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June 2015 Recap: Houston Astros

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter: Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera (.380, 7 HR, 14 RBI, 22 R)
AL Pitcher: Tigers SP Justin Verlander (5-0, 2.83 ERA)
AL Rookie: Athletics SS Addison Russell (.299, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 17 R)

NL Batter: Rockies RF Carlos Gonzalez (.369, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 24 R)
NL Pitcher: Cardinals SP Michael Wacha (5-1, 2.09 ERA, 45 K)
NL Rookie: Mets RF Cesar Puello (.352, 6 HR, 19 RBI)

League News

Team News

Starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy plans to adjust his workout routine over the All-Star break in order to help him stay healthy and possibly improve his pitching for the second half of the season. “Less tweeting, more Hobbes-walking,” the lanky right-hander said, referring to his popular Twitter account (@BMcCarthy32) and his dog, named Hobbes after the comic strip character.

League Transactions

6/12: Milwaukee traded LF Khris Davis to San Francisco for RF Tyler Horan and RF Eric Vance.
6/15: Pittsburgh traded SP Stolmy Pimentel to Minnesota for SP Rudy Crowe and RP Miguel Sulbaran.
6/15: Kansas City traded RP Tim Collins to Texas for SP Jim Barnett and CF Louie Lechich.
6/15: Baltimore traded SP Chris Tillman to San Francisco for SP Eric Parnell.
6/19: Milwaukee traded SS Jean Segura to New York (AL) for SS Jorge Mateo and 3B Kevin Padlo.
6/29: Toronto traded 1B Adam Lind to Tampa Bay for C Curt Casali.

Astros Transactions

6/3: Claimed RP Carter Capps off waivers from Miami and sent him to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated RP Josh D. Fields, C Ryan McCurdy, C Jake Rodriguez, and 1B M.P. Cokinos for assignment.
6/7: Placed LF George Springer on the 60-day DL. Recalled RF Jorge Soler from Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/9: Traded SP Scott Feldman, 3B Jonathan Meyer, and 1B M.P. Cokinos to Boston for CF Shane Victorino. Recalled SP Matt Wisler and 2B Brock Holt from Oklahoma City (AAA). Purchased the contract of RP Evan S. Crawford from Oklahoma City (AAA). Sent RP Josh D. Fields, RF Brandon Barnes, RF Dan Robertson, and DH Micah Owings to Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/11: Signed RP Keone Kela to a minor-league contract.
6/12: Signed SP Jarred Cosart to a 3-year/$6 million contract extension. Claimed RP Shawn Tolleson off waivers from Texas. Sent RP Kelvin Herrera to Oklahoma City (AAA). Sent C Ryan McCurdy to Corpus Christi (AA). Designated RP Alex Sogard for assignment. Released C Jake Rodriguez.
6/13: Traded SP Collin McHugh and C Ryan McCurdy to Miami for cash.
6/14: Traded SP Michael Feliz, 1B Chase Davidson, and CF Ravel Santana to Pittsburgh for cash.
6/15: Traded 3B Juan Batista to Arizona for cash. Traded RP Jose R. Diaz, RP Alex Sogard, and C Max Stassi to Detroit for RF Ben Verlander and C Bryan Holaday. Recalled RF Brandon Barnes and 1B Stefan Welch from Oklahoma City (AAA). Sent RF Jorge Soler to Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/16: Signed RP Aroldis Chapman to a 3-year/$36 million contract extension.
6/18: Claimed RP Ben Rowen off waivers from Texas and sent him to Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/23: Traded SP Brett Oberholtzer and 2B Tony Kemp to San Diego for SP Max Fried and SP Zach Eflin. Purchased the contract of SP Nick Tropeano from Oklahoma City (AAA).
6/30: Activated RP Wei-Chung Wang from the 60-day DL and sent him to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated RP Tyson Perez for assignment.

Batting Stats
Pitching Stats

Noooooooo! And on my birthday too, you sick bastards!


Noooooooo! And on my sister-in-law's birthday too, you sick bastards!


Your team still sucks though.

July 2015 Recap: Houston Astros

MLB Standings

Monthly Awards

AL Batter: Rangers 1B Prince Fielder (.430, 7 HR, 29 RBI, 18 R)
AL Pitcher: Mariners SP Felix Hernandez (4-1, 1.67 ERA, 41 K)
AL Rookie: Red Sox 3B Garin Cecchini (.311, 3 HR, 10 RBI)

NL Batter: Cardinals 1B Allen Craig (.354, 9 HR, 23 RBI, 16 R)
NL Pitcher: Brewers SP Yovani Gallardo (4-1, 1.37 ERA)
NL Rookie: Brewers 1B Hunter Morris (.324, 7 HR, 19 RBI, 13 R)

League News

Tigers 3B Nick Castellanos hit for the cycle on 7/13!
Pirates LF Travis Snider hit for the cycle on 7/16!
Cardinals LF Oscar Taveras hit for the cycle on 7/17!
Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira hit his 400th career home run on 7/20.

Team News

Micah Owings was sent to Oklahoma City (AAA) to convert back to a pitcher. After 3 starts, he is 1-2 with a 11.57 ERA. He has now begun the process of switching back to a position player, where he was hitting .153/.232/.400 in 85 at-bats at AAA before the first switch.

Major Trades

7/3: Pittsburgh traded LF Starling Marte and SP Joseph O’Gara to Tampa Bay for 3B Evan Longoria.
7/4: Cincinnati traded RP Jonathan Broxton and 1B Taylor Sparks to Tampa Bay for LF Desmond Jennings.
7/4: Kansas City traded RP Greg Holland to St. Louis for SP Hunter Harvey and CF Matt McPhearson.
7/11: Cleveland traded 2B Joe Wendle and SP Andrew Heaney to Oakland for LF Brandon Moss and cash.
7/23: Cleveland traded LF Melky Cabrera and LF Jeren Kendall to Oakland for SP Corey Kluber.
7/26: Tampa Bay traded SP Jake Odorizzi to Philadelphia for SS Adrian Rondon and CF Champ Stuart.

Astros Transactions

7/1: Recalled RP Carter Capps and RF Jorge Soler from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted 1B Stefan Welch to Oklahoma City (AAA). Designated RF Brandon Barnes for assignment.
7/4: Placed RF Charlie Blackmon on the 15-day DL. Recalled DH Micah Owings from Oklahoma City (AAA). Released RP Tyson Perez.
7/11: Demoted RF Brandon Barnes to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/15: Recalled LF Robbie Grossman from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted DH Micah Owings to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/21: Traded RPs Josh D. Fields, Chia-Jen Lo, Carlos Contreras, and Thomas Shirley to Texas for LF Nick Williams, RP Roman Mendez, and SS Tim Oglethorpe. Purchased the contract of RF Brandon Barnes from Oklahoma City (AAA) and placed him on the 60-day DL. Recalled RP Kelvin Herrera from Oklahoma City (AAA). Demoted RP Aaron Crow to Oklahoma City (AAA).
7/26: Traded SPs Dallas Beeler and Vincent Velasquez to Minnesota for SP Kohl Stewart and 3B Anthony Hewitt.
7/28: Placed LF Robbie Grossman on the 15-day DL.
7/30: Activated RF Charlie Blackmon from the 15-day DL.

Batting Stats
Pitching Stats

Are you guys ever going to be good?

Did you do the position change thing with Owens, or is that something the game automatically did?

I did it manually

And I sure hope so, but all my top prospects are disappointing thus far. Hopefully next year

August 2015 Recap: Houston Astros

MLB Standings

AL East: Red Sox 81-45, Yankees 64-63, Rays 62-64, Blue Jays 58-68, Orioles 48-78
AL Central: Tigers 69-57, Indians 68-58, Twins 61-66, White Sox 56-70, Royals 53-75
AL West: Rangers 75-52, Mariners 69-57, Athletics 68-58, Angels 64-62, Astros 42-84

NL East: Nationals 72-55, Marlins 65-61, Braves 64-63, Phillies 64-64, Mets 63-64
NL Central: Cardinals 72-55, Reds 67-60, Cubs 65-62, Brewers 64-63, Pirates 60-67
NL West: Rockies 72-54, Dodgers 66-61, Padres 60-65, Diamondbacks 54-74, Giants 53-74

Monthly Awards

AL Batter: Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera (.402, 8 HR, 23 RBI, 24 R)
AL Pitcher: Rays SP David Price (5-1, 1.21 ERA)
AL Rookie: Red Sox 3B Garin Cecchini (.339, 1 HR, 15 RBI)

NL Batter: Reds RF Jay Bruce (.336, 9 HR, 31 RBI, 22 R)
NL Pitcher: Reds SP Mat Latos (6-0, 0.63 ERA)
NL Rookie: Pirates SS Alen Hanson (.343, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 24 R)

League News

Twins CF Aaron Hicks hit for the cycle on 8/5!
8/10: Cincinnati traded SP Tony Cingrani and cash to Pittsburgh for LF Del Shelton and CF Bradley Marquez.

Team News

SP Brandon McCarthy agreed to rework his massive contract. Each year’s salary was reduced from $17.7 million to just $10 million, but a no-trade clause and several bonuses were added to the language in the contract.
Minor-leaguer Russell Wilson plans to retire from football following Super Bowl 50. He is currently on the restricted list at Quad Cities (A).
RF Shane Victorino signed a 3-year extension worth a total of $29 million. Victorino’s salary starts at $12M next year, but declines to 10 and 7 million the final two years of the deal.

Astros Transactions

8/4: Signed SS Zack Cozart to a 4-year/$16.06 million extension. Traded SS Nick Gordon to San Diego for CF Lewis Brinson and cash. Placed RF Charlie Blackmon on the 15-day DL. Recalled RF Rusney Castillo from Oklahoma City (AAA).
8/5: Signed RF Charlie Blackmon to a 3-year/$3 million extension.
8/9: Traded 3B Todd Frazier and SP Este Spinello to Texas for 2B Russell Wilson and C John Jaso. Demoted 2B Irving Falu to Quad Cities (A).
8/17: Activated LF George Springer from the 60-day DL.
8/19: Placed SP Brandon McCarthy on the 60-day DL.
8/22: Traded LF Terrell Joyce, LF Rock Rucker, RP Jason Stoffel, and RF Rusney Castillo to Seattle for SP Tyson Ross and SS Nick Franklin.
9/1: Activated LF Robbie Grossman from the 15-day DL. Designated LF Micah Owings for assignment.

Batting Stats

CATCHERS

Jason Castro (C): .248/.320/.418, 14 HR, 38 RBI, 43 R, 14 doubles, 3/4 SB, 97 games
Tucker Barnhart (C): .256/.304/.350, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 12 R, 7 doubles, 45 games

INFIELDERS

Jose Altuve (2B) .285/.314/.405, 9 HR, 43 RBI, 57 R, 29 doubles, 18/31 SB, 122 games
Zack Cozart (SS): .232/.285/.386, 11 HR, 44 RBI, 46 R, 32 doubles, 8/10 SB, 122 games
Cody Asche (3B): .289/.341/.540, 22 HR, 79 RBI, 52 R, 19 doubles, 9 triples, 7/10 SB, 111 games
Jon Singleton (1B): .201/.297/.312, 6 HR, 27 RBI, 30 R, 19 doubles, 3/4 SB, 99 games
Brock Holt (2B): .224/.272/.311, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 11 R, 7 doubles, 0/2 SB, 56 games
Irving Falu (2B): .258/.281/.290, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 double, 1/1 SB, 16 games

OUTFIELDERS

Shane Victorino (RF): .308/.365/.413, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 36 R, 23 doubles, 13/18 SB, 74 games
Jorge Soler (RF): .227/.278/.374, 11 HR, 26 RBI, 32 R, 5 doubles, 4/5 SB, 79 games
Charlie Blackmon (RF): .282/.300/.362, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 15 R, 9 doubles, 12/15 SB, 52 games
Robbie Grossman (LF): 205/.302/.247, 6 RBI, 12 R, 7 doubles, 5/5 SB, 46 games
George Springer (LF): .250/.370/.462, 7 HR, 21 RBI, 23 R, 10 doubles, 6/8 SB, 47 games
Rusney Castillo (CF): .224/.260/.279, 10 RBI, 11 R, 8 doubles, 4/8 SB, 42 games
Dan Robertson (RF): .164/.176/.194, 2 RBI, 5 R, 2 doubles, 2/3 SB, 20 games

DESIGNATED HITTERS

Micah Owings (LF): .163/.219/.281, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 14 R, 4 doubles, 55 games
Todd Frazier (3B): .209/.277/.381, 12 HR, 38 RBI, 27 R, 14 doubles, 2/5 SB, 91 games
John Jaso (C): .284/.344/.443, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 9 R, 5 doubles, 22 games

Pitching Stats

STARTING PITCHERS

Jarred Cosart (R): 26 starts, 7-13, 4.43 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 160.1 IP, 125 K, 54 BB, 14 HR, .266 BAA
Jake Buchanan (R): 25 starts, 9-15, 5.69 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 161.1 IP, 89 K, 57 BB, 26 HR, .294 BAA
Brandon McCarthy (R): 23 starts, 4-13, 5.51 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 143.2 IP, 98 K, 42 BB, 28 HR, .306 BAA
Matt Wisler (R): 15 starts, 6-6, 4.63 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 101 IP, 74 K, 29 BB, 11 HR, .265 BAA
Brett Oberholtzer (L): 13 starts, 2-6, 5.86 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 78.1 IP, 57 K, 27 BB, 14 HR, .297 BAA
Nick Tropeano (R): 12 starts, 4-5, 5.15 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 73.1 IP, 65 K, 31 BB, 12 HR, .285 BAA
Scott Feldman (R): 10 starts, 0-9, 11.14 ERA, 2.33 WHIP, 47.2 IP, 14 K, 33 BB, 13 HR, .382 BAA
Tyson Ross (R): 2 starts, 0-2, 21.00 ERA, 3.50 WHIP, 6 IP, 6 K, 4 BB, 2 HR, .515 BAA

BULLPEN

MIDDLE RELIEVERS

Kevin Chapman (L): 38 games, 6 holds, 3.43 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 60.1 IP, 78 K, 35 BB, 4 HR, .192 BAA
Kelvin Herrera (R): 32 games, 6 holds, 5.93 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 41 IP, 49 K, 17 BB, 6 HR, .263 BAA
Evan S. Crawford (L): 25 games, 4 holds, 2.25 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 12 IP, 11 K, 5 BB, 2 HR, .250 BAA
Aaron Crow (R): 23 games, 5 holds, 5.19 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 17.1 IP, 19 K, 9 BB, 2 HR, .268 BAA
Jason Stoffel (R): 22 games, 3.05 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 41.1 IP, 39 K, 19 BB, 4 HR, .181 BAA
Jose R. Diaz (R): 15 games, 3.28 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 24.2 IP, 21 K, 12 BB, 3 HR, .272 BAA
Josh D. Fields (R): 4 games, 11.12 ERA, 2.29 WHIP, 5.2 IP, 9 K, 2 BB, .393 BAA

LATE INNINGS

Josh Zeid (R): 35 games, 2 saves, 5 holds, 2.30 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 54.2 IP, 68 K, 17 BB, 4 HR, .183 BAA
Shawn Tolleson (R): 24 games, 2 holds, 3.34 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 29.2 IP, 32 K, 11 BB, 5 HR, .223 BAA
Aroldis Chapman (L): 44 games, 22 saves, 2.31 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 50.2 IP, 64 K, 16 BB, 6 HR, .153 BAA

Wow Asche is doing incredible.

How did you do that? If there an option for it, or did you just go to the editor?

He had a 4.2 WAR iirc



Editor. Did similar things with several others to try and free up some cap room. It worked

When Jake Buchanan is leading in wins and has 15 losses, there's a problem, haha. Pitching prospects need to hurry up.

Is Manziel retiring from football too?

2015 Minor-League Recap: Houston Astros

AAA: Oklahoma City RedHawks

72-72 (.500), 1 GB (2nd, AC South)

Team Leaders (min. 100 AB, 30 IP where applicable):

OFFENSE

AVG: C Rene Garcia (.297), CF Lewis Brinson (.294), RF Jorge Soler (.292)
HR: RF Leonardo Heras (12), 2B Nolan Fontana (11), 3B Matt Duffy (10)
RBI: Heras (53), Duffy (52), SS Carlos Correa (48)
Runs: Fontana (67), Heras (58), Correa (48)
SB: Correa (15), LF Austin Wates (15), Fontana (14)
Doubles: Fontana (33)
Triples: Fontana, Duffy, Wates, 1B Stefan Welch (3)

PITCHING

Appearances: Jhan Marinez (54), Jose Cisnero (47)
Starts: Justin Nicolino (29), Jeff Locke (28)
Wins: Locke (10), Nicolino (10), Mark Appel (7)
Saves: Marinez (30)
ERA: Marinez (1.63), Ben Rowen (1.76), Nick Tropeano (2.86)
WHIP: Marinez (0.87), Rowen (0.93), Tropeano (1.02)
Strikeouts: Nicolino (168), Locke (138), Marinez (89)

AA: Corpus Christi Hooks

62-78 (.443), 16 GB (South)

Team Leaders (min. 100 AB, 30 IP where applicable):

OFFENSE

AVG: RF Derek Fisher (.326), LF Nick Williams (.318), 2B Tony Kemp (.314)
HR: RF Stryker Trahan (22), 3B Joey Gallo (18), 1B Conrad Gregor (16)
RBI: Trahan (69), LF Terrell Joyce (55), C Zane Evans (54)
Runs: Trahan (69), 2B Justin Trapp (55), Gregor (54)
SB: Trapp (31), Trahan (18), SS Nick Gordon (11)
Doubles: Evans (30)
Triples: Gordon (6)

PITCHING

Appearances: Murilo Gouvea (49), Andreus Kyritsis (38)
Starts: Mike Foltynewicz (28), Carlos Rodon (24)
Wins: Foltynewicz (10), Rodon (7), Thomas Shirley (7)
Saves: Gouvea (20), Riley Ferrell (8)
ERA: Carlos Contreras (2.52), Zach Eflin (2.56), Mark Appel (3.34)
WHIP: Contreras (1.04), Appel (1.13), Eflin (1.20)
Strikeouts: Foltynewicz (211), Rodon (131), Appel (98)

A: Quad Cities River Bandits

58-82 (.414), 23 GB (Western)

Team Leaders (min. 100 AB, 30 IP where applicable):

OFFENSE

AVG: 2B Josh VanMeter (.368), C Shawn Fritz (.312), RF Juan Batista (.310)
HR: C Jake Bowey (13), RF Jon Kemmer (11), 3B Anthony Hewitt (9)
RBI: Bowey (45), Kemmer (41), 2B Jack Mayfield (40)
Runs: Kemmer (44), Mayfield (43), SS Gift Ngoepe (39)
SB: Ngoepe (27), CF Brady Acton (11), Mayfield (10)
Doubles: SS Juremi Profar (28)
Triples: Mayfield (3)

PITCHING

Appearances: Evan Grills (57), Zach Morton (37)
Starts: Josh Hader (28), Garrett Fulenchek (25)
Wins: Hader (8), Grills (8), Fulenchek (7), Jimmy Stephens (7)
Saves: Andreus Kyritsis (7), Andrew Walter (6), Morton (5)
ERA: Zach Eflin (1.83), Stephens (2.40), Lance Day (2.67)
WHIP: Eflin (0.99), Day (1.09), Kohl Stewart (1.10)
Strikeouts: Hader (188), Fulenchek (146), Dallas Beeler (85)

2015 MLB Recap

Final MLB Standings
2015 Playoff Tree

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Angels on winning the 2015 World Series!

League News

9/4: Pittsburgh traded SP Matt Heidenreich to Milwaukee for RP Jeff Hoffman.
9/11: Dodgers LF Yasiel Puig hit for the cycle!
9/13: Arizona traded 1B Paul Goldschmidt to Los Angeles (NL) for RP Jacob Bukauskas and RF Alex Verdugo.
9/18: Pittsburgh traded RF Nick Markakis to Toronto for CF Will Jamison.
9/20: Tampa Bay traded 1B James Loney and 3B Jacob Gatewood to St. Louis for RP Andrew Cashner.
11/18: Texas traded LF Michael Choice to Atlanta for SP Mike Minor.
Outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. retired due to injuries. Through 242 games, he had a .246 average, 15 homers, and 15 steals.
Infielder Nick Punto announced his retirement. He had a .244 career average with 17 home runs and 103 stolen bases over parts of 14 seasons.
Ken Griffey Jr. and Trevor Hoffman were inducted into the Hall of Fame!
The Mets fired manager Ryne Sandberg. The Phillies fired GM Ruben Amaro Jr.
Tigers owner Mike Ilitch passed away on 11/25. His son, Phil Ilitch, will replace him.

League Awards

AL Batting Title: Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera (.358)
NL Batting Title: Brewers LF Ryan Braun (.324)
AL MVP: Angels CF Mike Trout (.326, 27 HR, 77 RBI, 103 R, 42 SB)
NL MVP: Dodgers LF Yasiel Puig (.318, 30 HR, 93 RBI, 101 R, 17 SB)
AL Cy Young: Tigers RHP Justin Verlander (20-5, 2.83 ERA, 247 K)
NL Cy Young: Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg (16-10, 2.51 ERA, 302 K)
AL ROTY: Athletics SS Addison Russell (.274, 23 HR, 85 RBI, 83 R)
NL ROTY: Cubs RP Jeff Beliveau (6-5, 2.05 ERA, 39 SV)

Astros SS Zack Cozart won a Gold Glove, marking the second consecutive year a Houston shortstop has won the award.

Team Stats
Batting Stats (min. 10 AB)
Pitching Stats

Offseason 2015 Summary

Major Signings:

SP Mat Latos - Baltimore (6 years, $137.2 million)
SP David Price - Boston (4 years, $85.6 million)
C Alex Avila - Chicago (AL) (4 years, $75.2 million)
Toronto signed SP Jorge De La Rosa, SP Kris Medlen, RP Bobby Parnell, and RF Ben Zobrist

Astros Transactions:

11/11: Traded RP Kelvin Herrera, 1B Jon Singleton, and SS Carlos Correa to Chicago (NL) for 1B Anthony Rizzo, SP Kyle Hendricks, LF Brett Jackson, and RP Arodys Vizcaino. Released C John Jaso and LF Micah Owings.
11/15: Signed SP Tyson Ross (2/6.5M), RP Aaron Crow (2/4.9M), and RP Shawn Tolleson (2/1.9M) to contract extensions.
12/1: Traded RF Jorge Soler and RP Josh Zeid to New York (NL) for SP Noah Syndergaard and RP Josh Edgin.
12/13: Activated SP Jake Buchanan from the 60-day DL.
1/5: Traded RF Shane Victorino to Pittsburgh for RP Corey Knebel and cash.
1/23: Activated RF Brandon Barnes from the 60-day DL. Designated RP Jose Cisnero for assignment.

Astros News:

SP Mark Appel has decided to retire from baseball in order to pursue a professional basketball career. Appel, the Astros’ first-round pick in 2013, made 29 starts between AA and AAA last year, with a 12-5 record and 178 strikeouts across the two levels.
New Staff: Manager Terry Francona, pitching coach Esteban Loaiza, and scouting director Ruben Amaro Jr. were hired.

Rizzo! He's a beast in OOTP!

Dude, that news about Appel sucks.