Higlands gets younger in major trade....

A trade has been worked out between Norfolk and Highlands. Norfolk approached me about seeing if I would trade some of my vets for a high draft pick and young players who they had traded for...Highlands is in rebuild and was looking at the trade as something maybe bigger to come? Highlands traded SP Matt McDonald, 2B Bill O'Neil and SP Gil Moore FOR Norfolk's 2nd round pick in 2028 draft SS Angel Rodriguez, CL Al Dougan AAA, 2B Angel Trujillo AAA and MR Ryan Pennington.
Norfolk feels if they get O'Neil that maybe he will spark there offense to turn around a dreadful start to a season and McDonald and Moore to an already surprising good start for there starters and relief pitching. Highlands gets to use this season to evaluate these young players and with the 2nd round coming will have 3 2nd's and 3 3rd round picks next years draft to get either good young prospects or make a major trade for some great talent.

April II Sim Done

Game Date:  May 1 2027

Standings:
Adams:  Atlanta holds a one game lead over London
Zotti:  Seattle leads Brick by two games.
Signorino:  Antelope Valley leads Houston and Maui by four games.

Accomplishments:
Houston 1B Nigel Bryant named Player of the Week (4/19, 14th career award)
Maui LF Juan Alvarez named Player of the Week (4/26, 2nd career award)
Antelope Valley C Lloyd Rideout named Batter of the Month
Antelope Valley SP Dave Klien named Pitcher of the Month (3rd career award)
Atlanta C Clay Burns named Rookie of the Month

Significant Injuries:
Ohio RP Leslie Bennett has an inflamed shoulder and will be out for 3-4 months.
Atlanta SP Ernest Metcalf also has a shoulder inflammation and will be out for 4 months.
Norfolk CF Pierre Gilbert has an intercostal strain and will miss four weeks.
Houston LF Wilson Santos strained a groin muscle.  He's out for 5-6 weeks.
Maui CF Angel Banuelos will miss four months with a fractured ankle.
Houston RP Kevin Alexander has an elbow strain.  He'll miss eight weeks.
Antelope Valley LF Ray McJannett separated his shoulder.  He's out for four weeks.
Norfolk's Stefano Gomez has shoulder tendinitis and will be out 5-6 weeks.

Milestones:
Shackamaxon's John Grondin scored his 1500th run.
Houston's Andres Velasco scored his 1000th run.

Ronald Quijada Leaderboard Watch:

Runs: Quijada has 1865 runs and is only three runs behind John Hukill.
Games:  Quijada has played in 2779 games and is 109 games behind John Hukill.
At Bats:  Quijada is at 9588 at bats and is 531 at bats behind Luis Jeon.
Hits:  Quijada has 2580 hits.  He is 73 behind Dong Lutz and 78 behind Brian Frison.
Singles:  Quijada has 1704 singles.  He is 55 behind Gregorio Marzano.
Walks:  Quijada has 1835 walks and is 43 walks behind Luis Jeon.

Next Sim: Thursday Night

Trade between Brick and Highland

Brick trade Jesus Souza shortstop to Highland for the rights to Todd Davis reliever...
this trade removes the rule 5 tag off  Davis and provides the ability to send him to the minors if desired....After the debacle against Norfolk GM Goldfarb feels it could be he needs more time in the minors....GM Goldfarb believes he is  part of the teams future but might not be ready now...

Delay

I'm going to delay tonight's sim until Saturday night to resolve a roster issue on one team.

April I Sim Complete

Game Date:  Apr 16, 2027

Standings:
Adams:  London has a one game lead over Atlanta and Brooklyn.
Zotti:  Brick and Seattle are tied for the lead, two games ahead of Shackamaxon.
Signorino:  Antelope Valley is four games ahead of Houston and Norfolk.

Accomplishments:
Houston 3B Andreas Velasco slugs three homers against Norfolk (4/6), the first player to do so in over a year.
Norfolk CF Pierre Gilbert takes the inaugural Player of the Week award (4/12, second career award)

Significant Injuries:
Houston CF Miguel Cantu has an intercostal strain.  He's going to miss five weeks.
London SP Miguel Cooper partially tore his labrum.  He's gone for three months.
London RF Jonathan Anderson has a concussion.  He's expected to be out for six weeks.

Milestones:
Houston's Andreas Velasco reached 1000 RBI (4/2)
Shackamaxon 1B John Grondin (4/14) scored his 1500th run, the sixth player to do so.

Ronald Quijada Leaderboard Watch:

Antelope Valley 3B Ronald Quijada is in position to become the all-time leader in several offensive categories this season.  Among them are:

• Runs -- Quijada (1859) is second to John Hukill (1868).  Nine runs will make him the all time leader
• Games -- Quijada (2767) is second to John Hukill (2888).  He needs 121 more games to take the lead.
• At Bats -- Quijada (9569) is second to Luis Jeon (10119).  He needs 550 more at bats to reach Jeon.
• Hits -- Quijada (2575) is currently in third place to Dong Lutz (2653) and Brian Frison (2658).  He needs 83 hits to reach Lutz and 88 to reach Frison.
• Singles -- Quijada (1699) is second to Gregorio Marzano (1759).  Sixty singles will allow him to reach Marzano.
• Walks -- Quijada (1829) is second to Luis Jeon (1878).  49 walks are needed to reach Jeon.

Next sim:  Thursday Night

Opening Day Delay...

Sorry, everyone, but I'm going to have to put off Opening Day until Saturday night.  We have two teams that do not have their rosters down to size.  They have until Saturday night before I either do it myself or allow the computer to do it.

Zev

Shackamaxon and Brick trade... again

Shackamaxon and Brick have a minor trade to announce:

The Lenape send AAA utility IF Glenn Tate to Brick for a 2028 6th round draft pick.