2008 Baton Rouge Aces

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

Aces re-sign a few, release a few

Aces Re-sign
C Dioner Navarro [5 years, 6.85M]
2B Akinori Iwamura [1 year, 8.1M] (arbitration)
CF BJ Upton [1 year, 9.2M] (arbitration)
RF Jacoby Ellsbury [1 year, 5.7M] (arbitration)
3B Willy Aybar [1 year, 1.85M]
SP Matt Garza [1 year, 6.1M]

Aces Release
1B Carlos Pena
C John Jaso
RF Justin Ruggiano
RP Dan Wheeler
RP Al Reyes

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ESPN The Magazine

Top 5 Free Agent Batters

1B Albert Pujols (93)
3B Chipper Jones (89)
1B Carlos Pena (86)
SS Erick Aybar (86)
LF Adam Lind (86)

Top 5 Free Agent Pitchers

SP Jake Westbrook (88)
SP Brian Bannister (86)
RP Scot Shields (86)
RP Trevor Hoffman (85)
SP Edwin Jackson (84)

Rumors

The Aces are very intent on signing Albert Pujols. They do have a hole at 1B. They Also are intrested in Trevor Hoffman

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

Aces and Yankees agree to trade

The Aces and Yankees agreed to a trade that would send OF Jermaine Dye (86) to the Yankees for C Jesus Montero (63/82), CF Tom Heiar (61/79) and 500K. This trade was a salry dump so the Aces can get enough under the budget to sign their targets.

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

--November 6, 2010

The Aces sign 2

The Aces and Albert Pujols have agreed on a 6 year 18.85M deal with a player option for 2017 worth 18.85M. Pujols will start at 1B.

The Aces also agreed to sign RP Trevor Hoffman to a 2 year 6.5M deal with a player option for 2013 worth the same.

The Aces are finished signing free agents for the offseason. They are 828,000 under their budget.

Final Comment

Not much space left under the budget but we filled two holes in the team.

[lilbman07]

The Advocate

The Aces and Braves agree on trade

The Aces and Braves agreed on a trade that would send SP Scott Kazmir (89) and RP Humberto Sanchez (76/79) to the Braves for SP Jair Jurrjens (88), LF Cody Johnson (68/89) and 500K cash.



Before you say the Braves were ripped off. They actually wanted to offer me 17M cash along with Jurrjens. I clicked on a prospect and the cash went down to 500K cash. It may be hard top believe but its the honest truth.

[lilbman07]

Free Agent Review

Notable Free Agent signings as of December 6, 2010

Minnesota Twins: 3B Chipper Jones (89), 2B Mike Fontenot (85)

St. Louis Cardinals: SP Edwin Jackson (83), RP Dan Wheeler (83), RP Jack Taschner (82/83), RP Ross Ohlendorf (82/83)

Los Angeles Angels: SS Erick Aybar (85) [going back]

Washington Nationals: RP Saul Rivera (82)

Chicago White Sox: RF Jose Guillen (82)

New York Yankees: RP George Sherrill (83)

Pittsburgh Pirates: 1B Carlos Pena (87)

Kansas City Royals: SS Juan Uribe (85)

New York Mets: SP Jake Westbrook (88)

Boston Red Sox: RP Joe Thatcher (81/82)

Cleveland Indians: Reynel Pinto (82/83)

[lilbman07]

Free Agent Review

Notable Signings as of January 6, 2011

Florida Marlins: LF Adam Lind (84)

New York Mets: SP Dana Eveland (82)

St. Louis Cardinals: 1B Paul Konerko (83), SP Kevin Millwood (83)

Boston Red Sox: RP Brian Wolfe (80/81), 3B Scott Moore (82)

Colorado Rockies: RP Kevin Cameron (81/82)

Toronto Blue Jays: RP Hideki Okajima (81/82), RP Scott Downs (83) [going back],

Seattle Mariners: RP Jason Isringhausen (81), RP Andrew Sisco (81/82)

Cincinnati Reds: SP Jason Hirsh (81)

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Free Agent Review

Notable Signings, as of February 4, 2011

St. Louis Cardinals: SS Ben Zobrist (81), SS Tony Pena (80)

Kansas City Royals: RP Brett Logan (80/81)

Seattle Mariners: RP Jason Grilli (80), RP Joel Peralta (81)

Atlanta Braves: SP Brian Bannister (85)

New York Mets: RP Justin Speier (82)

New York Yankees: RP Scot Shields (86)

Toronto Blue Jays: LF Ben Francisco (83)

Philadelphia Phillies: SP Nate Robertson (83), SP Kyle Davies (81)

Cleveland Indians: 3B Mike Lowell (82), RF Nate Schierholtz (84)

Cincinnati Reds: 3B Andy Marte (85)

Boston Red Sox: CF Jason Repko (81)

[lilbman07]

Free Agent Review

Notable signings, up to Spring Training start

Boston Red Sox: C Ronny Paulino (84), C John Jaso (78/80), CF Joey Gathright (81)

Milwaukee Brewers: C AJ Pierzynski (85), C Chris Ianetta (80)

San Francisco Giants: LF Rajai Davis (80), 2B Kevin Frandsen (82), LF Fred Lewis [going back],

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Meet the 2010 World Champion Baton Rouge Aces

Last Year's stats in parenthesis

Lineups

RF Jacoby Ellsbury (.315, 10 HR, 55 SB, 129 R, 73 RBI)
LF Carl Crawford (.297, 11 HR, 38 SB, 110 R, 102 RBI)
3B Evan Longoria (.308, 42 HR, 4 SB, 118 R, 144 RBI)
1B Albert Pujols (.354, 42 HR, 0 SB, 131 R, 132 RBI)
DH Pedro Alvarez (.336, 41 HR, 2 SB, 132 R, 150 RBI) in AAA
CF BJ Upton (.282, 18 HR, 33 SB, 102 R, 98 RBI)
SS Reid Brignac (.250, 15 HR, 7 SB, 79 R, 73 RBI)
C Dioner Navarro (.276, 7 HR, 5 SB, 62 R, 54 RBI)
2B Akinori Iwamura (.293, 11 HR, 7 SB, 90 R, 77 RBI)

Bench

CF Rocco Baldelli (.255, 6 HR, 2 SB, 28 R, 24 RBI)
3B Willy Aybar (.250, 2 HR, 1 SB, 15 R, 14 RBI)
C Chris Jacuzzi (.212, 5 HR, 3 SB, 53 R, 55 RBI) in R and A ball
CF Desmond Jennings (.345, 15 HR, 46 SB, 119 R, 109 RBI) in AAA and AA ball
3B Joel Guzman (.368, 21 HR, 19 SB, 88 R, 93 RBI) in AAA and AA ball

Starting Rotation

SP CC Sabathia (16-8, 3.93 ERA, 174 K)
SP Jair Jurrjens (12-13, 4.30 ERA, 166 K)
SP James Shields (11-12, 4.95 ERA, 129 K)
SP Jacob McGee (9-3, 4.00 ERA, 124 K, 1 SV)
SP David Price (10-10, 5.24 ERA, 138 K)

Bullpen

CL - Troy Percival (8-2, 3.12 ERA, 61 K, 27 SV)
SU - Trevor Hoffman (3-7, 3.05 ERA, 56 K, 45 SV)
SR - Aaron Heilman (11-6, 4.16 ERA, 61 K, 4 SV)
SR - Jimmy Gobble (5-4, 2.99 ERA, 50 K, 2 SV)
MR - Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-3, 3.61 ERA, 100 K, 2 SV)
LR - Wade Davis (9-5, 3.94 ERA, 87 K, 0 SV)

Top 3 Prospects

2B Hiro Omori (61/95)
SP Louis Degley (51/89)
3B Pedro Alvarez (82/95)

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USA Today

MLB has announced that the Baton Rouge Aces would be moved to the AL Central. In the realignment the Cleveland Indians would move to the AL East as they are the eastern most team in the AL Central. This move comes a little over 2 years after the Aces moved to Baton Rouge. The change will take effect for the 2012 season.

As I have started the season.

[twinsGM]

Uh oh, don't think the central wanted that...

[lilbman07]

Uh oh, don't think the central wanted that...

lol maybe not. Having the defending world series champions in their division

[lilbman07]

April 2011 Review

Team Stats
Overall Record: 21-8
April Record: 21-8
Current Standing: first place (2.5 Games Ahead)

Team Leaders
Batting Average: Dioner Navarro (.336)
Home Runs: Evan Longoria (9)
RBI: Carl Crawford (32)
SB: Jacoby Ellsbury (11)
Wins: James Shields (6)
ERA: Edwin Jackson (3.68)
K's: CC Sabathia (39)
Saves: Troy Percival, Trevor Hoffman, and Jimmy Gobble (2)



AL East Standings

Baton Rouge Aces (21-8)
New York Yankees (17-9, 2.5 GB)
Toronto Blue Jays (14-14, 6.5 GB)
Baltimore Orioles (11-17, 29 GB)



Division Leaders

AL East: Baton Rouge Aces (21-8)
AL Central: Detroit Tigers (17-12)
AL West: Los Angeles Angels (16-11)
AL Wildcard: New York Yankees (17-9)

NL East: Atlanta Braves (21-8)
NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers (15-10)
NL West: San Diego Padres (14-12)
NL Wildcard: Florida Marlins (20-8)

League Leaders

Batting Average: Craig Stansberry [BAL and Allen Craig [STL] (.408)
Home Runs: Chris Young (12) [ARI]
Hits: Carl Crawford (44) [BRA] (Jacoby Ellsbury is second with 43)
ERA: Francisco Liriano (1.28) [MIN]
Wins: James Shields (6) [BRA]
Strikeouts: Erik Bedard [ATL] and Johan Santana [NYM] (46)
Saves: Kevin Gregg (8) [FLA]
Stolen Bases: Emanuel Burriss (23) [SFG] (Ellsbury is in third)

Disabled List

SP Jair Jurrjens [17 days, Wrist Stress Fracture]
1B Albert Pujols [1 day, Forearm Stress Fracture]

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2010 Awards

I forgot about these.