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Bob received 3 e-mails the next day from Rudy.

"Hey, we now have all of our starting fielders. Now let's find some pitching." said Bob to himself.

Jack Allen-LF
Ryan Techer-SP
Jason Young-SP

Name:Jack Allen
Position:Left Fielder
Number:19
Trajectory:3
Contact:D
Power:C
Run Speed:C
Arm Strength:D
Fielding:C
Error Res:D
Abilities:Table Setter, Good B2B Hitter, Hot Hitter, Canon Arm

Description:A decent fielder and hitter, a lot like Backe. If he gets one in the outfield, his arm is a canon. He has great throws from the outfield to home or second. He also has a knack for getting on base.

Name:Ryan Techer
Position:Starting Pitcher
Number:55
Top Speed:92 mph
Control:C
Stamina:B
Slider: 3
Slow Curve:3
"Techball" Forkball:3
Abilities:Fastball Life 4, Good Low Pitch, Vs. LH Batter 4, Release 4, Battler, Hot Head, Fat Pitch

Description:A pretty decent starting pitcher, probably 3 or 4 starter. Put him ahead of Pena and Collins, but not before Thornton. He leaves some pitches over the heart of the plate, and he loses his cool if he has a bad inning, but he's pretty solid.

Name:Jason Young
Position:Starting Pitcher
Number:28
Top Speed:91 mph
Control:C
Stamina:B
"Gnasty" Slider: 3
Knuckle Curveball:5
Changeup:3
Abilities:Fastball Life 4, Release 4, Vs. LH Batter 4, Poker Face

Description:A good pitcher, probably 1 or 2 starter. His KNCB is a lot like Sabathia's slurve. A pretty good left handed starter. He doesn't get stolen on very much, and he doesn't get flustered by hits. He just keeps pitching.

I JUST realized I forgot to put if players are right or left handed. I'll put it on when I release the starting lineup when I actually start the season. I'm gonna try to make Bryan Murphy the ace. Any good pitch suggestions that I should give him, that are good for strikeouts? He is already getting a screwball.

Knuckleball. Slow Curve, too.

Actually, that's pretty good! I wanted the abilities to be kind of similar to my own in real life, and those are actually pretty close. I never thought about it, but I do actually start to heat up sometimes, so Hot Hitter is a good ability for him to have.

Maybe even a slurve could work too. Or a knuckle-curve.

Name:Bryan Murphy
Position:Starting Pitcher
Number:37
Top Speed:89 mph
Control:C
Stamina:B
2-Seam Fastball:1
"Hard Slider 2.0" slider:1
Curveball:2
Knuckleball:2
Screwball:2
Abilities:Good Pickoff

Description:The best candidate for potential ace, with his 5 breaking pitches, compared to the others' 3. He needs to develop pretty much all of them though to become a top pitcher, but you have to remember that he's only a rookie. Great rookies are hard to come by, and this guy was the closest to ace material I could find.
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I was gonna improve on his breaking balls more, but then I realized that his top speed was only 83 or so. So then that became my priority, since I only had enough money to buy 2 glove waxes at the time. Murphy is gonna dominate after 2-3 years though, after his breaking balls all go up more. I am SO excited to start playing games! I just have to do 4 relievers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mrgreen: Then IT'S GAME TIME! Is 5 relievers enough?

I've played at least 10 exhibition games with these guys, and I've only lost once to the Tigers. Hopefully it's realistic once I start the season. Update on players? Sure! I'll go through the lineup.

Stewart-Good job at leadoff, went 4-4 last game. He also has about 4-5 stolen bases
Jones-I made this guy, so no agent. But, he has gotten some good hits. Has about 3 or 4 2B's, and 1-2 SB
Gordon-Is a beast. Has 5-6 homers, and is an amazing defender. Doubled 2 or 3 times
Gonzalez-No agent. Good power hitter, a few less homers than Gordon, and doesn't get as many hits
Greene-Good hitter, 3-4 homers, a couple doubles. Not very good average though. Reminds me of Prince Fielder
Withey-No agent. O.k. This is where the lineup drops off. TONS of groundouts and flyouts.
Anderson-O.k. Line drives almost ALWAYS get nabbed by an infielder, robbing a hit.
Backe-Good average, singles often
Allen-Pretty much Backe's twin, except he's righty and Backe's lefty

Murphy-1 game, 8 IP, 6 K's, 0 R. Nice pitcher. He's the ace for now. Just got done with a game, and am impressed. Better than I thought.
Techer-2 games- 10-12 K's, 6 R. Those were guesses on his stats, but he's the 4 starter.
Hallet-UNFINISHED

Um... any comments? Is 5 relievers enough, or too many, or just right? Also, robhallet, I'm gonna give your guy a sinker instead of a screwball. After I go eat breakfast.

Great stuff! I as well can't wait for games.

I usually go for 6 relievers.

Yeah... I finished Rob Hallett, and I was planning on posting my closer too. BUT, I have to go visit my great aunt, so I probably won't tonight either, since my nephews are coming then. Then, I go to Milwaukee Sunday. So, there might not be any updates until Monday. I don't like it either.

I thought yesterday was Friday. So I lied. UPDATES!!