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The MacPhaillies - 2015 Show Phillies

Posted on June 30, 2015 at 09:08 PM.

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OFFICIAL START

I'm not going to make a dynasty for this per se, because I know I'll try to do too much and it won't last as long as I want it to. Instead, I'll chronicle notable events throughout the franchise's duration freeform-style. Hope you guys enjoy my take on the Phillies.
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We won around 69 games in 2014 and I slowly started to operate with the rebuilding method. Mike Adams was dispatched to Boston to help their bullpen. Antonio Bastardo was delivered to Texas instead of the Pirates. Alternatively, A.J. Burnett got shipped to Pittsburgh for Joely Rodriguez, converted to a relief pitcher. The Marlon Byrd trade was replicated - to Cincy for Ben Lively. Kendrick finally left to be a long man for San Francisco. The Jonathan Pettibone experiment didn't go as planned and I gave him to the White Sox as well. Jimmy Rollins exploded for 25 homers and a .285 average, so he was sold high at the price of pitching 'spects Zach Lee and Tom Windle from the Dodgers. Darin Ruf will be backing up Anthony Rizzo for the other Chicago team. I wanted Jeff Francoeur and Grady Sizemore to turn it around, but their new homes are Boston and Kansas City, respectively.

Jake Fox blew up AAA Lehigh Valley but he did not contribute to the main roster. Oddly, David Buchanan retired due to a "poor free agent market". I thought I would wait it out and let other teams sign IFAs like Yasmani Tomas and Rusney Castillo, but they ended up retiring too. At least Kenta Maeda signed with the ChiSox. Cody Asche did himself no favors in keeping his 3B job by having a poor season, while Maikel Franco loomed in the minors. Freddy Galvis did not impress me enough to take over at short, and he was demoted. J.P. Crawford, our #1 hitting prospect, was moved up a level from Reading.

No big trades happened with Hamels, Utley, or Papelbon in year one. We expanded the farm with draft picks initially. That includes 1B Eddie Coates (39/B), 2B Miguel Santana (56/B), SS David Min (72/C), SP Fernando Perez (51/B). Our first round pick - 10th in the draft - SP Jonas Luke is rated at a 56 overall at age 20 with A potential. He's a righty with two fastballs and a curve in his arsenal, beginning pro ball right at AA.