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3 Game Series vs San Francisco Giants
May 2: 4-5 Loss
May 3: 1-6 Loss
May 4: 2-6 Loss

3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
May 6: 0-6 Loss
May 7: 8-2 Win
May 8: 3-2 Win

I sign SP Chien-Ming Wang to a 1 year, $1.4 million contract. A.J. Burnett, who currently is 0-5 with an ERA of 10.17, is gone. I trade him to the Washington Nationals for SP Gio Gonzalez in what must have been a salary dump for them. Or really bad trade AI....

3 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 9: 1-3 Loss
May 10: 0-5 Loss
May 11: 2-5 Loss

4 Game Series at New York Yankees
May 12: 6-10 Loss
May 13: 7-5 Win
May 14: 3-1 Win
May 15: 3-5 Loss

3 Game Series at Minnesota Twins
May 16: 4-0 Win
May 17: 2-4 Loss
May 18: 7-8 Loss (13)

3 Game Series vs Houston Astros
May 19: 6-5 Win
May 20: 5-6 Loss (15)
May 21: 5-3 Win

3 Game Series vs Colorado Rockies
May 23: 0-4 Loss
May 24: 0-5 Loss
May 25: 4-5 Loss

I send down Barret Loux and call up Chris Tillman

3 Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
May 27: 2-5 Loss
May 28: 5-1 Win
May 29: 4-3 Win

3 Game Series at New York Mets
May 30: 6-8 Loss
May 31: 1-2 Loss
June 1: 3-5 Loss


So what the hell is going on?

I'm 14th in Runs Scored, 9th in Batting AVG, 8th in On-Base PCT, 15th in Home Runs, t-10th in Stolen Bases.

11th in Runs Against, 15th in Starters ERA, 3rd in Bullpen ERA, 6th in Defensive Eff.

Gio Gonzales on the Nationals was 4-0, 1.96 ERA, 1.17 WHIP. On the Orioles, 1-3, 5.87 ERA, 1.43 WHIP. He is unhappy about be traded to me. Maybe he'll get over it soon.

Wang has not lived up to his hype either. 0-3, 7.65 ERA, 1.65 WHIP.

The other starters...

Bronson Arroyo, 4-7, 5.50 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, .278 OAVG.
Martin Perez, 3-5, 3.76 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, .245 OAVG
Chris Tillman, 1-0, 1.00 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, .207 OAVG (just moved up)

Jordan Swagerty before being sent down, 1-3, 6.10 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, .286 OAVG
Barret Loux before being sent down, 3-4, 5.26 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, .239 OAVG

I wanted to keep Loux on, but I couldn't demote anyone else besides Perez and Perez is doing better. If Arroyo or Wang don't turn it around, though, I'll ship one of them out for a few bats and bring Loux back up.


On the batters side, C Brian Ward isn't living up to expectations. I couldn't afford to keep Weiters, so I didn't have a choice, but Ward is only batting .183, .272 OBP, .266 SLG.

In '12 and '13, Mahoney was an over .300 batter and over .400 OBP with a SLG over near .600. He's at .259 AVG right now and an OBP of .385 and a SLG of .443

1B Daric Barton - .282 AVG, .378 OBP, .424 SLG
2B Ryan Gennett - .271 AVG, .328 OBP, .383 SLG
3B Chase d'Arnaud - .252 AVG, .286 OBP, .353 SLG
3B Nolan Arenado - .260 AVG, .308 OBP, .396 SLG
SS Ryan Flaherty - .265 AVG, .356 OBP, .411 SLG
LF Jason Bourgeois - .290 AVG, .308 OBP, .331 SLG
CF Greg Golson - .279 AVG, .318 OBP, .484 SLG
RF Ben Zobrist - .247 AVG, .369 OBP, .432 SLG

I trade SS Freddy Galvis to the SD Padres for 25 year old 3B prospect Kevin Ahrens (1.0 / 3.5)