Red Sox Rebuild (Sort Of) A Fictional Franchise Thread.
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Red Sox Notes 5/22/20:
Josh Taylor will miss a significant amount of time with a broken Collarbone. Coltan Brewer will be the first to try and fill his roster spot.
In Other News:
The Braves Dansby Swansen broke his arm and will miss 2 months.
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End Of The Month Report May 2020:
Red Sox: Marcus Walden broke his ankle abd and will miss at least 3 months. Darwinzon Hernandez will take over his roster spot. Zach Godley & Matt Hall were also sent to the minors and were replaced by Mike Foltynewicz & Josh Osich. The Red Sox are currently in third place.
Around The League.
The Yankees still own the east 35-27. The Blue Jays still nipping at coat tails. The 37-23 Indians are maintaining their strong lead in the central. Out west the Angels hold a 38-20 record and a 6 game lead on the Astros. Who share the wild card with the Blue Jays. The Nationals have a 6 game lead and are 34-24 in the NL east. The Reds are 37-22 and holding on in the central. The Cubs however are only 4 games back. The Dodgers hold their lead in the west. How6the Padres are sticking around 5 games back still hoping to upset. They share the wildcard with the Cubs.
Pitchers Of The Month:
Hyun-Jin Ryu & Will Smith.
Players Of The Month:
J.D. Martinez & Nolan Arenado.
Rookies Of The Month:
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo & Edward Oliver's.
IL:
The Orioles & Mets place Shawn Armstrong & Paul Sewald on the IL with a fractured hands for around 2 months. The Tigers Jake Rodgers also fractured his hand but he will miss at least 3 monthe. The Rockies will loose Josh Fuentes for a few weeks with a pulled hamstring.
Baseball is heating up and so is the weather. Catch all the action here.
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Red Sox Notes 6/9/20:
Coltan Brewer & Josh Osich have been sent to the minors Jeffery Springs & Philips Valdez will replace them.
IL:
The Cardinals will be without their star shortnstop Paul DeJong for half the season as he fractured his leg. The Cubs will misd David Bote for a few weeks withna concussion. The east leading nationals suffered a blow and will miss their closer Sean Doolittle for 2 months out with a torn hamstring. Delano Desheilds Jr. of the indians will miss a few months with a fractured leg. Finally the Royals star catcher Salvador Perez will miss 2 months with a torn calf.
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Around The Leauge 6/15/20:
The injuries keep piling up. The Indians suffered another blow loosinf Franmil Reyes for 2 months after he damaged cartilage in his shoulder. It will be interesting to see if they can hold on to first place. The Padres will be with out Wil Myers for a bit while he recovers from a concussion. Likewise the Blue Jayd will.shortly miss Derek Fisher as he recovers from a torn finger ligament. Eade Davis of the Rockies fractured bis hand and will miss the rest of the season. Finally an already hurting Pirates roster will miss Jameson Taillon for a few months as he too damaged cartilage in his shoulder.
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Red Sox Notes 6/22/20:
Colin McHugh came off the IL. Philips Valdez was sent down to make room for him.
IL:
Perhaps the biggest blow of the season so far has come in the form of the Cubs Javier Baez becoming the latest player to fracture his hand and missing 2 months. The Cardinals Harrison Bader will also miss significant time with a fractured arm.
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End Of The Month Report June 2020:
Management continues their rebuilding strategy as a trade was made the Red Sox sent Brandon Workman, Marco Hernandez & Matt Hall to the Braves for Christian Pache & Luke Jackson. Who were both assigned to triple A. A struggling Matt Barnes was also sent to tripple A to rework a few things. Philips Valdez & Austin Brice were recalled to fill the vacancies. The six currently occupy second place though they are 12 games back.
Around League:
The 57-30 Yankees are running away with the east. The Indians still lead the central at 50-37 however the Twins are creeping back into it 3 games back. In the west the Angels are pulling away from the Astros at 56-30. The Astros now share the wild card with tge Twins. The Nationals are still leading the NL east at 48-39 but the Phillies have crept back in 4 games back. The 52-35 Reds are pulling away a bit in the central with an 8 game lead. Lastly the Dodgers sit at 58-29. The Padres once hoped to upset but they have fallen off 13 games back. They share the wild card with the Cubs.
Pitchers Of The Month:
James Paxton & Blake Treinen.
Players Of The Month:
Mark Canha & Kris Bryant.
Rookies Of The Month:
Nick Madrigal & Shogo Akiyama.
Trades:
Astros trade Aledmys Diaz to the Yankees for Ben Ruta. The Giants trade Chadwick Tromp to the Rays for Greg Jones.
IL:
The Orioles Pat Valaika will miss a short time with a finger contusion. The Athletics Mike Fiers becomes the latest to fracture his hand. He is likely done for thr year. The As will alsi miss Ramon Laureano for a period with a fractured shin. The indians suffered another blow loosing Bradley Zimmer for a few months with a torn finger ligament. This puts their entire starting outfield on the IL. Perhaps most heart breaking. The Phillies will loose Zach Wheeler for 2 months with a torn finger ligament. This coming right as they were gearing up to make a play at the Nationals.
Keep it here for more as we near the all star break.
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All Star Break Update:
The Red Sox sign free agent Yoelkis Cespedes to a 1 year 90K contract.
J.D. Martinez won the home run derby.
The AL won the All Star game 6-4.
Trades:
Looking at trades the last week or so. The Athletics have started a fire sale. First moving Liam Hendricks to the Cubs for Dan Winkler & Alec Mills. Then flipping Sean Manaea & Dan Winkler to the Pirates for Ji-Hwan Bae, Mason Martin, Nick Gonzales & Chris Sharpe. The Rays also traded Tyler Glasnow to the Braves for Sean Newcomb, Charlie Culberson and Darren O'Day.
IL:
Big blow to the Yankees as bot Aarons (Hicks & Judge) will miss considerable time. The first with a torn calf the second with a fractured forearm. The Twins will loose Alex Avila for a few weeks with a MCL sprain. The Rangers will loose Lance Lynn for a month or so with a torn finger ligament and Ronald Guzman for the rest of the year with a fractured shin. Chance Sisco of the Orioles will miss 2 months with a shoulder separation. The Brewers Brett Anderson is out for the season with a fractured wrist.
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Red Sox Notes 7/23/20:
The Red Sox struck a deal today sending Jackie Bradley Jr, Colten Brewer & Ryan Braiser to the Phillies. In return the Red Sox get Ranger Suarez, Deivy Grullon & Zach Warren. All 3 assigned to tripple A. Johnathan Arauz & Luke Jackson get the call up.
Other Trades:
The Athletics send Mark Canha to the Nationals for Austin Voth & Eric Thames. The Yankees aquire Jacoby Jones from the Tigers fit Luis Medina & Kevin Alcantara.
Injuries:
The Giants place Aramis Garcia on the IL with shoulder cartilage damage.
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End Of The Month Report July 2020:
Red Sox:
Over the past week both Eduardo Rodriguez & Collin McHugh suffered season ending injuries. The Red socks also pulled off a massive 3 team deal with the Dodgers and Angels. In this deal. The Red Sox sent J.D. Martinez, Robinson Leyer, Yario Munoz & Trevor Hildenberger to the Dodgers. The Dodgers sent Dustin May, Tony Gonsolin & Brusdar Graterol to the Red Sox. They also send Joc Pederson, Kike Hernandez and Ross Stripling to the Angels. The Angels send Patrick Sandoval & Taylor Ward to the Dodgers. They also send Julo Teheran to the Red Sox. Teheran & Gonsolin will immediately join the big league club with everyone else sent to tripple A. The Red Sox are still 11 games back.
Let's Look At Other Trades the Last Week:
The Royals acquire Ender Inciarte from the Braves in exchange for Johnathan Bowlan & Brandon Marklund. The Royals also sent Adalberto Mondesi to the Diamondbacks for Kristian Robinson & Luis Frias. The Nationals acquire Austin Nola from the Mariners for Matt Cronin K.J.. Harrison & Jackson Cluff. Lastly the Mets acquire Joey Wendle from the Rays for Brian Dozier & Jake Marisnick. That does it for trades before the deadline.
IL: Marlins lose Garrett Cooper to a fractured hand. Mariners will be without Shed Lobg because of a torn finger Ligament. The Nationals lose Howie Kendrick for the season on a fractured forearm. Yan Gomes will also be out briefly with a concussion. Scott Kingsley of the Phillies will also be out the season with a dislocated ankle.
Pitchers Of The Month:
Zack Greinke & Aaron Nola.
Players Of The Month:
Niko Goodrum & J.D. Martinez.
Rookies Of The Month:
Luis Robert & Taylor Trammell.
Looking At The Standings:
The 71-38 Yankees have a stranglehold on the AL east. The Indians are holding on in the Central 62-48 but the Twins have closed the gap to one game. The Angels sit 5 games above the Astros in the wesr 61-44. The wildcard belongs to the Twins and Astros but my Red Sox are right there. The Nationals lead the east 61-50 but the Phillies are hanging around back 5 games. Likewise the 68-42 Reds have 5 games in the central. The Dodgers sit 75-36 and are very comfortable 15 games up. Cubs & Padres own the wild card.
Moving into the dog days of August can my Red Sox mount a comeback after being sellers at the dealine? Ill be playing every game from here out do updates will be less frequent.
30 teams. 10 play off spots. Who will survive?
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Red Sox Update 8/2/20:
Red Sox pull off a 4 game sweep of the Yankees to put themselves back into it (i wish this was real life but its not) the wild card is still their main focus.
IL: Kevin Kiermaier fractured his shin.
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