2033 St. Louis River Walkers: And the saga continues

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MBL news: Nov. 3 -- Cincinnati's Watkins and Milwaukee's Araya are named top relievers

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MBL news: Nov. 4 -- Silver Slugger awards

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Starting pitcher Ming Xiang, left fielder Mark Herman and right fielder Manuel Coke were all honored as the National League's best hitter at their respective positions when the Silver Slugger awards were handed out.
It is the first time any of the three players have earned the honor.
Coke, 25, batted .344 with league-highs in home runs (45) and RBIs (123). He also scored 112 runs.
In 155 games, Coke got on base at a .388 clip and slugged a NL-leading .640.
Herman, 25, batted .337 with 26 homers, 110 RBIs and 91 runs scored in 148 games. He slugged at a .573 clip and boasted a .404 on-base percentage.
In his second major league season since coming over from Taiwan, Xiang, 27 batted .271 with eight runs scored and six RBIs in 33 games.
On the mound, Xiang went 14-6 with a 3.47 ERA.

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MBL news: Nov. 5 -- Dayton's Mullan and Chicago's Moreno are Rookies of the Year

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MBL news: Nov. 6 -- Fort Wayne's Thompson and Springfield's Dobie's are Managers of the Year

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MBL news: Nov. 7 -- Indy's Loest and Springfield's Zaragoza named Cy Young Award winners

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MBL news: Nov. 8 -- MVP awards go to Grand Rapids' Simon and St. Louis' Coke

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St. Louis right fielder Manuel Coke has been named the National League Most Valuable Player, receiving 25 of a possible 26 first-place votes.
Coke, who also won his first Silver Slugger, batted .344 with 45 homers, 123 RBIs and 112 runs scored in 155 games.
His home runs and RBIs led the National League, as did his .640 slugging percentage.
The 25-year-old also got on base at a .388 clip.
The last St. Louis player to win the NL MVP was Nick Shaw in 2036.
Andrew Benintendi, who won the honor in 2019, is the only other River Walker to win the honor.

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Well, I have purchased OOTP23 and will start a new thread in the Fictional simulations category.
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St. Louis got just two appearances out of left-handed relief pitcher Hydajet Hyseni before an elbow will ended his season.
Hyseni last pitched on April 27 in a 3-1 loss to Green Bay. He left that contest with an elbow injury.
He will undergo ligament reconstruction surgery in the near future and is expected to miss up to nine months.
Hyseni, who St. Louis signed as a free agent in the off-season, pitched just 1.2 innings in his two games with St. Louis He had no record, struck out one batter and had a 0.60 WHIP.
Getting called up from AAA Memphis will be 40-year-old lefty Yelin Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has pitched in three games for the Redbirds. He has posted no record and worked five innings total.
In that time, he has posted a 0.80 WHIP and struck out one.
For his career, Rodriguez has pitched in 431 games at the major-league level, all in relief.
He has a 23-14 record with eight saves and a 3.15 ERA.
In 530.2 innings, he has struck out 408 batters and owns a 1.30 WHIP.

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Record: 48-50, 1st/(Tied with Milwaukee), 0.5 GA Pittsburgh

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Record: 49-50, 1st(Tied/w. Milwaukee), 0.5 GA Pittsburgh

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Sometimes it becomes time to cut ties with your one time stars, and this was the time for the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cardinals have traded third baseman Nolan Arenado and veteran outfielder Luis Gonzalez to the Minnesota Twins for a pair of infield prospects.
Once the best third baseman in the game, and a probable future Hall of Famer, the 34-year-old Arenado had seen his performance decline substantially over the past two seasons.
In 2024, Arenado hit .248 with 16 homers and 77 RBIs.
This season, through 79 games, he is hitting .219 with five homer and 21 RBIs.
He also had lost his job as starting third baseman to Nolan Gorman and his lack of production at the plate made it hard to use him as the designated hitter.
Arneado's 32-million dollar a year contract also was a key factor in the deal.
Gonzalez, 29, had been in an offseason trade with the Colorado Rockies to be a fourth outfielder for St. Louis.
He had performed well below expectations, hitting just .151 with one homer and five RBIs in 41 games/24 starts.
In exchange for Arenado and Gonzalez, St. Louis acquired 24-year-old left fielder Tito Flores and 24-year-old second baseman Ben Nippolt.
Flores has spent most of the season at AA Wichita where he has hit .279 with 13 homers and 57 RBIs in 89 games/86 starts.
Nippolt has spent the entire season at AA Wichita, hitting .314 with 10 homers and 50 RBIs in 88 games/79 starts.

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Cards news: July 27 -- Players involved in trade with Minnesota

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MLB news: July 28 -- Week 17 - Awards and standings