Montreal Expos... it begins.

[johnolerud]

It's getting boring playing all of these seasons without telling anyone about them... I've decided to take on the Montreal Expos, and move them to Washington... I'll update on a semi-regular basis.

BTW, this dynasty is on Manager difficulty level.

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Trades:

APRIL 1, 2004
Mets receive Rich Rundles (RP), Juan Rivera (LF), Einar Diaz (C), T.J. Tucker (SP), Jon Rauch (SP), Brendan Harris (3B) and Josh Labandeira (SS)
Expos receive David Wright (3B)

Reasons.. I love David Wright, and none of those guys will amount to anything.. Mets are stupid.

Red Sox receive Tony Batista (3B)
Expos receive $2


Mets receive Jamey Carroll (3B)
Expos receive Rich Rundles (RP)

Getting guys out of Wrights way..




Braves receive Sun-Woo Kim (SP), Scott Hodges (3B), Joey Eischen (RP), Henry Mateo (2B), Larry Broadway (1B), Tony Armas Jr. (SP), Brad Wilkerson (LF), Brian Schneider (C) and Val Pascucci (RF)
Expos receive Marcus Giles (2B), Johnny Estrada (C)

HUGE DEAL. Giles and Estrada are bona fide players. The only guys that im giving up who are impact guys are Armas Jr, a FA at year's end, Wilkerson who isn't really a star... also, gets rid of another 3B who might get in Wright's way... we're building the team around him. Plus, cuts some payroll.

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APRIL 1, 2004
Marlins receive Dan Smith (SP) and Jorge Toca (1B)
Expos receive Josh Wilson (SS)

needed a shortstop.

APRIL 1, 2004
Indians receive Nick Johnson (1B) and Jose Vidro (2B)
Expos receive Michael Aubrey (1B) and Franklin Gutierrez (RF)

didn't want to pay vidro at the end of the year... Aubrey will be better than Johnson, and Gutierrez has potential.

APRIL 1, 2004
Blue Jays receive Mike Hinckley (RP) and Shawn Hill (RP)
Expos receive Anthony Sanders (LF)

APRIL 1, 2004
Diamondbacks receive Chad Bentz (RP) and Rocky Biddle (SP)
Expos receive Jerry Gil (SS)


just roster sorting stuff, needed a backup SS

Free agent signings..

Matt Franco:: 900K, 4 years
Scott McLain:: 320K, 1 year

bench additions

and here we go...



Player Name P Roster Age Salary Years Seeking Peak
Calloway, Ron LF #1 / LF 27 $310,000 5 -- 76
Wright, David 3B #2 / 3B 21 $300,000 6 -- 93
Estrada, Johnny C #3 / C 27 $310,000 3 -- 86
Giles, Marcus 2B #4 / 2B 25 $430,000 3 -- 93
Aubrey, Michael 1B #5 / 1B 21 $300,000 6 -- 93
Cepicky, Matt LF #6 / CF 26 $300,000 6 -- 84
Gutierrez, Franklin RF #7 / RF 21 $300,000 6 -- 87
Wilson, Josh SS #8 / SS 23 $300,000 6 -- 76
Knorr, Randy C Bench 33 $630,000 1 $840K for 5 yrs 75
Franco, Matt 1B Bench 34 $900,000 4 -- 74
Sanders, Anthony LF Bench 28 $300,000 6 -- 71
McClain, Scott 3B Bench 26 $320,000 1 $300K for 2 yrs 66
Church, Ryan LF Bench 25 $300,000 6 -- 77
Sledge, Termel LF Bench 27 $300,000 6 -- 76
Hoover, Paul C Bench 26 $300,000 6 -- 72
Watson, Brandon LF (AAA) 22 $300,000 6 -- 66
Gil, Jerry SS (AAA) 21 $300,000 6 -- 71
Bernadina, Rogearvin LF (AAA) 19 $300,000 6 -- 72
Hernandez, Livan P Starter #1 29 $6,750,000 4 -- 94
Ohka, Tomokazu P Starter #2 28 $300,000 1 $4.0M for 5 yrs 82
Day, Zach P Starter #3 25 $320,000 4 -- 82
Vargas, Claudio P Starter #4 25 $310,000 5 -- 74
Downs, Scott P Starter #5 28 $300,000 2 -- 65
Cordero, Chad P Closer 22 $300,000 6 -- 93
Ayala, Luis P Setup 26 $320,000 5 -- 79
Beltran, Francis P Short 23 $300,000 6 -- 83
Corcoran, Roy P Middle 23 $300,000 6 -- 77
Patterson, John P Long 26 $310,000 4 -- 71
Rasner, Darrell P Alt. 23 $300,000 6 -- 67
Majewski, Gary P (AAA) 24 $300,000 6 -- 69
Horgan, Joe P (AAA) 26 $300,000 6 -- 64
Song, Seung P (AAA) 23 $300,000 6 -- 64
Bergmann, Jason P (AAA) 22 $300,000 6 -- 68
Rundles, Rich P (AAA) 22 $300,000 6 -- 64
Everts, Clint P (AAA) 19 $300,000 6 -- 70

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03-04 goals..

make a serious profit.
finish low enough to get a good draft pick.. we need starting pitching..
David Wright and Aubrey having good years.

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Season 03-04 over.

56.8 Million dollar profit. Excellent.
We finished with a 57-105 record, which achieved goal #2 of getting a good draft pick.

David Wright:: in the #2 spot... .232 BA, .337 OPB, 22 SB, 16 HR, 107 R, 47 RBI. Gold Glove
Micheal Aubrey:: .260, .327, 3 SB, 11 HR, 80 RBI.

decent rookie seasons.

Josh Wilson was my only all star, despite having a .192 batting average.. questionable choice.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (2004)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Boston 102 60 .630 -- .266 195 99 3.22
New York 90 72 .556 12.0 .259 226 94 4.07
Toronto 71 91 .438 31.0 .255 217 50 5.23
Tampa Bay 70 92 .432 32.0 .260 113 150 4.68
Baltimore 66 96 .407 36.0 .276 190 86 5.17

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Cleveland 87 75 .537 -- .292 220 79 4.93
Chicago 82 80 .506 5.0 .280 245 77 4.71
Detroit 76 86 .469 11.0 .286 190 127 5.31
Minnesota 74 88 .457 13.0 .274 175 110 5.21
Kansas City 71 91 .438 16.0 .271 199 115 5.45

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Seattle 90 72 .556 -- .274 140 126 4.12
Anaheim 86 76 .531 4.0 .262 191 107 4.06
Oakland 83 79 .512 7.0 .257 189 73 4.07
Texas 74 88 .457 16.0 .267 234 61 4.75


NATIONAL LEAGUE (2004)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
New York 102 60 .630 -- .260 181 88 3.44
Philadelphia 96 66 .593 6.0 .274 232 93 4.00
Atlanta 94 68 .580 8.0 .268 197 66 3.70
Florida 75 87 .463 27.0 .264 157 123 4.34
Washington 57 105 .352 45.0 .251 115 93 5.43

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Chicago 104 58 .642 -- .282 247 71 3.67
St. Louis 102 60 .630 2.0 .279 227 85 4.06
Houston 92 70 .568 12.0 .259 219 89 4.14
Cincinnati 89 73 .549 15.0 .269 222 62 4.81
Pittsburgh 88 74 .543 16.0 .278 161 83 4.48
Milwaukee 58 104 .358 46.0 .253 148 107 5.41

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Los Angeles 89 73 .549 -- .262 173 64 3.69
San Francisco 77 85 .475 12.0 .250 105 61 3.76
Arizona 69 93 .426 20.0 .257 157 74 4.80
San Diego 62 100 .383 27.0 .263 102 49 4.96
Colorado 54 108 .333 35.0 .257 190 80 5.73


DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Yankees defeat Mariners, 3-0
Red Sox defeat Indians, 3-1
Mets defeat Cardinals, 3-0
Cubs defeat Dodgers, 3-0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Red Sox defeat Yankees, 4-1
Cubs defeat Mets, 4-2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Red Sox defeat Cubs, 4-1

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OFF SEASON.

Resigned McLain, let Ohka and Brandon Puffer go.

Free agents.

Signed Roy Oswalt at 9 million for 7 years.
Signed Josh Beckett at 6.3 million for 5 years.

Excellent, young pitchers.

Trades.

NOVEMBER 10, 2004
Indians receive Jason Bergmann (RP) and Josh Wilson (SS)
Expos receive Jhonny Peralta (SS)
Indians receive $5

Couldn't stand Wilson anymore... Peralta might develop. The 5 million is loose change with the money i'm making.


draft coming up soon, I'll update later.

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Draft.

Owen Ostroff (2)... Setup man.. CPM = 89/84/93
Vance Markham (32).. RF.. 65/80
Dwight Hurley.. (62).. SP.. 63/74... 80 endurance, 70s everywhere else.. future 5th starter or long reliever
Frederick Stewart(92)..SS..64/73
Bruce Radaikin (122).. C.. 100 fielding rating.
Noland Zelichenko (152).. 2B.. scrub.


Player Name P Roster Age Salary Years Seeking Peak
Giles, Marcus 2B #1 / 2B 26 $430,000 2 -- 92
Calloway, Ron LF #2 / LF 28 $310,000 4 -- 80
Estrada, Johnny C #3 / C 28 $310,000 2 -- 92
Aubrey, Michael 1B #4 / 1B 22 $300,000 5 -- 92
Wright, David 3B #5 / 3B 22 $300,000 5 -- 92
Cepicky, Matt LF #6 / CF 27 $300,000 5 -- 80
Gutierrez, Franklin RF #7 / RF 22 $300,000 5 -- 83
Peralta, Jhonny SS #8 / SS 22 $300,000 4 -- 82
Franco, Matt 1B Bench 35 $900,000 3 -- 73
Church, Ryan LF Bench 26 $300,000 5 -- 71
Sledge, Termel LF Bench 28 $300,000 5 -- 75
Zelichenko, Noland 2B Bench 25 $300,000 6 -- 67
Hoover, Paul C Bench 27 $300,000 5 -- 71
McClain, Scott 3B Bench 27 $300,000 2 -- 68
Sanders, Anthony LF Bench 29 $300,000 5 -- 71
Watson, Brandon LF (AAA) 23 $300,000 5 -- 68
Markham, Vance RF (AAA) 24 $300,000 6 -- 80
Stewart, Frederick SS (AAA) 24 $300,000 6 -- 73
Radaikin, Bruce C (AAA) 21 $300,000 6 -- 73
Gil, Jerry SS (AAA) 22 $300,000 5 -- 67
Bernadina, Rogearvin LF (AAA) 20 $300,000 5 -- 73
Hernandez, Livan P Starter #1 30 $6,750,000 3 -- 93
Oswalt, Roy P Starter #2 27 $9,000,000 7 -- 93
Beckett, Josh P Starter #3 24 $6,300,000 5 -- 88
Day, Zach P Starter #4 26 $320,000 3 -- 80
Vargas, Claudio P Starter #5 26 $310,000 4 -- 75
Cordero, Chad P Closer 23 $300,000 5 -- 92
Ostroff, Owen P Setup 24 $300,000 6 -- 85
Ayala, Luis P Short 27 $320,000 4 -- 77
Benes, Alan P Middle 33 $1,900,000 3 -- 75
Beltran, Francis P Long 24 $300,000 5 -- 80
Corcoran, Roy P Alt. 24 $300,000 5 -- 73
Downs, Scott P (AAA) 29 $300,000 1 $580K for 3 yrs 63
Patterson, John P (AAA) 27 $310,000 3 -- 69
Hurley, Dwight P (AAA) 22 $300,000 6 -- 65
Rasner, Darrell P (AAA) 24 $300,000 5 -- 68
Majewski, Gary P (AAA) 25 $300,000 5 -- 69
Rundles, Rich P (AAA) 23 $300,000 5 -- 65
Everts, Clint P (AAA) 20 $300,000 5 -- 67
Song, Seung P (AAA) 24 $300,000 5 -- 65
Horgan, Joe P (AAA) 27 $300,000 5 -- 68

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Goals for this season...

.500 record
large profit
improvement from Wright, and stellar seasons out of Beckett and Oswalt.

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86-76
26.4 million profit.
Wright... .282, 22 HR, 29 SB, .374 OBP, 114 R, 60 RBI... decent 2nd season

Oswalt was amazing... 18-7, 2.40 ERA
Becket was good was well.... 12-4, 2.89 ERA

we would have made the playoffs, except had many pitching injuries down the stretch

Dwight Hurley, my rookie starter, came up big.. wasnt expecting anything out of him yet, ended up starting 14 games for me, going 4-5 with a 4.55 era.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (2005)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Baltimore 83 79 .512 -- .280 241 81 4.77
Boston 81 81 .500 2.0 .248 151 55 4.07
Tampa Bay 70 92 .432 13.0 .259 137 120 4.65
New York 69 93 .426 14.0 .270 242 84 5.14
Toronto 62 100 .383 21.0 .244 134 83 5.09

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Cleveland 104 58 .642 -- .287 285 87 4.64
Chicago 84 78 .519 20.0 .268 232 106 4.84
Detroit 82 80 .506 22.0 .278 168 140 4.98
Kansas City 65 97 .401 39.0 .255 188 98 5.39
Minnesota 59 103 .364 45.0 .269 161 97 5.61

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Texas 94 68 .580 -- .271 277 96 4.30
Oakland 94 68 .580 -- .261 196 74 3.71
Seattle 81 81 .500 13.0 .264 135 90 4.25
Anaheim 76 86 .469 18.0 .268 173 103 4.69


NATIONAL LEAGUE (2005)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
New York 99 63 .611 -- .267 215 88 3.56
Atlanta 90 73 .552 9.5 .258 181 78 3.63
Washington 86 76 .531 13.0 .256 129 110 4.03
Florida 83 79 .512 16.0 .259 151 133 4.01
Philadelphia 74 88 .457 25.0 .248 169 78 4.51

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Pittsburgh 90 72 .556 -- .290 173 100 4.02
Chicago 88 74 .543 2.0 .267 196 72 3.64
St. Louis 84 78 .519 6.0 .263 195 63 4.67
Cincinnati 84 78 .519 6.0 .260 195 57 4.37
Houston 77 85 .475 13.0 .252 149 111 4.15
Milwaukee 68 94 .420 22.0 .254 169 97 4.94

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 -- .269 184 86 3.65
Arizona 89 74 .546 9.5 .272 136 90 4.16
San Francisco 74 88 .457 24.0 .260 124 75 4.16
San Diego 73 89 .451 25.0 .256 134 47 4.15
Colorado 70 92 .432 28.0 .273 258 54 5.31


DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Indians defeat Athletics, 3-2
Rangers defeat Orioles, 3-1
Dodgers defeat Braves, 3-0
Mets defeat Pirates, 3-0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Rangers defeat Indians, 4-3
Dodgers defeat Mets, 4-2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dodgers defeat Rangers, 4-2


next... free agency and the draft

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Trades::

NOVEMBER 11, 2005
Indians receive Matt Cepicky (LF)
Expos receive Rafael Betancourt (RP)

needed another reliver, didn't like Cepicky's fielding ratings

Signings::

Juan Pierre, 5.3 mill over 6

we needed a real leadoff man

Draft:: 21st pick overall
1st round.. Pedro Magarino.. C.. 68/94.. eventual replacement for Estrada
2nd.. Lou Thomas.. 2B 62/87.. might replace Giles if he wants too much
3rd.. Juan Fontes.. RP 61/82.. nice power stuff
4th.. Carlos Salas.. 1B 62/84
5th.. Zachary Sackett. SS...59/76
6th.. Allen Wallace.. C.. 60/74

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Lineup::
1. Juan Pierre CF
2. David Wright 3B (who won a gold glove last year, btw)
3. Marcus Giles 2B ( FA at year's end)
4. Johnny Estrada C (FA at year's end)
5. Micheal Aubrey 1B.. breakout season last year.. .318/17/96
6. Ron Calloway LF
7. Vance Markham RF
8. Johnny Perhalta (hit for cycle last year)

Starters::
Livan Hernandez
Roy Oswalt
Josh Beckett
Zach Day
Claudio Vargas

starters 1-2-3 are solid, Day is a wild card, and Vargas needs some work

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made some trades.

we were 25-22, so I figured it was good to mix it up


MAY 29, 2006
Indians receive Clint Everts (RP) and Rich Rundles (RP)
Expos receive Aaron Boone (2B)
Indians receive $4 million

Everts and Rundles are useless, and I needed Boone to replace Giles, who's gone in this trade..


MAY 29, 2006
Royals receive Marcus Giles (2B)
Expos receive Marcus Lowe (SP)

Marcus Lowe has 83/95 ratings, and is going to be an ace. I can resign Giles in the offseason if I want to.

Basically, the way these moves work out is

Clint Everts (RP), Rich Rundles (RP) and 100 something games of Giles for

Aaron Boone and Marcus Lowe

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JUNE 26, 2006
Red Sox receive Claudio Vargas (SP) and Alan Benes (SP)
Expos receive Hanley Ramirez (SS)

I put those 2 guys on the trading block, and came back with that offer... 2 pitchers with no future on a crowded staff for a potential all-star SS? deal.

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Improved one game over last year..

87-75, we finished 2nd in the division, 4th in the Wild Card race.

David Wright keeps improving steadily...288/27 HR/24 SB/ 104 runs/103 RBI
Aubrey hit over .300 again, witl 26/96
Estrada batted .331, he's a FA


Oswalt had an off year, 12-14 with a 4.53 ERA
Lowe went 9-9 with an ERA in the 5s.. decent enough for his rookie year.

Free agents::
Estrada, Scott McLain (backup 3b)

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Trades..
Livan Hernandex to Texas for 7 million dollars.
don't need him with Prior around.

Free agents..
Mark Prior- 12.4 millon over 7

you don't pass up a chance to sign this guy, and I have enough cash to do it.

Johnny Estrada- 8.7M, 4 years
Marcus Giles- 8.4M, 7 years

Draft- 22nd
1st - Virgirl Warldon- CF- 67/93
2nd- Gary Crockett- 1B- 66/87
3rd- Trevor Dedrick- RF- 64/85
4th- Toby Souza- SP- 59/78
5th-Ken Sandoval- P- 57/80
6th-Grady Archibald- RP- 58/72

Goals for this year.
Playoffs.
Profit.
Improvement from Wright, Aubrey, Perhalta.

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Aubrey is out for the season... traded two useless prospects away for Ben Brossuard

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End of season...

89-73, first in the NL East.. really close race, finished a game up on Atlanta.

Facing the Dodgers in the 1st round..

Lost in 4 games. Lowe pitched a shut-out to win game one, and I didn't take any games the rest of the way.

Coming soon::

FA, Draft