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He's drawing walks in 20.3 percent of his plate appearances!



all made out of pure need. needed a roster spot = Harrell trade. needed an outfielder = Barnes trade. the only trades not out of need are the two I made on May 1st

No it's not. Carter is a three true outcomes kinda player; Strikeout, Walk, or Homerun. This leads to a low AVG, high OBP, and normal SLG. Of course it's not this extreme, but it's only been a month, so it's a small sample size

May Recap

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter: Rangers 1B Prince Fielder (.308, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 18 R)
AL Pitcher: Athletics SP Corey Kluber (5-0, 1.72 ERA, .198 AVG)
AL Rookie: Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts (.262, 4 HR, 19 RBI)

NL Batter: Mets RF Curtis Granderson (.346, 9 HR, 26 RBI, 22 R)
NL Pitcher: Nationals SP Jordan Zimmermann (4-1, 0.94 ERA)
NL Rookie: Cardinals LF Oscar Taveras (.370, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 11 R)

League News

Rangers 1B Prince Fielder: Hit his 300th career home run on 5/25
Angels 1B Albert Pujols: Hit his 500th career home run on 5/27

League Transactions

5/5: San Diego traded CF Cameron Maybin and cash to Texas for CF Lewis Brinson and RF Nomar Mazara
5/13: Cleveland traded SP Corey Kluber and cash to Oakland for CF B.J. Boyd and 3B B.A. Vollmuth
5/14: St. Louis traded SP Lance Lynn to Baltimore for SP Hunter Harvey and CF Glynn Davis
5/15: Cleveland traded LF Nyjer Morgan to Boston for RF Daniel Nava
5/15: St. Louis traded SP Seth Maness to Philadelphia for SS Zach Green and 3B Mitch Walding
5/20: Atlanta traded RP Jordan Walden to New York (AL) for 3B Eric Jagielo and 1B Matthew Duran
5/23: Chicago (AL) traded 1B Adam Dunn to Oakland for SP Scott Kazmir
5/24: Miami traded RP A.J. Ramos to Seattle for RF Gabriel Guerrero and 2B Timmy Lopes
5/29: Miami traded RP Dan Jennings to Washington for C Spencer Kieboom and 3B Adrian Sanchez
5/30: Oakland traded 2B Alberto Callaspo and 3B Renato Nunez to San Francisco for 1B Brandon Belt
5/30: Cleveland traded SP Carlos Carrasco to St. Louis for CF Vaughn Bryan

Astros Transactions:

5/3: Activated RF L.J. Hoes from the 15-day DL. Optioned LF Enrique Hernandez to Oklahoma City (AAA).
5/5: Activated LF Robbie Grossman from the 15-day DL. Placed RP Kevin Chapman on the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of RP Jason Stoffel from Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled SP Alex White from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned SP Asher Wojciechowski and LF Alex Presley to Oklahoma City (AAA).
5/6: Traded SS Jiovanni Mier, CF Brett Phillips, SP Adrian Houser, 3B Erik Castro, 2B Andy Simunic, and 2B Ronald Torreyes to Cincinnati for 3B Todd Frazier, C Tucker Barnhart, RP Jose R. “Jumbo” Diaz and SP Carlos Contreras. Traded C Carlos Corporan, LF Alex Presley, and C Tyler Heineman to Boston for SS Brock Holt and 3B Stefan Welch. Purchased the contract of 2B Brock Holt from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned 2B Gregorio Petit and 3B Matt Duffy to Oklahoma City (AAA).
5/7: Purchased the contract of SP Collin McHugh from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned RP Anthony Bass to Oklahoma City (AAA).
5/9: Signed SP Michael Feliz to a minor league contract.
5/11: Activated LF George Springer from the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of 1B Stefan Welch from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned RF Dan Robertson and RF Brandon Barnes to Oklahoma City (AAA).
5/27: Activated SS Marwin Gonzalez from the 60-day DL. Optioned 2B Brock Holt to Oklahoma City (AAA).
5/28: Recalled SP Asher Wojciechowski from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned SP Alex White to Oklahoma City (AAA).

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2014 Draft Recap - Houston Astros

The Astros got good value out of their early-round picks, but wound up only signing thirteen of the 90 players they drafted. First overall pick Carlos Rodon, a 21-year-old starting pitcher, was signed with a 1.5 million dollar bonus. The Astros did sign all of their top eight picks, and stayed well under the slot budget. Following is a recap of all 13 of the players Houston signed:

SP Carlos Rodon (1st): Rodon, 21, is a lefty with 4.5 star potential. The former N.C. State pitcher signed with a 1.5 million dollar bonus.

SS Nicholas Gordon (2nd): Gordon, 18, was the first high schooler drafted by Houston. Related to former MLB pitcher Tom Gordon and Dodgers infielder Dee Gordon, Nick has 4.5-star potential and signed with a $1.2 million bonus.

RF Derek Fisher (3rd): Fisher, 20, last played at Virginia. He has four-star potential, and agreed to a one-million-dollar bonus.

RP Julian Cruz (4th): Cruz, 20, has 4.5 star potential. He had 13 saves and a 2.93 ERA in high school last season. “Doom” signed a contract with a signing bonus of $4,444,444.

RP Blake Bivens (5th): Bivens, 18, came out of high school with a four-star potential rating. Bivens agreed to a $250,000 signing bonus.

2B Rich Vardaro (6th): Vardaro, 21, has 2.5 star potential. He did not receive a signing bonus.

RP Michael Cederoth (7th): Cederoth, 21, has 3.5 star potential. With the ability to reach up to 101 MPH with his fastball, Cederoth oddly signed with no bonus.

RP Andreus Kyritsis (8th): Kyritsis, 21, signed with no bonus. He is rated as having 4 star potential, and his changeup could be one of the best pitches in all of baseball once fully developed.

3B Kevin Padlo (12th): Padlo, 18, has two-star potential. He signed with no bonus.

3B Juan Batista (14th): Batista, 21, has only 1.5 star potential but is viewed as one of the most MLB-ready players in the class. He did not receive a signing bonus.

SP Jimmy Stephens (27th): Stephens, 18, has 1.5 star potential. The high school lefty signed with no bonus.

LF Dalton Ewing (35th): Ewing, 18, has one-star potential, and signed without a bonus.

CF Colt Hobbs (41st): Hobbs, 22, has one-star overall and potential ratings, and signed with no bonus.

June Recap

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter - Indians 1B Carlos Santana (.320, 6 HR, 24 RBI, 23 R)
AL Pitcher - Yankees SP Masahiro Tanaka (6-0, 1.35 ERA)
AL Rookie - Tanaka

NL Batter - Braves 1B Freddie Freeman (.359, 8 HR, 21 RBI, 19 R)
NL Pitcher - Rockies SP Brett Anderson (4-0, 3.03 ERA, 38 K)
NL Rookie - Mets SS Wilmer Flores (.352, 5 HR, 19 RBI)

League News

Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre: recorded his 2500th hit on 6/6
Angels LF Raul Ibañez: recorded his 2000th hit on 6/7
Phillies RP Jonathan Papelbon: recorded his 300th save on 6/11
Phillies owner David Montgomery: passed away on 6/17. Son, Erik, will take over as owner.

League Transactions

6/5: Cleveland traded RP Cody Allen to Boston for RP Jamie Callahan and CF Williams Jerez
6/11: Pittsburgh traded C Tony Sanchez to Chicago (AL) for 1B Paul Konerko, LF Courtney Hawkins, and cash
6/11: Atlanta traded SP Gus Schlosser to Minnesota for LF Lewin Diaz
6/21: Pittsburgh traded SS Josh Harrison and LF Courtney Hawkins to Washington for SP Doug Fister

Astros Transactions:

6/17: Traded 1B Telvin Nash, SP Kent Emanuel, and SP Jose Sanchez to Philadelphia for LF Micah Owings and cash. Traded RP Jesse Crain to Detroit for RP Jhan Marinez. Purchased the contracts of RP Jose Cisnero and RP Jose R. “Jumbo” Diaz from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned RP Jason Stoffel to Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/23: Placed RP Jose R. “Jumbo” Diaz on the 15-day DL. Recalled RP Jason Stoffel from Oklahoma City (AAA).

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You *(censored)* up son. You gotta do everything the Astros way AKA not signing your top draft pick

I made up for it by letting 77 guys go unsigned (well, technically, I released a bunch of them, since I don't need 60 scrubs populating my reserve roster, since I cut it down to just one A league and no rookie leagues)

Aiken was drafted 27th by the Braves; I almost certainly would've picked him up in the second round if he had slipped five more picks

Just cut down the draft. Since I deleted some of the minor leagues, I shorted my draft to 10 rounds

Yeah, I thought it was going to be 25 when I looked at the draft order, but it turned out to be 90. Whoops.

It seems like owners die a lot in OOTP.

All-Star Break Update

Team News

RHP Scott Feldman will kick off the second half of the season, meaning the team will skip young pitchers Asher Wojciechowski (1-6, 6.47), Collin McHugh (3-4, 5.32), and Dallas Keuchel (7-6, 4.66).

Houston has completed a trade with the Chicago Cubs, with the centerpieces of the deal being Houston outfielder Dexter Fowler and Chicago outfield prospect Jorge Soler.

All-Star Rosters

American League
National League

Game Summary

NL…0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2…7 13 1
AL…0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2…8 13 1

W: Sean Doolittle, OAK (0.1 IP, 1 K)
L: Jonathan Papelbon, PHI (0.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 K)

Notables:
Brandon McCarthy, ARI (NL): 0.1 IP, 4 ER, 1 K
Jason Castro, HOU (AL): entered as pinch hitter, 0-1, did not play field
Jose Reyes, TOR (AL): 3-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R

MLB News

Nationals LF Jayson Werth has retired from baseball due to concussions. Werth, 35, had a career .272 average with 177 home runs and 116 stolen bases. He was hitting .245 with seven homers and two steals before the career-ending injury.

Cubs SS Stephen Drew reportedly wants out of Chicago for “personal reasons”. The Red Sox have placed RF Shane Victorino on the trading block.

July Recap

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter - White Sox 1B Jose Abreu (.373, 10 HR, 18 RBI, 19 R)
AL Pitcher - Athletics SP Sonny Gray (5-0, 0.89 ERA, 31 K)
AL Rookie - Abreu

NL Batter - Rockies LF Carlos Gonzalez (.351, 9 HR, 25 RBI, 17 R)
NL Pitcher - Giants SP Matt Cain (5-0, 1.69 ERA, 35 K)
NL Rookie - Giants RF Juan C. Perez (.281, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 10 R)

League News

None

League Transactions
(Important trades in bold)

7/2: Baltimore traded RP Tommy Hunter to Atlanta for SP Jason Hursh
7/3: Philadelphia traded SP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez to Kansas City for C Zane Evans
7/3: Minnesota traded SP Kyle Gibson and cash to Toronto for RP Alberto Tirado and C Santiago Nessy
7/3: Philadelphia traded SP A.J. Burnett to New York (AL) for 3B Peter O’Brien, RF Gosuke Katoh, and CF Michael O’Neill
7/4: Seattle traded LF Logan Morrison to Arizona for SP Trevor Cahill
7/4: Cleveland traded LF Michael Brantley to Cincinnati for SP Ben Lively
7/4: San Diego traded SP Ian Kennedy to Toronto for CF D.J. Davis and SP Daniel Norris
7/5: Cleveland traded RP Bryan Shaw and cash to Tampa Bay for C Luke Maile
7/5: Atlanta traded SP David Hale to Minnesota for SP Ryan Eades
7/6: Tampa Bay traded LF Matt Joyce and LF Taylor Motter to Cincinnati for SP Johnny Cueto
7/6: San Diego traded SP Andrew Cashner to St. Louis for SP Marco Gonzales and 1B Glynn Davis
7/6: Cleveland traded RP Josh Outman to New York (NL) for SP Gabriel Ynoa
7/10: Cleveland traded RF Carlos Moncrief to Minnesota for C Adam Ehrlich and C Stuart Turner
7/11: Cleveland traded RF Ryan Raburn and 2B Claudio Bautista to Baltimore for SP Wei-Yin Chen
7/12: Philadelphia traded RP David Buchanan to Colorado for C Will Swanner
7/18: Boston traded 1B Mike Napoli to Milwaukee for LF Logan Schafer and SP Tyler Wagner
7/20: San Francisco traded LF Gregor Blanco and SS Kelby Tomlinson to Arizona for CF A.J. Pollock
7/21: San Diego traded RP Alex Torres to St. Louis for SS Edmundo Sosa
7/21: Philadelphia traded SP Barry Enright to Milwaukee for RF Mitch Haniger
7/22: San Diego traded SP Tyson Ross to Seattle for 1B Cord Sandberg
7/23: Philadelphia traded RP Antonio Bastardo to New York (NL) for SS Dilson Herrera
7/24: Cleveland traded SP Justin Masterson to Minnesota for RP Jose Berrios and SP Aaron Slegers
7/24: Cleveland traded SP Josh Tomlin to Miami for 2B Amed Rosario
7/25: Oakland traded CF Craig Gentry and CF Bobby Crocker to Cincinnati for RP Manny Parra and cash
7/25: Cleveland traded SS Asdrubal Cabrera to New York (AL) for SP Luis Severino and RP Nick Goody
7/26: Philadelphia traded RP Jake Diekman to Minnesota for 1B Kevin Franklin
7/26: Kansas City traded RP Louis Coleman to Los Angeles (NL) for RF Joey Curletta and RF Jon Garcia
7/29: Pittsburgh traded 3B Pedro Alvarez and cash to Detroit for SS Andrew Romine and RP Corey Knebel
7/30: Cleveland traded SP Zach McAllister and cash to Miami for SP Andrew Heaney
7/30: Chicago (NL) traded 3B Mike Olt and SS Gleyber Torres to Cincinnati for SP Mike Leake
7/30: Philadelphia traded RP Mike Adams to Toronto for 3B Mitch Nay and CF Leonardo Molina

Astros Transactions:

7/14: Traded CF Dexter Fowler, SS Marwin Gonzalez, SP Paul Clemens, SP Rudy Owens, and cash to Chicago (NL) for RF Jorge Soler and SP Dallas Beeler. Purchased the contract of RF Jorge Soler and optioned him to Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled 2B Brock Holt and RF Brandon Barnes from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned 1B Stefan Welch to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/18: Activated RP Jose R. “Jumbo” Diaz from the 15-day DL. Recalled RP Anthony Bass from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned RP Jason Stoffel to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/22: Traded SP Aaron West and SP Herman van de Wijngaard to Seattle for cash.
7/23: Activated RP Kevin Chapman from the 60-day DL. Placed LF Robbie Grossman and RF L.J. Hoes on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of 1B Jon Singleton from Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled RF Dan Robertson and LF Enrique Hernandez from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned RF Brandon Barnes to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated RP Raul Valdes for assignment.
7/27: Placed 1B Jon Singleton on the 15-day DL. Traded RP Raul Valdes, LF Preston Tucker, and SP Lance McCullers Jr. to Arizona for LF Stryker Trahan and cash. Traded 2B Gregorio Petit and RP Anthony Bass to Chicago (AL) for RP Evan S. Crawford and cash. Purchased the contract of RP Alex Sogard from Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled 1B Stefan Welch from Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/30: Signed 1B Jon Singleton to a 5-year, $21.5 million contract extension. Purchased the contract of LF Ruben Sosa from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned RF Dan Robertson to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/31: Traded RP Brad Peacock to Philadelphia for 3B Cody Asche. Optioned 1B Stefan Welch and SP Collin McHugh to Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/1: Purchased the contract of C Max Stassi from Oklahoma City (AAA) and placed him on the 60-day DL. Recalled RP Jason Stoffel from Oklahoma City (AAA).

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This comment rings true for the month of August:

August Recap

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter: Orioles 3B Manny Machado (.402, 4 HR, 30 RBI, 21 R)
AL Pitcher: Rangers SP Derek Holland (5-0, 2.47 ERA, 38 K)
AL Rookie: Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts (.349, 4 HR, 20 RBI)

NL Batter: Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton (.310, 7 HR, 23 RBI, 22 R)
NL Pitcher: Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg (5-0, 1.21 ERA)
NL Rookie: Cardinals CF Oscar Taveras (.345, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 13 R)

League News

White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf: passed away on 8/3, succeeded by son, Jerry Reinsdorf Jr.
White Sox OF Jordan Danks, Mariners SP Felix Hernandez: suspended 15 games each for fighting
Indians owner Larry Dolan: passed away on 8/31, succeeded by son, Kel Dolan
Tigers pitcher Drew Smyly: Pitched a no-hitter against Minnesota on 8/23

Team News

Cody Asche became the team’s starting first baseman, unseating Chris V. Carter who became part-time DH in a timeshare with rookie Japhet Amador.
The Astros’ starting outfield for most of the month featured Todd Frazier in left, Ruben Sosa in center, and Brandon Barnes in right.

Astros Transactions:

8/2: Claimed RP Esmil Rogers off waivers from Toronto.
8/3: Placed SP Scott Feldman on the 60-day DL. Recalled RF Brandon Barnes from Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/5: Placed LF George Springer on the 15-day DL.
8/6: Purchased the contract of SP Ross Seaton from Corpus Christi (AA) and placed him on the 60-day DL. Activated 3B Matt Dominguez from the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of 2B Irving Falu from Oklahoma City (AAA). Optioned LF Enrique Hernandez and LF Ruben Sosa to Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/12: Placed RF Dan Robertson on the 60-day DL. Placed 2B Irving Falu on the 15-day DL. Recalled LF Ruben Sosa from Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/26: Sent LF Robbie Grossman to Oklahoma City (AAA) for injury rehab. Recalled SP Alex White from Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated RP Jerome Williams for assignment.
8/29: Sent LF George Springer and RF L.J. Hoes to Oklahoma City (AAA) for injury rehab.
9/1: Traded RP Jerome Williams, RP Matt Heidenreich, RP Patrick Christensen, SP Chris Lee, and SS Alex J. Gonzalez to Pittsburgh for SP Jeff Locke and SS Gift Ngoepe.
9/2: Purchased the contracts of RP Jhan Marinez, RP Chia-Jen Lo, C Rene Garcia, DH Micah Owings, SP Jeff Locke, and RF Domingo Santana from Oklahoma City (AAA). Recalled SP Collin McHugh, 1B Stefan Welch, 3B Matt Duffy, LF Enrique Hernandez, and RF Jorge Soler from Oklahoma City (AAA). Activated LF Robbie Grossman, LF George Springer, and RF L.J. Hoes from the 15-day DL.

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(Left off: LF Marc Krauss [8 G, 2-9, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, 3 BB, 2 K], 2B Gregorio Petit [2 G, 1-5, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K], Pitchers [2-22, RBI, R, 2 BB, 6 K])
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Like I said.

And hey, you guys aren't even the worst team in the majors! Take pride in that!

hey, with an entire starting outfield having been on the DL at the same time twice this season, plus our "ace"/only veteran SP out for the season, I'm taking pride in anything at this point

For example, the fact that I am still managing to put together a full lineup for all four teams (MLB, AAA, AA, A)