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Griever20 · 06-14-2025, 01:54 PM

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EL Awards:
Batter of the Month: Montreal 1B Dave Grochowski(24, 4*) .397-8-24 1.313OPS 1.5WAR Our boy!
Pitcher of the Month: Astros RHSP Orlando Turrietta(36, 4*) 5-0 1.88 48K 43IP 6GS 2.0WAR 3x Cy Young Winner
Rookie of the Month: Cincinnati RHCL Lamar Gladney(23, 3/4*) 3-0 7SV 1.69 10K 10.2IP 11G 0.0WAR

WL Awards:
Batter of the Month: Arizona RF Miguel Martinez(32, 4*) .404-10-31 1.201OPS 2.0WAR 2x MvP
Pitcher of the Month: Portland RHSP Ryan Stoodley(24, 3/3.5*) 4-1 2.09 53K 6GS 38.2IP 1.6WAR 6th Rounder 2017
Rookie of the Month: Oakland RHCL Elliott Henderson(23, 2.5*) 3-1 6SV 1.59 9K 11.1IP 0.4WAR 17th Rounder 2017

It’s time! We are good! Two years of rebuilding, now contending. One thing I have to mention however is… Hinton, Asselin, Miranda, Henandez, V-Rod, Griffin, Silva and Herzer were leftovers from the old administration, and well picked ones. That, and a bunch of trades make for a 18-10 and 17-9 team whose Pythagorean Record is 36-19.

Don’t ask me how we pay this crew in 3-4 years, but that’s a future GM problem.

Now, depth. In AAA, we got IF Mitku Kazemd and Orlando Gonzalez out for multiple months, so our only infielder left right now is 2017 21st rounder 2B Kyle Oldham(24, 2.5*. 55/45/35/50/50 with 65/65/60 speed). He is batting .229 in AAA. No more injuries please.

That being said, we are not out of the woods yet. The New York Mets are behind us and their top of the lineup with CF Abel Lemke(25, 4*, .306-4-27 .818OPS 34/39SB 2.7WAR), C Mario Toscano(26, 5*, .280-4-27 .810OPS 1.2WAR) and 1B Bernie Castillo(27, 4*, .300-3-25 .755OPS 0.9WAR) is pretty good with room for improvement…

Meanwhile, the San Francisco Red Devils are destroying the Western League with former #1 prospect RF Jason Barlett(23, 3/5*, .275-3-20 .735OPS 0.6WAR) starting his MLB career and 2B Ralph Pelletier(25, 4*) hitting a hot .354-2-6 .823OPS 0.4WAR since coming off the IL after a early torn quadriceps.

Pitching:

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DL: RHSP Dan Hinton(24, 4/4.5*) 3-1 1.67 47K 1.3WAR 7GS partially torn labrum 3 months

NMBL Montreal Expos Players on the leaderboard:
RHSP Sam Griffin 2.40 ERA – 3rd
RHSP Sam Griffin 7 W – tied 2nd
RHSP Sam Griffin 5.6 K/BB – tied 4th
RHSP Sam Griffin 1.4 BB/9 – 2nd
RHSP Sam Griffin 1.10 WHIP – 4th
LHSP Brett Asselin 6W – tied 5th
LHSP Brett Asselin 1.07 WHIP – 3rd
LHSP Brett Asselin 2.5 rWAR – 4th

The Dan Hinton injury hurts. Sure. But the rest is doing fine already as we have a 3.22 starters ERA and are 1st in the EL. Danny would be a bonus. The bullpen is the problem. Cesar Alvarado has a 6.90ERA and would’ve been the one to get demoted to AAA when Marty Murrietta would’ve come back… now we have to think about stuff.

AAA options:
RHCL Robert Estrada 5.03ERA 9SV on the IL
RHCL Bill Bell 4.34ERA 2SV -0.2WAR
… and a bunch of 2.5* pitchers with an ERA over 5. Horrible.

Trade options? Not yet. We have 8 teams that are in Win Now! mode, including us. No teams are rebuilding. The trade block has two 3.5* relievers on it… both lefties. Not helpful.

And then, there is the back end with Adam Rudolph pitching to a 5.82ERA.

Position Players:

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DL: SS Robby Weltzer(26, 2.5/3*, .333-0-6 .820OPS 3/3SB 0.5WAR) strained oblique 3 weeks

NMBL Montreal Expos Players on the leaderboard:
1B Dave Grochowski .358 Batting Average – 2nd
1B Dave Grochowski 4 TP – tied 4th
1B Dave Grochowski .401 OBP – 4th
1B Dave Grochowski .670 SLG – 1st
1B Dave Grochowski 1.071OPS – 1st
1B Dave Grochowski 2.2WAR – 4th
2B Fernando Perez 17HR – tied 1st
2B Fernando Perez 43 RBI – tied 3rd
2B Fernando Perez 81K – 1st
LF Ignacio Benavides 17 DB – tied 3rd
RF Ian Messer .386 Batting Average – 1st
RF Ian Messer .435 OBP – 1st
RF Ian Messer 39 R – tied 4th

Two observations. #1 Having a power hitter in Fernando Perez behind Dave Grochowski to protect certainly helps out his AB’s. #2 Ian Messer can never keep this one up, I don’t see a 6.1WAR season in him… but we take every hit he gives us.

In other news, V-Rod took the center field job away from Martinez and I think he will keep it until Tyler Dean is ready… V-Rod gets his hits and does the job every game, I should not have doubted him. And Matt Talbert won the DH job as he is batting a solid .267-6-15 .791OPS against RHP while destroying lefties.

The success story of this season… rookies. Fernando Perez with 1.6WAR and Julian Hernandez with 1.4WAR and are in our team top 3 for home runs. Playing the waiting game with Hernandez and Perez acing the development lab paid off big time. And somehow, our light hitting shortstop Rich Meilleur added .170 points of OPS compared to last season… party!

Prospect Watch:
AAA LF Santiago Rodriguez(2/3.5*) .265-2-12 .741OPS 27G 2/4SB 0.2WAR strained abdominal muscle 2 weeks
AA RHSP Alejandro Corral(2/3*) 2-6 4.66 45K 1.1WAR 58IP 10GS
AA SS Gabe Rivera(1.5/3* HS, 1.5/4* OSA) .185-3-13 .521OPS -1.0WAR 41G
A 1B Joe Townsend(2/3*) .333-6-22 .883OPS 44G 0.6WAR
A SS Bryan Booth(21, 1.5/4*) .291-6-22 .886OPS 41G 1.4WAR
A OF Tyler Dean(20, 2/5*) .333-8-36 1.012OPS 42G 1.8WAR
R 2B/3B/SS Manny Ramirez(1/4.5*) .390-11-42 1.176OPS 42G 1.7WAR
R LF Antonio Estrada(0.5/3.5*) .335-9-30 1.000OPS 43G 0.2WAR

Santiago Rodriguez is doing ok… but injured again and already rated as fragile by our favorite team trainer… ****. Truth is, our next wave of talent is in AAA and of those, I deem Booth and Dean untouchable… if we find a good trade… some of those kids are trade bait.

06-14-2025, 01:54 PM	#175
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,695	2023 June 1st - State of the Expos EL Awards: Batter of the Month: Montreal 1B Dave Grochowski(24, 4) .397-8-24 1.313OPS 1.5WAR Our boy!* Pitcher of the Month: Astros RHSP Orlando Turrietta(36, 4) 5-0 1.88 48K 43IP 6GS 2.0WAR 3x Cy Young Winner* Rookie of the Month: Cincinnati RHCL Lamar Gladney(23, 3/4) 3-0 7SV 1.69 10K 10.2IP 11G 0.0WAR WL Awards:* Batter of the Month: Arizona RF Miguel Martinez(32, 4) .404-10-31 1.201OPS 2.0WAR 2x MvP* Pitcher of the Month: Portland RHSP Ryan Stoodley(24, 3/3.5) 4-1 2.09 53K 6GS 38.2IP 1.6WAR 6th Rounder 2017* Rookie of the Month: Oakland RHCL Elliott Henderson(23, 2.5) 3-1 6SV 1.59 9K 11.1IP 0.4WAR 17th Rounder 2017* It’s time! We are good! Two years of rebuilding, now contending. One thing I have to mention however is… Hinton, Asselin, Miranda, Henandez, V-Rod, Griffin, Silva and Herzer were leftovers from the old administration, and well picked ones. That, and a bunch of trades make for a 18-10 and 17-9 team whose Pythagorean Record is 36-19. Don’t ask me how we pay this crew in 3-4 years, but that’s a future GM problem. Now, depth. In AAA, we got IF Mitku Kazemd and Orlando Gonzalez out for multiple months, so our only infielder left right now is 2017 21st rounder 2B Kyle Oldham(24, 2.5. 55/45/35/50/50 with 65/65/60 speed). He is batting .229 in AAA. No more injuries please. That being said, we are not out of the woods yet. The New York Mets* are behind us and their top of the lineup with CF Abel Lemke(25, 4, .306-4-27 .818OPS 34/39SB 2.7WAR), C Mario Toscano(26, 5, .280-4-27 .810OPS 1.2WAR) and 1B Bernie Castillo(27, 4, .300-3-25 .755OPS 0.9WAR) is pretty good with room for improvement… Meanwhile, the San Francisco Red Devils* are destroying the Western League with former #1 prospect RF Jason Barlett(23, 3/5, .275-3-20 .735OPS 0.6WAR) starting his MLB career and 2B Ralph Pelletier(25, 4) hitting a hot .354-2-6 .823OPS 0.4WAR since coming off the IL after a early torn quadriceps. Pitching: DL: RHSP Dan Hinton(24, 4/4.5) 3-1 1.67 47K 1.3WAR 7GS partially torn labrum 3 months* NMBL Montreal Expos Players on the leaderboard: RHSP Sam Griffin 2.40 ERA – 3rd RHSP Sam Griffin 7 W – tied 2nd RHSP Sam Griffin 5.6 K/BB – tied 4th RHSP Sam Griffin 1.4 BB/9 – 2nd RHSP Sam Griffin 1.10 WHIP – 4th LHSP Brett Asselin 6W – tied 5th LHSP Brett Asselin 1.07 WHIP – 3rd LHSP Brett Asselin 2.5 rWAR – 4th The Dan Hinton injury hurts. Sure. But the rest is doing fine already as we have a 3.22 starters ERA and are 1st in the EL. Danny would be a bonus. The bullpen is the problem. Cesar Alvarado has a 6.90ERA and would’ve been the one to get demoted to AAA when Marty Murrietta would’ve come back… now we have to think about stuff. AAA options: RHCL Robert Estrada 5.03ERA 9SV on the IL RHCL Bill Bell 4.34ERA 2SV -0.2WAR … and a bunch of 2.5* pitchers with an ERA over 5. Horrible. Trade options? Not yet. We have 8 teams that are in Win Now! mode, including us. No teams are rebuilding. The trade block has two 3.5* relievers on it… both lefties. Not helpful. And then, there is the back end with Adam Rudolph pitching to a 5.82ERA. Position Players: DL: SS Robby Weltzer(26, 2.5/3, .333-0-6 .820OPS 3/3SB 0.5WAR) strained oblique 3 weeks* NMBL Montreal Expos Players on the leaderboard: 1B Dave Grochowski .358 Batting Average – 2nd 1B Dave Grochowski 4 TP – tied 4th 1B Dave Grochowski .401 OBP – 4th 1B Dave Grochowski .670 SLG – 1st 1B Dave Grochowski 1.071OPS – 1st 1B Dave Grochowski 2.2WAR – 4th 2B Fernando Perez 17HR – tied 1st 2B Fernando Perez 43 RBI – tied 3rd 2B Fernando Perez 81K – 1st LF Ignacio Benavides 17 DB – tied 3rd RF Ian Messer .386 Batting Average – 1st RF Ian Messer .435 OBP – 1st RF Ian Messer 39 R – tied 4th Two observations. #1 Having a power hitter in Fernando Perez behind Dave Grochowski to protect certainly helps out his AB’s. #2 Ian Messer can never keep this one up, I don’t see a 6.1WAR season in him… but we take every hit he gives us. In other news, V-Rod took the center field job away from Martinez and I think he will keep it until Tyler Dean is ready… V-Rod gets his hits and does the job every game, I should not have doubted him. And Matt Talbert won the DH job as he is batting a solid .267-6-15 .791OPS against RHP while destroying lefties. The success story of this season… rookies. Fernando Perez with 1.6WAR and Julian Hernandez with 1.4WAR and are in our team top 3 for home runs. Playing the waiting game with Hernandez and Perez acing the development lab paid off big time. And somehow, our light hitting shortstop Rich Meilleur added .170 points of OPS compared to last season… party! Prospect Watch: AAA LF Santiago Rodriguez(2/3.5) .265-2-12 .741OPS 27G 2/4SB 0.2WAR strained abdominal muscle 2 weeks* AA RHSP Alejandro Corral(2/3) 2-6 4.66 45K 1.1WAR 58IP 10GS AA SS Gabe Rivera(1.5/3 HS, 1.5/4* OSA) .185-3-13 .521OPS -1.0WAR 41G A 1B Joe Townsend(2/3) .333-6-22 .883OPS 44G 0.6WAR A SS Bryan Booth(21, 1.5/4) .291-6-22 .886OPS 41G 1.4WAR A OF Tyler Dean(20, 2/5) .333-8-36 1.012OPS 42G 1.8WAR R 2B/3B/SS Manny Ramirez(1/4.5) .390-11-42 1.176OPS 42G 1.7WAR R LF Antonio Estrada(0.5/3.5) .335-9-30 1.000OPS 43G 0.2WAR Santiago Rodriguez* is doing ok… but injured again and already rated as fragile by our favorite team trainer… **. Truth is, our next wave of talent is in AAA and of those, I deem Booth and Dean** untouchable… if we find a good trade… some of those kids are trade bait. __________________ MLB 2012 - The Toronto Ban Jays The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)