Standings:
- Adams Division: London leads Atlanta by 6 games
- Zotti Division: Seattle leads Brick by 2 games
- Signorino Division: Antelope Valley leads Maui by 13 games
- Wild Card: Brick leads Appalachian, Atlanta, and Maui by 14 games
News:
- Antelope Valley starter Yorikane Kichikawa set the SDMB League record with 16 strikeouts in a game against Houston
- Seattle OF George Hendricks won the Player of the Week Award, and then the Player of the Month Award the following week
- Kichikawa justifiably won the Pitcher of the Month Award
- Highland 1B Roberto Benitez won the Rookie of the Month Award
Injuries:
- Brick reliever Pino Pontoni (who was recently acquired) suffered a sprained elbow and will be out for 1-2 more weeks
- Houston reliever Glenn Jones tore a tricep (ouch) and will be out for two months
- London outfielder Jonathan Anderson tore a meniscus in his knee (been there, done that) and will be out for about 8-9 more weeks
- Brick outfielder Ryan Hughes suffered a knee bruise after being hit by a pitch and will miss two weeks
- Appalachian infielder Ken Moore will miss 5 weeks with elbow tendinitis
Major league contracts:
- A week before getting hurt, Jonathan Anderson and London signed a one year contract extension worth $7.5m.
Trivia time:
Fred gets partial credit for last week's question. Mike Marshall set the record in both the AL and the NL. In 1974, he appeared in 106 games for the Dodgers, and then in 90 games for the Twins in 1980.
This week's question: Who are the three major league players to play at least 20 seasons with one team, only play for that one team in their career, and are not in the Hall of Fame?
Next sim: Next Thursday night (6/16/2016). The new rookie league will start playing after that sim!
Well, Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter come to mind, but do you mean players that are eligible for the HOF or just in general. And well Chipper only played 19 years for Atlanta, so that is not the answer. I will still say Jeter to get it started.
ReplyDeleteAny players, Jeremy. So Derek Jeter *is* one of the three.
ReplyDeletethe other two players are Mel Harder pitcher Cleveland Indians played in the 1920's and Alan Trammel played shortstop with the Tigers 1976-1996
ReplyDeleteThere are a boatload (5 or so) players with 19 years for one team. It is amazing how few have 20.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Fred. That is correct. Here's a bonus question:
ReplyDeleteAside from the above named players there is one other player who played 20 years with one franchise who is not in the Hall of Fame. He's not on the previous list because he ended up playing for more than one franchise in his career. Who is he?
I'm going to try an experiment at AAA I think the Colorado Rockies tried a few years ago: a 4-man rotation with 75-pitch counts for some starters, and 60-pitch counts for the others. I'm doing so because I want to wait to promote more guys from the lower minors until there are a few rookie league sims in the books.
ReplyDeleteI have four starters at AAA (Powell, Santiago, Davis, Ventura) and four long relievers specified (Robison, German, Fisher, Simons), plus the usual other assortment of middle and setup relievers. Powell and Santiago (who are more prized as prospects, and have higher staminas) will have 75 pitch counts, and Davis and Ventura will have 60 pitch counts.
I don't think this is going to be too successful, but who knows?