Saving San Diego, an MLB The Show 09 Franchise Dynasty - Page 3

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 05:20 PM

A little change. I am going to highlight each week rather then every game. Just gets too tedious I am afraid.

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 05:27 PM

April Recap

We finish April out with 4 wins in our last 7 games, though it should've been 5 of 7, but Heath Bell blew a game we had no business losing vs the Giants, costing us a sweep that would've been huge for morale.

Offensively we're starting to mash. Some of our top guys are:

Elijah Dukes: .295/6 HR/16 RBI
Adrian Gonzalez: .296/7 HR/21 RBI
Kellen Kulbacki: .333/0 HR/12 RBI

Kulbacki is going to move up to the two hole, following Andrus. Headley will hit 5th now.

Pitching wise we're our starters are great, but our pen isn't.

Chris Young is 2-2 with a 2.87 ERA
Chad Gaudin is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA
Vicente Padilla is 1-3 with a 4.29 ERA
Josh Geer is 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA
Kevin Correia is 0-1 with a 3.57 ERA

We are going to address our RP soon if things don't change soon.

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 05:33 PM

April League Leaders

Stephen Drew is hitting an absurd .441 to lead the bigs in average. He is on the DL though after his torrid start.

Nate McLouth and Jim Thome both have 10 HR in April to give them a share of the HR lead at this point in the year.

Albert Pujols has 27 RBI to lead the MLB in that category. Both Thome and McLouth are right behind him though at 26.

Jake Peavy is one of 8 pitches at 4 wins early on, though he supports a 4.08 ERA so he is benefiting from quite an explosive Rangers offense.

AJ Burnett leads the league in ERA with a .72 clip for the Yanks. Remarkably he is only 2-1.

Javier Vasquez already has 50 K's to lead the league by a wide margin. The Braves as a whole are just playing absurd baseball, highlighted by the play of Carl Crawford in FA.

Atlanta Braves 21 year old rookie CL Tod Haley current leads the league with 13 saves. He was the 7th pick in last years draft.

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 05:38 PM

April Farm Review

In Portland, the home of our AAA team, our two young studs Mitchell Croft and Matt Latos are dealing. Croft, last years #3 pick, is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA. Our scout says he has A potential and will be a future star. Chances are he could be in the bigs sometime next season. Meanwhile Matt Latos is 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA. His B+ potential is going to make him a solid #3 starter for us in the future. These two kids are huge for us for the future.

Meanwhile our hitters in AAA are lead by 1B Cutter Dykstra who is hitting .322 with 9 HR and 22 RBI. Rookie CF Van King is only hitting .235 but has 4 HR and 17 RBI. C Cha-Seung Ye struggled early but is up to .222 with 2 HR and 6 RBI, and SS Radhames Nieves is hitting .272 with 1 HR and 7 RBI, but he also has 5 SB.

In AA Jaff Decker is hitting .325 with 6 HR and 17 RBI and should expect to be in AAA soon. Cedric Hunder is only hitting .212 with 4 HR and 9 RBI, but he has an impressive 10 SB already.

Our AA pitchers all seem solid but not spectacular.

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 06:02 PM

Padres and Twins swing a deal

With Cutter Dykstra improving rapidly at AAA, and Adrian Gonzalez firmly entrenched at 1B, the Padres traded 1B Justin Smoak to Minnesota for 2B Alexi Casilla. Casilla was brought in to provide speed and defense and is an upgrade over Cabrera at 2B. He also allows Coco to head to AA where he belongs.

San Diego also called up Will Venable to play some OF/1B.

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 06:34 PM

May 2nd - 8th

We have another over .500 week going 4-3 with a win over ATL, COL and 2 vs ARZ. Kevin Correia was clutch with 2 wins in his 2 starts, while Alex Serrao had a win and 2 losses in relief.

Elvis Andrus was hot all week, as was Adrian Gonzalez, while Kulback really tapered off.

We now sit at 12-17 on the season.

DeToxRox · 05-18-2009, 06:46 PM

May 9th - 15th

We go 3-4 this week, with 3 losses to the Nationals, including losing to Strasburg in his big league debut.

Our bullpen took 3 losses this week, while Young and Gaudin both had wins. Gaudin also took the loss vs Strasburg though he only allowed 3 runs in the game.

Adrian Gonzalez only had 3 hits this week and his average took a nosedive to .277. Kulbacki picked it up and is back around .295 but we need more consistent games if we want to do anything this year.

We sit at 15-21 now.

Balldog · 05-19-2009, 08:29 PM

Great read, just picked this game up yesterday.

I like what you've done with the Padres so far.

DeToxRox · 05-19-2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balldog

Great read, just picked this game up yesterday.

I like what you've done with the Padres so far.

Thanks. It's been fun.

Yeah the team is actually getting more consistent hitting lately, but the bullpen is awful. I am going to bring up a kid or two because I think we can be a .500 team that competes in a relativley weak West if our pen can be even somewhat decent.

DeToxRox · 05-21-2009, 05:07 PM

Got a little ahead of myself so I'll update the end of May now.

DeToxRox · 05-21-2009, 05:11 PM

May Update

We run into a 5 game losing streak vs LA and Oakland, but we end up ending the final week of May 4-2 to improve us to 20-28 on the season. We're getting a much better pen performance and our starters keep pitching relatively well.

Adrian Gonzalez is hitting .280 with 10 HR and 34 RBI.
Elijah Dukes is hitting .267 with 9 HR and 23 RBI.
Chase Headley is hitting .302 with 5 HR and 18 RBI.

Pitching wise ..

Chris Young is 3-4 with a 2.43 ERA
Chad Gaudin is 3-3 with a 4.24 ERA
Kevin Correia is 2-2 wth a 3.60 ERA
Vicente Padilla is 2-4 with a 3.11 ERA
Josh Geer is 1-1 with a 4.17 ERA.

DeToxRox · 05-21-2009, 05:13 PM

May League Leaders

-Curtis Granderson leads the league with a .360 average.

- Jim Thome and Aramis Ramirez are tied for the MLB lead with 17 HR each.

- Albert Pujols leads the league with 51 RBI.

- Jake Peavy leads the league with 8 W's.

- Bobby Jenks and Tod Haley are tied for the League lead with 21 SV's.

- AJ Burnett leads the league with a 1.44 ERA.

- Tim Lincecum leads the league with 78 K's.

DeToxRox · 05-21-2009, 05:16 PM

Padres May Farm Review

Jaff Decker continues to rake with a .315 average, 9 HR and 31 RBI in AA. Our potential future CL Wynn Pelzer is 17/17 in saves also in AA.

Cutter Dykstra is hitting .295 with 14 HR and 41 RBI in AAA. While rookie Van King is hitting .277 with 10 HR and 30 RBI. The other rookeis are struggling though, as Cha-Seung Ye is still hitting just above .200 and Nieves is down to .214.

Mitchell Croft is 4-4 with a 2.34 ERA for Portland. He has 9 QS so far. Meanwhile Matt Latos is cooling down some, at 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA but he was great early on and should end up correcting himself.

DeToxRox · 05-21-2009, 05:18 PM

MLB Standings

The Blue Jays have a 1 game lead over the Yanks in the AL East. The Twins hold a 4.5 game lead over Chicago in the Central. Texas has a 3 game lead on Oakland in the West.

In the NL the Braves hold a 5.5 game lead over the Mets, the Cards are 4.5 up on the Reds in the Central and the Giants are a half game up on the Dodgers in the West.

DeToxRox · 05-21-2009, 05:26 PM

2010 MLB Draft

#1 Detroit - SP Tuan Hanna (HS)
#2 Pittsburgh - 1B Joaquin Waddell (2-Yr)
#3 Washington - SP Zach Cook (4-Yr)
#4 Houston - SP Ugueth Carrara (2-Yr)
#5 Kansas City - SP Tory Sparks (4-Yr)
#6 Colorado - LF Mo Alvarez (HS)
#7 Oakland - SP Magglio Samuel (2-Yr)
#8 Florida - RP Jhonny Fuentes (HS)
#9 Seattle - LF Emanuel Sivla (2-Yr)
#10 Texas - RP Tawn Kolb (4-Yr)
#12 San Diego - 2B Derek Ross

05-18-2009, 05:20 PM	#101
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	A little change. I am going to highlight each week rather then every game. Just gets too tedious I am afraid.

05-18-2009, 05:27 PM	#102
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	April Recap We finish April out with 4 wins in our last 7 games, though it should've been 5 of 7, but Heath Bell blew a game we had no business losing vs the Giants, costing us a sweep that would've been huge for morale. Offensively we're starting to mash. Some of our top guys are: Elijah Dukes: .295/6 HR/16 RBI Adrian Gonzalez: .296/7 HR/21 RBI Kellen Kulbacki: .333/0 HR/12 RBI Kulbacki is going to move up to the two hole, following Andrus. Headley will hit 5th now. Pitching wise we're our starters are great, but our pen isn't. Chris Young is 2-2 with a 2.87 ERA Chad Gaudin is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA Vicente Padilla is 1-3 with a 4.29 ERA Josh Geer is 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA Kevin Correia is 0-1 with a 3.57 ERA We are going to address our RP soon if things don't change soon.

05-18-2009, 05:33 PM	#103
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	April League Leaders Stephen Drew is hitting an absurd .441 to lead the bigs in average. He is on the DL though after his torrid start. Nate McLouth and Jim Thome both have 10 HR in April to give them a share of the HR lead at this point in the year. Albert Pujols has 27 RBI to lead the MLB in that category. Both Thome and McLouth are right behind him though at 26. Jake Peavy is one of 8 pitches at 4 wins early on, though he supports a 4.08 ERA so he is benefiting from quite an explosive Rangers offense. AJ Burnett leads the league in ERA with a .72 clip for the Yanks. Remarkably he is only 2-1. Javier Vasquez already has 50 K's to lead the league by a wide margin. The Braves as a whole are just playing absurd baseball, highlighted by the play of Carl Crawford in FA. Atlanta Braves 21 year old rookie CL Tod Haley current leads the league with 13 saves. He was the 7th pick in last years draft.

05-18-2009, 05:38 PM	#104
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	April Farm Review In Portland, the home of our AAA team, our two young studs Mitchell Croft and Matt Latos are dealing. Croft, last years #3 pick, is 1-1 with a 1.64 ERA. Our scout says he has A potential and will be a future star. Chances are he could be in the bigs sometime next season. Meanwhile Matt Latos is 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA. His B+ potential is going to make him a solid #3 starter for us in the future. These two kids are huge for us for the future. Meanwhile our hitters in AAA are lead by 1B Cutter Dykstra who is hitting .322 with 9 HR and 22 RBI. Rookie CF Van King is only hitting .235 but has 4 HR and 17 RBI. C Cha-Seung Ye struggled early but is up to .222 with 2 HR and 6 RBI, and SS Radhames Nieves is hitting .272 with 1 HR and 7 RBI, but he also has 5 SB. In AA Jaff Decker is hitting .325 with 6 HR and 17 RBI and should expect to be in AAA soon. Cedric Hunder is only hitting .212 with 4 HR and 9 RBI, but he has an impressive 10 SB already. Our AA pitchers all seem solid but not spectacular.

05-18-2009, 06:02 PM	#105
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Padres and Twins swing a deal With Cutter Dykstra improving rapidly at AAA, and Adrian Gonzalez firmly entrenched at 1B, the Padres traded 1B Justin Smoak to Minnesota for 2B Alexi Casilla. Casilla was brought in to provide speed and defense and is an upgrade over Cabrera at 2B. He also allows Coco to head to AA where he belongs. San Diego also called up Will Venable to play some OF/1B.

05-18-2009, 06:34 PM	#106
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	May 2nd - 8th We have another over .500 week going 4-3 with a win over ATL, COL and 2 vs ARZ. Kevin Correia was clutch with 2 wins in his 2 starts, while Alex Serrao had a win and 2 losses in relief. Elvis Andrus was hot all week, as was Adrian Gonzalez, while Kulback really tapered off. We now sit at 12-17 on the season.

05-18-2009, 06:46 PM	#107
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	May 9th - 15th We go 3-4 this week, with 3 losses to the Nationals, including losing to Strasburg in his big league debut. Our bullpen took 3 losses this week, while Young and Gaudin both had wins. Gaudin also took the loss vs Strasburg though he only allowed 3 runs in the game. Adrian Gonzalez only had 3 hits this week and his average took a nosedive to .277. Kulbacki picked it up and is back around .295 but we need more consistent games if we want to do anything this year. We sit at 15-21 now.

05-19-2009, 08:29 PM	#108
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	Great read, just picked this game up yesterday. I like what you've done with the Padres so far.

05-21-2009, 05:07 PM	#110
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Got a little ahead of myself so I'll update the end of May now.

05-21-2009, 05:11 PM	#111
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	May Update We run into a 5 game losing streak vs LA and Oakland, but we end up ending the final week of May 4-2 to improve us to 20-28 on the season. We're getting a much better pen performance and our starters keep pitching relatively well. Adrian Gonzalez is hitting .280 with 10 HR and 34 RBI. Elijah Dukes is hitting .267 with 9 HR and 23 RBI. Chase Headley is hitting .302 with 5 HR and 18 RBI. Pitching wise .. Chris Young is 3-4 with a 2.43 ERA Chad Gaudin is 3-3 with a 4.24 ERA Kevin Correia is 2-2 wth a 3.60 ERA Vicente Padilla is 2-4 with a 3.11 ERA Josh Geer is 1-1 with a 4.17 ERA.

05-21-2009, 05:13 PM	#112
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	May League Leaders -Curtis Granderson leads the league with a .360 average. - Jim Thome and Aramis Ramirez are tied for the MLB lead with 17 HR each. - Albert Pujols leads the league with 51 RBI. - Jake Peavy leads the league with 8 W's. - Bobby Jenks and Tod Haley are tied for the League lead with 21 SV's. - AJ Burnett leads the league with a 1.44 ERA. - Tim Lincecum leads the league with 78 K's.

05-21-2009, 05:16 PM	#113
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Padres May Farm Review Jaff Decker continues to rake with a .315 average, 9 HR and 31 RBI in AA. Our potential future CL Wynn Pelzer is 17/17 in saves also in AA. Cutter Dykstra is hitting .295 with 14 HR and 41 RBI in AAA. While rookie Van King is hitting .277 with 10 HR and 30 RBI. The other rookeis are struggling though, as Cha-Seung Ye is still hitting just above .200 and Nieves is down to .214. Mitchell Croft is 4-4 with a 2.34 ERA for Portland. He has 9 QS so far. Meanwhile Matt Latos is cooling down some, at 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA but he was great early on and should end up correcting himself.

05-21-2009, 05:18 PM	#114
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	MLB Standings The Blue Jays have a 1 game lead over the Yanks in the AL East. The Twins hold a 4.5 game lead over Chicago in the Central. Texas has a 3 game lead on Oakland in the West. In the NL the Braves hold a 5.5 game lead over the Mets, the Cards are 4.5 up on the Reds in the Central and the Giants are a half game up on the Dodgers in the West.

05-21-2009, 05:26 PM	#115
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	2010 MLB Draft #1 Detroit - SP Tuan Hanna (HS) #2 Pittsburgh - 1B Joaquin Waddell (2-Yr) #3 Washington - SP Zach Cook (4-Yr) #4 Houston - SP Ugueth Carrara (2-Yr) #5 Kansas City - SP Tory Sparks (4-Yr) #6 Colorado - LF Mo Alvarez (HS) #7 Oakland - SP Magglio Samuel (2-Yr) #8 Florida - RP Jhonny Fuentes (HS) #9 Seattle - LF Emanuel Sivla (2-Yr) #10 Texas - RP Tawn Kolb (4-Yr) #12 San Diego - 2B Derek Ross

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