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ayaghmour2 · 03-25-2018, 01:37 PM

June 8th, 2018: Good news on the injury front, as Heath Hembree was ready to start rehab in AAA New Orleans, joining Junichi Tazawa. Hembree is having a great season this year. Between Miami and Boston he has a 1.96 ERA and 0.87 WHIP in 18.1 innings. He's recorded 16 strike outs and 4 walks with a 2-1 record.

2nd Rounder Max Marusak signed for a $600,000 signing bonus and was assigned to Miami GCL. That leaves 2 top 5 guys and Ethan Hankins to sign.

We welcomed San Diego to Marlins Park with Dan Straily (3-6, 5.25 ERA, 1.37 WHIP). The Padres sent out oft injured Tyson Ross (6-5, 4.57 ERA, 1.45 WHIP). With Cameron Maybin out, yesterday's hero Rafael Ortega hit leadoff and played center. For those who forgot, we swept the 2nd place St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It felt like the World Series.

It was scorless until the top of the 3rd where Manuel Margot drove in a run on a double and Eric Hosmer hit an RBI single. We tied in the bottom of the 6th after Straily left the game, so he recieved a no-decision. Fastfoward to the 9th, the game was still tied 2-2. Kevin Chapman finished the 9th like he did the 8th, with the game still tied. We got Brad Hand (fantasy team pitcher) for the bottom of the 9th. With one on and one out, Miguel Rojas doublued, scoring Martin Prado and we walked off the Padres! Another win for the Marlins!

Ortega, filling in for Maybin, was a perfect 3-for-3 before being pinch hit in the 7th. He scored and hit his 3rd double.

June 9th, 2018: Just a day too late, with Cesar Puello clearing waivers, Maybin was diagnosed with a strained back muscle. He was headed to the DL. Instead of calling up an outfielder, I added an extra arm to the pen. I brought Tazawa back from rehab assignment after he tossed 5.1 innings, allowing 2 runs, a walk, and 5 strike outs. His WHIP was 0.38, his ERA 3.38. Ortega will be the new center fielder.

4th Rounder Jack Filby agreed to his $300,000 signing bonus and is headed to the GCL.

We've won 4 in a row and Brian Johnson (6-4, 4.21 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) was looking to make it 5 in a row against Dinelson Lamet (1-7, 4.37 ERA, 1.34) who is also a fanrasy pitcher of mine (don't judge, he's breaking out).

Lamet went 7 innings, allowing just 4 hits, a walk, and he struck out 5, picking up the win. The Padres edged us 2-1, but we wre able to add another run on Brad Hand, but he still recieved the save. Johnson went 5 innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 walks, 2 runs, but he struck out 3. The rest of the pen combined for 4 innings, striking out 4 and allowing 1 hit.

We only managed 6 hits. Lane Adams doubled in a 2-for-3 night with a walk and Justin Bour scored the lown run after a 9th inning double.

Let's see, another 5-for-5 game, this time courtesy of 24-year-old shortstop Tim Anderson. His White Sox were destroyed by the Red Sox 13-3. Guess who picked up the save? Former White Sox pitcher Joakim Soria. He tossed 3.1 innings, striking out 6, and allowing 1 hit.

June 10th, 2018: Castro is still number one in NL 2B votes with 603,978. He's still ahead of LeMahieu and Wong.

Looking to win the series, former Padre Odrisamer Despaigne (2-4, 3.38 ERA, 1.26 WHIP) took on Clayton Richard (3-6, 5.68 ERA, 1.67 WHIP). We didn't even have a chance this game, getting shut out 7-0 and out hit 10-6.

A five run first was rough, but Despaigne ended up going 5 innings, allowing all 7 runs (6 earned). He gave up 8 hits and struck out 3 Friars. Martin Prado made an error, his 5th on the year and J.T. Realmuto hit double number 10. Rojas was the only Marlin to record more then 1 hit, going 2-for-3 with two singles. Padres leadoff hitter Manuel Margot went 3-for-5, scoring 3 times, driving in a run, and was a double shy of the cycle.

With the series concluded against the Padres, we had 4 more at home against the Bumgarnerless Giants.

Sidenote: Just got a notification that real life Dan Straily is headed to the DL to start the season. Yesterday, Bumgarner was sent to the DL after his injury in my game, hopefully Straily doesn't have anything waiting for him.

June 11th, 2018: Power rankings! We were in 26th with a 66.5 rating. The Cardinals fell all the way to 18th, now at 83.6.

For game one, we saw Johnny Cueto (4-4, 3.35 ERA, 1.27 WHIP) face Jose Urena (2-5, 6.18 ERA, 1.64 WHIP). Maybe he can lower his ERA below 6...

He tried, he really tried. After 5 innings the game was tied 1-1 in a game where we had a lot of hits, but nothing to show for. 3 errors (Dietrich 3, Rojas 7, Castro 3) were fun, but it was a rare game for a generally good fielding team. There were no errors in the 6th, but that's where Urena fell apart, allowing 4 runs (2 were with Tazawa pitching, but charged to Urena). We eventually lost 5-1, as the pens were near perfect.

Backup catcher Bryan Holaday had a great game, going 3-for-4 with a double. Jose Urena went 1-for-2 and stole a base. Yes, my pitcher swiped a bag. Miguel Rojas hit his 12th double of the year and Rafael Ortega stole base #4.

The Phillies waived former top prospect Jorge Alfaro, and I really wanted to claim him, but he's out of options and Holaday is actually hitting better then him. It's a tough pass.

June 12th, 2018: Game two saw former wide out Jeff Samardzija (5-3, 4.63, 1.47 WHIP) faced southpaw Adam Conley (1-5, 5.43 ERA, 1.53 WHIP). Neither starter pitched that well, one gave up 7 runs, the other 3. Adam Conley was the one who gave up 3! In 5.2 innings, he picked up his second win of the season in a nice 7-4 win. Conley allowed 5 hits, scattered the 3 runs, walked 2 and struck out 2. Nick Wittgren gave up 1 in the 8th off 2 hits, but Drew Steckenrider shut the door in the 9th. Steckesaurus picked up save number 15, striking out 2 in a perfect 8 pitch 9th.

The bats were working tonight, with Lane Adams and Derek Dietrich both recording a pair of hits and an RBI (Adams scored twice, Dietrich only once). They also both doubled. Starlin Castro drove in 3 on a 3 run homer of Samardzija, his 14th on the season, and Justin Bour doubled in a run in the 1st.

So there was another 5 hit game, this time a cycle for RF Gregory Polanco. The Pirates beat the D'Backs at Chase Field 11-8. His final total, 2 singles, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 homer, 1 strike out, 1 steal, 1 RBI, 4 runs.

June 13th, 2018: Sidenote: So I said Brett Conine was Jeff Conine's son, I was wrong. I knew it didn't sound right, but his actualy son is Griffin, who was selected in the 4th round by the Angels. Brett is probably his nephew.

Anyways, we had a good matchup today, Chris Stratton (3-2, 5.31 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) taking on Dan Straily (3-6, 5.04 ERA, 1.35 WHIP). 3 quick runs in the 1st gave me the idea the Marlins could win, but we gave up 3 in the 3rd. The pitching was solid until Joe Panik hit a solo shot off Nick Wittgre in the 8th, and the the Rays former face of the franchise Evan Longoria hit an RBI single. We lost 5-3 after Mark Melancon finished his 16th save.

Straily pitched fine, lowering his ERA to 4.99 after 6 solid innings. He allowed only 5 hits and 3 runs with a walk. He struck out 8 Giants as well. Justin Bour (19) and Derek Dietrich (8) launched homers in 2 hit games. Bout was 2-for-3 with a run scored and 2 driven in and a walk. Dietrich was 2-for-5 with a run scored and driven in. Miguel Rojas also added 2 hits in 3 trips with a walk.

June 14th, 2018: I found out how to use two-way players on accident. In game strategy, there is a check box that says "Use as a two-way player" which I might use for my GCL team since some of my guys can do both.

5th Rounder Liam Henry (who's already saw his potential drop) signed for a $210,000. I was just waiting for Hankins' decision before I went to my later round picks.

I shopped minor leaguer Dustin Beggs around, hoping to get something good for him. He's one of my top 30 prospects, but he's not ready for A- Bativa and just doesn't look good for my scout. The Royals offered the speedy Erick Mejia, a SS, who at least had some sory of potential, and I accepted the trade. I sent the 2* potential infielder to AA Jacksonville and released 27 year old Peter Mooney.

Back to the final game of the series, we saw Brian Johnson (6-5, 4.16 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) battle Ty Blach (3-8, 4.99 ERA, 1.41 WHIP). Both teams had 11 hits, but one team had 1 run. Guess who? Us... The Giants, on the other hand, 8. Johnson got the loss, but he only allowed a single run in 5 innings. He hasn't been going far into games recently, with his pitch count getting high quick. He allowed 4 hits and walked 1, but didn't have a strike out. Enny Romero allowed 3 in the 6th, Tazawa allowed 2 without getting an out in his first appearence since coming back from rehab, and Kevin Chapman and Wittgren allowed a run a peice. The pen wasn't too good.

We had lots of hits, 1 for Johnson of course, but only Starlin Castro drove in a run. He was 3-for-4 and drove in Johnny Giovatella, who had a pinch hit double for Jorge De La Rosa. Bryan Holaday and Rafael Ortega both went 2-for-4. Holaday is now hitting .277, so you can see why I'm hesitant to claim Alfaro and dump Holaday. Derek Dietrich left the game with an injury.

It was a dissapointment homestand, but I still remember that we swept the Cardinals. We fell to 25-44 and headed to Baltimore for some interleague play. After 3 in Camden Yards, we'd see the Giants again in Cali for 3 before a much needed off day.

We were looking at Tanner Scott (1-0, 6.07 ERA), Chris Tillman (2-4, 4.82 ERA), and Dylan Bundy (2-6, 6.40 ERA). Baltimore is 26-44, so they suck too. Maybe we can pull off another sweep!

03-25-2018, 01:37 PM	#16
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,074	June 8th-June 14th June 8th, 2018: Good news on the injury front, as Heath Hembree was ready to start rehab in AAA New Orleans, joining Junichi Tazawa. Hembree is having a great season this year. Between Miami and Boston he has a 1.96 ERA and 0.87 WHIP in 18.1 innings. He's recorded 16 strike outs and 4 walks with a 2-1 record. 2nd Rounder Max Marusak signed for a $600,000 signing bonus and was assigned to Miami GCL. That leaves 2 top 5 guys and Ethan Hankins to sign. We welcomed San Diego to Marlins Park with Dan Straily (3-6, 5.25 ERA, 1.37 WHIP). The Padres sent out oft injured Tyson Ross (6-5, 4.57 ERA, 1.45 WHIP). With Cameron Maybin out, yesterday's hero Rafael Ortega hit leadoff and played center. For those who forgot, we swept the 2nd place St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It felt like the World Series. It was scorless until the top of the 3rd where Manuel Margot drove in a run on a double and Eric Hosmer hit an RBI single. We tied in the bottom of the 6th after Straily left the game, so he recieved a no-decision. Fastfoward to the 9th, the game was still tied 2-2. Kevin Chapman finished the 9th like he did the 8th, with the game still tied. We got Brad Hand (fantasy team pitcher) for the bottom of the 9th. With one on and one out, Miguel Rojas doublued, scoring Martin Prado and we walked off the Padres! Another win for the Marlins! Ortega, filling in for Maybin, was a perfect 3-for-3 before being pinch hit in the 7th. He scored and hit his 3rd double. June 9th, 2018: Just a day too late, with Cesar Puello clearing waivers, Maybin was diagnosed with a strained back muscle. He was headed to the DL. Instead of calling up an outfielder, I added an extra arm to the pen. I brought Tazawa back from rehab assignment after he tossed 5.1 innings, allowing 2 runs, a walk, and 5 strike outs. His WHIP was 0.38, his ERA 3.38. Ortega will be the new center fielder. 4th Rounder Jack Filby agreed to his $300,000 signing bonus and is headed to the GCL. We've won 4 in a row and Brian Johnson (6-4, 4.21 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) was looking to make it 5 in a row against Dinelson Lamet (1-7, 4.37 ERA, 1.34) who is also a fanrasy pitcher of mine (don't judge, he's breaking out). Lamet went 7 innings, allowing just 4 hits, a walk, and he struck out 5, picking up the win. The Padres edged us 2-1, but we wre able to add another run on Brad Hand, but he still recieved the save. Johnson went 5 innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 walks, 2 runs, but he struck out 3. The rest of the pen combined for 4 innings, striking out 4 and allowing 1 hit. We only managed 6 hits. Lane Adams doubled in a 2-for-3 night with a walk and Justin Bour scored the lown run after a 9th inning double. Let's see, another 5-for-5 game, this time courtesy of 24-year-old shortstop Tim Anderson. His White Sox were destroyed by the Red Sox 13-3. Guess who picked up the save? Former White Sox pitcher Joakim Soria. He tossed 3.1 innings, striking out 6, and allowing 1 hit. June 10th, 2018: Castro is still number one in NL 2B votes with 603,978. He's still ahead of LeMahieu and Wong. Looking to win the series, former Padre Odrisamer Despaigne (2-4, 3.38 ERA, 1.26 WHIP) took on Clayton Richard (3-6, 5.68 ERA, 1.67 WHIP). We didn't even have a chance this game, getting shut out 7-0 and out hit 10-6. A five run first was rough, but Despaigne ended up going 5 innings, allowing all 7 runs (6 earned). He gave up 8 hits and struck out 3 Friars. Martin Prado made an error, his 5th on the year and J.T. Realmuto hit double number 10. Rojas was the only Marlin to record more then 1 hit, going 2-for-3 with two singles. Padres leadoff hitter Manuel Margot went 3-for-5, scoring 3 times, driving in a run, and was a double shy of the cycle. With the series concluded against the Padres, we had 4 more at home against the Bumgarnerless Giants. Sidenote: Just got a notification that real life Dan Straily is headed to the DL to start the season. Yesterday, Bumgarner was sent to the DL after his injury in my game, hopefully Straily doesn't have anything waiting for him. June 11th, 2018: Power rankings! We were in 26th with a 66.5 rating. The Cardinals fell all the way to 18th, now at 83.6. For game one, we saw Johnny Cueto (4-4, 3.35 ERA, 1.27 WHIP) face Jose Urena (2-5, 6.18 ERA, 1.64 WHIP). Maybe he can lower his ERA below 6... He tried, he really tried. After 5 innings the game was tied 1-1 in a game where we had a lot of hits, but nothing to show for. 3 errors (Dietrich 3, Rojas 7, Castro 3) were fun, but it was a rare game for a generally good fielding team. There were no errors in the 6th, but that's where Urena fell apart, allowing 4 runs (2 were with Tazawa pitching, but charged to Urena). We eventually lost 5-1, as the pens were near perfect. Backup catcher Bryan Holaday had a great game, going 3-for-4 with a double. Jose Urena went 1-for-2 and stole a base. Yes, my pitcher swiped a bag. Miguel Rojas hit his 12th double of the year and Rafael Ortega stole base #4. The Phillies waived former top prospect Jorge Alfaro, and I really wanted to claim him, but he's out of options and Holaday is actually hitting better then him. It's a tough pass. June 12th, 2018: Game two saw former wide out Jeff Samardzija (5-3, 4.63, 1.47 WHIP) faced southpaw Adam Conley (1-5, 5.43 ERA, 1.53 WHIP). Neither starter pitched that well, one gave up 7 runs, the other 3. Adam Conley was the one who gave up 3! In 5.2 innings, he picked up his second win of the season in a nice 7-4 win. Conley allowed 5 hits, scattered the 3 runs, walked 2 and struck out 2. Nick Wittgren gave up 1 in the 8th off 2 hits, but Drew Steckenrider shut the door in the 9th. Steckesaurus picked up save number 15, striking out 2 in a perfect 8 pitch 9th. The bats were working tonight, with Lane Adams and Derek Dietrich both recording a pair of hits and an RBI (Adams scored twice, Dietrich only once). They also both doubled. Starlin Castro drove in 3 on a 3 run homer of Samardzija, his 14th on the season, and Justin Bour doubled in a run in the 1st. So there was another 5 hit game, this time a cycle for RF Gregory Polanco. The Pirates beat the D'Backs at Chase Field 11-8. His final total, 2 singles, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 homer, 1 strike out, 1 steal, 1 RBI, 4 runs. June 13th, 2018: Sidenote: So I said Brett Conine was Jeff Conine's son, I was wrong. I knew it didn't sound right, but his actualy son is Griffin, who was selected in the 4th round by the Angels. Brett is probably his nephew. Anyways, we had a good matchup today, Chris Stratton (3-2, 5.31 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) taking on Dan Straily (3-6, 5.04 ERA, 1.35 WHIP). 3 quick runs in the 1st gave me the idea the Marlins could win, but we gave up 3 in the 3rd. The pitching was solid until Joe Panik hit a solo shot off Nick Wittgre in the 8th, and the the Rays former face of the franchise Evan Longoria hit an RBI single. We lost 5-3 after Mark Melancon finished his 16th save. Straily pitched fine, lowering his ERA to 4.99 after 6 solid innings. He allowed only 5 hits and 3 runs with a walk. He struck out 8 Giants as well. Justin Bour (19) and Derek Dietrich (8) launched homers in 2 hit games. Bout was 2-for-3 with a run scored and 2 driven in and a walk. Dietrich was 2-for-5 with a run scored and driven in. Miguel Rojas also added 2 hits in 3 trips with a walk. June 14th, 2018: I found out how to use two-way players on accident. In game strategy, there is a check box that says "Use as a two-way player" which I might use for my GCL team since some of my guys can do both. 5th Rounder Liam Henry (who's already saw his potential drop) signed for a $210,000. I was just waiting for Hankins' decision before I went to my later round picks. I shopped minor leaguer Dustin Beggs around, hoping to get something good for him. He's one of my top 30 prospects, but he's not ready for A- Bativa and just doesn't look good for my scout. The Royals offered the speedy Erick Mejia, a SS, who at least had some sory of potential, and I accepted the trade. I sent the 2* potential infielder to AA Jacksonville and released 27 year old Peter Mooney. Back to the final game of the series, we saw Brian Johnson (6-5, 4.16 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) battle Ty Blach (3-8, 4.99 ERA, 1.41 WHIP). Both teams had 11 hits, but one team had 1 run. Guess who? Us... The Giants, on the other hand, 8. Johnson got the loss, but he only allowed a single run in 5 innings. He hasn't been going far into games recently, with his pitch count getting high quick. He allowed 4 hits and walked 1, but didn't have a strike out. Enny Romero allowed 3 in the 6th, Tazawa allowed 2 without getting an out in his first appearence since coming back from rehab, and Kevin Chapman and Wittgren allowed a run a peice. The pen wasn't too good. We had lots of hits, 1 for Johnson of course, but only Starlin Castro drove in a run. He was 3-for-4 and drove in Johnny Giovatella, who had a pinch hit double for Jorge De La Rosa. Bryan Holaday and Rafael Ortega both went 2-for-4. Holaday is now hitting .277, so you can see why I'm hesitant to claim Alfaro and dump Holaday. Derek Dietrich left the game with an injury. It was a dissapointment homestand, but I still remember that we swept the Cardinals. We fell to 25-44 and headed to Baltimore for some interleague play. After 3 in Camden Yards, we'd see the Giants again in Cali for 3 before a much needed off day. We were looking at Tanner Scott (1-0, 6.07 ERA), Chris Tillman (2-4, 4.82 ERA), and Dylan Bundy (2-6, 6.40 ERA). Baltimore is 26-44, so they suck too. Maybe we can pull off another sweep!