2008 Baton Rouge Aces

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

Aces lose game 2

Minnesota Twins (98-64) at Baton Rouge Aces (109-53) 

October 2, 2008 
 
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 
Twins 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 10 14 1 
Aces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 0 
  
 

Twins AB H BB R HR RBI K SB AVG 
Carlos Gomez DH 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 .272 
Ichiro Suzuki CF 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .328 
Jason Kubel LF 5 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 .266 
Justin Morneau 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .273 
Michael Cuddyer RF 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 .297 
Joe Mauer C 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 .277 
Mike Lamb 3B 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 
Alexi Casilla 2B 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .290 
Nick Punto SS 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 .222 
Totals 40 14 4 10 2 10 9 1   

2B: Carlos Gomez
HR: Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer
CS: Justin Morneau

DP: Justin Morneau, Alexi Casilla, Nick Punto
E: Mike Lamb
 
 
Aces AB H BB R HR RBI K SB AVG 
Carl Crawford LF 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .285 
Akinori Iwamura 2B 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .311 
Evan Longoria 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 
Barry Bonds DH 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .276 
Carlos Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 
Sammy Sosa RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .265 
Dioner Navarro C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 
Jason Bartlett SS 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .281 
Fernando Perez CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 
Totals 37 10 1 2 1 2 5 0   

HR: Jason Bartlett
GDP: Fernando Perez

 
 

Twins IP H BB HR R ER K PIT ERA 
Nick Blackburn 8.0 9 0 0 1 1 5 106 3.49 
Dennys Reyes 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 23 3.15 
Totals 9.0 10 1 1 2 2 5 129   
 
Aces IP H BB HR R ER K PIT ERA 
Scott Kazmir 6.0 5 2 0 3 3 7 123 3.67 
Trever Miller 1.0 3 1 1 4 4 1 32 4.65 
Al Reyes 1.0 3 0 0 1 1 1 25 6.39 
Gary Glover 0.2 3 1 1 2 2 0 26 2.71 
Dan Wheeler 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.12 
Totals 9.0 14 4 2 10 10 9 208   
 

WP: Nick Blackburn
LP: Scott Kazmir

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

Twins win ALDS

Baton Rouge Aces (109-53) at Minnesota Twins (98-64) 

October 4, 2008 
 
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 
Aces 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0 
Twins 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 x 7 11 1 
  
 

Aces AB H BB R HR RBI K SB AVG 
Carl Crawford LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 .285 
Akinori Iwamura 2B 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .311 
Evan Longoria 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .289 
Barry Bonds DH 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 
Carlos Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .275 
Sammy Sosa RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .265 
Dioner Navarro C 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 
Jason Bartlett SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .281 
Fernando Perez CF 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 .233 
Totals 34 7 3 3 0 1 11 1   


 
 
Twins AB H BB R HR RBI K SB AVG 
Carlos Gomez DH 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .272 
Ichiro Suzuki CF 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .328 
Jason Kubel LF 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 .266 
Justin Morneau 1B 4 3 0 2 2 4 1 0 .273 
Michael Cuddyer RF 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .297 
Joe Mauer C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 
Mike Lamb 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272 
Alexi Casilla 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .290 
Nick Punto SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 
Totals 33 11 2 7 3 7 6 0   

2B: Alexi Casilla, Nick Punto, Jason Kubel
3B: Carlos Gomez
HR: Justin Morneau 2, Jason Kubel

E: Francisco Liriano
 
 

Aces IP H BB HR R ER K PIT ERA 
Andy Sonnanstine 5.0 8 1 2 5 5 4 90 3.60 
Gary Glover 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 2.71 
Al Reyes 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 6.39 
Trever Miller 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 4.65 
Totals 8.0 11 2 3 7 7 6 150   
 
Twins IP H BB HR R ER K PIT ERA 
Francisco Liriano 6.0 4 3 0 2 0 9 122 3.68 
Juan Rincon 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 19 2.69 
Dennys Reyes 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 3.15 
Pat Neshek 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 2.66 
Totals 9.0 7 3 0 3 1 11 177   
 

WP: Francisco Liriano
LP: Andy Sonnanstine

[lilbman07]

Playoffs Review

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

Aces agree to resign a few players

Aces Re-sign
C Dioner Navarro [1 year 6.25M]
RF Rocco Baldelli [3 years 3.1M]
RP Al Reyes [2 years 3.2M]

Aces Release
SS Jason Bartlett
LF Barry Bonds
RF Sammy Sosa
RF Gabe Gross
RF Eric Hinske
SP Edwin Jackson
RP Gary Glover
RP Trevor Jackson
RP Grant Balfour

[lilbman07]

ESPN The Magazine

Top 5 Free Agents

Batters

CF Mike Cameron (85)
C Ivan Rodriguez (85)
3B Russell Branyen (84)
SS Jason Bartlett (84)
RF Ken Griffey (83)

Pitchers

SP Edwin Jackson (84)
RP Trevor Miller (82)
RP Gary Glover (80)
RP Grant Balfour (74/77)
SP Freddy Garcia (74)

As you can see this a pretty weak free agent class.

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

Aces sign 1 player and trade for 1

The Aces and RF Ken Griffey agreed to a 2 year deal worth 2.5M with a club option worth 11.8M for 2011. Griffey will be the DH for the Aces and it will be determined where he bats in the lineup.

The Aces also traded for CF Jacoby Ellsbury (86/90). They gave up SP Andy Sonnanstine (85/88) and SP Jason Hammel (75/78). Ellsbury will be moved to RF. Sonnanstine will be replaced by Rookie SP David Price.

[lilbman07]

Meet Your 2009 Baton Rouge Aces

First Season in Aces Field

Lineup

RF Jacoby Ellsbury [.278, 4 HR, 52 SB, 87 R, 42 RBI] (85/89)
CF BJ Upton [.285, 30 HR, 27 SB, 112 R, 101 RBI] (93/94)
LF Carl Crawford [.285, 18 HR, 49 SB, 119 R, 76 RBI)] (87)
3B Evan Longoria [.289, 25 HR, 6 SB, 108 R, 119 RBI] (91/94)
1B Calros Pena [.275, 45 HR, 5 SB, 107 R, 120 RBI] (87)
DH Ken Griffey [.296, 35 HR, 4 SB, 101 R, 101 RBI] (83)
C Dioner Navarro [.314, 14 HR, 8 SB, 80 R, 82 RBI] (85/88)
2B Akinori Iwamura [.311, 17 HR, 6 SB, 101 R, 95 RBI] (87)
SS Reid Brignac [.269, 16 HR, 10 SB, 71 R, 77 RBI] in AA (73/90)


Bench

RF Rocco Baldeli [.269, 4 HR, 0 SB, 13 R, 12 RBI] (80)
3B Willy Aybar [.243, 0 HR, 0 SB, 6 R, 4 RBI] (78/85)
C John Jaso [.318, 0 HR, 0 SB, 6 R, 7 RBI] (74/84)
RF Justin Ruggiano [.154, 0 HR, 1 SB, 3 R, 0 RBI] (72/75)
CF Fernando Perez [.233, 1 HR, 2 SB, 9 R, 6 RBI] (71/80)


Starting Rotation

SP James Shields [18-4, 4.05 ERA, 188 K] (93)
SP Scott Kazmir [16-2, 3.67 ERA, 152 K] (95)
SP Matt Garza [11-8, 5.04 ERA, 121 K] (89/92)
SP David Price [8-3, 4.22 ERA, 86 K] in AA (77/93)
SP Wade Davis [8-8, 4.19 ERA, 139 K] in AA (79/94)


Bullpen

CL - Troy Percival [2-9, 4.07 ERA, 74 K, 42 SV]
SU - Chad Bradford [4-4, 2.92 ERA, 39 K, 0 SV]
SR - Al Reyes [0-2, 6.39 ERA, 48 K, 1 SV]
SR - Ryan Rowland-Smith [1-5, 3.29 ERA, 135 K, 13 SV] in AAA
MR - Jeff Nieman [5-10, 4.64 ERA, 117 K, 0 SV] in AAA
LR - Jacob McGee [11-7, 3.51 ERA, 164 K, 0 SV] in A


Top 3 Prospects

SP Jake Odorizzi (51/91)
C Tim Beckham (65/95) [moved him to Catcher because of Brignac]
3B Pedro Alvarez (66/95)


Other News

Aces and LF Carl Crawford agreed on a contract extension through 2013 worth 7.15M

[lilbman07]

2008 Awards

[metsguy234]

1) You should ask someone in the "Post Logos" thread to make you a logo for your team.
2) Nice job winning all 3 major awards last year
3) Your team's abbreviation is BRA

[lilbman07]

1) You should ask someone in the "Post Logos" thread to make you a logo for your team.
2) Nice job winning all 3 major awards last year.
3) Your team's abbreviation is BRA

1) Yeah, I'll go ask
2) thanks
3) lol

[lilbman07]

April 2009 Reivew

Team Stats
Overall Record: 14-12
April Record: 14-12
Current Standing: third place in AL East (5 GA)

Team Leaders
Batting Average: Carl Crawford (.367)
Home Runs: Akinori Iwamura (7)
RBI: Akinori Iwamura (22)
SB: Jacoby Elsbury (13)
Wins: Matt Graza and Wade Davis (3)
ERA: Matt Garza (3.60)
K's: James Shields (29)
Saves: Troy Percival (4)



AL East Standings

Boston Red Sox (20-8)
Toronto Blue Jays (16-12 4 GB)
Baton Rouge Aces (14-12 5 GB)
New York Yankees (13-13 6 GB)
Baltimore Orioles (13-16 7.5 GB)

Division Leaders

AL East: Boston Red Sox (20-8)
AL Central: Chicago White Sox (19-10)
AL West: Los Angeles Angels (14-13)
AL Wildcard: Cleveland Indians (17-10)

NL East: Atlanta Braves (17-10)
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers (17-8)
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers (17-9)
NL Wildcard: St. Louis Cardinals (16-10)

League Leaders

Batting Average: Nick Markakis (.425) [BAL]
Home Runs: Carlos Quentin (13) [CHW]
Hits: Nick Markakis (51) [BAL]
ERA: Roy Oswalt (1.32) [LAA]
Wins: Kevin Millwood [TEX]
Strikeouts: CC Sabathia (45) [MIL]
Saves: Johnathon Papelbon (10) [BOS]

Disabled List

CF BJ Upton [195 days, Broken Neck Vertebra]
SS Reid Brignac [222 days, Torn Achilles Tendon]

[lilbman07]

May 2009 Review

Team Stats
Overall Record: 28-26
May Record: 14-14
Current Standing: fourth place in AL East (7.5 GB, 2 GB in wildcard)

Team Leaders
Batting Average: Carl Crawford (.352)
Home Runs: Carlos Pena (10)
RBI: Carlos Pena (45)
SB: Jacoby Elsbury (20)
Wins: James Shields (5)
ERA: Matt Garza (3.86)
K's: James Shields (66)
Saves: Troy Percival (10)




AL East Standings

Boston Red Sox (36-19)
New York Yankees (30-24 5.5 GB)
Toronto Blue Jays (31-26 6 GB)
Baton Rouge Aces (28-26 7.5 GB)
Baltimore Orioles (29-27 7.5 GB)

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AL East: Boston Red Sox (36-19)
AL Central: Chicago White Sox (30-26)
AL West: Texas Rangers (35-19)
AL Wildcard: New York Yankees (30-24)

NL East: Atlanta Braves (35-20)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals (32-21)
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers (34-19)
NL Wildcard: Arizona Diamondbacks (32-23)

League Leaders

Batting Average: Orlando Hudson (.385) [ARI]
Home Runs: Adam Dunn (19) [ARI]
Hits: Orlando Hudson (80) [ARI] (Crawford in 2nd place)
ERA: Justin Germano (2.67) [SDP]
Wins: Kevin Millwood (10) [TEX]
Strikeouts: Johan Santana (82) [NYM]
Saves: Johnathon Papelbon (19) [BOS]

Disabled List

CF BJ Upton [164 days, Broken Neck Vertebra]
SS Reid Brignac [191 days, Torn Achilles Tendon]

[lilbman07]

Amatuer Draft Review


1st Round - 2B Ben Cross (59/92) 18 years old

2nd Round - C Chris Jacuzzi (67/77) 20 years old

3rd Round - 1B Jacob Wright (60/80) 17 years old

4th Round - SP Tom Uminsky (49/87) 19 years old

5th Round - 2B Rich Reid (57/75) 20 years old

6th Round - RP Adam Hurdle (48/78) 21 years old

[lilbman07]

June 09 Review

Team Stats
Overall Record: 47-36
June Record: 19-10
Current Standing: third place in AL East (5 GB, 2.5 GB in wildcard)

Team Leaders
Batting Average: Carl Crawford (.317)
Home Runs: Evan Longoria (16)
RBI: Evan Longoria (68)
SB: Jacoby Ellsbury (35)
Wins: James Shields (10)
ERA: James Shields (3.86)
K's: James Shields (95)
Saves: Troy Percival (16)



AL East Standings

Boston Red Sox (52-31)
New York Yankees (49-33 2.5 GB)
Baton Rouge Aces (47-36 5 GB)
Toronto Blue Jays (42-41 10 GB)
Baltimore Orioles (41-44 12 GB)

Division Leaders]

AL East: Boston Red Sox (52-31)
AL Central: Minnesota Twins (42-42)
AL West: Texas Rangers (48-33)
AL Wildcard: New York Yankees (49-33)

NL East: Atlanta Braves (51-31)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals (48-33)
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers (54-26)
NL Wildcard: Chicago Cubs (47-33)

League Leaders

Batting Average: Rafeal Furcal (.355) [LAD]
Home Runs: Chase Utley (27) [PHI]
Hits: Ichiro Suzuki (114) [MIN]
ERA: Aaron Cook (2.45) [COL]
Wins: Brad Penny (13) [LAD]
Strikeouts: Edinson Volquez [CIN] and CC Sabathia [MIL] (113)
Saves: JJ Putz (24) [TEX]

Disabled List

CF BJ Upton [134 days, Broken Neck Vertebra]
SS Reid Brignac [161 days, Torn Achilles Tendon]
SP Scott Kazmir [8 days, Finger Stress Fracture]

[stevereno159]

eh i dont know about movine beckam to C - anyways its seems pretty good so far, and dang you went a whole year really fast lol