July I Sim Done

Game Date:  Jul 16 2027

Standings:
Adams:  London leads Atlanta by four games.
Zotti:  Seattle is seventeen games ahead of Brick
Signorino: Antelope has a three game lead lead over Maui
Wild Card:  Brick is four games ahead of Atlanta.

Awards & Accomplishments:
Antelope Valley CF Petero Hokualohi named Player of the Week (7/5, 3rd career award)
Maui's Juan Alvarez named Player of the Week (7/12, 2nd award this season, 3rd career award)

Significant Injuries:

• Shackamaxon CF Benjamin Anderson has a fractured thumb and is out for four weeks.
• Brooklyn 1B Andy Robertson is done for the year with broken bone in his elbow.
• Highland LF Mike Minty is done for this year and the beginning of the next with a ruptured MCL.  He'll be out until May 2028.
• Seattle with be without 3B Sung-heun Hwa for four weeks due to a fractured foot.
• Houston RF Jesus Barcello has an oblique strain and will miss four weeks.
• Norfolk RP Pedro Caro has a ruptured finger tendon and is done for the year.
• Brooklyn 3B/SS Katsuhiko Jouda has a sprained ankle and will be out for five weeks.

Milestones:
Norfolk SP Nicholas Vargas recorded his 2000th strikeout.

Trivia Question:
Last Week's Question:
Which player (who has a much more well-known claim to fame) was the last former St. Louis Browns player to still be active as a player?

The last former St. Louis Browns player to play on the field was pitcher Don Larsen, who played his last major league game on July 7, 1967, 13 1/2 years after the Browns fled St. Louis for Baltimore.  Larsen, of course, is better known as the only person to throw a perfect game in the World Series.

This week's question:
Since the beginning of the expansion era, fourteen teams have been added to the major leagues.  Who is the only person who was the first starting pitcher for more than one of those teams?

Next sim:  Thursday night, where we will go to July 30, thus giving an extra week before hitting the trading deadline.