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ayaghmour2 · 06-05-2018, 07:36 PM

Real-life side-note: With work, my posting schedule will change a little. I won't be able to post in the morning days I work, but I'll try to still get two posts in, one when I get home and another later at night.

April 4th, 2024: Happy Opening Day! Baseball is back, although we'll have to wait 1 more day for Marlins baseball, as we host the Giants tomorrow.

The preseason predictions are out, and they don't like us very much, a projected 84-78 record, good for 4th place and 4 out of first. We're [redicted the best ERA, 2nd most strikeouts, and least runs against. Mike Soroka is projected to be one of the top pitchers. I wouldn't take these seriously, as they have the Padres 79-83.

The top 100 prospect list was announced, with LF Mike Verbeck of the Orioles ranked #1. The former 2nd Overall pick known as "Blueprint" os a 4.5/5* who is amazing at just about everything. He's hitting 4th in the bigs behind superstar Benni Vogl to give the Orioles the best young outfield pairing quite possible ever.

We have a top 10 guy sof our own, SS Rogelio Maldnoado, who ranks 7th. I signed the 17-year-old Dominican in last year's IFA period for $4,480,000. Our system ranks 10th, in part to him and LF Juan Ramirez (20). Other notables include SP Joe Bernal (108), SP Josh Weske (121), and 2B Reizo Honda (176).

The Twins signed former Marlin Brad Brach to a 1-year, $4,000,000 contract. Noe 37, he's got 880.2 innings under his bealt with 1,012 strikeouts and 391 walks.

The Red Sox added another arm, RHP Nick Goody to a 1-year, $4,680,000 contract. The Orlando Native has a career 4.22 REA and 1.21 WHIP in 494.1 career innings.

Tomorrow starts our quest for the World Series, as we'll welcome the Giants to beautiful Marlins Park. The projected starters are Madison Bumgarner, Carter Raffield, and Zack Littell.

April 5th, 2024: Baseball is back, and the Miami Marlins host the San Francisco Giants in a sold out Marlins Park! Just like last year, Walker Buehler toes the rubber in the opener, against the veteran left hander Madison Bumgarner. Our lineup is CF Moniak, LF Brinson, 1B Beer, RF Ohtani, 2B Rodgers, 3B Tiberi, C Feight, SS Gordon, P Buehler. Sadly, the result was not as anticipated, and we dropped the opener 5-2.

Buehler had a rough outing, 2.2 innings with 4 hits, 3 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. Ernesto Estrella allowed 1 in 2 with 2 hits, 2 walks, and a strikeout.

Reigning Rookie of the Year Seth Beer started his season off right, 2-for-4 with a solo homer. Brendan Rodgers was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Shoehi Ohtani was 2-for-4.

The Astros returned SS Luis Verdugo, so I outrighted him to AA.

April 6th, 2024: I made a nice waiver claim, adding 2B Deshawn Hardamon from Oakland. The former 18th overall pick by the Angels in 2020, the slugger is rated a 1.5/5 and can play all over the diamond. To make room for him, I optioned 1B Ryan Mountcastle to AAA, where I will give him reps in the outfield.

Back to Hardamon, he's got insane potential with his bats, with his caps at 74-73-83-57-72 and with enough paitience, he can develop into a future star.

The Red Sox keep bolstering the pen, signing RHP Corey Knebel to a 1-year, $12.2 million contract. He won't be used as the closer, but Knebel has 170 career saves, including 39 back in 2017 where he worked a 1.78 ERA.

April 7th, 2024: We looked to even our record with Jordan Montgomery facing Carter Raffield. Today was much better, as we shut the visitors out 9-0 for our first of many wins in 2024.

Montgomery tossed 6.1 innings with 2 hits, a walk, and 3 strikeouts. Max Povse pitched the last 2.2, with just 2 hits, and 4 strikeouts.

Shoehi Ohtani was 1-for-3 with a solo homer. He was replaced by Hardamon, who hit a homer in his big league debut. Seth Beer went 1-for-3 with 2 runs scored, a walk, and double. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a base clearing double. Austin Hedges was 1-for-4 with a run scored and 2 driven in during his Marlins debut.

Brewers SS Orlando Arcia went 5-for-5 in a 6-3 win over the Reds. Former Marlin and now Rockie 2B Vidal Brujan was 5-for-6 against the Padres in a 9-8 win.

April 8th, 2024: The first set of the Power Rankings has us in 11th.

We looked to win the opening series with Mike Soroka set to make his Marlins debut against Zack Littell. After a rough start, Soroka settled down and we won the finale 4-3.

Soroka finished 6 innings, with 6 hits, 3 runs, and 3 strikeouts. Ben Poplin and Alpha Quivers earned holds before Jorge Moya recorded his first big league save. Popkin, however, left with injury, and his diagnosis is still pending.

Nick Gordon was 2-for-3 with a walk, run scored, and RBI. Adam Haseley was 1-for-4 with a solo homer. Mickey Moniak was 2-for-4 with a run scored, driven in, and a steal.

This was also my 500th Career Win! Believe it or not, my career record is actually over .500, and I sit at 500-476 with three playoff appearences in six seasons, as I work on year seven.

We're tied with the Nats and Mets for first at 2-1, and they happen to be our next opponents. The Nationals are coming to count for three, as we'll likely face Cole Ragans, Jacob deGrom, and Sonny Warner (0-0, 4.50 ERA).

April 9th, 2024: I optioned Nick Fieght to AAA, and activated Thomas Dillard from the DL. He'd hit third as Jake Florence took on Cole Ragans to open the series with Washington. A strong pitching performance lead to a 4-1 win as we improved our record to 3-1.

Florence was as good as he could be, 7 innings with 2 hits, an unearned run, 4 walks, and 6 strikeouts. Quivers got a hold and Moya the save.

Dillard was 2-for-4 with a double in his return, but committed an error. Lewis Brinson was 2-for-4 as well. Blake Tiberi was 1-for-3 with a walk, run scored, and 2 RBI's. Mickey Moniak was 1-for-4 with 2 RBI's and a steal.

April 10th, 2024: We looked to win the series a day early with A.J. Puckett taking on Jacob deGrom. This is deGrom's first year out of New York, and spent the 2014-2023 seasons with them. We stayed hot, and took this won 6-2 to win our 2nd straight series.

Puck tossed 6 shutout innings with 3 hits, a walk, and 6 strikeouts. Estrella allowed 1 run in 2 innings with 2 hits, a walk, and a strikeout. Moya earned his 3rd save, striking out two in the 9th.

Scott Kingery was 1-for-4 with a solo homer. Thomas Dillard was 3-for-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, and an RBI. Blake Tiberi was 2-for-4 with a run scored, 2 RBI's, and a double. Shoehi Ohtani was 2-for-4 with a triple and RBI. Seth Beer was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Adam Haseley was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a steal.

April 11th, 2024: We looked to finish the sweep with Walker Buehler (0-1, 10.13 ERA, 1.88 WHIP) taking on Sonny Warner (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP). We couldn't score, and dropped the finale 2-1.

Buehler pitched fine, 6.2 innings with 7 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Not great, but much better then his first start of the season.

We only had 4 hits. Brendan Rodgers lead the way with an RBI double in four at bats. Thomas Dillard was 0-for-2, but walked and was hit by a pitch, and scored the only run of the game. Like usual, we struggled against Warner, who at least now is a 4/4.5 as opposed to the 2.5* that always seemed to best us.

We're a game out of first, trailing the 5-1 Mets by a game. We'll head to the Big Apple to take them on, and look to reclaim first. We'll see Luis Marrero (1-0, 1.50 ERA), Michael Wacha (1-0, 6.14 ERA), and Chris Sale (1-0, 3.38 ERA).

06-05-2018, 07:36 PM	#214
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,133	April 4th-April 11th Real-life side-note: With work, my posting schedule will change a little. I won't be able to post in the morning days I work, but I'll try to still get two posts in, one when I get home and another later at night. April 4th, 2024: Happy Opening Day! Baseball is back, although we'll have to wait 1 more day for Marlins baseball, as we host the Giants tomorrow. The preseason predictions are out, and they don't like us very much, a projected 84-78 record, good for 4th place and 4 out of first. We're [redicted the best ERA, 2nd most strikeouts, and least runs against. Mike Soroka is projected to be one of the top pitchers. I wouldn't take these seriously, as they have the Padres 79-83. The top 100 prospect list was announced, with LF Mike Verbeck of the Orioles ranked #1. The former 2nd Overall pick known as "Blueprint" os a 4.5/5* who is amazing at just about everything. He's hitting 4th in the bigs behind superstar Benni Vogl to give the Orioles the best young outfield pairing quite possible ever. We have a top 10 guy sof our own, SS Rogelio Maldnoado, who ranks 7th. I signed the 17-year-old Dominican in last year's IFA period for $4,480,000. Our system ranks 10th, in part to him and LF Juan Ramirez (20). Other notables include SP Joe Bernal (108), SP Josh Weske (121), and 2B Reizo Honda (176). The Twins signed former Marlin Brad Brach to a 1-year, $4,000,000 contract. Noe 37, he's got 880.2 innings under his bealt with 1,012 strikeouts and 391 walks. The Red Sox added another arm, RHP Nick Goody to a 1-year, $4,680,000 contract. The Orlando Native has a career 4.22 REA and 1.21 WHIP in 494.1 career innings. Tomorrow starts our quest for the World Series, as we'll welcome the Giants to beautiful Marlins Park. The projected starters are Madison Bumgarner, Carter Raffield, and Zack Littell. April 5th, 2024: Baseball is back, and the Miami Marlins host the San Francisco Giants in a sold out Marlins Park! Just like last year, Walker Buehler toes the rubber in the opener, against the veteran left hander Madison Bumgarner. Our lineup is CF Moniak, LF Brinson, 1B Beer, RF Ohtani, 2B Rodgers, 3B Tiberi, C Feight, SS Gordon, P Buehler. Sadly, the result was not as anticipated, and we dropped the opener 5-2. Buehler had a rough outing, 2.2 innings with 4 hits, 3 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. Ernesto Estrella allowed 1 in 2 with 2 hits, 2 walks, and a strikeout. Reigning Rookie of the Year Seth Beer started his season off right, 2-for-4 with a solo homer. Brendan Rodgers was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Shoehi Ohtani was 2-for-4. The Astros returned SS Luis Verdugo, so I outrighted him to AA. April 6th, 2024: I made a nice waiver claim, adding 2B Deshawn Hardamon from Oakland. The former 18th overall pick by the Angels in 2020, the slugger is rated a 1.5/5 and can play all over the diamond. To make room for him, I optioned 1B Ryan Mountcastle to AAA, where I will give him reps in the outfield. Back to Hardamon, he's got insane potential with his bats, with his caps at 74-73-83-57-72 and with enough paitience, he can develop into a future star. The Red Sox keep bolstering the pen, signing RHP Corey Knebel to a 1-year, $12.2 million contract. He won't be used as the closer, but Knebel has 170 career saves, including 39 back in 2017 where he worked a 1.78 ERA. April 7th, 2024: We looked to even our record with Jordan Montgomery facing Carter Raffield. Today was much better, as we shut the visitors out 9-0 for our first of many wins in 2024. Montgomery tossed 6.1 innings with 2 hits, a walk, and 3 strikeouts. Max Povse pitched the last 2.2, with just 2 hits, and 4 strikeouts. Shoehi Ohtani was 1-for-3 with a solo homer. He was replaced by Hardamon, who hit a homer in his big league debut. Seth Beer went 1-for-3 with 2 runs scored, a walk, and double. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with a base clearing double. Austin Hedges was 1-for-4 with a run scored and 2 driven in during his Marlins debut. Brewers SS Orlando Arcia went 5-for-5 in a 6-3 win over the Reds. Former Marlin and now Rockie 2B Vidal Brujan was 5-for-6 against the Padres in a 9-8 win. April 8th, 2024: The first set of the Power Rankings has us in 11th. We looked to win the opening series with Mike Soroka set to make his Marlins debut against Zack Littell. After a rough start, Soroka settled down and we won the finale 4-3. Soroka finished 6 innings, with 6 hits, 3 runs, and 3 strikeouts. Ben Poplin and Alpha Quivers earned holds before Jorge Moya recorded his first big league save. Popkin, however, left with injury, and his diagnosis is still pending. Nick Gordon was 2-for-3 with a walk, run scored, and RBI. Adam Haseley was 1-for-4 with a solo homer. Mickey Moniak was 2-for-4 with a run scored, driven in, and a steal. This was also my 500th Career Win! Believe it or not, my career record is actually over .500, and I sit at 500-476 with three playoff appearences in six seasons, as I work on year seven. We're tied with the Nats and Mets for first at 2-1, and they happen to be our next opponents. The Nationals are coming to count for three, as we'll likely face Cole Ragans, Jacob deGrom, and Sonny Warner (0-0, 4.50 ERA). April 9th, 2024: I optioned Nick Fieght to AAA, and activated Thomas Dillard from the DL. He'd hit third as Jake Florence took on Cole Ragans to open the series with Washington. A strong pitching performance lead to a 4-1 win as we improved our record to 3-1. Florence was as good as he could be, 7 innings with 2 hits, an unearned run, 4 walks, and 6 strikeouts. Quivers got a hold and Moya the save. Dillard was 2-for-4 with a double in his return, but committed an error. Lewis Brinson was 2-for-4 as well. Blake Tiberi was 1-for-3 with a walk, run scored, and 2 RBI's. Mickey Moniak was 1-for-4 with 2 RBI's and a steal. April 10th, 2024: We looked to win the series a day early with A.J. Puckett taking on Jacob deGrom. This is deGrom's first year out of New York, and spent the 2014-2023 seasons with them. We stayed hot, and took this won 6-2 to win our 2nd straight series. Puck tossed 6 shutout innings with 3 hits, a walk, and 6 strikeouts. Estrella allowed 1 run in 2 innings with 2 hits, a walk, and a strikeout. Moya earned his 3rd save, striking out two in the 9th. Scott Kingery was 1-for-4 with a solo homer. Thomas Dillard was 3-for-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, and an RBI. Blake Tiberi was 2-for-4 with a run scored, 2 RBI's, and a double. Shoehi Ohtani was 2-for-4 with a triple and RBI. Seth Beer was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Adam Haseley was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a steal. April 11th, 2024: We looked to finish the sweep with Walker Buehler (0-1, 10.13 ERA, 1.88 WHIP) taking on Sonny Warner (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP). We couldn't score, and dropped the finale 2-1. Buehler pitched fine, 6.2 innings with 7 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Not great, but much better then his first start of the season. We only had 4 hits. Brendan Rodgers lead the way with an RBI double in four at bats. Thomas Dillard was 0-for-2, but walked and was hit by a pitch, and scored the only run of the game. Like usual, we struggled against Warner, who at least now is a 4/4.5 as opposed to the 2.5* that always seemed to best us. We're a game out of first, trailing the 5-1 Mets by a game. We'll head to the Big Apple to take them on, and look to reclaim first. We'll see Luis Marrero (1-0, 1.50 ERA), Michael Wacha (1-0, 6.14 ERA), and Chris Sale (1-0, 3.38 ERA).