Lance Sharp - Life as an MLB General Manager

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:14 pm

philliesfan134 wrote:

you might need a 3rd baseman in the draft, too.

Eh, Michael Young's been playing pretty solid as of late, but he is kind of old. So we could look into one.

philliesfan134 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:33 pm

ZeroGibson13 wrote:

philliesfan134 wrote:

you might need a 3rd baseman in the draft, too.

Eh, Michael Young's been playing pretty solid as of late, but he is kind of old. So we could look into one.

That, or you could check out the trade market/wait until FA also.

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:34 pm

Yeah, I have been looking at some good prospects at 3B, Mike Olt, Patrick Leonard, and Renato Nunez. I'd also like to try getting Nolan Arenado from the Rockies with a trade.

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:03 pm

End of April Statistics

MLB Player Stats

Batting
Michael Young .312 4 15
Jimmy Rollins .224 1 5
Delmon Young .247 3 8
Carlos Ruiz .403 3 14
Ryan Howard .169 5 8
Domonic Brown .270 3 9
Chase Utley .256 3 13
John Mayberry Jr. .271 1 7
Ben Revere .292 1 6
Laynce Nix .304 1 4
Freddy Galvis .261 0 1
Erik Kratz .160 0 0
Tyson Gillies .333 0 3
Darin Ruf .000 0 0 (3 AB)

Pitchers
Cole Hamels 1-3 4.85 22K
Roy Halladay 2-0 4.36 21K
Cliff Lee 4-0 2.50 30K
Kyle Kendrick 1-1 4.24 14K
Jonathan Pettibone 1-1 2.29 13K
Jonathan Papelbon 2.89 9SV 8K
Mike Adams 0-1 4.82 10K
Antonio Bastardo 0-1 3.72 6K
Michael Stutes 2-0 3.27 10K
Raul Valdes 0-2 6.35 9K
Jake Diekman 2-0 6.23 4K
John Lannan 1-0 3.00 4K
Tyler Cloyd 0-0 0.00 0K

More end of month stats coming soon!

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:58 am

May 8th

"So, I was fiddling around with some other GM's and trade offers, and the Blue Jays said they would take Chase Utley, who is in quite a slump recently, for R.A. Dickey, Mauro Gomez, and Marcus Stroman. Two solid prospects and a star, for a used-to-be-star. I think that's a great trade, boss!"

"It certainly is quite the perplexing offer."

"Yes! It is. We sure can rob quite a bit from the Jays, because they'll take Ryan Howard for Anthony Gose, Marcus Stroman, and another prospect of who I can't think of at the moment. Obviously, if we complete the first trade first, Stroman won't be in the Howard deal, so we can look for other prospects on the team."

"Ok, Lance, well, we'll definitely keep in touch with the Blue Jays on those offers."

philliesfan134 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:51 am

Well I'd take the second deal for Howard, simply because Ruf can take his place and you can still pick up Stroman + a nice extra OF option in Gose. Dickey I wouldn't want if you're selling because he's old and especially since you're giving up Chase. I guess you could flip him to someone else for more prospects if you wanted to.

Although I am wondering if you should wait longer because then you can build up trade value for them (if you do see the Phils as complete sellers).

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:29 pm

Bass shuts down Phils as Pads cruise to victory

San Diego Padres (13-18) @ Philadelphia Phillies (19-13)

In the top of the first, it looked good for Philly as J-Roll led the game off with a single. He then, got picked off, and Bass blanked them the rest of the inning. The Pads didn't do anything in the first either. In the fourth, Ruiz got a one-out single. Howard then singled, making it first and second with one away. Utley flew to deep center and Ruiz was thrown out tagging up. In the top of the sixth, Carlos Quentin walked with two outs. The next batter, Jesus Guzman, belted a 2-R homer, his 2nd of the year, making it 2-0 Padres. Nothing else happened the rest of the game, as Anthony Bass finished the shutout.

W: Anthony Bass 2-2
L: Cliff Lee 4-2
S: N/A
HR: Jesus Guzman (2)

Notables
Jesus Guzman 1-4 HR (2) 2RBI R
Delmon Young 1-3

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 07, 2013 6:43 pm

May 18th

I woke up a tad bit sore. It was 9:17 AM. I decided to go downstairs, because I was obviously hungry. I got some Cheerios out and poured them in my bowl, without milk, just how I like it.

I decides to start reading some of the fan comment cards that I had, but never read. I brought about 300 of them home, and was bored, so I thought, hey, I guess I'll read some of these.

I noticed that a majority of the cards were fans complaining about $296 being a little too much for a signed baseball bat. I decided to call up our price coordinator, Ray Hobbs.

"Hey, Ray, I was reading some of the fan comment cards, and they say $296 is too much for a signed bat. What do you think?"

"I think it's actually not enough, if those guys are going to complain, we might as well bump the price up!"

"Good idea! Let's raise it to $304, Phillies fans aren't complainers."

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:08 pm

May 18, 2013

Phils walk off on Bobblehead Night

Boston Redsox[ (20-19) @ Philadelphia Phillies (21-18)

In the top of the first, Jackie Bradley Jr. led off the game with a triple. Jose Iglesias sacrificed him in with a flyball to left. In the third, Tyson Gillies crushed a solo homer to right field to tie it at 1-1. There was no more scoring until the bottom half of the tenth, when Delmon Young clobbered a flyball left field that would go out of the yard for a walk-off home run.

W: Michael Stutes 4-0
L: Koji Uehara 2-1
S: N/A
HR: Gillies (2), D.Young (5)

Notables
Jackie Bradley Jr. 2-5 3B R
Delmon Young 1-4 HR (5) RBI R

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:14 pm

Breaking News! Phils ship Utley for 3 prospects!

Today, May 19, 2013, the Phillies and Cardinals have announced a 5-player trade. The Cardinals acquire Chase Utley and CF Jiwan James and the Phillies get 1B Matt Adams, 2B Kolten Wong, and RF Oscar Taveras.

Utley is batting .220 with 5 HR's so far this year. Jiwan James is batting .250 through 34 games in AAA.

The stat line for the new Phillies includes Matt Adams batting .241 with 1 homer through 41 games in AAA, Kolten Wong batting .292 in 7 AAA games, and Oscar Taveras batting .359 with 1 home run in 13 AAA games.

Lance believes that these new prospects can take the Phillies over the top.

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:21 pm

Phillies bring in veteran shortstop

Today, May 23, 2013, it has been announced that the Phillies and Alex Gonzalez have agreed to a 4yr/$9.61M contract.

SkittleMonster · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:36 pm

ZeroGibson13 wrote:

Breaking News! Phils ship Utley for 3 prospects!

Today, May 19, 2013, the Phillies and Cardinals have announced a 5-player trade. The Cardinals acquire Chase Utley and CF Jiwan James and the Phillies get 1B Matt Adams, 2B Kolten Wong, and RF Oscar Taveras.

Utley is batting .220 with 5 HR's so far this year. Jiwan James is batting .250 through 34 games in AAA.

The stat line for the new Phillies includes Matt Adams batting .241 with 1 homer through 41 games in AAA, Kolten Wong batting .292 in 7 AAA games, and Oscar Taveras batting .359 with 1 home run in 13 AAA games.

Lance believes that these new prospects can take the Phillies over the top.

Umm, what? Since when is Utley worth three top prospects? Especially Taveras, who is probably the top prospect in baseball.

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:47 pm

I guess the Cardinals.

And that was lucky for me.

ZeroGibson13 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:36 am

May in Review

Batters
Michael Young .280 8HR 27RBI
Delmon Young .248 6HR 20RBI
Carlos Ruiz .313 6HR 23RBI
Jimmy Rollins .245 3HR 11RBI
Ryan Howard .201 9HR 15RBI
Domonic Brown .264 6HR 18RBI
John Mayberry Jr. .256 5HR 17RBI
Lance Nix .299 1HR 6RBI
Freddy Galvis .290 1HR 7RBI
Ben Revere .286 2HR 7RBI
Erik Kratz .234 0HR 1RBI
Darin Ruf .273 1HR 2RBI
Alex Gonzalez .333 0HR 1RBI

AAA Batters
Cody Overbeck .220 6HR 25RBI
Kevin Frandsen .320 0HR 11RBI
Matt Adams .261 4HR 22RBI
Cesar Hernandez .215 0HR 11RBI
Andres Blanco .255 3HR 10RBI
Sebastian Valle .289 4HR 17RBI
Tommy Joseph .291 3HR 16RBI
Anthony Hewitt .190 2HR 13RBI
Pete Orr .278 0HR 5RBI
Oscar Taveras .357 1HR 8RBI
Steve Susdorf .316 2HR 7RBI
Humberto Quintero .135 0HR 2RBI
Steven Lerud .146 0HR 4RBI
Kolten Wong .195 0HR 2RBI
Tyson Gillies .194 0HR 4RBI

AA Batters
Miguel Abreu .231 4HR 17RBI
Brandon Tripp .313 5HR 24RBI
Josh Fields .253 2HR 17RBI
Andy Gonzalez .248 5HR 16RBI
Jake Fox .264 6HR 22RBI
Cameron Rupp .252 0HR 4RBI
J.P. Crawford .275 4HR 22RBI
Tommy Mendonca .232 5HR 15RBI
Larry Greene .307 3HR 10RBI
Roman Quinn .187 0HR 5RBI
Jermaine Mitchell .310 0HR 1RBI

Pitchers
Cliff Lee 6-2 2.52ERA 63K
Cole Hamels 2-6 4.02ERA 60K
Kyle Kendrick 2-5 4.19ERA 34K
Roy Halladay 2-0 4.19ERA 21K
Jonathan Pettibone 1-2 2.76ERA 18K
Carlos Zambrano 1-1 3.56ERA 19K
Michael Stutes 5-0 4.08ERA 18K
Raul Valdes 1-2 5.13ERA 23K
Mike Adams 0-2 5.24ERA 23K
Antonio Bastardo 2-2 2.66ERA 15K
Jake Diekman 2-1 4.12ERA 9K
Jonathan Papelbon 14SV 3.18ERA 18K
John Lannan 3-0 4.30ERA 9K

AAA Pitchers
Tyler Cloyd 5-2 1.94ERA 52K
Brian Bass 1-6 4.06ERA 31K
Tom Cochran 0-6 4.53ERA 43K
Mike MacDougal 0-2 3.75ERA 28K
Mauricio Robles 3-2 2.88ERA 28K
Brody Colvin 2-1 2.97ERA 18K
Joe Savery 2-0 4.06ERA 20K
Cesar Jimenez 1-1 5.65ERA 15K
Jesse Biddle 1-2 1.14ERA 16K
Phillippe Aumont 2-3 5.70ERA 17K

AA Pitchers
Austin Hyatt 4-3 2.92ERA 40K
Adam Morgan 3-3 3.91ERA 36K
Austin Wright 2-0 2.47ERA 32K
Justin De Fratus 3-1 3.31ERA 24K
Seth Rosin 1-2 4.85ERA 16K
Greg Smith 2-2 4.45ERA 23K
Zach Miner 1-0 3.91ERA 16K
J.C. Ramirez 1-2 4.88ERA 16K
Jeremy Horst 2-2 5.25ERA 12K
Justin Friend 13SV 3.68ERA 21K
Brandon Erbe 0-2 2.45ERA 8K

Division Standings
1. Washington Nationals 30-21 -GB
2. Philadelphia Phillies 28-24 2.5GB
3. Atlanta Braves 26-26 4.5GB
4. Miami Marlins 26-26 4.5GB
5. New York Mets 18-33 12.0GB

AAA Division Standings
1. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 34-21 -GB
2. Pawtucket Redsox 32-23 2.0GB
3. Rochester Red Wings 29-26 5.0GB
4. Buffalo Bisons 28-27 6.0GB
5. Syracuse Chiefs 26-29 8.0GB
6. Lehigh Valley IronPigs 20-35 14.0GB

AA Division Standings
1. Portland Sea Dogs 30-25 -GB
1. Trenton Thunder 29-24 -GB
3. New Hampshire Fisher Cats 27-27 2.5GB
4. Reading Phillies 26-27 3.0GB
5. Binghamton Mets 26-28 3.5GB
6. New Britain Rock Cats 20-35 10.0GB

philliesfan134 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:38 am

Well, even if it's unrealistic, I liked the way you went about the trade. Gives the Phillies some nice young prospects to make the next core out of. Heck, you might even be able to re-sign Chase in the offseason (unless this is by 2012 contracts). I'm interested to see what your next move is..

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