Trade: River Cities and Hickory

Dateline: Last Minute Ohiotown!

In what was expected River Cities has dealt longtime second baseman to Hickory for a 2018 first round pick. The move is a sign that River Cities owner Nate Wooley isn't convinced that his team can overcome its poor start and make the playoffs this year. It also provides some return for a player going into free agency.

Okane is still on the market for the same sort of return.

Rain Delay

I'm going to be out all day tomorrow at a family funeral. Unfortunately, that means that all the school work I was planning on pushing off until tomorrow needs to be done tonight. As a result (combined with the fact that Michael can't run the sim from the frozen north on his Ipad), the sim's going to be late. Let's aim for Tuesday night.

My apologies to all.

Zev

They Must Go

The Piggy is hurt about the rumors being spread about the 4th of July Cookout. Because of this the Piggy is taking offers for:

Fred Smith SS
David Nightingale OF
Bill Tussey SP

For the record the You Tube Video of the Piggy in the Speedo eating squash is a fake.

That Is All

July II Sim run

Game date: 7/31/2016

Today is the trade deadline. All trades must be completed before the next sim, or must wait until the offseason.

That said, who uploaded?

Brookyln
Cleveland
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
New York
Ohio
Seattle

Who's in first?

Adams Division - Cleveland is 13 games up on both Hickory and River Cities
Zotti Division - Seattle is five games up on both Ohio and Saskatoon
Signorino Division - Maui is a whopping 28 games up on New York

Since two of the three divisions are fairly safely decided, let's start asking, who's leading the wild card chase?

Ohio and Saskatoon are tied, both four games up on Hickory and River Cities

Who was awesome?

Los Angeles 1B Michael Slye was Player of the Week on 7/18
Danville 3B Brian "Enrico" Palazzo was Player of the Week on 7/25
Maui's Kevin Kepner 2-hit Brooklyn on 7/18
Seattle's Jaime Cruz 2-hit Ohio on 7/28
Ohio's Lincoln Rossetti (an original 2002 player -- he was on my Stockholm team, by the way) collected his 2000th career hit on 7/18
Maui's Jason Lefebvre had five hits against Los Angeles on 7/21

Who got hurt?

A few week-to-week injuries, but the big injury this sim is Brooklyn catcher, Beau Manning, who tore his achille's tendon and is lost for the rest of 2016.

What's next?

A special sixteen-day sim next weekend by Zev, featuring the processing of all last-minute trades, and the last games of July and the first fifteen days of August. I'll be unavailable, by the way, the next two weekends so it's all-Zev, all-the-time.

Maui/Houston Trade

The latest Houston Piggy Offer has been accepted by the Maui Mashers. In a deal announced today, the two teams will be swapping players/prospects as follows:

Houston sends to Maui:
CL Ramos
C Stiger
2B Kerr (AAA)

Maui sends to Houston:
3B Velasco (AAA)
2nd Round Pick
9th Round Pick

And there was much rejoicing. *yay*

Houston Piggy Offer

The Piggy is not amused with:

Herman Kerr 2b
Pedro Ramos cl
Douglas 'Fritz' Stiger c

If a deal is to be made, 2 off the list must be chosen. All 3 is the dream in one deal. Looking for:

1. Picks
2. Prospects
3. Power at 1b

Offers for Fred Smith SS and David Nightingale OF will be looked at too, alone or together. Fair warning offers from outside the Signorino Division have a leg up.

That is all

July I Sim Done

Game Date: 7/16/2016

Who Uploaded?:
Cleveland
Danville
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
New York
Saskatoon
Seattle

Standings:
Adams: Cleveland ups the lead to seven over Hickory
Zotti: Seattle expands their lead by one and now is three games ahead of Ohio and Saskatoon
Signorino: Maui continues to dominate and now leads by a full 25 games.
Wild Card: Ohio has tied Saskatoon for the wild card lead. They are two games ahead of Hickroy and three ahead of River Cities.

Awards:
LF Rufus Murray of Saskatoon wins Player of the Week (7/4)
New York’s 1B Gregory Marzano wins Player of the Week (7/11)

News:
Rule V pick Seattle’s SP Joseph Sterner was returned to Danville and placed on the AAA team.
Los Angeles released CF Sean Arant
Danville’s Jose Guzman goes 5-5 against Ohio (7/1)
Saskatoon’s Demarcus Ramirez pitches a 5-hit shutout against Brooklyn (7/7)

Injuries:
Houston 2B Bill Cremeans – back spasm’s – 7 weeks
Seattle SP Dennis Pickens – strained back muscle – 6-7 weeks

Milestones:
Maui 1B Dong Lutz scored his 1000th run on 7/4. Lutz is the ninth member of the thousand run club.
Brooklyn C Beau Manning slugged his 300th round tripper on 7/4, becoming the 12th player in league history to do so.
Brooklyn 1B Luis Jeon became the all time leader in walks.
Demarcus Ramirez’s shutout against Brooklyn was his 21st, making him the all-time leader in shutouts.

Quote of the Week
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball or saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there is a man on base. – Dave Barry

See ya all next Saturday night! Next sim will go to July 30 (as opposed to July 31) to allow for extra time before the trading deadline.