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jaykno14 · 01-29-2006, 05:59 PM

Free Agency: Days 7-12

Day 7:
P Jorge Sosa was claimed off waivers by Milwaukee and was taken from us.

Reactions
Catalanotto-Best offer so far

Around the MLB
Anaheim : C Tom Wilson, 421,100 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : P Kyle Farnsworth, 1,515,800 per year, for 3 years.
Anaheim : 2B Desi Relaford, 436,800 per year, for 3 years.
New York (A) : LF Mark Smith, 437,000 per year, for 3 years.

Day 8:
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New York (N) : P Odalis Perez, 6,937,600 per year, for 3 years.
Kansas City : CF Ruben Mateo, 4,256,000 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : P Kip Wells, 2,871,000 per year, for 2 years.
Minnesota : SS Jose Valentin, 620,600 per year, for 2 years.
San Diego : P John Smoltz, 954,000 per year, for 1 year.
Pittsburgh : P Tommy Phelps, 506,000 per year, for 2 years.
Texas : P Scott Strickland, 460,000 per year, for 2 years.
Houston : P Jason Boyd, 414,000 per year, for 2 years.

Day 9:
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Texas : LF Dee Brown, 501,600 per year, for 2 years.
Atlanta : 1B Shane Spencer, 414,000 per year, for 1 year.
New York (A) : 2B Damion Easley, 402,500 per year, for 1 year.
San Diego : P Travis Driskill, 643,800 per year, for 2 years.

Day 10:
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Kansas City : CF Garret Anderson, 6,016,200 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : RF Richie Sexson, 4,499,100 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : P Livan Hernandez, 5,432,400 per year, for 5 years.
Pittsburgh : P Wade Miller, 4,309,200 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh : 1B David Ortiz, 2,448,500 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : 3B Danny Klassen, 2,340,800 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : C Charles Johnson, 446,200 per year, for 2 years.

Day 11:
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Pittsburgh : P Ben Weber, 1,696,000 per year, for 3 years.
Seattle : LF Marvin Benard, 406,800 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit : P Phil Norton, 371,500 per year, for 2 years.

Day 12:
P Seth McClung was released and P John Webb was assigned to AAA.
3B Jared Sandburg was sent down to AAA

IF Frank Catalanotto-SIGNED for $3,450,000/four years

TRADE between Tampa Bay and Milwaukee :
Milwaukee gets :
RF Matt Diaz
We get :
P Calvin Schwing

This opens up a spot on the 40-man roster for us so that we can put Catalanotto there. Schwing was Milwaukee's first round draft pick last year and could be our closer in a few years. The biggest reason for this deal was to clear a spot on the 40.

Around the MLB
Toronto : DH Erubiel Durazo, 5,123,600 per year, for 4 years.
Detroit : C Ben Petrick, 3,647,200 per year, for 2 years.
Houston : C Jason Larue, 414,000 per year, for 2 years.

jaykno14 · 01-29-2006, 06:10 PM

Free Agency: Day 13-30
Because of the little action there was the rest of the way, I am going to just post the rest of free agency so we can get on with things.

Day 13:
Around the MLB
Cleveland : P Derek Lowe, 1,444,500 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : CF Ricky Ledee, 552,000 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : 1B Brian Daubach, 435,600 per year, for 2 years.
Los Angeles : 3B Bill Selby, 445,200 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : P Tony Fiore, 431,600 per year, for 2 years.

Day 14:
Around the MLB
Minnesota : P Jeff D'amico, 2,208,900 per year, for 3 years.

Day 15:
Around the MLB
San Diego : 1B Joe Vitiello, 632,700 per year, for 3 years.
Montreal : C Ben Davis, 427,700 per year, for 2 years.
San Francisco : 1B Eli Marrero, 406,800 per year, for 2 years.

Day 16:
Around the MLB
Milwaukee : P Eric Milton, 4,675,900 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : 1B Scott Hatteberg, 427,700 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (N) : P Nate Bump, 419,800 per year, for 2 years.
Minnesota : P Carl Pavano, 460,000 per year, for 3 years.
Oakland : P Jamey Wright, 460,000 per year, for 2 years.

Day 17:
Around the MLB
No signings

Day 18:
Around the MLB
Toronto : P Tomokazu Ohka, 5,025,500 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh : P Brad Radke, 621,300 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (A) : SS Rey Ordonez, 414,000 per year, for 2 years.
Anaheim : 3B Dave Berg, 421,800 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : P Willis Roberts, 420,700 per year, for 2 years.

Day 19:
Around the MLB
No signings

Day 20:
Around the MLB
New York (N) : C A.J. Pierzynski, 4,651,500 per year, for 4 years.
Oakland : 1B Jose Offerman, 439,600 per year, for 3 years.

Day 21:
Around the MLB
Cleveland : P Lou Pote, 497,200 per year, for 1 year.

Day 22:
Around the MLB
Detroit : SS Alex Gonzalez, 1,069,200 per year, for 2 years.

No notable signings the rest of the way.

jaykno14 · 02-02-2006, 08:48 PM

2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

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Manager: Lou Pinella
Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses, .000 Winning Pct.
Home Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
Away Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
1 Run Games Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
X-Innings Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
Record vs LHP: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
Record vs RHP: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
Payroll: $34,277,143 (30th)
Fan Interest: 45/100 (T-26th)
Batting AVG: .000 (T-1st)
Homeruns: 0 (T-1st)
Walks: 0 (T-1st)
Stolen Bases: 0 (T-1st)
Runs Scored: 0 (T-1st)
Pitching ERA: 0.00 (T-1st)
Opponents AVG: .000 (T-1st)
HRs Allowed: 0 (T-1st)
Walks Allowed: 0 (T-1st)
Runs Allowed: 0 (T-1st)

Active Roster

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Player             #   Pos  Birthday    Bats    Throws      
CATCHERS                                
Toby Hall          44  C    10/21/1975  Right   Right          
Rod Barajas        27  C    9/5/1975    Right   Right        
INFIELDER         
Josh Phelps        17  1B   5/12/1978   Right   Right    
Aubrey Huff        19  3B   12/20/1976  Left    Right    
David Newhan       68  2B   9/7/1973    Left    Right    
Greg Norton        28  3B   7/6/1972    Both    Right    
Julio Lugo         23  SS   11/16/1975  Right   Right    
OUTFIELDER            
Aaron Guiel        45  LF   10/5/1972   Left    Right    
Rocco Baldell      5   RF   9/25/1981   Right   Right   
Josh Hamilton      2   CF   5/21/1981   Left    Left      
Frank Catalanotto  27  LF   4/27/1974   Left    Right 
Jose Cruz jr.      22  LF   4/19/1974   Both    Right      
Michael Restovich  41  RF   1/3/1979    Right   Right 
 
Player            #   Role  Birthday    Bats    Throws     
STARTERS            
Tim Redding       51  SP    2/12/1978   Right   Right       
Carlos Reyes      43  SP    4/4/1969    Both    Right 
Jeremy Affeldt    48  SP    6/6/1979    Left    Left 
Ted Lilly         31  SP    1/4/1976    Left    Left      
Jason Standridge  53  SP    11/9/1978   Right   Right       
RELIEVERS            
Brandon Backe     37  MR    4/5/1978    Right   Right      
Brian Meadows     46  MR    11/21/1975  Right   Right       
Vic Darensbourg   73  MR    11/13/1970  Left    Left       
Yo****aka Mizuo   68  CL    1/23/1974   Left    Left       
Danys Baez        28  MR    9/10/1977   Right   Right       
Bobby Seay        27  MR    6/20/1978   Left    Left       
Lance Carter      38  MR    12/18/1974  Right   Right

I doubt this team does anything in the AL East. In fact, I know that they won't do anything. This is a transition year for us meaning that we are waiting for our young players to come up. I do plan on acquiring more prospects somehow, whether it be the draft or even if I trade some of our guys. Anyone on the team could be traded especially the outfielders.

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LINEUP VS RHP             Pos                 
1) L J. Hamilton          CF                  
2) R R. Baldelli          RF                  
3) L A. Huff              3B                  
4) R J. Phelps            1B                  
5) L F. Catalanotto       LF                 
6) R J. Lugo              SS                  
7) R R. Barajas           C                   
8) L D. Newhan            2B                   
9) Pitcher                                  
 
LINEUP VS LHP            Pos                  
1) R R. Baldelli          RF                    
2) L J. Hamilton          CF                    
3) L A. Huff              3B                    
4) R J. Phelps            1B                    
5) R M. Restovich         LF                    
6) R J. Lugo              SS                    
7) R R. Barajas           C                     
8) L D. Newhan            2B                     
9) Pitcher                                
 
LINEUP VS RHP+DH          Pos
1) L J. Hamilton          CF
2) R R. Baldelli          RF
3) L A. Huff              3B
4) R J. Phelps            1B
5) S J. Cruz jr.          DH
6) L F. Catalanotto       LF
7) R J. Lugo              SS
8) R R. Barajas           C
9) L D. Newhan            2B
 
LINEUP VS LHP+DH          Pos
1) R R. Baldelli          RF
2) L J. Hamilton          CF
3) L A. Huff              3B
4) R J. Phelps            1B
5) S J. Cruz jr.          DH
6) R M. Restovich         LF
7) R J. Lugo              SS
8) R R. Barajas           C
9) L D. Newhan            2B
 
Starting Rotation
1) R C. Reyes
2) L T. Lilly
3) R J. Standridge
4) L J. Affeldt
5) R T. Redding
 
Mopup Reliever
1) L V. Darensbourg
2) R B. Meadows
 
Middle Reliever
1) R L. Carter
2) L B. Seay
3) R D. Baez
4) R B. Meadows
 
Setup Reliever
1) R B. Backe
2) L B. Seay
 
Closer
1) L Y. Mizuo

I'm not too disappointed with these lineups and this rotation considering what they had last year. It still won't get us to the playoffs though and so that means we'll probably have to hope for a 70-75 win team although that would probably even be more than I'd expect at this point. I guess a lot of questions will be answered by this season and what kind of team we are.

jaykno14 · 02-06-2006, 11:06 PM

Right now, I am going to just post orginal monthly recaps, but once we get further into the dynasty, I will try to spicin' things up instead of the boring month reports that I have coming up. Anyway here is the April Recap following this post...

jaykno14 · 02-07-2006, 08:11 PM

April 2005 Recap

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Record: 11 Wins, 12 Losses, .478 Winning Pct.
Home Record: 4 Wins, 5 Losses
Away Record: 7 Wins, 7 Losses
1 Run Games Record: 4 Wins, 8 Losses
X-Innings Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses
Record vs LHP: 3 Wins, 5 Losses
Record vs RHP: 8 Wins, 7 Losses
Payroll: $34,277,143 (30th)
Fan Interest: 43/100 (28th)
Batting AVG: .272 (13th)
Homeruns: 25 (12th)
Walks: 70 (T-18th)
Stolen Bases: 25 (6th)
Runs Scored: 129 (7th)
Pitching ERA: 4.31 (12th)
Opponents AVG: .276 (21st)
HRs Allowed: 36 (29th)
Walks Allowed: 61 (4th)
Runs Allowed: 105 (9th)

We seem to be giving up quite a few HR and too many in my opinion, but I then remember the box that we play in, which is the reason for that stat. We lost our last two games that resulted in a losing record for this month, but all in all I am pleased with the way we played this month. It's a good start.

Hitting

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Player            #   Pos   Birthday    Bats    Throws   AVE     HR   RBI   SB  OPS     
CATCHERS                                                                                                
Toby Hall         44  C     10/21/1975  Right   Right    .000    0    0     0   .250  
Rod Barajas       27  C     9/5/1975    Right   Right    .301    3    16    0   .784  
INFIELDER                 
Josh Phelps       17  1B    5/12/1978   Right   Right    .299    3    13    0   .868  
Aubrey Huff       19  3B    12/20/1976  Left    Right    .341    4    18    2   .969  
David Newhan      68  2B    9/7/1973    Left    Right    .184    1    5     3   .544     
Greg Norton       28  3B    7/6/1972    Both    Right    .125    0    0     0   .347  
Julio Lugo        23  SS    11/16/1975  Right   Right    .287    3    12    3   .778     
OUTFIELDER               
Aaron Guiel       45  LF    10/5/1972   Left    Right    .325    2    9     0   1.022    
Rocco Baldelli    5   RF    9/25/1981   Right   Right    .273    0    5     6   .649     
Josh Hamilton     2   CF    5/21/1981   Left    Left     .265    2    11    5   .669     
Frank Catalanotto 27  LF    4/27/1974   Left    Right    .304    3    15    1   .972    
Jose Cruz jr.     22  LF    4/19/1974   Both    Right    .172    3    11    3   .694     
Michael Restovich 41  RF    1/3/1979    Right   Right    .266    1    12    2   .674

Hitting wise we are doing OK. I am hoping Newhan can rebound for a good May. Phelps is diong well as is Huff, both have carried the offense. I'm thinking their power numbers will pick up as the season goes along. Guiel has taken Cruz jr.'s spot at DH and had a really good month offensively for us. Baldelli was injured a few weeks into the season and will probably return to action in another week or so.

Pitching

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Player           #   Role  Birthday    Bats   Throws  ERA    W  L  S  WHIP
STARTERS                
Tim Redding      51  SP    2/12/1978   Right  Right   4.67   2  1  0  1.50
Carlos Reyes     43  SP    4/4/1969    Both   Right   3.80   2  3  0  1.36
Jeremy Affeldt   48  SP    6/6/1979    Left   Left    2.49   2  0  0  1.22
Ted Lilly        31  SP    1/4/1976    Left   Left    6.91   1  2  0  1.74
Jason Standridge 53  SP    11/9/1978   Right  Right   3.62   3  2  0  1.26
RELIEVERS            
Brandon Backe    37  MR    4/5/1978    Right  Right   5.00   0  2  0  1.67
Brian Meadows    46  MR    11/21/1975  Right  Right   0.00   1  0  0  0.69
Vic Darensbourg  73  MR    11/13/1970  Left   Left    27.03  0  0  0     
Yo****aka Mizuo  68  CL    1/23/1974   Left   Left    8.44   0  1  5  2.63
Danys Baez       28  MR    9/10/1977   Right  Right   3.00   0  0  0  1.00
Bobby Seay       27  MR    6/20/1978   Left   Left    4.00   0  0  0  0.89
Lance Carter     38  MR    12/18/1974  Right  Right   7.27   0  1  0  1.73

On the pitching side of things we are pretty inconsistent. Lilly is getting till about midway through May and if he doesn't shape up I may think of bringing up Maroth or Switzer or someone like that from AAA to replace him. The bullpen is in SHAMBLES and they are the reason for a third of our losses which is pathetic. I am hoping that Darensburg, Mizuo, and Carter can come back down to earth and we could probably win a few more games.

American League East Standings

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Team          W   L   PCT   GB   Pyt.Rec  Diff  Home  Away  XInn  1Run  M#   Streak  Last10
Boston        14  10  .583  -    15-9     -1    8-5   6-5   2-2   3-5   139  L2      5-5
New York (A)  14  10  .583  -    11-13     3    8-6   6-4   2-0   6-2   139  W4      5-5
Toronto       11  11  .500  2.0  12-10    -1    7-4   4-7   1-2   3-5   -    W1      5-5
Tampa Bay     11  12  .478  2.5  14-9     -3    4-5   7-7   0-0   4-8   -    L2      4-6
Baltimore     8   16  .333  6.0  8-16      0    4-9   4-7   0-0   4-6   -    L1      5-5

Awards

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Batter of the Month:
American: DH Dmitri Young, DET, (.367 AVG, 6 HR, 18 RBI)
National: 1B Richie Sexson, NYN, (.344 AVG, 7 HR, 24 RBI)
Pitcher of the Month:
American: SP Roy Halladay, TOR, (4-1, 1.59 ERA)
National: SP Hideo Nomo, LAN, (3-0, 1.31 ERA)
 
Devil of the Month
3B Aubrey Huff, (.341, 4 HR, 18 RBI)
Ray of the Month
SP Jeremy Affeldt, (2-0, 2.49 ERA)

Major Transactions

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Trade between Pittsburgh and Atlanta :
Atlanta gets :
1B David Ortiz
Pittsburgh gets :
P Russ Ortiz
P Blaine Boyer
 
Trade between Texas and Arizona :
Arizona gets :
RF Kevin Mench
1B Nate Gold
2B Nicolas Grace
Texas gets :
P Freddy Garcia
 
Trade between St. Louis and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
3B Scott Seabol
St. Louis gets :
P Kyle Lohse
1B Michael Aubrey
$1,500,000 cash.
 
Trade between Cleveland and Arizona :
Arizona gets :
1B Ben Broussard
Cleveland gets :
P Casey Fossum

jaykno14 · 02-07-2006, 10:04 PM

May 2005 Recap

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Record: 24 Wins, 27 Losses, .471 Winning Pct.
Home Record: 15 Wins, 13 Losses
Away Record: 9 Wins, 14 Losses
1 Run Games Record: 7 Wins, 14 Losses
X-Innings Record: 1 Wins, 2 Losses
Record vs LHP: 11 Wins, 11 Losses
Record vs RHP: 13 Wins, 16 Losses
Payroll: $34,277,143 (30th)
Fan Interest: 41/100 (29th)
Batting AVG: .267 (13th)
Homeruns: 45 (21st)
Walks: 175 (9th)
Stolen Bases: 47 (8th)
Runs Scored: 259 (8th)
Pitching ERA: 4.55 (16th)
Opponents AVG: .269 (19th)
HRs Allowed: 68 (29th)
Walks Allowed: 139 (4th)
Runs Allowed: 245 (14th)

Our pitching continues to impress. We hit a skid where we lost six straight and then ended the month pretty well. I'm happy that we can continue to win at home as that is the first important step to creating a good team. Always important to win at your stadium. The walks allowed stat impresses me the most as I usually like my pitchers on my teams to have really good control, and that's what I looked for when I first started with these guys.

Batting Stats

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Player            #   Pos   Birthday    Bats    Throws   AVE     HR   RBI   SB  OPS     
CATCHERS                                                                                                
Toby Hall         44  C     10/21/1975  Right   Right    .111    0    0     0   .444  
Rod Barajas       27  C     9/5/1975    Right   Right    .241    4    26    0   .634  
INFIELDER                 
Josh Phelps       17  1B    5/12/1978   Right   Right    .259    8    31    0   .798  
Aubrey Huff       19  3B    12/20/1976  Left    Right    .299    8    32    3   .885  
David Newhan      68  2B    9/7/1973    Left    Right    .184    2    13    3   .539     
Greg Norton       28  3B    7/6/1972    Both    Right    .125    0    0     0   .347  
Julio Lugo        23  SS    11/16/1975  Right   Right    .226    3    26    4   .591     
OUTFIELDER               
Aaron Guiel       45  LF    10/5/1972   Left    Right    .303    5    18    0   .897    
Rocco Baldelli    5   RF    9/25/1981   Right   Right    .313    2    24    15  .793     
Josh Hamilton     2   CF    5/21/1981   Left    Left     .302    4    27    12  .793     
Frank Catalanotto 27  LF    4/27/1974   Left    Right    .279    3    20    2   .915    
Jose Cruz jr.   22  LF    4/19/1974   Both    Right    .183    4    16    3   .690     
Michael Restovich 41  RF    1/3/1979    Right   Right    .333    2    22    5   .840

Newhan continues to struggle. I think that I may look to the minor leagues or the free agency to help that problem out. Cruz jr. isn't starting anymore and Guiel has taken over full time at DH. Catalanotto went on a drought to end the month as he was hitting really well going into the last week. I'm liking Baldelli and Hamilton at the top of the lineup because they are getting us runs and stealing bases to get into scoring position. Phelps hit for more power this month, but his average went down. Huff continues to hit really well.

Pitching Stats

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Player           #   Role  Birthday    Bats   Throws  ERA    W  L  S  WHIP
STARTERS                
Tim Redding      51  SP    2/12/1978   Right  Right   4.27   4  3  0  1.27
Carlos Reyes     43  SP    4/4/1969    Both   Right   4.01   3  6  0  1.29
Jeremy Affeldt   48  SP    6/6/1979    Left   Left    2.61   4  1  0  1.21
Ted Lilly        31  SP    1/4/1976    Left   Left    5.88   2  3  0  1.46
Jason Standridge 53  SP    11/9/1978   Right  Right   4.54   5  5  0  1.40
RELIEVERS            
Brandon Backe    37  MR    4/5/1978    Right  Right   6.41   1  3  1  1.61
Brian Meadows    46  MR    11/21/1975  Right  Right   3.86   1  0  1  1.41
Vic Darensbourg  73  MR    11/13/1970  Left   Left    7.94   0  0  0  2.29   
Yo****aka Mizuo  68  CL    1/23/1974   Left   Left    6.59   1  2  9  2.20
Danys Baez       28  MR    9/10/1977   Right  Right   5.54   0  1  0  1.54
Bobby Seay       27  MR    6/20/1978   Left   Left    3.00   1  1  0  1.00
Lance Carter     38  MR    12/18/1974  Right  Right   5.91   2  2  0  1.45

Well to say the least the bullpen improved a little. I guess. I'm going to continue with the same guys, and I will decided what to do in another month if they continue to struggle. I moved Carter from a setup role to a middle relief role to see if he'd do better. I am really impressed with Jeremy Affeldt so far. He could be a major part of our team for the next five to ten years at the age of 25. Reyes continues to do well surprisingly, and I am hoping he doesn't fall of the face of the earth later in the season, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did. Backe needs to begin to improve, as he is a big part of our bullpen.

Minors Watch

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Batters  
#  Name           Age  Pos  Con Power E/D  Speed  Range Level  AVG  HR  RBI    
3  Jonny Gomes    24   LF   6    10   8    7      6     AAA   .295  14  41    
4  Josh Hamilton  24   CF   8    5    6    8      8     Maj   .300  4   28    
5  Milford Morin  21   3B   7    9    8    3      4     AA    .308  1   4    
6  Delmon Young   19   LF   7    8    7    5      6     AA    .261  7   23    
8  B.J. Upton     20   SS   6    4    8    10     9     AA    .282  0   11    
9  Ruben Gotay    22   2B   8    4    8    4      6     A\    .263  7   26  
  
Pitchers  
#   Name                Age  Role  Stuff  Con  Move  Level  Rec  ERA   IP    HA  BB  K  
1   Jon Switzer         25   SP    8      9    10    AAA    6-1  2.78  71.1  72  25  52                 
2   Matthew Anderson    20   MR    10     8    6     AA     2-2  2.87  37.2  27  13  33   
7   Bartolome Fortunato 24   SP    9      6    8     AAA    4-5  4.54  69.1  64  26  85    
10  Jon Barratt         20   SP    7      9    6     AA     3-5  4.93  73.0  73  38  41

Switzer is looking like he may get called up very soon to replace Lilly if Lilly can't pick it up. The hits he has give up kind of scare me but the earned run average and his age are making me wonder if it's time for him to become a Devil Ray. Anderson could find himself in AAA within the next few weeks, as he was in AA last year also. Probably next week I will promote him. Johnny Gomes' power is really making me wish I could call him up, but I don't know who he would replace. Part of me wants to just DFA Cruz jr. and have Gomes take his place as top pinch hitter, but I want to allow Gomes to develop still and I want him to play. Hamilton, Gomes, and Young are looking to be a very dominating outfield trio with Aaron Guiel at DH. Bartolome Fortunato needs to improve more if he wants to be at the majors soon as a 4.54 ERA at AAA isn't good enough for me. He will most likley remain in AAA until the end of the year. I am hoping that Upton can develop some power, but right now with talent ratings only at 4 I doubt that happens. He'll be a good leadoff hitter though.

American East Standings

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Team          W   L    PCT  GB   Pyt.Rec  Diff  Home   Away   XInn  1Run  M#   Streak Last10    
Toronto       28  22  .560  -    26-24     2    16-12  12-10  3-2   10-6  112  W2     4-6    
Boston       27  23  .540  1.0  28-22    -1    13-8   14-15  2-3   6-9   -    L1     5-5    
New York (A)  26  24  .520  2.0  22-28     4    16-10  10-14  2-0   11-6  -    L2     4-6    
Tampa Bay     24  27  .471  4.5  27-24    -3    15-13  9-14   1-2   7-14  -    L2     5-5    
Baltimore     20  32  .385  9.0  17-35     3    10-18  10-14  2-0   11-8  -    L5     3-7

Awards

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Batter of the Month:
American: 3B Eric Chavez, OAK, (.385, 5 HR, 31 RBI)
National: LF Brian Giles, SDN, (.327, 7 HR, 24 RBI)
 
Pitcher of the Month:
American: SP Bartolo Colon, ANA, (5-1, 2.44 ERA)
National: SP Jeremy Griffiths, NYN, (5-0, 2.09 ERA)

Major Transactions

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Trade between Cleveland and Milwaukee :
Milwaukee gets :
3B Lou Merloni
Cleveland gets :
P Kip Wells
1B Brad Nelson
$1,100,000 cash.

jaykno14 · 02-12-2006, 09:56 PM

June First Year Player Draft

Alright its probably one of the biggest days of the year for the Devil Rays as they of course have the first pick of the draft, and

they could get another franchise cornerstone to go along with B.J. Upton and Delmon Young. Right now I am thinking about either 3B

Milford Morin, SP Juan Grialva, or SP Logan Dalrymple. Morin has the best potential and had a very good career at Villanova and is a

HUGE power hitter. I ended up taking him.

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3B Milford "Cats" Morin (CON: 7, GAP: 7, POW: 9, E/D: 8, AV. K: 7)
Age: 21
Bat/Throw: R/R
Overall: CON: 4, GAP: 5, POW: 5, E/D: 5, AV. K: 4
Signing Bonus: $1,920,000

Comments:
Definintely the best player available in this years draft. My plan would be to have him or Huff move to DH (whichever one isn't a very
good fielder) and I could boast a pretty good lineup. Potential DOA: April 06

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SP  Robert Blass (STU: 7, CON: 5, MOVE: 7, VEL: 88-91)
Age: 20
B/T: R/R
Overall: STU: 5, CON: 5, MOVE: 7
GB %: 53
END: 8/10

Comments:
He is more ready for the major leagues than some of the other guys that were available but he doesn't have the amazing potential that
they had. I could see him being our fourth or fifth starter on a really good staff. Potential DOA: September 06/April 07

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1B Darwin Hunter (CON: 4, GAP: 7, POW: 5, E/D: 6, AV. K: 5)
Age: 18
B/T: R/R
Overall: CON: 2, GAP: 4, POW: 2, E/D: 3, AV. K: 1

Comments:
We have ourselves a pretty big project here. I will be really happy if this guys turns out O.K. but I'm not holding my breath. The only
real category he has a lot of potential in is the "gap" category, and he also looks like he may be able to get on base O.K. Potential DOA: April 08/09

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SP  David Acuna (STU: 4, CON: 6, MOVE: 7, VEL: 86-89)
Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Overall: STU: 4, CON: 5, MOVE: 7
GB %: 46
END: 9/10

Comments:
I fully expect that he'll be able to make it to the big show, although I am not sure if it will be as a SP. He could possibly be a number five type of guy but more realistic expectations for him would be a spot starter/mopup type of guy. That's what he'll be to begin with anyway. Potential DOA: September 05/April 06

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CL Mark Danis (STU: 8, CON: 6, MOVE: 7, VEL: 88-91)
Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Overall: STU: 5, CON: 5, MOVE: 6
GB %: 35

Comments:
Mark could turn out being the best pitcher we got in this draft if he lives up to his potential. We are expecting him to be our closer late next season or the beginning of 2007. Definitely a 40-50 saves type of guy. Potential DOA: September 06/April 07

LF Arthur Mund (CON: 4, GAP: 8, POW: 1, E/D: 6, AV. K: 5)
SS Dion Pantoja (CON: 4, GAP: 6, POW: 2, E/D: 6, AV. K: 6)
RP John Adams (STU: 5, CON: 7, MOVE: 6, VEL: 86-89)
RF Brian Matthias (CON: 4, GAP: 6, POW: 3, E/D: 6, AV. K: 5)
SP David Bean (STU: 4, CON: 5, MOVE: 5, VEL: 89-92)

jaykno14 · 02-12-2006, 09:59 PM

I have decided to just simulate to the all star break and then give an update since I will be doing something similar to this at that time anyway. I will just give you the midseason stats after this post and then we can be on with life. :-)

June/July 2005 Recap

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Manager: Lou Pinella
Record: 44 Wins, 44 Losses, .500 Winning Pct.
Home Record: 24 Wins, 22 Losses
Away Record: 20 Wins, 22 Losses
1 Run Games Record: 14 Wins, 18 Losses
X-Innings Record: 3 Wins, 4 Losses
Record vs LHP: 15 Wins, 14 Losses
Record vs RHP: 29 Wins, 30 Losses
Payroll: $32,977,143 (30th)
Fan Interest: 41/100 (29th)
 Batting AVG: .264 (14th)
Homeruns: 75 (T-19th)
Walks: 295 (13th)
Stolen Bases: 86 (11th)
Runs Scored: 429 (T-12th)
Pitching ERA: 4.36 (15th)
Opponents AVG: .262 (14th)
HRs Allowed: 106 (27th)
Walks Allowed: 245 (3rd)
Runs Allowed: 410 (12th)

Both areas of the team have performed about league average halfway through the season. I think that is a plus considering that we pay our players the lowest in the league. We have gotten hot as of late after we appeared to be out of it when we were 32-38 with a week to
go in June. I am very happy with our control on the pitching side of things as we have the third fewest walks in the league. That and HRs allowed are the two essential stats on a pitching staff, which I have always said. We do need to start allowing fewer HRs and we could be one of the elite staffs in the league. It doesn't help that we play in a box to begin with. That may be one of the reasons we have given up that many homers to begin the season.

Team Transactions

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7/7/2005
Trade with Toronto :
Toronto gets :
P Ted Lilly
We get :
P David Bush

I have had Lilly on the trading block all season long and finally Toronto gave me this offer. Bush's ratings tell me that he has the potential to be a very good number three type guy for us in the future, although his 2005 stats are hideous with an 0-7 record and a 7.92 earned run average. I am going to just option him to AAA and keep him there until about September or so and then we'll see how he does then. Replacing Lilly in the rotation will be John Switzer, who is 8-4 with a 3.91 ERA at AAA.

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7/10/2005
Trade with San Diego :
San Diego gets :
2B David Newhan
We get :
P Gabe Ribas

Newhan has hit below .200 for the whole season and is currently at .186. We decided that instead of keeping him on our team and allowing him to struggle that badly, we would try and trade him for a middle relief prospect or something, but we surprisingly were able to pry Gabe Ribas away from San Diego, a pitching prospect that is almost identical to Bush. Bobby Hill will be called up to replace Newhan because he has hit .310 with 17 homeruns and 56 runs batted in at AAA. Ribas will go down to AAA Durham and could be called up very soon if Switzer struggles.

Batting Stats

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Player            #   Pos   Birthday    Bats    Throws   AVE     HR   RBI   SB  OPS     
CATCHERS                                                                                     
Toby Hall         44  C     10/21/1975  Right   Right    .250    0    5     0   .627  
Rod Barajas       27  C     9/5/1975    Right   Right    .240    6    37    0   .658  
INFIELDER                 
Josh Phelps       17  1B    5/12/1978   Right   Right    .257    12   49    1   .780  
Aubrey Huff       19  3B    12/20/1976  Left    Right    .285    15   60    5   .863  
Bobby Hill        20  2B    4/3/1978    Both    Right    .000    0    0     0   .000     
Greg Norton       28  3B    7/6/1972    Both    Right    .304    0    1     0   .732  
Julio Lugo        23  SS    11/16/1975  Right   Right    .197    5    37    8   .540     
OUTFIELDER               
Aaron Guiel       45  LF    10/5/1972   Left    Right    .293    9    34    0   .853   
Rocco Baldelli    5   RF    9/25/1981   Right   Right    .302    4    37    30  .769     
Josh Hamilton     2   CF    5/21/1981   Left    Left     .314    4    45    20  .831     
Frank Catalanotto 27  LF    4/27/1974   Left    Right    .293    7    36    6   .946    
Jose Cruz jr.     22  LF    4/19/1974   Both    Right    .216    6    20    4   .745     
Michael Restovich 41  RF    1/3/1979    Right   Right    .315    3    31    8   .796

Now that we have traded away David Newhan, it looks as though Julio Lugo is set to take his place. Lugo cannot hit worth a lick and has struck out 71 times in 316 at bats. Our outfielders are continue to be the best on our team, and it is going to be tough to trade some of these guys away in the offseason. Norton filled in for Huff real well at the end of June when Huff was injured. Him and Phelps continue to provide the power for our team, along with Guiel. Josh Hamilton had a reall good month and hit .326 and stole eight bases. He has also surprisingly drove in more
guys than I would expect. Cruz's days are numbered as a Devil Ray or so I hope. If I am not able to trade him I will most likely DFA him at the beginning of August.

Pitching Stats

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Player           #   Role  Birthday    Bats   Throws  ERA    W  L  S  WHIP
STARTERS                
Tim Redding      51  SP    2/12/1978   Right  Right   5.31   5  5  0  1.48
Carlos Reyes     43  SP    4/4/1969    Both   Right   3.23   9  7  0  1.15
Jeremy Affeldt   48  SP    6/6/1979    Left   Left    3.12   6  4  0  1.23
Jon Switzer      43  SP    8/13/1979   Left   Left    0.00   0  0  0  
Jason Standridge 53  SP    11/9/1978   Right  Right   4.07   9  8  0  1.36
RELIEVERS            
Brandon Backe    37  MR    4/5/1978    Right  Right   6.75   4  5  5  1.68
Brian Meadows    46  MR    11/21/1975  Right  Right   3.69   2  1  1  1.26
Vic Darensbourg  73  MR    11/13/1970  Left   Left    6.57   0  0  0  1.78   
Yo****aka Mizuo  68  CL    1/23/1974   Left   Left    4.25   1  3  18 1.45
Danys Baez       28  MR    9/10/1977   Right  Right   4.50   0  1  0  1.36
Bobby Seay       27  MR    6/20/1978   Left   Left    3.99   3  1  0  1.16
Lance Carter     38  MR    12/18/1974  Right  Right   5.74   3  2  0  1.50

Backe continues to be a disappointment for us as his ERA actually got worse over the last month and a half. Reyes is surprising me and Affeldt has also been an excellent suprise along with Standrige, who continues to pitch well. Mizuo doubled his save total since the end of May and did really well in the last month. Darensburg also improved although it was a small improvement, I still feel these guys can improve to the level where they help us win.

American East Standings

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Team          W   L    PCT  GB   Pyt.Rec  Diff  Home   Away   XInn  1Run  M#   Streak Last10    
Toronto       51  37  .580  -    46-42     5    21-20  30-17  7-3   15-10 71   W3     8-2    
Boston        46  41  .529  4.5  48-39    -2    26-20  20-21  3-9   11-15 -    L3     4-6    
Baltimore     44  43  .506  6.5  40-47     4    23-23  21-20  4-1   16-11 -    W6     8-2
New York (A)  44  43  .506  6.5  37-50     7    26-21  19-22  4-1   17-8  -    L1     2-8    
Tampa Bay     44  44  .500  7.0  46-42    -2    24-22  20-22  3-4   14-18 -    W1     7-3

Major Transactions

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Trade between Cincinnati and Boston :
Boston gets :
P Rigo Beltran
Cincinnati gets :
1B Kevin Youkilis
CF David Murphy
CF Mickey Hall

Trade between Detroit and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
SS Dennis Hocking
LF Chad Hermansen
Detroit gets :
1B Carlos Rivera

Trade between Detroit and Chicago (N) :
Chicago (N) gets :
C Chris Shelton
Detroit gets :
P Carlos Vasquez

Trade between Oakland and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets :
CF Mark Kotsay
Oakland gets :
1B Scott Hatteberg
2B Patrick Ferrer
3B Juan Gonzalez

Trade between Cleveland and Seattle :
Seattle gets :
2B Miguel Cairo
$2,300,000 cash.
Cleveland gets :
3B Jose Lopez

jaykno14 · 02-15-2006, 11:12 PM

Just wanted to make sure that people knew that because this is moving slowly doesn't mean it will die. I have been more busy then usual lately and haven't found time to just spend a few hours just playing and writing up reports.

UngratefulDead · 02-16-2006, 12:23 AM

Glad to hear it; I really like this dynasty.

jaykno14 · 02-16-2006, 07:45 PM

July 2005 Recap

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Manager: Lou Pinella
Record: 47 Wins, 56 Losses, .456 Winning Pct.
Home Record: 24 Wins, 28 Losses
Away Record: 23 Wins, 28 Losses
1 Run Games Record: 14 Wins, 22 Losses
X-Innings Record: 3 Wins, 5 Losses
Record vs LHP: 16 Wins, 17 Losses
Record vs RHP: 31 Wins, 39 Losses
Payroll: $35,877,143 (30th)
Fan Interest: 41/100 (29th)
 Batting AVG: .257 (19th)
Homeruns: 90 (20th)
Walks: 329 (T-17th)
Stolen Bases: 96 (13th)
Runs Scored: 475 (23rd)
Pitching ERA: 4.35 (14th)
Opponents AVG: .267 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 117 (25th)
Walks Allowed: 304 (5th)
Runs Allowed: 476 (9th)

We really struggled the second half of July and came back down to earth. We went on an eight game losing streak after being 45-45 and haven't really recovered. All of a sudden our team stats are becoming a part of the lower part of the league. I suppose that this was expected sooner or later.

Team Transactions
7/7/2005
Trade with Houston :
Houston gets :
OF Aaron Guiel
We get :
P Andy Pettitte
CF James Albarran
Guiel really surprised this season creating us some more trade bait to get the pieces for the puzzle that we are trying to solve here. Pettitte is 33 and is making $5,000,000, but we felt that within the next few years he can be the stable leader on our staff, if he is able to stay injury free. We sent down Jon Switzer back to AAA and we brought up OF Eric Valent to take Guiel's place in the outfield.
Batting Stats

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Player            #   Pos   Birthday    Bats    Throws   AVE     HR   RBI   SB  OPS     
CATCHERS                                                                                     
Toby Hall         44  C     10/21/1975  Right   Right    .236    0    6     0   .604  
Rod Barajas       27  C     9/5/1975    Right   Right    .221    8    40    0   .622 
INFIELDER                 
Josh Phelps       17  1B    5/12/1978   Right   Right    .257    15   60    1   .779  
Aubrey Huff       19  3B    12/20/1976  Left    Right    .280    16   64    6   .850  
Bobby Hill        20  2B    4/3/1978    Both    Right    .245    3    4     1   .782     
Greg Norton       28  3B    7/6/1972    Both    Right    .292    0    1     0   .704  
Julio Lugo        23  SS    11/16/1975  Right   Right    .191    5    39    9   .521     
OUTFIELDER                  
Rocco Baldelli    5   RF    9/25/1981   Right   Right    .288    4    40    32  .743     
Josh Hamilton     2   CF    5/21/1981   Left    Left     .302    8    51    23  .815     
Frank Catalanotto 27  LF    4/27/1974   Left    Right    .283    7    39    7   .872    
Jose Cruz jr.     22  LF    4/19/1974   Both    Right    .216    6    20    5   .745
Eric Valent       45  LF    4/4/1977    Left    Left     .300    0    0     0   .800     
Michael Restovich 41  RF    1/3/1979    Right   Right    .310    3    31    8   .781

Well all I can say is that at least Bobby Hill is hitting better than Newhan was. If Baldelli could develop some power, I'd consider keeping him this offseason, but since that isn't likely I am strongly considering trading him away this offseason. Hamilton continues to develop more and more and looks to be manning CF for quite a few years to come. I'm expecting that Valent will be able to produce in the way that Guiel produced for us and I hope that Restovich can up his power a little. Lugo's days are numbered, but since we don't have a replacement for him, he will likely be on the team until the end of the season. Cruz jr. has been DFA'd and I have called up OF Johnny Gomes to replace him.

Pitching Stats

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Player           #   Role  Birthday    Bats   Throws  ERA    W  L  S  WHIP
STARTERS                
Andy Pettitte    21  SP    6/15/1972   Left   Left    3.77   7  6  0  1.38
Tim Redding      51  SP    2/12/1978   Right  Right   5.01   6  5  0  1.50
Carlos Reyes     43  SP    4/4/1969    Both   Right   3.65   9  9  0  1.20
Jeremy Affeldt   48  SP    6/6/1979    Left   Left    2.87   8  5  0  1.23  
Jason Standridge 53  SP    11/9/1978   Right  Right   4.35   9  11 0  1.46
RELIEVERS            
Brandon Backe    37  MR    4/5/1978    Right  Right   5.94   4  5  1  1.62
Brian Meadows    46  MR    11/21/1975  Right  Right   4.50   2  1  1  1.38
Vic Darensbourg  73  MR    11/13/1970  Left   Left    5.17   0  0  0  1.60   
Yo****aka Mizuo  68  CL    1/23/1974   Left   Left    4.09   1  3  20 1.42
Danys Baez       28  MR    9/10/1977   Right  Right   4.55   0  2  0  1.34
Bobby Seay       27  MR    6/20/1978   Left   Left    4.37   3  3  0  1.26
Lance Carter     38  MR    12/18/1974  Right  Right   5.21   3  3  2  1.50

Affeldt has really come on, and has really been the only consistent guy on our staff. I am hoping that Pettitte can man this staff for years to come as it is going to get very young next season with guys like Bush and Ribas coming up along with possibly Switzer. Our relievers are doing better, but it may be too late as now our starters are starting to struggle.

American East Standings

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Team          W   L    PCT  GB   Pyt.Rec  Diff  Home   Away   XInn  1Run   M#  Streak Last10 
Toronto       59  45  .567  -    54-50     5    25-27  34-18  9-3   19-12  71  W1     7-3
Boston        57  47  .548  2.0  58-46    -1    28-23  29-24  4-9   14-16  -   L3     5-5    
New York (A)  56  48  .538  3.0  49-55     7    29-24  27-24  4-1   20-10  -   W4     7-3
Baltimore     53  50  .515  5.5  52-51     1    25-26  28-24  4-1   16-12  -   W2     6-4    
Tampa Bay     47  56  .456  11.5 51-52    -4    24-28  23-28  3-5   14-22  -   L1     1-9

Awards

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Batter of the Month
American League : OF Magglio Ordonez, CHA, (.404, 8 HR, 29 RBI)
National League : OF Carlos Beltran, SDP, (.333, 10 HR, 27 RBI)
Pitcher of the Month
American League : SP Denny Bautista, BAL, (2.48 ERA, 4-1)
National League : SP Chin Hui-Tsao, COL, (1.07 ERA, 5-1)

Major Transactions

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Trade between Chicago (N) and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
3B Mark Derosa
Chicago (N) gets :
SS Nate Spears
2B Daniel Englund
 
Trade between Chicago (A) and Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
1B Sean Casey
Chicago (A) gets :
CF John-Ford Griffin
 
Trade between Houston and Texas :
Texas gets :
3B Mike Lamb
Houston gets :
P Ryan Snare
 
Trade between Texas and Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
C Dusty Wathan
RF Marcus Clukey
Texas gets :
P Noah Lowry
 
Trade between Minnesota and Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
P Victor Santos
Minnesota gets :
P Les Walrond
 
Trade between Detroit and Atlanta :
Atlanta gets :
C Bobby Estalella
CF Brent Clevlen
Detroit gets :
3B Andy Marte
 
Trade between St. Louis and Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
C Mike Matheny
St. Louis gets :
LF Ricardo Nanita
 
Trade between Chicago (N) and New York (A) :
New York (A) gets :
CF Corey Patterson
Chicago (N) gets :
3B Andy Phillips
C Jon-Mark Sprowl
3B Eric Duncan
 
Trade between Chicago (N) and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
SS Carlos Guillen
P Abraham Alicea
Chicago (N) gets :
CF Ryan Christenson
 
Trade between Oakland and Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
2B Marco Scutaro
Oakland gets :
CF David Miller
 
Trade between New York (A) and Atlanta :
Atlanta gets :
3B Brian Dallimore
LF Raymond Osby
New York (A) gets :
P Horacio Ramirez
 
Trade between Texas and Detroit :
Detroit gets :
1B Tino Martinez
Texas gets :
LF David Espinosa
1B Momorou Kadonomaro
C Wiki Gonzalez
 
Trade between Milwaukee and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
2B Keith Ginter
Milwaukee gets :
1B Fernando Valenzuela
C Nathan Farkas
3B Tripper Johnson
 
Trade between New York (N) and Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
CF Adam Hyzdu
New York (N) gets :
P Felix Diaz
 
Trade between Los Angeles and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
1B Jesse Hoorelbeke
Los Angeles gets :
P Pat Misch

majormet · 02-17-2006, 11:40 AM

Wow Sean Casey was traded for who LOL, the Royals always make the worst trades it seems.

Like the Pettite trade, good to deal a guy like Guiel when he is peaking because he will always regress to his normal stats.

jaykno14 · 02-19-2006, 05:09 PM

August 2005 Recap

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Manager: Lou Pinella
Record: 55 Wins, 77 Losses, .417 Winning Pct.
Home Record: 29 Wins, 38 Losses
Away Record: 26 Wins, 39 Losses
1 Run Games Record: 16 Wins, 27 Losses
X-Innings Record: 5 Wins, 8 Losses
Record vs LHP: 16 Wins, 26 Losses
Record vs RHP: 39 Wins, 51 Losses
Payroll: $33,777,143 (30th)
Fan Interest: 37/100 (29th)
Batting AVG: .254 (21st)
Homeruns: 108 (T-25th)
Walks: 393 (23rd)
Stolen Bases: 116 (16th)
Runs Scored: 589 (28th)
Pitching ERA: 4.60 (19th)
Opponents AVG: .271 (24th)
HRs Allowed: 171 (29th)
Walks Allowed: 395 (7th)
Runs Allowed: 650 (19th)

We have definitely fallen off the face of the earth in the last month and a half. Its kind of depressing really. Pretty much our whole team has fallen apart on both sides of the field. Pitching has just given up way too many homeruns, something you can't have to be a successful staff. The walks allowed continue to impress, but it doesn't help unless you give up less homeruns. And we haven't. On the offensive side of the ball, we have no power whatsoever. That is defninitely an area that I will look into this offseason when getting new players for our team. We are doin O.K. in the stolen base category, but I'm not the type of guy that prefers to have a basestealer on my team. All I want out of the guys I have is fo them to be able to get on base.

Team Transactions

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8/1: OF Jose Cruz Jr. was designated for assignment
8/10: OF Josh Hamilton was placed on the 60-day Disabled List with a torn ribcage muscle.
8/10: Released OF Jose Cruz Jr. after designating him for assignment
8/15: OF Rocco Baldelli was placed on the 15-day Disabled List with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament
8/15: OF Bobby Smith was signed to a $300K contract for one year and was placed on 25-man roster

It was a very tough month for our team health wise also. Our outfield really took some hits. Cruz Jr.'s buyout was not bad as he only cost us approximately $900K to release him. Hamilton was having a very successful first year as he was the really only "consistent

01-29-2006, 05:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
jaykno14 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 442	Free Agency: Days 7-12 Day 7: P Jorge Sosa was claimed off waivers by Milwaukee and was taken from us. Reactions Catalanotto-Best offer so far Around the MLB Anaheim : C Tom Wilson, 421,100 per year, for 2 years. Milwaukee : P Kyle Farnsworth, 1,515,800 per year, for 3 years. Anaheim : 2B Desi Relaford, 436,800 per year, for 3 years. New York (A) : LF Mark Smith, 437,000 per year, for 3 years. Day 8: Reactions Catalanotto-Best offer so far Around the MLB New York (N) : P Odalis Perez, 6,937,600 per year, for 3 years. Kansas City : CF Ruben Mateo, 4,256,000 per year, for 3 years. Milwaukee : P Kip Wells, 2,871,000 per year, for 2 years. Minnesota : SS Jose Valentin, 620,600 per year, for 2 years. San Diego : P John Smoltz, 954,000 per year, for 1 year. Pittsburgh : P Tommy Phelps, 506,000 per year, for 2 years. Texas : P Scott Strickland, 460,000 per year, for 2 years. Houston : P Jason Boyd, 414,000 per year, for 2 years. Day 9: Reactions: Catalanotto-Best offer so far Around the MLB Texas : LF Dee Brown, 501,600 per year, for 2 years. Atlanta : 1B Shane Spencer, 414,000 per year, for 1 year. New York (A) : 2B Damion Easley, 402,500 per year, for 1 year. San Diego : P Travis Driskill, 643,800 per year, for 2 years. Day 10: Reactions: Catalanotto-Best offer so far Around the MLB Kansas City : CF Garret Anderson, 6,016,200 per year, for 3 years. New York (N) : RF Richie Sexson, 4,499,100 per year, for 3 years. Cleveland : P Livan Hernandez, 5,432,400 per year, for 5 years. Pittsburgh : P Wade Miller, 4,309,200 per year, for 3 years. Pittsburgh : 1B David Ortiz, 2,448,500 per year, for 3 years. Milwaukee : 3B Danny Klassen, 2,340,800 per year, for 3 years. Chicago (N) : C Charles Johnson, 446,200 per year, for 2 years. Day 11: Reactions: Catalanotto-Best offer so far Around the MLB Pittsburgh : P Ben Weber, 1,696,000 per year, for 3 years. Seattle : LF Marvin Benard, 406,800 per year, for 3 years. Detroit : P Phil Norton, 371,500 per year, for 2 years. Day 12: P Seth McClung was released and P John Webb was assigned to AAA. 3B Jared Sandburg was sent down to AAA IF Frank Catalanotto-SIGNED for $3,450,000/four years TRADE between Tampa Bay and Milwaukee : Milwaukee gets : RF Matt Diaz We get : P Calvin Schwing This opens up a spot on the 40-man roster for us so that we can put Catalanotto there. Schwing was Milwaukee's first round draft pick last year and could be our closer in a few years. The biggest reason for this deal was to clear a spot on the 40. Around the MLB Toronto : DH Erubiel Durazo, 5,123,600 per year, for 4 years. Detroit : C Ben Petrick, 3,647,200 per year, for 2 years. Houston : C Jason Larue, 414,000 per year, for 2 years. __________________ Current Dynasty: A New Kind of Brew My Past Dynasties Around the World My Nationals Dynasty Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine<--#70 Dynasty of 2005! Building a small market team-The Milwaukee Brewers dynasty thread Arizona Dynasty

01-29-2006, 06:10 PM	#22 (permalink)
jaykno14 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 442	Free Agency: Day 13-30 Because of the little action there was the rest of the way, I am going to just post the rest of free agency so we can get on with things. Day 13: Around the MLB Cleveland : P Derek Lowe, 1,444,500 per year, for 2 years. Pittsburgh : CF Ricky Ledee, 552,000 per year, for 2 years. Baltimore : 1B Brian Daubach, 435,600 per year, for 2 years. Los Angeles : 3B Bill Selby, 445,200 per year, for 2 years. New York (A) : P Tony Fiore, 431,600 per year, for 2 years. Day 14: Around the MLB Minnesota : P Jeff D'amico, 2,208,900 per year, for 3 years. Day 15: Around the MLB San Diego : 1B Joe Vitiello, 632,700 per year, for 3 years. Montreal : C Ben Davis, 427,700 per year, for 2 years. San Francisco : 1B Eli Marrero, 406,800 per year, for 2 years. Day 16: Around the MLB Milwaukee : P Eric Milton, 4,675,900 per year, for 3 years. Cleveland : 1B Scott Hatteberg, 427,700 per year, for 2 years. Chicago (N) : P Nate Bump, 419,800 per year, for 2 years. Minnesota : P Carl Pavano, 460,000 per year, for 3 years. Oakland : P Jamey Wright, 460,000 per year, for 2 years. Day 17: Around the MLB No signings Day 18: Around the MLB Toronto : P Tomokazu Ohka, 5,025,500 per year, for 4 years. Pittsburgh : P Brad Radke, 621,300 per year, for 3 years. Chicago (A) : SS Rey Ordonez, 414,000 per year, for 2 years. Anaheim : 3B Dave Berg, 421,800 per year, for 3 years. Cleveland : P Willis Roberts, 420,700 per year, for 2 years. Day 19: Around the MLB No signings Day 20: Around the MLB New York (N) : C A.J. Pierzynski, 4,651,500 per year, for 4 years. Oakland : 1B Jose Offerman, 439,600 per year, for 3 years. Day 21: Around the MLB Cleveland : P Lou Pote, 497,200 per year, for 1 year. Day 22: Around the MLB Detroit : SS Alex Gonzalez, 1,069,200 per year, for 2 years. No notable signings the rest of the way. __________________ Current Dynasty: A New Kind of Brew My Past Dynasties Around the World My Nationals Dynasty Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine<--#70 Dynasty of 2005! Building a small market team-The Milwaukee Brewers dynasty thread Arizona Dynasty

02-06-2006, 11:06 PM	#24 (permalink)
jaykno14 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 442	Right now, I am going to just post orginal monthly recaps, but once we get further into the dynasty, I will try to spicin' things up instead of the boring month reports that I have coming up. Anyway here is the April Recap following this post... __________________ Current Dynasty: A New Kind of Brew My Past Dynasties Around the World My Nationals Dynasty Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine<--#70 Dynasty of 2005! Building a small market team-The Milwaukee Brewers dynasty thread Arizona Dynasty

02-12-2006, 09:56 PM	#27 (permalink)
jaykno14 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 442	June First Year Player Draft Alright its probably one of the biggest days of the year for the Devil Rays as they of course have the first pick of the draft, and they could get another franchise cornerstone to go along with B.J. Upton and Delmon Young. Right now I am thinking about either 3B Milford Morin, SP Juan Grialva, or SP Logan Dalrymple. Morin has the best potential and had a very good career at Villanova and is a HUGE power hitter. I ended up taking him. Code: 3B Milford "Cats" Morin (CON: 7, GAP: 7, POW: 9, E/D: 8, AV. K: 7) Age: 21 Bat/Throw: R/R Overall: CON: 4, GAP: 5, POW: 5, E/D: 5, AV. K: 4 Signing Bonus: $1,920,000 Comments: Definintely the best player available in this years draft. My plan would be to have him or Huff move to DH (whichever one isn't a very good fielder) and I could boast a pretty good lineup. Potential DOA: April 06 Code: SP Robert Blass (STU: 7, CON: 5, MOVE: 7, VEL: 88-91) Age: 20 B/T: R/R Overall: STU: 5, CON: 5, MOVE: 7 GB %: 53 END: 8/10 Comments: He is more ready for the major leagues than some of the other guys that were available but he doesn't have the amazing potential that they had. I could see him being our fourth or fifth starter on a really good staff. Potential DOA: September 06/April 07 Code: 1B Darwin Hunter (CON: 4, GAP: 7, POW: 5, E/D: 6, AV. K: 5) Age: 18 B/T: R/R Overall: CON: 2, GAP: 4, POW: 2, E/D: 3, AV. K: 1 Comments: We have ourselves a pretty big project here. I will be really happy if this guys turns out O.K. but I'm not holding my breath. The only real category he has a lot of potential in is the "gap" category, and he also looks like he may be able to get on base O.K. Potential DOA: April 08/09 Code: SP David Acuna (STU: 4, CON: 6, MOVE: 7, VEL: 86-89) Age: 24 B/T: R/R Overall: STU: 4, CON: 5, MOVE: 7 GB %: 46 END: 9/10 Comments: I fully expect that he'll be able to make it to the big show, although I am not sure if it will be as a SP. He could possibly be a number five type of guy but more realistic expectations for him would be a spot starter/mopup type of guy. That's what he'll be to begin with anyway. Potential DOA: September 05/April 06 Code: CL Mark Danis (STU: 8, CON: 6, MOVE: 7, VEL: 88-91) Age: 24 B/T: R/R Overall: STU: 5, CON: 5, MOVE: 6 GB %: 35 Comments: Mark could turn out being the best pitcher we got in this draft if he lives up to his potential. We are expecting him to be our closer late next season or the beginning of 2007. Definitely a 40-50 saves type of guy. Potential DOA: September 06/April 07 LF Arthur Mund (CON: 4, GAP: 8, POW: 1, E/D: 6, AV. K: 5) SS Dion Pantoja (CON: 4, GAP: 6, POW: 2, E/D: 6, AV. K: 6) RP John Adams (STU: 5, CON: 7, MOVE: 6, VEL: 86-89) RF Brian Matthias (CON: 4, GAP: 6, POW: 3, E/D: 6, AV. K: 5) SP David Bean (STU: 4, CON: 5, MOVE: 5, VEL: 89-92) __________________ Current Dynasty: A New Kind of Brew My Past Dynasties Around the World My Nationals Dynasty Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine<--#70 Dynasty of 2005! Building a small market team-The Milwaukee Brewers dynasty thread Arizona Dynasty

02-12-2006, 09:59 PM	#28 (permalink)
jaykno14 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 442	I have decided to just simulate to the all star break and then give an update since I will be doing something similar to this at that time anyway. I will just give you the midseason stats after this post and then we can be on with life. :-) June/July 2005 Recap Code: Manager: Lou Pinella Record: 44 Wins, 44 Losses, .500 Winning Pct. Home Record: 24 Wins, 22 Losses Away Record: 20 Wins, 22 Losses 1 Run Games Record: 14 Wins, 18 Losses X-Innings Record: 3 Wins, 4 Losses Record vs LHP: 15 Wins, 14 Losses Record vs RHP: 29 Wins, 30 Losses Payroll: $32,977,143 (30th) Fan Interest: 41/100 (29th) Batting AVG: .264 (14th) Homeruns: 75 (T-19th) Walks: 295 (13th) Stolen Bases: 86 (11th) Runs Scored: 429 (T-12th) Pitching ERA: 4.36 (15th) Opponents AVG: .262 (14th) HRs Allowed: 106 (27th) Walks Allowed: 245 (3rd) Runs Allowed: 410 (12th) Both areas of the team have performed about league average halfway through the season. I think that is a plus considering that we pay our players the lowest in the league. We have gotten hot as of late after we appeared to be out of it when we were 32-38 with a week to go in June. I am very happy with our control on the pitching side of things as we have the third fewest walks in the league. That and HRs allowed are the two essential stats on a pitching staff, which I have always said. We do need to start allowing fewer HRs and we could be one of the elite staffs in the league. It doesn't help that we play in a box to begin with. That may be one of the reasons we have given up that many homers to begin the season. Team Transactions Code: 7/7/2005 Trade with Toronto : Toronto gets : P Ted Lilly We get : P David Bush I have had Lilly on the trading block all season long and finally Toronto gave me this offer. Bush's ratings tell me that he has the potential to be a very good number three type guy for us in the future, although his 2005 stats are hideous with an 0-7 record and a 7.92 earned run average. I am going to just option him to AAA and keep him there until about September or so and then we'll see how he does then. Replacing Lilly in the rotation will be John Switzer, who is 8-4 with a 3.91 ERA at AAA. Code: 7/10/2005 Trade with San Diego : San Diego gets : 2B David Newhan We get : P Gabe Ribas Newhan has hit below .200 for the whole season and is currently at .186. We decided that instead of keeping him on our team and allowing him to struggle that badly, we would try and trade him for a middle relief prospect or something, but we surprisingly were able to pry Gabe Ribas away from San Diego, a pitching prospect that is almost identical to Bush. Bobby Hill will be called up to replace Newhan because he has hit .310 with 17 homeruns and 56 runs batted in at AAA. Ribas will go down to AAA Durham and could be called up very soon if Switzer struggles. Batting Stats Code: Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVE HR RBI SB OPS CATCHERS Toby Hall 44 C 10/21/1975 Right Right .250 0 5 0 .627 Rod Barajas 27 C 9/5/1975 Right Right .240 6 37 0 .658 INFIELDER Josh Phelps 17 1B 5/12/1978 Right Right .257 12 49 1 .780 Aubrey Huff 19 3B 12/20/1976 Left Right .285 15 60 5 .863 Bobby Hill 20 2B 4/3/1978 Both Right .000 0 0 0 .000 Greg Norton 28 3B 7/6/1972 Both Right .304 0 1 0 .732 Julio Lugo 23 SS 11/16/1975 Right Right .197 5 37 8 .540 OUTFIELDER Aaron Guiel 45 LF 10/5/1972 Left Right .293 9 34 0 .853 Rocco Baldelli 5 RF 9/25/1981 Right Right .302 4 37 30 .769 Josh Hamilton 2 CF 5/21/1981 Left Left .314 4 45 20 .831 Frank Catalanotto 27 LF 4/27/1974 Left Right .293 7 36 6 .946 Jose Cruz jr. 22 LF 4/19/1974 Both Right .216 6 20 4 .745 Michael Restovich 41 RF 1/3/1979 Right Right .315 3 31 8 .796 Now that we have traded away David Newhan, it looks as though Julio Lugo is set to take his place. Lugo cannot hit worth a lick and has struck out 71 times in 316 at bats. Our outfielders are continue to be the best on our team, and it is going to be tough to trade some of these guys away in the offseason. Norton filled in for Huff real well at the end of June when Huff was injured. Him and Phelps continue to provide the power for our team, along with Guiel. Josh Hamilton had a reall good month and hit .326 and stole eight bases. He has also surprisingly drove in more guys than I would expect. Cruz's days are numbered as a Devil Ray or so I hope. If I am not able to trade him I will most likely DFA him at the beginning of August. Pitching Stats Code: Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Tim Redding 51 SP 2/12/1978 Right Right 5.31 5 5 0 1.48 Carlos Reyes 43 SP 4/4/1969 Both Right 3.23 9 7 0 1.15 Jeremy Affeldt 48 SP 6/6/1979 Left Left 3.12 6 4 0 1.23 Jon Switzer 43 SP 8/13/1979 Left Left 0.00 0 0 0 Jason Standridge 53 SP 11/9/1978 Right Right 4.07 9 8 0 1.36 RELIEVERS Brandon Backe 37 MR 4/5/1978 Right Right 6.75 4 5 5 1.68 Brian Meadows 46 MR 11/21/1975 Right Right 3.69 2 1 1 1.26 Vic Darensbourg 73 MR 11/13/1970 Left Left 6.57 0 0 0 1.78 Yo**aka Mizuo 68 CL 1/23/1974 Left Left 4.25 1 3 18 1.45 Danys Baez 28 MR 9/10/1977 Right Right 4.50 0 1 0 1.36 Bobby Seay 27 MR 6/20/1978 Left Left 3.99 3 1 0 1.16 Lance Carter 38 MR 12/18/1974 Right Right 5.74 3 2 0 1.50 Backe continues to be a disappointment for us as his ERA actually got worse over the last month and a half. Reyes is surprising me and Affeldt has also been an excellent suprise along with Standrige, who continues to pitch well. Mizuo doubled his save total since the end of May and did really well in the last month. Darensburg also improved although it was a small improvement, I still feel these guys can improve to the level where they help us win. American East Standings Code: Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Toronto 51 37 .580 - 46-42 5 21-20 30-17 7-3 15-10 71 W3 8-2 Boston 46 41 .529 4.5 48-39 -2 26-20 20-21 3-9 11-15 - L3 4-6 Baltimore 44 43 .506 6.5 40-47 4 23-23 21-20 4-1 16-11 - W6 8-2 New York (A) 44 43 .506 6.5 37-50 7 26-21 19-22 4-1 17-8 - L1 2-8 Tampa Bay 44 44 .500 7.0 46-42 -2 24-22 20-22 3-4 14-18 - W1 7-3 Major Transactions Code: Trade between Cincinnati and Boston : Boston gets : P Rigo Beltran Cincinnati gets : 1B Kevin Youkilis CF David Murphy CF Mickey Hall Trade between Detroit and San Francisco : San Francisco gets : SS Dennis Hocking LF Chad Hermansen Detroit gets : 1B Carlos Rivera Trade between Detroit and Chicago (N) : Chicago (N) gets : C Chris Shelton Detroit gets : P Carlos Vasquez Trade between Oakland and Cleveland : Cleveland gets : CF Mark Kotsay Oakland gets : 1B Scott Hatteberg 2B Patrick Ferrer 3B Juan Gonzalez Trade between Cleveland and Seattle : Seattle gets : 2B Miguel Cairo $2,300,000 cash. Cleveland gets : 3B Jose Lopez __________________ Current Dynasty: A New Kind of Brew My Past Dynasties Around the World My Nationals Dynasty Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine<--#70 Dynasty of 2005! Building a small market team-The Milwaukee Brewers dynasty thread Arizona Dynasty** Last edited by jaykno14 : 02-12-2006 at 10:01 PM.

02-15-2006, 11:12 PM	#29 (permalink)
jaykno14 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 442	Just wanted to make sure that people knew that because this is moving slowly doesn't mean it will die. I have been more busy then usual lately and haven't found time to just spend a few hours just playing and writing up reports. __________________ Current Dynasty: A New Kind of Brew My Past Dynasties Around the World My Nationals Dynasty Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine<--#70 Dynasty of 2005! Building a small market team-The Milwaukee Brewers dynasty thread Arizona Dynasty

02-16-2006, 12:23 AM	#30 (permalink)
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,417	Glad to hear it; I really like this dynasty.

02-17-2006, 11:40 AM	#32 (permalink)
majormet All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 702	Wow Sean Casey was traded for who LOL, the Royals always make the worst trades it seems. Like the Pettite trade, good to deal a guy like Guiel when he is peaking because he will always regress to his normal stats.