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gehrig38 · 07-11-2018, 01:22 AM

HIRINGS/FIRINGS AND NEWS
I have let go of a number of minor league staff, and I was just informed head scout Luis Mora will retire. That becomes priority #1 to fill and to that end I have extended a 5 year offer to Puerto Rican legend Julian Toro. Julian is a former GM who is regarded as one of the games best evaluators of young talent. I've offered him a 5 year 1.01 million dollar contract.
Other spots now open and looking to be filled are the AA Manager spot, Hitting coach too. Farmington's Pitching coach and Manager, Manager at Hobbs and I've extended an offer to Mark Grace to be the hitting coach at Rio Rancho and Brandon Allen to manage.

ARBITRATION
12 eligible players.
All will be offered arbitration and I worked on quite a few extensions. Brad Turner, Jake Grab, Leith Bursey and Makata Hayashi have let us know they are not really interested in anything more than a 1-year deal so we'll go to arbitration with them all.
Kody Pollock and Kennan Hallamore have both taken extension offers and will be getting back to us.

OWNERSHIP MEETING
Mr. Medina is clearly ecstatic given we hit his goal of winning a title by 2009. Our budget will rise to 45 million of which Mr. Medina believes 37.8 should be player salaries/payroll. That's pre-arbitration so we'll wait and see how that shakes out. We've raised out ticket prices from 11.50 to 13.75. An increase just south of 20% and starting to get more on par with the rest of the league. We drew 2.33 million last year, up from 1.898 in 2008 and there's no reason to think that won't grow. We want to the 2006 record of 2.8 this year.

A LOOK BACK
On July 31st I made what may someday be a losing trade, but that someday is not today. At the time we were 65-40 for a .619 win % and the team defensive efficiency was .688 which ranked 8th in the league.
Here is a week by week look at that number after acquiring Leith Bursey.

DEFENSE: .688 8th
DEFENSE: .690 5th
DEFENSE: .691 5th
DEFENSE: .692 5th
DEFENSE: .691 5th
DEFENSE: .693 4th
DEFENSE: .695 4th
DEFENSE: .695 3rd
DEFENSE: .696 3rd
DEFENSE: .695 3rd

65-40 .619 before the trade
36-21 .632 after the trade

While defense continues to be a challenge to quantify, it is getting better, it still remains one of the most underrated aspects of a championship club. The fewer “drive in one more than you let in” players you can have the better. As of today I feel like there is one player on this roster that falls into that category in Makata Hayashi. Although his post-season was a huge boost to what could have been a dismal season.

07-11-2018, 01:22 AM	#304
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,992	HIRINGS/FIRINGS AND NEWS I have let go of a number of minor league staff, and I was just informed head scout Luis Mora will retire. That becomes priority #1 to fill and to that end I have extended a 5 year offer to Puerto Rican legend Julian Toro. Julian is a former GM who is regarded as one of the games best evaluators of young talent. I've offered him a 5 year 1.01 million dollar contract. Other spots now open and looking to be filled are the AA Manager spot, Hitting coach too. Farmington's Pitching coach and Manager, Manager at Hobbs and I've extended an offer to Mark Grace to be the hitting coach at Rio Rancho and Brandon Allen to manage. ARBITRATION 12 eligible players. All will be offered arbitration and I worked on quite a few extensions. Brad Turner, Jake Grab, Leith Bursey and Makata Hayashi have let us know they are not really interested in anything more than a 1-year deal so we'll go to arbitration with them all. Kody Pollock and Kennan Hallamore have both taken extension offers and will be getting back to us. OWNERSHIP MEETING Mr. Medina is clearly ecstatic given we hit his goal of winning a title by 2009. Our budget will rise to 45 million of which Mr. Medina believes 37.8 should be player salaries/payroll. That's pre-arbitration so we'll wait and see how that shakes out. We've raised out ticket prices from 11.50 to 13.75. An increase just south of 20% and starting to get more on par with the rest of the league. We drew 2.33 million last year, up from 1.898 in 2008 and there's no reason to think that won't grow. We want to the 2006 record of 2.8 this year. A LOOK BACK On July 31st I made what may someday be a losing trade, but that someday is not today. At the time we were 65-40 for a .619 win % and the team defensive efficiency was .688 which ranked 8th in the league. Here is a week by week look at that number after acquiring Leith Bursey. DEFENSE: .688 8th DEFENSE: .690 5th DEFENSE: .691 5th DEFENSE: .692 5th DEFENSE: .691 5th DEFENSE: .693 4th DEFENSE: .695 4th DEFENSE: .695 3rd DEFENSE: .696 3rd DEFENSE: .695 3rd 65-40 .619 before the trade 36-21 .632 after the trade While defense continues to be a challenge to quantify, it is getting better, it still remains one of the most underrated aspects of a championship club. The fewer “drive in one more than you let in” players you can have the better. As of today I feel like there is one player on this roster that falls into that category in Makata Hayashi. Although his post-season was a huge boost to what could have been a dismal season. __________________ The Chicago Iron Pigs 2012-2024 The IBL's first 13 years The Alaska Avalanche 2024-2030 Moving on to my birthplace The San Antonio Silver Stars 2030-2034 From one big state, Alaska, to another, Texas!