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Jakeydude18 · 05-25-2017, 11:17 PM

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 – Right off the bat we did not have a good start. Behind the leaders by 7 games at some points I kept sinking my head further and further into my shirt with each passing loss. Our starting pitcher Yasha Bagishaev when down with bone chips in his elbow. He will need surgery for that and will miss 7-8 months. Effectively out for the entire season. He was picked in the fifth round, 291st overall and he will be missed. Our pitching hasn’t been the same since his injury. Our starters are sporting a 5.30 ERA good for 33rd best in the Eurasia League. Our relievers aren’t much better (4.64 ERA) good for 29th best in the Eurasia League. Usually good defense can help bad pitching, but we have the second worse defensive efficiency in the league at .655%. Unless we can get our pitching sorted out, I will be looking at a long and disappointing season. I’m secretly hoping the Intercontinental Baseball Cup in June can pick out the players in the better teams and give us a chance for a month to get back into the playoff race (remember only the division winners plus one wildcard get in the playoffs). I really shouldn’t be looking to deep into it since we’ve only played 56 of 272 (1/5th of the season), being only 5 games back being Moscow I should really stay positive.

Now, onto the goods about the team. We are second in HR with 76 and 5th in Runs Scored with 275. Prpos, bin Dharr, and Hatungimana all have 12 HRs while Gaikovich has 13. He’s tied for 34th in the Eurasian League.
The best team in the world right now is the Washington Huskies with a very good 38-17 record. They are 5.5 games ahead of second place Mexico City Twisters. Tokyo Tamarins and Nouakchott Knights are next best at 37-19. The worst teams in the world are the Canberra River Sharks and Chisinau Kats. To be fair, our entire division isn’t much better. Here are the Eastern European Division Standings:
Moscow 29-27
Tallinn 25-27 2GB
Kiev 24-32 5GB
Minsk 24-32 5GB
Chisinau 17-25 10GB

If we can get our pitching a little better sorted out and better our defense, I don’t see why we couldn’t be in second by the next update, which would be around June 1st.

05-25-2017, 11:17 PM	#6
Jakeydude18 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 99	Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 – Right off the bat we did not have a good start. Behind the leaders by 7 games at some points I kept sinking my head further and further into my shirt with each passing loss. Our starting pitcher Yasha Bagishaev when down with bone chips in his elbow. He will need surgery for that and will miss 7-8 months. Effectively out for the entire season. He was picked in the fifth round, 291st overall and he will be missed. Our pitching hasn’t been the same since his injury. Our starters are sporting a 5.30 ERA good for 33rd best in the Eurasia League. Our relievers aren’t much better (4.64 ERA) good for 29th best in the Eurasia League. Usually good defense can help bad pitching, but we have the second worse defensive efficiency in the league at .655%. Unless we can get our pitching sorted out, I will be looking at a long and disappointing season. I’m secretly hoping the Intercontinental Baseball Cup in June can pick out the players in the better teams and give us a chance for a month to get back into the playoff race (remember only the division winners plus one wildcard get in the playoffs). I really shouldn’t be looking to deep into it since we’ve only played 56 of 272 (1/5th of the season), being only 5 games back being Moscow I should really stay positive. Now, onto the goods about the team. We are second in HR with 76 and 5th in Runs Scored with 275. Prpos, bin Dharr, and Hatungimana all have 12 HRs while Gaikovich has 13. He’s tied for 34th in the Eurasian League. The best team in the world right now is the Washington Huskies with a very good 38-17 record. They are 5.5 games ahead of second place Mexico City Twisters. Tokyo Tamarins and Nouakchott Knights are next best at 37-19. The worst teams in the world are the Canberra River Sharks and Chisinau Kats. To be fair, our entire division isn’t much better. Here are the Eastern European Division Standings: Moscow 29-27 Tallinn 25-27 2GB Kiev 24-32 5GB Minsk 24-32 5GB Chisinau 17-25 10GB If we can get our pitching a little better sorted out and better our defense, I don’t see why we couldn’t be in second by the next update, which would be around June 1st.