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MLB 2K9 FRANCHISE BLOG

Posted on April 7, 2009 at 10:00 AM.

Been awhile since the old blog was updated�.

I�ve since played midway thru May, playing mostly w/ my Phillies team, but also w/ my Orioles team too; FYI - I�m user controlling PHI/WAS/BAL/KC.

As the Phillies I swept the Nationals to end April, and ended April a .5 gm behind ATL (Boooooo!).

So here�s my �Around the League� for April�

TRADES: None

FA Signings: COL RP Stuart Knott, Cubs 2B Ray Durham, Cubs 2B Jose Vidro, HOU C Ivan Rodriguez, MIN SS Erasmo Brawn, OAK SS Nomar Garciapara, SEA RP Duaner Sanchez, SEA RP Chad Cordero, TEX SP Ben Sheets, TOR SS Maurice Dawley, WAS RP Joe Biemel, WAS SP Kip Wells.

Call Ups: COL SP Josh Fogg & Drew Cordes, MIL RP Mitch Stetter, NYM RP Sean Greene, PHI RP Joe Borkowski, SF SS Eugenio Velez, WAS Tyler Clippard.

End of April League Standings

NL East AL East
ATL �..14-7 BOS�...13-9
PHI �...14-8 TB��...11-12
NYM�.13-8 BAL�...10-12
WAS�..9-13 NYY�...10-13
FLA�....8-14 TOR�...10-14
NL Central AL Central
PITT�..15-7 CHI��15-7
CHI��14-8 CLE�....15-7
HOU�...12-10 DET��13-9
CIN��11-11 MIN�...11-11
MIL��10-12 KC��...6-16
STL��..8-16
NL West AL West
ARI��14-8 TEX��13-9
SF��..10-10 LAA��13-9
LAD�....9-13 OAK�...12-10
COL��7-13 SEA��.4-18
SD��...6-10

Philly Team Leaders:
AVG: Howard .384; Utley .344; Werth .316
HR: Utley 6; Howard 6; Werth 3
RBI: Utley, Howard, and Werth tied @ 14
OPS: Howard 1.099; Utley 1.036; Werth 0.905
SB: Rollins 6; Victorino 3; Werth 2
W�s: Lidge 3; Madson 2; Moyer 2
ERA: Blanton 1.84; Myers 3.38; C.Park 4.07
WHIP: Myers and Blanton 1.13; C.Park 1.32
K�s: Myers 28; Blanton 22; Hamels 21
SV: Lidge 3 (ERA/WHIP = 2.25/1.13)
Team Info: PWR Rnk 7; Rec. 14-8; Div Rnk 2; OVR Rating 82; Avg Att. 40,142; Total Budget $137.27; AVL $18.01mil.

AWARDS:
Player of the Month AL/NL: Placido Polanco/Hunter Pence
(R) AL/NL: Dusty Ryan (DET)/Gaby Sanchez (FLA)
Pitchers of the Month AL/NL: Kerry Wood/Buddy Carlyle (WTF?)
(R) AL/NL: Craig Breslow (MIN)/ Alberto Arias (FLA)