Los Diablos Rojos del México (2012 Expansion)

[filihok]

Thank you

Credit where Credit is due. I just hadn't gotten around to it yet.

But I get ALL the credit for Molina

[filihok]

ROUND ONE (POSITION PLAYERS) OF THE PARITY DRAFT

*NOTE The Luck and Diablos Rojos were excluded from all phases of this draft

[filihok]

ROUND TWO (PITCHERS) OF THE PARITY DRAFT

[filihok]

Diablos Rojos send Sanchez to Cubs for a Pair

With Loney on the roster there was no need for Gabby Sanchez. I drafted him with the idea of trading him.

I pick up SS Bryant Williams-23 (49) and SP Kenny Crean-19 (49).

Williams might end up as a back-up, or he might spend his career in the minors. The key to the deal was (dumping payroll) Crean. I have NOTHING in my low minors since the expansion draft protected players below AA. Crean has two years in rookie ball and will start there this year but has the potential to be "the key pitcher in on [sic] the Diablos Rojos roster".

[filihok]

Opening Day 2012

Couldn't have asked for more interesting matchups.

Los Diablos Rojos are at Foro Sol against...the Washington Nationals

In the American League, the Las Vegas Luck play there first ever game in New Yankee Stadium.

*I'll be playing opening day in PbP mode, because, well, I want to

See THIS POST for all of Los Diablos Rojos firsts

[filihok]

Washington Nationals at Mexico City Diablos Rojos
April 1, 2012

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
     Nationals (WSN) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1    8 12  1
 Diablos Rojos (MEX) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1    4  8  0

WASHINGTON           ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
T. Thomas (2B)        4  2  1  2  2  5  0  0    .500
R. Willits (LF)       4  1  1  1  0  0  1  1    .250
R. Zimmerman (3B)     4  2  1  1  0  0  2  0    .500
D. Raben (RF)         5  1  0  0  0  1  2  0    .200
E. Dukes (CF)         4  1  1  1  0  0  1  1    .250
C. Marrero (1B)       2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 I. Desmond (P)       1  1  1  1  0  1  0  0   1.000
T. Frazier (SS)       5  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .400
J. Mauer (C)          4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .250
C. Balester (P)       2  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .500
 M. Burgess (P)       1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0    .000
 B. League (P)        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
TOTALS               36 12  6  8  2  8  8  2

   2B:  R. Zimmerman (1), T. Frazier (1)
   HR:  T. Thomas 2 (2)
   GIDP:  C. Marrero, T. Frazier

      WASHINGTON   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
     C. Balester  7.0  6  0  1  3  3  3  86   3.86
       B. League  2.0  2  0  1  1  1  1  27   4.50
          TOTALS  9.0  8  0  2  4  4  4 113

MEXICO CITY          ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
T. Tulowitzki (SS)    4  2  0  0  0  1  0  0    .500
P. Polanco (2B)       4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
C. Pettit (LF)        4  1  0  1  0  0  1  0    .250
J. Loney (1B)         4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
A. Craig (3B)         4  2  0  1  1  1  0  0    .500
S. Cousins (RF)       4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
Y. Molina (C)         3  1  0  0  0  1  0  0    .333
 B. Moss (P)          1  1  0  1  1  1  0  0   1.000
I. Snell (P)          2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
 T. Crowe (P)         2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
W. Taveras (CF)       3  1  0  1  0  0  0  0    .333
 L. Pena (P)          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 R. Troncoso (P)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
TOTALS               35  8  0  4  2  4  4  0

   2B:  W. Taveras (1)
   HR:  A. Craig (1), B. Moss (1)

     MEXICO CITY   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
        I. Snell  7.0  9  4  1  4  4  7 130   5.14
         L. Pena  1.0  2  1  1  3  3  1  27  27.00
     R. Troncoso  1.0  1  1  0  1  1  0  17   9.00
          TOTALS  9.0 12  6  2  8  8  8 174

     WP: C. Balester (1-0)
     LP: I. Snell (0-1)

     Temperature: 50F
     Wind: 10 MPH (in from left)
     Attendance: 95,000
     Time: 2:42

Opening Day.MOG

The Las Vegas Luck didn't fare too well either. Losing 7 - 2 in New York

Their first batter Matt Antonelli struck out. Matt Diaz had their first single. 1B Paul Konerko and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia went back-to-back in the 4th. Brad Penny took the loss going 5 and 2/3 innings. Giving up 5 earned runs on 5 hits with 4 walks and 3 strike outs.

[RedsoxRockies]

How did it feel playing against your Nationals???

[filihok]

Some thoughts from our first game

First, it was a lil weird playing against a team that I built. I found myself rooting for the wrong team a couple times. It's hard to see Zimmerman at the plate and think "get this guy out".

Second, The offense-for one game, wasn't TOO out of control. 12 runs scored is only 6 per team. About a run higher than the league average last year.

Third, two inside the park home runs in the same game. It's going to be a wild ride here in Mexico City.

Forth, 95,000 people came to see us. That's exciting. Hopefully we play well enough to keep them coming back.

[filihok]

Let it also be noted that the new Nationals GM has resigned Ryan Zimmerman for 5 years at $10,600,000 a year

[filihok]

NOTE: These write ups are going to be much shorter and less detailed than my Nats dynasty. I'm also going to play a lot faster. If you have any questions, ask, I may answer. I'm also posting the .mog if anyone wants to peek in there.



WOW!!! I didn't expect this. The pitching and defense has vastly exceeded my expectations. Either that or this isn't the hitters park everyone predicted (that's obviously not the case...just look at the park effects. Anyway. A great start. And I'll take it.

The only real negatives. Ian Snell, our ace, hasn't been healthy. Injured twice and only making two starts. Also C Brian Jeroloman is on the DL for the majority of the season.

2012 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Tulowitzki, Troy          MEX   26  .245   106   26   5   2   4   11   25    1   0   15   15  .443  .328
Pettit, Chris             MEX   26  .327   101   33   6   0   3   14   27    1   1   27   11  .475  .405
Cousins, Scott            MEX   26  .258    89   23   6   0   3    8   21    1   1   13   16  .427  .327
Loney, James              MEX   25  .364    99   36   6   0   4    9   20    1   1   18   17  .545  .413
Craig, Allen              MEX   25  .333    96   32   5   0   5    6   21    1   1   12   22  .542  .369
Denker, Travis            MEX   25  .365    85   31   8   0   3    9    9    0   0    9   16  .565  .421
Taveras, Willy            MEX   24  .267   105   28   4   2   0    5   14    5   1   18    8  .343  .306
Molina, Yadier            MEX   21  .295    61   18   3   0   0    9    7    0   0    8    3  .344  .394
Moss, Brandon             MEX   20  .267    30    8   3   1   3    0    7    0   0    5    9  .733  .267
Polanco, Placido          MEX   12  .188    16    3   1   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    2  .250  .188
Pena, Luis                MEX   11  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Jeroloman, Brian          MEX   10  .200    35    7   2   0   1    6   11    0   0    4    1  .343  .317
Manzella, Tommy           MEX    8  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Zagurski, Mike            MEX    7  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

2012 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Swarzak, Anthony          MEX   36.1  2.97    5   5   3   1   0   25    9  9.41
Hochevar, Luke            MEX   33.1  4.86    5   5   3   1   0   22    6 10.53
Adenhart, Nick            MEX   32.0  2.81    5   5   2   0   0   18    8 10.13
Marquez, Jeff             MEX   28.0  2.89    4   4   2   0   0   15    9 10.61
Luebke, Cory              MEX   24.2  5.84    4   4   0   2   0   16    9 15.32
Snell, Ian                MEX   20.2  3.48    4   2   2   1   0   19    9 12.63
Fields, Joshua            MEX   13.1  3.38   14   0   2   0  12   10    3 15.53
Pena, Luis                MEX   11.1  5.56   11   0   2   1   0   14    3 14.29
Troncoso, Ramon           MEX   10.2  1.69    6   0   1   0   0    8    3 10.13
Hernandez, Fernando       MEX   10.1  1.74   12   0   1   0   1    5    5 13.94
Zagurski, Mike            MEX    6.1  7.11    7   0   2   0   0    8    1 11.37
Castillo, Fabio           MEX    6.0  6.00    1   1   0   0   0    5    5 16.50

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[200tang]

Third, two inside the park home runs in the same game. It's going to be a wild ride here in Mexico City.

That may be a strategy you should think about utilizing. Get some guy's who blast a ton of triples in to your lineup and watch the home runs rack up.

Also, a small request, next time could you sort the batting by AB's? Makes it easier for me to browse.

I'm also surprised how well your pitching is doing. The R/9 for the most part is average/good (With the exception being Luebke) so it'll be interesting to see how low they can keep it throughout the year.

[PotatoOfCouch13]

Wait, the White Sox are in first place? WTF? You said we couldn't draft from them!!! I also think I got screwed by playing in a tougher division.

Nice start. Hope you can keep up the lead. And I agree with 200tang: speed, speed, and more speed!

[ewing6]

Tulo is off to bad start nice job 20-6

[JeepGuy63]

At 20-6 ... that is a great start.

[filihok]

RE 200tang: Oops...sorry. Looks like this time I sorted alphabetically. I'M not even happy about that.

RE Potato: They have as much chance of ending the season in first place as I do. Go White Sox!!!

RE Ewing and Jeepguy:see below



Reality strikes in Mexico. After going 20 – 6 in April we reverse course and go 9 – 18 in May.

We are both scoring and giving up less runs than the league average. That’s really good for the pitchers and defense. It is also REALLY bad for the offense.

We’ve had a couple of injuries.

RP Mike Zagurski went to the DL for two-weeks.
CF Willie Taveras joined him and is on the DL for another 2 weeks, and 3 weeks in total.
RF Scott Cousins was on the DL for 2 weeks, and when he came back found he had lost his job to Brandon Moss.

There were a couple of interesting trades in the leage
The Los Angeles Dodgers sent SP Kevin Milwood, P Greg Miller and C Chris Ianetta to the San Diego Padres for RP Joe Thatcher and some crap; Pitchers Steve Garrison and Drew Miller

The Kansas City Royals sent C Buster Posey to Tampa Bay for P Scott Kazmir in a move I came close to overturning, but didn’t.

2012 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Hochevar, Luke            MEX   71.0  4.82   11  11   5   4   0   56   14 10.90
Adenhart, Nick            MEX   65.2  4.11   11  11   3   1   0   40   20 12.06
Swarzak, Anthony          MEX   64.1  4.06   10  10   4   4   0   45   18 11.05
Marquez, Jeff             MEX   58.0  3.72    9   9   3   4   0   33   16 11.95
Snell, Ian                MEX   47.2  3.40    8   6   3   2   0   44   15 11.33
Luebke, Cory              MEX   32.0  4.78    8   4   0   2   0   22   12 14.63
Fields, Joshua            MEX   27.0  3.67   27   0   4   2  13   27    4 13.67
Pena, Luis                MEX   26.1  4.78   24   0   2   2   1   30    8 13.67
Troncoso, Ramon           MEX   24.1  4.07   13   0   1   1   0   17    5 12.58
Castillo, Fabio           MEX   22.2  5.96    6   3   0   2   0   19   10 13.90
Hernandez, Fernando       MEX   21.0  4.29   22   0   2   0   6   10    6 12.43
Zagurski, Mike            MEX   17.1  9.87   18   0   2   0   0   17   10 18.17
Perry, Ryan               MEX    5.0  5.40    3   0   1   0   0    2    4 18.00

2012 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Adenhart, Nick            MEX   11  .105    19    2   0   0   0    1    7    0   0    2    0  .105  .150
Castillo, Fabio           MEX    6  .125     8    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .125  .125
Cousins, Scott            MEX   41  .229   140   32  11   0   4   11   32    1   1   16   26  .393  .288
Craig, Allen              MEX   53  .302   189   57   9   0   5   23   40    1   1   26   29  .429  .377
Crowe, Trevor             MEX   24  .236    55   13   1   0   0    4    9    0   1    2    3  .255  .288
Darnell, James            MEX    3  .154    13    2   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    1  .154  .214
Denker, Travis            MEX   53  .293   191   56  12   0   4   15   32    0   0   18   27  .419  .346
Francisco, Ben            MEX   10  .091    11    1   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    2  .091  .167
Gindl, Caleb              MEX    3  .200    10    2   0   0   0    2    0    0   0    0    0  .200  .333
Hochevar, Luke            MEX   10  .160    25    4   0   0   0    0   11    0   0    1    1  .160  .160
Hosmer, Eric              MEX    2  .125     8    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .125  .125
Jeroloman, Brian          MEX   10  .200    35    7   2   0   1    6   11    0   0    4    1  .343  .317
Johnson, Rob              MEX    6  .222    18    4   1   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .278  .222
Loney, James              MEX   53  .361   208   75  19   0   5   20   34    2   1   37   29  .524  .418
Luebke, Cory              MEX    8  .083    12    1   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    1  .083  .083
Manzella, Tommy           MEX   14  .091    11    1   0   0   0    0    5    0   0    0    0  .091  .091
Marquez, Jeff             MEX    8  .000    17    0   0   0   0    1   10    0   0    1    1  .000  .056
Molina, Yadier            MEX   45  .315   146   46   4   1   3   17   18    0   0   23   12  .418  .394
Moss, Brandon             MEX   45  .283    92   26   9   3   3    6   24    1   0   12   22  .543  .333
Pena, Luis                MEX   24  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Pettit, Chris             MEX   54  .303   228   69  13   1   6   20   51    3   1   42   20  .447  .357
Polanco, Placido          MEX   23  .250    28    7   1   0   0    0    3    1   0    1    4  .286  .276
Snell, Ian                MEX    8  .167    18    3   0   0   0    0    6    0   0    0    2  .167  .167
Swarzak, Anthony          MEX    9  .105    19    2   1   0   0    1   10    0   0    1    2  .158  .150
Taveras, Willy            MEX   43  .255   184   47   7   2   0   17   29    9   4   30   14  .315  .325
Troncoso, Ramon           MEX   13  .000     2    0   0   0   0    2    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .500
Tulowitzki, Troy          MEX   54  .258   229   59  10   3  10   19   44    3   0   31   41  .459  .324
Zagurski, Mike            MEX   18  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

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