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PilotMan · 05-31-2023, 04:11 PM

Somehow this is still going strong. Slowly, but still going.

Let's put it this way, the NL West was total shit in '94. But let's start at the top the Minnesota Twins won their 2nd title and the first since 1924. The Twins posted a regular season record 88-74, but defeated the A's three games to one, the Orioles four games to one, and the Pirates in a fantastic 7 game series. Pudge Rodriguez lead the team, slashing his way to a .345/.390/.570, with 25 HR's and a team high 181 hits. Kevin Tapani missed 8 weeks in the middle of the summer, but still lead the team with a 14-3 record and a 4.03 ERA. Paul Quantrill topped out the most innings with 216, the only pitcher on the team to clear 200.

The Dodgers missed the playoffs for the 7th straight season. However, well....they lost a playoff in game 163 to the Giants. Which, if you've seen how the past few years have gone that would be a good thing, but the team lost like 8 of their last 10 and could have clinched it, but failed.

Keeping with our team centric focus:

74-89; 2nd place in the West, 1 GB

McGriff had a resurgent year smacking 41 HRs and managed to stay healthy and played in 161 games. Rookie Bobby Abreu lead the NL with 13 triples. He slashed .263/.368/.447 with 120 hits, 10 dingers, and 28 stolen bases. Geronimo Pena rounded out the offense with 14 HR's (2nd on the team) while posting an OPS of .831. However he missed over 13 weeks with knee injuries, so his overall impact was stunted.

The pitching staff workhorse ended up being 2nd year pitcher Chris Holt who went 11-16 with a 3.67 ERA and 208 innings of work. Mostly the Dodgers got by with a rotation that looked like this most of the year:

Chris Holt
Pat Rapp (6-17, 186IP, 101k)
Mike Mimbs (7-14, 164, 113)
Andy Pettitte (10-5, 173, 109)
Terrell Berthau (16-10, 188, 100)

Pettitte started to come into his own, but he tore his rotator cuff on August 16, and missed the rest of the year.

John Franco was brought on to close, but he went down the end of June with a partially torn labrum and only managed 11 saves with a 2.25 ERA. Jose Cleto stepped up as the closer for LA the rest of the year and saved 23 of 26 with a 2.97 ERA in 66 innings of work.

So you can see, that in spite of a bad season, the team nearly made the playoffs with an unheard of 89 losses. Imagine what 1995 will bring!

It's opening day, the offseason is over and the team ready. This is the MLB Prospectus preview on LA this year.

05-31-2023, 04:11 PM	#248
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Somehow this is still going strong. Slowly, but still going. Let's put it this way, the NL West was total shit in '94. But let's start at the top the Minnesota Twins won their 2nd title and the first since 1924. The Twins posted a regular season record 88-74, but defeated the A's three games to one, the Orioles four games to one, and the Pirates in a fantastic 7 game series. Pudge Rodriguez lead the team, slashing his way to a .345/.390/.570, with 25 HR's and a team high 181 hits. Kevin Tapani missed 8 weeks in the middle of the summer, but still lead the team with a 14-3 record and a 4.03 ERA. Paul Quantrill topped out the most innings with 216, the only pitcher on the team to clear 200. The Dodgers missed the playoffs for the 7th straight season. However, well....they lost a playoff in game 163 to the Giants. Which, if you've seen how the past few years have gone that would be a good thing, but the team lost like 8 of their last 10 and could have clinched it, but failed. Keeping with our team centric focus: 74-89; 2nd place in the West, 1 GB McGriff had a resurgent year smacking 41 HRs and managed to stay healthy and played in 161 games. Rookie Bobby Abreu lead the NL with 13 triples. He slashed .263/.368/.447 with 120 hits, 10 dingers, and 28 stolen bases. Geronimo Pena rounded out the offense with 14 HR's (2nd on the team) while posting an OPS of .831. However he missed over 13 weeks with knee injuries, so his overall impact was stunted. The pitching staff workhorse ended up being 2nd year pitcher Chris Holt who went 11-16 with a 3.67 ERA and 208 innings of work. Mostly the Dodgers got by with a rotation that looked like this most of the year: Chris Holt Pat Rapp (6-17, 186IP, 101k) Mike Mimbs (7-14, 164, 113) Andy Pettitte (10-5, 173, 109) Terrell Berthau (16-10, 188, 100) Pettitte started to come into his own, but he tore his rotator cuff on August 16, and missed the rest of the year. John Franco was brought on to close, but he went down the end of June with a partially torn labrum and only managed 11 saves with a 2.25 ERA. Jose Cleto stepped up as the closer for LA the rest of the year and saved 23 of 26 with a 2.97 ERA in 66 innings of work. So you can see, that in spite of a bad season, the team nearly made the playoffs with an unheard of 89 losses. Imagine what 1995 will bring! It's opening day, the offseason is over and the team ready. This is the MLB Prospectus preview on LA this year. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam