2033 St. Louis River Walkers: And the saga continues

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It looks like this could be the end of the franchise.
I was advancing from Nov, 3 to Nov. 4, when the game seemed to hit a stall.
I walked away for 10 minutes to see if it would solve itself.
Came back. Still stuck at 19 percent.
I shut the game down, and the saved file for the league was gone.
I did find a backup.
And I am not good about backups.
And since the game has been running without a hitch, I have no clue how far back it goes.
I was looking forward to trying to rebuild the River Walkers, but if it entails playing out a rancid 2033 season.
Maybe it's a message to call it a career.

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Last save was on Sept. 1.
I need to evaluate what I want to do.

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Originally Posted by rink23

Last save was on Sept. 1.
I need to evaluate what I want to do.

Sorry to hear that. So frustrating! I enjoyed following.

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I have decided to continue on with the River Walkers franchise, after failing to find a fix to the corruption that shut things down a few nights ago.
I will resume using a backup that dated back to Sept. 1, 2033.
I simmed out the rest of the season, to the date where the game crashed.
However, the original version where I played every game will stand as the official end of the 2033 season.
In the new simulation, Dayton and Cedar Rapids, the two teams which made the World Series, with Dayton prevailing, didn't even make the playoffs.
The final four rather was Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Rockford and Quad City.
Grand Rapids defeat Rockford, 4-3 in the World Series.
The Walkers ended their regular season 69-93, rather than 70-92.
Hopefully, no major injuries that will derail careers or minor league player development, this does not mess things up too bad moving forward.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have named Andrew Werner as their scouting director.
He replaces Randy Flores, who had ran the Walkers' scouting department for the past 26 years.
This is the first time the 46-year-old Werner has held such a position at the major league level.

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MBL news: Nov. 4 -- Grand Rapids' Epperson, Rockford's Boone are top managers

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MBL news: Nov. 5 -- Cy Young's go to Evansville' Liberatore and Rockford's Chavez

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MBL news: Nov. 6 -- Grand Rapids' Crawl and CR's Morillo are the MVPs

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Looking to add a top three starting pitcher, the St. Louis River Walkers have traded outfield prospects Joe Bien and Lance Brown to Louisville in exchanged for right-hander Jim Martin.
The 29-year-old Martin went 16-10 with a 3.50 ERA for the Sluggers last season in 33 starts.
For his career, Martin is 39-49 with a 4.56 ERA in 161 games/135 starts.
A first-round draft pick in the 2029 draft, Bien spent the 2033 season between AAA Memphis and AA Springfield.
For the Redbirds, he hit .321 with one homer and nine RBIs in 26 games.
At Springfield, Bien played in 31 games batting .281 with four homers and 31 RBIs.
In his minor-league career, Bien has played in 556 games batting .303 with 37 homers and 63 RBIs.
A 17th-round draft pick in the 2031 draft, Brown spent the 2033 season at Class A Johnson City, where he hit .218 with eight homers and 26 RBIs in 39 games.
In his minor league career, Brown is a .357 hitter with 38 homers and 147 RBIs in 135 games.

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The St. Louis River Walkers were surprised the by stunning retirement of their pitching coach, whose name I cannot remember, and they hope they have found a suitable replacement in Joe Gannon.
Gannon, who was is grandson of the former partner of legendary LAPD detective Joe Friday, had spent the previous seven seasons as the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Crushers.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have acquired outfielder Eric Peretz from the Cincinnati River Sharks in exchange for prospects outfielder Laurenco Curvelo and shortstop Angel Valdez.
Peretz, 29, spent the 2033 starting in the outdfield for Cincinnati.
He plated in 158 games, batting .277 with 17 home runs and 70 RBIs.
In his MBL career, Peretz has played in 645 games, during which he has hit .292 with 17 homers and 645 RBIs.
The 25-year-old Curvelo spent the 2033 season with AAA Memphis, where he hit .283 with two homers and 10 RBIs in 82 games.
A minor league signing out of Venezuela in 2025, Curvelo has played in 703 minor-league games in which he has hit .252 with 57 homers and driven in 312 runs.
Valdez , 19, was signed to a minor league contract out of Venezuela in 2032.
During the 2033 season, he played in a rookie league where he hit .230 with two homers and two RBIs.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have signed left-handed relief pitcher Glenn Dunn to a three-year contract.
Dunn, 31, spent the 2033 season with Cleveland during which he appeared in 32 games and went 3-0 with one save and a 5.84 ERA.
For his career, Dunn has pitched in 438 MBL games, going 37-18 with 17 saves and a 3.81 ERA.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of left-handed relief pitcher Zachary Stella to a two-year contract.
Stella, 33, spent the 2033 season with the Kansas City Monarchs.
He pitched in 62 games, going 8-5 with two saves and a 5.05 ERA.
Stella made his MBL debut in 2025 season with Grand Rapids.
He spent eight seasons with the Traders, before splitting the 2032 season between Rockford and Dayton.
In his career, Stella has pitched in 657 games going 62-49 with 132 saves and a career ERA of 4.45.

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MBL news: Jan. 4 -- Hall of Fame voting reveals no new members

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced Jovan Gill has agreed to return for a third season with the team.
The Walkers also have announced the signing of backup catcher Luca Tresh.
Gill, 32, has spent the last two seasons with the Walkers, and served as their primary third baseman.
In 2033, Gill batted .260 with 17 homers and 54 RBIs in 150 games.
For his career, Gill, who also has played for Columbus and Ann Arbor, is a .260 lifetime hitter with 164 homers and 497 RBIs in 1,058 games.
Tresh, 33, has not played in the majors since the 2032 campaign, where he was a member of the Cedar Rapids Grapplers.
He batted .173 with four RBIs in limited action that season.
For his career, Tresh is a .213 hitter with 48 homers and 167 RBIs in 511 games.
He also has played for Green Bay and Fort Wayne.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the re-signing of right-handed relief pitcher Cory Tiller.
Tiller, 32, has spent all but his first MBL season -- when he pitched for the Des Moines Harvesters -- with the Walkers.
The 2033 season was one of his best, as he went 1-4 in 56 games with one save and a 2.80 ERA.
In seven seasons in St. Louis, Tiller is 15-16 with 11 saves and a 2.73 ERA in 387 games.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the re-signing of right-handed relief pitcher Cory Tiller.
Tiller, 32, has spent all but his first big league season with the Walkers.
He was a member of the Des Moines Harvesters when he made his MBL debut in 2027.
In 2033, Tiller got into 56 games for the Walkers, going 1-4 with one save and a 2.80 ERA.
For his career, Tiller has worked in 387 games posting a 15-16 record with 11 saves and a 2.73 ERA.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of utility infielder Chris Duncan to a one-year contract.
Duncan, 31, split last season between Madison and AAA New Orleans.
With the Muskies, Duncan hit .277 with no homers and 15 RBIs in 66 games.
For his MBL career, all spent in Madison, Duncan is a .245 hitter with 42 homers and 193 RBIs in 562 games.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have announced the signing of free-agent third baseman Freudis Nova to a two-year contract.
Nova has spent his entire Midwest Baseball League career with Akron.
In 2033, he played in 103 games (48 starts) and batted .302 with eight homers and 34 RBIs.
For his career, Nova is a .260 hitter with 95 homers and 340 RBIs in 1,106 games.
The deal is worth $6 million per season, with a team option for the 2035 campaign.

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The St. Louis River Walkers have acquired left-handed starting pitcher Shane Drogo in exchange for second baseman Wes Cohen, right-handed starting pitcher Ronald Crossingham and catcher Luca Tresh.
The 28-year-old Drogo went 12-12 last season for the Rivermen, in 33 games posting a 3.94 ERA.
Drogo first reached the majors in 2027 with Cleveland and spent the 2028 season in Chicago, before joining Peoria in 2029.
For his career, Drogo has pitched in 201 games (186 starts) and gone 66-61 with a 3.78 ERA.
St. Louis acquired Cohen in a trade with Evansville at the trade deadline in 2033.
A power hitter, Cohen played eight games with the Walkers in September batting .188 with two homers and four RBIs.
At Memphis, Cohen had hit .269 with 15 homers and 34 RBIs in 31 games.
Also during 2033, Cohen had played 10 games for Evansville, during which he had hit .237 with seven homers and 14 RBIs.
For his career, Cohen is a .236 hitter over 539 games with 110 homers and 335 RBIs.
Crossingham, 25, had a chance to pitch in the St. Louis rotation during 2033.
He started 13 games going 5-4 with a 3.96 ERA.
In his minor-league career, Crossingham is 49-27 with a 3.61 ERA over 144 starts.
St. Louis signed Tresh, 34, during the 2033-34 offseason, so he never played a game for it.
He last played for Cedar Rapids during the 2032 season.