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Untitled DocumentHit For The Cycle Baseball League
Standings
Standings - 6/16/2033
American League
National League
East
Central
West
East
Central
West
40-27 0.0
46-18 0.0
44-21 0.0
43-23 0.0
42-24 0.0
51-14 0.0
39-27 0.5
40-26 7.0
42-23 2.0
39-28 4.5
36-29 5.5
38-28 13.5
37-29 2.5
38-28 9.0
34-31 10.0
35-30 7.5
33-31 8.0
34-31 17.0
30-35 9.0
32-33 14.5
18-47 26.0
26-41 17.5
33-33 9.0
23-42 28.0
30-36 9.5
17-48 29.5
16-50 28.5
20-45 22.5
32-32 9.0
21-44 30.0
15-50 31.5
23-43 19.0
Rumor Mill
Rumors
Athletics offered a minor deal to the Devil Rays. Royals expressed interest in acquiring P Benjamin Lopez from White Sox. Blue Jays expressed interest in acquiring P Andrew Mynatt, P Juan Greenwood from Tigers. Angels expressed interest in acquiring CF Julio Marrufo from Astros. Athletics offered a minor deal to the Dodgers. Indians offered a minor deal to the Rangers.
pblest writes " Ever since the formation of HFTC, one date each season has reached nearly holiday status for the league GMs: July 31st, the non-waiver trade deadline. This year was no different.
cangelo writes " Winning 2 of the last 3 world series, the Chicago Cubs were expecting to retool this year.
Before the season began, they sent Cubbie ace Amos Snodgrass to Tampa Bay. They were shopping last years MVP Lenard Ciprian. Nobody bit on Ciprian and his 32 homeruns and 94 rbi's through July have kept the Cubs in the NLC division race.
Former Met, Giant Killed In Venezuelan Drug Violence
soobooboo writes " In perhaps the bloodiest clash to date in Venezuela’s escalating drug wars, 31 were killed as members of the infamous Diez Cartel of Northern Venezuela struck rival Zulia Cartel in a string of seemingly coordinated attacks across Maricaibo and the city’s outlying villages.
Among those killed in the attacks, former HFTC Outfielder Carlos Valderrama (53), a Venezuelan native who was rumored to have become involved with the Zulia Cartel in the years since his retirement from professional baseball.
DaveHorn writes " First edition of the HFTC Threat Down. A look at the hottest bats going into the first round of the playoffs and their probable match-ups.
oregon writes " Just before my grandfather died he looked at me and said, "boy, you need to make your old pappy a promise. Everytime the Pads have two losing sims in a row, you have to write an Inside the Numbers column."
Untitled DocumentRecent HFTC News Wednesday 6/15/2033: Los Angeles' Wolfe out for 5-6 weeks LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' leftfielder George Wolfe hurt himself in the 7th inning while diving for a batted ball. He got up slowly and had to leave the game. George Wolfe will miss at least 5-6 weeks. After x-rays were taken the diagnosis did not surprise many: Broken Hand. Surgery will be performed next week. Wolfe has hit 17 longballs this year while batting .283. He adds 7 doubles, along with 42 runs scored. Monday 6/13/2033: New York (A)'s Puente wins Player of the Week award The Player of the Week award in the American League goes to New York (A)'s Claver Puente this time, as the leftfielder displayed the best offensive perfomance in his league. Claver was on fire, hitting .400 with 4 HR and 13 RBI. John Franklin from Chicago (N) wins his 2nd Player of the Week award for putting up the best numbers this week in the National League. John was on fire, hitting .536 with 2 HR and 9 RBI. He hit in every game this week and extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Sunday 6/12/2033: James Jackson (SD) will miss 9-10 weeks SAN DIEGO - San Diego's right-hander James Jackson suffered a severe injury on Sunday and will be out for at least 9-10 weeks. In the 7th of the game against Cincinnati he experienced pain in his throwing arm and had to leave the game. After being examined by several specialists the diagnosis is clear: Strained Elbow Ligament. James has a record of 2-2 this season, with an ERA of 3.27. In 55 Innings he was able to strike out 56 batters. Thursday 6/9/2033: John Franklin socks five hits for Chicago (N) HOUSTON - Chicago (N)'s third baseman John Franklin accomplished a difficult feat in a 12-4 win over Houston, drilling five hits to improve his career batting average to .299! A two-run double off Howard Killian in the 2nd inning accounted for his 1st hit. Number 3 in the 6th inning accounted for a double. His 4th hit, a two-run homerun off George Thetford in the 8th inning, cleared the fence in left-center. He had singles in the 4th and in the 9th inning (one RBI). John did drive in 5 while scoring 2 runs on his own. He's having a very good season so far, batting .335. Chicago (N) improved its record to 40-21, scoring 12 runs on 19 hits. Monday 6/6/2033: Player of the Week honors go to Davis and Marvel Billie Davis wins his 2nd Player of the Week award. American League pitchers couldn't figure out how to retire this guy all week long. He had an on base percentage of .533 and hit .481, while driving in 11 runs. Davis has hit for a .329 average this season. He has 26 extra base hits along with 125 total bases, resulting in a .587 slugging percentage. The National League's best player of the week was Cincinnati's Todd Marvel, who wins the award for the 11th time in his career. Todd went 14 for 29 (.483), while hitting 1 HR and collecting 12 RBI. His season features a batting average of .333 (71 hits in 213 AB), 15 doubles, 3 triples and 14 homeruns. Marvel collected 48 RBI and 41 runs as well. Sunday 6/5/2033: William Moroney blanks Portland with a 1-hitter PORTLAND - Good things can happen when you throw strikes. And William Moroney did so today, in a 1-hit shutout against Portland. The bid for a no-hitter was broken up when Kevin Blauvelt singled with no outs in the 6th inning. 'I felt early that I was on top of my game. Fortunately I was able to keep that feeling the entire game.' Moroney (5-6) struck out 4 and issued 1 BB, throwing 57 of 98 pitches for strikes. Todd Marvel helped Moroney at the plate, he stroked 4 hits in 6 AB, blasting a homerun, hitting a double, scoring twice and collecting 5 RBI. Cincinnati scored 16 runs on 22 hits. Saturday 6/4/2033: Jonathan Fiske out for 6 weeks SAN DIEGO - San Diego's lefty Jonathan Fiske suffered a severe injury on Saturday and will be out for at least 6 weeks. In the 9th of the game against New York (N) he experienced pain in his throwing arm and had to leave the game. After being taken to a local hospital, Fiske was examined by specialists. The diagnosis revealed the sad truth, a Strained Tricep Muscle. Opposing players hit .217 against Jonathan this season. While posting an ERA of 3.52 he went 3-2 in 0 starts, fanning 21 and walking 7 hitters. Wednesday 6/1/2033: Atlanta's Rainey named Pitcher of the Month Dean Hill couldn't have pitched much better than he did in May, and the American League thought so as well, naming the right-hander Pitcher of the Month. He started 6 games in May, going 6-0 and compiling an ERA of 2.09 in 43 innings. Dean fanned 23 hitters. Opposing players hit .227 against Dean this season. While posting an ERA of 2.09 he went 8-2 in 11 starts, fanning 39 and walking 7 hitters. He's 1st in the American League in ERA and 5th in wins! Atlanta's pitcher Gregory Rainey is the National League winner of the Pitcher of the Month award in May. His ERA of just 2.82 helped him to a 6-0 record in May. He worked 44.2 innings, striking out 40 hitters while walking 4. His ERA of 3.72 helped him to a 7-1 record this year. He struck out 80 and walked 14 in 77.1 innings. He's 2nd in the National League in wins! Wednesday 6/1/2033: Batter of the Month award winners announced The Batter of the Month award in the American League goes to Oakland's William Cherry this time, as the leftfielder displayed the best offensive perfomance in his league. Cherry helped his team with an average of .410 and 33 RBI in 100 at bats. William has gone 65 for 194 (.335) this season, hitting 15 bombs and driving in 45 runs. He has scored 44 runs on his own. The National League's best player of the month was San Diego's Terry Beach Jr., who wins the award for the 4th time in his career. Terry went 34 for 98 (.347), while hitting 11 HR and collecting 35 RBI. While compiling an on base percentage of .427, Terry hit .315 and slugged .668. He has collected 53 runs batted in this year. He's 2nd in the National League in RBIs and 2nd in homeruns! Monday 5/30/2033: San Diego's Randolph wins Player of the Week award The American League's best player of the week was Colorado's Manuel Cancio, who wins the award for the 16th time in his career. Manuel pounded opposing pitchers, hitting .531 with 5 HR and 10 RBI while slugging 1.188. He now has homered in 3 consecutive games as well! It's the 1st time that the National League Player of the Week award goes to San Diego's second baseman Daniel Randolph. Randolph helped his team with an average of .484 and 9 RBI in 31 at bats. Randolph has walked 19 times this year and posts a .403 OBP. While batting .348, 70 for 201, he has driven in 34 runs.
40-27 0.0
42-23 2.0
