Seattle Ships Out Beloved Star and Promising Prospects, Recieves Only Mere Reliever

July 15, 2017 - SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Monarchs, after welcoming beloved star hitter Gregory Mudge back into their arms just last season, after bemoaning the poor decision that led to Mr. Mudge being traded, has now dealt away the Seattle fans' hero yet again. Despite hitting .333/.364/.602 last season and carrying the Monarchs back to a title, Mudge was plunked on the bench for some Johnny-come-lately named Gregorio Marzano. The new "Greg M." at first base has been passable this season, but not much more.

In addition to sending away Mudge, the Monarchs sent off two of the most promising minor league arms in the game: AAA starters Jesus Concepcion and Claudio Gonzales. Seattle also included a fourth-round pick in next Spring's draft.

"They dealt away both my favorite player AND a guy named Jesus?" exclaimed diehard Monarchs fan Joe Schmoe. "What, they couldn't put Mohammed and Moses into the deal too?"

And who did Seattle get back for this bounty? A mere reliever. Some dork named Junior Cuomo. Please. As if a reliever could possibly be good enough to justify this haul of talent.

This appears to be another sign of Seattle Owner/GM Mack Shultz's declining faculties. Hopefully someone will be along soon to relieve him of his day-to-day responsibilities.

July I Sim Done

Game Date: 7/16/2017

Who Uploaded?
Cleveland
Hickory
Los Angeles
Maui
Ohio
River Cities
Seattle

Standings:

Adams: River Cities leads Brooklyn by seventeen games.
Zotti: Seattle holds a five game lead over Saskatoon
Signorino: Maui has an eight game lead over Houston

Wild Card: Saskatoon has a three game lead over Los Angeles and a six game lead over Brooklyn.


Awards:
Cleveland 2B John Grondin named Player of the Week (7/3)
Seattle RF David Kerry wins Player of the Week (7/10)

Significant Injuries:
Joseph Curry (Los Angeles) has a tender elbow and will be out for three weeks.
Cleveland pitcher Ernest Gerth is out for the rest of the season with a torn rotator cuff.

Milestones:
Hickory's Frank Osborne, the all-time leader in strikeouts, recorded his 3000th strikeout (7/1).

Maui's Timothy Palacio became the 13th player to reach 1000 RBI.

Next sim (to 7/30/2017):
Next Tuesday.

June II Sim Done

Game Date: July 1, 2017

Who Uploaded?:
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
New York
River Cities
Seattle

Standings:
Adams: River Cities has a commanding 15-game lead over Brooklyn
Zotti: Seattle leads Saskatoon by one.
Signorino: Maui leads Houston by ten games
Wild Card: Saskatoon is seven games ahead of Brooklyn and Los Angeles

Significant Injuries:
Ohio MR James Fleitas is suffering from back spasms and will miss about two months.
Houston RF Manabu Sasaki will miss the rest of the season with back spasms and may not be ready for the start of the 2018 season.
Danville MR Benicio Castro strained a tricep muscle and will miss 2-3 weeks.

Awards:
Ohio LF Christopher Moss was named Player of the Week (6/19)
Saskatoon RF Bruce Frison was named Player of the Week (6/26)

Saskatoon RF Bruce Frison was named Player of the Month
Seattle SP Ronald Placencia was named Pitcher of the Month
River Cities 1B Lindsay Walker was named Rookie of the Month

Milestones:
Brooklyn 1B Luis Jeon hit his 400th home run, making him the second player to reach that goal.

Next sim: Next Tuesday night

June I Sim Done

Sim's done and the league pages are updated, but I don't have time to do a summary right now.

Teams that uploaded:

Cleveland
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
River Cities
Seattle

Next sim will be next THURSDAY night.

Zev

Rain Delay

Sorry about this, but I'm going to have to push off the sim until Thursday night.

Zev

On the DL

FYI: I suffered a computer crash over the weekend that is going to severely limit my league activities for a while. In fact, I may need to ask Zev to put my team on CPU control until I can get back in the saddle.

May II Sim Done

Game Date: 6/1/2017

Who uploaded?:
Cleveland
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
New York
River Cities
Seattle
Ohio

Standings:

Adams: River Cities has a seven game lead over Hickory
Zotti: Saskatoon leads by two over Seattle
Signorino: Maui holds a ten game lead over New York

Significant Injuries:
Cleveland LF Tyler Thomas will miss 4-5 months with a dislocated shoulder
Danville LF Armando Cedeno will be out for 4 weeks with a strained tricep.

Awards:

LA SS Ricky Peppers named Player of the Week (5/22)
Saskatoon OF Brian Frison named Player of the Week (5/29)
River Cities SS John Hukill named Batter of the Month
Saskatoon's Brad Buckly named Pitcher of the Month
Houston SS Santo Gurrola named Rookie of the Month

Milestones:
David Kerry (Seattle) reached 1000 RBI.

Next sim: next Tuesday.