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The MLB Expands to 32 Teams as it brings back 2 former teams

The Washington Senators and Montreal Expos are back in the MLB. The Senators will play in the AL East while the Expos play in the NL East. The Florida Marlins are also back in place of Miami. The MLB held an expansion draft in which each MLB team protected 60 players and all of their rookies. The 25-man rosters are as follows.

Montreal Expos
SP #23 Travis Banwart (27) 0.5* 1*
SP #35 Charles Brewer (24) 0.5* 1.5*
SP #39 Phil Irwin (26) 0.5* 1*
SP #26 Scott Kazmir (29) 1* 1*
SP #32 Chris Volstad (26) 1.5* 2*
MR #19 Jason Adam (21) 0.5* 2.5*
MR #37 Nathan Karns (25) 0.5* 2.5*
MR #51 Braulio Lara (24) 0.5* 3.5*
MR #31 Neil Ramirez (23) 0.5* 1.5*
MR #11 Nicholas Struck (23) 0.5* 1*
MR #29 Albert Suarez (23) 0.5* 2.5*
CL #21 Christopher Schwinden (26) 0.5* 1*
C #33 J.T. Wise (26) 1* 1*
C #12 Dan Butler (26) 1* 1*
1B #5 Rich Poythress (25) 1* 2.5*
2B #4 Ryan Rohlinger (29) 1* 1*
2B #22 Tony Thomas (26) 1* 2*
3B #6 Cody Asche (22) 1* 1*
3B #20 Brendan Harris (32) 1* 1*
SS #1 Mike McCoy (32) 1* 1*
LF #17 Nick Buss (26) 1* 1*
CF #2 Darren Ford (27) 1* 2*
CF #34 Ricardo Nanita (31) 1* 1*
RF #24 Kent Matthes (26) 1* 3.5*
RF #9 Juan C. Perez (26) 1* 1*

Washington Senators
SP #15 Eric Berger (26) 0.5* 0.5*
SP #28 Chris Dwyer (24) 0.5* 1*
SP #27 Pedro Hernandez (23) 1* 1*
SP #19 Brooks Raley (24) 0.5* 0.5*
SP #47 Jose G. Valdez (30) 1* 1*
MR #10 Edwar Cabrera (25) 0.5* 2*
MR #36 Michael Mariot (24) 0.5* 1.5*
MR #31 Enny Romero (22) 0.5* 2.5*
MR #23 Keyvius Sampson (22) 0.5* 1.5*
MR #17 A.J. Schugel (23) 0.5* 0.5*
MR #26 Nick Tepesch (24) 0.5* 1.5*
CL #11 Dave Bush (33) 0.5* 0.5*
C #13 Brian Ward (27) 1* 3.5*
C #9 Danny Lehmann (27) 1* 1*
1B #12 Jeff Larish (30) 1* 1*
2B #3 Ryan Flaherty (26) 1* 4*
2B #6 Reese Havens (26) 1* 1.5*
2B #5 Greg Garcia (23) 1* 1*
3B #22 Danny Valencia (28) 1* 1*
3B #16 Alex Liddi (24) 1* 1*
SS #2 Chase d'Arnaud (26) 1.5* 1.5*
LF #30 Marc Krauss (25) 1* 1.5*
LF #4 Lew Ford (36) 1* 1*
CF #29 Matt Angle (27) 1* 1*
RF #24 Thomas Neal (25) 1* 1*

2013 MLB Season Predictions

AL East
Boston Red Sox 97-65
Tampa Bay Rays 93-69
Toronto Blue Jays 91-71
New York Yankees 80-82
Baltimore Orioles 77-85
Washington Senators 38-124

AL Central
Detroit Tigers 98-64
Chicago White Sox 82-80
Kansas City Royals 80-82
Cleveland Indians 80-82
Minnesota Twins 70-92

AL West
Texas Rangers 91-71
Los Angeles Angels 91-71
Seattle Mariners 80-82
Oakland Athletics 80-82
Houston Astros 70-92

NL East
Washington Nationals 103-59
Philadelphia Phillies 88-74
Atlanta Braves 87-75
Florida Marlins 70-92
New York Mets 67-95
Montreal Expos 43-119

NL Central
Cincinnati Reds 94-68
Milwaukee Brewers 83-79
St. Louis Cardinals 79-83
Pittsburgh Pirates 78-84
Chicago Cubs 72-90

NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers 95-67
San Francisco Giants 94-68
Arizona Diamondbacks 87-75
Colorado Rockies 84-78
San Diego Padres 75-87

Ouch...

Holy crap that's awful.

4/7 @ DET, L7-2
W: J.Verlander 1-0
L: P.Hernandez 0-1

Washington Notables
Greg Garcia 1-3 2B (1) RBI (1)
Marc Krauss 1-4 RBI (1) R
Matt Angle 1-4 SB (1)
Pedro Hernandez L (0-1) 5.1IP 7H 5R 5ER 6BB 3K 8.44 ERA

4/8 @ DET, L5-4
W: M.Scherzer 1-0
L: J.Valdez 0-1

Senators Notables
Ryan Flaherty 1-5 2RBI (1,2)
Lew Ford 2-3
Marc Krauss 3-4 HR (1) RBI (2) 2R
Greg Garcia 1-3 RBI (2) R
Jose G. Valdez L (0-1) 7.1IP 7H 5R 5ER 2BB 5K 6.14 ERA

4/9 @ DET, L5-0
W: D.Fister 1-0
L: C.Dwyer 0-1

Senators Notables
Marc Krauss 1-3
Brian Ward 2-3
Chris Dwyer L(0-1) 4.2IP 5H 4R 4ER 6BB 2K 7.72 ERA

4/10 vs. SEA, W4-3
W: M.Mariot 1-0
L: C.Capps 0-1
S: D.Bush (1)

Senators Notables
Matt Angle 3-4 SB (2)
Lew Ford 2-4 RBI (1)
Jeff Larish 2-4 HR (1) 2RBI (1,2) R
Thomas Neal 2-4
Marc Krauss 0-4 RBI (3)
Eric Berger ND 7IP 5H 3R 3ER 1BB 5K 3.68 ERA

4/11 vs. SEA, L4-1
W: B.Maurer 1-0
L: B.Raley 0-1
S: T.Wilhelmsen (1)

Senators Notables
Jeff Larish 1-3 HR (2) RBI (3) R BB
Brooks Raley L (0-1) 6.2IP 3H 1R 1ER 4BB 3K 1.35 ERA

4/12 vs. SEA, L3-0
W: F.Hernandez 1-1
L: P.Hernandez 0-2
S: T.Wilhelmsen (2)

Senators Notables
Lew Ford 1-4
Brian Ward 1-3
Pedro Hernandez L (0-2) 8.1IP 9H 3R 3ER 0BB 4K 5.27 ERA

4/13 vs. TOR, L8-3
W: J.Johnson 1–1
L: J.Valdez 0-2

Senators Notables
Matt Angle 2-4 2R BB
Lew Ford 2-4
Jeff Larish 2-3 2RBI (4,5) BB
Jose G. Valdez L (0-2) 6.1IP 10H 5R 5ER 2BB 1K 6.59 ERA

4/14 vs. TOR, L11-3
W: B.Morrow 1-0
L: C.Dwyer 0-2

Senators Notables
Jack Wilson 2-4 R
Jim Thome 1-4 HR (1) 2RBI (1,2) R
Thomas Neal 2-3 R
Brian Ward 1-3 RBI (1)
Chris Dwyer L (0-2) 6IP 7H 6R 5ER 3BB 3K 7.59 ERA

4/15 vs. TOR, L9-0
W: M.Buehrle 1-0
L: G.Alvarado 0-1

Senators Notables
Thomas Neal 2-3
Giancarlo Alvarado L (0-1) 5.2IP 10H 6R 6ER 2BB 3K 9.53 ERA

4/16 @ NYY, L6-3
W: I.Nova 1-1
L: C.Pavano 0-1
S: M.Rivera (3)

Senators Notables
Jack Wilson 2-4 R
Bobby Abreu 2-4 2RBI (1,2)
Jeff Larish 1-4 HR (3) RBI (6) R
Carl Pavano L (0-1) 7IP 11H 6R 6ER 0BB 3K 7.71 ERA

4/17 @ NYY, L1-0
W: C.Sabathia 3-0
L: R.Oswalt 0-1

Senators Notables
Matt Angle 1-4
Thomas Neal 2-3
Danny Lehmann 1-3
Roy Oswalt L (0-1) 8IP 8H 1R 1ER 3BB 2K 1.13 ERA

4/18 @ NYY, W4-3
W: C.Zambrano 1-0
L: P.Hughes 1-2
S: C.Rapada (1)

Senators Notables
Scott Rolen 3-5 RBI (1) R
Jim Thome 2-5 2RBI (3,4)
Thomas Neal 2-4 HR (1) RBI (1) R
Brian Ward 2-4 R
Carlos Zambrano W (1-0) 8IP 7H 3R 3ER 3BB 4K 3.38 ERA
Clay Rapada SV (1) 1IP 0H 0R 0ER 2BB 0K 0.00 ERA

TRANSACTIONS THRU 4/20
4/9
-Signed F/A DH Jim Thome to a 3yr/$1.9M deal
-Optioned 3B Vincent Catricala to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted 1B Gerlis Rodriguez to AA Midway South
-Demoted 2B Luis Madrid to A Shreveport
-Demoted 3B Miles Walding to Short A Columbus

4/11
-Placed RF Chris Swauger on the 7-Day DL (Retro to 4/8)
-Placed 2B Varonex Cuevas on the 7-Day DL (Retro to 4/9)

4/12
-Signed F/A SS Jack Wilson to a 1yr/$1.225M deal
-Optioned LF Marc Krauss to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted RF Chih-Hsien Chang to AA Midway South
-Promoted 3B Miles Walding to A Shreveport
-Demoted LF Will Howard to Short A Columbus
-Released 3B Rafael Garcia (Career-ending Injury)
-Promoted 2B Kevin Ross to A Shreveport

4/14
-Placed LF Lew Ford on the 60-Day DL
-Recalled LF Marc Krauss from AAA Fort Wright
-Promoted RF Chih-Hsien Chiang to AAA Fort Wright
-Promoted LF Richard Palase to AA Midway South
-Promoted LF Will Howard to A Shreveport

4/16
-Signed F/A LF Bobby Abreu to a 1yr/$2.21M deal
-Optioned 2B Reese Havens to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted SS Luis Osorio to AA Midway South
-Demoted SS Jairo Kelly to A Shreveport
-Demoted 2B Kevin Ross to Short A Columbus
-Signed F/A MR Juan Cruz to a 1yr/$820K deal
-Optioned MR A.J. Schugel to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted SP Jeffrey Saba to AA Midway South
-Demoted SP Elvin Garcia to A Shreveport
-Demoted MR Kris Carlson to Short A Columbus
-Signed F/A MR Guillermo Mota to a 1yr/$920K deal
-Optioned MR Keyvius Sampson to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted SP Chase Hentges to AA Midway South
-Demoted SP Uber Paz to A Shreveport
-Demoted SP Jonathan Kountis to Short A Columbus
-Signed F/A SP Carl Pavano to a 1yr/$1.46M deal
-Optioned MR Nick Tepesch to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted SP Williams Louico to AA Midway South
-Demoted SP Loiger Padron to A Shreveport
-Demoted SP Pedro Reyes to Short A Columbus
-Signed F/A 3B Scott Rolen to a 1yr/$2.17M deal
-Optioned 3B Danny Valencia to AAA Fort Wright
-Demoted 3B Angel Vargas to AA Midway South
-Demoted 2B Jordan Chavez to A Shreveport
-Demoted 3B Miles Walding to Short A Columbus

4/17
-Signed F/A SP Roy Oswalt to a 2yr/$19M deal
-Optioned MR Michael Mariot to AAA
-Demoted MR Nathan Dorris to AA
-Demoted CL Lucas Goodgion to A
-Demoted MR Kyle Pelchy to Short A
-Signed F/A SP Carlos Zambrano to a 1yr/$1.88M deal
-Optioned SP Chris Dwyer to AAA
-Demoted MR Tim Kelley to AA
-Demoted MR Dayne Quist to A
-Demoted MR Joe Karlik to Short A
-Signed F/A MR Clay Rapada to a 1yr/$670K deal
-Optioned SP Brooks Raley to AAA
-Demoted MR Rob Finneran to AA
-Demoted MR Lance Breedlove to A
-Demoted MR Ryan Fennell to Short A

4/18
-Promoted SP Uber Paz to AA
-Demoted SP Jeffrey Saba to A

4/19
-Signed international amateur LF Lewin Diaz to a minor league contract with an $860K signing bonus
-Placed 2B Reese Havens on the 7-Day DL (Retro to 4/18)
-Promoted international complex member LF Lewin Diaz to Rookie League Ladd

4/20
Promoted LF Lewin Diaz to Short A

Series vs. Houston Astros


Team Record: 5-7

Key Players
2B Jose Altuve 4.5* 5* - .348 5RBI 1/3 SB
3B Matt Dominguez 2.5* 3.5* - .319 6RBI
SP Lucas Harrell 2.5* 2.5* - 1-2 9.00 8K
SP Bud Norris 2.5* 2.5* - 1-1 3.60 5K
CL Jose Veras 2.5* 2.5* - 1SV 0.00 8K 5G

Game 1
April 20th, 2013

Astros: 13
Senators: 3

Scoring Plays:
Jeff Larish singles. Rolen and Abreu score. 2-0
Jake Elmore doubles. Barnes scores. 2-1
Justin Maxwell singles. Elmore scores. 2-2
Dominguez hits a 3-run HR. 5-2
Rick Ankiel singles. Castro scores. 6-2
Jason Castro hits a solo HR. 7-2
Brian Ward singles. Flaherty scores. 7-3
Jake Elmore doubles. Ankiel scores. 8-3
Carlos Pena reaches on error. Dominguez scores. 9-3
Rick Ankiel grounds out. Pena scores. 10-3
Jake Elmore reaches on error. Castro scores. 11-3
Jose Altuve hits a sacrifice fly. Barnes scores. 12-3
Ronny Cedeno hits a single. Elmore scores. 13-3

W: Bud Norris 2-1
L: Pedro Hernandez 0-3


Game 2
Astros: 7
Senators: 6

W: Hector Ambriz 1-0
L: Hong-Chih Kuo 0-1

Game 3
Astros: 3
Senators: 8

W: Roy Oswalt 1-1
L: Lucas Harrell 1-3

Season Player Stats

Pitchers
Giancarlo Alvarado: 2G 2GS 0-1 11IP 6BB 7K 9.00 ERA
Dave Bush: 4G 0GS 0-0 1SV 5IP 1BB 2K 5.40 ERA
Pedro Hernandez: 3G 3GS 0-3 16.1IP 7BB 9K 7.71 ERA
Roy Oswalt: 2G 2GS 1-1 15IP 5BB 8K 1.80 ERA
Carl Pavano 1G 1GS 0-1 7IP 0BB 3K 7.71 ERA
Jose G. Valdez 3G 2GS 0-2 15.1IP 4BB 9K 5.87 ERA
Carlos Zambrano 1G 1GS 1-0 8IP 3BB 4K 3.38 ERA
Juan Cruz: Has not Pitched
Guillermo Mota: Has not Pitched
Clay Rapada: 2G 0GS 0-0 1SV 2IP 3BB 1K 0.00 ERA
Francisco Rodriguez: 1G 0GS 0-0 2IP 1BB 2K 4.50 ERA
Hong-Chih Kuo: 4G 0GS 0-1 6.1IP 4BB 5K 5.68 ERA

Batters
Jim Thome 7/34 .206 12B 03B 1HR 7RBI 1R 6BB 10K
Thomas Neal 15/52 .288 12B 03B 1HR 2RBI 3R 3BB 6K
Matt Angle 10/43 .233 12B 03B 0HR 0RBI 3R 1BB 11K
Bobby Abreu 9/25 .360 32B 13B 0HR 2RBI 5R 2BB 7K
Marc Krauss 6/20 .300 02B 03B 1HR 3RBI 3R 0BB 7K
Jack Wilson 8/37 .216 02B 03B 1HR 1RBI 5R 2BB 10K
Scott Rolen 8/27 .296 22B 03B 0HR 2RBI 5R 0BB 4K
Alex Liddi 0/12 .000 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI 0R 0BB 7K
Greg Garcia 7/37 .189 22B 03B 0HR 2RBI 1R 4BB 9K
Ryan Flaherty 9/42 .214 22B 03B 1HR 6RBI 5R 2BB 10K
Jeff Larish 11/52 .212 02B 03B 3HR 9RBI 5R 5BB 17K
Danny Lehmann 1/9 .111 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI 0R 1BB 1K
Brian Ward 12/38 .316 22B 03B 1HR 5RBI 3R 2BB 8K

April Review

Trades

4/29 - Traded 3B Alex Liddi 1* 1* to the Arizona Diamondbacks for SP Trevor Cahill 3.5* 4*

4/30 - Traded SP Giancarlo Alvarado 0.5* 0.5* to the Cincinnati Reds for SS Zack Cozart 3.5* 3.5*

Team Record: 8-15

Division Standings
Red Sox 15-8
Yankees 14-9
Blue Jays 13-10
Orioles 12-11
Rays 9-14
Senators 8-15

Team Leaders

Batting AVG
-Jeff Larish .293
-Thomas Neal .237
-Jack Wilson .216
Home Runs
-Jeff Larish 4
-Ryan Flaherty 2
-Marc Krauss 2
Runs Batted In
-Jeff Larish 14
-Jim Thome 9
-Ryan Flaherty 8
Earned Run Average
-Roy Oswalt 1.57
-Pedro Hernandez 6.28
-DNQ
Wins
-Guillermo Mota 2
-Roy Oswalt 2
-Pedro Hernandez 1
Strikeouts
-Pedro Hernandez 16
-Giancarlo Alvarado 13
-Jose G. Valdez 13

AL Rankings
Runs: 68 (16th)
Batting AVG: .226 (15th)
On-Base PCT: .282 (15th)
Home Runs: 15 (t-14th)
Stolen Bases: 14 (t-9th)
Runs against: 119 (t-12th)
Starters ERA: 5.08 (13th)
Bullpen ERA: 4.47 (9th)
Defensive EFF: .721 (1st)

How did those trades go through? Usually teams can't trade straight one-star for four-star guys like that...

I clicked the option "Shop Player" and it gives me a whole bunch of offers of decent players who are struggling.

May Recap

May Record: 7-21 (15-36) 14GB, 6th

Divisional Standings
Rays 29-22
Yankees 29-22
Red Sox 29-22
Blue Jays 26-25
Orioles 22-29
Senators 15-36

Batting Leaders

Batting AVG
-Jeff Larish .281
-Thomas Neal .258
-Jack Wilson .235
Home Runs
-Jeff Larish 10
-Ryan Flaherty 5
-Zack Cozart 3
Runs Batted In
-Jeff Larish 22
-Jim Thome 18
-Ryan Flaherty 17

Pitching Leaders

Earned Run Average
-Roy Oswalt 3.03
-Pedro Hernandez 5.00
-DNQ
Wins
-Roy Oswalt 4
-Guillermo Mota 3
-Trevor Cahill 2
Strikeouts
-Pedro Hernandez 39
-Roy Oswalt 39
-Jose G. Valdez 28

American League Rankings
Runs Scored: 149 (16th)
Batting AVG: .220 (16th)
On-Base PCT: .276 (16th)
Home Runs: 31 (t-15th)
Stolen Bases: 21 (13th)
Runs Against: 235 (9th)
Starters ERA: 4.47 (8th)
Bullpen ERA: 4.44 (13th)
Defensive EFF.: .714 (1st)

Trades of May

Traded LF Booby Abreu 1.5* 1.5* to the Athletics for 3B Hiroyuki Nakajima 2.5* 2.5*

Traded SP Carl Pavano 1.5* 1.5* to the Yankees for CL Mark Montgomery 3.5* 4.5*

Traded 3B Scott Rolen 2* 2* and SP Carlos Zambrano 0.5* 0.5* to the Braves for SP Mike Minor 3.5* 3.5* and SP J.R. Graham 0.5* 3*

Traded CF Matt Angle 1* 1* to the Rockies for C Wilin Rosario 2* 2.5*

Oh

Agent's log got off to a bad start due to trades, and somehow this is even worse. You're trading total scrubs for solid players

I'm baffled at how you are getting these trades to go through.

It's an option the game gives, and they'll take the trades.