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The final week of the season. We're 79 - 79 in 3rd place in the NL West and eliminated from the playoffs.
At least we have something to fight for. A winning record and a batting title for James Loney as we go head-to-head with the Pirates and McCutchen.
Hail to the king, baby.
whoa I like the red.
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RE 200tang Diablos Rojos!!!
September 26
Ian Snell (R) 9 – 11 4.07 at Sean Gallagher (R) 9 – 10 4.39
MEX (80 – 79): 6:11:0
PITT: 1:6:0
James Loney (.355): 0 – 5 1K
Andrew McCutchen (.358): 1 – 3 1 R 1 BB
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September 27
Nick Adenhart (R) 13 – 4 3.88 at Phil Dumatrait (L) 11 – 6 4.29
MEX (80 - 80): 2:8:1
PITT: 4:5:1
James Loney (.355): 1 – 4 1 2B 1 R
Andrew McCutchen (.358): 1 – 4 1 RBI 1 K
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September 28
Fabio Castillo (R) 5 – 8 4.50 at Brad Lincoln (R) 10 – 13 5.48
MEX (80 - 81): 3:9:1
PITT: 5:9:1
James Loney (.352): 0 – 4 1 K
Andrew McCutchen (.357): 1 – 4 1 BB 1 R 1 K
*****
September 29
Luke Hochevar (R) 10 – 10 4.53 at Duke Welker (R) 6 – 6 4.53
MEX (80 - 82): 0:3:0
PITT: 2:4:0
James Loney (.351): 1 – 4 1 K
Andrew McCutchen (.355): 0 - 3
NL Batting Champion: Andrew McCutchen .355
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Even though we finished under .500 and Loney missed out on the batting title, all in all it was a successful first season for Los Diablos Rojos.
A three-way tie between the Braves, Cardinals and D-Backs to end the season was settled with a couple of play-off games:
First, the Cardinals beat the D-Backs 6 – 2, then they beat the Braves 5 – 1.
Obviously a lot of offense with James Loney leading the way. Chris Pettit and Yadier Molina also stood out. Tulowitzki's number look good for a shortstop but we were expecting a bit more with his playing in Foro Sol.Code:2012 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Tulowitzki, Troy MEX 162 .266 657 175 36 6 25 51 130 10 5 95 112 .454 .327 Pettit, Chris MEX 159 .309 669 207 46 5 20 60 140 7 2 116 90 .483 .364 Loney, James MEX 154 .351 572 201 47 2 20 53 96 5 2 89 87 .545 .407 Molina, Yadier MEX 122 .327 407 133 15 2 10 36 44 1 0 57 51 .447 .387 Craig, Allen MEX 120 .297 445 132 27 2 10 47 88 1 1 54 63 .434 .366 Taveras, Willy MEX 119 .285 487 139 17 5 1 30 76 22 6 72 42 .347 .331 Cousins, Scott MEX 117 .250 368 92 24 1 11 34 77 3 1 57 52 .410 .322 Moss, Brandon MEX 105 .238 256 61 18 3 6 17 78 3 0 27 44 .402 .287 Polanco, Placido MEX 102 .293 276 81 9 3 0 19 13 4 0 35 30 .348 .341 Crowe, Trevor MEX 96 .266 233 62 12 1 1 28 42 8 3 27 15 .339 .357 Darnell, James MEX 91 .289 266 77 16 1 9 25 50 0 2 29 53 .459 .349 Fields, Joshua MEX 72 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Denker, Travis MEX 67 .296 260 77 18 0 6 17 37 0 0 29 35 .435 .341 Zagurski, Mike MEX 57 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 Pena, Luis MEX 55 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Manzella, Tommy MEX 48 .233 73 17 1 1 1 4 20 2 1 9 4 .315 .269 Troncoso, Ramon MEX 45 .091 11 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 .091 .286 Jeroloman, Brian MEX 41 .235 98 23 6 1 2 17 28 0 0 13 10 .378 .345 Luebke, Cory MEX 35 .032 31 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 1 .032 .032 Adenhart, Nick MEX 31 .115 61 7 0 0 0 2 23 0 0 4 0 .115 .143 Francisco, Ben MEX 30 .164 55 9 2 0 1 3 15 0 0 8 4 .255 .217 Hochevar, Luke MEX 29 .109 64 7 0 0 0 3 28 0 0 2 1 .109 .149 Snell, Ian MEX 28 .119 59 7 1 0 0 0 20 0 0 1 3 .136 .119 Hosmer, Eric MEX 26 .208 48 10 2 0 1 2 16 0 1 4 10 .313 .240 Swarzak, Anthony MEX 25 .137 51 7 3 0 0 1 21 0 0 2 4 .196 .154 Gindl, Caleb MEX 24 .328 64 21 4 0 1 9 12 0 2 10 2 .438 .419 Mesoraco, Devin MEX 23 .385 78 30 7 1 3 5 9 0 0 10 11 .615 .422 Castillo, Fabio MEX 22 .171 35 6 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 3 .171 .194 Navarro, Reynaldo MEX 20 .262 65 17 3 0 0 2 15 2 2 7 6 .308 .279 Johnson, Rob MEX 19 .200 45 9 1 0 0 2 9 1 0 5 4 .222 .224 Revere, Ben MEX 18 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 .000 .000 Luna, Hector MEX 15 .216 51 11 3 1 1 3 12 1 0 7 9 .373 .259 Marquez, Jeff MEX 14 .077 26 2 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 1 2 .077 .143 Cook, Gerrit MEX 6 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000
Third basemen Allen Craig and James Darnell both put up good numbers in their first big league opportunities.
Young catcher Devin Mesoraco destroyed the ball in a September call-up making a case to be on the big club next year.
Young shortstop Reynaldo Navarro also impressed.
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The pitching exceeded my most optimistic expectations. Two starters managed ERA's under 4.00 and none of my regular starters had ERA's over 5.00. We have 7 starters looking for 5 spots next year. We should be good again.Code:2012 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Hochevar, Luke MEX 203.2 4.42 32 32 10 11 0 147 46 11.00 Adenhart, Nick MEX 189.1 3.85 31 31 13 5 0 122 44 11.36 Snell, Ian MEX 179.2 3.96 29 27 10 11 0 171 43 10.67 Swarzak, Anthony MEX 164.0 4.34 27 27 10 10 0 137 38 11.30 Castillo, Fabio MEX 112.0 4.82 24 21 5 9 0 114 35 12.29 Luebke, Cory MEX 108.1 5.32 35 8 2 6 0 69 29 13.71 Marquez, Jeff MEX 87.1 4.74 15 15 4 8 0 51 24 13.40 Fields, Joshua MEX 76.1 3.66 72 0 7 7 13 74 14 12.73 Troncoso, Ramon MEX 70.2 4.97 45 0 1 2 1 47 19 13.50 Hernandez, Fernando MEX 61.2 4.09 66 0 7 3 16 50 16 12.41 Pena, Luis MEX 55.1 6.34 55 0 3 5 9 59 19 15.29 Zagurski, Mike MEX 54.0 5.67 57 1 3 2 2 64 28 14.00 Perry, Ryan MEX 49.1 5.29 40 0 3 2 0 42 24 14.59 Hernandez, Robert MEX 13.1 9.45 9 0 1 1 0 9 5 18.23 Kunz, Eddie MEX 9.0 4.00 9 0 0 0 0 6 5 13.00 Ramirez, Neil MEX 7.2 9.39 7 0 1 0 0 5 5 12.91 Andrew, Sim MEX 1.1 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Crean, Kenny MEX 1.0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
The bullpen also performed well. Josh Fields was very hard to hit and Ramon Troncoso stood out as well.
Troy Tulowitzki won a Gold Glove for his play at short. I thought Chris Pettit had a shot at one as well. I tried to be very conscious of putting together a good defensive team knowing that limiting runners and runs would be paramount in the new stadium. They guys with the gloves deserve as much credit as the guys throwing the ball from the mound.Code:2012 Fielding Team G PCT A PO DP E RF A/G InnOuts PB SBA RTO Pettit, Chris MEX 157 .989 10 255 0 3 1.74 0.06 4147 0 0 0 Tulowitzki, Troy MEX 156 .987 516 238 107 10 5.05 3.34 4085 0 0 0 Loney, James MEX 143 .999 102 1324 103 2 10.39 0.71 3711 0 0 0 Taveras, Willy MEX 119 .990 3 187 0 2 1.75 0.03 2970 0 0 0 Craig, Allen MEX 113 .943 217 98 21 19 3.07 1.95 2936 0 0 0 Molina, Yadier MEX 111 .999 25 769 4 1 7.63 0.22 2814 3 46 13 Cousins, Scott MEX 93 .993 3 149 0 1 1.71 0.03 2420 0 0 0 Polanco, Placido MEX 81 .994 205 109 47 2 4.81 2.98 1775 0 0 0 Fields, Joshua MEX 72 .947 13 5 2 1 2.24 0.18 229 0 0 0 Hernandez, Fernando MEX 66 .933 9 5 0 1 2.19 0.14 185 0 0 0 Darnell, James MEX 65 .955 103 110 8 10 3.87 1.90 1554 0 0 0 Denker, Travis MEX 65 .980 200 136 43 7 5.63 3.08 1644 0 0 0 Zagurski, Mike MEX 57 1.000 5 4 1 0 1.50 0.09 162 0 0 0 Moss, Brandon MEX 56 .992 7 122 4 1 2.52 0.02 1395 0 0 0 Crowe, Trevor MEX 55 .965 1 110 0 4 2.28 0.02 1362 0 0 0 Pena, Luis MEX 55 1.000 8 7 1 0 2.44 0.15 166 0 0 0 Manzella, Tommy MEX 45 .989 60 28 7 1 4.70 1.13 511 0 0 0 Troncoso, Ramon MEX 45 .944 11 6 1 1 2.29 0.24 212 0 0 0 Perry, Ryan MEX 40 .917 6 5 2 1 2.19 0.15 148 0 0 0 Luebke, Cory MEX 35 1.000 8 16 3 0 1.99 0.23 325 0 0 0 Jeroloman, Brian MEX 33 .995 6 204 1 1 7.91 0.19 720 0 12 2 Hochevar, Luke MEX 32 1.000 20 10 0 0 1.33 0.63 611 0 0 0 Adenhart, Nick MEX 31 .913 22 20 5 4 2.19 0.71 568 0 0 0 Snell, Ian MEX 29 .973 22 14 2 1 1.85 0.76 539 0 0 0 Swarzak, Anthony MEX 27 .970 26 6 2 1 1.81 0.96 492 0 0 0 Castillo, Fabio MEX 24 .905 12 7 3 2 1.69 0.50 336 0 0 0 Gindl, Caleb MEX 22 .941 0 32 0 2 1.97 0.00 465 0 0 0 Mesoraco, Devin MEX 20 1.000 4 138 0 0 7.59 0.20 505 1 14 3 Navarro, Reynaldo MEX 20 .963 53 25 13 3 4.35 2.74 503 0 0 0 Johnson, Rob MEX 17 1.000 2 89 0 0 7.88 0.12 312 0 9 2 Marquez, Jeff MEX 15 .931 18 9 4 2 2.99 1.20 262 0 0 0 Francisco, Ben MEX 13 .955 2 19 1 1 2.13 0.14 279 0 0 0 Luna, Hector MEX 13 .981 37 15 6 1 4.43 2.50 323 0 0 0 Hosmer, Eric MEX 11 .983 5 53 7 1 9.16 0.50 174 0 0 0 Revere, Ben MEX 10 1.000 0 4 0 0 2.25 0.00 48 0 0 0 Hernandez, Robert MEX 9 1.000 2 2 1 0 2.70 0.22 40 0 0 0 Kunz, Eddie MEX 9 1.000 2 1 0 0 3.00 0.22 27 0 0 0 Ramirez, Neil MEX 7 1.000 0 1 0 0 1.17 0.00 23 0 0 0 Crean, Kenny MEX 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3 0 0 0 Cook, Gerrit MEX 1 1.000 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 3 0 0 0 Andrew, Sim MEX 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4 0 0
We averaged 88,000+ fans for our home games, selling out 41 games. We finished in the black for the season making a profit of $7 million while investing heavily in our future-Farm and Scouting.
We did have the league’s lowest payroll, by a significant margin. So, we’ll need to continue bringing the fans in to remain financially viable. (Remember, I’ll be dropping the Fan Base by 5% for both the Diablos Rojos and the Luck)
Most importantly, we finished with a better record than our co-expansioners, the Luck (70 – 92).
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Las Vegas Luck
Code:2012 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Antonelli, Matt LVG 156 .243 647 157 29 1 21 74 124 13 6 105 86 .388 .322 DeJesus, David LVG 148 .283 534 151 22 5 8 63 74 6 4 74 62 .388 .369 Lewis, Fred LVG 146 .275 524 144 25 2 21 71 107 7 3 95 74 .450 .370 Paul, Xavier LVG 143 .287 527 151 25 0 18 53 125 10 3 86 71 .436 .361 Konerko, Paul LVG 140 .274 529 145 21 0 23 52 97 1 1 60 83 .444 .343 Ruiz, Carlos LVG 115 .251 435 109 27 3 14 34 57 4 2 55 47 .423 .320 Reynolds, Mark LVG 98 .274 383 105 22 2 20 41 97 1 0 53 81 .499 .348 Diaz, Matt LVG 87 .304 359 109 13 2 6 12 53 2 1 35 41 .401 .324 Renteria, Edgar LVG 86 .264 295 78 9 2 6 31 47 2 2 36 33 .369 .336 D'Antona, Jamie LVG 80 .275 306 84 18 3 7 23 46 0 0 43 30 .422 .322 Middlebrooks, Will LVG 73 .266 256 68 14 1 8 17 54 1 0 37 36 .422 .326 Alonso, Yonder LVG 66 .213 249 53 13 0 11 22 30 0 0 31 34 .398 .283 Shields, Scot LVG 55 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 Saltalamacchia, Jarrod LVG 44 .292 168 49 8 3 12 12 26 0 0 24 34 .589 .348 Velez, Eugenio LVG 20 .270 37 10 4 0 0 4 7 4 2 9 4 .378 .349 Cuddyer, Michael LVG 19 .342 73 25 6 0 3 2 14 1 0 13 14 .548 .360 Jay, Jon LVG 18 .338 68 23 2 0 0 6 10 2 1 13 9 .368 .400 Barton, Brian LVG 12 .348 23 8 2 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 2 .435 .400 Culberson, Charlie LVG 12 .125 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 Diaz, Robinzon LVG 10 .211 19 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .211 .211 Abercrombie, Reggie LVG 10 .214 28 6 1 1 1 0 12 1 0 4 3 .429 .241 Smith, Seth LVG 10 .278 36 10 3 0 2 3 5 0 0 4 6 .528 .325 Steiner, Jeff LVG 5 .238 21 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .333 .238 Gwynn, Tony LVG 5 .364 11 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .364 .417 Marte, Andy LVG 5 .150 20 3 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .250 .150 Johnson, Josh LVG 5 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Beavan, Blake LVG 3 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Penny, Brad LVG 2 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Jurrjens, Jair LVG 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Weeks, Jemile LVG 1 .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 Cedeno, Ronny LVG 1 .500 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.500 .667 Blanton, Joe LVG 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Code:2012 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Beavan, Blake LVG 192.2 5.37 32 31 12 11 0 168 73 13.64 Jurrjens, Jair LVG 189.1 4.85 30 30 8 14 0 124 60 13.02 Blanton, Joe LVG 188.0 5.65 29 29 8 13 0 112 60 12.59 Penny, Brad LVG 181.0 6.41 34 34 8 18 0 116 86 15.07 Johnson, Josh LVG 118.2 5.61 22 19 8 9 0 111 51 13.73 McBride, Macay LVG 101.2 3.98 67 0 9 6 2 94 40 11.33 Floyd, Gavin LVG 68.0 6.35 15 11 5 5 0 53 32 13.50 Shields, Scot LVG 67.1 4.28 55 0 2 4 5 63 42 15.91 Lyon, Brandon LVG 62.1 3.75 56 0 4 1 3 42 19 11.98 Morillo, Juan LVG 55.1 4.39 48 0 2 6 21 64 35 13.01 Enright, Barry LVG 54.0 5.17 10 6 2 1 0 33 15 13.17 Walker, Matt LVG 41.1 3.92 30 2 1 1 0 26 24 15.02 Whelan, Kevin LVG 14.0 8.36 9 0 0 0 0 14 13 17.36 Parrish, John LVG 2.1 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 19.29 Litsch, Jesse LVG 1.0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 54.00
Hail to the king, baby.
Wow the Lucks pitching was just terrible and it looks like they had a nice amount of injuries. Things are looking good for you though; is anybody up for ARB/FA this year?
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You win this round, fili...
Maybe a team nickname change to something more menacing will provide more wins. How about the Lions? Or Maulers? Or Trannies?
Hail to the king, baby.
That is possibly the smartest GM move everOriginally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13
I would vote for the Lions out of those.
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Las Vegas Luck Gamble on Name CHANGE
Citing the 2008 Tampa Rays as precedent, the Las Vegas Luck have announced they are changing their name in an attempt to shed their losing ways.
Said team owner, Frank Fertita:
"We are cutting ties with that old name, the Luck. Unfortunately luck sometimes goes both ways. We want our new name to reflect that we are firmly committed to a singular focus. I am proud to announce that the new name of the Las Vegas Major League Baseball franchise is...the Trannies"
RE Potato: There you go, best of...uhh...luck. It's good to see that your interest in and influence on the team didn't end when the expansion draft did.
RE 200tang: That's coming up in the next post
NL Awards
MVP: St. Louis CF Colby Rasmus: .300/.407/.567 31 HR 110 RBI 12 SB Gold Glove
CY Young: Los Angeles SP Clayton Kerhsaw: 16 – 5 3.20 ERA 34 GS 216 IP 234 K 3.16 DICE
Rookie: New York LF Fernando Martinez: .287/.361/.478 24 HR 82 RBI
AL Awards
MVP: Tampa Rays OF BJ Upton: .292/.389/.551 39 HR 138 RBI 22 SB All-Star and World Series MVP
CY Young: Tampa Rays SP David Price: 21 – 6 3.88 ERA 32 GS 215.2 IP 155 K 3.88 DICE
Rookie: Detroit Tigers 1B Brian Prater: .255/.336/.435 27 HR 104 RBI
Hail to the king, baby.
Well if they don't succeed this year then the failure lie squarely on the shoulders of POC now.
Also, WOW DAVID PRICE, A Cy Young with a 3.88 ERA and 155K in 215.2IP? Be grateful for your 21 wins ><. Either the wins pushed him over the edge or the AL had some ridiculously weak pitching.
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RE 200tang:Price was 6th in the league. Philip Humber 3.10, Francisco Lirano 3.18, James McDonald 3.19, Brett Sinkbeil 3.31, Fautino de los Santos 3.64.
His teammate James Shields had 18 wins, Gil Meche was 3rd with 17
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The following players’ contracts are expiring at the end of the season:
2B Placido Polanco asked for 2 years and $4,500,000. Travis Denker played well before getting injured and I’ll make an $8 million gamble that he’ll play well again. Not resigned.Code:P Roster Player Name Salary Years PlyOpt TeamOpt Arb F/A MLB Service 2B Bench Polanco, P. $3,250,000 1 None None No Yes 13 years, 160 days SS (AAA) Luna, Hector $600,000 1 None None No Yes 6 years, 103 days LF (AAA) Francisco, Ben $33,300 Arb '13 None None Yes No 2 years, 143 days RF RF Cousins, Scott $420,000 Arb '12 None None Yes No 3 years, 77 days SP St#2 Hochevar, Luke $2,300,000 1 None None Yes No 4 years, 148 days RP Short Zagurski, Mike $1,000,000 1 None None Yes No 3 years, 111 days
RF Scott Cousins asked for $3,750,000 which seems pretty high for a guy who couldn’t hit for most of the season. We counter with $2.75 million citing his poor offensive stats in a hitters park. The arbitrator agrees with us.
LF Ben Francisco thinks that his 55 at bats warrant a raise to $1,150,000. We disagree, thinking maybe half of that sounds reasonable. The arbitrator, Francisco’s cousin, agrees with Ben.
2B Hector Luna asks for a threefold raise after appearing in 15 games. We wish him the best.
SP Luke Hochevar also wants to triple his $2.3 million salary, asking for $7.25 million. Luke had a good year and we offer $6.25. We win.
RP Mike Zagurski won a million dollars in arbitration last year after posting a 7+ ERA. When he asks for $2.45 this year we get nervous and counter with a higher than anticipated $1.75 million. We ‘win’ this one as well.
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Signed OF Ichiro Suzuki for 2 years at $5.8 million a year. At 39 Ichiro is almost assuredly past his peak but should still be a productive player. He hit .325/.376/.417 last year and still has Gold Glove caliber defense. His ability to spray the ball all around the field, speed, and outstanding defense make him a perfect fit for Foro Sol. I was this close [ ] to picking him in the expansion draft last year, but had $17 million reasons not to. For about a third of that, we welcome Ichiro to Mexico with open arms.
In an unrelated move, CF Willie Taveras was traded to the Mets for 1B John Dewarrenne-20 (58). Dewarrenne is a rare right-handed batter with an exceptional eye. We'll see if he develops the power for the position as his defensive skills won't allow a move to any other position.
Song of Solomon 5:4
I didn't know DarthJaker worked with Las Vegas.
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TO ALL:
The new nickname of the Las Vegas franchise was not inspired by our friend DJ. It was merely one of the finalists to convey a more menacing image for our franchise.
The Trannies apoligize for any confusion, and any irreparable damage to DJ's reputation.
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