FOOL-X 2023 Offseason Thread

[Alan T]

Congrats to the Champion Maricopa Rattlers!

[Alan T]

2022 Season Awards:


Hitter of the Year:

CL - Gil Field (Washington)

RL - Chi-ming Li (Spring)


Pitcher of the Year:

CL - Harry Glass (Washington)

RL - Belmiro 'Megaphone' Bouchard (Portland)


Rookie of the Year:

CL - Jorge Estrada (Chicago)

RL - Carlito Carmelo (Waikiki)


Commissioner's Award:

CL - Gil Field (Washington)

RL - Michael Dillon (Maricopa)


Best Fielders:

CL:
Pitcher: Oscar Belzile (Washington Freedom)
Catcher: Aaron Turner (Washington Freedom)
First Baseman: Cy Wagner (Chicago Southpaws)
Second Baseman: Tulu Jojo (Chicago Southpaws)
Third Baseman: Sozui Minami (Plantana Pirates)
Shortstop: Iván García (Toledo Archers)
Left Fielder: Chris Schultz (Oshawa Mullets)
Center Fielder: José Solís (Plantana Pirates)
Right Fielder: Jesús Salas (St Louis Hops)


RL:
Pitcher: Baio Rang (Maricopa Rattlers)
Catcher: Ben Armstrong (Portland Axemen)
First Baseman: Franklin Martin (Las Vegas Wildcats)
Second Baseman: Ed Searle (Ann Arbor Wolverines)
Third Baseman: Lowik de Weever (Waikiki Beach Boys)
Shortstop: Alan Chapman (Las Vegas Wildcats)
Left Fielder: Alex Hurley (Maricopa Rattlers)
Center Fielder: Juan Alaniz (Waikiki Beach Boys)
Right Fielder: George Barrett (Cleveland Naps)

[Alan T]

Bullinas Honored by FOOLX Hall of Fame
Friday, October 28th, 2022: Enshrinement beckoned for José Bullinas, as he was inducted into the FOOL-X Hall of Fame today. Bullinas, who played many of his 2855 games at right fielder, was an outstanding hitter and batted .319 over his career and swatted 374 home runs. Baseball's newest legend collected 1713 RBIs and scored 1867 runs during his illustrious career.

But while he was class act on the field, it was off the field where José Bullinas shined the most. He quietly integrated himself in his team's community, selflessly donating his time and money to various causes. The press was largely unaware of his charity and Bullinas never made a fuss about it.

"I played a child's game for many years and this game brought me fame and fortune," Bullinas explained during his ceremony. "For some people, it's enough, but my mother raised me to realize that money doesn't make a person great. Being good at a game doesn't make a person great. Helping those in need and giving of yourself selflessly is what makes a person great. And that's what I have tried to be my entire life: great, both on the field and off of the field."

[EddieK]

We want to thank Michael Dillon for all that he's done for the Maricopa franchise, however, at this time we need to give us some payroll flexibility and he will be heading to free agency!

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now

[Alan T]

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Oshawa Mullets: Signed free agent 3B Jaime Salgado to a 4-year contract worth a total of $2,960,000.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent RF Takafumi Aoki to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,456,000.

Sunday, November 13th, 2022

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent SP José Romero to a minor league contract.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent SP Clarence Wooten to a 1-year contract worth a total of $512,000.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022

Oshawa Mullets: Signed SS David Rodríguez to a minor league contract extension.

Oshawa Mullets: Signed RF José Reyes to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $18,090,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed 1B Nate Madole to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $10,051,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed MR Yee Zeng to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $389,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed SS Claude Clarke to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,589,760.

St Louis Hops: Signed SP Brian Cameron to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $9,208,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed CF Luis Bautista to a minor league contract extension.

Stafford Terriers: Signed CF Ju-young Song to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $30,153,000.

St Louis Hops: Signed SP Yoshitsune Suzuki to a minor league contract extension.

St Louis Hops: Signed MR John Jordan to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,405,150.

Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

Washington Freedom: Signed MR Oliver Salcido to a minor league contract extension.

Washington Freedom: Signed SP Oscar Belzile to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $3,300,000.

Monday, October 31st, 2022

Washington Freedom: Signed C Tony Esparza to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $150,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed 2B José Serrano to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $34,500,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed C Guillermo González to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $15,640,000.

Sunday, October 30th, 2022

Washington Freedom: Signed CF Alfredo Moreno to a minor league contract extension.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed MR Jorge Valéncia to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $563,040.

New York Legends: Signed SS Jim Phelps to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $2,000,000.

New York Legends: Signed LF Santiago Martínez to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $15,000,000.

Saturday, October 29th, 2022

Washington Freedom: Signed LF Morgan Weld to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,400,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed MR Javier Sosa to a minor league contract extension.

Washington Freedom: Signed SP Benoît Bélanger to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $662,800.

Washington Freedom: Signed MR Connor Sanderson to a minor league contract extension.

Washington Freedom: Signed SP Jesús Álvarez to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,539,700.

Washington Freedom: Signed CL Joe Webb to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,800,000.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Free Agency runs tomorrow morning.

[Alan T]

Today's stat of the day:

Most .600+ Seasons

Team	.600 Seasons
Chicago Southpaws	10
New York Legends	9
Cleveland Naps	9
Las Vegas Wildcats	8
Spring Lions	8
Washington Freedom	7
St Louis Hops	6
St Cloud Raindrops	5
Oshawa Mullets	5
Plantana Pirates	5
Waikiki Beach Boys	4
Portland Axemen	4
Maricopa Rattlers	2
Ann Arbor Wolverines	2
Havana Banana Sluggers	2

[spleen1015]

Only 1 of Plantana's is with me at the helm.

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now

[Alan T]

Thursday, December 22nd, 2022

Oshawa Mullets: Signed free agent MR Stephen Simmons to a 3-year contract worth a total of $9,081,000.

Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

Oshawa Mullets: Signed free agent MR Nelle Mansvelt to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,880,000.

Sunday, December 18th, 2022

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent RF Martin Pfeffer to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,368,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent 3B Kan-goo Paek to a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,050,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent C Henry Bancroft to a 2-year contract worth a total of $8,628,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent MR Doug Padgett to a 2-year contract worth a total of $7,714,000.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

Stafford Terriers: Signed free agent 1B Felipe Ortega to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,294,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent SS Daniel Young to a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,250,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent LF Ricardo Zúñiga to a 3-year contract worth a total of $5,996,000.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2022

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent SP Joe Phillips to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,452,000.

Monday, December 12th, 2022

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent MR Albert Borges to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,331,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent CL Tony Muñóz to a minor league contract.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent 2B Lewis Clark to a 2-year contract worth a total of $972,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent 2B Eduardo González to a minor league contract.

Sunday, December 11th, 2022

Oshawa Mullets: Signed free agent MR Carl Young to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,020,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed free agent CF Pedro Cantú to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,658,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent MR Tyson Hines to a 2-year contract worth a total of $340,000.

Saturday, December 10th, 2022

Stafford Terriers: Signed free agent MR William Cain to a 1-year contract worth a total of $912,000.

Thursday, December 8th, 2022

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent MR Javier Ávila to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,369,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed free agent 2B Dane Osler to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,140,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent SP Davis Stevens to a minor league contract.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent SP Eddie Moore to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,058,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent SP Alec Wisse to a minor league contract.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent CF Roberto López to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,900,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed free agent CL Matt Cain to a 4-year contract worth a total of $28,444,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Nicky Dinning to a minor league contract.

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent MR Brendan Gulledge to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,460,000.

Sunday, December 4th, 2022

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent DH Jesús López to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,810,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent 3B José Torres to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,944,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent CL Demetrio Maral to a minor league contract.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Juan Tovar to a minor league contract.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2022

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent SP Tomás Soto to a 2-year contract worth a total of $5,880,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent SP Israel Peña to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Bernardo Ramírez to a minor league contract.

Friday, December 2nd, 2022

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed free agent SP Clarence Wooten to a 4-year contract worth a total of $20,400,000.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent LF Roberto Avalos to a minor league contract.

Monday, November 28th, 2022

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent RF José Carlos Rodríguez to a minor league contract.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent SP Geronimo Diliberto to a minor league contract.

Saturday, November 26th, 2022

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed SP Brandon Hughes to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $5,488,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed 2B Stephen Galloway to a minor league contract extension.

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed MR Stanley Carter to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $11,045,520.

Portland Axemen: Signed C Mathys Bombardier to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed CL Francisco Hernández to a minor league contract extension.

New York Legends: Signed SP Craig Johnson to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed 2B Pedro Salazar to a minor league contract extension.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed LF Ron Moore to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed SP Orlando Gallegos to a minor league contract extension.

Friday, November 25th, 2022

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed SP Jorge Donis to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $36,259,500.

New York Legends: Signed MR Edgar Benítez to a minor league contract extension.

Thursday, November 24th, 2022

Portland Axemen: Signed 2B Jesús Ortíz to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed C Donald Dixon to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed 3B Artie Caldwell to a minor league contract extension.

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed SP Chris Rogers to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $27,600,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed C Jody Bishop to a minor league contract extension.

Oshawa Mullets: Signed CF Randy Goodwin to a minor league contract extension.

[Alan T]

Offseason retirements:

Spoiler

Sunday, January 1st, 2023

1B Bailey Marks retires.

2B Bob Frost retires.

SP José Villarreal retires.

LF Ángel Enríquez retires.

RF Chi-ming Chen retires.

2B Manny Malave retires.

RF José Cinicero retires.

SP Joey Curry retires.

SP Tim Davis retires.

SP Vicente Herrera retires.

LF Toshiro Suzuki retires.

RF Carlos Báez retires.

SP Rafael Torres retires.

SP Américo Narciso retires.

1B Augusto Santiago retires.

SP Miguel Rodríguez retires.

3B Charles Campbell retires.

SP Kyle McDaniel retires.

2B José Acosta retires.

SP Duncan Rudge retires.

RF Luo-han Tong retires.

3B Luis Aguilar retires.

SP Jeff Savard retires.

2B Jonathan Desmarais retires.

2B Calvin Hill retires.

C Charles Hendricks retires.

C Pierre Simard retires.

RF Arturo González retires.

SP Leonardo Reyes retires.

SP Kevin Garland retires.

LF Chris Carr retires.

SP José Aybar retires.

C Jeff Clary retires.

RF Tong-yeop Park retires.

LF Ken Mills retires.

C Taylor Ferguson retires.

SP Joaquín Icaza retires.

3B Koert Bijl retires.

SP Arthur Meade retires.

SP Anthony Brown retires.

SP Carey Agnew retires.

SP Gonzalo Pérez retires.

SP Lee Spivey retires.

SP Mark Catron retires.

2B Pete Patterson retires.

SP Mauro Sánchez retires.

SP Fernando Carrillo retires.

[Alan T]

The legendary Bailey Marks retires in the offseason after the humiliation of being cut by the heartless Tasan as a thanks for helping bring a FOOL-X championship to Spring in 2017!

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Spring Training and the Amateur Draft is tomorrow.

[Tasan]

Originally Posted by Alan T

The legendary Bailey Marks retires in the offseason after the humiliation of being cut by the heartless Tasan as a thanks for helping bring a FOOL-X championship to Spring in 2017!

I'm pretty sure he's just drowning in all that cash I paid him. He'll get over it.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Tasan

I'm pretty sure he's just drowning in all that cash I paid him. He'll get over it.

[Alan T]

Official poll:

FOOL-X Poll: Name the Pitcher of the Year Award after Mauro Morales? - Front Office Football Central

[Alan T]

Sim time. Getting exports now

[Alan T]

In honor of the now retired Bailey Marks, we give you today's stat of the day:


Most Walks by Age
(Earliest Occurrence Shown)

Age	Player	Team	BB	Year
18	Sal Miller	CMB	3	1999
19	Lorenzo Gonzáles	CHI	6	1998
20	Cory West	STA	73	1996
21	Bill Fields	ANN	150	1976
22	Bill Fields	ANN	159	1977
23	Pedro Maganda	IND	143	1976
24	Anastasio Coronado	HBS	162	2012
25	Bill Fields	ANN	166	1980
26	Anastasio Coronado	HBS	181	2014
27	Anastasio Coronado	HBS	185	2015
28	José Reyes	BAL	164	1962
29	Bartolo Liriano	VIR	169	1990
30	Ling-lai Joo	POR	196	2010
31	Ling-lai Joo	POR	223	2011
32	Bartolo Liriano	VIR	181	1993
33	Anastasio Coronado	HBS	186	2021
34	Luis Huerta	STL	175	2013
35	José Reyes	BAL	170	1969
36	Armondo Alicata	MEX	187	1976
37	José Reyes	BAL	176	1971
38	Juan Castillo	POR	167	2021
39	Bailey Marks	STA	165	2016
40	José Reyes	BAL	170	1974
41	José Reyes	BAL	196	1975
42	Bailey Marks	SPG	163	2019
43	Bailey Marks	SPG	142	2020
44	Bailey Marks	SPG	125	2021
45	Bernard Moore	BOS	67	2001

[Alan T]

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Plantana Pirates: SP William Grant

Round 1, Pick 2 - Cleveland Naps: SP Luis Gómez

Round 1, Pick 3 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP José Valle

Round 1, Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: SP Manny Díaz

Round 1, Pick 5 - New York Legends: 1B Bo Cheng

Round 1, Pick 6 - St Cloud Raindrops: 3B Enrique Gutiérrez

Round 1, Pick 7 - Havana Banana Sluggers: RF Joe Ellis

Round 1, Pick 8 - Chicago Southpaws: RF Willie Hobbs

Round 1, Pick 9 - St Louis Hops: SP Jacob Allen

Round 1, Pick 10 - Las Vegas Wildcats: SP Pablo Gilera

Round 1, Pick 11 - Cleveland Naps: 1B Javier Hernández

Round 1, Pick 12 - Waikiki Beach Boys: 2B Juan Vargas

Round 1, Pick 13 - Spring Lions: LF Jesús Hernández

Round 1, Pick 14 - Portland Axemen: MR César Torres

Round 1, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: CF Rintaro Ota

Round 1, Pick 16 - Washington Freedom: 2B Nicholas Docking

Supplemental Round 1

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 1 - Cleveland Naps: 1B António Guerra

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 2 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C Chris Foreman

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 3 - Oshawa Mullets: SP Adam Harrigan

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: SS Asher Quinlan

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 5 - Oshawa Mullets: SP Kent Flynn

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 6 - St Cloud Raindrops: 3B Júlio Molina

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 7 - St Cloud Raindrops: MR Jesús Silva

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 8 - St Louis Hops: SP Ju-long Cheng

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 9 - Stafford Terriers: 1B Júlio Rodríguez

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 10 - Maricopa Rattlers: RF Jian-guo Ou

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 11 - Washington Freedom: 2B Ken Morgan

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 12 - Cleveland Naps: CL John Carter

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 13 - St Cloud Raindrops: MR Gerardo Farías

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 14 - St Louis Hops: SP Gustave Massé

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 15 - Waikiki Beach Boys: MR Ron Brown

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 16 - Spring Lions: CL Maurice Dubois

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Plantana Pirates: SP Javier Ortíz

Round 2, Pick 2 - Cleveland Naps: 2B Cornell Peters

Round 2, Pick 3 - St Louis Hops: RF Henry MacDonald

Round 2, Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: SP Sakutaro Sakai

Round 2, Pick 5 - Washington Freedom: CF Pablo Cardona

Round 2, Pick 6 - Oshawa Mullets: CF António Costa

Round 2, Pick 7 - Maricopa Rattlers: SS Víctor Garza

Round 2, Pick 8 - Chicago Southpaws: MR Marcos García

Round 2, Pick 9 - St Louis Hops: SS Al Huggins

Round 2, Pick 10 - Las Vegas Wildcats: C Mark McLeish

Round 2, Pick 11 - Stafford Terriers: MR Ángel Martínez

Round 2, Pick 12 - Waikiki Beach Boys: MR Nick Downing

Round 2, Pick 13 - Spring Lions: 3B Francisco Rodríguez

Round 2, Pick 14 - Portland Axemen: 1B Jorge García

Round 2, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: LF Ángel Rangel

Round 2, Pick 16 - Washington Freedom: CF Chia-liang Liu

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Plantana Pirates: 3B Qing-nian Bian

Round 3, Pick 2 - Cleveland Naps: MR Glenn Gideon

Round 3, Pick 3 - Oshawa Mullets: CF David Dávila

Round 3, Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: CF Gregg Blunty

Round 3, Pick 5 - New York Legends: 2B Brad Henderson

Round 3, Pick 6 - Oshawa Mullets: SS Nicolas Dubé

Round 3, Pick 7 - Havana Banana Sluggers: 2B David Rigney

Round 3, Pick 8 - Chicago Southpaws: MR John Edwards

Round 3, Pick 9 - St Louis Hops: MR Jake Johns

Round 3, Pick 10 - Las Vegas Wildcats: LF Ric Adams

Round 3, Pick 11 - Stafford Terriers: MR Carlos Limón

Round 3, Pick 12 - Waikiki Beach Boys: 1B Alfonso Fuller

Round 3, Pick 13 - Spring Lions: 3B Mike Holland

Round 3, Pick 14 - Portland Axemen: CF Armando García

Round 3, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: 3B Alex Magee

Round 3, Pick 16 - Washington Freedom: 1B José Vigil

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - Plantana Pirates: 1B Lee Sweetapple

Round 4, Pick 2 - Cleveland Naps: CF Ezra Pethick

Round 4, Pick 3 - Stafford Terriers: CF Bruce Flannery

Round 4, Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: MR Tanner Hunter

Round 4, Pick 5 - New York Legends: LF Rafael Arévalo

Round 4, Pick 6 - St Cloud Raindrops: SP Tan Vroonland

Round 4, Pick 7 - Havana Banana Sluggers: MR Aaron Tremblay

Round 4, Pick 8 - Chicago Southpaws: MR Umberto Nicoli

Round 4, Pick 9 - St Louis Hops: SP Kanko Hayashi

Round 4, Pick 10 - Las Vegas Wildcats: SP Verner Fredskild

Round 4, Pick 11 - Stafford Terriers: SS James Campbell

Round 4, Pick 12 - Waikiki Beach Boys: MR Bob O'Heaney

Round 4, Pick 13 - Spring Lions: 1B Dan Wilson

Round 4, Pick 14 - Portland Axemen: RF Kenzo Imai

Round 4, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: SP Tommy Walker

Round 4, Pick 16 - Washington Freedom: LF Eddie Richards

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - Plantana Pirates: SP Jorge Castillo

Round 5, Pick 2 - Cleveland Naps: SS Jorge Lucero

Round 5, Pick 3 - St Cloud Raindrops: MR Timothy Bates

Round 5, Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: LF Nick Kelley

Round 5, Pick 5 - New York Legends: SP Alejandro González

Round 5, Pick 6 - St Cloud Raindrops: SP Alfredo Ramírez

Round 5, Pick 7 - Havana Banana Sluggers: 3B Bai-luo Khoo

Round 5, Pick 8 - Chicago Southpaws: C Dick Lacroix

Round 5, Pick 9 - St Louis Hops: C Jim Peckham

Round 5, Pick 10 - Las Vegas Wildcats: C Arthur Bass

Round 5, Pick 11 - Stafford Terriers: SP Gabriel Vélez

Round 5, Pick 12 - Waikiki Beach Boys: 1B Will Neal

Round 5, Pick 13 - Spring Lions: SP Luis Sánchez

Round 5, Pick 14 - Portland Axemen: SP Natsuo Yamaguchi

Round 5, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: C Zg Matojo

Round 5, Pick 16 - Washington Freedom: C Bob Snyder

[Alan T]

Thursday, March 9th, 2023

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed 2B Manuel Morín to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed MR Cipriano Mendoza to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $774,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed SP Armando Osorio to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed RF Xiao-yong Siu to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $650,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed 1B Francisco Sánchez to a minor league contract extension.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed SP Martin Turner to a minor league contract extension.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed SP Wayne Reed to a minor league contract extension.

Cleveland Naps: Signed SS José Vázquez to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,080,000.

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed RF Wook-jin Yun to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,050,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed SP Lúcio Mireles to a minor league contract extension.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed C Augusto Mercado to a minor league contract extension.

Wednesday, March 8th, 2023

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed SP Pedro Ortíz to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $15,100,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed C Retta Antar to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $5,391,000.

Monday, March 6th, 2023

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent CL Juan Reynoso to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,193,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent 2B Ed Searle to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,738,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent 2B Miguel Esparza to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,426,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent CF Michael Dillon to a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,926,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent MR Alex Howe to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,764,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent SS Tom Sutton to a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,553,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed CF Mark Robertson to a minor league contract extension.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent 3B Matt Whittier to a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,047,000.

Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent 2B Iván García to a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,143,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed C Ramón Ruíz to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $8,800,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed SP Pedro Mendoza to a minor league contract extension.

Sunday, March 5th, 2023

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent SP José Colón to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,868,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent SP José Gutiérrez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,077,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent MR Manny Pérez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $363,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent C Sylvain Harrisson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,458,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent MR Anastasio Valentín to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,801,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent MR Randy Scott to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,656,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent 3B Brian Hicks to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,856,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent MR Teruo Nakagawa to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,500,000.

Spring Lions: Signed free agent 3B John White to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,288,000.

Stafford Terriers: Signed free agent SP Jim Carr to a 1-year contract worth a total of $9,478,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent 1B Matsusuke Sakurai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,000,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent SS Rafael Vargas to a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,095,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent SS Man-u Cho to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,500,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed 3B Juan Sánchez to a minor league contract extension.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent 1B Tony Romero to a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,558,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent SP Francisco Gutiérrez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,593,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent 1B José Ruíz to a 3-year contract worth a total of $15,000,000.

New York Legends: Signed free agent RF Álex Parra to a 3-year contract worth a total of $22,000,000.

Chicago Southpaws: Signed free agent LF Landon Jones to a 1-year contract worth a total of $6,100,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed free agent C Wynn Hanson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $551,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent SS Michael Morgan to a minor league contract.

New York Legends: Signed free agent SP Carlos Arredondo to a 1-year contract worth a total of $6,500,000.

Chicago Southpaws: Signed C Dewey Eichelberger to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,737,000.

[Alan T]

Continental League

Team W L Pct GB RF RA PRec PPct Diff St Louis Hops 16 8 .667 - 131 94 16-8 .647 0 Washington Freedom 15 9 .625 1.0 109 85 15-9 .611 0 Oshawa Mullets 14 10 .583 2.0 121 100 14-10 .586 0 Stafford Terriers 13 11 .542 3.0 120 110 13-11 .540 0 Chicago Southpaws 11 13 .458 5.0 79 117 8-16 .329 3 St Cloud Raindrops 10 14 .417 6.0 133 125 13-11 .528 -3 Plantana Pirates 9 15 .375 7.0 87 105 10-14 .415 -1 Havana Banana Sluggers 8 16 .333 8.0 96 140 8-16 .335 0

Republic League
Waikiki Beach Boys	17	7	.708	-	145	96	16-8	.679	1
Maricopa Rattlers	15	9	.625	2.0	126	84	16-8	.677	-1
Portland Axemen	13	11	.542	4.0	119	111	13-11	.532	0
Las Vegas Wildcats	12	12	.500	5.0	106	112	11-13	.475	1
New York Legends	12	12	.500	5.0	124	118	13-11	.523	-1
Ann Arbor Wolverines	10	14	.417	7.0	131	140	11-13	.470	-1
Cleveland Naps	10	14	.417	7.0	120	136	11-13	.443	-1
Spring Lions	7	17	.292	10.0	121	195	7-17	.296	0

[Alan T]

The new file is up. The 2023 Regular Season runs tomorrow morning.

Coming up in a little bit, the FOOL-X Season Preview!

[TeachEnEspanol]

No more winning seasons for us. REBUILD time!

[CleBrownsfan]

Can we just fast forward about 2-3 years

I had a real nice draft (4 1st round picks)... I love seeing all of the 4-5 blue stars in my minors now

[Alan T]

Preseason Player of the Year Pick

Gil Field Third Base Washington Freedom

Preseason Pitcher of the Year Pick

Chris Rogers Pitcher Ann Arbor Wolverines

Preseason Rookie of the Year Pick

Retta Antar Catcher Cleveland Naps

Preseason Team Ratings

Continental League
Chicago Southpaws:		C
Havana Banana Sluggers:		C
Oshawa Mullets:		F
Plantana Pirates:		D
St Cloud Raindrops:		C
St Louis Hops:		C
Stafford Terriers:		B
Washington Freedom:		A

Republic League
Ann Arbor Wolverines:		A
Cleveland Naps:		D
Las Vegas Wildcats:		A
Maricopa Rattlers:		A
New York Legends:		B
Portland Axemen:		A
Spring Lions:		A
Waikiki Beach Boys:		A

[Alan T]

So maybe it is just me, but the Republic League is head and shoulders better than the Continental League right now.

The 7th best Republic league team may or may not be better than a Continental league playoff team this season!

[CleBrownsfan]

lol - looks like the RL is a little better then the CL this year

Good timing on my part for a rebuild. I may lose 130 games this year!

[EddieK]

Yeesh 6 A graded teams.....Hopefully I built my team up enough in the offseason to repeat otherwise it will be all for not.

[EddieK]

Wow I'm a little shocked that I have an F for relievers....

[Tasan]

I don't see an A for Spring. Is everyone else really that bad? Am I a horrible judge of talent in FOOL-X?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by EddieK

Wow I'm a little shocked that I have an F for relievers....

You might have less relief pitchers than I am looking for, or maybe your relief pitchers are labeled as Starting pitchers. I have to use some guessing to what roles people will be using.

[Chief Rum]

Boo, my work security network is blocking the preview.

It's tough for me to say if a C grade is right for Havana. Despite the loss of Salas (who may even be back; why on Earth ain't the rest o'y'all signed him yet?), my offense should still be very good, with Diaz, White, Coronado and Ruiz leading the way, and a host of solid depth elsewhere in the lineup in Maruyami, McCord, Frick and the SS I signed (I forget his name, but his nickname is "Fatboy", lol). The defense should also be solid everywhere and the pen is pretty deep in solid relievers (although maybe lacking in truly elite rally stoppers).

My main issue is starting pitching. Santos and Vega both pitched below their ability last season, IMO. Jimenez continues to pitch above his ability, and I am always worried he'll just crash at some point. Roussel's ratings seem to be falling every sim; I'm not sure if I should go with him (his Movement is still pretty good) or throw in one of a number of mediocre options. And Luis Garcia sucked last season as my #5. It's either him or reliever Cooper, who started and did well three seasons ago, but I just don't know if he really has the skill set to be a starter.

Glad to see many other teams in the RL seem to also be in flux. Might give me more hope of making a run.

[Chief Rum]

BTW, Alan, if you're really looking at what we have and making guesses as to how we're going to do things, my apologies for all the different options I have at many spots--that probably makes it much more difficult to tell what way I'll go.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Tasan

I don't see an A for Spring. Is everyone else really that bad? Am I a horrible judge of talent in FOOL-X?

I think we really are THAT bad.

But I'd rather be the only A is a group of C's, D's, and F's that just one of the many A's.

[EddieK]

Perhaps, I just moved Quance to MR after sim so he'll definitley strengthen the relief core.

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by JTSMOOTH

Thats why you play in the CL. Maybe one year you will move up from the minor leagues and join us in the RL

That's all I have to say about that

[JTSMOOTH]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

But I'd rather be the only A is a group of C's, D's, and F's that just one of the many A's.

Thats why you play in the CL. Maybe one year you will move up from the minor leagues and join us in the RL

Edit-I tried to delete my comment, figured I'd be nice to Teach since she was having a bad week, but since I've now been quoted, may as well bring back the entire post

[CleBrownsfan]

lol -want me to delete mine and start over??

[JTSMOOTH]

Lol Nah, I may as well just man up and face the wrath from Teach

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

lol -want me to delete mine and start over??

[CleBrownsfan]

ah, it's all in fun - isn't is?!?

[JTSMOOTH]

That it is.

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

ah, it's all in fun - isn't is?!?

[Alan T]

I used to love trash talking the RL back years ago when I played in FOOL. As long as it is not personal attacks on people and is all in fun, then the more the merrier

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by JTSMOOTH

Thats why you play in the CL. Maybe one year you will move up from the minor leagues and join us in the RL

Edit-I tried to delete my comment, figured I'd be nice to Teach since she was having a bad week, but since I've now been quoted, may as well bring back the entire post

Oh, I don't know, I haven't met a whole lot of RL teams that I've had a hard time getting past on my way to winning the whole thing when it comes to that.

Hey Alan, what was my championships record again? In here...or FOOL...either one will work. I just have a hard time remembering seeing as how the number is so great.

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Oh, I don't know, I haven't met a whole lot of RL teams that I've had a hard time getting past on my way to winning the whole thing when it comes to that.

Hey Alan, what was my championships record again? In here...or FOOL...either one will work. I just have a hard time remembering seeing as how the number is so great.

Funny, how did I know thats where you were going to go with this?

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Funny, how did I know thats where you were going to go with this?

Because people don't really have a lot of ground to stand on when it comes to picking on us...and that's how I like it.

[JTSMOOTH]

Yeah that sparkling 1-4 record since I joined definitely reflects that.

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Oh, I don't know, I haven't met a whole lot of RL teams that I've had a hard time getting past on my way to winning the whole thing when it comes to that.

Hey Alan, what was my championships record again? In here...or FOOL...either one will work. I just have a hard time remembering seeing as how the number is so great.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by JTSMOOTH

Yeah that sparkling 1-4 record since I joined definitely reflects that.

I'm sorry. I don't perform on command.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Funny, how did I know thats where you were going to go with this?

You're right though, I probably should have gone with:

Why stay in the CL? The better to take you down when it really counts.

[JTSMOOTH]

I look forward to it

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

You're right though, I probably should have gone with:

Why stay in the CL? The better to take you down when it really counts.