OOTP 6.51a - Random musings

[Toddzilla]

Whoa, there's a surprise. Cubs with a giant payroll and a lousy team. Almost spooky....

[Ramzavail]

where has Feliz been playing?

Pujols and Rolen at the corners...

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Whoa, there's a surprise. Cubs with a giant payroll and a lousy team. Almost spooky....

Yeah, just like RL, they can't keep their pitching staff healthy for a whole season.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Ramzavail

where has Feliz been playing?

Pujols and Rolen at the corners...

He's been playing RF and spot starts on 3B and 1B. He's getting less playing time now that his ratings are declining and Gerut was at RF.

This season things have changed a bit.

[Toddzilla]

Stupd question - is OOTP 6.5 still available for purchase?

[RedKingGold]

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Stupd question - is OOTP 6.5 still available for purchase?

I purchased 6.5 about a month ago, after OOTP2006 came out.

So...yes.

[MizzouRah]

P Chris Lambert will come up from AAA and complete the pitching staff to start the 2009 season. Chris is a 26yr old pitcher from Boston. His ratings are (stuff - 13, control - 12, movement - 13) and his velocity is 89-92.

He started 9 games in the majors last year:

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2008	9	9	2	4	0	4.71	57.1	64	34	30	3	17	31	0	0	1.41	.328	STL

and the rest of his time has been in the minors:

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2006, A	17	17	6	5	0	4.13	106.2	102	51	49	6	34	92	2	0	1.28	.314
2006, AA	6	6	2	1	0	2.00	36.0	25	8	8	2	16	37	0	0	1.14	.261
2007, AAA	28	28	13	9	0	3.71	177.0	195	83	73	14	41	182	0	0	1.33	.355
2008, AAA	20	20	12	3	0	2.95	134.1	127	49	44	10	32	135	0	0	1.18	.324

This makes our rotation look like this:

1 - Mark Mulder (2008) 12-10, 4.28
2 - Jason Marquis (2008) 19-8, 3.93
3 - Anthony Reyes (2008) 14-3, 2.90
4 - Adam Wainright (2008) 8-11, 3.88
5 - Chris Lambert (2008) 2-4, 4.71

[MizzouRah]

Our bullpen remains untouched for the start of the 2009 season.

MR Kiko Calero (2008) 79 g, 6-5, 3.47, 6 sv
MR Josh Hancock (2008) 23 g, 0-1, 4.55
MR Sean Tracey (2008) 55 g, 3-4, 5.71, 3 sv
MR Jake Woods (2008) 63 g, 2-1, 5.31, 2 sv

SU Brad Thompson (2008) 89 g, 5-2, 4.25, 10 sv

CL Chad Cordero (2008) 59 g, 6-6, 3.88, 36 sv, 6 bs (85.7%)


We'll see how big of an impact losing Carpenter is, but I'm not too worried right now.

[MizzouRah]

Trade with Los Angeles (A) :
Los Angeles (A) gets :
LF Jody Gerut
We get :
RF Cody Johnson

After looking at our AAA team, the Memphis Redbirds, prospect 1B Victor Hicks caught my eye and my mind started working.

Hicks was drafted in the 9th round, 265th overall in 2006. Definitly our best hitter in AAA last year with 35 hr, 108 rbi, and hit 0.336. Some really great numbers for this 24yr old ballplayer.

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2006, A 82 313 106 18 1 2 34 43 32 67 1 2 .339 .395 .422 .817 2007, A 6 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 .042 .148 .042 .190 2007, AA 50 203 66 11 1 6 23 20 16 38 1 2 .325 .368 .478 .846 2007, AAA 82 309 81 17 0 6 35 37 26 56 2 1 .262 .316 .375 .691 2008, AAA 138 553 186 30 0 35 108 97 52 118 5 0 .336 .388 .580 .969

It was time for Victor's shot at the big league level. Victor would play 1B and Pujols would go into LF. Something would have to give and I decided to trade RF Jody Gerut. Jody Gerut played well for us and I was happy with his play, but I felt Victor was ready. Victor has played for 6 different teams and LAA would be his 7th.

Career Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2003 127 480 134 33 2 22 75 66 35 0 0 70 4 5 .279 .328 .494 .822 CLE 2004 134 481 121 31 5 11 51 72 54 0 0 59 13 6 .252 .327 .405 .732 CLE 2005 59 170 43 11 1 1 14 15 20 0 0 20 1 1 .253 .332 .347 .679 CLE CHN PIT 2006 66 113 27 7 0 2 9 11 10 1 0 26 0 0 .239 .306 .354 .660 PIT HOU 2007 147 467 124 35 0 11 60 65 34 3 2 55 0 1 .266 .318 .411 .729 HOU WSH 2008 154 591 184 43 3 14 69 95 40 1 2 84 0 0 .311 .355 .465 .820 WSH STL

[MizzouRah]

I thought Victor Hicks had a monster year in AAA last year.. then the Angels GM faxes over RF Cody Johnson's minor league stats.

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2006, A 82 315 90 9 5 15 43 61 34 64 18 5 .286 .353 .489 .842 2007, A 31 125 36 5 2 9 27 27 13 16 3 0 .288 .353 .576 .929 2007, AA 20 78 23 4 0 4 9 13 6 8 0 0 .295 .341 .500 .841 2007, AAA 83 318 90 13 2 30 87 60 27 78 3 2 .283 .336 .619 .956 2008, AAA 136 549 185 29 5 68 134 126 66 124 14 3 .337 .404 .780 1.184

Wow, 68 hr - 134 rbi - 0.337 - and an OPS of 1.184? Are you kidding me? His ratings are not eye popping (10 contact, 12 gap, 19 power, 12 disipline, 8 avoid k's), but seems like he's coming of age in the minors. I'll start him in AAA and go from there.

He was the 11th overall pick in 2006.

Gerut shores up the Angels OF, but is more of an insurance player than an everyday player for them at this point in time.

[MizzouRah]

2009 Position Player Roster

1B Victor Hicks (2008 AAA) 35 hr, 108 rbi, 0.336 *
2B Delwyn Young (2008) 10 hr, 55 rbi, 0.272
SS Mark Kiger (2008) 1 hr, 54 rbi, 0.303
3B Scott Rolen (2008) 20 hr, 111 rbi, 0.282
LF Albert Pujols (2008) 36 hr, 120 rbi, 0.337
CF Colby Rasmus (2008) 8 hr, 45 rbi, 0.278
RF Jonny Gomes (2008) 21 hr, 81 rbi, 0.280
C Yadier Molina (2008) 12 hr, 68 rbi, 0.252

Bench

C Chao Wu (2008 AAA) 22 hr, 69 rbi, 0.343 *
3B Pedro Feliz (2008) 17 hr, 71 rbi, 0.268
SS Brian Specht (2008) 2 hr, 16 rbi, 0.225
LF Tim Raines Jr. (2006 AAA) 7 hr, 52 rbi, 0.286 *
LF Brandon Watson (2008) 0 hr, 5 rbi, 0.262
RF John Gall (2008) 8 hr, 30 rbi, 0.309

* denotes newcomer to MLB roster

Overall we look good on paper. The big question will be how Victor Hicks will do at the major league level.

[MizzouRah]

Around the Central Division



Last year: (86-76) 2nd place, 11.0 games behind STL

Alex Gonzalez becomes a free agent.
Eric Munson gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration.
Jason Lane gets a new one-year contract worth $2,907,143 through salary arbitration.
Lou Santangelo becomes a free agent.
Ryan Doumit gets a new one-year contract worth $2,131,429 through salary arbitration.
Joel Pineiro gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Alex Cintron becomes a free agent.
David Bush gets a new one-year contract worth $3,628,571 through salary arbitration.
Brandon Backe gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Kevin Gryboski gets a new one-year contract worth $611,429 through salary arbitration.
Rene Rivera becomes a free agent.
Chad Qualls gets a new one-year contract worth $385,000 through salary arbitration.
Willy Taveras gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration.
Hector Gimenez becomes a free agent.
Chris Burke gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration.
Zach Greinke gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Brock Koman becomes a free agent.
Garrett Murdy becomes a free agent.
Anthony DeWitt becomes a free agent.

Additions:
Free agent 2B Luis Rivas has been signed to a contract of $434,000 per year, for 2 years.

Starters:
1) R W. Taveras CF
2) S C. Izturis SS
3) S L. Berkman 1B
4) R J. Lane RF
5) R M. Ensberg 3B
6) S R. Doumit C
7) R C. Burke 2B
8) R H. Pence LF

Pitching Staff:

Starting Rotation 1) R M. Clement 2) R J. Gutierrez 3) R J. Hirsh 4) R D. Bush 5) R R. Rayo

Mopup Reliever 1) R N. Mattioni 2) R K. Gryboski Middle Reliever 1) R C. Qualls 2) R M. Mantei 3) R N. Mattioni 4)

Setup Reliever 1) R D. Wheeler 2) R J. Marceaux Closer 1) R B. Lidge

Houston didn't do much of anything in the offseason and SP Andy Pettitte's career is coming to a close.

[MizzouRah]

Last year: (83-79) 3rd place, 14.0 games behind STL

Aramis Ramirez becomes a free agent.
Jerome Williams gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Angel Pagan gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Adam Greenberg becomes a free agent.
Felix Pie gets a new one-year contract worth $1,142,857 through salary arbitration.
Ryan Dempster becomes a free agent.
Bobby Higginson becomes a free agent.
Matt Murton gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration.
Ronny Cedeno gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration.
Jake Marsello becomes a free agent.
Olin Wick becomes a free agent.

Additions:
Free agent P John Lackey has been signed to a contract of $13,392,700 per year, for 2 years.
Lackey was 9-4, 3.54 for LAA last year.

Starters:
1) L F. Pie CF
2) R E. Iorg RF
3) S B. Roberts 2B
4) R D. Lee 1B
5) R R. Cedeno SS
6) R M. Murton LF
7) R J. Still C
8) L S. Moore 3B

Pitching Staff:

Starting Rotation 1) R M. Prior 2) R C. Zambrano 3) R K. Wood 4) R J. Lackey 5) L M. Pawelek

Mopup Reliever 1) R D. Patterson 2) L C. Vasquez Middle Reliever 1) R J. Harper 2) R A. Guzman 3) L C. Vasquez 4)

Setup Reliever 1) R F. Nieve 2) R R. Oswalt Closer 1) R E. Boley

Chicago could definitly challenge for the top spot in the central division this year. They have a solid pitching staff and a good lineup. The only question is, can they stay realitivly healthy?

[MizzouRah]

Last year: (82-80), 15.0 games behind STL

Danny Bautista retires ...
Adam Dunn becomes a free agent.
Austin Kearns gets a new one-year contract worth $1,850,000 through salary arbitration.
Orlando Cabrera becomes a free agent.
Josh Bard gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Ryan Wagner gets a new one-year contract worth $2,325,714 through salary arbitration.
Orber Moreno gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Byung-Hyun Kim becomes a free agent.
Ryan Ludwick gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration.
Alex Graman gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration.
Terrmel Sledge gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration.
Todd Coffey gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration.
Mike Bacsik gets a new one-year contract worth $1,975,000 through salary arbitration.
Javon Moran becomes a free agent.

Additions:
Free agent SS Alex Cintron has been signed to a contract of $572,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cintron hit 0.249 with 5 hr and 45 rbi for HOU last year.

Free agent 1B Ben Broussard has been signed to a contract of $1,059,300 per year, for 3 years.
Broussard hit 0.258 with 9 hr and 63 rbi for CLE and BOS last year.

Free agent RF Kevin Mench has been signed to a contract of $11,169,000 per year, for 3 years.
Mench hit 0.280 with 24 hr and 96 rbi for TEX last year.

Free agent P Brad Penny has been signed to a contract of $9,755,900 per year, for 3 years.
Penny was 11-14, with a 4.32 era for LAD last year.

Starters:
1) S A. Hernandez SS
2) R I. Kinsler 2B
3) L A. Gordon 1B
4) R V. Wells CF
5) L I. Stewart 3B
6) R K. Mench LF
7) R A. Kearns RF
8) R R. Hernandez C

Pitching Staff:

Starting Rotation 1) R J. Bonderman 2) R C. Tillman 3) L A. Graman 4) L M. Bacsik 5) R R. Gonzalez

Mopup Reliever 1) R E. Yan 2) R B. Keppel Middle Reliever 1) R M. Clark 2) R J. Rainville 3) R E. Yan 4)

Setup Reliever 1) R T. Coffey 2) R O. Moreno Closer 1) R R. Wagner

The division gets tighter with the Reds this year. They've made some good moves and have some young talent thrown in the mix as well. Closer Ryan Wagner was 2nd in saves last year with 38.

[MizzouRah]

Last year: (78-84), 19.0 games behind STL

Kenny Rogers retires ...
Noah Lowry gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration.
Kevin Correia gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Tike Redman gets a new one-year contract worth $454,000 through salary arbitration.
Oliver Perez becomes a free agent.
Steve Lomasney becomes a free agent.
Josh Fogg becomes a free agent.
Mike Gonzalez gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration.
John Buck gets a new one-year contract worth $1,207,143 through salary arbitration.
Jose Castillo gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration.
Dan Johnson gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration.
Rajai Davis becomes a free agent.
Nate McLouth gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Josh Sharpless becomes a free agent.
Paul Maholm gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Jose Bautista gets a new one-year contract worth $928,571 through salary arbitration.
Ryan Freel gets a new one-year contract worth $1,500,000 through salary arbitration.

Additions:
Free agent RF Bobby Kielty has been signed to a contract of $2,282,600 per year, for 3 years.
Kielty hit 0.286 with 6 hr and 32 rbi for OAK/ARI last year.

Free agent P Johan Santana has been signed to a contract of $18,747,600 per year, for 6 years.
Santana was 17-6 with a 2.71 era for MIN last year.

Starters:
1) R J. Castillo 2B
2) L B. Syzmanski CF
3) R J. Bay LF
4) R A. Marte 3B
5) R B. Brewer SS
6) R W. Pena RF
7) S B. Kielty 1B
8) R J. Buck C

Pitching Staff:

Starting Rotation 1) L J. Santana 2) R D. Betances 3) L N. Lowry 4) R B. Finch 5) L P. Maholm

Mopup Reliever 1) L S. Burnett 2) R M. Owings Middle Reliever 1) R M. Capps 2) R J. Foppert 3) L S. Burnett 4)

Setup Reliever 1) R D. Craig 2) L M. Gonzalez Closer 1) R E. Gagne

Jason Bay had a monsterous year, but Pittsburgh is still not as deep in hitting or pitching as St. Louis, Chicago, or Cincinnati. They could still surprise us, but I don't look for them to be in the hunt after the all star break.

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Last year: (71-91), 26.0 games behind STL

Graham Koonce retires ...
Rickie Weeks gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration.
Derrick Turnbow gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration.
Ugueth Urbina becomes a free agent.
Jose Capellan gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration.
Ben Sheets becomes a free agent.
Luis Matos becomes a free agent.
Bronson Arroyo becomes a free agent.
Humberto Cota gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Jonathan Figueroa becomes a free agent.
Ruben Mateo gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Lance Niekro becomes a free agent.
Prince Fielder gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
J.J. Hardy gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration.
Ryan Marion becomes a free agent.

Additions:
Trade with Florida :
Florida gets :
3B Scott Hodges
We get :
1B Hee Seop Choi
Choi hit 0.210 with 7 hr and 23 rbi for NYA/FLO last year.

Free agent P Jeff Suppan has been signed to a contract of $407,000 per year, for 1 years.
Suppan was 7-4 with a 5.80 era for DET/BOS last year.

Free agent 1B Adam Dunn has been signed to a contract of $10,144,400 per year, for 4 years.
Dunn hit 0.237 with 33 hr and 85 rbi for CIN last year.

Free agent C Johnny Estrada has been signed to a contract of $11,125,000 per year, for 4 years.
Estrada hit 0.272 with 14 hr and 55 rbi for ARI last year.

Starters:
1) R R. Weeks 2B
2) L J. Pierre CF
3) L A. Dunn 1B
4) R A. Beltre 3B
5) L G. Jenkins RF
6) R J. Hardy SS
7) S J. Estrada C
8) R P. Wilson LF

Pitching Staff:

Starting Rotation 1) R M. Rogers 2) L D. Eveland 3) R J. Capellan 4) R M. Toshitsugu 5) R C. Saenz

Mopup Reliever 1) R P. Sikaras 2) R R. Wooley Middle Reliever 1) R C. Mowday 2) L J. Wigdahl 3) R P. Sikaras 4)

Setup Reliever 1) R C. Bradford 2) R B. Morrow Closer 1) R D. Turnbow

The Brewers finished last in 2008 and this year doesn't look much different unfortunetly for the Brew Crew. They've added some pop, but pitching is what will do them in this year.

[MizzouRah]

2009 Predictions

1. St. Louis
2. Chicago
3. Cincinnati
4. Pittsburgh
5. Houston
6. Milwaukee


Should be a fun season between the Cardinals, Cubs, and the Reds as they battle for the division, but I still think we are too deep.

[MizzouRah]

Since this is a season in progress, here are the standings as of 6/21/2009

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Cincinnati 41 30 .577 - 41-30 0 23-13 18-17 9-1 11-9 92 L1 6-4 Chicago (N) 40 30 .571 .5 36-34 4 19-13 21-17 6-2 13-9 - W1 5-5 St. Louis 38 34 .528 3.5 40-32 -2 22-16 16-18 3-3 6-12 - L1 6-4 Houston 36 33 .522 4.0 39-30 -3 15-22 21-11 3-4 9-8 - L1 7-3 Pittsburgh 35 36 .493 6.0 32-39 3 19-22 16-14 3-2 12-11 - W2 6-4 Milwaukee 29 43 .403 12.5 26-46 3 19-22 10-21 1-3 11-12 - L1 5-5

[MizzouRah]

Trade with New York (N) :
New York (N) gets :
P Michael Guinn
We get :
3B Adalberto Reyes

We wanted to get some position depth in the minors and NYN wanted Guinn:

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2006, A	24	0	1	2	0	4.32	41.2	46	21	20	0	12	22	0	0	1.39	.319
2006, AA	9	0	0	0	2	4.91	14.2	17	8	8	1	6	13	0	0	1.57	.327
2007, AA	22	0	4	1	1	4.10	26.1	29	12	12	1	5	20	0	0	1.29	.333
2007, AAA	17	0	0	2	0	5.33	25.1	31	18	15	3	8	19	0	0	1.54	.350
2008, AAA	46	0	5	1	1	3.15	60.0	55	21	21	13	11	41	0	0	1.10	.244
2009, AAA	15	0	3	0	0	4.18	28.0	26	13	13	3	9	21	0	0	1.25	.277

Reyes:

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2007, A	85	301	104	14	0	4	39	46	55	47	7	3	.346	.438	.432	.870
2008, AA	136	482	128	20	1	11	44	51	70	59	7	4	.266	.357	.380	.736
2009, AA	68	226	70	12	1	3	18	30	32	18	5	1	.310	.402	.412	.814

[MizzouRah]

Trade with San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
P Jake Woods
We get :
P Armando Benitez

As the 2009 season went into full swing, I wanted a setup man for Cordero as Thompson just wasn't getting it done. Woods was part of the 2008 WS Champion Cardinals, but with lefty Sean Tracey doing well, lefty Jake Woods was trade bait. Benitez is an experienced veteran who still seems to have some gas left in his tank.. at least we hope he has another year.

Woods:

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2005	28	0	1	1	0	4.55	27.2	30	0	14	0	8	20	0	0	1.37	.000	LAA
2006	59	0	7	3	1	4.47	48.1	42	24	24	7	12	32	0	0	1.12	.246	SEA STL
2007	41	0	3	2	0	3.14	43.0	45	16	15	3	9	36	0	0	1.26	.326	STL
2008	63	0	2	1	2	5.31	59.1	65	40	35	11	17	48	0	0	1.38	.307	STL
2009	28	0	1	3	0	5.46	28.0	34	21	17	4	5	17	0	0	1.39	.326	STL SFN
Total	219	0	14	10	3	4.58	206.1	216	101	105	25	51	153	0	0	1.29	.368

Benitez:

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1994	3	0	0	0	0	0.90	10.0	8	0	1	0	4	14	0	0	1.20	.000	BAL
1995	44	0	1	5	2	5.66	47.2	37	0	30	0	37	56	0	0	1.55	.000	BAL
1996	18	0	1	0	4	3.77	14.1	7	0	6	0	6	20	0	0	0.91	.000	BAL
1997	71	0	4	5	9	2.46	73.1	49	0	20	0	43	106	0	0	1.25	.000	BAL
1998	71	0	5	6	22	3.82	68.1	48	0	29	0	39	87	0	0	1.27	.000	BAL
1999	77	0	4	3	22	1.85	78.0	40	0	16	0	41	128	0	0	1.04	.000	NYN
2000	76	0	4	4	41	2.61	76.0	39	0	22	0	38	106	0	0	1.01	.000	NYN
2001	73	0	6	4	43	3.77	76.1	59	0	32	0	40	93	0	0	1.30	.000	NYN
2002	62	0	1	0	33	2.27	67.1	46	0	17	0	25	79	0	0	1.05	.000	NYN
2003	69	0	4	4	21	2.96	73.0	59	27	24	0	41	75	0	0	1.37	.000	NYN SEA NYA
2004	64	0	2	2	47	1.29	69.2	36	11	10	4	21	62	0	0	0.82	.000	FLO
2005	30	0	2	3	19	4.50	30.0	25	0	15	0	16	23	0	0	1.37	.000	SFN
2006	57	0	7	6	27	3.58	55.1	56	28	22	10	5	53	0	0	1.10	.297
2007	57	0	4	3	35	3.10	52.1	48	19	18	6	6	60	0	0	1.03	.309	SFN
2008	86	0	3	5	1	4.61	80.0	98	48	41	13	13	85	0	0	1.39	.360	SFN
2009	39	0	3	3	0	4.66	36.2	38	20	19	6	11	26	0	0	1.34	.296	SFN STL
Total	897	0	51	53	326	3.19	908.1	693	153	322	39	386	1073	0	0	1.19	.000

[MizzouRah]

1B Victor Hicks was not getting it done, batting 0.171 with 1 hr and 5 rbi, so we sent him down and brought up 20yr old fenom, Cody Johnson. Cody was hitting 0.333 with 14 hr and 28 rbi in just 26 games for the Memphis Redbirds.

He will play RF, Pujols back to 1B, and Gomes moves to LF. This kid has unreal minor league stats:

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2006, A	82	315	90	9	5	15	43	61	34	64	18	5	.286	.353	.489	.842
2007, A	31	125	36	5	2	9	27	27	13	16	3	0	.288	.353	.576	.929
2007, AA	20	78	23	4	0	4	9	13	6	8	0	0	.295	.341	.500	.841
2007, AAA	83	318	90	13	2	30	87	60	27	78	3	2	.283	.336	.619	.956
2008, AAA	136	549	185	29	5	68	134	126	66	124	14	3	.337	.404	.780	1.184
2009, AAA	26	102	34	4	0	14	28	26	19	21	2	2	.333	.443	.784	1.227

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Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVG HR RBI SB OPS CATCHERS Yadier Molina 41 C 6/21/1982 Right Right .262 4 21 2 .682 Chao Wu 18 C 8/22/1984 Left Right .345 4 22 4 .912 INFIELDER Albert Pujols 5 1B 1/16/1980 Right Right .344 16 51 8 1.034 Delwyn Young 42 2B 6/30/1982 Both Right .270 4 26 2 .696 Scott Rolen 27 3B 4/4/1975 Right Right .305 7 36 7 .832 Mark Kiger 4 2B 5/30/1980 Right Right .360 0 30 0 .834 Pedro Feliz 7 3B 4/27/1977 Right Right .197 2 13 0 .612 Brian Specht 4 SS 10/19/1980 Both Right .248 0 9 6 .624 OUTFIELDER Colby Rasmus 81 CF 8/11/1986 Left Left .305 5 31 19 .776 Jonny Gomes 60 LF 11/22/1980 Right Right .255 9 38 4 .743 Cody Johnson 18 RF 8/18/1988 Left Right .237 10 31 3 .756 Brandon Watson 62 LF 9/30/1981 Left Right .286 0 5 1 .667 Tim Raines Jr. 16 LF 8/31/1979 Both Right .200 0 0 2 .400 John Gall 81 RF 4/2/1978 Right Right .255 4 18 0 .710

Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Mark McCormick 40 SP 9/30/1983 Right Right 5.97 2 3 0 1.62 Jason Marquis 21 SP 8/21/1978 Left Right 4.24 6 6 0 1.29 Adam Wainwright 70 SP 8/30/1981 Right Right 5.85 1 4 0 1.57 Chris Lambert 16 SP 3/8/1983 Right Right 3.61 4 1 0 1.23 Mark Mulder 20 SP 8/5/1977 Left Left 3.93 7 6 0 1.30 RELIEVERS Armando Benitez 49 MR 11/3/1972 Right Right 4.66 3 3 0 1.34 Sean Tracey 98 MR 11/14/1980 Left Left 5.45 0 3 1 1.29 Brad Thompson 27 MR 1/31/1982 Right Right 4.76 2 1 0 1.32 Kiko Calero 40 MR 1/9/1975 Right Right 4.40 6 2 0 1.13 Josh Hancock 4 MR 4/11/1978 Right Right 3.74 0 0 0 1.25 Chad Cordero 32 CL 3/18/1982 Right Right 2.38 2 1 14 1.01

[MizzouRah]

New York, Cleveland, and Los Angeles all lead in the AL.

Atlanta, Cincinnati, and San Diego in the NL.

Trades of note:

Trade between Detroit and Oakland :
Oakland gets :
RF Magglio Ordonez
Detroit gets :
CF Javier Herrera
P Anibal Sanchez

New York (A) gets :
2B Junior Spivey
Washington gets :
1B Gary Sedlak
RF Estee Harris
P Gerald Kittredge

Cincinnati gets :
1B Alex Gordon
C Roger Cazares
SS George Gaier
Kansas City gets :
P Brad Penny

Interesting trade for KC and Cincy. KC bolsters their pitching staff with a bonafide ace, so who did they get in return?

1B Alex Gordon was an all star last year and hit 0.311 with 37 hr and 124 rbi. The other two are minor league fillers.. but KC had a stud 1B in AAA they could now play and Cincy brought up a good pitching prospect to fill Penny's hole.

New York (A) gets :
LF Shannon Stewart
Baltimore gets :
C Orlando Camacho
3B Bill Holmes
SS William Lynn

[MizzouRah]

June

SP Anthony Reyes went down with a strained rotator cuff and will be out for 4-5 weeks.

1B Albert Pujols was also injured for two weeks.


June ends in an 8-0 butt whoopin by Brad Penny and the KC Royals.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Chicago (N)	46	33	.582	-	41-38	5		23-14	23-19	8-3	16-11	83	W4	7-3
Cincinnati	46	34	.575	.5	44-36	2		25-15	21-19	12-1	14-9	-	L1	5-5
Houston	42	36	.538	3.5	44-34	-2		18-23	24-13	3-4	13-9	-	W1	6-4
St. Louis	41	40	.506	6.0	42-39	-1		24-18	17-22	3-3	7-13	-	L1	3-7
Pittsburgh	37	43	.463	9.5	33-47	4		19-24	18-19	3-2	13-12	-	W1	3-7
Milwaukee	30	51	.370	17.0	28-53	2		19-23	11-28	1-3	11-12	-	L4	1-9

We are 6 games out as July is upon us. We need to stay close until Reyes gets back or we might need to make a deal for some starting pitching.

[MizzouRah]

American League-Pitcher of the Month:
Felix Hernandez (SEA)!
He had a record of 5-1 in 6 games started, with an ERA of 1.18.
American League-Batter of the Month:
Eric Chavez (OAK)!
He batted .354 in 96 AB, with 11 homers and 23 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month:
Anthony Reyes (STL)!
He had a record of 1-0 in 4 games started, with an ERA of 0.43.
National League-Batter of the Month:
Matt Holliday (COL)!
He batted .372 in 94 AB, with 7 homers and 20 RBI.


Hey, nice he only pitched one game due to injury.

[MizzouRah]

Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVG HR RBI SB OPS CATCHERS Yadier Molina 41 C 6/21/1982 Right Right .270 4 22 2 .693 Chao Wu 18 C 8/22/1984 Left Right .348 5 25 4 .917 INFIELDER Albert Pujols 5 1B 1/16/1980 Right Right .346 16 52 10 1.034 Delwyn Young 42 2B 6/30/1982 Both Right .277 6 32 2 .728 Scott Rolen 27 3B 4/4/1975 Right Right .304 7 40 7 .825 Mark Kiger 4 2B 5/30/1980 Right Right .348 0 32 0 .805 Pedro Feliz 7 3B 4/27/1977 Right Right .186 2 15 0 .578 Brian Specht 4 SS 10/19/1980 Both Right .241 0 9 6 .615 OUTFIELDER Colby Rasmus 81 CF 8/11/1986 Left Left .311 5 35 22 .798 Jonny Gomes 60 LF 11/22/1980 Right Right .258 10 40 4 .760 Cody Johnson 18 RF 8/18/1988 Left Right .221 11 35 4 .720 Brandon Watson 62 LF 9/30/1981 Left Right .258 0 5 2 .615 Tim Raines Jr. 16 LF 8/31/1979 Both Right .200 0 0 2 .400 John Gall 81 RF 4/2/1978 Right Right .250 5 20 0 .708

Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Mark McCormick 40 SP 9/30/1983 Right Right 6.63 2 4 0 1.79 Jason Marquis 21 SP 8/21/1978 Left Right 4.25 6 6 0 1.35 Adam Wainwright 70 SP 8/30/1981 Right Right 5.45 3 4 0 1.54 Chris Lambert 16 SP 3/8/1983 Right Right 4.22 4 3 0 1.43 Mark Mulder 20 SP 8/5/1977 Left Left 4.28 7 8 0 1.32 RELIEVERS Armando Benitez 49 MR 11/3/1972 Right Right 4.07 4 3 0 1.24 Sean Tracey 98 MR 11/14/1980 Left Left 5.75 0 3 1 1.43 Brad Thompson 27 MR 1/31/1982 Right Right 4.88 2 1 0 1.35 Kiko Calero 40 MR 1/9/1975 Right Right 4.22 6 2 0 1.14 Josh Hancock 4 MR 4/11/1978 Right Right 3.91 0 0 0 1.34 Chad Cordero 32 CL 3/18/1982 Right Right 3.41 2 2 17 1.07

Chao Wu and Mark Kiger are really doing well so far this year and Chao has dethroned Yadier Molina from the Catcher slot.

Our starting pitching has been a disappointment so far this year and Anthony Reyes can't come back too soon.

[MizzouRah]

Now that was stupid.

With 4 games left until the all star break, I decide I need to replace rookie RF Cody Johnson as he's hitting 0.209 in 51 games started. I look around at the bench players and nothing appeals to me. John Gall is logical, but I shop him around to see what I can get.

Trade with Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
RF John Gall
We get :
LF James Shanks

Gall

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2005	22	37	10	3	0	2	10	5	1	0	0	8	0	0	.270	.289	.514	.803	STL
2006	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	STL
2007	120	275	81	15	0	11	38	34	26	3	0	47	1	0	.295	.362	.469	.831	STL
2008	124	236	73	15	0	8	30	43	26	1	1	35	0	0	.309	.379	.475	.853	STL
2009	73	168	41	9	0	5	21	23	15	1	0	36	0	1	.244	.310	.387	.697	STL KCA
Total	342	721	206	42	0	26	99	105	68	5	1	126	1	1	.286	.351	.452	.803

Shanks

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2006	32	77	20	1	0	1	3	12	3	1	0	18	12	5	.260	.296	.312	.608	FLO
2007	59	102	30	4	2	0	15	16	4	0	0	31	13	3	.294	.321	.373	.693	FLO KCA
2008	113	433	127	15	7	3	31	74	28	1	3	86	39	12	.293	.335	.381	.717	KCA
2009	76	301	93	14	3	3	30	45	19	4	2	47	26	15	.309	.356	.405	.761	KCA STL
Total	280	913	270	34	12	7	79	147	54	6	5	182	90	35	.296	.337	.382	.720

Similar players, but Shanks is much better in the field. I make the trade a little too quick as Gall is rated 6/6 for local popularity and is well known around the league. Our fans are not happy at all and our fan interest drops big time.

Oh well, I guess Shanks will have to win them back.

[MizzouRah]

SP Livan Hernandez has been floating around on waivers since 2008 and I decide to take a chance on him as our 5th starter in the rotation. He wasn't doing bad this year, nor did he do bad last year.. and he can be an innings eater.

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1996	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.67	.000	FLO
1997	17	17	9	3	0	3.18	96.1	81	0	34	0	38	72	0	0	1.24	.000	FLO
1998	33	33	10	12	0	4.72	234.1	265	0	123	0	104	162	9	0	1.57	.000	FLO
1999	30	30	8	12	0	4.64	199.2	227	0	103	0	76	144	2	0	1.52	.000	FLO SFN
2000	33	33	17	11	0	3.75	240.0	254	0	100	0	73	165	5	2	1.36	.000	SFN
2001	34	34	13	15	0	5.24	226.2	266	0	132	0	85	138	2	0	1.55	.000	SFN
2002	33	33	12	16	0	4.38	216.0	233	0	105	0	71	134	5	3	1.41	.000	SFN
2003	33	33	15	10	0	3.20	233.1	225	92	83	0	57	178	8	0	1.21	.000	MON
2004	35	35	11	15	0	3.60	255.0	234	105	102	24	83	186	9	2	1.24	.000	MON
2005	35	35	15	10	0	3.98	246.1	268	0	109	0	84	147	2	0	1.43	.000	WSH
2006	34	34	16	12	0	3.62	241.1	238	111	97	18	76	186	4	3	1.30	.301	WSH,NL
2007	35	35	11	16	0	3.60	242.2	202	107	97	25	75	190	4	1	1.14	.261	WSH
2008	31	31	14	9	0	3.94	210.1	209	98	92	22	62	149	6	4	1.29	.291	WSH CIN
2009	9	9	4	3	0	4.33	60.1	64	29	29	7	12	32	1	0	1.26	.286	CIN TOR STL
Total	393	392	155	144	0	4.01	2705.1	2769	542	1206	96	898	1885	57	15	1.36	2.973

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These players were selected for the AL OOTP-Allstar Team :
P Felix Hernandez from Seattle
P Angel Moreno from Los Angeles (A)
P Ben Sheets from Minnesota
P Francisco Liriano from Minnesota
P Jason Young from Detroit
P Carlos Silva from Los Angeles (A)
P Andrew Brown from Cleveland
P J.J. Putz from Seattle
P Huston Street from Oakland
P Francisco Rodriguez from New York (A)
C Joe Mauer from Minnesota
C Jeff Mathis from Los Angeles (A)
1B Chris Parmelee from New York (A)
2B No-ran Tetsu from Baltimore
3B Miguel Cabrera from Chicago (A)
SS Felipe Lopez from Toronto
LF Manny Ramirez from Los Angeles (A)
CF Grady Sizemore from Cleveland
RF Vladimir Guerrero from Los Angeles (A)
1B Daric Barton from Oakland
RF Jose Guillen from Boston
CF Greg Golson from Toronto
LF Cliff Floyd from Cleveland
3B Dallas McPherson from Los Angeles (A)
2B Tadahito Iguchi from Chicago (A)

These players were selected for the NL OOTP-Allstar Team :
P John Lackey from Chicago (N)
P Chaz Roe from Colorado
P Jon Lieber from San Francisco
P Mark Prior from Chicago (N)
P Brandon Webb from Arizona
P C.C. Sabathia from New York (N)
P Cesar Carillo from San Diego
P Mike Wuertz from Colorado
P Albert Fancher from Philadelphia
P Erwin Boley from Chicago (N)
C Ryan Doumit from Houston
C Chad Tracy from San Diego
1B Albert Pujols from St. Louis
2B Blake DeWitt from Los Angeles (N)
3B Morgan Ensberg from Houston
SS Angel Berroa from Arizona
LF Matt Holliday from Colorado
CF Carlos Beltran from New York (N)
RF Bobby Abreu from Philadelphia
1B Adrian Gonzalez from San Diego
CF Mark Kotsay from San Francisco
LF Mitch Maier from San Francisco
CF Jared Mitchell from Colorado
3B Melvin Mora from Colorado
3B Ryan Zimmerman from Washington


Only Albert Pujols made it this year, his 4th in a row.

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We are unbeaten with newcomer Shanks in the lineup and are currently on a 6 game winning streak. Livan also pitched a great game in his Cardinal debut - 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 4 K, 3 BB - to improve to 5-3.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10
Cincinnati	49	40	.551	-	48-41	1		25-17	24-23	12-1	14-11	73	L2	3-7
Chicago (N)	47	41	.534	1.5	44-44	3		23-16	24-25	8-5	16-13	-	W1	2-8
St. Louis	48	42	.533	1.5	49-41	-1		25-19	23-23	3-3	10-14	-	W6	7-3
Houston	46	41	.529	2.0	48-39	-2		19-24	27-17	4-4	15-10	-	L1	5-5
Pittsburgh	43	46	.483	6.0	39-50	4		24-26	19-20	4-3	16-14	-	W1	7-3
Milwaukee	36	54	.400	13.5	33-57	3		24-25	12-29	2-3	11-12	-	L1	6-4

[Poli]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Now that was stupid.

With 4 games left until the all star break, I decide I need to replace rookie RF Cody Johnson as he's hitting 0.209 in 51 games started. I look around at the bench players and nothing appeals to me. John Gall is logical, but I shop him around to see what I can get.

Trade with Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
RF John Gall
We get :
LF James Shanks

Our fans are not happy at all and our fan interest drops big time.

Oh well, I guess Shanks will have to win them back.

BOO!!