Tampa Bay Devil Rays: From Worst to First(hopefully) (MVP 05)

[GregO]

I will only be doing month by month updates because I know most of you dont want to read all the box scores, and I dont want to waste my time


TEAM RANKS
Leag.-Ovr.-Pitch-Bat-Field-Run
MLB - 29 - 26 - 27 - 24 - 8
AAA - 4 - 4 - 22 - 1 - 1 - 1
AA - 18 - 14 - 14 - 26 - 26
A - 17 - 9 - 22 - 13 - 8

TEAM GOALS
3 year contract goals
- Finish in Top 10 in MVP
- Win 100 Home Games
- Hit 460 HR's with MLB team
1 year goals
- Lead AAA in SB's
- Slug .390 with AA team
- Lead MLB in Shutouts (Indiv.)
- Lead MLB in HR's (Indiv.)
- 15 HR's with 2 players

MY LINEUP
LF Carl Crawford
SS Julio Lugo
DH Aubrey Huff
3B Jorge Cantu
1B Travis Lee (Eduardo Perez vs L)
CF Damon Hollins
RF Jonny Gomes
C Toby Hall
2B Nick Green
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MY BENCH
1B/DH Eduardo Perez
SS/3B Alex Gonzelez
3B/1B Eric Munsun
C Kevin Cash
SS Shane Halter
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MY STARTING ROTATION
1. Mark Hendrickson
2. Scott Kazmir
3. Hideo Nomo
4. Casey Fossum
5. Seth McClung
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MY BULLPEN
LR Doug Waechter
MR Lance Carter
MR Dewon Brazelton
SU Trevor Miller
SU Travis Harper
CL Danys Baez
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MY KEY MINOR LEAGUERS
AAA - SS B.J. Upton
AAA - CF Joey Gathright
AAA - RF Rocco Baldelli (injured)
AAA - 1B Josh Phelps
AAA - SP Rob Bell (inured)
AAA - RP Jesus Colome (injured)
AAA - SP Denny Naegle
AA - RF Delmon Young
AA - SP Wade Townshed
AA - SP Jarod Mathhews
A - SP Jeffrey Niemann
A - SP Scott Autrey
A - CF Elijah Dukes

[GregO]

Re: Tampa Bay Devil Rays: From Worst to First(hopefully) (MVP 05)

APRIL 2005
Team Record: 8-16
Month Record: 8-16
8 games behind Yankees; 4th in AL East
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TEAM NOTES
- Promoted Doug Waechter to Starting Rotation
- Demoted Seth McClung to Bullpen
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MY NOTES
- Pitching did horrible, only 2 guys that did good were Baez, Harper, and Miller, other then that they either did horible, or bad
- Need to get more HR's with my power hitter Aubrey Huff (2)
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LF Carl Crawford - .323, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 9 SB
SS Julio Lugo - .226, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 5 SB
DH Aubrey Huff - .217, 2 HR, 23 RBI
3B Jorge Cantu - .289, 2 HR, 8 RBI
1B Travis Lee - .219, 2 HR, 3 RBI (Missed 15 games)
CF Damon Hollins - .247, 2 HR, 9 RBI
RF Jonny Gomes - .307, 0 HR, 6 RBI
C Toby Hall - .291, 3 HR, 14 RBI
2B Nick Green - .313, 3 HR, 13 RBI
1B Eduardo Perez - .250, 14 hits (started in place of Lee in 5th spot in batting order)
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1. Mark Hendrickson - 1-4, 9.36
2. Scott Kazmir - 1-3, 7.50
3. Hideo Nomo - 0-3, 5.40
4. Casey Fossum - 1-1, 5.28
5. Doug Waechter - 1-1, 6.23
LR Seth McClung - 10.2 IP, 0-2, 12.66
MR Lance Carter - 13.1 IP ,0-1, 10.13
MR Dewon Brazelton - 17.2 IP, 0-1, 7.13
SU Trevor Miller - 21.2 IP, 2-0, 4.22
SU Travis Harper - 12.0 IP, 1-0, 2.25
CL Danys Baez - 4.2 IP, 4 Saves, 1-0, 1.93
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B.J. Upton - .250, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 SB
Joey Gathright - .303, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 5 SB
Rocco Baldelli - .291, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 3 SB
Delmon Young - .262, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 5 SB
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BATTERS AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH
Pitchers
A - Scott Autrey - 4-0, 0.53, 28 SO
AA - Wade Townshed - 3-1, 2.20, 20 SO
AAA - Denny Neagle - 5-0, 0.47, 30 SO
Batters
A - Nate Dion - .388, 1 HR, 12 RBI
AA - Eric Reese - .309, 6 HR, 12 RBI
AAA - Rocco Baldelli - .301, 3 HR, 17 RBI
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Team Leaders
Avg. = Crawford (.323)
HR = Hall/Green (3)
RBI = Huff (23)
SB = Crawford (9)
R = Crawford (19)
H = Crawford (32)
2B = Huff (7)
3B = Crawford (4)
OBP = Gomes (.395)
TB = Crawford (52)
SLG% = Crawford (.525)
ERA = Fossum/Baez (5.28/1.93)
W = Miller (2)
SV = Baez (4)
SO = Nomo (19)
IP = Fossum (29)
App = Brazelton (10)
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League Leaders
Avg. = Ichiro (.407)
HR = Rolen (10)
RBI = Burnitz (29)
SB = Podsednik (11)
R = Kendall (24)
H = Kotsay (41)
2B = Helton (10)
3B = Crisp (5)
OBP = Ichiro (.522)
TB = Delluchi (68)
SLG% = Delluchi (.731)
ERA = Carpenter (1.33)
W = Remlinger (6)
SV = Wagner (10)
SO = Santana (34)
IP = Sheets (40)
App = Roa (18)

[GregO]

Re: Tampa Bay Devil Rays: From Worst to First(hopefully) (MVP 05)

MAY 2005
Team Record: 21-31
Month Record: 13-15
11.5 games behind Yankees; 4th in AL East
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TEAM NOTES
-B.J. Upton (AAA) out for 47 days (5/1)
-Promoted Denny Neagle (5/2)
-Demoted Seth McClung (5/2)
-Promoted Rob Bell (5/2)
-Demoted Doug Waechter (5/2)
-Promoted Denny Neagle to starting rotation (5/7)
-Demoted Hideo Nomo to bullpen (5/7)
-Won 8 out of 9 games (5/9-5/18)
-Promoted Dewon Brazelton to starting rotation (5/21)
-Demoted Denny Neagle to bullpen (5/21)
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MY NOTES
-Hendrickson piched amazing this month going 4-1, and his ERA droped from 9.36 to 4.19
-Huff improved from a .219 avg to a .271 avg. and he hit 2 more HRs then he did in April, I still need him to hit more HRs though
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LF Carl Crawford - .295 5 HR 21 RBI 21 SB
SS Julio Lugo - .257 4 HR 22 RBI 14 SB
DH Aubrey Huff - .271 6 HR 42 RBI
3B Jorge Cantu - .307 5 HR 25 RBI
1B Travis Lee - .272 5 HR 12 RBI
CF Damon Hollins - .279 5 HR 25 RBI
RF Jonny Gomes - .288 6 HR 25 RBI
C Toby Hall - .279 5 HR 24 RBI
2B Nick Green - .288 6 HR 25 RBI
1B Eduardo Perez - .286 2 HR 7 RBI - Starts vs Lefties for Lee
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1. Mark Hendrickson - 5-5 4.19 55 SO
2. Scott Kazmir - 1-6 6.06 38 SO
3. Dewon Brazelton - 0-3 6.35 29 SO 45 IP 0 GS
4. Casey Fossum - 3-2 4.94 31 SO
5. Rob Bell - 2-1 3.62 30 SO 32.1 IP 5 GS
LR Hideo Nomo - 31.2 IP 0-4 7.11
MR Trevor Miller - 28.1 IP 2-2 8.26
MR Travis Harper - 42.1 IP 4-0 1.72
MR Lance Carter - 38.2 IP 2-3 5.35
MR Denny Neagle - 21 IP 0-1 7.29
CL Danys Baez - 7 IP 7 SVs 1-0 1.29
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B.J. Upton - ..280 3 HR 10 RBI 7 SB (missed 18 days, 19 days left)
Joey Gathright - .307 3 HR 13 RBI 10 SB
Rocco Baldelli - .300 9 HR 37 RBI 6 SB
Delmon Young - .252 5 HR 22 RBI 8 SB
Wade Townshed - 6-4 2.69 42 SO
Jeffery Niemann - 6-1 1.10 59 SO
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BATTERS AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH
Pitchers
A - Jeffery Niemann - 6-1 1.10 59 SO
AA - Wade Townshed - 6-4 2.69 42 SO
AAA - Brian Sweeney - 4-3 4.71 40 SO
Batters
A - Gabriel Martinez - .310 3 HR
AA - Dan Dement - .306 10 HR
AAA - Rocco Baldelli - .305 9 HR
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Team Leaders
Avg. = Green (.324)
HR = Huffl/Green (6)
RBI = Huff (42)
SB = Crawford (21)
R = Crawford (40)
H = Crawford (64)
2B = Huff (14)
3B = Crawford (6)
OBP = Gomes (.416)
TB = Crawford (104)
SLG% = Green (.482)
ERA = Baez/Bell (1.93/3.62)
W = Hendrickson (5)
SV = Baez (7)
SO = Hendrickson (55)
IP = Henrickson (68.2)
App = Harper/Brazelton (21)
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League Leaders
Avg. = Damon (.366)
HR = Rolen (16)
RBI = Giles (49)
SB = Crawford (21)
R = Damon (51)
H = Damon (82)
2B = Helton (20)
3B = Crisp/Pierre (7)
OBP = Bonds (.476)
TB = Damon (136)
SLG% = Enmonds (.672)
ERA = Urbina/Santana (0.73/1.65)
W = Zito/Peavy/Remlinger (8)
SV = Wagner (16)
SO = Halladay (77)
IP = Sheets (85.2)
App = Torres (33)

[GregO]

Re: Tampa Bay Devil Rays: From Worst to First(hopefully) (MVP 05)

JUNE 2005
Team Record: 33-45
Month Record: 12-14
15.5 games behind Orioles; 5th in AL East
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TEAM/LEAGUE NOTES
-Jorge Cantu out for 34 days(6/1)
-Promoted 3B Earl Snyder(6/1)
-Barry Bonds hits number 714 and 715 HRs to pass Babe Ruth for 2nd all time (6/15)
-Promoted Delmon Young to AAA(6/18)
-Promoted Elijah Dukes to AA(6/30)
-Promoted Scott Autrey to AA(6/30)
-Promoted Jeffrey Niemann to AA(6/30)
-Promoted J. Hammel to AA(6/30)
-Activated Jorge Cantu, but still hurt for 4 days(6/30)
-Demoted Earl Snyder to AAA to make room for Jorge Cantu(6/30)
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MY NOTES
-Im looking to send up my young guys this month, I will probably be a better team with Baldelli, Upton, Gathright, Young, Niemann, Townshed then I am now, I'm looking towards the middle of the month for Baldelli and Upton
-I will turn on CPU trades for this month, I will put Huff, Lugo, and Baez on the Trading Block
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LF Carl Crawford - .305 9 HR 32 RBI 30 SB
SS Julio Lugo - .281 7 HR 37 RBI 19 SB
DH Aubrey Huff - .255 8 HR 60 RBI
1B Travis Lee - .240 6 HR 14 RBI
3B Eric Munson - .221 2 HR 8 RBI - Started for Jorge Cantu
CF Damon Hollins - .277 7 HR 38 RBI
RF Jonny Gomes - .316 6 HR 39 RBI
C Toby Hall - .304 9 HR 41 RBI
2B Nick Green - .270 6 HR 34 RBI
1B Eduardo Perez - .308 3 HR 11 RBI - Starts vs Lefties for Lee
3B Jorge Cantu - .306 5 HR 25 RBI
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1. Mark Hendrickson - 5-8 4.41
2. Scott Kazmir - 3-8 5.46
3. Dewon Brazelton - 1-5 5.64
4. Casey Fossum - 4-4 5.15
5. Rob Bell - 5-3 3.45
LR Hideo Nomo - 41.2 IP 0-4 6.05
MR Trevor Miller - 45.1 IP 3-2 7.15
MR Lance Carter - 51.1 IP 3-4 6.14
MR Travis Harper - 63.0 IP 5-0 3.29
MR Denny Neagle - 39.0 IP 2-2 6.46
CL Danys Baez - 15.2 IP 15 SVs 1-1 3.45
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B.J. Upton - .285 6 HR 14 RBI 10 SB
Joey Gathright - .313 6 HR 32 RBI 12 SB
Rocco Baldelli - .270 11 HR 56 RBI 10 SB
Delmon Young - Promoted to AAA
Wade Townshed - 6-6 3.10 68 SO
Jeffery Niemann - Promoted to AA
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BATTERS AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH
Pitchers
A - Jeffery Niemann - 8-1 1.01 81 SO
AA - Wade Townshed - 6-6 3.10 68 SO
AAA - Franklin Nunez - 6-3 4.74 70 SO
Batters
A - Brent Cordell - .266 6 HR
AA - Dan Dement - .292 11 HR
AAA - Rocco Baldelli - .273 11 HR
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Team Leaders
Avg. = Gomes (.316)
HR = Hall/Crawford (9)
RBI = Huff (60)
SB = Crawford (30)
R = Crawford (64)
H = Crawford (98)
2B = Huff (23)
3B = Crawford (7)
BB = Huff (44)
OBP = Gomes (.404)
TB = Crawford (157)
SLG% = Crawford (.489)
ERA = Harper/Bell (3.29/3.45)
W = Hendrickson/Harper (5)
SV = Baez (15)
SO = Hendrickson (76)
IP = Henrickson (98)
App = Harper/Brazelton (35)
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League Leaders
Avg. = Bonds (.370)
HR = Guillen (22)
RBI = Alou (70)
SB = Crawford (30)
R = Damon (71)
H = Damon (111)
2B = Helton (26)
3B = Pierre (8)
OBP = Bonds (.498)
TB = Helton (196)
SLG% = Helton (.662)
ERA = Urbina/Santana (0.79/1.73)
W = Zito/Peavy/D. Cabrera (10)
SV = Cordero/Mota (22)
SO = Sanatana/Radke (99)
IP = Sheets (115.1)
App = Torres (49)