2032 SEASON - MAY

[MarcoC]

A small note about the past month

The SA Batters were simply on fire the whole month of April! This resulted in a great beginning of the season, with most of the PEBA supporters, experts and insiders kind of shocked by the great result!

I can’t be happier, really! Every player is just doing exactly what I was hoping for!

1B G.Fernandez has been simply incredible in April (.370/.435/.926) with 8HR, 6Doubles and with an impressive OPS of 1.361 in 54 AB.
What about P.Monnington? the 25 years old rookie is having a great start! He went hitless in the first 5 games of the season, but then he just improved game after game, I can’t ask for more!

[MarcoC]

May 10th , 2032
Subject: Week 5 Notes

Record: 22-7, .759, - GB
Position: 1st place (4 game lead over Florida)
Runs Scored:161
Runs Allowed: 79
Defense: .740
Power Ranking: 148 (1st in PEBA)
Injury: 2B S.Shimizu, Ruptured Tendon (finger), 4 months

• Last week (5-1): 1-1 at Kentucky, 4-0 VS San Juan
• 05/04: SA 1, KNT 2– Close match, great fight! 2 Solo Home runs in the seventh and SA gave up the lead…
• 05/05: SA 7, KNT 3 – CF P.Monnington hit a 2run HR.
• 05/08: SA 5, SJ 4 – Historic Come back for SA!!! Down by 2, P.Monnington hit a 3run HR to Win a game that San Juan dominated (almost) until the end! The boy is on fire|
• 05/09: SA 10, SJ 3 – 3B Cedeno 2-5, 2HR, 4RBI
• 05/10: SA 8, SJ 4 – 1B G.Fernandez 2-3, 1HR, 2RBI, 1BB / A 2R double by C Villanueva in the 7th, closed the game
• 05/11: SA 9, SJ 1 – 3B L.Cedeno 2-4, 1D, 1HR, 3RBI, 1BB
• In the bottom of the seventh, LF Danny Burton grounded into double player. S.Shimizu was the man on first reaching for second, he slid awkwardly and his hand got stuck between his leg and the ground. When he got up he was clearly in pain! The result was a ruptured tendon…he will miss most of the remaining of the season.
• C Randy Howell had a decent start! He went 2-4 for 2RBI!
• 2B Leland Young is going to make his PEBA debut, he will likely be used as a backup 2B
• This week: 4 vs Charleston, 2 at San Juan

[MarcoC]

May 17th , 2032
Subject: Week 6 Notes

Record: 24-12, .667, 2 GB
Position: 1st place (tied with Florida)
Runs Scored:182
Runs Allowed: 102
Defense: .731
Power Ranking: 117 (6th in PEBA)
Injury: 2B S.Shimizu, Ruptured Tendon (finger), 4 months

• Ouch, ouch, ouch!!! What a poor week we had!
• Last week (2-5): 2-2 vs Charleston, 0-3 at San Juan
• 05/10: SA 4, CST 8 – CF P. Mannington was injured while running the bases, SP V.Diaz pitched for just 2 Inning and got obliterated!
• 05/11: SA 3, CST 5 – SP. D.Stockstill got an incredible game and pitched well for 6IP, but RP W.Manning gave up 2R!
• 05/12: SA 4, CST 3 – C L.Villanueva was the walk off hero for SA with a 1RBI single in the 9th!
• 05/13: SA 6, CST 2 – RF L.A.Aguilera 3-4, 1RBI, 1HR, 2R
• I’m not even going to talk about the three games against San Juan… unacceptable!!! The offense didn’t showed up, except the last game. The result was a 1-2 and 0-1 in the first two matches.
• TRADE ALERT!!! RP Chris Hamm was traded to Shin seiki, for Utility player Tadasuke Suzuki
• Tadasuke Suzuki will take place of Jeff van der Eijk who is struggling this year.
• C Jessie Kimball was claimed by Shin Seiki!
• 2B Leland Young Just started one game going 1-3 and a BB
• This week: 2 vs West Virginia, 3 at Manchester

[MarcoC]

Hi everyone,

unfortunately I hurt my left thumb! Don't worry is just a minor injury, I cut myself while cooking, but I will miss just a couple of days!
It's a bit tricky to write an entire recap of the last in-game week, so I'll just write a shorter version!


May 24th , 2032
Subject: Week 7 Notes

Record: 27-14, .659, ½ GB
Position: 2st place (half game behind Florida)
Runs Scored: 203
Runs Allowed: 128
Defense: .733
Power Ranking: 120 (4th in PEBA)
Injury: 2B S.Shimizu, Ruptured Tendon (finger), 3 months

• Last week (3-2): 1-1 vs W.Virginia, 2-1 vs Manchester
• Congratulations to the Florida Farstriders! they’re having a fantastic season thanks to their starting rotations!
• This week: 3 vs Hartford, 3 at W.Virginia

[MarcoC]

May 31st , 2032

Subject: Week 8 Notes

Record: 30-17, .638, 1 GB
Position: 2st place (one game behind Florida)
Runs Scored: 236
Runs Allowed: 154
Defense: .725
Power Ranking: 113 (6th in PEBA)
Injury: 2B S.Shimizu, Ruptured Tendon (finger), 3 months

• Last week (3-3): 2-1 vs Hartford, 1-2 at West Virginia
• 05/25: SA 8, CST 4 – 6R in the bottom of the 5th, Aguilera hit a Double, Villanueva hit a 2R double, Coughlan hit a bases cleaning double
• 05/26: SA 5, CST 0 – SP j.Diaz (W) 6.1 IP, 0ER, 4BB, 4K
• 05/27: SA 5, CST 6 (11) – Tied game until the 11th inning, when 1st base G.Leith crushed the ball for a solo home run.
• 05/28: SA 7, WV 2 – SP V.Diaz (W) 7.1IP, 3K, 0BB
• 05/29: SA 2, WV 7 – Despite 7 hit, we just had 2R, in the bottom of the 4th, SA gave up 5R and that inning decided the game! One of the worst day on the mound of SP D.Stockstill
• 05/29: SA 6, WV 7 – WV Scored at least a run in every I except in the 3rd, 5th and 7th inning. Our batters struggled against the Bullpen of WV.
• I’m not going to complain too much about the 2 Loss against WV, they are the best team in the league. Of course, it’s stink, but we all know that baseball is a marathon.
• There’s no doubt we have to make some adjustment before the trading deadline, to make this team a real threat in the post season.
• I’m not going to make ANY TRADE before the DRAFT!
• Infielder wizard Tadasuke Suzuki has been a good player so far. If you remember, we acquired him with a trade from SS Evas after S.Shimizu got injured. He did not have any mistake on defense, and he’s 3-11 in 3 game.
• C Randy Howell is a solid backup catcher. He was our starter last season, but with Villanueva doing magic with his bat I can’t give Howell too much time on the field.
• We all miss 2B S.Shimizu, he had an incredible start of the season and I was worried by his (regular) season ending injury. Of course, we all miss his contribution in the lineup, but the other infielders on the team are doing a fantastic job as well: 2B D.Dwyer has a 5 game hitting streak and an impressive 375 OBP. Plus Leland Young in his first 24 days in the majors, despite not showing any impressive numbers, is doing a good job as a backup 2B. and of course 2B T.Suzuki had a good month of may (as we said earlier).
• On Thursday, 3rd of June, we’re going to have the 2032 PEBA Draft
• This week: 3 at Manchester, 3 at Hartford