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mikev · 10-17-2008, 04:44 PM

Injury Shelves Adams For 6 Weeks

Another sub-.500 sim for the Crusaders sees the team sitting on a 15-16 overall record, and a 4 game defecit in the MBBA Pacific behind Vegas and Long Beach.

The sim got underway with a shutout at the hands of Los Angeles en route to losing 2 of 3 from the defending MBBA Champs, before splitting a pair with Long Beach and losing 2 of 3 to Valencia. The sim ended with the Crusaders taking the first game of a two game set with Vegas.

The top performer of the sim was Franciso Mendez, who hit .444/.483/.593 in his 7 games, grabbing 16 total bases and swiping 7 bags. Jakob Forest and Cristian Ruvalcubu were the only other regulars to post an OPS better than .800 over the past 10 days. Needless to say, the offense is struggling.

On the mound, Joshua Pickup was the star of the sim, tossing a pair of 8 inning victories, allowing only 5 runs with 8 strikeouts and 5 walks in his 16 innings of work.

More importantly, however, was the injury to George Adams. He was pulled in the second inning of his start against Long Beach and will miss 6 weeks with a damaged meniscus. Luckily he did not take a talent hit, though he did suffer a slight ratings drop in the Stuff category.

Overall, I think we're going to be just fine if the pitching can hang in there long enough for the bats to wake up. We currently have the #1 ERA in the MBBA (3.31), though that's likely to change with the Adams injury and having to replace him with a guy like Nasution, who we are trying to stash at the back of the bullpen until his ratings move a bit.

I'm a little wary calling up Salinas for a couple of starts, because I don't think 5/6/5 ratings are worthy of a rotation spot when you're talking about a 3/3/4 talent starter that is likely to be in the rotation within the next 2 years, but we'll see how the next 10 days go.

I'm not really optimistic right now.

The Next Crusade

5/11 - @ Las Vegas

5/13 - @ Jackson
5/14 - @ Jackson
5/15 - @ Jackson

5/16 - @ Greenville
5/17 - @ Greenville
5/18 - @ Greenville

5/19 - .v Manhattan
5/20 - .v Manhattan

10-17-2008, 04:44 PM	#133 (permalink)
mikev Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 4,006 Thanks: 0 Thanked 24x in 19 posts	California Dreamin' vol. 8.6 Injury Shelves Adams For 6 Weeks Another sub-.500 sim for the Crusaders sees the team sitting on a 15-16 overall record, and a 4 game defecit in the MBBA Pacific behind Vegas and Long Beach. The sim got underway with a shutout at the hands of Los Angeles en route to losing 2 of 3 from the defending MBBA Champs, before splitting a pair with Long Beach and losing 2 of 3 to Valencia. The sim ended with the Crusaders taking the first game of a two game set with Vegas. The top performer of the sim was Franciso Mendez, who hit .444/.483/.593 in his 7 games, grabbing 16 total bases and swiping 7 bags. Jakob Forest and Cristian Ruvalcubu were the only other regulars to post an OPS better than .800 over the past 10 days. Needless to say, the offense is struggling. On the mound, Joshua Pickup was the star of the sim, tossing a pair of 8 inning victories, allowing only 5 runs with 8 strikeouts and 5 walks in his 16 innings of work. More importantly, however, was the injury to George Adams. He was pulled in the second inning of his start against Long Beach and will miss 6 weeks with a damaged meniscus. Luckily he did not take a talent hit, though he did suffer a slight ratings drop in the Stuff category. Overall, I think we're going to be just fine if the pitching can hang in there long enough for the bats to wake up. We currently have the #1 ERA in the MBBA (3.31), though that's likely to change with the Adams injury and having to replace him with a guy like Nasution, who we are trying to stash at the back of the bullpen until his ratings move a bit. I'm a little wary calling up Salinas for a couple of starts, because I don't think 5/6/5 ratings are worthy of a rotation spot when you're talking about a 3/3/4 talent starter that is likely to be in the rotation within the next 2 years, but we'll see how the next 10 days go. I'm not really optimistic right now. The Next Crusade 5/11 - @ Las Vegas 5/13 - @ Jackson 5/14 - @ Jackson 5/15 - @ Jackson 5/16 - @ Greenville 5/17 - @ Greenville 5/18 - @ Greenville 5/19 - .v Manhattan 5/20 - .v Manhattan __________________ 70% of the earth's surface is covered by water. The other 30% is taken care of by Patrick Willis. Global Unified Baseball Association - Vice Commish and San Francisco Seals GM