Earl Weaver Baseball League

Re: Trade Possibilities

March 19th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

I will not comment on the Intradivisional trade, as far as Houston I think with Hicks it would work for them.

 

Jimmy Garrett is on the trading block. 

 

Reasoning- His contact is up after this year and I will re sign Punk Perez over him so I would be interested in any IF position so let me hear what you got.

 

Re: New Trade Offer

March 16th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

I don't think Dallas would do that deal because they are getting basically the same pitcher for 4 million more. Plus all the teams money is going towards free agency right now. Secondly if you want to dump salary here is a proposal between 3 teams.

 

You give Boston MacGregor and Jose Garcia and Boston gives you Hearn and Urive,

You then give Dallas Urive and Sergio Garcia for St. John.

 

You are dumping over 16 million in salary and with getting Hearn it's about 12. Dallas on the other hand will eat Sergio's contract and get something of value to do it because on the other hand Dallas or pretty much any other team will not RIGHT NOW take Sergio's contract for a declining player..

El Paso (Justin)

March 10th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We would like to offer 1B Ben Lindsay and 2B Jose Muniz to El Paso for RF Jim Andersen.

 

Rationale- El Paso uses Andersen all over and he isn't in their starting lineup although he plays every OF position, conversely they need a 1B and a 2B because Jose Garza isn't that great for 1B in terms of offense and is ok on defense. They are starting Javier Martinon at 2B and we believe it would be an upgrade for them at 2B and 1B. Muniz has shown he can hit in the minors and we don't have the space for him now in Omaha now that we have made the deal for Dan Parker so we would like to see Jose get an everyday job. Ben Lindsay is an 8 at 1B compared to Garza who is 6. Now that's not a huge difference, but it is another thing that Lindsay is better at than Garza. Lindsay hit .293/47/125. Is he a one year wonder ? I don't think so with having 3 contact and 5 power and it being his first full year in EWB compared to like his 3rd or 4th year. So overall we think we are giving up more to get Andersen, but to get the deal done and to avoid haggling we offer a lot up front.

Re: Free agents to be: 1995

March 8th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Justin(El Paso),

 

Would El Paso be interested in trading Don Kelly for maybe Ben Lindsay..

Ben Lindsay would start for them at 1B and they would get a good player instead of nothing at the end of the year. They also dump 10 million dollars of salary right before Free Agency. We would be interested to see what El Paso would want.

Re: Kansas City trade offer

March 6th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

That looks like a good deal to me.

Re: Trade Proposal: Memphis

March 4th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Houston(Justin)

 

Omaha would like A Ashland C Robert Bryant in return we would send C Jorge Ramos and one of my prospect OF.

 

Houston has NO OF prospects and a slew of young C's, Jorge Ramos is higher rated than Bryant and is only 19. Ramos is also my number 1 prospect even over Oyama. So we would like to work something out.

Re: Trade Proposal: Memphis

March 4th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

I think we can make a deal but, we would appreciate Ramsey as a throw in. If you want we will throw in a low level MR.

Re: Trade Proposal: Memphis

February 3rd, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We need to find out if Kurt Wells will re sign with us, first off we are not very impressed with Daniel Smith's 3 rating at 2b, secondly we like Shunsho Yamada or Ed Benson to be the heir apparent to Kurt Wells if he decides to leave. We believe that Ed or Shunsho is just as good as Daniel Smith and they play a better 2B. Yes, it is true that we have a log jam a C in our minors, so for that we would trade Maynard to you for mL MR Rich Jackson or maybe Leonard Crockett. If you look at Maynard he could start for alot of EWB teams with a 10-9 defensive rating and solid ratings with 3 contact and power, so we believe that Jimmy is better than Smith, but as you have pointed out we could really use a MR. Hope we can make a deal.

WOW

March 2nd, 2009 by Wolverines GM

I don't know if this was overlooked or already noticed, but Chad Church signs multiyear extension with Cincinnati. We were considering sogning him if the Oyama deal was done.

 

 

Sunday, October 2nd, 1994: Church Signs for 5 years
Media analysts hailed Cincinnati's signing of Chad Church, one of Earl Weaver Baseball League's brightest stars, as a pivotal move.

While the deal is certain to raise a few eyebrows, Church is expected to earn every bit of the $56,950,000 promised him over 5 years.

In his season totals, Church has 17 home runs, .318 BA, .403 OBP, 54 RBIs and 61 runs scored. He has played in 99 games

Boston Irish

February 24th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Dear Mr. JTT,

 

We do want Mr. MacGregor, as you know Sparky likes to start Frank and it scares me to death because I think Sparky's managing of Frank is like smoking, in that the more you smoke the more the quality of life goes down and you cut years of life off at the end and that's what I see with Frank if I let Sparky do what he has been doing to him. If I get rid of Frank for a pitcher that has EXPERIENCE in starting we are better off because I think the rate that Frank's going he will be half the pitcher he was in a couple of years. So if we can get a starting pitcher of MacGregor's quality then that would be ideal for my ulcer. The terms that you wanted were too high and I could not afford to do that so we would be willing to trade you Frank Hearn under the following conditions,

 

1) That you take RF Jason Callahan's contract off our hands, Jason will make 6.9 million through the 1997 season. In return we would like Mark Jackson who would then offset our contract obligations to Mr. MacGregor in which it would then be a wash for us financially.

So the deal would be Jackson and MacGregor for Hearn and Callahan.

 

If you want Pancho Urive we would love to have Jose Garcia as he would fill a huge hole for us.

 

So that's where we stand if you like what you see please call me or send us a letter. We hope we can do business and help both of our ballclubs get to where we want to be and that's a win a world title, who knows maybe we'll meet in the World Series next year.

 

                                                                      Love,

                                                                    Takuma Endo

                                                                  GM Boston Irish

Re: A Few Thoughts

February 18th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Another thing I traded Romano, who is probably at the time better than MacGregor for Haberman and a 4th round pick. So I didn't get his full value because he made 9.9 million dollars.

Re: A Few Thoughts

February 18th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

YOU made your team, YOU signed the contracts, don't be a fucking baby because you can't get the player you want when the deal is not in your favor. The reason we did this is because we are all good and winning our divisions NOW, so if you want fucking Hearn you can have your deal so you can win 110 games this year.

 

Happy

trade bait

February 17th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

If any one is interested in good starting catcher Washington D.C. would listen to offers for C Jeff Sloan.

 

http://ewb.allsimbaseball1.com/lgreports/news/html/players/player_28101.html

 

could use a good SP,MR

 

Washington DC has some good players, but they are just biting there time waiting for their prospects to develop.

 

Also if anyone is interested in 2B Ken Dennis he is available, he makes alot but is good.

 

http://ewb.allsimbaseball1.com/lgreports/news/html/players/player_15463.html

Re: Trade Proposal for Boston

February 18th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

I think you are missing my point in that who cares if MacGregor goes 8 innings (MacGregor only averaged like 6.5 innings per game this year) if Boston is in the World Series and they are a winning divisions who gives a shit how they do it. It's one thing if Boston wasn't winning then I would say you have a point. One last question,if you went to the World Series or won it and the way you got there or won it was that you started Cory Davidson would you say at the end of the season If I had to do it all over again I wouldn't have started Davidson and would have been happy with just making the playoffs or just missing them, NO, you would say fuck it as long as were there or we won it we did what we had to do to get there. As far as you saying that Boston needs a C well they would be losing there B for another B so they don't gain anything. I want to reiterate my point that I understand that they have to use their bullpen more when Hearn pitches, but my whole point is who fucking cares as long as Boston wins and gets to World Series. And don't tell me the difference between Boston winning a World Series and not is Frank Hearn throwing 5 or 6 innings that is ludicrous. Remember MacGregor only averaged about 6.5 innings pitched per game.

Re: Trade Proposal for Boston

February 18th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

You make it as if Hearn is of no value to Boston, look at his stats he has some of the best numbers for a starter. What if Boston trades Hearn and gets MacGregor and they are worse off, why rock the boat and especially for more money and giving up Hearn doesn't necessarily mean they will be better off. And as far as Urive goes he is not untouchable Boston wants to trade him for a NEED like an IF position and they don't need Leo Kennedy. As far as age vs talent and Ernie Owen vs Bowden yeah so Owen had a bad year that's not to say he can't have a great year next year and by being younger he has more of an opportunity to succeed and more years than an older player minimizing your odds of failure in a shorter amount of time. You say Chicago can just ride out Bowden's contract and then they will have 10 million to spend on the next guy, well by that time you aren't going to get the value you are looking for because 10 million won't be enough for the next good player the way salaries are escalating. Overall why do want to trade MacGregor for a closer? If you say all the good stuff about MacGregor why would you want to let him go for a closer and give up on a 11 pt SP. You can't discount Hearn because he is a closer and now a starting pitcher, he still is a very good SP regardless of fatigue. Also Frank Hearn is popular in Boston as he does a lot of charity work. 

 

Re: Trade Proposal for Boston

February 17th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Would you dismantle a World Series team? You didn't last year.

Re: Trade Proposal for Boston

February 17th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Well if Rob can convince me otherwise I think there might be a chance for you. Maybe I am missing something or he might think that's fair and convinces me. But I am interested in what Rob says. I put in over an hour on this deal looking at numbers, finances, everything for this deal so I put a lot of work into this also, so I think it's only fair that I give you a detailed reason why I think this way.

Re: Trade Proposal for Boston

February 17th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Boston says no for these reasons..

 

Yes Frank Hearn has 3 fatigue, but he still has good numbers 12-6/3.36/186 K---169 IP and 20 BB. We don't care if he doesn't get more wins, as long as BOSTON wins that's the most important thing.

 

He is 4 years younger than MacGregor and how that relates to wanting Hearn for age is this, MacGregor will eventually go down in ratings and Hearn is already good enough that we don't have to take that chance.

 

Salary, MacGregor will make 9.4 million starting this year 9.6 in 1996 and 9.8 in 1997 he will be 39 years old when his contract is up. Hearn only makes 5.8 this year and 5.8 next year. Yes we have the money to absorb the contract, but we believe it is more prudent to spend more money for a younger pitcher than a pitcher who will be 39 at the end of his contract making a combined 28.8 million dollars for 3 years. We will take our chances with Frank's contract when that comes up, in the mean time we would like to have Frank's contract and ability over MacGregor's

 

You comment on how Frank has struggled in the playoffs this year and how that the his low fatigue means that the bullpen gets tired every time he pitches. Well first off MacGregor's playoff numbers this were 0-2 6.75 ERA with 7 ER, so that doesn't fly to well and as far as the bullpen tiring it didn't really effect them since we were in the World Series and one game away from winning it.

 

As far as Kennedy for Panch Urive we say NO WAY, We have Jim Whitney who we are quite happy with, Yes his defense is not is good, but his offense is what we like. Jim hit .280/20/100, Jim had a higher OBP and 40 less strikeouts and had 43 doubles, and we want a catcher that will catch at least 150 games a year, and as far as Pancho we have plans to trade him for more of a need.

 

So in summation we believe that this deal does not meet our needs and in some instances is a little lopsided, we don't think we need to retool a lot since we are right on the brink of a championship. We hope you can understand and we look foward to doing business with you in the future.

 

                                                                    Love,

                                                                     Takuma Endo
                                                                    GM Boston Irish

Re: Attention (Gary Buckley)

February 17th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We would take a 6th but I want to see if Rob has any offers.

Re: Attention (Gary Buckley)

February 17th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

I was thinking more along the lines of a 4th or 5th round pick, Lyle Washington and Artie Dunlap were worth a 4th rounder, Buckley is just as good.

Attention

February 16th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

To any owner that is interested in 2B Gary Buckley, we are looking for draft picks. Buckley has the ratings and has been very good in our minor league system. I'm sure he could start for quite a few teams. We like Buckley, but we would like to see him get a chance to start somewhere.  Offers?

entrance songs

February 16th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

This league is consuming my life when I am thinking about what song Punk Perez comes into. Like Trevor Hoffman comes in the game with AC/DC "Hells Bells" or when John Rocker was at his peak with Atlanta he came out to Twisted Sisters "I Wanna Rock" so I was just curious if you guys envisioned any particular players coming out to music.

 

Here is what Punk Perez comes out to (minus the video)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJChh7ghGnE&feature=PlayList&p=FB38C0EBBE0C24E4&playnext=1&index=5

 

This song is what the players take the field to before the start of each game at Sears Field

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMUgmU_Hsjc&feature=PlayList&p=C836B0793066E42C&playnext=1&index=41

 

Just thought if things were real this is what I would do with my team at home, curious if you guys had any or I am losing it.

Re: Minor League Happenings

February 11th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

That's amazing that a team, Ft. Lauderdale, can win 90 games and finish 33 games back.

1994 Omaha Wolverine NL Award Vote

February 10th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

MVP

 

1) Johnston

2) Perez

3) Brown

 

Gibson

 

1) Altagracia

2) Armstrong

3) Koigi

 

Fireman

 

1) koigi

2) Villanueva

3) Olson

 

Rosa

 

1) Brown

2) Velasquez

3) Borges

 

Manager

 

1) Serrano

2) Lee

3) Reynolds

 

Exec

 

1) Backman

2) Vallone

3) Lara

1994 Omaha AL Award Vote

February 9th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

MVP

 

1) Bicknell------not a question

2) Valentin----any other year he is MVP

3) Picot----awesome season, in a year where there was just too much in front of him

 

Gibson

 

1) Morris-----great year

2) Jackson-----a down year in his standards but still 2nd best pitcher this year

3) Barrios-----almost a mirror image of Jackson's stats, but he played on a shitty team

 

Fireman

 

1) MacNiter-----great year and clutch for Minneapolis down the stretch to make the playoffs

2) Perez-------Great numbers, but MacNiter was MORE valuable to Minneapolis

3) Lawrence------impressive year for Lawrence

 

Rosa

 

1) Belcher-----no question, will be a stud for years to come

2) Ortiz-----in any other year he has the numbers hands down to win Rosa, but not this year

3) Christian-----solid first year for KC, a building block for the future

 

Manager

 

1) Morgan-----what can I say, he is the Phil Jackson of EWB, don't know if it's players or coach. We think coach

2) Machado----Great run for Carolina---it's a fucking sham they were left out

3) Stewart----a surprising season for the Samurai, just overshadowed by Carolina a little

 

Exec

 

1) Mike G----I really didn't want to vote for myself, but I had a good year

2) Johnson----Carolina had a great year and again were screwed

3) Clayton-----Chicago had a great year and Clayton deserves credit

 

Wolverine org. Coaches

February 7th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

From now on I am going to send you yearly or if a coaching change is made my coaches throughout my organization....

 

Omaha as of 9-15-94

 

Left
Mike Gilmore	General Manager	17	5	$0	0
Dave Morgan	Manager	62	31	$420,000	1
Lou Frye	Bench Coach	47	4	$350,000	2
Andy Hanson	Pitching Coach	41	8	$145,000	4
Simon Glenn	Hitting Coach	53	14	$145,000	3
Jacob Webster	Team Trainer	55	24	$225,000	3

 

 

Lincoln

 

Lou Piniella	Manager	50	43	$315,000	4
Norberto Martínez	Pitching Coach	46	12	$170,000	5
Christian Hart	Hitting Coach	53	19	$195,000	4

 

 

Erie

 

Warren Burch	Manager	36	6	$365,000	2
Duane Hale	Pitching Coach	37	4	$115,000	3
Peter Glover	Hitting Coach	47	10	$115,000	4

 

 

Lakeland

 

Michael Hamm	Manager	51	16	$140,000	2
Will Byers	Hitting Coach	47	15	$375,000	4
Wilford Ford	Pitching Coach	47	10	$105,000	3

 

 

Dundee

 

Bobby Smith	Hitting Coach	49	9	$305,000	4
Alberto Colón	Manager	49	18	$310,000	4
Millard Williams	Pitching Coach	46	8	$135,000	3

 

 

Oneonta

 

Wilbur Porcell	Manager	60	52	$260,000	3
Josh Pittman	Hitting Coach	58	38	$265,000	3
Javier Jáquez	Pitching Coach	50	16	$110,000	3

 

 

Ft. Lauderdale

 

Name	Occupation	Age	Exp	Salary	Years Left
Cameron Murphy	Manager	48	4	$150,000	3
Curt Kelly	Pitching Coach	47	0	$195,000	2
Jong-yun Kim	Hitting Coach	50	2	$130,000	3

Rock 'n Roll is dead

February 5th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Bad news for Cleveland as Earl Armstrong is lost for 7 months due to a torn back muscle. Cleveland was leading the Ohio Valley division by a game. Armstrong was 14-7, 3.05 ERA. That's a big blow for the Rockers as this was the first year since the Rockers won the division in 1988 that they could have won the division. The only year the Rockers have EVER won the Ohio Valley was in 1988. The Rockers are by no means out of it, but this makes things very tough.

Omaha Moves

February 3rd, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Put Lawrence Jordan on the 15 day DL and bring up Larry George to start in Jordan's spot

 

On another note did anyone notice that in my last game MR Nick Hess, with 3 fatigue, started in Jordan's spot and pitched 7 innings throwing 90 pitches and only giving up 1 earned run and winning the game 6-2. Dave Morgan is a genius, and that's pretty bad on my part as we were going into a game a SP short and I called no one up. The papers in Omaha and throughout baseball were ridiculing me. The Omaha World Herald had a picture of me doctored wearing the Where's Waldo clothes and the front of the Sports page read "Where's MikeG."    Very funny.

Omaha Moves- Dave Morgan

February 2nd, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Give Dave Morgan whatever he wants for an extension. He has our ballclub playing at an amazing level the last 2 years and especially in late innings where we have inordinate amount of extra innings wins and we attribute a lot of it to Dave's managing and attitude. So we will give him what he wants and if that makes him the highest paid manager in EWB than so be it, he deserves it.

Re: San Antonio(Justin) - Dunlap Trade

January 31st, 2009 by Wolverines GM

The only way we do this deal is if it is R Great Falls MR Eric George and a 1st round pick, there is no compromise on our part because of in division and nothing else we want in your organization. Remember Dunlap is a 4 star MR and we are not desperate to get rid of him. Again the only way we trade him is if the right deal came along we are not trading him just for the sake of trading.

Lakeland

January 31st, 2009 by Wolverines GM

With the way poltical correctness is going these days we have had some complaints from citizens of the Lakeland area and other states so the Lakeland Hillbillies will be changing their name next year to the.........

 

Lakeland Spitfires

 

 

The colors will be black and gold

 

they will have black uniforms with gold pinstripes, gold hats

 

The Omaha Wolverines Organization and the Lakeland affiliate would like to appologize to anyone offended by the nickname. We as an organization are taking steps to change the nickname for the 95 season. Again we apologize and hope you buy your season tickets for the Lakeland Spitfires.

 

                                            Sincerely,

                                                Nick Gerz

                                          GM Lakeland Spitfires

San Antonio(Justin)

January 31st, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We offer MR Artie Dunlap to San Antonio for A Lake Elsinore CL Lawrence Collins.

 

Rationale- If they complete the deal to get Doug Kelly they would add a needed MR to their pitching staff. This would ultimately help their chances at the wild card and MAYBE the division. Dunlap is a really good MR and cheap on top of it, we think this a good deal for both sides. Dunlap has a 2.73 ERA in the American League, he will be much better in the NL. The only reason we do this deal is because we have a plethora of MR and he is up for arbitration.

Re: Omaha Moves (Dialogue)

January 28th, 2009 by Wolverines GM and Banditos GM

Wolverines: Shop Emilio Romano or you guys throw me an offer for him.

 

Justin we are willing to give Dallas AAA MR Greg Woolridge and AAA SP Warren Younger for SP Anthony Moran.

 

We all know how bad Moran is and his problems and we know about Woolridge so we are willing to throw in Younger who is 22 and a 9 point pitcher. I think that is more than fair for a struggling pitcher.

Banditos: Since we took over the trading duties, the shop function is essentially finished. 

What are you looking to acquire for Romano? 

I wouldn't expect like the best prospect but a couple of young prospects, the whole point is to get Moran and deal Romano to save money.

Detroit offers AAA SS Dave Haberman, an excellent hitting and defensive prospect and R 1B Salvador Guzman, a 3rd rd. pick with great power potential, 33432.

How about Haberman and Bailey Manley for Romano and you pick a young starting pitcher(s) in my farm system.

No, for two reasons:
1- Manley is injured for 1-2 weeks and can't be traded.  So he's off the table.
2- Even if he were eligible probably wouldn't trade him.  Detroit has 3 young SP prospects that will build their core staff in the next two years, not going to break them up for a way too expensive Romano.

Haberman can start at SS for you next year if not earlier, and is a highly rated prospect

First off we want Haberman as a pinch hitter/back up SS

 

Secondly how is he any better than my current starting SS Pablo Guillen

 

Third I am not complaining about a trade, matter of fact we will begrudgingly do Haberman and a draft pick, but if I were Detroit and I wanted Romano and I offered what you were offering you would say NO WAY and you would want a young good starting pitcher like Manley. I understand that Romano makes alot but he is 10-2 and a Bob Gibson finalist the last couple of years, so my point is is that when you say you don't want to give up young pitching that's too bad. Every team in real life MLB doesn't want to give up young pitching but to get the caliber of a Romano you have too.

Look what I potentially might give up to get Moran, a possibly washed up, burnt out SP and I have to possibly give up a really good young MR and a young 9 point starting pitcher for MORAN. Compare Moran with Romano and what I am giving up with what I am getting back. Granted Romano makes alot of money and that might be the reason I don't get back what I deserve, but still I think it is a double standard.

I understand that the computer is at a disadvantage, and we can't rip the computer off and I am all for that, but I think it's a little out of whack sometimes. Maybe that's a way for the computer to compete is for us to get ripped off in deals.

Again I am not complaining as it might seem, but I just want to state my case.

 

For example remember about 3 or 4 years ago when the Mets were in playoff contention and they needed MR/CL help so they had to trade Scott Kazmir and someone else to Tampa to get Victor Zambrano. Do you think the Mets wanted to trade Kazmir away as he was there best young pitching prospect for a rent a player like Zambrano, NO but they had to to get something they needed. This is for aprevious E mail I wrote about how teams that need something now have to give up more than what they want. Oh yeah it was about San Antonio and how they needed an EWB ready OF and I was offering Lyle Washington for that young CF they have. Bottom line is that when I want to make a trade for a player I have to give up a shitload and on the reverse the answer is they wouldn't or I won't give up a good young SP,OF,IF whatever because they need them for the future. Too fucking bad to get something of value you have to give up value.

Once again, Manley is off the table.  He is injured.  As far as you accusing me of not wanting to give up young pitching, it's because of Detroit's situation.  If Pitt, CLE, or STL had the money to acquire Romano then they would definitely give up a Bailey Manley type for Romano.  However, Detroit sucks and is totally rebuilding.  They do have 2-3 good young SP that may  be ready in a couple of years.  Why pay Romano $9M a year for the next 2-3 years when they'll most likely suck UNLESS they foresee some of these prospects developing and coming up to complement Romano.  If they sell of the future prospects for Romano, they're screwing themselves because they'll suck and have a high payroll.  Even if these prospects suck and don't develop they sure as hell aren't paying any money for them.

You're assumption that to make a trade you have to get ripped off is false.  You're right, it was easy to rip off the computer, the primary reason is because the computer didn't have the capability of analyzing all the factors, especially when it came to contracts.  Now you're just dealing with humans, so go ahead and try to rip off the humans that's the point, but don't get pissed when they don't agree or see things your way.  If me or Justin say NO to a trade in fantasy baseball, you don't feel forced to rip yourself off do you?  What's the difference?  In any trade both sides have to see the value and agree, you can't call me or Justin crazy for not seeing things your way.  Maybe, for once, you should question your assumptions.

I guess my main thing is I don't understand comments like this:

 "Third I am not complaining about a trade, matter of fact we will begrudgingly do Haberman and a draft pick, but if I were Detroit and I wanted Romano and I offered what you were offering you would say NO WAY and you would want a young good starting pitcher like Manley" 

First, how is it relevant what I would do, whether your assumption is right or wrong?  Either it works for you or it doesn't.  By your grudging acceptance I assume it works.  Secondly, the biggest thing is that you imply that me and Justin hold you to a higher standard for trades, like were making it more unfair for YOU.  BULLSHIT.

Finally, back to the trade.  What Round Draft Pick were you looking for?

Re: Omaha Offer (Dialogue)

January 24th, 2009 by Admirals GM and Wolverines GM

Admirals: How about: Oyama, Ramos, and Woolridge.

Wolverines: You are fucking crazy

Admirals: Okay, well then you counter. When it comes to managing these other teams, I don't want to have to be spending time thinking up deals in response to a request.  I mean, I might initiate an offer if something occurs to me.  But, otherwise it should be your burden (and Rob's burden, in the San Antonio deal) to start things out with an offer.

Omaha Offer

January 23rd, 2009 by Wolverines GM

To the special envoy of the Dallas Brahmas,

 

We would like to know what it would take to get Anthony Moran and William Sinclair in a deal.

 

                                        Steve Stone

                                         Ast. GM

                                         Omaha Wolverines

 

ROB I need to know what Sinclair wants for an extension

Re: Texas Trading

January 19th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We would be interested in Anthony Moran and we would give up MR Greg Woolridge.

 

Dallas has a terrible reliever strength throughout their organization and we believe Greg is an 11 pt. phenom MR/CL in waiting. We don't believe that Anthony is worth of much more because of 1) his declining ratings 2) his arm injuries as of late, bone chips in elbow 5-6-93 and dead arm syndrome 3-23-94. 3) his terrible record this year, he is 2-5, 5.10 ERA and he is Dallas's 4th starter. We are willing to take a chance on him as our 5th starter. For any more I would really doubt it but I guess you can ask.

 

Also we might be interested in Sinclair as our 2B for next year and a key IF for this year, but is it possible Rob to see what he wants for an extension first because it may be possible to package Sinclair and Moran for Woolridge and maybe C Jorge Ramos (Dallas C positional strength is terrible and Ramos is 45th rated overall prospect by Baseball America) and something else maybe.

Re: Texas Trading

January 19th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We would be willing to trade Lyle Washington to San Antonio for A Blair CF Bob Blankenship.

 

San Antonio needs OF NOW and Lyle is fairly good offensively and pretty good defensively and is EWB ready. In return they give up a pretty good CF, he is the 3rd rated OF in San Antonio system by Baseball America and the 2nd CF !  I think I have the upper hand, but in these situations I think San Antonio has there hands tied and they need to do something NOW and not wait. On the other hand maybe they could do better than Washington and they don't have make a trade soon, but all in all if they want more on top of Washington we will listen.

Wolverine Insider

January 18th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

Q and A

by Barry Pitts

 

Today we are doing a little Q and A with Wolverines center fielder extraordinaire Jerome MacKnight. We did this interview a couple of weeks ago before Jerome got injured. I would like to know how you dislocate your shoulder running bases?

 

Jerome MacKnight

Knoxville, TN

6'2 187 LBS

13 years in EWB

 

WI- First off thanks for doing this.

 

JM- No problem

 

WI- First off how would you say things are going with your contract?

 

JM- Well we are trying to hammer out an extension, but the logistics are getting in the way, but I think we will get something done.

 

WI- Has this been a fun year?

 

JM- Yes it has, we are having another good year as an organization and me personally I am having a great year.

 

WI- Do you like Dave Morgan and do you think he will return next year?

 

JM- Yeah I think all the guys like Dave, we like playing for him and the other coaches and I think one of the moves that Mike Gilmore and Dave made that has really helped us hitters is the promotion of Simon Glenn. If you look at all of us as hitters you'll see that we are all improved hitters and he has us prepared for every game and he is a prankster. As far as Dave coming back that is between him and his family. I would prefer he come back but that is a decision for he and his family.

 

WI- You said Simon is a prankster, what kind of stuff?

 

JM- He likes getting the younger players. I think one time this year when Lawrence Jordan was taking a shower he snapped a towel at his ass and pissed on his shower shoes that was hilarious to see the look on LJ's face. One time he said he was banging my wife and of course I didn't believe him but he got my wife involved in the joke and it turned out to be very irritating to me at the time but it was all in fun. You may want to cut this stuff out of the interview because this is going to be read by kids.

 

WI- WOW !  We probably will.

 

WI- Do you think you guys can get to the World Series and maybe win it this time?

 

JM- Geez I hope so, We were a very young team last year with little or no experience in the playoffs and we made it to the World Series and just came up short against the god damn Admirals. We made some moves this year that I think will hopefully put us over the hump.

 

WI- What is your favorite color?

 

JM- Orange, GO VOLS!

 

WI- What do you like to watch on TV?

 

JM- Well I like anything with hunting or fishing so probably Babe Winkleman or Bill Dance you gotta love Bill Dance with that old Tennessee hat man.

 

WI- What is your favorite song?

 

JM- I'm a Thug by Trick Daddy

 

WI- Who is the person on the team you hang out the most with?

 

JM- Probably Julio Contreras, he's my buddy. He finds all the great Mexican restaurants in town and we hunt a lot together too.

 

WI- What team in EWB do you despise?

 

JM- Washington Admirals, they always give us problems and they are cocky,arrogant and full of them selves. We just swept them about a month or two ago and they act like a bunch of babies. That Daniel Smith is weird looking MF'r and he talks alot of trash too. So I don't like them nor does the rest of the team.

 

WI- What team do you like?

 

JM- Well I wouldn't say I like any other team, but I do respect a few. I think Miami plays hard and does it with humility and I respect Atlanta they always play us tough.

 

WI- What do you think of Omaha?

 

JM- Me and my family love it here, it's a city where you can raise a family. I love the fans the fans make it hard for our opponents to win here. I think over the last couple of years we have had the best home record in EWB, so I love all the Wolverine fans who come out to see us play in other cities. This is also a well run organization all the way from the top with Mr. Theisen down to I think the best baseball mind in the game, Mike Gilmore.

 

WI- Any last thoughts ?

 

JM- No, your the one doing the interview.

 

WI- Okay, I guess that will rap things up thank you Jerome and best of luck the rest of the season.

 

JM- Thanks partner.

 

 

That was a little Q and A with a Wolverine. This is Barry Pitts signing off.

Omaha-Memphis Proposal

January 6th, 2009 by Wolverines GM

We would like to make a deal with the Memphis Razorbacks,

 

Omaha sends AAA MR Antonio Ayala and C Jose Rodriguez to Memphis for C Tony Worley and A (Auburn) MR Jake Buckby.

 

Reasoning- Memphis has a terrible bullpen and Ayala right now is an 11 point pitcher, he would be their best MR, Worley is a backup to Jorge Hernandez who is 26 and is signed for the next two years and is arbitration eligible for three years after that. Worley is almost identical to Jose Rodriguez ratings wise and are equal on salary and age is fairly close 28 to 23. So in summation they don't add any salary get a backup C and give up a young MR for a boost to their bullpen and a very good backup C. So if it were me I would do it if I were them because really I am not giving much and I get an 11 point MR to help me now. Yes Worley is rated as the 21 prospect, but so what I have C Jorge Ramos who is the 48th rated prospect and is ratings wise a lot better and I will probably trade him because I value defense alot for catchers.

1994 Omaha HOF Ballot

December 19th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

1) Reconsider-- I state this because his numbers aren't really that great. He is kind of like a Bert Blyleven/Jack Morris type. He played on some great teams,no doubt, but that doesn't mean (in my book) that should qualify you for the HOF. To me a HOF's numbers should stand out to where there is not any question (again my standards). I just don't see it.

 

2) NO

 

3) Yes

 

4) Reconsider

 

5) yes

 

6) yes

 

7) no

 

8) yes

 

9) yes

 

10) yes

Scheduleing

December 19th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

Rob is right, the Commisioners office has to do a better job of routing. We start off the season at WAS, then back home for 3 against MIN, then travel to LA for 3, then back home for 3 against ATL, all with NO DAYS OFF in between. Then we go out to POR for 3, then fly all the way across country to New Orleans for 3. For all that traveling we have 1 DAY OFF !      That is bullshit, we may start off the first month in a bit of a hole. We have our first 24 games with 1 DAY OFF with all the traveling, it is going to be an interesting month of April for the Wolverines.

Trade proposal

December 19th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

We offer Chin-yau Chua to San Antonio for AAA SP Lonnie Clark.

 

Justification- We would like to see Chua get a shot at starting everyday somewhere. We feel it is just a waste for him to play AAA ball.

     San Antonio could really use him to lead off as they are using Dong-min Kim to lead off with 5 speed. Also he would presumably start in LF over Dave Clark or perhaps in CF over Joshua Cole, but Cole is better defensively in CF. At any rate Chua would start for them, hit lead off.

     We get another starter for our 2 TIME AAA CHAMPIONS Lincoln Wolves. Clark is fairly good, but we believe It is a fair trade on both sides. San Antonio gets a lead off OF to START and we get a prospect minor league SP.

 

REACTIONS ?

Danny Welch Trade?

December 15th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

Hey I am trying to find out what I can get for Lincoln SS Jose Muniz a 5 star potential and 55th ranked and 57th ranked Dundee CF Rintaro Oyama (ranked right now at 55 and 57 and to go up next year) like a young player ready now. I am asking like would it be out of question that Atlanta would trade 3B Danny Welch for both or does that not make sense to them. Or for like Las Vegas 2B Michael Cobb, or San Antonio's CF Michael Johnson and AAA Tom Rogers. What's your take. Posistions I am looking for would be SS,3B, CF at least 4 contact and high defensive ratings.

Craig Belcher?

December 14th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

Put Lawrence Jordan and Pablo Guillen on Omaha roster.

 

What is Craig Belcher's potential at and his morale.

Re: Tonight

December 12th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

Got to go to the Christmas Carol at 730 so I should be back by 930 I would think.

 

I think we are going to start Ed Jackson in game 6, but I don't want to overuse him at a young age and end up like George Banks. I realize he is at 87 % and if I don't throw him and I lose I am done for the year so I am being precacious.

RE: wolverine news

December 5th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

Just going through all my old e mails and ran across this. I could of had Doug Kelly for I believe Miguel Gonzalez. Funny some of the shit you run across when you go through old emails you keep.  Circa 1991.

Hey Mike ,

 

Given your pitching situation , we might be interested in a trade since we have more ML-caliber starting pitchers than we can fit into the rotation at once.  Here would be our candidates for a trade , going from most expensive to least.

 

1. Antonio Aranda.  We value Aranda very highly , so highly that I doubt a deal could get done for him.  But , just in case you’re willing to knock our socks off , I thought I would mention him.

2. Doug Kelly.  Kelly is a highly accomplished middle reliever who’s a starting pitcher by nature (he has a 10 endurance).  Like Aranda , Kelly is in our starting rotation to start the year.  Again , we doubt a deal could get done for him , but I mention him just in case.
3. Gustavo Chavez.  With ratings of 3-4-3 , Chavez isn’t bad.  He was in our rotation almost all of last year , going 10-12 with 4.39; but his ERA prior to the All Star break was tops on the entire team (he fell apart in the 2^nd half).  Chavez is a middle reliever to start the year for us , but there’s a good chance he’ll get to start at some point down the line.  Given that he’s an insurance option at this point in time , Chavez would come a little cheaper than the others above him.
4. Carlos Moreno..  His ratings are okay at 2-3-4 , but what you should really know about him is that he has a lifetime ERA of just 3.29 in 51 ML starts (almost all of which came with New York ).  We got him off of waivers at the end of last year , and we expected him to be our 4^th starter this season , but he struggled badly in spring training.  Still , we could easily see moving him up to our ML rotation at some point this year.
5. Dan Fulton.  With ratings of 2-4-3 , and potential of 4½ stars , Fulton is the prospect we got from L.A. in the Roy Abbott trade.  He’s scheduled to be our top starter in AAA Tacoma , with a chance for a call up later in the year.  One thing you should know about Fulton is that despite having such a high potential stars rating , he is already 28 , so he’s not a young prospect anymore.
6. Tucker Little..  He has ratings of 2-4-3 and a career record of 21-23 , 4.55.  He’s been getting better recently with a record of 8-6 with an ERA in the mid 3’s over the last 2 seasons with horrible San Antonio .  We signed him as a free agent this offseason with a chance to compete for a spot in our rotation , but he was mediocre in spring training.  I genuinely believe that Little is a completely adequate 5^th starter at this point in his career , and he would come cheapest of anyone on the list.  He is 29.

 

Let me know if you’re interested.  I don’t know exactly what I would want , so I leave the work of figuring out a deal to you.  I think I probably would want mL hitting (or maybe low level SP) prospects , although how good the prospects are would obviously turn on which player you’re looking at.

 

Confused

November 24th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

I am confused/curious as to why you (Rob) voted for Cincinnati's Alexander in which you wrote :

 

" Alexander deserves recognition because this team's success is a reflection of the organization's scouting and player development as a whole and with Alexander the buck stops there.  So he should also get the credit when they win.  Cincinnati has been a team coming, this year looks like it could finally be theirs."

 

and when it came to me you did not reward my building of a franchise overtime but yet gave it to Eggfuck because of "crafty" moves this year.

 

I really didn't want the award that is why I voted for Fuckhead, but I am just curious to your voting standards.

Garrett v Bicknell

November 24th, 2008 by Wolverines GM

The reasoning behind the Bicknell vote is this, Firstoff it's hard to argue against your own player but I believe that Bicknell would have matched or exceeded Garrett's numbers had he played a whole season. Now I know it is a shoulda coulda deal but look at their stats. Also if he plays a full season Justin may have the best record in baseball.

 

Artie Bicknell

 

Earl Weaver Baseball League 1993 Batting Stats

Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS TAVG ISO VORP Overall 134 517 174 24 9 40 118 112 62 78 .337 .409 .650 1.059 1.112 .313 81.8 Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27     Overall 132 589 5 8 0 20 0 5 336 73 7 3 70.0 131.9 9.60

 

Jimmy Garrett

 

Earl Weaver Baseball League 1993 Batting Stats

Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS TAVG ISO VORP Overall 156 648 217 24 3 48 155 125 51 67 .335 .377 .603 .981 .993 .269 68.6 Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27     Overall 156 711 0 2 1 16 0 11 391 75 12 5 70.6 144.4 8.42

I just believe with all the protection Garrett had around him that it helped him out a lot.

 

Again I am not campaigning against Garrett he is still an MVP, it's more of a 1a vs 1b vote.

 

Just keepin' it real.

Omaha 1993 NL Awards Ballot

November 23rd, 2008 by Wolverines GM

NL MVP

 

1) Warren

2) Whitfield

3) Johnston

 

Gibson

 

1) Campbell

2) Pak

3) Aguire

 

Fireman

 

1) Salinas

2) Olson

3) Mejia

 

Manager

 

1) Ortiz

2) Cabral

3) Villalobos

 

Executive

 

1) Dennis

2) Baker

3) Garner

1993 Omaha Angel Rosa Ballot

November 23rd, 2008 by Wolverines GM

AL ROSA

 

1)Jackson

2)Barrios

3)Carr

 

NL ROSA

1) Johnston

2) Turner

3) Perez