OOTP 6.51a - Random musings

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I've been having so much fun with ootp 6.51a, that I've been wanting to write some non organized notes down somewhere. Well, what better place than FOFC?

I've started in 2006 with Cubbyfan's mlb roster set (how ironic) managing the St. Louis Cardinals. I let the computer manage my minor leagues and left everything that Cubbyfan set in his roster set at his defaults.

2006 Recap
The Cardinals finish with the best record in the majors (102-60), thanks to the 2nd best team batting average (0.280) and the 3rd best pitching era (3.93). We were also 2nd in the league in runs allowed (679).

Active Roster

Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVG HR RBI SB OPS CATCHERS Yadier Molina 41 C 6/21/1982 Right Right .271 9 64 2 .701 Gary Bennett 29 C 4/17/1972 Right Right .264 1 24 2 .645 INFIELDER Albert Pujols 5 1B 1/16/1980 Right Right .340 43 127 29 1.067 Junior Spivey 37 2B 1/28/1975 Right Right .297 10 70 28 .785 Scott Rolen 27 3B 4/4/1975 Right Right .307 30 115 5 .917 David Eckstein 22 SS 1/20/1975 Right Right .319 7 60 41 .810 Hector Luna 7 2B 2/1/1980 Right Right .282 2 33 23 .672 Brian Daubach 74 1B 2/11/1972 Left Right .263 3 14 0 .751 Scott Spiezio 23 3B 9/21/1972 Both Right .179 0 2 0 .448 OUTFIELDER Juan Encarnacion 43 RF 3/8/1976 Right Right .256 12 74 35 .673 So Taguchi 99 LF 7/2/1969 Right Right .274 6 47 21 .707 Larry Bigbie 3 LF 11/4/1977 Left Left .317 2 10 2 .872 John Rodriguez 69 RF 1/20/1978 Right Right .289 15 82 12 .805

Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Jason Marquis 21 SP 8/21/1978 Left Right 4.10 10 9 0 1.19 Chris Carpenter 29 SP 4/27/1976 Right Right 2.14 21 8 0 0.95 Jeff Suppan 37 SP 1/2/1975 Right Right 4.43 13 7 0 1.26 Mark Mulder 20 SP 8/5/1977 Left Left 5.76 7 7 0 1.53 Sidney Ponson 43 SP 11/2/1976 Right Right 4.07 11 6 0 1.20 RELIEVERS Mike Lincoln 33 MR 4/10/1975 Right Right 1.62 1 0 0 1.14 Sean Tracey 98 MR 11/14/1980 Left Left 4.65 3 2 0 1.29 Jason Isringhausen 44 CL 9/7/1972 Right Right 2.75 9 7 40 1.21 Brad Thompson 27 MR 1/31/1982 Right Right 3.78 4 3 0 1.34 Braden Looper 40 MR 10/28/1974 Right Right 3.36 4 4 4 1.29 Josh Hancock 4 MR 4/11/1978 Right Right 2.75 3 0 3 1.32 Jake Woods 97 MR 9/3/1981 Left Left 4.47 7 3 1 1.12

Awards
Chris Carpenter was named National League-Pitcher of the year !
In 37 games started, he pitched 281.1 innings, fanning 249 and walking 46 batters.
Albert Pujols was named National League-Batter of the Year!
He batted .340 in 574 AB, with 43 homers and 127 RBI.
Yadier Molina won the Gold Glove at Catcher.

Trades
Trade with Minnesota :
Minnesota gets :
P Ricardo Rincon
We get :
P Jeff Fassero

That's it, only one trade as I felt we were in excellent shape going into the playoffs this year.

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The rest of the league 2006:

American League Standings

East

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Boston 96 66 .593 - 91-71 5 49-32 47-34 11-7 31-17 * L2 8-2 Toronto 88 74 .543 8.0 84-78 4 48-33 40-41 7-6 24-21 - L2 2-8 New York (A) 82 80 .506 14.0 83-79 -1 38-43 44-37 10-9 25-26 - W2 5-5 Tampa Bay 81 81 .500 15.0 81-81 0 39-42 42-39 10-4 24-25 - L2 4-6 Baltimore 73 89 .451 23.0 73-89 0 40-41 33-48 4-6 18-18 - W2 4-6

Central

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Minnesota 95 67 .586 - 93-69 2 48-33 47-34 8-6 21-16 * W2 7-3 Cleveland 91 71 .562 4.0 89-73 2 52-29 39-42 10-6 24-24 - W2 6-4 Chicago (A) 81 81 .500 14.0 81-81 0 40-41 41-40 7-6 23-23 - L2 3-7 Detroit 68 94 .420 27.0 70-92 -2 40-41 28-53 6-8 19-23 - W4 6-4 Kansas City 56 106 .346 39.0 64-98 -8 35-46 21-60 5-14 21-29 - L3 4-6

West

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Los Angeles (A) 98 64 .605 - 96-66 2 54-27 44-37 7-8 29-26 * W1 4-6 Oakland 92 70 .568 6.0 95-67 -3 44-37 48-33 7-8 25-25 - L1 5-5 Texas 73 89 .451 25.0 78-84 -5 37-44 36-45 6-10 18-25 - L3 4-6 Seattle 68 94 .420 30.0 70-92 -2 39-42 29-52 6-8 25-30 - W5 8-2

National League Standings

East

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Atlanta 96 66 .593 - 93-69 3 45-36 51-30 9-6 31-25 * L1 5-5 New York (N) 81 81 .500 15.0 80-82 1 47-34 34-47 5-3 26-18 - L1 5-5 Washington 77 85 .475 19.0 72-90 5 42-39 35-46 3-3 20-23 - W1 7-3 Florida 72 90 .444 24.0 74-88 -2 38-43 34-47 7-9 26-27 - W1 5-5 Philadelphia 71 91 .438 25.0 78-84 -7 36-45 35-46 10-12 24-34 - L1 2-8

Central

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Louis 102 60 .630 - 99-63 3 55-26 47-34 13-3 35-22 * L1 8-2 Chicago (N) 86 76 .531 16.0 89-73 -3 42-39 44-37 3-7 20-21 - L2 7-3 Houston 85 77 .525 17.0 80-82 5 38-43 47-34 6-6 29-22 - W1 5-5 Milwaukee 83 79 .512 19.0 80-82 3 40-41 43-38 2-5 22-24 - W1 5-5 Cincinnati 68 94 .420 34.0 67-95 1 37-44 31-50 4-5 18-18 - L1 4-6 Pittsburgh 68 94 .420 34.0 71-91 -3 36-45 32-49 4-6 14-29 - W1 2-8

West

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 San Diego 90 72 .556 - 91-71 -1 46-35 44-37 10-5 25-17 * L3 5-5 Arizona 85 77 .525 5.0 78-84 7 44-37 41-40 2-6 24-18 - W3 5-5 Los Angeles (N) 77 85 .475 13.0 81-81 -4 40-41 37-44 10-7 20-25 - W1 6-4 San Francisco 76 86 .469 14.0 83-79 -7 35-46 41-40 7-7 26-28 - L1 5-5 Colorado 71 91 .438 19.0 69-93 2 36-45 35-46 3-6 21-29 - W2 4-6

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2006 Postseason

Divisional Series:
Oakland (1) against Boston (3)
Minnesota (0) against Los Angeles (A) (3)
Chicago (N) (2) against Atlanta (3)
San Diego (3) against St. Louis (2)
League Series:
Boston (2) against Los Angeles (A) (4)
San Diego (1) against Atlanta (4)
World Series:
Atlanta (4) against Los Angeles (A) (1)
WINNER : Atlanta

We lose to the Padres 3 games to 2 in a disappointing series. Carpenter was injured in Game 1 of the series and from there we lost confidence.

Atlanta, powered by 18 game winner Tim Hudson and a lineup that featured:

Chipper Jones	10	3B	4/24/1972	Both	Right	.308	31	110	2	.950
Edgar Renteria	3	SS	8/7/1975	Right	Right	.319	15	74	46	.845

Jeff Francouer	37	RF	1/8/1984	Right	Right	.297	28	96	23	.872
Andruw Jones	25	CF	4/23/1977	Right	Right	.280	42	124	11	.902

Ryan Langerhans

18

LF

2/20/1980

Left

Left

.286

22

65

5

.819

beat the team with the 2nd best record in the league, the Angels.

The Angels had some stars of their own, mainly their pitching staff:

Garret Anderson

16

LF

6/30/1972

Left

Left

.324

29

114

10

.904

Bartolo Colon	21	SP	5/24/1973	Right	Right	3.47	19	12	0	1.16
Kelvim Escobar	45	SP	4/11/1976	Both	Right	4.38	15	7	0	1.28
Jeff Weaver	36	SP	8/22/1976	Right	Right	3.46	16	9	0	1.19

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So, the power rankings finished like this for 2006, where we sat atop the league.

Power Rankings

RANK (Last Week) Team Points Tendency Record PCT AVG ERA Pyt.Rec Diff 1st (1st) St. Louis 119 o 102-60 .630 .280 3.93 99-63 3 2nd (2nd) Boston 112 o 96-66 .593 .265 4.22 91-71 5 3rd (3rd) Minnesota 111 o 95-67 .586 .278 4.03 93-69 2 4th (4th) Los Angeles (A) 107 o 98-64 .605 .291 4.18 96-66 2 5th (5th) Atlanta 107 o 96-66 .593 .267 4.11 93-69 3 6th (6th) Cleveland 104 o 91-71 .562 .272 3.96 89-73 2 7th (7th) Oakland 102 o 92-70 .568 .268 3.86 95-67 -3 8th (8th) San Diego 99 o 90-72 .556 .265 3.87 91-71 -1 9th (9th) Chicago (N) 99 o 86-76 .531 .270 4.17 89-73 -3 10th (10th) Arizona 95 o 85-77 .525 .267 4.56 78-84 7 11th (11th) Houston 94 o 85-77 .525 .260 4.36 80-82 5 12th (12th) Milwaukee 92 o 83-79 .512 .254 4.31 80-82 3 13th (13th) New York (A) 92 o 82-80 .506 .272 4.68 83-79 -1 14th (14th) Toronto 91 o 88-74 .543 .274 4.49 84-78 4 15th (15th) New York (N) 90 o 81-81 .500 .261 4.65 80-82 1 16th (16th) Washington 90 o 77-85 .475 .258 4.46 72-90 5 17th (17th) Los Angeles (N) 88 o 77-85 .475 .259 4.06 81-81 -4 18th (18th) Tampa Bay 87 o 81-81 .500 .274 4.63 81-81 0 19th (19th) Chicago (A) 85 o 81-81 .500 .279 4.89 81-81 0 20th (20th) San Francisco 84 o 76-86 .469 .258 4.06 83-79 -7 21st (21st) Seattle 84 o 68-94 .420 .254 4.94 70-92 -2 22nd (22nd) Baltimore 80 o 73-89 .451 .276 5.41 73-89 0 23rd (23rd) Florida 80 o 72-90 .444 .262 4.42 74-88 -2 24th (24th) Detroit 80 o 68-94 .420 .267 4.76 70-92 -2 25th (25th) Texas 78 o 73-89 .451 .261 5.01 78-84 -5 26th (26th) Colorado 78 o 71-91 .438 .273 5.16 69-93 2 27th (27th) Cincinnati 74 o 68-94 .420 .246 4.57 67-95 1 28th (28th) Philadelphia 73 o 71-91 .438 .255 4.38 78-84 -7 29th (29th) Pittsburgh 70 o 68-94 .420 .254 4.41 71-91 -3 30th (30th) Kansas City 59 o 56-106 .346 .268 5.36 64-98 -8

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Breaking news 2006:

Friday 10/27/2006: Santana and Carpenter receive Cy Young Award Minnesota's southpaw Johan Santana was untouchable all year long. His work paid off today as the American League named him the Cy Young Award winner! His ERA of 2.18 helped him to a 22-9 record this year. He struck out 272 and walked 43 in 281.1 innings. Johan has pitched 2 shutouts and 9 complete games. He's 1st in the American League in ERA and 1st in wins! The National League Cy Young Award winner was announced today as well, with St. Louis' right-hander Chris Carpenter taking home the desired trophy. He certainly earned it, he struck fear into hitters all year long. Chris has a record of 21-8 this season, with an ERA of 2.14. In 281.1 Innings he was able to strike out 249 batters. Chris has pitched 4 shutouts and 5 complete games. He's 1st in the National League in ERA and 1st in wins!

Friday 10/27/2006: Cabrera and Pujols earn MVP Award honors The MVP Award in the American League was handed to Chicago (A)'s third baseman Miguel Cabrera! His season numbers are: .332 AVG, 192 hits, 33 doubles, 2 triples and 41 bombs, along with 116 RBI and 110 runs scored. He's 4th in the American League in batting, 3rd in homeruns and 4th in RBI! A season for the ages earned St. Louis' first baseman Albert Pujols the National League MVP Award this year. Albert has gone 195 for 574 (.340) this season, hitting 43 bombs and driving in 127 runs. He has scored 124 runs on his own. He's 4th in the National League in batting, 1st in homeruns and 2nd in RBI!

Friday 10/27/2006: Texas' Arias earns Rookie of the Year Award The 2006 American League Rookie of the Year Award winner is from Texas this season. Joaquin Arias put together impressive numbers for a rookie en route to win the first major award of his career. Let's hope more will follow for this 22 year old ballplayer. This year Arias drove in 51 and scored 97 runs while batting .310 with 14 longballs. Florida's Mike Jacobs as well was almost in tears when he heard the news. The 25 year old first baseman was named the Rookie of the Year Award winner in the National League today. What a way to begin a career! Jacobs has walked 48 times this year and posts a .339 OBP. While batting .287, 170 for 593, he has driven in 97 runs.

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PAYROLLS

# Team Payroll 1 New York (A) $172,611,400 2 Boston $128,540,000 3 Los Angeles (N) $108,858,000 4 Los Angeles (A) $104,960,000 5 New York (N) $98,702,500 6 Philadelphia $97,372,500 7 St. Louis $94,425,000 8 Chicago (A) $94,130,000 9 Houston $93,570,000 10 San Francisco $91,077,000 11 Chicago (N) $89,273,000 12 Atlanta $88,312,500 13 Seattle $85,110,900 14 Detroit $84,350,000 15 Oakland $81,822,000 16 Texas $81,284,000 17 Toronto $80,087,500 18 Milwaukee $72,734,000 19 Cincinnati $72,569,500 20 Baltimore $72,128,000 21 San Diego $71,453,000 22 Minnesota $63,115,000 23 Washington $63,070,000 24 Cleveland $58,440,400 25 Colorado $58,000,000 26 Pittsburgh $57,790,500 27 Kansas City $53,445,500 28 Arizona $53,435,000 29 Tampa Bay $46,967,000 30 Florida $22,513,500

HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS

# Pos Name Team Salary 1 3B Alex Rodriguez NYA $27,000,000 2 SS Derek Jeter NYA $19,600,000 3 1B Jason Giambi NYA $19,500,000 4 LF Manny Ramirez BOS $19,000,000 5 LF Barry Bonds SFN $18,000,000 6 1B Todd Helton COL $17,500,000 7 P Andy Pettitte HOU $17,500,000 8 CF Carlos Beltran NYN $17,000,000 9 1B Jeff Bagwell HOU $17,000,000 10 P Randy Johnson NYA $16,000,000 11 1B Albert Pujols STL $15,500,000 12 RF Magglio Ordonez DET $15,000,000 13 P Chan Ho Park SDN $15,000,000 14 RF Bobby Abreu PHI $14,750,000 15 1B Lance Berkman HOU $14,500,000 16 RF Shawn Green NYN $14,000,000 17 1B Carlos Delgado NYN $13,975,000 18 RF Vladimir Guerrero LAA $13,500,000 19 P Curt Schilling BOS $13,500,000 20 3B Scott Rolen STL $13,250,000 21 P Pedro Martinez ARI $13,166,000 22 1B Richie Sexson SEA $13,160,000 23 LF Hideki Matsui NYA $13,000,000 24 CF Johnny Damon NYA $13,000,000 25 P Bartolo Colon LAA $13,000,000

ATTENDANCE

# Team ATTENDANCE 2006 ATTENDANCE 2005 1 Chicago (N) 3,573,972 3,100,262 2 San Diego 3,555,532 2,832,039 3 St. Louis 3,439,467 3,491,837 4 Los Angeles (A) 3,336,004 3,404,686 5 New York (A) 3,204,868 4,094,400 6 San Francisco 3,156,882 3,140,781 7 Atlanta 2,890,752 2,521,531 8 Philadelphia 2,883,308 2,665,301 9 Houston 2,866,021 2,762,472 10 Cleveland 2,783,418 1,973,985 11 Minnesota 2,749,804 2,013,453 12 Chicago (A) 2,719,166 2,342,834 13 Boston 2,714,965 2,813,354 14 Los Angeles (N) 2,712,303 3,603,680 15 Washington 2,647,685 2,692,123 16 Oakland 2,465,483 2,109,298 17 Baltimore 2,455,665 2,624,804 18 Arizona 2,400,183 2,059,331 19 Seattle 2,398,983 2,689,529 20 New York (N) 2,277,919 2,782,212 21 Florida 2,243,841 1,823,388 22 Milwaukee 2,187,842 2,211,203 23 Texas 2,160,624 2,486,925 24 Pittsburgh 2,037,635 1,794,237 25 Toronto 2,001,838 1,977,949 26 Detroit 1,958,930 2,024,505 27 Cincinnati 1,932,074 1,943,957 28 Colorado 1,749,060 1,915,986 29 Kansas City 1,655,352 1,371,181 30 Tampa Bay 1,550,559 1,124,189

Team Focus & Age

# Team Focus Team Age 1 New York (A) Balanced 30.68 2 Boston Win Now! 30.53 3 Houston Win Now! 30.52 4 Philadelphia Balanced 30.26 5 St. Louis Win Now! 30.19 6 San Francisco Balanced 30.14 7 Milwaukee Rebuilding! 29.86 8 Texas Balanced 29.69 9 San Diego Win Now! 29.61 10 Chicago (A) Balanced 29.60 11 Baltimore Rebuilding! 29.41 12 Los Angeles (A) Win Now! 29.36 13 Cincinnati Balanced 29.08 14 Colorado Balanced 28.99 15 New York (N) Balanced 28.89 16 Washington Balanced 28.84 17 Seattle Rebuilding! 28.83 18 Arizona Balanced 28.79 19 Kansas City Rebuilding! 28.62 20 Minnesota Balanced 28.53 21 Chicago (N) Balanced 28.48 22 Los Angeles (N) Balanced 28.48 23 Pittsburgh Rebuilding! 28.48 24 Cleveland Balanced 28.37 25 Detroit Balanced 28.36 26 Toronto Balanced 28.32 27 Oakland Balanced 28.28 28 Tampa Bay Balanced 27.63 29 Florida Rebuilding! 27.32 30 Atlanta Balanced 26.85 AVERAGE 29.02

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Trades

Trade between Seattle and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
LF Carl Everett
Seattle gets :
3B Tripper Johnson
P Joe Coppinger
1B Mike Huggins

Trade between Chicago (A) and Florida :
Florida gets :
P Mark Buehrle
SS Andy Gonzalez
2B Pedro Lopez
Chicago (A) gets :
3B Miguel Cabrera

Trade between Los Angeles (N) and Tampa Bay :
Tampa Bay gets :
RF Ricky Ledee
Los Angeles (N) gets :
2B Fernando Cortez

Trade between Detroit and Tampa Bay :
Tampa Bay gets :
1B Carlos Pena
RF Jamaal Peoples
Detroit gets :
3B Russell Branyan

Trade between Tampa Bay and Florida :
Florida gets :
2B Luis Rivas
Tampa Bay gets :
3B Kris Harvey

Trade between Chicago (N) and Houston :
Houston gets :
SS Neifi Perez
Chicago (N) gets :
P Fernando Nieve

Trade between St. Louis and Minnesota :
Minnesota gets :
P Ricardo Rincon
St. Louis gets :
P Jeff Fassero

Trade between San Diego and Atlanta :
Atlanta gets :
LF Dave Roberts
San Diego gets :
P Horacio Ramirez

Trade between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
P Bronson Arroyo
SS Jose Ronda
Cincinnati gets :
P Kirk Saarloos

Trade between Washington and Los Angeles (N) :
Los Angeles (N) gets :
CF Ryan Church
LF Jason Belcher
Washington gets :
P Jae Seo

Trade between Arizona and Cincinnati :
Cincinnati gets :
P Russ Ortiz
$2,400,000 cash.
Arizona gets :
P Brandon Claussen

Trade between San Diego and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
3B Chase Headley
San Diego gets :
P Victor Santos

Trade between New York (A) and Florida :
Florida gets :
2B Miguel Cairo
New York (A) gets :
CF Gregory Burns

Trade between San Diego and Cincinnati :
Cincinnati gets :
P Chris Young
San Diego gets :
3B Edwin Encarnacion

Trade between Tampa Bay and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
SS Julio Lugo
Tampa Bay gets :
P Matt Morris
LF Eddy Martnez-Esteve
P Luke Anderson

Trade between Houston and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
P Glendon Rusch
Houston gets :
C Ryan Doumit

Trade between Texas and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
CF Gary Matthews Jr.
Texas gets :
SS Jason Donald
3B Vernon Clark

Trade between Pittsburgh and Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
P Glendon Rusch
SS Jose Ronda
Pittsburgh gets :
C John Buck

Trade between Cincinnati and Florida :
Florida gets :
CF Terrence Long
C Thomas Ricketson
Cincinnati gets :
3B Wes Helms

Trade between Kansas City and Cincinnati :
Cincinnati gets :
P Denny Bautista
SS Jeff Bianchi
Kansas City gets :
C Javier Valentin

Trade between Chicago (A) and Boston :
Boston gets :
1B Jim Thome
Chicago (A) gets :
CF Colin Curtis

Trade between Arizona and New York (N) :
New York (N) gets :
2B Scott Hairston
Arizona gets :
C Max Sapp
RF Tyler Davidson

Trade between New York (N) and Arizona :
Arizona gets :
P Pedro Martinez
P Wade LeBlanc
3B Nick Evans
New York (N) gets :
RF Shawn Green

Trade between Washington and Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
1B Matt LeCroy
Washington gets :
SS Chris McConnell
CF Larry Barnes

Trade between San Diego and Texas :
Texas gets :
P Victor Santos
San Diego gets :
P Armando Galarraga

Trade between Milwaukee and Florida :
Florida gets :
3B Bill Hall
Milwaukee gets :
SS Jared Gaston

Trade between Cincinnati and Detroit :
Detroit gets :
RF Chris Denorfia
P Chris Gruler
Cincinnati gets :
P Jeremy Bonderman

Trade between Florida and Texas :
Texas gets :
3B Mike Lamb
$600,000 cash.
Florida gets :
LF David Dellucci

Trade between Atlanta and Seattle :
Seattle gets :
P Jorge Sosa
$1,300,000 cash.
Atlanta gets :
2B Jose Lopez

Trade between Minnesota and Cincinnati :
Cincinnati gets :
P Brad Radke
Minnesota gets :
SS Felipe Lopez

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Top Performances 2006

PITCHERS

# Player Team Opponent Date IP HA R ER BB K SCORE BOX 1 Mark Prior CHN FLO 5/24/2006 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 98 Box Scores 2 Francisco Liriano MIN SEA 5/2/2006 9.0 0 0 0 0 10 97 Box Scores 3 John Patterson WSH PIT 5/5/2006 9.0 3 0 0 1 15 95 Box Scores 4 Roy Oswalt HOU CHA 6/25/2006 9.0 1 0 0 0 10 95 Box Scores 5 Ben Sheets MIL CHN 4/28/2006 9.0 1 0 0 1 9 93 Box Scores 6 Andy Pettitte HOU TEX 5/19/2006 9.0 0 0 0 1 7 93 Box Scores 7 Tim Hudson ATL ARI 6/3/2006 9.0 2 0 0 1 11 93 Box Scores 8 Johan Santana MIN TOR 4/4/2006 9.0 2 0 0 0 9 92 Box Scores 9 Derek Lowe LAN ARI 7/5/2006 9.0 2 0 0 1 10 92 Box Scores 10 Esteban Loaiza OAK NYA 6/9/2006 9.0 3 0 0 1 11 91 Box Scores 11 Brett Myers PHI WSH 8/29/2006 9.0 1 0 0 2 8 91 Box Scores 12 Tony Armas KCA BAL 5/21/2006 9.0 2 0 0 1 9 91 Box Scores 13 Jake Peavy SDN STL 5/26/2006 9.0 2 0 0 3 11 91 Box Scores 14 Carlos Zambrano CHN CIN 9/25/2006 9.0 3 0 0 0 9 90 Box Scores 15 Aaron Harang CIN CHN 9/22/2006 8.0 1 0 0 0 10 90 Box Scores 16 Josh Beckett BOS MIN 6/14/2006 9.0 1 0 0 0 5 90 Box Scores 17 Livan Hernandez WSH ATL 4/23/2006 9.0 2 0 0 2 9 90 Box Scores 18 Dan Haren OAK TEX 9/4/2006 8.2 1 0 0 2 9 89 Box Scores 19 Jeff Weaver LAA TBA 7/16/2006 9.0 1 0 0 1 5 89 Box Scores 20 Chris Carpenter STL HOU 9/11/2006 9.0 4 0 0 0 10 89 Box Scores 21 Seth McClung TBA BAL 5/31/2006 9.0 1 0 0 2 6 89 Box Scores 22 R.A. Dickey TEX LAA 5/23/2006 9.0 3 0 0 0 7 88 Box Scores 23 Shawn Estes SDN LAN 8/22/2006 9.0 3 1 0 0 9 88 Box Scores 24 Mike Mussina NYN OAK 6/11/2006 9.0 2 0 0 2 7 88 Box Scores 25 Oliver Perez PIT CHA 6/29/2006 9.0 4 0 0 0 8 87 Box Scores

BATTERS

# Player Team Opponent Date AB R H RBI HR BB SCORE BOX 1 Joe Mauer MIN SEA 5/28/2006 4 5 4 4 2 1 100 Box Scores 2 Albert Pujols STL ARI 9/10/2006 4 3 3 7 3 1 97 Box Scores 3 Alex Rodriguez NYA MIN 9/1/2006 4 3 4 6 2 1 96 Box Scores 4 Carlos Lee MIL WSH 6/4/2006 5 4 4 7 1 0 94 Box Scores 5 Jorge Posada NYA TOR 7/23/2006 5 3 4 6 3 0 94 Box Scores 6 Ryan Langerhans ATL NYN 9/5/2006 5 3 5 5 2 0 93 Box Scores 7 Richie Sexson SEA TOR 9/11/2006 4 3 4 5 2 1 91 Box Scores 8 Jonny Gomes TBA MIN 7/20/2006 4 3 4 5 2 1 91 Box Scores 9 Rickie Weeks MIL CIN 7/28/2006 3 3 3 6 2 1 89 Box Scores 10 Jason LaRue CIN HOU 7/26/2006 4 4 3 5 2 1 88 Box Scores 11 Mike Jacobs FLO SFN 6/6/2006 5 3 4 6 2 0 88 Box Scores 12 Vernon Wells TOR BAL 6/8/2006 5 3 4 6 2 0 88 Box Scores 13 Ben Broussard CLE KCA 8/12/2006 4 4 3 5 2 1 88 Box Scores 14 Brady Clark MIL WSH 9/16/2006 6 4 4 4 3 0 88 Box Scores 15 Mark Teixeira TEX SEA 8/10/2006 5 3 4 4 2 2 88 Box Scores 16 Aaron Rowand PHI CIN 5/13/2006 6 4 4 5 2 0 87 Box Scores 17 David Ortiz BOS NYA 5/2/2006 4 3 3 6 3 0 87 Box Scores 18 Andruw Jones ATL CHN 9/10/2006 5 2 4 7 2 0 86 Box Scores 19 Carlos Delgado NYN SDN 4/21/2006 4 3 3 6 2 1 86 Box Scores 20 Jason Giambi NYA SEA 7/18/2006 4 3 4 4 2 1 86 Box Scores 21 Troy Glaus TOR TBA 5/24/2006 4 3 4 4 2 1 86 Box Scores 22 Jeremy Hermida FLO NYN 8/1/2006 4 5 3 2 2 2 85 Box Scores 23 Carl Everett BAL CLE 4/20/2006 5 4 3 6 2 0 85 Box Scores 24 Chad Tracy ARI NYN 6/11/2006 3 3 3 5 2 1 84 Box Scores 25 Miguel Tejada BAL TBA 6/1/2006 4 4 4 3 1 1 82 Box Scores

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Top 100 Prospects

Batters

# Name Team Age Pos Contact Power Eye/Discipline Speed Range Level AVG HR RBI 1 Alex Gordon KCA 22 1B 16 17 16 12 11 Majors .207 2 16 2 Ian Stewart COL 21 3B 15 17 13 11 12 Majors .262 2 8 12 Matt LaPorta CHA 21 1B 12 19 16 9 12 AA .333 15 60 13 Eric Duncan NYA 21 3B 16 18 12 5 13 AAA .303 26 75 16 Lastings Milledge NYN 21 RF 18 18 10 18 13 AAA .282 13 50 18 Kendry Morales LAA 23 1B 15 13 13 5 10 Majors .000 0 0 19 Sergio Santos TOR 23 SS 13 15 9 9 14 AAA .324 34 106 21 Billy Butler KCA 20 1B 15 15 14 9 8 A .000 0 0 24 Troy Tulowitzki COL 22 SS 12 17 13 13 14 Majors .400 2 4 27 Marcus Sanders SFN 21 2B 17 9 18 19 12 Majors .000 0 0 30 Colby Rasmus STL 20 CF 15 12 14 16 15 AAA .270 5 12 32 Daric Barton OAK 21 1B 15 14 15 7 13 Majors .256 0 4 33 Corey Hart MIL 24 LF 11 17 13 14 9 AAA .349 28 73 34 Chris Marrero TOR 18 3B 12 15 18 12 16 Majors .000 0 0 35 Wes Hodges SEA 22 3B 17 11 14 14 13 AAA .319 8 22 36 Brennan Boesch WSH 21 RF 15 20 11 9 11 AAA .359 1 20 37 Travis Ishikawa SFN 23 1B 13 14 14 10 16 AAA .377 4 17 38 Wes Bankston TBA 22 1B 12 19 10 7 9 AAA .324 36 109 39 Justin Upton ARI 19 SS 15 17 17 19 14 A .238 15 40 40 Brandon Jones ATL 22 CF 14 12 11 15 13 AAA .412 11 38 43 Joey Votto CIN 23 1B 11 15 19 7 9 AAA .272 11 42 50 Brad Snyder CLE 24 RF 16 15 10 13 17 AAA .286 15 50 51 Chris Parmelee NYA 18 1B 14 13 12 10 16 Majors .000 0 0 52 Guillermo Quiroz TOR 24 C 11 13 10 3 15 AAA .324 27 89 53 Evan Longoria CLE 21 3B 15 18 10 13 13 AAA .294 3 27 57 B.J. Syzmanski CIN 24 CF 11 17 11 16 17 AA .350 1 4 59 Adam Jones SEA 21 CF 11 17 11 15 14 AA .278 31 82 61 Trevor Plouffe MIN 20 SS 15 10 11 12 18 AAA .000 0 0 62 Jeff Clement SEA 23 C 15 19 10 9 14 A .269 25 79 64 Michael Aubrey CLE 24 1B 14 11 14 10 16 AAA .293 20 84 65 Val Majewski BAL 25 RF 12 15 17 11 11 AAA .307 23 85 66 Josh Fields CHA 23 3B 13 18 6 7 12 AA .321 25 77 67 Greg Golson PHI 21 CF 15 11 11 17 15 Majors .271 0 12 68 Joel Guzman LAN 21 SS 13 18 10 11 10 AA .254 7 21 69 C.J. Henry NYA 20 SS 11 17 9 15 14 AAA .000 0 0 70 Jayson Nix COL 24 2B 11 15 15 12 13 AAA .303 10 50 71 Mark Fleury DET 18 1B 18 10 12 3 17 Majors .176 0 0 73 Jeff Larish DET 24 1B 12 15 15 4 9 AAA .262 3 13 75 Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 20 SS 12 17 14 13 11 A .276 17 60 76 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 23 CF 14 9 14 17 17 AA .240 0 9 79 Cody Johnson LAA 18 RF 11 20 13 12 15 A .286 15 43 81 Ryan Garko CLE 25 1B 14 15 12 6 11 AAA .286 18 69 88 Drew Stubbs BAL 22 CF 15 18 12 20 16 AA .253 0 19 90 Javier Herrera OAK 21 CF 12 17 13 15 14 AA .000 0 0 91 Wilkin Ramirez DET 21 3B 12 18 10 14 14 AAA .278 8 28 92 Ryan Braun MIL 23 3B 13 15 14 14 11 AAA .000 0 0 96 James Loney LAN 22 1B 15 9 11 5 11 AAA .334 26 73 100 Matt Antonelli WSH 21 3B 14 9 18 14 14 A .283 4 29

Pitchers

# Name Team Age Role Stuff Control Movement Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 3 Mark Rogers MIL 20 MR 20 14 18 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 4 Yovani Gallardo MIL 20 SP 17 17 20 A 13-2 2.39 150.1 129 43 118 5 Jeff Niemann TBA 23 SP 17 14 16 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 6 Homer Bailey CIN 20 MR 20 14 20 AA 4-2 2.86 78.2 69 25 95 7 Ricky Nolasco FLO 23 MR 15 20 16 AA 2-3 2.36 42.0 34 5 29 8 Mark McCormick STL 23 SP 20 12 18 AA 7-5 2.23 92.2 68 32 127 9 Jay Rainville MIN 21 MR 15 20 14 Majors 0-0 9.00 11.0 14 6 6 10 Thomas Diamond TEX 23 MR 16 14 18 AA 1-1 1.93 9.1 10 3 5 11 John Danks TEX 21 SP 15 19 15 AAA 0-2 4.50 18.0 24 8 13 14 Max Scherzer BOS 22 SP 20 17 20 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 15 Matt Walker TBA 20 SP 20 17 16 Majors 0-2 8.84 19.1 23 22 15 17 Philip Hughes NYA 20 MR 17 15 14 A 13-9 2.89 208.1 171 40 165 20 Clint Everts WSH 21 MR 17 16 15 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 22 Andrew Miller TBA 21 SP 20 10 18 A 4-8 4.15 86.2 82 31 78 23 Jeff Marquez NYA 22 SP 17 14 17 A 5-11 3.90 159.1 185 52 110 25 Anthony Swarzak MIN 21 SP 19 13 17 A 6-7 4.13 128.2 133 41 87 26 Wade Townsend TBA 23 SP 16 16 17 A 12-5 2.88 190.2 169 54 149 28 Chris Tillman CIN 18 SP 19 13 14 A 6-6 3.88 95.0 126 22 70 29 Adam Miller CLE 21 MR 17 10 17 AAA 0-0 4.22 10.2 13 8 10 31 Fernando Nieve CHN 24 MR 17 12 14 AA 7-3 2.03 97.1 79 25 95 41 Scott Mathieson PHI 23 MR 17 19 13 A 10-17 4.06 175.1 178 67 132 42 Yusmeiro Petit FLO 21 MR 13 16 19 AA 11-10 3.07 193.2 180 32 195 44 Jered Weaver LAA 24 SP 14 18 11 AAA 6-10 4.38 133.2 155 39 119 45 Chaz Roe COL 20 MR 16 11 20 A 7-11 3.31 190.1 164 62 186 46 Ben Fritz OAK 25 MR 15 17 15 Majors 0-0 4.50 2.0 1 0 2 47 Kyle Drabek TEX 18 SP 17 15 13 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 48 Mark Pawelek CHN 20 SP 18 15 15 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 49 Daniel Bard DET 21 SP 15 15 16 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 54 Lance Broadway CHA 23 SP 13 14 19 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 55 Collin Balester WSH 20 MR 15 15 15 AA 3-2 2.45 51.1 51 14 33 56 Dan Meyer OAK 25 MR 17 19 17 AAA 0-4 7.01 34.2 45 12 36 58 Jason Hammel TBA 24 MR 12 18 14 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 60 Jordan Walden KCA 19 SP 17 15 13 A 6-2 3.50 97.2 95 24 83 63 Anthony Lerew ATL 24 MR 10 18 15 AA 11-9 2.62 164.2 147 50 185 72 Mike Pelfrey NYN 22 MR 14 15 15 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 74 Nick Adenhart LAA 20 SP 16 16 13 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 77 Adam Loewen BAL 22 MR 18 14 11 A 7-12 4.19 174.0 192 53 139 78 Tom Gorzelanny PIT 24 MR 15 13 15 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 80 Jesse English SFN 22 MR 15 11 20 A 3-4 2.43 66.2 58 26 55 82 Don Levinski BAL 24 MR 17 13 17 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 83 Jake Dittler CLE 23 MR 15 12 16 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 84 Edgar Garcia PHI 20 MR 16 14 15 A 6-11 3.98 160.2 187 35 115 85 Hong-Chih Kuo LAN 25 SP 15 15 16 AA 6-4 2.79 100.0 78 23 117 86 Brett Anderson CHN 18 SP 12 18 15 A 5-1 2.24 60.1 60 14 52 87 Abe Alvarez BOS 24 MR 13 18 14 A 5-7 2.50 111.2 94 34 106 89 Greg Reynolds OAK 21 SP 15 15 16 AA 1-1 5.68 12.2 15 3 10 93 Ronald Collette STL 22 SP 13 17 19 A 7-4 3.61 92.1 88 19 65 94 Joba Chamberlain NYA 21 SP 15 13 13 AA 7-1 3.03 74.1 79 22 54 95 Shane Lindsay COL 21 SP 17 10 14 AA 7-4 2.29 90.1 74 29 92 97 Chris Lambert STL 23 SP 15 14 15 AA 2-1 2.00 36.0 25 16 37 98 Ryan Janssen TOR 25 MR 11 17 14 AAA 5-6 2.97 88.0 112 23 65 99 Garrett Mock ARI 23 SP 15 13 11 AA 3-0 1.26 35.2 26 6 35

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As I recap the past two years (2006 & 2007), I'm going to throw out stats for the most part as hopefully readers will be able to see what's happened up to the point I'm at now (about 70 games into 2009).

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3+ Home Runs
5/2/2006, 3 HR, David Ortiz (BOS), 6 RBI
5/28/2006, 3 HR, Troy Glaus (TOR), 5 RBI
7/23/2006, 3 HR, Jorge Posada (NYA), 6 RBI
9/10/2006, 3 HR, Albert Pujols (STL), 7 RBI
9/16/2006, 3 HR, Brady Clark (MIL), 4 RBI

6+ Hits in a Game
4/20/2006, 6 H in 6 AB, Jonny Gomes (TBA), 0 HR, 1 RBI

15+ K's in a Game

5/5/2006, 15 Ks, John Patterson (WSH), 9.0 IP, 3 HA, 0 ER, 1 BB

No Hitter

5/2/2006, Francisco Liriano (MIN), 10 K, 0 BB 5/19/2006, Andy Pettitte (HOU), 7 K, 1 BB 5/24/2006, Mark Prior (CHN), 11 K, 0 BB (PERFECT GAME!)

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What happened to Edmonds?

By the way, I'm extremely jealous. I wish I could have brought OOTP out here.

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Jeff Fassero retires ...
Fan loyalty drops to Very Good...
Dennis Tankersley becomes a free agent.
Brian Daubach gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Jason Isringhausen becomes a free agent.
So Taguchi gets a new one-year contract worth $694,286 through salary arbitration.
Gary Bennett becomes a free agent.
Mike Lincoln gets a new one-year contract worth $1,000,000 through salary arbitration.
Larry Bigbie gets a new one-year contract worth $900,000 through salary arbitration.
Chris Gissell becomes a free agent.
Sidney Ponson becomes a free agent.
Junior Spivey gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration.
Scott Spiezio becomes a free agent.
Cody McKay becomes a free agent.


2007 Recap
We finish in a tie for the wildcard with the Houston Astros as the Pittsburgh Pirates surprisingly win the Central this year.

We beat the Astros in a one game playoff and it's back into the playoffs we go for the 2nd year in a row.

P Mark Mulder will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
P Chad Cordero will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
C Yadier Molina will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
1B Albert Pujols will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
2B Junior Spivey will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!

Trades
Trade with Washington :
Washington gets :
RF Juan Encarnacion
We get :
P Chad Cordero

Trade with Detroit :
Detroit gets :
P Jeff Suppan
We get :
3B Pedro Feliz

Trade with Minnesota :
Minnesota gets :
P Braden Looper
We get :
P Jay Rainville

Trade with Los Angeles (N) :
Los Angeles (N) gets :
P Vicente Padilla
We get :
2B Delwyn Young

Cordero becomes our closer as Izzy files for free agency.

Active Roster

Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVG HR RBI SB OPS CATCHERS Yadier Molina 41 C 6/21/1982 Right Right .276 9 62 3 .738 Gary Bennett 29 C 4/17/1972 Right Right .291 2 22 0 .700 INFIELDER Albert Pujols 5 1B 1/16/1980 Right Right .356 34 112 22 1.066 Junior Spivey 37 2B 1/28/1975 Right Right .270 16 64 24 .749 Scott Rolen 27 3B 4/4/1975 Right Right .281 24 94 9 .851 David Eckstein 22 SS 1/20/1975 Right Right .271 4 52 35 .660 Hector Luna 7 2B 2/1/1980 Right Right .300 4 41 25 .738 Pedro Feliz 7 3B 4/27/1977 Right Right .294 18 78 0 .833 Brian Daubach 74 1B 2/11/1972 Left Right .200 1 3 0 .773 OUTFIELDER So Taguchi 99 LF 7/2/1969 Right Right .272 4 27 7 .666 John Rodriguez 69 RF 1/20/1978 Right Right .271 13 56 3 .716 Jim Edmonds 15 CF 6/27/1970 Left Left .242 20 70 8 .810 John Gall 81 RF 4/2/1978 Right Right .295 11 38 1 .831

Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Anthony Reyes 46 SP 10/16/1981 Right Right 3.54 4 6 0 1.33 Jason Marquis 21 SP 8/21/1978 Left Right 3.38 10 9 0 1.22 Adam Wainwright 70 SP 8/30/1981 Right Right 3.38 9 8 0 1.25 Chris Carpenter 29 SP 4/27/1976 Right Right 2.95 17 11 0 1.02 Mark Mulder 20 SP 8/5/1977 Left Left 2.96 20 7 0 1.17 RELIEVERS Chad Cordero 32 CL 3/18/1982 Right Right 2.79 3 3 42 0.95 Sean Tracey 98 MR 11/14/1980 Left Left 4.47 5 3 2 1.34 Brad Thompson 27 MR 1/31/1982 Right Right 3.31 2 4 2 1.25 Chuck James 20 MR 11/9/1981 Left Left 3.80 1 1 0 1.45 Josh Hancock 4 MR 4/11/1978 Right Right 4.14 0 3 0 1.43 Jake Woods 97 MR 9/3/1981 Left Left 3.14 3 2 0 1.26

Awards
Albert Pujols was named National League-Batter of the Year!
He batted .356 in 595 AB, with 34 homers and 112 RBI.
Catcher Gold Glove Winner: Yadier Molina!

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Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

What happened to Edmonds?

By the way, I'm extremely jealous. I wish I could have brought OOTP out here.

Not sure why he didn't show up in the 2006 Almanac. Updon further investigation, he was out with a broken hand and didn't make the playoffs. Here is his stats for 2006:

Year

G

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

R

BB

HP

SF

K

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

Teams

2006

144

482

116

40

4

15

79

68

51

1

4

155

5

4

.241

.312

.434

.746

STL

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The rest of the league 2007:

American League Standings

East

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Boston 90 72 .556 - 88-74 2 48-33 42-39 9-7 19-22 * L2 6-4 Tampa Bay 86 76 .531 4.0 83-79 3 46-35 40-41 9-4 31-21 - W2 6-4 Toronto 83 79 .512 7.0 77-85 6 41-40 42-39 2-5 24-17 - W1 6-4 New York (A) 80 82 .494 10.0 81-81 -1 40-41 40-41 3-6 16-23 - W2 5-5 Baltimore 63 99 .389 27.0 68-94 -5 31-50 32-49 3-8 12-24 - L2 3-7

Central

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Minnesota 85 77 .525 - 80-82 5 44-37 41-40 9-6 25-21 * W1 3-7 Chicago (A) 84 78 .519 1.0 84-78 0 46-35 38-43 11-4 29-17 - W2 6-4 Detroit 81 81 .500 4.0 86-76 -5 39-42 42-39 5-10 23-25 - L1 5-5 Cleveland 80 82 .494 5.0 86-76 -6 37-44 43-38 2-9 18-27 - L1 6-4 Kansas City 75 87 .463 10.0 83-79 -8 33-48 42-39 4-4 15-20 - L2 6-4

West

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Los Angeles (A) 101 61 .623 - 91-71 10 48-33 53-28 17-3 29-9 * W2 8-2 Seattle 82 80 .506 19.0 83-79 -1 34-47 48-33 7-6 27-17 - W3 4-6 Oakland 81 81 .500 20.0 87-75 -6 42-39 39-42 4-7 17-32 - L4 3-7 Texas 80 82 .494 21.0 77-85 3 39-42 41-40 7-6 22-21 - L2 4-6

National League Standings

East

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York (N) 89 73 .549 - 78-84 11 48-33 41-40 3-5 28-16 * W4 6-4 Atlanta 85 77 .525 4.0 87-75 -2 45-36 40-41 8-11 24-26 - W1 6-4 Philadelphia 78 84 .481 11.0 80-82 -2 38-43 40-41 6-10 22-24 - L3 5-5 Washington 72 90 .444 17.0 78-84 -6 38-43 34-47 6-8 23-29 - L1 6-4 Florida 69 93 .426 20.0 69-93 0 32-49 37-44 7-11 27-28 - L2 4-6

Central

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Pittsburgh 87 75 .537 - 81-81 6 48-33 39-42 12-6 32-25 * W1 3-7 St. Louis 87 76 .534 .5 95-68 -8 48-34 39-42 5-7 23-31 - W2 4-6 Houston 86 77 .528 1.5 90-73 -4 42-39 44-38 10-3 24-20 - L2 3-7 Chicago (N) 82 80 .506 5.0 85-77 -3 39-42 43-38 7-6 23-23 - W6 7-3 Milwaukee 82 80 .506 5.0 76-86 6 36-45 46-35 6-7 25-23 - W2 5-5 Cincinnati 74 88 .457 13.0 68-94 6 38-43 36-45 12-7 28-24 - L4 3-7

West

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Colorado 88 74 .543 - 92-70 -4 52-29 36-45 2-4 16-21 * L1 6-4 San Francisco 81 81 .500 7.0 75-87 6 41-40 40-41 8-8 28-26 - L1 6-4 San Diego 76 86 .469 12.0 77-85 -1 41-40 35-46 5-9 19-26 - W1 3-7 Los Angeles (N) 74 88 .457 14.0 73-89 1 36-45 38-43 5-6 20-30 - W4 8-2 Arizona 70 92 .432 18.0 73-89 -3 35-46 35-46 7-8 22-23 - L5 4-6

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2007 Postseason

Divisional Series:
Tampa Bay (1) against Los Angeles (A) (3)
Minnesota (3) against Boston (1)
St. Louis (1) against New York (N) (3)
Pittsburgh (1) against Colorado (3)
League Series:
Minnesota (2) against Los Angeles (A) (4)
Colorado (4) against New York (N) (2)
World Series:
Colorado (4) against Los Angeles (A) (1)
WINNER : Colorado

We lose again in the first round of the playoffs

The Angeles make it again, but the NL wins once again as Colorado and this bunch win the series easily:

Todd Helton	17	1B	8/20/1973	Left	Left	.330	26	100	0	.962
Brian Roberts	1	2B	10/9/1977	Both	Right	.308	26	105	51	.924
Melvin Mora	6	3B	2/2/1972	Right	Right	.278	20	90	16	.827
Troy Tulowitzki	56	SS	10/10/1984	Right	Right	.256	34	95	7	.839

Matt Holliday

5

LF

1/15/1980

Right

Right

.316

41

133

7

1.003

Brad Hawpe

11

RF

6/22/1979

Left

Left

.285

33

107

0

.892

Jeff Francis

37

SP

1/8/1981

Left

Left

2.94

15

9

0

1.10

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Win finish 9th in the power rankings in 2007

Power Rankings

RANK (Last Week) Team Points Tendency Record PCT AVG ERA Pyt.Rec Diff 1st (1st) Los Angeles (A) 119 o 101-61 .623 .286 4.62 91-71 10 2nd (2nd) New York (N) 103 o 89-73 .549 .272 4.68 78-84 11 3rd (3rd) Boston 101 o 90-72 .556 .268 4.47 88-74 2 4th (4th) Colorado 100 o 88-74 .543 .281 4.61 92-70 -4 5th (5th) Tampa Bay 99 o 86-76 .531 .281 4.32 83-79 3 6th (6th) Chicago (N) 98 o 82-80 .506 .273 4.42 85-77 -3 7th (7th) Atlanta 96 o 85-77 .525 .271 4.21 87-75 -2 8th (8th) Chicago (A) 96 o 84-78 .519 .273 4.66 84-78 0 9th (9th) St. Louis 95 o 87-76 .534 .273 3.70 95-68 -8 10th (10th) Toronto 94 o 83-79 .512 .267 4.90 77-85 6 11th (11th) Pittsburgh 93 o 87-75 .537 .256 4.09 81-81 6 12th (12th) Milwaukee 92 o 82-80 .506 .256 4.38 76-86 6 13th (13th) San Francisco 92 o 81-81 .500 .264 4.31 75-87 6 14th (14th) Cleveland 91 o 80-82 .494 .265 4.31 86-76 -6 15th (15th) Minnesota 90 o 85-77 .525 .280 4.45 80-82 5 16th (16th) Los Angeles (N) 90 o 74-88 .457 .254 4.50 73-89 1 17th (17th) Seattle 90 o 82-80 .506 .277 4.62 83-79 -1 18th (18th) Detroit 90 o 81-81 .500 .279 4.07 86-76 -5 19th (19th) Houston 90 o 86-77 .528 .258 4.14 90-73 -4 20th (20th) New York (A) 90 o 80-82 .494 .276 4.61 81-81 -1 21st (21st) Texas 86 o 80-82 .494 .271 5.13 77-85 3 22nd (22nd) Philadelphia 86 o 78-84 .481 .263 4.65 80-82 -2 23rd (23rd) Kansas City 84 o 75-87 .463 .278 4.71 83-79 -8 24th (24th) Oakland 84 o 81-81 .500 .259 4.27 87-75 -6 25th (25th) Washington 82 o 72-90 .444 .255 4.13 78-84 -6 26th (26th) San Diego 80 o 76-86 .469 .255 4.22 77-85 -1 27th (27th) Cincinnati 76 o 74-88 .457 .242 4.25 68-94 6 28th (28th) Arizona 74 o 70-92 .432 .262 5.02 73-89 -3 29th (29th) Florida 74 o 69-93 .426 .270 4.73 69-93 0 30th (30th) Baltimore 65 o 63-99 .389 .272 5.57 68-94 -5

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Breaking news 2007:

Thursday 10/26/2007: Cy Young Award winners announced Rich Harden was named the American League Cy Young Award winner today. Oakland's right-hander put up fabulous numbers this year which earned him the highest award a pitcher can receive. Rich has a record of 18-10 this season, with an ERA of 3.01. In 263.1 Innings he was able to strike out 284 batters. He has 5 complete games and 2 shutouts. He's 3rd in the American League in ERA and 2nd in wins! All the hard work finally paid off for Houston's David Bush as well. The right-hander was named the Cy Young Award winner in the National League today. This season Bush compiled an ERA of 3.17, going 22-7 in 35 starts. He fanned 157 while giving up 231 hits in 236 innings. David has pitched one shutout and 2 complete games. He's 7th in the National League in ERA and 1st in wins!

Thursday 10/26/2007: Teixeira and Pujols win MVP Award It was a day to remember for Texas' Mark Teixeira, who won the American League MVP Award today. It put the finishing touches on what has been a tremendous season for the slugger. Mark has gone 169 for 545 (.310) this season, hitting 41 homeruns and driving in 105 runs. He has scored 99 runs on his own. He's 8th in the American League in batting, 4th in homeruns and 9th in RBI! The MVP Award in the National League was handed to St. Louis' first baseman Albert Pujols! While compiling an on base percentage of .427, Albert hit .356 and slugged .639. He has collected 112 runs batted in this year. He's 1st in the National League in batting and 6th in RBI! Pujols wins the award for the 2nd time in his 6-year career.

Thursday 10/26/2007: Colorado's Mitchell named Rookie of the Year Award Alex Gordon was named the American League Rookie of the Year Award winner today. Kansas City's first baseman put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 23 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Alex is hitting .291 this year, with 184 hits in 633 at bats. He has driven in 90 runs, slugging .479. Jared Mitchell was named the National League Rookie of the Year Award winner today. Colorado's centerfielder put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 19 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! He has hit 17 bombs while batting .318 this season. His 200 hits and 35 walks add up to a .355 on-base percentage. He's 6th in the National League in batting!

Albert Pujols wins the MVP once again, two years in a row now!!

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PAYROLLS

# Team Payroll 1 New York (A) $134,482,400 2 Chicago (A) $101,325,571 3 New York (N) $94,669,571 4 Philadelphia $94,544,286 5 Los Angeles (N) $93,757,114 6 Boston $91,135,771 7 Chicago (N) $84,465,600 8 San Francisco $78,565,686 9 Los Angeles (A) $76,780,643 10 Houston $73,934,672 11 Minnesota $72,169,486 12 San Diego $71,930,957 13 St. Louis $71,130,286 14 Toronto $64,572,729 15 Milwaukee $63,296,000 16 Seattle $61,361,371 17 Texas $61,335,300 18 Washington $59,918,657 19 Cincinnati $58,064,800 20 Cleveland $57,657,400 21 Arizona $56,770,000 22 Detroit $56,345,543 23 Colorado $56,206,343 24 Atlanta $51,930,171 25 Pittsburgh $47,575,943 26 Oakland $47,353,871 27 Kansas City $43,479,715 28 Tampa Bay $41,837,700 29 Baltimore $41,062,428 30 Florida $32,858,857

HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS

# Pos Name Team Salary 1 3B Alex Rodriguez NYA $27,000,000 2 P Roy Oswalt CHN $19,925,200 3 SS Derek Jeter NYA $19,600,000 4 LF Manny Ramirez BOS $19,000,000 5 P Barry Zito MIN $18,000,200 6 P Andy Pettitte HOU $17,500,000 7 1B Todd Helton COL $17,500,000 8 CF Carlos Beltran NYN $17,000,000 9 1B Albert Pujols STL $15,500,000 10 RF Magglio Ordonez DET $15,000,000 11 RF Bobby Abreu PHI $14,750,000 12 1B Lance Berkman HOU $14,500,000 13 RF Shawn Green NYN $14,000,000 14 1B Carlos Delgado NYN $13,975,000 15 P Curt Schilling BOS $13,500,000 16 RF Vladimir Guerrero LAA $13,500,000 17 3B Scott Rolen STL $13,250,000 18 P Pedro Martinez ARI $13,166,000 19 1B Richie Sexson SEA $13,160,000 20 CF Andruw Jones PIT $13,000,000 21 P Bartolo Colon LAA $13,000,000 22 SS Rafael Furcal LAN $13,000,000 23 LF Hideki Matsui NYA $13,000,000 24 CF Johnny Damon NYA $13,000,000 25 SS Julio Lugo CHA $12,776,700

ATTENDANCE

# Team ATTENDANCE 2007 ATTENDANCE 2006 1 Chicago (N) 3,726,762 3,573,972 2 St. Louis 3,703,714 3,439,467 3 Los Angeles (A) 3,505,801 3,336,004 4 Minnesota 3,397,605 2,749,804 5 San Diego 3,248,587 3,555,532 6 San Francisco 3,002,361 3,156,882 7 Chicago (A) 2,891,603 2,719,166 8 Atlanta 2,825,573 2,890,752 9 Houston 2,824,277 2,866,021 10 Cleveland 2,822,581 2,783,418 11 Oakland 2,728,022 2,465,483 12 Arizona 2,712,864 2,400,183 13 New York (N) 2,690,094 2,277,919 14 Boston 2,607,492 2,714,965 15 New York (A) 2,590,032 3,204,868 16 Colorado 2,296,787 1,749,060 17 Pittsburgh 2,226,455 2,037,635 18 Washington 2,220,904 2,647,685 19 Toronto 2,220,413 2,001,838 20 Milwaukee 2,184,232 2,187,842 21 Tampa Bay 2,181,970 1,550,559 22 Philadelphia 2,136,803 2,883,308 23 Los Angeles (N) 1,954,842 2,712,303 24 Detroit 1,880,354 1,958,930 25 Cincinnati 1,763,645 1,932,074 26 Texas 1,759,521 2,160,624 27 Florida 1,757,172 2,243,841 28 Seattle 1,733,324 2,398,983 29 Baltimore 1,731,170 2,455,665 30 Kansas City 1,341,794 1,655,352

Team Focus & Age

# Team Focus Team Age 1 New York (N) Win Now! 30.70 2 New York (A) Win Now! 30.10 3 San Diego Balanced 30.07 4 St. Louis Win Now! 29.94 5 Houston Win Now! 29.90 6 Philadelphia Balanced 29.58 7 Milwaukee Rebuilding! 29.55 8 Arizona Rebuilding! 29.54 9 Cincinnati Win Now! 29.47 10 San Francisco Win Now! 29.42 11 Texas Rebuilding! 29.38 12 Washington Balanced 29.19 13 Los Angeles (N) Balanced 29.11 14 Cleveland Balanced 29.01 15 Los Angeles (A) Win Now! 28.96 16 Toronto Balanced 28.91 17 Boston Win Now! 28.90 18 Chicago (A) Balanced 28.69 19 Oakland Balanced 28.68 20 Colorado Balanced 28.29 21 Seattle Balanced 28.25 22 Baltimore Rebuilding! 27.95 23 Minnesota Balanced 27.84 24 Kansas City Rebuilding! 27.74 25 Detroit Balanced 27.50 26 Chicago (N) Balanced 27.43 27 Atlanta Balanced 27.41 28 Tampa Bay Balanced 27.40 29 Pittsburgh Balanced 26.75 30 Florida Rebuilding! 26.54 AVERAGE 28.77

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Why do you change team focus? I tought it doesn't mstter for human team.

Do you sim weekly? If so how you handle the 3 day waiver wire?

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Originally Posted by jbmagic

Why do you change team focus? I tought it doesn't mstter for human team.

Do you sim weekly? If so how you handle the 3 day waiver wire?

I think it effects trade offers to you by the computer teams.

Yep, week by week.. only playing a game here or two and ALL postseason games. I think it also makes waivers fair. Now if it's my player on waivers, I sim game by game until that's done with.. the same if someone is coming off of the DL.

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Trades

Trade between St. Louis and Washington :
Washington gets :
RF Juan Encarnacion
St. Louis gets :
P Chad Cordero

Trade between New York (N) and Tampa Bay :
Tampa Bay gets :
1B Craig Brazell
New York (N) gets :
LF Joey Gathright
P Jon Barratt

Trade between Colorado and Minnesota :
Minnesota gets :
3B Garrett Atkins
C Dan Conway
Colorado gets :
CF Jared Mitchell

Trade between Kansas City and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
1B Matt LeCroy
Kansas City gets :
CF Corey Patterson
P Omar Anez

Trade between Seattle and Philadelphia :
Philadelphia gets :
3B Adrian Beltre
Seattle gets :
CF Greg Golson
P Zach Dixon
SS Jodam Rivera

Trade between Toronto and New York (A) :
New York (A) gets :
RF Reed Johnson
P Danny Hill
Toronto gets :
2B Robinson Cano

Trade between Pittsburgh and Atlanta :
Atlanta gets :
P Zach Duke
1B Jean Everett
P Stan Maxwell
Pittsburgh gets :
CF Andruw Jones

Trade between Chicago (A) and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
SS Juan Uribe
Chicago (A) gets :
P Bruce Chen
P Craig Whitaker

Trade between Houston and Milwaukee :
Milwaukee gets :
LF Preston Wilson
Houston gets :
P David Bush
P Colton Willems

Trade between Houston and Washington :
Washington gets :
LF Jody Gerut
Houston gets :
3B Matt Antonelli
CF Larry Barnes
P Jonah Bayliss

Trade between Minnesota and Detroit :
Detroit gets :
3B Pedro Feliz
P Matt Garza
Minnesota gets :
2B Omar Infante

Trade between Boston and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
2B Mark Loretta
Boston gets :
P Jonathan Sanchez

Trade between San Diego and Cincinnati :
Cincinnati gets :
2B Miguel Cairo
$2,400,000 cash.
San Diego gets :
P George Schmidt
CF Derek Lopez
C Miguel Perez

Trade between San Diego and Cincinnati :
Cincinnati gets :
LF Terrmel Sledge
San Diego gets :
SS Jeff Bianchi
P Travis Chick

Trade between Florida and Oakland :
Oakland gets :
P Dontrelle Willis
Florida gets :
2B Antonio Perez
P Vince Mazzaro
P Enrique Guillaume

Trade between St. Louis and Detroit :
Detroit gets :
P Jeff Suppan
St. Louis gets :
3B Pedro Feliz

Trade between St. Louis and Minnesota :
Minnesota gets :
P Braden Looper
St. Louis gets :
P Jay Rainville

Trade between Baltimore and Colorado :
Colorado gets :
2B Brian Roberts
Baltimore gets :
3B Ian Stewart
P Bernardo Leon
C Neil Wilson

Trade between Pittsburgh and Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
P Ian Snell
2B Bryan Blaha
Pittsburgh gets :
1B Justin Huber

Trade between St. Louis and Los Angeles (N) :
Los Angeles (N) gets :
P Vicente Padilla
St. Louis gets :
2B Delwyn Young

Trade between Atlanta and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
1B Adam LaRoche
Atlanta gets :
RF Nate Schierholtz
P Emilio Mota

Trade between Atlanta and New York (A) :
New York (A) gets :
2B Ray Durham
$2,200,000 cash.
Atlanta gets :
3B C.J. Henry
LF Emerson Fazio

Trade between Cincinnati and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
P Kirk Saarloos
C Mark Brewster
Cincinnati gets :
3B Scott Hodges

Trade between Arizona and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
2B Orlando Hudson
Arizona gets :
CF Shane Robinson
C William Ballard

Trade between Philadelphia and San Diego :
San Diego gets :
2B David Bell
Philadelphia gets :
P Horacio Ramirez
P Ramon Ramirez

Trade between Chicago (A) and Houston :
Houston gets :
SS Alex Cintron
Chicago (A) gets :
C Vin DiFazio
2B Jonny Ash

Trade between Colorado and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
3B Jeff Baker
Colorado gets :
P Nickolas Greene

Trade between Oakland and Washington :
Washington gets :
SS Mike Rouse
Oakland gets :
P Phillip Vanderpool

Trade between Baltimore and Minnesota :
Minnesota gets :
RF Jay Gibbons
Baltimore gets :
CF Alex Romero
P Adan Partida

Trade between Chicago (A) and New York (A) :
New York (A) gets :
RF Rob Mackowiak
Chicago (A) gets :
LF Austin Jackson
2B Patricio Estrada
P Jose Garcia

Trade between Texas and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
2B Ruddy Yan
Texas gets :
RF Nolan Reimold
SS Wesley Blake
P Alex Bosco

Trade between Kansas City and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
P Ian Snell
3B Casey McGehee
Kansas City gets :
P Hayden Penn

Trade between Los Angeles (A) and San Francisco :
San Francisco gets :
RF Juan Rivera
Los Angeles (A) gets :
SS Grant Green
P Phillip Music

Trade between Kansas City and Florida :
Florida gets :
LF Mitch Maier
Kansas City gets :
P Scott Olsen
P Enrique Guillaume
2B Adan Ferebee

Trade between Cincinnati and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
P Aaron Harang
P Cecil Banda
Cincinnati gets :
3B Ian Stewart

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Top Performances 2007

PITCHERS

# Player Team Opponent Date IP HA R ER BB K SCORE BOX 1 Oliver Perez PIT MIL 6/13/2007 9.0 0 0 0 3 13 97 Box Scores 2 Humberto Sanchez DET SEA 9/2/2007 9.0 0 0 0 2 9 94 Box Scores 3 Ben Sheets MIL FLO 10/1/2007 8.0 1 0 0 0 12 92 Box Scores 4 Jason Schmidt SFN LAN 9/27/2007 9.0 2 0 0 0 8 91 Box Scores 5 Vince Perkins SFN COL 5/28/2007 9.0 3 0 0 1 11 91 Box Scores 6 Roy Halladay TOR FLO 6/25/2007 9.0 1 0 0 0 6 91 Box Scores 7 C.C. Sabathia CLE TBA 7/7/2007 9.0 2 0 0 2 9 90 Box Scores 8 Rich Harden OAK TOR 5/8/2007 9.0 4 0 0 0 11 90 Box Scores 9 Kerry Wood CHN NYN 9/17/2007 9.0 4 0 0 2 12 89 Box Scores 10 Javier Vazquez CHA MIL 6/17/2007 8.2 2 0 0 2 11 89 Box Scores 11 Ian Snell BAL DET 6/21/2007 8.1 2 0 0 1 11 89 Box Scores 12 Zach Duke ATL MIL 7/14/2007 9.0 4 0 0 0 10 89 Box Scores 13 Ted Lilly LAA OAK 6/9/2007 9.0 2 0 0 0 6 89 Box Scores 14 A.J. Burnett TOR BAL 6/2/2007 9.0 2 1 1 0 10 89 Box Scores 15 Noah Lowry SFN LAN 4/30/2007 9.0 4 0 0 1 11 89 Box Scores 16 Mark Prior CHN HOU 4/3/2007 8.2 5 0 0 1 15 88 Box Scores 17 Mike Hinckley WSH TBA 5/21/2007 9.0 3 0 0 2 9 88 Box Scores 18 Edwin Jackson TBA NYA 6/7/2007 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 87 Box Scores 19 Merkin Valdez SFN TEX 6/23/2007 8.2 3 0 0 1 10 87 Box Scores 20 Doug Davis MIL WSH 9/16/2007 9.0 3 0 0 2 8 87 Box Scores 21 Jered Weaver LAA OAK 7/3/2007 9.0 3 0 0 1 7 87 Box Scores 22 Dan Haren KCA MIN 7/28/2007 9.0 4 0 0 1 9 87 Box Scores 23 Mark Buehrle FLO WSH 8/9/2007 9.0 4 0 0 1 9 87 Box Scores 24 Jorge Sosa SEA TEX 8/27/2007 7.1 1 0 0 2 12 86 Box Scores 25 Adam Wainwright STL DET 6/30/2007 9.0 4 0 0 2 9 86 Box Scores

BATTERS

# Player Team Opponent Date AB R H RBI HR BB SCORE BOX 1 Magglio Ordonez DET KCA 5/13/2007 5 4 4 8 3 0 111 Box Scores 2 Derrek Lee CHN FLO 8/13/2007 5 4 5 6 1 1 104 Box Scores 3 J.J. Hardy MIL LAN 8/4/2007 6 5 6 4 1 0 103 Box Scores 4 Eric Chavez OAK SEA 9/10/2007 5 3 3 7 3 2 99 Box Scores 5 Jeff Francouer ATL NYN 7/3/2007 5 3 3 9 3 0 99 Box Scores 6 Aubrey Huff TBA CHA 9/9/2007 4 4 4 6 2 0 98 Box Scores 7 Troy Glaus TOR TBA 8/5/2007 3 4 3 5 3 1 97 Box Scores 8 Lance Berkman HOU LAN 5/10/2007 6 5 4 5 2 0 94 Box Scores 9 Grady Sizemore CLE MIN 8/20/2007 6 5 5 3 1 1 93 Box Scores 10 Scott Rolen STL CHN 7/29/2007 4 3 4 5 2 1 91 Box Scores 11 Morgan Ensberg HOU LAN 5/10/2007 5 4 4 5 1 1 89 Box Scores 12 Eric Munson HOU STL 5/18/2007 4 4 4 4 2 0 88 Box Scores 13 Alex Sanchez ARI NYN 8/5/2007 4 3 3 6 3 0 87 Box Scores 14 Ronny Cedeno CHN FLO 8/12/2007 7 3 6 3 1 1 86 Box Scores 15 Kevin Mench TEX ARI 6/28/2007 4 3 3 6 2 1 86 Box Scores 16 Jose Vidro WSH NYN 5/31/2007 5 2 5 6 1 0 85 Box Scores 17 Joey Gathright NYN BAL 6/27/2007 5 5 5 2 0 1 85 Box Scores 18 Jorge Cantu TBA TEX 7/15/2007 5 4 4 4 2 0 85 Box Scores 19 Mark Teixeira TEX NYA 5/14/2007 5 3 4 4 3 0 84 Box Scores 20 Ryan Howard PHI WSH 6/15/2007 5 3 3 6 3 0 84 Box Scores 21 Brad Wilkerson TEX MIN 4/13/2007 3 3 3 4 2 2 84 Box Scores 22 Brian Roberts COL KCA 6/11/2007 4 4 3 4 2 1 83 Box Scores 23 Bobby Abreu PHI WSH 8/17/2007 4 4 3 4 2 1 83 Box Scores 24 Ronnie Belliard SFN TEX 6/3/2007 7 4 5 4 1 0 83 Box Scores 25 Alex Rodriguez NYA BAL 9/30/2007 5 3 3 7 2 0 83 Box Scores

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Top 100 Prospects

Batters

# Name Team Age Pos Contact Power Eye/Discipline Speed Range Level AVG HR RBI 1 Jay Petrucci PIT 18 2B 17 15 20 11 10 AAA .313 8 30 3 Cody Johnson LAA 19 RF 11 20 13 12 15 AAA .283 30 87 4 Damien Galvan PHI 21 3B 19 18 20 5 12 AAA .326 10 41 5 Wes Bankston TBA 23 1B 12 19 13 7 9 AAA .320 49 127 6 Kendry Morales LAA 24 1B 15 13 13 5 10 AAA .340 31 90 9 Jeff Larish DET 25 1B 14 17 18 4 9 AAA .303 28 91 13 Colby Rasmus STL 21 CF 15 12 14 16 15 AAA .324 19 76 16 Chris Nelson COL 22 2B 16 19 14 11 12 A .300 21 77 18 Lastings Milledge NYN 22 RF 18 18 10 18 13 AAA .276 18 79 20 Marcelo Desalvo COL 21 RF 16 15 20 12 17 A .308 13 46 21 Drew Stubbs BAL 23 CF 15 18 12 20 18 AAA .275 0 2 22 Matt LaPorta CHA 22 1B 12 19 16 9 12 Majors .211 0 2 24 Tommy Stinson KCA 18 CF 20 18 18 9 13 AA .236 3 15 26 Chris Marrero TOR 19 3B 12 15 18 12 16 Majors .279 0 16 28 Michael Aubrey CLE 25 1B 14 11 14 10 16 AAA .331 24 101 30 Billy Butler KCA 21 1B 15 15 14 9 8 AA .288 21 96 31 Jermel Lomack PIT 24 2B 13 9 19 15 18 AA .225 3 5 32 Brad Snyder CLE 25 RF 16 15 10 13 16 AAA .309 21 74 33 Eric Duncan NYA 22 3B 16 18 12 5 13 AAA .267 18 54 34 Andrew Jaworski BOS 21 1B 12 9 20 5 9 AAA .351 16 72 37 Matt Moses MIN 22 1B 18 11 8 9 9 Majors .364 6 20 38 Christopher Dowd SDN 21 RF 14 16 17 6 13 AA .303 10 33 39 Joel Guzman LAN 22 SS 13 18 10 11 10 AAA .271 3 12 41 No-ran Tetsu BAL 19 2B 14 15 16 3 8 AAA .000 0 0 42 Adam Jones SEA 22 CF 10 17 15 15 14 AA .279 23 59 43 C.J. Henry ATL 21 3B 14 17 13 15 11 AAA .288 11 60 46 Andrew Clark ATL 20 1B 14 16 11 5 15 AAA .000 0 0 47 Ryan Adams SDN 20 SS 16 10 11 15 15 A .304 4 71 48 Wes Hodges SEA 23 3B 17 11 14 14 13 Majors .258 0 5 52 Keith Newsom SFN 22 1B 13 17 14 2 3 AA .325 12 43 56 Delwyn Young STL 25 2B 14 11 6 6 16 AAA .350 30 90 57 Hunter Pence HOU 24 RF 15 14 11 11 9 AAA .344 15 48 58 Jeff Clement SEA 24 C 15 19 6 9 14 AA .266 23 68 59 Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 21 SS 12 17 14 13 12 A .232 20 83 62 Vicente Martinez FLO 18 LF 13 15 20 3 3 A .285 4 29 63 Andre Ethier DET 24 LF 12 10 13 11 12 AAA .340 25 99 65 Andrew McCutchen PIT 21 CF 14 10 12 17 16 Majors .000 0 0 66 Alex Romero BAL 24 CF 13 11 15 10 9 AAA .326 20 81 67 Jose Tabata NYA 19 CF 12 17 14 13 9 AAA .298 5 46 68 John Mayberry Jr. TEX 24 1B 11 18 12 9 19 Majors .179 0 4 69 James Ivie LAN 23 2B 13 16 18 11 9 A .282 18 89 72 Joey Votto CIN 24 1B 11 15 19 7 9 AAA .262 23 66 73 Brian Dopirak CHN 24 1B 13 19 7 4 8 Majors .151 4 9 75 Mark Robinson MIN 21 RF 15 11 16 5 5 AA .261 5 12 77 Matt Antonelli HOU 22 3B 10 9 18 14 14 AA .302 5 37 78 Chris Snelling BAL 25 RF 11 11 15 9 16 AAA .330 15 78 79 Shane Robinson ARI 22 CF 16 5 16 18 14 A .276 22 70 81 Myron Leslie OAK 25 3B 14 11 16 6 9 AAA .304 16 67 82 George Kottaras SDN 24 C 13 18 12 7 10 A .316 8 57 83 Justin Upton ARI 20 SS 11 13 17 19 14 A .211 14 58 85 Chad Tracy SDN 22 C 16 11 9 5 12 AAA .318 14 40 87 Josh Fields CHA 24 3B 13 18 6 7 12 AAA .313 25 69 88 B.J. Syzmanski CIN 25 RF 11 17 11 16 12 Majors .400 1 2 89 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 24 LF 14 9 14 17 14 Majors .158 0 0 90 Eddy Martnez-Esteve TBA 24 LF 14 17 16 6 5 AA .285 12 57 94 Brian McFall KCA 23 LF 9 17 13 14 9 AA .305 26 72 97 Matt Esquivel ATL 24 RF 15 16 8 11 15 AAA .000 0 0 99 Asdrubal Cabrera SEA 21 SS 13 9 11 12 16 AAA .386 5 28

Pitchers

# Name Team Age Role Stuff Control Movement Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 2 Yovani Gallardo MIL 21 MR 17 17 20 A 10-10 2.67 195.2 170 67 147 7 Edgar Garcia PHI 21 MR 20 17 15 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 8 Chris Tillman CIN 19 SP 19 13 14 A 12-7 2.31 191.0 150 66 156 10 Homer Bailey CIN 21 MR 20 14 20 AA 1-3 2.37 68.1 55 30 68 11 Andrew Miller TBA 22 MR 20 10 20 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 12 Thomas Diamond TEX 24 MR 16 14 18 AA 6-1 1.70 74.1 55 23 58 14 Philip Hughes NYA 21 MR 17 18 17 A 6-5 2.84 111.0 89 32 101 15 Aaron Thompson FLO 20 MR 19 13 15 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 17 JoJo Reyes ATL 22 MR 18 15 15 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 19 Taylor Hammack COL 19 MR 18 16 13 Majors 0-0 0.00 1.0 0 2 0 23 Max Scherzer BOS 23 SP 20 17 20 AA 8-11 4.20 162.2 159 65 147 25 Clint Everts WSH 22 MR 17 16 15 AAA 1-0 3.96 25.0 28 8 19 27 Jeff Marquez NYA 23 MR 17 18 17 A 5-4 3.70 158.0 155 50 94 29 Adam Loewen BAL 23 MR 18 14 11 AA 5-3 1.67 59.1 45 13 50 35 Wade Townsend TBA 24 SP 16 13 17 AAA 3-2 4.28 40.0 35 19 34 36 Wade Davis TBA 22 SP 20 13 7 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 40 Ronald Collette STL 22 SP 14 18 20 A 4-13 4.40 165.2 169 64 117 44 Jay Rainville STL 22 MR 12 20 14 DL 45 Chad Billingsley LAN 23 SP 19 14 9 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 49 Josh Banks TOR 25 SP 15 20 14 Majors 0-0 6.43 7.0 4 2 5 50 Collin Balester WSH 21 MR 15 15 15 AAA 0-0 3.68 22.0 20 7 17 51 Mauro Cortes ARI 21 SP 13 18 17 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 53 Fernando Nieve CHN 25 MR 19 16 17 AAA 1-2 6.23 52.0 61 24 50 54 Kyle Drabek TEX 19 SP 17 15 13 AAA 1-3 5.02 28.2 34 11 26 55 Shane Lindsay COL 22 MR 17 10 14 AAA 2-2 2.84 38.0 44 10 40 60 Greg Reynolds OAK 22 SP 15 15 12 AA 8-7 3.33 165.0 168 37 123 61 Anthony Swarzak MIN 22 MR 19 9 17 A 10-8 4.32 179.0 187 71 132 64 Clay Buchholz BOS 23 SP 18 13 13 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 70 Jared Hicks SEA 18 SP 17 13 16 AA 3-4 4.44 93.1 107 26 83 71 Josh Butler HOU 22 SP 15 13 16 A 15-7 3.07 199.2 169 45 193 74 Miguel Pinango NYN 24 SP 18 15 7 AA 4-5 2.52 75.0 70 28 73 76 Joshua Turbeville TEX 22 SP 9 19 19 AA 9-4 2.55 113.0 106 20 89 80 Ryan Tucker FLO 21 MR 20 11 14 A 2-6 5.04 69.2 90 43 40 84 Troy Patton HOU 22 MR 14 14 11 AA 5-3 2.69 77.0 76 29 55 86 Jake Dittler CLE 24 MR 15 12 16 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 91 Juan Gutierrez HOU 23 MR 16 12 15 AAA 1-0 6.75 9.1 12 2 10 92 Daryl Thompson WSH 21 MR 17 16 11 A 11-8 4.53 172.2 192 73 132 93 Garrett Mock ARI 24 SP 15 13 11 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 95 Christian Jackson NYA 22 MR 14 13 16 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 96 Phillip Vanderpool OAK 23 SP 7 18 19 AAA 7-6 3.62 114.1 131 28 64 98 Abe Alvarez BOS 25 MR 13 18 14 AA 8-6 2.94 107.0 103 29 93 100 Gregory Corman TBA 21 MR 13 16 16 A 1-2 4.41 34.2 44 23 29

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Top Minor League Systems

Minor League Systems

# Team Points Top 5 Prospects 1 Tampa Bay 109 1B Wes Bankston (5th), P Andrew Miller (11th), P Wade Townsend (35th), P Wade Davis (36th), LF Eddy Martnez-Esteve (90th) 2 Los Angeles (A) 89 RF Cody Johnson (3rd), 1B Kendry Morales (6th), 3 Cincinnati 86 P Chris Tillman (8th), P Homer Bailey (10th), 1B Joey Votto (73rd), RF B.J. Syzmanski (88th), 4 Colorado 83 2B Chris Nelson (16th), P Taylor Hammack (19th), RF Marcelo Desalvo (21st), P Shane Lindsay (56th), 5 Philadelphia 83 3B Damien Galvan (4th), P Edgar Garcia (7th), 6 New York (A) 82 P Philip Hughes (14th), P Jeff Marquez (20th), 3B Eric Duncan (33rd), CF Jose Tabata (68th), P Christian Jackson (97th) 7 Pittsburgh 72 2B Jay Petrucci (1st), 2B Jermel Lomack (31st), CF Andrew McCutchen (69th), 8 St. Louis 68 CF Colby Rasmus (13th), P Ronald Collette (40th), P Jay Rainville (44th), 2B Delwyn Young (58th), 9 Baltimore 65 CF Drew Stubbs (22nd), P Adam Loewen (28th), 2B No-ran Tetsu (41st), CF Alex Romero (67th), RF Chris Snelling (79th) 10 Texas 53 P Thomas Diamond (12th), P Kyle Drabek (55th), 1B John Mayberry Jr. (70th), P Joshua Turbeville (74th), 11 Atlanta 52 P JoJo Reyes (17th), 3B C.J. Henry (43rd), 1B Andrew Clark (46th), 12 Milwaukee 50 P Yovani Gallardo (2nd), 13 Boston 50 P Max Scherzer (23rd), 1B Andrew Jaworski (34th), P Clay Buchholz (64th), P Abe Alvarez (71st), LF Jacoby Ellsbury (94th) 14 Seattle 47 CF Adam Jones (42nd), 3B Wes Hodges (48th), C Jeff Clement (59th), SS Matt Tuiasosopo (61st), P Jared Hicks (72nd) 15 Detroit 45 1B Jeff Larish (9th), LF Andre Ethier (66th), 16 Florida 43 P Aaron Thompson (15th), LF Vicente Martinez (65th), P Ryan Tucker (82nd), 17 Kansas City 40 CF Tommy Stinson (26th), 1B Billy Butler (30th), LF Brian McFall (95th), 18 Los Angeles (N) 39 SS Joel Guzman (39th), P Chad Billingsley (45th), 2B James Ivie (47th), P Justin Orenduff (98th), 19 Cleveland 38 1B Michael Aubrey (29th), RF Brad Snyder (32nd), P Jake Dittler (86th), 20 San Diego 37 RF Christopher Dowd (38th), SS Ryan Adams (49th), C George Kottaras (57th), C Chad Tracy (92nd), 21 Toronto 33 3B Chris Marrero (27th), P Josh Banks (51st), LF Adam Lind (85th), 22 Washington 33 P Clint Everts (25th), P Collin Balester (50th), P Daryl Thompson (93rd), 23 New York (N) 32 RF Lastings Milledge (18th), P Miguel Pinango (75th), 24 Minnesota 28 1B Matt Moses (37th), P Anthony Swarzak (63rd), RF Mark Robinson (76th), 25 Chicago (A) 23 1B Matt LaPorta (24th), 3B Josh Fields (87th), 26 Houston 22 RF Hunter Pence (60th), P Josh Butler (77th), 3B Matt Antonelli (80th), P Troy Patton (84th), P Juan Gutierrez (91st) 27 Arizona 19 P Mauro Cortes (52nd), CF Shane Robinson (81st), SS Justin Upton (83rd), P Garrett Mock (96th), 28 Chicago (N) 15 P Fernando Nieve (53rd), 1B Brian Dopirak (78th), 29 Oakland 10 P Greg Reynolds (62nd), 3B Myron Leslie (89th), P Phillip Vanderpool (99th), 30 San Francisco 9 1B Keith Newsom (54th),

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LEAGUE HISTORY - 3+ HR

5/2/2006, 3 HR, David Ortiz (BOS), 6 RBI 5/28/2006, 3 HR, Troy Glaus (TOR), 5 RBI 7/23/2006, 3 HR, Jorge Posada (NYA), 6 RBI 9/10/2006, 3 HR, Albert Pujols (STL), 7 RBI 9/16/2006, 3 HR, Brady Clark (MIL), 4 RBI 5/13/2007, 3 HR, Magglio Ordonez (DET), 8 RBI 5/14/2007, 3 HR, Mark Teixeira (TEX), 4 RBI 6/15/2007, 3 HR, Ryan Howard (PHI), 6 RBI 7/3/2007, 3 HR, Jeff Francouer (ATL), 9 RBI 8/4/2007, 3 HR, Felix Pie (CHN), 4 RBI 8/5/2007, 3 HR, Troy Glaus (TOR), 5 RBI 8/5/2007, 3 HR, Alex Sanchez (ARI), 6 RBI 8/11/2007, 3 HR, Jason Bay (PIT), 3 RBI 8/17/2007, 3 HR, Jim Thome (BOS), 4 RBI 9/10/2007, 3 HR, Eric Chavez (OAK), 7 RBI LEAGUE HISTORY - 6+ HITS 4/20/2006, 6 H in 6 AB, Jonny Gomes (TBA), 0 HR, 1 RBI 4/3/2007, 6 H in 6 AB, Chipper Jones (ATL), 0 HR, 4 RBI 4/25/2007, 6 H in 7 AB, Jeff Francouer (ATL), 1 HR, 3 RBI 8/4/2007, 6 H in 6 AB, J.J. Hardy (MIL), 1 HR, 4 RBI 8/12/2007, 6 H in 7 AB, Ronny Cedeno (CHN), 1 HR, 3 RBI LEAGUE HISTORY - 15+ K's 5/5/2006, 15 Ks, John Patterson (WSH), 9.0 IP, 3 HA, 0 ER, 1 BB 4/3/2007, 15 Ks, Mark Prior (CHN), 8.2 IP, 5 HA, 0 ER, 1 BB LEAGUE HISTORY - NO HITTERS 5/2/2006, Francisco Liriano (MIN), 10 K, 0 BB 5/19/2006, Andy Pettitte (HOU), 7 K, 1 BB 5/24/2006, Mark Prior (CHN), 11 K, 0 BB (PERFECT GAME!) 6/13/2007, Oliver Perez (PIT), 13 K, 3 BB 9/2/2007, Humberto Sanchez (DET), 9 K, 2 BB LEAGUE HISTORY - 20+ WIN SEASONS 2006, C.C. Sabathia (Cleveland), 22 Wins, 7 Losses, 3.28 ERA 2006, Johan Santana (Minnesota), 22 Wins, 9 Losses, 2.18 ERA 2006, Chris Carpenter (St. Louis), 21 Wins, 8 Losses, 2.14 ERA

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Jim Edmonds becomes a free agent.
David Eckstein becomes a free agent.
Brian Daubach gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Gary Bennett becomes a free agent.
So Taguchi gets a new one-year contract worth $694,286 through salary arbitration.
Hector Luna gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration.
Yadier Molina gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration.
Brad Thompson gets a new one-year contract worth $1,074,286 through salary arbitration.
Junior Spivey becomes a free agent.
Efigenio Peralta becomes a free agent.
Josh Hancock gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.


Which brings us to 2008.. a magical year indeed.

[Poli]

You let Edmonds and Eckstein both become free agents??

Die.

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Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

You let Edmonds and Eckstein both become free agents??

Die.

Edmonds wanted to test FA and with rookie Colby Rasmus hitting 0.324 with 19 HR and 76 RBIs in a full season in AAA, it was time for a changing of the guard.

It was a good move as he was signed by the Dodgers for 2yrs, $1,537,600. He played 95 games total hitting 0.179 with 4 HR and 13 RBIs before being picked up on waivers by Arizona and later retiring to end his career.

Career Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 1993 18 61 15 4 1 0 4 5 2 0 0 16 0 2 .246 .270 .344 .614 CAL 1994 94 289 79 13 1 5 37 35 30 0 0 72 4 2 .273 .342 .377 .719 CAL 1995 141 558 162 30 4 33 107 120 51 0 0 130 1 4 .290 .350 .536 .886 CAL 1996 114 431 131 28 3 27 66 73 46 0 0 101 4 0 .304 .371 .571 .942 CAL 1997 133 502 146 27 0 26 80 82 60 0 0 80 5 7 .291 .367 .500 .867 ANA 1998 154 599 184 42 1 25 91 115 57 0 0 114 7 5 .307 .367 .506 .873 ANA 1999 55 204 51 17 2 5 23 34 28 0 0 45 5 4 .250 .341 .426 .767 ANA 2000 152 525 155 25 0 42 108 129 103 0 0 167 10 3 .295 .411 .583 .994 STL 2001 150 500 152 38 1 30 110 95 93 0 0 136 5 5 .304 .413 .564 .977 STL 2002 144 476 148 31 2 28 83 96 86 0 0 134 4 3 .311 .416 .561 .977 STL 2003 137 447 123 32 2 39 89 89 77 0 0 127 1 3 .275 .382 .617 .999 STL 2004 153 498 150 38 3 42 111 102 101 5 1 150 8 3 .301 .419 .643 1.062 STL 2005 142 467 123 37 1 29 89 88 91 0 0 139 5 5 .263 .384 .533 .917 STL 2006 144 482 116 40 4 15 79 68 51 1 4 155 5 4 .241 .312 .434 .746 STL 2007 130 400 97 29 2 20 70 67 54 2 1 113 8 7 .242 .335 .475 .810 STL 2008 95 134 24 3 0 4 13 21 15 0 0 36 1 1 .179 .262 .291 .553 LAN ARI Total 1956 6573 1856 434 27 370 1160 1219 945 8 6 1715 73 58 .282 .373 .525 .898

Eckstein signed with Seattle for 3 yrs, $5,255,600. No way in the world I was giving him that type of contract, especially when I could sign a good hitting SS named Mark Kiger for $1,240,000.

I was right again as Eckstein hit 0.244 in just 36 games in 2008. Boston claimed him off waivers and then Houston did the same in 2009. I believe I changed directions for both of these players with perfect timing. Hey, this is a business!

Career Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 2001 153 582 166 26 2 4 41 82 43 0 0 60 29 4 .285 .334 .357 .691 ANA 2002 152 608 178 22 6 8 63 107 45 0 0 44 21 13 .293 .342 .388 .730 ANA 2003 120 452 114 22 1 3 31 59 36 0 0 45 16 5 .252 .307 .325 .632 ANA 2004 142 566 156 24 1 2 35 92 42 14 2 49 16 5 .276 .326 .332 .658 ANA 2005 158 630 185 26 7 8 61 90 58 0 0 44 11 8 .294 .353 .395 .748 STL 2006 153 602 192 33 8 7 60 108 45 13 7 42 41 25 .319 .375 .435 .810 STL 2007 137 442 120 17 1 4 52 51 27 6 5 32 35 20 .271 .319 .342 .660 STL 2008 36 45 11 1 1 0 6 7 3 0 1 1 0 2 .244 .286 .311 .597 SEA BOS 2009 27 37 9 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 3 2 1 .243 .300 .270 .570 BOS HOU Total 1078 3964 1131 172 27 36 349 602 302 33 15 320 171 83 .285 .340 .370 .709

[Terps]

Good read. You inspired me to re-install 6.51. I think I'll start my own dynasty.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Terps

Good read. You inspired me to re-install 6.51. I think I'll start my own dynasty.

Thanks a bunch!!

I'll be reading when you do.

[Poli]

Hater.

I'm a sheep Cardinal fan that demands his favorite players be resigned.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by ardent enthusiast

Hater.

I'm a sheep Cardinal fan that demands his favorite players be resigned.

Baaaaaa!!!

[Poli]

Hater.

You better not still have Junior Spivey.

[MizzouRah]

2008 Moves

2B Delwyn Young was promoted from AAA Memphis Cardinals to the active roster.
CF Colby Rasmus was promoted from AAA Memphis Cardinals to the active roster.
Free agent CF Brad Wilkerson has been signed to a contract of $4,920,000 per year, for 3 years.
C Carlos Calleja was promoted from AAA Memphis Cardinals to the active roster.
Free agent 2B Mark Kiger has been signed to a contract of $1,240,000 per year, for 2 years.

Trade with Oakland :
Oakland gets :
P Felipe Paulino del Guidice
We get :
P Kiko Calero

Mark Mulder has been signed to a contract extension, $3,850,000 per year, for 3 years.

Trade with Seattle :
Seattle gets :
2B Hector Luna
We get :
C Chao Wu

Trade with Los Angeles (A) :
We get :
SS Brian Specht
Los Angeles (A) gets :
C Brandon Yarbrough
1B Carter Paras
P Scott Elbert

Trade with Washington :
We get :
LF Jody Gerut
Washington gets :
P Mark McCormick
RF Lorenzo Reno
CF Jordon Jones

Trade with Toronto :
Toronto gets :
RF Gabe Gross
We get :
P Dalcio Caban

Trade with Tampa Bay :
Tampa Bay gets :
CF Brad Wilkerson
We get :
DH Jonny Gomes

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We finish with the best record in the NL at (97-65), 11 games in front of Houston. The best record in the league however, belonged to the Oakland Athletics at (109-53).

Check out their pitching staff:

Player	#	Role	Birthday	Bats	Throws	ERA	W	L	S	WHIP
STARTERS
Rich Harden	40	SP	11/30/1981	Left	Right	2.32	23	5	0	0.99
Dontrelle Willis	35	SP	1/12/1982	Left	Left	2.65	24	5	0	1.10
Justin Duchscherer	58	SP	11/19/1977	Right	Right	3.97	10	9	0	1.15
Brad Halsey	57	SP	2/14/1981	Left	Left	3.91	8	10	0	1.18
Jason Jennings	32	SP	7/17/1978	Right	Right	3.29	17	7	0	1.21

Closer

Huston Street

53

CL

8/2/1983

Right

Right

2.05

9

4

48

0.98

A's Team Pitching Rankings
Pitching ERA: 3.41 (1st)
Opponents AVG: .245 (1st)
HRs Allowed: 121 (1st)
Walks Allowed: 345 (1st)
Runs Allowed: 622 (1st)

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Cardinals 2008 Active Roster

Active Roster

Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVG HR RBI SB OPS CATCHERS Yadier Molina 41 C 6/21/1982 Right Right .252 12 68 2 .684 Chao Wu 18 C 8/22/1984 Left Right .154 0 1 0 .368 INFIELDER Albert Pujols 5 1B 1/16/1980 Right Right .337 36 120 22 1.074 Delwyn Young 42 2B 6/30/1982 Both Right .272 10 55 2 .702 Scott Rolen 27 3B 4/4/1975 Right Right .282 20 111 10 .805 Mark Kiger 4 2B 5/30/1980 Right Right .303 1 54 0 .690 Pedro Feliz 7 3B 4/27/1977 Right Right .268 17 71 3 .806 Brian Specht 4 SS 10/19/1980 Both Right .225 2 16 7 .616 OUTFIELDER Colby Rasmus 81 CF 8/11/1986 Left Left .278 8 45 58 .737 Jonny Gomes 60 LF 11/22/1980 Right Right .280 21 81 7 .822 So Taguchi 99 LF 7/2/1969 Right Right .224 1 15 8 .530 Brandon Watson 62 LF 9/30/1981 Left Right .262 0 5 3 .772 Jody Gerut 9 LF 9/18/1977 Left Left .311 14 69 0 .820 John Gall 81 RF 4/2/1978 Right Right .309 8 30 0 .853

Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP STARTERS Anthony Reyes 46 SP 10/16/1981 Right Right 2.90 14 3 0 1.12 Jason Marquis 21 SP 8/21/1978 Left Right 3.93 19 8 0 1.25 Adam Wainwright 70 SP 8/30/1981 Right Right 3.88 8 11 0 1.08 Chris Carpenter 29 SP 4/27/1976 Right Right 2.17 20 8 0 0.97 Mark Mulder 20 SP 8/5/1977 Left Left 4.28 12 10 0 1.45 RELIEVERS Sean Tracey 98 MR 11/14/1980 Left Left 5.71 3 4 3 1.42 Brad Thompson 27 MR 1/31/1982 Right Right 4.25 5 2 10 1.33 Kiko Calero 40 MR 1/9/1975 Right Right 3.47 6 5 6 1.31 Josh Hancock 4 MR 4/11/1978 Right Right 4.55 0 1 0 1.48 Jake Woods 97 MR 9/3/1981 Left Left 5.31 2 1 2 1.38 Chad Cordero 32 CL 3/18/1982 Right Right 3.88 6 6 36 1.31

Our pitching staff wasn't too shabby, #2 behind Oakland in team ERA 3.76 and #2 behind Oakland in runs allowed with 679.

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2008 Standings

American League Standings

East

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Toronto 86 76 .531 - 82-80 4 45-36 41-40 7-7 25-22 * L1 6-4 Tampa Bay 81 81 .500 5.0 78-84 3 39-42 42-39 9-5 25-20 - W1 5-5 New York (A) 80 82 .494 6.0 74-88 6 41-40 39-42 6-9 28-19 - L1 4-6 Baltimore 72 90 .444 14.0 75-87 -3 41-40 31-50 7-9 22-19 - L1 7-3 Boston 56 106 .346 30.0 54-108 2 28-53 28-53 6-8 18-21 - W1 2-8

Central

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Minnesota 84 78 .519 - 83-79 1 40-41 44-37 8-9 25-27 * W1 4-6 Detroit 78 84 .481 6.0 78-84 0 36-45 42-39 6-9 22-22 - W1 5-5 Kansas City 78 84 .481 6.0 78-84 0 36-45 42-39 11-11 22-26 - L1 5-5 Cleveland 77 85 .475 7.0 80-82 -3 44-37 33-48 11-10 23-31 - W1 7-3 Chicago (A) 68 94 .420 16.0 72-90 -4 35-46 33-48 7-9 22-24 - L1 4-6

West

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Oakland 109 53 .673 - 108-54 1 56-25 53-28 14-4 30-22 * L2 8-2 Los Angeles (A) 93 69 .574 16.0 92-70 1 47-34 46-35 5-8 29-23 - W2 2-8 Texas 88 74 .543 21.0 90-72 -2 44-37 44-37 6-5 24-23 - L1 4-6 Seattle 73 89 .451 36.0 73-89 0 39-42 34-47 10-8 22-31 - W1 6-4

National League Standings

East

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York (N) 92 71 .564 - 90-73 2 45-37 47-34 9-3 27-18 * W2 7-3 Atlanta 91 72 .558 1.0 96-67 -5 50-31 41-41 8-7 24-20 - L2 4-6 Washington 79 83 .488 12.5 80-82 -1 42-39 37-44 8-7 23-30 - L1 8-2 Florida 76 86 .469 15.5 74-88 2 35-46 41-40 6-7 21-19 - W1 5-5 Philadelphia 74 88 .457 17.5 78-84 -4 36-45 38-43 6-8 19-25 - W1 2-8

Central

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 St. Louis 97 65 .599 - 94-68 3 48-33 49-32 9-9 28-14 * L1 5-5 Houston 86 76 .531 11.0 77-85 9 42-39 44-37 11-8 29-21 - W1 7-3 Chicago (N) 83 79 .512 14.0 81-81 2 40-41 43-38 9-10 25-17 - L1 4-6 Cincinnati 82 80 .506 15.0 80-82 2 38-43 44-37 7-8 26-34 - L1 4-6 Pittsburgh 78 84 .481 19.0 83-79 -5 34-47 44-37 6-9 21-27 - L1 6-4 Milwaukee 71 91 .438 26.0 83-79 -12 39-42 32-49 7-8 21-30 - W1 3-7

West

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Colorado 88 74 .543 - 84-78 4 40-41 48-33 7-7 24-17 * W1 4-6 Los Angeles (N) 87 75 .537 1.0 89-73 -2 41-40 46-35 8-5 22-18 - L2 8-2 San Diego 85 77 .525 3.0 83-79 2 40-41 45-36 6-9 28-26 - W1 6-4 Arizona 74 88 .457 14.0 72-90 2 36-45 38-43 10-7 14-24 - L1 3-7 San Francisco 65 97 .401 23.0 74-88 -9 31-50 34-47 3-10 14-33 - W2 5-5

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Divisional Series:
Los Angeles (A) (3) against Toronto (2)
Minnesota (3) against Oakland (1)
Atlanta (2) against St. Louis (3)
Colorado (2) against New York (N) (3)
League Series:
Minnesota (4) against Los Angeles (A) (2)
New York (N) (1) against St. Louis (4)
World Series:
St. Louis (4) against Minnesota (2)
WINNER : St. Louis

Minnesota rode 3 starters throughout the playoffs and beat both Oakland and the Angels - two better regular season teams. These 3 pitched very well for the Twins:

Player	#	Role	Birthday	Bats	Throws	ERA	W	L	S	WHIP
STARTERS
Johan Santana	57	SP	3/13/1979	Left	Left	2.71	17	6	0	0.98
Francisco Liriano	93	SP	10/26/1983	Left	Left	3.84	16	10	0	1.21
Barry Zito	75	SP	5/13/1978	Left	Left	3.78	11	13	0	1.23

With SP Anthony Reyes out with an injury, we relied on Carpenter, Marquis, Mulder, and Wainright... and of course our hitting. It was one of those moments you never forget in a sports sim. After getting knocked out of the NLDS two years in a row, it was a great feeling winning the World Series!!

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Monday 10/30/2008: St. Louis' Carpenter named Cy Young Award Rich Harden was named the American League Cy Young Award winner today. Oakland's right-hander put up fabulous numbers this year which earned him the highest award a pitcher can receive. Rich has a record of 23-5 this season, with an ERA of 2.32. In 259.2 Innings he was able to strike out 292 batters. He has 6 complete games and 5 shutouts. He's 1st in the American League in ERA and 2nd in wins! Harden wins the award for the 2nd time in his 4-year career. Chris Carpenter will never forget this year. His dominating season convinced the National League to name St. Louis' right-hander the Cy Young Award winner of 2008. His ERA of 2.17 helped him to a 20-8 record this year. He struck out 233 and walked 40 in 249 innings. Chris has pitched one shutout and one complete game. He's 1st in the National League in ERA and 1st in wins! Carpenter wins the award for the 2nd time in his 10-year career.

Monday 10/30/2008: Ramirez and Pujols win MVP Award The MVP Award in the American League was handed to Boston's leftfielder Manny Ramirez! Ramirez has hit for a .336 average this season. He has 82 extra base hits along with 349 total bases, resulting in a .621 slugging percentage. He's 1st in the American League in batting, 4th in homeruns and 6th in RBI! A season for the ages earned St. Louis' first baseman Albert Pujols the National League MVP Award this year. Albert has gone 192 for 570 (.337) this season, hitting 36 bombs and driving in 120 runs. He has scored 120 runs on his own. He's 4th in the National League in batting, 8th in homeruns and 2nd in RBI! Pujols wins the award for the 3rd time in his 7-year career.

Monday 10/30/2008: Minnesota's Plouffe earns Rookie of the Year Award The 2008 American League Rookie of the Year Award winner is from Minnesota this season. Trevor Plouffe put together impressive numbers for a rookie en route to win the first major award of his career. Let's hope more will follow for this 22 year old ballplayer. Plouffe has walked 38 times this year and posts a .369 OBP. While batting .326, 191 for 585, he has driven in 81 runs. He's 5th in the American League in batting! The National League Rookie of the Year Award winner was announced today as well, with Philadelphia's third baseman Damien Galvan earning the trophy for putting up the best numbers among rookies in his league. His season numbers are: .315 AVG, 136 hits, 14 doubles, no triples and 24 bombs, along with 93 RBI and 71 runs scored.

Carpenter wins his 2nd Cy Young award and Pujols wins his 3rd MVP in a row!!

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Hall of Fame

Pitcher - Greg Maddux
W: 329, L: 195, SV: 0, ERA: 3.06
Inducted: 2007

First Base - Rafael Palmeiro
AVG: .289, Hits: 2933, HR: 554
Inducted: 2007

Pitcher - Roger Clemens
W: 348, L: 177, SV: 0, ERA: 3.15
Inducted: 2007

Rightfield - Sammy Sosa
AVG: .273, Hits: 2314, HR: 589
Inducted: 2007

Pitcher - Randy Johnson
W: 273, L: 149, SV: 3, ERA: 3.23
Inducted: 2007

Pitcher - Tom Glavine
W: 288, L: 192, SV: 0, ERA: 3.48
Inducted: 2007

Centerfield - Ken Griffey Jr.
AVG: .289, Hits: 2424, HR: 564
Inducted: 2008

Leftfield - Barry Bonds
AVG: .296, Hits: 3022, HR: 756
Inducted: 2008

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Funny how Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron's record by 1 HR, then retired. Actually it was pretty neat from a text sim standpoint.

Barry Bonds:

Career Batting Stats

Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams 1986 113 413 92 26 3 16 48 72 65 2 2 102 36 7 .223 .328 .416 .744 PIT 1987 150 551 144 34 9 25 59 99 54 3 3 88 32 10 .261 .327 .492 .819 PIT 1988 144 538 152 30 5 24 58 97 72 2 2 82 17 11 .283 .367 .491 .858 PIT 1989 159 580 144 34 6 19 58 96 93 1 4 93 32 10 .248 .352 .426 .778 PIT 1990 151 519 156 32 3 33 114 104 93 3 6 83 52 13 .301 .407 .565 .972 PIT 1991 153 510 149 28 5 25 116 95 107 4 13 73 43 13 .292 .415 .514 .929 PIT 1992 140 473 147 36 5 34 103 109 127 5 7 69 39 8 .311 .457 .624 1.081 PIT 1993 159 539 181 38 4 46 123 129 126 2 7 79 29 12 .336 .462 .677 1.139 SFN 1994 112 391 122 18 1 37 81 89 74 6 3 43 29 9 .312 .422 .647 1.069 SFN 1995 144 506 149 30 7 33 104 109 120 5 4 83 31 10 .294 .430 .577 1.007 SFN 1996 158 517 159 27 3 42 129 122 151 1 6 76 40 7 .308 .464 .615 1.079 SFN 1997 159 532 155 26 5 40 101 123 145 8 5 87 37 8 .291 .443 .585 1.028 SFN 1998 156 552 167 44 7 37 122 120 130 8 6 92 28 12 .303 .435 .609 1.044 SFN 1999 102 355 93 20 2 34 83 91 73 3 3 62 15 2 .262 .388 .617 1.005 SFN 2000 143 480 147 28 4 49 106 129 117 3 7 77 11 3 .306 .442 .688 1.130 SFN 2001 153 476 156 32 2 73 137 129 177 9 2 93 13 3 .328 .510 .863 1.373 SFN 2002 143 403 149 31 2 46 110 117 198 9 2 47 9 2 .370 .577 .799 1.376 SFN 2003 130 390 133 22 1 45 90 111 148 0 0 58 7 0 .341 .522 .749 1.271 SFN 2004 147 373 135 27 3 45 101 129 232 0 0 41 6 1 .362 .607 .812 1.419 SFN 2005 14 42 12 1 0 5 10 8 9 0 0 6 0 0 .286 .412 .667 1.079 SFN 2006 155 551 149 21 0 32 94 91 109 0 5 103 1 1 .270 .388 .483 .871 SFN 2007 148 503 131 26 1 16 73 67 83 0 3 163 1 0 .260 .363 .412 .775 SFN Total 3033 10194 3022 611 78 756 2020 2236 2503 74 90 1700 508 142 .296 .435 .594 1.030

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PAYROLLS

# Team Payroll 1 New York (A) $119,145,943 2 Los Angeles (A) $104,081,057 3 Chicago (N) $103,402,000 4 Chicago (A) $85,268,942 5 Houston $83,537,271 6 Philadelphia $72,948,257 7 Minnesota $71,881,929 8 Toronto $71,778,414 9 Los Angeles (N) $69,928,000 10 Boston $69,912,672 11 St. Louis $67,373,857 12 San Francisco $67,266,886 13 Oakland $66,672,143 14 New York (N) $65,821,999 15 Washington $64,039,900 16 Atlanta $59,236,172 17 Cincinnati $58,684,471 18 Seattle $57,424,514 19 Arizona $57,204,128 20 Colorado $56,945,215 21 Baltimore $56,092,400 22 Milwaukee $53,612,428 23 Tampa Bay $52,264,600 24 Texas $50,042,228 25 San Diego $48,467,900 26 Pittsburgh $45,693,328 27 Cleveland $45,059,957 28 Detroit $38,535,729 29 Florida $37,630,314 30 Kansas City $32,551,829

HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS

# Pos Name Team Salary 1 3B Alex Rodriguez NYA $27,000,000 2 P Roy Oswalt CHN $19,925,200 3 SS Derek Jeter NYA $19,600,000 4 LF Manny Ramirez BOS $19,000,000 5 LF Eric Hinske TOR $18,663,500 6 P Barry Zito MIN $18,000,200 7 2B Brian Roberts CHN $17,505,800 8 P Andy Pettitte HOU $17,500,000 9 1B Todd Helton COL $17,500,000 10 CF Carlos Beltran NYN $17,000,000 11 1B Albert Pujols STL $15,500,000 12 RF Magglio Ordonez DET $15,000,000 13 RF Bobby Abreu PHI $14,750,000 14 1B Lance Berkman HOU $14,500,000 15 RF Vladimir Guerrero LAA $13,500,000 16 3B Scott Rolen STL $13,250,000 17 DH David Ortiz LAA $13,224,800 18 P Pedro Martinez ARI $13,166,000 19 1B Richie Sexson SEA $13,160,000 20 SS Rafael Furcal SFN $13,000,000 21 CF Johnny Damon NYA $13,000,000 22 LF Hideki Matsui NYA $13,000,000 23 P Bartolo Colon LAA $13,000,000 24 SS Julio Lugo CHA $12,776,700 25 CF Andruw Jones BAL $12,628,200

ATTENDANCE

# Team ATTENDANCE 2008 ATTENDANCE 2007 1 St. Louis 3,955,731 3,703,714 2 Minnesota 3,727,526 3,397,605 3 New York (N) 3,431,681 2,690,094 4 Los Angeles (A) 3,247,214 3,505,801 5 Oakland 3,212,363 2,728,022 6 Atlanta 3,200,218 2,825,573 7 Chicago (N) 3,176,209 3,726,762 8 New York (A) 3,056,432 2,590,032 9 Houston 3,053,303 2,824,277 10 Colorado 2,766,665 2,296,787 11 Tampa Bay 2,740,819 2,181,970 12 Chicago (A) 2,670,470 2,891,603 13 Boston 2,591,747 2,607,492 14 San Francisco 2,468,890 3,002,361 15 Toronto 2,457,738 2,220,413 16 San Diego 2,386,516 3,248,587 17 Arizona 2,383,858 2,712,864 18 Pittsburgh 2,198,252 2,226,455 19 Detroit 2,127,042 1,880,354 20 Cleveland 2,113,613 2,822,581 21 Los Angeles (N) 1,968,696 1,954,842 22 Milwaukee 1,895,735 2,184,232 23 Philadelphia 1,861,819 2,136,803 24 Washington 1,741,399 2,220,904 25 Texas 1,710,011 1,759,521 26 Cincinnati 1,706,925 1,763,645 27 Kansas City 1,624,132 1,341,794 28 Baltimore 1,513,332 1,731,170 29 Seattle 1,484,169 1,733,324 30 Florida 1,454,944 1,757,172

Team Focus & Age

# Team Focus Team Age 1 Houston Win Now! 30.14 2 Boston Balanced 30.09 3 Los Angeles (N) Win Now! 29.96 4 Philadelphia Balanced 29.59 5 Los Angeles (A) Win Now! 29.57 6 Arizona Balanced 29.46 7 New York (A) Balanced 29.33 8 San Francisco Balanced 29.32 9 Washington Balanced 29.08 10 New York (N) Win Now! 29.07 11 St. Louis Win Now! 29.06 12 Chicago (N) Balanced 29.06 13 Texas Balanced 29.05 14 Chicago (A) Balanced 28.98 15 Minnesota Balanced 28.84 16 Milwaukee Balanced 28.73 17 Toronto Balanced 28.72 18 San Diego Win Now! 28.71 19 Oakland Balanced 28.64 20 Seattle Balanced 28.63 21 Cincinnati Balanced 28.52 22 Atlanta Balanced 28.48 23 Cleveland Balanced 28.44 24 Detroit Balanced 27.97 25 Pittsburgh Balanced 27.91 26 Florida Balanced 27.83 27 Kansas City Balanced 27.80 28 Baltimore Rebuilding! 27.65 29 Tampa Bay Balanced 27.42 30 Colorado Balanced 27.21 AVERAGE 28.76 Almost 4 million fans!!!

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2008 Power Rankings

RANK (Last Week)	Team	Points	Tendency	Record	PCT	AVG	ERA	Pyt.Rec	Diff
1st (1st)	Oakland	126	o	109-53	.673	.276	3.41	108-54	1
2nd (2nd)	St. Louis	108	o	97-65	.599	.268	3.76	94-68	3
3rd (3rd)	New York (N)	107	o	92-71	.564	.277	4.17	90-73	2
4th (4th)	Los Angeles (N)	102	o	87-75	.537	.274	4.37	89-73	-2
5th (5th)	Houston	100	o	86-76	.531	.270	4.52	77-85	9
6th (6th)	Los Angeles (A)	98	o	93-69	.574	.277	4.05	92-70	1
7th (7th)	Toronto	98	o	86-76	.531	.265	4.78	82-80	4
8th (8th)	Atlanta	97	o	91-72	.558	.274	3.98	96-67	-5
9th (9th)	San Diego	96	o	85-77	.525	.263	4.19	83-79	2
10th (10th)	Colorado	96	o	88-74	.543	.272	4.72	84-78	4
11th (11th)	Texas	96	o	88-74	.543	.268	4.33	90-72	-2
12th (12th)	Washington	94	o	79-83	.488	.264	4.08	80-82	-1
13th (13th)	Minnesota	91	o	84-78	.519	.282	4.35	83-79	1
14th (14th)	Chicago (N)	90	o	83-79	.512	.264	4.38	81-81	2
15th (15th)	Tampa Bay	90	o	81-81	.500	.257	4.56	78-84	3
16th (16th)	Cleveland	90	o	77-85	.475	.258	4.21	80-82	-3
17th (17th)	Cincinnati	89	o	82-80	.506	.257	4.15	80-82	2
18th (18th)	Pittsburgh	89	o	78-84	.481	.255	4.10	83-79	-5
19th (19th)	New York (A)	87	o	80-82	.494	.261	4.61	74-88	6
20th (20th)	Kansas City	87	o	78-84	.481	.278	4.98	78-84	0
21st (21st)	Detroit	87	o	78-84	.481	.259	4.14	78-84	0
22nd (22nd)	Florida	84	o	76-86	.469	.263	4.18	74-88	2
23rd (23rd)	Baltimore	84	o	72-90	.444	.278	4.93	75-87	-3
24th (24th)	Seattle	83	o	73-89	.451	.265	4.51	73-89	0
25th (25th)	Arizona	78	o	74-88	.457	.258	4.73	72-90	2
26th (26th)	Philadelphia	76	o	74-88	.457	.254	4.58	78-84	-4
27th (27th)	Milwaukee	75	o	71-91	.438	.255	4.10	83-79	-12
28th (28th)	Chicago (A)	74	o	68-94	.420	.262	4.57	72-90	-4
29th (29th)	San Francisco	73	o	65-97	.401	.262	4.53	74-88	-9
30th (30th)	Boston	56	o	56-106	.346	.257	5.98	54-108	2

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2008 Top Performances

PITCHERS

# Player Team Opponent Date IP HA R ER BB K SCORE BOX 1 Tim Redding SDN ATL 8/16/2008 9.0 2 0 0 0 10 93 Box Scores 2 Jon Lester BOS NYA 9/18/2008 8.2 2 0 0 0 13 93 Box Scores 3 Javier Vazquez CHA BAL 8/2/2008 9.0 3 0 0 0 11 92 Box Scores 4 Odalis Perez NYN FLO 8/9/2008 9.0 1 0 0 0 7 92 Box Scores 5 Rich Harden OAK TOR 4/14/2008 9.0 4 0 0 0 13 92 Box Scores 6 Mark Buehrle TEX TOR 7/13/2008 9.0 2 0 0 0 7 90 Box Scores 7 Jake Peavy SDN MIL 6/25/2008 8.0 2 0 0 0 12 90 Box Scores 8 Mark Pawelek CHN WSH 9/3/2008 8.1 2 0 0 2 13 90 Box Scores 9 Adam Wainwright STL HOU 9/30/2008 9.0 1 0 0 1 6 90 Box Scores 10 Jason Schmidt LAN WSH 8/9/2008 9.0 3 0 0 2 11 90 Box Scores 11 Justin Wayne MIN CHA 8/22/2008 9.0 2 0 0 1 7 89 Box Scores 12 Bartolo Colon LAA DET 9/20/2008 9.0 2 0 0 0 6 89 Box Scores 13 Jose Capellan MIL CIN 8/20/2008 8.0 1 0 0 2 11 89 Box Scores 14 Dontrelle Willis OAK TBA 8/22/2008 9.0 5 0 0 0 12 89 Box Scores 15 Barry Zito MIN TOR 7/6/2008 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 89 Box Scores 16 Humberto Sanchez DET TBA 7/31/2008 9.0 2 0 0 1 7 89 Box Scores 17 Matt Clement HOU CIN 7/29/2008 9.0 3 0 0 1 8 88 Box Scores 18 Jason Jennings OAK SEA 8/19/2008 9.0 1 0 0 1 4 88 Box Scores 19 John Lackey LAA OAK 4/22/2008 8.2 2 0 0 2 10 88 Box Scores 20 Johan Santana MIN PIT 7/2/2008 9.0 4 0 0 1 10 88 Box Scores 21 Mike Bacsik CIN PIT 5/31/2008 9.0 3 1 1 0 10 87 Box Scores 22 John Danks TEX OAK 9/15/2008 9.0 4 0 0 1 9 87 Box Scores 23 Chien-Ming Wang NYA BAL 4/7/2008 9.0 4 0 0 1 9 87 Box Scores 24 Matt Torra ARI SFN 9/26/2008 9.0 2 0 0 2 6 87 Box Scores 25 Carlos Zambrano CHN PHI 5/22/2008 9.0 5 0 0 1 11 87 Box Scores

BATTERS

# Player Team Opponent Date AB R H RBI HR BB SCORE BOX 1 David DeJesus KCA MIN 4/23/2008 5 4 5 7 3 0 116 Box Scores 2 Jason Bay PIT CIN 9/22/2008 5 4 5 5 2 0 100 Box Scores 3 Rafael Furcal SFN STL 9/10/2008 6 3 6 7 0 0 98 Box Scores 4 Dee Brown TEX SEA 9/20/2008 4 3 4 6 3 0 97 Box Scores 5 Richie Sexson SEA LAN 6/25/2008 4 4 4 6 1 1 97 Box Scores 6 Chris Lubanski WSH BOS 4/14/2008 5 4 5 4 1 1 94 Box Scores 7 Aubrey Huff TBA BOS 9/17/2008 5 4 4 6 1 1 94 Box Scores 8 Alex Gordon KCA TEX 7/9/2008 5 3 5 5 2 0 93 Box Scores 9 Trevor Plouffe MIN BOS 7/15/2008 6 4 6 3 1 0 91 Box Scores 10 Craig Wilson OAK TEX 5/24/2008 5 4 4 5 2 0 90 Box Scores 11 Mike Sweeney OAK LAN 6/17/2008 5 4 4 5 2 0 90 Box Scores 12 Nelson Cruz ARI SDN 8/20/2008 4 4 4 3 3 0 89 Box Scores 13 Robinson Cano TOR KCA 8/23/2008 5 3 4 6 2 0 88 Box Scores 14 Prince Fielder MIL KCA 6/16/2008 5 3 4 7 1 0 87 Box Scores 15 Brad Hawpe COL ARI 7/5/2008 4 3 3 6 2 1 86 Box Scores 16 Jose Guillen BOS LAA 5/14/2008 4 3 4 5 2 0 86 Box Scores 17 Connor Jackson ARI SDN 7/9/2008 3 4 3 3 2 2 86 Box Scores 18 Miguel Cabrera CHA TEX 4/7/2008 5 3 4 4 3 0 84 Box Scores 19 Eric Patterson SEA TOR 8/2/2008 4 4 3 4 2 1 83 Box Scores 20 Andy LaRoche LAN SEA 5/19/2008 6 2 5 6 1 0 82 Box Scores 21 Magglio Ordonez DET MIL 5/19/2008 4 3 3 5 3 0 82 Box Scores 22 Derrek Lee CHN CHA 6/27/2008 5 3 4 5 1 1 82 Box Scores 23 Brandon Snyder BAL TOR 7/21/2008 6 2 6 5 0 0 81 Box Scores 24 Chipper Jones ATL PHI 8/22/2008 5 2 4 6 2 0 81 Box Scores 25 Paul Konerko CHA BAL 6/14/2008 4 3 3 5 2 1 81 Box Scores

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2008 Top 100 Prospects

Batters

# Name Team Age Pos Contact Power Eye/Discipline Speed Range Level AVG HR RBI 1 Tommy Stinson KCA 19 CF 17 14 18 9 13 AAA .457 4 10 2 No-ran Tetsu BAL 20 2B 18 15 13 3 8 Majors .000 0 0 3 Cody Johnson LAA 20 RF 11 20 13 12 14 Majors .000 0 0 4 Billy Butler KCA 22 1B 15 15 17 9 8 AA .307 27 95 5 Chris Nelson COL 23 2B 16 19 14 11 12 AAA .250 0 1 6 Grant Green LAA 21 SS 15 18 11 11 13 AA .286 26 102 7 C.J. Henry ATL 22 CF 15 20 13 15 12 AAA .285 12 60 11 Justin Upton ARI 21 SS 11 13 20 17 14 AA .000 0 0 13 Jay Petrucci PIT 19 2B 17 15 20 11 12 AAA .274 16 84 15 Victor Hicks STL 24 1B 14 12 12 4 9 AAA .336 35 108 17 William Cuneo ARI 23 2B 10 19 12 10 19 AAA .326 11 41 18 Wayne Church KCA 23 1B 13 13 20 11 12 Majors .000 0 0 19 Archie Laureano BAL 23 RF 19 20 20 14 16 Majors .000 0 0 20 Craig Echeandia ARI 24 1B 13 11 20 1 6 AAA .000 0 0 23 Marcelo Desalvo COL 22 RF 16 15 20 12 17 AA .000 0 0 25 James Ivie LAN 24 2B 15 16 18 11 9 AA .324 1 6 26 Andrew Clark ATL 21 1B 14 16 11 5 15 AAA .348 20 74 28 Robert Lumpkin CIN 23 LF 14 12 20 18 19 AAA .264 11 52 29 Drew Stubbs BAL 24 CF 15 18 12 20 18 Majors .222 0 4 31 Chris McConnell BOS 22 SS 13 11 12 12 16 AAA .372 21 61 32 Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 22 SS 12 17 14 13 12 A .252 28 101 33 Joseph Risley SDN 19 C 14 13 19 4 6 Majors .000 0 0 34 Joel Guzman LAN 23 3B 13 18 14 11 9 AAA .291 23 69 35 Elijah Dukes TBA 24 LF 13 13 10 17 14 Majors .359 1 9 36 Carlos Gonzales OAK 23 LF 14 14 8 11 16 AAA .316 16 46 37 Jermel Lomack PIT 25 2B 13 9 19 15 18 AAA .301 13 74 39 Eli Iorg HOU 25 RF 13 14 10 11 14 AAA .328 30 100 40 Jeff Clement SEA 25 C 15 19 6 9 14 AAA .293 22 66 42 Lastings Milledge PIT 23 CF 14 14 10 18 15 AAA .308 7 42 43 Wes Hodges SEA 24 3B 17 11 14 14 13 Majors .240 1 8 44 Josh Fields CHA 25 3B 13 18 6 7 12 AAA .334 32 98 45 Kendry Morales LAA 25 1B 15 13 13 5 10 Majors .222 0 5 48 Adam Jones CHN 23 CF 10 17 15 15 12 AA .295 15 64 51 Carl Wakeman CLE 19 2B 14 12 18 12 8 AAA .272 4 18 57 Matt Esquivel ATL 25 RF 15 16 8 11 13 AAA .307 27 95 58 Andrew Jaworski BOS 22 1B 12 9 20 5 9 AAA .329 14 72 61 Mark Robinson MIN 22 RF 15 11 16 5 3 AAA .284 21 61 62 Ryan Adams SDN 21 SS 16 10 11 15 15 AA .277 3 57 63 Adam Lind TOR 25 LF 13 15 17 10 9 AA .311 22 77 64 Jai Miller FLO 22 RF 12 16 11 10 15 AAA .000 0 0 65 Eric Duncan NYA 23 3B 13 15 12 5 13 Majors .286 1 2 66 William Gans PHI 24 1B 15 16 9 5 14 AAA .306 4 21 67 Max Sapp SEA 20 C 13 18 14 9 12 A .296 8 71 72 Daniel Gibbons FLO 21 C 14 19 20 4 13 Majors .227 0 3 73 Neil Walker PIT 23 C 15 17 10 12 11 A .288 16 54 74 Nate Schierholtz ATL 25 3B 15 12 9 12 10 AAA .362 20 77 76 Fernando Martinez NYN 20 RF 13 14 12 14 11 Majors .200 0 0 77 Tyler Greene STL 20 SS 13 13 8 12 12 AAA .299 22 66 79 Eric Campbell ATL 23 3B 13 18 14 9 14 A .269 16 68 81 Brian McFall KCA 24 LF 9 17 13 14 9 AA .301 25 67 82 Wilinson Baez PHI 24 3B 10 15 13 10 15 AAA .325 6 8 85 Brandon Wortham CHA 19 CF 8 12 18 16 20 A .283 17 60 87 David Wooley MIL 22 1B 9 10 20 7 20 AA .252 27 77 88 Lizahio Baez TEX 24 LF 15 11 11 9 7 AAA .307 5 16 90 Jamaal Peoples SDN 22 RF 13 19 10 6 5 A .298 20 81 92 Alberto Callaspo ARI 25 2B 14 9 9 13 16 AAA .311 17 74 94 Chao Wu STL 24 C 12 12 12 8 16 Majors .154 0 1 95 Scott Moore CHN 24 3B 12 12 12 5 7 AAA .312 36 106 96 George Kottaras SDN 25 C 13 18 12 7 10 AAA .000 0 0 97 Etanislao Abreu LAN 23 2B 15 11 8 16 15 AAA .291 18 69 98 Mike Costanzo PHI 24 2B 15 15 8 7 6 Majors .287 1 6 100 Steven Stutz LAN 23 C 11 13 16 3 19 AAA .256 24 62

Pitchers

# Name Team Age Role Stuff Control Movement Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 8 Homer Bailey CIN 22 MR 20 14 20 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 9 Yovani Gallardo MIL 22 MR 17 17 20 AA 0-1 3.09 32.0 20 16 20 10 Max Scherzer BOS 24 SP 20 17 20 Majors 1-0 1.38 13.0 10 3 6 12 Ariel Casares MIL 25 SP 13 19 16 AA 13-2 1.55 145.1 99 41 114 14 Chris Tillman CIN 20 SP 19 13 14 Majors 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 16 Dalcio Caban STL 19 SP 18 18 17 A 5-7 3.39 79.2 81 31 60 21 Philip Hughes NYA 22 MR 17 18 17 AA 1-2 3.34 56.2 50 19 46 22 Brett Anderson CHN 20 SP 12 20 14 A 9-5 3.03 175.1 159 46 112 24 Craig Italiano OAK 22 MR 17 16 14 A 5-4 2.27 91.0 75 43 91 27 William Popa TOR 21 MR 13 20 16 AA 3-4 3.72 67.2 80 6 43 30 Jeff Allison ATL 23 MR 14 20 16 AAA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 38 Adam Loewen BAL 24 MR 18 14 11 AA 6-1 3.39 66.1 63 24 60 41 Russell Rayo HOU 21 SP 9 20 16 AA 6-5 2.64 116.0 114 26 65 46 Adriano Rosario NYA 23 MR 20 11 11 A 7-11 3.41 171.1 150 58 121 47 Greg D. Miller LAN 23 MR 17 14 13 AAA 1-0 2.86 28.1 26 8 27 49 Colton Willems HOU 20 SP 19 13 15 A 10-7 4.53 179.0 214 78 120 50 Ryan Tucker FLO 22 MR 20 11 14 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 52 Jared Hicks SEA 19 SP 17 13 16 AA 6-13 3.72 164.2 151 54 132 53 Cole Hamels PHI 24 MR 13 20 10 AA 0-1 6.75 1.1 3 1 2 54 Daryl Thompson WSH 22 MR 17 16 11 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 55 Thomas Diamond TEX 25 MR 15 14 18 AAA 1-1 3.04 47.1 55 12 37 56 Ronald Collette STL 23 SP 14 16 19 AA 3-3 4.46 40.1 43 23 32 59 Paul Lee OAK 20 SP 15 12 16 AA 7-3 2.36 118.0 104 35 87 60 Blake Johnson LAN 23 MR 14 14 16 AA 4-5 3.84 93.2 106 26 67 68 Gregory Corman TBA 22 MR 13 16 16 A 3-1 2.78 68.0 58 34 41 69 Travis Wood CIN 21 MR 17 11 12 A 2-4 3.15 54.1 58 21 47 70 Jimmy Barthmaier HOU 24 SP 14 13 13 AAA 5-1 3.27 88.0 85 33 88 71 Josh Butler HOU 23 SP 15 13 16 AA 10-8 3.95 150.1 153 38 134 75 James Cummings CIN 19 SP 16 12 12 AA 0-0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 78 Stuart Pomeranz STL 23 SP 14 13 13 AA 3-1 3.29 38.1 35 11 27 80 Ryan Feierabend SEA 23 MR 16 16 12 AA 5-4 3.62 79.2 63 25 72 83 Warren Winborne NYA 21 SP 11 16 17 AAA 5-4 3.81 113.1 142 21 72 84 Jason Stoffel CHA 20 SP 12 17 13 AA 9-8 3.27 156.2 133 50 112 86 Anthony Swarzak MIN 23 MR 19 9 17 A 2-1 4.99 74.0 78 39 48 89 Faustino Avila PHI 18 SP 10 16 16 AA 4-3 3.41 68.2 69 13 40 91 Shawn Tolleson MIN 20 SP 14 10 17 A 11-6 2.79 203.1 179 73 128 93 Jose Echeandia WSH 23 SP 15 19 16 A 4-6 5.62 115.1 132 23 84 99 Kyle Waldrop MIN 21 MR 15 10 18 A 2-3 3.03 71.1 69 24 53

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Top Minor League Systems 2008

#	Team	Points	Top 5 Prospects
1	Kansas City	120	CF Tommy Stinson (1st), 1B Billy Butler (6th), 1B Wayne Church (18th), LF Brian McFall (82nd),
2	Baltimore	109	2B No-ran Tetsu (2nd), RF Archie Laureano (19th), CF Drew Stubbs (29th), P Adam Loewen (39th),
3	Atlanta	102	CF C.J. Henry (8th), 1B Andrew Clark (26th), P Jeff Allison (30th), 3B Eric Campbell (57th), RF Matt Esquivel (60th)
4	Los Angeles (A)	101	RF Cody Johnson (3rd), SS Grant Green (7th), 1B Kendry Morales (47th),
5	Cincinnati	101	P Homer Bailey (9th), P Chris Tillman (14th), LF Robert Lumpkin (28th), P Travis Wood (72nd), P James Cummings (78th)
6	Arizona	89	SS Justin Upton (12th), 2B William Cuneo (17th), 1B Craig Echeandia (20th), CF Shane Robinson (89th), 2B Alberto Callaspo (94th)
7	Milwaukee	84	P Ariel Casares (4th), P Yovani Gallardo (10th), 1B David Wooley (92nd),
8	St. Louis	75	1B Victor Hicks (15th), P Dalcio Caban (16th), P Ronald Collette (59th), SS Tyler Greene (80th), P Stuart Pomeranz (81st)
9	Pittsburgh	72	2B Jay Petrucci (13th), 2B Jermel Lomack (38th), CF Lastings Milledge (43rd), C Neil Walker (51st), P Matt Albers (98th)
10	Colorado	65	2B Chris Nelson (5th), RF Marcelo Desalvo (23rd),
11	Seattle	61	SS Matt Tuiasosopo (35th), C Jeff Clement (41st), 3B Wes Hodges (45th), P Jared Hicks (52nd), C Max Sapp (67th)
12	Boston	57	P Max Scherzer (11th), SS Chris McConnell (31st), 1B Andrew Jaworski (61st),
13	Los Angeles (N)	53	2B James Ivie (25th), 3B Joel Guzman (34th), P Greg D. Miller (49th), P Blake Johnson (64th),
14	Houston	49	P Russell Rayo (40th), RF Eli Iorg (42nd), P Colton Willems (50th), P Jimmy Barthmaier (73rd), P Josh Butler (77th)
15	New York (A)	46	P Philip Hughes (21st), P Adriano Rosario (32nd), 3B Eric Duncan (71st), P Warren Winborne (85th),
16	Oakland	40	P Craig Italiano (24th), LF Carlos Gonzales (44th), P Paul Lee (62nd),
17	Toronto	35	P William Popa (27th), LF Adam Lind (37th),
18	Chicago (N)	33	P Brett Anderson (22nd), CF Adam Jones (48th), 3B Scott Moore (100th),
19	San Diego	24	C Joseph Risley (33rd), SS Ryan Adams (65th), RF Jamaal Peoples (95th),
20	Florida	22	P Ryan Tucker (53rd), RF Jai Miller (66th), C Daniel Gibbons (76th),
21	Philadelphia	21	P Cole Hamels (55th), 1B William Gans (68th), 3B Wilinson Baez (86th), P Faustino Avila (93rd),
22	Tampa Bay	21	LF Elijah Dukes (36th), P Gregory Corman (69th),
23	Chicago (A)	17	3B Josh Fields (46th), CF Brandon Wortham (88th), P Jason Stoffel (90th),
24	Minnesota	15	RF Mark Robinson (63rd), P Anthony Swarzak (70th), P Shawn Tolleson (97th),
25	Washington	14	P Daryl Thompson (56th), P Jose Echeandia (74th),
26	Texas	13	P Thomas Diamond (58th), P Robert Lawson (84th), LF Lizahio Baez (96th),
27	Cleveland	9	2B Carl Wakeman (54th),
28	New York (N)	5	RF Fernando Martinez (75th),
29	San Francisco	2	P Carlos Villanueva (91st),
30	Detroit	0

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LEAGUE HISTORY - 3+ HR
4/5/2008, 3 HR, Jeff Mathis (LAA), 4 RBI
4/7/2008, 3 HR, Miguel Cabrera (CHA), 4 RBI
4/23/2008, 3 HR, David DeJesus (KCA), 7 RBI
5/11/2008, 3 HR, Jason Varitek (BOS), 4 RBI
5/19/2008, 3 HR, Magglio Ordonez (DET), 5 RBI
8/20/2008, 3 HR, Nelson Cruz (ARI), 3 RBI
9/20/2008, 3 HR, Dee Brown (TEX), 6 RBI

LEAGUE HISTORY - 6+ HITS
4/6/2008, 6 H in 6 AB, Ben Molina (SFN), 0 HR, 0 RBI
7/15/2008, 6 H in 6 AB, Trevor Plouffe (MIN), 1 HR, 3 RBI
7/21/2008, 6 H in 6 AB, Brandon Snyder (BAL), 0 HR, 5 RBI
9/10/2008, 6 H in 6 AB, Rafael Furcal (SFN), 0 HR, 7 RBI

LEAGUE HISTORY - 15+ K's
None

LEAGUE HISTORY - NO HITTERS
None

LEAGUE HISTORY - 50+ HR's
None

20+ WINS SEASONS
2008, Dontrelle Willis (Oakland), 24 Wins, 5 Losses, 2.65 ERA
2008, Rich Harden (Oakland), 23 Wins, 5 Losses, 2.32 ERA
2008, Tim Hudson (Atlanta), 20 Wins, 9 Losses, 3.38 ERA
2008, Chris Carpenter (St. Louis), 20 Wins, 8 Losses, 2.17 ERA

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Which brings us to the current year in progress: 2009

...and the loss of a Cardinal great.


Jake Woods gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Kiko Calero gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration.
So Taguchi gets a new one-year contract worth $694,286 through salary arbitration.
Jody Gerut gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration.
Wes Littleton becomes a free agent.
Chris Carpenter becomes a free agent.
Yadier Molina gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration.
Brad Thompson gets a new one-year contract worth $1,074,286 through salary arbitration.
Josh Hancock gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.

It's not like he played many years in St. Louis, but how do you replace 2-time Cy Young award winner?

Chris wanted a long term contract and although we offered a top paid pitcher type 4-5 year deal, Chris said thanks but no thanks and wanted to test free agency.

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2004	28	28	15	5	0	3.46	182.0	169	75	70	13	38	152	1	0	1.14	.000	STL
2005	33	33	21	5	0	2.83	241.2	204	0	76	0	51	213	7	4	1.06	.000	STL
2006	37	37	21	8	0	2.14	281.1	222	79	67	14	46	249	5	4	0.95	.273	STL,NL
2007	31	31	17	11	0	2.95	216.1	179	84	71	16	41	208	1	0	1.02	.282	STL
2008	36	36	20	8	0	2.17	249.0	201	72	60	19	40	233	1	1	0.97	.274	STL,NL

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Hater.