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diop · 06-06-2018, 12:50 PM

Well, I tried to set-up my lineup a few times but the game keeps calling players up and down before I can do anything so I don't really understand. I'll just let the AI set everything up and make changes as they don't perform. The starting rotation is still the same, just the order is a little different.
1. Warholic
2. Skinner
3. Ferguson
4. Meador
5. Stafford

Hosino, Munoz, and Sanchez are the middle relievers, and Gazza our AAA closer has been called up as a 4th mid reliever. Wilson is also called up from the Screaming Eagles as our 8th inning guy, and Rosado the setup for the 7th. Brooks remains the closer.

On Offence Araujo and Kamei swap places. I thought Araujo the more talented player already, but with being only 20 I thought he could use some AAA time starting most days while he develops. DiGuillo is sent down to AAA to make space for one of our two extra relievers. 3B Daniel Castro is sent down and replaced by SS Pete Lehmberg, who will be playing leadoff in the 3B position.
Nelson Henriquez and Joe Miller swap places in the outfield as Miller will spend a little time in AAA instead. The other roster opening is Crandall who is still on the DL. I'm sure there's some more minor league switches, positive, actually, but it's not something I want to spend my time dealing with. It's game time.

Game 1 (0-0)
We're on the road headed to San Diego for a three game series. It took til our 8th man to finally get on base, but CF Rich Huber becomes the first Duck to ever quack a hit. It was a quiet game until the end of the third when the Musketeers starter Jesse Winward went down with an injury. As soon as Perez came in in the 4th the Ducks opened him up with a solo homer by Duggins on the first pitch. He went on to finish with a 1.1 IP, 5H, 3ER, 3BB, with 1 wild pitch in a 42 pitch performance. The next few innings turned in to a slugfest as Loaiza and Gettingby (in 1AB as a PH) also helped themself to homers both in the 7th. Warholic played solidly going 6 full innings only allowing 1 ER, 3H, 4BB, and 5K in 102 pitches. Hosino came in in the 7th to set it up but did his best attempt to give SD some life. 3 ER with 4H and 1 BB in 2.1 innings, but Sanchez came in the 9th to clean the game up. Final score, 10-4 Portland (1-0)

Game 2 (1-0)
Danny Skinner gets the start today, see if he can lives up to the pace Warholic set. The game was never in doubt, 7 runs in the first 4 innings for the Ducks, while Skinner goes in to the 9th inning before starting to fall apart. Skinner went 8.0 inning on 130 PI, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 6K, with both those runs coming in the 9th and one being let in by reliever Sanchez. On offense it was pretty quiet after the start of the game, but the team got on base with 11 hits and 4 walks. 4 doubles for the team, and Priest is the 4th Duck to get his first homerun. 7-2 final score, Ducks win. (2-0)

Game 3 (2-0)
The leftie Ferguson gets the start today, who I considered my weakest in the 5-man rotation, but our first two did splendid so lets see how it goes. Fergie did solid through the first 5, not allowing anyone to score, but with 10 on base he didn't have the gas to make it through six and let in 2 and inherited another from Munoz, who did not live up to spring training results in his first appearance. Rey Hard scored Rich Huber in the 5th, but that was the only offence we could get going. 4-1 Musketeers. 2-1 Ducks to wrap up their first series.

Game 4 (2-1)
The second of four consecutive road series to start the season for the Ducks, Portland heads to Oklahoma to face the undefeated 3-0 Checkers. They're first in almost every hitting category, where we average around 2nd or 3rd for most things. The offense put up 1 run off a Rey Hard double in the first, but that was about it until the 9th where Huber hit a 2-out, 2-run double to give the Ducks a 3-2 lead in the 9th. Meador pitched well going 7 innings on 2 earnies that weren't until the 6th. No K's, though and a lot (7) of hits were mostly through the gaps. Rosado came in to sub for 1 pitch in the 8th as Mike Wilson went down with an injury to earn the win, and Lance Brooks finally gets his first action to close it in the 9th. Final score, 3-2 POR

After four games I got sick of the no DH rule, which I meant to turn on, so there'll be a few different stats. I also renamed our league to the Sunny Days League (SDL) and the others to the Fresh Breeze League (FBL) for some diversity, and renamed ourselves the American Baseball League (ABL) and the Player Draft Pool is published 60 days instead of 30 days, so, today.

Game 5 (3-1)
With the changes Joe Duggins comes in to fill our DH spot and Eddie Araujo gets his first start at catcher, and our fifth pitcher Pete Stafford gets his first start. Reliever Mike Wilson will be out five weeks with bone spurs in his elbow. Jonathan Sanchez gets called up from AAA. Stafford got through 4.2 IP pretty safely, only allowing a solo homer in the 1st, but his 4-1 lead quickly fell apart after an error that could have lead to a double play and a wild pitch that advanced runners. Jonathan Sanchez came in and let two more of Stafford's runners score on the first AB, but played out the rest of the game well going 3.1 IP with 3H and 2Ks Final score is 7-4 Oakland.

I went and created HS and college feeder leagues. There's no schedule for them this season so no one will actually get to play and I think since I made the draft list the day it was already on, it didn't get published so that'll pop up again in a couple days.

Game 6 (3-2)
Warholic gets his second start of the season, but comes out after 2 from an injury. Hosino comes in and puts in 3.2 innings and Gazza gets his first play time contributing another 2.1. Munoz closes it out with a perfect 9th inning. It was a close one until a couple of wild pitches and an error by the Checkers allowed 5 runs in the 7th. Portland finishes tacking on a couple more in the 9th to win 10-2.

After the game it was discovered Craig Warholic suffered an oblique strain that will keep him out for three weeks. Alberto Martinez gets called up to fill our 5th spot.

Game 7 (4-2)
Skinner looked in trouble most of the early game but ended up just fine only allowing one solo homer in the 3rd and going 6 innings cleanly. DiGiulio gets called up to play 1B and hits his first career homer to give the 2-1 lead but Lance Brooks comes in in the 9th and blows the save with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd. He hasn't looked that great in the 1.2 innings I've seen for being our apparently best pitcher. Also Gould, our best defensive catcher, was exposed today as Oakland stole 4 times on us and on the season is only 2/10 getting runners out. Definitely what we need to focus on improving the most. OC wins 2-3

SDL hitter of the week was 32 y/o 1B Jason Winterer of the Washington Scorpions. He hit .400 (10-for-25) with 4 home runs and 14 RBIs.

Triplets RF Justin Davis wins it in the FBL going 16-for-30 (.553 avg) with 3 homers and 13 RBIs.

Philadelphi Governors go 6-1 to sit atop the power rankings (163.3), Portland in 10th (102.9). The Flying Tigers of Dallas stink it up going 0-7 (-14.0) their first week.

06-06-2018, 12:50 PM	#5
diop Bat Boy Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 14	Well, I tried to set-up my lineup a few times but the game keeps calling players up and down before I can do anything so I don't really understand. I'll just let the AI set everything up and make changes as they don't perform. The starting rotation is still the same, just the order is a little different. 1. Warholic 2. Skinner 3. Ferguson 4. Meador 5. Stafford Hosino, Munoz, and Sanchez are the middle relievers, and Gazza our AAA closer has been called up as a 4th mid reliever. Wilson is also called up from the Screaming Eagles as our 8th inning guy, and Rosado the setup for the 7th. Brooks remains the closer. On Offence Araujo and Kamei swap places. I thought Araujo the more talented player already, but with being only 20 I thought he could use some AAA time starting most days while he develops. DiGuillo is sent down to AAA to make space for one of our two extra relievers. 3B Daniel Castro is sent down and replaced by SS Pete Lehmberg, who will be playing leadoff in the 3B position. Nelson Henriquez and Joe Miller swap places in the outfield as Miller will spend a little time in AAA instead. The other roster opening is Crandall who is still on the DL. I'm sure there's some more minor league switches, positive, actually, but it's not something I want to spend my time dealing with. It's game time. Game 1 (0-0) We're on the road headed to San Diego for a three game series. It took til our 8th man to finally get on base, but CF Rich Huber becomes the first Duck to ever quack a hit. It was a quiet game until the end of the third when the Musketeers starter Jesse Winward went down with an injury. As soon as Perez came in in the 4th the Ducks opened him up with a solo homer by Duggins on the first pitch. He went on to finish with a 1.1 IP, 5H, 3ER, 3BB, with 1 wild pitch in a 42 pitch performance. The next few innings turned in to a slugfest as Loaiza and Gettingby (in 1AB as a PH) also helped themself to homers both in the 7th. Warholic played solidly going 6 full innings only allowing 1 ER, 3H, 4BB, and 5K in 102 pitches. Hosino came in in the 7th to set it up but did his best attempt to give SD some life. 3 ER with 4H and 1 BB in 2.1 innings, but Sanchez came in the 9th to clean the game up. Final score, 10-4 Portland (1-0) Game 2 (1-0) Danny Skinner gets the start today, see if he can lives up to the pace Warholic set. The game was never in doubt, 7 runs in the first 4 innings for the Ducks, while Skinner goes in to the 9th inning before starting to fall apart. Skinner went 8.0 inning on 130 PI, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 6K, with both those runs coming in the 9th and one being let in by reliever Sanchez. On offense it was pretty quiet after the start of the game, but the team got on base with 11 hits and 4 walks. 4 doubles for the team, and Priest is the 4th Duck to get his first homerun. 7-2 final score, Ducks win. (2-0) Game 3 (2-0) The leftie Ferguson gets the start today, who I considered my weakest in the 5-man rotation, but our first two did splendid so lets see how it goes. Fergie did solid through the first 5, not allowing anyone to score, but with 10 on base he didn't have the gas to make it through six and let in 2 and inherited another from Munoz, who did not live up to spring training results in his first appearance. Rey Hard scored Rich Huber in the 5th, but that was the only offence we could get going. 4-1 Musketeers. 2-1 Ducks to wrap up their first series. Game 4 (2-1) The second of four consecutive road series to start the season for the Ducks, Portland heads to Oklahoma to face the undefeated 3-0 Checkers. They're first in almost every hitting category, where we average around 2nd or 3rd for most things. The offense put up 1 run off a Rey Hard double in the first, but that was about it until the 9th where Huber hit a 2-out, 2-run double to give the Ducks a 3-2 lead in the 9th. Meador pitched well going 7 innings on 2 earnies that weren't until the 6th. No K's, though and a lot (7) of hits were mostly through the gaps. Rosado came in to sub for 1 pitch in the 8th as Mike Wilson went down with an injury to earn the win, and Lance Brooks finally gets his first action to close it in the 9th. Final score, 3-2 POR After four games I got sick of the no DH rule, which I meant to turn on, so there'll be a few different stats. I also renamed our league to the Sunny Days League (SDL) and the others to the Fresh Breeze League (FBL) for some diversity, and renamed ourselves the American Baseball League (ABL) and the Player Draft Pool is published 60 days instead of 30 days, so, today. Game 5 (3-1) With the changes Joe Duggins comes in to fill our DH spot and Eddie Araujo gets his first start at catcher, and our fifth pitcher Pete Stafford gets his first start. Reliever Mike Wilson will be out five weeks with bone spurs in his elbow. Jonathan Sanchez gets called up from AAA. Stafford got through 4.2 IP pretty safely, only allowing a solo homer in the 1st, but his 4-1 lead quickly fell apart after an error that could have lead to a double play and a wild pitch that advanced runners. Jonathan Sanchez came in and let two more of Stafford's runners score on the first AB, but played out the rest of the game well going 3.1 IP with 3H and 2Ks Final score is 7-4 Oakland. I went and created HS and college feeder leagues. There's no schedule for them this season so no one will actually get to play and I think since I made the draft list the day it was already on, it didn't get published so that'll pop up again in a couple days. Game 6 (3-2) Warholic gets his second start of the season, but comes out after 2 from an injury. Hosino comes in and puts in 3.2 innings and Gazza gets his first play time contributing another 2.1. Munoz closes it out with a perfect 9th inning. It was a close one until a couple of wild pitches and an error by the Checkers allowed 5 runs in the 7th. Portland finishes tacking on a couple more in the 9th to win 10-2. After the game it was discovered Craig Warholic suffered an oblique strain that will keep him out for three weeks. Alberto Martinez gets called up to fill our 5th spot. Game 7 (4-2) Skinner looked in trouble most of the early game but ended up just fine only allowing one solo homer in the 3rd and going 6 innings cleanly. DiGiulio gets called up to play 1B and hits his first career homer to give the 2-1 lead but Lance Brooks comes in in the 9th and blows the save with two outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd. He hasn't looked that great in the 1.2 innings I've seen for being our apparently best pitcher. Also Gould, our best defensive catcher, was exposed today as Oakland stole 4 times on us and on the season is only 2/10 getting runners out. Definitely what we need to focus on improving the most. OC wins 2-3 SDL hitter of the week was 32 y/o 1B Jason Winterer of the Washington Scorpions. He hit .400 (10-for-25) with 4 home runs and 14 RBIs. Triplets RF Justin Davis wins it in the FBL going 16-for-30 (.553 avg) with 3 homers and 13 RBIs. Philadelphi Governors go 6-1 to sit atop the power rankings (163.3), Portland in 10th (102.9). The Flying Tigers of Dallas stink it up going 0-7 (-14.0) their first week.