Rebuilding the Texas Rangers - OOTP22

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We are currently sitting at 41-32 and we are 3 1/2 games back of the Angels in the AL West! Here is a look at some of our team stats so far.



As you can see, we need to add some more hitters to our lineup.
Our pitching has been excellent, but we have a few recent injuries.



Jonathan Loaisiga is still out for another 8-9 weeks with a back injury.
Hans Crouse has been called up to take his spot in the rotation.



Brett DeGeus is still out for another 3 weeks with elbow inflammation.
Zac Lowther is back from injury rehab and has replaced DeGeus.

Let's take a look at how our hitters have fared so far this season.



Tommy Pham has been an excellent addition, although he is fragile and did miss 5 weeks with an ankle injury.

Steele Walker had a very rough April (OPS of .627), but when Pham got hurt he got hot. He had an OPS in May of .958 and sitting at 1.020 for June.

Terrin Vavra has cooled down after a hot start to the year. He is only hitting for an OPS of .688 in June.

Gio Urshella has done exactly what we expected him to do so far.

Austin Hedges is catching when Rocker and King are pitching, but his numbers are inflated by a big April (.992 OPS in 38 PAs).

Blake Rutherford struggled out the gate, but has picked it up lately. He had a batting average of .294 in May and an OPS of .843 in June so far.

Josh Jung must have left his good lumber back in Spring Training. After tearing the literal cover off the ball in ST (.406/.449/.594 for an OPS of 1.043!!!) he has not got it going at all in regular season.
After having an OPS of .810 last year, we expect more from him.

Ali Sanchez, Leody Taveras and Yin-zhen Kim are all glove first players. Their defensive value certainly does not go unnoticed.

Evan Russell was called up when Pham was injured and is back down in AAA (for now).

Now let's take a look at the pitching staff!



It all starts with our ace, Kumar Rocker. He is on pace for a 5 WAR season and sits second in AL in strikeouts (behind Giolito).

Kohei Arihara is having another very nice season. Opponents are only hitting for a .657 OPS off him.

DeMarcus Evans has been unhittable this season. His 362 ERA+ is 5th best in MLB with pitchers with at least 20 innings so far!

Adrian Morejon has done a better job at limiting walks and homers this season, resulting in an excellent start to the season. He has 0.9 WAR in less than half a season out of the bullpen and he only has one save!

Ronny Henriquez, although he walks too many for my liking, has had an excellent season so far.

Nick Mikolajchak is having an underrated season. With an ERA around 4 and HR/9 of 1.6, it may not appear that impressive. But with a BB/9 of only 2.2 and K/9 over 13, he is slowly gaining more trust. His FIP is only 3.49 also.

Kevin Ginkel continues to just get results. Since we claimed him off waivers prior to 2022, he is now putting together his third season in a row with a sub 3 ERA. This year, his FIP is only 2.53!

One last thing to update everyone on is our top draft picks from the 2024 draft!

With the 26th pick, we have selected Jeremy Houk, a HS CF from California.



With the 39th pick, we have selected Pete Raybon, a HS starting pitcher from Ohio.

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We successfully completed a waiver claim for Tyler Freeman.



This created a redundant roster spot with Jacob Amaya, so we decided to trade him to the Rockies!



We decided to include John Nogowski since he would have lost his roster spot to Colton Welker.
Justin Slaten is an aging MiLB pitcher in upper minors that wasn't really in our long term plans.



This most likely completes the roster moves for our hitters, unless someone gets hurt before August 1st (we do have our eye on a few LH LF/DH type bats).

We will see if we can add any depth pitching before the deadline passes.

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We finished with a 91-71 record which was good enough for 1st place in the AL West!



Transactions since last update
July 31 - Traded for Josh Rojas from ARI. He was having an excellent season with a .907 OPS prior to trade, but only hit for a .700 OPS with us.
August 17 - Claimed Brandon Bielak off waivers from Houston. Had already been optioned and would be spot starter if need be. Spent remained of season in bullpen.
Optioned AJ Alexy to AAA.
August 24 - Jonathan Loaisiga sent for rehab assignment to AAA.
September 1 - Recalled Loaisiga and Alexy from AAA.
September 2 - Blake Rutherford injured for next 5 weeks. Recalled Evan Russell from AAA.
October 1 - Tommy Pham injured for next 5-6 months with a broken bone in his elbow. Chris Seise recalled from AAA.
October 6 - Josh Rojas injured for next 4 weeks with a broken collarbone. Curtis Terry recalled from AAA.

Pitching Stats for 2024


Michael King had a very inconsistent season and is now down to our #5 starter heading to playoffs. He had an ERA over 7 in both August & September.
Hans Crouse had 18 really good starts for us this year. He will be our #4 starter for the playoffs.
Kevin Ginkel had another excellent season in relief. The BB/9 were up a bit to 4.6 but the HR/9 was down at 0.7.
DeMarcus Evans led MLB in saves with 47!

Hitting Stats for 2024!


Yin-zhen Kim was 2nd on our team in WAR and it all comes from the elite defense (although he his .268 somehow).
Tyler Freeman had a tremendous season. As a waiver claim, he might be our fulltime 2B next season.
Evan Russell has shown flashes that his bat will carry him, but he could very well be a AAAA type player also. His OBP in AAA is .419, so he knows how to get on base.
Colton Welker flopped hard after coming over in a trade from Colorado. His OPS with us was sub .600 and he has been relegated to a backup role for the time being. Hopefully he can rebound next year.

The lineup is very banged up heading in to the playoffs, but hopefully our pitching can carry us. Blake Rutherford should be back for 2nd round, if we can get there.

Also, we have been using Austin Hedges to catch Kumar Rocker exclusively this year, so he will be behind the plate in game 1 vs Kansas City!

Here is the full playoff tree!


Random league notes
Luis Arraez hit .376 to lead AL and Brian Leonhardt hit .337 to lead NL.
Ronald Acuna Jr led MLB in homers with 40.
CJ Abrams had twice as many SB as next guy with 70 swipes.
Clarke Schmidt (now with KC) led AL in ERA with 3.07 and Nick Lodolo finished 2nd in NL with 3.43.
Walker Beuhler was only pitcher in MLB with more than 15 wins, he finished with 18!
Eric Cerantola (Colorado) led NL in strikeouts with 216!
Oakland A's finished with worst record (65-97) and will have 1st overall pick in 2025 draft!

Edit - Forgot to mention we through a combined no hitter on October 3rd and the game didn't even acknowledge it!



Ky Bush was injured while pitching, perhaps that caused some confusion?

[MathBandit]

What made you decide to use Austin Hedges as a personal Catcher to 1-2 SPs, rather than either "Every X Days" or "When starter is tired"?

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Originally Posted by MathBandit

What made you decide to use Austin Hedges as a personal Catcher to 1-2 SPs, rather than either "Every X Days" or "When starter is tired"?

Just something I wanted to try. Originally it was only once every 5 games to pair with Kumar Rocker, but when one other SP struggled a bit I decided to use him 2 out of every 5.

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The Texas Rangers are the 2024 World Series Champions!!!





As it was all season, our pitchers carried us in the postseason!



Ronny Henriquez had an amazing postseason!!!
Kevin Ginkel was his usual underrated self too!

The hitters were their usual inconsistent bunch, but scored enough to push us through!



Josh Jung had an amazing run in the playoffs!
Terrin Vavra did his usual thing, but came up clutch with 12 RBI!
Tyler Freeman led the way with 14 RBI!

Colton Welker moved from the bench to starting lineup vs the Padres and had homers in 3 straight games!

ALDS MVP was Josh Jung!


ALCS MVP was Tyler Freeman!


World Series MVP was Colton Welker!


Time to head to the offseason and see if we can build a repeat contender!

[MathBandit]

SD: Smash through the NL, get smashed in WS
Tex: Eke through the AL, smash in WS

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The preseason predictions have us at 82-80, which would be tied for 4th in the AL West!

Let's start with a little offseason recap.

DeMarcus Evans was the unanimous winner of AL Reliever of the Year!

After a terrific season, he was awarded $9.325 in arbitration!

We make a couple minor trades to cleanup some roster redudancy. First, we sent Josh Rojas to the Nationals.



Cayden Wallace was drafted as pitcher and we eventually switched him to 1B/3B, but he was a throw-in.
Ricardo Mendez looks to be a potential replacement for Leody Tavares (better OF range). He will start the year in AAA (he was already on their 40 man roster).

Next, we sent Brett DeGeus to Toronto.



Nate Weeldreyer is likely at best an AAAA type pitcher.
Justin Foscue just never was able to hit for us in the upper minors.
At the start of this sim they had him already in AA (2020 draft and no MiLB games). Career MiLB OPS of .707 and now 26 years old.

IRL, Manuel Beltre appears to be a very nice prospect. Signed for $2.35m as a 16 year old infielder comes with a decent pedigree.
In this OOTP sim, he only just graduated from rookie ball last year and will be turning 21 in June.
He is a pure lottery pick here, but the Jays really wanted DeGeus. With 65 infield range (only a 50 arm), we hope eventually he can be a middle infield option for us.

Let's take a look at a very familiar looking group of hitters we will be starting the year with.



We will be running a LF platoon with Steele Walker getting the lions share of the at bats and Evan Russell starting vs LHP.
One challenge we will likely face is finding at bats for both Terrin Vavra and Tyler Freeman. Neither is a strong option at a position other than 2B, so Freeman will be our DH.

The other spot of roster redundancy we now have is our two RH first basemen. Colton Welker has hit better in his career, but Josh Jung was excellent in 2023 (prior to a poor year in 2024).
The nice thing about Jung is that he is an option for 3B (potentially his spot when Urshela's contract is up).

Also, we need to find a better defensive backup infielder to (eventually) replace Chris Seise. We were hoping to find someone in free agency or even rule 5, but no luck. With only 60 infield range, we should be looking to upgrade (since he can't hit).

Now, let's take a look at the pitchers!



Nick Robertson is the lone new face. We claimed him off waivers from LAD (who had him only in AA last year).

One pitcher of note is Hunter Barco. He was deserving of a spot in the rotation, but for now we have decided to keep him in AAA.
It feels like Michael King might have to be traded to make room for him, so we will explore his trade market in the next couple weeks of the sim.




Hans Crouse really surprised us last year and his ratings don't really match up the stats he has been putting up.
If he struggles, he might be more successful long term in the bullpen (below average movement and control).
We came pretty close to trading Brandon Bielak a few times in the offseason (he is out of options too). He gives us an option on the MLB club that can be used as a spot starter / emergency SP if need be.

The next update will be early June. We will check back in after 54 games (1/3 of the way). Any predictions for what record we will have at this point?

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We have decided to trade Michael King to the White Sox.



At $2.25m, it was hard to find someone looking to trade for him.
In order to get full salary retention on Anthony Misiewicz (who we just released), we had to add in Drew Leinenbach.
Drew is only 22, but looks like a pure org filler guy with average defense.

Hunter Barco had his contract purchased from AAA and made his MLB debut vs Oakland.

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We have simmed up to the June draft and we are 30-25! Here are the expanded standings for the AL. We are only 1/2 a game back of the Angels with 3 games in hand!



Here is a look at how our overall team is performing and their rankings.



As you can clearly see, we need to find a way to add to our hitters (without subtracting too much defensively). As usual, pitching is carrying us.

Let's recap a few of the roster moves we have made in the first 2+ months or so.
April 27 - Traded Michael King to create room for Hunter Barco (see post above).

May 3 - Kumar Rocker has a "tired arm" but is expected to miss only 5 days and is listed as "day to day". He ends up having two setbacks with this injury and doesn't make another start until May 20.

May 16 - Gio Urshela sprains his ankle and is expected to miss at least 5 weeks.


Ricardo Mendez (acquired for Josh Rojas in the offseason) has been recalled from AAA and is now starting in CF.

May 24 - Hunter Barco tears the flexor tendor in his elbow and will miss a minimum of 12 months.


We needed another starter, so we traded Daniel Tillo to Arizona for Alex Young.


June 3 - Alex Young tears an elbow ligament and will miss 12 months. He is an expiring free agent, so he likely won't be with us next year.


With that all said and done, let's take a look at how our MLB pitchers have done so far.



Kumar Rocker is absolutely amazing. After 9 starts his ERA is 1.42!

Kohei Arihara got off to a slow start, but has been quite good in his last 6 starts (not including his last start where he got ejected in the first inning).

Ky Bush has been fairly homer prone to start the season. He is consistently giving us 5+ innings, but only made it through 6 innings once in his last six starts.

The bullpen has been excellent aside from perhaps Durbin Feltman who is having a very mediocre season so far.

*Note - Ricky Vanasco (likely next in line SP at this point) and Mason Thompson (using exclusive in relief now) are currently in AAA.

Now let us take a look at the hitters!



Terrin Vavra (who we considered trading to make room for Tyler Freeman) has gotten hot again and raised his OPS to .831!

Evan Russell is now getting the bulk of the starts in LF, although Steele Walker has also rebounded nicely.
Blake Rutherford has not yet got his bat going and could potentially be relegated to backup duties.

Since we need to find a way to add to our lineup, RF is likely priority area number 1.

Austin Hedges' numbers are grossly inflated by the BABIP around .400.
Ali Sanchez hasn't hit, so he will be our backup moving forward.

Josh Jung has a really poor April and we made Colton Welker the starting 1B.
Then in May he had an OPS of 1.004! He has taken over at 3B since Gio Urshela got hurt.

On April 20, Tyler Freeman had an OPS of .830. We had a two game series in San Diego and wanted to keep his bat in the lineup, so we started him at 3B.
He went 0 for 8 in those two games and his production has continued to drop off since then.

Leody Tavares' days with us may be soon coming to an end. He is having a bit of bad luck with his BABIP down at .248 for the season (.296 for his career).
Now might be the time to move on from him before his value declines any further.

Here is a look at a couple hitters that are on the trading block right now!



Lastly, before we continue with this sim, here are our top two picks from this years draft!

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We have traded Durbin Feltman to the Orioles.



Brandon Sproat will be 25 in September and we are going to be using in a reliever going forward (starting in AA).
Coincidentally, he is a former Texas draft pick from 2019, but did not sign.

Wilson Castillo is a throw in to make the deal work.

We decided to make this deal to make room for Kasey Kalich.
In 53.2 innings at AAA, he owns an ERA of 2.85 (with a FIP of 2.92).



He was acquired in the same trade as Evan Russell, where we sent them a package centered around Jonathan Hernandez.

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We have acquired Ketel Marte from Arizona! They are also retaining 75% of his 2025 salary (pending free agent)!



Arizona offered Marte a qualifying offer last offseason which he accepted. He owns a career OPS of .816 and will be our new starting RF.
In 2021 in this sim, he put up an OPS of .924 which was good for 5.5 WAR!



Blake Rutherford had a very good 2023 (2.9 WAR) and a decent 2024, but was having a poor season (OPS of .632).

In order to make this trade work, we were willing to take Luke Weaver (at 25% of his $9.4m salary).
He tore his labrum in October 2024 and had 3 setbacks during his recovery, so there is that added risk factor.

He was on a rehab assignment when we acquired him, but he is going to get a look in our rotation for the next month or so.



A.J. Alexy has been optioned to AAA to make room for Weaver.
He has made 3 very nice appearances so far this year including two 6 inning starts vs Boston.

Jose Corniell has routinely popped up as a decent trade candidate, but we feel now if the time to part ways with him.

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We are back!!! We are sitting at 56-47 and in the 2nd wildcard spot.
Here are the AL standings!



It is now August 1st, 2025, so let's recap the transactions in the last 6 weeks or so.

June 14th - Hans Crouse strained his hamstring and still out for another 4 weeks. Ricky Vanasco has been recalled from AAA and made 7 decent starts since being recalled.

June 22nd - Ky Bush partially tore his labrum and missed 5 weeks. Currently on rehab assignment in AAA. Mason Thompson has been recalled from AAA and been very strong in 6 starts since being recalled (ERA below 3).

July 3rd - Signed OF Marvin Ramos as an international amateur free agent.



July 9th - Traded Luke Weaver and 24 yr old pitcher Jose Viola to Atlanta for Alex Wood. Alex Wood is under contract for next year at $10m, but they are retaining 75%.

July 17th - Trade former starting CF Leody Tavares, former 1st round pick Cole Winn and a MiLB glove first infielder to Colorado for former 12th overall pick (and soon to be 24 yr old) 2B Colby Halter and corner OF "prospect" (MiLB org filler possibly) Drew Gilbert.

July 31st - Traded relief pitchers Brandon Bielak and Luis Amaya to Colorado for cash.
Purchased the contracts of Franco Aleman and Jack Walker from AAA.
Traded RP Kevin Ginkel to Cleveland for back infielder Owen Miller. Chris Seise was optioned to AAA to make room for Miller.

Here is how our pitchers have done so far.



Kohei Arihara continues to have an up and down year. He made 5 starts in June and his ERA was almost 9. Then he made 5 starts in July and his ERA was under 2.

Here is how our batters have done so far.



Josh Jung and Colton Welker are both having nice seasons, but Evan Russell really came out of nowhere to be the team leader in HR currently.
We really liked his eye/discipline when we acquired him from the Reds (he was 8th overall pick for a reason I guess).

Next update will (most likely) be an end of regular season update.
Hopefully we will be getting prepared for the playoffs!!

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We have finished the 2025 season and let's start our recap with a look at the regular season standings.



After being swept in a 3 games series vs the Rays, we were one game back of the Angels heading in to the final 3 games series vs LAA (at home).
After winning the first two games, we ended up losing the final game of the regular season forcing a gamer 163.
One thing of note, we used an opener/follower for game 162 to "save" Kumar Rocker for a potential wildcard game (if need be).
So, in game 163 we went with Kohei Arihara and he gave us 7 innings and gave up only 3 runs. We ended up winning 5-3 to advance to the ALDS vs Cleveland!

Here are the end of season stats for our starting pitchers.



Kohei Arihara got hit really hard this season (.815 OPS against and 1.9 HR/9). Here are his ERA by month: 8.10 (April), 2.30 (May), 8.87 (June), 1.97 (July), 4.30 (August) & 8.56 (September).

Alex Wood was an excellent pickup for us (signed for next year at $2.5m salary for us). He made 15 starts for us with an ERA of 2.40 (3.36 FIP).

Hans Crouse gave us 15 very decent starts. We can likely pencil him in to our 2026 rotation. He is fragile and our scout is a bit low on his movement/control.

Here are the end of season stats for our relief pitchers.



Ronny Henriquez had a monster year with a "stopper" (secondary) role. 105+ innings in relief is hard to believe. He may be the front runner as our next closer.

DeMarcus Evans had another really really strong season. Due to make over $10m in arbitration, he most certainly a good trade candidate.

Reggie Lawson was a September waiver claim (ineligible for playoffs).

Nick Mikolajchak (although he has all 3 option years remaining) has less than ideal control and HR suppression (for our liking). We will be looking to move him this offseason.

Here are the end of season stats for our batters.



Evan Russell had a great season, but faded a bit in the second half. His OPS in August was .726 and .765 in September.

Gio Urshela also had a great season, but tore it up in the second half. His OPS in August was 1.042 and .807 in September.
He is free agent this offseason.

Steele Walker continued to be a nice complimentary LF option for us, but he is a likely trade candidate this offseason.

Ketel Marte had a nice September (OPS of .845) to raise his numbers up to a more respectable level. He is also a pending free agent.

With all that being said, how did we do in the playoffs? In the ALDS, we faced off against Cleveland.

Game 1 - We got a great start from Kumar Rocker (6.2 innings, 1 earned and 12 K). We tied it up bottom of 8th, but lost in 11 innings (a pinch hit HR too).

Game 2 - Rough start by Alex Wood (10 hits, 6 earned with 3 HR against) and we lost 8-4.

Game 3 - Win or go home and Hans Crouse stepped up with a 5+ inning start (one earned) and we won 4-2.

Game 4 - With Kumar still fatigued from Game 1, we turned to veteran Kohei Arihara and he gave us an amazing start. He pitched in to the 7th and had 9 strikeouts.
Also, we chased Shane Bieber before he even made it out of the 1st inning!

Game 5 - Kumar Rocker kept us this one, but ran up the pitch count early. He went 4.2 innings and had 9 strikeouts. We got 2.1 innings in relief from Nick Robertson to keep us in the game.
We were down 2-0 heading to the bottom of the 8th and the bottom part of our lineup coming up.
Ricardo Mendez worked a full count before getting an infield single. Austin Hedges follow this up with a line drive single. Steele Walker fouled off a few tough pitches on 1-2 and lined a single up the middle and cutting the lead to 2-1.
After a Terrin Vavra flyout, Evan Russell hit a deep fly to LF that scored the tying run.
DeMarcus Evans pitched the top of the 9th and only gave up a double and no runs.
Bottom of the 9th, Ketel Marte worked a full count and walked to lead off the inning. Colton Welker struck out looking on a 1-2 pitch.
Gio Urshella steps up and clobbers a walkoff 2 run homer to send us to the ALCS!

In the ALCS, we are facing off against the Toronto Blue Jays!

Game 1 - Another rough start by Alex Wood (7 earned in 1.1 innings) and we lost 8-1. Nate Pearson also pitched 8 innings (90 pitches) and was replaced by Marcus Stroman (odd choice?)

Game 2 - Hans Crouse pitched 6 strong innings and we won 5-2!

Game 3 - We went with the somewhat bold strategy of opener/follower for this one. Ky Bush opened with a clean inning, Kohei Arihara followed with 4 innings and then Kasey Kalich gave us 2.2 innings. Unfortunately, this game went 15 innings and we lost 4-3.



Game 4 - We scored early and often, plus Kumar Rocker was dealing, but he had a finger blister developing. He was pulled in the 6th and we won 10-0!

Game 5 - A third straight poor start from Alex Wood. This time, he didn't make it through the 3rd and gave up 5 earned runs. We did score 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th and one in the bottom of the 8th, but we lost 7-6 in 13 innings.

Game 6 - With our season on the line again, we turned to Hans Crouse and he didn't disappoint. He pitched 6 innings, gave up only 3 hits and walked no one. We won 4-2 to force a game 7.

Game 7 - Kumar Rocker (still dealing with the blister issue) was not 100% recovered from his last start, but we decided to use him as a follower behind an opener.
Ky Bush faced the first 5 batters, Kumar followed with 4 really strong innings but at 55 pitches he was out of energy. Jack Walker gave us 2.1 innings in relief, but gave up 3 runs.
We were able to score early off Anthony Kay (5 earned in 2.1 innings) and won 7-3!

We are headed to the 2025 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers!

Game 1 - Alex Wood only faced one batter and left with back spasms. After Jack Walker finished the 1st inning, AJ Alexy took over in the 2nd inning and after a clean inning, he came back out for the 3rd.
Back to back errors by our SS to start the 3rd and it started to unravel. After 3 straight walks, we was replaced with Ronny Henriquez who gave up a 2 run double to Rhys Hoskins.
After 3, we were down 6-3. We couldn't muster a comeback and lost 8-5.

Game 2 - Brusdar Graterol had an excellent 7 inning start which wasted a nice 7 inning start from Kohei Arihara (4 earned though). We lost 5-0.

Game 3 - This game was crazy! After tying the game up at 2 in the bottom of the 7th, the game lasted until the 19th inning! Unfortunately, we ended up losing 5-2. The game lasted 7 hours and 53 minutes!

Game 4 - Season on the line and we turned to our ace. He didn't disappoint with 5 strong innings. We ended up winning 4-2 to force a game 5.

Game 5 - Alex Wood finally gave us a good postseason appearance. He dominated for 7 innings and we won 9-4. Walker Buehler left in the 1st inning with a pulled abdominal muscle.

Game 6 - Kohei Arihara was hit hard and was pulled after giving up two hits to start the 4th inning. Brusdar Graterol was electric again and we were down 4-0 heading to the top of the 8th inning.
Here is what happened in that 8th inning.



Bottom of the 9th, DeMarcus Evans come in to pitch. After working a 3-1 count, Will Smith hits a walkoff homer and the LAD are the 2025 World Series Champions!

Not the end of the season we were looking for, but LAD was truly a much better team.

We will look to make some improvements and build towards a 2026 playoff run!!!

[WarningTrakPower]

After a fairly uneventful offseason, we are ready to start the 2026 season!

Let's start by recapping the offseason transactions.

November 11 - Resigned Austin Hedges to a 2yr contract with $3.4m ($1.7m per year)
November 29th - Traded DeMarcus Evans ($16m for 2026) to the Cubs for SP/RP Cory Abbott.
December 30 - Signed Adrian Houser to a 1yr contract for $1.5m.

Here is where our free agents from last season ended up.
December 17 - Gio Urshela signed a 4yr $62m contract with PHI
January 17 - Adrian Morejon signed a one year deal with STL ($7.8m)
March 4 - Ketel Marte signed a one year deal with STL ($3.2m)

Here are our starting rotation on opening day! (last years stats)


Here are our bullpen on opening day! (last years stats)


Here are our batters on opening day! (last years stats)


Also, the preseason predictions have us projected to have the worst record in MLB at 70-92!

We will sim 1/3 of the season and check back in!

We have a couple one year extensions (2027) to mention.
Ky Bush resigned for $1.1m for next year.
Ronny Henriquez resigned for $1.25m for next year. His arb estimate was much higher, but a rough start to his year lowered his asking price.
Yin-zhen Kim resigned for $1m for next year.