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ayaghmour2 · 01-05-2022, 12:39 PM

Weekly Record: 2-1
Seasonal Record: 45-39 (3rd, 6 GB)
Stars of the Week
John Lawson : 16 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .375 AVG, 1.000 OPS
Leo Mitchell : 12 AB, 5 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .417 AVG, 1.083 OPS
Skipper Schneider : 10 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.055 OPS

Schedule
7-11: Win at Foresters (4-2)
7-13: Win at Foresters (4-1)
7-14: Loss at Sailors (1-4)

Recap
Well would you look at that! Back-to-back winning weeks! Has that happened yet this season!? I'm afraid to look... There was also the All Star game this week, but Dick Lyons was charged with the loss. He allowed 3 hits, 2 runs, and a walk in two thirds of an inning. John Lawson faired better, 2-for-4 with a run scored, but the Fed beat us 7-4. Anyways, we swept the Foresters in the fractured series before dropping the first in Philly to the Sailors. We pitched well, didn't hit, but we get Billy Hunter back! He didn't hit much in Milwaukee, 5-for-22, but he homered and triples. His second base play was shaky, but he hasn't spent much time on the other side of the second base bag. I'm leaning on four, maybe five starts a week, with Ollie Page keeping a few starts. Page has done well at second, a 4.0 zone rating and 1.069 efficiency, and his .235/.342/.337 (89 OPS+) line is at least improving.

Page had a nice week, 3-for-11 with a triple, 3 walks, and a run scored. Lawson was 4-for-12 with a double, homer, and 2 RBIs as a Cougar. Leo Mitchell had a needed nice week, 5-for-12 with a homer, run, and 2 RBIs. Skipper Schneider was 4-for-10 with 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 3 RBIs. The rest of the roster really struggled, with Ford, Drake, Montes, and Taylor combining to go just 6-for-39, while Montes at least had 4 walks, an RBI, steal, and 2 runs scored. Lyons pitched much better with us then at the All-Star game, a complete game win that would have been a shutout if Skipper didn't make an error in the 8th. He allowed 5 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. Milt Fritz had another complete game win, 9 hits, 2 runs, and 6 walks. Fritz is now 10-5 with a CA best 2.35 ERA. Jim Lonardo wasn't great, but he pitched 8 innings with 11 hits, 4 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. He got the loss, now 6-11, but we didn't need to use a single reliever this week.

All our picks I wanted to sign have now signed, and while Charlie Kelsey (as expected), didn't crack the top 500, we now have a 9th top 100 prospect. First rounder Mel Haynes is ranked 57th, a few spots above Danny Goff Jr., while Duke Bybee settled in at 80. 5th Rounder Harry Stewart checks in at 13th and 176th while regional rounder Bill Rich ranks 23rd and 265th. We now have 49 top 500 prospects and 22 in the top 250, while our system is tied for third (155) with the Keystones. We're now behind just Cincinnati (277) and Montreal (224), as the Cannons top two picks Bill Sohl (5th) and Dick Blaszak (6th) propelling their system above the Saints.

Looking Ahead
I'd love to not get swept by the Sailors, who are 46-41 and a half game behind us. We're lucky enough to miss Walt Wells, and will instead see Doc Newell and Dutch Sheldon. Newell seems to have hit his ceiling, just 4-9 with a 4.71 ERA (83 ERA+), 1.52 WHIP, 40 walks, and 40 strikeouts. Sheldon is having a nice year two with the Sailors, 9-9 with a 3.41 ERA (115 ERA+), 1.39 WHIP, 63 walks, and 65 strikeouts. Dick Walker is on a nice run, winning last weeks Player of the Week and hitting .251/.358/.429 (108 OPS+) with 18 doubles, 9 triples, 6 homers, 13 steals, and 36 RBIs. He's also walked 51 times and struck out 27 times, but 1940 will likely be his worst season since a below average 1934. Shortstop Rip Lee was named to his first career All-Star game, playing well in the field and hitting alright too. He has a nice 4.1 zone rating and 1.032 efficiency with a .288/.347/.388 (95 OPS+) line, 20 doubles, 4 triples, a homer, and 54 RBIs. This will be a tough series to start the week, but it gets worse.

The Cannons have been struggling a bit, but I expect the three games in Cincinnati to be very challenging. Errors cost Rufus Barrell in his first All Star game, but the 23-year-old is 10-5 with a 2.82 ERA (136 ERA+), 1.00 WHIP, 20 walks, and 79 strikeouts. Butch Smith has been just as good, 11-5 with a 2.44 ERA (157 ERA+), 1.20 WHIP, 44 walks, and 67 strikeouts. Vic Carroll left his last start with wrist soreness, so he may miss a start, but the former #1 Overall Pick is 1-0 with a 3.96 ERA (97 ERA+), 1.84 WHIP, 17 walks, and 12 strikeouts in his first 4 big league starts. Moxie Pidgeon continues to rake, as the 6-time All Star is hitting an outstanding .338/.384/.563 (153 OPS+) with 12 doubles, a triple, 15 homers, and 65 RBIs. Fellow All-Star Fred Galloway has a nice .301/.390/.442 (125 OPS+) line with 17 doubles, 11 triples, 2 homers, 2 steals, 48 RBIs, and 50 walks. Those two are the heart of the offense, with 1936 1st Rounder Mike T. Taylor sandwiched between them. The rookie has a decent .304/.323/.470 (112 OPS+) with 9 doubles, 9 triples, a homer, 9 steals, and 28 RBIs with 6 walks and not a single strikeout. They've also brought up Boston's former 1st Rounder, Denny Andrews, who came over with Ken Mayhugh in the John Edwards trade. The switch hitter ranks 23rd in the league, and is off to a .254/.391/.451 (127 OPS+) start with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, 15 RBIs, and 16 walks in his first 18 big league games. I expect a tough series, and this week will be a real turning point in the season.

We then finish our long road trip with three games in two days north of the border with the Wolves. At 51-33, they have a 2 game lead over the Cannons, and are in the driver seat for the pennant race. Their top three has been outstanding, with Hancock, Johnson, and Garrison all having tremendous seasons. Hancock is 9-6 with a 3.19 ERA (123 ERA+), 1.28 WHIP, 39 walks, and 64 strikeouts. Johnson is 10-4 with a 2.96 ERA (132 ERA+), 1.14 WHIP, 24 walks, and 34 strikeouts. Garrison is 9-8 with a 3.25 ERA (121 ERA+), 1.28 WHIP, 34 walks, and 61 strikeouts. This is what I can only dream our rotation will look like in a few years, with Papenfus and the Jones brothers, and I'd argue Harry Parker and Milt Fritz are much better then Bob Walls and Chick Wirtz, especially two or three seasons from now. Of course, we don't have a Fred McCormick, who is slashing .327/.414/.474 (134 OPS+) with 22 doubles, 5 triples, 5 homers, and 37 RBIs. Walt Pack is getting closer to an above average season, hitting .248/.319/.424 (96 OPS+) with 10 doubles, 3 triples, 10 homers, and 48 RBIs. They do have a new face in the lineup as well, 25-year-old Gus Hall, who was an independent selection back in the 1938 offseason. He's been outstanding in 80 trips to the plate, slashing .309/.412/.471 (134 OPS+) with 6 doubles, a triple, homer, and 13 RBIs. Charlie Artuso was rightfully selected to his first All Star game, and the 24-year-old is hitting a nice .301/.363/.439 (113 OPS+) to go with a 9.9 zone rating and 1.100 efficiency at short. Former Cougar prospect and personal favorite Juan Pomales hasn't pitched well, but he's been lethal at the plate. Pomales is hitting .340/.367/.681 (172 OPS+) with 6 doubles, 5 triples, and 7 RBIs. I'd imagine this is our toughest week of the season, a real make or break one, and if we drop too many games, it may be impossible to recover.

01-05-2022, 12:39 PM	#701
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,134	Week 14: July 8th-July 14th Weekly Record: 2-1 Seasonal Record: 45-39 (3rd, 6 GB) Stars of the Week John Lawson : 16 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .375 AVG, 1.000 OPS Leo Mitchell : 12 AB, 5 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .417 AVG, 1.083 OPS Skipper Schneider : 10 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.055 OPS Schedule 7-11: Win at Foresters (4-2) 7-13: Win at Foresters (4-1) 7-14: Loss at Sailors (1-4) Recap Well would you look at that! Back-to-back winning weeks! Has that happened yet this season!? I'm afraid to look... There was also the All Star game this week, but Dick Lyons was charged with the loss. He allowed 3 hits, 2 runs, and a walk in two thirds of an inning. John Lawson faired better, 2-for-4 with a run scored, but the Fed beat us 7-4. Anyways, we swept the Foresters in the fractured series before dropping the first in Philly to the Sailors. We pitched well, didn't hit, but we get Billy Hunter back! He didn't hit much in Milwaukee, 5-for-22, but he homered and triples. His second base play was shaky, but he hasn't spent much time on the other side of the second base bag. I'm leaning on four, maybe five starts a week, with Ollie Page keeping a few starts. Page has done well at second, a 4.0 zone rating and 1.069 efficiency, and his .235/.342/.337 (89 OPS+) line is at least improving. Page had a nice week, 3-for-11 with a triple, 3 walks, and a run scored. Lawson was 4-for-12 with a double, homer, and 2 RBIs as a Cougar. Leo Mitchell had a needed nice week, 5-for-12 with a homer, run, and 2 RBIs. Skipper Schneider was 4-for-10 with 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 3 RBIs. The rest of the roster really struggled, with Ford, Drake, Montes, and Taylor combining to go just 6-for-39, while Montes at least had 4 walks, an RBI, steal, and 2 runs scored. Lyons pitched much better with us then at the All-Star game, a complete game win that would have been a shutout if Skipper didn't make an error in the 8th. He allowed 5 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. Milt Fritz had another complete game win, 9 hits, 2 runs, and 6 walks. Fritz is now 10-5 with a CA best 2.35 ERA. Jim Lonardo wasn't great, but he pitched 8 innings with 11 hits, 4 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. He got the loss, now 6-11, but we didn't need to use a single reliever this week. All our picks I wanted to sign have now signed, and while Charlie Kelsey (as expected), didn't crack the top 500, we now have a 9th top 100 prospect. First rounder Mel Haynes is ranked 57th, a few spots above Danny Goff Jr., while Duke Bybee settled in at 80. 5th Rounder Harry Stewart checks in at 13th and 176th while regional rounder Bill Rich ranks 23rd and 265th. We now have 49 top 500 prospects and 22 in the top 250, while our system is tied for third (155) with the Keystones. We're now behind just Cincinnati (277) and Montreal (224), as the Cannons top two picks Bill Sohl (5th) and Dick Blaszak (6th) propelling their system above the Saints. Looking Ahead I'd love to not get swept by the Sailors, who are 46-41 and a half game behind us. We're lucky enough to miss Walt Wells, and will instead see Doc Newell and Dutch Sheldon. Newell seems to have hit his ceiling, just 4-9 with a 4.71 ERA (83 ERA+), 1.52 WHIP, 40 walks, and 40 strikeouts. Sheldon is having a nice year two with the Sailors, 9-9 with a 3.41 ERA (115 ERA+), 1.39 WHIP, 63 walks, and 65 strikeouts. Dick Walker is on a nice run, winning last weeks Player of the Week and hitting .251/.358/.429 (108 OPS+) with 18 doubles, 9 triples, 6 homers, 13 steals, and 36 RBIs. He's also walked 51 times and struck out 27 times, but 1940 will likely be his worst season since a below average 1934. Shortstop Rip Lee was named to his first career All-Star game, playing well in the field and hitting alright too. He has a nice 4.1 zone rating and 1.032 efficiency with a .288/.347/.388 (95 OPS+) line, 20 doubles, 4 triples, a homer, and 54 RBIs. This will be a tough series to start the week, but it gets worse. The Cannons have been struggling a bit, but I expect the three games in Cincinnati to be very challenging. Errors cost Rufus Barrell in his first All Star game, but the 23-year-old is 10-5 with a 2.82 ERA (136 ERA+), 1.00 WHIP, 20 walks, and 79 strikeouts. Butch Smith has been just as good, 11-5 with a 2.44 ERA (157 ERA+), 1.20 WHIP, 44 walks, and 67 strikeouts. Vic Carroll left his last start with wrist soreness, so he may miss a start, but the former #1 Overall Pick is 1-0 with a 3.96 ERA (97 ERA+), 1.84 WHIP, 17 walks, and 12 strikeouts in his first 4 big league starts. Moxie Pidgeon continues to rake, as the 6-time All Star is hitting an outstanding .338/.384/.563 (153 OPS+) with 12 doubles, a triple, 15 homers, and 65 RBIs. Fellow All-Star Fred Galloway has a nice .301/.390/.442 (125 OPS+) line with 17 doubles, 11 triples, 2 homers, 2 steals, 48 RBIs, and 50 walks. Those two are the heart of the offense, with 1936 1st Rounder Mike T. Taylor sandwiched between them. The rookie has a decent .304/.323/.470 (112 OPS+) with 9 doubles, 9 triples, a homer, 9 steals, and 28 RBIs with 6 walks and not a single strikeout. They've also brought up Boston's former 1st Rounder, Denny Andrews, who came over with Ken Mayhugh in the John Edwards trade. The switch hitter ranks 23rd in the league, and is off to a .254/.391/.451 (127 OPS+) start with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, 15 RBIs, and 16 walks in his first 18 big league games. I expect a tough series, and this week will be a real turning point in the season. We then finish our long road trip with three games in two days north of the border with the Wolves. At 51-33, they have a 2 game lead over the Cannons, and are in the driver seat for the pennant race. Their top three has been outstanding, with Hancock, Johnson, and Garrison all having tremendous seasons. Hancock is 9-6 with a 3.19 ERA (123 ERA+), 1.28 WHIP, 39 walks, and 64 strikeouts. Johnson is 10-4 with a 2.96 ERA (132 ERA+), 1.14 WHIP, 24 walks, and 34 strikeouts. Garrison is 9-8 with a 3.25 ERA (121 ERA+), 1.28 WHIP, 34 walks, and 61 strikeouts. This is what I can only dream our rotation will look like in a few years, with Papenfus and the Jones brothers, and I'd argue Harry Parker and Milt Fritz are much better then Bob Walls and Chick Wirtz, especially two or three seasons from now. Of course, we don't have a Fred McCormick, who is slashing .327/.414/.474 (134 OPS+) with 22 doubles, 5 triples, 5 homers, and 37 RBIs. Walt Pack is getting closer to an above average season, hitting .248/.319/.424 (96 OPS+) with 10 doubles, 3 triples, 10 homers, and 48 RBIs. They do have a new face in the lineup as well, 25-year-old Gus Hall, who was an independent selection back in the 1938 offseason. He's been outstanding in 80 trips to the plate, slashing .309/.412/.471 (134 OPS+) with 6 doubles, a triple, homer, and 13 RBIs. Charlie Artuso was rightfully selected to his first All Star game, and the 24-year-old is hitting a nice .301/.363/.439 (113 OPS+) to go with a 9.9 zone rating and 1.100 efficiency at short. Former Cougar prospect and personal favorite Juan Pomales hasn't pitched well, but he's been lethal at the plate. Pomales is hitting .340/.367/.681 (172 OPS+) with 6 doubles, 5 triples, and 7 RBIs. I'd imagine this is our toughest week of the season, a real make or break one, and if we drop too many games, it may be impossible to recover.