Arizona Diamondbacks: 1998 Expansion!

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Background Info:

Since 1946, this state has been the host of Spring Training baseball. A attempt to land a MLB team to the state was mounted by Elyse Doherty and Martin Stone, owners of the AAA Phoneix Firebirds, the affilate of the San Fransisco Giants. Stone approached Bill Bidwell, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals football team, and proposed to share a dome that could seat 70,000. Instead Bidwell shared a lease with ASU to use Sun Devil Stadium. In Fall of 1993, Jerry Colangelo owner of the Phoneix Suns, announced to assemble a group, Arizona Baseball Inc, to apply for a MLB team.

Colangelo's group was certain they would earn a team, so they held a name-the-team-contest, and the winner was 'Diamondbacks'. Plans soon followed for a retractable roof stadium named Bank One Ballpark. On March 9, 1995, Colangelo's group was awarded a franchise and a $130 million fee was paid to MLB.

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TEAM HISTORY:

1998: (59-103) 5th NL West

TEAM AVG: .244
TEAM ERA: 4.68
Runs Scored: 595
Runs Against: 820

ALL STARS:

1998: (1B) David Segui

AWARDS

1998: None

FRANCHISE RECORDS/1998 TEAM LEADERS:

   FRANCHISE LEADERS
Games:           Segui/Eisenrich (153) - 1998
Batting Average: David Segui (.302)    - 1998
Hits:            Jim Eisenrich (156)   - 1998
Runs:            Tim Raines (70)       - 1998
Doubles:         David Segui (30)      - 1998
Triples:         Tim Raines   (6)      - 1998
Homeruns:        David Segui  (22)     - 1998
RBI's:           David Segui  (90)     - 1998
Stolen Bases:    Tim Raines   (20)     - 1998
Walks:           David Segui  (70)     - 1998
OBP:             David Segui  (.385)   - 1998
SLG:             David Segui  (.494)   - 1998
 
Wins:            Hershiser/Hernandez (9) - 1998
Losses:          David Wells        (19) - 1998
ERA:             Orel Hershiser   (3.74) - 1998 
Complete Games:  David Wells         (4) - 1998
Saves:           Alan Embree        (20) - 1998
Walks:           Livan Hernandez    (86) - 1998 
Strikeouts:      Livan Hernandez   (145) - 1998

1998 Stats:

1998 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Boone, Aaron              ARI   14  .235    34    8   2   0   1    4    6    0   1    3    1  .382  .333
Brown, Emil               ARI   10  .087    23    2   0   0   0    2    4    0   0    0    1  .087  .160
Brumfield, Jacob          ARI   55  .262   149   39   8   3   1   16   27   10   2   25   10  .376  .337
Castillo, Tony            ARI   55  .000     7    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   29  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Counsell, Craig           ARI   88  .191   194   37   8   1   0   30   39    4   2   19   17  .242  .319
D'Amico, Jeff             ARI    2  .500     2    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .500  .500
Decker, Steve             ARI   11  .200    30    6   1   0   0    3    3    0   0    1    2  .233  .273
Dreifort, Darren          ARI   40  .156    32    5   1   0   1    0   15    0   0    1    3  .281  .156
Eisenreich, Jim           ARI  153  .284   549  156  28   3   8   44   67    3   3   63   67  .390  .337
Embree, Alan              ARI   55  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Fabregas, Jorge           ARI  106  .248   343   85   7   1   8   19   41    1   0   37   39  .344  .288
Halter, Shane             ARI   40  .148    54    8   3   0   1    8   18    0   0    5    6  .259  .266
Hansen, Dave              ARI  107  .245   245   60  12   0   2   38   45    0   0   24   20  .318  .349
Henderson, Rickey         ARI  107  .236   259   61   4   1   5   51   46   18   3   36   28  .317  .359
Hershiser, Orel           ARI   32  .082    61    5   1   0   0    3   28    0   0    4    5  .098  .123
Hernandez, Livan          ARI   31  .254    59   15   2   0   0    0    7    0   0    6    5  .288  .254
Heredia, Gil              ARI   62  .222     9    2   1   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .333  .222
Hermanson, Dustin         ARI   14  .000     0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0   0    0    0  .000 1.000
Incaviglia, Pete          ARI   96  .196   260   51  15   0  10   29   87    1   0   25   44  .369  .286
Jordan, Ricardo           ARI   12  .500     2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .500  .500
Klassen, Danny            ARI    2  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lidle, Cory               ARI   48  .348    23    8   2   0   0    0    8    0   0    1    1  .435  .348
Livingstone, Scott        ARI  104  .241   344   83  12   1   7   23   48    1   0   35   37  .343  .291
Nunez, Vladimir           ARI    6  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Overbay, Lyle             ARI    8  .167     6    1   0   0   0    1    1    0   0    0    0  .167  .286
Palmeiro, Orlando         ARI  144  .257   482  124  17   2   2   64   52    5  10   57   45  .313  .347
Raines, Tim               ARI  114  .254   410  104  18   6  10   44   45   20   4   74   39  .400  .336
Reboulet, Jeff            ARI   27  .154    52    8   1   0   0    4   15    1   0    7    4  .173  .214
Reed, Jeff                ARI   54  .223   197   44   4   0   4   16   46    1   0   19   19  .305  .282
Rijo, Jose                ARI   28  .170    47    8   0   0   0    2   14    0   0    2    3  .170  .204
Ripken, Billy             ARI   36  .204   113   23   2   0   0    2   22    0   0    7    7  .221  .222
Segui, David              ARI  153  .302   510  154  30   1  22   70   90    3   2   61   90  .494  .385
Sojo, Luis                ARI  134  .269   487  131  20   4   5   25   28    4   3   53   40  .357  .308
Tremie, Chris             ARI   10  .345    29   10   0   1   0    4    7    0   0    2    0  .414  .424
Walker, Jamie             ARI   45  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Weiss, Walt               ARI  119  .234   398   93  14   2   0   49   61    8   3   39   29  .279  .325
Wells, David              ARI   31  .102    59    6   1   0   0    3   18    0   0    1    1  .119  .145

1998 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    8.2  2.08    9   0   1   0   7    6    5
Castillo, Tony            ARI   59.2  4.68   55   0   3   3   3   36   25 13.73
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   38.2  5.82   29   0   2   4   0   15   15 16.06
D'Amico, Jeff             ARI    5.2  1.59    2   0   0   0   0    5    1  3.18
Dreifort, Darren          ARI  125.1  3.88   41  15   4   8   1  114   49 11.99
Embree, Alan              ARI   47.1  5.13   55   0   2   6  20   37   36 18.25
Hershiser, Orel           ARI  202.0  3.74   33  33   9  12   0  131   58 11.45
Hernandez, Livan          ARI  203.0  4.83   33  33   9  17   0  145   86 12.77
Heredia, Gil              ARI   90.2  3.38   62   0   5   3   3   54   30 12.01
Hermanson, Dustin         ARI   19.2  8.69   14   0   1   2   0   22    8 18.31
Jordan, Ricardo           ARI   15.2  8.04   12   0   0   0   0   10    9 17.23
Koplove, Mike             ARI    6.1  7.11    5   0   0   1   0    2    3 15.63
Lidle, Cory               ARI  109.2  4.60   49   2   5   5   1   72   41 13.46
Nagy, Charles             ARI  104.2  5.42   18  18   4  10   0   61   30 
Nunez, Vladimir           ARI    8.0  6.75    6   0   0   1   0    9    6 19.13
Rijo, Jose                ARI  168.0  5.09   30  30   7  12   0  125   80 13.77
Walker, Jamie             ARI   44.0  5.52   45   0   2   0   0   27   17 14.73
Wells, David              ARI  191.0  4.71   31  31   5  19   0  139   42 11.50

[phillies999]

Hey guys, just wanted to thank you for reading this. My last dynasty I did, the Oregon Mauraders, was going pretty well but school and life got in the way. Now that it's summer, I should be able to put some time into this.

Rules

Basic House rules for the most part, keep it realistic.
Mizerak's negotatior, for free agents and such.

Other info

Difficulty: Mogul
Version: 12.12
Fan Loyalty is Set on 'A' because fan loyalty was set at 'D' and expansion teams usually draw well

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March 5, 1995
Major League Baseball Comes to Arizona!

For over 40 years, Arizona has been site of numerous spring training teams, and some minor league teams. After a long wait, Arizona will get its very own baseball team in the Phoneix area. Along with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Diamondbacks are a expansion franchise and MLB estimates that by 1998 the 2 teams will begin play.

April 2, 1996
AL or NL?

As of right now, MLB currently has 28 MLB teams with 14 in the American League, and 14 in the National League. With Tampa Bay in the American League, owners of MLB want the Diamondbacks to play in the American League West to even the league out. However, Colangelo disagrees, "If we play in the National League West, we will have closer proximites with other teams. Think about it, you get some rivarlies with Arizona tourism to San Diego, our Firebirds team was a affilate with the San Fransisco Giants, and Dodgers, Giants and Padres were broadcasted in our area."

April 16, 1996
Offical team name: Arizona Diamondbacks

After a series of discussions debating whether to call the team the Phoneix Diamondbacks or the Arizona Diamondacks, Colangelo decided to go with a state-wide fan base and choose Arizona. Fans in the Phoneix area are not pleased by this, and feel that the team will have a "small market" feel.

May 12, 1996
Diamondbacks select spring-training home, AAA affilate

Tucson, Arizona's second largest city has been chosen as the spring-training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks as well as their high minor-league affilate. Other deals have been struck such as Radio and Televison contracts in Flagstaff, and Las Vegas and other surrounding areas.

August 25, 1996
Diamondbacks select other towns for Minor-League affilates

The Arizona Diamondbacks have finished selecting towns for their Minor-League affilates. Mobile, has been placed in the AA Southern League. Visalia, has been placed in the A California League's North Divison. Missoula, has been placed in the Rookie League's Pioneer League, in the North Divison. The minor-league teams for the Arizona Diamondbacks are all set to begin in 1997.

November 6, 1997
Milwaukee Brewers volunteer to move to National League

After Bud Selig has offered the Kansas City Royals to move to the NL, who declined, the Milwaukee Brewers have volunteered to move from the AL Central to the NL Central. The move sets the Diamondbacks to play in the NL West, with 16 teams in the National League and 14 in the National League.

November 17, 1997
Diamondbacks to have first pick in MLB Expansion Draft

The MLB Expansion Draft is set to begin tommorow, and Arizona has won the coin-toss to select the first pick. Colangelo has not given info on what he wants in the draft. Sources say he is looking to build a offensive team.

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1998 EXPANSION DRAFT

With the first pick of the expansion draft, the Diamondbacks went with starting pitcher David Wells. David is a workhorse with a good curve and excellent command at the plate. Last season he picked up 16 wins, with a 4.21 era. He is espected to be the ace of the club, and will start opening day. In a phone interview with the press, David has said "I'm excited to pitch for a new team. There's a little pressure on me though because I'm starting a tradition that will contiune for many years."

During the rest of the draft, the club has chosen mostly veterans, and aging players. Rickey Henderson has been chosen in the 8th round, with 1,231 stolen bases. Tim Raines with 2,439 base hits. Orel Hershiser with 179 wins under his belt. The team average player's age on the team is around 30 years old, making them the oldest team in the National League. The payroll of the team has not been disclosed, but is said to be around $28 million.

1. (SP) David Wells - NYY
2. (SP) Livan Hernandez - FLA
3. (1B) David Segui - MON
4. (SP) Orel Hershiser - CLE
5. (SP) Charles Nagy - CLE
6. (SP) Jose Rigo - CIN
7. (CF) Orlando Palmerio - ANA
8. (LF) Rickey Henderson - ANA
9. (SP) Darren Dreifort - LAD
10. (RF) Pete Incaviglia - PIT
11. (3B) Scott Livingstone - STL
12. (RP) Alan Embree - ATL
13. (C) Jorge Fabregas - CHW
14. (SP) Geremi Gonzalez - (CHC)
15. (SS) Walt Weiss - (COL)
16. (3B) Aaron Boone - (CIN)
17. (SP) Jeff D'Amico - (MIL)
18. (SP) Cory Lidle - (NYM)
19. (2B) Jeff Reboulet - (BAL)
20. (RP) Paul Assenmacher - (CLE)
21. (C) Jeff Reed - (COL)
22. (LF) Emil Brown - (PIT)
23. (LF) Tim Raines - (NYY)
24. (CF) Gabe Kapler - (DET)
25. (2B) Shane Halter - (KCR)
26. (SP) Dustin Hermanson - (MON)
27. (RP) Gil Heredia - (TEX)
28. (LF) Jim Eisenrich - (FLA)
29. (RP) Rheal Cormier - (MON)
30. (2B) Luis Sojo - (NYY)
31. (SP) Jaret Wright - (CLE)
32. (CF) Jacob Brumfield - (TOR)
33. (RP) Tony Castillo - (CHW)
34. (C) Steve Decker - (COL)
35. (SS) Billy Ripken - (TEX)

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[PotatoOfCouch13]

Maybe you should've named them the Arizona Retirees...

Good luck with your first season!

[phillies999]

POC: Haha! Thanks, we're gonna need it!

1998 Arizona Diamondbacks

CATCHERS

Jeff Reed (.297, 17 HR, 47 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $1.6 M until FA 1999
CAREER (.248, 45 HR, 231 RBI)

Reed had a career year last year, and has struggled with injuries during his career. If he stays healthy, he has a good eye and can call a ball game behind the plate.

Jorge Fabregas (.280, 7 HR, 41 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $680 K until Arb. 1998
CAREER (.267, 10 HR, 115 RBI)

Fabregas can pick up hits, but not consistently. He has a great arm behind the plate thats strong and quick, so he has some value.

INFIELDERS

(1B) David Segui (.307, 21 HR, 68 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $2.45 M until FA 2001
CAREER (.279, 69 HR, 351 RBI)

Segui makes nice contact with the ball, and has gap-to-gap power. He also doesn't make many mistakes out in the field.

(2B) Luis Sojo (.307, 2 HR, 25 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $650 K until FA 1998
CAREER (.265, 27 HR, 185 RBI)

Sojo is a spray hitter, and can play average defense. This will be his first season as a starter.

(SS) Walt Weiss (.270, 4 HR, 38 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $1.8 M until FA 1999
CAREER (.258, 23 HR, 312 RBI)

Weiss can get on base thanks to his ability to take pitches. Other then that, he can get some hits every now and then.

(3B) Scott Livingstone (.164, 0 HR, 6 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $720 K until FA 1998
CAREER (.287, 17 HR, 165 RBI)

Livingstone makes solid contact with the ball, and thats all I need from a third baseman.

(IF) Jeff Reboulet (.237, 4 HR, 27 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $360 K until FA 1998
CAREER (.246, 13 HR, 127 RBI)

Reboulet is a lousy hitter, but plays the infield pretty well.

(IF) Shane Halter (.276, 2 HR, 10 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $190 K until Arb. 1999
CAREEER (.276, 2 HR, 10 RBI)

Halter broke in the bigs last year at age 27 and did pretty good. Our scouts aren't too high on him though. Halter plays average defense and may struggle to make contact.

OUTFIELDERS

(LF) Tim Raines (.321, 4 HR, 38 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $1.9 M until FA 1999
CAREER (.296, 159 HR, 900 RBI)

Even though Raines is 38 years old, he'll still make excellent contact, steal bases and play great defense. We'll just to use him carefully and make sure we don't hurt him.

(CF) Orlando Palmerio (.216, 0 HR, 8 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $193 K until Arb. 1998
CAREER (.253, 0 HR, 15 RBI)

Palmerio is really good at getting on base, with excellent plate discipline. He's a pretty good fielder too and reads the hit pretty well.

(RF) Pete Incaviglia (.246, 5 HR, 12 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $710 K until FA 1998
CAREER (.247, 206 HR, 653 RBI)

Incaviglia is a strong athlete that hits tape-measure homeruns, but picks up a lot of strikeouts at the same time. Incaviglia will probably hit for a mediocre average and play atrocious defense.

(OF) Rickey Henderson (.183, 2 HR, 7 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $1.2 M until FA 1999
CAREER (.286, 252 HR, 921 RBI)

Henderson is slowly starting the decline of his career, but will still get on base. He still has fast speed at age 39.

(OF) Jacob Brumfield (.207, 2 HR, 20 RBI) CONTRACT STATUS: $490 K until FA 1998
CAREER (.259, 30 HR, 142 RBI)

Brumfield is a fast runner, and is gifted with a great arm. But, he sucks at hitting and will be placed on the bench.

ROTATION

David Wells (16-10, 4.21 ERA, 156 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $2.55 M until FA 1999
CAREER (106-85, 4.02 ERA, 1078 K)

Wells is a workhorse with excellent command of the plate. He has a great curve and a 2-seamer with good movement.

Orel Hershiser (14-6, 4.47 ERA, 107 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $2.1 M until FA 1999
CAREER (179-123, 3.25 ERA, 1786 K)

Hershiser is aging, and won't pitch like he did in the 80's. He will still put for average numbers, and still has the ability to induce ground-balls.

Charles Nagy (15-11, 4.28 ERA, 179 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $2 M until FA 2000
CAREER (89-65, 3.93 ERA, 897 K)

Nagy is a workhorse with many tricks in his bag. He features 6 pitches, and his sinker and slurve have the best movement among the 6.

Jose Rijo (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $1.25 M until FA 1998
CAREER (111-87, 3.16 ERA, 1556 K)

Rijo has been hampered with injuries and has not pitched since 1995. But, he's fought back his way into the bigs. We're going to monitor him very carefully.

Livan Hernandez (9-3, 3.18 ERA, 72 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $197 K until Arb. 1999
CAREER (9-3, 3.08 ERA, 74 K)

Hernandez is one of our future aces. Hernandez features a 95 mph fastball but it needs more movement.

BULLPEN

Darren Dreifort (5-2, 2.86 ERA, 63 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $550 K until Arb. 1998
CAREER (6-11, 4.12 ERA, 109 K)

Dreifort is our mop-up man, and is here in case Rijo struggles. Dreifort has good velocity on his pitches, and picks up strikeouts.

Gil Heredia (2-5, 5.89 ERA, 43 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $510 K until Arb. 1998
CAREER (19-21, 4.34 ERA, 254 K)

Heredia has nice command, but throws too soft. He gives up too many hits and his only good pitch is his fastball.

Rheal Cormier (0-1, 33.75 ERA, 0 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $318 K until FA 1999
CAREER (38-39, 4.18 ERA, 425 K)

Cormier was a starter and struggled, so he's been moved to the 'pen. He has pretty average stuff and relies on his defense.

Tony Castillo (4-4, 4.91 ERA, 42 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $640 K until FA 1998
CAREER (27-21, 3.71 ERA, 319 K)

Castillo has health issues and has average command of the plate. It's a good thing he's a lefty or he wouldn't have a spot on our team.

Alan Embree (3-1, 2.54 ERA, 45 K) CONTRACT STATUS: $300 K until Arb. 1998
CAREER (7-6, 4.74 ERA, 113 K)

Embree has a decent fastball and doesn't throw it consistently for strikes.

Paul Assenmacher (5-0, 2.94 ERA, 53 K)
CAREER (57-38, 3.35 ERA, 735 K)

Assenmacher is the best pitcher in our 'pen. He has a nice curve with average movement, and has some experience as a closer with 53 saves.

The Minors

[phillies999]

Predicting the 1998 Baseball Season

NL East:

1. Atlanta Braves (106-56)
2. New York Mets (84-78)
3. Florida Marlins (80-82)
4. Philadelphia Phillies (76-86)
5. Montreal Expos (65-97)

NL Central:

1. Houston Astros (91-71)
2. Milwaukee Brewers (81-81)
3. St. Louis Cardinals (80-82)
4. Chicago Cubs (79-83)
5. Pittsburgh Pirates (67-95)
6. Cincinnati Reds (65-97)

NL West:

1. San Fransisco Giants (90-72)
2. San Diego Padres (90-72)
3. Los Angeles Dodgers (87-75)
4. Colorado Rockies (82-80)
5. Arizona Diamondbacks (75-87)

AL East:

1. Toronto Blue Jays (95-67)
2. Boston Red Sox (93-69)
3. Baltimore Orioles (91-71)
4. New York Yankees (89-73)
5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (64-98)

AL Central:

1. Cleveland Indians (89-73)
2. Kansas City Royals (77-85)
3. Chicago White Sox (72-90)
4. Minnesota Twins (71-91)
5. Detroit Tigers (65-97)

AL West:

1. Seattle Mariners (95-67)
2. Anahiem Angels (83-79)
3. Texas Rangers (80-82)
4. Oakland Athletics (72-90)

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Diamondbacks lose Franchise Opener
Raul Mondesi homerun in 6th inning blows game open



A sold-out crows of 48,500 attended the Bob for the Diamondbacks' first game ever. Many of the fans were there to follow the team, some just wanted to be there and part of history, and some were Dodger fans. A opening day ceremony was held announcing the rosters for the opposing teams. Standing ovations were held for Tim Raines, and Rickey Henderson. After the national anthem was played, the game was underway.

The Diamondbacks would start their season off well, as David Wells pitched a scoreless inning. Walt Weiss became the first player to get a hit for the Diamondbacks, a single into centerfield. Tim Raines would walk with 1 out, and David Segui drove them home with a double. The Dodgers would cut the lead in half, scoring on a fielding error by third basemen Scott Livingstone.

Nothing would happen in the third inning, and in the fourth, Raul Mondesi led off with a double and 2 outs later Todd Zeile singled him home, tying the game.

In the 5th inning, Jose Vizcaino led off with a triple. Hideo Nomo, the pitcher, was used for a suicide squeeze and struck out, and Vizcaino was caught stealing. With 2 outs, Roger Cedeno drew a walk, and stole second base. Eric Young then drew a walk putting runners on first and second. Raul Mondesi came up and cleared the bases, hitting a homerun driving in 3 runs. The homerun was the first at the Bob.

The Dodgers would add another run in the 9th inning, on a pinch-hit Thomas Howard homerun.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks
April 6, 1998
                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Dodgers (LAD) 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1    6 10  0
  Diamondbacks (ARI) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    2  7  1
LOS ANGELES          ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
R. Cedeno (CF)        4  1  1  1  0  0  2  2    .250
E. Young (2B)         4  1  1  1  0  0  0  0    .250
R. Mondesi (RF)       4  2  0  2  1  3  0  0    .500
M. Piazza (C)         4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
E. Karros (1B)        4  1  0  1  0  0  0  0    .250
T. Zeile (3B)         4  2  0  0  0  1  1  0    .500
T. Hollandsworth (LF)  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 T. Howard (P)        1  1  0  1  1  1  0  0   1.000
J. Vizcaino (SS)      4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .250
H. Nomo (P)           3  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .333
 M. Guthrie (P)       0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .000
TOTALS               35 10  3  6  2  5  6  2
   2B:  R. Mondesi (1)
   3B:  J. Vizcaino (1)
   HR:  R. Mondesi (1), T. Howard (1)
   GIDP:  J. Vizcaino
   CS:  J. Vizcaino
     LOS ANGELES   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
         H. Nomo  7.0  6  2  0  2  2  5 112   2.57
      M. Guthrie  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  3  27   0.00
          TOTALS  9.0  7  2  0  2  2  8 139
ARIZONA              ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
W. Weiss (SS)         4  2  0  1  0  0  1  0    .500
O. Palmeiro (CF)      4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
T. Raines (LF)        3  0  1  1  0  0  2  0    .000
D. Segui (1B)         3  2  1  0  0  2  0  0    .667
P. Incaviglia (RF)    4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .250
J. Reed (C)           4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .250
S. Livingstone (3B)   3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
 J. Reboulet (P)      1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
L. Sojo (2B)          4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .250
D. Wells (P)          2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 G. Heredia (P)       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 J. Eisenreich (P)    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 T. Castillo (P)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
TOTALS               33  7  2  2  0  2  8  0
   2B:  W. Weiss (1), D. Segui (1)
         ARIZONA   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
        D. Wells  5.0  7  2  1  5  4  5  90   7.20
      G. Heredia  2.0  2  0  0  0  0  1  23   0.00
     T. Castillo  2.0  1  1  1  1  1  0  31   4.50
          TOTALS  9.0 10  3  2  6  5  6 144
     WP: H. Nomo (1-0)
     LP: D. Wells (0-1)
     SV: M. Guthrie (1)
     Temperature: 53F
     Wind: None (Roof Closed)
     Attendance: 48,500
     Time: 2:46
 

[phillies999]

April Review

Month Record: 11-11
Overall Record: 11-11
Runs Scored: 94
Runs Allowed: 122
Team Batting: .245
Team Pitching: 5.16

The Story of April

We started off the month slowly, but picked up some nice victories once we took off. Injuries plagued us this month, as players were placed on the 15-day DL, but we lost a major blow in our closer, Paul Assenmacher for 3 months. Our pitching overall has had its ups and downs, and our hitting has room to improve. For a expansion club, .500 is a good way to start the season so we'll take this good month anyday.

Events of April

4-11: Diamondbacks win their first game over the San Diego Padres, 2-1. Livan Hernandez gives up just 1 run in 7 innings. His only mistake was a homerun given up to Chris Gomez in the second inning.

4-15: The Diamondbacks rally from a 6-1 defict in the 9th inning and add 6 runs to win the game, 7-6 over the Pittsburgh Pirates! Darren Dreifort pitched 4 solid innings in relief.

4-18: The Diamondbacks get killed over the Rockies, 19-2. A 10-run outburst in the 8th inning manufactured the runs. Rheal Cormier, Darren Dreifort and Tony Castillo all pitched in the 8th inning.

4-26: Charles Nagy pitches 7 solid innings giving up no runs, but the Diamondbacks gave him no run support! This game went to extra innings and in the 10th, Scott Livingstone drove home the winning run.

Injuries

4-7: Jeff Reed strains his knee for 2 weeks. Steve Decker is promoted from Tacoma and Jorge Fabregas takes the starting role.

4-7: Luis Sojo sprains his knee for 2 weeks. Billy Ripken is promoted and Reboulet, Ripken, and Halter split time starting.

4-21: Tim Raines dislocates his shoulder, and misses 2 weeks. Billy Ripken, who was sent down afer Sojo came back, is promoted again. Rickey Henderson and Jim Eisenrich split time starting.

4-25: Jorge Fabregas broke his hand and will miss 2 weeks. Steve Decker is re-promoted and assumes the backup role.

4-30: Paul Assenmacher broke his ankle and will miss 3 weeks. Cory Lidle is promoted from AA Mobile, and will take the long-role man. Alan Embree is the new closer.

NL West Standings

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (12-8)
2. San Diego Padres (13-9)
3. Arizona Diamondbacks (11-11)
4. San Fransisco Giants (10-12)
5. Colorado Rockies (8-12)

Team Hitting

1998 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    9  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Brumfield, Jacob          ARI    6  .000     7    0   0   0   0    2    2    0   0    1    1  .000  .222
Cormier, Rheal            ARI    9  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Decker, Steve             ARI    2  .125     8    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .125  .125
Dreifort, Darren          ARI    8  .500     2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .500  .500
Eisenreich, Jim           ARI   22  .345    84   29   3   1   1    6    7    1   1   13   12  .440  .389
Fabregas, Jorge           ARI   12  .167    36    6   0   0   0    3    4    0   0    3    4  .167  .231
Halter, Shane             ARI    9  .200    10    2   1   0   0    1    1    0   0    2    2  .300  .273
Henderson, Rickey         ARI   15  .208    24    5   1   0   0    9    3    3   0    4    3  .250  .424
Hershiser, Orel           ARI    5  .200    10    2   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    2    2  .200  .200
Hernandez, Livan          ARI    4  .429     7    3   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    1    1  .429  .429
Heredia, Gil              ARI    9  .000     4    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Incaviglia, Pete          ARI   18  .218    55   12   1   0   4    7   22    0   0    7   13  .455  .317
Livingstone, Scott        ARI   22  .266    79   21   3   0   0    5    9    1   0    7    5  .304  .310
Nagy, Charles             ARI    4  .000     5    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Palmeiro, Orlando         ARI   21  .227    75   17   3   0   0    8    8    1   2    9    7  .267  .310
Raines, Tim               ARI    7  .346    26    9   0   1   0    3    4    3   0    5    2  .423  .414
Reboulet, Jeff            ARI    9  .125    16    2   0   0   0    3    3    0   0    4    0  .125  .263
Reed, Jeff                ARI    9  .289    38   11   0   0   3    1   11    0   0    6    5  .526  .308
Rijo, Jose                ARI    4  .000     4    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    2  .000  .000
Ripken, Billy             ARI    9  .161    31    5   1   0   0    0    8    0   0    2    1  .194  .188
Segui, David              ARI   21  .320    75   24   6   0   4   16   11    0   0   13   15  .560  .446
Sojo, Luis                ARI    9  .259    27    7   2   0   0    2    3    0   0    3    3  .333  .310
Weiss, Walt               ARI   21  .221    77   17   4   0   0   14   11    2   0   12    7  .273  .348
Wells, David              ARI    5  .083    12    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .083  .083

Team Pitching

1998 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    8.2  2.08    9   0   1   0   7    6    5 12.46
Castillo, Tony            ARI    6.0  9.00    6   0   0   0   0    2    4 16.50
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   10.2 10.13    9   0   1   1   0    3    3 18.56
Dreifort, Darren          ARI   12.0  6.00    8   0   0   0   0    9    5 11.25
Embree, Alan              ARI    7.2  4.70   11   0   0   0   0    4    6 19.96
Hershiser, Orel           ARI   30.2  3.82    5   5   3   2   0   19    9 11.45
Hernandez, Livan          ARI   25.1  4.97    4   4   2   2   0   16   10 14.21
Heredia, Gil              ARI   15.2  5.74    9   0   0   0   0    9    3 12.06
Nagy, Charles             ARI   24.1  5.18    4   4   0   3   0   10    9 15.53
Rijo, Jose                ARI   21.1  5.48    4   4   2   0   0   16   11 15.19
Wells, David              ARI   34.2  4.41    5   5   2   3   0   30    9  9.61

Around the League

Trades

4-6: Braves trade Paul Byrd and 5 prospects to the Yankees for 2B Chuck Knoblauch

4-8: Braves trade C Eddie Perez and 5 propsects to the Yankees for SS Ray Durham and C Charlie O'Brien

Note: After these trades occured I set trade frequency to -40%. Trades don't happen this frequent in the beginning of the season, and these were stupid AI move trades. Frequency will move up to -30% in May.

Milestones

4-7: Rod Beck of the Chicago Cubs saves his 200th game
4-22: Ken Griffey of the Seattle Mariners hit his 300th homerun
4-26: Mark McGwire of the St.Louis Cardinals drove in his 1000th RBI.

Divison Leaders

NL East: Florida Marlins (12-9) Philadelphia Phillies (12-9)
NL Central: St.Louis Cardinals (14-8)
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers (12-8)
AL East: Baltimore Orioles (17-7)
AL Central: Detroit Tigers (12-10)
AL West: Seattle Mariners (17-5)

[NattyOs8]

first thing i did when i got 2k10 is do the new expansion mode and chose the d-backs

i was also able to pull cal ripken jr. in the expansion draft lol...

it's pretty fun... i'm in 2000 now and close to making the playoffs... i don't know how the d=backs won the world series so fast IRL

[phillies999]

April Review

Month Record: 12-18
Overall Record: 23-29
Runs Scored: 206
Runs Allowed: 274
Team Batting: .243
Team Pitching: 4.78

The Story of May

We were off to a hot start, winning the first 4 games of May. We even managed to climb up to first place for a day! For the next week we fell to our usual ways, playing .500 ball, then in the final 2 weeks, we went a horrible 3-11. During the month, we signed a reliever, Jamie Walker. He wanted a 2 year deal, which we gave him. We offered him $290 K a year, and accepted the offer. He is going to be used in case of a injury, and he is in Tuscon. Now that 2 months of the season is over, we have a general feel for the team. What we need to aquire are some infielders who can hit, and any pitchers. With the amatuer draft coming up, it gives us a chance to draft some of those guys.


Alan Embree was a highlight of the month, filling the position as our new closer. He has not dissapointed, coverting 7 saves out of 7 chances. He is eligible for arbitration, but he is not intrested in negotating right now. Asked how he feels as a closer, "I like coming in. My adrenaline really pumps up when I race out of the bullpen in a tight situation." For those who don't know, his entrance theme from the 'pen is 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' by Metallica.


Jacob Brumfield got some playing time this month, and started off well and got to stay in the lineup. He had a 13 game hitting streak which ended on May 23. Overall this month, his average improved from .000 on May 1 to .289. He also showed off his speed on the basepaths, stealing 6 bases without getting caught, leading the team.

Events of May

5-1: Charles Nagy strikeouts 10 Cardinal batters, and nearly pitches a complete game, pitching 8 2/3 innings. Alan Embree closes it out for his first save, as the D'Backs win this squeaker 1-0.

5-4: David Wells allows just 5 baserunners, giving up 2 runs, (1 earned), pitching a complete game. The win ties the Dodgers for first place in the NL West Divison.

5-24: In Interleague play in Texas, young Livan Hernandez pitches 5 innings giving up 5 walks and 4 hits escaping 3 jams. He allowed no runs and struck out 7, as the D'Backs win 4-0 to end a 5-game losing streak.

5-31: The D'Backs can't figure out Curt Schilling as they only knock 3 hits off him, and commit 3 errors losing 6-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Contracts

5-19: Relief Pitcher Jamie Walker is signed for 2 years at $290,000 per year

Injuries

5-16: Infielder Jeff Reboulet has Ankle Fracture and will miss 2 weeks. Billy Ripken is promoted once again to take his spot.

NL West Standings

1. San Diego Padres (30-21)
2. Los Angeles Dodgers (25-24)
3. San Fransisco Giants (25-25)
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (23-29)
5. Colorado Rockies (19-30)

Minor League News

Team Batting Leader (AAA): Aaron Boone (.281)
Team Batting Leader (AA): Emil Brown (.280)
Team Batting Leader (A): Gabe Kapler (.355)
Team Batting Leader (R): Tim Olsen (.400)
Team Pitching Leader (AAA): Jamie Walker (3.24 ERA)
Team Pitching Leader (AA): Dustin Hermanson (3.94 ERA)
Team Pitching Leader (A): Mike Koplove (2.43 ERA)
Team Pitching Leader (R): Andrew Good (1.61 ERA)

Team Hitting

1998 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    9  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Brumfield, Jacob          ARI   29  .289    90   26   7   2   1   11   21    6   0   18    8  .444  .373
Castillo, Tony            ARI   17  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   20  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Decker, Steve             ARI    3  .167    12    2   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .167  .167
Dreifort, Darren          ARI   17  .333     3    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .333  .333
Eisenreich, Jim           ARI   51  .291   182   53   6   1   4   13   20    2   1   24   25  .401  .337
Embree, Alan              ARI   22  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Fabregas, Jorge           ARI   18  .250    48   12   1   0   0    4    5    0   0    4    4  .271  .308
Halter, Shane             ARI   27  .162    37    6   2   0   1    4   13    0   0    5    6  .297  .238
Henderson, Rickey         ARI   32  .215    65   14   2   1   2   14   14    6   1    8   12  .369  .350
Hershiser, Orel           ARI   11  .150    20    3   0   0   0    0    8    0   0    2    2  .150  .150
Hernandez, Livan          ARI    9  .313    16    5   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    1    3  .313  .313
Heredia, Gil              ARI   16  .000     5    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Incaviglia, Pete          ARI   35  .175   103   18   5   0   4   12   39    0   0   13   20  .340  .274
Lidle, Cory               ARI   11  .167     6    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .167  .167
Livingstone, Scott        ARI   47  .226   164   37   5   0   1    9   25    1   0   14   14  .274  .269
Nagy, Charles             ARI    9  .250    12    3   0   0   0    1    2    0   0    0    0  .250  .308
Palmeiro, Orlando         ARI   47  .231   143   33   5   2   0   19   18    1   3   18   15  .294  .325
Raines, Tim               ARI   25  .301    93   28   2   2   2    7   12    4   3   17    9  .430  .350
Reboulet, Jeff            ARI   16  .156    32    5   1   0   0    4   10    1   0    6    3  .188  .250
Reed, Jeff                ARI   37  .234   141   33   3   0   4   10   36    1   0   13   13  .340  .288
Rijo, Jose                ARI    9  .133    15    2   0   0   0    0    6    0   0    1    3  .133  .133
Ripken, Billy             ARI   16  .208    53   11   1   0   0    0   10    0   0    5    1  .226  .222
Segui, David              ARI   50  .311   183   57  14   0   8   22   31    0   1   22   33  .519  .385
Sojo, Luis                ARI   31  .280   107   30   6   1   0    5    9    1   1   15    7  .355  .313
Weiss, Walt               ARI   48  .227   172   39   8   1   0   23   26    4   2   20   14  .285  .321
Wells, David              ARI   11  .087    23    2   0   0   0    1    4    0   0    0    1  .087  .125

Team Pitching

1998 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    8.2  2.08    9   0   1   0   7    6    5 12.46
Castillo, Tony            ARI   14.2  9.82   17   0   1   0   0    7    8 17.80
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   24.1  6.66   20   0   1   2   0    8    9 17.01
Dreifort, Darren          ARI   27.0  4.67   17   0   0   0   0   27    9 12.67
Embree, Alan              ARI   18.1  2.95   22   0   0   1   7   13   16 17.67
Hershiser, Orel           ARI   65.1  4.13   11  11   3   7   0   45   16 11.43
Hernandez, Livan          ARI   64.1  4.34   10  10   5   5   0   51   30 13.71
Heredia, Gil              ARI   26.0  4.85   16   0   1   1   0   12    7 12.46
Lidle, Cory               ARI   23.2  4.56   11   0   0   1   1   19    9 11.79
Nagy, Charles             ARI   58.0  5.59   10  10   3   5   0   31   19 14.28
Rijo, Jose                ARI   58.1  5.71   10  10   4   2   0   46   25 14.04
Walker, Jamie             ARI    6.2  4.05    4   0   0   0   0    4    4 12.15
Wells, David              ARI   76.0  3.67   11  11   4   5   0   54   18 10.30

Around the League

Trades

5-24: Cincinnati Reds trade 2 propsects for SP Bob Tewksbury of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

*Trades are being moved back up to 0%

Milestones

5-1: Bobby Bonilla of the Florida Marlins scores his 1000th run
5-3: Paul Molitor of the Minnesota Twins steals his 500th base
5-7: Quilvio Veras of the San Diego Padres hits for the cycle
5-9: Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays ends his 20 game hitting streak
5-12: Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres drives in his 1000th rbi.
5-19: Mark McGwire of the St.Louis Cardinals hit his 400th homerun
5-22: Manny Ramirez's hitting streak ends at 20 games.

Divison Leaders

NL East: Florida Marlins (29-21)
NL Central: St.Louis Cardinals (29-21)
NL West: San Diego Padres (30-21)
AL East: Baltimore Orioles (31-22)
AL Central: Chicago White Sox (28-24)
AL West: Seattle Mariners (37-14)

League Leaders

NL Batting: Rockies Vinny Castilla (.380)
NL Homeruns: Cubs Sammy Sosa (19)
NL RBI: Cubs Sammy Sosa (53)
NL ERA: Padres Kevin Brown (1.58)

AL Batting: Mariners Alex Rodriguez (.374)
AL Homeruns: Angels Jim Edmonds (16), Indians Jim Thome (16, Yankees Darryl Strawberry (16)
AL RBI: Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. (52)
AL ERA: Mariners Jim Bullinger (1.52)

[BINGLEBOP]

i was also able to pull cal ripken jr. in the expansion draft lol...

If you give him a no-trade clause like he had in real life at the time, that would never happen, but that's an extra step that only the most hardcore of Baseball Mogul players implement into their playing.

[phillies999]

NattyOs8 & Bingle: I didn't end up implementing the no-trade clause for players, but Cal Ripken didn't get chosen and he is still a Baltimore Oriole

1998 MLB Amatuer Draft

Top Players in the Draft:

1B Albert Pujols: Pujols absoultely tears pitchers apart, and hit .647 in his Senior Year at High School. He also hit 26 homeruns in 116 at-bats. Oh and his on-base percentage? .741.
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka: Born in Japan, traveled to the US at age 13. Matsuzaka features a great fastball and a hard slider, and strikes out hitters with these pitches. Very close to big-league material.
LF Matt Holliday: Holliday hits the ball well, and could be a all-star outfielder in a couple of years. Has no history of injuries, a very healthy athlete. Hit double-digit homeruns each year in High School Ball.

Round 1 Selection:

When you're picking 29th in the draft, you won't be able to grab the best player out there. Albert Pujols was the 6th overall pick, surprisingly by the St.Louis Cardinals. Experts thought he would have been the first overall pick, but the Oakland A's selected starter Joe Blanton. Daisuke Matsuzaka was chosen 2nd in the draft by Kansas City, and Matt Holliday was selected 17th by the Rockies. We checked out what our system needed, which was some good infielders. We had 1 second baseman, Edwin Diaz. At 23 and in the Rookie System, he's gonna be a bust. We chose Dan Uggla from Louisville.



Round 2 Selection:

In this round, I decided we could use a outfielder. We have 2 aging outfielders and a mediocre centerfielder. Checking our farm system, we have only 3 outfielders, so we decided to choose a outfielder. 2 outfielders caught my eye. Fred Lewis, a left fielder from Hattiesburg Mississippi, or Shane Victorino, a center fielder from Hawaii. We already have left-fielder Jack Cust, a slugging homerun hitter. But we have center-fielder Gabe Kapler, a decent contact hitter. We went with Shane Victorino, a speedy athlete who plays gold-glove defense.



Round 3 Selection:

Fred Lewis happened to be undrafted this round, which could mean that he's not as great as our scouts think. It could be a good thing we chose Victorino over Lewis. Anyways, we took a look at our infielders again this round. Our current third baseman Scott Livingstone, is pretty miserable as a starter. We have Aaron Boone at AAA who could start next year, but he's not exactly projected to be a all-star we're looking for. Checking the third basemen available, one caught my eye. Chad Tracy, from Charlotte North Carolina was selected.



Round 4 Selection:

You can never have enough pitchers on a team, and we didn't pick one yet so we looked for a pitcher. There wasn't a lot of pitching talent left, so we started thinking about looking for a hitter, but then we found a pitcher. He's not great, maybe has the potential to be a #5 starter. Ben Hardwick from Columbus, Nebraska was selected.



Round 5 Selection:

At this point in the draft, we just wanted to find anyone who had a decent shot of making the majors. We decided to look for another pitcher, this time a reliever. We found one, and he has a lot of junk pitches. If he can control them and try to move them around more, he could be a decent reliever. With our 5th pick, we went with Troy Cate from Fallbrook, California.



Round 6 Selection:

Our system only has 2 catchers, which caught my surprise, so I looked for any catchers who were decent. There weren't very many to choose from, so it was kind of a easy choice. This catcher will probably be a backup, but can play good defense behind the plate. With our 6th pick, we chose Shawn Riggins from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

[phillies999]

6-11-98
Diamondbacks aquire Dave Hansen

The Diamondbacks announced they have traded 2 prospects, Second Baseman Edwin Diaz, and Third Baseman Andy Green. They were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Third Baseman Dave Hansen. Hansen is a career .270 hitter with 15 homeruns and 110 rbi's. He has played most of his career with the Dodgers, as a bench role-player. Hansen was hitting .333 off the bench with 5 doubles in 45 at-bats this season, with a OBP of .400. "The prospects were traded because of our new draftees, Dan Uggla and Chad Tracy." "We wanted to be able to give the new guys some more at-bats, and this trade will help benefit them." says Jerry Colangelo.

It is unsure whether Hansen will take over for Scott Livingstone at third base. Livingstone is currently hitting .220 with on OBP of .281, so it would be likely Hansen will be getting more at-bats. With the arrival of Dave Hansen, Shane Halter has been sent down to Tacoma, as Halter hit just .150 as a backup. Both Livingstone and Hansen are in their final year of their contract.

[phillies999]

June Review


Month Record: 11-15
Overall Record: 34-44
Runs Scored: 311
Runs Allowed: 382
Team Batting: .247
Team Pitching: 4.44


The Story Of June

This was another average month, as we went through another losing record. The Amateur draft was held this month, and we snagged Dan Uggla, Shane Victorino, and Chad Tracy. We completed our first trade in franchise history, sending over 2 propsects for Dave Hansen. Dave Hansen and Scott Livingstone have been competing for the starting position, and even since the trade, Livingstone increased his average above .250. Injuries also plagued us this month, starting with David Wells and his sprained back for 2 weeks. Cory Lidle and Darren Dreifort made starts for him, and it worked out pretty well. Some major injuries happened though, as we lost Rheal Cormier for the season with a broken fibula. The next day we lost catcher Jeff Reed for the season with elbow tendonitis.



Tim Raines set 2 milestones this month, stealing his 800th base on June 7, 1998 and scoring his 1,500th run 1 week later, on June 14th. Tim is 2nd on the stolen base list on 803, trailing teammate Rickey Henderson by a distant 435. Tim ranks 3rd on the runs scored list with 1514, behind Paul Molitor and again, teammate Rickey Henderson. "I'm not retiring until I achieve 1,000 steals." says Raines "It's been my goal since I was a kid to achieve something big, and 1,000 is certainly a milestone."

Events Of June

6-6: D'Backs win in 10 innings, 4-2 over the Giants. RBI's in the 10th came from Rickey Henderson and Tim Raines.

6-9: Livan Hernandez pitches 9 shutout innings, but we fail to score any runs too. The game ends up going to 15 innings, and we lose 3-1.

6-11: Another game goes to extra innings, going into the bottom of the 10th, tied at 2 with 2 outs, Jim Eisenrich comes off the bench and hits a homerun!

6-13: D'Backs pull out another dramatic win over the Astros, as Pete Incaviglia hit a weak grounder to 3rd in the bottom of the 9th and the third baseman bobbled it, bringing home the winning run!

6-16: Darren Dreifort makes his first start and pitches 4 and 2/3, giving up 5 hits and 1 run in Detroit as the D'Backs win 7-2.

6-21: Cory Lidle makes his first start and pitches 3 and 1/3, giving up 9 hits, 3 runs while walking 1 as the D'Backs win in Oakland 4-3.

6-26: D'Backs win 8-5 over the best team in the baseball, the Mariners. Darren Dreifort, a pitcher, hits his first homerun!


Injuries

6-13: David Wells sprains his back and will miss 2 weeks. Darren Dreifort and Cory Lidle made starts for him, and Jamie Walker was called up.

6-26: Rheal Cormier broke his fibula, and will miss the rest of the season. David Wells is off the DL, so Walker is still with Arizona.

6-27: Jeff Reed suffers severe elbow tendonitis and will miss the rest of the season. Steve Decker is promoted from Tacoma, and Jorge Fabregas is the starter.

Contracts

N/A


Milestones

6-7: Tim Raines steals his 800th base
6-14: Tim Raines scores his 1,500th run

NL West Standings

1. San Diego Padres (44-33)
2. San Fransisco Giants (38-38)
3. Los Angeles Dodgers (37-40)
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (34-44)
5. Colorado Rockies (31-45)

Minor League News

Team Batting Leader (AAA): Billy Ripken (.314)
Team Batting Leader (AA): Danny Klassen (.333)
Team Batting Leader (A): Junior Spivey (.336)
Team Batting Leader (R): Jack Cust (.333)
Team Pitching Leader (AAA): N/A
Team Pitching Leader (AA): Mike Koplove (2.95)
Team Pitching Leader (A): Jaret Wright (2.98)
Team Pitching Leader (R): Andrew Good (1.78)

Team Hitting

1998 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    9  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Brumfield, Jacob          ARI   40  .292   106   31   7   2   1   12   22    9   0   20   10  .425  .370
Castillo, Tony            ARI   26  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   29  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Decker, Steve             ARI    3  .167    12    2   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .167  .167
Dreifort, Darren          ARI   23  .500     4    2   0   0   1    0    1    0   0    1    1 1.250  .500
Eisenreich, Jim           ARI   77  .290   262   76  14   1   5   24   28    2   1   37   35  .408  .349
Embree, Alan              ARI   33  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Fabregas, Jorge           ARI   33  .220    91   20   1   0   0    7   10    0   0    7    5  .231  .276
Halter, Shane             ARI   30  .150    40    6   2   0   1    5   14    0   0    5    6  .275  .239
Hansen, Dave              ARI   41  .267    75   20   6   0   0    8   10    0   0    9    6  .347  .345
Henderson, Rickey         ARI   49  .224    98   22   3   1   2   20   19   10   1   13   15  .337  .353
Hershiser, Orel           ARI   15  .107    28    3   0   0   0    0   11    0   0    2    4  .107  .103
Hernandez, Livan          ARI   13  .261    23    6   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    4  .261  .261
Heredia, Gil              ARI   26  .000     6    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Incaviglia, Pete          ARI   56  .209   163   34  10   0   8   20   53    1   0   20   35  .417  .301
Lidle, Cory               ARI   17  .250     8    2   1   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    0  .375  .250
Livingstone, Scott        ARI   67  .251   231   58   8   0   4   16   35    1   0   21   23  .338  .301
Nagy, Charles             ARI   14  .143    21    3   0   0   0    2    6    0   1    0    0  .143  .217
Palmeiro, Orlando         ARI   69  .257   206   53   8   2   1   31   21    3   5   29   27  .330  .353
Raines, Tim               ARI   51  .276   196   54  11   3   3   21   22   11   3   39   16  .408  .349
Reboulet, Jeff            ARI   26  .146    48    7   1   0   0    4   14    1   0    7    4  .167  .212
Reed, Jeff                ARI   54  .223   197   44   4   0   4   16   46    1   0   19   19  .305  .282
Rijo, Jose                ARI   13  .130    23    3   0   0   0    0    9    0   0    1    3  .130  .130
Ripken, Billy             ARI   22  .200    65   13   1   0   0    1   12    0   0    6    1  .215  .224
Segui, David              ARI   76  .313   278   87  19   0  11   28   44    1   1   31   51  .500  .376
Sojo, Luis                ARI   57  .291   199   58  11   1   1    9   14    2   1   23   12  .372  .327
Weiss, Walt               ARI   72  .226   252   57  11   1   0   33   36    5   2   27   18  .278  .323
Wells, David              ARI   14  .071    28    2   0   0   0    1    7    0   0    0    1  .071  .103

Team Pitching

1998 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Assenmacher, Paul         ARI    8.2  2.08    9   0   1   0   7    6    5 12.46
Castillo, Tony            ARI   25.1  7.11   26   0   2   2   1   13   13 14.57
Cormier, Rheal            ARI   38.2  5.82   29   0   2   4   0   15   15 16.06
Dreifort, Darren          ARI   43.1  3.53   24   1   1   0   1   39   17 12.05
Embree, Alan              ARI   29.1  3.68   33   0   1   3  11   22   24 17.80
Hershiser, Orel           ARI   98.1  3.75   16  16   4   7   0   66   25 11.72
Hernandez, Livan          ARI   96.0  4.31   15  15   5   7   0   71   41 12.84
Heredia, Gil              ARI   39.2  3.86   26   0   2   1   1   23   12 12.93
Lidle, Cory               ARI   42.0  4.29   18   1   2   2   1   32   18 13.29
Nagy, Charles             ARI   91.1  5.62   16  16   4   8   0   54   27 14.78
Rijo, Jose                ARI   92.1  4.58   15  15   5   4   0   67   42 13.06
Walker, Jamie             ARI    8.2  3.12    7   0   1   0   0    4    4 11.42
Wells, David              ARI   96.0  4.03   14  14   4   6   0   71   23 10.50

Around The League

Trades:

6-11: Arizona trades Edwin Diaz and Andy Green to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Hansen

Milestones:

6-7: Tim Raines steals his 800th base!
6-14: Tim Raines scores his 1,500th run!

Divison Leaders:

NL East: Atlanta Braves (50-27)
NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals (43-34)
NL West: San Diego Padres (44-33)
AL East: Baltimore Orioles (47-33)
AL Central: Kansas City Royals (43-36)
AL West: Seattle Mariners (50-27)

League Leaders

NL Batting: Pirates Jason Kendall (.371)
NL Homeruns: Cubs Sammy Sosa (27)
NL RBI: Cubs Sammy Sosa (79)
NL ERA: Padres Kevin Brown (2.07)

AL Batting: Mariners Edgar Martinez (.364)
AL Homeruns: White Sox Albert Belle (23)
AL RBI: Indians Jim Thome (69)
AL ERA: Mariners Jamie Moyer (2.54)