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Outlook and League Notes
The Orioles in real life had an abysmal record of 63-98 in 2001, so it's up to me to turn things around. Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. is in his final years in the majors, being 40 years old at the start of this sim.
Top 20 Batters at the start of 2001:
1. Barry Bonds OF SF
2. Jason Giambi 1B OAK
3. Manny Ramirez OF BOS
4. Phil Nevin 3B SD
5. Jim Edmonds OF STL
6. Sammy Sosa OF CHC
7. Alex Rodriguez SS TEX
8. Todd Helton 1B COL
9. Ivan Rodriguez C TEX
10. Jeff Kent 2B SF
11. Nomar Garciaparra SS BOS
12. Mike Piazza C NYY
13. Larry Walker OF COL
14. Gary Sheffield OF LAD
15. Luis Gonzalez OF ARI
16. Vladimir Guerrero OF MON (Expos)
17. Brian Giles OF PIT
18. Richardo Hidalgo OF HOU
19. Cliff Floyd OF FLO (Marlins)
20. Carlos Delgado 1B TOR
Top 20 Pitchers at the start of 2001:
1. Pedro Martinez SP BOS
2. Randy Johnson SP ARI
3. Mike Mussina SP NYY
4. Curt Schilling SP ARI
5. Greg Maddux SP ATL
6. Roger Clemens SP BOS
7. Kevin Brown SP LAD
8. Javier Vasquez SP MON
9. Andy Pettitte SP NYY
10. Chan Ho Park SP LAD
11. David Wells SP CWS
12. Matt Morris SP STL
13. John Burkett SP ATL
14. Al Leiter SP NYM
15. Barry Zito SP OAK
16. Dave Burba SP CLE
17. Bartolo Colon SP CLE
18. Chuck Finley SP CLE
19. Jason Schmidt SP PIT
20. Tim Hudson SP OAK
The top 10 prospects are as follows:
1. Albert Pujols
2. Miguel Cabrera
3. Mike Napoli
4. Matt Holliday
5. Joe Mauer
6. Josh Hamilton
7. Jake Peavy
8. Josh Beckett
9. Cliff P Lee
10. Dan Haren
The top 10 prospects for the upcoming draft are:
1. Hanley Ramirez
2. Joey Votto
3. Prince Fielder
4. Brian McCann
5. Howie Kendrick
6. Russell Martin
7. Nick Swisher
8. Mark Teixeira
9. Matt Cain
10. Jeff Francouer
More information to follow
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