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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


10th June 2012

A nice split series against the Cardinals and things looking great two months into the season. Curious to see how we do without our mighty SS Harrington. Thankfully the next opponent seems not to be so mighty at the moment. The Rockies are among the worst in the league, and project to give three guys with a +5.00 ERA a start against us.

Injury Report:

Winnipeg:
MR H. Martínez (7 months)
2B B. Upton (4 weeks)
SS J. Harrington (1 week)

Colorado:
SP K. Fox (7-8 months)
LF R. Langerhans (5 days)


Game # 59 – Colorado [23-35] (C-L. Lo 0-1, 15.51 ERA, 16 BB, 9 K, 2.94 WHIP) at Winnipeg [35-23] (J. Marceaux 7-3, 3.46 ERA, 27 BB, 56 K, 1.31 WHIP)


Winnipeg:

CF Jeremy Reed (.234, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 5 SB)
3B Chris Davis (.302, 8 HR, 27 RBI)
SS Sharlon Schoop (.324, 3 HR, 20 RBI)
LF John Rodriguez (.275, 9 HR, 29 RBI, 2 SB)
1B Eric Duncan (.267, 6 HR, 11 RBI)
C Josh Bard (.275, 6 HR, 20 RBI)
RF Hiram Bocachica (.250, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 2 SB)
2B Alberto Gonzalez (.265, 0 HR, 6 RBI)


Colorado:

CF José Gonzáles (.216, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 1 SB) - rookie
2B Len Boyer (.271, 2 HR, 15 RBI) - rookie
LF Matt Holliday (.239, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 1 SB)
1B Chad Tracy (.238, 6 HR, 22 RBI, 3 SB)
SS Daniel Mayora (.282, 9 HR, 35 RBI)
3B Ian Stewart (.267, 12 HR, 44 RBI, 2 SB)
RF Chris Snelling (.250, 5 HR, 16 RBI, 1 SB)
C Mike Napoli (.259, 7 HR, 21 RBI)


Colorado at Winnipeg: 11-3

W: C. Lo (1-1); L: J. Marceaux (7-4)
H: N. Mizuochi (12)
HR: M. Holliday (4), C. Snelling 2 (7) / E. Duncan (7), J. Reed (4)
E: L. Boyer 2 (10), C. Nelson (4) / E. Duncan (1)
PoG: C. Snelling - 4/5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Time: 2:55
Attendance: 42410


Elsewhere:

The Cubs ace Sean Gallagher (4-4, 1.85 ERA) pitched a 4-hit shutout against Florida. Nevertheless they loom only at a 27-32 record.

CF Johnny Damon (.293, 7 HR, 32 RBI) member of the Yankees old-boys quintet had 5 hits in a 18-10 loss against Houston.

The Indians 2B Robinson Ramírez (.364, 1 HR, 4 RBI) had 5 hit in 12-3 over Indianapolis.


American League Player of the Week:
SS Joaquin Arias - Texas: .471, 3 HR, 7 RBI (.351, 4 HR, 18 RBI)

National League Player of the Week:
CF Ryan Patterson - San Francisco: .516, 3 HR, 11 RBI (.316, 13 HR, 49 RBI)


Trade:

Boston sent 3B Brandon Phillips (.347, 2 HR, 11 RBI) and minor league 1B Carlos Barrón (.205, 0 HR, 7 RBI - AAA) to the Giants for 1B James Loney (.286, 11 HR, 40 RBI, 1 SB).

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


11th June 2012


Game # 60 – Colorado [24-35] (C. Jimenez 5-5, 5.28 ERA, 15 BB, 44 K, 1.55 WHIP) at Winnipeg [35-24] (J. Stinson 3-4, 4.41 ERA, 27 BB, 60 K, 1.33 WHIP)


SS Alberto Gonzalez - RF Jayson Werth - 2B Sharlon Schoop - 1B Kendry Morales - C Josh Bard - 3B Eric Duncan - LF Hiram Bocachica - CF Nate McLouth

Colorado at Winnipeg: 1-4

W: J. Stinson (4-4); L: C. Jimenez (5-6)
H: S. Rleal (2), C. Madden (4), Z. Braddock (5)
SV: S. Shelton (15)
HR: M. Holliday (5) / J. Werth (8)
E: Y. Chen (2) / -
PoG: J. Werth - 2/4, 1 R, HR, 3 RBI
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 41978


Elsewhere:

And today a member of the Yankees old-boys goes down for the rest of the season sa SS Derek Jeter (.365, 6 HR, 33 RBI) tore his groin muscle.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


12th June 2012


Game # 61 – Colorado [24-36] (S. Thompson 0-0-1, 5.30 ERA, 8 BB, 13 K, 1.66 WHIP) at Winnipeg [36-24] (T. Gorzelanny 5-4, 5.00 ERA, 30 BB, 59 K, 1.44 WHIP)


SS Alberto Gonzalez - RF Jayson Werth - 3B Sharlon Schoop - 1B Kendry Morales - C Josh Bard - CF Nate McLouth - LF Hiram Bocachica - 2B Billy Grant

Colorado at Winnipeg: 8-1

W: S. Thompson (1-0); L: T. Gorzelanny (5-5)
H: F. Rodney (2)
HR: C. Tracy (7), D. Mayora (10) / -
E: L. Boyer (11) / N. McLouth (1)
PoG: D. Mayora - 2/5, 2 R, HR, 1 RBI
Time: 2:55
Attendance: 41945

Gorzelanny continues to struggle and he still has two years left on his contract. Maybe we should give him some time at AAA? Rleal sucked as well and at the moment the bullpen is another big questionmark.


Elsewhere:

Marmots CF Daryl Jones (.262, 3 HR, 25 RBI) is out for the season with a torn back muscle.

The Twins CF Joe Benson (.273, 10 HR, 29 RBI) had a 5-hit game in a 16-2 win over Baltimore.

The Diamondbacks LF Carlos Quentin (.304, 13 HR, 36 RBI) did the same in 12-3 win over Buffalo.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


13th June 2012


Game # 62 – Colorado [25-36] (F. Rodney 2-1, 5.73 ERA, 13 BB, 16 K, 1.79 WHIP) at Winnipeg [36-25] (B. Morris 5-5, 2.49 ERA, 16 BB, 82 K, 1.02 WHIP)


CF Jeremy Reed - RF Jayson Werth - 3B Chris Davis - SS Sharlon Schoop - LF John Rodriguez - 1B Eric Duncan - 2B Alberto Gonzalez - C Michael Yates

Colorado at Winnipeg: 3-11

W: B. Morris (6-5); L: M. Corpas (2-5)
H: Z. Braddock (6)
HR: - / J. Rodriguez (10), E. Duncan (8)
E: Y. Chen 2 (4) / -
PoG: B. Grant - 2/2, 3 R, 2 RBI
Time: 3:04
Attendance: 41988

Crazy game in which the injury-ridled Rockies only used relievers, including 5 2/3 innings by closer Corpas. Sadly we lost our high flying IF Sharlon Schoop (.318, 3 HR, 20 RBI) for eight weeks with a torn thigh muscle. 3B Tripper Johnson (.310, 7 HR, 33 RBI, 1 SB - AAA) will get the call for the big leagues.


Elsewhere:

The Cubs 2B Alfonso Soriano (.254, 15 HR, 44 RBI), who is still on that crazy $144,000,000 contract from 2007, hit his 400th career home run.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


14th June 2012 (Off day)


Detroit gave 2B Jose Lopez (.293, 4 HR, 17 RBI) a new 4-year contract worth $27,720,000? Too much? No, way too much!

The Royals reliever Kenta Satake (1-1-2, 3.80 ERA) signed a new 3-year deal worth $12,360,000.


Not surprisingly no members from our lower A outfit Iqaluit (19-45) made the Midwest League All-Star-Game.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


15th June 2012 (Off day)

First-Year Player Draft - Doubletree Fallsview Restort & Spa, Niagara Falls, Canada

Due to the free agent signing of Tom Gorzelanny, we dropped to 34th in the draft order. According to our scout director this is a rather weak draft class and there might be no "great picks" left when it's our turn. According to Baseball America our minor league system ranks 24th, with 1B Cromsie (.351, 8 HR, 29 RBI - AAA) being the top prospect (55th). SS Harrington (.275, 12 HR, 48 RBI) who did well at big league level is only ranked 60th.
SISA thinks we have only decent talent at SS, CF and pitching, while the rest sucks big time.

Indianapolis, Detroit, Philadelphia and Buffalo will draft first.

Loeffle Blog thinks the following ten players will be drafted first:

1B Alejandro Hernández (19 years - HS)
3B Jeff Taylor (18 years - HS)
C Alfonso Campos (21 years - C)
2B José Alvarez (22 years - C)
SP Tokuzo Moss (21 years - C)
SP Roger Beauregard (17 years - HS)
1B Glenn Smith (22 years - C)
LF Enrique Arroyo (17 years - HS)
RF Chris Dickey (18 years - HS)

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


15th June 2012 (Off day)

First-Year Player Draft - Doubletree Fallsview Restort & Spa, Niagara Falls, Canada


1st Pick Indianapolis Hoosiers SP Tokuzo "Quasimodo" Moss (California) 21 years
2nd Pick Detroit Tigers LF Manny Rodríguez (New Jersey) 19 years
3rd Pick Philadelphia Phillies CF Scott "Cotney" Dunn (California) 21 years
4th Pick Buffalo Blizzards C Alfonso Campos (Maryland) 21 years
5th Pick Houston Astros SP Carlos Padilla (Panama) 18 years
6th Pick Tampa Bay Rays RF Chris Martin (Tennessee) 17 years
7th Pick Boise Bluebirds 1B Alejandro Hernández (Texas) 19 years
8th Pick Charlotte Crusaders RF Gonzalo Romano (Mexico) 22 years
9th Pick Pittsburgh Pirates SP Roger Beauregard (Georgia) 17 years
10th Pick Chicago White Sox RF Chris Dickey (New Jersey) 18 years
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34th Pick Winnipeg Bisons 3B Rob Heller (Texas) 23 years. Didn't expect to end up with a that talented player. Heller might develop in a great defensive above .300 / 20 HR infielder in future.


What happened to the overall Nr 1 Picks of the last drafts?

2007 SP Bud 'Long Levi' Cowan - Kansas City (5-1, 2.46 ERA, 1.11 WHIP - ML)
2008 SP John O'Toole - Washington (2-3, 3.66 ERA, 1.14 WHIP - ML)
2009 CF Dave 'Hitm' Duimelaar (.236, 8 HR, 25 RBI, 25 SB - AA)
2010 CF Josh 'Butch' Goodman (.286, 10 HR, 19 RBI, 11 SB - ML)
2011 SP Frank Bowen (4-5, 5.13 ERA, 1.49 WHIP - AAA)

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


15th June 2012 (Off day)

First-Year Player Draft - Doubletree Fallsview Restort & Spa, Niagara Falls, Canada
(Stuff/Movement/Control OR Contact/Power/Eye Potential according to our scout)

1st Round - 3B Rob Heller (56/57/41) 23 years; Arlington, Texas
3rd Round - C Veríssimo Benrs (47/42/35) 17 years; Guatire, Venezuela
4th Round - SP Wynn Davis (43/96/55) 17 years; San Diego, California
5th Round - 3B Guillermo Mota (53/68/62) 19 years; San Miguelito, Panama
6th Round - 1B Gunner Brown (54/34/58) 18 years; Castroville, California
7th Round - MR Stu Nielsen (88/54/47) 17 years; Toronto, Ontario
8th Round - MR Luis Quinones (65/58/52) 21 years; St. Louis, Missouri
9th Round - 3B Ernesto Benuelos (46/59/52) 21 years; Boca del Río, Mexico
10th Round - 1B Cipriano Villareal (47/35/40) 21 years; Villa Bisonó, Dominican Republic
11th Round - CL Bill Mullally (55/55/45) 18 years; Brandon, Manitoba (a local hero is born?)
12th Round - 1B Júlio Reyes (56/44/50) 18 years; Austin, Texas
13th Round - 2B John Martin (47/19/45) 18 years; District Heights, Maryland
14th Round - SS Yue-rong Yang (47/16/42) 18 years; Qingdao, China
15th Round - 2B Jaime Moreno (39/9/41) 22 years; Omaha, Nebraska
16th Round - CL Chris Astall (51/44/45) 22 years; Livingston, New Jersey
17th Round - MR Ed Thornton (48/29/37) 18 years; Porterville, California
18th Round - SP Fernando Segura (42/37/39) 17 years; Mexico City, Mexico
19th Round - MR Ray Garrett (33/34/36) 17 years; Standish, Maine
20th Round - SS Rob Collins (41/2/24) 17 years; Troy, Michigan
21st Round - SS Perry Underwood (38/33/44) 20 years; Montpelier, Vermont
22nd Round - C Lorenzo López (44/47/34) 18 years; Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
23rd Round - LF José Miranda (42/23/18) 18 years; Ross Township, Pennsylvania
24th Round - RF Bill Berry (40/28/27) 21 years; Depew, New York
25th Round - C José Hernández (39/13/37) 21 years; Antofagasta, Chile
26th Round - LF Gary Heap (31/9/20) 18 years; Montreal, Quebec
27th Round - 1B Michizane Tomonaga (28/32/22) 17 years; Tokyo, Japan
28th Round - MR Fernando Martínez (51/48/36) 22 years; Bayamón, Puerto Rico

We got some decent infield prospects and with Davis a pitcher who "looks like a future no. 1 or no. 2 starter". This draft offered absolutely nothing in terms of outfielders.

Pitchers Martínez, Quinones and Astall look mature enough to help the woeful Iqaluit Moose. 1st round pick Heller, Villareal and Banuelos might also get a chance to see Lower A level baseball this year.

The Buffalo Blizzards still have the big leagues best minor league system (5 players in the top 100), after adding another monster catcher in the draft.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


15th June 2012

For the first time since I resigned last october, I face my old team; the Brewers. The new coach made some strange moves and had a very bad start, buw now they are above .500, after going 9-3 so far this month. It's hard to believe that they rank 14th in runs scored, and 14th in starters ERA.

Injury Report:

Winnipeg:
MR H. Martínez (7 months)
2B B. Upton (3 weeks)
3B S. Schoop (7-8 weeks)
SS J. Harrington (3 days)

Milwaukee:
n/a


Game # 63 – Winnipeg [37-25] (R. Wells 5-3, 3.64 ERA, 29 BB, 58 K, 1.24 WHIP) at Milwaukee [32-30] (B. Webb 3-7, 3.81 ERA, 23 BB, 65 K, 1.31 WHIP)


Winnipeg:

CF Jeremy Reed (.241, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 5 SB)
LF John Rodriguez (.266, 10 HR, 32 RBI, 2 SB)
RF Jayson Werth (.259, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 3 SB)
3B Chris Davis (.294, 8 HR, 29 RBI)
C Josh Bard (.280, 6 HR, 20 RBI)
1B Eric Duncan (.267, 8 HR, 15 RBI)
SS Alberto Gonzalez (.286, 0 HR, 9 RBI)
2B Tripper Johnson (NR)


Milwaukee:

CF Justin Upton (.291, 10 HR, 28 RBI, 16 SB)
RF Armando Velásquez (.304, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 1 SB)
1B Prince Fielder (.233, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 6 SB)
3B Ryan Braun (.303, 13 HR, 33 RBI, 10 SB)
2B Mark Reynolds (.275, 13 HR, 37 RBI, 1 SB)
SS Mat Gamel (.299, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
LF Daniel Perales (.237, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 4 SB)
C Eliezer Alfonzo (.225, 0 HR, 4 RBI)


Winnipeg at Milwaukee: 1-2

W: R. Halladay (4-2); L: M. Mehlich (4-4)
H: C. Madden (5)
BS: C. Armstrong (2)
HR: - / P. Fielder (9)
CS: - / R. Braun (4), J. Upton (13)
E: A. Gonzalez (1) / -
PoG: R. Wells - 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 5 K
Time: 2:44
Attendance: 39658

The bullpen wasted a great performance by Wells, and Shelton walked inn the losing run with no outs in the 9th.


Elsewhere:

Toronto closer B.J. Ryan (1-0-7, 4.05 ERA) is out for 8-9 weeks with a herniated disc.

The 26-37 Oakland Athletics sacked manager José González.


Trade:

Cleveland sent reliever Wilbert Pierce (0-2, 4.76 ERA) to the Cubs for minor league 2B Carlos López (.287, 1 HR, 23 RBI - AA).

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


16th June 2012


Game # 64 – Winnipeg [37-26] (J. Stinson 4-4, 4.16 ERA, 29 BB, 68 K, 1.31 WHIP) at Milwaukee [33-30] (M. Parra 2-5, 4.73 ERA, 23 BB, 32 K, 1.63 WHIP)


CF Nate McLouth - RF Jayson Werth - 1B Kendry Morales - C Josh Bard - 3B Chris Davis - LF Hiram Bocachica - 2B Alberto Gonzalez - SS Tripper Johnson


Winnipeg at Milwaukee: 5-10

W: R. Halladay (5-2); L: J. Stinson (4-5)
SV: J. Díaz (1)
HR: J. Werth (9) / J. Santos 2 (6), M. Reynolds (14)
SB: J. Werth (4) / R. Braun (11)
CS: N. McLouth (7) / -
E: A. Gonzalez (2) / J. Mathis (5)
PoG: J. Santos - 3/4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB
Time: 3:31
Attendance: 41276

Parra was bad, Braddock was worse!


Elsewhere:

Marlins pitcher Glen Perkins (8-2, 3.01 ERA)

Royals reliever Kiko Calero (2-1-1, 3.45 ERA) signed a new 2-year deal worth $5,220,000.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


17th June 2012


Game # 65 – Winnipeg [37-27] (J. Marceaux 7-4, 3.78 ERA, 28 BB, 63 K, 1.33 WHIP) at Milwaukee [34-30] (D. Bush 7-5, 3.77 ERA, 18 BB, 49 K, 1.15 WHIP)


SS Alberto Gonzalez - 3B Chris Davis - LF John Rodriguez - 1B Eric Duncan - RF Hiram Bocachica - C Michael Yates - 2B Billy Grant - CF Jeremy Reed


Winnipeg at Milwaukee: 7-0

W: J. Marceaux (8-4); L: D. Bush (7-6)

HR: J. Rodriguez (11), H. Bocachica (4) / -

SB: J. Reed (6), A. Gonzalez (1) / -
CS: H. Bocachica (2) / A. Velásquez (2)
PoG: J. Marceaux - 9.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Time: 2:25
Attendance: 35324

Jacob Marceaux threw only 94 pitches for his first career shutout and the first shutout in Bisons history.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


18th June 2012


American League Player of the Week:
C Joe Mauer - Chicago: .500, 2 HR, 9 RBI (.309, 6 HR, 33 RBI)

National League Player of the Week:
SS Jose Santos - Milwaukee: .545, 3 HR, 7 RBI (.395, 6 HR, 19 RBI)


Our prospect SS Colby Hensley (.303, 0 HR, 11 RBI - AA) won the Eastern League player of the week award.


Game # 66 – Winnipeg [38-27] (T. Gorzelanny 5-5, 5.01 ERA, 31 BB, 66 K, 1.41 WHIP) at Milwaukee [34-31] (O. Perez 6-3, 5.07 ERA, 15 BB, 34 K, 1.35 WHIP)


CF Nate McLouth - RF Jayson Werth - 3B Chris Davis - SS Joe Harrington - 1B Kendry Morales - C Josh Bard - LF Hiram Bocachica - 2B Tripper Johnson


Winnipeg at Milwaukee: 7-4

W: T. Gorzelanny (6-5); L: O. Perez (6-4)

HR: K. Morales (8), J. Harrington (13), C. Davis (9), J. Werth (10) / R. Braun (14), M. Reynolds (15)

SB: - / R. Braun (12)
E: C. Davis (5) / -
PoG: J. Harrington - 3/4, 1 R, HR, 3 RBI
Time: 2:44
Attendance: 39602

Harrington came back from injury with a bang and was the first to pass 50 RBI's.


Elsewhere:

Orioles reliever Jason Davis (1-2-1, 3.31 ERA) is out for the season with a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


19th June 2012

Didn't look too good against the Brewers during game 1 and 2, but their new coach made some strange roster moves, which allowed us to take advantage of bad pitching. Halladay in relief, Parra still being a starter and free agent Perez being much worse than some of the young arms they have. As the Cardinals keep on losing, we have a four game gap on them, but the Brewers and Reds are just five games back. Our next opponent are the Braves, who are 2nd in the East, but already eight games behind the Marlins. As their record implies they are about pretty average in all aspects of the game.


Injury Report:

Winnipeg:
MR H. Martínez (7 months)
2B B. Upton (2-3 weeks)
3B S. Schoop (7 weeks)


Atlanta:
SP M. Harrison (2 weeks)
C B. McCann (5 days)
CF G. Blanco (10 months)


Game # 67 – Atlanta [34-32] (E. Robles 0-3-1, 3.81 ERA, 15 BB, 66 K, 1.34 WHIP) at Winnipeg [39-27] (B. Morris 6-5, 2.61 ERA, 19 BB, 85 K, 1.03 WHIP)


Winnipeg:

CF Jeremy Reed (.241, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 6 SB)
RF Jayson Werth (.258, 10 HR, 33 RBI, 4 SB)
LF John Rodriguez (.263, 11 HR, 34 RBI, 2 SB)
SS Joe Harrington (.284, 13 HR, 51 RBI)
3B Chris Davis (.292, 9 HR, 31 RBI)
1B Eric Duncan (.268, 8 HR, 15 RBI)
C Josh Bard (.278, 6 HR, 21 RBI)
2B Alberto Gonzalez (.294, 0 HR, 11 RBI, 1 SB)


Atlanta:

3B Bill Williams (.256, 6 HR, 28 RBI, 6 SB)
SS Elvis Andrus (.289, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 7 SB)
RF Jeff Francoeur (.314, 20 HR, 47 RBI, 1 SB)
LF Adam Dunn (.260, 14 HR, 43 RBI)
CF Brandon Jones (.252, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 2 SB)
1B Cody Johnson (.261, 7 HR, 23 RBI)
C Martín Rodríguez (.167, 0 HR, 1 RBI) - rookie
2B Delwyn Youngt (.273, 8 HR, 32 RBI, 1 SB)


Atlanta at Winnipeg: 2-1

W: E. Robles (1-3); L: B. Morris (6-6)
H: T. Pena (3), B. Boyer (7)
SV: R. Soriano (13)
HR: - / E. Duncan (9)
CS: E. Andrus (5) / -
E: D. Young 2 (4), E. Andrus (6) / B. Morris (4), J. Bard (9)
PoG: E. Robles - 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Time: 4:09
Attendance: 33655


Elsewhere:

The Yankees Chien-Ming Wang (8-1, 3.05 ERA) pitched a 5-hit shutout against the White Sox.

Red Sox SS Eric Chavez (.259, 14 HR, 30 RBI) hit his 300th career homerun in a 6-4 loss against Vancouver.

Cardinals phenomen Will Watkins (4-2, 2.81 ERA) pitched a 4-hit shutout against Boise.

Athletics C Chris Snyder (.276, 5 HR, 21 RBI) had five hits in a 9-8 victory over the Angels.

Starting pitched Juan Ferreira (1-0, 0.00 ERA - Advanced R) threw a 4-hit shutout in the first gave ever of our rookie team Airdrie Shootout.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


20th June 2012


Game # 68 – Atlanta [35-32] (C. James 5-2, 5.12 ERA, 24 BB, 45 K, 1.40 WHIP) at Winnipeg [39-28] (R. Wells 5-3, 3.38 ERA, 34 BB, 63 K, 1.23 WHIP)


2B Alberto Gonzalez - RF Jayson Werth - 1B Kendry Morales - SS Joe Harrington - C Josh Bard - CF Nate McLouth - 3B Tripper Johnson - LF Hiram Bocachica

Atlanta at Winnipeg: 4-0

W: C. James (6-2); L: R. Wells (5-4)
HR: B. Jones (3), J. Francoeur (21) / -
E: - / T. Johnson (1)
PoG: C. James - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Time: 2:38
Attendance: 40942

One bad inning (the 1st) was enough to lose this one.


Elsewhere:

Nationals 1B Aramis Ramirez (.263, 9 HR, 22 RBI) hit his 400th career home run in a 7-6 over Tampa Bay.

The Mariners gave their reliever George Sherrill (2-1, 3.83 ERA) a new 2-year contract worth $4,880,000.


Trades:

The Red Sox sent starting pitcher Clay Buchholz (8-4, 3.18 ERA) to the Blue Jays for LF Jeff Fiorentino (.226, 5 HR, 19 RBI). Looks like a bad trade for Boston, but they have too many elite starting pitchers, and Fiorentino should give them .300 with 20 HR's in years to come.

The Orioles traded starting pitcher Shinobu Fukuhara (3-7, 5.17 ERA) to the Mets for 1B Mike Carp (.221, 1 HR, 14 RBI) and minor league CF Troy England (.275, 0 HR, 11 RBI, 9 SB - AA).

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


21st June 2012


Game # 69 – Atlanta [36-32] (W. Ledezma 8-3, 3.61 ERA, 31 BB, 66 K, 1.26 WHIP) at Winnipeg [39-29] (J. Stinson 4-5, 4.57 ERA, 32 BB, 70 K, 1.39 WHIP)


CF Nate McLouth - RF Jayson Werth - 1B Kendry Morales - SS Joe Harrington - 3B Chris Davis - 2B Tripper Johnson - LF Hiram Bocachica - C Michael Yates

Atlanta at Winnipeg: 2-11

W: W. Stinson (5-5); L: W. Ledezma (8-4)
HR: - / T. Johnson (1), J. Harrington 2 (15), C. Davis (10)
SB: - / J. Werth 2 (6)
CS: B. Jones (1) / -
E: B. Williams (11), D. Young (5)
PoG: J. Harrington - 3/4, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, BB
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 40936

Johnson hit his first big league home run since 2009 and Harrington had another great game.


Elsewhere:

Angels starter Noah Lowry (6-4, 3.82 ERA) pitched a 3-hit shutout against the Athletics.

The 40-29 Marmots lost their franchise player Jeremy Powell (8-3, 3.69 ERA) for the season as he went down with a torn back muscle.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


22nd June 2012


Game # 69 – Atlanta [36-33] (K. Lohse 6-6, 4.01 ERA, 27 BB, 60 K, 1.46 WHIP) at Winnipeg [40-29] (J. Marceaux 8-4, 3.41 ERA, 29 BB, 67 K, 1.26 WHIP)


CF Jeremy Reed - LF John Rodriguez - RF Jayson Werth - 3B Chris Davis - 1B Eric Duncan - C Josh Bard - SS Alberto Gonzalez - 2B Billy Grant

Atlanta at Winnipeg: 5-8

W: J. Marceaux (9-4); L: T. Pena (0-1)
H: C. Armstrong (9)
SV: S. Shelton (16)
HR: A. Dunn (15) / E. Duncan (10), J. Werth (11)
SB: - / A. Gonzalez (2)
E: M. Prado (3) / C. Davis (6)
PoG: J. Werth - 2/5, 1 R, HR, 2 RBI
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 40915

Marceaux ties Ben Sheets for wins in the National League.


Elsewhere:

Yankees LF Bronson Sardinha (.276, 9 HR, 27 RBI) is out for at least six weeks with a damaged meniscus.

The Marmots 1B David Ortiz (.191, 2 HR, 9 RBI) hit his 400th career home run in a 5-3 over Boston.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


23rd June 2012

Another series split against Braves, which keeps us first in the division. Just strange that the rest of the division keeps on losing. We now face the Blizzards, who do well after moving to the Eastern division. If they deal well with their prospects, they should be a powerhouse for years to come.


Injury Report:

Winnipeg:
MR H. Martínez (7 months)
2B B. Upton (2 weeks)
3B S. Schoop (6 weeks)

Buffalo:
2B Y. Betancourt (6 weeks)
CF M. Brantley (2 days)
CF D. Stubbs (3 months)


Game # 71 – Buffalo [34-36] (CC Sabathia 7-4, 4.28 ERA, 18 BB, 88 K, 1.26 WHIP) at Winnipeg [41-29] (T. Gorzelanny 6-5, 4.89 ERA, 32 BB, 68 K, 1.39 WHIP)


Winnipeg:

2B Alberto Gonzalez (.283, 0 HR, 11 RBI, 2 SB)
RF Jayson Werth (.265, 11 HR, 35 RBI, 6 SB)
3B Chris Davis (.288, 10 HR, 34 RBI)
SS Joe Harrington (.287, 15 HR, 56 RBI)
1B Kendry Morales (.266, 8 HR, 24 RBI)
C Josh Bard (.266, 6 HR, 21 RBI)
CF Nate McLouth (.273, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 3 SB)
LF Hiram Bocachica (.222, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 2 SB)


Buffalo:

1B Cory Dunlap (.294, 9 HR, 37 RBI, 2 SB)
SS Ian Desmond (.294, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 3 SB)
CF Josh Goodman (.274, 10 HR, 19 RBI, 12 SB)
2B Eric Campbell (.322, 6 HR, 40 RBI, 4 SB)
RF Mike Cuddyer (.218, 0 HR, 19 RBI)
3B Maximiliano Ramirez (.214, 3 HR, 28 RBI, 1 SB)
LF Jaime Guerraro (.203, 1 HR, 10 RBI) - rookie
C Leland St. John (.250, 0 HR, 6 RBI) - rookie


Buffaloat Winnipeg: 3-4

W: M. Mehlich (5-4); L: J. Bergmann (0-4)
SV: S. Shelton (17)
HR: E. Campbell (7) / J. Bard (7), N. McLouth (3)
E: - / J. Harrington (7)
PoG: E. Campbell - 3/3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Time: 2:58
Attendance: 43464


Elsewhere:

Nationals LF Nick Johnson (.290, 13 HR, 40 RBI) had a 5 hit game against the lowly Indianapolis Hoosiers.

The Brewers 2B Mark Reynolds (.292, 18 HR, 49 RBI) had three homeruns in 8-4 win over the Dodgers.

The Red Sox gave their newly acquired 1B James Loney (.289, 11 HR, 43 RBI, 2 SB) a 3-year contract worth $15,236,100.


Trade:

The Angels sent reliever Darren Oliver (1-2-1, 3.11 ERA) and minor league 1B Ken Coffey (.286, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 SB - Advanced R) to the Cubs for SS Robinson Chirinos (.209, 0 HR, 4 RBI) and minor league CF Haywood Gates (.167, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB - S A).

The Rockies traded struggling star pitcher Cesar Jimenez (5-8, 6.45 ERA) to Boise for minor leaguers 2B Teshome Mkubwa (.324, 4 HR, 39 RBI, 6 SB - A) and 2B Robby Elliott (.357, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 1 SB - A).

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


26th June 2012

Two game reviews were lost due the homepage being down; but my game was successfully moved to a new laptop (thanks to OOTP Germany).


Game # 74 – Buffalo [34-39] (B. Buckner 6-8, 4.07 ERA, 29 BB, 56 K, 1.26 WHIP) at Winnipeg [44-29] (J. Stinson 5-5, 4.26 ERA, 33 BB, 76 K, 1.36 WHIP)


CF Nate McLouth - RF Jayson Werth - LF John Rodriguez - SS Joe Harrington - 3B Chris Davis - C Josh Bard - 1B Eric Duncan - 2B Tripper Johnson


Buffalo at Winnipeg: 5-8

W: S. Shelton (1-1); L: K. Toyoda (4-6)
H: J. Bergmann (1)
BS: F. Cabrera (2) / S. Shelton (3)
HR: J. Goodman (11) / J. Bard (8), C. Davis 2 (12)
SB: J. Goodman (13) / J. Werth (7)
E: - / J. Stinson (2), J. Harrington (8)
PoG: C. Davis - 3/5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Time: 3:16
Attendance: 40922

Davis' 1st homer tied the game in the 8th, and with two outs in the 9th he gave us a lead off win.

Elsewhere:

Nationals RF Austin Kearns (.319, 6 HR, 23 RBI) hit for the cycle in a 14-5 win over Indianapolis.

Padres C Nick Hundley (.301, 5 HR, 29 RBI) is out for the season with a torn back muscle.

The Blue Jays gave newly acquired starting pitcher Clay Buchholz (8-4, 3.51 ERA) a new 2-year contract worth $8,470,200.

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


28th June 2012

The Blizzards were once again swept, and I feel that I might have a .800 record against them in my managing career. They should have won two games easily, but Mr. Bergmann was against it. On to another old rival and another cold team, the Cubs of Chicago. At 31-43 they are virtually out of the race already. They pitch rather well, but their offense ranks 17th, with Boise being slightly worse. No more Ramirez, no more Lee, but in Felix Pie and Alfonso Soriano they still have two old stars on their roster. Yes, I'm mean now ...


Injury Report:

Winnipeg:
MR H. Martínez (6-7 months)
2B B. Upton (5 days)
3B S. Schoop (5-6 weeks)

Chicago:
MR S. Eyre (7 weeks)


Game # 75 – Chicago [31-43] (S. Gallagher 5-4, 1.88 ERA, 43 BB, 98 K, 1.07 WHIP) at Winnipeg [45-29] (J. Marceaux 9-4, 3.53 ERA, 30 BB, 70 K, 1.27 WHIP)


Winnipeg:

LF Jeremy Reed (.255, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 7 SB)
RF Jayson Werth (.273, 11 HR, 36 RBI, 7 SB)
3B Chris Davis (.290, 12 HR, 40 RBI)
SS Joe Harrington (.280, 15 HR, 59 RBI)
1B Kendry Morales (.278, 8 HR, 24 RBI)
2B Alberto Gonzalez (.281, 0 HR, 11 RBI, 2 SB)
C Michael Yates (.306, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
LF Hiram Bocachica (.218, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 2 SB)


Chicago:

3B Nathan Samson (.245, 5 HR, 14 RBI, 1 SB)
LF Alfonso Soriano (.241, 18 HR, 50 RBI, 9 SB)
CF Tyler Colvin (.269, 9 HR, 33 RBI, 6 SB)
1B Adam LaRoche (.275, 9 HR, 26 RBI)
2B Scott Moore (.228, 14 HR, 34 RBI, 5 SB)
RF Felix Pie (.287, 9 HR, 30 RBI, 12 SB)
SS Perdo Delgado (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI) - rookie from Argentina
C J.R. House (.259, 7 HR, 32 RBI, 1 SB)


Chicago at Winnipeg: 3-4

W: J. Marceaux (10-4); L: S. Gallagher (5-5)
H: C. Armstrong (10)
SV: S. Shelton (18)
HR: A. LaRoche (10) / K. Morales (9)
SB: N. Samson (2), A. Soriano 2 (11) / -
E: - / M. Yates 2 (3)
PoG: K. Morales - 2/3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 40976

Our Nr. 4 starter Marceaux becomes the NL's first 10 game winner.


Trade:

The Rockies traded starting pitcher Brandon Hynick (6-2, 4.26 ERA) to Tampa Bay for minor leaguers LF Randy Wilson (.227, 5 HR, 31 RBI, 11 SB - A) and CF Dave Roberts (.281, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 3 SB - R).

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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


29th June 2012


Game # 76 – Winnipeg [46-29] (T. Gorzelanny 6-5, 4.82 ERA, 34 BB, 73 K, 1.37 WHIP) at Chicago [31-44] (C. Zambrano 8-4, 3.88 ERA, 43 BB, 88 K, 1.20 WHIP)


CF Jeremy Reed - LF John Rodriguez - RF Jayson Werth - 3B Chris Davis - C Josh Bard - 1B Eric Duncan - SS Alberto Gonzalez - 2B Tripper Johnson


Winnipeg at Chicago: 5-4

W: T. Gorzelanny (7-5); L: C. Zambrano (8-5)
H: C. Armstrong (11), M. Mehlich (6)
SV: S. Shelton (19)
HR: C. Davis (13) / S. Moore (15), C. Gillespie (2)
SB: J. Reed 2 (9) / -
PoG: J. Rodriguez - 3/5, 2 RBI
Time: 3:09
Attendance: 30247


Elsewhere:

Boise ace Naoyuki Shimizu (8-4, 2.29 ERA) pitched a 4-hit shutout against the Brewers.