7, 5.34). I don't really want to outright dump either guy, to be honest. None of the 3 other players are pitching super well either, which complicates things. Meanwhile the game thinks there are several guys in Omaha who could be brought up but their stats do't really look to me like they're performing all that well in the minor leagues. I'm standing pat for now (which, "standing pat" really means "not making more roster changes on top of the ones I made during the losing streak"). Infield: C Chris Flores (.235, 0, 1) isn't exactly lights-out with the bat but he's still hitting about as well as Jay Byers (.203, 2, 15) and has a stronger arm, so I'm going to just switch out to him at backstop for now (the two were in a hard platoon previously, so this means Flores will start taking the majority of at-bats vs. RHP). Third base has kind of been a big mess all season, with the losing streak seeming to coincide with moving Jeff Nation (.312, 6, 29) off of the hot corner. He's still hitting at least, but even in trying out guys long-term I can't go Butch Hobson at that position. 32 year old Mexican League veteran Cris Ramos (.312, 0, 3) tore a calf muscle in spring training; since he was supposed to be the guy there to start the year anyway, he has the job back now that he's back from that injury. We'll see... Outfield: Honestly, the outfield looks pretty set, both for now and into the future, assuming Jeff Nation doesn't have to move all the way down to first base at least. For the time being, I could see either him or RF RJ Dominguez (.265, 6, 12) win ROY, and the only reason CF Dave "Cookie Monster" Corona (.302, 9, 29) isn't in there is because he played too much last year to qualify. June 22: Hey, also the Los Angeles Dodgers (27-40, 5th NL West) have quietly fallen apart since a really good April. They went 13-7 that month, then fell to a more realistic 11-17, and so far in June... 3-16. Yikes. If it wasn't for the Royals' big streak, this swoon would be the talk of the town. As you'd somewhat expect with a team in a pitchers' park, the pitching is meh (301 runs allowed, 8th) with the offense tying them down (250 runs scored, 11th). Rotation: I'm not ready to make major changes to the rotation for now, outside of what's already happened (reliever Keith Pacheco (1-2, 4.19) has moved into it). That does mean leaving LH Andres Castillo (5-8, 4.86) and RH Andy Ring (3-7. 5.74) alone for now. Both of them were very good last year and in Castillo's case in particular the peripherals don't look any worse than before. For that matter, Ring's still sporting a 65/35 K/W ratio over 84.2 innings. Bullpen: The Dodgers' bullpen has actually been sneaky good this year (3.06, 3rd). That feels like an asset that's going to get sold off but... this is the World Series champs from 1968 and they're not quite ready to break things up just yet, I don't think. Weirdly, stopper LH Mike O'Leary (3-4, 4.54, 9 Sv) has been maybe the most volatile regular member of the 'pen this year. Infield: Eddie Dimmock (.184, 5, 25) is still as good a fielder as he's ever been but he's been very, very bad with the hitting so far so I think a change is necessitated, at least partially. Backup Jason Davis (.320, 0, 2) is going to work into a much stronger platoon situation. Billy Tristan (.315, 7, 28) on the other hand has been hitting as well as ever but at age 40 he's kind of an awful second baseman now. With no real place to put him I'm going to mix in David Parsons (.103, 1, 2), who is 36 himself but is still passable at the keystone. Brian Maccioli (.193, 4, 13) has also been awful but he's also only 24, is a Gold Glove level defender when healthy, and could probably be better. There are bigger issues; I'm probably going to keep him there for the rest of the year at least. At shortstop, that's where I'm making the stand for now... I'm calling Luis Solis (.303, 2, 20 at Albuquerque) all the way up from AA to take over for Jason Staiti (.186, 8, 30). Solis doesn't look like he's anything super great in the field but at 21 he's still got room to grow and, well, Staiti just looks a lot like a guy who was pressed into a too-large role for his ability last year. Outfield: Neither JD Heil (.200, 1, 5) nor Nick Harper (.200, 1, 1) are doing much of anything at the moment. I'm sticking with Heil on account of him being the Dodgers' 9th best prospect going into the season. Either way, they're warming the seat for Danny Hohman, out for the year; well, unless Hohman comes back and can't play center anymore... Chris Granneman (.227, 6, 30) was .246/15/59 last season but looks like he just plain cannot hit against left-handed pitching and at 35 this is probably just who he is. The guy on the roster to platoon with him would have been Jamal Rhone (.258, 3, 10) but Rhone is 37 himself. Do the Dodgers need to bolster their lineup with old people? Instead I'm calling up prospect Ray Costa (.269, 6, 18). Costa at least should be an upgrade in the field given that he came up as a center fielder. June 22: The San Diego Padres (31-40, 4th NL West) I think are mostly here because somehow they're only 10 games off from having played an entire season. I mean, they still aren't good, but a .437 winning percentage is pretty firmly mediocre I think. They're actually pretty okay with the runs scored (4th with 298) although that may just be an artifact of all the games played, as they're 11th in average and 9th in OPS. They do have a pretty top-heavy lineup with some good players. The pitching is about where you'd think (10th in runs allowed with 339 based on a 4.43 starters' ERA (10th) and 4.07 bullpen ERA (7th)). Out of all the expansion teams they are definitely the least moribund. Rotation: I feel like whatever changes needed to be made in the rotation, I've already made. The 5 guys right now don't look fantastic but I think they're uniformly good enough for now. Bullpen: The one guy who looks like I need to drop sooner rather than later is long reliever / attempted LOOGY Alejandro Rodriguez (1-2, 7.86). He's 35, he's walked more guys than he's struck out this year, and now that the team has called up LH Miguel Urbina (1-4, 2.79 at AAA Salt Lake City) they really don't even need him as a lefty specialist. Good-bye, Alejandro, probably to your major league career. Infield: 1B Diego Garcia (.196, 3, 12) was fine last year (.257, 12, 53) but he's been really, really bad, including a .154 mark against lefties. Long-term the Pads are getting former Yankees starter John Chapman back after the All-Star Break but for now I'm just going to have him platoon with corner IF Eli Ware (.286, 1, 3). Also, I've been trying to just let him hit out of that slump but 2B Jake Gray (.126, 3, 5) is just plain not cutting it out there. His backup Ivan Negrete (.214, 1, 4) is pretty bad too but they've got nothing else. How bad are things here that the Pads actually miss Jeff Beckwith (who, by the way, is still hanging on as a backup on the Yankees' AAA team)? Outfield: This is where the real meat of the Pads' lineup is, so no changes are a'coming here. June 28: It's really hard to see how this St. Louis Cardinals team was a dynasty as recently as 1967. They had a couple of very middling years but now they're 30-40 and just don't look like they're doing anything that really causes them to underplay. Pitching has been awful up and down - the bullpen has been worse with a 4.88 ERA (dead last in the NL) but the starting pitching hasn't been much better (4.46 ERA, 3rd worst) and the defense has had no range at all (ZR of -27.9, also dead last in the NL). I think it may be time to pivot towards youth... Rotation: The first thing I see, now that I'm talking about going young, is that 24 year old prospect Dusty Collins (2-4, 6.06) is walking almost a batter an inning (31 BB in 35.2 IP) and is clearly not ready for the big leagues yet. Because I'm in the mood to be obstinate, I'm replacing one prospect for another in the rotation, calling up Ed Chavera (4-4, 3.15 in AAA Tulsa). The scouts aren't really high on his potential but he's the best I see in AAA at the moment. Also on the bubble right now is 38 year old Octavio Vargas (3-6, 4.77), who is seeing his K rate drop in each of the last 4 seasons and has given up 11 dingers in 83 innings so far. Still, he was an All-Star as recently as 1967 and still very good in 1968 so I'm going to stick with him for a little while longer at least. Bullpen: The bullpen is still a mess but for the most part I've knocked loose the absolute worst of this staff and now most everyone is just some shade of mediocre. One thing I did that I'm now not really sure about was bringing up 34 year old career minor leaguer Dusty Green (0-2, 4.15, 1 Sv) and installing him as the stopper. He wasn't completely awful but why do this when one of their top prospects is 25 year old Rick Legere (6-0, 2.49, 4 Sv at AA Arkansas)? Everyone else in the bullpen was also younger so I wound up pushing Green all the way back to the minor leagues. I expect he'll see more time this year. Infield: Catcher is now an official mess with the loss of John Stuart. For now - and possibly for the rest of the season - the Cards are rolling with Luis Garcia (.200, 0, 1), who was cut by the Dodgers in the offseason after hitting .174 as a backup for them in 1969. He's still considered better than Willis Lizama (.295, 2, 5), who is basically only in the majors because of expansion. Then the team's top prospect at catcher, Michael Debose (.161, 4, 29 at AAA Tulsa) looks completely overmatched in the high minor leagues. The #2 and #3 guys are a guy in A ball who is out for the season with an arthritic elbow (and given that injury, that could just be the end of him) and a 19 year old kid in short season A. In short, there is nothing on the horizon... scratch that! The Cards' real, actual backup Jose Medina got the biscuit meniscus at the end of spring training but will be back in around a month. So there's that! I'm not super enamored with SS Dusty McCully's (.170, 1, 8) stick but he's above average in the field and that's a thing the Cardinals desperately need right now. I pushed Tom Depew (.284, 2, 12) over to 2nd to accommodate McCully and frankly I think I might stick with this even after Chris Johnston (.234, 1, 13) gets back from the strained abdominal muscle that put him on the DL at the beginning of this month (he still has 3 weeks before he gets back). Johnston was a starter on those dynasty teams but he's also 35 and is only average afield at this point in his career. Outfield: Ray Herring (.234, 5, 26) hit .291 and .290 the last two seasons for Cleveland but has fallen way off so far in average. The thing is, when he's not hitting like that, his deficiencies in center field become much more pronounced. Jake Leone (.171, 1, 7) is only incrementally better out there but man, for now I think St. Louis needs to go with the slightly younger guy (Leone is 24, Herring is only 27). Not helping Herring's cause, he only knows CF. I will need to train him up in ST next year (well, probably I'll just go into the editor and give him some XP at those positions). June 28: The Atlanta Braves, like the Cardinals, are looking pretty bad this year and don't look like they've got a lot of chance at being better. Unlike the Cardinals, however, they were great just last season and I think it's still OK to be unrealistically optimistic about these guys. They're also 13-11 in June - still not near the levels they need to be to hope to get into the pennant race, but certainly miles better than the 6-15 mark they put up in April. Defensively their rotation is even worse than St. Louis' (5.14 ERA, last in the NL) although the bullpen has done a decent job of bailing them out when they can (6th in the NL with a 3.72 in spite of playing half their games at the Launching Pad). On offense they seem like less than the sum of their parts, although I guess that 2nd worst OBP (.313) is fueling, or rather de-fueling, a lot of the only-7th hitting attack. Rotation: Trevon Dean (6-9, 5.54) continues to be awful - he was just knocked out of the box in the first half of a double-header today vs. San Francisco - but he won 21 games last year and is still young (28), so I'm probably going to stay with him for the entire year to see if he can work things out. I do think it's time to push knuckleballer Colin Rose (0-3, 3.26) into the rotation and Felix Carranza (4-4, 5.00) seems like the best guy to drop out of it. Also, I feel like it's time to call up prospect Tony Morales (6-7, 3.72 in AAA Richmond), who isn't blowing up the minors but at 22 years old he's been good enough to pitch in AAA, which I think is good enough to give him a shot. Bullpen: I'm a little afraid that with these moves I've pushed a bunch of mediocre arms into the bullpen. We'll see. Kevin Pennock's (5-7, 6.12) Braves career is on life support right now and really was only saved by the fact that he's been kind of decent in 3 games of relief (1.12 ERA, 3 H in 8 IP) after being a disaster as a starter (4-7, 6.61). Well, that and the fact that he was 18-8 last year, but even at that the guy is 36 so a dramatic fall-off is entirely within the realm of possibility. I also demoted - remoted? - Andres Rivera (3-3, 4.69) back into the bullpen. He was pretty bad there last season after coming over from San Diego but was actually really good for the Braves (2.81 ERA in 12 G and 16 IP) before the bad turn in the 'pen (5.17 ERA there). Hopefully he finds what he lost there. Infield: In what will undoubtedly be a very unpopular move among the Braves faithful, I've decided to part ways with longtime C Pat Molina (.202, 2, 12). He'd already lost the starting role to Shaun Dennehy (.275, 3, 12) and at 39 just doesn't look like he's able to block bad pitches, field bunts, and do all the little things you expect a catcher to do... and yep, fan interest "almost crashed". I'm not really happy with Mike Medford (.211, 3, 16) or Franklin Martinez (.241, 4, 24) at third but then, Vicente Luna (no at bats in 1970) should be ready to go in about a week after missing the first half of the year with a fractured hand. I like Ryan Dietrich's (.214, 2, 8) glove at short but he's hit a level of hitting over the past couple years where the one isn't enough to carry the other. Instead I'm calling up 24 year old prospect Jon Reid (.295, 3, 19 in AAA Richmond), who looks like he just missed the top-200 cut. He looks like he'll be a lot better with the lumber and has the tools - range especially - to develop into a quality defensive shortstop in the future. Outfield: Center field is an absolute mess this year. Neither Brian Dees (.160, 6, 14) nor Franco Panizzi (.143, 1, 3) have shown up at the plate at all, and while I'm OK with this being a defense-first position... you have to do *something* when half your games are in Atlanta. Josh Damon (.246, 5, 18) is a guy who I've used to fill in there a bit... but I'm going to make things a step worse, probably, by calling up 25 year old Bill Baugher (.288, 14, 39 in AAA) from Richmond. Baugher profiles more as a corner outfielder - in fact he won the Silver Slugger last year for the Texas League by hitting .248/8/36 for Shreveport (guess it was a hitters' league) - but I'm going to see if he sinks or swims in center this year. Long-term, LF Ruberto Yebra (.243, 1, 14) yas been effective when he plays but he keeps getting hurt and I'm starting to wonder if those 140 at-bats this year are more than just a slump. If so, well, that makes the choice on Baugher easier...
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July - AL Stats
I think the big story in the AL Is the dominance of the Yankees - 1st in runs scored, 1st in runs allowed. Somehow they only have a .589 winning percentage - Pythag indicates they should be 47-26 right now - and that seems to be the only thing keeping them from running away with things in the East. Cleveland is making their move and it looks like the attrition has been getting to the Bosox.
In the West, Minnesota is looking beatable but there also doesn't look like there's going to be anyone else who challenges them. The White Sox have fallen off and seem to be a one-year wonder and the Angels seem like they're still a couple guys away. The A's? I love the story but their story wouldn't just be a "worst to first", it'd be a "worst ever to good" story. I full expect them to collapse in the second half even though they look kind of good on paper... Code:
LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST Team W L WPct GB R RA New York Yankees 43 30 .589 - 385 278 Cleveland Indians 40 31 .563 2 348 293 Boston Red Sox 39 31 .557 2½ 318 293 Baltimore Orioles 39 36 .520 5 299 294 Washington Senators 34 40 .459 9½ 284 278 Detroit Tigers 31 40 .437 11 272 311 LEAGUE STANDINGS WEST Team W L WPct GB R RA Minnesota Twins 42 32 .568 - 314 299 Oakland Athletics 39 31 .557 1 323 288 California Angels 37 37 .500 5 330 313 Chicago White Sox 35 40 .467 7½ 327 358 Milwaukee Brewers 30 45 .400 12½ 273 370 Kansas City Royals 28 44 .389 13 296 394 LEAGUE BATTING STATS Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS New York Yankees 5.3 385 73 2502 664 116 16 91 336 432 25 .265 .355 .434 .788 Cleveland Indians 4.9 348 71 2557 724 111 15 76 210 306 17 .283 .339 .427 .767 California Angels 4.5 330 74 2560 685 109 20 52 198 470 47 .268 .318 .387 .705 Chicago White Sox 4.4 327 75 2597 672 125 16 52 235 430 29 .259 .323 .379 .702 Oakland Athletics 4.6 323 70 2440 655 105 10 55 261 333 14 .268 .341 .387 .728 Boston Red Sox 4.5 318 70 2427 638 113 8 65 215 398 24 .263 .325 .396 .721 Minnesota Twins 4.2 314 74 2522 634 126 18 67 284 418 24 .251 .329 .395 .724 Baltimore Orioles 4.0 299 75 2515 586 91 22 69 269 494 52 .233 .308 .369 .677 Kansas City Royals 4.1 296 72 2463 635 120 22 46 285 402 32 .258 .336 .380 .716 Washington Senators 3.8 284 74 2556 638 109 20 35 223 445 46 .250 .313 .349 .662 Milwaukee Brewers 3.6 273 75 2566 624 117 15 44 226 469 35 .243 .305 .352 .657 Detroit Tigers 3.8 272 71 2460 632 116 20 57 203 457 32 .257 .314 .390 .704 TOTALS 4.3 3769 874 30165 7787 1358 202 709 2945 5054 377 .258 .325 .387 .712 AVERAGE 314 73 2514 649 113 17 59 245 421 31 LEAGUE PITCHING STATS Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP New York Yankees 3.8 278 73 18 5 10 3.40 651.2 644 66 169 435 1.25 .256 .286 Washington Senators 3.8 278 74 23 9 8 3.27 665.1 575 42 258 387 1.25 .234 .259 Oakland Athletics 4.1 288 70 10 3 12 3.58 630.2 608 57 277 439 1.40 .251 .283 Cleveland Indians 4.1 293 71 14 4 16 3.52 647.1 637 64 231 422 1.34 .256 .284 Boston Red Sox 4.2 293 70 18 7 14 3.49 630.0 615 56 230 472 1.34 .255 .295 Baltimore Orioles 3.9 294 75 13 4 19 3.45 676.1 624 57 250 350 1.29 .245 .263 Minnesota Twins 4.0 299 74 19 5 15 3.61 663.2 686 54 215 492 1.36 .265 .306 Detroit Tigers 4.4 311 71 14 4 15 3.92 643.1 630 59 271 497 1.40 .259 .302 California Angels 4.2 313 74 15 4 8 3.81 663.2 654 50 254 299 1.37 .257 .273 Chicago White Sox 4.8 358 75 13 6 11 4.30 666.1 680 77 276 441 1.43 .265 .292 Milwaukee Brewers 4.9 370 75 14 3 11 4.42 664.1 713 66 228 396 1.42 .273 .297 Kansas City Royals 5.5 394 72 13 2 12 4.77 644.2 721 61 286 424 1.56 .280 .314 TOTALS 4.3 3769 874 184 56 151 3.79 7847.1 7787 709 2945 5054 1.37 .258 .288 AVERAGE 314 73 15 5 13 654 649 59 245 421 LEAGUE MISCELLANEOUS STATS Team ExW ExL Dif AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW Att Pay Balance Kansas City Royals 27 45 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 741,136 $645,181 $1,628,262 Washington Senators 38 36 -4 0 17 0 0 1 4 471,551 $891,172 -$185,549 Oakland Athletics 39 31 0 0 25 1 0 0 4 358,252 $644,573 -$173,053 Cleveland Indians 41 30 -1 0 12 0 0 0 2 533,594 $1,004,712 $482,656 Boston Red Sox 38 32 1 0 24 1 5 0 12 616,552 $1,138,619 $124,486 Baltimore Orioles 38 37 1 0 27 0 1 2 7 665,418 $1,034,105 $769,492 Minnesota Twins 39 35 3 0 49 6 1 2 5 670,753 $1,189,317 $804,165 Detroit Tigers 31 40 0 0 20 0 0 2 4 489,781 $984,190 $237,291 California Angels 39 35 -2 0 17 0 0 0 6 449,795 $1,000,820 -$291,715 Chicago White Sox 34 41 1 0 18 0 1 0 5 574,063 $995,887 $954,874 Milwaukee Brewers 27 48 3 0 24 0 0 1 1 697,668 $660,296 $715,948 New York Yankees 47 26 -4 0 45 3 1 0 1 728,712 $1,167,418 $2,982,086 League Batting Leaderboards Batting AVG M. Perez BAL .364 A. Flores WAS .350 J. Marsden OAK .344 A. Huanosta CLE .343 A. Romero CAL .343 On-Base PCT M. Brookes MIN .447 T. Stover NYY .432 M. Perez BAL .427 D. Corona KC .424 T. Weiss NYY .418 Slugging PCT A. Cardenas NYY .580 D. Villegas DET .576 M. Brookes MIN .559 T. Stover NYY .544 D. Corona KC .544 On-Base + Slugging M. Brookes MIN 1.006 A. Cardenas NYY .980 T. Stover NYY .976 D. Corona KC .969 M. Perez BAL .948 wRC+ T. Stover NYY 184 A. Cardenas NYY 182 M. Brookes MIN 177 M. Perez BAL 173 D. Corona KC 166 WAR M. Perez BAL 4.5 T. Stover NYY 4.3 M. Brookes MIN 3.8 O. Handa BOS 3.4 A. Cardenas NYY 3.4 Runs Created / 27 outs T. Stover NYY 9.3 M. Brookes MIN 9.2 A. Cardenas NYY 8.8 M. Perez BAL 8.6 D. Corona KC 8.3 Isolated Power E. Garcia CLE .339 D. Villegas DET .292 M. Brookes MIN .271 T. Stover NYY .257 A. Cardenas NYY .246 Games J. Lewis CHW 75 T. Brown CHW 74 P. Jennings CAL 74 W. Vargas CHW 74 J. Blevins BAL 73 At-Bats B. Long CHW 316 T. Brown CHW 307 J. Johnson CLE 307 N. Hodge CAL 301 O. Handa BOS 299 Runs A. Cardenas NYY 56 J. Johnson CLE 56 D. Corona KC 50 T. Weiss NYY 50 D. Decker OAK 49 Hits J. Johnson CLE 105 M. Perez BAL 104 A. Cardenas NYY 98 W. Vargas CHW 98 N. Vargas CAL 97 Total Bases A. Cardenas NYY 170 D. Corona KC 154 A. Martinez MIN 149 M. Perez BAL 149 C. Hernandez CLE 143 Singles J. Johnson CLE 85 M. Perez BAL 83 J. Marsden OAK 72 G. Thompson DET 72 N. Vargas CAL 72 Doubles C. Contreras DET 21 D. Field NYY 21 B. Long CHW 20 W. Vargas CHW 20 A. Cardenas NYY 19 Triples D. Corona KC 9 S. Veneziano WAS 8 R. Berman MIL 7 G. Thompson DET 7 L. Morgenstern MIN 6 Home Runs E. Garcia CLE 26 D. Villegas DET 18 A. Cardenas NYY 17 A. Martinez MIN 15 T. Stover NYY 15 Runs Batted In E. Garcia CLE 62 D. Decker OAK 51 M. Brookes MIN 50 M. Perez BAL 49 J. Lewis CHW 48 Stolen Bases A. Romero CAL 30 M. Perez BAL 19 G. Thompson DET 15 D. Corona KC 14 D. Gilmet MIN 14 Bases On Balls M. Brookes MIN 62 T. Stover NYY 56 D. Corona KC 52 T. Weiss NYY 52 W. Yi NYY 44 Intentional Walks W. Vargas CHW 12 D. Corona KC 8 M. Brookes MIN 7 J. Villasenor MIN 6 C. Altmann KC 5 Hit-By-Pitch M. Brookes MIN 6 T. Pritchett CLE 5 W. Vargas CHW 5 K. Damian KC 4 J. Dolak BOS 4 Strikeouts M. Perez CAL 76 J. Victoria MIL 71 C. Hopka CAL 69 M. Mullen DET 65 G. Farinelli DET 62 Sacrifice Hits V. Akright DET 12 O. Olthof NYY 10 A. Ramos MIN 10 K. Coffey WAS 9 D. Gilmet MIN 8 Sacrifice Flies C. Adams CAL 6 J. Escobar OAK 5 R. Hernandez CLE 5 J. Lewis CHW 5 B. Tarala BAL 5 League Pitching Leaderboards ERA K. Coffey WAS 2.23 S. Hinojosa BOS 2.50 T. Mosher NYY 2.51 J. Kindberg BOS 2.58 A. Ramos MIN 2.63 Wins A. Ramos MIN 13 D. Caneas NYY 10 J. Kindberg BOS 10 J. Matthews CLE 10 T. Mosher NYY 10 Losses D. Beaulieu CAL 9 B. Bruno WAS 9 G. Lueders CHW 9 R. Magdaleno MIN 9 C. Benavides MIN 8 Winning PCT A. Ramos MIN .929 A. Lagunas CLE .818 A. Williams CAL .727 T. Anderlik CHW .714 J. Matthews CLE .714 Saves M. Luiso BAL 17 M. Brock BOS 12 A. Madrigal DET 11 W. Chavez WAS 8 J. Kelly NYY 8 Games Pitched M. Luiso BAL 33 J. Howard MIL 31 B. Touchton CAL 31 W. Chavez WAS 28 A. Madrigal DET 28 Games Started C. Benavides MIN 20 T. Mosher NYY 18 A. Ramos MIN 18 V. Akright DET 17 D. Caneas NYY 17 Complete Games K. Coffey WAS 8 T. Mosher NYY 8 A. Ramos MIN 8 C. Benavides MIN 7 H. Giron BAL 7 Shutouts J. Kindberg BOS 5 K. Coffey WAS 4 C. Daugharty WAS 3 J. Matthews CLE 3 O. Olthof NYY 3 Innings Pitched C. Benavides MIN 149.0 T. Mosher NYY 143.2 A. Ramos MIN 136.2 H. Giron BAL 130.1 J. Kindberg BOS 129.0 Hits Allowed C. Benavides MIN 140 A. Ramos MIN 138 D. Caneas NYY 137 C. Regan CLE 131 G. Lueders CHW 127 Home Runs Allowed D. Caneas NYY 20 R. Mendoza CHW 18 G. Lueders CHW 14 E. Tyler KC 14 A. Lagunas CLE 12 Walks Allowed R. Shelton OAK 63 V. Akright DET 55 J. Kindberg BOS 54 R. Ortiz OAK 54 M. Chavez KC 53 Walks per 9 IP R. Gomez MIL 1.4 A. Ramos MIN 1.5 T. Mosher NYY 1.7 B. Bruno WAS 1.7 O. Olthof NYY 1.7 Strikeouts J. Kindberg BOS 118 E. Molina DET 114 R. Ortiz OAK 110 C. Benavides MIN 106 S. Hinojosa BOS 105 Strikeouts per 9 IP R. Ortiz OAK 10.7 E. Molina DET 9.1 J. Kindberg BOS 8.2 S. Hinojosa BOS 7.7 O. Olthof NYY 7.0 K/BB A. Ramos MIN 4.3 O. Olthof NYY 4.0 E. Molina DET 3.6 T. Mosher NYY 3.5 R. Gomez MIL 3.4 WHIP T. Mosher NYY 1.00 C. Daugharty WAS 1.08 H. Giron BAL 1.10 B. Bruno WAS 1.12 E. Molina DET 1.15 Hits per 9 IP C. Daugharty WAS 6.4 K. Coffey WAS 6.8 T. Mosher NYY 7.3 R. Ortiz OAK 7.6 V. Akright DET 7.8 Opponents AVG C. Daugharty WAS .200 K. Coffey WAS .208 T. Mosher NYY .217 R. Ortiz OAK .228 J. Matthews CLE .231 Opponents OBP T. Mosher NYY .258 H. Giron BAL .275 C. Daugharty WAS .277 K. Coffey WAS .284 B. Bruno WAS .284 Opponents SLG K. Coffey WAS .285 C. Daugharty WAS .294 T. Mosher NYY .297 R. Shelton OAK .318 V. Akright DET .323 Opponents OPS T. Mosher NYY .555 K. Coffey WAS .569 C. Daugharty WAS .570 H. Giron BAL .613 E. Molina DET .629 BABIP C. Daugharty WAS .231 K. 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July 1 - NL Team Stats
Over in the NL it feels like the big story is the Cubs being a case of how far a great offense can carry a mediocre pitching staff. So far the answer seems like "pretty far". The Mets seem... fine, but they also seem like a team that's come back to earth after an amazing 1969 season. I personally am kind of rooting for the Pirates and Phillies but the Pirates just don't have the power to get them into true contention and as much as I'm excited to watch Philadelphia's young pitching staff, I think they're probably a year or two away themselves.
In the West, man, that looks like a great showdown between the Astros and Reds, with the Giants also sitting right there too. And just in case that's not enough, the Braves seem like they're trying to climb into the fray too, although I feel like they're basically a worse version of the Cubs. Code:
LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST Team W L WPct GB R RA Chicago Cubs 42 30 .583 - 408 304 New York Mets 41 32 .562 1½ 314 282 Pittsburgh Pirates 41 36 .532 3½ 295 266 Philadelphia Phillies 38 34 .528 4 318 308 St. Louis Cardinals 32 42 .432 11 317 376 Montreal Expos 24 49 .329 18½ 257 391 LEAGUE STANDINGS WEST Team W L WPct GB R RA Houston Astros 47 29 .618 - 381 322 Cincinnati Reds 43 31 .581 3 365 295 San Francisco Giants 42 32 .568 4 317 268 Atlanta Braves 32 40 .444 13 323 378 San Diego Padres 34 44 .436 14 322 367 Los Angeles Dodgers 29 46 .387 17½ 271 331 LEAGUE BATTING STATS Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS Chicago Cubs 5.7 408 72 2530 728 126 25 89 249 409 29 .288 .351 .463 .814 Houston Astros 5.0 381 76 2685 705 125 20 81 268 392 26 .263 .332 .415 .747 Cincinnati Reds 4.9 365 74 2510 662 91 21 57 334 416 34 .264 .351 .385 .735 Atlanta Braves 4.5 323 72 2476 603 85 15 87 239 417 32 .244 .312 .395 .707 San Diego Padres 4.1 322 78 2613 611 80 20 78 285 512 39 .234 .312 .369 .681 Philadelphia Phillies 4.4 318 72 2486 664 104 14 59 280 449 20 .267 .344 .391 .735 St. Louis Cardinals 4.3 317 74 2565 660 118 14 68 262 425 16 .257 .325 .394 .719 San Francisco Giants 4.3 317 74 2549 668 115 15 54 276 420 25 .262 .336 .383 .718 New York Mets 4.3 314 73 2432 586 95 20 56 288 449 23 .241 .322 .366 .687 Pittsburgh Pirates 3.8 295 77 2607 642 115 17 40 268 427 18 .246 .319 .349 .669 Los Angeles Dodgers 3.6 271 75 2509 583 81 11 57 219 453 13 .232 .296 .342 .638 Montreal Expos 3.5 257 73 2540 622 97 18 69 241 487 11 .245 .313 .379 .691 TOTALS 4.4 3888 890 30502 7734 1232 210 795 3209 5256 286 .254 .326 .386 .712 AVERAGE 324 74 2542 645 103 18 66 267 438 24 LEAGUE PITCHING STATS Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP Pittsburgh Pirates 3.5 266 77 28 11 9 3.15 700.1 639 44 206 480 1.21 .243 .280 San Francisco Giants 3.6 268 74 19 7 17 3.09 672.0 610 71 227 494 1.25 .241 .272 New York Mets 3.9 282 73 13 3 20 3.40 653.1 626 60 271 474 1.37 .249 .285 Cincinnati Reds 4.0 295 74 14 4 18 3.57 662.1 597 62 228 541 1.25 .237 .276 Chicago Cubs 4.2 304 72 15 6 15 3.92 638.0 606 74 248 392 1.34 .253 .272 Philadelphia Phillies 4.3 308 72 14 5 16 3.63 650.0 627 71 237 430 1.33 .249 .272 Houston Astros 4.2 322 76 16 3 19 3.81 698.2 660 60 297 443 1.37 .249 .276 Los Angeles Dodgers 4.4 331 75 15 5 11 3.92 666.0 645 64 300 495 1.42 .254 .290 San Diego Padres 4.7 367 78 17 6 9 4.23 689.1 673 69 332 375 1.46 .257 .274 St. Louis Cardinals 5.1 376 74 12 1 13 4.54 662.1 702 62 272 397 1.47 .272 .298 Atlanta Braves 5.2 378 72 7 3 16 4.72 644.0 673 86 250 348 1.43 .272 .283 Montreal Expos 5.4 391 73 10 1 10 4.74 653.2 676 72 341 387 1.56 .268 .289 TOTALS 4.4 3888 890 180 55 173 3.89 7990.0 7734 795 3209 5256 1.37 .254 .281 AVERAGE 324 74 15 5 14 666 645 66 267 438 LEAGUE MISCELLANEOUS STATS Team ExW ExL Dif AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW Attend Payroll Balance Montreal Expos 23 50 1 0 21 0 0 0 5 557,996 $657,109 $638,139 San Francisco Giants 43 31 -1 0 32 0 2 1 6 692,418 $953,117 $876,748 New York Mets 40 33 1 0 27 0 0 3 12 810,222 $1,039,808 $2,232,750 Cincinnati Reds 44 30 -1 0 24 0 0 2 5 504,605 $1,062,351 -$410,692 Chicago Cubs 45 27 -3 0 30 1 1 1 7 564,862 $1,112,358 $227,163 Philadelphia Phillies 37 35 1 0 11 0 0 0 5 434,631 $877,329 $287,947 Houston Astros 44 32 3 0 30 0 0 1 5 726,341 $949,979 $1,091,934 Los Angeles Dodgers 31 44 -2 0 25 1 1 1 3 754,738 $1,013,940 $1,558,878 San Diego Padres 34 44 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 753,428 $724,845 $1,555,532 St. Louis Cardinals 31 43 1 0 38 6 0 1 3 680,662 $1,022,549 $1,537,552 Atlanta Braves 31 41 1 0 42 3 1 0 2 476,885 $1,130,107 $585,859 Pittsburgh Pirates 42 35 -1 0 17 0 0 1 11 551,952 $1,047,006 $134,183 League Batting Leaderboards Batting AVG K. Dwyer ATL .366 J. Workman CHC .344 G. Darrow CHC .343 P. Ortiz CIN .342 B. Kraljevic CIN .337 On-Base PCT B. Kraljevic CIN .453 K. Dwyer ATL .422 J. Waltenbery NYM .414 J. Everhart SF .412 A. Lopez CHC .410 Slugging PCT K. Dwyer ATL .656 J. Workman CHC .640 J. Stone STL .634 D. Chairez ATL .616 N. Hernandez SD .611 On-Base + Slugging K. Dwyer ATL 1.078 J. Stone STL 1.036 J. Workman CHC 1.015 N. Hernandez SD .983 D. Chairez ATL .980 wRC+ K. Dwyer ATL 204 J. Stone STL 186 J. Workman CHC 178 N. Hernandez SD 175 D. Chairez ATL 173 WAR K. Dwyer ATL 5.1 B. Kraljevic CIN 4.4 J. Stone STL 4.4 N. Hernandez SD 4.3 P. Ortiz CIN 3.8 Runs Created / 27 outs K. Dwyer ATL 11.5 J. Stone STL 9.6 J. Workman CHC 9.3 J. Everhart SF 8.8 D. Chairez ATL 8.3 Isolated Power J. Weaver HOU .347 J. Stone STL .331 D. Chairez ATL .323 N. Hernandez SD .314 L. Martinez STL .303 Games R. Disla LAD 74 N. Hernandez SD 74 S. Clark CIN 73 K. Landry SD 73 J. Lawson PIT 73 At-Bats P. Ortiz CIN 313 B. Cooper SF 309 J. Lopez HOU 307 B. Heyen SF 304 A. Munoz MON 298 Runs J. Lopez HOU 61 K. Dwyer ATL 60 J. Weaver HOU 58 B. Kraljevic CIN 55 A. Lopez CHC 53 Hits P. Ortiz CIN 107 K. Dwyer ATL 102 B. Cooper SF 100 J. Lockhart HOU 100 R. Disla LAD 91 Total Bases K. Dwyer ATL 183 J. Stone STL 180 N. Hernandez SD 171 J. Weaver HOU 167 J. Workman CHC 158 Singles P. Ortiz CIN 84 R. Disla LAD 76 J. Lockhart HOU 76 B. Cooper SF 73 P. Stewart PHI 72 Doubles J. Coffey PHI 20 J. Stone STL 20 B. Cooper SF 18 G. Darrow CHC 18 K. Dwyer ATL 18 Triples N. Hernandez SD 10 J. Taylor CHC 9 P. Ortiz CIN 8 A. Martinez PIT 7 E. Griffin LAD 6 Home Runs J. Weaver HOU 26 J. Stone STL 22 D. Chairez ATL 21 N. Hernandez SD 20 J. Workman CHC 20 Runs Batted In J. Weaver HOU 70 J. Workman CHC 64 J. Stone STL 62 A. Lopez CHC 55 N. Hernandez SD 54 Stolen Bases Z. Hadley SD 13 B. Cooper SF 12 S. Gabel CHC 12 P. Ortiz CIN 12 M. Wendt CIN 12 Bases On Balls B. Kraljevic CIN 62 J. Waltenbery NYM 54 J. Everhart SF 50 V. Serna PHI 50 J. Richens HOU 49 Intentional Walks J. Waltenbery NYM 8 B. Cooper SF 7 A. Becerra PHI 6 J. Lopez HOU 6 B. Wilcox NYM 5 Hit-By-Pitch D. Connally PIT 5 B. Heyen SF 5 E. Johnson PIT 5 A. Owens MON 5 V. Serna PHI 5 Strikeouts V. Serna PHI 76 J. Taylor CHC 72 J. Staiti LAD 68 M. Wendt CIN 68 A. Groves CHC 67 Sacrifice Hits M. Gaddi PHI 14 S. Arango PIT 11 J. McCauley STL 11 R. Rivera SF 10 S. Waiters CIN 10 Sacrifice Flies B. Kraljevic CIN 8 B. Jackson PIT 7 L. Martinez STL 7 J. Staiti LAD 7 J. Taylor CHC 6 League Pitching Leaderboards ERA J. Beane NYM 2.05 M. Gaddi PHI 2.37 J. Mash NYM 2.41 S. Waiters CIN 2.43 T. Rivera HOU 2.44 Wins S. Waiters CIN 13 M. Gaddi PHI 12 M. Stuckey SF 11 J. Beane NYM 10 R. Aguilar SD 9 Losses P. Farr MON 10 D. Cheeves PIT 9 T. Dean ATL 9 J. Sandoval NYM 9 R. Andrade LAD 8 Winning PCT S. Waiters CIN .929 M. Gaddi PHI .857 J. Mash NYM .818 J. Beane NYM .769 M. Stuckey SF .688 Saves G. Saus NYM 17 J. Winn ATL 16 J. Booth SF 15 R. Rosas CIN 15 J. Douglas HOU 13 Games Pitched J. Booth SF 35 P. Lemus PIT 34 A. Eastin STL 33 G. Saus NYM 33 J. Winn ATL 32 Games Started E. Carrillo NYM 19 J. Mullett HOU 19 M. Stuckey SF 19 M. Gaddi PHI 18 J. Hagan CIN 18 Complete Games R. Rivera SF 9 J. Battaglia PIT 8 S. Waiters CIN 8 F. Apolonio LAD 7 S. Arango PIT 7 Shutouts S. Arango PIT 4 V. Marin CHC 3 M. Stuckey SF 3 S. Waiters CIN 3 R. Aguilar SD 2 Innings Pitched M. Stuckey SF 148.1 R. Rivera SF 143.2 M. Gaddi PHI 140.2 S. Waiters CIN 140.2 E. Carrillo NYM 136.0 Hits Allowed M. Stuckey SF 139 J. Mullett HOU 132 B. Lucas CHC 130 E. Carrillo NYM 128 R. Holm SF 126 Home Runs Allowed F. Carranza ATL 18 B. Lucas CHC 18 R. Holm SF 16 R. Rivera SF 16 K. Pennock ATL 15 Walks Allowed E. Carrillo NYM 83 J. Mullett HOU 71 M. Navarro MON 70 R. Holm SF 58 R. Andrade LAD 57 Walks per 9 IP R. Rivera SF 1.6 J. Battaglia PIT 1.7 S. Waiters CIN 1.9 M. Gaddi PHI 1.9 S. Arango PIT 2.2 Strikeouts E. Carrillo NYM 147 S. Waiters CIN 134 R. Holm SF 127 M. Gaddi PHI 112 J. Hagan CIN 106 Strikeouts per 9 IP E. Carrillo NYM 9.7 R. Holm SF 8.8 S. Waiters CIN 8.6 M. Navarro MON 7.9 J. Hagan CIN 7.8 K/BB S. Waiters CIN 4.6 R. Rivera SF 4.2 M. Gaddi PHI 3.7 J. Battaglia PIT 3.1 S. Arango PIT 3.0 WHIP J. Battaglia PIT 0.96 S. Waiters CIN 0.96 R. Rivera SF 0.97 M. Gaddi PHI 1.00 S. Arango PIT 1.10 Hits per 9 IP S. Waiters CIN 6.8 R. Salinas LAD 6.8 J. Battaglia PIT 6.9 M. Gaddi PHI 7.1 R. Rivera SF 7.2 Opponents AVG S. Waiters CIN .207 J. Battaglia PIT .210 R. Salinas LAD .211 M. Gaddi PHI .212 R. Rivera SF .216 Opponents OBP J. Battaglia PIT .249 S. Waiters CIN .250 R. Rivera SF .255 M. Gaddi PHI .257 S. Arango PIT .279 Opponents SLG M. Gaddi PHI .287 T. Rivera HOU .295 J. Sanders SF .297 J. Battaglia PIT .309 E. Schnipke SD .313 Opponents OPS M. Gaddi PHI .544 J. Battaglia PIT .558 S. Waiters CIN .574 T. Rivera HOU .590 J. Sanders SF .601 BABIP J. Battaglia PIT .235 R. Rivera SF .240 R. Salinas LAD .245 M. Navarro MON .255 S. Waiters CIN .256 WAR M. Gaddi PHI 5.3 S. Waiters CIN 4.6 T. Rivera HOU 3.8 J. Sanders SF 3.8 J. Battaglia PIT 3.5
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MLB - Player Stats
I realize nobody is probably perusing this but I personally really, really enjoy this report. Even with OOTP right there for me to look at, I still look through this every month...
One stat line to look at is Ernesto Garcia for the Cleveland Indians. Dude has 47 hits and 26 HRs, which is crazy enough by itself... and *1* double. I went into the editor just to check and his Gap Power rating is about average; it's just a weird combination of being all 3 True Outcomes (47 Ks in 233 at-bats) and just being fantastically gap-unlucky. Code:
ATL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dennehy, Shaun L 0.269 36 134 12 36 1 0 3 12 0 0.990 2 Chairez, Dante R 0.293 63 229 39 67 11 0 21 52 0 0.990 *3/H9 Dwyer, Kevin L 0.366 70 279 60 102 18 3 19 51 1 0.987 *4 Martinez, Franklin L 0.241 56 174 20 42 10 0 4 24 1 0.930 5H/3 Dietrich, Ryan L 0.214 58 187 19 40 4 1 2 8 3 0.996 *6 Yebra, Ruberto L 0.242 35 149 17 36 3 3 1 14 9 0.983 7 Dees, Brian R 0.160 41 131 16 21 0 0 6 14 6 1.000 8/H Riggs, Henry R 0.257 70 257 46 66 14 1 18 48 0 0.965 *9 Medford, Mike L 0.219 46 151 21 33 3 1 4 19 0 0.922 5H/8 Ward, Chris R 0.246 35 126 17 31 6 2 1 9 9 0.971 7/H Molina, Pat L 0.202 31 119 8 24 3 1 2 12 0 0.978 2 Damon, Josh L 0.256 61 117 16 30 2 0 5 19 0 1.000 H87 Panizzi, Franco R 0.143 30 63 6 9 0 1 1 3 1 1.000 8H/9 Holden, Jeremy L 0.163 21 49 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 1.000 3H Patton, Elijah L 0.211 15 38 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0.982 6 Rey, Pablo L 0.182 22 33 3 6 0 1 0 3 0 1.000 H/2 ATL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Dean, Trevon L 6 9 0 5.54 17 17 112.0 117 69 54 68 Sanchez, Vinny L 6 7 0 3.50 15 15 110.2 106 43 28 35 Pennock, Kevin L 5 7 0 6.12 16 13 89.2 110 61 40 33 Carranza, Felix L 4 4 0 5.00 18 10 81.0 84 45 33 55 Winn, John L 2 2 16 1.60 32 0 45.0 37 8 12 44 Cokely, Seth L 1 3 0 5.96 20 0 22.2 30 15 16 9 Reyes, Victor L 0 2 0 7.61 17 0 23.2 30 20 7 15 Rose, Colin L 3 0 0 3.26 14 0 19.1 18 7 10 12 Rivera, Andres L 3 3 0 4.69 21 9 78.2 82 41 25 41 Cari, Jake L 2 2 0 4.12 8 8 43.2 39 20 18 27 BAL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Hernandez, Jon R 0.273 63 220 35 60 18 2 9 39 0 0.988 23/H Cutter, Devin R 0.126 29 87 9 11 2 0 3 10 0 0.992 3/H Fager, Danny L 0.258 49 198 36 51 7 3 4 20 5 0.996 4/H Perez, Marco L 0.364 73 286 39 104 7 4 10 49 19 0.927 *5 Blevins, Jon L 0.246 73 284 29 70 8 1 4 20 4 0.973 *6 Hiatt, Dave R 0.185 61 162 15 30 4 5 5 24 0 0.989 7H/9 Tarala, Bryant R 0.199 55 196 37 39 7 2 11 23 10 0.994 *8/3 Nugent, Matt R 0.216 73 250 29 54 9 3 6 19 11 0.982 *98/H Padilla, Jorge L 0.242 44 124 11 30 5 0 5 22 1 0.989 4H Colon, Edgar L 0.255 43 98 4 25 5 0 0 12 0 1.000 7H/9 Keith, Robert L 0.211 28 90 4 19 5 0 0 9 0 0.980 2/H Fleischaker, John L 0.197 30 71 5 14 3 1 2 2 0 0.985 3H Masella, Brent L 0.203 23 64 4 13 4 0 0 5 0 0.990 2/H Kemm, Rich L 0.182 17 55 6 10 0 0 1 2 1 1.000 8 Baca, Mario L 0.255 28 55 10 14 0 1 2 9 0 1.000 H9/8 Jenkins, Jamal L 0.208 18 48 9 10 2 0 5 10 1 0.947 7/H BAL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Giron, Hector L 9 4 0 2.69 17 17 130.1 117 39 26 70 Villalpando, Carlos L 5 7 0 6.00 15 15 93.0 108 62 50 26 Wei, Yen-ti L 4 4 0 4.06 11 11 71.0 74 32 31 39 Ziegler, T.J. L 4 5 0 3.23 10 10 69.2 48 25 36 47 Luiso, Montay R 4 3 17 0.83 33 0 54.0 37 5 15 42 Lee, Sung-jin L 1 1 1 3.38 22 0 29.1 28 11 11 18 Schoner, Dan L 0 1 1 3.86 20 0 25.2 24 11 8 3 Bowman, Phil L 3 0 0 1.72 18 0 36.2 20 7 9 19 Lopez, Alfredo L 2 4 0 2.91 9 9 58.2 60 19 23 27 Overmann, Mike L 5 3 0 3.06 18 5 50.0 42 17 13 26 Contreras, Alfredo R 1 2 0 5.32 4 4 23.2 28 14 12 10 Colon, John L 1 2 0 5.40 3 3 20.0 20 12 15 13 BOS Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dolak, Jeremy L 0.294 57 204 20 60 7 0 3 27 0 0.990 *2 Miller, Mike R 0.288 69 271 42 78 13 0 14 43 1 0.989 *3 Fraser, Dwayne L 0.311 69 254 32 79 18 1 1 31 2 0.983 *4 Magoni, Mauro L 0.241 63 241 24 58 13 1 4 28 0 0.935 *5/3 Handa, Oniji L 0.311 69 299 43 93 15 0 10 38 0 0.965 *6 Teague, Josh R 0.227 46 185 25 42 3 3 8 28 5 0.979 7 Glynn, Jon L 0.266 46 173 21 46 4 1 3 19 8 0.986 8/H Kim, Jun R 0.280 67 254 45 71 14 1 13 36 5 0.979 *9/7 Johnston, Ryan R 0.216 37 134 19 29 9 1 3 6 1 1.000 8/7 Pitt, Josh R 0.220 26 50 6 11 3 0 0 6 1 0.963 7H/8 Bartoszek, Sid L 0.180 16 50 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 0.991 2/H Miller, Cody L 0.242 12 33 5 8 2 0 1 8 0 1.000 7/H BOS Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Kindberg, Justin R 10 6 0 2.58 17 17 129.0 118 37 54 118 Hinojosa, Sandy L 8 6 0 2.50 16 16 122.1 109 34 40 105 Davila, Franklin L 4 6 0 5.00 12 12 81.0 93 45 17 36 Sanchez, Marco L 4 3 0 3.54 9 9 68.2 71 27 17 58 Brock, Matt L 3 2 12 3.46 27 0 39.0 26 15 17 33 Bryant, Terrance R 1 0 0 1.33 17 0 20.1 18 3 6 12 Messina, Chris L 4 2 0 3.04 18 4 53.1 52 18 16 27 Matson, T.J. L 0 2 2 6.38 11 1 18.1 24 13 11 15 Pesco, Michael R 3 1 0 1.37 5 5 39.1 28 6 10 35 Britt, Bruce L 2 1 0 10.61 7 5 28.0 48 33 22 15 CAL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Perez, Mike L 0.189 59 196 29 37 7 1 9 28 0 0.993 *2/H Jennings, Pete L 0.299 74 294 35 88 12 1 8 46 0 0.990 *35/H Hopka, Chance L 0.232 66 272 40 63 10 4 0 18 7 0.982 *4/6 Schneider, Kristian R 0.306 53 196 32 60 14 1 2 23 1 0.918 *5/H Adams, Chris L 0.258 72 256 25 66 9 3 6 43 2 0.957 *6 Vargas, Nelson L 0.332 73 292 44 97 15 4 6 38 9 0.982 *7 Hodge, Norm R 0.249 72 301 30 75 8 1 5 24 11 1.000 *8 Tyree, Chris L 0.339 45 168 24 57 12 4 3 28 6 0.982 9/H Berry, Jon R 0.245 49 98 18 24 2 1 1 5 4 0.981 H9/37 Skelton, Jon R 0.284 17 67 10 19 3 0 2 10 0 0.987 3 Cavazos, Juan R 0.200 23 60 3 12 2 0 1 11 0 0.975 2/H Mendez, Mauricio L 0.292 19 48 8 14 2 0 2 9 2 0.984 4/H McSparren, Wayne L 0.250 29 40 8 10 2 0 2 6 0 0.947 H5 Leriche, Barney L 0.333 20 39 4 13 2 0 3 6 0 1.000 H/978 CAL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Kahl, Paul L 5 7 0 3.94 15 15 109.2 119 48 50 19 Bruno, Gary L 7 3 0 2.81 15 15 109.0 98 34 34 44 Beaulieu, Dustin R 5 9 0 4.73 15 15 97.0 103 51 33 42 Williams, Aidan R 8 3 0 4.19 13 13 92.1 97 43 32 56 Park, Bong-ok R 1 6 4 5.26 21 3 39.1 41 23 24 14 Touchton, Bubba L 2 2 3 3.32 31 0 43.1 35 16 24 21 Kihara, Tanzan L 0 0 1 2.78 23 0 32.1 28 10 6 28 Yates, Gavin L 1 2 0 3.67 17 0 27.0 22 11 8 20 Irons, Jordan R 6 2 0 3.14 12 12 71.2 72 25 23 27 Lagos, Ed L 2 1 0 2.53 9 0 21.1 23 6 0 12 CHC Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Darrow, Greg L 0.343 60 230 35 79 18 1 8 44 0 0.981 *2 Lopez, Antonio R 0.320 72 284 53 91 14 2 14 55 0 0.997 *3 Perez, Juan R 0.301 41 156 23 47 7 0 6 25 1 0.982 4 Gabel, Sean L 0.331 63 269 42 89 15 3 0 30 12 0.978 *5 Taylor, Jeremy L 0.248 71 278 48 69 9 9 14 51 6 0.978 *6/H Workman, Jason R 0.344 66 247 49 85 13 0 20 64 0 0.968 *7/H Tooley, Mark L 0.273 65 278 52 76 11 2 10 31 5 1.000 *8 Groves, Adam L 0.229 65 214 36 49 10 2 7 19 3 0.983 *9H/7 Vallejo, Alex R 0.333 28 96 17 32 4 3 3 17 0 0.984 9/8H Holcombe, David R 0.257 22 70 10 18 6 1 2 12 0 0.966 4/H Marks, Sam R 0.382 42 68 10 26 4 0 2 13 1 0.957 H7/9 Maroney, John L 0.250 26 56 7 14 3 0 2 7 0 0.947 H5 Mantero, Tim L 0.205 18 44 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0.940 4/H CHC Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Lucas, Bill L 5 7 0 4.29 17 17 121.2 130 58 49 69 Marin, Victor L 7 4 0 3.31 14 14 100.2 95 37 35 50 Jones, Kenny L 6 3 0 4.01 13 10 76.1 65 34 32 53 Obregon, Javy L 2 2 0 6.13 8 8 39.2 45 27 21 14 Nies, Chad R 2 1 7 4.97 21 0 29.0 29 16 12 33 Paulus, Nick L 2 3 3 5.85 23 0 32.1 37 21 21 19 Martinez, Antonio L 0 1 3 2.79 21 0 29.0 23 9 15 21 Gurley, Ryan R 5 2 0 5.40 15 0 23.1 25 14 12 18 Sanders, Jason L 3 2 0 2.11 6 6 42.2 35 10 12 36 Wilbers, Mike L 3 2 0 3.73 7 7 41.0 38 17 12 27 Castro, Frank L 4 1 0 2.97 14 3 36.1 29 12 8 12 Coffey, Scott R 2 1 0 3.27 5 4 33.0 31 12 7 20 CHW Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Coyle, Danny L 0.153 46 124 13 19 6 0 3 14 0 0.986 2/H Lewis, Josh L 0.241 75 294 31 71 9 1 9 48 0 0.991 *3 Long, Brian L 0.272 73 316 39 86 20 3 3 39 0 0.993 *4 Dominguez, Omar L 0.219 52 169 18 37 10 0 2 19 0 0.931 5/H3 Henderson, Justin L 0.268 63 235 25 63 12 1 3 33 6 0.976 *6 Vargas, Willie L 0.338 74 290 45 98 20 2 4 40 12 0.993 *7 Brown, Tom L 0.287 74 307 43 88 14 3 10 41 8 0.991 *8/9H Wade, Josh L 0.323 71 279 38 90 16 5 5 30 2 0.979 *9/H7 McIntyre, Nick R 0.224 54 116 16 26 6 0 6 16 0 0.986 2H Wooten, Jordan R 0.223 49 103 16 23 3 0 3 9 0 0.950 5H Fonseca, Chris R 0.310 23 42 8 13 2 1 1 5 1 1.000 H/98 Fiederlein, Jim L 0.200 12 40 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0.947 6 de Velasco, Ivan L 0.154 21 39 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0.962 5H CHW Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mendoza, Raul L 4 8 0 4.53 16 16 117.1 118 59 28 84 Lueders, Gene R 4 9 0 5.96 16 16 99.2 127 66 47 62 Anderlik, Tim L 5 2 0 2.95 11 11 82.1 72 27 38 53 Roche, Daniel L 4 4 0 2.73 9 9 59.1 56 18 23 34 Post, Malcolm L 4 5 7 3.27 28 0 33.0 34 12 13 25 Venegas, Manny R 0 1 0 2.52 23 0 25.0 20 7 10 22 Moon, Suk-min L 1 1 3 4.55 22 0 27.2 31 14 13 19 Sanchez, Elias L 1 0 0 2.74 17 0 23.0 18 7 10 9 Hui, Kien-lung R 2 4 0 4.60 13 5 47.0 38 24 29 49 Sanchez, Luis L 4 1 0 5.32 10 6 44.0 57 26 20 24 Truss, Jim R 2 3 0 3.89 6 6 41.2 48 18 14 18 Reyes, Bob L 2 1 0 3.86 3 3 21.0 20 9 6 10 CIN Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Williams, Oliver L 0.291 64 213 38 62 11 1 4 37 0 0.992 *2 Clark, Stephen R 0.242 73 297 33 72 14 1 6 39 0 0.986 *3 Ortiz, Pedro L 0.342 72 313 53 107 11 8 4 37 12 0.987 *4 Kraljevic, Bobby R 0.337 72 270 55 91 15 1 6 52 0 0.911 *5 Wendt, Mike L 0.236 72 246 36 58 6 4 7 32 12 0.954 *6 Cannon, Junior R 0.265 53 189 27 50 6 0 8 34 1 0.990 *7/9 Wilkes, Chris L 0.256 72 281 43 72 3 2 1 25 7 0.973 *8 Jensen, Justin L 0.194 61 206 32 40 7 1 13 33 0 0.986 *9 Cowan, Greg R 0.203 32 74 7 15 2 0 1 8 1 0.968 9H/7 Ortega, Willie L 0.296 22 71 11 21 2 0 4 12 0 0.966 7/H3 Kohut, John R 0.295 18 44 4 13 1 1 0 7 0 0.975 2/H CIN Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Hagan, Joe L 9 8 0 4.46 18 18 123.0 125 61 55 106 Waiters, Steve R 13 1 0 2.43 17 17 140.2 106 38 29 134 Johnston, Mike L 5 5 0 3.78 15 15 102.1 91 43 38 73 Bertan, Tom L 7 5 0 4.09 15 15 99.0 91 45 28 62 Rosas, Ricky L 4 2 15 3.19 31 0 42.1 43 15 23 51 Shrewsbury, Greg L 2 2 3 3.34 28 0 35.0 35 13 8 23 Elser, Garrett L 1 2 0 3.58 18 0 27.2 24 11 20 27 Vanover, Bill L 1 3 0 2.89 11 6 46.2 41 15 7 29 CLE Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos House, Jonathan R 0.265 59 200 22 53 6 0 3 22 0 0.990 *2/H Garcia, Ernesto R 0.202 61 233 40 47 1 0 26 62 0 0.994 *3/H Pritchett, T.J. L 0.269 63 212 26 57 7 0 9 28 0 0.966 *4 Hernandez, Roberto L 0.306 68 284 39 87 18 1 7 36 0 0.962 *5 Johnson, John L 0.342 69 307 56 105 16 2 2 26 5 0.979 *6 Huanosta, Alonzo L 0.343 55 233 36 80 16 1 8 40 2 0.972 *7/H Hernandez, Carlos L 0.323 66 291 41 94 14 4 9 30 2 0.983 *8 Pron, Tommy R 0.301 54 206 21 62 16 0 1 20 0 0.992 *9 Miller, Nick R 0.240 49 100 19 24 3 4 3 16 6 0.978 H79 Kelver, Kyle L 0.321 40 78 13 25 4 0 4 14 0 0.993 H3 Sanchez, Jorge L 0.188 23 69 5 13 0 1 0 6 2 1.000 9/H87 Zimmerman, Jason L 0.190 23 58 6 11 2 0 1 6 0 0.990 2/H Aguillon, Tony L 0.286 21 35 3 10 2 0 1 6 0 0.947 H4/5 CLE Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Matthews, Josh R 10 4 0 2.81 17 17 128.0 111 40 51 82 Hamilton, Dylan L 7 8 0 3.80 17 16 116.0 107 49 40 69 Lagunas, Andy L 9 2 0 4.19 16 16 88.0 93 41 35 63 Regan, Chris L 5 6 0 3.62 15 15 114.1 131 46 31 72 Whittier, Landon L 2 3 3 3.38 21 0 34.2 29 13 21 22 Reyes, Bob L 2 4 0 3.07 19 2 41.0 42 14 8 23 Ellis, Doug L 2 2 2 3.91 17 0 25.1 31 11 6 18 Hernandez, Vicente L 0 1 2 5.09 15 1 23.0 27 13 7 12 Strong, Chris L 3 0 0 3.74 7 1 21.2 19 9 11 10 DET Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Farinelli, Gianluigi L 0.271 59 221 19 60 14 1 7 26 0 0.981 *2/H Ayala, Jose L 0.235 71 298 32 70 13 1 7 26 0 0.994 *3 Villegas, Danny L 0.284 65 236 41 67 11 2 18 44 2 0.975 *4 Salinas, David L 0.247 48 146 17 36 6 0 0 9 3 0.941 5/H Mullen, Matt L 0.239 70 247 16 59 11 1 0 14 0 0.988 *6 Dittmar, Adam L 0.192 57 203 29 39 5 2 8 20 11 0.958 *7/H Thompson, Guillermo L 0.319 66 295 31 94 15 7 0 25 15 0.989 *8 Contreras, Chris R 0.318 69 286 33 91 21 2 4 28 0 1.000 *9 Daughtry, John L 0.250 43 108 11 27 3 2 4 13 0 0.969 5/H3 Valdez, Danny R 0.362 23 58 12 21 6 1 4 15 0 0.947 7H Woodcock, Scott L 0.216 16 51 4 11 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2/H Hall, Sean R 0.209 41 43 3 9 0 1 1 7 1 1.000 H/769 DET Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Akright, Vince L 6 7 0 3.60 17 17 125.0 108 50 55 78 Molina, Edgar L 8 5 0 3.49 15 15 113.1 98 44 32 114 Gilmer, Jason L 4 5 0 3.75 14 14 98.1 102 41 41 63 Goddard, Jimmy L 1 1 0 3.86 8 8 53.2 50 23 21 38 Madrigal, Alex L 1 7 11 3.10 28 0 40.2 38 14 15 28 Hilbert, Larry L 2 3 2 3.34 23 0 35.0 37 13 10 17 Abeyta, Gus L 0 1 0 4.34 12 0 18.2 15 9 13 17 Lopez, Mike L 2 2 0 4.65 14 4 40.2 42 21 39 40 Schmidt, Ben L 3 3 1 4.42 12 7 59.0 64 29 18 55 Vaughn, Robbie R 1 3 0 4.82 10 4 28.0 32 15 10 27 HOU Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Rigdon, Dan L 0.225 60 218 18 49 11 3 2 25 0 0.995 *2 Richens, Justin R 0.292 73 271 44 79 12 2 12 51 0 0.994 *3/H Chairez, Alejandro L 0.287 47 195 36 56 11 5 5 20 3 0.972 4 Little, Pete L 0.253 73 292 39 74 15 2 6 42 0 0.987 *5/9 Green, Jordan L 0.292 54 202 25 59 12 0 4 20 0 0.973 *6/4 Lockhart, Jesse L 0.337 73 297 44 100 14 2 8 38 7 0.979 *7 Lopez, John R 0.283 73 307 61 87 10 5 8 30 11 0.985 *8 Weaver, Jaden R 0.256 72 277 58 71 18 0 26 70 1 0.989 *9 Blake, Adam L 0.200 37 115 10 23 4 0 1 10 0 0.982 4/H3 Fenney, Steve L 0.318 46 66 7 21 4 1 1 10 3 1.000 H/97 Copeland, Bobby S 0.219 30 64 5 14 1 0 1 5 0 0.981 2/H Timonen, John L 0.203 27 64 6 13 0 0 2 4 0 0.990 6/H Ringstad, Nate L 0.220 28 50 4 11 2 0 2 10 0 1.000 H/35 HOU Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mullett, Josh L 7 6 0 4.76 19 19 126.2 132 67 71 61 Rivera, Tony R 8 4 0 2.44 17 17 132.2 113 36 49 106 Graton, Jeff L 9 6 0 4.00 17 17 119.1 115 53 35 71 Lara, Juan L 8 2 0 4.97 18 6 58.0 63 32 29 38 Douglas, Jon L 2 4 13 3.20 29 0 39.1 29 14 15 38 Ochoa, Alex R 0 0 2 3.15 16 0 20.0 14 7 8 21 McDonald, Caleb L 6 1 0 2.57 19 5 56.0 51 16 11 24 Field, Joe L 0 2 0 5.82 11 1 21.2 28 14 15 12 Shepard, Aaron L 4 1 0 3.92 6 6 39.0 34 17 8 23 Garcia, Carlos L 1 1 0 3.79 7 5 38.0 30 16 38 18 KC Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Byers, Jay R 0.214 51 145 14 31 8 0 3 18 0 0.991 *2/H Ono, Yahashi L 0.299 72 291 36 87 12 0 5 36 1 0.996 *3 Coleman, Ian L 0.217 56 226 28 49 8 4 4 20 0 0.979 *4/H Nation, Jeff L 0.319 68 260 34 83 14 4 7 35 4 0.917 57/H Altmann, Carlos S 0.214 56 168 10 36 6 2 0 14 5 0.979 *6/5H Sicre, Sergio R 0.228 41 136 14 31 6 0 1 15 0 0.894 7/H Corona, Dave R 0.322 72 283 50 91 18 9 9 34 14 0.960 *8 Guzman, Carlos L 0.229 45 153 17 35 2 0 4 20 0 0.966 9H DomÃ*nguez, R.J. L 0.280 30 107 20 30 8 0 7 22 0 1.000 9 Flores, Chris L 0.242 37 99 12 24 5 0 0 1 0 0.994 2H Damian, Kyle L 0.266 43 79 9 21 7 0 2 8 0 0.972 H7/8 Dunnahoe, Luke L 0.258 15 66 12 17 2 1 3 9 1 0.988 4 Newton, Ryan R 0.267 16 60 5 16 1 1 0 7 3 0.838 5/H Milton, Bryan L 0.420 27 50 7 21 5 1 0 7 2 1.000 H9/7 Saunders, Steve L 0.233 12 43 3 10 4 0 0 2 0 0.970 6 Sita, Nate S 0.128 16 39 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0.979 6/5H KC Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Tyler, Eric L 3 6 0 5.21 15 15 105.1 119 61 37 54 Chavez, Miguel R 7 8 0 3.99 15 15 103.2 101 46 53 76 White, Tim R 5 8 0 4.89 13 13 88.1 113 48 28 59 Euceda, Eddie R 1 7 0 4.86 20 9 74.0 83 40 32 47 Munoz, Billy L 1 2 7 2.08 23 0 30.1 23 7 11 33 Quinn, Kevin L 2 1 1 4.99 23 0 30.2 32 17 25 21 Fitzgerald, Glenn L 0 0 0 3.43 16 0 21.0 21 8 15 10 Banks, Tim R 2 3 1 3.14 18 6 51.2 53 18 24 26 Hicks, Ryan L 3 4 0 7.30 17 6 49.1 71 40 28 33 Chaves, Jose L 2 4 0 4.57 6 6 45.1 49 23 13 36 LAD Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dimmock, Eddie R 0.194 59 196 18 38 12 0 5 27 0 0.988 *2 Disla, Rafael R 0.311 74 293 35 91 6 1 8 36 0 0.986 *3 Tristan, Billy L 0.318 62 236 41 75 13 0 7 29 3 0.977 *4/5H Maccioli, Brian L 0.216 45 171 18 37 3 0 4 13 0 0.951 5 Staiti, Jason L 0.188 63 208 18 39 4 1 9 32 0 0.961 *6/H5 Griffin, Ernie R 0.287 71 261 39 75 10 6 11 37 1 0.992 *7/89H Magana, Butch R 0.206 28 102 14 21 2 0 2 4 1 1.000 8 Granneman, Chris R 0.226 67 235 27 53 9 2 7 37 5 0.958 *9/H Heil, J.D. L 0.198 23 86 6 17 1 0 1 6 2 0.984 8/H Rhone, Jamal L 0.254 38 67 10 17 4 0 0 3 1 0.929 H89/7 Lander, Brian S 0.197 28 66 3 13 1 0 0 2 0 0.974 65/4H Harper, Nick L 0.197 19 66 7 13 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 8/H Winchell, Dusty R 0.177 35 62 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 H/798 Parsons, David L 0.140 23 50 4 7 0 0 2 5 0 0.983 4/H Reyna, Gustavo L 0.204 15 49 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0.947 5 Holstine, Rich L 0.225 41 40 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 H/3 LAD Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Apolonio, Fernando R 7 6 0 2.91 15 15 120.2 119 39 31 66 Salinas, Rogelio R 6 7 0 2.96 15 15 112.2 85 37 48 94 Castillo, Andres R 6 8 0 4.53 15 15 105.1 101 53 38 86 Ring, Andy L 3 8 0 5.56 15 15 98.2 119 61 42 70 O'Leary, Mike R 3 6 10 4.99 31 0 39.2 31 22 27 39 Parsley, Jason L 0 0 0 0.90 21 0 30.0 24 3 14 19 Cosby, Alec L 1 1 0 2.86 14 0 22.0 21 7 12 14 Pacheco, Keith L 2 2 1 4.01 18 5 51.2 51 23 20 54 Andrade, Raul L 1 8 0 4.63 14 10 72.0 78 37 57 42 MIL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Victoria, Jonathan S 0.213 57 188 20 40 8 0 8 24 1 0.991 *2 Holman, Jack R 0.251 45 175 20 44 7 0 4 20 0 0.990 3 Escobedo, Marcos L 0.299 40 157 23 47 7 5 2 12 7 0.995 4/H Martinez, Francisco R 0.323 65 226 23 73 13 0 3 25 0 0.954 *5/4H6 Biron, Eric L 0.216 60 171 16 37 6 1 5 20 1 0.955 *6/H4 Simmons, John L 0.178 52 202 21 36 11 1 2 12 2 0.992 *7/3 Dockery, Dylan L 0.239 36 142 18 34 4 0 3 11 2 0.957 8/9H Berman, Richard L 0.317 55 218 21 69 14 5 0 27 8 0.976 *9/H Harbison, Jonathan S 0.207 33 140 10 29 3 1 0 8 4 0.980 8 Rios, Esteban L 0.143 38 126 8 18 4 0 0 2 2 0.966 4H Fath, Jon R 0.255 53 110 20 28 7 0 2 11 1 0.990 H3 Colvin, Ryan L 0.253 37 91 12 23 3 0 4 18 0 0.949 5H Escobesco, Tony R 0.188 39 85 5 16 4 0 1 9 0 0.959 6/H4 Jenkins, Jordan L 0.123 25 65 3 8 2 0 1 6 0 0.984 2/H Marsden, John R 0.344 15 64 10 22 8 0 1 8 0 0.972 9 Ceballos, Fernando L 0.290 28 62 8 18 1 1 1 5 1 1.000 H8/97 Augspurger, Kenny R 0.250 15 56 12 14 4 0 4 12 0 1.000 7 Mendez, Luis L 0.373 20 51 7 19 4 0 0 4 3 1.000 3H Carrasco, Pedro R 0.270 18 37 8 10 3 1 3 9 2 1.000 7H MIL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Vardaman, Jeremiah L 5 5 0 3.65 15 15 101.0 107 41 38 52 Gomez, Ricardo L 6 4 0 3.87 14 14 88.1 97 38 14 48 Kratky, Jake L 1 8 0 5.12 11 11 65.0 73 37 20 34 Zeniya, Shunichi L 5 3 0 3.75 10 9 62.1 70 26 30 24 Owens, Tom R 0 0 5 4.26 22 0 25.1 30 12 12 17 Plaunt, Danny L 2 3 3 4.25 28 2 48.2 48 23 13 40 Howard, Josh L 1 2 2 3.90 24 0 30.0 26 13 10 34 Olivares, Chris L 3 3 0 4.44 23 8 81.0 87 40 18 49 Hernandez, Luis R 2 4 1 6.98 11 4 38.2 50 30 12 25 Clark, Adam R 0 5 0 6.43 5 5 28.0 35 20 13 18 Garcia, Julio L 1 3 0 4.50 5 4 22.0 22 11 3 11 McGranahan, Chris L 2 1 0 4.50 3 3 22.0 25 11 6 9 MIN Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Reed, Brad L 0.214 59 206 21 44 13 1 5 26 0 0.983 *2 Martinez, Angelo R 0.282 72 298 40 84 18 1 15 46 0 0.994 *3 Gilmet, Daniel L 0.303 46 195 32 59 11 2 2 10 14 0.972 4/6 Brookes, Mike S 0.288 69 229 44 66 16 2 14 50 0 0.942 *5 Mendel, Marty L 0.255 42 149 15 38 5 1 0 10 2 0.947 6 Grigg, Mike L 0.335 60 155 22 52 11 0 2 11 0 1.000 7H/9 Villasenor, Jose R 0.240 50 183 15 44 6 0 6 21 0 0.972 *8/9 Morgenstern, Lou L 0.227 62 242 37 55 11 6 8 33 1 0.992 *9/8H Cortes, Alejandro R 0.250 38 144 19 36 8 1 3 22 1 1.000 7/H Park, Dong-hak R 0.180 43 128 11 23 1 1 1 10 1 0.963 64 Dempsey, Zach R 0.240 41 104 13 25 5 0 3 12 4 1.000 8H/79 Ship, Kyle S 0.221 34 95 11 21 4 0 4 12 1 0.980 9H/78 Pellot, Danny L 0.333 30 57 5 19 5 1 1 7 0 0.955 46/H Theroff, Matt L 0.264 20 53 4 14 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 2/H MIN Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Benavides, Chris L 7 8 0 2.96 20 20 149.0 140 49 51 106 Ramos, Angelo L 13 1 0 2.63 18 18 136.2 138 40 23 99 Magdaleno, Ricardo R 3 9 0 5.15 14 14 94.1 119 54 33 45 Ruiz, Victor L 3 4 0 5.27 11 10 68.1 66 40 37 57 Lynn, Pete L 4 1 8 2.70 25 0 40.0 36 12 13 47 Theisen, Todd L 7 1 4 2.98 27 3 54.1 55 18 12 42 Marceau, Jim L 2 3 2 3.67 18 0 27.0 27 11 5 27 Larsen, Mike L 2 3 0 3.46 8 8 52.0 55 20 24 31 MON Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Putnam, Brent L 0.172 35 116 13 20 6 0 5 13 0 0.987 2 Munoz, Armando R 0.255 71 298 31 76 11 0 15 37 0 0.988 *3 van Zanten, Adri L 0.264 70 295 28 78 14 1 6 21 1 0.977 *4 Owens, Adam L 0.262 69 271 38 71 15 1 11 24 0 0.948 *5 Yarbor, George S 0.241 64 220 18 53 6 2 2 26 2 0.970 *6/H Martinez, Jerry L 0.274 38 84 7 23 3 0 4 12 0 1.000 7H Byce, Jeff L 0.194 52 211 12 41 0 3 1 6 2 0.994 *8 Williams, Matt L 0.276 45 145 32 40 4 4 10 23 1 0.991 9/H Martinez, Gabe S 0.257 63 148 12 38 6 1 0 9 0 0.990 H97/3 Mendoza, Anton L 0.388 34 121 12 47 8 0 2 14 4 0.974 8/H79 Sullivan, Aaron R 0.241 40 116 18 28 4 5 3 15 0 1.000 79H Carranco, Roberto S 0.294 35 68 6 20 2 0 5 14 0 0.985 2/H Singleton, Ian L 0.109 22 55 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0.964 2 Ortega, Willie L 0.273 13 55 8 15 2 0 3 5 0 1.000 7 Rojas, Sergio L 0.167 19 54 4 9 1 1 0 2 0 0.988 6/4H Andres, Jorge R 0.200 28 50 7 10 3 0 1 4 1 1.000 H7 MON Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Navarro, Melvin L 3 8 0 4.30 14 14 96.1 80 46 70 85 Farr, Phil L 1 10 1 4.01 17 12 94.1 90 42 48 42 Figueiredo, Brian L 4 6 0 5.48 19 11 85.1 95 52 55 49 Youngblood, Jonas L 1 5 0 5.34 12 9 64.0 70 38 30 30 Munro, Trevor L 1 2 4 4.60 31 0 43.0 40 22 18 29 Garcia, Salvatore R 1 1 0 3.92 17 0 20.2 20 9 15 16 Pritchard, Cole L 1 2 1 7.53 16 2 28.2 34 24 17 24 Scott, Mike R 1 3 0 4.66 13 3 29.0 32 15 15 27 Young, Josh L 3 4 0 3.90 9 9 62.1 72 27 20 11 Olvera, Javier L 5 3 0 2.59 9 8 59.0 46 17 23 33 Robinson, Kareem L 0 5 0 7.16 5 5 27.2 40 22 13 22 NYM Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Bushon, Jason L 0.260 61 219 26 57 8 2 7 25 2 0.995 *2 Waltenbery, Joshua R 0.297 73 266 39 79 13 2 11 44 0 0.994 *3 Warren, Nick L 0.233 68 287 31 67 11 6 4 27 1 0.970 *4 Hawkinson, Nick L 0.218 39 133 19 29 4 1 3 16 2 0.944 5 Wilcox, Brian L 0.228 44 127 18 29 4 0 4 14 6 0.978 6 Washington, Jimmy R 0.223 72 282 28 63 14 1 6 47 0 0.971 *7/9H Hope, Curtis R 0.291 64 244 47 71 10 4 8 40 10 0.995 *8/H Arriaga, Edgar L 0.228 65 232 26 53 7 0 8 26 0 0.969 *9/H7 Vallin, Jose L 0.252 45 103 14 26 5 1 2 14 1 0.954 5H Ortega, Lorenzo R 0.167 21 72 9 12 2 0 0 3 0 0.981 6 Baldwin, Bob L 0.327 31 55 11 18 2 0 0 3 0 0.912 5H/4 Owens, Andy L 0.151 25 53 3 8 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8H/97 Diaz, Mario R 0.469 46 49 10 23 2 3 0 4 1 1.000 H/7 Williams, Robert L 0.239 31 46 5 11 1 0 1 5 0 0.956 6/H4 Greenlee, Adam R 0.227 28 44 6 10 2 0 0 5 0 1.000 H9/7 Romero, Ricardo L 0.250 19 40 7 10 3 0 1 6 0 0.978 2/H NYM Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Carrillo, Ernesto L 9 6 0 3.90 19 19 136.0 128 59 83 147 Mash, John L 9 2 0 2.41 14 14 100.2 92 27 25 46 Beane, Joe R 10 3 0 2.05 13 13 101.0 86 23 40 76 Sandoval, Julio L 2 9 0 6.11 13 13 73.2 106 50 34 28 Saus, Geoff L 2 1 17 3.15 33 0 45.2 46 16 12 49 Hollopeter, Steve L 1 3 1 2.55 22 2 42.1 37 12 6 29 Marin, Roberto L 1 3 1 3.91 17 1 25.1 25 11 13 14 Camacho, David R 1 2 0 2.57 14 5 49.0 38 14 13 28 McNicholas, Dave L 3 1 0 3.66 6 4 32.0 27 13 15 27 NYY Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Tabb, Khalil L 0.242 52 194 28 47 10 0 3 31 0 0.994 2/H Cardenas, Alex R 0.334 71 293 56 98 19 1 17 45 0 0.989 *3 Yi, Wing-fung L 0.207 67 242 32 50 8 3 3 30 10 0.987 *4/H6 Weiss, Tom L 0.300 71 263 50 79 13 2 12 41 0 0.930 *5 Stover, Ty L 0.288 64 226 49 65 13 0 15 47 0 0.987 *6 Field, Dan L 0.297 71 276 30 82 21 0 8 41 0 1.000 *7 MacMillan, Micah R 0.270 61 259 41 70 11 3 5 22 8 0.995 *8 Meneses, Frank R 0.310 50 158 36 49 4 3 14 44 4 0.989 9/H7 Mooneyhan, Jason R 0.230 32 100 6 23 5 1 1 6 0 0.982 2/H Poynor, Ross R 0.208 30 72 6 15 2 1 3 11 0 0.966 9/H748 Murphy, Jeff S 0.210 21 62 9 13 0 0 3 7 2 1.000 8/H Jones, Pat R 0.345 37 58 12 20 4 1 2 8 0 1.000 H4/56 Ash, Marc L 0.159 25 44 6 7 1 1 1 6 1 1.000 9H/8 Armand, Mike L 0.222 15 36 4 8 2 0 1 4 0 0.938 6/4H NYY Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mosher, Tracy R 10 7 0 2.51 18 18 143.2 117 40 27 94 Caneas, Danilo L 10 5 0 3.87 17 17 123.1 137 53 28 66 Olthof, Obke L 10 5 0 2.76 16 16 124.0 121 38 24 96 Ballard, Dan R 2 7 0 5.15 19 11 78.2 90 45 35 51 Kelly, Jesse R 6 2 8 2.05 27 0 44.0 41 10 9 35 Hinkson, David L 0 0 2 4.94 22 0 27.1 28 15 4 21 Wilson, Chris L 3 1 0 2.63 12 7 54.2 43 16 23 45 Powers, Jake L 2 3 0 7.50 6 4 30.0 46 25 15 20 OAK Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Escobar, Jonathan L 0.251 59 207 27 52 11 0 5 33 0 0.995 *2 Decker, David L 0.289 68 277 49 80 14 0 13 51 0 0.994 *3 Potter, Rich L 0.221 51 217 20 48 7 1 0 13 2 0.962 46 Jones, Chase L 0.208 62 240 25 50 7 2 8 41 0 0.988 *5 Wilson, Gil R 0.228 49 162 10 37 4 0 3 16 0 0.956 6/54 Levario, Matthew S 0.262 67 256 45 67 6 1 12 34 2 0.987 *7/H Schurke, Mike S 0.322 68 273 33 88 18 4 2 30 4 1.000 *8/9 Marsden, John R 0.344 53 215 30 74 8 0 7 18 0 0.983 *9 Owen, Kellen L 0.341 35 91 13 31 10 0 1 11 0 0.910 6H/45 Molina, Ruben L 0.230 18 74 6 17 7 0 0 8 0 1.000 4 Culliton, Jeff R 0.246 45 61 4 15 1 0 0 5 0 0.960 H2 Henricks, Jordan L 0.182 30 44 6 8 1 0 0 3 1 1.000 H/93 Moore, Chris L 0.351 9 37 9 13 4 0 2 9 0 0.974 4 Bueno, Raul L 0.216 26 37 4 8 2 0 0 1 1 1.000 H/473 Vallejo, Alex R 0.281 8 32 5 9 0 0 0 5 3 1.000 9/8 OAK Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Shelton, Rick L 6 7 0 4.04 15 15 107.0 96 48 63 68 Ortiz, Roberto L 4 4 0 3.59 14 14 92.2 78 37 54 110 O'Neal, Ryan L 5 4 0 4.48 14 14 90.1 101 45 32 48 McGranahan, Chris L 4 6 0 2.97 11 11 69.2 62 23 15 30 Ramirez, Carlos L 2 3 6 2.72 24 0 36.1 29 11 10 38 Uscanga, Freddy R 4 3 6 2.97 27 0 33.1 29 11 19 21 McCourt, Aaron L 1 0 0 0.91 22 0 29.2 18 3 8 16 Weickert, Danny R 2 1 0 4.71 20 0 28.2 41 15 16 23 Barnard, Lee R 5 2 0 3.02 9 9 65.2 67 22 18 36 Rubio, Jose R 1 0 0 5.26 8 4 25.2 36 15 10 12 Lancaster, Nate R 1 1 0 2.70 3 3 20.0 20 6 14 15 PHI Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Rahn, Sam L 0.341 38 138 16 47 9 1 3 14 0 0.992 2/H Coffey, Josh L 0.288 72 288 37 83 20 1 6 32 0 0.994 *3 Serna, Victor L 0.221 70 249 44 55 5 2 19 47 4 0.975 *4/6 Becerra, Alex L 0.240 54 179 30 43 3 0 11 37 0 0.885 *5/H Shannon, Tony L 0.286 65 248 27 71 16 4 3 25 6 0.942 *6/5 Stewart, Paul R 0.313 70 284 38 89 11 0 6 33 1 0.993 *7 O'Connor, Mark R 0.255 37 145 12 37 5 0 2 8 4 0.976 8/H9 Powell, Andrew R 0.302 65 255 31 77 15 0 1 31 0 0.977 *9/H7 Schaben, Joel R 0.329 34 143 18 47 6 3 2 20 4 1.000 8/H Citro, Lee L 0.225 38 129 18 29 4 1 1 5 0 0.983 2/H Arellano, Pedro R 0.225 46 102 11 23 3 1 2 10 0 0.898 H5/3 Baron, Malachai R 0.170 22 47 7 8 0 0 0 5 1 0.971 8/H7 Byerly, Steve L 0.189 14 37 5 7 1 0 0 4 0 0.922 6/H45 Kelly, Bobby L 0.121 17 33 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9/H7 PHI Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Gaddi, Marius L 12 2 0 2.37 18 18 140.2 111 37 30 112 Dapson, George L 5 5 0 3.68 16 14 107.2 114 44 37 56 Quintana, Roger R 6 4 0 3.29 14 14 93.0 95 34 28 69 Agudo, Jose L 3 4 0 2.87 10 10 59.2 41 19 54 41 Grohs, Tom R 3 1 6 1.45 26 0 37.1 23 6 7 35 de la Cruz, Luis L 2 5 5 5.70 27 0 36.1 53 23 7 11 Sanchez, Omar L 5 3 4 5.40 26 0 38.1 44 23 9 30 Sherritt, Joe L 0 1 1 3.30 22 0 30.0 28 11 12 8 Entwistle, Josh R 0 4 0 4.76 10 4 34.0 33 18 12 21 Flores, Orlando L 0 2 0 4.81 8 5 24.1 25 13 18 12 Ording, Billy L 1 1 0 3.15 3 3 20.0 20 7 9 16 PIT Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Connally, Doug L 0.239 61 201 23 48 11 1 6 27 0 0.993 *2 Valdivia, AbÃ*lio L 0.280 71 264 38 74 9 1 6 22 0 0.993 *3/H Martinez, Arturo L 0.195 52 169 21 33 2 7 0 13 1 0.986 4/6H Prieto, Roberto L 0.223 70 260 30 58 16 1 4 34 2 0.954 *5/H Webster, Tyler R 0.225 72 249 43 56 14 3 10 32 1 0.979 *6 Lawson, Justin L 0.307 73 283 26 87 16 0 6 38 0 1.000 *7/H Johnson, Elijah S 0.288 66 264 37 76 10 2 2 19 6 0.986 *8/H Jackson, Brian L 0.308 64 250 24 77 12 1 1 43 4 0.980 *9 Hearl, Justin R 0.247 34 81 7 20 1 1 0 5 1 0.958 H8/79 Cardenas, Luis L 0.190 27 58 5 11 2 0 1 4 0 0.976 64H/5 Carrera, Carlos L 0.245 19 49 5 12 3 0 2 5 0 1.000 9/H7 Cohen, Tyler L 0.143 22 42 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4/H3 Villar, Henry R 0.400 12 40 5 16 2 0 0 4 1 0.962 4/6 Swerdlove, Ian R 0.211 15 38 8 8 2 0 1 4 0 0.978 3/H PIT Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Arango, Santos R 6 7 0 3.19 16 16 129.2 111 46 31 93 Cheeves, D.J. L 4 9 0 3.99 16 16 112.2 115 50 46 86 Battaglia, Jeremy R 9 5 0 2.56 15 15 126.1 97 36 24 75 Jones, Clyde R 5 4 0 2.75 10 10 72.0 78 22 20 48 Lemus, Paz L 4 2 9 1.82 34 0 49.1 35 10 18 41 Torres, Carlos R 5 1 0 2.53 13 7 64.0 51 18 17 51 Alvarez, Ernie L 3 3 0 3.72 8 8 58.0 61 24 15 23 Perez, Danny L 3 1 0 3.18 5 5 34.0 30 12 24 25 SD Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Bakke, Adam L 0.221 63 208 16 46 7 0 0 12 0 0.994 *2/H Garcia, Diego R 0.189 68 169 16 32 4 0 3 12 1 0.984 3H Gray, Jake L 0.126 36 119 14 15 3 1 3 5 4 0.995 4/6H Landry, Kevin L 0.236 73 284 35 67 6 3 11 42 5 0.932 *5 Fujimoto, Akiho L 0.298 53 208 20 62 12 1 1 25 0 0.971 *6 Gomez, Carlos L 0.297 68 195 28 58 8 0 11 29 0 0.977 7H/3 Hadley, Zackery L 0.257 45 179 17 46 5 2 0 20 13 0.966 8 Hernandez, Nelson L 0.296 74 280 52 83 8 10 20 54 4 0.989 *98/7 Honesto, Roberto L 0.281 29 121 16 34 3 2 2 11 4 0.980 4 Henderson, Davin L 0.267 35 120 21 32 0 1 5 12 2 0.986 7/H9 Littrell, Dan S 0.193 25 88 15 17 3 0 4 12 0 0.948 6/H Chapman, John L 0.209 25 86 12 18 3 0 5 12 0 0.995 3/H Mitchell, Tyler R 0.232 17 69 10 16 1 0 5 16 2 1.000 8/H Negrete, Ivan L 0.194 24 62 8 12 2 0 1 6 0 0.989 4H Slater, Cody R 0.228 29 57 10 13 4 0 3 9 4 1.000 H8/79 Ware, Eli L 0.204 23 49 6 10 1 0 1 6 0 0.982 H/354 Shen, Xiu-tou R 0.143 16 35 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0.981 2/H SD Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Aguilar, Rodrigo R 9 5 0 3.08 16 16 117.0 118 40 46 39 Moreno, Juan R 3 6 0 4.28 15 15 103.0 103 49 41 54 Schnipke, Erik L 3 8 5 2.78 24 9 81.0 65 25 49 60 Reece, Tim L 4 3 0 3.76 14 9 69.1 58 29 27 51 Valenzuela, Chris L 4 1 2 4.25 27 0 36.0 33 17 16 27 Hannon, Jerry L 0 2 2 3.38 21 0 34.2 27 13 11 17 Ortega, Francisco R 1 5 0 4.23 19 8 66.0 65 31 31 42 Rodriguez, Alejandro R 1 2 0 7.86 13 4 34.1 48 30 16 14 Im, Ji-man R 5 3 0 4.70 13 7 61.1 64 32 26 22 Teague, Jon L 1 4 0 7.27 5 5 26.0 32 21 24 10 O'Connor, Andy L 1 4 0 7.20 5 5 25.0 28 20 27 16 SF Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Campbell, Chris L 0.252 55 163 23 41 6 1 2 15 0 0.992 *2 Everhart, John L 0.295 67 244 43 72 14 1 14 47 0 0.988 *3/H Heyen, Bill L 0.280 72 304 42 85 10 5 0 22 4 0.992 *4 Mock, Tim L 0.280 67 275 27 77 16 0 7 51 2 0.929 *5 Kojima, Masayuki R 0.196 47 148 11 29 7 1 2 14 0 0.972 6 Cooper, Barry R 0.324 72 309 47 100 18 3 6 37 12 0.979 *7 Seligman, Danny L 0.325 44 191 25 62 8 1 3 21 3 0.974 8 Lammers, Scott S 0.181 48 166 21 30 6 0 5 20 0 0.972 9/H Guevara, Mario L 0.267 36 116 15 31 2 0 6 21 0 0.986 6/4H Hartmann, Will L 0.289 32 114 10 33 3 3 1 13 0 0.986 9/8H7 Park, Chae-hwi L 0.275 32 109 11 30 5 0 3 9 4 1.000 8/H Adame, Edwin S 0.250 29 60 5 15 4 0 1 7 0 1.000 2/H Castillo, Ignacio R 0.140 46 50 6 7 2 0 1 4 0 1.000 H/39 Jersey, Ryan L 0.226 15 31 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 0.941 /5H3 SF Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Stuckey, Mike L 11 5 0 2.55 19 19 148.1 139 42 38 103 Rivera, Robert R 8 7 0 2.69 18 18 143.2 115 43 25 104 Holm, Roy R 5 8 0 4.22 18 18 130.0 126 61 58 127 Sanders, Jason L 6 3 0 3.07 10 10 76.1 70 26 29 56 Booth, John R 3 4 15 1.99 35 0 45.1 35 10 17 20 Roman, Henry R 3 0 0 3.95 18 1 27.1 33 12 13 14 Wilson, Bill R 1 2 0 2.51 10 2 28.2 24 8 13 20 Williams, Sam R 3 3 0 3.32 6 6 43.1 37 16 21 29 STL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Stuart, John L 0.222 55 216 17 48 14 0 2 15 0 0.991 *2 Stone, Justin R 0.303 72 284 53 86 20 4 22 62 5 0.994 *3 Johnston, Chris L 0.234 34 145 25 34 8 0 1 13 2 0.974 4 Morrison, Mike L 0.263 65 247 23 65 11 1 2 13 0 0.972 *5/H Depew, Tom R 0.289 66 246 25 71 11 2 2 13 3 0.966 64/H Martinez, Lorenzo R 0.250 65 228 36 57 8 2 19 54 0 0.971 *7/H Herring, Ray L 0.233 63 275 31 64 11 1 5 26 3 0.990 *8/H Satterfield, Casey L 0.270 70 270 38 73 8 1 9 37 1 0.975 *9 Dunnahoe, Luke L 0.284 28 81 10 23 4 1 1 7 0 0.947 46 Street, J.D. L 0.317 32 63 6 20 3 0 0 8 0 0.966 H5/8 McCully, Dusty L 0.224 18 58 4 13 2 0 1 8 0 1.000 6 Lizama, Willis L 0.288 20 52 9 15 2 0 2 6 0 0.965 2/H Leone, Jake R 0.200 14 50 9 10 3 1 1 7 2 1.000 8/H Wilson, Matt R 0.300 26 40 4 12 3 0 0 4 0 0.958 H/937 STL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO McCauley, Jimmy L 8 5 0 3.29 15 15 109.1 99 40 47 66 Garcia, Mario L 3 6 0 3.92 15 15 103.1 99 45 35 58 Vargas, Octavio L 3 7 0 4.80 15 14 90.0 108 48 26 43 Bachler, Vince L 3 5 0 4.13 11 11 69.2 65 32 27 59 Eastin, Adam L 5 1 9 2.01 27 0 40.1 31 9 19 21 LaPointe, Jason L 3 3 1 4.75 24 4 53.0 68 28 22 38 Qiu, Valentin L 2 1 0 4.68 20 1 32.2 31 17 10 30 Young, Josh L 1 3 0 5.83 5 4 29.1 31 19 7 6 Collins, Dusty L 2 4 0 6.06 6 6 35.2 35 24 31 18 Monahan, T.J. L 0 4 0 6.15 4 4 26.1 36 18 9 12 WAS Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Flores, Armando L 0.350 62 243 21 85 14 0 1 30 0 0.987 *2 DeBoer, Nick L 0.273 54 150 21 41 5 1 7 31 0 0.997 3H Nyman, Joe L 0.230 69 256 27 59 13 3 3 24 2 0.973 46 Curran, Rob R 0.234 44 141 13 33 5 2 1 11 0 0.961 5 Ramey, Justin L 0.292 45 178 29 52 11 1 4 23 6 0.959 6 Veneziano, Sebastiano R 0.237 69 283 31 67 7 8 5 41 5 0.994 *7/H Allen, Mike L 0.254 35 126 13 32 9 3 1 4 0 0.990 8/79H Romero, Alvin R 0.350 56 223 44 78 17 2 2 22 26 0.994 98/H7 Skelton, Jon R 0.268 43 149 18 40 9 0 4 19 0 0.979 3/H Alvarez, Manuel L 0.205 36 122 8 25 5 0 0 12 0 1.000 9/H Knight, Tyler L 0.173 40 104 6 18 0 0 0 8 1 0.980 45/H6 Everett, Ian R 0.276 23 76 9 21 3 0 3 9 4 0.967 8/H Pope, Aaron L 0.250 16 60 5 15 4 0 0 3 0 0.900 5/H Schneider, Kristian R 0.222 15 54 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 0.882 5 Swan, Bill L 0.098 14 51 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 8 Gonzalez, Ramiro S 0.205 13 44 3 9 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2/7 Hackney, Matt L 0.206 37 34 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 NaN H WAS Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Coffey, Kent L 8 6 0 2.23 15 15 121.1 92 30 48 79 Daugharty, Chad L 7 5 0 2.75 15 15 114.2 81 35 43 78 Freeman, Kevin R 6 6 0 3.39 14 14 111.2 108 42 42 54 Bruno, Brian L 5 9 0 4.02 14 14 105.1 98 47 20 50 Chavez, Willis R 0 4 8 1.69 28 0 37.1 31 7 22 21 Shepherd, Ron R 1 1 0 2.16 19 0 25.0 19 6 14 19 Slaughter, Gabe L 1 1 0 3.00 15 1 21.0 18 7 7 7 Parks, Dale R 1 2 0 5.73 13 6 48.2 48 31 24 28 Marrone, D.J. 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------------------------ June 29: The Braves purchased OF Jose Gomez (.125, 0, 2) from the Cubs for $5,000. Gomez was a 4th outfielder for Chicago but was barely being used this year and didn't hit when he did get used. The fact that he can play a passable center field means he'll see more work in Atlanta... in fact, I realize I just made this decision yesterday but he's going to start in center instead of Bill Baugher (I don't look at these transactions in advance!). This makes a bit more sense for a team who's not quite ready to throw in the towel. Also, Gomez was an All-Star in 1968 although he finished with less than 400 at-bats that year and I don't know, it doesn't look very AS-ish to me. June 29: The White Sox purchased P Aaron Gephardt (0-1, 4.50 at AAA Louisville) from the Red Sox for $1,000. This move was "supposed" to be for a major league reliever who was struggling and kind of old. That doesn't really fit the 26 year old Gephardt but on the other hand he is currently pitching in A ball and is on their 40-man roster, so it really, really looks like he no longer fits into the Red Sox' plans. He was actually kind of decent in a late-season call-up for them last year, too; not sure what happened. The AI decided he's worthy of AA for the Chisox, at least. July 5 (undated): The Royals purchased minor league OF Roger Greeno (.357, 0, 3 in 14 MLB at-bats this year) for $750. Greeno didn't play for the Pilots last year but nevertheless was acquired when the team was still the Pilots so let's call this another purge. July 5 (should have been July 1): The Royals traded minor league RP Dylan Fields (5-1, 1.34, 7 Sv in A San Jose) to the Giants for RP Chad Nies (3-1, 4.63, 8 Sv). This was supposed to be the second Ted Abernathy trade but since I accidentally moved Nies to the Giants I made this with them instead. In any case, Nies is as before substantially younger than Abernathy so the return was a lot better - Fields is eating up low minor league hitters and seems like a decent prospect. Nies walked 6 batters in 6 innings for the Giants and looked increasingly relegated to lower-leverage relief innings. He'll get a new start in KC. News ----------------------- June 28 (although that was last week): Not sure if I mentioned this in the previous recap but the Brewers released 3B Ryan Colvin (.253, 4, 18). Colvin wasn't that bad this year but it wound up being a numbers game... and of course he's 43. His career is probably over. He was the 1950 Rookie of the Year and went to 10 All-Star Games but last had more than 500 at-bats in 1962, so his 2,401 base hits are lower than they could have been. June 29: Phillies C Lee Citro (.225, 1, 5) is not happy with his current situation and let me know about it today. He was the starter last year for St. Louis but has given up that role to Sam Rahn (.351, 2, 20), who is not only hitting better but, more importantly, is much better at handling pitchers, which is kind of important for the young Phillies' staff. Also, he's kind of a crappy leader for a catcher; he's in the "Outspoken" class, which I like to take to mean the "red ass" class (that is, those guys who get angered too easily). Nothing's going to be changing here so for now I'm dropping him on the trading block and will monitor that position closely. June 29: Braves 2B Kevin Dwyer (.367, 19, 50), who has been instrumental in this recent Braves' run, took home PotW honors for the NL after getting 13 hits in 25 at bats with 4 dingers, 9 RBIs, and 9 runs scored. Just wow. He's having an MVP type season so far. This is his 6th PotW of his career; he won 2 last year. June 29: The AL Player of the Week is Orioles 3B Marco Perez (.366, 9, 47), who is also having an MVP type season, although it might take a little longer to make his case. Perez went 15 for 27 last week. He's obviously not that level of a power hitter but he's looking like a lock to break his personal record of 14 HRs and he's also a great fielder with the best infield arm in baseball. He, indeed, finished 3rd in the MVP award voting in 1968. This is his 5th PotW and first since that '68 season. June 29: Twins 1B Angelo Martinez (.285, 15, 45) collected his 2000th hit today in a 9-3 victory over the Angels in Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota. Martinez went 2 for 5 with a run and an RBI. I'm guessing he's not going to get 3000 - he's 34 and isn't quite the level of high-average hitter who can 200 hits a year - but 2500 and 400 HR (he has 334 right now)? Sure, why not? June 30: Orioles backup C Brent Masella (.203, 0, 5) walked into my office and demanded a trade (in this universe I simultaneously exist in all 24 GM's offices). He's a career 2nd stringer / AAA depth guy, is 36, and is unmotivated. I'm curious as to who he thinks wants that. Well, I'm going to give the 23 other teams in the league that opportunity. Good bye, Brent; your Orioles career is over and you have been released. June 30: IRL this is the day the Reds opened Riverfront Stadium. In my universe this happened on Opening Day; it's just easier to figure out the stats. Also I get the ballpark data I use from Seamheads and they tend not to have park factors for parks that were played in for only a short part of the season. Anyway, next to the Astrodome, this was probably the iconic artificial-field park in the league. Also, unfortunately for its long-term viability, it also became, next to the Astrodome, one of the iconic "cookie cutter" parks that was kind of meh for football viewing nd kind of terrible for baseball viewing. July 1: White Sox RHP Tim Anderlik (5-2, 2.95) is looking like a real bright spot on an otherwise disappointing team and he hammered home the AL Rookie of the Month award by going 3-1 with a 2.18 ERA over 5 starts and 41.1 innings pitched. He was a combined 14-8 in AA and AAA and at 26, maybe he was just a late bloomer. He's been a little wild (4.2 BB/9) and a bit HR-prone (10 HR in 82.1 IP) this year but he's throwing that "atom ball" (where the hitters hit it at em) pretty well this year. July 1: In the NL, the Rookie of the Month is also a pitcher, Expos 21 year old RH Javier Olvera (5-3, 2.59). Olvera was in the package the Expos got back from the Mets in exchange for 2B Nick Warren and CF Andy Owens and he's looking like he's going to be the jewel of that deal. He's already got himself a nasty changeup, which is usually the pitch that young pitchers have problems developing, so if he can improve his low-90s 4-seamer and slider, he could be a solid starter for Montreal for the next decade and a half. July 1: Washington Senators RH Kent Coffey (8-6, 2.23) anchored the staff during a surprising Sens run to take home the AL Pitcher of the Month Award. Coffey was 5-1 with a 1.47 ERA, allowing a .170 batting average and striking out 36 batters in 49.1 innings of work. This month vaulted Coffey, in just his 2nd full season, into Cy Young talks. July 1: Phillies RH Marius Gaddi (12-2, 2.37) is having a Roger Clemens 1986 type season - in fact, he's on pace to go 24-4 this year. He went 5-0 in June with a 1.51 ERA, including 34 Ks in 47.2 innings pitched. This is his 3rd year as a full-time starter - he also served out of the bullpen for the Phils as a 23 and 24 year old in '66-'67 - and his career high in wins is the 14 he got last year. He has an outside shot at doubling that. July 1: Minnesota Twins 3B Mike Brookes (.288, 14, 50) went from disappointing and perhaps in danger of a job loss to AL Batter of the Month for the month of June. He belted 9 of his 14 HRs last month and also hit .329 and drove in 26 runs in 26 games. Also, he walked 28 times and on-based .517. Imagine how many RBIs he'd get if he walked less!!! (note: one recurring theme I saw in the Scouting Report books was that power hitters walking a lot was considered a bug rather than a feature. Guess they loved Cory Snyder) July 1: Atlanta 1B Dante "Rusty" Chairez (.283, 21, 52) paced a stacked Atlanta Braves lineup to win the NL Batter of the Month award for June. He's still only 26 and in fact only missed out on being classified a rookie this year by... what was it back then, 33 at-bats (IIRC the limit at one time was 140 ABs)? He got used in RF when Henry Riggs was out but the Braves - in retrospect, wisely - chose to move him to first to get him into the lineup. Now if only the Braves can find some pitching... July 2: I threatened to do it and I'm going to do it! The top 4 prospects are the Fab Four. That's right. The Beatles quit in order to join Major League Baseball in my world. If you don't like it, you can just not read along!!! I'm also going to improve some of these guys and age them because this year for some reason everyone came in between the ages of 16 to 18. I'm still going to put them in their early 20s, which is around 5 years younger than they actually were, because I want to see them progress. Lean and athletic, Paul McCartney hails from Liverpool, England. He has a quick bat that handles most fastballs, but off-speed stuff can challenge him. He is a young player with above average power potential. His defense appears to be major league ready (ed: probably not as a shortstop though). McCarthy could develop into a productive regular on a contending team. John Lennon is a 21-year-old catcher who was born in England. He has plus contact potential. He has good recognition of balls and strikes. His ceiling is an average power hitter. Lennon has potential to unleash his obvious talent both on the field and at the plate. (he also has the potential to be a beast of a reliever but I probably won't do two-way guys) 6'2"(!!!) Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey is an intimidating presence on the mound. He has a four-pitch aresenal with his money pitch a slider (ed: actually a forkball, after I let him come through in potential with most of his pitches). Starkey has front of the rotation potential. (if Ringo winds up being the class of this... okay, that will be awesome) [b]George Harrison[b] is a 22 year old shortstop (ed: utility player) who was born in Liverpool. He shows plus contact ability which should translate into a solid batting average. He has a fluid swing and shows above average power potential. Harrison is a reliable hitter in <the organization's> grand scheme. June 2: Frank White was IRL signed by the Royals today. Normally I handle this via the draft or international/random indie league signings but a. I was a big Frank White fan when he was playing and b. he was signed to this kind of weird "baseball academy" thing the Royals tried for a few years, so he represents a kind of non-existent pipeline. Anyway, I imported him and just to be me changed his name to Miles Holland. He's now the starting 2B for the Overland Park Royals. July 2: Horrible, horrible news for the Twins. RH Todd Thiesen's (7-1, 2.98, 4 Sv) season has ended and really his entire career is in jeopardy now with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow that will cause him to miss the next calendar year. Thiesen led the league in saves last year with Cleveland and was just finding a spot in relief where he was fitting in on Minnesota (in trade terms, his move was the equivalent of the Twinkies trading for Luis Tiant... guess Thiesen's career has taken a similar Tiant-esque turn). July 2: Because the baseball gods wanted to make it clear that they were not shining down upon the Cleveland Indians, the Tribe learned today that Chris Regan (6-6, 3.36) will also miss the rest of the season, though thankfully not the entire calendar year, with a torn meniscus in his knee. At least for now Cleveland will stick with a 4 man rotation as they continue to try to climb into the AL East pennant race. July 2: The Phillies have an absolutely brutal schedule this week. It's worked out OK for them so far, I guess, but yesterday they played a double-header against the Expos in Montreal, sweeping them, and then today they played *another* double-header against the World Champion Mets at Connie Mack Stadium. They managed to split this one but they were blown out pretty badly in the second game 10-4 and the bullpen is getting a bit tired... July 3: It's been a bad week for AL middle relievers. Today Senators righty Gabe Slaughter (1-1, 3.00) learned that he would also miss the rest of the season with a partially torn labrum. He's not necessarily the ideal reliever, as he pitches to contact from a sidearm setup (hey, I guess that describes some really great 70s/80s relievers so perhaps I'm wrong) but he's also only 24 and hopefully this won't dilute his potential. July 3: And another one bites the dust. This time Astros RH Adam Eastin (6-1, 1.75, 12 Sv) was diagnosed with a torn flexor tendon in his elbow. This will cause him to not only miss all of this season but most if not all of next year as well. Eastin is 30 and so it's entirely possible that this is the end of the run. Eastin is on his 4th team in 3 years, having been drafted by the Expos out of the White Sox organization, then traded to St. Louis as that club added him to their bullpen to make a somewhat lethargic run at the NL East title last year, and then this year he was traded by the Cards to the Astros, who needed similar help in their bullpen. July 3: A big, big AL East series begins today with a doubleheader between the Cleveland Indians (42-31, 2nd) and the Boston Red Sox (41-31, 3rd) at Fenway Park. The Indians kind of stole one in the first game, winning 3-0 as Red Sox starter Justin Kindberg (10-7, 2.62) as his forkball (actually a splitter but I think in this era the thing they call a "forkball" in game is more of a palmball) lost its break coming out of a rain delay in the 7th. Andy Lagunas (10-2, 3.84) prevailed with the victory, with Eric Godard (3-0. 2.51) coming in to pitch the 9th for his 7th save. In the second game, Red Sox ace Michael Pesco (4-1, 1.68), out for so much of this season with a torn labrum, blew a 3-1 lead in the 9th but was a happy man in the dugout as his teammates acquired a walkoff win on a 2B Dwayne Fraser (.316, 1, 33) single up the middle. "We put it together and came out with a win," the exceptionally unexceptional Pesco said after the game. "It was a real team effort." For now, we're sort of back where we started, although for Boston they really need to win at home if they want to hold off Cleveland and catch up to the Yankees this year. June 3: The Tigers' already fading hopes are now on life support after their #3 hitter RF Chris Contreras (.319, 5, 31) had to leave the game today with tendinitis in his throwing elbow in tonight's 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He'll be out for the next month to month and a half at least. Detroit is now 33-41 and 11 games out. It's a far cry from their 91 win season last year. July 3: Another big Independence Day Weekend showdown in the NL, this one kicking off with a double-header between the Astros and the Reds. It wound up being a split, although not exactly with nailbiters as we saw in the Cleveland/Boston square-off. In the first game, Houston chased Cincinnati starter Joe Hagan (9-9, 4.76), an 18 game winner last season, in the 4th and won an easy 12-1 rout. The second saw recently recalled RH Graham Panarello (1-0, 1.93) for the Reds battle against Jeff Graton (9-7, 4.01) to a 1-1 tie through 6 1/2, when Graton got tired and his replacement Mike Bryant (0-0, 0.00) crapped the bed, allowing 2 hits, 2 walks, a wild pitch, and 2 unearned runs (because the first batter of the inning reached on an error and as such Bryant was working with "3" outs during his meltdown) in 2/3rds of an inning. July 3: The hits just keep on coming... to relief pitchers, anyway. Today, Braves stopper John Winn (2-2, 1.55, 16 Sv) broke his shoulder throwing a pitch today and will miss the next month. Maybe add a bit more iron in your diet, John. July 3: I was so concentrated on his HR total that I didn't even notice that Braves RF Henry Riggs (.256, 18, 49) collected his 2,500th hit today in a Braves win over the Padres. Riggs is a career .319 hitter, although he's only broken the .300 mark once in the last 4 years. He's still only 34 so 3,000 hits looks very, very reachable. He's also currently 5th in ML history and 2nd among active players to A's first baseman David Decker (2,550 hits, although he's 42). The lifetime leader is Fernando Rocha. who retired after the 1968 season with 2,916 hits and a .319 average. It also appears that he spent several years chasing after 3,000: in his final 3 seasons, he was used mostly as a pinch-hitter and collected 18, 13, and 14 hits. July 4: American Top 40, a radio program that does what it says and hosted by Casey Kasem, debuts. To be honest I thought this show was just basically always on since the beginning of time. July 4: The midseason top prospects list has been published. Here's the new top 10: 1) RHP Luis Vazquez, 20, Cleveland Indians (3-1, 4.54 at A Sumter, est. 1972 MLB arrival) 2) RF R.J. Domínguez, 25, Kansas City Royals (.280, 7, 22 in the majors) 3) LHP Angel Valles, 22, California Angels (4-0, 1.69 at AAA Hawaii, 1971 MLB arrival or maybe a cup of coffee this year) 4) RHP Alex Aguilar, 18, Cleveland Indians (no record at short-season A Parma, 1973 est. arrival) 5) RHP Vince Bachler, 23, St. Louis Cardinals (3-5, 4.13 in the majors) 6) RHP Emiliano Bermudez, 16, Pittsburgh Pirates (international complex guy, 1973 est. arrival) 7) SS Hudson Watts, 23, Montreal Expos (.274, 2, 14 at AA Jacksonville, est. to get a cup of coffee this year) 8) 2B Danny Valle, 18, San Francisco Giants (1 at-bat with short-season A Sioux Falls, est. arrival 1973) 9) CF Bobby Beaulieu, 23, Cincinnati Reds (.306, 9, 42 at AAA Indianapolis, est. cup of coffee this year) 10) CF Henry Samson, 21, Houston Astros (.277, 3, 24 at AA Columbus, est. 1971 arrival) Man... Cleveland has 2 of the top 10 prospects, with the Astros, Giants, and Reds all with a guy in the top 10 as well. THe rich just keep getting richer, am I right? July 4: It's officially midseason I guess because the owners all came out with midseason updates of their goals. I don't really pay a lot of attention to these so won't go over them but... I noticed the Dodgers' owner expects them to win a championship this year. Hahahaha. Be prepared for disappointment, Matt Stenman (whose name I just changed to Walter O'Malley). July 4: The Indians take down the Red Sox 4-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the weekend series. At this point, even if Boston pulls out a win tomorrow, this is a moral victory for Cleveland. Dylan Hamilton (8-8, 3.60) went all the way to pick up the win as the Red Sox have managed just 5 runs in 3 games. I'm noticing, by the by, that the Tribe will host the Bosox next week as well. These guys are getting their games out when it counts, I guess? Following this, Cleveland and Boston won't play each other again until September. July 4: Giants LH Roy Holm (6-8, 3.95) shattered his own team record for strikeouts in a game with a 15 K performance against the lowly Dodgers. Holm, who is a poster child for how stuff alone is not enough to be a superstar in the major leagues - he has a career record of 146-159 in spite of a 3.66 ERA, due largely to 4 career BB/9 and 312 career HRs allowed - was formerly the most recent Giant to strike out 13 men, a feat he accomplished on August 12 of last year. He is currently 3rd in the NL in strikeouts with 142 and has led the league in that category four times in his career. July 4: Houston takes down Cincinnati 7-2, assuring them of no worse than a split in this series at Riverfront Stadium. That's kind of a big blow for the Reds as they fall to 3 1/2 games back in the NL West with the loss. 1B Justin Richens (.299, 12, 57) was the clear player of the game, going 3 for 5 for the 'Stros with 3 RBIs. "To be honest, I love playing in another team's stadium," Richens told reporters after the game. "I eat up those boos like a big old steak." The stats bear this out, as Richens is hitting .321 away from the Astrodome with 9 HR and 31 RBIs in 40 games. July 5: The penultimate All-Star Game voting totals have been released: CATCHER 1. Jon Hernandez, Baltimore Orioles: 655,832 2. Armando Flores, Washington Senators: 632,879 3. Brad Reed, Minnesota Twins: 544,830 FIRST BASE 1. Alex Cardenas, New York Yankees: 856,793 2. Mike Miller, Boston Red Sox: 855,677 3. Angelo Martinez, Minnesota Twins: 707,707 SECOND BASE 1. Danny Villegas, Detroit Tigers: 755,322 2. T.J. Pritchett, Cleveland Indians: 664,301 3. Danny Fager, Baltimore Orioles: 651,638 THIRD BASE 1. Marco Perez, Baltimore Orioles: 849,787 2. Mike Brookes, Minnesota Twins: 835,604 3. Tom Weiss, New York Yankees: 790,143 SHORTSTOP 1. Ty Stover, New York Yankees: 878,030 2. Oniji Handa, Boston Red Sox: 765,433 3. John Johnson, Cleveland Indians: 691,472 LEFT FIELD 1. Alonzo Huanosta, Cleveland Indians: 773,626 2. Willie Vargas, Chicago White Sox: 723,351 3. Matthew Levario, Oakland Athletics: 721,325 CENTER FIELD 1. Bryant Tarala, Baltimore Orioles: 695,883 2. Tom Brown, Chicago White Sox: 656,510 3. Norm Hodge, California Angels: 606,450 RIGHT FIELD 1. Alvin Romero, Washington Senators: 753,148 2. Frank Meneses, New York Yankees: 734,175 3. John Marsden, Milwaukee Brewers: 648,378 STARTING PITCHER 1. Chris Benavides, Minnesota Twins: 383,720 2. Tracy Mosher, New York Yankees: 382,846 3. Sandy Hinojosa, Boston Red Sox: 360,320 4. Josh Matthews, Cleveland Indians: 357,831 5. Angelo Ramos, Minnesota Twins: 354,374 RELIEVER 1. Montay Luiso, Baltimore Orioles: 401,631 2. Pete Lynn, Minnesota Twins: 350,549 3. Alex Madrigal, Detroit Tigers: 316,926 4. Todd Theisen, Minnesota Twins: 289,669 5. Matt Brock, Boston Red Sox: 281,790 And for the NL: CATCHER 1. Jason Bushon, New York Mets: 693,420 2. Greg Darrow, Chicago Cubs: 623,256 3. John Stuart, St. Louis Cardinals: 574,541 FIRST BASE 1. Joshua Waltenbery, New York Mets: 946,318 2. Justin Stone, St. Louis Cardinals: 870,578 3. Antonio Lopez, Chicago Cubs: 830,637 SECOND BASE 1. Kevin Dwyer, Atlanta Braves: 1,022,274 2. Pedro Ortiz, Cincinnati Reds: 899,399 3. Billy Tristan, Los Angeles Dodgers: 705,633 THIRD BASE 1. Bobby Kraljevic, Cincinnati Reds: 759,348 2. Pete Little, Houston Astros: 687,636 3. Sean Gabel, Chicago Cubs: 685,678 SHORTSTOP 1. Jeremy Taylor, Chicago Cubs: 704,268 2. Tyler Webster, Pittsburgh Pirates: 584,453 3. Akiho Fujimoto, San Diego Padres: 571,780 LEFT FIELD 1. Jason Workman, Chicago Cubs: 857,944 2. Barry Cooper, San Francisco Giants: 796,109 3. Ernie Griffin, Los Angeles Dodgers: 777,205 CENTER FIELD 1. John Lopez, Houston Astros: 739,627 2. Curtis Hope, New York Mets: 708,722 3. Mark Tooley, Chicago Cubs: 645,992 RIGHT FIELD 1. Jaden Weaver, Houston Astros: 952,161 2. Nelson Hernandez, San Diego Padres: 806,674 3. Henry Riggs, Atlanta Braves: 721,216 STARTING PITCHER 1. Steve Waiters, Cincinnati Reds: 377,838 2. Robert Rivera, San Francisco Giants: 363,560 3. John Mash, New York Mets: 356,953 4. Tony Rivera, Houston Astros: 335,802 5. Marius Gaddi, Philadelphia Phillies: 327,229 RELIEVER 1. John Winn, Atlanta Braves: 484,610 2. Paz Lemus, Pittsburgh Pirates: 363,084 3. Geoff Saus, New York Mets: 348,069 4. Adam Eastin, Houston Astros: 330,822 5. John Booth, San Francisco Giants: 323,230 I don't think there are many surprises at this point. Incidentally CF Bryant Tarala is out for another 3 weeks and so will not play in the All-Star Game. As such, it looks to me like White Sox CF Tom Brown, who I switched out into right field recently, and perennial Gold Glove Norman Hodge will be the CF nods in the AL. July 5: Figured this is as good a place as any to make updates on the Beatles (UGH SUCH CRINGE AMIRITE)... Richard Starkey just signed with the Phillies and, even though he's 21, they tried to stick him in the international complex. I force-promoted him and now he's in the rookie league King of Prussia team. Paul McCartney signed up with the Orioles and was also sent to their international complex. I guess I'll have to keep track of that with Lennon and George Harrison. Anyway, following my "nope!" he was moved to the rookie league Columbia Ghosts. Neither Lennon nor Harrison have been signed as of yet. July 5: The Indians take down the Red Sox 5-3 to win the series and this, combined with the Yankees' doubleheader loss at the hands of the Washington Senators, puts Cleveland into a tie for the AL East lead. What? July 5: Reds 1B Alonzo Rivera (.263, 1, 4) hit a walk-off 3-run HR off of Astros starter Josh Mullett (7-7, 4.73) to salvage a split in the series and keep the Reds 2 1/2 games back. Steve Waiters (15-1, 2.35) set a new Reds record for Ks in the game with 14 but needed to throw 163 pitches in this one, and, as noted, had virtually no support from his teammates until the bottom of the 9th. "Nights like tonight, I feel like the Incredible Hulk", Waiters said after the game. July 5: How bad are the Dodgers this year? Today they blew leads of 4-3, 9-4, and 11-9 to go down to the Giants in extra innings, 12-11. Bill Wilson (2-2, 2.73) picked up the vultured victory by giving up 2 runs in the 14th but then being the pitcher of record as Jason Parsley (0-1, 2.08) melted down in the bottom of the inning. CF Danny "The Phantom" Seligman (.332, 4, 25) went 5 for 8 in this one with 2 triples but the final hero was catcher Chris Campbell (.263, 2, 17), who came in as a pinch-hitter in the 8th and delivered the walk-off single 6 innings later. "Even when we got down, you could just feel we were going to win this one," Campbell said after the game.The Dodgers have lost 5 straight - winless for July so far - and have won just 2 of their last 15 games. July 5 (EOD): Power rankings! Code:
Rank(Last) Team Points Record PCT AVG ERA Pyt Diff 1st (3rd) Cleveland 115 + 45-32 .584 .282 3.39 46-31 -1 2nd (9th) San Francisco 115 ++ 46-32 .590 .263 3.07 46-32 0 3rd (4th) Chicago 114 + 46-31 .597 .288 3.89 49-28 -3 4th (1st) Houston 112 -- 50-31 .617 .266 3.72 48-33 2 5th (10th) Minnesota 112 ++ 47-33 .588 .251 3.64 44-36 3 And the bottom... Code:
Rank(Last) Team Points Record PCT AVG ERA Pyt Diff 20th (18th) San Diego 73 - 35-48 .422 .233 4.24 37-46 -2 21st (19th) Kansas City 65 - 30-48 .385 .255 4.81 29-49 1 22nd (21st) Milwaukee 61 - 30-50 .375 .245 4.66 28-52 2 23rd (24th) Montreal 57 + 26-53 .329 .245 4.76 26-53 0 24th (23rd) Los Angeles 55 - 29-50 .367 .232 3.99 31-48 -2 Teams In Review ----------------- June 30: The Washington Senators are, frankly, doing pretty well this year, all told (33-40, 5th in the AL East), but that 4-15 start has put them in a deep, deep hole. The offense is pretty anemic (279 runs scored, 10th), based on not a lot of hitting (.249 BA, 10th) or power (33 HRs, dead last), but the latter is at least to be expected in such a spacious park as Griffith Stadium. Rumors abound that they might skip town once the lease is up at the end of 1971 but I'm getting ahead of myself! In any case, the pitching, even taking the park into account, has been really, really good so far (274 runs allowed, 2nd). With a #1 ranked starting staff (3.36 ERA) with nobody in it over the age of 27, the future looks bright so long as they can find some guys to drive budding superstar OF Alvin Romero (.342, 2, 23) in. Rotation: I think I'd be crazy to make changes here. DJ Marrone (2-4, 3.64) is arguably the weakest link but he's also the #5 starter and is only 24. Whatever else I do, nah, this stays the way it is. Bullpen: I'm really skeptical of Willis Chavez' (0-4, 1.75 ERA, 7 Sv) ability to be the long-term stopper and the 4 losses kind of add to my decision. He's also on the wrong end of the BB/K ratio with 22 walks against 20 strikeouts in 36 innings. Yeah, he's been a bit wild. He's a junkballer whose out pitch, a 12-to-6 curve, might not be enough to get a lot of swings and misses. Still, it's hard to say a guy isn't doing the job when he's sitting there with an ERA under 2. Outside of him, the guy I have my eyes on is Dale Parks (1-2, 5.73), who opened the season in the rotation but has since been demoted to LOOGY / long-relief duties. He was a decent replacement-level guy for the Seattle Pilots last season but the Senators might have moved on from the need for a guy like that on their staff. To make matters semi-worse or whatever, his stuff isn't really what destroys other lefties - his main pitch is a slider, which of course breaks away from them, but the cutter doesn't necessarily have that effect (I'm actually not sure what it does in OOTP terms) and the change, even the non-circle variety, will often create reverse splits. I'll leave him in for now but I'm not enamored with his results. Infield: There's a bit of a logjam at first, enough that the team sent Dr. Jack Holman away to the Brewers earlier in the year, but it is filled with very old ballplayers. 41 year old John Skelton (.274, 6, 29) has been... fine as the lefty half of the platoon and a pinch-hitter when the other team swaps out their starter, but it's nothing to write home about. Longtime Senator Nick DeBoer (.273, 7, 31) is 38 himself and is also just fine. The team does have Mark Meixell (.300, 0, 5 at AAA Denver) hitting a empty .300 in the minors but for now I don't think I want or need to make a change here just for the sake of change. Second base is another position where there's just not a lot of funtimes within the organization. Joe Nyman (.233, 3, 24) is who he is, which is to say a below average hitter with a glove that mostly makes up for that. His backup Tyler Knight (.173, 0, 8) was formerly the starting shortstop before they traded for Justin Ramey (.287, 3, 21) last season but he seems to have forgotten how to hit, which is an issue. The biggest prospect I see is a guy hitting in the 230s in AA (Daniel Byrd Jr., a 7th round pick in 1966 whose career has seemed to have stalled due to injuries) and so I guess for now we're stuck with what we've got. Outfield: LF Sebastiano Veneziano (.237, 5, 41) hit .280 and .304 the last two seasons, 1969 being a campaign where he finally got a chance to start (prior to last year's 647 ABs his career high was 339). Washington was expecting him to be their #3 man this year; instead, he's looking like a possibly washed, 33 year old 4th OFer. Maybe that's a bit too harsh. To make things slightly more problematic, he's a lefty who's hitting other lefties (.281) better than righties (.218) so I'm not sure if I'd be bringing out the best in him with a platoon. One thing I've started to do is spell him a bit, especially with 24 year old Matt Hackney (.206, 1, 3), who hit .283 last year but also looks like a guy who can't play catcher in the majors and so needs to be moved to a corner OF spot. June 30: They're only 2 games behind the Sens but the story of the Detroit Tigers seems a lot bleaker. I thought they were going to be at least a dark horse contender for the AL East but they seem to have flip-flopped their potential with the Baltimore Orioles and now are kind of solidly last place. Being dead last in runs scored (263) is not a good sign when you play half your games in Tigers Stadium and even a good pitching staff would have troubles with this. The Tigers' pitching staff is 9th in starters ERA (4.08) and 8th in bullpen ERA (3.38) so it cannot be said they are "good". The team defense seems good though (4th in ZR at +10.1) but I'm not sure if that's really a good thing or just a sign that the pitching is actually kind of awful. Rotation: The starting 5 are all pretty young at least: the oldest guy in there is 29 year old Ben Schmidt (3-3, 4.42), who was a swingman even in the minors before getting his shot last year with Montreal. Honestly, he seems to have pretty decent stuff but is a very, very poor match for the ballpark - his change is a swing-and-miss pitch but he has a tendency to get up in the zone with his only above average fastball and that leads to longball problems. I think he's a trade candidate to a team with a bigger ballpark but he'll have to prove himself enough to fetch value first. The other potential weak link - I mean, as opposed to "the entire staff" is call-up Juan Merino (0-2, 12.10), who has actually looked OK so far except for the fact that he's yielding a .423 opponent batting average through 2 games. That's one mighty "if"... but the main candidate, I feel, to replace him is Mike Lopez (2-2, 4.65), who, after a pretty promising 1969 is doing his best Steve Blass impersonation this year with 39 walks allowed in 40.2 innings pitched. I demoted him to the bullpen already but if anything his control's gotten even worse as a reliever. He's more of a guy I think we need to try and work things out in the minors than a guy to regain a rotation slot. Nevertheless, I have to put Merino on a short hook somehow. Bullpen: I went ahead and sent Lopez down in favor of 29 year old career minor leaguer Danny Bryan (3-5, 3.63 at AAA Toledo), who is striking out more than a guy an inning in the American Association but I just bet the league is behaving like it's 2021 down there or something. Anyway, he probably won't walk a batter an inning and could wind up slipping into the rotation if/when I get tired with the current arms in there. The lone old man in the bullpen is 35 year old Gus Abeyta (0-1, 3.24), who I've had my eye on for a while but who is just plain pitching too well - 17 Ks in 16.2 IP - to drop for no good reason. Infield: It seems mean to do to a longtime vet of the Tigers but 35 year old C Scott Woodcock (.216, 1, 3) lost his job to Gianluigi Farinelli (.272, 6, 23), who if nothing else has the best name in baseball, for all his reputation is not a good defensive catcher on a team that desperately needs a guy who can calm down young pitching, and who, instead of working on the hitting, has chosen to complain about playing time. He's probably days away from demanding a trade so I think I'm just going to acquiesce in advance and cut him loose... yikes, the fans hated that. Well, the fans have to understand that this is not a 90 win team anymore and even if it was, Woodcock was not contributing to that. Last year the Tigers shipped off "Mister Tiger" Justin Richens (.287, 12, 51 in Houston now) to the Yankees, receiving a guy they hoped would be their 1B of the future in Jose Ayala (.235, 6, 25). Ayala has slumped very badly this year and it feels like sunk cost fallacy is the only reason I'm keeping him in the lineup. Well, it's a widely held fallacy so I think I have to give him most of the year - into August at least - to right the ship. Detroit traded for 3B John Daughtry (.238, 4, 13) to compete with David Salinas (.247, 0, 9) for the hot corner job and, like, neither one of them has been all that impressive. They're also both righties so no platoon situation really works. I guess Daughtry keeps the starting job here on account of him being 8 years younger (26 vs 34) but long-term they need someone else. Ivan Hernandez (.238, 2, 7 for Toledo) is a guy who is in AAA right now but he seems like more of a September call-up at best. Outfield: I feel like the #1 reason for the team's downfall in 1970 is Adam Dittmar (.191, 8, 19) turning back into a pumpkin after a breakout 1969 season that made him look like the now-27 year old would be a perennial MVP candidate. Last year the big move seemed to be a shortening of his swing that saw him cut down on strikouts - he still whiffed 83 times in 560 at-bats but that's well below his rates the seasons before when he was topping the century mark in Ks. This year, he seems to be back on the whiff train. I've been spelling him heavily against righties with the left-hander Danny Valdez (.333, 5, 16). This is helping the team but perhaps not Dittmar as much, as he's not really hitting either handedness that well (the K/W ratio looks a lot better vs. lefties though so maybe that's just luck). July 1: This just isn't the Chicago White Sox's season. Last year they were fighting for the AL West title all season, this year they're 35-40 and ahead of only the two expansion teams. I think part of it is that Comiskey went from being a pitchers' park to a hitters' park from '69 to '70 (I use 3 year averages instead of 1 year but that can still happen) (also I might be remembering wrong, I don't know). The hitting has been OK (327 runs, 4th, with a middle of the pack BA (.259)) but the pitching has been kind of bad (358 runs allowed, 10th, including 10th in SP ERA (4.39) and 11th in bullpen ERA (4.00)). Going into the year I definitely thought that what the team needed most was a bit of power; while Tom Brown (.287, 10, 41) has stepped up a little in that regard, their problems have definitely come from elsewhere... Rotation: 24 year old Gene Lueders (4-9, 5.96) has gone from hero in 1969 (12-10, 3.39) to zero this year. Last year he benefitted from pinpoint control you wouldn't expect out of a young kid. This year, his control is way down (4.2 BB/9) and although his stuff looks like it's matured (I'd love if the game tracked the development of individual pitches, and also if there was a way to keep that on when you turn off all the other scouting ratings), it's also come at the cost of keeping his forkball and changeup down; he's already allowed 14 HRs, which was his 1969 total. I think I need to move him into long relief for a spell just to see if he can get things right. Otherwise I'm just not seeing anybody who's super ready right now in AAA so I'm going to take this as an opportunity to go to a 4-man. This also represents a last gasp attempt by the Chisox to get back into it. Bullpen: Outside of 22 year old stopper Ben Lamar (1-0, 3.09, 1 Sv), it seems like the entire bullpen is in the process of implosion. As such, it's hard to choose just one guy to get rid of. One thing I will do is send recent acquisition Vincente Hernandez (0-1, 7.16, 2 Sv), who's been just plain blown up since coming over from Cleveland. This is as much to send a message as anything else. Infield: Neither Danny Coyle (.153, 3, 14) nor Danny McIntyre (.224, 6, 16) are particularly good at handling pitchers, which is kind of an issue given the volatility of the staff right now. Given that, and given Coyle's complete inability to hit and increasing anger at not being given lots of at-bats to not hit, I'm going to release the 33 year old 2-time All Star Coyle and call up Dave Leduc (.272, 3, 29 in AAA Phoenix) in his place. Leduc is hitting a lot better than either of the other two catching options the Sox have used this year - also he hit .268 in AAA last year, so there's a track record - and while he's only an average defensive catcher that's still a pretty solid upgrade over either Coyle or McIntyre. I was going to say "plus, he wants to be here", but... he's coming in angry, apparently, because he thought he deserved a bench role before and wasn't getting it. Hopefully this will gruntle him. Josh Lewis (.241, 9, 48) has been kind of awful this year but a. he's still coming through in the clutch, and b. I'm not going to bench a guy due to 324 bad plate appearances. Jordan Wooten (.223, 3, 9) lost his starting job at 3rd primarily because he's 38 and didn't look amazing in spring training. The guy who took it from him, Omar Dominguez (.219, 2, 19) has been pretty trash at the plate and a minus in the field so I'm going back to giving Wooten more at-bats. He has the largely unheralded ability to stretch out at-bats and coax walks, which hopefully will have a positive effect on the Sox' offense in spite of the low average. Outfield: Everything's more or less fine here... I'm not really enamored with Willie Vargas' (.338, 4, 40) longterm utility in left or using Tom Brown (.287, 10, 41) longterm in center, but both players are hitting too well to drop from the lineup (Vargas made the All-Star Game last year!) and I have neither a place to put them nor a known viable alternative in center, so for now it's staying as-is. Actually... after the game (which the Sox won!) I was looking over injuries and noticed that the Sox need a lefthanded bat. Then I went down to look at AAA and discovered 22 year old Eric Weyenberg (.372, 0, 18 at AAA Tucson), who is a natural centerfielder and who is tearing the cover off the ball in the minors. It's sorting time. Vargas moves to first, Brown heads into right, Josh Wade heads into left, and Josh Lewis... goes on the bench, where he was for a big chunk of last year as well. He did hit .301 last year, Lewis did, but the team is struggling and Weyenberg seems like a good Hail Mary pass.
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--------------- I realized that this was kind of a big one to miss... hopefully once we get sortable team stats, I'll be able to build a somewhat comprehensive report directly from the game and deposit it here. For now, these will be updated at the end of the week. That means that these just so happen to the the All-Star Break standings: Code:
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Cleveland Indians 52 34 .605 - New York Yankees 47 38 .553 4.5 Boston Red Sox 45 40 .529 6.5 Baltimore Orioles 46 41 .529 6.5 Washington Senators 40 48 .455 13.0 Detroit Tigers 37 48 .435 14.5 West W L PCT GB Minnesota Twins 52 37 .584 - California Angels 46 40 .535 4.5 Oakland Athletics 43 39 .524 5.5 Chicago White Sox 42 47 .472 10.0 Milwaukee Brewers 34 53 .391 17.0 Kansas City Royals 33 52 .388 17.0 NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Chicago Cubs 51 34 .600 - New York Mets 48 38 .558 3.5 Philadelphia Phillies 46 39 .541 5.0 Pittsburgh Pirates 47 42 .528 6.0 St. Louis Cardinals 36 50 .419 15.5 Montreal Expos 29 59 .330 23.5 West W L PCT GB Houston Astros 55 33 .625 - Cincinnati Reds 52 36 .591 3.0 San Francisco Giants 50 35 .588 3.5 Atlanta Braves 39 47 .453 15.0 San Diego Padres 36 54 .400 20.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 32 54 .372 22.0 ------------------------ July 9: The Angels traded RP Nigel Jones (0-1, 6.00 in AAA Hawaii) to the Cubs for SP Justin Vogel (4-9, 4.88). Jones hasn't played much over the last 3 years but at one point in time he was a solid starter for the Angels and figures to get some time in the Cubs' bullpen. They had to give up Vogel, who is technically still a prospect but is struggling pretty hard in AAA. July 12: The Braves acquired P Julio Sandoval (2-9, 5.68) from the Mets for $25,000. The real-life player involved in this was a 5th starter / middle reliever type but Sandoval seemed like a better, if bigger fit. Sandoval led the league in ERA last year but has been absolutely horrific this year - that ERA is 4th worst in baseball among players with 80+ IP, and his peripherals, which include 11 HR in 81 innings, 4.4 BB/9, and a .324 opponents' batting average, look like it's not just bad luck. Still, the Braves are desperate. One of the guys "ahead" of Sandoval in the metric I just noted is Kevin Pennock (5-7, 5.81). For the Mets, this was more an "addition by subtraction" move; they recalled 26 year old Dave McNicholas (3-1, 3.66), who looked pretty decent in 6 appearances earlier this year before being squeezed out of the roster, to take Sandoval's place in the rotation. News ----------------------- July 6: Angels 2B Chris Adams (.276, 11, 53) took home a rare Player of the Week award for getting 11 hits in 53 at-bats with six homeruns. Literally half his seasonal total. Good Lord, Chris! I hadn't even considered putting him into the power part of the order but now I'm rethinking things. Also, his career high in dingers is 13, which now he looks like there's no way he's not going to break that unless he gets hurt or something. July 6: Not to be outdone - or maybe to be outdone but just a little - Cardinals LF Lorenzo Martinez (.272, 24, 61) belted 5 HRs himself last week to pick up the NL POTW. His dingers came on just 8 hits and 17 at-bats. Still, in terms of sheer amounts of amazing, Adams takes the cake. July 6: Cardinals backup C Jose Medina (no line in 1970), who tore his meniscus in his knee in spring training and was expected to come back around early August, suffered a setback and will now officially miss the entire 1970 season. Medina would have been used a lot this year given the season-ender to John Stuart. Hopefully he'll be better next year; he's still only 26 and so this might not be all she wrote for the guy. July 6: Angels backup catcher Juan Cavazos (.191, 1, 12) demanded a trade. He's not hitting at all and was never a great fielding catcher. Now he's pretty much awful there. As per the usual, he has been "traded" to the circular file. July 7: Indians RH Jose Martinez (1-0, 1.30) is really going to be something special. The 25 year old, who at one point in time was named the #4 prospect in all of baseball before suffering a series of injuries that dropped him out of scouts' minds, set a new Indians record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-0 victory over the Washington Senators. Before this game, Martinez had been having issues even getting into the 5th but he finally got over that hump today. July 8: It looks like all the losing has finally gotten to Padres OF Davin Henderson (.260, 5, 12), who requested a trade today. I'm sure it doesn't help that he's not playing every day either for the 35-50 Pads. I'm not going to cut him outright because he still has a spot on the team and, frankly, I'm not as concerned about team chemistry with a team this bad. Personality-wise he's not disruptive, just not a happy boy. Cheating ahead I don't see any Padres moves until at least the offseason so sorry, Davin, I guess you're stuck here for now (I mean, unless you start playing really badly or something). July 8: Cubs CF Mark Tooley (.275, 10, 33) tore a ligament in his thumb diving to make a catch against the Expos today and will miss the next month and a half. It's a pretty big blow for Chicago, who have relied on Tooley to provide plus defense and hit leadoff for them. They'll turn to Chance Cooper (.259, 8, 28), who was recently named the #51 prospect in all of baseball, to fill in while Tooley is out. July 9: Mets LF Mario Diaz (.456, 1, 7) said he ought to be a part of the starting lineup. On the one hand, he's 37 and has been a part-timer for the team since 1964. On the other hand, he is tearing the cover off the ball and the Mets' corner outfielders have been a complete mess this year. I feel like this sets a bad precedent but... the team is really struggling at the outfield corners. I'm going to put him in the lineup in place of Edgar Arriaga (.224, 8, 27) against righties, who shined last year but had a grand total of 99 major-league at-bats prior to 1969. This is obviously not a long-term solution but the Mets are really close in this race and it really looks to me like Arriaga has turned into a pumpkin. Arriaga will still get all the at-bats he wants vs. LHP so if he comes around he can have that full-time job back. July 9: Twins P Mike Larsen (5-3, 3.55) lost a no-hit bid with 2 outs in the 8th on an infield single by Chicago 2B Brian Long (.279, 4, 43). In some ways this was a blessing, as he was previously only 1 batter over the minimum, his perfect game spoiled by an error by 2B Daniel Gilmet (.296, 5, 21). He wound up shutting out the White Sox on 1 hit. At that, Larsen almost had to pitch this well, as his counterpart Raul Mendoza (6-9, 3.93) only gave up 1 run on 4 hits himself. "I really had to bear down tonight," Larsen said after the game. "I don't like bearing down. I like taking it easy." July 9: Mets 1B Joshua "Superman" Waltenberry (.307, 11, 50) became the second man in the NL to get 4 doubles in a game today in a 5-4 extra inning victory over the Montreal Expos. Waltenberry got 3 in regular frames but got his shot when stopper Geoff Saus (3-1, 4.02, 18 Sv) blew the save for the third time this year, and he made the most of it. He led off the 11th with a double and came around to score the winning run after Expos wildman Cole Pritchard (2-4, 6.39) walked in the winning run. "Yeah, it was fine," Waltenberry said after the game. "I prefer to let what I do on the field speak for itself." July 10: Cubs 2B Juan Perez (.301, 6, 25) was expected back from an elbow strain he suffered at the beginning of June shortly after the All-Star Break but now it looks like his return has been pushed back indefinitely. David Holcombe (.247, 3, 18) has been adequate in filling in for him, and looks like he could be a solid starter in the majors in the future (he's only 23), but the Cubs are in a position where they'd much prefer established production. July 10: There are a lot of big series in the AL East right before the All-Star Break, I guess. This weekend features a showdown between first-place Cleveland and the fading Boston Red Sox. The Tribe won the first game of this 4-gamer, 6-2, behind 8 solid innings by young Josh Matthews (12-4, 2.88), who is definitely making an early case for the Cy Young. The important hit of the game was a homerun by slap hitter SS Josh Johnson (.349, 3, 33). Sandy Hinojosa (9-7, 2.76) took the L for Boston, who have lost their last 3 games and are only 6-6 for the month of July. July 11: The Indians' bullpen takes another big blow as stopper Eric Godard (3-0, 2.27, 8 Sv) was diagnosed with an elbow strain that will cause him to miss the rest of the regular season. Kids these days... an elbow strain? Godard might be ready to go in time for the playoffs should Cleveland get that far. I've called up RH Joe Brda in his place, who is pretty unremarkable except that a. that is a great name, and b. he is 6'6" and somehow only the 6th tallest player in major league baseball (Expos long reliever Phil Farr is the tallest at 6'9"). July 11: Cleveland still managed to beat Boston 4-1 so now if they get a double-header sweep they'll get a series sweep too. Cleveland is now 7-3 vs. the Red Sox. Andy Kindberg (12-2, 3.62) outdueled 1969 Cy Young Award winner and former Cleveland moundsman Justin Kindberg (11-8, 2.58) to earn the win. RF Tommy Pron (.310, 1, 27) has had a major power outage this year - he belted 19 HRs last year which were instrumental in his leading the league in RBIs with 101 - but went 4-4 from the cleanup slot to lead the team. July 12: Thor Heyerdahl's boat Ra II arrives in Barbados. Heyerdahl was... an interesting guy. I think the actual arguments he was trying to push - IIRC the whole point of Kon-Tiki was to demonstrate his theory that the islands in the Pacific Ocean were populated by people sailing out of South America rather than Asia - have been long debunked, but boy did he do some crazy stuff. The aforementioned boat was made of papyrus and Heyerdahl floated it all the way from west Africa. July 12: John Lennon and George Harrison remain unsigned. Ringo looks like he's had one start with King of Prussia, going 7 innings and striking out 5. Paul McCartney had a beast of a first week, hitting .636 in 22 at-bats with 5 HRs and 13 RBIs. July 12: The All-Star Rosters have been announced! Scheduled to play for the American League All-Stars are: SP Chris Benavides (MIN) - 9-9, 2.87 ERA, 172.1 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 6.6 K/9, 4.7 WAR SP Miguel Chavez (KC) - 8-8, 4.04 ERA, 118.0 IP, 1.44 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 1.9 WAR SP Sandy Hinojosa (BOS) - 9-7, 2.76 ERA, 143.2 IP, 1.26 WHIP, 7.5 K/9, 3.5 WAR SP Justin Kindberg (BOS) - 11-8, 2.58 ERA, 153.1 IP, 1.34 WHIP, 7.6 K/9, 4.8 WAR SP Tracy Mosher (NYY)* - 11-9, 2.71 ERA, 169.2 IP, 1.07 WHIP, 5.9 K/9, 5.3 WAR SP Angelo Ramos (MIN) - 15-1, 2.62 ERA, 161.2 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 6.4 K/9, 5.3 WAR CL Jesse Kelly (NYY) - 6-2, 9 SV, 1.88 ERA, 48.0 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 7.3 K/9, 0.3 WAR CL Montay Luiso (BAL)* - 4-3, 20 SV, 1.07 ERA, 59.0 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 2.2 WAR CL Pete Lynn (MIN) - 4-2, 9 SV, 2.89 ERA, 43.2 IP, 1.26 WHIP, 10.5 K/9, 1.8 WAR C Gianluigi Farinelli (DET) - .272/.330/.440, 250 AB, 8 HR, 112 wRC+, 2.0 WAR C Armando Flores (WAS) - .335/.371/.399, 278 AB, 1 HR, 123 wRC+, 2.6 WAR 1B Alex Cardenas (NYY)* - .323/.391/.560, 334 AB, 18 HR, 174 wRC+, 3.6 WAR 1B Jon Hernandez (BAL)* - .263/.362/.467, 255 AB, 9 HR, 135 wRC+, 2.1 WAR 1B Angelo Martinez (MIN) - .281/.338/.510, 335 AB, 19 HR, 139 wRC+, 2.7 WAR 1B Mike Miller (BOS) - .290/.377/.492, 321 AB, 15 HR, 1 SB, 141 wRC+, 2.7 WAR 2B Brian Long (CHW) - .287/.327/.407, 356 AB, 4 HR, 108 wRC+, 2.7 WAR 2B Chris Moore (OAK) - .338/.414/.597, 77 AB, 4 HR, 191 wRC+, 1.2 WAR 2B Danny Villegas (DET)* - .273/.353/.547, 267 AB, 19 HR, 2 SB, 147 wRC+, 2.3 WAR 3B Mike Brookes (MIN) - .294/.452/.580, 262 AB, 17 HR, 183 wRC+, 4.8 WAR 3B Marco Perez (BAL)* - .358/.425/.509, 316 AB, 10 HR, 20 SB, 169 wRC+, 4.6 WAR 3B Tom Weiss (NYY) - .302/.413/.484, 308 AB, 12 HR, 155 wRC+, 3.2 WAR SS Oniji Handa (BOS) - .298/.333/.443, 352 AB, 11 HR, 118 wRC+, 3.7 WAR SS John Johnson (CLE) - .349/.381/.451, 355 AB, 3 HR, 6 SB, 139 wRC+, 3.8 WAR SS Ty Stover (NYY)* - .270/.421/.498, 263 AB, 15 HR, 170 wRC+, 4.2 WAR LF Dan Field (NYY) - .304/.353/.494, 322 AB, 12 HR, 142 wRC+, 2.3 WAR LF Alonzo Huanosta (CLE)* - .343/.375/.521, 280 AB, 10 HR, 2 SB, 149 wRC+, 2.5 WAR LF Jeff Nation (KC) - .332/.400/.515, 301 AB, 8 HR, 5 SB, 159 wRC+, 3.3 WAR LF Nelson Vargas (CAL) - .323/.366/.462, 325 AB, 7 HR, 11 SB, 138 wRC+, 2.5 WAR CF Dave Corona (KC) - .324/.430/.564, 321 AB, 11 HR, 15 SB, 172 wRC+, 2.2 WAR CF Carlos Hernandez (CLE) - .316/.359/.458, 345 AB, 9 HR, 2 SB, 132 wRC+, 2.7 WAR CF Alvin Romero (WAS)* - .345/.405/.464, 293 AB, 2 HR, 37 SB, 142 wRC+, 3.7 WAR CF Bryant Tarala (BAL)* - .199/.347/.423, 196 AB, 11 HR, 10 SB, 119 wRC+, 2.2 WAR (Injured) RF John Marsden (MIL) - .333/.400/.460, 315 AB, 8 HR, 148 wRC+, 3.0 WAR RF Frank Meneses (NYY) - .297/.428/.584, 185 AB, 14 HR, 4 SB, 186 wRC+, 3.1 WAR Heh, I guess Jon Hernandez got so many catcher votes that he's... on the team as a first baseman. This means that there are a couple of snubs at that position - by my eyes, CAL 1B Pete Jennings (.313, 11, 53) and Royals' vet Yakashi Ono (.294, 6, 37) - but on the flip side Armando Flores really, really deserved a nod and I was afraid he'd get left out. Otherwise, the Royals have *3* guys making the team and only one of them is iffy (SP Miguel Chavez? Really?). Meanwhile, AL East leaders Cleveland have just two guys on the roster - SS John Johnson and LF Alonzo Huanosta. Part of that is that key players have gotten hurt but it's more than a little weird that Josh Matthews (12-4, 2.88) and Andy Lagunas (12-2, 3.62) didn't make the roster. Marco Perez making the All-Star Team isn't really a big story, but what is kind of big news is that he's only 25 and this was his 6th selection already. The National League All-Stars will feature these players: SP Jeremy Battaglia (PIT) - 11-5, 2.51 ERA, 150.1 IP, 0.96 WHIP, 5.4 K/9, 4.1 WAR SP Marius Gaddi (PHI) - 13-2, 2.33 ERA, 154.1 IP, 1.02 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 5.8 WAR SP John Mash (NYM) - 9-4, 2.52 ERA, 114.1 IP, 1.22 WHIP, 4.5 K/9, 1.9 WAR SP Robert Rivera (SF) - 9-7, 2.65 ERA, 159.2 IP, 1.01 WHIP, 6.5 K/9, 2.6 WAR SP Rogelio Salinas (LAD) - 6-9, 3.10 ERA, 127.2 IP, 1.16 WHIP, 7.5 K/9, 2.0 WAR SP Steve Waiters (CIN)* - 15-1, 2.35 ERA, 157.1 IP, 0.98 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 5.2 WAR CL Jon Douglas (HOU) - 2-4, 15 SV, 2.72 ERA, 46.1 IP, 1.06 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 1.7 WAR CL Tom Grohs (PHI) - 4-1, 9 SV, 1.21 ERA, 44.2 IP, 0.74 WHIP, 8.1 K/9, 1.1 WAR CL Paz Lemus (PIT) - 4-3, 10 SV, 1.96 ERA, 55.0 IP, 1.22 WHIP, 7.5 K/9, 0.3 WAR CL John Winn (ATL)* - 2-2, 16 SV, 1.55 ERA, 46.1 IP, 1.06 WHIP, 8.9 K/9, 2.6 WAR (Injured) C Jason Bushon (NYM)* - .252/.348/.398, 246 AB, 8 HR, 2 SB, 113 wRC+, 2.5 WAR C Greg Darrow (CHC) - .333/.364/.504, 258 AB, 8 HR, 143 wRC+, 2.9 WAR C Oliver Williams (CIN) - .285/.386/.397, 242 AB, 4 HR, 127 wRC+, 2.8 WAR 1B Dante Chairez (ATL) - .297/.372/.610, 269 AB, 23 HR, 174 wRC+, 2.9 WAR 1B Antonio Lopez (CHC) - .324/.415/.530, 330 AB, 15 HR, 165 wRC+, 4.2 WAR 1B Justin Stone (STL) - .303/.409/.606, 317 AB, 22 HR, 5 SB, 182 wRC+, 4.7 WAR 1B Joshua Waltenbery (NYM)* - .302/.410/.498, 305 AB, 11 HR, 152 wRC+, 3.4 WAR 2B Kevin Dwyer (ATL)* - .356/.410/.632, 329 AB, 21 HR, 1 SB, 194 wRC+, 5.5 WAR 2B Pedro Ortiz (CIN) - .344/.401/.467, 366 AB, 5 HR, 13 SB, 147 wRC+, 4.3 WAR 2B Victor Serna (PHI) - .228/.357/.533, 289 AB, 25 HR, 4 SB, 151 wRC+, 3.7 WAR 3B Sean Gabel (CHC) - .344/.376/.419, 320 AB, 13 SB, 121 wRC+, 3.2 WAR 3B Bobby Kraljevic (CIN)* - .321/.438/.444, 315 AB, 7 HR, 158 wRC+, 4.7 WAR 3B Kevin Landry (SD) - .256/.311/.416, 317 AB, 12 HR, 6 SB, 108 wRC+, 1.5 WAR SS Jeremy Taylor (CHC)* - .262/.336/.498, 321 AB, 16 HR, 9 SB, 130 wRC+, 3.6 WAR LF Barry Cooper (SF) - .330/.372/.464, 358 AB, 7 HR, 13 SB, 130 wRC+, 3.2 WAR LF Ernie Griffin (LAD) - .272/.347/.495, 301 AB, 14 HR, 1 SB, 138 wRC+, 2.9 WAR LF Jesse Lockhart (HOU) - .336/.374/.494, 342 AB, 11 HR, 7 SB, 147 wRC+, 3.4 WAR LF Lorenzo Martinez (STL) - .264/.386/.581, 265 AB, 24 HR, 169 wRC+, 2.7 WAR LF Jason Workman (CHC)* - .350/.377/.646, 280 AB, 23 HR, 181 wRC+, 3.7 WAR CF Curtis Hope (NYM) - .275/.389/.446, 280 AB, 9 HR, 11 SB, 136 wRC+, 3.4 WAR CF John Lopez (HOU)* - .282/.368/.427, 354 AB, 10 HR, 14 SB, 123 wRC+, 2.7 WAR RF Nelson Hernandez (SD) - .294/.368/.591, 320 AB, 21 HR, 4 SB, 169 wRC+, 4.6 WAR RF Henry Riggs (ATL) - .264/.387/.544, 296 AB, 22 HR, 160 wRC+, 3.1 WAR RF Jaden Weaver (HOU)* - .258/.353/.590, 310 AB, 27 HR, 1 SB, 163 wRC+, 3.7 WAR (Injured) RF Matt Williams (MON) - .271/.399/.542, 192 AB, 12 HR, 1 SB, 155 wRC+, 2.4 WAR This is also right about the only time I ever look at WAR (I guess it exists on the transactions page but I tend to ignore it except for minor leaguers). Man, Marius Gaddi is having a helluva year. Steve Waiters too, for that matter. I kind of want to have him start every 5th day just to give him a chance at winning 30 (I did look into this but the Reds have an insane schedule coming up, with their next off-day after the break coming on I think August 10 with a couple of double-headers in there too... so what I suspect is that even with a 5 man rotation I will have to use spot starters a couple times). Jeremy Taylor is the only SS on this roster; does this mean he's going to play the whole game? July 12: The Red Sox keep finding new ways to lose. They got swept by the Indians in a double-header today and for the series as a whole to fall 6 1/2 games behind in the AL East with a 45-40 record. The second game was the real killer, as it was tied in the bottom of the 8th with a man on first base when Indians 2B TJ Pritchett (.272, 11, 36), who hasn't hit a triple since 1968, got his first of the season... and then kept motoring all the way home for an inside the park homerun. Reliever Luis Flores (0-2, 5.40) gave up that hit and was charged with the loss. It was the 6th straight losing effort by the Sox, who were tops in the division as recently as June 26 (they've gone 6-14 in their last 20 games) but now might not even be in 3rd pending what happens with the Baltimore Orioles today (who are also 45-40 and have a double-header of their own to play on the road against the lowly Tigers). Cleveland, meanwhile, is now 52-34 and, pending what the Yankees do, are 4 games up in the standings. July 12: Incidentally the O's split with the Tigers to remain even with the Red Sox in the East. Rookie TJ Ziegler (5-6, 3.01) threw a 7-hit shutout in the second frame to neutralize the Tigers. Baltimore has a long string of games against AL West teams before a mid-week 2-game showdown with Boston on August 4th and 5th. July 12: Brewers RF John Marsden (.334, 8, 29), the lone Milwaukee representative at the All-Star Game, broke his thumb getting hit by a pitch in the first game of a doubleheader against the Twins and will miss the next month. "I guess Maggie (Twins pitcher Ricardo Magdaleno(5-10, 4.80)) thought I was crowding the plate," said a dejected Marsden after the game. It should be said, before Brewers fans get too excited, that Magdaleno is not known for the brushback: he has only 34 hit batsmen in 1159 career innings pitched and never more than 5 of them in one season. The loss of Marsden does have one silver lining, as it will give Milwaukee a chance to try out OF Tanner Barlow (.347, 17, 43 at AAA Portland), who has been raking in the high minors and could conceivably be a guy. July 12: Also incidentally, the Yankees laid an egg in their last game of the first half, 12-9, and go into the 2nd half 4 1/2 games back of Cleveland. I'd love to single out one Washington Senators player who killed them but to be honest it was a real team effort: 5 players had 2 RBIs each, with SS Josh Ramey (.294, 4, 28) leading the way with 3 runs scored, including one that came on a steal and a throwing error by Yankees catcher Josh Paige (.357, 0, 1). Well, I guess I did name a Yankee-killer after all... July 12: Since I seem to be summarizing EVERY SINGLE GAME TODAY, I'll note that the Angels (46-40) slipped ahead of the A's (43-39) for sole possession of 2nd place in the AL West. This spot is probably just bragging rights unless the Minnesota Twins completely melt down in the second half but for now the Angels have those rights. They got to A's stopper Carlos Ramirez (2-6, 3.45, 7 Sv), who, speaking of... I don't want to say "BABIP" but he's struck out 45 batters in 47 innings this season (note: in 1970 that is very, very good) but has yielded 46 hits for just under a hit per inning. July 12: Julio Sandoval's Braves debut was... fine? He gave up 5 runs in 6 1/3 innings but because 3 of those runs were unearned his overall ERA fell to 5.48 on the year. He still got the loss to drop to 2-10 though. July 12 (evening): And the power rankings as we head into the break: 1st (1st) Cleveland 119 o 2nd (4th) Houston 117 + 3rd (3rd) Chicago (N) 114 o 4th (6th) Cincinnati 109 + 5th (2nd) San Francisco 108 -- Man, that Cincinnati Reds team, or "the Big Red Machine" as the fans are beginning to call it. They might legitimately be one of the top 3 teams in baseball and yet might not even make the playoffs this season. Which, San Francisco is no slouch themselves. California was the biggest gainer, just missing on the top 5 (6th) after finishing 13th the week before. Baltimore was no slouch this week themselves, climbing from 15th all the way into the top 10 at 9th. And the ol' bottom five: 20th (22nd) Milwaukee 69 + 21st (19th) St. Louis 67 - 22nd (20th) San Diego 65 - 23rd (24th) Los Angeles 64 + 24th (23rd) Montreal 56 - If you're worried that the Royals are too successful for an expansion club, don't! They're 19th. Although you'd expect Boston to be the biggest loser what with their recent dive in the standings, that's been happening over the past several weeks and so they "only" fell 4 places this week from 11th to 15th. The booby prize goes to the Yankees, who dropped from 7th all the way to 12th. Atlanta, incidentally treaded water at 16th, balancing a 3-1 series win vs the Reds over the weekend with a 3 games to 1 loss vs. the Giants in San Francisco from Monday to Thursday. The All-Star Break is also, incidentally, Atlanta's first day off since June 29. Teams In Review ----------------- June 7: The Baltimore Orioles (40-40, 4th AL East) are a bit down from their 12-7 April but let's put this in perspective: they lost 98 games last year and a season where they're close to .500 would be a nice one. They were also 88-74 as recently as 1968 so some in the organization think they're still worthy of contention. I guess that explains why they're still trying to make thngs happen with an aging rotation. Speaking of, though, the pitching has been relatively fine (6th in the AL in runs allowed, based on a 7th best rotation ERA (3.92) and the 3rd best bullpen ERA (2.62)) and it's really the offense that's holding them back right now (9th in runs scored thanks to a league-worst .236 BA). Rotation: 3 of the 5 guys in the rotation are 32 or older. It's not really what you'd expect from a team that just lost 98 games last year. I do have youngster TJ Ziegler (4-6, 3.36) in there, so there's that! I'm going to go ahead and move 138 game winner Carlos Villalpando (5-8, 6.09) out of the rotation. He won't be happy about that but, well, he's 35 and it sure looks like he's washed to me. 26 year old John Colon (1-3, 7.00) takes his place; he's been bad as a starter and awful in long relief so maybe he'll do better with a little more time. Bullpen: The bullpen is dominated by stopper Montay Luiso (4-3, 0.83, 17 Sv), who is being used early and often and so far has been having a dominant season to rival his 1964, when he went 11-4 with a 1.14 ERA and a league-leading 34 saves. The rest of the 'pen is also looking pretty OK (outside of long relief of course). In the second half, look to the O's to drop games off on these guys even more than in the first half. Infield: C Robert Keith (.192, 0, 10) looks like he's got the same inability to hit that saw him lose his job with the Dodgers despite winning the Gold Glove. He's still far and away the best defensive catcher they have and I kind of want a guy like him to work with Ziegler and Colon in the rotation. Jon Hernandez (.270, 9, 40) is still there and might even make the All-Star game as a "catcher" even though he's now played more games at first base this year. Outfield: I gave the temporary CF job to Mario Baca (.289, 3, 16) over Rich Kemm (.182, 1, 2) a few days ago. Baca is obviously outhitting Kemm but as of late he's even proven to have better range than the 37 year old. Baca at 32 is no spring chicken himself but he is only keeping the place warm for Bryant Tarala (.199, 11, 23). I do feel like long-term Tarala gets hurt too much to count on. RF Matt Nugent (.215, 6, 22) is in there right now pretty much only because of potential. Well, that and the fact that the O's don't really have vets who they can count on to be a clear upgrade. Mario Baca maybe? Nugent is still only 24, has 75 speed, and projects to be a good power hitter, so as long as he's not actively keeping the O's from treading water, I think I've got to keep giving him PAs. July 7: Pittsburgh has played a lot of games so far, 83 already (43-40, 4th NL East). They're not exactly in the NL East race but they're not exactly not in it either. This might be the most unbalanced team in the league, which is saying a lot given the existence of the Cubs and Braves. They've got the 2nd best pitching (2nd in runs allowed, the best starters' ERA with 3.10 and 8th in bullpen ERA with 3.98) and the 3rd worst offense (thanks a .247 BA (8th) and the fewest homers in the NL with 46). The glaring hole here is the power, which is somewhat explained by the park they play in - in the last season of Forbes the Pirates have just 18 HRs at home vs 26 on the road. They also just plain don't have a power hitter on this team. Until they get one I think middle of the pack is the best they can hope for. Rotation: Outside of #4 starter Carlos Torres (5-2, 2.61), the entire Pirates rotation is 30 or younger (Torres is the old man of the rotation at 32). They're also for the most part pitching well, with the possible exception of DJ Cheeves (4-10, 3.91, but I say "possible" because he's still got an 89/48 K/W ratio). I just don't see a need or a want to mess around here. I did look at switching out/back to a 4-man rotation but Pittsburgh's got a pretty steady run of games (excluding the All-Star Break of course) for the next few weeks so I'd just be swapping in spot starters a lot. Bullpen: Outside of Paz Lemus (4-2, 2,10, 9 Sv) it's kind of a mess. Dustin Kessler (1-2, 6.89) has gotten blown up a lot but he's somehow got an 18/1 K/W ratio so, in spite of the markups I think he's actually still pretty good. He was also the Yankees' stopper as recently as 1967 and really good in that role. The other two guys in there right now are just kind of vaguely "meh" and at least young; as long as Lemus continues to get all the high-leverage innings, this seems fine. Infield: I've begun mixing 25 year old Ian Swerdlove (.200, 1, 4) in against right-handers at first base, mostly to make sure that the aging Abilio Valdivia (.292, 6, 23) remains healthy. If Swerdlove hit well enough to open up a battle at the position, that would be fantastic; however, he has shown little sign of doing so as of yet. I am really not big on the second base situation. Arturo Martinez (.191, 0, 14) looked like a solid enough choice to replace Henry Villar (.400, 0, 4) when he went down with a nasty concussion in April but he just plain has not been cutting it. At the same time, he is contributing to a league-best defense (with a +24.1 ZR; no, they didn't have this data back then but they were a lot more able to eye-test stuff than I can so I'll call that a draw). His backup Tyler Cohen (.130, 0, 4) seems to have completely forgotten how to hit, however. I feel like I've got virtually no choice but to cut Cohen and call up 1966 6th round pick Sergio Cando (.248, 1, 26) to work out a platoon with Martinez for the time being. At third, 37 year old Roberto Prieto (.227, 7, 38) is not hitting well but a. he's still coming in in the clutch (no, it's not a thing but LET ME HAVE MY MYTHOLOGY) and b. the man did hit .280 last year. I'm spelling him with Andrew Kennard (.212, 0, 3) right now but if the Pirates are out of the race in a month or two I'll probably bring up a prospect to try out here. Outfield: Of the three guys, defensive-minded CF Justin Hearl (.232, 0, 5) has to be on the shortest leash but I like the effect he's having on the Pirates' defense so he stays. July 10: I admit, as a lifelong Mariners fan I have a visceral dislike for the California Angels. I say this just to note that I am not blowing them apart on purpose. They're actually not doing all that bad (43-40, 3rd AL West); it's just... the league's biggest 2-way guy was on this team in Paul Kahl (6-7, 3.96) and when I turned off 2-wayness that turned him into a somewhat rickety pitch-to-contact guy who will probably win the Silver Slugger for pitchers but otherwise is unremarkable. Also, the team had two budding stars on the roster last year and circumstances got one of them traded to Washington and the other is barely playing. I'll try and rectify that. Anyhoo... the Angels are doing what they're doing with a good offensive attack (3rd in runs scored, 2nd in average with a .272) and average-ish pitching (8th in runs allowed off of an 8th best starters' ERA (3.95) and a 3.36 bullpen ERA that ranks 6th). At that, a lot of the "pitching" is really defense, as they've got a couple of defensive wizards in the lineup who are stealing hits and runs away while the pitchers, well, get guys to hit the ball into the field (338 Ks so far is dead last in the AL). Rotation: Paul Kahl has 20 Ks in 116 innings so far and I am sorely tempted to go in and edit his ratings because Jesus, that's bad. I won't... for now. I also won't pull him from the rotation because he's getting results. That's better than Dustin Beaulieu (6-10, 4.46), who has a 55/42 K/W ratio in 113 innings himself. I'm reticent to pull guys from the rotation in general because they aren't, like, terrible out there and the team is still within a whiff of contention. One thing I will do is switch out to a 5-man; we'd been running a 4-man rotation with Jordan Irons out but he's ready to go tomorrow. In doing so, I demoted youngster Ken Hansen (0-1, 4.50) to long relief and called up veteran Rob Mournier (10-3, 2.68 at AAA Hawaii) to fill out the 5th position. Mournier pitched for the Mets and Reds last year and frankly looked like he was washed, but that's an awfully good first half so perhaps the 34-year-old has something left in the tank after all. Bullpen: There are too many arms on the roster right now so I needed to send down Scott Richey (0-1, 2.79). Don't let the ERA fool you; Richey has allowed 16 walks in 19.1 innings, so that looks like leaving a lot of men on base to me. Otherwise, the most volatile member of the bullpen is stopper Bubba Touchton (3-2, 3.83, 3 Sv) but I'm not going to do anything with him, I don't think, until at least the dog days of summer. Infield: This time last year, C Mike Perez (.191, 9, 29) was preparing for his first All-Star Game. Now, he's coming off a month where he hit just .164 and... well, I'd say his job is in jeopardy but I'd be lying. At the very least, the Angels will need to look for an upgrade in the offseason. Perez does have a good amount of pop in his bat and is pretty good at handling pitchers but they've got plenty of AAAA catchers who can hit .191. Mauricio Mendez (.281, 2, 10) was the second of the two breakout players from last season but I'd been using Chance Hopka (.225, 1, 20), who roams the field like the World Series champion level shortstop that he was. The problem is, he also hits like a good fielding shortstop. Mendez lacks range at second and sometimes forces errors by trying to do too much, but he at least can carry the position with his bat. Frankly, it's already too far into the season to keep him out of the lineup. Outfield: 1969 13th overall pick Josh Pierce (.294, 7, 32 at AAA Hawaii) has been flying through the minors and deserves a regular job. The obvious choice to put him is right field, where he displaces John Berry (.250, 1, 10) in the short term and Chris Tyree (.339, 3, 28) in the longer term. Tyree was off to a career year and is only 3 years older than Pierce at 26 but he's out indefinitely with a hamstring strain and time waits for no man. In fact, Pierce will make his debut today, pushing Norm Hodge (.253, 5, 25) out of the leadoff spot.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Cleveland Indians 54 36 .600 - New York Yankees 52 39 .571 2.5 Boston Red Sox 47 42 .528 6.5 Baltimore Orioles 47 45 .511 8.0 Washington Senators 43 49 .467 12.0 Detroit Tigers 40 50 .444 14.0 West W L PCT GB Minnesota Twins 54 39 .581 - Oakland Athletics 46 40 .535 4.5 California Angels 47 44 .516 6.0 Chicago White Sox 45 49 .479 9.5 Kansas City Royals 35 55 .389 17.5 Milwaukee Brewers 35 57 .380 18.5 NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Chicago Cubs 53 36 .596 - Philadelphia 49 41 .544 4.5 New York Mets 49 42 .538 5.0 Pittsburgh 50 43 .538 5.0 St. Louis 38 52 .422 15.5 Montreal Expos 33 59 .359 21.5 West W L PCT GB Houston Astros 57 35 .620 - Cincinnati Reds 53 39 .576 4.0 San Francisco 51 38 .573 4.5 Atlanta Braves 41 49 .456 15.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 36 55 .396 20.5 San Diego Padres 37 58 .389 21.5 ------------------------ July 14: The Cardinals trade RF Matt Wilson (.291, 0, 4) to the Red Sox as part of a conditional deal. This trade was originally for a little-used middle reliever named Chuck Hartenstein but to be honest this one makes a lot more sense for both sides. Wilson wants out of St. Louis, the Red Sox need someone to bolster their fading lineup. Wilson had 6 HRs in 132 at-bats last year and figures to replace Josh Teague (.238, 10, 33) in left field. July 14: The Senators purchase 1B/OF John Fath (.270, 3, 13) from the Brewers for $5,000. This semi-violates my Brewers rule of "trade away all Pilots" but a. we're starting to run short on actual Pilots and b. Fath fits better. Fath was having an angry on regarding his lack of playing time for the expansion club and was probably days away from demanding a trade. With Washington he'll get his share of starts in left as the Sens look to replacing 33 year old Sebastiano Veneziano (.226, 7, 46). Fath is only a year younger but Veneziano has lost almost 80 points off his average and even when he's hitting well it's a pretty empty average. July 15: The Padres acquire SP Jason Gilmer (4-8, 4.01) from the Tigers for $2,000. This was about the Tigers shedding that salary ($78,759) as much as anything else. The real-life version of this move was 35 year old Earl Wilson; Gilmore is 7 years younger but his ERA has climbed each of the last 2 years and is now well into "meh" territory. July 17: The Angels purchased RHP Andy Ring (3-8, 5.48) from the Dodgers for $10,000. IRL this move was much, much smaller - it was for a guy named John Purdin, a middle reliever whose major league career ended in 1969 with LA. Ring won the NL Cy Young Award in 1967, is a 4 time All-Star, and is still only 30 years old. However, these are two teams in very different situations compared to real life. Ring has also been just plain awful this year, although by his peripherals he looks like he's around where he was last year when he was roughly league average. Nevertheless, the Dodgers had gone so far as to demote Ring to the bullpen and really had no use for him whereas for the Angels this is a decent gamble. News ----------------------- July 13: SS Paul McCartney, one week into his baseball career, was named to the All-Star Prospects Game for the American League. Also, Ringo is on the NL team as a starting pitcher. Wait, not just that - Richard Starkey is the NL starter, with McCartney flipping over to second to start. Clout chasing smh... July 13: Also, I don't want the other two members of the Fab Four to slip through the cracks so... hey, look at that! C John Lennon just signed with the New York Yankees, citing a desire to remain close to his family. Terms were not disclosed. Also, SS George Harrison signed with San Francisco, citing their strong "hippie" culture and the "free availability of spirituality", whatever that means. July 13: Pirates RF Brian Jackson (.322, 1, 55) has been leading that surging Pittsburgh attack and for his efforts he won the NL Player of the Week. Jackson went 14 for 23 (.609) with 9 RBIs; no homeruns, but that's not really a part of Jackson's game. This was Jackson's first POTY and it helps to ease some of the pain of being snubbed from the All-Star Game. July 13: On the American side of the ledger, Cleveland LF Alonzo Huanosta (.349, 10, 49) took home the POTY thanks to a week where he went 15 for 31 with a couple of dingers. For Huanosta this was his 4th such award and unlike Jackson he will be representing his team tomorrow. July 13: The NL Future Stars walloped the AL Future stars 14-7 thanks in large part to the AL trotting out poor Ramon Pineda (2-1, 2.22 for AA Savannah this year) for 3 innings at the end of the game. Ringo pitched a scoreless first inning, although he did allow 3 hits. McCartney went 1 for 2 with an RBI before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 5th. July 14: The Cardinals appear to be coming apart at the seams a bit. Today Matt Wilson (.291, 0, 4), a part-time starter for the World Series teams in '66 and '67 who got hurt all of last year and found himself without a job in 1970, has officially requested a trade. Here at least I can't blame the guy. He probably does still have something left in the tank but he wasn't going to get PT over Casey Satterfield (.265, 11, 40), who is younger than he is by 10 years and has a much better shot at being a member of the next good Cardinals team. As it happens, the Cards actually do have a trade in the works today so see above... July 14: The NL All-Stars picked up where their prospects left off yesterday, blowing up the AL in a 7-4 victory. I think the game randomly selects the park and it just so happened to be in Forbes Field. This is the last year of Forbes (I think IRL the stadium opened in a few days) so it's a somewhat bittersweet victory. Anyway, true to Forbes form, the senior circuit got their 7 runs on 11 hits. Speaking of "true to form", the loss was pegged on Twins closer Pete Lynn (4-3, 3.38), who will probably have to sit out a game or two once the regular season commences because he threw 51 pitches in 2.1 innings. Speaking of, the NL winner was Pirates(!) closer Paz Lemus (4-3, 1.91, 11 Sv), who pitched the last 4(!) innings in relief here. Orioles 1B/C Jon Hernandez (.262, 9, 41) won the game MVP by hitting a 2-run single and walking twice. July 16: In fact, today was the day when Three Rivers Stadium opened IRL. That would have been kind of cool if the literal last game played in Forbes was the All-Star Game. It's not really the case here, as both Trois Rivieres and the Vet will open in 1971 but... kind of, I guess? July 16: Houston edged out the Cubs 6-5 to open a 4-game series that is possibly an NLCS preview. 1B Justin Richens (.292, 13, 62) belted a 2-run HR in the 7th off of Cubs ace Bill Lucas (8-8, 3.92) while they were down 5-4. It was a fine piece of clutch hitting, exactly the variety that we've come to expect out of Richens. "Not gonna lie, I tried to hit it towards my rooting section in left," said Richens after the game, "but I just didn't turn around on Luke's heater fast enough and it went into center field instead." That's the center field in the Astrodome, which is 406 feet away but plays like it's 500. July 17: The Orioles' already dim playoff hopes just got a lot dimmer, as Hector Giron (10-5 2.75) left the mound with pain in his elbow in the second inning of today's game against the Athletics. Team doctors immediately recognized it as bone spurs and advised that Giron will likely not be back until September. July 18: In the UK, Edward Heath leads the Conservative party to a surprise victory over Labour, who was expected to win. Harold Wilson was the old PM and of course he keeps his seat because of the way they do things over there but Heath will be taking over as PM. This election also appears to be the most extreme 2-party Parliamentary election in the UK until the Lib Dems sold themselves out and basically blew themselves up for the 2017 election. Speaking of the Lib Dems, half of that group was the third party here: the old school Liberals, who saw their seat count reduced from 12 to 6. July 19: Welp, the Red Sox' season just took another turn for the worse. C Jeremy Dolak (.305, 3, 32), still spiritually sore after the All-Star snub job, is now physically sore for the next six weeks. That was an awkward turn of phrase. Anyway, he's out of the lineup with knee tendinitis. July 19: Expos OF Matt Williams (.281, 4, 13) got far worse news today, as the knee injury he incurred yesterday after getting hit by a pitch turned out to be a broken kneecap that's going to take him out for the rest of the year and into rehab throughout much of the offseason. This is as good a time as any to bring back Ben Aldridge (.176, 0, 2 in 17 at-bats), who hasn't exactly been raking in AAA (.255, 5, 25, although a .373 OBP) but is just about the closest thing this young club has to a prospect. July 19: Phillies C Lee Citro (.238, 2, 7), who started the last two seasons with St. Louis before coming over to Philly in a blockbuster trade, has asked to be moved once again. He'd just straight up lost his job to Sam Rahn (.298, 5, 18) and seems to think that he deserves a regular slot in the lineup on account of his being a "starting caliber player", whatever that means. I need him too much to cut him, as the Phillies are in the NL East race, if only just barely, but I've made a note of those demands. July 19: How are the Beatles doing? Well, let me tell you... - Richard Starkey has already earned a promotion to the short-season A Walla Walla Phillies (yes, it's a real city and not just a Bugs Bunny meme), where he's had 1 start and gave up 4 earned runs in 9 innings. - Paul McCartney looks like a guy who badly needs to be promoted, hitting .578 (26 for 45) through 12 games at Columbia. - John Lennon isn't doing quite so well, with 3 hits in 18 at-bats so far in rookie-ball Queens (note: rookie ball here started as the "reserve minors" and I've got them set as a small town/city close to the major league team. Do not look here for historical accuracy!). - George Harris has got his mind set on Vallejo, hitting .480 (12 for 25) to open his baseball career. July 19: The Yankees wrapped up a brutal stretch of games in fine fashion, coming back in the 9th to win both halves of a double-header against the Angels, 5-4 and 2-1. This was their 6th game in 4 days and even with a 5 man rotation I had to call up a guy - Manny Carbajal (1-0, 1.20) - to pitch the second game in a spot start situation. He in fact pitched well enough that I think he needs to replace Dan Ballard (3-8, 5.02) as the 5th starter. The Yanks got to Paul Kahl (6-8, 3.96) in the first game with a game-winning 2-run double by 1B Alex Cardenas (.321, 19, 57). In the second game Dustin Beaulieu (6-11, 4.51) looked practically unhittable for 8, then faltered in the 9th and gave the ball up to reliever Tanzan Kihara (1-0, 2.48, 1 Sv), who uncharacteristically walked the bases loaded and then gave up a single to CF and leadoff hitter Micah MacMillan (.266, 5, 32). The two teams wrap up their 4 game series tomorrow. July 19 (EOD): and for les rankeurs le poweur: 1st (2nd) Houston 117 + 57-35 2nd (1st) Cleveland 111 - 54-36 3rd (3rd) Chicago (N) 108 o 53-36 4th (12th) New York (A) 107 ++ 52-39 5th (5th) San Francisco 104 o 51-38 Huge, huge week by the Yankees, who won 5 of 6 games out of the break. They are as you'd expect the biggest mover-upper in the league, although they were unable to make much of a move on Cleveland, who was not bad themselves. The biggest loser was Baltimore, who fell from 9th to 14th. They were overachieving a bit last week anyway... And for the bottom five: 20th (23rd) Los Angeles 74 ++ 36-55 21st (19th) Kansas City 71 - 35-55 22nd (24th) Montreal 71 + 33-59 23rd (20th) Milwaukee 65 -- 35-57 24th (22nd) San Diego 62 - 37-58 And hey, there's Kansas City, officially rejoining the cellar after a week off (St. Louis only improved to 19th). Montreal actually went 4-0 out of the break, although 2 of those games were against the Padres so you can imagine why they didn't get such a big boost in the rankings. Teams In Review ----------------- July 16: Welp, it's time to look at the Boston Red Sox, who have just kind of fallen apart over the past 3 weeks. At its heart this is a team built around pitching and defense but with enough offense to get ahead. This season they've been really blitzed by injuries to the pitching staff, which has left it merely OK (5th in runs allowed, 4th in both starters' and bullpen ERAs (3.64 and 2.80)). But that's not really all the story: the hitting aside from Mike Miller (.294, 15, 50) hasn't come around either (7th in runs scored). I've already engineered one trade to help rectify things but will that be enough? Rotation: The best news here is that everyone who is coming back is back. Franklin Davila (4-6, 5.00) may be back around mid-September but he probably wasn't going to be a rotational guy anyway. But overall, given the freefall and given that the Bosox, unlike a lot of teams, have a relatively free schedule coming up, I'm dropping them down to a 4-man rotation, which means Chris Messina (4-4, 3.35), who's been sliding in and out of the rotation all season, is out for now. Bullpen: Things also look pretty OK for the guys who are in there right now too. Matt Brock (3-2, 3.33, 13 Sv) seems a bit volatile this year, with 5 HR in 46 IPs, but he has a good track record and I'm not pulling him because he's only above average this year instead of being the shutdown guy he was from 1966-69. I think overall no change is good change here. They all might see more action with the shorter rotation. Infield: One big change I can affect is to drop Edwin Madriles (.370, 1, 2) in at third base over Mauro Magoni (.250, 5, 31). Magoni changed some habits and seemed to want to hit everything out of the park last year and lost almost 60 points in his BA from 1968 (.235 vs. .293). He's gone back to hitting with the pitch more but the results have been less than great. Madriles meanwhile is a better fielder but looks like he can be around a league-average hitter at the position, which at this point would be an upgrade. Outfield: I'm dropping Matt Wilson right in to at least be the platoon starter in left. The last time he saw significant action was 1968, when he hit .288 with 4 HRs and 48 RBIs in 354 innings. That's a lot less power than the man he's replacing in Josh Teague (.238, 10, 33) but Teague was straight up not coming through in the clutch - those 33 RBIs came hitting in the heart of the order - and Wilson does have that championship experience. If things truly fall apart this year the Sox have Sergio Sicre (.340, 1, 7 at Louisville) sitting in the minors waiting for a second chance (he was the guy the Royals tried out in left in April and May before giving up on his glove). In center, Ryan Johnston (.221, 3, 8) missed time this year and opened the way for 23 year old Jon Glynn (.266, 4, 22) to take over. It's not just that Johnston isn't hitting lefties, like, at all (1-23 on the season against southpaws), it's that he's also not close to Glynn's level as a fielder. Which, Glynn isn't a Gold Glover himself but Johnston has never really had the range to cover the position. I don't really need to say anything about right because Jun Kim (.256, 13, 38) has done a fine job holding the fort. In fact, with Teague now out of the lineup the Red Sox will look to him to provide leadership and clutch hitting from the cleanup spot. July 17: The Oakland A's have come down to earth in July after wowing everyone with an inexplicably torrid start to the season. They're now 4-9 for the month and have fallen to 43-40 overall, which, I have to say, is still really, really good for a team that lost 106 and 112 games the past two seasons. It's concerning that their offensive attack, which is built largely on the bats of 42 year old David Decker (.285, 13, 55) and 37 year old Matthew Levario (.262, 15, 40), is still only 7th best in the AL, but why quibble? This is still a Cinderellla season. The pitching is also pretty average - 6th in runs allowed, based on 6th best ERAs both in the rotation (3.81) and bullen (3.38). Rotation: Mike Harris (11-4, 3.04 at AAA Iowa) is the team's #2 prospect at starting pitcher and #3 overall. He looks like he's got nothing left to prove and so he'll get some starts in the second half of the season. He's a lefty and this means that the entire back half of the rotation are now southpaws but there are worse problems to have. Otherwise, the rotation, frankly, looks a lot like the rotation you'd see out of a 100 loss rotation except that somehow they're getting results. The staff "ace" is Rick Shelton, who was 10-14 with the Pilots last year as a 28 year old rookie. The only thing keeping me from overhauling it is the relative success of the operation. Bullpen: Danny Weickert (2-2, 4.78) is 36 and hasn't been that good as the team's lefty specialist so he gone. Otherwise, the bullpen is fine I guess. They appear to have traded Freddie Uscanga (5-3, 3.20, 10 Sv) just in time, as he's looking pretty volatile in Chicago right now. But enough about that! The bullpen is... fine. I guess the weakest link now that Weickert is out the door is RH Ryan "Love Story" O'Neal (5-5, 4.40), who was the guy kicked out of the rotation to make room for Harris. At 29, he's a longtime A's starter from when they were in KC who looks like he might have lost his stuff after tearing his rotator cuff in 1968. Unlike Jennifer's mysterious illness in that movie, I think we all know what "torn rotator cuff" means... Infield: Third baseman Chase Jones (.205, 9, 45) was supposed to replace "Mister Athletic" Ryan Colvin this year but it hasn't really gone as planned. Those were some big shoes to fill and although he'd never admit it, perhaps the pressure has been getting to the former Houston Astro. Dude's also only 27 though and I've got zero reasons to cut into his playing time... I mean, outside of how July (.184) is his worst month yet. Nope. Not going to talk myself into it. It's hard to know exactly what to do with this team... I'm very, very unimpressed with how Gil Wilson (.234, 3, 18) and 1969 All-Star representative for the A's Kellen Owen (.333, 1, 11 but 11 errors in 21 starts for a .904 FA there) have played at shorstop. Do I bring up prospect Matt Evenson (.267, 0, 22 at AAA Iowa), who I've been force-starting at shortstop all year and who now looks like he'd be adequate there? I think I do. I guess there's a chance that this could deep-six the A's season if he comes up and hits like .140 but I don't think that's going to happen. To quote Jon Bois, who got fired for saying this 117 times in a broadcast, I guess you never know... Outfield: Honestly, these three slots are as good as anything in the AL. No changes needed here. July 18: It feels early to take another look at the New York Mets (48-40, 3rd, NL East) but here we are. They're just 7-8 in July and have lost their first 2 games after the break to the Dodgers of all teams to drop a half game in back of the Phillies. The Phillies! I think I've mostly noticed the pitching woes but truth be told the pitching is fine (3rd in runs allowed and both starters and bullpen ERA (3.50 and 3.57)), if not outstanding this year. The hitting on the other hand is merely average (7th in runs scored) and the lineup is very up and down. Rotation: With the sale of Julio Sandoval the Mets' rotation is fine. I'm going to try to run a 4 man, knowing that they're going to need some spot starts in there (although to be fair NY has a couple games off in July, which means they probably have right around the lightest schedule in the senior circuit), but mostly they need to make up ground. Bullpen: Geoff Saus (3-1, 4.02, 18 Sv) has been really volatile this year but a. it's only half a season and b. the guy is still striking out as many guys as ever and it mostly looks like he's been very hit-unlucky. I'm leaving him in as the stopper. One guy who's not being left in though is Mark Gorey (0-1, 9.00), who the Mets tried as a lefty specialist but who's been pretty horrible. He's 29 and not really a guy they have any investment in at this point so he's been released. I'm going to try Vinny Chavez (1-2, 5.23) out in his place. Chavez was up earlier in the year to fill in the rotation and was pretty bad but he's really shined as a closer since then. Infield: Nick Warren (.229, 4, 31) has been nothing but subpar since coming over from Montreal in the middle of last season. Last year the Mets were able to overcome his lack of hitting; this year, not so much. For now I'm dropping Bob Baldwin (.333, 0, 5) into that slot. Baldwin was the Royals' starting 3B last season and is 35, so I don't expect a lot of defense, but the man should at least top a .300 OBP. I don't see any easy answers at shortstop. Brian Wilcox (.228, 4, 14) is out for the season with a torn meniscus in his knee and the best thing I can say about Lorenzo Ortega (.216, 2, 9) is that he's young (24) and can field OK. He's a classic good-field, no-hit guy but his backup Robert Williams (.233, 1, 9) has dropped off the ledge of ability and just straight up doesn't have the range to play there regularly. Outfield: The Mets have nothing in their farm system that looks like it's close to ready to go and this is really, really hurting the team right now. I've already replaced Edgar Arriaga (.221, 8, 27) in the lineup with longtime Mets pinch-hitting specialist Mario Diaz (.432, 1, 10). Arriaga was one of the feel-good stories of the year in 1969 but in retrospect asking a 33 year old with 99 career major league at-bats prior to '69 to repeat that fluke performance was asking a bit much. I'm standing pat with LF Jimmy Washington (.242, 7, 56) in part because he's always hit a lot better than this and in part because there is just plain nothing in this organization to replace him. The cupboard is bare. Anyway, Washington if nothing else is still hitting well in the clutch and is somehow, in spite of the bad season, on pace to cross the century mark in RBIs this year. July 19: Kind of surprised that it's been so long in between looks but the Philadelphia Phillies are pretty good this year. I guess they did win the World Series in recent memory but at that it was 1966 - 4 years ago now - and at that they somehow snuck home with a pennant with just 91 wins. They could actually be a 91 win team this year but even in the smaller East Division I doubt 91 wins will be enough. Anyway, their success resides on above average hitting (5th in runs scored) and pitching (6th in runs allowed). Yeah, they are outplaying their record by a little but it's nothing massive (+2 over their Pythag). One place where that often shows up is in a good bullpen but so far Philadelphia actually has a better starters' ERA than relievers' ERA. Rotation: There have been a couple of weaker spots in the rotation but one huge strength of this team is that the starting 5 is very, very young. The oldest man in there is 27 year old Marius Gaddi (14-2, 2.38), who is also having a Cy Young quality season. I'm not keen on Roger Quintana (7-7, 4.02) and especially his tendency to blow us (16 HRs allowed in 116.1 IP) but he's only 22 and I think giving him regular starts is more about his future than his present. The back end are guys who weren't very good last season but throw heat. I think I like where all that is headed. Bullpen: The pen has a couple of guys who've really scuffled but here I refuse to believe they're just plain bad because both of those players - Luis de la Cruz (3-5, 5.36, 5 Sv) and Omar Sanchez (6-3, 4.71, 4 Sv) have been the bullpen stopper in the recent past. I guess of the two I'm a bit more skepticl of de la Cruz given that he's one of two pitchers on the roster on the wrong side of 30 (he's 32) and his K rate (3.2 per 9) is down significantly from last season (5.0). That said, I think there's one name I'm going to drop, and that's Josh Entwhistle (0-5, 5.02). Entwhistle won the Cy Young in 1961... somehow (he was 10-6 with a 3.01 ERA in what looks like a spot starter/long reliever role... surely there were better candidates?) but even if you weant to pretend that was earned, that was a decade ago now and he just hasn't been any good this year. Instead, the Phillies will call up Orlando Flores (0-2, 4.81), who was on a rehab assignment. Flores has also been kind of bad this year but the's the bad the Phils know. Infield: Alex Beccera (.238, 15, 41) has been an absolute butcher with the glove at third base, with a .891 fielding average and 19 errors allowed on the season. He's never been this bad before; his career high in errors previously was 22 for all of 1968. He does look like he's lost a step range-wise and has been trying to make up for that by relying too heavily on his cannon arm. That said, I just don't see a good replacement for him, at least not yet. His ML backup is Pedro Arellano (.218, 3, 13), who lacks Becerra's power and is even worse in the field, and the closest prospect they have, 25 year old Joel King (.265, 5, 53 at AAA Eugene) is also a much inferior hitter and evinces the same error proneness that Arellano does (16 errors, .938 FA). So... those are a lot of words for "I guess I have to stay with the butcher". Outfield: Not much to do here except that I see that at some point, probably due to injuries, I put AAAA outfielder Bobby Corley (.125, 0, 0) as the regular RF vs. LHP. I think I'll stick with that for the time being, as Corley did hit well in AAA so far (.283, 7, 30) and the incumbent Andrew Powell (.295, 1, 33) is a one-dimensional hitter who loses that one dimension against left-handers.
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(note: I switched out to 23 on around July 22, so if EVERYTHING BREAKS FROM THERE you will understand why)
Standings --------------- For now I've been using the detailed bits only in the team reviews. I figured out to convert tabs to 4 spaces so there should be less weirdness in the code-tagged areas as well... Code:
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Cleveland Indians 59 40 .596 - New York Yankees 55 42 .567 3.0 Boston Red Sox 53 44 .546 5.0 Baltimore Orioles 48 51 .485 11.0 Washington Senators 45 53 .459 13.5 Detroit Tigers 42 56 .429 16.5 West W L PCT GB Minnesota Twins 58 41 .586 - Oakland Athletics 52 41 .559 3.0 California Angels 50 49 .505 8.0 Chicago White Sox 50 52 .490 9.5 Kansas City Royals 40 59 .404 18.0 Milwaukee Brewers 37 61 .378 20.5 NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Chicago Cubs 56 42 .571 - Philadelphia Phillies 52 44 .542 3.0 Pittsburgh Pirates 53 47 .530 4.0 New York Mets 50 47 .515 5.5 St. Louis Cardinals 41 57 .418 15.0 Montreal Expos 36 63 .364 20.5 West W L PCT GB Houston Astros 61 38 .616 - San Francisco Giants 56 40 .583 3.5 Cincinnati Reds 58 42 .580 3.5 Atlanta Braves 47 52 .475 14.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 41 56 .423 19.0 San Diego Padres 39 62 .386 23.0 ---------------------- Code:
1st (9th) Oakland 115 ++ 52-41 .559 .264 3.52 50-43 2 2nd (1st) Houston 112 - 61-38 .616 .267 3.77 57-42 4 3rd (5th) San Francisco 109 + 56-40 .583 .268 3.17 57-39 -1 4th (6th) Minnesota 108 + 58-41 .586 .256 3.50 57-42 1 5th (2nd) Cleveland 106 -- 59-40 .596 .288 3.33 60-39 -1 All of the races have the #2 team 3 or 3.5 games out, now that I look at things. The Indians feel further ahead but that's mainly because they started slow and have been gangbusters since May. Also Houston for the opposite reason: they've been on fire all year long and have the best overall record in all of baseball. Had the Giants not moved out of New York, they'd be a division leader as well (and who would be in the West in their place? St. Louis? And break up the Chicago/St. Louis rivalry? Perhaps there'd be an expansion team in San Fran). The bottom feeders / expansion teams: Code:
20th (18th) Detroit 74 - 42-56 .429 .256 3.96 44-54 -2 21st (14th) Baltimore 73 -- 48-51 .485 .232 3.54 48-51 0 22nd (22nd) Montreal 65 o 36-63 .364 .245 4.78 34-65 2 23rd (24th) San Diego 64 + 39-62 .386 .235 4.32 44-57 -5 24th (23rd) Milwaukee 62 - 37-61 .378 .248 4.60 35-63 2 Major Transactions ------------------------ July 20: The Yankees trade LHP Dan Ballard (3-8, 5.02) to the Giants for LHP Roy Holm (7-10, 3.77). This is a trade of two pitchers who are underachieving for their teams; Ballard's been so bad that he was kicked out of the rotation, but he seems to still have decent peripherals (6.1 K/9, 3.8 BB/9). Holm is the pre-eminent strikeout artist in the senior circuit, having led the league in Ks in 3 of the past 5 years, but has been a test case for how far stuff and stuff alone can take you. He's 147-161 in his career with a career ERA of 3.65 that is pretty much exactly league-average. The Yanks hope that his propensity for the longball - his 314 HRs allowed is the 4th highest of all time - will be negated in their spacious home park. For the Giants, if Ballard can return this his 1968 form - 14-11, 2.65 ERA - they think that could be enough to push them past the Astros. News ----------------------- July 20: Yankees C Khalil Tabb (.272, 4, 40) took over catching duties this year and today was awarded his very first AL PotW award. Tabb had 11 hits in 19 at-bats, good for a .579 average, with 1 HR and 5 RBIs. July 20: The Montreal Expos are having a very bad season but here's one little bright light: 3B Adam Owens (.277, 14, 33) won the NL PotW with 8 hits in 16 at-bats, 3 HRs, and 6 RBIs. This is also his first such award. July 20: Since I have the Fab Four on a shortlist, OOTP wanted to let me know that George Harrison (.429, 5, 12 at Vallejo) won the Player of the Week award for his league, the NL Rookies. He's off to a good start... July 21: I upgraded the league mid-save to 23. Yes, not a great idea. I'm going to do it anyway! One thing I noticed is that the game now takes flyball rates into account when figuring out Movement, so that means that players like Roy Holm, who's super HR prone but also gets a ton of GB outs, will now only be sort of HR happy instead of HR insane. July 21: The updated season gets off to one horrific start for the Red Sox and Michael Pesco (5-2, 2.38), as the word has come in that he tore his flexor tendon in his elbow and will be out until spring training of next season. I feel like the Bosox really needed Pesco to have any real chance of catching the Indians and Yankees, so this I guess is it. This seems like a good a point as any to call up Japanese prospect Kojiro Nakazawa (11-5, 2.95 in AAA), who's been striking out more than a batter an inning at Louisville. July 21: Speaking of injury prone guys, Orioles CF Bryant Tarala (.196, 11, 23) had his injury status degraded to the dreaded "Unknown". He's already on the DL and ready to be forgotten about. Tarala's a guy who at 28 years of age really needs playing time to figure out how to not strike out so much. It's looking more and more like he's just not going to get that kind of time, which, I guess to be fair he's still a 5-time All Star in spite of that low, low average (he is a career .221 hitter). July 22: And in even more injury-prone-guy news, Cubs SP Mike Wilbers (3-3, 3.26), who'd already missed some time earlier this season with a partially torn labrum, appears to have re-torn it but something bad this time around. He'll miss the rest of the season and won't even be ready to start pitching against live opposition until some time during spring training of next year. July 23: A rare bit of good injury news for the Dodgers, as RP Mike Wilson (no record in 1970), who's been out since early March with a torn back muscle and had the dreaded "Unknown" injury length applied, received word from team doctors that he should be ready to pitch in around a week. Wilson was one of the team's better relievers last year, carrying a 2.31 ERA in 17 relief appearances and 2 starts, allowing just 3 walks in 35 IPs last year. July 23: In less great news, Padres SS Armando Troncoso (.243, 0, 4) was diagnosed with a broken hand that will cause him to miss the rest of the season. Maybe this is worse news for Troncoso, who had a less than clear path to a lot of playing time; at this point, the Pads can default to Akiho Fujimoto (.299, 1, 25) a guy who was signed by the Cardinals out of Japan last year but traded away for peanuts at the end of spring training. July 24: The Red Sox' Justin Kindberg (13-8, 2.47) squared off against Angelo Ramos (16-2, 2.58) today. I bring this up for two reasons: Ramos' 12 game winning streak was snapped here, and also, the two men entered the game with 11 shutouts between them (6 for Kindberg, 5 for Ramos). As you'd might expect, one of these guys picked up yet another one. Kindberg scattered 5 hits over 9 innings to pull this bad boy out and keep the Red Sox afloat in the East. July 24: Roy Holm's (7-11, 4.16) Yankees debut could have been better: he allowed 9 runs on 9 hits against the lowly Milwaukee Brewers before being pulled in the 5th. I am not going to lie: I make moves for the Yankees as if they were the Yankees - high priced stars join the team and they're going to be more willing to take on payroll than most - but when a deal like this blows up in their faces, it does not make me sad. Of course, this is literally just one outing... July 25: The Mets' chances of repeating are... I'd say they're on life support now that P Joe Beane (10-5, 2.56) has been laid up on the DL with elbow inflammation. He should be back some time around late August but, you know, the Mets need him right now... July 25: So, see below where I said that Jason Sanders (10-5, 2.61) is not only the ace of the Cubs' staff but arguably the only above-average pitcher... well. He's out until September with a strained elbow. With the Mets faltering and now 5 games back, Chicago at least doesn't have to worry about them. However, the Pirates (3 1/2 back) and Phillies (4 GB) are right there instead. It's going to be a crazy August in the NL East. July 25: Meanwhile, Reds SP Steve Waiters (18-1, 2.11) picked up his NL-leading 10th consecutive win with a 4 hit shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals in Riverfront Stadium. "To be honest," Waiters said after the game, "I was having problems getting my curve over, so I tried to get guys to put the ball in play instead". Waiters, who is striking out 8.8 batters per 9 innings, "only" had 6 Ks tonight but you wouldn't know it from the box score (I mean, except that's exactly where I'm getting this information). July 26: And so much for the Cubs being able to breathe a little sigh of relief with Victor Marin coming back next week. He's been downgraded to "Unknown", so he'll be back when he gets back, and the Cubs will have to make do with a roster full of AAAA guys in the meantime. July 26: Hey, catastrophic injuries can happen to hitters too. Indians 1B Ernesto Garcia (.213, 33, 79), the AL leader in homeruns and a guy who was just starting to get non-HR hits this month, will be out for the rest of the year and well into next year as well with a ruptured MCL. How does a guy that slow even notice when he ruptures his MCL? July 26: A little update on the Fab Four: - Ringo is all the way up in AA now but is struggling a little bit, with a 1-1 record, a 4.15 ERA, and 9 BB vs 6 K in 13 innings pitched there. Still, he's the only Beatle to make it that high in the minors so there's that. - John Lennon split his first week with the Yankees between Kingston in the Carolina League (.429, 0, 1) and Fort Lauderdale in the Florida State League (.182, 0, 0). Both clubs are A ball and the Yankees have a lot of A ball teams for some reason. - George Harrison similarly has been all over the minors now, having played at three levels already. He's currently in single-A Fresno, where he's 2-9 in 2 games. - It actually looks like none of the Fab Four are in the rookie league anymore, as Paul McCartney is up at Stockton in the California League, where he has 0 hits in 4 at bats but 2 walks. Incidentally, Fresno travels to Stockton for a 4 game mid-week series from August 10th to 13th. Mark your calendars! The two teams will wrap up their seasons in Stockton as well, so if Paul and George are still around that should really ring out the year in style. Teams In Review ----------------- July 20: The Cincinnati Reds have really just been okay since a really great April (15-7). Now they're 54-40 and despite being 2-4 out of the break I guess it's hard to really think of them as disappointing. They were after all 10 games under .500 last year and it's a little nice just to see them in the race in the West. Still, things can be done to improve them. The offense (3rd) is ahead of the defense (4th, although their bullpen ERA of 3.49 is 2nd). Actually, the pitching side has been powerful - 1st in Ks - but the fielding is only average (6th, although a couple teams in the NL are hoooooooooorrible so the cardinal number might not paint the whole picture). Rotation: The Reds have a long run of games coming up but they just played the only double-header in that long series of games played today. I think that signals that it's time to go to a 4-man and use Graham Panarello (2-1, 3.90) as a spot starter and long reliever. It was a little down to him and vet Joe Hagan (10-11, 4.74) as to who'd be relegated to the bullpen until Hagan threw a 7 hit shutout today to break a personal 6 game losing streak. Bullpen: Ricky Rosas (5-4, 3.08, 17 Sv) is only good where there are other electric stoppers in the league but he's the guy the Reds have. They'll look to lean on him a bit more in the second half, along with set-up man Greg Shrewsbury (3-2, 3.61, 3 Sv), especially if they stick with the short rotation. I'd call the weak man of the staff the lefty specialist Zach Hale (0-0, 5.11), who throws smoke (15.3 K/9!) but also gives up a lot of walks and dingers (7 and 4 respectively in 12.1 major league innings). The Reds would love to use him more but at 24 he seems not ready for prime time yet. Infield: The only real change I'm making in here is I'm flipping 1B Stephen Clark (.260, 9, 52) down to 6th in the order to try and take more advantage of RF Justin Jensen's (.207, 20, 46) power. Clark has led the league in hitting twice so is liable to break out at any time so we'll see how long this arrangement lasts... Outfield: I also don't really see a lot of opportunities for the outfield. The aforementioned Jensen is down 41 points in average from last year but he's also leading a team that, frankly, needs the power in HRs. Alternatively Junior Cannon (.271, 14, 49) isn't hitting like the next Babe Ruth like he was last year, and maybe walks too much to hit cleanup, but that's a better conversation to have if/when Jensen can get his average up to a reasonable amount. I don't really want to pull anyone here just straight-up out of the lineup. July 20: Trying out something new for the New York Yankees: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att New York Yankees 53 40 .570 L1 2½ 476 106 .265 27 3.55 0.9 2.4 6.1 .983 5.1 1,014,615 Rotation: The Yankees just pulled off a blockbuster deal with the Giants to bring starter Roy Holm (7-10, 3.77) into the fold. He's definitely a guy who the, um, baseball gods may have recently favored in terms of perhaps not allowing as many dingers as he may used to have. Also of course just playing in Yankee Stadium means that right-handers who try to go yard on him do so at their own peril... and I just noticed that it looks like the game re-did all the park factors I'd manually set up at the beginning of the year. Welp, better I discover this now than later on... ...and I'm back. It looks like it wasn't all of the stadia, just the ones that are still active in the modern era (it looks like the game replaced the 3D models for those with the built-in ones as well). Which, technically Yankee Stadium is inactive but that's the name the new stadium is using as well I guess. ANYWAY, Holm pushes Jake Powers (2-4, 5.48) out to the bullpen, which is probably a better place for the young right-hander anyway, at least for now. Bullpen: When I say league leading bullpen, it's really just Jesse Kelly (7-2, 1.87, 9 Sv). The rest has been really up and down but not so much that I feel the need to make big changes. I mean, this is still the pen that got them this far. Infield: I'd really rather have a better defensive catcher - all three of the current options are 40 overall - but I also don't think the team needs to switch horses midstream, so pass for now. I've already moved Pat Jones (.289, 2, 12) into the lefty half of a platoon at second with Wing-fung Yi (.202, 4, 34). Yi is only 25 and hit .302 last year but now is not the time to stick with a youngster and hope he can find his stroke, especially not when you have a guy on the roster like Jones, who has a career .270 BA and was a starter for the Chicago White Sox for 6 years. Yi is totally free to compete for the full-time job again in spring training, that is if the Yankees don't push Stover into that slot. At short. Ty Stover is getting too old for shortstop at 37 but that's also a problem for the future Yankees. For now, he's the best hitting shortstop in all of baseball and that makes up for his eroded range. Outfield: All the positions are pretty well set now that Frank Meneses (.280, 14, 49) has won his starting job back. The odd man out is clearly Ross Poynor (.205, 3, 11) but as with Yi a pennant chase in New York city is neither the time nor the place to use slumping youngsters. July 22: The Montreal Expos: Code:
Team Name W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Montreal Expos 34 60 .362 L1 20½ 352 94 .248 13 4.68 1.0 4.6 5.5 .978 -5.6 650,455 Rotation: Josh Young (6-9, 4.35) is the only person in the rotation older than 30 (Young is 35) but he's also the closest thing the staff has to an ace. He even has a sub-4.00 ERA with Montreal (3.90 since the trade from St. Louis)! Anyway, he's staying in. I'm not so sanguine on Mike Scott (2-3, 5.48) and with the presence of 22 year old DJ Fletcher (2-1, 2.56 at AAA Buffalo) in this organization, Scott seems surplus to team needs. I've stuck him in th bullpen. Bullpen: The true casualty of the above move was that Cole Pritchard (2-4, 6.08) was released. He's 33 and was awful this year so I don't see much in the way of redeeming qualities. The bullpen in general can be described as short on redeeming qualities. The best players in the minors though are all emergency replacement types (or they're far, far away from ML ready), so there's little reason to not stick with what's there, more or less. Infield: Brent Putnam (,172, 6, 18) appears to have left his bat in Chicago when he moved to Montreal in the off-season. I'm mixing Roberto Carranco in heavily now but I'm reticent to just give the gig away entirely because Putnam still handles pitchers well and has thrown out 52% of would-be basestealers so far. Outfield: I'd stuck Ben Aldridge (.130, 0, 3) in as the full-time RF with Matt Williams (.281, 13, 34) out for the season but... is he really that good? I'm switching this over to a platoon of him and Gabe Martinez (.265, 0, 11). Martinez doesn't have a lot of power, as you can see, but he has some extreme platoon splits (.115 vs. LHP, .331 vs RHP) and Montreal ought to take advantage of that. And it's not like Aldridge was exactly lighting up the minor leagues before this call-up (.255, 5, 25 at Buffalo, albeit with a lot of walks). June 22: And le San Diego Padres: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att San Diego Padres 37 60 .381 L4 24 394 91 .234 42 4.36 1.0 4.4 5.1 .980 0.3 938,941 Rotation: As with the Expos I seem to have mostly purged the older players from the starting rotation, at least. There's no real youngsters in there right now - Tim Reece (5-3, 3.64) is the youngest at 26 - but nobody's older than 29 as well. A quick look at the high minors and the prospect lists indicates that there's nobody really out there to take over any time soon, so it is what it is at the moment. At least they aren't just completely horrible a la the Braves or the Cardinals! Bullpen: Chris Valenzuela (4-4, 4.20, 2 Sv) is already only nominally the stopper. The biggest issue I see is that there's not really anyone on this roster who's actually pitching well who I feel like I could rely on, like, at all. Here there are kiiiind of guys in the high minors, like Jon Teague (7-1, 2.42 at AAA Salt Lake City) but we used him earlier in the season and he walked 24 batters in 26 innings so he can go ahead and keep working on that control (which has been fine in SLC, granted). The game insists that 23 year old Travis Livingston (1-0, 4.07, 6 Sv at SLC) is ready to go in the majors but I'm not sure his own ERA agrees with that assessment. Jose Flores (1-1, 1.99) looks good but... why can't he beat out Livingston for the closer role down there if he's so ready to go? Again, lots of words to say "I will do nothing here". Infield: 1B John Chapman (.205, 5, 15) hasn't exactly looked amazing but last year's starter Diego Garcia (.177, 3, 14) has been completely useless. So useless, in fact, that I'm going to allow him to seek job opportunities elsewhere, perhaps selling real estate. This allows me to call up 27 year old Ron Mangini (.324, 5, 54 at SLC), who's been blowing away AAA. He's no kind of prospect but he does have a chance at least of ceasing the revolving door at this position. Sitting vs. most right-handers could also help the right-handed Chapman find his stroke. Once upon a time this guy was a 4-time All Star. I've already lamented about the complete lack of options at 2B on this team. Now the AI is saying that Jake Gray is ready to be promoted back to the majors. This is the same Jake Gray who hit .126 in 119 at-bats this year with 35 Ks, so color me skeptical. Outfield: Zachery Hadley (.247, 0, 23) is clearly the weak link in the outfield, combining subpar defense (40 in CF, -2.2 ZR) with an empty .247 average. Cody Slater (.229, 3, 9) has basically the same problems and so, for the sake of change, I'm going to call up 24 year old Tyler Mitchell (.311, 6, 20 at SLC), who didn't really hit in an earlier trial with the team this year (.232, 5, 16) but who's been raking in the minors since then. If nothing else, he'll be a substantial upgrade on defense, and if almost nothing else, Hadley has a career OBP of .305 and you have to think that Mitchell can improve upon that. July 24: I got ahold of the Chicago Cubs a game too late... Code:
Team Name W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Chicago Cubs 54 41 .568 L2 66 - 529 113 .287 37 3.86 1.0 3.7 5.6 .981 7.9 833,012 Rotation: With so many guys out with injury, Jason Sanders (10-5, 2.08) is the only proven above average starter on the roster. I guess that's unfair to Mike Wilbers (8-10, 4.04) but it's not untrue. Right now they're on a 4 man but that's mainly because Victor Marin (7-4, 3.31) is out for another week with a sprained hamstring. That will help, at least. Bullpen: I think I've jettisoned the truly bad performers from the 'pen for the most part. I'm not super happy with LH Freddy Uscanga (6-3, 3.35, 10 Sv), who's had an ERA of 4.08 since joining the Cubs and just feels very volatile whenever he's on the field. For now I think I'm going to promote Antonio Martinez (0-2, 2.72, 4 Sv) to a right-handed co-stopper. He was setting up Uscanga and, before him, Chad Nies and the "Sugar Bear" does have at least some history of pitching in higher leverage situations. Ryan Gurley (5-2, 5.40) is mostly still on this roster because he carried a 2.81 ERA in 73.2 innings of relief work for these Cubs and I want him to be that guy again. Infield: I'm not very fond of 23 year old David Holcombe (.236, 5, 25) getting substantial playing time on this roster. The scouts say he'll mature into a league average 2B but he's not there yet either with the bat or the glove. He's also mostly a placeholder there until Juan Perez (.301, 6, 25) is ready to return but with Perez having the dreaded "Unknown" status next to his name, the Cubs could be forced to keep using Holcombe like this. The one thing I will do a bit more of is use Tim Mantero (.207, 0, 6) there against lefties. Mantero has been hitting even worse than Holcombe but perhaps between the two of them they can get a little bit of production. Outfield: In retrospect maybe it was Adam Groves (.232, 10, 33) who should have been traded off... I'm still waiting for him to equal the .268/24/78 form he put up in '68 before missing all of last year, but maybe that's just not going to come. In his current state he's... fine. Sam Marks (.360, 3, 18) has been doing too well as a pinch-hitter to not get at least occasional time in the field, and Groves does look like the best guy to take time away from, so I'll get that going at least. July 25: The Minnesota Twins means I've done a 40-loss breakdown for almost everyone. Code:
Team Name W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Minnesota Twins 57 40 .588 L1 65 - 449 99 .256 35 3.45 0.7 2.9 6.4 .978 -2.9 925,926 Rotation: Ricardo Magdaleno (5-11, 4.74) is the only guy who should really consider his job being unsafe in the rotation and he was 13-8 last saeson so... it's not. Bullpen: I see that Caleb Howard (0-3, 3.71 in 1968) is due to come back from a looooong injury but I have zero confidence that he can still pitch so at the very least I'll expect him to make a few appearances in a rehab stint before bringing him up. Otherwise, Pete Lynn (4-3, 3.23, 9 Sv) is only OK as the stopper and everyone behind him is not quite OK - in fact, Eason's the only guy currently in the bullpen with an ERA under 4. No, wait, it's him and Melvin Melena (1-1, 1.96). I'd say that Melena deserves a bit more high-leverage usage so I'll flip-flop him and (now former) setup man Pete Eason (1-2, 4.24). (note: Melena melted down the game after I went through the team; his ERA is now also over 4 at 4.18 so he can be a happy member of the Twins Bad Bullpen Boys) Infield: Brad Reed (.218, 8, 38) has been really bad with the bat but the game still thinks he's one of the best catchers in the league and I mean, he's only 29 so it's not like he's going to fall off of a cliff. I'm really going to have to switch out the double-play tandem of Daniel Gilmet (.295, 5, 28) and Marty Mendel (.283, 0, 20), lest the pitchers mutiny - they have a combined ZR of -10.2 and that's with both parties having missed around a month of the season apiece. Still, the time to do that is definitely not in the middle of a pennant race, and the main guy who'd replace one of them, IF Danny Pellot (.329, 1, 8) is a 35 year old man who fields up the middle well for a 35 year old man but that's not exactly the kind of replacement I'm looking for. Outfield: LF Alejandro Cortez (.260, 8, 34) has hit 5 of his 8 HRs this month, which has propelled him up to around league average level. I'm still not sure if that's really enough but on the other hand - and sorry if I repeat myself - this is a former MVP who made the All-Star Game as recently as 1968 and so deserves the benefit of the doubt. The Twins also don't get great defense from their center fielder Jose Villasenor (.263, 10, 28) but... well, see my comments above on Gilmet and Mendel. One thing I am noticing with him is that as a left-hander he really does not hit LHP well (.222/.300/.321) so I'm going to mix Kyle Ship (.237, 4, 16). As a center fielder, Ship is... right handed with the potential to some day be semi-adequate. July 25: Man, covering a lot of teams this week. Your San Francisco Giants: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att San Francisco Giants 54 40 .574 L2 4 420 67 .266 33 3.13 0.9 2.9 6.7 .979 15.8 890,650 Rotation: Dan Ballard (3-8, 5.02 with NYY) is scheduled to make his first start for the Giants today. He's the biggest question mark on the staff, really, but he's also an extreme ground ball pitcher who was victimized this year by, quite frankly, an aging infield defense in New York. Now that he's away from those "zeroes" and down with the "heroes", we expect a difference. Swingman Sam Williams (5-5, 4.24) swings to long relief now that San Francisco has a string of games without doubleheaders and moves to a 4 man rotation. Bullpen: I could talk about not liking John "The Assassin" Booth's (4-5, 2.55, 18 Sv) lack of punch-out ability (only 4.0 K/9), but the man is getting results. He still hits the upper 90s on the radar gun so I expect those Ks to increase. As we get into the dog days of summer, I expect the Giants to lean on him earlier and oftener. Other than Sam Williams being the new long man / spot starter, I'm making no changes to a bullpen that's largely working. Infield: The game is not high on Chris Campbell (.255, 2, 23), calling him the 3rd worst starting C in baseball, but he's a good pitch caller and benefits from having a staff that holds runners close. And it's not like SF has anything I can put in there, not in the middle of a pennant race. San Francisco is going to have a big decision to make next week when 1B John Everhart (.295, 14, 47) comes off the DL, because 25 year old Chris Seek (.366, 1, 14) is hitting the cover off the ball. At a glance I think Everhart has to keep that job since Seek just doesn't have the power you look for in a corner infielder but that kid could contend for multiple batting titles in his future. I can shuttle players around the field and basically put this decision down to Seek vs. RF Will Hartmann (.317, 4, 32) instead but that's not exactly an easy choice to make either, as Hartmann is himself only 24 and holds a .310 career average in the majors already. It's... weird that a team that's this good on defense is so bad at shortstop. Mario Guevara (.237, 6, 22) hits fine, I guess, but he's 39 years old and his Gold Glove quality D is long gone. The thing is, Masayuki Kojima (.191, 2, 14) is only marginally better at short and is 32 years old himself. All of this is to justify calling up minor league veteran Ben Dowler (.302, 0, 5 at AAA Phoenix) and plugging him into this position. Hot month aside I have no illusions about Dowler's stick. He is however a 70/80 fielder at short, which is a massive upgrade. Outfield: Other than the Hartmann situation, I see no reason to do much of anything to the outfield. The three starters are all hitting over .300 and also very, very rangey in the field. June 26: And now it's time to look at the Milwaukee Brewers for the third time this year: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Milwaukee Brewers 37 60 .381 L1 20 360 56 .248 42 4.59 1.0 3.2 5.2 .976 -26.8 861,397 ANYWAY, on to the team itself. No, they are not good at all. As bad as they were last year, they definitely are bottoming out this season before perhaps putting together an actually competitive squad. The only position that's above average per OSA is the bullpen (well, and the closer but does that count in 1970?). A couple of positions looks like they have a chance of being league average-ish in a couple years but that doesn't exactly seem hopeful. The best news is, their 1969 1st round pick C Adam Brown (.326, 10, 39 at A Clinton) and the 1970 1st rounder P Alex Izquierdo (5-1, 3.22 at AAA Portland) both seem to be progressing well. Izquierdo even has a 1970 ETA, which could mean he gets called up sooner rather than later... Rotation: So step one here is definitely giving Alex Izquierdo a spot in the rotation immediately. He's definitely being fast-tracked (note: I have development set to 1.3, so this is not out of the ordinary) (I also have TCR at 130 so guys dropping off or getting boosted mid-career is not abnormal either) but he also looks like he can handle it and my scout thinks he's an ace in the making. Jeremiah Vardaman (7-7, 3.77) is the guy who is the odd man out. He's pitching fine, I guess, but let's not go crazy here: he was 4-16 last season and at 31 is unlikely to be more than fodder for this team. Bullpen: The game thinks Danny Plaunt (4-4, 3.94, 4 Sv) is one of the best stoppers in baseball. I don't see it but OK I guess. He's definitely doing better in the role than he was as a starter last year, when he was 4-15 for the Senators. The rest of the bullpen is honestly not great, with two guys out there with +5 ERAs, but outside of Vardamann everyone's under 30 and I feel like I've already been using this as a revolving door so I'm going to keep it as-it for the time being. Infield: I've gone ahead and called up C Ivan Sanchez (.253, 3, 41 at AAA Portland) and put him in the starting role in place of Jonathan Victoria (.203, 10, 30). Victoria has some pope for a catcher and that's about all he provides this team. He led the AL in strikeouts last year and should not play as much as he's been playing. Sanchez is 23 and according to OSA still at least a year away from really hitting it but there are hopes he can be something around league average with the bat. Long-term, Sanchez is a lefty and so Victoria, a switch-hitter who can't hit lefties to save his life (.157 with 27 Ks in 41 at-bats this year) is not a good choice for his backup, but long-term I suspect Sanchez may not stick anyway. Dr. Jack Holman (.266, 6, 31) was a guy who lit up AAA last year and got an extended chance in Washington. He wasn't a bad dice roll for the Brewers but he's clearly a replacement level player and not much more. There's not really much going on at this position in the minors, however, and so it's also not a terrible idea to just let Holman prove himself to be whatever he is at least through August. Esteban Rios (.143, 0, 4) was a decent enough player last year but he seems to have completely forgotten how to hit, losing more than 100 points off of his average. He's only 24 so I'm sending him down to the minors with the knowledge that he could one day return. That means that Marcos Escobedo (.322, 3, 19), the 31 year old veteran of the Mexican League, is locked in as the starter at least through the end of the year. I earlier decided to call up Guido Temudo (.189, 1, 4) to play shortstop in the second half, and while his bat is clearly not ready for prime time yet, he's a much better fielder than any of the guys the Brewers had been using there in the first half and as you can see from ZR this is a team that badly, badly needs more defense. Eric Biron (.213, 6, 22) was the main first half guy but not only has he not hit but he's not cut out for shortstop. Outfield: Dylan Dockery (.217, 5, 22) was Oakland's starting center fielder last year and based on that he filled the same role for the Brewers this year. Looking at him, though, there are zero things aside from major league experience that tell me he's at all better than Fernando Ceballos (.290, 1, 5), who had a stint in the majors earlier but for some reason was sent down. He's hit well in the minors (.297, 1, 8 at Portland) so... yeah, he's starting now in center.
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League-wide stats as of August 1
The monthly standings are based on a team view I have. There's still a lot missing for me - Pythag won/lost, records by month, current number of All-Stars and Gold Glovers, and so on - but I'm confident that OOTPDev will implement those metrics eventually. As it stands... IMO this
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AL East W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Cleveland Indians 62 41 .602 W3 56 - 514 111 .288 26 3.34 0.8 3.3 6.1 .984 -0.0 918,805 Boston Red Sox 56 45 .554 W1 5 438 85 .260 37 3.32 0.8 3.1 6.6 .982 15.9 839,495 New York Yankees 56 46 .549 W1 5½ 503 108 .263 31 3.57 0.9 2.4 6.2 .982 3.8 1,037,744 Baltimore Orioles 49 54 .476 L1 13 404 92 .233 65 3.60 0.7 3.4 4.7 .979 27.1 897,427 Washington Senators 47 55 .461 L1 14½ 396 50 .253 69 3.39 0.6 3.4 5.2 .978 29.8 606,712 Detroit Tigers 46 56 .451 W5 15½ 407 82 .258 49 3.87 0.8 3.9 7.1 .986 22.5 723,842 AL West W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Minnesota Twins 60 44 .577 L1 59 - 474 102 .253 40 3.56 0.7 2.9 6.4 .978 -3.6 1,070,917 Oakland Athletics 54 44 .551 L3 3 429 81 .262 29 3.56 0.8 4.0 6.5 .982 -6.1 564,148 California Angels 53 50 .515 L1 6½ 464 84 .272 65 3.67 0.6 3.5 4.2 .977 32.2 671,490 Chicago White Sox 51 54 .486 L2 9½ 442 76 .254 48 4.20 1.0 3.5 6.0 .983 -9.8 715,692 Kansas City Royals 41 62 .398 W1 18½ 428 66 .248 55 4.69 0.9 3.9 6.2 .975 -49.3 963,988 Milwaukee Brewers 39 63 .382 W2 20 370 57 .246 51 4.46 0.9 3.2 5.2 .976 -29.7 936,073 NL East W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Chicago Cubs 59 44 .573 L1 60 - 569 122 .284 42 3.83 1.0 3.7 5.6 .981 6.0 928,004 Philadelphia Phillies 56 44 .560 W6 1½ 451 90 .266 24 3.63 0.9 3.2 6.2 .972 -16.4 697,071 Pittsburgh Pirates 54 50 .519 L3 5½ 418 58 .247 30 3.35 0.6 2.8 6.1 .984 32.2 689,554 New York Mets 52 49 .515 L1 6 417 70 .240 28 3.57 0.8 3.7 6.5 .980 1.7 1,110,893 St. Louis Cardinals 44 59 .427 L1 15 429 96 .253 22 4.53 0.8 3.9 5.6 .979 -31.0 917,054 Montreal Expos 38 65 .369 L1 21 390 105 .247 15 4.74 1.0 4.6 5.6 .978 -7.5 792,574 Team Name W L % STR MAG GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Houston Astros 63 40 .612 W2 55 - 509 105 .267 33 3.81 0.7 3.8 5.7 .985 27.0 1,051,717 Cincinnati Reds 61 45 .575 W1 3½ 523 89 .263 50 3.64 0.9 3.0 7.6 .977 3.7 758,136 San Francisco Giants 57 44 .564 L4 5 450 70 .265 40 3.17 1.0 2.9 6.6 .980 22.8 890,650 Atlanta Braves 49 54 .476 W1 14 454 119 .249 49 4.71 1.1 3.6 4.9 .979 5.4 785,318 Los Angeles Dodgers 42 59 .416 W1 20 395 82 .245 23 4.00 0.8 4.0 6.8 .978 1.8 885,523 San Diego Padres 41 63 .394 W1 22½ 423 97 .235 42 4.29 1.0 4.3 5.3 .981 1.4 953,673 Code:
ATL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dennehy, Shaun L 0.263 58 213 17 56 5 0 3 19 0 0.991 2/H Chairez, Dante R 0.284 91 328 57 93 18 0 24 65 1 0.991 *3/H9 Dwyer, Kevin L 0.369 99 401 82 148 30 8 23 64 2 0.981 *4 Medford, Mike L 0.216 57 185 22 40 3 1 4 20 3 0.938 5H/68 Dietrich, Ryan L 0.214 64 201 20 43 5 2 2 11 3 0.997 6 Yebra, Ruberto L 0.261 56 226 25 59 5 4 2 21 12 0.990 7/H3 Dees, Brian R 0.160 41 131 16 21 0 0 6 14 6 1.000 8/H Riggs, Henry R 0.270 98 359 69 97 19 2 28 75 0 0.970 *9 Martinez, Franklin L 0.235 69 196 20 46 11 0 4 25 1 0.944 5H/3 Ward, Chris R 0.250 53 172 20 43 7 4 2 14 11 0.978 7H/9 Damon, Josh L 0.252 77 151 19 38 3 0 6 23 0 1.000 H87 Molina, Pat L 0.202 31 119 8 24 3 1 2 12 0 0.978 2 Gomez, Jose L 0.250 31 116 20 29 3 2 7 19 4 0.992 8/7H Reid, Jon L 0.235 29 102 4 24 7 0 2 9 0 0.893 6 Luna, Vicente L 0.297 23 101 14 30 1 0 3 10 2 0.986 5 Rey, Pablo L 0.145 32 69 7 10 0 2 0 4 0 0.968 H2 Panizzi, Franco R 0.143 30 63 6 9 0 1 1 3 1 1.000 8/H9 Holden, Jeremy L 0.163 21 49 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 1.000 3/H ATL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Dean, Trevon L 11 10 0 5.23 23 23 155.0 163 90 72 88 Sanchez, Vinny L 8 11 0 4.18 21 21 144.1 152 67 38 45 Pennock, Kevin L 5 7 1 5.97 26 13 107.0 128 71 49 38 Cari, Jake L 3 3 0 4.23 13 13 78.2 80 37 34 54 Winn, John L 2 2 16 1.55 33 0 46.1 37 8 12 46 Cokely, Seth L 1 3 0 4.81 28 0 33.2 35 18 21 13 Carranza, Felix L 7 4 4 4.22 29 10 100.1 101 47 39 71 Rivera, Andres L 3 3 1 4.91 25 9 84.1 91 46 26 46 Rose, Colin L 5 4 0 4.42 20 6 59.0 62 29 26 33 Sandoval, Julio L 2 2 0 2.10 5 5 34.1 24 8 11 14 Morales, Tony L 2 1 0 8.10 8 3 26.2 42 24 16 25 BAL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Keith, Robert L 0.189 50 164 14 31 6 0 3 18 0 0.981 2/H Hernandez, Jon R 0.244 90 316 46 77 25 2 10 45 1 0.983 32/H Fager, Danny L 0.263 65 259 41 68 7 4 6 23 5 0.992 4/H Perez, Marco L 0.352 99 383 50 135 13 7 11 60 22 0.929 *5 Blevins, Jon L 0.233 99 390 40 91 10 1 6 27 4 0.975 *6 Hiatt, Dave R 0.197 78 183 17 36 7 5 6 28 0 0.990 7H/9 Tarala, Bryant R 0.199 55 196 37 39 7 2 11 23 10 0.994 8/3 Nugent, Matt R 0.205 100 347 40 71 12 3 9 33 15 0.981 *98/H Padilla, Jorge L 0.250 60 176 15 44 9 0 6 27 1 0.992 4H Baca, Mario L 0.276 53 156 23 43 0 3 7 29 1 0.958 89H/7 Jenkins, Jamal L 0.257 42 136 21 35 5 1 9 16 5 0.984 7/H Colon, Edgar L 0.253 44 99 4 25 5 0 0 12 0 1.000 7H/9 Cutter, Devin R 0.126 29 87 9 11 2 0 3 10 0 0.992 3/H Kemm, Rich L 0.194 25 72 10 14 2 0 1 7 1 1.000 8/H9 Fleischaker, John L 0.197 30 71 5 14 3 1 2 2 0 0.985 3H Masella, Brent L 0.203 23 64 4 13 4 0 0 5 0 0.990 2/H BAL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Giron, Hector L 10 5 0 2.75 20 20 147.1 138 45 33 77 Villalpando, Carlos L 5 8 0 5.87 22 16 115.0 129 75 57 40 Ziegler, T.J. L 5 9 0 3.68 16 16 107.2 80 44 61 67 Lopez, Alfredo L 4 7 0 3.53 14 14 91.2 94 36 38 46 Luiso, Montay R 4 3 21 0.90 45 0 70.1 43 7 17 55 Lee, Sung-jin L 2 2 1 3.53 31 0 43.1 36 17 19 27 Schoner, Dan L 0 1 1 3.58 25 0 32.2 33 13 11 6 Bowman, Phil L 3 0 0 1.51 22 0 41.2 23 7 9 23 Wei, Yen-ti L 4 5 0 4.05 13 13 80.0 84 36 36 42 Overmann, Mike L 6 5 0 4.18 23 10 75.1 75 35 18 33 Colon, John L 3 3 0 5.01 8 5 41.1 43 23 26 23 Munoz, Billy L 0 2 1 3.49 14 1 28.1 24 11 9 23 BOS Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dolak, Jeremy L 0.305 68 239 22 73 12 0 3 32 0 0.992 *2 Miller, Mike R 0.292 100 391 57 114 24 1 18 56 1 0.991 *3/H Fraser, Dwayne L 0.323 97 362 46 117 25 1 1 41 3 0.981 *4 Magoni, Mauro L 0.255 79 298 33 76 15 1 5 33 0 0.937 *5/3 Handa, Oniji L 0.292 98 425 60 124 20 0 14 54 0 0.974 *6 Teague, Josh R 0.237 64 249 34 59 5 4 10 33 9 0.983 7/H9 Glynn, Jon L 0.261 68 253 29 66 10 1 4 25 10 0.990 8/H Kim, Jun R 0.256 95 359 54 92 17 1 14 46 6 0.981 *9/7 Johnston, Ryan R 0.213 52 178 23 38 12 1 3 8 4 1.000 8/7H Bartoszek, Sid L 0.190 28 84 4 16 3 0 1 6 0 0.983 2/H Madriles, Edwin L 0.304 22 69 14 21 7 0 4 14 1 0.979 5/H Wilson, Matt R 0.133 15 60 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0.941 7 Pitt, Josh R 0.220 26 50 6 11 3 0 0 6 1 0.963 7H/8 BOS Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Kindberg, Justin R 14 8 0 2.35 24 24 187.1 166 49 73 158 Hinojosa, Sandy L 12 7 0 2.56 22 22 168.2 155 48 50 138 Sanchez, Marco L 5 7 0 3.81 15 15 111.0 123 47 29 97 Davila, Franklin L 4 6 0 5.00 12 12 81.0 93 45 17 36 Brock, Matt L 5 2 15 3.04 38 0 53.1 39 18 18 48 Bryant, Terrance R 1 0 0 1.71 24 0 26.1 22 5 9 18 Messina, Chris L 4 5 0 3.01 25 8 86.2 78 29 24 32 Britt, Bruce L 2 1 0 10.61 7 5 28.0 48 33 22 15 Pesco, Michael R 5 2 0 2.38 9 9 64.1 53 17 19 56 CAL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Perez, Mike L 0.174 80 264 35 46 8 1 11 32 0 0.995 *2/H Jennings, Pete L 0.308 100 402 51 124 20 1 12 57 0 0.990 *35/H Hopka, Chance L 0.219 77 311 46 68 10 4 1 20 7 0.977 *4/6 Schneider, Kristian R 0.310 78 281 46 87 18 3 5 45 2 0.925 *5/H Adams, Chris L 0.294 98 361 46 106 17 6 14 69 6 0.959 *6 Vargas, Nelson L 0.330 91 352 54 116 19 7 7 44 12 0.975 *7/H Hodge, Norm R 0.258 99 403 38 104 12 2 5 32 15 0.997 *8/H Tyree, Chris L 0.348 55 207 27 72 12 4 3 31 8 0.985 9/H Berry, Jon R 0.239 68 142 25 34 3 1 1 11 6 0.991 H9/37 Mendez, Mauricio L 0.311 43 135 20 42 6 3 4 20 3 0.955 4H Leriche, Barney L 0.327 42 101 16 33 6 1 9 21 0 1.000 H7/98 Cavazos, Juan R 0.191 25 68 3 13 3 0 1 12 0 0.966 2/H Skelton, Jon R 0.284 17 67 10 19 3 0 2 10 0 0.987 3 McSparren, Wayne L 0.250 34 48 9 12 2 1 3 7 0 0.960 H5 CAL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Beaulieu, Dustin R 8 11 0 4.43 21 21 138.0 139 68 54 68 Bruno, Gary L 9 4 0 2.63 20 20 147.1 137 43 45 61 Kahl, Paul L 6 9 0 4.52 19 19 133.1 150 67 64 25 Irons, Jordan R 8 4 0 2.81 18 18 109.0 103 34 38 42 Park, Bong-ok R 1 7 4 6.02 22 4 43.1 45 29 28 16 Touchton, Bubba L 7 3 3 3.26 43 0 60.2 53 22 31 29 Kihara, Tanzan L 1 0 1 2.66 32 0 40.2 37 12 10 36 Yates, Gavin L 2 2 0 3.03 25 0 38.2 32 13 10 29 Williams, Aidan R 8 3 0 4.17 14 14 99.1 106 46 33 60 Lagos, Ed L 2 2 0 3.09 14 0 35.0 42 12 2 18 Ring, Andy L 0 3 0 2.57 4 4 28.0 27 8 10 13 CHC Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Darrow, Greg L 0.341 83 311 48 106 18 2 9 56 0 0.985 *2/H Lopez, Antonio R 0.309 103 405 70 125 20 3 17 74 0 0.995 *3 Perez, Juan R 0.302 46 179 24 54 10 0 6 27 1 0.984 4 Gabel, Sean L 0.352 92 395 59 139 20 5 0 42 15 0.980 *5 Taylor, Jeremy L 0.248 100 391 66 97 11 9 18 61 10 0.972 *6/H Workman, Jason R 0.335 95 358 67 120 19 1 27 87 0 0.966 *7/H Tooley, Mark L 0.275 74 313 55 86 13 2 10 33 6 1.000 *8 Groves, Adam L 0.231 94 307 52 71 12 4 10 35 4 0.990 *9H/7 Holcombe, David R 0.248 44 149 21 37 14 2 5 27 1 0.957 4/7H Marks, Sam R 0.373 65 102 13 38 5 0 3 18 1 0.967 H7/9 Vallejo, Alex R 0.333 28 96 17 32 4 3 3 17 0 0.984 9/8H Cooper, Chance R 0.268 24 71 21 19 3 0 7 13 2 0.983 8/H Maroney, John L 0.246 33 69 11 17 4 0 2 8 0 0.963 H5/34 Singleton, Ian L 0.262 21 65 7 17 5 0 2 11 0 0.983 2 Mantero, Tim L 0.197 24 61 6 12 3 0 0 6 0 0.955 4/H CHC Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Lucas, Bill L 8 11 0 4.08 24 24 176.1 187 80 76 98 Marin, Victor L 7 4 0 3.31 14 14 100.2 95 37 35 50 Jones, Kenny L 7 6 0 5.14 18 14 98.0 94 56 41 66 Coffey, Scott R 4 3 0 4.05 11 10 73.1 73 33 25 51 Nies, Chad R 2 1 7 4.97 21 0 29.0 29 16 12 33 Paulus, Nick L 3 3 3 4.41 32 0 49.0 52 24 27 27 Martinez, Antonio L 1 2 5 3.00 32 0 48.0 42 16 25 35 Castro, Frank L 7 2 0 2.94 22 4 52.0 45 17 13 21 Sanders, Jason L 4 2 0 2.10 10 10 68.2 59 16 20 56 Wilbers, Mike L 3 3 0 3.26 10 10 58.0 51 21 21 39 Zarate, Jose R 3 2 0 2.08 8 7 52.0 45 12 11 29 Obregon, Javy L 2 2 0 6.13 8 8 39.2 45 27 21 14 Gurley, Ryan R 5 2 0 4.94 17 0 27.1 26 15 12 19 CHW Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos McIntyre, Nick R 0.219 77 183 24 40 7 0 8 25 0 0.986 2H Lewis, Josh L 0.238 96 323 33 77 10 1 10 50 0 0.992 *3H Long, Brian L 0.281 99 416 47 117 27 4 5 51 0 0.991 *4 Wooten, Jordan R 0.250 75 188 31 47 5 0 8 23 0 0.946 5H Henderson, Justin L 0.230 89 339 37 78 13 1 4 40 7 0.981 *6 Vargas, Willie L 0.331 101 399 56 132 25 2 5 48 17 0.992 *73 Brown, Tom L 0.287 98 397 61 114 18 4 14 57 13 0.992 *89/H Wade, Josh L 0.311 96 379 48 118 21 7 6 44 2 0.974 *97/H Dominguez, Omar L 0.225 60 191 20 43 10 0 3 20 0 0.935 5/H3 Coyle, Danny L 0.153 46 124 13 19 6 0 3 14 0 0.986 2/H Weyenberg, Eric R 0.185 25 92 16 17 3 0 0 2 5 1.000 8/H Daly, Kyle L 0.145 31 69 6 10 1 0 1 3 0 0.967 H/79 de Velasco, Ivan L 0.204 26 54 5 11 1 0 2 8 0 0.971 H5/4 Fiederlein, Jim L 0.189 16 53 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0.944 6 CHW Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mendoza, Raul L 8 11 0 4.15 23 23 171.1 171 79 41 128 Anderlik, Tim L 9 5 0 3.37 18 18 128.1 121 48 53 81 Lueders, Gene R 4 9 0 5.46 19 17 113.2 141 69 51 75 Truss, Jim R 3 5 0 4.18 11 11 75.1 78 35 22 33 Post, Malcolm L 4 5 11 2.87 37 0 47.0 46 15 16 41 Moon, Suk-min L 2 2 3 3.96 31 0 38.2 40 17 15 32 Hui, Kien-lung R 2 5 0 5.84 16 5 49.1 44 32 35 50 Sanchez, Luis L 5 1 0 5.55 12 6 48.2 62 30 24 28 Reyes, Bob L 6 2 0 3.36 9 9 67.0 69 25 19 40 Roche, Daniel L 4 4 0 2.73 9 9 59.1 56 18 23 34 CIN Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Williams, Oliver L 0.295 86 298 48 88 13 1 4 49 0 0.993 *2 Clark, Stephen R 0.258 102 415 52 107 24 1 11 63 0 0.989 *3 Ortiz, Pedro L 0.328 101 439 68 144 16 9 5 41 16 0.986 *4 Kraljevic, Bobby R 0.317 101 375 71 119 21 1 8 59 0 0.910 *5/6H Wendt, Mike L 0.259 101 359 57 93 8 9 10 45 18 0.948 *6 Cannon, Junior R 0.268 77 276 45 74 8 1 14 56 1 0.993 *7/9 Wilkes, Chris L 0.256 100 395 59 101 7 3 2 37 11 0.975 *8 Jensen, Justin L 0.204 88 294 52 60 9 1 22 51 0 0.985 *9/H Cowan, Greg R 0.204 45 108 13 22 3 0 2 9 3 0.978 9H/738 Kohut, John R 0.263 28 80 10 21 3 1 1 12 0 0.987 2/H Ortega, Willie L 0.296 22 71 11 21 2 0 4 12 0 0.966 7/H3 Downing, Matt L 0.246 37 57 3 14 3 1 0 8 0 1.000 6H/4 Martinez, Jerry L 0.271 20 48 4 13 2 0 2 7 0 1.000 7/H CIN Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Hagan, Joe L 11 11 0 4.78 25 25 167.2 175 89 69 149 Waiters, Steve R 19 1 0 2.15 24 24 201.1 147 48 44 193 Bertan, Tom L 10 8 0 4.50 22 22 148.0 144 74 42 99 Johnston, Mike L 5 5 0 3.78 15 15 102.1 91 43 38 73 Rosas, Ricky L 5 5 18 3.56 42 0 60.2 57 24 31 75 Shrewsbury, Greg L 3 3 3 3.44 37 0 49.2 51 19 13 36 Elser, Garrett L 1 3 0 3.15 20 1 34.1 31 12 28 36 Vanover, Bill L 3 4 0 3.05 17 12 91.1 85 31 14 58 Panarello, Graham L 3 1 0 3.19 6 4 36.2 37 13 13 28 CLE Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos House, Jonathan R 0.270 81 267 34 72 9 0 8 34 0 0.991 *2/H Garcia, Ernesto R 0.213 81 301 50 64 6 0 33 79 0 0.994 *3/H Pritchett, T.J. L 0.252 92 305 46 77 9 0 11 40 2 0.970 *4/H Hernandez, Roberto L 0.295 95 393 52 116 19 2 10 47 0 0.966 *5 Johnson, John L 0.360 96 422 76 152 23 4 5 38 7 0.982 *6 Huanosta, Alonzo L 0.346 83 353 55 122 22 1 12 61 3 0.976 *7/H Hernandez, Carlos L 0.315 95 426 61 134 18 4 9 37 3 0.988 *8/9 Pron, Tommy R 0.340 77 300 35 102 23 0 2 43 0 0.983 *9 Kelver, Kyle L 0.299 61 137 21 41 5 0 7 24 0 0.993 3H Miller, Nick R 0.244 65 127 21 31 5 4 3 17 7 0.983 H79 Zimmerman, Jason L 0.213 42 108 11 23 5 0 1 11 0 0.990 2H Sanchez, Jorge L 0.237 33 97 9 23 1 1 2 12 4 1.000 9H/87 Aguillon, Tony L 0.260 36 77 7 20 4 0 3 15 0 0.957 H4/5 CLE Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Matthews, Josh R 15 5 0 2.86 24 24 182.1 158 58 71 121 Hamilton, Dylan L 11 9 0 3.51 24 23 169.0 153 66 56 97 Lagunas, Andy L 13 4 0 3.92 22 22 133.1 128 58 52 95 Regan, Chris L 6 6 0 3.36 16 16 123.1 137 46 34 76 Whittier, Landon L 6 4 5 3.81 34 0 49.2 48 21 31 35 Sanchez, Elias L 0 2 4 2.53 22 0 32.0 29 9 9 17 Reyes, Bob L 2 4 0 3.07 19 2 41.0 42 14 8 23 Diaz, Benito L 2 1 1 3.27 7 4 33.0 30 12 12 28 Martinez, Jose L 1 0 0 1.65 6 6 32.2 23 6 9 44 DET Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Farinelli, Gianluigi L 0.279 80 305 30 85 20 1 8 38 0 0.985 *2/H Ayala, Jose L 0.245 100 416 46 102 17 1 9 36 0 0.995 *3 Villegas, Danny L 0.295 93 332 57 98 16 3 24 62 2 0.974 *4 Daughtry, John L 0.207 70 188 17 39 3 2 5 21 0 0.985 5/H3 Mullen, Matt L 0.245 97 364 29 89 15 3 0 21 1 0.991 *6 Dittmar, Adam L 0.202 77 272 44 55 6 5 10 28 16 0.962 *7/H Thompson, Guillermo L 0.315 93 422 49 133 20 11 0 39 21 0.992 *89 Contreras, Chris R 0.319 72 298 37 95 21 2 5 31 0 0.992 *9 Salinas, David L 0.243 63 177 19 43 6 1 0 12 5 0.950 5/H Valdez, Danny R 0.342 43 111 20 38 9 1 10 30 0 0.979 7H/9 Wilson, Bubba R 0.325 23 83 10 27 7 0 2 10 1 0.981 8/H Irwin, Bob L 0.286 36 70 13 20 2 0 5 11 1 0.985 8H/37 Hall, Sean R 0.182 49 55 3 10 0 1 1 7 1 1.000 H/976 Woodcock, Scott L 0.216 16 51 4 11 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2/H Ortega, Alex L 0.320 40 50 11 16 4 1 0 6 1 1.000 H4 DET Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Akright, Vince L 8 9 0 3.57 23 23 163.2 142 65 71 109 Molina, Edgar L 11 9 0 3.63 22 22 168.2 144 68 57 163 Gilmer, Jason L 4 8 0 4.01 17 17 121.1 128 54 50 80 Schmidt, Ben L 6 6 1 4.58 18 13 98.1 108 50 35 87 Madrigal, Alex L 2 7 14 3.46 39 0 54.2 54 21 22 37 Hilbert, Larry L 3 3 2 4.50 32 0 46.0 52 23 17 20 Lopez, Mike L 2 2 0 4.65 14 4 40.2 42 21 39 40 Vaughn, Robbie R 1 3 0 4.82 10 4 28.0 32 15 10 27 Merino, Juan L 3 3 0 4.26 8 8 57.0 61 27 21 51 Goddard, Jimmy L 1 1 0 3.86 8 8 53.2 50 23 21 38 HOU Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Rigdon, Dan L 0.235 80 294 27 69 18 3 3 36 0 0.992 *2 Richens, Justin R 0.287 94 348 55 100 17 2 16 71 0 0.993 *3/H Chairez, Alejandro L 0.300 73 297 52 89 17 6 8 36 3 0.974 *4/H Little, Pete L 0.256 99 390 51 100 19 2 8 54 0 0.986 *5/9H Green, Jordan L 0.292 54 202 25 59 12 0 4 20 0 0.973 6/4 Lockhart, Jesse L 0.343 99 402 61 138 19 3 13 56 9 0.986 *7 Lopez, John R 0.286 99 412 80 118 14 6 11 45 16 0.978 *8 Weaver, Jaden R 0.273 96 363 69 99 24 1 29 82 1 0.982 *9/H Timonen, John L 0.212 50 132 15 28 3 0 3 9 0 0.990 6/H Blake, Adam L 0.200 37 115 10 23 4 0 1 10 0 0.982 4/H3 Fenney, Steve L 0.296 67 98 13 29 4 2 1 12 3 1.000 H9/7 Copeland, Bobby S 0.250 41 92 8 23 2 0 1 9 0 0.987 2/H Ringstad, Nate L 0.196 46 92 9 18 3 0 4 15 0 0.992 H3/5 HOU Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mullett, Josh L 10 8 0 4.68 25 25 169.1 171 88 87 83 Rivera, Tony R 11 6 0 2.77 24 24 185.1 160 57 71 137 Graton, Jeff L 11 7 0 3.98 25 18 133.1 127 59 45 80 McDonald, Caleb L 9 2 0 2.75 26 12 104.2 93 32 22 59 Douglas, Jon L 2 7 19 3.58 43 0 55.1 48 22 22 51 Lara, Juan L 9 2 2 5.00 26 6 68.1 73 38 36 48 Rodriguez, Herman L 2 0 0 2.00 12 0 27.0 25 6 11 13 Garcia, Carlos L 1 1 0 3.79 7 5 38.0 30 16 38 18 Shepard, Aaron L 6 2 0 3.92 12 12 66.2 56 29 20 36 KC Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Byers, Jay R 0.198 67 192 16 38 9 0 4 19 1 0.991 2/H Ono, Yahashi L 0.284 101 401 57 114 18 2 8 52 2 0.995 *3 Coleman, Ian L 0.208 63 240 30 50 8 4 4 23 1 0.980 4/H Nation, Jeff L 0.317 95 366 49 116 25 7 11 53 7 0.936 75/H3 Altmann, Carlos S 0.198 70 187 12 37 6 2 0 17 7 0.976 6/5H Sicre, Sergio R 0.228 41 136 14 31 6 0 1 15 0 0.894 7/H Corona, Dave R 0.328 100 396 77 130 24 14 12 47 22 0.968 *8/H Domínguez, R.J. L 0.270 46 163 29 44 11 0 10 31 0 1.000 9 Dunnahoe, Luke L 0.215 43 181 27 39 7 1 6 32 3 0.987 4 Flores, Chris L 0.281 58 171 17 48 11 0 0 9 0 0.986 2H Newton, Ryan R 0.212 46 165 14 35 6 1 1 18 7 0.903 5/H Guzman, Carlos L 0.229 45 153 17 35 2 0 4 20 0 0.966 9H Damian, Kyle L 0.267 60 116 12 31 8 0 3 10 0 0.967 H7/38 Saunders, Steve L 0.178 36 107 7 19 4 1 0 5 0 0.969 6/H Milton, Bryan L 0.288 53 104 9 30 5 1 0 12 3 0.968 H9/7 Sita, Nate S 0.172 26 64 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 0.946 65/H Riley, Dave R 0.269 43 52 9 14 3 1 0 7 1 0.938 H/89 KC Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Tyler, Eric L 6 8 0 4.56 21 21 150.0 168 76 49 82 Chavez, Miguel R 8 12 0 5.11 21 21 137.1 148 78 72 108 White, Tim R 6 10 0 4.99 19 19 124.1 153 69 51 79 Chaves, Jose L 4 7 0 3.64 12 12 94.0 93 38 26 82 Munoz, Billy L 1 2 7 2.08 23 0 30.1 23 7 11 33 Quinn, Kevin L 2 1 1 4.26 27 0 38.0 38 18 29 28 Euceda, Eddie R 2 8 0 4.54 28 9 85.1 93 43 36 52 Banks, Tim R 2 5 1 3.10 24 7 61.0 62 21 28 30 Hicks, Ryan L 3 4 0 6.97 23 6 60.2 83 47 37 44 LaPointe, Jason L 4 0 0 2.47 6 6 43.2 38 12 14 31 LAD Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Dimmock, Eddie R 0.184 76 245 20 45 13 0 5 32 0 0.989 *2 Disla, Rafael R 0.341 99 405 61 138 14 2 11 50 0 0.987 *3 Tristan, Billy L 0.310 77 294 57 91 15 0 11 34 5 0.978 *4/5H Maccioli, Brian L 0.216 70 269 26 58 9 0 7 25 0 0.944 *5 Staiti, Jason L 0.188 71 223 20 42 5 1 9 35 0 0.956 *6/H5 Griffin, Ernie R 0.279 95 362 54 101 12 8 16 56 2 0.994 *7/89H Magana, Butch R 0.254 53 213 26 54 6 0 3 7 4 0.994 8 Granneman, Chris R 0.195 86 292 30 57 9 2 7 41 6 0.965 *9/H Solis, Luis R 0.328 33 116 10 38 2 4 1 12 2 0.977 6 Rhone, Jamal L 0.313 52 96 17 30 7 0 1 6 2 0.955 H9/87 Heil, J.D. L 0.196 25 92 8 18 1 1 1 6 2 0.985 8/H Davis, Jason L 0.256 30 78 9 20 2 0 2 10 0 0.987 2H Lander, Brian S 0.197 28 66 3 13 1 0 0 2 0 0.974 65/4H Harper, Nick L 0.197 19 66 7 13 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 8/H Pena, Francisco L 0.292 16 65 9 19 1 1 1 7 0 0.978 4/H Winchell, Dusty R 0.177 35 62 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 H/798 Holstine, Rich L 0.186 58 59 6 11 3 0 1 4 0 1.000 H/3 Costa, Ray L 0.333 18 57 6 19 3 0 2 13 0 0.971 9/8H7 Parsons, David L 0.140 23 50 4 7 0 0 2 5 0 0.983 4/H Reyna, Gustavo L 0.204 15 49 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0.947 5 LAD Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Apolonio, Fernando R 9 9 0 3.52 21 21 158.2 163 62 48 86 Castillo, Andres R 7 11 0 4.06 20 20 148.2 134 67 46 119 Salinas, Rogelio R 7 10 0 3.11 20 20 147.2 118 51 60 130 Ring, Andy L 3 8 0 5.48 17 17 111.2 134 68 47 77 O'Leary, Mike R 5 7 11 5.27 42 0 54.2 43 32 36 57 Cosby, Alec L 2 2 3 3.28 25 0 35.2 39 13 20 29 Parsley, Jason L 3 2 0 2.93 27 3 55.1 55 18 31 31 Andrade, Raul L 1 8 0 4.40 23 10 86.0 87 42 64 50 Pacheco, Keith L 4 2 1 3.99 23 10 85.2 81 38 34 86 MIL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Victoria, Jonathan S 0.207 73 232 27 48 10 0 10 30 1 0.988 *2/H Holman, Jack R 0.262 72 282 27 74 9 0 6 33 0 0.989 *3 Escobedo, Marcos L 0.321 67 262 37 84 9 10 4 22 14 0.987 4/H3 Martinez, Francisco R 0.333 92 333 33 111 23 0 3 35 0 0.949 *5/4H6 Biron, Eric L 0.216 76 213 21 46 7 1 6 22 2 0.957 *6/H4 Simmons, John L 0.178 52 202 21 36 11 1 2 12 2 0.992 7/3 Dockery, Dylan L 0.215 59 228 28 49 6 0 5 22 4 0.956 8/H9 Berman, Richard L 0.317 55 218 21 69 14 5 0 27 8 0.976 9/H Harbison, Jonathan S 0.207 33 140 10 29 3 1 0 8 4 0.980 8 Rios, Esteban L 0.143 45 140 10 20 4 0 0 4 2 0.964 4H Augspurger, Kenny R 0.250 39 136 19 34 5 2 4 22 1 0.977 7/H Fath, Jon R 0.270 62 126 23 34 9 0 3 13 1 0.985 H3/98 Marsden, John R 0.314 25 102 13 32 8 0 1 11 0 0.970 9 Jenkins, Jordan L 0.188 38 96 5 18 6 0 1 7 0 0.988 2/H Colvin, Ryan L 0.253 37 91 12 23 3 0 4 18 0 0.949 5H Escobesco, Tony R 0.188 39 85 5 16 4 0 1 9 0 0.959 6/H4 Ceballos, Fernando L 0.265 33 83 10 22 2 1 1 8 3 1.000 8H/97 Barlow, Tanner R 0.310 16 58 12 18 4 0 1 4 2 1.000 9 Mendez, Luis L 0.373 20 51 7 19 4 0 0 4 3 1.000 3H Temudo, Guido L 0.191 19 47 4 9 3 0 1 5 0 0.986 6/H MIL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Gomez, Ricardo L 7 6 0 4.18 20 20 127.0 148 59 26 70 Vardaman, Jeremiah L 7 8 0 3.70 21 19 129.0 143 53 44 59 Zeniya, Shunichi L 5 6 0 4.08 16 15 99.1 114 45 44 44 Olivares, Chris L 5 6 0 4.57 28 13 112.1 123 57 24 61 Plaunt, Danny L 4 5 5 3.72 41 2 65.1 57 27 22 52 Howard, Josh L 1 2 2 3.90 24 0 30.0 26 13 10 34 Zapata, Dave R 1 2 0 2.93 24 0 27.2 22 9 13 19 Garcia, Julio L 1 4 1 5.66 15 4 41.1 47 26 11 28 Kratky, Jake L 1 8 0 5.12 11 11 65.0 73 37 20 34 McGranahan, Chris L 2 4 0 5.53 8 8 42.1 52 26 21 13 Hernandez, Luis R 2 4 1 6.98 11 4 38.2 50 30 12 25 Clark, Adam R 0 5 0 6.43 5 5 28.0 35 20 13 18 MIN Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Reed, Brad L 0.217 79 277 31 60 19 1 9 42 0 0.983 *2 Martinez, Angelo R 0.286 99 405 63 116 21 3 21 66 2 0.994 *3 Gilmet, Daniel L 0.291 71 296 50 86 16 3 5 28 15 0.966 *4/6 Brookes, Mike S 0.282 96 319 63 90 20 2 21 70 1 0.944 *5 Mendel, Marty L 0.282 70 252 27 71 11 1 0 23 3 0.956 6 Cortes, Alejandro R 0.252 62 234 36 59 10 1 9 35 8 0.990 7/H Villasenor, Jose R 0.262 77 282 35 74 11 0 10 32 1 0.982 *8/9 Morgenstern, Lou L 0.232 90 358 56 83 20 7 13 49 1 0.989 *9/8H Grigg, Mike L 0.306 80 196 25 60 12 0 2 14 1 1.000 7H/9 Park, Dong-hak R 0.180 43 128 11 23 1 1 1 10 1 0.963 64 Ship, Kyle S 0.229 41 118 11 27 4 0 4 16 2 0.987 9H/738 Dempsey, Zach R 0.231 51 117 13 27 6 0 3 12 4 1.000 8H/79 Theroff, Matt L 0.218 30 87 9 19 1 0 0 4 0 1.000 2/H Pellot, Danny L 0.314 40 86 11 27 6 1 1 8 1 0.955 46/H5 MIN Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Benavides, Chris L 12 10 0 2.71 27 27 206.0 182 62 65 149 Ramos, Angelo L 17 2 0 2.51 25 25 193.2 181 54 33 129 Magdaleno, Ricardo R 5 12 0 5.06 19 19 128.0 154 72 41 63 Larsen, Mike L 7 4 0 3.36 15 15 104.1 101 39 37 57 Lynn, Pete L 5 4 10 3.62 35 0 49.2 50 20 17 59 Theisen, Todd L 7 1 4 2.98 27 3 54.1 55 18 12 42 Marceau, Jim L 2 3 2 4.36 24 0 33.0 33 16 12 29 Ruiz, Victor L 3 5 0 4.89 15 14 95.2 85 52 53 83 MON Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Putnam, Brent L 0.171 53 175 17 30 9 0 6 17 0 0.986 2 Munoz, Armando R 0.272 99 412 53 112 15 0 26 60 0 0.987 *3 van Zanten, Adri L 0.254 98 409 48 104 14 1 8 31 1 0.976 *4/H Owens, Adam L 0.277 86 339 46 94 22 1 14 33 0 0.930 *5 Yarbor, George S 0.241 78 266 24 64 7 2 2 29 2 0.969 *6/H Ortega, Willie L 0.215 42 172 14 37 3 1 5 16 0 1.000 7/H Byce, Jeff L 0.185 58 233 13 43 0 3 1 8 2 0.985 8/7 Williams, Matt L 0.281 59 196 40 55 8 4 13 34 1 0.986 9/H Mendoza, Anton L 0.370 62 227 26 84 9 1 6 27 6 0.988 8/H79 Martinez, Gabe S 0.254 83 189 18 48 8 2 0 11 1 0.993 H97/3 Sullivan, Aaron R 0.252 54 151 22 38 4 5 4 21 0 1.000 97H Carranco, Roberto S 0.278 50 115 15 32 5 0 7 21 0 0.991 2/H Rojas, Sergio L 0.182 33 99 12 18 1 4 1 4 0 0.973 6/4H Martinez, Jerry L 0.274 38 84 7 23 3 0 4 12 0 1.000 7H Singleton, Ian L 0.109 22 55 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0.964 2 Wareham, Johnny L 0.148 38 54 3 8 2 0 1 4 0 0.920 H5 Andres, Jorge R 0.200 28 50 7 10 3 0 1 4 1 1.000 H7 MON Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Navarro, Melvin L 5 11 0 4.97 20 20 130.1 118 72 97 120 Figueiredo, Brian L 8 8 0 5.12 25 17 128.1 134 73 77 71 Young, Josh L 5 7 0 4.30 15 15 106.2 125 51 31 22 Olvera, Javier L 5 8 0 3.99 15 14 97.0 98 43 36 66 Munro, Trevor L 2 3 11 4.30 46 1 67.0 62 32 28 40 Pritchard, Cole L 2 4 1 6.08 21 2 40.0 41 27 26 32 Farr, Phil L 1 10 1 3.79 29 12 109.1 104 46 54 57 Scott, Mike R 2 3 0 5.68 18 6 44.1 53 28 28 41 Youngblood, Jonas L 1 5 0 5.34 12 9 64.0 70 38 30 30 Robinson, Kareem L 0 5 0 7.16 5 5 27.2 40 22 13 22 NYM Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Bushon, Jason L 0.249 81 293 33 73 12 2 8 30 2 0.995 *2 Waltenbery, Joshua R 0.285 98 358 46 102 24 3 12 59 0 0.994 *3/9 Warren, Nick L 0.230 84 356 38 82 14 6 4 33 1 0.971 *4 Hawkinson, Nick L 0.230 62 209 33 48 6 1 5 21 3 0.947 5/H Ortega, Lorenzo R 0.239 45 155 21 37 7 1 2 12 1 0.973 6 Washington, Jimmy R 0.242 97 372 39 90 21 1 8 60 0 0.978 *7/9H Hope, Curtis R 0.274 90 343 63 94 15 7 11 53 11 0.997 *8/H Arriaga, Edgar L 0.228 81 289 32 66 10 0 9 31 0 0.974 *9/7H Vallin, Jose L 0.270 68 152 17 41 7 3 2 20 2 0.970 H5/3 Wilcox, Brian L 0.228 44 127 18 29 4 0 4 14 6 0.978 6 Diaz, Mario R 0.321 66 109 12 35 3 3 1 10 1 0.969 H7/9 Baldwin, Bob L 0.260 48 100 15 26 3 0 1 8 1 0.957 H54 Owens, Andy L 0.167 34 72 6 12 4 0 0 3 0 1.000 8H/97 Romero, Ricardo L 0.227 27 66 9 15 4 0 1 8 0 0.978 2/H Williams, Robert L 0.219 40 64 7 14 3 0 1 9 0 0.967 6/H4 Greenlee, Adam R 0.214 35 56 7 12 2 0 0 6 0 1.000 H9/7 NYM Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Carrillo, Ernesto L 11 9 0 3.91 25 25 177.1 169 77 106 183 Mash, John L 11 6 0 2.80 21 21 151.0 144 47 40 86 Beane, Joe R 10 5 0 2.56 16 16 119.1 107 34 52 92 Sandoval, Julio L 2 9 0 5.68 15 15 84.0 114 53 41 33 Saus, Geoff L 3 2 19 3.92 43 0 59.2 62 26 17 63 Hollopeter, Steve L 1 3 1 2.63 29 2 54.2 51 16 10 38 Camacho, David R 5 4 0 2.30 20 11 98.0 74 25 25 54 McNicholas, Dave L 4 3 0 5.04 10 7 50.0 52 28 25 36 NYY Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Tabb, Khalil L 0.266 76 278 37 74 13 0 4 42 0 0.996 *2/H Cardenas, Alex R 0.305 100 406 70 124 25 2 19 59 0 0.989 *3 Yi, Wing-fung L 0.204 85 299 38 61 10 4 4 37 10 0.985 *4/H6 Weiss, Tom L 0.297 99 377 62 112 19 3 13 51 1 0.940 *5 Stover, Ty L 0.277 92 329 67 91 21 0 19 65 0 0.986 *6 Field, Dan L 0.299 100 388 45 116 30 0 14 59 0 0.995 *7 MacMillan, Micah R 0.281 90 381 61 107 14 4 6 36 11 0.988 *8 Meneses, Frank R 0.268 74 239 44 64 6 3 14 49 4 0.993 *9/H7 Jones, Pat R 0.291 58 117 18 34 7 3 2 13 2 0.965 H4/56 Mooneyhan, Jason R 0.230 41 113 7 26 5 1 1 7 0 0.985 2H Poynor, Ross R 0.212 41 85 7 18 2 1 3 11 0 0.966 9H/748 Ash, Marc L 0.242 39 62 8 15 2 2 2 10 1 1.000 9H/8 Murphy, Jeff S 0.210 21 62 9 13 0 0 3 7 2 1.000 8/H NYY Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Mosher, Tracy R 14 10 0 2.52 25 25 203.2 183 57 34 143 Caneas, Danilo L 11 9 0 4.21 23 23 164.2 181 77 38 91 Olthof, Obke L 12 6 0 3.26 22 22 160.0 155 58 34 124 Ballard, Dan R 3 8 0 5.02 22 12 95.0 105 53 40 64 Kelly, Jesse R 7 3 10 2.09 37 0 56.0 53 13 13 48 Hinkson, David L 0 0 3 4.93 29 0 34.2 38 19 7 29 Wilson, Chris L 4 3 0 2.82 18 10 79.2 68 25 32 61 Powers, Jake L 2 4 0 5.50 12 6 52.1 66 32 29 36 OAK Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Escobar, Jonathan L 0.244 80 287 34 70 14 0 5 38 0 0.993 *2 Decker, David L 0.281 93 377 65 106 17 0 21 67 1 0.992 *3 Potter, Rich L 0.220 61 254 22 56 8 1 0 14 2 0.958 46 Jones, Chase L 0.219 86 329 38 72 14 2 12 57 1 0.987 *5 Wilson, Gil R 0.234 59 197 11 46 4 0 3 18 0 0.960 6/54 Levario, Matthew S 0.271 91 343 61 93 8 1 17 46 3 0.991 *7/H Schurke, Mike S 0.300 83 320 36 96 19 4 2 32 9 0.996 *8/9H Marsden, John R 0.344 53 215 30 74 8 0 7 18 0 0.983 9 Moore, Chris L 0.285 33 144 27 41 10 2 7 23 1 0.987 4 Berman, Richard L 0.298 30 124 21 37 6 2 1 12 2 0.960 9 Vallejo, Alex R 0.301 28 113 13 34 6 0 1 15 6 1.000 8/9 Owen, Kellen L 0.355 43 107 14 38 11 0 1 14 0 0.917 6H/54 Culliton, Jeff R 0.217 64 92 4 20 2 0 0 5 0 0.977 H2 Molina, Ruben L 0.230 18 74 6 17 7 0 0 8 0 1.000 4 Henricks, Jordan L 0.177 39 62 6 11 1 0 0 7 2 1.000 H/93 Bueno, Raul L 0.246 36 61 5 15 2 0 1 6 2 1.000 H/743 Evenson, Matt L 0.200 13 45 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0.986 6/H OAK Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Shelton, Rick L 9 9 0 3.66 21 21 152.1 134 62 85 111 Ortiz, Roberto L 8 4 0 3.51 20 20 133.1 104 52 84 151 O'Neal, Ryan L 6 5 0 4.47 19 17 114.2 136 57 41 59 Barnard, Lee R 7 3 0 3.13 13 13 95.0 90 33 28 59 Ramirez, Carlos L 2 6 11 2.88 37 0 56.1 50 18 14 51 McCourt, Aaron L 1 1 0 1.94 31 0 41.2 33 9 18 24 Uscanga, Freddy R 4 3 6 2.97 27 0 33.1 29 11 19 21 Weickert, Danny R 2 2 0 4.78 23 0 32.0 45 17 19 26 McGranahan, Chris L 4 6 0 2.97 11 11 69.2 62 23 15 30 Lancaster, Nate R 3 3 0 3.32 9 9 59.2 62 22 28 39 Howard, Josh L 3 0 0 2.30 19 0 27.1 20 7 7 29 Rubio, Jose R 1 0 0 5.26 8 4 25.2 36 15 10 12 PHI Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Rahn, Sam L 0.313 58 208 26 65 12 1 6 22 0 0.985 2/H Coffey, Josh L 0.316 99 399 49 126 26 2 9 50 0 0.995 *3 Serna, Victor L 0.219 98 352 58 77 8 5 27 73 4 0.977 *4/6 Becerra, Alex L 0.244 81 262 47 64 6 0 17 53 1 0.886 *5/H Shannon, Tony L 0.284 83 310 38 88 18 5 4 35 8 0.944 *6/5H Stewart, Paul R 0.306 90 360 50 110 16 0 8 41 1 0.994 *7/H Schaben, Joel R 0.308 59 250 37 77 16 6 3 32 5 1.000 8/H Powell, Andrew R 0.298 85 325 39 97 17 0 1 35 0 0.972 *9/H7 O'Connor, Mark R 0.255 45 165 16 42 5 0 2 8 4 0.978 8/H79 Citro, Lee L 0.236 47 161 25 38 5 2 3 10 0 0.983 2/H Arellano, Pedro R 0.214 52 112 13 24 3 1 3 13 0 0.921 H5/3 Baron, Malachai R 0.190 32 84 9 16 0 0 0 5 1 0.983 78/H Byerly, Steve L 0.164 27 73 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 0.945 6/H45 Martinez, Luis R 0.277 39 47 6 13 3 0 1 7 0 1.000 H/9 PHI Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Gaddi, Marius L 16 2 0 2.15 23 23 180.1 147 43 37 145 Dapson, George L 8 7 0 3.74 22 20 149.1 165 62 50 80 Quintana, Roger R 7 8 0 4.19 20 20 129.0 143 60 45 93 Agudo, Jose L 3 4 0 2.87 10 10 59.2 41 19 54 41 Grohs, Tom R 5 1 11 1.27 35 0 49.2 30 7 10 45 Sanchez, Omar L 6 3 4 4.98 35 0 56.0 65 31 11 42 Sherritt, Joe L 1 1 3 3.00 33 0 42.0 37 14 18 14 de la Cruz, Luis L 3 5 5 5.28 31 1 46.0 60 27 10 16 Ording, Billy L 4 2 0 3.38 8 8 53.1 52 20 23 40 Wille, Josh R 3 2 0 3.72 7 7 48.1 49 20 18 48 Entwistle, Josh R 0 5 0 5.02 12 4 37.2 37 21 14 25 Flores, Orlando L 0 2 0 5.40 12 5 30.0 33 18 19 18 PIT Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Connally, Doug L 0.246 85 281 32 69 16 1 8 37 0 0.995 *2/H Valdivia, Abílio L 0.294 92 347 54 102 14 1 9 35 0 0.991 *3/H Martinez, Arturo L 0.175 65 212 26 37 2 7 0 15 2 0.988 4/6H Prieto, Roberto L 0.222 93 347 42 77 18 2 8 47 4 0.947 *5/H Webster, Tyler R 0.221 97 339 56 75 18 7 11 38 1 0.974 *6 Lawson, Justin L 0.307 98 375 39 115 24 2 10 57 0 1.000 *7/H Johnson, Elijah S 0.288 73 292 41 84 11 2 2 23 6 0.987 *8/H Jackson, Brian L 0.327 89 346 36 113 20 2 1 64 6 0.980 *9 Hearl, Justin R 0.255 57 153 25 39 2 4 0 9 7 0.970 8H/79 Cardenas, Luis L 0.181 34 72 5 13 2 0 1 4 0 0.978 6H4/5 Swerdlove, Ian R 0.239 26 71 10 17 5 0 2 9 0 0.989 3/H Carrera, Carlos L 0.271 31 70 10 19 4 1 4 14 0 0.974 H9/78 Hernandez, Carlos L 0.240 18 50 2 12 4 0 0 5 0 1.000 2/H Cando, Sergio S 0.149 16 47 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0.986 4 Cohen, Tyler L 0.130 24 46 5 6 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4/H3 PIT Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Battaglia, Jeremy R 12 6 0 2.68 21 21 174.1 138 52 33 103 Arango, Santos R 9 7 0 3.36 21 21 163.1 149 61 46 111 Cheeves, D.J. L 6 11 0 3.92 21 21 149.1 151 65 62 111 Torres, Carlos R 7 5 0 3.42 20 13 108.0 98 41 31 81 Lemus, Paz L 5 4 14 1.86 48 0 67.2 53 14 29 60 Jones, Clyde R 5 4 0 2.75 10 10 72.0 78 22 20 48 Perez, Danny L 5 4 0 4.45 10 10 64.2 68 32 36 39 Alvarez, Ernie L 3 3 0 3.72 8 8 58.0 61 24 15 23 SD Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Bakke, Adam L 0.241 85 282 19 68 10 1 0 19 0 0.996 *2/H Garcia, Diego R 0.177 84 203 20 36 6 1 3 14 1 0.986 3H Honesto, Roberto L 0.248 54 206 25 51 3 2 4 18 4 0.983 4/H Landry, Kevin L 0.268 96 366 51 98 10 3 15 57 6 0.938 *5/H Fujimoto, Akiho L 0.300 60 237 25 71 14 1 2 26 0 0.971 6 Gomez, Carlos L 0.281 93 292 45 82 10 0 15 39 0 0.983 *7H/3 Hadley, Zackery L 0.242 64 260 24 63 6 3 0 23 15 0.971 8/9 Hernandez, Nelson L 0.295 100 380 66 112 12 13 24 67 4 0.992 *9/87 Henderson, Davin L 0.267 50 135 26 36 1 1 7 17 2 0.986 7H/9 Chapman, John L 0.202 39 124 17 25 5 0 5 16 0 0.991 3/H Gray, Jake L 0.126 36 119 14 15 3 1 3 5 4 0.995 4/6H Littrell, Dan S 0.185 34 119 20 22 3 1 5 13 0 0.957 6/H Mitchell, Tyler R 0.239 23 92 12 22 1 1 5 16 2 1.000 8/H Ware, Eli L 0.181 32 72 7 13 1 0 1 7 0 0.967 H35/4 Slater, Cody R 0.229 36 70 11 16 4 0 3 9 4 1.000 H8/79 Negrete, Ivan L 0.194 24 62 8 12 2 0 1 6 0 0.989 4/H Vieyra, Ian L 0.204 23 49 4 10 1 1 0 6 0 1.000 2/H SD Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Aguilar, Rodrigo R 10 8 0 3.11 21 21 153.1 160 53 65 59 Moreno, Juan R 3 8 1 5.10 23 18 127.0 138 72 47 75 Schnipke, Erik L 5 11 5 3.35 29 14 107.1 95 40 68 90 Reece, Tim L 6 4 0 3.52 19 14 102.1 95 40 38 81 Valenzuela, Chris L 4 4 3 3.88 37 0 53.1 46 23 24 39 Hannon, Jerry L 0 3 2 4.50 29 2 52.0 48 26 19 19 Ortega, Francisco R 1 8 0 4.28 25 11 94.2 95 45 50 64 Rodriguez, Alejandro R 1 2 0 7.86 13 4 34.1 48 30 16 14 Im, Ji-man R 5 3 0 4.55 14 7 65.1 69 33 29 23 Teague, Jon L 1 4 0 7.27 5 5 26.0 32 21 24 10 SF Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Campbell, Chris L 0.258 75 229 30 59 7 1 2 25 0 0.992 *2/H Everhart, John L 0.295 69 251 43 74 14 1 14 48 0 0.988 3/7H Heyen, Bill L 0.264 98 416 55 110 15 6 0 30 6 0.986 *4 Mock, Tim L 0.280 92 375 39 105 19 0 10 67 4 0.921 *5 Kojima, Masayuki R 0.191 51 157 11 30 7 1 2 14 0 0.970 6/4 Cooper, Barry R 0.335 99 424 68 142 24 5 7 50 19 0.980 *7/9H Seligman, Danny L 0.305 70 311 45 95 14 3 4 32 6 0.983 *8 Hartmann, Will L 0.315 58 222 27 70 11 3 4 35 1 0.977 9/H87 Lammers, Scott S 0.193 53 171 23 33 7 0 6 24 0 0.972 9/H Guevara, Mario L 0.238 50 160 19 38 2 0 6 23 0 0.985 6/4H Park, Chae-hwi L 0.269 39 119 13 32 5 0 3 9 4 1.000 8/H Seek, Chris L 0.343 32 108 15 37 6 1 1 16 0 0.996 3/H Adame, Edwin S 0.231 39 91 9 21 5 0 3 12 0 1.000 2/H Castillo, Ignacio R 0.140 46 50 6 7 2 0 1 4 0 1.000 H/39 Jersey, Ryan L 0.256 21 43 6 11 5 0 0 3 0 0.917 H/53 SF Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Stuckey, Mike L 13 7 0 2.75 25 25 196.1 177 60 45 141 Rivera, Robert R 9 10 0 2.86 23 23 182.2 152 58 32 133 Holm, Roy R 7 10 0 3.77 22 22 162.1 146 68 71 165 Williams, Sam R 6 5 0 3.87 12 12 81.1 70 35 36 53 Booth, John R 4 5 20 2.34 48 0 65.1 50 17 22 28 Roman, Henry R 4 0 0 3.00 24 1 36.0 39 12 19 25 Wilson, Bill R 2 2 0 2.60 16 2 34.2 29 10 19 23 Sanders, Jason L 6 3 0 3.07 10 10 76.1 70 26 29 56 STL Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Stuart, John L 0.222 55 216 17 48 14 0 2 15 0 0.991 2 Stone, Justin R 0.307 98 378 74 116 26 6 27 72 6 0.994 *3 Depew, Tom R 0.291 92 354 32 103 14 3 3 23 5 0.965 64/H Morrison, Mike L 0.262 92 347 30 91 14 2 2 16 0 0.961 *5/H McCully, Dusty L 0.215 43 149 9 32 8 0 2 15 0 0.985 6 Martinez, Lorenzo R 0.263 92 319 55 84 9 2 29 76 0 0.979 *7/H Herring, Ray L 0.225 71 307 32 69 11 1 6 30 3 0.991 8/H9 Satterfield, Casey L 0.261 97 379 50 99 12 2 14 50 1 0.973 *9/H Johnston, Chris L 0.241 41 162 29 39 9 0 1 13 4 0.972 4/6 Leone, Jake R 0.196 38 148 21 29 9 2 3 19 3 0.983 8/H Lizama, Willis L 0.239 33 88 14 21 3 0 2 8 0 0.979 2/H Street, J.D. L 0.318 42 85 9 27 4 0 0 13 0 0.978 H5/8 Dunnahoe, Luke L 0.284 28 81 10 23 4 1 1 7 0 0.947 46 Garcia, Luis L 0.299 23 77 9 23 6 0 3 15 0 0.988 2 Wilson, Matt R 0.291 32 55 6 16 5 0 0 4 0 0.978 H/937 STL Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO McCauley, Jimmy L 12 8 0 3.60 22 22 157.1 137 63 79 96 Garcia, Mario L 4 10 0 3.99 21 21 144.1 135 64 48 92 Vargas, Octavio L 5 9 0 4.54 20 19 127.0 140 64 40 62 Bachler, Vince L 5 7 0 4.32 16 16 98.0 103 47 42 81 Eastin, Adam L 5 1 9 2.01 27 0 40.1 31 9 19 21 Qiu, Valentin L 2 1 0 4.46 24 1 42.1 42 21 12 37 LaPointe, Jason L 3 3 1 4.75 24 4 53.0 68 28 22 38 Young, Josh L 1 3 0 5.83 5 4 29.1 31 19 7 6 Collins, Dusty L 2 4 0 6.06 6 6 35.2 35 24 31 18 Monahan, T.J. L 0 4 0 6.15 4 4 26.1 36 18 9 12 WAS Batting B Avg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB FPct Pos Flores, Armando L 0.324 83 336 32 109 17 0 1 39 0 0.988 *2 Skelton, Jon R 0.305 69 243 31 74 18 0 10 41 0 0.984 3/H Nyman, Joe L 0.232 95 349 38 81 15 3 4 30 2 0.969 *46 Curran, Rob R 0.233 64 215 21 50 8 2 2 20 0 0.957 5 Ramey, Justin L 0.279 71 272 42 76 15 2 6 36 9 0.962 *6 Veneziano, Sebastiano R 0.222 90 334 34 74 9 8 7 46 5 0.995 *7H Everett, Ian R 0.295 50 173 18 51 6 1 4 19 6 0.986 8/H Romero, Alvin R 0.348 81 336 68 117 23 7 3 30 42 0.995 *98/H7 DeBoer, Nick L 0.285 64 172 23 49 8 1 7 33 0 0.995 3H Knight, Tyler L 0.191 54 152 9 29 1 0 0 10 1 0.975 45/6H Allen, Mike L 0.250 47 152 14 38 9 4 1 9 0 0.991 8/9H7 Alvarez, Manuel L 0.205 36 122 8 25 5 0 0 12 0 1.000 9/H Pope, Aaron L 0.228 21 79 5 18 6 0 0 6 0 0.902 5/H Gonzalez, Ramiro S 0.209 20 67 5 14 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2/7 Hackney, Matt L 0.228 49 57 4 13 1 0 1 6 0 0.833 H/7 Schneider, Kristian R 0.222 15 54 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 0.882 5 Swan, Bill L 0.098 14 51 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 8 WAS Pitching T W L Sv ERA G GS IP H ER BB SO Coffey, Kent L 10 8 0 2.44 20 20 158.1 130 43 60 98 Freeman, Kevin R 8 9 0 3.41 20 20 155.2 153 59 56 75 Daugharty, Chad L 9 6 0 2.80 20 20 154.1 110 48 59 108 Bruno, Brian L 7 10 0 3.99 20 20 144.1 143 64 33 78 Chavez, Willis R 1 7 13 1.82 40 0 54.1 52 11 24 30 Terry, Tyler L 1 2 2 3.86 26 0 35.0 29 15 23 19 Shepherd, Ron R 2 2 0 2.84 26 0 31.2 26 10 15 22 Parks, Dale R 2 2 0 5.06 23 6 58.2 53 33 27 34 Marrone, D.J. 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July 27 - August 2, 1970
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AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Cleveland Indians 64 42 .604 - Boston Red Sox 58 45 .563 4.5 New York Yankees 57 47 .548 6.0 Baltimore Orioles 50 55 .476 13.5 Washington Senators 48 57 .457 15.5 Detroit Tigers 47 57 .452 16.0 West W L PCT GB Minnesota Twins 61 45 .575 - Oakland Athletics 55 45 .550 3.0 California Angels 53 52 .505 7.5 Chicago White Sox 52 56 .481 10.0 Kansas City Royals 42 63 .400 18.5 Milwaukee Brewers 41 64 .390 19.5 NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Chicago Cubs 60 45 .571 - Philadelphia Phillies 58 45 .563 1.0 New York Mets 54 50 .519 5.5 Pittsburgh Pirates 55 51 .519 5.5 St. Louis Cardinals 44 61 .419 16.0 Montreal Expos 38 68 .358 22.5 West W L PCT GB Houston Astros 65 40 .619 - Cincinnati Reds 62 46 .574 4.5 San Francisco Giants 58 46 .558 6.5 Atlanta Braves 50 55 .476 15.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 45 59 .433 19.5 San Diego Padres 42 65 .393 24.0 ---------------------- Code:
1st (2nd) Houston 2nd (5th) Cleveland 3rd (8th) Boston 4th (9th) Philadelphia 5th (10th) Chicago (N) Code:
20th (23rd) San Diego 21st (19th) St. Louis 22nd (24th) Milwaukee 23rd (18th) Kansas City 24th (22nd) Montreal Major Transactions ------------------------ July 29: The Cubs acquire OF Steve Fenney (.296, 1, 12) from the Astros for cash. Fenney was being used a lot as a pinch-hitter but was getting a little tetchy in that role and in Chicago he figures to play full time in right given that Adam Groves (.234, 10, 35) is not the same player he was before he missed all of 1969. It's a tough world, this baseball. August 2: The Tigers acquire 3B Tim Reynolds (.351, 3, 10) from the Expos for cash. The Expos have a Rule V guy in Adam Owens (.277, 14, 33) who's due back in a week and this was more or less a move to get back a little for a guy who has zero future with them. For the Tigers, this marks the end of the year-long experiment with 3B John Daughtry (.205, 5, 21). David Salinas (.243, 0, 12) likely gets the job back - for now - but Reynolds will likely spell him a bunch. News ----------------------- July 27: Twins 1B Angelo Martinez racked up 11 hits in 23 at-bats to earn the AL Player of the Week honors. At the time of this writing, per the news report (I forgot to note this down at the time) he was hitting .289 with 21 HR and 66 RBIs. Pretty good! July 27: The NL POTW was Braves 2B Kevin Dwyer, who got 17 freaking hits in 32 at-bats. I was thinking he missed some time with injury but no, that was just everyone else on the Braves team. July 28: Pirates CF Elijah Johnson (.288, 2, 23) will miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum. Johnson is 36 and an 11 time Gold Glove award winner who probably won last year on reputation, but he's still pretty decent out there. That said, prior to this season he was a real minus on offense. The replacement Justin Hearl (.254, 0, 7) could win multiple Gold Gloves himself if he's left in the lineup, so we'll see if he can hit well enough to carry the position through the end of the year. July 28: Cleveland RF Tommy Pron (.328, 2, 41) had his 25 game hitting streak end in just about the worst way possible. Pron was officially charged with 0 hits in 1 at-bat but he also walked three times and was on deck when 1B Kyle Kelver (.315, 6, 21) hit into a game-ending double play. "I'm more down that we weren't able to pull out the win", said a dejected Pron after the game. "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." July 28: It's not pitching if you don't get hurt, I guess. Cy Young candidate - I should say Cy Young favorite - Angelo Ramos (17-2, 2.51) felt a sharp pain in his shoulder today. He pitched through it and recorded his 5th shutout of the year but the training staff realized he strained his rotator cuff in the process. Just as a precaution (yeah, right!) Ramos is going on the DL with hopes of seeing him again by the playoffs. July 29: It took the Reds to their last out but they managed to extend Steve Waiters' (19-1, 2.15) win streak to 11 games. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th and runners on 1st and 3rd, LF Justin Jensen (.200, 21, 49) walked off of Pirates' ace Paz Lemus (5-4, 1.86, 5 blown saves now) and then C Oliver Williams (.289, 4, 46) slapped a single into right field to give his team a 4-3 win. "All that extra time in the cage is really paying off," said Williams after the game. "Oh yeah, Steve pitched pretty well, too." Waiters' last and so far only loss of the season came on May 26 at San Diego. More importantly to the Reds, the victory, coupled with the Astros' loss in Chicago, brings the Reds to 3 games back in the NL West. July 30: 3B David Salinas (.249, 0, 11) of the Tigers asked to be traded. Here I can't say that I blame him; he's a multi-time All-Star and is straight up outhitting the guy Detroit is giving at-bats to at his position (John Daughtry (.211, 5, 21)). Daughtry is 8 years younger and Detroit's going nowhere and, well, the trade demand means we're past the point of placating Salinas anyway. For now I'll put him on the trade block but if he doesn't get moved I'll probably cut him in the offseason. July 30: Kevin Freeman (8-9, 3.41) of the Washington Senators just made history. The squat left-hander no-hit the AL West leading Minnesota Twins en route to a historic 10-0 blowout. The no-no was the third this *year* (although first since I moved over to the new version, just to note), tying the league record set in 1968 and 1946. Teammate Chad Daugharty (9-6, 2.80) actually got the last one on May 3rd. "Yeah, Chad and I have a little bet going about who's going to win more games this year," Freeman said after the game. "Ball's in your court, Dog." July 30: Big day for pitchers today, I guess. Brewers SP Alex Izquierdo (1-0, 0.00), the #4 pick in this year's draft, made his major league debut today with a splash with an 8-hit shutout of the Boston Red Sox. Izzy struck out 6 and walked just one in this, his 9th game as professional pitcher. Who knows how many wins this young man will wind up with. July 31: Tigers LHP Douglas Sweetapple (0-0, 0.00), a 31 year old who hadn't pitched in the majors since 1967 before the Tigers took a chance on him, is now getting a grumpy on because he's not starting. I guess to be fair (TOOO BEEEE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIR) he had a 3-year run from 1962-1964 where he made the All-Star Game 3 times and... was only 5 games below .500 (25-30) for an Astros team that was losing 108 or 109 games a year. In spite of myself and his high walk rate, I think I'm going to give him a bit of time in there. Ben Schmidt (6-6, 4.58) is the odd man out for now. July 31: The Reds split a double-header against the Cubs today but that's not the newsworthy bit so much as is the fact that this allowed them to finish 18-14 for the month. Yes, the month. The Reds played 32 games this month in spite of the All-Star Break, and that means they played 4 double-headers and had literally zero off-days outside of the ASB. Looks like August will be a real vacation for them; only one double-header vs the Mets and 3 whole off days (although one of them is the 31st and the next day off they get is the 10th), which adds up to 29 games total. Scheduling in the late 60s and early 70s was insane. August 1: Jason Mooneyham, the 11-time All-Star who is currently the Yankees' backup catcher, is not happy with his role, although his overall morale says he's Good. Glad he's not in full mutiny because he's not getting his job back. August 1: Cubs CF Chance Cooper (.268, 7, 13) just had 3 HRs over a double-header yesterday and I guess that was enough to win him NL Rookie of the Month honors. Called up to replace Mark Tooley (.275, 10, 33), Cooper made his debut as a pinch-hitter on June 30th and was in the lineup for pretty much the entire month of July. I don't think he profiles as a CF but at age 22 he's still got some room to grow so who knows? August 1: The AL Rookie of the month was Royals LF Jeff Nation (.317, 11, 53), who hit .311 with 11 doubles, 4 HRs, and 18 RBIs. He's looking to me like the odds-on favorite to take home the 1970 ROY, especially now that the disastrous stint at third base is long in the past. August 1: Twins SP Chris Benavides (12-10, 2.71) has gotten some tough look this year (see the record!) but for July he went 5-2, 2.05 with 43 Ks against just 42 hits in 57 innings. This is actually Benavides' second Pitcher of the Month award; he won it for his performance in October 1968 as well. Too bad about that record because he otherwise looks like a Cy Young candidate. Maybe he'll inherit all the good luck Angelo Ramos (see above) sustained this year before having some pretty bad injury luck... August 1: For the senior circuit, Reds SP Steve Waiters (19-1, 2.15) remained unstoppable and earned the July award with a 6-0 record in 7 starts with a 1.48 ERA. I'm hard-pressed to see anyone else winning the CYA in the NL but, well, we do still have two months to go. August 1: Braves RF Henry Riggs (.270, 28, 75) has had one topsy-turvy year. This was his second NL Batter of the Month, as he hit .304 with 10 HRs and 27 RBIs last month. In between, he hit .213 with 7 HRs and 19 RBIs in June and I may have been worried that he fell off a cliff. Not so! Riggs has 467 lifetime HRs and barring that collapse figures to break the 500 mark some time next season. August 1: California Angels SS Chris Adams (.294, 14, 69) was something of a surprise Batter of the Month award winner, given that he'd been snubbed from the All-Star Game this season. All Adams did was hit .381 with 8 of his dingers and 26 RBIs in the month as California experimented moving him into the power part of their order. Those 14 HRs are already a career high. August 1: I just noted above that I didn't know who could chase Steve Waiters for that NL Cy Young crown. Well, I forgot about Phillies' phenom Marius Gaddi (17-2, 2.26), who just extended his winning streak to 11. He didn't actually pitch all that well - 7 innings, 4 earned runs on 8 hits - but he got enough support (the Phils won 6-4) and, well, it's 1970 so wins and losses matter. Waiters is still very much in front but even if he goes like 4-4 the rest of the way I could see Gaddi pulling it out. Speaking of which, Rob Neyer and Bill James did a Cy Young Prediction stat with their Guide to Pitchers. Since it's descriptive rather than prescriptive it's based on stuff like wins and losses and shutouts and so on. Anyway, here's the top 10 for each league. The one thing I didn't add was the 12 point bonus a pitcher gets for winning their division, since the divisions haven't been decided yet. Also I don't think it makes much of a difference in this case: Code:
+ -------------- + --------------- + ----------- + --------- + ------ + ------ + ------- + -------- + ------- + ------- + -------- + ------- + -------- + | last_name | first_name | throws | team | w | l | Sv | era | ip | bb | sho | so | CYP | + -------------- + --------------- + ----------- + --------- + ------ + ------ + ------- + -------- + ------- + ------- + -------- + ------- + -------- + | Waiters | Steve | R | CIN | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2.15 | 201 | 44 | 5 | 193 | 196.7 | | Ramos | Angelo | L | MIN | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2.51 | 193 | 33 | 5 | 129 | 167.0 | | Gaddi | Marius | L | PHI | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2.15 | 180 | 37 | 4 | 145 | 165.1 | | Kindberg | Justin | R | BOS | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.35 | 187 | 73 | 8 | 158 | 144.1 | | Matthews | Josh | R | CLE | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2.86 | 182 | 71 | 3 | 121 | 136.2 | | Mosher | Tracy | R | NYY | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2.52 | 203 | 34 | 3 | 143 | 134.7 | | Stuckey | Mike | L | SF | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2.75 | 196 | 45 | 3 | 141 | 127.6 | | Benavides | Chris | L | MIN | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2.71 | 206 | 65 | 5 | 149 | 121.9 | | Hinojosa | Sandy | L | BOS | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2.56 | 168 | 50 | 2 | 138 | 116.8 | | Battaglia | Jeremy | R | PIT | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2.68 | 174 | 33 | 2 | 103 | 115.2 | | Rivera | Tony | R | HOU | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2.77 | 185 | 71 | 2 | 137 | 113.2 | | Luiso | Montay | R | BAL | 4 | 3 | 21 | 0.90 | 70 | 17 | 0 | 55 | 107.0 | | Olthof | Obke | L | NYY | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3.26 | 160 | 34 | 3 | 124 | 104.2 | | Coffey | Kent | L | WAS | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2.44 | 158 | 60 | 4 | 98 | 100.9 | | Mash | John | L | NYM | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2.80 | 151 | 40 | 2 | 86 | 100.1 | | Giron | Hector | L | BAL | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2.75 | 147 | 33 | 1 | 77 | 94.1 | | Lagunas | Andy | L | CLE | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3.92 | 133 | 52 | 0 | 95 | 93.8 | | Bruno | Gary | L | CAL | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2.63 | 147 | 45 | 3 | 61 | 92.7 | | Beane | Joe | R | NYM | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2.56 | 119 | 52 | 2 | 92 | 91.8 | | Daugharty | Chad | L | WAS | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2.80 | 154 | 59 | 3 | 108 | 91.6 | | Rivera | Robert | R | SF | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2.86 | 182 | 32 | 3 | 133 | 91.2 | | McCauley | Jimmy | L | STL | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3.60 | 157 | 79 | 1 | 96 | 89.2 | | Molina | Edgar | L | DET | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.63 | 168 | 57 | 2 | 163 | 88.9 | | Booth | John | R | SF | 4 | 5 | 20 | 2.34 | 65 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 85.4 | | Lemus | Paz | L | PIT | 5 | 4 | 14 | 1.86 | 67 | 29 | 0 | 60 | 85.2 | + -------------- + --------------- + ----------- + --------- + ------ + ------ + ------- + -------- + ------- + ------- + -------- + ------- + -------- + I originally had this set to the top 10 but I ddid want to see if there were any relievers in range of the Cy Young so I expanded it to 25. The top reliever is Montay Luiso, although he melted down today (these stats are based on my database output, which I updated as of the end of July 31 - those numbers are what you'll see in the post above this one) and that will probably push him out of there (also, Baltimore has itself fallen apart and I expect Luiso only gets a shot if his team gives him the 12-point division title bonus, which is not going to happen). Anyway, John "The Assassin" Booth and Paz Lemus also have outside shots. Also interesting to see Robert Rivera, who has a losing record, up there (I mean, the Assassin does too but he's not a dark horse because of wins and losses) (although I think that in order to have any chances he's going to need a few vultured Ws and a surprise Giants division title). I'm having trouble finding an equivalent for MVPs outside of, like "just use WAR, JEEZ". I found one that is pretty simple: 1 point each for leading the league in average, RBI, or HRs, driving in 100 runs, hitting .300, playing for a division or league winning team, and playing an up the middle position for the same. I might wind up using that one, although it would be a pain in the butt to set up directly from the DB. There's one that Baseball Prospectus designed in like 2011 that assigns 10-7-5-etc. scores to finishers in a variety of categories, which would also be a PITA to set up in the DB, and they don't expressly release the formula. I'd love to see something that works like the HOF Monitor or, well, the CYA Monitor that just adds things up. August 1: So with the above TOTALLY burying the lede today, the Phillies just swept the Giants at old Connie Mack Stadium and that, coupled with a Cubs loss, has pushed Philadelphia into a tie for first in the NL East. The Phightin' Phillies have won 8 straight now; the Cubbies have lost 2 in a row and 3 of their last 4. August 2: Literal days after acquiring him via trade, the Cubs learned that OF Steve Fenney (.270, 1, 13) will miss the rest of the year with a torn rotator cuff. This doesn't feel like a necessarily season-ender for a position player, although in this case since Fenney is an outfielder and the Cubs are pretty set at 1B he'd be a pure pinch-hitter if he'd stay on. And also in real life I think Gorman Thomas missed most of a season with this injury. In any case, I'd noticed I'd kind of overlooked OF Sam Marks (.371, 3, 18) when I'd had the Cubs acquiring Fenney to replace RF Adam Groves (.231, 10, 35), but now it feels like a Roy Hobbs situation and I've got virtually no choice except to stick the 27 year old Marks in right every day and see what he can do through the end of the year. August 2: Senators SP Chad Daughtry (10-6, 2.64) responded to his rival Kevin Freeman's no-hitter with a 2-hitter of his own. "In my opinion, if you don't give up many hits, you win some games," Daughtry said in the postgame interview. Let's forget for a moment that he was facing the punchless Milwaukee Brewers. August 2: Speaking of those Cubbies, they stopped Steve Waiters' win streak (19-2, 2.15) at exactly the right time today. 21 year old rookie Jose Zarate (4-2, 1.92) got the Sunday spot start today and, frankly, pitched his way into the rotation by scattering 6 hits in a complete game 2-1 win over the Reds. Cincinnati is in a similar "every win counts" situation - okay, it's early August so maybe it's not quite so dire, but they're a full 4 games in back of the Astros - and they'd been looking forward to an opportunity to steal a series at Wrigley. Teams In Review ----------------- July 28: Time for the Cleveland Indians: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Cleveland Indians 59 40 .596 L1 - 488 107 .288 23 3.33 0.8 3.2 6.1 .983 -2.8 868,153 Rotation: The rotation, frankly, is pretty well set once the fireballing youngster Jose Martinez (1-0, 1.65, 44 Ks in 32.2 IP) comes back from a strained rotator cuff. That will be around a month but that's still plenty of time before the playoffs start. For now, the #4 spot is minor league vet Benito Diaz (1-1, 3.33), who is... fine. It's good enough to not want to switch things around for switching's sake. Bullpen: The Judge Elias Sanchez (1-2, 2.47, 3 Sv) saved 58 games from 1965 to 1967 so he hasn't exactly come out of nowhere, but he's been a really nice addition this year. Mostly I think the bullpen woes have figured themselves out and that's a huge part of why the team's been 37-19 since June 1. No changes here either. Infield: I'd really prefer a better battery-mate to Jonathan House (.278, 8, 33) than Jason Zimmerman (.194, 1, 9), but it is what it is. House is a lefty who is sat a lot against LHP but when Zim is in there, he doesn't provide a lot more, frankly, than good defense. I think it's time to just let House play as often as he's able and forget the platoon for now. The loss of Garcia meant calling up Jason Brull (1 at-bat in 1970), who's 40 and somehow still in the league in spite of not getting significant PT in the big leagues since 1964. I don't really expect him to be anything more than an emergency guy and pinch-hitter here either. Kyle Kelver (.317, 6, 21) has hit pretty well in his own right this year and last and should allow Cleveland to keep going without skipping a beat. Outfield: There's nothing that needs to be updated in the outfield. Tommy Pron (.329, 2, 41) has had a strange power outage this season and so I'll drop him to 5th but it's not like he's not still hitting well overall... July 29: And it's yoooour Kansas City Royals: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Kansas City Royals 40 60 .400 L1 19 411 65 .249 53 4.71 0.9 3.9 6.1 .975 -45.7 963,988 Rotation: I've been tinkering with this rotation all year long and as such I don't think there's any special second half magic I need to pull. The rotation is still trending pretty old and doesn't have any prospects in it right now, but I checked and KC's got nobody really ready on the horizon anyway. Bullpen: This is likely the last stop for Victor Reyes (0-5, 8.65, 1 Sv) and it's not starting out well: through 10.2 innings he has an ERA of over 10 for the Royals to date. I'm not pulling the plug on him just yet though. His stopper-mate is the equally (well, maybe not *equally*) fallen Chad Nies, who himself has an ERA over 5 with KC. Otherwise the team has some old men in the 'pen but again, there's not a lot else going on on the farm. It seems like trying to get the top of the 'pen to restart itself is a decent priority for now. Infield: Nate Sita (.164, 0, 2) isn't hitting at shortstop but neither is the guy they signed to take his at-bats, former Oriole Steve Saunders (.165, 0, 5) and Sita is at least young enough at 24 that maybe he'll be better in time. Outfield: Jeff Nation is still in search of a position. My guess is, it's going to wind up being first base. Right now he's solidly below average in left (-4.5 ZR) but at least he doesn't have an embarrassing fielding percentage at the position. He stays in the lineup because he's arguably the best hitter on the team (it's probably down to him and Yakashi Ono (.282, 8, 50)). July 30: The Houston Astros have been playing out of their minds this year but hey, everyone loses 40 eventually: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att Houston Astros 61 40 .604 L2 - 500 104 .266 32 3.82 0.7 3.8 5.8 .985 24.3 1,030,508 Rotation: The easy choice for an odd man out should the Astros feel the need to make a change is Josh "Party in the Back" Mullett (10-8, 4.66), who's seen his ERA climb by almost a run. He's still winning games, mostly from run support, but hey, there's a place for a guy who can give you around 7 innings, give up 3 or 4 runs, and keep you in it most of the time. Bullpen: I'd prefer to have someone a bit less volatile than Jon Douglas (2-7, 3.58, 11 Sv) as the stopper but the Astros just don't have a guy like that. Indeed, the bullpen in general right now is not in great shape and the guys who are playing well in AAA Oklahoma City didn't do well when given a chance earlier in the year. For now, I'm mostly going to stand pat... although I just now noticed that Danny Weickert (2-2, 4.78), who had a combined 3.00 ERA last year with the Phillies and A's but was apparently a numbers casualty this year, is on the market, so I'll sign him and then probably send down the struggling Mike Bryant (0-0, 9.39, 8 ER in 7.2 IP). Infield: C Dan Rigdon (.230, 3, 36) has lost 63 points off his average to date this year but he's the guy that brought them this far and it seems like a bad idea to just make a change for change's sake at such an important defensive position. With Jordan Green (.292, 4, 20) out, Houston's gone with their old reliable John Timonen (.208, 3, 8) at shortstop. Well, reliable on one side of the field. I guess both in the sense that he's also a reliable out. Timonen might be the best defensive SS in the NL but those numbers he's putting up represent the best hitting he's done in his career. Well, he did mash 15 HRs in 1966 to go with an average of just over .200 like this year but that seems to be the issue: every since then, the guy seems to think he's a power hitter and as a result he just whiffs a lot. Anyway, he's performing just well enough to stay in the lineup until Green gets back some time in September. Outfield: Outfield is pretty well set, so set in fact that the Astros felt it was fine to ship off 4th OFer and pinch-hitter Steve Fenney (.287, 1, 12) to the Cubs for cash. That leaves Nate Ringstad (.198, 4, 15) as the team's primary pinch-hitter, although really they're planning on running whoever has a hot hand and/or matches up well. August 2: With a record of 44-60, the St. Louis Cardinals are next on my list: Code:
Team Name W L % STR GB R HR AVG SB ERA HR/9 BB/9 K/9 PCT ZR Att St. Louis Cardinals 44 60 .423 L2 15½ 431 97 .253 23 4.55 0.8 3.9 5.6 .979 -31.4 917,054 Rotation: I'm not sure what the trade gods have in store but this team looks like they could definitely flip a few assets. For the time being, the top rated minor league starter, Robert McHugh (6-10, 4.47 in AAA Tulsa) wasn't doing all that well in the high minors and now is out for the next month with chronic back soreness. The #5 guy, Ed Chavera (0-4, 7.61) is up but has been terrible this year in 5 starts, although he was fine in AAA (4-4, 3.15, 59 Ks in 65.2 IP) so I might give him a sliiiightly longer leash. AAA in fact is littered with guys I gave time to but were very, very bad in the major leagues. There's a trend here, I'm noticing. I've otherwise promised 33 year old Jason Stinson, he of the 4-13 record, a spot in the rotation for now... why am I doing this? It's not like high draft picks in baseball are meaningful. Meh. I'm sticking with it for now. Bullpen: One move I did have to make was to release Calvin Rowell (0-0, 6.52), a 36 year old hanging around in long relief. One, I can surely find a younger player to be that bad. Two, and I didn't even see this, but Rowell was a clubhouse lawyer during his time in St. Louis. Dude was a career 14-23 pitcher with a 4.87 ERA, with most of his major league time coming in the early 60s. My main question is: why was he here in the first place? Infield: I think for the most part I've already made the moves for the second half. I'm not a super fan of Dusty McCully (.204, 2, 16), who has played short better than his ratings would suggest (a .985 FA and a +3.8 ZR during his time in St. Louis), I guess. Still, the organization also gave Joe Wicker (.258, 7, 41) a lot of time last year at the position and he looks like he'd be roughly league average as a fielder there, at least. And as you can see from the team ZR, these guys need better fielding, like, yesterday. Outfield: Speaking of fielding up the middle, I think I'm pretty much done giving Ray Herring (.225, 6, 30) any more time in center. 24 year old Jake Leone (.203, 3, 19) isn't really hitting well enough to keep this position long-term but Herring was a brutal -11.4 in the field this year and, as things go, he's no longer hitting like a guy who can play in the corners. That said, the Cards' 2 corner OFers both look like 1B/LF types. I guess that makes a need for a guy like Leone even more dire. Speaking of which, though, I really have to find a spot for 24 year old RF Casey Satterfield (.261, 14, 50), even if it's on another team. He's given up almost as many runs in right as Herring did in center (-9.5 ZR) and there's no way he's ever going to hit well enough to displace Stone or Martinez. He stays in the lineup for now because he's still not *bad* as a hitter.
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