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Westheim · 12-06-2023, 03:36 PM

The new year began with an offer from the damn Elks of Tyler Lundberg, another third base option that wouldn’t out-hit (but sure out-field) Kyle Brobeck, and merely for the services of Bribiesca and Carreno. That wasn’t the first time a team wanted to get hands on Ramon Carreno, so perhaps he had a future after all beyond the paltry 4.94 ERA with a 5-8 record in his first 19 career starts.

The Warriors offered to take Steve Royer off our paws along with a longshot AA pitcher that himself was a trash heap pickup last winter, and offered all of 33-year-old C Luke Burnham, who spent all of 2057 in the minors. That wasn’t even worth saving $3M of Nick Valdes’ dosh. Mind that at this stage Matt Stanton was the second-best catching option in the organization, a 27-year-old with under 100 career at-bats in the majors, and hitting .204 with 3 RBI in those.

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January 2 – The Crusaders lose their catcher Raul Salas (.234, 20 HR, 119 RBI), who at age 33 is forced into retirement by post-concussion syndrome after suffering a bad concussion in the CLCS.
January 8 – The Pacifics sign ex-Condors backstop Manny Poindexter (.279, 48 HR, 400 RBI) to a 2-yr, $4.96M contract.
January 10 – The Bayhawks lure 34-year-old third baseman Randy Wilken (.249, 239 HR, 941 RBI) up from Los Angeles with a contract worth $3.96M over two years.
January 10 – Another former Pacific, SP Austin Wilcox (148-141, 3.90 ERA), signs a 3-yr, $5.1M deal with the Buffaloes.
January 12 – The Crusaders throw a five-year contract worth $34M at ex-POR/MIL SP Seisaku Taki (76-64, 3.40 ERA).

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2058 HALL OF FAME VOTING

No new inductees this year! For the first time in ten years the balloting process does not result in a new player induction.

POR 3B Jesus Maldonado – 1st – 59.9
BOS SP Rich Willett – 6th – 23.2
C Morgan Kuhlmann – 7th – 16.0
SP Roberto Pruneda – 5th – 9.7
SP Brad Santry – 2nd – 8.0
LF Joe Besaw – 2nd – 6.8
MR Julian Ponce – 1st – 6.8
SP Eric Weitz – 7th – 5.5
C Jorge Santa Cruz – 2nd – 5.1
1B Jamie King – 1st – 3.0 – DROPPED
CL John Steuer – 1st – 2.5 – DROPPED
SP Sal Chavez – 1st – 2.5 – DROPPED
C David Alvardo – 2nd – 1.7 – DROPPED
SP Danny Orozco – 1st – 0.8 – DROPPED
LF Pablo Gonzalez – 1st – 0.4 – DROPPED
SS Chris Strohm – 1st – 0.4 – DROPPED

12-06-2023, 03:36 PM	#4335
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,788	The new year began with an offer from the damn Elks of Tyler Lundberg, another third base option that wouldn’t out-hit (but sure out-field) Kyle Brobeck, and merely for the services of Bribiesca and Carreno. That wasn’t the first time a team wanted to get hands on Ramon Carreno, so perhaps he had a future after all beyond the paltry 4.94 ERA with a 5-8 record in his first 19 career starts. The Warriors offered to take Steve Royer off our paws along with a longshot AA pitcher that himself was a trash heap pickup last winter, and offered all of 33-year-old C Luke Burnham, who spent all of 2057 in the minors. That wasn’t even worth saving $3M of Nick Valdes’ dosh. Mind that at this stage Matt Stanton was the second-best catching option in the organization, a 27-year-old with under 100 career at-bats in the majors, and hitting .204 with 3 RBI in those. +++ January 2 – The Crusaders lose their catcher Raul Salas (.234, 20 HR, 119 RBI), who at age 33 is forced into retirement by post-concussion syndrome after suffering a bad concussion in the CLCS. January 8 – The Pacifics sign ex-Condors backstop Manny Poindexter (.279, 48 HR, 400 RBI) to a 2-yr, $4.96M contract. January 10 – The Bayhawks lure 34-year-old third baseman Randy Wilken (.249, 239 HR, 941 RBI) up from Los Angeles with a contract worth $3.96M over two years. January 10 – Another former Pacific, SP Austin Wilcox (148-141, 3.90 ERA), signs a 3-yr, $5.1M deal with the Buffaloes. January 12 – The Crusaders throw a five-year contract worth $34M at ex-POR/MIL SP Seisaku Taki (76-64, 3.40 ERA). +++ 2058 HALL OF FAME VOTING No new inductees this year! For the first time in ten years the balloting process does not result in a new player induction. POR 3B Jesus Maldonado – 1st – 59.9 BOS SP Rich Willett – 6th – 23.2 C Morgan Kuhlmann – 7th – 16.0 SP Roberto Pruneda – 5th – 9.7 SP Brad Santry – 2nd – 8.0 LF Joe Besaw – 2nd – 6.8 MR Julian Ponce – 1st – 6.8 SP Eric Weitz – 7th – 5.5 C Jorge Santa Cruz – 2nd – 5.1 1B Jamie King – 1st – 3.0 – DROPPED CL John Steuer – 1st – 2.5 – DROPPED SP Sal Chavez – 1st – 2.5 – DROPPED C David Alvardo – 2nd – 1.7 – DROPPED SP Danny Orozco – 1st – 0.8 – DROPPED LF Pablo Gonzalez – 1st – 0.4 – DROPPED SS Chris Strohm – 1st – 0.4 – DROPPED __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.