OOTP X: Texas Rangers

[Doc_Brown]

Ok having found OOTP last month(I wish I found it along time ago) and playing around with it to get a feel of the game and used to it. So here goes my first attempt at writing a dynasty, the reason I've picked the Rangers is I have some family who live there and they were the first team I saw play in the flesh as opposed to watching on TV.

Now for some house rules:

Trading Difficulty- Hard
Trading Preference- Favor Prospects.

For Trades and Waivers a dice roll will decide on how many I'm allowed to make in a season the same will apply for FA's at the end of the season too. If the AI offers a trade to me that wont count against my allotted trade allowance, unless I alter the trade.
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=Roll again
5&6=none

If anyone wants to know what other settings I'm using then feel free to ask.
(And if anyone is reading this if you could direct me to a thread telling one on how to get screenshots here or tell me how to get them here that would be greatly appreciated)

[Doc_Brown]

AL Pennants:2009


West Division Titles:(4) 1996, 1998, 1999, 2009


2009 AL West: 1st AL West 95-67 AL CHAMPIONS
Elvis Andrus; AL Rookie of the Year.
Theo Ramsey; AL Manager of the Year.

[Doc_Brown]

Starters:

Kevin Millwood
34 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:90-92 MPH.
2008 Stats: 9-10 5.07 ERA 49BB 125K
Contract: 2 years($14,000,000/$15,000,000)

Vicente Padilla
31 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:91-93 MPH
2008 Stats: 14-8 4.74 ERA 65BB 127K
Contract: 2 years @ $12,000,000

Brandon McCarthy
25 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:89-90 MPH
2008 Stats: 1-1 4.09 ERA 8BB 10K
Contract: 1 year $650,000 Arbitration Eligible

Scott Feldman
26 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:90-92 MPH
2008 Stats: 6-8 5.29 ERA 56BB 74K
Contract: 1 Year $434,680 Arbitration Eligible

Matt Harrison
23 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:90-92 MPH
2008 Stats: 9-3 5.49 ERA 31BB 42K
Contract: 1 Year $400,000 (Auto Renewed)


Doug Mathis (Oklahoma Redhawks)
25 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:90-92 MPH
2008 Stats: 2-1 6.85 ERA 14BB 9K
Contract: 1 Year $400,000 (Auto Renewed)

Guillermo Moscoso (Frisco Rough Riders)
25 Years old, RHP, Velocity:90-92 MPH
2008 Stats: /
Contract: Minor League

A.J. Murray (Spokane Indians)
27 Years Old, LHP, Velocity:86-88 MPH
2008 Stats: 1-0 3.52 ERA 3BB 5K
Contract: Minor League

Omar Poveda (Frisco Rough Riders)
21 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:90-92 MPH
2008 Stats: /
Contract: Minor League

Aside from those 9 who are on the 40 man roster, we have high hopes for Feliz and Holland both of whom are at the Oklahoma Redhawks, but they'll probably see some time at the Majors this year.

[Doc_Brown]

The Bullpen:

Pedro Strop
23 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:94-96 MPH
2008 Stats: /
1 Year $400,000 (Auto Renewed)

C.J. Wilson
28 Years Old, LHP, Velocity:92-94 MPH
2008 Stats: 2-2 24 Saves 6.02 ERA 27BB 41K
Contract: 1 year $1,850,000 Arbitration Eligible

Warner Madrigal
25 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:93-95 MPH
2008 Stats: 0-2 1 Save 4.75 ERA 14BB 22K
Contract: 1 Year $400,000 (Auto Renewed)

Eddie Guardado
38 Years Old, LHP, Velocity:85-87 MPH
2008 Stats: 3-3 4 Saves 4.15 ERA 19BB 33K
Contract: 1 Year $1,000,000

Derrick Turnbow
31 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:93-95 MPH
2008 Stats: 0-1 1 Save 15.63 ERA 13BB 5K
Contract: 1 Year $925,000

Kason Gabbard (Oklahoma Redhawks)
26 Years Old, LHP, Velocity:86-88 MPH
2008 Stats: 2-3 4.82 ERA 39BB 33K
Contract: 1 Year $400,000 (Auto Renewed)

Josh Rupe (Oklahoma Redhawks)
26 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:91-93 MPH
2008 Stats: 3-1 5.14 ERA 46BB 53K
Contract: 1 Year $400,000 (Auto Renewed)

Kris Benson (Oklahoma Redhawks)
34 Years Old, RHP, Velocity:87-89 MPH
2008 Stats: /
Contract: 1 Year $750,000

The bullpen has some promise in it and will be stronger when Benoit returns from injury, Tommy Hunter is a young arm who we hope will make an impact if and when he gets the call.

[Doc_Brown]

Batters:

Jarrod Saltalamacchia
23 Years Old, Catcher, Switch
2008 Stats: .253 3HR 26RBI
Contract: $410,890

Taylor Teagarden
25 Years Old, Catcher, RHB
2008 Stats: .319 6HR 17RBI
Contract: $400,000

Chris Davis
23 Years Old, 1st Base, LHB
2008 Stats: .285 17HR 55RBI
Contract: $406,620

Hank Blalock
28 Years Old, 1ST Base, LHB
2008 Stats: .211 3HR 17RBI
Contract: 2 Years($6,200,000/$6,415,000)

Ian Kinsler
26 Years Old, 2ndBase, RHB
2008 Stats: .286 14HR 55RBI
Contract: 5 Years($3M/$4M/$6M/$7M/$10M)

Esteban German
31 Years Old, 2nd Base, RHB
2008 Stats: .245 0HR 22RBI (Kansas City Royals)
Contract: 1 Year $1,000,000

Michael Young
32 years old, 3rd Base, RHB
2008 Stats: .284 12HR 82RBI
Contract: 5 Years @ $16,000,000

Elvis Andrus
20 Years Old, Shortstop, RHB
2008 Stats:
Contract: $400,000

Omar Vizquel
41 Years Old, Shortstop, Switch
2008 Stats: .222 0HR 22RBI (San Francisco Giants)
Contract: 1 Year $1,000,000

Josh Hamilton
27 Years Old, Left Field, LHB
2008 Stats: .304 32HR 130RBI
Contract: $550,000

Andruw Jones
31 Years Old, Center Field, RHB
2008 Stats: .158 3HR 14RBI (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Contract: 1 Year $15,000,000

Marlon Byrd
31 Years Old, Center Field, RHB
2008 Stats: .298 10HR 53RBI
Contract: 5 Years ($3,060,000/$14,116,800/$14,861,400/$15,606,000/$16,350,600)

David Murphy
27 Years Old, Right Field, LHB
2008 Stats: .275 15HR 74RBI
Contract: $414,820

Nelson Cruz
28 Years Old, Right Field, RHB
2008 Stats: .330 7HR 26RBI
Contract: $408,070

Max Ramirez (Oklahoma Redhawks)
24 Years Old, Catcher, RHB
2008 Stats: .217 2HR 9RBI
Contract: Minor League

Manuel Pina (Frisco Rough Riders)
21 Years Old, Catcher, RHB
2008 Stats:
Contract: Minor League

Scott Thorman (Oklahoma Redhawks)
27 Years Old, 1^St Base, LHB
2008 Stats:
Contract: $400,000

Joaquin Arias (Oklahoma Redhawks)
24 Years Old, 2^nd Base, RHB
2008 Stats: .291 0HR 9RBI
Contract: Minor League

German Duran (Oklahoma Redhawks)
24 Years Old, Shortstop, RHB
2008 Stats: .231 3HR 16RBI
Contract: Minor League

Ben Harrison (Oklahoma Redhawks)
27 Years Old, Left Field, LHB
2008 Stats:
Contract: Minor League

Brandon Boggs (Oklahoma Redhawks)
26 Years Old, Left Field, Switch
2008 Stats: .226 8HR 41RBI
Contract: $408,530

Greg Golson (Oklahoma Redhawks)
23 Years Old, Center Field, RHB
2008 Stats: .000 0HR 0RBI (Philadelphia Phillies)
Contract: Minor League

We have some good batters and glovemen in our team, we also have a few guys who aren't on the 40 man roster who could have big careers in the big league. The biggest talent is Justin Smoak if he turns out how the scouts say he will then for the next 10-12 years our No.4 slot will be his, but for the moment he'll be in AA with the Rough Riders but may get moved to AAA at somepoint in the season. We also have high hopes for our rookie SS Andrus who looks like he'll be our SS for the next decade.

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by Doc_Brown

If anyone wants to know what other settings I'm using then feel free to ask.
(And if anyone is reading this if you could direct me to a thread telling one on how to get screenshots here or tell me how to get them here that would be greatly appreciated)

I'm not sure how others do screenshots, but I use a freeware program located here to save it as an image file, then upload it to photobucket and then insert the link to photobucket.

Good luck with the Rangers.

[Doc_Brown]

April 5th:

Sitting in the office I finalise my line-ups for the start of the season, now I'm not expecting these line-ups to play everyday as I know that loss of form/injuries etc will play their part during the season but i feel these are our strongest line ups at present.

Vs RHP:
1) Young 3B
2) Kinsler 2B
3) Davis 1B
4) Hamilton LF
5) Blalock DH
6) Byrd CF
7) Saltalamacchia C
8) Murphy RF
9) Andrus SS

Vs LHP:
1) Young 3B
2) Kinsler 2B
3) Davis 1B
4) Hamilton LF
5) Byrd CF
6) Jones DH
7) Saltalamacchia C
8) Cruz RF
9) Andrus SS

Our pitching rotation to start the season off is,

1) Millwood
2) Feldman
3) McCarthy
4) M.Harrison
5) Padilla.

In a bid to bolster our bullpen we make an offer for J.Hammel (Colorado Rockies) and C.Perez (St. Louis Cardinals) we're expecting to hear back shortly to see if we're successful in signing them. Hammel could one day make the starting rotation if he could develop another pitch but until he does he'd fill a spot and provide some effective relief from the 'pen. Perez is a hard throwing closer, he may not get the job as closer here but he'd again offer a better arm than what we have in the pen at the moment.

[Doc_Brown]

April 6th:

Today we start a 3 game series over 4 days Vs the Cleveland Indians. We're hopeful that we can take the series I'd like to sweep it 3-0 but I'll take a 2-1 series win to start the season on a positive note.



The Cleveland starters for the series:
1) C.Lee 0-0
2) F.Carmona 0-0
3) S.Lewis 0-0



1) K.Millwood 0-0
2) S.Feldman 0-0
3) B.McCarthy 0-0

[Doc_Brown]

April 6th-10th vs Cleveland Indians at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Game 1, Att:48,984




The game couldn't have started better for us, Kinsler and Saltamacchia both hit solo home runs in the first 2 inns also at that point Millwood was pitching well 6 strikeouts in the first 3 inns. Then it all went wrong the Indians shut us down and Millwood became less effective and started leaking runs and hits.

Game 2, Att:48,638




The pattern for this game followed the 1st we got out the gate quickly and got Carmona out of the game in the 4th inns, it was nip and tuck until the Indians blew it open in the top of the 6th and we had no reply they added an insurance run in the top of the 9th, but they needen't have bothered as Wood pitched a 1-2-3 9th.



Game 3, Att:42,610




Again it was like watching a rerun of the other 2 games, but this time it was the Indians that started fast, at one stage it looked like we were going to be shut out, but then in the 6th we remembered how to hit, some solid bullpen pitching helped protect the lead and Perez recorded his first save since joining us.

[Doc_Brown]

April 10th:

Roster Moves:

J.Hammel added Eddie Guardado removed and DFA. Guardado was clamied by the San Diego Padres.

C.Perez added Derrick Turnbow removed and DFA.

Injury News:

Josh Hamilton was injured whilst making a play vs the Indians (4/8/09). He's day to day, so we'll let him sit out until he recovers, he could play but it's early in the season so we wont risk him worsening the injury.

Nelson Cruz was injured whilst making a play vs the Indians (4/9/09). He picked up an intercostal strain and is thought to be out for 2-3 weeks. We place him on the 15 day DL and call up Greg Golson.

Milestones:
Gary Sheffield 500th HR (4/10/09)

Injuries around the League:
Josh Beckett-Torn UCL-12-13 months.(4/6/09)
Justin Upton-Broken Kneecap-4-5 months.(4/8/09)

Next up for us is a 3 game series at

The projected starters for the Detroit Tigers(2-2) are:

E.Jackson 0-0
J.Verlander 1-0 0.00ERA 2BB 5K
Z.Miner 1-0 0.00ERA 1BB 5K

For the Rangers(1-2):
M.Harrison 0-0
V.Padilla 0-0
K.Millwood 0-1 7.50ERA 1BB 8K

[Doc_Brown]

April 10-12th:

Game 1, Att:41,701



M.Harrison pitched 7 good innings giving up 3 hits and 1 run. It took us a few innings to get going with the bat but after Jones hit his 1st homer of the season and Saltalamacchia hit his 2nd of the year in the same innings the result was never in doubt. Late on Blalock hit his first homer of the year and Andrus stole home. 2 wins on the bounce so we're at .500 for the year and hopefully wont go under that mark for the rest of the year.


Game 2, Att:41,537



Again we give a run up in the 1st, but we hit back in the 2nd, Saltalamacchia then hits his 3rd homer of the year in the 3rd innings. We add 2 insurance runs late on but they weren't needed as Padilla, Strop and Fransisco combine for a solid pitching effort.

Game 3, Att:41,613



Again the Tigers score a run in the 1st, not sure if our pitchers are warming up as we always seem to walk a few early doors too. For a few innings it did look like that run could be enough for the Tigers as we couldn't get a hit off of Miner, then when the score was level the defence of both team took over until the Tigers bullpen entered the game, Andrus scored the go ahead run in the 7th, Andrus attempted to steal 3rd the throw from Treanor was wild and went into the outfield, Hammel and Fransisco took over from Millwood and took us to the series sweep and an overall record of 4-2.

[Doc_Brown]

April 13th

Roster Moves:
Derrick Turnbow moved to Oklahoma Redhawks.
Scott Thorman replaces Chris Davis.

Injury News:
Chris Davis- Post-concussion syndrome-4-5 months.(4/11/09)

Milestones:

Injuries around the League:
Brian McCann- Shoulder Tendinitis-8-9 weeks.(4/11/09)
Alfonso Soriano- Fractured finger-5-6 weeks. (4/12/09)

Suspension:
Aramis Ramirez 4 Games (4/12/09)

Trades:
Boston-Oakland; R.Baldelli for T.Buck & C.Brown. (4/12/09)

Next up for us is a home series Vs

The projected staters for the Baltimore Orioles (1st AL East 3-3):
J.Guthrie 1-1 4.40ERA 4BB 10K
K.Uehara 1-0 2.25 ERA 1BB 4K
M.Hendricksen 0-1 16.20ERA 2BB 1K

For the Rangers (2nd AL West 4-3 .5GB)
S.Feldman 0-1 11.12ERA 3BB 4K
B.McCarthy 1-0 3.68ERA 5BB 4K
M.Harrison 1-0 0.00ERA 3BB 1K

[Doc_Brown]

April13th-15th:

Game 1; Att: 48,757



After the now normal slow start by the starting pitcher, we fight back and take the lead with a useful 3rd innings we then add 2 more runs in the 5th and it appears the fat woman is starting to warm up. Feldman who had an average 1st innings pitched well although he did give up the only home run of the game which was the 1st of the year for Wigginton. Then the Rangers bullpen melt down began, C.J Wilson and Madrigal allowed 3 runs in the 8th and Perez forgot how to pitch has he allowed 5 runs in the 9th to blow the lead and the game for us, Walker then finished us off with a 1-2-3 in the 9th.

Game 2; Att: 49,048



McCarthy pitched a useful 7 innings for us allowing 9 hits but only 1 run and the bullpen kept it tight like they had for every game aside from the last one. Even though we were out hit by the Orioles we took advantage of the runners we got in scoring position whereas the Orioles left 12 on base and of those 5 were stranded on 3rd. Lady luck was with us tonight as on another day it could so easily been a win for the Orioles.

Game 3; Att: 48,886



The Texas run machine was in full effect tonight, we had a big 4th innings scoring 7 runs Murphy hit his 1st home run of the year during that innings. Wieters hit his 1st home run in the big league in the 6th which resulted in a 3 run rally, but aside from that the Rangers pitching stuff was on form to take us to our 6th win of the year.

[Doc_Brown]

April 16th:

Today we have no game but tomorrow we start a 3 match series with the Royals. Josh Hamilton will make his comeback he seems to have recovered from his wrist strain, he could've played yesterday against the Orioles but i decided to give him a few extra days off.

Injuries around the League:
M.Ramirez(LAD) - Sprained thumb- 6 weeks.(4/13/09)
J.Lowrie(BRS)- Shoulder tendinitis- 5 weeks.(4/15/09)

Next up for us a 3 game series vs

The Projected starters for Kansas(1st AL Central 6-3) are;
L.Hudson 0-1 8.10ERA 0BB 4K
Z.Greinke 1-0 2.25ERA 0BB 10K
G.Meche 1-1 5.68ERA 6BB 9K

And for the Rangers(1st AL West 6-3) are;
V.Padilla 1-0 1.29ERA 0BB 6K
K.Millwood 1-1 4.15ERA 1BB 15K
S.Feldman 0-1 8.15ERA 3BB 7K

[Doc_Brown]

April 17th-19th

Game 1, Att:48,948



Padilla pitched a perfect game through 7, then a rookie mistake by me trying to get him to pitch just a little longer blew up in my face as the Royals scored 3 runs to tie the game. We had a chance to win it in the 9th but failed to do so and then in the 10th with 2 outs the Royals scored 3 runs to take the game.

Game 2, Att:49,067



After yesterdays mistake by me, I pulled Millwood after 5th, he had a high pitch count and had walked several batters, Strop and Wilson combined for a 4innings shut out. We busted open the game in the 8th with 5 runs, Murphy hit his 2nd homer of the year with 2 on, to make up for last nights defeat.

Game 3, Att: 48,656



We started with a bang, then the Royals slowly crawled their way back into the game, with a few home runs(Gordon in the 4th and DeJesus in the 7th with 1 on) and Rangers hearts started beating a little faster when Jacobs made it a 1 run game, but Fransisco held on for his 3rd save of the year. Murphy carried on his good form with his 3rd homer of the year in the 7th.

[Doc_Brown]

April 20th

No game today but a trip to Canada for a series against the

Team injuries/Roster moves:

Omar Vizquel- Plantar Fascitis- 8 weeks. German Duran called up.


Achievements
G.Gonzalez(Oakland) 2 Hit shut out Vs Toronto Blue Jays (4/17/09)
F.Hernandez (Seattle) 2 Hit shut out Vs Detroit Tigers (4/17/09)
C.Kotchman(Atlanta) 6 for 6 Vs Pittsburgh Pirates. (4/18/09)
M.Parra (Milwaukee) 3 Hit shut Vs New York Mets (4/19/09)
R.Dempster(Chicago 5 Hit shut out Vs St. Louis Cardinals (4/19/09)

Milestones
J.Giambi 400th Home Run (4/19/09)

Injuries
K.Fukudome-Hamstring Strain- 6weeks

Trades
Cincinnati Reds-Seattle Mariners: Jerry Hairston Jr for Ken Griffey Jr and Nate Tenbrink (4/19/09)

Atlanta Braves- St. Louis Cardinals: Omar Infante and Paul Clemens for Chris Duncan (4/19/09)

Projected Pitching;

Blue Jays(5th AL East 4-10 4.5GB)

S.Richmond 1-1 2.63ERA 4BB 10K
R.Halladay 0-1 2.49ERA 7BB 16K
J.Litsch 1-1 4.79ERA 3BB 13K

Rangers(1st AL West 8-4)

McCarthy 2-0 2.51ERA 6BB 5K
Harrison 2-0 2.08ERA 4BB 3K
Padilla 1-0 1.93ERA 0BB 13K

[Doc_Brown]

April 21st-23rd

Game 1, Att: 36,765



One of those tight ballgames that could go either way, alas for us it went the way of the Blue Jays. Quintanilla drove in the early Blue Jay run and for a time it looked like that would be enough until Hamilton hit his 1st home of the year in the 8th. In a tight ballgame the last thing you need is errors and we committed 3 in the 10th to lose the game.

Game 2, Att: 36,162



The Doc put on a pitching master class, our batters were like rabbits trapped in the headlights, by the time we got our first hit we were already 3 behind, Blalock give us hope in the 7th with a 2 run homer the 2nd of the year for him. That's how close we got to making it a game the Blue Jays added 2 insurance runs in the 8th but didn't really need too.

Game 3, Att:36,145



This game was another tight one. Tallet give up 1 hit in 6 innings and Padilla only 1 in 7 and 1/3 innings(He was removed when Overbay broke up the no-hitter bid). The game was opened up with Andruw Jones's 2nd homer of the year in the 7th, the door was removed from it's hinges in the 8th the Blue Jays scored one in the 8th but Fransisco produced a 1-2-3 9th to make sure we weren't swept.

[Doc_Brown]

April 24th

We head from Toronto to Baltimore for a 4 game match-up with the .

Injuries:
Jamey Wright(Kansas City Royals)- Torn Labrum- 8 months (4/22/09)
Vladimir Guerrero(Los Angeles Angels)- Torn meniscus- 6 weeks (4/23/09)

Achievements:
S.Kazmir 1 hit shut out Vs Seattle Mariners (4/22/09)

Milestones:
Paul Konerko 300th Home run (4/23/09)

Projected pitching for the Baltimore Orioles-Texas Rangers

Baltimore Orioles(4th AL East 7-9 3GB)

J.Guthrie 2-2 4.94ERA 8BB 19K
K.Uehara 1-1 5.09ERA 2BB 10K
M.Hendrickson 0-3 9.22ERA 7BB 8K
R.Liz 0-2 14.73ERA 5BB 11K

Texas Rangers(1st AL West 9-6)

K.Millwood 1-1 3.50ERA 4BB 16K
S.Feldman 1-1 6.75ERA 5BB 10K
B.McCarthy 2-0 1.71ERA 8BB 6K
M.Harrison 2-1 2.70ERA 5BB 6K

[Doc_Brown]

April 24th-27th

Game 1, Att: 40,825



Not a game for young pitchers to watch for pitching tips. Scott Thorman got the ball rolling with his 1st homer for the Rangers in the 3rd and Kinsler chipped in with a 2 home run game which put the game beyond doubt. Kinsler's 1st homer came in the 6th with 1 on the 2nd was a solo shot in the 8th. Freel hit his 1st homer of the year with one on in the 9th but that was it for the Orioles.

Game 2, Att: 39,664



A tight game that could've gone either way. The Orioles had their chance to win it in the 8th when Hammel and Storp combined to load the bases and walked in a run, but Perez who hasn't pitched at his best since joining us managed to get out of the jam. Marakais hit the only homer of the game in the 6th for his 4th of the year.

Game 3, Att: 39,010



Another game that could've gone either way, but I guess when you've become used to winning you have the edge in the close games. McCarthy was 1 out away from a shut out but the last hitter Scott drove in a run but was thrown out going for 3rd to end the game.

Game 4, Att: 37,646



I've put a request in to see if we can play the Orioles from now until the end of the year. It was close until the 5th, Blalock hit his 3rd homer of the year with 2 on. Harrison pitched 6 and 1/3 inns without allowing a run, there was some drama in the 7th as once again the Orioles got the bases loaded but failed to take advantage of it. The Orioles did manage a 2 run homer in the 8th from Jones, his 3rd of the year, but a 3 run top of the 9th from us firmly shut the door.

[Doc_Brown]

April 28th

We head back to Texas for a 3 game series Vs

Roster Moves:
Nelson Cruz returns from injury Greg Golson sent back to Oklahoma Redhawks (4/26/09)

Injuries around the league:
Geoff Geary(Houston Astros)-Elbow ligament reconstruction surgery- 13 months.
Mike Aviles(Kansas City Royals)-Sprained thumb- 5 weeks

Achievements:
C.Janssen(Toronto Blue Jays)- 5 hit shut out Vs Chicago White Sox (4/25/09)
I.Suzuki(Seattle Mariners)- 5 hit game Vs Los Angeles Angels (4/25/09)
Ryan Howard(Philadephila Phillies)- 3 home run game Vs Washington Nationals (4/27/09)
A.Laffey(Cleveland Indians)-6 hit shut out Vs Boston Red Sox
Colorado Rockies- Ended 9 game losing streak (4/25/09)

Suspension:
Delwyn Young 3 game ban

Milestone:
Jermain Dye 300th Home run

Projected pitching:

Oakland Athletics(2nd AL West 11-8 2GB)

G.Gonzalez 2-2 4.10ERA 6BB 15K
D.Braden 3-0 2.35 4BB 18K
J.Outman 1-1 6.75ERA 8BB 3K

Texas Rangers(1st AL West 13-6)

V.Padilla 2-0 1.69ERA 0BB 17K
K.Millwood 2-1 3.60 5BB 18K
S.Feldman 1-1 5.84ERA 8BB 11K