2039 and beyond -- St. Louis River Walkers thread

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This thread will follow the ongoing adventures of the St. Louis River Walkers.
It is Nov. 16, 2038.
Today arbitration hearing will be held for nine players.

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Walkers news: Nov. 16 -- Arbitration hearing results 1

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Walkers news: Nov. 16 -- Arbitration hearing results 2

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced that right-handed starting pitcher Brad Monroe has declined a qualifying offer worth $15 million and has filed for free agency.
Acquired in the offseason from Peoria, Monroe, 31, had an impressive season for the Walkers going 15-6 with a 3.50 ERA in 32 starts.
He pitched a total of 190.1 innings, during which he struck out 191 and posted a 1.18 WHIP.
The Walkers will receive a compensatory first-round pick if Monroe should sign with another team.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have completed a trade with the Akron Flying Feet where they will acquire utility infielder Tony Urbalejo in exchange for AAA starting pitcher Tim Hocking.
Urbajelo, 35, has been in the majors since 2025 and played with Fort Worth (2027-33), Cleveland (2033-35) and Akron (2037-38).
Last season for Akron, Urbalego played in 50 games (42 starts) where he batted .277 with three homers and 10 RBIs.
For his career, he has played in 606 games (507 starts) and batted .268 with 36 homers and 214 RBIs.
Urbajelo's value comes in his abiilty to play second base, third base and shortstop.
Hocking, 28, has been in the St. Louis minor league system since signing a minor-league contract with the team in November 2026.
At AAA Memphis last season, Hocking started 26 games going 9-6 with a 3.69 ERA.
For his career, Hocking is 60-59 with a 4.34 ERA in 189 games (185 starts) at all levels.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have traded left-handed reliever Greg Sones and right-handed reliever Jason Akers to the Des Moines Harvesters in exchange for minor-league catcher Travis Benson.
Benson, 23, spent the 2038 season at Class A where he hit .242 with five homers and 23 RBIs in 46 games (45 starts).
A 14th-round pick in the 2035 draft by Cleveland, Benson was dealt to the Harvesters in November of 2037.
Sones, 30, was acquired by the Walkers in a July 27, 2033 trade with Cleveland.
He made the majors to start the 2034 campaign and had strong campaign in 2036 and 2037 before things went south in 2038.
In 28 games with the Walkers in 2038, Sones went 0-3 with a 9.95 ERA.
He wasn't much better at AAA Memphis, where in 21 games he was 0-2 with five saves and a 6.41 ERA.
For his major-league career, Sones has pitched in 224 games (all in relief) and gone 12-14 with 11 saves and a 3.78 ERA.
Akers, 27, was taken by St. Louis in the 15th round of the 2030 draft.
He spent the entire 2038 season at AAA Memphis, where he was 1-0 with one save in 33 games posting a 3.78 ERA.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of right-handed relief pitcher Chris Willett to a two-year contract worth $8.5 million.
The first year is worth $3.5 million, the second, which features a team buyout, would pay Willett $5 million.
Willett, 28, has pitched in 39 games in the majors -- all during the 2037 season with Cincinnati -- during which he went 3-2 with six saves and a 2.43 ERA.
He split the 2038 season between Class A and AAA for the River Sharks.
In those games, Willett went 1-5 with 40 saves and a 2.44 ERA at Class A.
At AAA Pawtucket, he got into four games posting three saves and a 4.50 ERA.

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Brad Monroe spent just one season in St. Louis, and it was an impressive one.
Impressive enough to earn him a five-year deal worth $96 million ($19.2M per season) with the Peoria Rivermen.
Monroe had spent his first six seasons with Peoria before being acquired in a trade with the River Walkers before 2038 season.
That season turned out to be the best of his career, as he went 15-6 with a 3.50 ERA in 32 starts for St. Louis.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have sent former starting shortstop Abdu-Nasser bin Amr and a pair of minor-league pitchers -- RHP Josh Mitchell and RHP Cortez Arroyo -- to the Cincinnati River Sharks in exchange for highly rated prospect shortstop R.J. Gomez and RHP Alex Rodriguez.
Bin Amr, 28, was the Walkers primary shortstop during the 2036 and 2037 season, but then lost the job when his bat went south in 2038.
In 2038, bin Amr batted .211 in 75 games (74 starts) with two homers and 18 RBIs.
During his time with St. Louis, bin Amr got into 339 games during which he hit .258 with 14 homers and 127 RBIs.
Gomez is seen as a feature major-league shortstop.
The 24-year-old played in 89 games at Class A in 2038, during which he hit .253 with five homers and 37 RBIs
A seventh-round pick in the 2037 draft, Mitchell pitched in 20 games between rookie ball, Class A and low A in his first professional season.
He went a combined 3-1 with nine saves in 22 games.
A 17th-round pick in the 2035 draft, Arroyo split the 2038 season between high-A Palm Beach and AA Springfield.
He went 7-11 with a 3.53 ERA in 24 games (22 starts) at high-A.
At Springfield, he made five appearances in relief with no decisions and a 5.91 ERA.
Rodriguez, 23, was taken in the 22nd round of the 2033 draft by Indianapolis.
Last season, he got into 41 games in Class A for the River Sharks.
He went 1-2 with three saves and a 4.04 ERA.

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Walkers news: Dec. 16 -- Last player from trade with Cincinnati

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of catcher Alex Boychuk to a one-year contract worth $6.5 million.
A four-time Gold Glove winner, the last coming in 2034 when he was in Green Bay, spent the 2038 season with Evansville.
In 136 games (121 starts) with the Bosses, he hits .233 with 13 homers and 46 RBIs.
Boychuk broke into the majors in 2026 with Chicago and played with the G-Men until 2029 when he was traded to Green Bay.
After that, he played with the Mallards until 2035.
The last three years it has been one season each at Columbus, Quad City and Evansville.
For his career, in 1,388 games (1,261 starts), Boychuk has hit .241 with 146 home runs and 543 RBIs.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have re-signed shortstop Daylen Reyes to a year contract worth $24 million.
The 37-year-old Reyes, who the Walkers acquired in a trade midway through the 2038 season., will be paid $11million for the 2039 season and $13 million for 2039, should the team pick up his option.
Acquired on Jan. 8 in a trade with Rockford, Reyes hit.209 with one homer and 15 RBIs in 66 games (60 starts) while in St .Louis.
For his major-league career, which began in 2026 with Indianapolis, Reyes is a .260 hitter with 69 homers and 415 RBIs in 1,559 game (1,431 starts).

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MBL news: Jan. 5 -- Mazara enters Cooperstown on first year of eligibility

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The Rockford Lightning have announced the signing of former St. Louis Walker right-handed relief pitcher Bobby Westerman to a one-year contract worth $1,080,000.
Westerman, 30, is currently out after having elbow ligament reconstruction surgery during the 2038 season. He is not expected to return to the mound until around mid-season in 2039.
He last pitched in a game on June 4.
Westerman was acquired by St. Louis midway through the 2035 season and pitched very well down the stretch going 1-1 with 15 saves and a 0.98 ERA in 18 games.
Over the next two plus seasons, he got into 133 games and went10-8 with 33 saves.
Before his injury in 2038, Westerman had gone 1-3 with two saves and a 2.81 ERA in 28 games.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of center fielder Chris Gibbs to a four-year contract worth $58.6 million.
Gibbs, 31, has spent the last seven seasons with Toledo. He broke into the majors in 2031 as a member of the Springfield Railers.
The deal is worth $13.6 million in 2039, $14.6M in 2040 and $15 million in 2041 and 2042.
The deal has a player opt out after the 2040 season. It has a team opt out after 2041.
Gibbs hit .200 with 21 homers, 55 RBIs and 93 runs scored in 156 games (148 starts) for Toledo in 2038.
For his career, he is a .233 hitter with 140 homers, 385 RBIs and 552 runs scored in 868 games (814 starts).

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of right-handed starting pitcher Agustin Perdomo to a five-year contract worth $94.5 million.
Perdomo first made the majors in 2032 and has spent his entire career with Columbus.
In 2038, the 30-year-old Perdomo topped the American League with 17 wins as part of a season where he went 17-7 with a 3.77 ERA in 33 games.
For his career, the right-hander is 66-73 with a 4.61 ERA in 217 games (196 starts).
The contract starts at $18.5 for the 2039 and 2040 season, after which there is a player option.
The 2041 and 2042 seasons will pay him $19 million and the 2043 season is worth $19.5 million.
The final season also includes a team buyout.

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Walkers news: Feburary 1 -- Player Development Report

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The Peoria Rivermen have announced the signing of former St. Louis River Walkers third baseman Bob Saavedra to a minor-league contract.
Saavedra was let go by St. Louis at the start of the offseason, in order to allow Mark Herman to move to third base and Mark Waterson to move to center to left field.
Saavedra, 27, spent four seasons as the starting third baseman for the Walkers beginning in 2035 when he won National League Rookie of the Year honors.
That season, Saavedra hit .336 with 14 homers, 90 RBIs and 100 runs scored. He also led the NL with 220 hits.
Saavadra enjoyed another big season in 2037, when he hit .324 with 18 homers, 70 RBIs and 102 runs scored.
In a little over four seasons with the Walkers, Saavedra hit .307 with 49 homers, 292 RBIs and 381 runs scored.
In 2038, he hit .274 with eight homers, 59 RBIs and 86 runs scored.

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MBL news: February 28 -- Preseason predictions on first day of spring training

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Walkers news: February 28 -- Spring training roster(position players)