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Art Deco · 06-17-2021, 07:25 PM

June 7: Traded 19-year old minor league 2B Willmer De La Cruz to the San Diego Padres, getting 24-year old minor league RHP Reggie Lawson in return.

Lawson is a decent starter prospect, my head scout Rob Metzler gives him 60/50/50 stuff/movement/control, a little better than OSA so perhaps he's an undervalued asset. He'll go to Durham. De La Cruz has some potential, but he's more a lottery ticket than anything else.

(NOTE: If you read the original post with the results of this series, I had OOTP22 crash - for the first time I can remember - and it wiped out the last 3 days despite advancing each day, so I have to replay it)

Game 1: Matt Peacock overcame some early troubles and went to 9-0 as the Rays beat the Alamos 7-3. He allowed 3 runs in the 3rd inning but nothing else and finished 6.1 4 3 3 2 5 to stay perfect with an ERA of 2.61. The offensive star was an unlikely hero as Taylor Walls hit his first MLB homer in the second to put the Rays up 2-0 and then did it again in the 4th with his 2nd 2-run blast which gave them the lead to stay. Austin Meadows added a solo shot (#8) and Ji-Man Choi had a 2-run double.

Game 2: The Rays had to go 12 innings but Randy Arozarena's dramatic walk-off homer (#7) gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 win. Ryan Yarbrough had a bad first frame, allowing 3 runs, but recovered from that as he and the bullpen put together 11 scoreless innings. Yarbs ended 7 4 3 3 1 4 and Colin Poche ended up getting the win in relief, his 3rd of the year. The Rays scored twice in the 6th on a Khris Davis RBI single and a GIDP, and in the 7th Wander Franco's RBI single tied it up before we went deep into the St. Petersburg night.

Game 3: Tampa Bay completed the sweep of San Antonio with a 7-4 win behind a big day from Austin Meadows, who went 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI. Brandon Lowe (#13) and Manuel Margot (#6) homered to back Brendan McKay, who wasn't his sharpest today but hung in there long enough to go 7 7 4 4 2 2 and improve to 7-1, 2.52. Ken Giles notched save #13 while Christian Vazquez and Willy Adames each had 2 hits and an RBI.

Team record: 42-18, 14 up on the new 2nd place du jour, the Blue Jays. Next up: an off-day then 3 games at home vs Detroit.

06-17-2021, 07:25 PM	#107
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,587	June 7-9, 2022: vs San Antonio (3) June 7: Traded 19-year old minor league 2B Willmer De La Cruz to the San Diego Padres, getting 24-year old minor league RHP Reggie Lawson in return. Lawson is a decent starter prospect, my head scout Rob Metzler gives him 60/50/50 stuff/movement/control, a little better than OSA so perhaps he's an undervalued asset. He'll go to Durham. De La Cruz has some potential, but he's more a lottery ticket than anything else. (NOTE: If you read the original post with the results of this series, I had OOTP22 crash - for the first time I can remember - and it wiped out the last 3 days despite advancing each day, so I have to replay it) Game 1: Matt Peacock overcame some early troubles and went to 9-0 as the Rays beat the Alamos 7-3. He allowed 3 runs in the 3rd inning but nothing else and finished 6.1 4 3 3 2 5 to stay perfect with an ERA of 2.61. The offensive star was an unlikely hero as Taylor Walls hit his first MLB homer in the second to put the Rays up 2-0 and then did it again in the 4th with his 2nd 2-run blast which gave them the lead to stay. Austin Meadows added a solo shot (#8) and Ji-Man Choi had a 2-run double. Game 2: The Rays had to go 12 innings but Randy Arozarena's dramatic walk-off homer (#7) gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 win. Ryan Yarbrough had a bad first frame, allowing 3 runs, but recovered from that as he and the bullpen put together 11 scoreless innings. Yarbs ended 7 4 3 3 1 4 and Colin Poche ended up getting the win in relief, his 3rd of the year. The Rays scored twice in the 6th on a Khris Davis RBI single and a GIDP, and in the 7th Wander Franco's RBI single tied it up before we went deep into the St. Petersburg night. Game 3: Tampa Bay completed the sweep of San Antonio with a 7-4 win behind a big day from Austin Meadows, who went 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI. Brandon Lowe (#13) and Manuel Margot (#6) homered to back Brendan McKay, who wasn't his sharpest today but hung in there long enough to go 7 7 4 4 2 2 and improve to 7-1, 2.52. Ken Giles notched save #13 while Christian Vazquez and Willy Adames each had 2 hits and an RBI. Team record: 42-18, 14 up on the new 2nd place du jour, the Blue Jays. Next up: an off-day then 3 games at home vs Detroit. Last edited by Art Deco; 06-17-2021 at 08:53 PM.