Year Five. Top of the Division.

I'm not worthless! (Well...maybe...)

99-63. Top of the division. Everything played out right. Made a few trades, Suzuki (1B) left us for a contact hitter Manuel Fernandez (1B) who still had two years on the contract. I plumped for this because Suzuki was in his final year and I didn't have the cash to extend.

Remember all round SS Juan Mendoza? He was in the last year of his contract and busted his elbow for 8 months. He wasn't going to play again during his contract, so we tore it up and decided to move on.

Here is our current line up for the playoffs:

(Presuming RHP)

1. Barajas (2B) - Moved from the bottom of the line up to be our lead off man.
2. Malcom. (CF) - Similar player to Barajas.
3. Villarreal (RF) - The Ex batting champ finished third for the batting title, but is still a lethal contact hitter.
4. Arcangeli (C) - Our power hitting franchise man was strangely uninjured all year, and is proving to be worth every cent of his 16mil a year contract.
5. Fernandez (1B) - Offering protection for Arcangeli. May not hit as powerfully as Arcangeli but I feel he offers good middle order option.
6. Klein (LF) - He is ostensibly in the line up as a LH power hitter, who sits lower against RHP but still a decent player
7. Hernandez (3B) - Defensive 3B back up, replacing Lerma for the first game.
8. Mathijseen (SS) - The long term injury replacement at SS.

We're up against the Broadsides, lets see if we can pull this off.