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Elipticon · 11-13-2025, 03:26 AM

Note: I've decided to add the records of the teams we play before they come against us. Hopefully that gives you an idea of their skill even if we don't see them in our division.

4/25 at San Bernardino (13-13): 66ers 1, Barons 0 (first interleague game!)
4/26 at San Bernardino (14-13): 66ers 7, Barons 2
4/28 at San Antonio (14-14): Marshals 3, Barons 2
4/29 at San Antonio (15-14): Barons 4, Marshals 2
4/30 at Reno (10-20): Silver Sox 8, Barons 5
5/1 at Reno (11-20): Silver Sox 2, Barons 1

Team Debuts: Rich Beal

Transactions: Guz Gusman's leg breaking will cost him half a month, and the AI traded John St. Amant for some random pitching fodder some time ago, so now we're stuck with Rich Beal, an incredibly raw 22 year old who, despite being an elite defender, had absolutely zero hits this week as an everyday starter. Also, player development happened, but the game change makes this completely useless.

Standout Batters: A bit of a correction from last week, as the best batters fell back to earth and the worst batters ticked up a notch. The exceptions are Dick Aroyo, as per usual, the aformentioned Beal, and Jerry Bartlett, who's mired in an awful slump.

Standout Pitchers: This is just getting sad. Tommy McCarthy got two seperate chances to pitch this week, both times he did just about all he could to win, and both times he walked away with a no-decision because Tony Salgado blew it. The first one wasn't too bad, he left after 8 innings of scoreless ball, and then Salgado gave up a run. It happens. What doesn't happen was the 4/30 game against Reno, where Tommy McCarthy pitched 8 innings of one-run ball, turned it over to Tony Salgado to finish it off, only for him to completely melt down and surrender 7 runs. Jesus Christ.

The rest of the pitchers were similarly sad, with Howie Redmond getting a loss for 2 runs, and Jose Aldaco getting a loss for 3 (2 unearned). Sal Morales is responsible for the one win this week as he slowly begins a redemption arc, and Terry Higgins continues his scoreless streak into May.

AL North Standings
Milwaukee Coopers: 18-14
St. Louis Spirits: 17-15
Chicago Blues: 16-16
Columbus Explorers: 14-18
Cincinnati Centurions: 13-19
Pittsburgh Barons: 9-23

Overview: Our one bright spot before this was that, while not great, our bullpen could reliably not blow a lead. Granted, they didn't have very many leads to blow, but they could do it. All this has changed, and now we're below-average in everything except stolen bases. Queue the "you can't steal first" joke here.

We're 59th in the power rankings. It's gonna be a long season.

11-13-2025, 03:26 AM	#15
Elipticon Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 62	Week 5 Summary Note: I've decided to add the records of the teams we play before they come against us. Hopefully that gives you an idea of their skill even if we don't see them in our division. 4/25 at San Bernardino (13-13): 66ers 1, Barons 0 (first interleague game!) 4/26 at San Bernardino (14-13): 66ers 7, Barons 2 4/28 at San Antonio (14-14): Marshals 3, Barons 2 4/29 at San Antonio (15-14): Barons 4, Marshals 2 4/30 at Reno (10-20): Silver Sox 8, Barons 5 5/1 at Reno (11-20): Silver Sox 2, Barons 1 Team Debuts: Rich Beal Transactions: Guz Gusman's leg breaking will cost him half a month, and the AI traded John St. Amant for some random pitching fodder some time ago, so now we're stuck with Rich Beal, an incredibly raw 22 year old who, despite being an elite defender, had absolutely zero hits this week as an everyday starter. Also, player development happened, but the game change makes this completely useless. Standout Batters: A bit of a correction from last week, as the best batters fell back to earth and the worst batters ticked up a notch. The exceptions are Dick Aroyo, as per usual, the aformentioned Beal, and Jerry Bartlett, who's mired in an awful slump. Standout Pitchers: This is just getting sad. Tommy McCarthy got two seperate chances to pitch this week, both times he did just about all he could to win, and both times he walked away with a no-decision because Tony Salgado blew it. The first one wasn't too bad, he left after 8 innings of scoreless ball, and then Salgado gave up a run. It happens. What doesn't happen was the 4/30 game against Reno, where Tommy McCarthy pitched 8 innings of one-run ball, turned it over to Tony Salgado to finish it off, only for him to completely melt down and surrender 7 runs. Jesus Christ. The rest of the pitchers were similarly sad, with Howie Redmond getting a loss for 2 runs, and Jose Aldaco getting a loss for 3 (2 unearned). Sal Morales is responsible for the one win this week as he slowly begins a redemption arc, and Terry Higgins continues his scoreless streak into May. AL North Standings Milwaukee Coopers: 18-14 St. Louis Spirits: 17-15 Chicago Blues: 16-16 Columbus Explorers: 14-18 Cincinnati Centurions: 13-19 Pittsburgh Barons: 9-23 Overview: Our one bright spot before this was that, while not great, our bullpen could reliably not blow a lead. Granted, they didn't have very many leads to blow, but they could do it. All this has changed, and now we're below-average in everything except stolen bases. Queue the "you can't steal first" joke here. We're 59th in the power rankings. It's gonna be a long season.