San Diego Padres (MVP 2005)

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Decided to do a fantasy draft, here is the lineup (in batting order):

SS: Jimmy Rollins
RF: Eric Byrnes
1B: Albert Pujols
3B: Adrian Beltre
CF: Preston Wilson
LF: Pat Burrell
DH: Matt Lawton
2B: Kazuo Matsui
C: Mike Matheny

And the pitching rotation/bullpen:


SP: Mark Prior
SP: Rich Harden
SP: Russ Ortiz
SP: Casey Fossum
SP: Brett Myers
MRP: John Wasdin
MRP: Gustavo Chacin
LRP: Randy Choate
LRP: Shigetosi Hasegawa
LRP: Salomon Torres
SU: Jay Powell
CP: Jason Isringhausen

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Now that's a solid team! Your lineup is lethal, and your pitching staff can go up against anybody's..

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Ok, I simmed the first month, and will start doing game to game summaries now. ..

The Pads finished up April 15-9, good enough to put them atop the NL West. They lead the Los Angeles Dodgers by 3.5 games. Here is the complete NL West standings:

San Diego Padres: 15-9
Los Angeles Dodgers: 11-12, 3.5 GB
Colorado Rockies: 10-13, 4.5 GB
San Francisco Giants: 10-13, 4.5 GB
Arizona Diamondbacks: 8-16, 7 GB

And here are the Padres hitting and pitching stats:

Jimmy Rollins: .340, 3 HR, 20 R, 15 RBI, 3 SB, .409 OBP, .505 SLG
Eric Byrnes: .283, 1 HR, 14 R, 11 RBI, 4 SB, .337 OBP, .359 SLG
Albert Pujols: .326, 5 HR, 12 R, 23 RBI, 1 SB, .373 OBP, .516 SLG
Adrian Beltre: .189, 3 HR, 7 R, 9 RBI, 0 SB, .252 OBP, .316 SLG
Preston Wilson: .226, 3 HR, 9 R, 8 RBI, 3 SB, .301 OBP, .345 SLG
Pat Burrell: .235, 3 HR, 9 R, 10 RBI, 0 SB, .337 OBP, .376 SLG
Matt Lawton: .282, 0 HR, 11 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB, .398 OBP, .333 SLG
Kazuo Matsui: .309, 1 HR, 10 R, 7 RBI, 1 SB, .356 OBP, .395 SLG
Mike Matheny: .267, 2 HR, 11 R, 11 RBI, 0 SB, .345 OBP, .413 SLG

Mark Prior: 5 G, 4-0, 2.91 ERA, 26 K, 10 BB, 34.0 IP
Rich Harden: 5 G, 4-1, 2.34 ERA, 33 K, 13 BB, 34.2 IP
Russ Ortiz: 5 G, 1-4, 4.26 ERA, 20 K, 7 BB, 25.1 IP
Casey Fossum: 5 G, 3-1, 3.58 ERA, 15 K, 10 BB, 32.3 IP
Brett Myers: 4 G, 0-1, 4.63 ERA, 15 K, 9 BB, 23.1 IP

Jason Isringhausen: 13 G, 0-1, 1.69 ERA, 15 K, 8 BB, 9 SV

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Adrian Beltre: .189, 3 HR, 7 R, 9 RBI, 0 SB, .252 OBP, .316 SLG

Wow, that's terrible.

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Arizona's 3 run 6th leads D-Backs to victory

A costly 6th inning by Padres pitcher Brett Myers was the deciding factor to the game. He gave up 5 straight hits, leading to 3 runs, breaking the 2-2 tie. The Diamondbacks won 5-2. Albert Pujols hit a solo home run, his 6th, in the 1st inning.

"It wasn't enough to pull us ahead." Pujols said after the game. "Knowing that Adrian [Beltre] is slumping, they didn't have anything to fear behind me, so they didn't really give me much to hit after that."

Myers was nearly lights-out before the 6th inning. He recorded no outs in the 6th, and was replaced by Shigetoshi Hasegawa, who stopped the bleeding for the remaining 4 innings.

Jimmy Rollins went 2-4 with a run, and Eric Byrnes, Preston Wilson, Kaz Matsui, and Pujols also had hits.

Alex Rodriguez hit a 2 run shot to deep center in the top of the 1st inning, a large part of the win. He had 2 hits, Carlos Guillen, Craig Wilson, Geoff Jenkins, and Raul Ibanez also had hits for Arizona.

San Diego drops to 15-10, still leading the NL West. Arizona advances to 9-16, remaining in last place.

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Ok...I will be doing what the Pirates Dynasty guy is doing, monthly updates with team leaders, etc. And heeeeeeeere we go:

The Dads had a weak May after a 15-9 April. We suffered two four game losing streaks in the month, but finished with three straight wins, 2 against the Brewers and 1 against San Francisco. Beltre started to heat up (.260 compared to .189 last month), and Pujols has cooled off a little bit (from .326 to .305). J-Roll is still kicking *** at the Number One Spot. I also think I am going to put Gustavo Chacin in the rotation and send Fossum or Myers in the pen. Chacin has been money so far. Right now we are 28-24, we trail the Rockies by a single game, and the Dodgers are a half game behind us.

Team Leaders

Average: Jimmy Rollins (.329)
Home Runs: Albert Pujols (9)
RBI: Albert Pujols (38)
Stolen Bases: Jimmy Rollins (12)
Starter's ERA: Mark Prior (2.87)
Wins: Rich Harden, Mark Prior (6)
Strikeouts: Rich Harden (66)

Izzy has 15 saves with a 1.69 ERA, not bad through May.

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Adrian Beltre: .189, 3 HR, 7 R, 9 RBI, 0 SB, .252 OBP, .316 SLG

Wow, that's terrible.

*Rocky* ADRIAN!!!!!!!!!

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Another freaky thing about Beltre in May: He had 25 RBI compared to 9 in April. Also, I played the first game in June and hit a 2 run homer with him. Must have put something in his water...

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Another freaky thing about Beltre in May: He had 25 RBI compared to 9 in April. Also, I played the first game in June and hit a 2 run homer with him. Must have put something in his water...

Or syringe.

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And the month of June is done. I put Fossum in the bullpen, and stuck Gustavo Chacin in his place. Gustavo went 2-1 with 3.63 ERA, with 18 strikeouts and 7 walks. Beltre continues to rebound, Pujols and J-Roll continue to kick ***, and the Pads follow a 13-15 May up with a 16-11 June, putting us at 45-35 on the season.

In other league news, Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero is batting .354 with 31 HR and 79 RBI after June. He has a great chance at breaking Barry Bonds' 73 HR record. Hideki Matsui of the Royals is right behind him with 30.

Phat Albert is 1st in NL All Star 1B voting, Beltre is the 3rd leading NL 3B, and J-Roll is the #4 leading SS.

TEAM LEADERS (AFTER JUNE)

Average: Albert Pujols (.332)
Home Runs: Albert Pujols (16)
RBI: Adrian Beltre (56, Pujols 1 behind with 55)
Stolen Bases: Jimmy Rollins (21)
Starter's ERA: Mark Prior (2.61)
Wins: Rich Harden (8)
Strikeouts: Rich Harden (94)

Izzy picked up 6 more saves in June, he now 21 along with a 2.96 ERA and 2 blown saves.