OOTP13 - Baltimore Orioles

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Our first series is against the Yankees

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7	13	0
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	8	2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	12	1
Baltimore Orioles	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	5	13	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	1
New York Yankees	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	9	14	0
New York Yankees	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	7	2

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ALCS - Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Sox	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	12	1
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Sox	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	6	14	1
Baltimore Orioles	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	8	10	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	6	15	1
Chicago White Sox	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	7	5	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	9	1
Chicago White Sox	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	11	2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	6	14	20	2
Chicago White Sox	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	10	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Sox	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	0
Baltimore Orioles	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	X	10	16	0

And we're headed back to the World Series. Guess I got a bit too pessimistic about the injuries.

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2017 World Series - Baltimore Orioles vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Baltimore Orioles	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	7	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	8	15	1
Baltimore Orioles	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	9	12	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	3	5	1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	3	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	10	11	2
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	7	10	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	11	0
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	1

Back to back World Series Champions!

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Here are you 2017 World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles!

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	58	Jeremy Hellickson		R	R	4	4	2	1	0	28.1	22	7	16	15	6	24	4.76	.208	1	0
	SP	26	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.00	.200	0	0
	SP	66	Barret Loux		R	R	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	1	2	5	1.80	.278	0	0
	SP	41	Matt Moore		L	L	6	6	2	2	0	37.1	42	5	22	20	9	26	4.82	.282	0	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	5	5	2	0	0	28.2	39	4	17	14	6	22	4.40	.315	0	0
	MR	65	Rudy Brown		L	L	9	0	0	1	7	8.2	4	1	3	3	3	6	3.12	.138	0	0
	MR	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	9	0	2	0	0	10.1	13	1	5	5	3	9	4.35	.317	0	0
	MR	63	Bartolo Ramírez		R	R	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	.400	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	5	0	2	0	0	4.1	4	0	0	0	1	5	0.00	.267	0	0
	MR	39	Jonny Venters		L	L	7	0	1	0	0	7.2	3	0	3	3	5	12	3.52	.115	0	0
	CL	52	Vinnie Pestano		R	R	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	1	1	1	1	9.00	.333	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	3	Wilson Ramos		R	R	15	55	14	2	0	1	7	5	4	6	.255	.311	.345	.657	0	0
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	15	53	22	3	0	8	14	13	12	11	.415	.515	.925	1.440	2	1
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	15	65	20	4	0	3	7	13	4	12	.308	.348	.508	.856	2	0
	1B	16	Raffaele Giacomini		L	R	7	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	0	0
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	15	61	22	1	0	4	10	11	4	4	.361	.400	.574	.974	1	0
	3B	53	Ross Thompson		L	R	15	54	15	1	0	5	11	11	10	0	.278	.391	.574	.965	0	0
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	4	5	3	3	0	0	4	1	0	1	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	0	0
	SS	4	Ryan Flaherty		L	R	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0
	LF	71	Jordan Danks		L	R	12	42	9	2	1	1	6	3	1	16	.214	.233	.381	.614	1	1
	CF	12	Mikie Mahtook		R	R	7	16	5	2	0	0	6	1	3	3	.313	.421	.438	.859	0	0
	CF	9	Rafael Ortega		L	R	15	57	21	3	0	2	7	13	2	5	.368	.400	.526	.926	2	2
	CF	38	James Baldwin		L	R	15	53	13	5	0	2	9	9	9	13	.245	.355	.453	.808	5	1
	RF	40	Bill Horton		L	L	15	61	15	1	1	2	6	10	4	11	.246	.303	.393	.696	3	0

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Arbitration

Ryan Flaherty receives $9,243,750
Jaff Decker receives $6,000,000
Rafael Ortega receives $7,500,000
Stuart Schilder receives $2,750,000
Ricardo Engeitado receives $7,170,000
Rudy Brown receives $3,850,500
Dan Morgan receives $2,011,500
Ken James receives $750,000
Nolan Arenado receives $950,000

I offer Joe Girardi a 5 year extension with a $200,000 a year raise and he signs it.

In Free Agency, I try to go after some guys, but the damn owner is blocking me. I have no budget room for Year 2 (2019 Season).

I trade C Josh Thole to Colorado for a SP prospect. That clears up a few million.

I trade RF Jaff Decker, MR Phillippe Aumont and SP Raudel Lazo to the Cardinals for a few bats and soda for my machines. That freed up more than $10 million from the 2019 Season.

I went after SP Liam Hendricks and lost to the LA Dodgers. No other SP is worth going after. The rest (who were already too expensive for me anyway) are signed.

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Spring Training

Vinnie Pestano will be out for a month, but will be back for the regular season.

Johnny Venters is out for 7 months. Going to have to go most (if not all) of the year without one of my best relievers.

Preseason Prediction: 96-66, winning the East comfortably again. Our owner expects use to win it all again.

Our payroll is 14th highest.

I trade SP Barret Loux to the Detroit Tigers for 27 year old LF Gabriel Melendez. and 23 year old MR prospect Kelly McMillan. Melendez is a stolen base machine as he stole 50 bases last season and only got caught 8 times. In the last 3 seasons he has stolen 148 bases and got caught 30 times. He's not the best hitter (~.250), but if half the time he gets a single, he effectively turns it into a double*, that's good for me. He also walks a decent amount of the time.

I am way overloaded at the MR position. A few of them who are more than capable of playing in the majors will have to sit in the minors. I tried trading a few of them but no one's biting.

* - Dunno what advanced baseball stats would say about that argument....

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2 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
April 3: 10-6 Win (12)
April 4: 7-6 Win

SP Matt Moore signs a 5 year, $52 million extension that will keep him signed through the 2024 season. He hasn't been the best pitcher for me, but he hasn't been terrible. A nice, steady SP signed for ~ $10mil a year seems right.

3 Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
April 6: 5-3 Win
April 7: 5-2 Win
April 8: 5-2 Win (10)

3 Game Series at Milwaukee Brewers
April 10: 3-7 Lose
April 11: 14-2 Win
April 12: 2-5 Lose

3 Game Series at NY Yankees
April 13: 4-7 Lose
April 14: 5-2 Win
April 15: 6-8 Lose (10)

4 Game Series vs. Tampa Bay Rays
April 16: 3-6 Lose
April 17: 5-4 Win
April 18: 4-3 Win (12)
April 19: 6-2 Win

3 Game Series vs. Houston Astros
April 20: 5-0 Win
April 21: 8-5 Win
April 22: 4-0 Win

3 Game Series vs. Cleveland Indians
April 24: 6-3 Win
April 25: 6-2 Win
April 26: 8-1 Win

3 Game Series vs. SF Giants
April 27: 5-3 Win
April 28: 0-7 Lose
April 29: 4-3 Win (11)

Record: 18-6, .750, 1st in AL East, 3 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

I give Matt Moore an extension and he proceeds to stink up the joint. 0-2, 8.46 ERA. Hellickson is 3-2, 4.50 ERA. Dylan Bundy is 2-1, 4.96 ERA. Hoping Moore is just in a slump.

Aaron Sanchez, on the other hand, is 3-0 with a 2.20 ERA. Tyrell Jenkins is 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA.

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3 Game Series at Seattle Mariners
May 1: 2-3 Loss
May 2: 6-0 Win
May 3: 6-5 Win (15)

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
May 4: 7-3 Win
May 5: 9-8 Win
May 6: 11-1 Win

3 Game Series vs. Philadelphia Phillies
May 7: 8-3 Win
May 8: 4-7 Loss
May 9: 6-9 Loss

3 Game Series at Minnesota Twins
May 11: 0-3 Loss
May 12: 7-8 Loss
May 13: 4-5 Loss

3B Ross Thompson (.315 hitter) is gone for 2 months

3 Game Series at Texas Rangers
May 15: 4-5 Loss
May 16: 5-8 Loss
May 17: 4-5 Loss

8 game losing streak, ouch!

3 Game Series vs. Colorado Rockies
May 18: 7-1 Win
May 19: 12-2 Win
May 20: 6-4 Win (Matt Moore finally gets his first win of the season)

3 Game Series vs. Detroit Tigers
May 21: 3-4 Loss
May 22: 6-7 Loss
May 23: 4-3 Win

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
May 24: 2-3 Loss (Aaron Sanchez gets his first loss of the season)
May 25: 8-9 Loss (10)
May 26: 4-3 Win (12)
May 27: 8-1 Win

Halfway through the last series, I shook things up a bit. I moved RF Bill Horton and CF Mikie Mahtook to the minors and brought up RF William Herring and RF Oscar Moriondo. Moriondo is only 22 years old but has outplayed the competition at every level so far. Now it's time to see what the kid's got.

I'm also this close to trading Matt Moore and Jeremy Hellickson. Dylan Bundy has turned it around some and is now 5-2 with an ERA of 3.63. Moore's ERA is still north of 7 and has a 1-3 record. Hellickson 4-4, 4.70 ERA.

I was expecting Moore to stay at around 3.50 ERA. That's why I gave him an extension. I have been close to trading Hellickson several times over the last 2 seasons.

The only thing stopping me is the utter lack of anyone to replace them with. I have a few relievers with the stamina to be starters, but they all only have 2 pitches.

4 Game Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays
May 28: 10-2 Win
May 29: 3-10 Loss
May 30: 5-3 Win
May 31: 7-9 Loss

3 Game Series vs. Oakland A's
June 1st: 11-3 Win
June 2nd: 2-5 Loss
June 3rd: 3-6 Loss

3 Game Series vs. Chicago Cubs
June 5: 4-1 (Matt Moore, 2 game winning streak and is now 3-3, 6.26 ERA)
June 6: 1-2 Loss
June 7: 2-4 Loss

SP Jeremy Hellickson, and a few prospects, are traded to the Minnesota Twins for 21 year old SP prospect John Liberto. Mostly a salary dump in order to free room so I that I can either go after someone in free agency, or so that I can trade for a more expensive player soon. However, as far as prospects go, Liberto looks real good.

3 Game Series vs. Kansas City Royals
June 8: 2-3 Loss (Stuart Schilder's first start is a loss, but he didn't do badly. In fact, it was a complete game.)
June 9: 4-2 Win
June 10: 1-9 Loss

3 Game Series at Houston Astros
June 11: 4-3 Win (Matt Moore earns himself a few more weeks)
June 12: 4-0 Win
June 13: 4-3 Win (Good job Stuart Schilder)

4 Game Series vs. NY Yankees
June 14: 0-2 Loss
June 15: 5-0 Win (Matt Moore, you've saved your job for now)
June 16: 4-1 Win
June 17: 16-7 Win

For the OOTP veterans out there, I have Setting Lineups/Depth/Pitching Staff under manager options set to J.Girardi (Computer). If I use Player Strategy for a few players, do my setting stay in place, or does the AI override them?

Record: 41-28, .594, 2nd in AL East, 0.5 Games Behind NY Yankees

22 year old Moriondo has been underwhelming and I may have brought him up a year or two too soon. But, he's still doing better than the guy he replaced.

Joe Mahoney is nearing the end of his contract. He's signed through 2019, and he signed a contract that was very favorable to me. Only $6.6mil per year. Now, it's time for him to get paid. And I'm not sure I can be that team to pay him. Right now, he's asking $23mil a year.

I offer him $20mil a year for 7 years, with a bump to $22mil in years 6 and 7. The contract would start in 2020. Right now, my salary obligation for 2020 is $71 mil, which gives me a lot of room, but that's also without Ryan Flaherty, Rafael Ortega, Johnny Venters. Wilson Ramos and Rudy Brown (and of course, Mahoney) being counted against it. Venters has a major injury and is up there in age, so he probably won't still be around in 2020. But Flaherty is a solid player that will cost me ~$10 mil a year, Ortega is a solid and will cost me $10mil. Brown is a damn good closer and will cost me to keep him.

With the contract to Mahoney, it's going to be tough keeping this team together.

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3 Game Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays
June 19: 2-6 Loss
June 20: 1-8 Loss
June 21: 14-5 Win

3 Game Series vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
June 22: 7-4 Win
June 23: 5-7 Loss
June 24: 6-5 Win (11)

3 Game Series at Chicago White Sox
June 25: 2-7 Loss
June 26: 5-7 Loss
June 27: 8-11 Loss

3 Game Series at LA Angels
June 29: 0-10 Loss
June 30: 2-5 Loss
July 1: 8-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 2: 2-4 Loss (Matt Moore is injured and will be out for 3 weeks)
July 3: 6-1 Win (Joe Mahoney signs the extension. Our fans are very happy.)
July 4: 3-6 Loss (Mario Peret is gone for 6-7 weeks)

I send Oscar Moriondo back down. I think I brought him up a bit too early. He'll get another shot next year. I bring Raffaele Giacomini up. Problem is, he's a first baseman, and I have no need for that at all. He can play LF and CF....barely. But I figure I'll give him a shot. I change his position to LF and we'll see what happens.

I also bring up SP Vladimir De La Cruz to fill in for a few weeks for Moore.

3 Game Series at Washington Nationals
July 6: 0-8 Loss
July 7: 7-11 Loss
July 8: 4-3 Win

All Star Break

Record: 47-40, .540, 2nd in AL East, 7.5 Games Behind NY Yankees

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Aaron Sanchez and Joe Mahoney are the All-Stars from Baltimore this year. This biggest difference between this team and the team from the past 2 seasons is bullpen ERA. We are still producing....almost as much as we have in the past. Starters are around where they usually are (middle of the league in ERA), but my top 3-4 bullpen is now on the same level as my starters (ranked in the 7-8 area).

MR Vinnie Pestano - Usually gives up a battling average of near .200, this year he is at ~.250 and his ERA is a little more then 1 full ER above last year (2.20 vs. 3.25), his WHIP is 0.20 higher. But even with his drop off, he's been better than most of the rest of my bullpen. Every MR not names Jahagir Hussain is doing worse. Hussain has been much better than last season and is my best MR right now.

I send Chris Foster and Bartolo Ramirez down and bring up Curt Noftall and Claudia Rosa to give them a shot.

Here I was thinking I was deep at MR and suddenly it's a problem.

4 Game Series vs. Boston Red Sox
July 12: 5-7 Loss
July 13: 4-12 Loss
July 14: 4-8 Loss
July 15: 9-4 Win

4 Game Series at NY Yankees
July 16: 10-6 Win
July 17: 7-8 Loss
July 18: 6-7 Loss
July 19: 10-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Minnesota Twins
July 20: 3-5 Loss
July 21: 6-8 Loss
July 22: 5-6 Loss

3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
July 23: 13-3 Win
July 24: 8-14 Loss
July 25: 5-9 Loss

3 Game Series at St. Louis Cardinals
July 27: 1-2 Loss
July 28: 5-4 Win
July 29: 4-0 Win

I trade RF Bill Horton and CF James Baldwin to the Chicago Cubs for MR Anthony Zych and SP Taylore Cherry

I have to bring Moriondo and Mahtook back up, but even though they weren't doing too well, they were still outperforming Baldwin or Horton.

3 Game Series at Cleveland Indians
July 30: 0-4 Loss
July 31: 9-1 Win
Aug 1: 6-4 Win

4 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Aug 2: 6-7 Loss (12)
Aug 3: 7-2 Win
Aug 4: 6-2 Win
Aug 5: 4-5 Loss

3 Game Series vs Miami Marlins
Aug 6: 5-7 Loss
Aug 7: 4-3 Win
Aug 8: 4-5 Loss

Girardi has taken Schilder out of the starting rotation and put Zych in. We'll see how that goes. Schilder got off to a good start, but has fallen to 5-10 (2-8 as a starter) with an ERA of 4.64 (3.23 before he became starter).

We have fallen to 3rd place in the division for the first time in a long time.

3 Game Series vs Texas Rangers
Aug 10: 6-5 Win (11)
Aug 11: 3-5 Loss (10)
Aug 12: 3-2 Win

CF Mahtook is gone for 2 months

3 Game Series at Sand Diego Padres
Aug 13: 2-4 Loss
Aug 14: 3-4 Loss
Aug 15: 2-1 Win

3 Game Series vs. NY Mets
Aug 17: 4-2 Win
Aug 18: 0-3 Loss
Aug 19: 2-3 Loss

4 Game Series vs NY Yankees
Aug 20: 1-4 Loss
Aug 21: 2-9 Loss
Aug 22: 4-3 Win
Aug 23: 5-4 Win (11)

Ryan Flaherty tells me that he is surprised that he hasn't been offered an extension. Maybe because I think $10 mil a year is too much for someone batting .250? (Last year, he was batting .284). He does walk a lot, though....

And he balked. I even went as high as $11 mil a year for 4 years. He demanded ~$13mil and a longer deal. Oh well.

In other news, the game tells me that Taylore Cherry is ready to come up. Sure, why not. Let's give the guy a chance.

3 Game Series at Cincinnati Reds
Aug 24: 12-5 Win
Aug 25: 5-4 Win
Aug 26: 0-1 Loss

3 Game Series at Oakland A's
Aug 28: 5-4 Win
Aug 29: 9-1 Win (Cherry's first start)
Aug 30: 5-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Atlanta Braves
Aug 31: 10-4 Win
Sept 1: 3-5 Loss
Sept 2: 10-4 Win

Record: 70-66, .515, 2nd in AL East, 12 Games Behind NY Yankees

Unless the Yankees collapsed, we're not going to win the division. We are still in the hunt for a wildcard spot, though.

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3B Ross Thompson is finally back after rehabbing in the minors.

4 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
Sept 3: 3-2 Win (10)
Sept 4: 6-0 Win
Sept 5: 8-15 Loss
Sept 6: 5-3 Win

3 Game Series at KC Royals
Sept 7: 8-4 Win
Sept 8: 1-7 Loss
Sept 9: 12-8 Win

3 Game Series at LA Didgers
Sept 11: 12-0 Win
Sept 12: 5-7 Loss
Sept 13: 11-2 Win

3 Game Series vs LA Angels
Sept 14: 6-9 Loss
Sept 15: 6-8 Loss
Sept 16: 18-0 Win

2B Mario Peret is back

3 Game Series at Detroit Tigers
Sept 18: 3-7 Loss
Sept 19: 4-3 Win
Sept 20: 3-2 Win

3 Game Series at Philadelphia Phillies
Sept 21: 3-6 Loss
Sept 22: 6-3 Win (11)
Sept 23: 6-3 Win

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 24: 3-0 Win
Sept 25: 10-3 Win
Sept 26: 1-4 Loss

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox (huge series for the wildcard, we are 1 game ahead)
Sept 27: 10-1 Win
Sept 28: 11-3 Win
Sept 29: 1-9 Loss (We lose Ross Thompson for 1-2 weeks Rafael Ortega for 3 weeks. Perfect. - We clinched a wildcard though)
Sept 30: 4-1 Win

Record: 87-75, .537, 2nd in AL East, 11 Games Behind NY Yankees

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	10	Dylan Bundy		S	R	31	31	13	12	0	195.1	206	38	102	96	33	142	4.42	.268	3	0
	SP	40	Taylore Cherry		R	R	7	7	4	1	0	47.1	44	4	15	15	10	30	2.85	.251	0	0
	SP	26	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	30	30	11	11	0	175.2	177	16	99	85	49	136	4.35	.259	2	1
	SP	41	Matt Moore		L	L	30	30	13	7	0	186.1	191	16	94	88	52	153	4.25	.261	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	33	33	14	10	0	199.1	187	17	86	80	68	142	3.61	.249	0	0
	MR	42	Jahangir Hussain		L	R	75	0	3	5	4	89.2	64	8	37	33	46	102	3.31	.204	0	0
	MR	24	Curt Noftall		R	R	18	1	0	0	1	29.2	31	3	15	15	10	19	4.55	.279	0	0
	MR	52	Vinnie Pestano		R	R	53	0	3	1	0	62.2	57	4	25	22	23	61	3.16	.235	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	62	11	6	11	4	119.1	136	21	71	62	50	90	4.68	.287	1	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	70	4	10	2	3	106.2	83	17	37	37	28	89	3.12	.212	0	0
	CL	65	Rudy Brown		L	L	66	0	7	8	28	72.2	65	7	40	35	34	84	4.33	.243	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	3	Wilson Ramos		R	R	144	542	154	37	3	14	65	65	24	55	.284	.312	.441	.753	0	0
	C	21	Gabriel Lino		R	R	50	164	36	6	2	5	19	20	12	27	.220	.278	.372	.650	0	0
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	162	590	214	29	3	47	134	132	155	95	.363	.493	.661	1.154	4	1
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	147	570	170	25	2	29	111	82	51	145	.298	.355	.502	.857	16	4
	2B	8	Aderlin Rodriguez		R	R	34	86	22	5	1	2	13	10	18	14	.256	.380	.407	.787	0	1
	2B	11	Ryan Gennett		L	R	128	473	120	22	1	7	52	69	44	89	.254	.320	.349	.669	0	5
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	88	344	104	16	2	10	42	62	31	19	.302	.368	.448	.816	3	1
	3B	19	Nolan Arenado		R	R	35	104	33	4	0	6	15	17	5	12	.317	.363	.529	.892	0	0
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	140	549	153	25	1	25	104	77	48	117	.279	.339	.464	.803	2	1
	SS	4	Ryan Flaherty		L	R	87	250	59	10	1	7	37	31	47	43	.236	.362	.368	.730	0	0
	LF	20	Raffaele Giacomini		L	R	6	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0
	LF	5	Gabriel Meléndez		R	R	152	645	182	36	3	13	69	114	64	92	.282	.356	.408	.764	34	5
	RF	23	Ken James		S	R	19	59	13	2	0	0	2	4	4	11	.220	.270	.254	.524	1	0
	RF	67	Óscar Moriondo		S	L	77	286	76	16	1	8	42	33	29	26	.266	.329	.413	.742	0	0

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Wildcard Game vs. Texas Rangers
Oct 2: 12-4 Win

ALDS vs NY Yankees
Oct 4 at NY: 5-4 Win
Oct 5 at NY: 6-8 Loss
Oct 7 at BAL: 8-7 Win (Mario Peret hits for the cycle)
Oct 8 at BAL: 3-2 Win (14)

LOL, we still knock off the Yankees in the playoffs.

And we lose Taylore Cherry for 12 months. Ugh....

ALCS vs Detroit Tigers
Oct 12 at BAL: 3-8 Loss
Oct 13 at BAL: 4-11 Loss
Oct 15 at DET: 9-10 Loss
Oct 16 at DET: 11-7 Win
Oct 17 at DET: 5-4 Win
Oct 19 at BAL: 0-9 Loss

At least we put up a fight and got to the ALCS (and ended the Yankees' season again).

The Detroit Tigers go on to get swept by the LA Dodgers in the World Series.

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Breaking News - For the 2019 Season, Major League Baseball is expanding by 2 teams. The Indianapolis Miracle will be joining the AL and the Columbus Servals will be the new NL team.

Salary Arbitration
Dan Morgan gets $2.4mill
Tyrell Jenkins gets $4.5mil
Ryan Gennett gets $787,500
Mario Peret gets $7.2mil
Chris Foster gets $2mil
Ken James gets $850,000
Nolan Arenado gets $1.1mil
Rudy Brown gets $4.98mil
Nicky Delmonico gets $6.875mil
Ricardo Engeitado gets $9.56mil
Stuart Schilder gets $.32mil
Rafeal Ortega gets $10.625mil
Curt Noftall gets $750,000
Mikie Mahtook gets $1.7mil
Anthony Zych gets $1mil

In the expansion draft, Rafael Ortega is taken by the Miracle and Ryan Gennett is taken by the Servals. Orgeta batted over .300 for me but missed the playoffs due to injury. I can't say I'm entirely disappointed to see Ortega's salary go (or else I would have protected him), though. Moriondo really picked up his game late in the year and could replace most of his offensive production at a very small fraction of the price, as long as he plays all year the way he did in the last month or 2.

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The LA Angels snag a 2B prospect of mine in the Rule 5 draft.

I offer several extensions to players

1B Ricardo Engeitado - 3 years, $43mil
2B Mario Peret - 4 years, $33mil
SP Tyrell Jenkins - 3 years, $17.3mil
3B Nicky Delmonico - 3 years, $26mil
MR Rudy Brown - 1 year, $5.7mil
MR Johnny Venters - 2 year, $7.8mil - He's making $8.1mil this year. He took a hit to his evaluation after the injury.

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Spring Training

We make it through without any injuries.

Not many people think much of my prospects. Only SP Liberto appears on the top 100 list and he's at #50.

2019 Regular Season

2 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
April 7: 11-10 Win
April 8: 3-5 Loss

2 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
April 11: 2-14 Loss (WTF is Girardi doing? Jenkins pitched the last game, he reorders the rotation and starts him again...)
April 12: 10-1 Win

3 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 13: 7-9 Loss (10)
April 14: 2-4 Loss
April 15: 8-3 Win

3 Game Series vs Detroit Tigers
April 16: 17-1 Win
April 17: 5-8 Loss
April 18: 1-11 Loss

3 Game Series at LA Angels
April 20: 3-6 Loss
April 21: 6-1 Win
April 22: 4-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
April 23: 2-5 Loss
April 24: 6-4 Win
April 25: 4-3 Win

CL Rudy Brown is gone for 4-5 months

3 Game Series at NY Yankees
April 27: 4-6 Loss
April 28: 6-5 Win
April 29: 10-5 Win

Record: 9-10, .474, 3rd in AL East, 1.5 Games Behind NY Yankees

Same story as every year. Lots of runs scored, lots of runs given up.

I can't even sign players to extensions right now. I tried to give Zych a 4 year extension of $2.8mil a year and the owner blocked it. Year 2 was ~$2mil over.

Matt Moore is off to another shitty start. 0-2, 8.27 ERA in 3 starts.

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3 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 1: 6-1 Win
May 2: 4-10 Loss
May 3: 12-3 Win

C Ramos is wondering why he hasn't been given an extension. Well, because the owner won't let me. Even though I have worse than zero other options for catcher, I will not be able to resign him so I'll try to trade him before the deadline.

3 Game Series vs Oakland A's
May 4: 3-2 Win (10)
May 5: 4-5 Loss
May 6: 9-1 Win

3 Game Series at Minnesota Twins
May 8: 6-10 Loss
May 9: 9-1 Win
May 10: 2-1 Win (10)

3 Game Series vs Indianapolis Miracle
May 11: 6-5 Win
May 12: 7-6 Win (13)
May 13: 3-0 Win

3 Game Series vs Texas Rangers
May 14: 2-3 Loss
May 15: 4-3 Win (10)
May 16: 3-1 Win

3 Game Series at Seattle Mariners
May 18: 1-7 Loss
May 19: 3-5 Loss
May 20: 3-4 Loss

3 Game Series vs Miami Marlins
May 22: 8-9 Loss (11)
May 23: 13-3 Win
May 24: 4-1 Win

3 Game Series vs Atlanta Braves
May 25: 5-6 Loss
May 26: 13-9 Win (10)
May 27: 9-3 Win

2 Game Series at NY Yankees
May 28: 11-8 Win
May 29: 13-2 Win

2 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 30: 5-9 Loss
May 31: 3-1 Win

3 Game Series vs NY Yankees
June 1: 1-3 Loss
June 2: 5-4 Win
June 3: 6-5 Win

3 Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
June 4: 7-3 Win
June 5: 12-6 Win
June 6: 4-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
June 8: 4-3 Win
June 9: 3-9 Loss
June 10: 3-4 Loss

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
June 11: 2-0 Win
June 12: 2-6 Loss
June 13: 5-9 Loss
June 14: 6-10 Loss

3 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
June 15: 7-2 Win
June 16: 6-9 Loss
June 17: 3-0 Win

3 Game Series at Philadelphia Phillies
June 18: 7-2 Win
June 19: 1-2 Loss
June 20: 3-10 Loss

3 Game Series at NY Mets
June 22: 0-7 Loss
June 23: 8-4 Win
June 24: 1-0 Win

3 Game Series at Chicago White Sox
June 25: 2-1 Win
June 26: 7-1 Win
June 27: 8-7 Win

3 Game Series vs Cleveland Indians
June 29: 6-3 Win
June 30: 5-1 Win
July 1: 7-0 Win

Record: 44-31, .587, 1st in AL East, 6 Games Ahead of Boston Red Sox

The team has come together. 3 batters over .300 with Peret right there at .294. Engeitado is batting .354 w/ 27 HR. He's out-hitting Joe Mahoney (.302 w/ 19 HR)

Ross Thompson has had a bit of a drop off from last year. That injury may have done some long lasting damage.

Oscar Moriondo is doing really well this year. .312 AVG, up by .50 from last year.

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3 Game Series at Houston Astros
July 3: 2-1 Win
July 4: 6-2 Win
July 5: 8-2 Win

The injury to Johnny Venters has wrecked him. I tried trading him but no one wants him. I waived him, he cleared, and I sent him down to the minors.

I bring up SP David Spivey, but he'll be used as a reliever for now.

3 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
July 6: 3-1 Win
July 7: 3-0 Win
July 8: 4-3 Win

3 Game Series at Oakland A's
July 9: 3-4 Loss
July 10: 6-0 Win
July 11: 6-1 Win

3 Game Series vs KC Royals
July 13: 6-5 Win (10)
July 14: 4-3 Win
July 15: 4-3 Win

All Star Break
1B Ricardo Engeitado, 1B Joe Mahoney and RF Oscar Moriondo make the All-Star Team

4 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
July 19: 2-3 Loss (10)
July 20: 13-10 Win (10)
July 21: 1-13 Loss
July 22: 6-5 Win

2 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
July 23: 7-5 Win
July 24: 9-6 Win

2 Game Series vs NY Yankees
July 25: 4-15 Loss
July 26: 1-2 Loss

3 Game Series vs Minnesota Twins
July 27: 3-6 Loss
July 28: 6-9 Loss
July 29: 7-3 Win

I trade 3B Nolen Arendao to Washington for 34 year old 3B Mat Gamel. I was just looking to dump Arendao and needed someone else to help contribute this season. Tried to give Gamel an extension though. $1.4mil a year for 2 years. Owner told me I was $2.1mil over the budget for year 2.

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
July 31: 3-2 Win (10)
Aug 1: 8-4 Win
Aug 2: 7-4 Win

3 Game Series at Detroit Tigers
Aug 3: 9-7 Win
Aug 4: 3-2 Win (11)
Aug 5: 4-2 Win

3 Game Series at Atlanta Braves
Aug 6: 3-4 Loss
Aug 7: 5-6 Loss (10)
Aug 8: 6-3 Win (10)

Joe Mahoney is out for 4 weeks. Oscar Moriondo is out for 5 weeks.

3 Game Series at Miami Marlins
Aug 10: 5-4 Win (17)
Aug 11: 2-0 Win
Aug 12: 9-3 Win

4 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
Aug 13: 6-1 Win
Aug 14: 7-3 Win
Aug 15: 7-6 Win (12)
Aug 16: 4-1 Win

3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
Aug 17: 2-0 Win
Aug 18: 0-9 Loss
Aug 19: 1-4 Loss

3 Game Series at Indianapolis Miracle
Aug 20: 1-0 Win
Aug 21: 9-2 Win
Aug 22: 9-2 Win

4 Game Series at NY Yankees
Aug 23: 7-6 Win
Aug 24: 13-0 Win
Aug 25: 1-3 Loss
Aug 26: 3-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
Aug 27: 7-5 Win (10)
Aug 28: 10-3 Win
Aug 29: 5-2 Win

Damn, what the hell got into my team? Our starting pitching has improved to 4th best in the AL, and our Bullpen is 5th. Despite losing Mahoney and Moriondo, we've stayed at 2nd in Runs Scored.

3 Game Series at MC Royals
Aug 31: 1-9 Loss
Sept 1: 0-4 Loss
Sept 2: 7-6 Win

Mahoney is back..

Record: 85-45, .654, 1st in AL East, 22.5 Games Ahead of NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox

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3 Game Series vs Philadelphia Phillies
Sept 4: 5-7 Loss
Sept 5: 7-5 Win
Sept 6: 0-5 Loss

Moriondo is back.

3 Game Series vs. NY Mets
Sept 7: 9-5 Win
Sept 8: 8-7 Win
Sept 9: 4-7 Loss

3 Game Series vs LA Angels
Sept 10: 5-7 Loss (12)
Sept 11: 4-9 Loss
Sept 12: 4-1 Win

3 Game Series at Cleveland Indians
Sept 14: 9-2 Win
Sept 15: 7-2 Win
Sept 16: 6-1 Win

3 Game Series at Texas Rangers
Sept 17: 1-10 Loss
Sept 18: 10-1 Win
Sept 19: 5-6 Loss

Mario Peret is out for 4 weeks

I release Pestano and Venters. I have plenty of room this year, so I eat their contracts to open up room for next year.

3 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 21: 4-7 Loss
Sept 22: 5-3 Win
Sept 23: 2-9 Loss

4 Game Series vs. NY Yankees
Sept 24: 6-2 Win
Sept 25: 4-6 Loss
Sept 26: 4-9 Loss
Sept 27: 0-5 Loss

3 Game Series vs Houston Astros
Sept 28: 3-5 Loss
Sept 29: 9-0 Win
Sept 30: 10-9 Win

Oscor Moriondo is out for 6 weeks and will miss the post season.

4 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
Oct 1: 3-8 Loss
Oct 2: 3-6 Loss
Oct 3: 3-9 Loss
Oct 4: 12-5 Win

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Oct 5: 7-8 Loss (10)
Oct 6: 6-7 Loss (11)
Oct 7: 2-4 Loss

Kelly McMillan is gone for 10-11 Months.

Very worried about how we faded at the end of the year. We ended the year with 98 wins, but we could have gone north of 100, but the end year going 4-10 in the last 4 series.

Record: 98-64, .605, 1st In AL East, 14 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

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ALDS vs Kansas City Royals
Oct 14 at BAL: 7-4 Win
Oct 15 at BAL: 1-7 Loss
Oct 17 at KC: 5-3 Win
Oct 18 at KC: 4-1 Win (10)

ALCS vs Chicago White Sox
Oct 20 at BAL: 4-8 Loss
Oct 21 at BAL: 8-1 Win
Oct 23 at CHI: 10-7 Win
Oct 24 at CHI: 2-9 Loss
Oct 25 at CHI: 7-0 Win
Oct 27 at BAL: 2-5 Loss (10)
Oct 28 at BAL: 1-2 Loss

We lose 4 games to 3 to the White Sox.

The Atlanta Braves with the World Series 4 games to 2 over the Chicago White Sox.

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2 World Series wins followed by 2 loses in the ALCS. So close to dynasty status...

Not many players up for arbitration as I took care of some of them. Even though I gave them a bit more per year than their projected arbitration, most signed 3-4 year deals. So if they have good years, their price won't go up on me. At least until their contracts are up.

Ken James and Mikie Mahtook will not be given offers. C Wilson Ramos will be hitting FA.

Only 2 players
SP Taylore Cherry gets $1.9mil
SP Vladimir De La Cruz gets $750,000

In both cases, the arbiter sided with the team.

And then Taylore Cherry is taken in the Rule 5 Draft......damn, forgot to check if anyone I wanted to keep was eligible. I just assumed he wouldn't be. Not that mad about it though. I didn't like giving nearly $2mil to a pitcher coming off such a big injury. I think he might have a huge drop off from his pre-injury performance.

SP Matt Moore has been traded to the Miami Marlins for CF Jose Marlos Baraja. A great fielder with speed and a decent hitter. He is listed as fragile. I also grabbed a young pitcher prospect. This does clear up ~$8mil for me.

I was in the running for SP Tim Licecum for awhile, but some teams.....the expansion teams.....have a ton of money to throw around. Columbus bid the price up and I guess I offered too many "low" offers because Lincecum won't talk to me anymore.

I sign SP Danny Hultzen to a 4 year, $6.5mil per year deal. I had a 12-12 record last year with an ERA of 3.82, 1.23 WHIP, 2.52 OAVG (Scouted at 3 stars)

I also sign 4-star MR Rafael Dolis. 3.04 ERA last year with a 1.27 WHIP and .226 OAVG. He is listed as "Fragile" and I gave hi a $1.8mil for 1 year deal.

I sign SP Trevor May. He was one of the top Starting Pitchers in FA this year. I sign him to a 4 year, $61mil deal ($15.29mil per year). 16-8 record with a 3.47 ERA, 219 strikeouts, 1.24 WHIP and .225 OAVG.

I invested a lot into pitching this offseason. The owner increased the budget from $140mil to $154mil. That gave me a good deal of room to work with. Here's hoping it pays off.

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We escape Spring Training without any major injuries.

Top 100 Prospects
C George Wrangham - 22 years old - ranked #46
SP John Liberto - 23 years old - ranked #60
SP Francisco Rodriguez - 20 years old - ranked #38

2 Game Series at NY Yankees
April 5: 7-0 Win
April 6: 15-5 Win

2 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
April 9: 10-2 Win
April 10: 8-3 Win

3 Game Series vs NY Yankees
April 11: 8-3 Win
April 12: 3-5 Loss
April 13: 5-13 Loss

3 Game Series vs. Minnesota Twins
April 14: 13-0 Win
April 15: 1-0 Win
April 16: 3-0 Win

3 Game Series at Texas Rangers
April 18: 6-7 Lose (10)
April 19: 12-2 Win
April 20: 3-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
April 21: 2-4 Loss
April 22: 9-1 Win
April 23: 7-3 Win

3 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
April 25: 6-1 Win
April 26: 6-7 Loss
April 27: 9-2 Win

3 Game Series vs. NY Yankees
April 29: 4-1 Win
April 30: 3-0 Win
May 1: 2-7 Loss

3 Game Series vs Oakland A's
May 2: 1-0 Win (11)
May 3: 4-3 Win
May 4: 8-10 Loss

Record: 17-8, .680, 1st in AL East 3.5 Game Ahead of NY Yankees

So far, my spending has paid off. We are 1st in the AL in Starters ERA, 5th in Bullpen ERA, 1st in Runs Against. We are also 1st in Runs Scored, t-2nd in Batting average, 1st in OBP and t-1st in Home Runs.

Joe Mahoney is hitting .396 and has 12 HRs. Ricardo Engeitado is .276 with 7 HRs. Nicky Delmonico is .333 with 8 HRs.

Tyrell Jenkis is 3-1, 2.13 ERA.
Trevor May is 3-1, 3.72 ERA (he was at 2.xx, but he got lit up early in his last start)
Dyland Bundy is 2-2, 3.27 ERA
Aaron Sanchez is 3-2, 4.58 ERA (he had a terrible start, but has gotten it together in his last 2 starts)
Danny Hultzen is 4-1, 3.21 ERA

And now the bad news
MRs Rudy Brown and Chris Foster have done poorly so far. C Gabriel Lino is only hitting .185. Which isn't far below his average....but I have no other option, and no one in FA right now has played above the single-A level. Probably should have tried harder to keep Ramos.

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3 Game Series at Cleveland Indians
May 6: 4-3 Win (12)
May 7: 7-2 Win
May 8: 1-5 Loss

3 Game Series vs. Detroit Tigers
May 9: 5-0 Win
May 10: 4-3 Win
May 11: 5-4 Win

Dylan Bundy signs a 4 year extension worth $44.4mil. And that pretty much pushes me to the budget limit for the next few years.

3 Game Series vs Houston Astros
May 12: 12-10 Win (12)
May 13: 7-4 Win
May 14: 5-4 Win

3 Game Series at Seattle Mariners
May 16: 5-3 Win (14)
May 17: 4-6 Loss
May 18: 7-4 Win

3 Game Series vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 20: 4-6 Loss
May 21: 8-7 Win
May 22: 4-3 Win (17)

3 Game Series vs Washington Nationals
May 23: 1-5 Loss
May 24: 3-1 Win
May 25: 6-4 Win

2 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
May 26: 6-8 Loss
May 27: 8-6 Win

2 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 28: 12-3 Win
May 29: 5-8 Loss

3 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
May 30: 4-5 Loss
May 31: 11-10 Win
June 1: 0-4 Loss

3 Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
June 2: 5-4 Win
June 3: 9-1 Win
June 4: 12-4 Win

Record: 37-16, .698, 1st in AL East, 7.5 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

What is it with players going in the tank after signing a big deal with me? Dylan Bundy's ERA has gone up nearly 2 full points in his last 3 starts.

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	10	Dylan Bundy		S	R	10	10	3	3	0	56.1	58	7	37	34	18	38	5.43	.254	0	0
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	10	10	5	2	0	68.0	66	4	26	26	13	52	3.44	.250	0	0
	SP	26	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	11	11	6	3	0	83.0	68	6	29	29	14	61	3.14	.233	0	0
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	10	10	5	2	0	69.1	59	8	35	34	34	74	4.41	.230	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	11	11	8	3	0	74.2	63	9	28	28	19	57	3.38	.231	0	0
	MR	65	Rudy Brown		L	L	24	0	4	1	1	30.1	19	4	14	12	5	31	3.56	.173	0	0
	MR	66	Rafael Dolis		R	R	17	0	1	0	0	20.2	15	0	6	6	9	26	2.61	.203	0	0
	MR	17	Chris Foster		L	L	13	0	1	1	0	12.2	16	1	8	7	2	15	4.97	.302	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	19	0	1	1	1	24.1	25	1	14	11	14	18	4.07	.272	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	17	1	1	0	2	26.2	26	4	10	7	13	25	2.36	.248	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	24	0	2	0	11	26.1	15	0	6	5	12	22	1.71	.169	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	32	Victor Velazquez		R	R	19	51	10	2	0	0	3	7	3	16	.196	.241	.235	.476	0	0
	C	21	Gabriel Lino		R	R	41	146	32	3	0	4	14	20	8	39	.219	.266	.322	.588	0	0
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	53	197	70	8	1	20	58	52	55	39	.355	.496	.711	1.207	7	0
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	53	223	67	13	1	19	56	40	21	51	.300	.367	.623	.990	4	2
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	52	211	70	17	0	4	34	43	33	15	.332	.430	.469	.899	6	0
	3B	30	Mat Gamel		L	R	8	24	8	1	0	2	5	6	5	10	.333	.448	.625	1.073	0	0
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	46	182	55	9	1	14	47	28	19	32	.302	.374	.593	.968	0	0
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	39	68	17	6	0	0	6	9	4	14	.250	.311	.338	.649	0	0
	SS	53	Ross Thompson		L	R	47	151	47	7	0	3	18	22	17	9	.311	.376	.417	.794	0	1
	LF	5	Gabriel Meléndez		R	R	41	141	32	6	0	4	13	23	19	35	.227	.345	.355	.700	4	1
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	52	219	56	6	1	4	21	37	25	61	.256	.332	.347	.679	9	1
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	22	62	17	3	1	1	5	10	5	17	.274	.324	.403	.727	1	0
	CF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	13	44	9	2	0	2	6	5	4	14	.205	.271	.386	.657	1	0
	RF	67	Óscar Moriondo		S	L	42	162	41	9	1	6	24	18	17	17	.253	.322	.432	.754	0	0

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3 Game Series at NY Yankees
June 6: 4-5 Loss
June 7: 9-2 Win
June 8: 9-6 Win (11)

4 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
June 9: 9-4 Win
June 10: 6-3 Win
June 11: 9-6 Win
June 12: 4-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
June 13: 5-4 Win (10)
June 14: 10-4 Win
June 15: 4-7 Loss (18)

3 Game Series at NY Mets
June 16: 9-6 Win
June 17: 3-4 Loss
June 18: 2-9 Loss

3 Game Series at Atlanta Braves
June 20: 6-3 Win
June 21: 6-0 Win
June 22: 4-2 Win

3 Game Series at Chicago White Sox
June 23: 0-3 Loss
June 24: 5-8 Loss
June 25: 1-6 Loss

3 Game Series vs Kansas City Royals
June 27: 4-6 Loss
June 28: 2-3 Loss
June 29: 7-2 Win

3 Game Series at Los Angeles Angels
July 1: 4-2 Win
July 2: 5-2 Win
July 3: 4-3 Win

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
July 4: 4-5 Loss
July 5: 3-4 Loss
July 6: 2-9 Loss

3 Game Series at Oakland A's
July 7: 7-6 Win (11)
July 8: 4-1 Win
July 9: 7-5 Win

3 Game Series vs Indianapolis Miracle
July 11: 3-5 Loss (10)
July 12: 8-1 Win
July 13: 5-0 Win

Joe Mahoney, Ricardo Engeitado, Nicky Delmonico, Ross Thompson and Mario Peret are named to the All-Star team.

Record: 58-29, .667, 1st in AL East, 12 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	10	Dylan Bundy		S	R	16	16	3	6	0	85.2	86	12	59	55	27	61	5.78	.251	0	0
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	17	17	9	4	0	115.2	111	13	47	46	29	81	3.58	.249	0	0
	SP	26	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	18	18	7	6	0	121.1	109	13	59	52	26	82	3.86	.243	0	0
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	16	16	9	2	0	111.0	90	12	47	46	51	113	3.73	.224	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	18	18	13	4	0	122.2	113	19	49	48	27	85	3.52	.247	0	0
	MR	65	Rudy Brown		L	L	40	0	5	2	1	48.1	28	7	19	17	14	53	3.17	.167	0	0
	MR	66	Rafael Dolis		R	R	28	0	1	1	1	32.2	23	0	9	9	14	36	2.48	.197	0	0
	MR	17	Chris Foster		L	L	27	0	1	1	2	31.1	35	1	14	13	9	38	3.73	.271	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	34	0	2	1	2	46.0	41	2	19	16	19	37	3.13	.246	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	28	2	2	1	3	45.2	48	6	20	17	21	41	3.35	.265	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	40	0	6	1	18	44.2	28	0	9	8	17	36	1.61	.181	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	32	Victor Velazquez		R	R	32	79	18	4	0	1	9	12	6	23	.228	.291	.316	.607	0	0
	C	21	Gabriel Lino		R	R	70	246	53	8	0	6	26	30	12	64	.215	.255	.321	.576	0	0
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	87	332	113	13	1	26	80	73	82	66	.340	.470	.620	1.091	7	0
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	86	360	110	22	2	29	85	63	34	79	.306	.366	.619	.985	11	3
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	85	355	111	21	0	9	51	67	46	22	.313	.399	.448	.846	6	1
	3B	30	Mat Gamel		L	R	15	46	13	1	0	4	10	9	7	18	.283	.377	.565	.943	0	0
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	75	291	82	12	1	18	61	41	31	54	.282	.352	.515	.867	0	0
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	61	95	27	9	0	0	8	12	5	16	.284	.333	.379	.712	0	0
	SS	53	Ross Thompson		L	R	80	262	80	14	0	7	34	40	32	17	.305	.381	.439	.820	0	1
	LF	5	Gabriel Meléndez		R	R	60	200	48	10	0	5	24	25	25	47	.240	.342	.365	.707	5	1
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	85	362	90	9	2	13	38	64	43	95	.249	.327	.392	.719	17	3
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	32	86	22	4	1	1	6	13	11	25	.256	.343	.360	.704	1	0
	CF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	35	112	27	6	0	6	13	14	12	33	.241	.315	.455	.770	1	0
	RF	67	Óscar Moriondo		S	L	72	269	61	14	1	8	35	31	32	32	.227	.308	.375	.684	0	0

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4 Game Series at NY Yankees
July 17: 5-2 Win
July 18: 8-9 Loss
July 19: 1-6 Loss
July 20: 3-5 Loss

2 Game Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays
July 21: 10-3 Win
July 22: 15-4 Win

2 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
July 23: 6-4 Win
July 24: 4-8 Loss

I trade C Gabriel Lino and 2B Aderlin Rodriguez (AAA player) for C Jose Bonilla. Not a great catcher, nor a great batter. Just better. ~.20 better Average and ~.40 better OBP. Worth it to dump a terrible catcher and a 2B that didn't have much of a shot at the majors any time soon.

3 Game Series vs Cleveland Indians
July 25: 1-3 Loss
July 26: 5-3 Win
July 27: 4-2 Win

MR Rudy Brown is out for a month.

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
July 29: 6-2 Win
July 30: 2-3 Loss
July 31: 5-3 Win

I put Dylan Bundy on waivers so I can put him in AAA.

3 Game Series at Minnesota Twins
Aug 1: 9-10 Loss
Aug 2: 3-1 Win
Aug 3: 3-6 Loss

Bundy cleared waivers. I bring De La Cruz up.

3 Game Series at Washington Nationals
Aug 4: 6-5 Win
Aug 5: 7-1 Win
Aug 6: 3-2 Win

3 Game Series at Philadelphia Phillies
Aug 8: 6-7 Loss
Aug 9: 4-0 Win
Aug 10: 7-3 Win

Oscar Moriondo is out for 4 weeks

4 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
Aug 11: 8-1 Win
Aug 12: 7-0 Win
Aug 13: 6-2 Win
Aug 14: 10-6 Win (13)

Nicky Delmonico is gone for 4 months. Yup, my surge of injuries is right on schedule.

3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
Aug 15: 6-10 Loss
Aug 16: 0-1 Loss
Aug 17: 6-13 Loss

SP Tyrell Jenkins gets hurt. I bring up John Liberto.

3 Game Series at Detroit Tigers
Aug 18: 2-6 Loss
Aug 19: 9-1 Win
Aug 20: 7-3 Win

In John Liberto's first start (Aug 20), he gets injured and will be gone for 2-3 months.

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
Aug 21: 4-2 Win
Aug 22: 5-3 Win
Aug 23: 4-2 Win
Aug 24: 6-7 Loss

3 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
Aug 25: 11-1 Win
Aug 26: 2-4 Loss (10)
Aug 27: 10-8 Win

3 Game Series at Indianapolis Miracle
Aug 29: 9-5 Win
Aug 30: 6-7 Loss
Aug 31: 14-3 Win

3 Game Series vs NY Mets
Sept 2: 5-4 Win
Sept 3: 0-3 Loss
Sept 4: 4-10 Loss

3 Game Series vs Atlanta Braves
Sept 5: 6-0 Win
Sept 6: 3-5 Loss
Sept 7: 1-3 Loss

With the expanded rosters, I bring several players up, including Dylan Bundy. (Unfortunately, De La Cruz was doing worse....)

3 Game Series vs Texas Rangers
Sept 8: 3-2 (11)
Sept 9: 1-3 Loss
Sept 10: 4-1 Win

Record: 89-50, .640, 1st in AL East, 13.5 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	10	Dylan Bundy		S	R	20	20	4	8	0	109.2	109	18	74	70	37	73	5.74	.253	0	0
	SP	25	Vladimir De La Cruz		R	R	7	7	1	2	0	36.1	42	9	30	27	20	34	6.69	.290	0	0
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	27	27	14	6	0	177.2	183	21	80	76	54	121	3.85	.264	1	1
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	26	26	10	10	0	175.0	153	16	80	71	47	121	3.65	.237	1	0
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	27	27	13	4	0	174.0	145	19	84	82	82	169	4.24	.228	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	27	27	17	6	0	185.0	166	25	72	69	41	126	3.36	.243	1	1
	SP	43	David Spivey		R	R	4	2	3	0	0	19.0	14	1	4	4	6	11	1.89	.212	0	0
	MR	65	Rudy Brown		L	L	50	0	7	3	2	64.1	35	9	24	21	17	77	2.94	.156	0	0
	MR	66	Rafael Dolis		R	R	48	0	2	3	1	53.2	45	0	20	19	22	56	3.19	.225	0	0
	MR	17	Chris Foster		L	L	48	0	3	2	2	56.2	44	1	18	15	19	61	2.38	.209	0	0
	MR	41	Ralph O'Scully		R	R	9	0	0	0	0	13.2	16	0	8	7	1	5	4.61	.296	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	56	0	3	3	2	68.2	60	3	30	27	34	56	3.54	.240	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	42	2	4	1	5	63.1	55	6	21	18	25	56	2.56	.229	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	59	0	7	2	30	66.0	49	0	11	10	20	53	1.36	.207	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	32	Victor Velazquez		R	R	48	128	30	5	0	2	18	15	14	34	.234	.313	.320	.633	0	0
	C	18	Jose Bonilla		R	R	61	211	50	12	2	3	24	31	17	63	.237	.300	.355	.656	2	0
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	137	563	173	30	4	46	129	103	57	124	.307	.372	.620	.992	19	4
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	139	528	176	24	3	44	129	123	124	104	.333	.460	.640	1.100	10	0
	1B	40	Mike Harris		L	L	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	135	567	181	35	0	18	79	103	63	35	.319	.397	.476	.873	7	2
	3B	30	Mat Gamel		L	R	39	121	33	4	0	6	19	20	18	38	.273	.367	.455	.821	0	1
	3B	45	Jorge Flores		R	R	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	90	143	35	12	0	0	12	16	7	25	.245	.288	.329	.616	0	0
	SS	53	Ross Thompson		L	R	129	435	122	20	0	9	53	56	51	27	.280	.356	.389	.745	0	1
	SS	26	Ramón Escobar		R	R	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0
	LF	5	Gabriel Meléndez		R	R	97	323	88	18	1	9	41	44	44	67	.272	.374	.418	.792	11	1
	LF	23	Raffaele Giacomini		L	R	2	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0
	CF	69	Mark Kelly		S	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
	CF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	75	261	63	15	1	13	42	35	24	72	.241	.306	.456	.761	2	0
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	47	136	36	10	1	3	11	17	14	37	.265	.336	.419	.755	1	0
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	135	579	148	15	4	22	60	101	66	139	.256	.331	.409	.740	25	11

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3 Game Series at KC Royals
Sept 12: 5-8 Loss
Sept 13: 2-7 Loss
Sept 14: 2-6 Loss

3 Game Series at Houston Astros
Sept 15: 8-1 Win
Sept 16: 4-6 Loss
Sept 17: 3-4 Loss

3 Game Series vs NY Yankees
Sept 19: 8-4 Win
Sept 20: 5-2 Win
Sept 21: 2-5 Loss

4 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
Sept 22: 12-2 Win
Sept 23: 2-1 Win
Sept 24: 4-6 Loss
Sept 25: 5-8 Loss

3 Game Series vs LA Angels
Sept 26: 3-4 Loss
Sept 27: 7-8 Loss
Sept 28: 3-0 Win

4 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 29: 7-9 Loss
Sept 30: 8-11 Loss
Oct 1: 2-1 Win (10)
Oct 2: 14-2 Win (Aaron Sanchez gets his 20th win)

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Oct 3: 6-3 Win
Oct 4: 5-7 Loss
Oct 5: 5-14 Loss

Record: 98-64, .605, 1st in AL East, 10 Game Ahead of NY Yankees

Playoff Roster:

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	25	Vladimir De La Cruz		R	R	9	7	1	2	0	43.2	47	10	31	28	23	40	5.77	.272	0	0
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	32	32	15	10	0	202.0	224	24	110	100	64	137	4.46	.281	1	1
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	31	31	10	13	0	205.2	188	19	97	86	51	143	3.76	.245	1	0
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	31	31	15	5	0	194.0	161	22	94	92	92	190	4.27	.227	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	31	31	20	6	0	212.1	185	28	82	78	50	145	3.31	.236	1	1
	MR	65	Rudy Brown		L	L	59	0	9	3	2	73.1	44	11	30	27	23	89	3.31	.172	0	0
	MR	66	Rafael Dolis		R	R	57	0	2	3	1	64.0	51	1	21	20	22	72	2.81	.215	0	0
	MR	17	Chris Foster		L	L	56	0	4	2	2	66.0	50	1	20	16	24	68	2.18	.205	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	65	0	3	3	2	79.2	67	3	33	30	40	67	3.39	.234	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	48	2	4	1	5	72.2	60	7	23	20	28	68	2.48	.221	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	67	0	7	3	34	73.0	58	1	16	15	21	57	1.85	.219	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	32	Victor Velazquez		R	R	53	145	35	5	0	4	22	19	19	38	.241	.329	.359	.688	0	0
	C	18	Jose Bonilla		R	R	79	268	63	15	2	3	30	33	21	85	.235	.301	.340	.640	2	0
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	160	659	207	35	6	58	162	124	64	144	.314	.375	.649	1.025	20	6
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	162	613	198	27	3	48	139	143	141	124	.323	.449	.612	1.060	10	0
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	157	654	205	43	0	19	85	115	72	43	.313	.392	.466	.858	9	2
	3B	30	Mat Gamel		L	R	58	183	50	4	1	9	27	26	28	51	.273	.370	.454	.823	0	1
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	101	154	36	12	0	0	12	17	7	29	.234	.274	.312	.586	0	0
	SS	26	Ramón Escobar		R	R	13	19	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	.158	.273	.158	.431	1	0
	SS	53	Ross Thompson		L	R	148	502	146	27	0	11	70	66	61	31	.291	.368	.410	.778	0	1
	LF	23	Raffaele Giacomini		L	R	3	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0
	LF	5	Gabriel Meléndez		R	R	111	362	98	20	1	9	42	52	51	72	.271	.375	.406	.781	11	1
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	56	168	49	15	1	5	20	25	15	44	.292	.349	.482	.832	1	0
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	157	674	172	16	5	24	63	110	73	160	.255	.327	.401	.728	29	12
	CF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	94	333	87	20	1	15	51	47	28	87	.261	.319	.462	.781	3	0

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ALDS vs Kansas City Royals (97-65)
Oct 9 at BAL: 5-4 Win (10)
Oct 10 at BAL: 5-8 Loss
Oct 12 at KC: 3-7 Loss
Oct 13 at KC: 6-5 Win
Oct 15 at BAL: 7-4 Win

ALCS vs Seattle Mariners (100-62)
Oct 17 at SEA: 2-3 Loss
Oct 18 at SEA: 2-8 Loss
Oct 20 at BAL: 7-10 Loss
Oct 21 at BAL: 7-5 Win
Oct 22 at BAL: 3-2 Win (11)
Oct 24 at SEA: 7-10 Loss

3rd straight year losing in the ALCS. While my team ranks 1st in every offensive category (except base stealing), Seattle ranks 1 and 2 in pitching. But while my starters fall to middle of the pack in rankings, Seattle has some good hitting

Category-BAL-SEA
Runs Scored 1st-4th
Batting Avg. 1st-3rd
Home Runs 1st-16th
Stolen Bases 11th-2nd

Runs Against 4th-1st
Starters ERA 7th-1st
Bullpen ERA 1st-3rd
Defensive Eff. 3rd-2nd

The Atlanta Braves defeat the Mariners 4 games to 1 to win the 2020 World Series.

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Gabriel Melendez wanted $16mil a year. He must be out of his mind.

CF Carlos Serrano signs a 3 year deal for $1.9mil a year. At 168 AB, he hit .292, .349 OBP, .482 SLG. If he put those numbers up again next year, he'd cost me a lot more than $1.9mil in arbitration.

CF Jose Carlos Baraja signs a 4 year, $15.8mil deal. Another player that, if he kept improving, would cost me a lot more to keep in arbitration.

3B Ross Thompson signs a 4 year, $24.4mil deal.

I trade Vladimir De La Cruz to Indianapolis for Taylore Cherry (welcome back). De La Cruz is 30, and this year was his last to make an impression. He did, a bad one. We'll bring Cherry back to give him another shot.

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MR Rudy Brown signs a 3 year, $13.14mil extension. (About 1 mil less per year than he made this past season. He's listed as "Wrecked" for injury history....hoping he holds up)

Taylore Cherry signs a 1 year, $2.2mil deal.

Another year, another Hitter of the Year award for Joe Mahoney. His 6th time winning the award. He's also hit for the triple crown 3 times. He's 33 years old, has 380 HR and 1018 RBI. Got a relatively late start on his major league career, so probably no real shot at any career records. He's currently 68th in all time HR.

Ricardo Engeitado, however, is 28 and is at 225 HR and he has hit 50+ in his last 2 seasons.

I trade C Victor Velazquez and 1B prospect Juan Solano to San Diego for C Abel Baker and $2.5mil in cash.

I sign C Brian Ward to a 3 year, $10.2mil deal. He'll probably be my only FA pick up this off season.

MR Ralph O'Scully suffered a setback in his injury recovery. His career is now over.

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Major League rules change. Veteran players can no longer refuse a demotion to the minor leagues.

Ross Thompson gets injured in spring training and will miss 6-7 months.

I trade MR Rudy Brown to the Cincinnati Reds for CF Christian Cobb, a great fielder with speed, but just an okay hitter. I once again have an overload at MR and need to bring up 1 or 2 guys before I seriously piss them off. Cobb is 3.5/4 stars, but most of that has to be fielding and base running. He hasn't hit above .250 in the majors yet.

I trade minor league MR Walt Helms and a few prospects (who I don't think will pan out) to the Washington Nationals for 2B Sam Reynolds, a decent batter with a lot of potential who I'm adding for depth. Helms is good enough to play in the majors, I just never had the room for him.

The guy I just added for depth gets put in the starting lineup at 2B. Peret was moved to SS in place of Ross Thompson.

I'm giving John Liberto a shot at the starting rotation again.

	POS	#	Name	Inf	Mor	Age	NAT	HT	WT	B	T	OVR	POT
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen			31	USA	6' 3"	204 lbs	Left	Left	3 stars	3 stars
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins			28	USA	6' 3"	188 lbs	Right	Right	5 stars	5 stars
	SP	96	John Liberato			24	VEN	6' 1"	220 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	5 stars
	SP	57	Trevor May			31	USA	6' 5"	209 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez			28	USA	6' 3"	195 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	MR	21	Chris Foster			30	USA	6' 4"	199 lbs	Left	Left	4 stars	4 stars
	MR	34	Kelly McMillan			26	CAN	5' 8"	210 lbs	Left	Right	5 stars	5 stars
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder			29	NED	6' 0"	195 lbs	Right	Right	5 stars	5 stars
	MR	18	Anthony Zych			30	USA	6' 3"	184 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	CL	86	Dan Morgan			28	USA	6' 0"	188 lbs	Right	Right	5 stars	5 stars
	CL	5	Aldo Parentucelli			25	VEN	6' 2"	220 lbs	Left	Left	3 stars	4 stars
	C	44	Abel Baker			30	USA	6' 0"	193 lbs	Left	Right	3 stars	2 stars
	C	38	George Wrangham			23	USA	6' 3"	225 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	5 stars
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado			28	VEN	6' 0"	215 lbs	Left	Left	5 stars	5 stars
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney			34	USA	6' 5"	246 lbs	Left	Left	5 stars	5 stars
	2B	13	Sam Reynolds			24	USA	6' 0"	215 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	5 stars
	2B	81	Mario Peret			30	USA	6' 0"	201 lbs	Right	Right	5 stars	4 stars
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico			28	USA	6' 2"	200 lbs	Left	Right	4 stars	3 stars
	3B	30	Mat Gamel			35	USA	6' 0"	195 lbs	Left	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames			29	DOM	6' 0"	162 lbs	Switch	Right	1 star	1 star
	LF	7	Christian Cobb			23	CAN	6' 0"	190 lbs	Switch	Left	4 stars	4 stars
	LF	6	Manny Ramírez			26	USA	6' 2"	205 lbs	Left	Left	2 stars	2 stars
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja			27	DOM	6' 0"	205 lbs	Left	Left	3 stars	3 stars
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano			29	MEX	6' 1"	176 lbs	Left	Left	1 star	1 star
	RF	67	Óscar Moriondo			25	VEN	6' 1"	215 lbs	Switch	Left	4 stars	4 stars

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3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
April 6: 6-0 Win
April 7: 0-6 Loss
April 8: 7-5 Win

4 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 9: 7-8 Loss
April 10: 11-6 Win
April 11: 5-1 Win
April 12: 15-4 Win

3 Game Series at LA Angels
April 13: 3-2 Win
April 14: 4-5 Loss (13)
April 15: 2-1 Win

1B Joe Mahoney is injured and will be gone for 6 weeks. Uh-oh....he's starting to development some injury proneness.

3 Game Series at Kansas City Royals
April 17: 1-7 Loss
April 18: 9-4 Win
April 19: 11-5 Win

3 Game Series vs. NY Yankees
April 20: 5-3 Win
April 21: 10-8 Win
April 22: 6-2 Win

Suck it, Yankees.

4 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 23: 2-1 Win
April 24: 6-7 Loss
April 25: 3-1 Win
April 26: 10-2 Win

Baraja is out for 2 weeks.

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
April 27: 13-0 Win
April 28: 3-4 Loss
April 29: 5-9 Loss
April 30: 4-12 Loss

3 Game Series at Oakland A's
May 1: 3-1 Win
May 2: 4-5 Loss
May 3: 2-0 Win

3 Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
May 4: 1-4 Loss
May 5: 4-1 Win
May 6: 8-7 Win

Record: 20-10, .667, 1st In AL East, 3.5 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

Christian Cobb is hitting .322, ~0.080 higher than his average last year. Damn, I might have hit the lottery with this guy, unless this is just a fluke. Speaking of flukes, Moriondo is hitting under .200. I'm starting to think his .314 season 2 years ago was the fluke. He only hit .232 last year and now this year isn't looking any better.

My other recent pick up, Sam Reynolds, is hitting .263, ~.030 higher than his average last year. However, this biggest plus with him is that his OBP is .368, ~.075 higher than last year.

Abel Baker is hitting .286. Finally a catcher who can hit.

Engeitado got off to a terrible start. He was around .200 AVG after the first two weeks, but he's pulled it together.

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	6	6	3	1	0	39.1	43	5	23	19	14	24	4.35	.287	0	0
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	6	6	4	2	0	38.0	42	1	14	9	9	34	2.13	.273	1	1
	SP	96	John Liberato		R	R	6	6	4	0	0	33.2	37	5	21	18	7	32	4.81	.280	0	0
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	6	6	2	0	0	38.2	37	3	20	20	14	45	4.66	.250	0	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	6	6	4	2	0	39.2	27	4	13	12	10	31	2.72	.193	0	0
	MR	21	Chris Foster		L	L	12	0	0	1	0	17.2	14	2	9	7	7	21	3.57	.215	0	0
	MR	34	Kelly McMillan		L	R	13	0	1	1	0	13.1	17	3	11	10	3	19	6.75	.298	0	0
	MR	68	Stuart Schilder		R	R	11	0	0	2	0	14.0	14	0	7	4	6	13	2.57	.275	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	8	0	2	1	1	9.1	4	0	1	1	0	7	0.96	.125	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	12	0	0	0	10	11.2	8	0	1	1	1	11	0.77	.190	0	0
	CL	5	Aldo Parentucelli		L	L	10	0	0	0	0	13.1	3	1	1	1	9	13	0.68	.071	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	44	Abel Baker		L	R	22	77	22	4	1	3	20	13	13	28	.286	.387	.481	.868	0	0
	C	38	George Wrangham		R	R	12	37	11	2	1	1	8	9	4	11	.297	.381	.486	.867	0	0
	1B	20	Jamie Emery		R	R	27	88	30	5	0	2	15	12	9	23	.341	.404	.466	.870	2	1
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	30	128	36	4	2	7	20	16	8	29	.281	.333	.508	.841	3	1
	2B	13	Sam Reynolds		R	R	29	107	28	4	0	3	16	15	17	6	.262	.368	.383	.751	1	1
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	29	108	33	5	0	4	19	21	22	5	.306	.423	.463	.886	2	1
	3B	30	Mat Gamel		L	R	3	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	28	108	31	8	0	3	9	19	8	19	.287	.342	.444	.786	0	0
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	11	11	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	.455	.455	.455	.909	0	0
	LF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	21	70	22	3	0	1	10	12	5	24	.314	.359	.400	.759	2	0
	LF	23	Raffaele Giacomini		L	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
	LF	7	Christian Cobb		S	L	28	118	38	4	1	4	15	21	14	7	.322	.391	.475	.866	10	2
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	7	24	7	1	1	1	3	5	0	6	.292	.292	.542	.833	0	0
	RF	67	Óscar Moriondo		S	L	27	96	19	3	0	1	13	11	13	11	.198	.294	.260	.554	0	0

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3 Game Series at Detroit Tigers
May 8: 1-4 Loss
May 9: 3-5 Loss
May 10: 3-2 Win

3 Game Series at Texas Rangers
May 12: 7-4 Win
May 13: 2-5 Loss
May 14: 1-3 Loss

Oscar Moriondo is out for 2 weeks

3 Game Series vs Houston Astros
May 15: 1-2 Loss
May 16: 2-6 Loss
May 17: 8-6 Win (10)

Sam Reynolds is out for 2 weeks

3 Game Series vs Atlanta Braves
May 18: 3-4 Loss
May 19: 1-3 Loss
May 20: 4-3 Win

3 Game Series vs Miami Marlins
May 22: 2-3 Loss
May 23: 5-8 Loss (13)
May 24: 3-7 Loss

Joe Mahoney is finally back.

2 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 25: 10-8 Win
May 26: 17-3 Win

2 Game Series at NY Yankees
May 27: 6-5 Win (12)
May 28: 7-3 Win

3 Game Series vs Indianapolis Miracle
May 29: 6-14 Loss
May 30: 5-4 Win (11)
May 31: 6-1

Jamie Emery, who had been playing way above his level, is now out for 6 weeks. This is turning out to be one injury filled season.

We barely hung onto out place in the AL East.

Record: 30-22, .577, 1st in AL East, 1.5 Games Ahead of Boston Red Sox

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	10	10	5	1	0	65.1	75	10	39	35	25	39	4.82	.292	0	0
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	11	11	4	5	0	68.0	81	3	32	27	17	63	3.57	.290	1	1
	SP	96	John Liberato		R	R	10	10	4	4	0	54.2	68	11	41	37	11	46	6.09	.308	0	0
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	10	10	3	1	0	61.0	55	7	32	28	24	62	4.13	.240	0	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	11	11	7	3	0	75.1	55	6	24	21	20	60	2.51	.202	0	0
	MR	21	Chris Foster		L	L	21	0	0	2	0	32.0	26	3	13	11	14	39	3.09	.222	0	0
	MR	34	Kelly McMillan		L	R	24	0	2	1	0	24.2	24	3	12	10	6	31	3.65	.253	0	0
	MR	5	Aldo Parentucelli		L	L	21	0	1	1	0	27.1	10	3	5	5	14	28	1.65	.109	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	14	0	2	1	1	15.0	6	1	6	6	6	16	3.60	.120	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	22	0	1	1	14	24.0	19	1	6	5	8	20	1.88	.213	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	44	Abel Baker		L	R	38	134	43	7	1	6	34	24	18	43	.321	.400	.522	.922	0	0
	C	38	George Wrangham		R	R	22	67	16	3	1	1	9	10	7	23	.239	.320	.358	.678	0	0
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	52	211	55	9	2	12	30	25	20	50	.261	.333	.493	.826	5	1
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	17	64	22	3	1	8	17	17	12	9	.344	.436	.797	1.233	0	0
	2B	81	Mario Peret		R	R	51	192	59	11	0	8	36	29	29	10	.307	.396	.490	.885	3	1
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	50	184	47	10	0	6	21	28	11	34	.255	.299	.408	.707	0	0
	3B	30	Mat Gamel		L	R	9	25	4	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	.160	.185	.160	.345	0	0
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	14	21	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	.286	.318	.286	.604	0	0
	SS	19	Eric Rogers		R	R	47	167	39	13	2	2	13	20	13	44	.234	.289	.371	.660	3	0
	LF	7	Christian Cobb		S	L	50	208	62	10	3	5	23	33	20	9	.298	.358	.447	.805	18	7
	LF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	37	123	34	4	0	3	16	23	12	38	.276	.341	.382	.723	5	0
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	12	34	7	1	1	1	3	5	2	9	.206	.250	.382	.632	0	0
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	39	144	43	11	0	3	19	21	15	33	.299	.360	.438	.798	4	2
	RF	67	Óscar Moriondo		S	L	31	109	23	4	0	1	14	13	16	11	.211	.312	.275	.587	0	0
	RF	46	Adel Chiflikian		L	L	11	46	15	2	1	1	4	7	4	7	.326	.373	.478	.851	2	0

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3 Game Series vs Minnesota Twins
June 1: 8-2 Win
June 2: 6-0 Win
June 3: 3-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Texas Rangers
June 5: 5-1 Win
June 6: 5-0 Win
June 7: 7-0 Win

3 Game Series at Cleveland Indians
June 8: 6-5 Win
June 9: 7-1 Win
June 10: 2-0 Win

3 Game Series at NY Yankees
June 12: 12-3 Win
June 13: 0-2 Loss
June 14: 8-5 Win

3 Game Series at Philadelphia Phillies
June 16: 0-7 Loss
June 17: 7-0 Win
June 18: 0-7 Loss

3 Game Series at NY Mets
June 19: 5-7 Loss
June 20: 8-1 Win
June 21: 5-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Detroit Tigers
June 22: 6-7 Loss
June 23: 3-2 Win
June 24: 8-1 Win

3 Game Series at Houston Astros
June 26: 8-5 Win
June 27: 4-0 Win
June 28: 4-0 Win

2 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
June 29: 4-0 Win
June 30: 6-4 Win

Mario Peret is out for 3-4 months.

2 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
July 1: 5-8 Loss
July 2: 2-0 Win

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
July 3: 2-3 Loss
July 4: 7-5 Win
July 5: 4-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Minnesota Twins
July 6: 9-3 Win
July 7: 4-3 Win (10)
July 8: 5-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Oakland A's
July 10: 4-3 Win
July 11: 12-3 Win
July 12: 4-5 Loss

Aaron Sanchez and Joe Mahoney are named to the AL All-Star team.

Record: 58-31, .652, 1st in AL East, 8 Games Ahead of Boston Red Sox

I was neck and neck with Boston, but they had a losing streak when I had a winning streak and we put some distance between us.

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	18	18	9	3	0	117.0	127	18	68	60	41	72	4.62	.277	0	0
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	18	18	10	6	0	115.0	118	5	46	41	30	105	3.21	.262	1	1
	SP	96	John Liberato		R	R	17	17	9	5	0	110.1	109	13	53	49	14	88	4.00	.258	3	2
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	18	18	6	3	0	111.1	92	9	48	44	41	105	3.56	.226	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	17	17	11	4	0	112.1	84	9	30	27	29	83	2.16	.207	0	0
	MR	21	Chris Foster		L	L	34	0	0	3	1	48.0	46	5	24	21	21	57	3.94	.251	0	0
	MR	8	Miguel Fuentes		R	R	5	1	1	0	0	8.2	10	1	4	4	3	5	4.15	.278	0	0
	MR	34	Kelly McMillan		L	R	43	0	3	1	2	46.2	37	5	15	13	11	57	2.51	.213	0	0
	MR	5	Aldo Parentucelli		L	L	34	0	4	1	0	43.1	21	4	8	8	23	44	1.66	.141	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	22	0	2	1	1	24.1	14	2	10	10	8	26	3.70	.169	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	36	0	2	2	23	37.1	32	2	10	9	15	28	2.17	.230	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	44	Abel Baker		L	R	69	237	67	11	3	9	41	43	32	74	.283	.368	.468	.836	0	1
	C	38	George Wrangham		R	R	33	102	22	4	1	2	14	12	9	36	.216	.286	.333	.619	0	0
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	54	201	70	11	2	20	49	50	36	43	.348	.439	.721	1.160	2	2
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	89	344	89	17	3	18	50	51	45	79	.259	.351	.483	.834	10	1
	2B	13	Sam Reynolds		R	R	70	244	63	8	2	6	30	35	38	15	.258	.358	.381	.739	4	2
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	82	300	82	16	1	12	49	46	20	62	.273	.322	.453	.775	0	0
	3B	53	Donald Donaldson		R	R	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0
	3B	47	Jorge Flores		R	R	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0
	SS	4	Cristhian Adames		S	R	42	76	15	2	0	0	7	3	2	14	.197	.218	.224	.442	1	1
	LF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	60	212	59	11	0	7	30	35	14	58	.278	.322	.429	.751	8	0
	LF	7	Christian Cobb		S	L	83	341	101	19	4	9	44	55	28	17	.296	.346	.455	.800	34	10
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	72	262	74	17	1	6	29	32	29	55	.282	.354	.424	.777	8	3
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	17	39	8	1	1	1	5	5	2	12	.205	.244	.359	.603	0	0
	RF	46	Adel Chiflikian		L	L	27	100	31	7	3	4	17	16	5	11	.310	.340	.560	.900	3	1

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Team Rankings at the halfway point

Runs Scored: 468 (1st)
Batting AVG: .277 (3rd)
On-Base PCT: .347 (2nd)
Home Runs: 114 (2nd)
Stolen Bases: 77 (5th)

Runs Against: 330 (2nd)
Starters ERA: 3.55 (2nd)
Bullpen ERA: 2.83 (1st)
Defensive Eff.: .699 (5th)

4 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
July 16: 3-0 Win
July 17: 3-7 Loss
July 18: 5-3 Win
July 19: 5-4 Win

Baraja is out for 2 weeks

2 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 20: 4-3 Win
July 21: 3-1 Win

2 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
July 22: 5-4 Win
July 23: 5-0 Win

3 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
July 24: 8-0 Win
July 25: 7-6 Win
July 26: 6-9 Loss

3 Game Series vs NY Yankees
July 28: 11-1 Win
July 29: 0-2 Loss
July 30: 6-2 Win

3 Game Series vs Cleveland Indians
July 31: 7-5 Win
Aug 1: 6-10 Loss (10)
Aug 2: 7-8 Loss

3 Game Series at Miami Marlins
Aug 3: 8-4 Win
Aug 4: 3-4 Loss
Aug 5: 8-1 Win

3 Game Series at Atlanta Falcons
Aug 7: 7-4 Win
Aug 8: 6-2 Win
Aug 9: 2-3 Loss (12)

4 Game Series at NY Yankees
Aug 10: 5-4 Win
Aug 11: 10-1 Win
Aug 12: 3-4 Loss
Aug 13: 5-4 Win (18)

3 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
Aug 14: 7-1 Win
Aug 15: 2-0 Win
Aug 16: 12-0 Win

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Aug 17: 2-4 Loss
Aug 18: 5-3 Win
Aug 19: 10-1 Win

3 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
Aug 21: 4-3 Win
Aug 22: 7-2 Win
Aug 23: 6-4 Win

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
Aug 24: 6-4 Win
Aug 25: 3-2 Win (10)
Aug 26: 9-3 Win

3 Game Series at Indianapolis Miracle
Aug 28: 7-3 Win
Aug 29: 4-0 Win
Aug 30: 9-2 Win

Record: 91-40, .695, 1st in AL East, 25.5 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

My team got red hot and are looking to break the team record of 109 wins. Liberto has worked out great and Sanchez has become one of the best pitchers in the AL.

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	26	26	13	4	0	177.0	183	29	94	84	51	120	4.27	.267	0	0
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	27	27	16	7	0	175.0	176	9	73	67	50	148	3.45	.261	1	1
	SP	96	John Liberato		R	R	25	25	17	5	0	176.1	161	17	66	62	22	150	3.16	.241	5	3
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	26	26	11	4	0	166.0	139	14	67	62	63	154	3.36	.227	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	25	25	15	5	0	168.0	121	11	39	36	47	120	1.93	.202	0	0
	MR	21	Chris Foster		L	L	46	0	1	3	1	62.1	56	5	26	23	22	66	3.32	.242	0	0
	MR	8	Miguel Fuentes		R	R	17	1	2	0	0	21.1	18	2	8	8	5	15	3.38	.231	0	0
	MR	34	Kelly McMillan		L	R	57	0	4	2	3	67.2	47	6	19	17	24	76	2.26	.192	0	0
	MR	5	Aldo Parentucelli		L	L	51	0	6	1	0	55.1	30	5	12	12	30	61	1.95	.157	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	30	1	3	3	1	39.0	31	2	22	22	14	36	5.08	.220	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	55	0	2	4	37	55.1	46	3	19	18	24	46	2.93	.225	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	44	Abel Baker		L	R	104	351	100	17	4	14	59	62	52	107	.285	.377	.476	.853	0	1
	C	38	George Wrangham		R	R	45	146	36	7	2	6	28	22	12	47	.247	.308	.445	.753	0	0
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	96	355	114	18	2	30	86	80	71	77	.321	.430	.637	1.067	3	3
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	131	515	137	29	3	30	84	77	60	118	.266	.347	.509	.856	15	2
	2B	13	Sam Reynolds		R	R	92	313	77	8	2	9	38	47	46	20	.246	.342	.371	.712	4	3
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	116	422	107	20	2	15	69	62	32	95	.254	.309	.417	.726	0	0
	3B	38	Bartolo Ramírez		R	R	46	175	48	17	0	1	22	24	16	8	.274	.337	.389	.725	4	3
	3B	47	Jorge Flores		R	R	8	20	4	2	0	1	1	3	0	3	.200	.200	.450	.650	0	0
	SS	25	Jamie Emery		R	R	68	231	58	9	1	4	27	35	28	55	.251	.340	.351	.690	5	1
	LF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	91	324	98	18	1	13	56	56	25	87	.302	.353	.485	.838	11	0
	LF	7	Christian Cobb		S	L	123	504	144	29	4	13	64	83	48	25	.286	.343	.437	.780	47	15
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	100	368	106	19	1	10	40	49	41	81	.288	.360	.427	.787	16	4
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	24	56	13	2	1	2	6	8	2	19	.232	.259	.411	.669	0	0
	RF	46	Adel Chiflikian		L	L	47	164	55	11	4	9	32	28	11	18	.335	.371	.616	.987	5	1

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3 Game Series vs Philadelphia Phillies
Sept 1: 4-14 Loss
Sept 2: 9-4 Win
Sept 3: 9-8 Win

3 Game Series vs NY Mets
Sept 4: 20-1 Win (damn! Scored at least 1 run in every inning)
Sept 5: 9-8 Win
Sept 6: 4-10 Loss

3 Game Series at Chicago White Sox
Sept 7: 2-5 Loss
Sept 8: 0-3 Loss
Sept 9: 7-6 Win

3 Game Series vs Kansas City Royals
Sept 11: 0-7 Loss
Sept 12: 6-0 Win
Sept 13: 8-3 Win

3 Game Series vs LA Angels
Sept 14: 2-9 Loss
Sept 15: 7-3 Win
Sept 16: 1-4 Loss

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 18: 3-2 Win (Win #100)
Sept 19: 5-2 Win
Sept 20: 3-1 Win

3 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
Sept 21: 1-9 Loss
Sept 22: 10-11 Loss
Sept 23: 3-4 Loss

4 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rys
Sept 24: 8-4 Win
Sept 25: 2-3 Loss (10)
Sept 26: 9-5 Win
Sept 27: 10-3 Win

3 Game Series at Seattle Mariners
Sept 29: 13-1 Win
Sept 30: 4-3 Win (10)
Oct 1: 5-7 Loss

We need to sweep the Yankees in order to break the all-time wins record for Baltimore.

3 Game Series vs NY Yankees
Oct 2: 7-3 Win
Oct 3: 2-3 Loss
Oct 4: 5-4 Win

Tied the best record in Baltimore history. We really lost steam there in the first half of September.

Record: 109-53, .673, 1st in AL East, 26 Games Ahead of NY Yankees

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	HA	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	AVG	CG	SHO
	SP	12	Danny Hultzen		L	L	31	31	16	5	0	206.1	227	33	115	97	57	142	4.23	.279	0	0
	SP	27	Tyrell Jenkins		R	R	32	32	17	9	0	206.0	208	12	89	82	60	170	3.58	.263	1	1
	SP	96	John Liberato		R	R	31	31	18	8	0	214.0	206	21	89	85	31	179	3.57	.253	6	3
	SP	57	Trevor May		R	R	32	32	14	5	0	207.2	176	19	88	83	84	198	3.60	.231	1	0
	SP	22	Aaron Sanchez		R	R	29	29	17	6	0	192.0	148	14	53	50	53	137	2.34	.214	0	0
	MR	21	Chris Foster		L	L	59	0	3	3	3	79.0	66	6	28	25	24	90	2.85	.230	0	0
	MR	8	Miguel Fuentes		R	R	30	2	2	2	0	40.0	36	4	20	20	13	37	4.50	.240	0	0
	MR	34	Kelly McMillan		L	R	69	0	5	3	3	80.2	64	7	30	28	30	92	3.12	.215	0	0
	MR	5	Aldo Parentucelli		L	L	64	1	6	2	1	75.1	48	9	24	24	39	74	2.87	.180	0	0
	MR	18	Anthony Zych		R	R	39	2	3	3	1	51.1	41	3	29	29	19	45	5.08	.220	0	0
	CL	86	Dan Morgan		R	R	65	0	5	5	42	66.0	53	3	20	19	29	55	2.59	.221	0	0

	POS	#	Name	Inf	B	T	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS
	C	44	Abel Baker		L	R	131	431	119	19	4	17	74	76	60	126	.276	.364	.457	.821	0	1
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney		L	L	127	473	148	22	2	34	110	101	94	101	.313	.423	.584	1.007	3	3
	1B	78	Ricardo Engeitado		L	L	162	645	174	34	3	36	108	95	66	152	.270	.341	.499	.840	20	2
	2B	13	Sam Reynolds		R	R	111	371	91	16	2	10	44	55	53	26	.245	.338	.380	.718	4	3
	3B	38	Bartolo Ramírez		R	R	73	275	83	30	0	1	32	46	29	14	.302	.373	.422	.795	6	5
	3B	47	Jorge Flores		R	R	11	25	7	2	0	2	5	5	1	4	.280	.308	.600	.908	0	0
	3B	16	Nicky Delmonico		L	R	138	507	132	23	2	15	79	70	37	111	.260	.312	.402	.714	0	0
	SS	25	Jamie Emery		R	R	96	334	85	14	1	7	45	51	36	81	.254	.331	.365	.696	6	2
	LF	6	Manny Ramírez		L	L	115	404	113	22	1	14	64	64	34	112	.280	.336	.443	.779	13	0
	LF	7	Christian Cobb		S	L	153	628	178	38	4	20	76	108	58	28	.283	.341	.452	.793	55	16
	CF	19	José Carlos Baraja		L	L	131	481	138	22	1	14	59	66	52	106	.287	.357	.424	.781	20	5
	CF	11	Carlos Serrano		L	L	30	66	15	3	1	3	9	10	2	22	.227	.250	.439	.689	0	0
	RF	46	Adel Chiflikian		L	L	59	198	69	13	5	12	40	36	12	20	.348	.380	.646	1.027	5	1

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End of Season Rankings
Runs Scored: 887 (1st)
Batting AVG: .275 (3rd)
On-Base PCT: .348 (1st)
Home Runs: 215 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 137 (6th)

Runs Against: 609 (1st)
Starters ERA: 3.52 (1st)
Bullpen ERA: 3.15 (1st)
Defensive Eff. .699 (4th)

2021 ALDS vs. Detroit Tigers (87-75)
Oct 8 at BAL: 4-6 Loss
Oct 9 at BAL: 7-5 Win
Oct 11 at DET: 7-1 Win
Oct 12 at DET: 0-1 Loss
Oct 14 at BAL: 8-1 Win

Cutting it close there...

2021 ALCS vs Seattle Mariners (90-72)
Oct 16 at BAL: 8-2 Win
Oct 17 at BAL: 3-2 Win
Oct 19 at SEA: 10-3 Win
Oct 20 at SEA: 5-3 Win

A sweep. That's more like it.

2021 World Series vs Philadelphia Phillies (91-71)
Oct 25 at BAL: 3-6 Loss
Oct 26 at BAL: 5-6 Loss
Oct 28 at PHI: 2-9 Loss
Oct 29 at PHI: 4-5 Loss

Booo!!

Just wait til next year when I have this team plus Ross Thompson and Mario Peret.

Well maybe. Tyrell Jenkins and Nicky Delmonico both did not execute their options (Engaitado and Zych did) so they will be testing free agency this year. And I don't think I can afford to keep Jenkins. He was making ~$6 mil, it's going to take $10mil more per year to hold him. Delmonico made close to $9 mil, but he also had a big drop off this year. He was down ~0.050 in AVG and OBP. I'm actually kinda glad to be rid of his deal. I might be able to just take that money and give it to Jenkins.

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CF Christian Cobb wins a Golden Glove.
Joe Girardi wins AL Manager of the Year

For the first time since 2013, A Baltimore Orioles batter did not win the AL Hitter of the Year award. Mahoney won 6 of the previous 7 with Engeitado winning on his off year.

I trade SP Danny Hultzen along with 3 prospects to the Seattle Mariners for SP Jorge Bermudez. He's an upgrade that costs $4mil more per year than Hultzen.

I also offered Jenkins a 4 year, $15.5 mil per year extension. He signed it.

Arbitration
CF Christian Cobb gets $6.792mil
MR Kelly McMillan gets $1.2mil
SS Jamie Emery gets $4.2mil
C Abel Baker gets $4.8mil
SS Cristian Adames gets $750k

After Arbitration, I am just barely in the red.