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DD Martin · 10-19-2025, 11:18 PM

Chicago Architects Post All-Star Break
June 25th through July 2nd 2055

As we start the post All-Star game break, we head into the 2nd half of the GLBL season with a 46-26 and leading both Toledo and Duluth by 5 games. We will face both Detroit and Traverse City at home. On the season we are 7-5 against Detroit but 10-2 against the TC Bears. Despite the lead in the South of the Border league we are still looking for potential additions to the squad to shore up any areas. I would honestly like another short RP in the bullpen to go with Wright, Shannon, Stott and Powell. While those 4 have mostly been solid, it doesn’t hurt to have another really good RP in that group. Fortunately for us Bill Lutz has returned to very good form after a horrendous start to the season. If we pick up another bullpen arm we might send JJ Walker down to AAA to work in the rotation. After a very good year last year, Walker has struggled and been an overall disappointment. We signed him to a long term deal so it is in our best interest to get him straightened out sooner rather than later.

We are also looking at CF as while Cris Luna was a highly thought of prospect, his bat has not come around as well as his defense. He is doing a bit better this season, but I am questioning our deal where I had to choose between which prospect CF to keep when we traded for Cedeno. We kept Luna (who was the #2 prospect) but I will say the kid that was just 2 spots lower has had a great season in Windsor. Mark Easson hitting 285/351/826 with 11 home runs. So comparing that production to Luna is not in our favor at this point.

The other spot that we are looking at in more of a long term way is 2B. Walker Dunse has moved back there with the acquisition of Pedro Farrulla to play SS. Walker has a player option on a $9 million dollar option for next season. Right now he is looking for 4 yrs and $14 per season to extend. That leads me to think that he will void that player option. Now it doesn’t mean that we can’t go after him as a free agent, or go after 2B Ken Noseworthy who we traded last month, but it is something that I would rather have more certainty about for next season prior. We do have 2B Bob Tobin (prospect #81) who could be ready and could be the answer, but I really don’t like to deal with could be’s. This is an area we are focusing on if we can.

Now let’s win a couple of series against two of the 2nd division teams in the US division.

Detroit Thunderbirds (31-41 4th US) vs Chicago Architects (46-26 1st US)
June 25th-28th 2055
Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds

Game #1
A - 39,941
LHSP Dwayne Miller 3-6 5.29 vs Jose Cedeno 3-4 4.93

Chicago 11 Detroit 1
Prowler Ashley hits two home runs and a three-run triple. He finishes with six ribbies. José Cedeño (6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K) doesn’t give up any extra base hits. Chicago 11, Detroit 1.
2B W Dunse 2-5 2R, 1B R Osborn 2-5 R, 3B T Arnaud 3-5 DB R, RF J Ashley 3-4 DB 2HR 3R 6RBI BB, CF C Luna DB
CH HR - C J Duran (1) RF J Ashley 2 (14)

Game #2
A - 39,964
LHSP Brian Miller 2-5 5.20 vs Joe Johnson 4-0 4.09

Chicago 7 Detroit 4
Home Run Derby champion Reagan Osborn goes long twice. Both are solo shots. The game goes into the eighth tied, 4-4. A walk and two singles score one for the Tects. A double play and three more walks score two more runs. Chicago 7, Detroit 4.

LF S Amsden 2-5 HR R RBI, 1B R Osborn 2-3 2HR 2R 2RBI BB, 3B T Arnaud 2-3 HR 2R RBI BB
CH HR - LF S Amsden (2), 1B R Osborn 2 (29) 3B T Arnaud (10)

Game #3
A - 39,868
RHSP Bryan Wellon 1-2 5.23 vs Val Imbert 5-4 4.17

Detroit 10 Chicago 4
Chicago comes in looking for the sweep but unfortunately neither the pitching or hitting showed up enough to get the win. The T-Birds avoid the sweep. Dai-Lin Tah hits a three-run home run. Yan Heerens hits a two-run triple and two doubles. Detroit 10, Chicago 4.

DH J Aranda 2-4 DB, HR 1R 1RBI, 2B W Dunse 2-4
CH HR - 1B R Osborn (21) 3B T Arnaud (11), DH J Aranda (14)

Summary - We take 2 out of 3 against the Thunderbirds and will get a well deserved off day. During that off-day we decided to acquire another bullpen arm. TC was coming into town.and we struck a deal with them to bring over veteran (and I do mean veteran at 43) RHRP Kevin McAskill who was 0-3 with 15 saves in TC with a 3.40 ERA. The deal cost us minor league LHP Christopher Gore who was on the big league club last season, but who we were grooming to be a lefty RP down the line. We did have other options for the future pen so we decided parting with Gore was not a big deal for us and strengthened our bullpen for what we hope is a championship run.

Day-off 28th

Traverse City Bears 31-44 5th place US vs Chicago Architects 48-27 1st place US
June 29th-July 2 2055
At Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds

Game #1
June 29th, 2055
A - 39,758
RHSP John Nelligan 5-5 6.33 vs Jose Cedeno 4-4 4.93

Traverse City 3 Chicago 2
The Tects take a 2-1 lead into the ninth. A hit batsman, a single, a wild pitch, and an intentional walk load the bases with one out. Barney Tomiak grounds to first. The play is at home. Two outs. Pedro Villegas then lined a single to center. Two runs scored. Just the 3rd time we have lost on the season to TC so the season record is now at 10-3 in our advantage. Traverse City 3, Chicago 2.

SP J Cedeno 8IP 4H 1R 1BB 9K, 3B T Arnaud 2-3 RBI
CH Hr - CF C Luna (5)

Game #2
June 30th, 2055
A - 39,821
RHSP Walt Bader 3-7 6.75 vs Bill Lutz 6-3 4.62

Chicago 10, Traverse City 8
The Tects scored five in the second on three singles, four walks, and a run-scoring wild pitch. Walker Dunse singles in one run there. In the sixth, he doubled in two more. Chicago takes a 10-3 lead into the ninth. The Bears rally, scoring five and putting the tying run on base, but Bernie Stoddart strikes out to end the game. Chicago 10, Traverse City 8.

2B W Dunse 3-4 DB 3RBI R, C S White 1-3 2BB 3R, SS P Farrulla 2-4 R 2RBI
CH HR - None

Game #3
July 1st, 2055
A - 39,821
RHSP Jeremy Laybolt 0-0 2.37 vs Augusto Gonzalez 1-1 5.03

Chicago 6, Traverse City 5.
The Bears scored five early runs, with Earl Foote hitting a three-run home run. The Tects score their runs one at a time. They score one run apiece in the first, second, third, and sixth innings. They tied the game in the eighth on a Juan Durán solo home run. They won the game in the ninth on a Prowler Ashley walk-off homer. Chicago 6, Traverse City 5.

RF J Ashley 2-5 DB, HR 2R RBI, 2B W Dunse 2-3 BB R 2SB, DH J Aranda 2-4 2RBI DB
CH HR - C J Duran (2), RF J Ashley (15)

Summary - Another series win but we wanted that 1st game. We are now 12-3 against TC on the season but the big news we are entering that stretch of games against Toledo and Duluth on the road. With a 6 game edge on Duluth and an 7 game edge on Toledo. After a slow start against Toledo this season we have won 5 out of the last 6 against the Neptunes.

Chicago Architects 50-28 vs Toledo Neptunes 43-35
Game #1
Ballpark of Toledo
A - 39,581

Chicago 5, Toledo 3 11 innings
Toledo takes a 2-1 lead into the ninth. They get two outs, but two singles and walks load the bases. Luke Mews then plunks Prowler Ashley, driving in the tying run. Mews gets Reagan Osborn to ground out to end the threat. The game goes into extras. In the 11th, Osborn makes up for the failure of his previous at-bat by hitting a three-run home run..

CH Hr - 1B R Osborn (22)

10-19-2025, 11:18 PM	#22
DD Martin All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Seattle area Posts: 1,024	Chicago Architects Post All-Star Break June 25th through July 2nd 2055 As we start the post All-Star game break, we head into the 2nd half of the GLBL season with a 46-26 and leading both Toledo and Duluth by 5 games. We will face both Detroit and Traverse City at home. On the season we are 7-5 against Detroit but 10-2 against the TC Bears. Despite the lead in the South of the Border league we are still looking for potential additions to the squad to shore up any areas. I would honestly like another short RP in the bullpen to go with Wright, Shannon, Stott and Powell. While those 4 have mostly been solid, it doesn’t hurt to have another really good RP in that group. Fortunately for us Bill Lutz has returned to very good form after a horrendous start to the season. If we pick up another bullpen arm we might send JJ Walker down to AAA to work in the rotation. After a very good year last year, Walker has struggled and been an overall disappointment. We signed him to a long term deal so it is in our best interest to get him straightened out sooner rather than later. We are also looking at CF as while Cris Luna was a highly thought of prospect, his bat has not come around as well as his defense. He is doing a bit better this season, but I am questioning our deal where I had to choose between which prospect CF to keep when we traded for Cedeno. We kept Luna (who was the #2 prospect) but I will say the kid that was just 2 spots lower has had a great season in Windsor. Mark Easson hitting 285/351/826 with 11 home runs. So comparing that production to Luna is not in our favor at this point. The other spot that we are looking at in more of a long term way is 2B. Walker Dunse has moved back there with the acquisition of Pedro Farrulla to play SS. Walker has a player option on a $9 million dollar option for next season. Right now he is looking for 4 yrs and $14 per season to extend. That leads me to think that he will void that player option. Now it doesn’t mean that we can’t go after him as a free agent, or go after 2B Ken Noseworthy who we traded last month, but it is something that I would rather have more certainty about for next season prior. We do have 2B Bob Tobin (prospect #81) who could be ready and could be the answer, but I really don’t like to deal with could be’s. This is an area we are focusing on if we can. Now let’s win a couple of series against two of the 2nd division teams in the US division. Detroit Thunderbirds (31-41 4th US) vs Chicago Architects (46-26 1st US) June 25th-28th 2055 Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds Game #1 A - 39,941 LHSP Dwayne Miller 3-6 5.29 vs Jose Cedeno 3-4 4.93 Chicago 11 Detroit 1 Prowler Ashley hits two home runs and a three-run triple. He finishes with six ribbies. José Cedeño (6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K) doesn’t give up any extra base hits. Chicago 11, Detroit 1. 2B W Dunse 2-5 2R, 1B R Osborn 2-5 R, 3B T Arnaud 3-5 DB R, RF J Ashley 3-4 DB 2HR 3R 6RBI BB, CF C Luna DB CH HR - C J Duran (1) RF J Ashley 2 (14) Game #2 A - 39,964 LHSP Brian Miller 2-5 5.20 vs Joe Johnson 4-0 4.09 Chicago 7 Detroit 4 Home Run Derby champion Reagan Osborn goes long twice. Both are solo shots. The game goes into the eighth tied, 4-4. A walk and two singles score one for the Tects. A double play and three more walks score two more runs. Chicago 7, Detroit 4. LF S Amsden 2-5 HR R RBI, 1B R Osborn 2-3 2HR 2R 2RBI BB, 3B T Arnaud 2-3 HR 2R RBI BB CH HR - LF S Amsden (2), 1B R Osborn 2 (29) 3B T Arnaud (10) Game #3 A - 39,868 RHSP Bryan Wellon 1-2 5.23 vs Val Imbert 5-4 4.17 Detroit 10 Chicago 4 Chicago comes in looking for the sweep but unfortunately neither the pitching or hitting showed up enough to get the win. The T-Birds avoid the sweep. Dai-Lin Tah hits a three-run home run. Yan Heerens hits a two-run triple and two doubles. Detroit 10, Chicago 4. DH J Aranda 2-4 DB, HR 1R 1RBI, 2B W Dunse 2-4 CH HR - 1B R Osborn (21) 3B T Arnaud (11), DH J Aranda (14) Summary - We take 2 out of 3 against the Thunderbirds and will get a well deserved off day. During that off-day we decided to acquire another bullpen arm. TC was coming into town.and we struck a deal with them to bring over veteran (and I do mean veteran at 43) RHRP Kevin McAskill who was 0-3 with 15 saves in TC with a 3.40 ERA. The deal cost us minor league LHP Christopher Gore who was on the big league club last season, but who we were grooming to be a lefty RP down the line. We did have other options for the future pen so we decided parting with Gore was not a big deal for us and strengthened our bullpen for what we hope is a championship run. Day-off 28th Traverse City Bears 31-44 5th place US vs Chicago Architects 48-27 1st place US June 29th-July 2 2055 At Chicago’s Pier IV Grounds Game #1 June 29th, 2055 A - 39,758 RHSP John Nelligan 5-5 6.33 vs Jose Cedeno 4-4 4.93 Traverse City 3 Chicago 2 The Tects take a 2-1 lead into the ninth. A hit batsman, a single, a wild pitch, and an intentional walk load the bases with one out. Barney Tomiak grounds to first. The play is at home. Two outs. Pedro Villegas then lined a single to center. Two runs scored. Just the 3rd time we have lost on the season to TC so the season record is now at 10-3 in our advantage. Traverse City 3, Chicago 2. SP J Cedeno 8IP 4H 1R 1BB 9K, 3B T Arnaud 2-3 RBI CH Hr - CF C Luna (5) Game #2 June 30th, 2055 A - 39,821 RHSP Walt Bader 3-7 6.75 vs Bill Lutz 6-3 4.62 Chicago 10, Traverse City 8 The Tects scored five in the second on three singles, four walks, and a run-scoring wild pitch. Walker Dunse singles in one run there. In the sixth, he doubled in two more. Chicago takes a 10-3 lead into the ninth. The Bears rally, scoring five and putting the tying run on base, but Bernie Stoddart strikes out to end the game. Chicago 10, Traverse City 8. 2B W Dunse 3-4 DB 3RBI R, C S White 1-3 2BB 3R, SS P Farrulla 2-4 R 2RBI CH HR - None Game #3 July 1st, 2055 A - 39,821 RHSP Jeremy Laybolt 0-0 2.37 vs Augusto Gonzalez 1-1 5.03 Chicago 6, Traverse City 5. The Bears scored five early runs, with Earl Foote hitting a three-run home run. The Tects score their runs one at a time. They score one run apiece in the first, second, third, and sixth innings. They tied the game in the eighth on a Juan Durán solo home run. They won the game in the ninth on a Prowler Ashley walk-off homer. Chicago 6, Traverse City 5. RF J Ashley 2-5 DB, HR 2R RBI, 2B W Dunse 2-3 BB R 2SB, DH J Aranda 2-4 2RBI DB CH HR - C J Duran (2), RF J Ashley (15) Summary - Another series win but we wanted that 1st game. We are now 12-3 against TC on the season but the big news we are entering that stretch of games against Toledo and Duluth on the road. With a 6 game edge on Duluth and an 7 game edge on Toledo. After a slow start against Toledo this season we have won 5 out of the last 6 against the Neptunes. Chicago Architects 50-28 vs Toledo Neptunes 43-35 Game #1 Ballpark of Toledo A - 39,581 Chicago 5, Toledo 3 11 innings Toledo takes a 2-1 lead into the ninth. They get two outs, but two singles and walks load the bases. Luke Mews then plunks Prowler Ashley, driving in the tying run. Mews gets Reagan Osborn to ground out to end the threat. The game goes into extras. In the 11th, Osborn makes up for the failure of his previous at-bat by hitting a three-run home run.. CH Hr - 1B R Osborn (22) Attached Images Last edited by DD Martin; 10-19-2025 at 11:22 PM.