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5/4 - 5/10, Week 6 2025 Season, Silver League S264
Even in a relatively weak division, the team struggled to keep pace this week. General Manager Mike Bauer had decided that he has seen enough and decided now was the time to enact Operation Butterfly.
The owner made a big investment as requested and thus Bauer set about to make a furious wave of acquisitions for this next season. Many contracts were signed and tryouts were conducted in a series of practice sessions. When the dust settled, only 4 incumbent Trojans kept their active roster spot (C Cliff Johnson, 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss, SS Troy Tulowitzki and CL Jose Mesa). Bauer said a lot of demotions were necessary to improve the pitching prowess, defense and raw hitting ability the team will need to make the next step.
“We are very excited about the new active roster we’re about to unveil next week, but you can expect to see some changes here and there as we figure out how to maximize our potential”, said Bauer. “There’s only 4 players on the new roster that have been guaranteed they’ll keep their active roster spot. So as you can see, we’re definitely serious about getting the best performance possible, and we have a lot of quality players beyond the 26 men we’re going to start out with, that’s for sure. You can also expect to see some of those reserve players show up at various special tournaments around the country all season long.”
Bauer then turned the press conference over to Manager Sparky Anderson, who answered some questions on the team’s renewed approach and then brought out the new roster:
88 Peak C Manny Sanguillen
83 One Hit Wonder C/1B/LF Cliff Johnson
97 Special Edition 1B Jeff Bagwell
100 Live 1B/OF Christian Yelich
97 Special Edition 2B Robinson Cano
87 Snapshot 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss
91 Special Edition SS Troy Tulowitzki
80 Peak 3B/Utility Bill Russell
90 Live 3B/2B Jose Ramirez
99 Special Edition LF/DH Carl Yastrzemski
92 Special Edition CF/RF Ichiro Suzuki
91 Special Edition RF Dave Winfield
100 Live OF Mike Trout
100 Peak SP Bob Gibson
100 Peak SP Lefty Gomez
99 Special Edition SP Greg Maddux
95 One Hit Wonder SP Matt Harvey
91 Special Edition SP Eddie Plank
94 Special Edition RP Bert Blyleven
95 Special Edition RP Randy Johnson
94 Snapshot RP Smoky Joe Wood
87 Peak RP Jose Mesa
93 Live RP Josh Hader
93 Special Edition RP Joe Nathan
89 Peak RP John Franco
100 Peak CL Rob Dibble
Tournament earnings:
200 PP x 0
regular packs x 47
Gold packs x 0
Silver+ pulls:
86 RF Strawberry
87 CL Jose Mesa
70 RP Chaz Roe
90 3B Kris Bryant
74 C Tim Blackwell
78 SP Luke Walker
71 SP Adrian Houser
71 RP Vinnie Pestano
73 SS Tim Anderson
72 RP Colin Poche
71 RP Wade Davis
79 RF Max Kepler
85 3B Eugenio Suarez
72 RP Grant Dayton
71 LF David Peralta
93 SS Gleyber Torres
League Results:
Team record 72-90
Playoffs: no
promotion/relegation: stayed at Silver
Achievement PP - 5370 PP
Top 3 achievements:
In the Wheelhouse - Stuffy McInnis 5 for 6 - 175PP
Pitcher of the Month - Syndergaard - 200PP
Run Streak - Tommy Leach, 125PP
Awards:
Gold Glove - 1B McInnis, 3B Chapman
All-Star selections: RP Brendan McKay
Featured Card of the Week:
80 PEAK SS Bill Russell
The featured card of the week is no stranger to many. He’s a legendary center who led his Celtics to many …. oh wait, oops … This is an interesting card, because it comes with good defensive skill at SS and RF stock. Russell also is decent on the base paths, and pretty good with the bat (66 contact, 89 avoid Ks). When I saw this card it seemed to be screaming to me - “train me!!!”. And so I am. I’m giving him a shot at 3B and hope he will do nicely there until I can invest more at the 3B position in the coming months.
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