Sky High Toronto Blue Jays - 2020 MLB Simulation

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Game 1 - March 26 2020
The Blue Jays kicked off the simulation season in style scoring 3 runs
against Boston en route to a 3 to 1 win.

Ryu did not have a good start. He went 6.2 innings, allowed 6 hits, 2
walks and 5 strikeouts.

LINEUP
SS B Bichette
RF T Hernandez
3B V Guerrero Jr
CF R Grichuk
1B T Shaw
LF L Gurriel Jr
DH D Fisher
C D Jansen
2B C Biggio
Bench
C R McGuire
1B R Tellez
2B J Panik
3B B Drury
Rotation
SP H Ryu
SP T Roark
SP C Anderson
SP M Shoemaker
SP T Thornton
Bullpen
RP A Bass
RP R Dolis
RP W Font
RP S Gaviglio
RP J Miller
RP J Romano
RP S Yamaguchi
RP K Giles

Boston Red Sox 1 8 0
Toronto Blue Jays 3 4 2
W - Bass
L - Rodriguez
SV - Giles

HITTING
SS B Bichette 3 0 1 1 2B
RF T Hernandez 2 0 0 1
3B V Guerrero Jr 3 0 0 0
CF R Gricuk 2 1 2 0 2B
1B T Shaw 3 1 0 0
LF L Gurriel Jr 3 1 0 0
DH D Fisher 4 0 0 0
C D Jansen 3 0 1 1
2B C Biggio 3 0 0 0
Team LOB - 7
CS - B Bichette
E - H Ryu, B Bichette

PITCHING
H Ryu 6.2 6 1 1 2 5
(W) A Bass 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
(SV) K Giles 1.0 1 0 0 0 2

Rogers Centre (Roof closed)
Att - 44,890

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Game 2 - March 27 2020

JAYS TAKE THEIR FIRST LOSS
Well it had to end sometime.

Man, these video games are almost realistic! The Blue Jays simulated bullpen did their best impersonation of the real life product in a 6 to 5 loss to Boston.

Today the Blue Jays let the Red Sox have the comeback win.

28,321 fans came out to Rogers Centre (Roof closed) which was a dip in fans from opening day.

Boston Red Sox 6 12 1
Toronto Blue Jays 5 10 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 2 0 1 0
2B C Biggio 5 0 1 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 1 1 1 2B
CF R Grichuk 5 1 2 1 2B OF Assist 2
LF L Gurriel Jr 2 1 1 0
1B T Shaw 4 0 0 0
DH D Fisher 4 1 2 3 HR
RF T Hernandez 3 0 0 0 SB
C D Jansen 4 1 2 0
LOB - 9

PITCHING
SP T Roark 4 6 5 5 1 6
J Miller 3 2 0 0 2 3
(L) W Font 2 4 1 1 1 1

Rogers Centre (Roof closed)
ATT - 28,321

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Game 3 - March 28 2020

The Blue Jays continued their (simulated) winning ways in a 7 to 3 victory over Boston.

Boston Red Sox 3 5 2
Toronto Blue Jays 7 6 1

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 5 0 0 0 E
2B C Biggio 3 1 0 1
LF L Gurriel Jr 5 2 2 2 2B
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 0 0 0
DH R Tellez 4 0 0 0
CF R Grichuk 4 0 2 2
RF T Hernandez 2 2 0 0
1B T Shaw 2 1 1 0
C D Jansen 2 1 1 0
LOB - 9

PITCHING
(W) C Anderson 6 2 0 0 3 5
S Yamaguchi 2 2 2 2 1 3
S Gaviglio 1 1 1 1 0 2

Rogers Centre (Roof closed)
Att - 25,809

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Game 4 - March 29 2020

This game ends the seasons first series win for the Blue Jays.

Reese McGuire was a major contributor to the 7-6 Toronto win over Boston.

"Put a star next to this win," Grichuk said.

26,896 fans were at the game.

After four games the Blue Jays are 3 - 1 and first place in the AL East.

Boston Red Sox 6 11 0
Toronto Blue Jays 7 8 3

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 4 1 0 0
2B J Panik 3 0 0 2
LF L Gurriel Jr 4 0 3 2
3B V Guerrero Jr 3 1 1 0 E
1B R Tellez 4 0 0 0
RF R Grichuk 5 0 2 1 SB
CF T Hernandez 2 2 0 0
DH B Drury 2 2 1 0 2B
C R McGuire 2 1 1 2 HR E
LOB - 9

PITCHING
M Shoemaker 5.2 9 4 3 1 10
R Dolis 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
(W) J Romano 2 2 2 0 1 1

Rogers Centre (Roof closed)
Att - 26,896

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Game 5 - March 30 2020

Once through the rotation and the Blue Jays are 3 - 2.

Trent Thornton made his first start and was okay, 5 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 4 walks and 6 strikeouts.

Only 18,995 at Rogers Centre. I know it is because of the current state of things, but people in the sim world don’t know how lucky they are to have baseball.

Cincinnati Reds 5 9 0
Toronto Blue Jays 4 11 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 5 0 1 1 SB
2B J Panik 4 1 3 0 2B
LF L Gurriel Jr 5 0 0 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 1 2 1
1B R Tellez 4 1 2 2 HR
RF R Grichuk 3 0 2 0 2B
CF T Hernandez 4 1 1 0
DH D Fisher 4 0 0 0
C D Jansen 4 0 0 0
LOB - 8

PITCHING
T Thornton 5 5 3 3 4 6
(L) A Bass 2 4 2 2 1 0
S Gaviglio 2 0 0 0 1 2

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Or are you just the GM and watching each game play out?

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Originally Posted by WarningTrakPower

Or are you just the GM and watching each game play out?

Yes I am just the GM and watching each game play out.

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Game 6 - March 31 2020

I am thinking the sim world Vegas odds are improving by the day for the Jays.

The Jays end the month of March 4-2. Now I’m not getting too excited. I’m thinking the hammer will drop at some point.

Hyun-Jin Ryu made his second start of the season and it went much better than his first. Today Ryu went 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks and 5 strikeouts.

"Glad to see the fans get into it," said Guerrero Jr.

Attendance today 21,010 all simulating social distancing.

Cincinnati Reds 2 6 2
Toronto Blue Jays 5 7 1

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 4 1 2 1 HR, SB
2B C Biggio 4 0 0 0
LF L Gurriel Jr 2 3 1 0 SB
3B V Guerrero Jr 3 0 2 2 2B
1B T Shaw 2 0 0 0
RF R Grichuk 3 1 1 2 HR, E
CF T Hernandez 4 0 0 0
DH R Tellez 4 0 1 0
C D Jansen 4 0 0 0
LOB - 8

PITCHING
(W) H Ryu 6 6 2 2 3 5
R Dolis 2 0 0 0 0 4
(SV) K Giles 1 0 0 0 2 3

Rogers Centre (Roof closed)
Att - 21,010

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Game 7 - April 1 2020

Roark made his second start of the season. He went 5 innings, gave up 10 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts.

"We'll relax tonight and enjoy this win," said Gurriel Jr.

There were 19,064 sim fans at Rogers with the roof closed (to keep out COVID).

Cincinnati Reds 3 13 0
Toronto Blue Jays 6 7 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 3 2 1 0 SB
2B J Panik 4 1 1 1 2B
LF L Gurriel Jr 4 1 1 2 HR
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 0 1 0
1B R Tellez 4 1 1 1 HR
RF R Grichuk 3 1 1 1 HR
CF T Hernandez 3 0 1 0
DH B Drury 3 0 0 0
C R McGuire 3 0 0 0
LOB - 2

PITCHING
(W) T Roark 5 10 3 3 2 2
W Font 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
(SV) J Romano 1.2 1 0 0 0 2

Rogers Centre (Roof closed)
Att - 19,064

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Game 8 - April 2 2020

The Blue Jays played their first road game in New York.

Chase Anderson had a rough time of it going 5 innings, allowing 3 hits, 3 runs, with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts.

There was a fair bit of offense from the Blue Jays. Everyone in the lineup had, at least, one hit.

The Blue Jays (and Yankees) are heading into an off-day tomorrow (the Blue Jays bullpen can use it).

Toronto Blue Jays 4 10 0
New York Yankees 6 5 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 4 0 1 1 SB
2B C Biggio 3 0 1 1
LF L Gurriel Jr 4 0 1 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 0 1 0
1B R Tellez 4 0 1 0
RF R Grichuk 3 1 1 0 2B
CF T Hernandez 3 1 1 0
DH D Fisher 3 2 2 2 2B, 3B
C D Jansen 3 0 1 0
LOB - 3

PITCHING
C Anderson 5 3 3 3 1 3
J Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0
S Yamaguchi (L) 1 2 3 3 2 2

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Game 9 - April 4 2020

Yesterday was an off-day in the 2020 season. Funny to have an off-day on a Friday. Today the Blue Jays had game 2 of a 3-game series with the Yankees in New York.

The manager was worried about the series. It's the Blue Jays first series against a really good team after facing the Red Sox and Reds.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr is having a rough start to the season hitting just .273 (O homers in 33 at bats).

** Randal Grichuk and Jonathan Loaisiga were ejected in the 4th inning for igniting a bench-clearing brawl.

The Commissioners office has suspended the players for "inappropriate
and aggressive conduct" at the Rogers Centre.

Toronto Blue Jays 4 9 0
New York Yankees 5 11 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 5 0 0 1
2B C Biggio 1 1 0 0
LF L Gurriel Jr 4 0 1 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 1 1 0 2B
1B R Tellez 5 0 2 1
RF R Grichuk 1 0 1 0
J Panik 3 0 0 1
CF T Hernandez 4 1 1 1 HR
DH D Fisher 1 1 1 0 2B
B Drury 3 0 1 0
C D Jansen 3 0 1 0 CS
LOB - 11

PITCHING
M Shoemaker 6 6 0 0 2 5
S Gaviglio 2 3 3 3 1 1
K Giles (L) 0.2 2 2 2 0 1

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Game 10 - April 5 2020

Nate Pearson made his first start of the year and was pretty good with 5 innings pitched, 6 hits allowed, 1 run, 2 walks with 8 strikeouts.

It could have been a different outcome for Toronto, had it not been for Reese McGuire. McGuire contributed a 2-run home run in the top of the second inning to put Toronto up 2 to 0.

"When this team comes together and plays the way we can, we can compete with anyone," said McGuire. "I think we're going to keep
proving that."

Tomorrow the Blue Jays start a 2-game series against the Phillies in the City of Brotherly Love.

Toronto Blue Jays 6 12 2
New York Yankees 3 11 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 4 0 1 0 SB
RF T Hernandez 5 0 3 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 5 0 0 0 E
CF L Gurriel Jr 4 1 1 1 HR
2B B Drury 3 0 1 0
LF D Fisher 3 2 1 1 HR, SB, E
DH R Tellez 4 1 1 1 HR
C R McGuire 4 1 1 2 HR
1B T Shaw 4 1 3 1 2B, HR
LOB - 6

PITCHING
(W) N Pearson 5 6 1 1 2 8
B Moran 2 5 2 2 1 3
(SV) A Bass 2 0 0 0 0 2

AL EAST
New York Yankees 6 3 .667 -
Toronto Blue Jays 6 4 .600 0.5
Boston Red Sox 6 4 .600 0.5
Tampa Bay Rays 4 5 .444 2.0
Baltimore Orioles 2 7 .222 4.0

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Game 11 - April 6 2020

Hyun-Jin Ryu made his third start of the season. He went 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, 3 runs, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.

Ryu told the Toronto Star that he was "satisfied" with the win.

On the offense side the Blue Jays didn't do much, but it was enough.

Toronto Blue Jays 9 6 0
Philadelphia Phillies 4 9 0

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 4 1 0 1
2B C Biggio 2 1 0 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 5 1 2 1
1B T Shaw 4 0 1 1
LF L Gurriel Jr 1 1 0 0 SB
RF D Fisher 5 0 1 2
CF T Hernandez 3 2 0 0
C D Jansen 3 1 1 0
P Ryu 0 0 0 0
Panik 1 1 1 0 2B
Yamaguchi 0 0 0 0
Dolis 0 1 0 0
Drury 1 0 0 0
Romano 0 0 0 0
LOB - 13

PITCHING
H Ryu 6 6 3 3 1 5
S Yamaguchi 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
(W) R Dolis 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
J Romano 1 1 1 1 0 1

** NOTE **
P Shun Yamaguchi was injured while pitching. (DTD Back tightness)

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Game 12 - April 7 2020

Tanner Roark had his worst start. He went 2 innings, allowed 1 hit, 2 runs, 2 walks and 1 strikeout.

The Blue Jays offense didn't do much against Wheeler.

Tomorrow is the Blue Jays second off day of the young season. Thursday April 9 the Blue Jays host the Royals to start a four-game series and a seven-game home stand.

Toronto Blue Jays 6 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies 11 9 3

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 5 0 0 0
2B J Panik 5 0 1 0
3B B Drury 3 1 0 0
1B T Shaw 3 2 1 0 2B, E
LF L Gurriel Jr 3 1 2 3 HR
CF T Hernandez 4 2 2 3 HR
RF D Fisher 4 0 0 0
C R McGuire 4 0 0 0
P T Roark 1 0 0 0
W Font 1 0 0 0
J Romano 1 0 0 0
A Bass 0 0 0 0
V Guerrero Jr 1 0 0 0
LOB - 7

PITCHING
T Roark 2 1 2 2 2 1
(L) W Font 2 3 7 7 4 5
J Romano 2 4 2 2 1 3
A Bass 2 1 0 0 1 1

** NOTE **
Rhys Hoskins and Tanner Roark were ejected in the 3rd inning for igniting a bench-clearing brawl.
From the Office of the Commissioner Tanner Roark has been suspended for 6 games.

* P Shun Yamaguchi sent down to AAA, P TJ Zeuch called up

Thought I'd share where the Blue Jays rank amoung AL teams

Offense
66 Runs scored 2nd
.241 Batting AVG 7th
17 Home Runs t-6th
10 Stolen Bases 3rd
Pitching
55 Runs Against 10th
3.75 Starters ERA 6th
5.40 Bullpen ERA 12th
107 Strikeouts 6th
10 Errors 15th

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Game 13 - April 9 2020

The Blue Jays have lost 2 of the last 3 games and I'm worried that the early season hot streak has ended. The Blue Jays are still 7 and 6 (1.5 games behind Boston).

Chase Anderson couldn't get out of the second inning.
He ended up with 2 innings pitched, allowing 5 hits, 7 runs, with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts.

There were only 19,780 sim Blue Jay fans at the Rogers Centre. People are missing out on some good ball, of course the dome roof was closed.

After the game the Jays sent Sam Gaviglio down to Buffalo
and brought up Trent Thornton.

Kansas City Royals 12 14 0
Toronto Blue Jays 7 12 1

LINEUP
SS B Bichette 3 1 1 0 SB
2B C Biggio 5 0 1 0
LF L Gurriel Jr 5 1 2 2 2B
3B V Guerrero Jr 5 1 1 2 HR
1B R Tellez 4 0 0 0
DH D Fisher 4 2 2 0 SB 2
CF T Hernandez 4 1 2 3 2B, HR
C D Jansen 4 0 1 0 SB
RF B Drury 4 1 2 0 2B, E
LOB - 6

PITCHING
C Anderson (L) 2 5 7 7 2 2
T Zeuch 3 1 0 0 1 2
B Moran 2 1 0 0 2 3
R Dolis 1.2 7 5 5 1 2
S Gavigio 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Rogers Centre
Roof closed
Att - 19,780

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Game 14 - April 10 2020

In Jays minor league news
The Bisons lost on opening day, 2-0. Anthony Kay took the loss. The won game two.
Jacob Waguespack got the win in 5.2 innings

Danny Jansen helped his team musle past the Royals. The Toronto catched went 2 for 2 with a home run.
"I'm just looking for a good pitch that I can hit well," said Jansen. "And
not try to do too much."

Trevor Thornton got the start and was okay. He pitched 5 innings, 9 hits, 4 earned, 1 walk with 7 strikeouts.

Tomorrow Matt Shoemaker (0-0). Mike Montgomery gets the start for the Royals.

Kansas City Royals 3 10 2
Toronto Blue Jays 7 9 2

LINEUP
CF R Grichuk 4 1 1 1 SB
RF T Hernandez 3 0 1 2
3B V Guerrerro Jr 5 0 2 0 2B, E
2B J Panik 5 0 1 1
1B T Shaw 3 1 0 0
LF L Gurriel Jr 3 1 1 0 2B
C D Jansen 2 2 2 2 HR, SB
DH R Tellez 4 1 1 1
SS B Bichette 3 1 0 0 E
LOB - 9

PITCHING
T Thornton (W) 6 8 2 1 1 3
W Font 2 2 1 1 0 3
K Giles 1 0 0 0 0 2

Rogers Centre
Roof closed
Att - 22,145

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Game 15 - April 11 2020

Toronto second baseman Joe Panik contributed to his team's win over Kansas City.
"Enjoyed this one," Panik told the Toronto Star. "But it's back to work tomorrow."

In the bottom of the fourth, with the bases loaded, Vladimir Guerrero Jr stroked a grand slam.

Matt Shoemaker started and was kind of okay. He pitched 6 innings, allowing 8 hits, 3 runs, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.

After the game Thornton was send down to Buffalo and Sam Gavilio comes back up (yeah OOTP doesn’t do the 10 day rule. They could fix that).

Tomorrow Nate Pearson (1-0) makes his second start.

* NOTE *
Grichuk has a 11 game hitting streak.

Kansas City Royals 5 11 1
Toronto Blue Jays 7 10 0

LINEUP
CF R Grichuk 5 1 2 1
RF T Hernandez 2 1 1 1
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 1 1 4 HR
DH D Fisher 5 1 2 0
1B T Shaw 2 0 1 0
LF L Gurriel Jr 4 0 0 0
C D Jansen 4 0 0 0
2B J Panik 2 2 2 1
SS B Bichette 2 1 1 0
LOB - 9

PITCHING
(W) M Shoemaker 6 8 3 3 1 6
B Moran 2 1 2 2 1 4
(SV) K Giles 1 2 0 0 0 1

Rogers Centre
Roof closed
Att - 23,191

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Game 16 - April 12 2020

Jays win on Easter.
Happy Easter.

Toronto rode a decent outing from starter Nate Pearson to victory over the Royals.
Nate Pearson got the start. He went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, with 8 strikeouts.

22,980 virtual fans put off starting their Easter dinner to watch the Jays win.
The Jays are now 10-6.

We start a 3-game series hosting the Twins tomorrow. The Twins are 9-7.

Kansas City Royals 3 10 0
Toronto Blue Jays 5 7 0

LINEUP
RF R Grichuk 2 1 1 1
DH D Fisher 3 2 1 1 HR
3B V Guerrero Jr 4 0 0 0
CF T Hernandez 4 1 1 1
1B R Tellez 4 0 0 1
2B B Drury 4 0 1 1
LF L Gurriel Jr 3 1 2 0
C R McGuire 3 0 1 0 2B
SS B Bichette 0 0 0 0
LOB - 6

PITCHING
N Pearson 7 6 1 1 1 8
(W) T Zeuch 2 4 2 2 0 1

Rogers Centre
Roof closed
Att - 22,980

AL EAST
Boston Red Sox 11 6 -
New York Yankees 10 6 0.5
Toronto Blue Jays 10 6 0.5
Tampa Bay Rays 7 9 3.5
Baltimore Orioles 5 11 5.5

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Game 17 - April 13 2020

Jays beat the Twins.

The worrying moment of the game was when Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
came out of the game with an injury. Fortunately, after the game the team announced it wasn’t serious and that he should be back in the lineup
tomorrow.

Doing his part was center fielder Teoscar Hernandez who went 3 for 3 with a home run and a double. Hernandez attributed the win to "a well-
rounded effort by the whole team."

The Blue Jays got another good start from Ryu. He went 6 innings, allowed just 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk with 7 strikeouts.,

21,148 happy sim Blue Jay fans watched the game.

Minnesota Twins 2 8 1
Toronto Blue Jays 4 8 0

LINEUP
RF R Grichuk 4 0 0 0
CF T Hernandez 3 2 3 2 2B, HR
3B V Guerrero Jr 3 0 0 0
B Drury 1 0 0 0
1B T Shaw 4 0 1 1
LF L Gurriel Jr 3 1 0 0
DH D Fisher 3 0 1 0
C D Jansen 3 0 2 0
SS B Bichette 2 1 1 1
2B C Biggio 2 0 0 0
LOB - 7

PITCHING
(W) H Ryu 6 6 2 2 1 7
R Dolis 2 2 0 0 0 3
(SV) J Romano 1 0 0 0 1

Rogers Centre
Roof closed
Att - 21,148

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Game 18 - April 14 2020

Twins beat the Blue Jays.

This one surprised me.

Jake Ordorizzi was great.

Sam Gaviglio made a surprise start. He pitched 6 innings, with 4 hits, 1 runs, 1 walk with 3 strikeouts.

Minnesota Twins 2 9 0
Toronto Blue Jays 1 5 0

LINEUP
RF R Grichuk 4 0 0 0
CF T Hernandez 2 0 0 1
LF L Gurriel Jr 4 0 1 0
3B V Guerrero Jr 3 0 0 0
2B J Panik 3 0 1 0 2B
C D Jansen 4 0 0 0 PB
DH B Drury 4 0 0 0
1B T Shaw 3 1 1 0 2B
SS B Bichette 3 0 2 0 2B
LOB - 9

PITCHING
S Gaviglio 6 4 1 1 1 3
(L) A Bass 1 2 1 1 1 0
W Font 2 3 0 0 0 3

Rogers Centre
Roof closed
Att - 22,369

Here is how the Blue Jays rank in the AL:
110 Runs scored 2nd
.255 Batting AVG 5th
25 Home Runs t-7th
19 Stolen Bases 2nd

91 Runs Against 11th
3.73 Starters ERA 5th
6.01 Bullpen ERA 14th
175 Strikeouts t-6th
14 Errors 15th