[trman73]

Hammers Season Recap

There's not really much to say. We went 41-121 and finished 29th in the league. The new guys look good and I'm excited for a full season of them, especially since...

The team comes in second in a 16-team tourney this evening, and earns a pack. We strike gold on it... Historical Legend PEAK Ichiro Suzuki (88).

This Ichiro is way better than the one I’d been playing, and is not far off from the Special Edition. His center field ratings are great, and that’s where I need him to play. The other Ichiro goes up in the AH after three very solid years for us. I now really like our outfield with Yelich in left, Ichiro in center, and a platoon of Paul Waner and George Foster in right. Other than catcher and second base, I actually like this team’s offense, despite our meek offensive performance in Silver this year.

Primary Lineup:
CF PEAK Ichiro (88)
DH Live Rendon (96)
LF Live Yelich (100)
1B PEAK Pujols (99)
RF ’27 Paul Waner (82)
3B ’02 Bill Bradley (92)
2B Live Jeff McNeil (83)
C Live Omar Narvaez (81)
SS ’82 Ozzie (68)

Bench: C Live Contreras (83 – starts vs. LHP), IF Live Xander Bogaerts (89 – starts vs. LHP at 2B), SS Live Bo Bichette (82 – splits time w/Ozzie vs. LHP), LF ’76 George Foster (87 - starts vs. LHP), OF Live George Springer (87 – straight backup)

The pitching? Not so much, although the bullpen is fine for now. The starters are just awful.

Live Shane Bieber (92)
Live Blake Snell (93)
’11 Mat Latos (85)
Live Zach Grienke (86)
Live Aaron Nola (86)

CL PEAK Dave Smith (94)
SU Live Ken Giles (92)
SU Live Roberto Osuna (87)
MR ’05 Todd Jones (86)
MR ’95 Jeff Nelson (83)
MR Live Aroldis Chapman (97)
LR PEAK Tom Burgmeier (88)