OOTP13 - Baltimore Orioles

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I haven't played OOTP in quite awhile. I set it so that I can't be fired since this is going to be a learning experience. I also set the ratings of the players to not be shown to see how this works. I do keep the Overall/Potential star ratings.

Top 100 Prospects
We have two players on the Top 100 Prospects list. #10) SS Manny Machado, age 19 (A). And #90) 3B Jonathan Schoop, age 20 (A)

Major League Roster

	POS	#	Name	Inf	Mor	Age	NAT	HT	WT	B	T	OVR	POT
	SP	34	Jake Arrieta			26	USA	6' 3"	225 lbs	Right	Right	1 star	2 stars
	SP	16	Wei-Yin Chen			26	CHN	6' 0"	176 lbs	Left	Left	2 stars	2 stars
	SP	39	Jason Hammel			29	USA	6' 5"	200 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	SP	29	Tommy Hunter			25	USA	6' 3"	255 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	1 star
	SP	17	Brian Matusz			25	USA	6' 5"	200 lbs	Left	Left	4 stars	5 stars
	MR	38	Luis Ayala			34	MEX	6' 2"	190 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	MR	63	Kevin Gregg			33	USA	6' 5"	200 lbs	Right	Right	1 star	1 star
	MR	27	Matt Lindstrom			32	USA	6' 3"	210 lbs	Right	Right	1 star	1 star
	MR	20	Troy Patton			26	USA	6' 0"	185 lbs	Switch	Left	1 star	1 star
	MR	47	Pedro Strop			26	DOM	6' 0"	160 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	3 stars
	CL	43	Jim Johnson			28	USA	6' 5"	224 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	3 stars
	C	32	Matt Wieters			25	USA	6' 5"	230 lbs	Switch	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	C	18	Ronny Paulino			30	DOM	6' 3"	235 lbs	Right	Right	1 star	1 star
	1B	24	Wilson Betemit			30	DOM	6' 2"	155 lbs	Switch	Right	2 stars	1 star
	1B	19	Chris Davis			26	USA	6' 3"	235 lbs	Left	Right	1 star	1 star
	1B	45	Nick Johnson			33	USA	6' 3"	235 lbs	Left	Left	1 star	1 star
	2B	11	Robert Andino			27	USA	6' 0"	170 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	3B	12	Mark Reynolds			28	USA	6' 0"	200 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	2 stars
	SS	3	Ryan Flaherty			25	USA	6' 3"	200 lbs	Left	Right	1 star	1 star
	SS	2	J.J. Hardy			29	USA	6' 2"	181 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	LF	14	Nolan Reimold			28	USA	6' 3"	205 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	LF	9	Endy Chavez			34	VEN	6' 0"	165 lbs	Left	Left	1 star	1 star
	CF	10	Adam Jones			26	USA	6' 2"	200 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	CF	25	Jai Miller			27	USA	6' 3"	195 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	RF	21	Nick Markakis			28	USA	6' 2"	195 lbs	Left	Left	3 stars	3 stars

Prospects with more than 1 star potential

	POS	Name	TM	Lev	Age	OVR	POT	CON	POW	EYE	STU	MOV	CON
	SS	M. Machado	FRE	A	19	1 star	5 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2B	M. Antonelli	NOR	AAA	26	3 stars	5 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	SP	D. Bundy	FRE	A	19	1 star	5 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	SP	W. Pelzer	FRE	A	25	1 star	5 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	C. Joseph	FRE	A	25	1 star	4 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	CL	D. Klein	NOR	AAA	23	2 stars	4 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2B	T. Kelly	FRE	A	23	1 star	4 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3B	J. Schoop	FRE	A	20	1 star	4 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	MR	J. Moore	ABE	S A	22	1 star	3 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	W. Sawyer	GBAL	R	20	1 star	3 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3B	N. Delmonico	GBAL	R	19	1 star	3 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	LF	J. Hoffmann	NOR	AAA	27	2 stars	3 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3B	Z. Wheeler	NOR	AAA	25	1 star	3 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	A. de San Miguel	BOW	AA	24	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	J. Johnson	NOR	AAA	29	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	CL	C. Schrader	ABE	S A	21	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2B	R. Adams	NOR	AAA	24	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	LF	X. Avery	BOW	AA	22	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3B	J. Esposito	DEL	A	21	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2B	L. Hoes	BOW	AA	22	1 star	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-
	MR	D. O'Day	NOR	AAA	29	3 stars	2 stars	-	-	-	-	-	-

I guess I should give Antonelli a shot at 2nd base.

Schedule for April
April 6-8: vs. Minnesota Twins
April 9-11: vs. NY Yankees
April 13-15: at Toronto Blue Jays
April 17-19: at Chicago White Sox
April 20-22: at LA Angels
April 24-26: vs. Toronto Blue Jays
April 27-29: vs. Oakland A's
April 30-May 2: at NY Yankees

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March 28, 2012

My owner tells me that he expects a .500 season.

March 30, 2012

I try to negotiate a deal with Roy Oswalt. He wanted $4.7 mil for 1 year. I the highest I would go was $3.5 mil so the negotiations fell through.

I offer MR Hong-Chih Kuo a contract for 1 year, $760,000.

I offer 1B Jeff Larish a contract for 1 year, $668,000.

I just noticed that my roster didn't include injured players.
2B Brian Roberts, out for 57 more days for a Concussion. Cur: 4 Stars / Pot: 4 Stars
SP Zach Britton, out for 12 more days for Shoulder inflammation. 1.5 / 2.5
SP Tsuyoshi Wada, out for 12 more days for a Hyperextended elbow. 2 / 2
C Tayklor Teagarden, out for 12 more days for Torn back muscle. 1.5 / 2.5

April 6, 2012
7-6 Win vs. Minnesota Twins.
Winning Pitcher: MR Troy Patton. 3 IP, 1 H, 3 K, 0 ER
Save: MR Matt Lindstrom, 0.1 IP

April 7, 2012
3-4 Lose vs. Minnesota Twins
Losing Pitcher: MR Matt Lindstrom

Hong-Chih Kou and Jeff Larish both accept their contract offers.

April 8, 2012
9-8 Win vs. Minnesota Twins
Winning Pitcher: Hong-Chih Kuo

What does H and BS stand for next to the pitcher's name on the box score?

[DavidCorperial]

Hold and Blown Save.
Hold means that they hold a lead or save situation, one or the other.

[spleen1015]

No Bundy in the top 100 prospects? Pfft.

Looking forward to following along.

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Originally Posted by DavidCorperial

Hold and Blown Save.
Hold means that they hold a lead or save situation, one or the other.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by spleen1015

No Bundy in the top 100 prospects? Pfft.

I just checked and I only looked at the Top 100 Prospects for Batters. I missed the Pitchers list. Bundy is there at #13.

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Just looking through some of the other reports.

I have the 19th highest payroll at $90.715 million. I'm 16th in Media Revenue with $43 million. My current Budget is 20th in the league at $115.1 million.

I don't have any players on the top 25 highest paid players.

The League Average salary is ~$2.5 million. My average salary is just under $2 million.

My highest paid player is RF Nick Markakis (2.5 / 2.5) at $12 million. And he's signed up for a few more years at $15 million. Back in 2009, he was rated 4/ 4. In 2010, he was 3.5 / 4.5. His scouting reports have been average since. (So that seems like money well spent....or maybe my scout sucks.)

So I check my scout.

Scout Majors: Good
Scout Minors: Good
International: Excellent
Amateurs: Outstanding
Projection: Neutral

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April 9, 2012
I traded RF Nick Markakis. The fans fucking hate me now! I traded him for 1B Mark Trumbo from the LA Angels. The scout really likes Trumbo, saying that he has game-changing power. This also frees up a LOT of money for my penny-pincher owner. I can actually sign some extensions now.

I decide to just turn ratings on, 1-5. Mainly because I don't want to put in the time it would take to play this game without any ratings. I need to be able to know how good a player is scouted at a glance in an organization with 200+ players.

5-11 Loss vs. NY Yankees
Losing Pitcher: Tommy Hunter (he got killed in the 2nd inning. Only 1.1 IP)

April 10, 2012
6-14 Loss vs. NY Yankees
Losing Pitcher: Luis Ayala - 3.1 IP, 7 ER, 5 K, 81 PI. He got destroyed in the 4th

April 11, 2012
2-1 Win vs. NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 112 PI
Both of our runs came from solo HRs.

April 13, 2012
2-5 Loss at Toronto Blue Jays
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 3.2 IP, 5 ER, 0 K, 58 PI

April 14, 2012
2-3 Loss at Toronto Blue Jays
Losing Pitcher: Hong-Chin Kuo - 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 K, 28 PI
The starting pitcher was Brian Matusz, and he went 8.0 IP, 2 ER, 8 K, 115 PI

April 15, 2012
6-2 Win at Toronto Blue Jays
Winning Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 8.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 117 PI

April 16, 2012
10-5 Win at Chicago White Sox
Winning Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 7.2 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 107 PI

April 17, 2012
6-9 Loss at Chicago White Sox
Losing Pitcher: MR Kevin Gregg - 0.2 IP, 4 ER, 1 K, 23 PI

April 18, 2012
5-4 Win at Chicago White Sox
Winning Pitcher: SP Wei-Yin Chen - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 K, 109 PI
Save: MR Matt Lindstrom - 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 K, 18 PI

Record: 6-6, 4th in AL East

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April 19, 2012
6-8 Loss at Chicago White Sox
Losing Pitcher: Daniel Klein - 0.0 IP, 3 ER, 0 K, 10 PI (Blown Save)

April 20, 2012
6-4 Win at Los Angeles Angels
Winning Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 98 PI
Save: Daniel Klein - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 9 PI

SP Tsuyoshi Wada and CL Jim Johnson come off the DL.

April 21, 2012
1-2 Loss at Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Tsuyoshi Wada - 8.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 K, 93 PI

April 22, 2012
2-6 Loss at Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 7.1 IP, 6 ER, 3 K, 109 PI

April 24, 2012
7-6 Win (12) vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Winning Pitcher: Luis Ayala - 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 29 PI

April 25, 2012
3-6 Loss vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 6.2 IP, 5 ER, 6 K, 116 PI

April 26, 2012
9-3 Win vs Toronto Blue Jays
Winning Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 9.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 112 PI

Record: 9-10, 4th in AL East

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April 27, 2012
5-3 Win vs. Oakland Athletics
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 8.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 104 PI
Save: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 7 PI

April 28, 2012
12-9 Win vs. Oakland Athletics
Winning Pitcher: Kevin Gregg - 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 12 PI
Save: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 16 PI

April 29, 2012
3-4 Loss (14) vs. Oakland Athletics
Losing Pitcher: Luis Ayala - 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 K, 13 PI

SP Zach Britton comes off DL

April 30, 2012
7-5 Win (10) at NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Pedro Strop - 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 20 PI
- Jim Johnson with a blown save

May 1st, 2012
8-1 Win at NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 9.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K, 115 PI

May 2nd, 2012
9-5 Win at NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 6.1 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 113 PI
Sweep!

Record: 14-11, 1st (3 way tie) in AL East

1 month in, let's look at some stats.

2B Matt Antonelli isn't making much of his shot. 26 at bats, 0 hits and 5 walks. I think he needs to go back to AAA for a while.

CF Jai Miller is hitting .357 on 56 AB. SS JJ Hardy is hitting .326 on 89 AB. 1B Mark Jumbo is 3rd on the list, hitting .317 on 41 AB with 4 HR and 8 RBI. The player I traded, Nick Markakis, has only managed a .250 average on 60 AB for LAA.

Jason Hammel and Tommy Hunter are both 3-1. SP Brain Matusz is still without a record, having pitched 29 innings but not having a win or lose attributed to him. He also leads the Orioles in strikeouts with 24 and has an ERA of 5.90.

MR Hong-Chih Kuo leads in K/9, however, at 15.10 (10.2 IP, 18 K).

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May 4, 2012
0-7 Loss at Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Tsuyoshi Wada - 7.2 IP, 5 ER, 5 K, 116 PI

May 5, 2012
8-10 Loss at Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Matt Lindstrom - 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 1 K, 23 PI

May 6, 2012
5-2 Win at Boston Red Sox
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 114 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 13 PI

May 7, 2012
2-11 Loss vs Texas Rangers
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 3.1 IP, 7 ER, 1 K, 55 PI

May 8, 2012
7-1 Win vs Texas Rangers
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 114 PI
Save: Jim Johnson - 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 27 PI

May 9, 2012
9-11 Loss vs Texas Rangers
Losing Pitcher: Luis Ayala - 1.2 IP, 4 ER, 0 K, 27 PI

May 10, 2012
7-5 Win vs Texas Rangers
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 7.0 IP, 5 ER, 7 K, 115 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 11 PI

May 11, 2012
3-4 Loss vs Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Hong-Chih Kuo - 0.1 IP, 3 ER, 1 K, 23 PI (Blown Save)
We were headed to a 3-1 win in the 9th....

May 12, 2012
6-4 Win vs Tampa Bay Rays
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 6.0 IP, 4 ER, 5 K, 116 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 10 PI

May 13, 2012
5-3 Win vs Tampa Bay Rays
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 8.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 96 PI
Save: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 12 PI

May 14, 2012
2-1 Win vs. NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Tsuyoshi Wada - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 7 K, 106 PI
Save: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 12 PI

May 15, 2012
2-1 Win vs NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 7 K, 99 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 10 PI

Record: 21-16, 1st in AL East (tied with Red Sox)

SS Manny Machado is killing the competition in A, so I move him up to AA.

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May 16, 2012
3-1 Win at Kansas City Royals
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 K, 99 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 6 PI

May 17, 2012
7-4 Win at Kansas City Royals
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 5.1 IP, 4 ER, 3 K, 97 PI
Save: Hong-Chih Kuo - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 12 PI

May 18, 2012
5-7 Loss at Washington Nationals
Losing Pitcher: Matt Lindstrom - 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 K, 15 PI

May 19, 2012
4-1 Win at Washington Nationals
Winning Pitcher: Tsuyoshi Wada - 7.1 IP, 1 ER, 7 K, 113 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 7 PI

May 20, 2012
4-5 Loss at Washington Nationals
Losing Pitcher: Hong-Chih Kuo - 0.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 K, 8 PI

May 21, 2012
4-7 Loss vs Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 5.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 95 PI

My scout tells me of a player in Cuba that has great potential. I try offering him a minor league contract, but he insists on a major league contract. His name is Nesto "Houdini" Ramirez.

We'll see where he ends up.

May 22, 2012
6-7 Loss vs Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitching: Zach Britton - 4.0 IP, 3 ER (6 R), 3 K, 83 PI

May 23, 2012
1-13 Loss vs. Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 3.1 IP, 5 ER, 4 K, 60 PI

May 25, 2012
4-9 Loss vs Kansas City Royals
Losing Pitcher: Tsuyoshi Wada - 2.2 IP, 5 ER, 2 K, 58 PI

May 26, 2012
6-0 Win vs. Kansas City Royals
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 8.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 119 PI

May 27, 2012
5-4 Win vs. Kansas City Royals
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 9.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 110 PI

May 28, 2012
6-1 Win at Toronto Blue Jays
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 7.1 IP, 1 ER, 7 K, 114 PI

May 29, 2012
9-0 Win at Toronto Blue Jays
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 7.1 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, 111 PI

May 30, 2012
4-7 Loss at Toronto Blue Jays
Losing Pitcher: Tsuyoshi Wada - 1.1 IP, 5 ER, 1 K, 39 PI

I send Wada down to AAA and bring Jake Arrieta back up to give him a shot.

June 1, 2012
1-3 Loss at Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 8.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 K, 111 PI

June 2, 2012
0-1 Loss at Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 119 PI

June 3, 2012
4-0 Win at Tampa Bay Rays
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 7.2 IP, 0 ER, 9 K, 114 PI

Record: 29-25, 1st in the AL East, 1.5 games ahead of BOS

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June 5, 2012
6-7 Loss at Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Pedro Strop - 0.2 IP, 2 ER, 0 K, 20 PI (Blown Save)

Major League Draft
We have the 4th pick

1st Round: MR Steve Cholmondelay - USA - 23 year old
2nd Round: MR Ryan Burr - USA - 18 Year old
3rd Round: 1B Pepe Guerra - DOM - 21 year old
4th Round: SP Kai-xi Zhao - TPE - 18 year old
5th Round: SS Mario Peret - USA - 21 year old
6th Round: CL Jahangir Hussain - USA - 20 year old
7th Round: RF Ken James - USA - 21 Year old
8th Round: 1B Raffaele Giacomini - VEN - 21 year old
9th Round: SP Manuel Trujillo - MEX - 22 year old
10th Round: SP Javier Moran - USA - 18 year old

June 6, 2012
2-9 Loss at Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 5.1 IP, 6 ER, 5 K, 113 PI

June 7, 2012
1-2 Loss at Boston Red Sox
Losing Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 6 K, 117 PI

June 8, 2012
5-6 Loss vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 3.1 IP, 4 ER, 3 K, 57 PI

JJ Hardy, my best hitter so far this year, gets sent to the 60 day DL

June 9, 2012
2-7 Loss vs Philadelphia Phillies
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 3.2 IP, 3 ER, 2 K, 66 PI

June 10, 2012
3-5 Loss vs Philadelphia Phillies
Losing Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 6.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 111 PI

Record: 29-31, 3rd in AL East.

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June 12, 2012
10-5 Win vs Pittsburgh Pirates
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 6.1 IP, 3 ER, 6 K, 113 PI

C Matt Wieters is out for 4-5 months. He's my only over .300 hitter right now. I keep losing my best players to injury.

June 13, 2012
8-3 Win vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Winning Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 8.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 K, 114 PI

June 14, 2012
5-4 Win vs Pittsburgh Pirates
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 8.0 IP, 4 ER, 10 K, 108 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 18 PI

June 15, 2012
2-8 Loss at Atlanta Braves
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 2.1 IP, 5 ER, 2 K, 38 PI

June 16, 2012
2-4 Loss at Atlanta Braves
Losing Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 7.0 IP, 4 ER, 2 K, 104 PI

June 17, 2012
3-4 Loss (20) at Atlanta Braves
Losing Pitcher: Tony Hunter - 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 1 K, 19 PI

June 18, 2012
3-0 Win at New York Mets
Winning Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 K, 90 PI

June 19, 2012
4-7 Loss at New York Mets
Losing Pitcher: Wei-yin Chen - 2.2 IP, 5 ER, 2 K, 56 PI

June 20, 2012
0-2 Loss at New York Mets
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 8 K, 105 PI

Record: 33-36, 3rd in AL East

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June 22, 2012
2-1 Win vs. Washington Nationals
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 8.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K, 107 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 K, 18 PI

June 23, 2012
5-4 Win (10) vs Washington Nationals
Winning Pitcher: Hong-Shih Kuo - 3.0 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, 37 PI

June 24, 2012
5-4 Win vs Washington Nationals
Winning Pitcher: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 15 PI

June 26, 2012
7-8 Loss vs Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 2 ER, 0 K, 16 PI (Blown Save)

June 27, 2012
8-4 Win vs Cleveland Indians
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 5.2 IP, 4 ER, 8 K, 115 PI

June 28, 2012
4-1 Win vs Los Angeles Angels
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 K, 101 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 11 PI

June 29, 2012
1-9 Loss vs Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 115 PI

June 30, 2012
3-6 Loss vs Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 2.2 IP, 4 ER, 2 K, 47 PI

July 1, 2012
0-8 Loss vs Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Timmy Hunter - 4.0 IP, 7 ER, 5 K, 74 PI

Trade with Atlanta Braves: I sent 1B Jeff Larish to them in return for 19 year old prospect, 3B Brandon Drury.

July 2, 2012
8-3 Win at Seattle Mariners
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 99 PI

Trade with Los Angeles Angels: I sent MR prospect Aris Angeles and 3B Zealous Wheeler to LA for SP prospect Nick Moronde.

Trade with Philadelphia Phillies: I send 1B Mark Trumbo, SP Jason Berken and MR Ryan Edell to the Phillies for SS Freddy Galvis (I'll try him out right away, but he'll ride the bench. He's 22 and has been starting for PHI batting .285, but right now the SS position is not my problem. My starting SS is batting .289 and is a good fielder, except he's playing out of position. I'm going to have to do some juggling.)

Trumbo started out great for me, but after the first month he stunk up the place falling to under .220 batting average. The other two players were 28 year old with 1 star potentials. Galivs is a 4 1/2 star prospect. I've been trying to dump dead weight and prospects that aren't panning out. Hopefully I hit gold with one of the new guys.

July 3, 2012
4-2 Win at Seattle Mariners
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 7.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 116 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 7 PI

July 4, 2012
7-2 Win (10) at Seattle Mariners
Winning Pitcher: Pedro Strop - 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 K, 30 PI

July 5, 2012
2-9 Loss at Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 2 K, 100 PI

July 6, 2012
2-6 Loss at Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 5.2 IP, 5 ER, 2 K, 84 PI

July 7, 2012
5-6 Loss at Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Pedro Strop - 0.1 IP, 1 ER, 0 K, 1 PI

July 8, 2012
5-8 Loss at Los Angeles Angels
Losing Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 3.2 IP, 4 ER, 0 K, 60 PI

Got swept in a 4 game series to the Angels. Not how I wanted to go into the All-Star Break.

Record: 41-44, 4th in AL East. 9.5 GB

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July 13, 2012
5-3 Win vs Detroit Tigers
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 K, 115 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 9 PI

July 14, 2012
8-3 Win vs Detroit Tigers
Winning Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 7.2 IP, 1 ER, 13 K, 113 PI

July 15, 2012
4-2 Win vs Detroit Tigers
Winning Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 8.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 K, 92 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 15 PI

July 16, 2012
6-4 Win at Minnesota Twins
Winning Pitcher: Zach Britton - 7.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 K, 120 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 21 PI

July 17, 2012
6-3 Win at Minnesota Twins
Winning Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 118 PI
Save: Jason Hammel - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 16 PI

July 18, 2012
5-11 Loss at Minnesota Twins
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 4.1 IP, 6 ER, 3 K, 80 PI

July 19, 2012
4-3 Win at Minnesota Twins
Winning Pitcher: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 5 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 14 PI

Record: 47-45, 2nd Place in AL East - 9.5 GB

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July 20, 2012
2-4 Loss at Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 8 IP, 4 ER, 7 K, 119 PI

July 21, 2012
4-7 Loss at Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 5 IP, 6 ER, 2 K, 86 PI

July 22, 2012
1-7 Loss at Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 1.1 IP, 5 ER, 1 K, 31 PI
Ouch. 3 in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd.

July 23, 2012
4-6 Loss at Cleveland Indians
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 7.2 IP, 6 ER, 5 K, 111 PI

4 game series, swept by the Indians. That's embarrassing.

July 24, 2012
0-6 Loss vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Brian Matusz - 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 7 K, 110 PI

Matusz suffered an injury that will keep him out the rest of the year.

July 25, 2012
1-3 Loss vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Barren O'Day - 0.2 IP, 3 ER, 0 K, 22 PI

July 26, 2012
7-6 Win (11) vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Winning Pitcher: Pedro Strop - 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 47 PI

July 27, 2012
5-4 Win vs Oakland A's
Winning Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 8.0 IP, 4 ER, 6 K, 112 PI
Save: Jim Johnson - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 16 PI

July 28, 2012
5-2 Win vs. Oakland A's
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 7.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 102 PI
Save: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 14 PI

July 29, 2012
2-6 Loss vs. Oakland A's
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 5.1 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 98 PI

Record: 50-52, 10 Games Behind. 4th in AL East

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July 30, 2012
8-5 Win at NY Yankees
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 K, 97 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 0.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 9 PI

July 31, 2012
3-6 Loss at NY Yankees
Losing Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 2.2 IP, 2 ER, 0 K, 56 PI

August 1, 2012
2-3 Loss at NY Yankees
Losing Pitcher: Jake Arrieta - 8.0 IP, 3 ER, 8 K, 112 PI

August 3, 2012
1-10 Loss at Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 3,0 IP, 7 ER, 3 K, 55 PI

August 4, 2012
1-4 Loss at Tampa Bay Rays
Losing Pitcher: Zach Britton - 7.1 IP, 4 ER, 8 K, 113 PI

August 5, 2012
2-1 Win at Tampa Bay Rays
Winning Pitcher: Jason Hammel - 7.1 IP, 1 ER, 6 K, 114 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 5 PI

August 6, 2012
5-8 Loss vs Seattle Mariners
Losing Pitcher: Tommy Hunter - 4.2 IP, 5 ER, 3 K, 74 PI

SS JJ Hardy comes off DL. CF Adam Jones looks to be heading to it pending diagnosis.

August 7, 2012
5-3 Win vs Seattle Mariners
Winning Pitcher: Jake Arrieta, 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 K, 113 PI
Save: Jim Johnson, 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 17 PI

CF Adam Jones has a fractured wrist. Out for 4-5 Weeks

August 8, 2012
2-1 Win vs Seattle Mariners
Winning Pitcher: Wei-Yin Chen - 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K, 111 PI
Save: Pedro Strop - 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 6 PI

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Changing up the format

4-Game Series vs. Kansas City Royals
Aug. 9th: 4-3 Win
Aug. 10th: 6-3 Win
Aug. 11th: 2-4 Lose
Aug 12th: 3-1 Win

3-Game Series vs. Boston Red Sox
Aug. 14: 5-1 Win
Aug. 15: 3-11 Lose
Aug. 16: 3-4 Lose (12)

3-Game Series at Detroit Tigers
Aug. 17: 8-7 Win
Aug. 18: 3-5 Lose
Aug. 19: 5-11 Lose

3-Game Series at Texas Rangers
Aug. 20: 5-1 Win
Aug. 21: 7-6 Win
Aug. 22: 2-3 Lose

3-Game Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Aug. 24: 2-5 Lose
Aug. 25: 7-8 Lose
Aug. 26: 10-8 Win

4-Game Series vs. Chicago White Sox
Aug. 27: 2-3 Lose (10)
Aug. 28: 6-0 Win
Aug. 29: 6-8 Lose
Aug. 30: 10-6 Win

3-Game Series at New York Yankees
Aug. 31: 12-16 Lose
Sept 1: 3-4 Lose
Sept 2: 7-4 Win (15)

With the roster expanded to 40 players, I brought up draft pick SP Steve Cholmondeley. He rose quickly up to AAA and had been there awhile. He pitched that last game against the Yanks. 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 K

Notable Stats for the month of August
Our best hitter was LF Endy Chavez, who hit for .344 for the month (90 AB). Our worst was C Ronny Paulino, hitting only .168 on 101 AB. If I had another catcher to try out, i would. Matt Wieters won't be back until late October, and we won't be playing anymore by then. Might as well bring up the two other catchers and see what they can do.

As far as OBP, 1B Joe Mahoney gets the nod there with a .407 OBP. Chavez only got walked 3 times (struck out 7), while Mahoney got walked 17 times (struck out 15). Our strike out king was out DH (1B) Wilson Betemit with 40 (AVG of .221, OBP of .322. He was walked 16 times as well). Most HRs, Joe Mahoney with 9. Most RBI, Joe Mahoney with 18. Most runs, Joe Mahoney with 22. Most hits, not Joe Mahoney. That would be 2B Robert Andino with 34 (Mahoney had 33).

Slugging goes to 3B Mark Reynolds with .659, who also led in wOBA with .444. Wins over replacement player, and I have no idea how this is calculated, goes to 2B Robert Andino with 3.2. Mahoney second with 2.6 and Reynolds and Hardy tied for third with 2.3.

Jason Hammel had the best pitching record for the month at 3-1. MR Hong-Chih Kuo had the best ERA for the month, giving up 5 ER in 18.0 IP. Best starter was Zach Britton with 12 ER in 36.0 IP. Best batting average given up was MR Luis Ayala with .149 in 13.1 IP. Best HR/9 was Kuo with 0.5, but Ayala had the best H/9 with 4.7. BB/9, Tommy Hunter with 0.6, Best K/9 MR Kevin Gregg with 15.1

Best WAR, SP Zach Britton with 3.6, Jake Arrieta was second with 2.5 and SP Wei-Yin Chen was third with 2.4.

SP Jake Arrieta, Zach Britton and Jason Hammel all had 3 quality starts in August. Pedro Strop had 6 saves

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3-Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 3: 8-2 Win
Sept 4: 4-0 Win
Sept 5: 2-9 Lose

4-Game Series vs New York Yankees
Sept 6: 6-1 Win
Sept 7: 0-8 Lose
Sept 8: 3-4 Lose
Sept 9: 3-1 Win

3-Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
Sept 11: 4-6 Lose
Sept 12: 6-5 Win (11)
Sept 13: 1-12 Lose

3-Game Series at Oakland A's
Sept 14: 15-3 Win
Sept 15: 3-1 Win
Sept 16: 2-4 Lose

3-Game Series at Seattle Mariners
Sept 17: 0-4 Lose
Sept 18: 2-7 Lose
Sept 19: 0-2 Lose

3-Game Series at Boston Red Sox
Sept 21: 9-4 Win
Sept 22: 1-7 Lose
Sept 23: 6-7 Lose

3-Game Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 24: 6-8 Lose
Sept 25: 6-3 Win
Sept 26: 6-7 Lose

3-Game Series vs. Boston Red Sox
Sept 28: 0-7 Lose
Sept 29: 5-4 Win
Sept 30: 2-5 Lose

3-Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Oct 1: 4-5 Lose
Oct 2: 4-1 Win
Oct 3: 2-4 Lose

Final Record: 76-86. 4th in AL East. 15 GB

The Los Angeles Angels win the World Series 4 games to 2 over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Some stats for the season

1B Joe Mahoney started out in AA at the beginning of the season. Disappointing performances from a few players, and injuries to others, sped up his rise to the majors. He ended up as clearly my best batter.

327 AB, 103 H, 60 R, 12 2B, 1 3B, 25 HR, 66 RBI, 59 BB, 55 K
.315 AVG, .419 OBP, .587 SLG, 1.007 OPS

CF Adam Jones was having a great year until an injury ended it. 382 AB, .317 AVG, .363 OBP, .513 SLG, .876 OPS

Batting Stats, in order of AB, for players with > 100 AB

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Wilson Betemit 1B	159	593	72	141	32	2	27	81	258	62	177	0	1	.238	.309	.435	.744
Robert Andino 2B	134	520	68	147	43	5	7	56	221	25	113	4	1	.283	.327	.425	.752
Jai Miller RF	118	418	57	87	17	1	18	48	160	37	123	13	9	.208	.275	.383	.658
Jamie Hoffmann RF	108	410	51	107	17	3	18	35	184	28	104	4	4	.261	.311	.449	.760
Ronny Paulino C	112	393	33	69	18	1	5	27	104	25	105	1	0	.176	.227	.265	.492
Adam Jones CF	95	382	63	121	18	3	17	56	196	24	84	10	3	.317	.363	.513	.876
Endy Chavez LF	105	367	33	98	12	5	3	39	129	14	34	6	2	.267	.293	.351	.645
J.J. Hardy SS	92	352	51	105	18	2	11	52	160	23	70	0	0	.298	.342	.455	.797
Mark Reynolds 3B	90	352	56	92	20	0	26	60	190	30	90	2	0	.261	.325	.540	.865
Joe Mahoney 1B	95	327	60	103	12	1	25	66	192	59	55	7	0	.315	.419	.587	1.007
Nolan Reimold LF	92	288	38	61	8	0	14	40	111	25	78	6	0	.212	.280	.385	.665
Matt Wieters C	54	195	35	59	13	3	11	32	111	22	41	0	0	.303	.368	.569	.937
Brian Roberts 2B	58	190	24	41	15	0	5	22	71	22	29	3	2	.216	.297	.374	.671
Mark Trumbo 1B	51	189	26	41	6	0	12	34	83	12	51	1	0	.217	.280	.439	.719
Matt Antonelli 2B	59	188	14	34	6	1	2	15	48	20	33	3	0	.181	.263	.255	.518
Zelous Wheeler 3B	51	143	12	27	8	1	4	17	49	2	35	0	1	.189	.205	.343	.548
Freddy Galvis SS	30	101	6	25	3	0	0	7	28	3	14	2	1	.248	.283	.277	.560

Pitcher stats in order of ERA

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Jason Berken MR	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	.000
Hong-Chih Kuo MR	4	4	2	3.30	70	0	84.2	65	34	31	10	42	108	1.26	.208	.284
Jim Johnson CL	2	4	7	3.46	68	0	65.0	71	31	25	6	21	50	1.42	.278	.327
Jake Arrieta SP	10	6	0	3.61	23	21	144.2	131	66	58	13	52	126	1.26	.240	.290
Daniel Klein CL	2	1	3	3.68	18	0	22.0	17	11	9	3	13	16	1.36	.212	.230
Matt Lindstrom MR	0	3	2	3.77	26	0	31.0	32	16	13	4	19	24	1.65	.267	.304
Chris Tillman MR	0	0	0	3.86	2	0	2.1	3	2	1	1	1	2	1.71	.300	.286
Luis Ayala MR	3	3	1	4.02	57	1	80.2	80	39	36	10	30	78	1.36	.255	.310
Pedro Strop MR	3	6	28	4.10	60	0	63.2	46	29	29	9	29	81	1.18	.201	.266
Brian Matusz SP	8	4	0	4.21	21	21	134.2	148	67	63	17	40	103	1.40	.282	.324
Zach Britton SP	10	11	0	4.36	28	28	175.1	190	95	85	21	42	137	1.32	.279	.323
Wei-Yin Chen SP	11	14	0	4.42	31	31	191.1	204	110	94	20	69	132	1.43	.276	.314
Troy Patton MR	1	0	0	4.77	3	0	5.2	6	3	3	0	2	5	1.41	.261	.333
Kevin Gregg MR	2	1	0	5.02	55	0	61.0	64	35	34	7	33	68	1.59	.266	.343
Darren O'Day MR	0	1	0	5.29	13	0	17.0	20	11	10	2	7	15	1.59	.294	.353
Tommy Hunter SP	8	10	0	5.34	31	19	123.0	139	75	73	23	18	74	1.28	.283	.294
Jason Hammel SP	10	11	1	5.69	40	27	174.0	200	117	110	33	67	103	1.53	.287	.297
Steve Cholmondeley CL	0	3	0	6.27	6	6	33.0	43	24	23	5	12	17	1.67	.314	.330

My Finances

GENERAL INFORMATION Team Focus Neutral Staff Payroll $6,040,000 Player Payroll $68,332,000 Current Budget $118,000,000 Projected Balance $22,808,000 Average Player Salary $1,666,634 League Average Salary $2,247,041 Highest Paid Players: 1) Brian Roberts $10,000,000 2) Mark Reynolds $7,500,000 3) J.J. Hardy $7,000,000 4) Adam Jones $6,150,000 5) Kevin Gregg $5,800,000

CURRENT FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Attendance 0 Attendance per Game 0 Gate Revenue $0 Playoff Revenue $0 Media Revenue $43,000,000 Merchandising Revenue $0 Revenue Sharing $3,137,135 CASH $0 Player Expenses $700,000 Staff Expenses $0 BALANCE $22,180,000

LAST SEASON OVERVIEW Attendance 2,960,849 Attendance per Game 36,554 Gate Revenue $75,977,184 Playoff Revenue $0 Media Revenue $43,000,000 Merchandising Revenue $10,765,062 Revenue Sharing $-2,610,375 CASH $0 Player Expenses $76,468,407 Staff Expenses $5,869,933 BALANCE $27,283,906

2 of my highest paid players are players I'd love to get rid of (Brian Roberts and Kevin Gregg).

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1B Joe Mahoney wins the AL Rookie of the Year award.

Arbitration decisions
2B Robert Andino gets $2,310,000
CL Jim Johnson gets $1,100,000
3B Mark Reyonds gets $10,625,000
SP Brian Matusz gets $1,793,500
C Matt Wieters gets $7,500,000

Arbiter ruled in favor of the players in the last 3, in my favor in the first two.

I hope Reynolds stays healthy and is worth that $10mil+. He only played 90 games last year.

I trade 2B Matt Antonelli and SP Dontrelle Willis to the Cleveland Indians for 27 year old LF Matt LaPorta and 20 year old prospect SP Dillon Howard. Antonelli still has the potential to be a superstar, but I am very weak in the outfield and deep at 2B. Don't expect much from Howard, but I figure why not ditch an older minor leaguer for a young prospect that might pan out.

I trade CL/MR Jim Johnson to the Philadelphia Phillies for 23 year old MR Phillippe Aumont. I'm pretty deep at MR, so I dump one for a young MR that will be ready to step up in a few years when some of my other MRs become old or leave.

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I decide to spend some money. I had a lot of room in the budget and went and got SP Edwin Jackson. A 4-year, $18.1mil a year deal. I hope he ends up being worth it. His stats are way better than any of my starters. The attributes for Brian Matusz are better....we'll see how it shapes up. Jackson and Matusz could turn out to be a great 1-2. If they stay healthy...

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Spring Training
MR Luis Ayala was injured in the first game, but he was able to come back by Opening Day

We are predicted to finish last in the AL East, going 73-89

ACTIVE ROSTER

Pitchers	Pos	Team	Age	DOB	POB	Nat.	Bats	Throws	Height	Weight	Salary
Arrieta, Jake	SP	Baltimore Orioles	27	03/06/1986	Farmington	USA	Right	Right	6' 3"	223 lbs	$480,000
Britton, Zach	SP	Baltimore Orioles	25	12/22/1987	Burbank	USA	Left	Left	6' 3"	195 lbs	-
Chen, Wei-Yin	SP	Baltimore Orioles	27	07/21/1985	Unknown	CHN	Left	Left	6' 0"	176 lbs	$3,572,000
Jackson, Edwin	SP	Baltimore Orioles	29	09/09/1983	Neu-Ulm	GER	Right	Right	6' 3"	188 lbs	$18,180,000
Matusz, Brian	SP	Baltimore Orioles	26	02/11/1987	Grand Junction	USA	Left	Left	6' 5"	200 lbs	$1,793,500
Ayala, Luis	MR	Baltimore Orioles	35	01/12/1978	Los Mochis	MEX	Right	Right	6' 2"	186 lbs	$1,000,000
Cholmondeley, Steve	MR	Baltimore Orioles	24	03/13/1989	Henryetta	USA	Left	Right	6' 2"	197 lbs	-
Klein, Daniel	MR	Baltimore Orioles	24	07/27/1988	Anaheim	USA	Right	Right	6' 3"	190 lbs	$480,000
Kuo, Hong-Chih	MR	Baltimore Orioles	31	07/23/1981	Tainan	TPE	Left	Left	6' 0"	198 lbs	$1,980,000
Strop, Pedro	MR	Baltimore Orioles	27	06/13/1985	San Cristóbal	DOM	Right	Right	6' 0"	160 lbs	$480,000
Aumont, Phillippe	CL	Baltimore Orioles	24	01/07/1989	Quebec	CAN	Left	Right	6' 7"	255 lbs	$480,000
Catchers	Pos	Team	Age	DOB	POB	Nat.	Bats	Throws	Height	Weight	Salary
Wieters, Matt	C	Baltimore Orioles	26	05/21/1986	Charleston	USA	Switch	Right	6' 5"	230 lbs	$7,500,000
Mercado, Orlando	C	Baltimore Orioles	28	03/13/1985	Arecibo	PUR	Right	Right	5' 8"	220 lbs	$900,000
Infielders	Pos	Team	Age	DOB	POB	Nat.	Bats	Throws	Height	Weight	Salary
Betemit, Wilson	1B	Baltimore Orioles	31	11/02/1981	Santo Domingo	DOM	Switch	Right	6' 2"	155 lbs	$1,750,000
Mahoney, Joe	1B	Baltimore Orioles	26	02/01/1987	Albany	USA	Left	Left	6' 5"	238 lbs	$480,000
Roberts, Brian	2B	Baltimore Orioles	35	10/09/1977	Durham	USA	Switch	Right	5' 8"	168 lbs	$10,000,000
Andino, Robert	2B	Baltimore Orioles	28	04/25/1984	Miami	USA	Right	Right	6' 0"	168 lbs	$2,310,000
Reynolds, Mark	3B	Baltimore Orioles	29	08/03/1983	Pikeville	USA	Right	Right	6' 0"	204 lbs	$10,625,000
Hardy, J.J.	SS	Baltimore Orioles	30	08/19/1982	Tucson	USA	Right	Right	6' 2"	179 lbs	$7,000,000
Galvis, Freddy	SS	Baltimore Orioles	23	11/14/1989	Punto Fijo	VEN	Switch	Right	5' 10"	154 lbs	$480,000
Outfielders	Pos	Team	Age	DOB	POB	Nat.	Bats	Throws	Height	Weight	Salary
McBride, Matt	LF	Baltimore Orioles	27	05/23/1985	Bethlehem	USA	Right	Right	6' 3"	215 lbs	$900,000
LaPorta, Matt	LF	Baltimore Orioles	28	01/08/1985	Port Charlotte	USA	Right	Right	6' 2"	212 lbs	$750,000
Richardson, Antoan	CF	Baltimore Orioles	29	10/08/1983	Nassau	BAH	Switch	Right	5' 8"	163 lbs	$480,000
Miller, Jai	CF	Baltimore Orioles	28	01/17/1985	Auburn	USA	Right	Right	6' 3"	199 lbs	$480,000
Jones, Adam	RF	Baltimore Orioles	27	08/01/1985	San Diego	USA	Right	Right	6' 2"	200 lbs	$5,000,000

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A few notes.

I decide to try Pedro Strop out as a MR and five Phillippe Aumont a shot at closer.

Robert Andino starts at SS. but Hardy and Galvis will get plenty of games.

The only starter I'm worried about is Zach Britton. Jackson and Matusz should play really well and Chen and Arrietta are both solid (or at least were last season).

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TOP PROSPECTS - BATTERS

# Name Age Pos Contact Power Eye/Discipline Speed Defense Level AVG HR RBI 2 Pepe Guerra 22 1B 5 4 5 2 1 A .000 0 0 5 Nicky Delmonico 20 3B 2 3 2 3 2 A .000 0 0 6 Tyler Kelly 24 SS 4 2 5 3 4 AA .000 0 0 8 Mario Peret 22 SS 3 1 2 3 3 A .000 0 0 9 Jonathan Schoop 21 2B 4 3 4 3 4 AAA .000 0 0 12 Trent Mummey 24 CF 4 3 3 4 5 AA .000 0 0 13 Ken James 22 RF 5 4 5 4 4 AA .000 0 0 16 Austin Barnes 23 C 3 1 4 3 4 A .000 0 0 17 Michael Rooney 24 SS 1 1 2 4 3 A .000 0 0 18 Glynn Davis 21 CF 3 2 3 5 3 A .000 0 0 20 Aaron Baker 25 1B 2 2 3 3 5 AAA .000 0 0

TOP PROSPECTS - PITCHERS

# Name Age Role Stuff Control Movement Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 1 Dylan Bundy 20 P 4 3 3 AAA 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 3 Steve Cholmondeley 24 P 4 5 4 ML 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 4 Kai-xi Zhào 19 P 5 4 4 R 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 7 Nick Maronde 23 P 3 2 3 AA 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 10 Ryan Burr 18 P 4 4 4 R 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 11 Phillippe Aumont 24 P 5 3 4 ML 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 14 Jahangir Hussain 21 P 4 1 3 A 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 15 Eduardo Rodriguez 19 P 3 3 3 S A 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 19 Parker Bridwell 21 P 4 3 3 A 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0

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League wide, I don't have any batters in the top 100 Prospects. Dylan Bundy is ranked #12.

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Rundown of Minor leaguers (the ones with higher than 2 star potential)

Norfolk Tides (AAA)

SP Dylan Bundy (Cur: 0.5, Pot: 5) - He's 20 years old and I'll probably leave him here for a year or two at least. I don't want to push him too far too fast. Stuff, Movement and Control are 3/4, Cutter and Curveball are 3/4, Fastball 4/4, Changeup 3/3.

2B Jonathon Schoop (1, 3.5) - 21 years old. Can play shortstop too, and 3B (but not too well there). Will be a few years until he can replace Andino or Roberts.

SS Freddy Galvis (1.5, 3.5) - 23 years old. Thinks he should be playing in the majors, but he's not as good as either JJ Hardy or Ryan Flahery. I just moved Flaherty up and sent Galvis down. He probably won't be happy and I may have to trade him.

Bowie Bay Sox (AA)

2B Michael Mooney (1, 5) - 24 years old. Power hitter (4/5 in HR Power and Gap Power) with 3/4 Avoid Ks, but 2/2 Eye. He's got some good speed too.

SS Manny Machado (1, 4) - 20 years old. His potential has fallen off a bit. I'll keep him in AA and see if he improves.

LF Bobby Stevens (1, 4) - 26 years old. Starting to get up there in age. Has the potential to be a good overall hitter with some power. His best position is actually 2B (3), but currently at LF (2).

Delmarva Shorebirds (A)

MR Christopher Hanna (0.5, 5) - 21 years old. Very high potentials but only 2 pitches. Stamina of 3 so he could be a starter at some point.

3B Nicky Delmonico (1, 4) - 20 years old. Potential to be a good, all around hitter. Can play 1B or 3B.

Frederick Keys (A)

MR Zachary Fowler (0.5, 2.5) - 24 years old. 3/4 Stuff, 3/4 Movement, 2/4 Control 2 pitches, 2 Stam.

CL Jahangir Hussain (0.5, 4) - 21 years old. 5/5 Stuff, 4/4 Move, 2/2 Control. 5/5 Fastball, 3/4 Slider. Low Control and no potential to get better has me worried.

1B Pepe Guerra (1, 2.5) - 22 years old. Potential to be good, all around hitter. Better contact than power.

SS Mario Peret (1, 4.5) - 22 years old. Has potential to be a great contact hitter, have great Eye and Avoid Ks. Total lack of power, though. He could be a fantastic lead off hitter....I think (like i know what the hell I'm talking about....)

Aberdeen Ironbirds (Short Season A)

SP Manuel Trujillo (0.5, 4.5) - 22 years old. High potentials but only a Stam of 3 means he won't be pitching many 7-9 inning games (I don't think....)

Sarasota Orioles (Rookie League)

C Gabriel Lino (1, 5) - 19 years old. Potential of 4 in all hitting attributes except Avoid Ks (pot: 3).

1B Pita Rona (0.5, 4) - 18 years old. 1/3 Contact, 2/4 Gap Power, 1/4 HR Power, 2/5 Eye, 1/4 Avoid Ks.

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OPENING DAY!

2-Game Series at Boston Red Sox
Apr 3: 3-7 Loss
Apr 4: 2-9 Loss

3 Game Series vs Detroit Tigers
Apr 5: 7-11 Loss
Apr 6: 7-8 Loss
Apr 7: 2-10 Loss

3 Game Series at Milwaukee Brewers
Apr 9: 8-1 Win
Apr 10: 6-11 Loss
Ape 11: 5-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Philadelphia Phillies
Apr 12: 3-13 Loss
Apr 13: 8-11 Loss
Apr 14: 2-1 Win

4 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 15: 0-7 Loss
Apr 16: 3-8 Loss
Apr 17: 1-5 Loss
Apr 18: 3-15 Loss

3 Game Series vs Houston Astros
Apr 19: 4-1 Win
Apr 20: 10-11 Loss
Apr 21: 10-9 Win

3 Game Series vs Cleveland Indians
Apr 23: 5-3 Win
Apr 24: 3-6 Loss
Apr 25: 7-8 Loss

3 Game Series vs. San Francisco Giants
Apr 26: 4-5 Loss
Apr 27: 4-2 Win
Apr 28: 7-10 Loss

3 Game Series vs. Texas Rangers
Apr 29: 6-8 Loss
Apr 30: 9-8 Win
May 1: 4-2 Win

Record: 8-19, .296, 7.5 GB, 5th in the AL East

Until April 21st, we only won games when SP Edwin Jackson started. He's been the only pitcher to perform well. The rest of my starters are getting destroyed.

For batting in the AL, my team has the most home runs (50 - 2nd place LA: 34). The 3rd most RBI (127, 1st place Texas: 153, 2nd place Cleveland: 135). The 3rd most runs (133), The most times walked (121, 2nd place Oakland: 118), ranked around the middle in strike outs. Our batting average is at the average for the league (.244 for us, .247 AL avg). Our OBP is .333 (3rd best in league), .317 AL avg. We have .445 SLG, the best in the league (.393 AL avg).

For pitching......it's fugly. We have given up, by far, the most runs (197, 2nd worst is Toronto with 155....42 run difference in just one month!), have given up the most home runs (40, Texas is 2nd worst at 37), have walked the most (120, 2nd worst is KC with 119), we are getting some Ks, we're middle of the road there with 206 (worst is Houston with 166). Our opponent's batting average is .293, worst in the league. Our opponent's OBP is .374, worst in the league. Our opponent's SLG is .485, worst in the league. Our ERA is 6.86, worst in the league (2nd worst is Toronto with 5.02)

SP Edwin Jackson. 3 wins, 1 lose. 2.36 ERA
SP Brian Matusz. 0 wins, 4 loses. 11.70 ERA (he's already been replaced in the rotation by Steve Cholmondelay, my only other option....)
SP Jack Arrieta. 1 win, 3 loses. 7.88 ERA
SP Zach Britton. 1 win, 2 loses. 5.34 ERA
SP Wei-Yin Chen. 1 win, 3 loses. 12.68 ERA

And my bullpen hasn't been doing much better.

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3-Game Series at Atlanta Braves
May 3: 0-1 Loss
May 4: 0-1 Loss
May 5: 1-11 Loss

Lost Adam Jones for a month. Lost Joe Mahoney for 2 months (just fucking awesome)

4-Game Series vs New York Yankees
May 6: 4-2 Win
May 7: 6-5 Win
May 8: 0-3 Loss
May 9: 2-5 Loss

I lose 2B Brian Roberts for a month. It'd be nice if just one of my shitty players got injured instead of only the players who are actually doing well.

3-Game Series at Kansas City Royals
May 10: 6-3 Win
May 11: 0-6 Loss
May 12: 6-7 Loss (11)

3-Game Series at Los Angeles Angels
May 13: 8-9 Loss
May 14: 7-0 Win
May 15: 3-4 Loss

I lose SP Zach Britton for 6 days

3-Game Series vs Arizona Diamondbacks
May 17: 9-8 Win
May 18: 1-8 Loss
May 19: 3-7 Loss

3-Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
May 20: 5-4 Win (10)
May 21: 6-5 Win
May 22: 0-6 Loss

4-Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 23: 4-9 Loss
May 24: 3-6 Loss
May 25: 5-4 Win
May 26: 6-7 Loss

3-Game Series vs Washington Nationals
May 27: 3-13 Loss
May 28: 0-10 Loss
May 29: 0-4 Loss

Edwin Jackson is asking to be traded because he doesn't like playing for a losing team. Uhhh, Jackson.....then why the hell did you come to Baltimore!?

3-Game Series at Oakland A's
May 31: 4-2 Win
June 1: 4-0 Win
June 2: 5-4 Win

On a better note, 3B Mark Reynolds tells me he likes playing here and wants to work out a long term deal.

On a not so good note, I'm paying him $10.6 million to hit .204 so I say goodbye to Mark Reynolds and trade him to Cleveland for 1B Daric Barton. He's batting .296 with an OBP of .402, .497 SLG

SP Edwin Jackson. 5-4, 2.43 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, .204 OAVG .... and he wants a trade.
SP Steve Cholmondeley. 0-3, 4.26 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, .268 OAVG
SP Jake Arrieta. 1-6, 8.36 ERA, 2.02 WHIP, .324 OAVG
SP Zach Britton. 3-3, 5.54 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, .295 OAVG
SP Wei-Yin Chen. 2-6, 9.40 ERA, 2.13 WHIP, .367 OAVG

Brian Matusz has worked his ERA down to 8.18 (from a lot more) as a reliever. I guess it's time to give him another shot. He'll replace Chen.

I trade SP Wei-Yin Chen to the Angels for 3B Maicer Izturis and a prospect, CL Daniel Tillman.

I trade SP Jake Arrieta, 1B Wilson Betemit and CF Antoan Richardson to St. Louis for MR Kyle McClellan (Stam: 3 so can start), prospect SP Juan Bautista and prospect SP Tyrell Jenkins.

Cleaning house...

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ML First Year Player Draft

Round 1: 1B Ricardo "Silk Stockings" Engeitado - 20 years old, VEN
Round 2: LF Oscar Moriondo - 17 years old, VEN
Round 3: CL Stuart Schilder - 21 years old, NED
Round 4: LF Salvador Excolerd - 17 years old, PUR
Round 5: 1B Rob Wynn - 21 years old, USA
Round 6: RF Bob Howard - 20 years old, USA
Round 7: LF Russ Baxter - 17 years old, USA
Round 8: C Robert Smiley - 18 years old, USA
Round 9: C Phil Raush - 18 years old, USA
Round 10: 3B Dave "Old Wax Finger" Brown - 21 years old, USA
Round 11: RF Victor Salinas - 21 years old, USA
Round 12: 2B Alejandro Garcia - 20 years old, DOM
Round 13: CF Kris Faulder - 22 years old, USA
Round 14: SP Joe Rice - 20 years old, USA
Round 15: SP Jesus Garcia - 18 years old, MEX

After that, I let my scout finish the draft

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3-Game Series vs Cincinnati Reds
June 4: 3-2 Win
June 5: 2-4 Loss
June 6: 2-11 Loss

2B Robert Andino has not been good this year and the minor leaguer I promoted to fill in the spot for 2B Brian Roberts has clearly outplayed it. I can't send Andino to the minors unless he clears waivers. I trade Andino to the Braves for MR Johnny Venters.

3-Game Series at Minnesota Twins
June 7: 9-1 Win
June 8: 5-6 Loss
June 9: 4-7 Loss

2B Brian Roberts wants a contract. He's been a pretty good player for me. This year, hitting .281, .374 OBP, .386 SLG. Not a power hitter, but he's one of the better hitters one my team and is performing better than last year.

3-Game Series at Houston Astros
June 10: 6-9 Loss
June 11: 5-7 Loss
June 12: 5-2 Win

3-Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
June 14: 2-9 Loss
June 15: 5-10 Loss
June 16: 6-5 Win (12)

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2B Brian Roberts signed a 3 year, $12.6 million contract. He got $10 mil through arbitration, and from 2014-2016 he'll get $4.2 mil a year. The fans responded favorably.

3 Game Series at Miami Marlins
June 17: 4-6 Loss
June 18: 3-1 Win
June 19: 18-8 Win

3 Game Series vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 21: 4-6 Loss (14)
June 22: 2-1 Win
June 23: 2-4 Loss

3 Game Series at Detroit Tigers
June 24: 0-5 Loss
June 25: 3-4 Loss
June 26: 1-2 Loss

3 Game Series at Seattle Mariners
June 28: 3-4 Loss
June 29: 7-1 Win
June 30: 2-6 Loss


SP Edwin Jackson: 8-6, 2.64 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, .212 OAVG, 154 ERA+
SP Steve Cholmondeley: 1-5, 4.64 ERA 1.38 WHIP, .273 OAVG, 88 ERA+
SP Brian Matusz: 1-7, 6.45 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, .281 OAVG, 63 ERA+
SP Zach Britton: 4-7, 5.38 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, .309 OAVG, 76 ERA+
SP Kyle McClellen: 0-2, 7.15 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, .273 OAVG, 57 ERA+

I call up Chris Tillman to give him a shot. I'd love to give Dylan Bundy a shot, but he's on the DL for several months.

1B Daric Barton (BAL stats) - 76 AB, 24 H, 7 2B, 2 HR, .316 AVG, .409 OBP, .539 SLG
2B Brian Robert - 162 AB, 45 H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, .278 AVG, .378 OBP, .395 SLG
3B Maicer Izturis - 78 AB, 18 H, 3 2B, 3 HR, .231 AVG, .291 OBP, .385 SLG
SS Ryan Flaherty - 249 AB, 66 H, 12 2B, 8 HR, .265 AVG, .374 OBP, .410 SLG
LR Matt LaPorta - 262 AB, 55 H, 5 2B, 14 HR, .210 AVG, .271 OBP, .389 SLG
CF Jai Miller - 213 AB, 46 H, 5 2B, 9 HR, .216 AVG, .309 OBP, .366 SLG
RF Buck Britton - 61 AB, 18 H, 4 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, .295 AVG, .333 OBP, .475 SLG

DH J.J. Hardy - 218 AB, 54 H, 11 2B, 7 HR, .248 AVG, .310 OBP, .394 SLG

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3 Game Series vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 1: 12-8 Win
July 2: 4-9 Loss
July 3: 10-2 Win

Joe Mahoney comes off DL.

4 Game Series vs. New York Yankees
July 4: 2-10 Loss
July 5: 13-7 Win
July 6: 5-3 Win
July 7: 6-7 Loss

All-Star Break
2 All-Stars: SP Edwin Jackson and 1B Daric Barton

Barton is the better fielder, so he stays at 1B against AL teams and Mahoney is DH. Against NL teams, Mahoney is at 1B.

4 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
July 11: 4-6 Loss
July 12: 7-9 Loss
July 13: 5-8 Loss
July 14: 5-9 Loss

3 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
July 15: 9-7 Win
July 16: 8-7 Win
July 17: 10-2 Win

3 Game Series vs. Kansas City Royals
July 19: 3-2 Win
July 20: 3-2 Win (10)
July 21: 10-4 Win

2B Brian Roberts back on the DL (15 Day)

3 Game Series at Texas Rangers
July 22: 4-5 Loss
July 23: 3-4 Loss (10)
July 24: 5-6 Loss

3 Game Series at Chicago Cubs
July 26: 1-12 Loss
July 27: 4-5 Loss
July 28: 3-5 Loss

3 Game Series at Cleveland Indians
July 29: 0-7 Loss
July 30: 3-6 Loss
July 31: 0-1 Loss

I trade SS JJ Hardy to the Seattle Mariners for RF Jason Bourgeois. He's not a superstar, but he can play any outfield position and has good Contact and and Avoid Ks ratings. Good enough to plug into any outfield position when needed.

I trade 1B prospect Pepe Guerra to St. Louis for a pair of MRs, Fernando Salas and Jordan Swagerty. Swagerty has a stamina rating of 3, so I'll give him a try at starting.

I trade MR Luis Ayala to Minnesota for C Tobias Streich to help make room for the new MRs.

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4 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
Aug 1: 3-0 Win
Aug 2: 1-9 Loss
Aug 3: 0-8 Loss
Aug 4: 3-6 Loss

4 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
Aug 5: 4-5 Loss
Aug 6: 3-4 Loss (10)
Aug 7: 7-8 Loss
Aug 8: 7-6 Win

3 Game Series vs Los Angeles Angels
Aug 9: 4-5 Loss
Aug 10: 1-3 Loss
Aug 11: 7-3 Win (11)

3 Game Series at San Diego Padres
Aug 12: 0-3 Loss
Aug 13: 3-1 Win (10)
Aug 14: 0-2 Loss

3 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
Aug 16: 6-10 Loss
Aug 17: 7-4 Win
Aug 18: 4-3 Winn

3 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
Aug 19: 2-7 Loss
Aug 20: 11-1 Win
Aug 21: 1-4 Loss

3 Game Series at St. Louis Cardinals
Aug 23: 2-7 Loss
Aug 24: 10-4 Win
Aug 25: 9-4 Win

3 Game Series vs Oakland A's
Aug 27: 3-2 Win
Aug 28: 7-4 Win
Aug 29: 2-7 Loss

3 Game Series vs. New York Mets
Aug 30: 6-8 Loss
Aug 31: 10-2 Win
Sept 1: 5-13 Loss

Starting Jordan Swagerty has turned out well. By Baltimore standards, anyway. 2 wins, 1 lose, 5.01 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, .285 OAVG. Doesn't look all that good, but still better than 2 of more other starters. Plus, he's my only starter with a winning record.

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4 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Sept 2: 7-4 Win
Sept 3: 5-9 Loss
Sept 4: 10-11 Loss (11)
Sept 5: 6-0 Win

3 Game Series vs Minnesota Twins
Sept 6: 9-7 Win
Sept 7: 8-1 Win
Sept 8: 1-12 Loss

3 Game Series at Colorado Rockies
Sept 9: 5-7 Loss
Sept 10: 11-10 Win (11)
Sept 11: 8-4 Win

3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
Sept 13: 6-3 Win
Sept 14: 1-7 Loss
Sept 15: 9-7 Win

3 Game Series at Chicago White Sox
Sept 16: 6-5 Win (10)
Sept 17: 10-3 Win
Sept 18: 7-8 Loss (12)

4 Game Series at New York Yankees
Sept 19: 3-5 Loss
Sept 20: 2-6 Loss
Sept 21: 9-4 Win
Sept 22: 4-0 Win

3 Game Series vs Atlanta Braves
Sept 23: 4-9 Loss
Sept 24: 4-0 Win
Sept 25: 2-6 Loss

4 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 26: 0-3 Loss
Sept 27: 1-5 Loss
Sept 28: 3-2 Win (12)
Sept 29: 6-5 Win

Final Record: 64-98, .395, 35 GB - 5th in AL East

Al Rankings
7th in Runs Scored (750)
8th in Batting AVG (.256)
5th in On-Base PCT (.333)
5th in Home Runs (182)
t12th in Stolen Bases (62)

15th in Runs Against (911)
15th in Starters ERA (5.71)
13th in Bullpen ERA (4.48)
15th in Defensive Eff. (.672)

The Milwaukee Brewers win the World Series, beating the LA Angels 4 games to 2.

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So, where do I even begin to try to fix this team....I have a penny-pincher, 84 year old owner. I don't have much money to do anything with.

Arbitration
C Matt Wieters - He's been an above average hitter for me, and he's a great catcher, but he's going to cost close to $10 million, at least. I have a catcher in Brian Ward who is ready to step in and he's a better hitter.

1B Daric Barton - Worked out much better than I expected and performed well. He's going to cost ~$7.5 million. I can't keep Wieters and Barton. They have the same batting average, Barton gets on base more, has a slightly better slugging, and is going to cost less. I keep Barton and let Wieters go.

SP Zach Britton and SP Brian Matusz - I let both go and am very happy too. Matusz was a major disappointment.

MR Kyle McClellan - another disappointment. Wanted to give him another shot, but at $3mil or more, he's not worth it.

MR Fernando Salas - Gets a $800,000 offer.

MR Johnny Venters - was great for us and gets a $3 mill offer

LF Matt LaPorta - Disappointment. I don't even want him for the ~$800,000 he would cost.

RF Jason Bourgeois - He's a solid hitter, can play any outfield position and can steal. Gets a $3.4 million offer.

1B Joe Mahoney....no, no arbitration yet. He's still on $480,000 a year but the day will come soon that I will need to pay him a truckload of money, or trade him....

Trades
I trade RF Adam Jones (too expensive and underperformed) and SP Wynn Pelzer (27 year old minor leaguer who is not improving) to the Texas Rangers for 24 year old SP Barret Loux and 25 year old MR Ovispo De Los Santos. Both may need 1-2 years in the minors, although Loux will probably get a shot at starting next year. (That's his expectation)

I trade C Matt Wieders and CF Jai Miller to the Tampa Bay Rays for 32 year old RF Ben Zobrist and 23 year old prospect SP Parker Markel. Doesn't save me a lot of money, but I it gets me a decent hitting outfielder....finally.

I trade LF Bobby Stevens to the Tampa Bay Rays for 27 year old MR Daniel Schlereth.

I trade C Austin Barnes and SP Brian Matusz to the San Diego Padres for MR Anthony Bass and 23 year old prospect LF Jaff Decker.

I trade MR Kyle McClellan and prospect CF Trent Mummy (who doesn't look like he's panning out) to the SF Giants for 29 year old RF Gregor Blanco and 20 year old prospect SS Ignacio Reyes.

I trade SP Zach Britton to the Pittsburgh Pirates for 26 year old SS Chase d'Arnaud.

I trade LF Matt LaPorta and 22 year old prospect SP Parker Bridwell (doesn't look like much) to the Detroit Tigers for 28 year old MR Vinnie Pestrano and 22 year old prospect SS Eugenio Suarez.

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Results of Arbitration
Jason Bourgeois gets $3.4 million
MR Jonny Venters gets $3.5 million (sided with player)
1B Daric Barton gets $7.15 million
MR Fernando Salas gets $750,000
MR Daniel Schlereth gets $2.1 million

A few top rated starting pitchers are on the market, including Roy Halladay, but they are all too expensive.

I trade 3B Maicer Izturis to the Arizona Diamondbacks for C Rene Rivera. Don't expect much from him, this was purely a salary dump.

I trade SP Edwin Jackson, RF Ronnie Welty and 3B Ryan Admas to the Texas Rangers for 23 year old SP Roman Mendez, 22 year old SP Martin Perez and 23 year old 2B Ryan Gennett. Another salary dump, really. Jackson started off on fire for us, but after the first month, he performed around the same as the rest of my starters. He told me he wanted a trade, and then proceeded to dog it. He was costing me $18 mil per year. Now he's someone else's problem.

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All my trading left my very heavy in the MR department. At least, according to the star and attribute ratings.....

I trade MR Hong-Chih Kuo and 2B prospect Raul Vasquez to the Chicago White Sox for CF Greg Golson and 22 year old prospect SP Jeffrey Soptic.

I sign free agent SP Greg Smith to a 1 year, $768k deal.

I sign SP John Maine to a 1 year, $912,000 deal.

I sign SP Paul Maholm to a 1 year, ~$3 mil deal.

I sign MR Sean Doolittle to a minor league contract.

I sign 2B Josh R. Johnson to a 1 year, $800k deal.

I sign SP Bronson Arroyo to a 3 year (with one vesting option), $11.1 mil deal.

I sign SP A.J. Burnett to a 3 year (with one wasting option), $12.6 mil deal.

I trade SP Steve Cholmondeley and SP Jacob Pettit to the Colorado Rockies for 22 year old 3B Nolan Arenado and 21 year old SP Aaron Sanchez.

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Here's how my roster has lined up after those moves

Starting Pitchers
Bronson Arroyo (2.5 / 2.5)
A.J.Burnett (2.0 / 2.0)
Jordan Swagerty (2.0 / 5.0)
Barret Loux (1.5 / 3.5)
Paul Maholm (0.5 / 0.5)

Bullpen
Vinnie Pestano (4.5 / 4.5)
Fernando Salas (3.5 / 2.0)
Daniel Schlereth (4.0 / 4.0)
Pedro Strop (2.5 / 4.0)
Jonny Venters (4.5 / 4.0)
Philippe Aumont (3.5 / 4.0)

Batters
C Brian Ward (3.0 / 4.0) - Starter
C Rene Rivera (1.5 / 1.5)
1B Joe Mahoney (5.0 / 5.0) - DH (Starter when facing NL teams)
1B Daric Barton (2.0 / 2.5) - Starter
2B Brian Roberts (1.0 / 1.0) - Starter
2B Freddy Galvis (2.5 / 2.5)
SS Ryan Flaherty (4.0 / 4.0) - Starter
3B Chase d'Arnaud (4.0 / 4.5) - Starter
3B Nolan Arenado (4.0 / 5.0)
LF Jaff Decker (2.5 / 4.0) - Starter
CF Greg Golson (2.0 / 5.0) - Starter
RF Ben Zobrist (2.5 / 2.5) - Starter
RF Jason Bougeois (2.0 / 2.0) - Backup for all 3 OF spots
RF Gregor Blanco (1.0 / 1.0)

Chase d'Arnauld is the backup for SS as well. If Flaherty gets injured, d'Arnauld moves to SS and Arenado will start at 3B.

Looks a lot like my roster at the beginning of last season, except I'm a bit weaker at SP and a bit stronger in the outfield. I'm loaded up in the infield and bullpen, but the star ratings can be far off. 1 Star Brian Roberts plays very well, 2.5 star Galvis disappoints me every time he steps foot on the field.

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Boston came at me with an interesting trade offer. They were going to send me SP Jon Lester (4.5 / 4.5), but they wanted 1B Joe Mahoney. Sorry, he's not going anywhere.

Had a bit of buyer's remorse with Paul Maholm. I trade him and 3B prospect Jason Esposito to the LA Angels for prospects CF Travis Witherspoon and 1B C.J. Cron

Maholm is replaced by SP Martin Perez (1.5 / 1.5)

Tried to trade Pedro Strop, but no one wanted him. I had to put him on waivers to demote him and Cleveland claims him. I promote MR Daniel Klein (3.5 / 5.0)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB New York Yankees 89 73 .549 - 773 .261 193 75 737 4.19 1187 521 Tampa Bay Rays 86 76 .531 3 690 .249 127 175 602 3.35 1210 466 Boston Red Sox 84 78 .519 5 762 .265 134 133 760 4.24 1153 568 Baltimore Orioles 82 80 .506 7 780 .257 161 65 754 4.37 1240 583 Toronto Blue Jays 63 99 .389 26 713 .247 217 55 910 5.16 973 596

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS CENTRAL DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Detroit Tigers 88 74 .543 - 782 .268 173 71 696 3.92 1232 476 Kansas City Royals 83 79 .512 5 790 .282 144 85 802 4.50 1190 631 Minnesota Twins 82 80 .506 6 686 .253 123 87 719 4.07 1055 443 Cleveland Indians 72 90 .444 16 701 .243 175 82 800 4.51 1059 590 Chicago White Sox 70 92 .432 18 692 .251 159 90 815 4.64 1160 516

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS WESTERN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Los Angeles Angels 87 75 .537 - 706 .260 137 142 627 3.56 1128 521 Houston Astros 83 79 .512 4 748 .266 148 67 686 3.93 1121 589 Seattle Mariners 78 84 .481 9 683 .252 170 49 679 3.82 1168 510 Texas Rangers 74 88 .457 13 725 .262 147 98 767 4.42 1281 571 Oakland Athletics 71 91 .438 16 637 .233 148 55 696 3.91 1206 624

TOP PROSPECTS - BATTERS

# Name Age Pos Contact Power Eye/Discipline Speed Defense Level AVG HR RBI 1 Ricardo Engeitado 21 1B 3 3 2 4 4 A .000 0 0 7 Óscar Moriondo 18 LF 3 2 2 2 2 R .000 0 0 8 Tyler Kelly 25 2B 4 3 5 3 5 AAA .000 0 0 9 Mario Peret 23 SS 3 1 2 3 3 AA .000 0 0 10 Michael Rooney 25 SS 2 1 3 4 5 AA .000 0 0 11 Kipp Schutz 26 LF 3 4 3 3 4 AA .000 0 0 13 Jonathan Schoop 22 2B 5 5 5 3 4 AAA .000 0 0 15 Ryan Gennett 23 2B 3 2 3 4 3 AAA .000 0 0 16 Travis Witherspoon 24 CF 4 4 3 5 5 AAA .000 0 0 17 C.J. Cron 24 1B 2 2 2 2 3 A .000 0 0 18 Nicky Delmonico 21 3B 3 3 3 3 3 A .000 0 0 19 Ken James 23 RF 4 4 4 3 5 AAA .000 0 0 20 Ignacio Reyes 20 SS 1 2 1 4 4 S A .000 0 0

TOP PROSPECTS - PITCHERS

# Name Age Role Stuff Control Movement Level Rec ERA IP HA BB K 2 Jeffrey Soptic 22 P 3 1 3 AA 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 3 Aaron Sanchez 21 P 5 3 4 AA 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 4 Barret Loux 25 P 3 2 3 ML 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 5 Stuart Schilder 22 P 5 4 5 ML 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 6 Tyrell Jenkins 21 P 5 4 4 AA 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 12 Jahangir Hussain 22 P 4 2 3 AA 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0 14 Mark Blackmar 21 P 4 4 3 A 0-0 .00 0.0 0 0 0

Stuart Shilder is currently on the ML roster due to Philippe Aumont being injured.

SP Jordan Swagerty's attributes (and star rating) fell off a cliff. As did Danial Klein's.

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	POS	#	Name	Inf	Mor	Age	NAT	HT	WT	B	T	OVR	POT
	SP	61	Bronson Arroyo			37	USA	6' 5"	180 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	2 stars
	SP	35	A.J. Burnett			37	USA	6' 5"	202 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	SP	66	Barret Loux			25	USA	6' 5"	215 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	3 stars
	SP	48	Martin Perez			23	VEN	6' 0"	180 lbs	Left	Left	2 stars	3 stars
	SP	18	Jordan Swagerty			24	USA	6' 2"	177 lbs	Switch	Right	1 star	1 star
	MR	27	Daniel Klein			25	USA	6' 3"	190 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	3 stars
	MR	52	Vinnie Pestano			29	USA	6' 0"	203 lbs	Right	Right	4 stars	4 stars
	MR	40	Fernando Salas			28	MEX	6' 2"	202 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	3 stars
	MR	36	Daniel Schlereth			27	USA	6' 0"	210 lbs	Left	Left	4 stars	4 stars
	MR	39	Jonny Venters			29	USA	6' 3"	199 lbs	Left	Left	5 stars	4 stars
	CL	68	Stuart Schilder			22	NED	6' 0"	195 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	5 stars
	C	34	Rene Rivera			30	PUR	5' 10"	186 lbs	Right	Right	1 star	1 star
	C	15	Brian Ward			28	USA	5' 10"	202 lbs	Right	Right	3 stars	4 stars
	1B	76	Joe Mahoney			27	USA	6' 5"	238 lbs	Left	Left	5 stars	5 stars
	1B	12	Daric Barton			28	USA	6' 0"	223 lbs	Left	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	2B	6	Freddy Galvis			24	VEN	5' 10"	154 lbs	Switch	Right	3 stars	3 stars
	2B	1	Brian Roberts			36	USA	5' 8"	168 lbs	Switch	Right	1 star	1 star
	3B	20	Chase d'Arnaud			27	USA	6' 0"	196 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	3B	13	Nolan Arenado			22	USA	6' 0"	205 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	3 stars
	SS	4	Ryan Flaherty			27	USA	6' 3"	200 lbs	Left	Right	4 stars	5 stars
	LF	6	Jaff Decker			24	USA	5' 10"	190 lbs	Left	Left	3 stars	4 stars
	CF	29	Greg Golson			28	USA	6' 0"	192 lbs	Right	Right	1 star	1 star
	RF	31	Jason Bourgeois			32	USA	5' 8"	188 lbs	Right	Right	2 stars	2 stars
	RF	7	Gregor Blanco			30	VEN	5' 10"	164 lbs	Left	Left	1 star	1 star
	RF	19	Ben Zobrist			32	USA	6' 3"	198 lbs	Switch	Right	4 stars	4 stars

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2 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
April 7: 3-5 Loss
April 8: 2-7 Loss

3 Game Series vs Detroit Tigers
April 11: 4-1 Win
April 12: 1-7 Loss
April 13: 2-1 Win

3 Game Series at Chicago Cubs
April 15: 2-8 Loss
April 16: 7-8 Loss
April 17: 3-6 Loss

3 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
April 18: 5-9 Loss
April 19: 7-8 Loss
April 20: 2-11 Loss

4 Game Series at Toronto Blue Jays
April 21: 8-4 Win
April 22: 2-7 Loss
April 23: 9-2 Win
April 24: 9-2 Win

2B Brian Roberts is out for 6 weeks. I think his career is over. He was injured twice last year, and now another significant injury. Time for Galvis to get his shot.

3 Game Series at Texas Rangers
April 25: 4-1 Win
April 26: 3-4 Loss
April 27: 4-7 Loss

3 Game Series at Cleveland Indians
April 29: 4-9 Loss
April 30: 3-10 Loss
May 1: 5-6 Loss

Galvis and Decker haven't done much of anything. Ryan Gennett gets a shot at 2nd, Bourgeois gets the start at LF for awhile.

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3 Game Series vs San Francisco Giants
May 2: 4-5 Loss
May 3: 1-6 Loss
May 4: 2-6 Loss

3 Game Series vs Seattle Mariners
May 6: 0-6 Loss
May 7: 8-2 Win
May 8: 3-2 Win

I sign SP Chien-Ming Wang to a 1 year, $1.4 million contract. A.J. Burnett, who currently is 0-5 with an ERA of 10.17, is gone. I trade him to the Washington Nationals for SP Gio Gonzalez in what must have been a salary dump for them. Or really bad trade AI....

3 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 9: 1-3 Loss
May 10: 0-5 Loss
May 11: 2-5 Loss

4 Game Series at New York Yankees
May 12: 6-10 Loss
May 13: 7-5 Win
May 14: 3-1 Win
May 15: 3-5 Loss

3 Game Series at Minnesota Twins
May 16: 4-0 Win
May 17: 2-4 Loss
May 18: 7-8 Loss (13)

3 Game Series vs Houston Astros
May 19: 6-5 Win
May 20: 5-6 Loss (15)
May 21: 5-3 Win

3 Game Series vs Colorado Rockies
May 23: 0-4 Loss
May 24: 0-5 Loss
May 25: 4-5 Loss

I send down Barret Loux and call up Chris Tillman

3 Game Series vs Chicago White Sox
May 27: 2-5 Loss
May 28: 5-1 Win
May 29: 4-3 Win

3 Game Series at New York Mets
May 30: 6-8 Loss
May 31: 1-2 Loss
June 1: 3-5 Loss


So what the hell is going on?

I'm 14th in Runs Scored, 9th in Batting AVG, 8th in On-Base PCT, 15th in Home Runs, t-10th in Stolen Bases.

11th in Runs Against, 15th in Starters ERA, 3rd in Bullpen ERA, 6th in Defensive Eff.

Gio Gonzales on the Nationals was 4-0, 1.96 ERA, 1.17 WHIP. On the Orioles, 1-3, 5.87 ERA, 1.43 WHIP. He is unhappy about be traded to me. Maybe he'll get over it soon.

Wang has not lived up to his hype either. 0-3, 7.65 ERA, 1.65 WHIP.

The other starters...

Bronson Arroyo, 4-7, 5.50 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, .278 OAVG.
Martin Perez, 3-5, 3.76 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, .245 OAVG
Chris Tillman, 1-0, 1.00 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, .207 OAVG (just moved up)

Jordan Swagerty before being sent down, 1-3, 6.10 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, .286 OAVG
Barret Loux before being sent down, 3-4, 5.26 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, .239 OAVG

I wanted to keep Loux on, but I couldn't demote anyone else besides Perez and Perez is doing better. If Arroyo or Wang don't turn it around, though, I'll ship one of them out for a few bats and bring Loux back up.


On the batters side, C Brian Ward isn't living up to expectations. I couldn't afford to keep Weiters, so I didn't have a choice, but Ward is only batting .183, .272 OBP, .266 SLG.

In '12 and '13, Mahoney was an over .300 batter and over .400 OBP with a SLG over near .600. He's at .259 AVG right now and an OBP of .385 and a SLG of .443

1B Daric Barton - .282 AVG, .378 OBP, .424 SLG
2B Ryan Gennett - .271 AVG, .328 OBP, .383 SLG
3B Chase d'Arnaud - .252 AVG, .286 OBP, .353 SLG
3B Nolan Arenado - .260 AVG, .308 OBP, .396 SLG
SS Ryan Flaherty - .265 AVG, .356 OBP, .411 SLG
LF Jason Bourgeois - .290 AVG, .308 OBP, .331 SLG
CF Greg Golson - .279 AVG, .318 OBP, .484 SLG
RF Ben Zobrist - .247 AVG, .369 OBP, .432 SLG

I trade SS Freddy Galvis to the SD Padres for 25 year old 3B prospect Kevin Ahrens (1.0 / 3.5)

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3 Game Series vs. Atlanta Braves
June 3: 3-5 Loss
June 4: 2-6 Loss
June 5: 0-6 Loss

ML First Year Player Draft
Round 1: (First Pick) LF Manuel Morales - PUR - 22 years old - 2.0 / 5.0
Round 2: RF Mark Greene - USA - 23 years old - 1.0 / 5.0
Round 3: CL Dan Morgan - USA - 21 years old - 3.5 / 5.0
Round 4: SS Andres Medina - VEN - 18 years old - 1.0 / 5.0
Round 5: CL Chuck Haines - USA - 20 years old - 0.5 / 4.5
Round 6: CL Bartolo Ramirez - DOM - 21 years old - 0.5 / 4.5
Round 7: SP Juan Hernandez - VEN - 18 years old - 0.5 / 2.5
Round 8: CF Mario Alvarez - MEX - 21 years old
Round 9: C Bill Farris - USA - 21 years old
Round 10: LF Juan Cruz - VEN - 21 years old

I trade MR Daniel Schlereth to the Padres for 23 year old CL (stamina is 4 so can start) Curt Noftall. Except he's a 0.5 star at starter. He only has 2 pitches. Some time in AAA should help, I hope. I bring Roman Mendez up, but as a MR.

3 Game Series vs Oakland A's
June 6: 8-11 Loss (16)
June 7: 3-9 Loss
June 8: 4-3 Win (14)

Ben Zobrist is gone for the season (8-9 months) Just awesome.

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3 Game Series vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 9: 3-2 Win (10)
June 10: 4-3 Win (10)
June 11: 6-5 Win

3 Game Series at Kansas City Royals
June 13: 3-5 Loss
June 14: 2-6 Loss
June 15: 9-12 Loss

3 Game Series vs Texas Rangers
June 16: 4-8 Loss
June 17: 1-6 Loss
June 18: 9-10 Loss (11)

2B Brian Roberts comes off DL and will be a backup for awhile. Maybe for good.

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
June 19: 2-4 Loss
June 20: 5-6 Loss (11)
June 21: 1-4 Loss
June 22: 7-6 Win

4 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
June 23: 2-4 Loss
June 24: 3-4 Loss
June 25: 3-1 Win
June 26: 7-1 Win

3 Game Series vs San Diego Padres
June 27: 2-4 Loss
June 28: 4-1 Win
June 29: 5-1 Win

3 Game Series at Detroit Tigers
June 30: 3-5 Loss
July 1: 8-6 Win (10)
Jule 2: 10-6 Win

We trade prospects 1B Aaron Baker and 3B Josh R. Johnson to the Colorado Rockies for 28 year old CF Dexter Fowler, 21 year old 1B Matthew Duran and 18 year old SP David Spivey.

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3 Game Series vs Los Angeles Angels
July 4: 8-2 Win
July 5: 7-1 Win
July 6: 8-2 Win

3 Game Series vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
July 7: 2-6 Loss
July 8: 5-4 Win
July 9: 3-2 Win (12)

I trade SP Wang to Boston for 23 year old 3B Garin Cecchini. Barrett Loux gets called back up.

4 Game Series at New York Yankees
July 10: 5-8 Loss
July 11: 4-2 Win
July 12: 9-5 Win
July 13: 2-4 Loss

Joe Mahoney is the only Baltimore to make the All-Star team.

MR Roman Mendez is gone for the year. I call up MR Stuart Schilder.

3 Game Series at Miami Marlins
July 18: 10-3 Win
July 19: 10-8 Win
July 20: 8-1 Win

4 Game Series vs Boston Red Sox
July 21: 4-0 Win
July 22: 8-9 Loss
July 23: 4-7 Loss
July 24: 6-4 Win

3 Game Series vs Minnesota Twins
July 25: 8-1 Win
July 26: 2-4 Loss
July 27: 4-3 Win

I trade 1B Daric Barton to the Texas Rangers for SP Yu Darvish and 25 year old SP Raudel Lazo. I hesitated to make this trade, and I'm already regretting it, but I need to get a few really good starting pitchers. Barton was a great hitter, but I already have a great hitter at 1st and a few other good options for DH.

Martin Perez becomes a MR and Daniel Tillman is sent down.

3 Game Series at Seattle Mariners
July 28: 3-7 Loss
July 29: 4-5 Loss
July 30: 5-4 Win

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3 Game Series at Milwaukee Brewers
Aug 1: 7-9 Loss
Aug 2: 3-6 Loss
Aug 3: 8-7 Win

3 Game Series vs Cleveland Indians
Aug 4: 5-2 Win
Aug 5: 4-3 Win
Aug 6: 10-3 Win

C Brian Ward is gone for a month

4 Game Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Aug 7: 3-6 Loss
Aug 8: 1-6 Loss
Aug 9: 6-1 Win
Aug 10: 2-8 Loss

3 Game Series at Philadelphia Phillies
Aug 11: 11-3 Win
Aug 12: 3-9 Loss
Aug 13: 5-3 Win

3 Game Series at Houston Astros
Aug 15: 6-5 Win
Aug 16: 1-4 Loss
Aug 17: 4-2 Win

3 Game Series at Los Angeles Didgers
Aug 18: 3-4 Loss (16)
Aug 19: 2-3 Loss
Aug 20: 7-9 Loss

SP Bronson Arroyo is out for a month.

3 Game Series vs Washington Nationals
Aug 23: 1-0 Win
Aug 24: 2-1 Win
Aug 25: 8-12 Loss (11)

4 Game Series at Boston Red Sox
Aug 26: 5-4 Win (10)
Aug 27: 8-7 Win
Aug 28: 7-1 Win
Aug 29: 10-3 Win

3 Game Series at Cincinnati Reds
Aug 29: 3-2 Win
Aug 30: 3-5 Loss
Aug 31: 0-9 Loss

CF Greg Golson suffers a career ending injury. Bougeois is gone for 3 weeks.

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3 Game Series at Oakland A's
Sept 2: 3-1 Win
Sept 3: 7-6 Win
Sept 4: 3-0 Win

Chase d'Arnaud is out for 5 weeks.

Now that we are 40 man rosters, I bring up SP Dylan Bundy and SP Tyrell Jenkins to get them a few starts under their belts and to see what they can do.

3 Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Sept 5: 1-5 Loss
Sept 6: 9-1 Win (Tyrell Jenkins started)
Sept 7: 1-2 Loss

4 Game Series vs Toronto Blue Jays
Sept 8: 6-5 Win
Sept 9: 10-6 Win (Dylan Bundy started)
Sept 10: 3-5 Loss (10)
Sept 11: 7-1 Win

3 Game Series vs Kansas City Royals
Sept 12: 7-5 Win
Sept 13: 4-3 Win (10) (Jenkins started)
Sept 14: 5-9 Loss

3 Game Series at Arizona Diamondbacks
Sept 15: 2-3 Loss
Sept 16: 6-5 Win (Bundy started)
Sept 17: 7-4 Win

3 Game Series at Los Angeles Angels
Sept 19: 0-3 Loss
Sept 20: 3-0 Win
Sept 21: 3-10 Loss

3 Game Series at Chicago White Sox
Sept 22: 3-8 Loss
Sept 23: 10-4 Win (Jenkins started)
Sept 24: 10-9 Win

4 Game Series vs New York Yankees
Sept 25: 1-3 Loss
Sept 26: 6-1 Win
Sept 27: 3-2 Win
Sept 28: 4-2 Win (Jenkins started)

3 Game Series vs Tampa Bay Rays
Sept 29: 0-1 Loss (Bundy)
Sept 30: 3-4 Loss
Oct 1: 0-11 Loss

3 Game Series vs Miami Marlins
Oct 3: 4-9 Loss (12)
Oct 4: 9-10 Loss (Jenkins)
Oct 5: 0-7 Loss


Started winning in the last two months. Way to end the season on a high note with a 6 game losing streak, though.

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AL East Standings
Tampa Bay Rays - 95-67
Toronto Blue Jays - 79-83
New York Yankees - 78-84
Baltimore Orioles - 74-88
Boston Red Sox - 67-95

Joe Mahoney
13th in the ML in batting AVG with .310
1st in the ML in OBP with .451
1st in the ML in SLG with .570
16th in the ML in Hits with 175
1st in the ML in wOBA with .426
2nd in the ML in WAR with 7.9
3rd in the ML in HR with 38
4th in the ML in RBI with 111
6th in the ML in Runs with 107
1st in the ML in BB with 143
3rd in ISO with .260
6th in XBH with 70
3rd in Total Bases with 322

The only other Baltimore player to appear on these stats lists is Ryan Flaherty. He finished 5th in Doubles with 44.

Yu Darvish was 11th in K/9 with 8.64
Gio Gonzalez was 13th in Strikeouts with 193
Gio Gonzalez was 12th in WAR with 5.6