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Why wasn't Menchaca up in the first place?

He's gooood.

Can I drop Clontz for Menchaca?

End of August:

The Wings Right Fielder Morban won Rookie of the Month, so the Venom had nothing in August, the team is all but eliminated from playoff chances.

AL East:

1. Yankees, 76-58
2. Orioles, 69-65, 7 games behind
3. Blue Jays, 67-67, 9 games behind
3. Rays, 67-67, 9 games behind
5. Red Sox, 64-70, 12 games behind
6. Venom, 53-81, 23 games behind

The Venom are last place in the MLB.
The Wings are 59-75, 7 games behind in the AL West.

Player Stats:

Stanley: 3.65 ERA, 7-6 record, 112 strikeouts
McGlinchy: 7.75 ERA, 3-14 record, 98 strikeouts, 1 save
Ishizuka: 6.15 ERA, 5-12 record, 107 strikeouts
Weibl: 5.08 ERA, 8-8 record, 103 strikeouts
Hampson: 5.51 ERA, 8-9 record, 89 strikeouts, 1 save
Reid: 4.73 ERA, 4-11 record, 118 strikeouts

Menchaca: 11.1 ERA, 0-1 record, 4 strikeouts

McNichol: 3.97 ERA, 4-4 record, 62 strikeouts
Snead: 4.03 ERA, 7-2 record, 78 strikeouts, 2 saves
Asencio: 4.83 ERA, 4-4 record, 61 strikeouts, 1 save
Tremie: 5.10 ERA, 0-5 record, 63 strikeouts, 1 save

Clontz: 5.49 ERA, 3-5 record, 48 strikeouts, 15/18 saves


Reynolds: .230 avg, 13 HR, 54 RBI, 12 SB
Butron: .258 avg, 13 HR, 65 RBI, 18 SB
Roma: .284 avg, 14 HR, 71 RBI, 3 SB
Trammell: .269 avg, 12 HR, 64 RBI, 3 SB
Stults: .219 avg, 9 HR, 56 RBI, 3 SB
Deardorff: .272 avg, 6 HR, 60 RBI, 6 SB
Ormond: .270 avg, 4 HR, 49 RBI, 11 SB
Tortolero: .236 avg, 6 HR, 49 RBI, 9 SB
Rottino: .268 avg, 4 HR, 53 RBI, 3 SB

Sain: .299 avg, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 3 SB
McMillon: .240 avg, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 2 SB
Brownlie: .244 avg, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 SB
Merricks: .286 avg, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 2 SB
Brewer: .284 avg, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 2 SB

All of the expansion pitchers look good until they get a chance to play... Then their stats are awful.

And I suppose I can switch agents in this case. I am going to announce a rule starting next season that you can only drop an agent when they aren't an important player in the lineup (starting pitchers, closers, starting fielders), but this season is almost over and I doubt Clontz is going to be keeping the closer role next year with how he's been doing...

Time for September call-ups, which means Grindell and Enochs time!

I typically don't use September call-ups that much in this game, especially when it comes to prospects with good potential. If the ROTY rules were done correctly in this game I wouldn't mind so much. But I want them both, especially Grindell, to be eligible for ROTY in the future, so I'll have to wait to use them later.

I know Grindell will be in the MLB as the starting catcher next year, I'm not sure about Enochs though, he may be, but I might need more training for him first.

I'm pretty sure the way it works in this game is one game takes away ROTY chances for next year. And I don't like to give up the chance at an award just for a couple players to play in a few games that really won't make a difference.

Could you bench Reynolds so I can get rid of him? He's annoying me with his terrible play.

Terrible play? Aside from the low average, he's been pretty good

I expected a much better batting average.

You expected too much. This is an expansion team.

Roma is playing above what I expected of him.

Actually I'm dropping Tremie because he's not an important part of the team, reliever.

September 30th:

Toronto Blue Jays (84-77) at Nashville Venom (63-98)

In the last game of the season, neither team was going to make the playoffs and both would look to end the season on a winning note. The Blue Jays were able to get the win though, over the extremely poorly motivated Venom team. The turning point was in the 7th inning, the Venom had a 1-0 lead and Stanley needed to pitch 1 more shutout inning to let the relievers take over, but he could not, he allowed the Blue Jays to tie the game so he had to pitch another inning, and allowed 4 runs in the 8th as the Blue Jays pulled away with a 5-1 win.

Blue Jays: 5
Venom: 1

Win: Janssen (4-3)
Loss: Stanley (7-10)
HR: Rios (28)

Venom Box Score:

Reynolds: 0-4
Butron: 2-4
Roma: 1-4, 2 K
Trammell: 0-4
Stults: 1-4
Deardorff: 0-4, R
Ormond: 2-4
Tortolero: 1-3
Rottino: 1-3, 2B, RBI, K

Stanley: 8 innings pitched, 14 hits, 5 runs, 0 strikeouts, loss
Menchaca: 1 inning pitched, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 strikeouts

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The Wings catcher, Norton, won Rookie of the Month for September.

The only positive thing the Venom team can think of is "At least we didn't lose 100 games".

End of 2008:

AL East:
1. Yankees, 90-72
2. Blue Jays, 85-77
3. Orioles, 83-79
4. Rays, 82-80
5. Red Sox, 77-85
6. Venom, 63-99

The playoff teams are:

AL:
Yankees
Tigers
Indians
Athletics

NL:
Mets
Marlins
Reds
Dodgers

The Venom and Wings were the bottom 2 MLB teams and should once again get the top 2 draft picks next year.


Player Stats:

Stanley: 3.80 ERA, 7-10 record, 129 strikeouts, 163.1 innings pitched
McGlinchy: 7.50 ERA, 4-16 record, 113 strikeouts, 1 save, 138 innings pitched
Ishizuka: 6.08 ERA, 7-13 record, 125 strikeouts, 145 innings pitched
Weibl: 5.57 ERA, 9-10 record, 119 strikeouts, 147 innings pitched
Hampson: 5.39 ERA, 9-10 record, 91 strikeouts, 1 save, 137 innings pitched
Reid: 5.20 ERA, 6-12 record, 137 strikeouts, 142 innings pitched

Menchaca: 8.10 ERA, 0-4 record, 19 strikeouts, 26.2 innings pitched
McNichol: 4.23 ERA, 4-5 record, 81 strikeouts, 106.1 innings pitched
Snead: 3.97 ERA, 8-4 record, 93 strikeouts, 2 saves, 106.2 innings pitched
Asencio: 4.79 ERA, 4-5 record, 82 strikeouts, 1 save, 107 innings pitched
Tremie: 5.21 ERA, 1-5 record, 77 strikeouts, 1 save, 112.1 innings pitched

Clontz: 6.97 ERA, 4-5 record, 56 strikeouts, 17/20 saves, 71 innings pitched


Reynolds: .230 avg, 14 HR, 64 RBI, 18 SB, 144 hits
Butron: .260 avg, 16 HR, 86 RBI, 22 SB, 156 hits
Roma: .280 avg, 20 HR, 91 RBI, 4 SB, 162 hits
Trammell: .264 avg, 14 HR, 75 RBI, 4 SB, 138 hits
Stults: .222 avg, 12 HR, 69 RBI, 4 SB, 123 hits
Deardorff: .268 avg, 9 HR, 76 RBI, 7 SB, 140 hits
Ormond: .259 avg, 6 HR, 63 RBI, 11 SB, 132 hits
Tortolero: .250 avg, 8 HR, 68 RBI, 12 SB, 129 hits
Rottino: .266 avg, 8 HR, 71 RBI, 7 SB, 130

Sain: .298 avg, 2 HR, 17 RBI, 3 SB, 28 hits
McMillon: .227 avg, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 3 SB, 22 hits
Brownlie: .219 avg, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 1 SB, 21 hits
Merricks: .298 avg, 0 HR, 9 RBI, 2 SB, 25 hits
Brewer: .291 avg, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 3 SB, 30 hits

Sain and Brewer had nice years off the bench.

I'm astonished that the closer led the team in saves.

I think it is safe to say that Roma was the team MVP this year. He led the team in four categories.

Stanley did alright. Pretty average.

2008 Playoffs:

Athletics over Tigers 3-2
Yankees over Indians 3-2
Mets over Reds 3-0
Marlins over Dodgers 3-1

Yankees over Athletics 4-3
Mets over Marlins 4-1

Yankees over Mets 4-1


Yankees win 2008 World Series
World Series MVP is Melky Cabrera