My Milwaukee Brewers Dynasty

[jaykno14]

The Milwaukee Brewer Dynasty

I have decided, that to keep me occupied in the off-season, I will start a Milwaukee Brewer Dynasty. I plan to go for at least 15-20 years. The game will be on Mogul difficulty and in simulation mode. I have decided to write this dynasty from my point of view. Now to start the game…
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Well the Brewers have had 12 straight seasons without a playoff berth and they are becoming desperate to begin a new era. So, they interview three men to become GMs of the Milwaukee Brewers and the winner is Jack Randolph, a 30 year old scout for the Brewers. He was recommended by old Brewer’s GM Doug Melvin who retired after last season. “I am thrilled to become GM of this organization. To tell you the truth, ever since I followed baseball as a youngster this job has been a dream job for me.”

A slight layout of how I want to build this team-

Lineup
1-High on base percentage who can steal at least 40-50 stolen bases a year.
2-Decent average hitter who can get on base
3-My best hitter who has 80’s or higher in almost every hitting category
4-My raw power hitter
5-2nd best combination hitter on the team
6-Another pure power hitter
7-High average with at least 80 in speed
8-Usually a catcher who can’t hit

I would like to have 80 or higher range rating all through the middle. (C 2B SS CF) Everyone else better have at least a 75 in every fielding category.

My Short-term (2004) Goals:
*Win 70-75 games
*Maintain a profit
*Develop a nucleus to build around
*Attract over 2 million fans to home games this year

My Long-term Goals:
*Improve by five games every year
*Make playoffs in four years or less
*Improve every year
*Keep a respectable payroll

[jaykno14]

I have decided that I want to acquire a mid tier starting pitcher that is young enough to be in our future plans. So I went out and searched the league for a pitcher that could have a respectable ERA and win 10-12 games for me. In the end I found Tim Redding who is only 26 and hasn’t reached his full potential. Redding is at the end of his contract so starting the day we get him I will begin negotiations with him. We traded away 2b Junior Spivey to get him, unfortunately Spivey never played a game with us, but we have Keith Ginter who is a respectable player. This trade brought us down to 26.9 and I have the limit is 28.7 so I have about 1.8 million I can spend. Now I am going to go out and search for either a 3b or OF so that I can add depth to my team. I found a quality 3b in Mark Derosa of the Braves. I spoke to their GM and he said that they were interested in Curt Leskanic. I quickly took that offer and the trade happened with me receiving Derosa and them getting a quality RP in Leskanic. My payroll is now at 24.9 million and I have decided to save the money for negotiations during the season.

25 man Roster-

Lineup
Podsednik, Scott CF [81/81]
Derosa, Mark 3b [80/80]
Grieve, Ben RF [81/81]
Jenkins, Geoff LF [87/87]
Ginter, Keith 2b [76/76]
Kieschnik, Brooks 1b [80/80]
Hall, Bill SS [66/71]
Moeller, Chad C [79/79]

Bench
Overbay, Lyle 1b
Helms, Wes 3b
Durrington, Trent IF
Counsell, Craig IF
Bennett, Gary C
Clark, Brady OF

Rotation
Sheets, Ben [89/89]
Davis, Doug [71/71]
Redding, Tim [76/77]
Kinney, Matt [67/70]
Capuano, Chris [70/76]

Bullpen
Kolb, Danny [79/81]
Vizcaino, Luis [75/77]
Durocher, Jayson [75/79]
Burba, Dave [70/70]
Manning, David [65/69]
Obermueller, Wes [62/66]




Financials-

Tix- $17
Concession- HD $2.70; BEER $3.60; IC $2
Broadcasts- Normal
Expenses- Farm $7 million; Scout $6 million; Med $4 million

[jaykno14]

April 2004- WELCOME TO MILWAUKEE!!

Breakdown: Well in month number one of my regime we go 10-13. Not bad but nothing to be proud of either! On the hitting side Brooks Kieschnik has really stepped up. He is hitting .346 with 6 homers and 14 RBI. On the pitching side Doug Davis has really stepped up and has an ERA of 3.56 and is 2-1.

Right now we have $5.9 million in cash. Our projected revenue is 45.6, and our projected total expenses are $41.2 million.

May 2004- Can we improve??

Breakdown: This month was a tad better. We went 13-14 and we are now 23-27. Brooks Kieschnik has 14 homers now and 41 RBI. Doug Davis has a 3.09 ERA with a 5-1 record and is continuing to improve. Jayson Durocher is our new closer as Danny Kolb moves into the Setup slot.

Right now we have $6.4 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $44.3 million, and our projected expenses are $40.3 million.

June 2004- This month will define our season.

Breakdown: We continue to improve. We had our first .500 month as we went 13-12 and our record is 36-39. We are 6 behind in the wild card race as of now and 11 back of the division lead. Brooks Kieschnik cooled down this month and is hitting .289 with 19 homers and 58 RBI. Doug Davis got hit a little harder and has a 4.35 ERA and a record of 6-4. Tim Redding is having a down year with a 5.47 ERA and a 4-6 record. Mark DeRosa is hitting .293 with 10 homers and is having a good season with us.

Right now we have $6.7 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $43.5 million and our projected expenses are $40 million.

July 2004- Anyone up for a break?

Breakdown: We continue to stay in contention having another .500 month going 14-14. We are now 8 back of the wild card. Kieschnik was our lone all star. He has 27 homers with 77 RBI. His average is down to .279. On the pitching side, Jayson Durocher is 8-11 on save opportunities and has earned an extension. We resigned him for 2 years at $3.1 million. We may trade him in the off season for something cheaper.

Right now we have $7.3 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $43.4 million, and our projected expenses are $41.3 million.

August 2004- The DOG days of August.

Breakdown: We had a terrible month and a 8-19 record which brought our overall record to 58-72. Kiesch has 35 homers and 95 RBI and is really making a run at MVP. Who would have thought that Brooks Kieschnik would have a chance at MVP!

Right now we have $7.3 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $43.5 million and our projected expenses are $39.8 million.

September/October 2004- DOWN THE STRETCH WE COME!!

Breakdown: Well we had a really bad second half. Our final record was 69-93 one win short of what we were aiming for. Kiesch ended up with 42 homers and 117 RBI. I am sad to say that we have to offer him a contract or let him go. I am probably going to let him walk and we will get a cheaper mid tier RFer.

We ended up with $7.9 million in cash. Our revenue was $43.5 million, and our expenses ended up being $40.3 million. We gained $3.1 million over the year.

[jaykno14]

How did we do on our goals-


My Short-term (2004) Goals:
*Win 70-75 games
*Maintain a profit
*Develop a nucleus to build around
*Attract over 2 million fans to home games this year


*Win 70-75 games –FAILED: We ended up only winning 69 games but improved over last years record.
*Maintain a profit –ACCOMPLISHED: We made $3.1 million in cash this year.
*Develop a nucleus to build around –FAILED: We really never found anyone in our pitching staff or lineup that we could build around. Possibly could be Scotty Po who hit .307 with 37 SBs.
*Attract over 2 million fans to home games this year –FALED: We almost made it but we had 1,948,732 walk through the gates. SOO CLOSE!!

Final Standings-



AMERICAN LEAGUE (2004)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Boston 110 52 .679 -- .287 215 90 3.59
New York 109 53 .673 1.0 .295 284 90 4.21
Baltimore 85 77 .525 25.0 .279 212 99 4.64
Toronto 68 94 .420 42.0 .268 192 55 4.91
Tampa Bay 64 98 .395 46.0 .268 133 110 5.10

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Chicago 87 75 .537 -- .265 223 65 4.25
Minnesota 84 78 .519 3.0 .282 188 83 4.67
Kansas City 73 89 .451 14.0 .274 193 114 5.34
Detroit 72 90 .444 15.0 .279 199 109 4.96
Cleveland 62 100 .383 25.0 .260 141 86 4.91

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Anaheim 92 70 .568 -- .285 222 118 3.91
Oakland 78 84 .481 14.0 .258 186 58 4.60
Texas 73 89 .451 19.0 .268 183 126 5.35
Seattle 69 93 .426 23.0 .265 157 91 4.89


NATIONAL LEAGUE (2004)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Philadelphia 89 73 .549 -- .259 163 80 4.02
Atlanta 88 74 .543 1.0 .263 195 83 4.14
New York 87 75 .537 2.0 .253 163 85 3.95
Florida 80 82 .494 9.0 .255 114 156 3.37
Montreal 77 85 .475 12.0 .266 159 91 4.74

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
St. Louis 98 64 .605 -- .273 221 93 4.22
Chicago 87 75 .537 11.0 .253 215 100 3.46
Houston 86 76 .531 12.0 .255 157 71 4.19
Cincinnati 73 89 .451 25.0 .264 217 74 4.78
Milwaukee 69 93 .426 29.0 .256 187 90 5.00
Pittsburgh 61 101 .377 37.0 .272 181 92 5.38

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
San Francisco 93 69 .574 -- .267 132 72 3.96
Los Angeles 91 71 .562 2.0 .262 176 92 3.65
Colorado 76 86 .469 17.0 .272 282 66 5.22
San Diego 75 87 .463 18.0 .275 141 81 5.03
Arizona 74 88 .457 19.0 .267 192 54 4.98


DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Yankees defeat Angels, 3-2
Red Sox defeat White Sox, 3-2
Dodgers defeat Cardinals, 3-1
Phillies defeat Giants, 3-0

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Yankees defeat Red Sox, 4-3
Phillies defeat Dodgers, 4-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Yankees defeat Phillies, 4-3

[jaykno14]

End of the Year Contract Expirations-

Signings:
DeRosa, Mark – Seeking $2.5 million for 5 years SIGNED
Zoccollio, Pete – Seeking $360K for 2 years SIGNED
Sheets, Ben – Seeking $6.9 for 5 years SIGNED
Davis, Doug – Seeking $330K for 4 years SIGNED
Vizcaino, Luis – Seeking $3 million for 5 years SIGNED
Burba, Dave – Seeking $860K for 2 years

Releasing:
Kieschnick, Brooks
Grieve, Ben
Durrington, Trent
Counsell, Craig
Bennett, Gary
Vanderwal, John
Osik, Keith
Cruz, Enrique
Redding, Tim
Kinney, Matt
Quevedo, Ruben
Foster, John
Ritchie, Todd

Off season needs:
*Starting Pitching 2 or 3 new ones
*Right Fielder

TRADE WIRE
I have gone to the trading block and I am searching for a starting pitcher similar to Tim Redding but cheaper. I was really bummed we had to let him go and I am sure I have a lot of fans raving about that trade since we received nothing out of that deal. There still may be a chance we get Redding back though…My assistant and searched and finally found someone. We traded away Danny Kolb for Ryan Dempster with the Chicago Cubs. He will be the #2 starter behind Sheets. We will find our other SP in FA. I now look to find a catcher or RF that won’t cost me too much. We ended up trading with Baltimore for BJ Surhoff. We traded away RP Luis Vizcaino who was making $3 million. We also traded away Jayson Durocher for another bullpen arm in Chad Harville. Sold Wes Helms to Baltimore for $1 million.

FREE AGENT WIRE
Well we are looking at another starting pitcher. We may end up adding bullpen depth through FA also. We have a payroll of 27.5 million. That should be able to go over $32 million range. I want to be able to increase payroll a little every year. We have signed Tony Armas Jr. to a $5.4 million contract for 4 years. We will use him as a #1 starter this season. We also signed Trevor Hoffman for 2.4 million dollars for 2 years.

THE DRAFT
Round 1 – SP Carlos Aquino [81/93]; will be in rotation as a 5th starter.
Round 2 – RP Neil Hoyal [73/79]; will be in bullpen
Round 3 – RF Nick Cooper [65/74]
Round 4 – SP Peter Shue [63/81]
Round 5 – SP Don Usher [62/76]
Round 6 – SP Don Licha [62/76]

[alvarez16]

nice dynasty

[jaykno14]

thanks alvarez16 i just need to make sure i update it as much as possible!!

[alvarez16]

r u gonna update it?

[jaykno14]

Right now I have a busy schedule...(especially at this time of year) I will try to update as much as I can each week. I have decided that I will try to update after every season...

[jaykno14]

The rest of the off season went uneventfully and we have gone into spring training. 1B prospect Prince Fielder has a chance to win a job if he performs to what we want him to. Throughout Spring Training the Prince hit .250 with no homers and only 5 RBI in 32 AB. We have decided to have him start off at AAA but he will most likely be up within a month or two.

My Short-Term Goals (2005):
*Win 75-80 games
*Maintain positive cash
*Keep team young
*Attract 2 million fans this year



I feel I have everything I need for this year in place. As of now the only untouchable player on this team for trades is Ben Sheets. Scott Podsednik is available and I may trade him away if needed to. Right now I like our rotation a lot and it really could keep us in contention throughout most of the year. Our offense will struggle but should score enough runs for our staff. Here is my 25-man roster for 2005:

Lineup
Podsednik, Scott CF [81/81]
Derosa, Mark 3b [79/79]
Overbay, Lyle 1b [79/79]
Jenkins, Geoff LF [86/86]
Ginter, Keith 2b [77/77]
Surhoff, B.J. RF [69/69]
Hall, Bill SS [75/75]
Moeller, Chad C [80/80]

Bench
Smith, Mark OF
Wesp, Perry C
Zoccolillo, Pete OF
Conti, Jason OF
Weeks, Rickie 2b
Clark, Brady OF

Rotation
Armas Jr., Tony [84/4]
Sheets, Ben [88/88]
Dempster, Ryan [71/71]
Davis, Doug [61/61]
Capuano, Chris [74/75]

Bullpen
Hoffman, Trevor [79/81]
Burba, Dave [64/64]
Harville, Chad [64/69]
Santos, Victor [66/71]
Estrella, Leo [65/69]
Obermueller, Wes [64/69]
Financials-

Tix- $17.50
Concession- HD $2.70; BEER $3.60; IC $2
Broadcasts- Normal
Expenses- Farm $8 million; Scout $2 million; Med $1 million

[jaykno14]

April 2005- Welcome 2005!!

Breakdown: We started out 2-10 but we ended up 8-15. Halfway through the month we had to sign Felipe Lopez the SS for 1.9 million for 4 years. Bill Hall is out for the rest of the year with a torn knee ligament. Scott Podsednik is hitting .370 with 10 extra base hits. On the pitching side as a team are struggling with an ERA of 5.74.

Right now we have $8.3 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $37.9 million, and our projected expenses are $45.1 million.

May 2005- Let’s hope for a better month.

Breakdown: We ended up going 12-15 this month. This was a better record than last month but our overall record gets worst and drops to 20-30. Podsednik continues to hit well at .366 with 5 homers and 9 stolen bases. Our pitching got a little better and the ERA came down to 5.42. Tony Armas Jr. is 6-2 with a 3.44 ERA but our bullpen is all over 5 ERA other than two people.

Right now we have $7.6million in cash. Our projected revenue is $38.8 million, and our projected expenses are $43.4 million.

June 2005- Can we continue to improve?

Breakdown: We had a really good month going 18-10 and getting back into the hunt. Pitching was great; the ERA came down to 4.94! We are now 38-40 and we are 6 back of the wild card. If our pitching continues to improve we may give the teams in our League a run for their money! Catcher Chad Moeller has 10 homeruns with a .306 average. He has improved dramatically since last year. I am really happy I didn’t sign a catcher over the off season.

Right now we have $7 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $39.8 million, and our projected expenses are $44.6 million.

July 2005- Any trades this month? Maybe…

Breakdown: Well we have lost Podsednik for the rest of the season. We still had a winning month at 12-10 and we got back to .500 with a 52-52 record. Our pitching struggled a little bringing its ERA back up to 5.07. We have brought up Prince Fielder in place for Podesednik.

Right now we have $7.8 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $39.8 million, and our projected expenses are $44.1 million.

August 2005- The DOG days of August—can we stay in contention?

Breakdown: Well we came back down to earth with a 12-16 record. Our overall record is 64-68 now. Fielder has started out hot with a .302 batting average and 14 rbi in just 30 games. He only has one homerun though. The one thing we are missing is a good bullpen. They have lost us at least 10 games this year and with a decent bullpen we would still be in the race I think.

Right now we have $7 million in cash. Our projected revenue is $41.5 million, and our projected expenses are $44 million.

September/October 2005-AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!!

Breakdown: We ended up with a 78-84 record. Prince slowed down a bit and hit .259 on the season with only 2 home runs. He did have 11 doubles though. We had two pitchers with 15 or more wins in Tony Armas Jr. and Ben Sheets with 16 and 15 respectively.

We ended up with $6.9 million in cash and we ended up with revenue of $42.1 million. Our expenses added up to $44.1 million, so we didn’t lose as much as expected.

[alvarez16]

nice

[jaykno14]

THANKS!!
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Let’s see how we did on our goals:

My Short-Term Goals (2005):
*Win 75-80 games
*Maintain positive cash
*Keep team young
*Attract 2 million fans this year


“Win 75-80 games” – ACCOMPLISHED; we ended up winning 78 games this year.
“Maintain Positive Cash” – ACCOMPLISHED; we still have almost 7 million dollars in cash
“Keep team young” – ACCOMPLISHED; our average age is 28.2.
“Attract 2 million fans this year” – FAILED; we only attracted 1.9 million fans this year.



AMERICAN LEAGUE (2005)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
New York 100 62 .617 -- .287 266 113 4.71
Tampa Bay 89 75 .543 12.0 .277 182 132 4.35
Baltimore 87 77 .530 14.0 .264 175 103 4.06
Boston 81 81 .500 19.0 .274 201 108 5.24
Toronto 72 90 .444 28.0 .266 169 71 4.64

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Chicago 90 72 .556 -- .274 234 62 4.17
Cleveland 88 76 .537 3.0 .274 196 96 3.79
Detroit 82 80 .506 8.0 .275 197 78 4.12
Kansas City 76 86 .469 14.0 .277 209 92 5.55
Minnesota 62 100 .383 28.0 .252 172 85 6.09

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Texas 88 74 .543 -- .276 192 80 4.36
Seattle 84 78 .519 4.0 .274 124 161 4.12
Anaheim 77 85 .475 11.0 .276 168 122 4.34
Oakland 68 94 .420 20.0 .250 118 80 4.90


NATIONAL LEAGUE (2005)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Atlanta 90 72 .556 -- .270 218 84 4.31
Florida 87 75 .537 3.0 .264 160 167 4.21
New York 85 77 .525 5.0 .264 172 73 3.89
Montreal 81 81 .500 9.0 .257 169 122 4.58
Philadelphia 80 82 .494 10.0 .268 207 90 4.40

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
St. Louis 104 58 .642 -- .288 200 88 4.09
Chicago 85 77 .525 19.0 .264 204 143 4.12
Milwaukee 78 84 .481 26.0 .268 149 109 4.91
Pittsburgh 77 85 .475 27.0 .296 191 119 5.19
Cincinnati 75 87 .463 29.0 .269 188 85 4.65
Houston 42 120 .259 62.0 .234 137 105 5.06

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Los Angeles 88 75 .540 -- .269 170 81 4.10
San Francisco 87 76 .534 1.0 .256 143 94 4.52
Arizona 84 78 .519 3.5 .266 174 70 4.59
Colorado 81 81 .500 6.5 .268 245 59 4.92
San Diego 66 96 .407 21.5 .260 171 58 5.62


DIVISION PLAYOFFS
White Sox defeat Devil Rays, 3-0
Yankees defeat Rangers, 3-1
Cardinals defeat Marlins, 3-0
Braves defeat Dodgers, 3-2

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
White Sox defeat Yankees, 4-2
Cardinals defeat Braves, 4-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
White Sox defeat Cardinals, 4-1

[alvarez16]

we need updates!!!! lol

[jaykno14]

i hope that I can really get a lot done over my christmas break! I will have a lot more time! There are some more updates coming up soon!!

[jaykno14]

End of the year contract expirings-

Signings:
Moeller, Chad – Seeking $5.2 million for 4 years SIGNED
Estrella; Leo – Seeking $340K for 3 years SIGNED
Ford, Matt – Seeking $1.6 million for 2 years SIGNED

Releasing:
Clark, Brady
Smith, Mark
Santos, Victor
Manning, David

O.K., this off season I am going to take a little differently…In my first post I posted how I wanted to build this team. I actually am going to make a lot more reference to that. Here is the layout:


Lineup
1- High on base percentage who can steal at least 40-50 stolen bases a year.
2- Decent average hitter who can get on base
3- My best hitter who has 80’s or higher in almost every hitting category
4- My raw power hitter
5- 2nd best combination hitter on the team
6- Another pure power hitter
7- High average with at least 80 in speed
8- A catcher with good “D” and him being able to hit would be a bonus

Here is an outlook of my lineup right now:
1- Scott Podsednik: OBA-.393 22-38 SBs (Injured half the year)
2- Felipe Lopez: .250 average with an on base of .330
3- Lyle Overbay: I really would like to improve here. Overbay hit .306 with only 11 homeruns. Overbay would be a good 6th or even 2nd hitter.
4- Geoff Jenkins: Hit 38 homers with 135 RBI. Definitely alright here.
5- Keith Ginter: I would like to improve here too. Ginter is a 6th-7th hitter at best. Rickie Weeks could be a good 5th hitter when he steps in.
6- NOONE: Really no one here consecutively this season. This is where I would like to have another power hitter.
7- Mark Derosa: May be better fit for the 2nd hole with Overbay replacing him here.
8- Chad Moeller: Will be moved up to sixth this season and Felipe Lopez is likely to be moved here.

In the defensive category we definitely need to get better. Through the middle I want to have all 80-90 defensive ratings. (C SS CF)

Off Season Needs:
*2b who can hit fifth or third
*RF who can hit fifth or third
*Bullpen help

• First thing we did was surprise everyone and go out and sign RF Bobby Higginson for 3 years at 4.3 million a year
• We completed a trade for Derrick Turnbow by trading away Bobby Higginson, Scotty Po, and Pete Shue.
• We signed LF Darnell Stenson for $5.1 million a year over 4 years. He will play in left with Jenks in right and bat 5th.

I have decided that I will have Weeks bat third in the lineup and have him develop there. I wanna trade away some players with money because as of now we have a payroll of 45 million dollars!! Eek!! I am currently $14 million over the budget. We traded away Matt Ford who was making $1.2 a year for $1 million in cash to Boston. I then traded away Felipe Lopez for Kahlil Greene who is a defensive specialist. Felipe Lopez was making almost $2 million a year. The last trade I made was trading away Chad Moeller to the White Sox for Mark Guthrie the relief pitcher.

Draft:

Round 1 – RP Keith Kane [77/97]; will be in AAA this year to get ready to be a closer
Round 2 – SP Tony Willoughby [66/81]
Round 3 – LF Lewis White [65/78]
Round 4 – 3B Joe Cahill [65/77]
Round 5 – 1B Gaspar Clopes [61/77]
Round 6 – Scrap player

I still need a catcher so I went out and got Toby Hall in exchange for Ryan Dempster and a minor leaguer. Dempster will be replaced by last year’s first round pick Carlos Aquino. The last trade we made was trading away Lyle Overbay for a CF. We got Jeff Duncan a speedy 27 year old from the Mets. He will bat 1st and start in center.

[jaykno14]

Short-term Goals (2006)-
*Win 80-85 games
*Keep positive cash
*Attract 2 million for the first time!
*Make a small splash in the NL Wild Card

25 Man Roster-

Lineup
Duncan, Jeff CF [73/73]
Derosa, Mark 3b [76/76]
Weeks, Rickie 2b [71/75]
Jenkins, Geoff RF [88/88]
Stenson, Dernell [76/76]
Hall, Toby C [76/76]
Fielder, Prince 1b [76/87]
Greene, Kahlil SS [71/71]

Bench
Surhoff, B.J.
Wesp, Perry C
Zoccolillo, Pete OF
Conti, Jason OF
Ginter, Keith IF
Hall, Bill IF

Rotation
Armas Jr., Tony [83/83]
Sheets, Ben [89/89]
Aquino, Carlos [84/93]
Capuano, Chris [78/78]
Davis, Doug [60/60]

Bullpen
Hoffman, Trevor [79/79]
Guthrie, Mark [62/62]
Turnbow, Derrick [74/77]
Estrella, Leo [65/69]
Hoyal, Neil [72/84]
Harville, Chad [66/68]

Financials-

Tix- $18.00
Concession- HD $2.75; BEER $3.65; IC $2.05
Broadcasts- Normal
Expenses- Farm $5 million; Scout $1 million; Med $3 million

[jaykno14]

April 2006- Can we keep improving?

Breakdown: We are 10-13 after a month of action. As a team we are hitting a mediocre .264. Our team ERA is an excellent 3.64, led by Tony Armas and Ben Sheets who have a 3.71 and 3.41 ERA respectively. Rookie Neil Hoyal is on fire pitching 15 innings of relief and no runs given up. He has a 20-4 K/BB ratio.

May 2006- Let’s try to get above .500.

Breakdown: Wow what a pathetic month. A 6-22 record brings our overall record to 16-35. Injuries have just eaten this team up and really have hurt it. We are hitting .250 as a team, with Weeks hitting .247.

June 2006- Let’s try to improve by ten games this month!

Breakdown: Well we really didn’t improve by ten games but we were 11-16. Fielder is really not doing well on power with only 5 homers but has hit for a .299 average. Injury has benched Jeff Duncan for the rest of the year.

July 2006- Trade Deadline could see Jenks being traded.

Breakdown: We have traded away Geoff Jenkins away for cash. Approximately 3.5 million will be coming to us in this deal. We ended up with an 8-19 record for the month. I plan on using some of my prospects in September so be ready for these guys to come up one by one.

August 2006- The DOG days of August are here.

Breakdown: We had a 10-18 record which brought our overall to 45-88. Carlos Aquino is having a really good rookie season with an 8-7 record and an era of 4.07. Doug Davis is 1-16 this year and I plan on letting him go at the end of the season. I signed Pete Zocolillo to a one year deal worth $1.3 million.

September/October 2006- The end of a really poor season.

Breakdown: In September we went 14-12 with our very first winning month for this year! We also won our last three games in October and we ended with a 62-100 record. The rotation not including Doug Davis had a really good year all with below 4.50 eras!

[jaykno14]

Short-term Goals (2006)-
*Win 80-85 games - FAILED
*Keep positive cash - ACCOMPLISHED
*Attract 2 million for the first time! - FAILED
*Make a small splash in the NL Wild Card – FAILED



AMERICAN LEAGUE (2006)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Tampa Bay 95 67 .586 -- .278 166 127 3.84
Baltimore 81 81 .500 14.0 .264 161 116 4.23
Toronto 79 83 .488 16.0 .266 183 65 4.77
New York 74 88 .457 21.0 .264 210 127 5.30
Boston 70 92 .432 25.0 .270 175 61 4.96

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Detroit 95 67 .586 -- .286 238 78 4.25
Cleveland 91 71 .562 4.0 .270 204 97 4.15
Chicago 87 75 .537 8.0 .264 200 105 4.20
Kansas City 71 91 .438 24.0 .255 171 102 4.95
Minnesota 68 94 .420 27.0 .257 155 99 4.70

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Texas 106 56 .654 -- .280 211 120 3.98
Seattle 81 81 .500 25.0 .264 163 108 4.35
Anaheim 80 82 .494 26.0 .262 170 133 4.68
Oakland 68 94 .420 38.0 .252 149 88 4.55


NATIONAL LEAGUE (2006)

EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
New York 93 69 .574 -- .272 171 97 3.68
Philadelphia 82 80 .506 11.0 .264 203 79 4.56
Atlanta 81 81 .500 12.0 .264 181 61 4.51
Florida 78 84 .481 15.0 .250 153 113 4.12
Montreal 69 93 .426 24.0 .250 159 131 5.08

CENTRAL W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Cincinnati 105 57 .648 -- .276 169 91 3.75
St. Louis 94 68 .580 11.0 .277 224 104 4.44
Chicago 93 69 .574 12.0 .257 174 119 4.15
Pittsburgh 81 81 .500 24.0 .267 164 96 4.43
Milwaukee 62 100 .383 43.0 .246 144 88 4.62
Houston 42 120 .259 63.0 .244 129 101 5.50

WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Los Angeles 100 62 .617 -- .286 165 95 4.01
San Diego 80 82 .494 20.0 .250 178 76 4.57
Colorado 79 83 .488 21.0 .285 270 49 4.81
San Francisco 78 84 .481 22.0 .256 138 79 4.21
Arizona 67 95 .414 33.0 .251 173 86 4.74


DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Rangers defeat Indians, 3-1
Tigers defeat Devil Rays, 3-2
Dodgers defeat Cardinals, 3-2
Mets defeat Reds, 3-2

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

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mets defeat Tigers, 4-1

[jaykno14]

Contract Expirations-

Re Signed-
Rickie Weeks – Signed for $1.2 million for 3 years

Released-
Perry Wesp
B.J. Surhoff
Keith Ginter
Trevor Hoffman
Dave Burba

It looks as though we are going to have to go the cheap route. I have decided that this off season I want to go for fielding players and control pitchers. Everyone is trade bait except for Ben Sheets like usual.

At each position I will give you the fielding ratings (Arm/Range/Fielding):

C – Toby Hall 93/75/88: Very respectable that is really what we need at this position
1B – Prince Fielder 76/92/63: This is a position that does not have to be good at defense.
2B – Rickie Weeks 75/65/57: This is a position where we need superb defense and we don’t have it.
3B – Mark Derosa 90/93/70: One of the best 3B in the league right now.
SS – Kahlil Greene 85/93/65: This is the most important position for defense on the field. We are looking in the draft to get someone that can really improve fielding here!
LF – Dernell Stenson 76/88/63: Decent fielding here. We really want good arms at the corner outfield spots.
CF – Jeff Duncan 63/92/90: Here is another really important fielding position. We would like to get someone with a little better arm out here in the future.
RF – Nick Cooper 75/65/70: This is where we would really like to improve…Cooper could be traded for a power hitter that can really field this off season.

So after this we would like to get a 2B, SS, and a RF. We would also really like to get a couple more control pitchers in the rotation.

Rickie Weeks was signed so that we wouldn’t lose him for nothing…he will most likely be traded this year or next for another middle infielder.

• We signed OF Julio Ramirez for 2 years worth $890K a year.

We have traded away Derrick Turnbow and Rickie Weeks for Bo Hart. Hart who has been with St. Louis his whole career has really good defense and will hit for very good average. Next, we traded away starting pitcher Tony Armas Jr. for SS Chase Utely who will start this year.

• We signed SP Willard Beard for 1 year worth $3.3 million.
• We signed RP Juan Rincon for a 4 year deal worth $1.9 million every year

Lastly we traded away RF prospect Nick Cooper for $ 2 million dollars in cash.

• We signed LF Melvin Mora for 3 years worth $1.4 million.

THE DRAFT-

Round 1 – SP Jason Arodin [77/90] will start out at AAA this year to be ready next year
Round 2 – LF Ted Steger [70/90]
Round 3 – RF Alex Knopp [66/90]
Round 4 – 1B Juan Figo [53/90]
Round 5 – SP Bert Sexton [53/79]
Round 6 – Scrap player

[kennybear]

nice, keep it up:D