The Georgia Baseball Association: An OOTP 6.5 Dynasty

[Ben E Lou]

[quote=twothree]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

CAREER BATTING LEADERS

QUOTE]

For anyone that is on the Trout watch , he is now up to 465 homeruns in his career. A former Rookie of the Year winner and six time All-Star selection, it's sad to see that the active homerun leader is on his last legs. Maybe "Crazylegs" Trout still has one good 40+ season in him to keep his remaining (3/6 popularity :o ) fans happy.

Update:

As of June 1st, Crazylegs Trout is still in the everyday lineup for Dunwoody, rated 48/92/50. However, he's batting only .218, but with 12 homers and 42 RBI. He's still productive, and on pace to drive in over 120 runs this year.

[Ben E Lou]

June 2001

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 10-17
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 36-45
CURRENT STANDING: Last. 12 ½ games behind Lakeside

MAJOR INJURIES:
Adan Mann plays like he belongs in the bigs for the first 22 days of the month, but then he breaks his cheekbone on the 23^rd. Luckily, it isn't long before Drumm's return. However, when Mann comes back (around the beginning of August), I have a feeling that 3B Thomas Sheahan is going to be out of an everyday job.

TEAM NEWS OF NOTE THIS MONTH
1B Linquiet earned player of the week honors once this month.




COMMENTS/LINEUP OR ROTATION CHANGES:
Just a little below the middle now. 18^th in runs scored and 15^th in runs allowed.


SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: C Olivares, .322
HR: LF Primmer, 16
RBI: C Olivares, 57
SB: CF Pacheco, 50
SP ERA: Rikyu, 3.51
RP ERA: Crosby 3.77
SAVES: Luis Rodriguez--18
K’s: Warrick and Gerlach, 77


PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

AAA middle reliever Ezra Lunar gets some nice talent gains, and is now up to a 4.5-star prospect. He was our 6^th-round pick in 2000.


AAA NOTES:
LF David Gilley (***) .871 OPS, 49/13/86


AA NOTES:
SP Dudley Anderson—8-3, 3.35, 39/40/60

SP Travis Halloran—5-6, 5.27, 27/65/43

CF Dirk Otterson, Jr--.740OPS, 35/18/27



A NOTES:

2B Dalcio Meras--.774 OPS, 27/22/74



TRADES
None.

[Ben E Lou]

July 2001

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 12-13
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 48-58
CURRENT STANDING: 3^rd. 10 ½ games behind Lakeside

MAJOR INJURIES:
None.

TEAM NEWS OF NOTE THIS MONTH
C Olivares was named an All-Star for the third straight season.




COMMENTS/LINEUP OR ROTATION CHANGES:
The pitching might be improving. Our ERA is down to 4.27, good for 12^th overall.


SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: C Olivares, .315
HR: LF Primmer, 20
RBI: C Olivares, 70
SB: CF Pacheco, 59
SP ERA: Rikyu, 3.36
RP ERA: Crumb, 3.80
SAVES: Luis Rodriguez--22
K’s: Warrick 107


PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

AA stud SP Dudley Anderson got a talent increase in stuff. Nice! Also, our first-round pick this year, Dirk Otterson, Jr., got an increase in plate discipline.


AAA NOTES:
LF David Gilley (***) .848 OPS, 47/13/86—His contact number has slowly dropped the last two months, and I don't want him to drop any more, so I call him up to start against lefties, and demote


AA NOTES:
SP Dudley Anderson—10-4, 3.27, 43/42/57. I call him up to AAA.

SP Travis Halloran—8-8, 4.71, 29/65/43

CF Dirk Otterson, Jr--..678 OPS, 35/18/27



A NOTES:

2B Dalcio Meras--.802OPS, 27/22/74



TRADES
None.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

Update:

As of June 1st, Crazylegs Trout is still in the everyday lineup for Dunwoody, rated 48/92/50. However, he's batting only .218, but with 12 homers and 42 RBI. He's still productive, and on pace to drive in over 120 runs this year.

Crazylegs had a banner month in July, winning Batter of the Month with .357-7-23 numbers. He's now 15 homers away from the magic 500, and he passed 1,500 RBI earlier this season.

[Ben E Lou]

August 2001

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 14-14
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 62-72
CURRENT STANDING: 3^rd. 14 games behind Lakeside

MAJOR INJURIES:
None.

TEAM NEWS OF NOTE THIS MONTH
N/A




COMMENTS/LINEUP OR ROTATION CHANGES:
ERA falls a bit more, to 4.21. Good. Good.


SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: C Olivares, .307
HR: LF Primmer & 1B Linquist, 21
RBI: Linquist and Olivares, 77
SB: CF Pacheco, 78
SP ERA: Rikyu, 3.51
RP ERA: Grieco, 3.83
SAVES: Luis Rodriguez--24
K’s: Rikyu, 138


PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Nothing of note this month.


AAA NOTES:
SP Dudley Anderson—1-2, 4.94, 51/44/60—Nice little ratings jump there. He may start next season in the rotation. I'd like to give him a September call-up.


AA NOTES:
SP Travis Halloran—10-11, 4.08, 30/65/43

CF Dirk Otterson, Jr--.636 OPS, 35/18/27



A NOTES:

2B Dalcio Meras--.837OPS, 27/22/74


TRADES
None.

[Ben E Lou]

September/October 2001

YEAR-END RECORD: 77-85
FINAL STANDING: 3^rd. 14 games behind Lakeside

MAJOR INJURIES:
C Olivares breaks his wrist on 9/22, and misses the rest of the year.

TEAM NEWS OF NOTE THIS MONTH
N/A




PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Along with Olivares's broken wrist, he suffers talent drops in power and plate discipline.




YEAR-END TEAM STATS

		Manager: Ben Lewis Record: 77 Wins, 85 Losses, .475 Winning Pct. Home Record: 35 Wins, 46 Losses Away Record: 42 Wins, 39 Losses 1 Run Games Record: 16 Wins, 30 Losses X-Innings Record: 6 Wins, 5 Losses Record vs LHP: 24 Wins, 23 Losses Record vs RHP: 53 Wins, 62 Losses Payroll: $58,597,087 (20th) Fan Interest: 42/100 (22nd)	Batting AVG: .252 (17th) Homeruns: 130 (19th) Walks: 548 (11th) Stolen Bases: 240 (1st) Runs Scored: 712 (19th) Pitching ERA: 4.09 (6th) Opponents AVG: .261 (14th) HRs Allowed: 153 (14th) Walks Allowed: 564 (14th) Runs Allowed: 737 (9th)

YEAR-END INDIVIDUAL STATS

NAME	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB	CS
L. Repass	162	627	150	17	2	9	58	73	74	44	.239	.323	.316	10	5
P. Pacheco	162	620	140	20	3	6	56	93	90	98	.226	.331	.297	95	36
D. Ladner	156	591	159	40	10	5	55	76	30	112	.269	.307	.396	68	17
R. Linquist	158	587	172	17	5	24	86	86	33	51	.293	.331	.462	3	0
A. Olivares	146	509	154	32	3	21	95	78	78	81	.303	.401	.501	0	0
D. Primmer	154	485	120	19	5	28	78	83	39	72	.247	.308	.480	20	11
A. Drumm	126	381	87	14	3	3	49	46	59	78	.228	.336	.304	16	9
A. Mann	78	276	86	13	2	12	59	35	26	57	.312	.394	.504	4	2
T. Sheahan	85	270	76	13	0	7	31	26	29	45	.281	.352	.407	1	0
A. Valera	127	199	55	10	0	3	20	19	16	23	.276	.338	.372	0	0
F. Talavera	82	159	37	11	2	0	15	19	13	42	.233	.293	.327	4	1
T. Wilcox	114	151	32	1	0	3	18	7	6	39	.212	.242	.278	2	0
U. Romero	78	150	34	4	2	7	19	26	14	30	.227	.293	.420	8	2
J. Simeon	80	109	29	3	0	2	17	7	9	20	.266	.317	.349	0	1

EASTERN LEAGUE OVERALL AVERAGES: Batting=.260, OBP=.331, Slugging=.393

	Name	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
	F. Warrick	36	36	17	12	0	3.51	233.2	235	104	91	78	158
	M. Rikyu	35	35	11	10	0	3.47	194.2	163	79	75	89	175
	B. Gerlach	35	35	11	12	0	4.48	193.0	214	117	96	90	158
	J. Crumb	84	0	8	0	2	3.59	110.1	112	49	44	35	66
	W. Gould	32	32	6	18	0	5.31	183.0	203	117	108	54	136
	R. Bluhm	19	19	5	10	0	3.99	97.0	95	53	43	49	51
	A. Villamil	62	0	5	5	0	4.55	87.0	72	48	44	56	91
	R. Crosby	41	0	5	2	3	4.11	61.1	68	29	28	26	41
	L. Rodriguez	55	0	4	2	30	4.35	49.2	57	25	24	10	42
	C. Grieco	106	0	2	5	1	3.40	121.2	116	49	46	28	84
	A. Lira	65	0	1	6	9	5.01	70.0	63	48	39	29	70
	E. Luna	7	0	1	1	2	3.00	9.0	8	3	3	1	5
	D. Anderson	5	5	1	2	0	3.97	34.0	36	16	15	19	26
EASTERN LEAGUE OVERALL ERA: 4.24

[Ben E Lou]

TROUT WATCH!
Crazylegs Trout shows that he ain't done just yet, putting up a .258-28-97 season this year, giving him 493 homers for his career.

[Ben E Lou]

2001 POST-SEASON REPORT

POTENTIAL FREE AGENTS/CONTRACT EXTENSIONS

Name	Pos	Salary	Yrs	Comments
Robert Linquist	1B	-----	-------	He wanted over $10M to extend—more than I am wiling to pay.
Amos Olivares	C	$17M	4	This is the guy I want to build around.
Urbano Romero	CF	$500K	2	Since he's willing to take a pay cut, sticks around as a backup.
Charles Grieco	MR	$3.7M	3	He's the main stability in our bullpen.
Douglas Ladner	2B	----	----	He wanted too much for his ability.
Antonio Villamil	MR	----	----	33yo whose ERA hasn't been below 4.00 in two years.
Roderick Bluhm	SP	----	----	With our young SP's starting to arrive, this guy is definitely expendable.

POSTSEASON RECAP
Marist 4, Stephenson 1

SW DeKalb 4, Lakeside 3

Marietta 4, Columbus 2

Brookstone 4, Pope 2

SW DeKalb 4, Marist 3

Brookstone 4, Marietta 2

Brookstone 4, SW DeKalb 1

AWARDS

Eastern League Rookie Of The Year Award:

Jeremias Rivera (RED)!

He had a record of 10-12 with an ERA of 4.44.

In 30 games started, he pitched 178.1 innings, fanning 86 and walking 53 batters.

Western League Rookie Of The Year Award:

David Moore (MTA)!

He batted .301 in 539 AB, with 7 homers and 67 RBI.

Eastern League Cy Young Award:

Deivi Escalona (STE)!

He had a record of 24-4 with an ERA of 1.57 and 1 shutouts.

In 35 games started, he pitched 257.1 innings, fanning 277 and walking 32 batters.

Eastern League MVP Award:

Albert Schneider (TUC)!

He batted .338 in 545 AB, with 30 homers and 115 RBI.

Western League Cy Young Award:

Gregory Caulder (SC)!

He had a record of 18-12 with an ERA of 2.34 and 6 shutouts.

In 34 games started, he pitched 258 innings, fanning 260 and walking 18 batters.

Western League MVP Award:

Brian Gula (WHE)!

He batted .286 in 587 AB, with 44 homers and 131 RBI.

Eastern League Gold Glove Award Winners:

Pitcher: Andrew Houle (STE)

Catcher: Joseph McGough (RED)

First Base: Ben Herrera (SPX)

Second Base: Ralph Davis (SWD)

Third Base: Adrian McRee (STM)

Shortstop: Omar Santa (STM)

Leftfield: Carlos Oliveros (RED)

Centerfield: Israel Griego (LAK)

Rightfield: Nathan Routt (DUN)

Western League Gold Glove Award Winners:

Pitcher: Landon Hannon (COL)

Catcher: Alexander Walker (COL)

First Base: Salvador Rioja (POP)

Second Base: Clinton Iversen (MCE)

Third Base: Billy Langford (SHA)

Shortstop: Lawrence Quinton (WAL)

Leftfield: Sean Dessert (MCE)

Centerfield: William Amendola (MTA)

Rightfield: Curt Dale (WAL)

THOUGHTS
The pitching is coming around, but financial concerns look like they're really going to hinder me putting a “complete” team together.

[Ben E Lou]

BEGIN 2002

KEY LEAGUE NEWS

LAK: Fan loyalty increases to Very Good!

Marist : Team market falls to Big.

LAS: Fan loyalty increases to Very Good!

WHE: Fan loyalty increases to Good!

32 year old Shortstop Osvaldo Jimenez from Cuba has moved from Cuba to the US and is now a free agent.

He's a 2.5-star player.

TEAM NEWS

Travis Wilcox retires ...

Mon'Ichirou Rikyu gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration.

Luis Rodriguez gets a new one-year contract worth $811,429 through salary arbitration.

Adam Drumm gets a new one-year contract worth $1,642,857 through salary arbitration.

Avelino Valera gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.

Carlos Morales gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.

Robert Crosby gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.

Wilcox was a well-traveled first baseman. He was originally drafted in the third round by Redan, but was a regular starter for Brookstone, Lassiter, Wheeler, Harrison, and Brookstone again during his career. His best season was 1992, for Wheeler: .296-18-84. He won a Gold Glove with Wheeler in '94. Lassiter waived him in '99 after he was no longer a starter, and he spent his last three seasons as a backup 1B for Druid Hills. He leaves the game with 133 career homers, 5172 at bats, and 633 RBI.

[Ben E Lou]

2002 POSITION REPORTS

CATCHER

Amos Olivares is signed through 2005 now, and Avelino Valera is a solid backup. hit .303 backing him up last year. We have no catching prospects whatsoever.

FIRST BASE

I couldn't afford to re-sign Robert Linquist, and we didn't have a prospect, so now we're without anyone who I'd put out there every day. We must find someone to play first this year. I may even trade some of that young starting pitching...

SECOND BASE

Another position where we could be in big trouble, due to the so-far non-development of prospect Dalcio “Thunder” Meras. I probably need to sign or trade for someone to start here.

THIRD BASE

Whew! Help at second base, due to a surprise development. Last year's 2^nd-round pick, Robert Swisher, batted .333 in AAA last year, and has a 54 in contact hitting, along with pretty solid defensive ratings. Our financial situation is tight, so I'll probably start Swisher at 3^rd, and go with Adan Mann at second.

SHORTSTOP

Adam Drumm dropped from .305 in 2000 to .228 in 2001, but he's not out there for his bat. He still gives us solid defense at a critical position

LEFT FIELD

Daniel Primmer (vs. RHP) and David Gilley (vs. LHP) give us a nice platoon out in left. 3.5-star prospect Dirk Otterson, Jr. can play all three OF positions, but LF is his best defensively.

CENTER FIELD

Pedro Pachecho could stand to improve from last years' .226 average and .331 OBP, but he looks like he has the skill to do it. If he can get on base more, 100SB's is a possibility.

RIGHT FIELD

Leland dropped off to .239 last year after hitting .316 in 2000. He's only 25, so I expect that he'll bounce back just fine.

STARTING PITCHING

Current—Dudley Anderson put up a 3.97 ERA in 34 IP's in his September call-up, and in so doing has forced his way into the rotation this year. He'll be 22 on April 6^th. He joins Gould, Warrick, Rikyu and Gerlach in an improving rotation. We still have another 5-star SP prospect in Travis Halloran. I may look at trading him for a 1B.

RELIEF PITCHING

Luis Rodriguez is now a 3.5-star closer, rated 73/84/78. I'm hoping for 35-40 saves out of him this year. We've got some pretty solid guys before we get to him, too, in Charles Grieco, Jermaine Crumb, Ezra Luna, Antonio Lira. Young left Andrew Strong looks like he'll earn a spot on the big club this year. If we can sign one more solid lefty, the 'pen will be very solid.

[Chappy]

Are you using custom settings, and if so what are they?

[Ben E Lou]

I should be back in the T-U-C early next week, and I expect the GBA to resume play (with new settings) sometime within a week or so of my return.

[Ben E Lou]

NOTE: Settings changed on 1/31/2002 to use THESE. There could be some stats fluctuations over the next few seasons as the league adjusts. Based on comparing 5-year totals in the GBA to 5-year totals in my test league, here's what we should expect to see happen eventually:

• an increase in overall league batting average (.2588-->.2652)
• a slight increase in runs scored (81.08 per 600AB-->81.53)
• Doubles and triples should stay virtually the same.
• A drop in homers (16.02-->15.14)
• A drop in strikeouts (118.06-->111.67) and walks (58.81-->56.96)
• a small increase in overall OPS (.7243-->.7299)
  

2002 FREE AGENCY REPORT

TRADES
None.

FINANCIAL/FRONT OFFICE SITUATION
Fan Interest: 42 (-13 from last year)
Team Market: Almost Nonexistent
Fan Loyalty: Fair
Cash on Hand: $12.6M
Total Payroll: $60.4M
Last Year Income: $55.0M
Available Money: $7.2M

DESIRES
I don't want to increase the payroll much at this point. I'll just try to sign a serviceable first baseman.

SIGNINGS
I sign 35-year-old 1B Chris Chai to a 2-year deal worth $5.6M per year. He put up a .274-20-92 season last year, and is a three-time All-Star, with 59/60/57 ratings currently. He's a switch-hitter, and a very good defensive first baseman as well. I'm hoping he can hold down the fort there for a couple of years.

BIG-DOLLAR SIGNINGS AROUND THE GBA
Pius inks C Kennith "Crusher" Trevino for $18.4M per year for five years. This 30-year-old has 77 HR and 282 RBI over the past three seasons, and has a lifetime .296 batting average.

McEachern gets CF Albert "Dandy" Schneider for $21.6M per year. The 32-year-old is an 8-time All Star, and put up .338-30-115 numbers last season.

POST-FREE AGENCY THOUGHTS
Couldn't afford to do much this year. Hopefully the youngsters will improve, bring the fans in, and allow me to bring in a top-tier FA in the next 2-3 years.

[Ben E Lou]

2002 ROTATION/LINEUPS/OUTLOOK

NAME	L/R	AGE	END	STU	CON	MOV
Frank Warrick	L	30	76	47	70	69
Mon'Ichirou Rikyu	R	26	58	68	49	65
Dudley Anderson	L	21	86	64	57	58
Bill Gerlach	L	33	65	55	56	58
Willard Gould	R	25	81	49	53	62

NAME	Bats	Age	Con	Pow	Eye	Spd	Stl	Rng	Arm	VsR	VsL	COMMENT
C Amos “Toro” Olivares	R	28	68	77	106	2	5	57	52	3	4	Looking to bounce back from late-season injury.
1B Chris Chai	S	35	59	60	57	47	25	85	11	5	6	If we're to finish over .500, he's got to produce.
2B Adan "Clutch" Mann	R	23	62	60	43	35	20	56	93	6	3	Looking for big things from him one day.
3B Robert Swisher	S	21	56	6	32	53	37	54	92	7	8	I can't afford a better option, so the rook starts.
SS Adam Drumm	S	30	48	19	64	58	59	74	58	8	7	We need good defense from him.
LF Daniel Primmer	L	28	48	76	45	72	59	45	83	4	xxx	The GBA's answer to Ryan Klesko.
LF David Gilley	R	23	49	13	88	40	53	79	60	xxx	2	Should give us pretty good defense, at least.
CF Pedro Pacheco	L	31	59	34	86	94	91	80	73	1	1	If he can improve his avg, could steal 100 bases.
RF Leland Repass	R	25	71	55	77	40	32	24	78	2	5	Looks to be poised for a breakout season.

The rotation looks ready to come around, as do young hitters like Mann and Repass. However, the lineup is very anemic at the bottom. If the top guys falter, scoring runs could be a real problem.

[Ben E Lou]

April 2002

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 9-18
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 9-18
CURRENT STANDING: Last. 7.5 games behind Lakeside.

MAJOR INJURIES:
None.

TEAM NEWS OF NOTE THIS MONTH
Mon'ichirou Rikyu threw a NO-HITTER against North Springs on the 13th. He walked five and won 2-1



COMMENTS/LINEUP OR ROTATION CHANGES:
We're in the top half of the league in most pitching categories, but near the bottom in runs scored. No surprise there.


SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: RF Repass .330
HR: LF Primmer 6
RBI: Primmer 21
SB: CF Pacheco, 27
SP ERA: Rikyu, 2.21
RP ERA: Grieco, 1.42
SAVES: Charles Grieco, 4
K’s: Dudley Anderson, 33


PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Disappointing to see SS Drumm drop. On the positive side, former 5th-round pick Criddle is now a 3-star prospect.



AAA NOTES:

AA NOTES:
SP Travis Halloran (5stars, 38/71/54) put up a 3.25 ERA and looks ready for AAA. I call him up.

CF Dirk Otterson, Jr. (40/24/28), also gets called up.



A NOTES:

2B Dalcio "thunder" Meras is still at 27/22/74, and looking like he's not going to progress.



TRADES
None.

[Ben E Lou]

OK. Time to speed things up a bit. No more month-to-month reports. I'm thinking I'll report on the draft, a midseason check-in, any deadline trades I make, and at the end of the year.

[Ben E Lou]

2002 AMATEUR DRAFT REPORT

DRAFT POSITION: 10

TOP THREE DRAFTEES
NOTE: I’m listing talent ratings, not actual, for draftees.
CF Willie Swinford--(61/53/51)--Can play all three OF positions with great range, and is a good baserunner. Switch-hitter.

2B Jack James--(38/32/30--Outstanding fielder who slugged .838 versus very tough high school competition.

RP Hilario Ortiz--(57/43/49)--A left-handed relief pitcher, something I'm in desperate need of.



POST-DRAFT TOP TEN MINOR LEAGUE SYSTEMS

#	Team	Points	Top 5 Prospects
1	Druid Hills	155	P Travis Halloran (2nd), 2B Dalcio Meras (8th), CF Douglas Harold (12th), CF Dirk Otterson Jr. (43rd), CF Willie Swinford (47th)
2	Dunwoody	145	P Emanuel Aguilar (5th), C Moses Stewart (11th), P Robert Hinrichs (16th), CF Rafael Fronteras (17th), P Jeffrey Frick (40th)
3	Stephenson	104	RF Robert Rozar (1st), P Ricardo Ibañez (23rd), CF Robert Timothy (38th), P Bill Jarnigan (60th), 1B Abraham Fuentes (77th)
4	Harrison	92	1B Pete Heinsohn (3rd), P Alfonso Prisco (33rd), 1B Christopher Rosendahl (42nd), LF Raymond Branham (69th), P James Devers (79th)
5	Marietta	91	P Leopoldo Delarosa (7th), C William Spies (20th), C Ian Loper (31st), 2B Micah Fonseca (58th), P Dion Ramirez (98th)
6	Lakeside	91	CF Amado Moreno (4th), 3B Eddie Angus (18th), P Jerrold Heenan (28th),
7	Chamblee	89	C Jose Ramirez (10th), 2B Geronimo Cambra (37th), 1B Robert Erving (39th), P Gabriel Sanchez (45th), P Chris Thornton (75th)
8	Lassiter	83	1B David McLamb (6th), CF Earle Forth (21st), P Billy Bailey (54th), P Philip Brummett (63rd), LF Salomon Mejia (73rd)
9	McEachern	74	RF Harold Minich (13th), RF Gaylord Galusha (24th), LF Angel Ramirez (26th), RF Nathaniel Pettie (96th),
10	Tucker	73	RF Paul Bell (9th), 1B Michael Kerley (46th), P Manuel Batista (49th), RF William Mozee (53rd), C Terry Chittenden (89th)

[Ben E Lou]

End of 2002 Regular Season

YEAR-END RECORD: 83-79 (6-game improvement over last season)
FINAL STANDING: 2nd, 18 games behind Lakeside, and 3 games behind Redan for Wild Card.

MAJOR INJURIES:
SP Dudley Anderson was lost for the year on 9/4 due to bone chips in his shoulder. Travis Halloran, (13-6, 2.73 in AAA) was called up to replace him the rest of the way and got rocked.

TEAM NEWS OF NOTE THIS SEASON
nothing that hasn't been noted.



YEAR-END INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NAME	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB	CS
P. Pacheco	155	605	165	22	6	6	65	113	97	110	0.273	0.375	0.359	102	33
L. Repass	156	604	163	26	1	12	71	89	63	46	0.270	0.343	0.376	13	2
C. Chai	155	566	135	14	1	15	80	56	64	117	0.239	0.314	0.346	4	4
A. Mann	158	553	155	17	4	19	74	80	55	123	0.280	0.358	0.429	6	5
A. Olivares	154	526	164	36	0	25	115	95	109	85	0.312	0.426	0.523	2	0
D. Primmer	153	520	126	25	2	25	89	79	43	85	0.242	0.302	0.442	19	10
A. Drumm	157	490	109	15	3	4	51	49	61	87	0.222	0.312	0.290	17	2
R. Swisher	152	486	155	11	1	0	45	47	36	116	0.319	0.364	0.346	11	13
D. Gilley	141	264	72	10	1	2	33	47	42	54	0.273	0.379	0.341	5	2
A. Valera	119	178	55	4	0	1	18	23	13	29	0.309	0.359	0.348	0	0
J. Simeon	73	109	26	1	0	2	17	8	9	27	0.239	0.294	0.303	1	0
F. Freda	94	109	24	4	0	2	15	10	10	34	0.220	0.283	0.312	0	0
F. Talavera	86	104	18	3	0	1	9	12	10	35	0.173	0.252	0.231	2	1

Eastern League 2002 OVERALL: avg: .259, obp: .333, slg: .390

NAME	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
B. Gerlach	33	33	14	14	0	4.91	201	203	117	110	93	165
D. Anderson	30	30	13	6	0	4.24	197	148	94	93	96	195
M. Rikyu	33	33	12	7	0	3.63	205	187	97	83	101	169
W. Gould	26	26	11	11	0	4.58	178	180	97	91	72	130
F. Warrick	36	36	11	18	0	4.56	236	264	130	120	69	149
C. Grieco	60	0	7	5	28	2.07	69.2	73	19	16	11	44
E. Luna	63	0	4	5	3	5.11	75.2	84	43	43	29	62
L. Rodriguez	91	0	4	3	3	3.15	85.2	72	33	30	32	70
R. Crosby	47	0	3	2	1	4.57	63	67	34	32	25	37
J. Crumb	53	0	3	4	4	5.31	81.1	94	56	48	35	50
A. Lira	45	0	1	1	1	4.47	48.1	47	27	24	15	48
T. Halloran	4	4	0	3	0	9.87	17.1	28	21	19	7	12

EASTERN LEAGUE 2002 OVERALL ERA: 4.25


NOTABLE PLAYER DEVELOPEMENT THIS SEASON:

1(10) pick LF Willie Swinford increased in both contact and power, and is 67 in contact by year-end. He hit .346 in AAA, and should begin 2003 in the everyday lineup.

2B/3B Adan Mann suffered significant losses in defensive range, to the point where I'd prefer not to play him at 2nd any more (range=47) after this season. however, with the way his bat is looking, he may not give me much choice.


TRADES
None.

[Ben E Lou]

2002 POST-SEASON REPORT

		Manager: Ben Lewis Record: 83 Wins, 79 Losses, .512 Winning Pct. Home Record: 38 Wins, 43 Losses Away Record: 45 Wins, 36 Losses 1 Run Games Record: 33 Wins, 23 Losses X-Innings Record: 9 Wins, 6 Losses Record vs LHP: 18 Wins, 20 Losses Record vs RHP: 65 Wins, 59 Losses Payroll: $66,401,857 (14th) Fan Interest: 47/100 (18th)	Batting AVG: .257 (18th) Homeruns: 114 (20th) Walks: 635 (9th) Stolen Bases: 193 (1st) Runs Scored: 741 (16th) Pitching ERA: 4.37 (14th) Opponents AVG: .259 (12th) HRs Allowed: 182 (22nd) Walks Allowed: 585 (13th) Runs Allowed: 768 (13th)

POTENTIAL FREE AGENTS/CONTRACT EXTENSIONS

Name	Pos	2002 Salary	Req. Sal	Req. Yrs	Comments
Bill Gerlach	SP	$4.25M	$480K	2	He appears to be fading, but he could be cheap insurance for SP's.
Daniel Primmer	LF	$3.4M	$2.49M	2	The rise of youngster Willie Swinford makes Primmer expendable.

POSTSEASON RECAP
Redan 4, Lakeside 2

Dunwoody 4, Stone Mountain 3

Wheeler 4, Brookstone 0

Hardaway 4, South Cobb 3

Redan 4, Dunwoody 0

Hardaway 4, Wheeler 3

Hardaway 4, Redan 2

AWARDS

We were shut out of all awards this year. Of note is that Gregory "Goldilocks" Caulder won his fifth Cy Young Award, all with South Cobb. He was 23-6 with a 2.02 ERA and 292 K's for the year.

THOUGHTS
We continued to improve, and several youngsters made progress. However, we failed to draw 2 million fans for the second consecutive year. We're going to need to start putting some butts in the seats if we ever want to sign any quality FA's.

[Ben E Lou]

BEGIN 2003

KEY LEAGUE NEWS

Druid Hills gets $5,000,000 through revenue sharing.
North Springs gets $5,000,000 through revenue sharing.
MRS: Fan loyalty increases to Very Good!
Marietta : Team market falls to Good.
South Cobb : Team market grows to Good!
WAL: Fan loyalty drops to Good...
SHA: Fan loyalty drops to Fair...

TEAM NEWS

Thomas Sheahan retires ...
Hector Villar retires ...
Mon'Ichirou Rikyu gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration.
Luis Rodriguez gets a new one-year contract worth $1,360,000 through salary arbitration.
Daniel Primmer becomes a free agent.
Leland Repass gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration.
Willard Gould gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Franky Talavera gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Bill Overholt becomes a free agent.
Adam Drumm gets a new one-year contract worth $1,642,857 through salary arbitration.
Craig Drexler becomes a free agent.
Avelino Valera gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Carlos Morales gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Mauro Deleon becomes a free agent.
Robert Crosby gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.