The Squad: Part 4

We have now reached a total of 25-men, meaning that someone will have to be cut. As before the team will play with a DH but, we are moving on up to a 4-man pitching rotation. Also remember the stats you see below are indicative of their career averages. Sorry about not posting anything on Sunday, but you know how Father’s Day is. And if it just so happens that your Dad loves baseball don’t forget to share this with him.

Lineup:

LF. Carl Crawford (.290 AVG) (.330 OBP) (13 HR) (72 RBI) (45 SB)

CF. Steve Finley (.271 AVG) (.332 OBP) (19 HR) (73 RBI) (20 SB)

DH. Hideki Matsui (.282 AVG) (.360 OBP) (23 HR) (100 RBI) (2 SB)

RF. Vladimir Guerrero (.318 AVG) (.379 OBP) (34 HR) (113 RBI) (14 SB)

C. Carlton Fisk (.269 AVG) (.341 OBP) (24 HR) (86 RBI

1B. Ryan Klesko (.279 AVG) (.370 OBP) (26 HR) (92 RBI) (8 SB)

3B. Gary Gaetti (.255 AVG) (.308 OBP) (23 HR) (87 RBI) (6 SB)

SS. Garry Templeton (.271 AVG) (.304 OBP) (5 HR) (57 RBI) (19 SB)

2B. Jim Gantner (.274 AVG) (.319 OBP) (4 HR) (51 RBI) (12 SB)

Bench:

2B/SS. Pokey Reese (.248 AVG) (.307 OBP) (8 HR) (57 RBI) (27 SB)

C. Sandy Alomar Jr. (.273 AVG) (.309 OBP) (13 HR) (69) (3 SB)

UTIL. Mark Ryal (.211 AVG.) (.245 OBP) (2 HR) (8 RBI) (1 SB)

OF/DH. Ben Oglivie (.273 AVG) (.336 OBP) (22 HR) (83 RBI) (8 SB)

1B/DH. Dmitri Young (.292 AVG) (.351 OBP) (20 HR) (81 RBI) (3 SB)

C. Mike Matheny (.239 AVG) (.293 OBP) (8 HR) (55 RBI) (1 SB)

Rotation:

1. Luis Tiant (15-11) (3.30 ERA) (224 IP) (155 SO) (2.18 K/BB Ratio)

2. Fernando Valenzuela (13-12) (3.54 ERA) (227 IP) (161 SO) (1.81 K/BB Ratio)

3. Mark Prior (13-9) (3.51 ERA) (151 SO) (211 IP) (3.36 K/BB Ratio)

4. Bryn Smith (12-10) (3.53 ERA) (196 IP) (113 SO) (2.40 K/BB Ratio)

Bullpen:

LHP. Tim Davis (4-4) (4.62 ERA) (91 SO) (1.42 K/BB Ratio) (4 SV)

RHP. Chin-Hui Tsao (5-6) (5.75 ERA) (70 SO) (1.67 K/BB Ratio) (2 SV)

RHP. Les Lancaster (8-5) (4.05 ERA) (77 SO) (1.57 K/BB Ratio) (4 SV)

RHP. Kevin Cameron (2-0) (3.02 ERA) (69 SO) (1.46 K/BB Ratio) (1 SV)

SU. Donn Pall (5-5) (3.63 ERA) (58 SO) (2.00 K/BB Ratio) (2 SV)

CL. Tim Crews (3-3) (3.44 ERA) (70 SO) (2.69 K/BB Ratio) (4 SV)

Coaches:

Manager: Bobby Jones

Assistant Coach: Wes Swackhamer

Summary:

With the addition of Carlton Fisk into the line-up we now have more weapons offensively and lose nothing on defense. That means Alomar had to be sent to the bench, but he and Matheny can still provide quality games when called upon. The first cut from the squad is Wes Swackhamer. But don’t you worry he’s now an assistant coach, meaning that the team will never run out of Gatorade.

Nothing changed with the rotation but the bullpen did get stronger with the addition of Kevin Cameron. Now eventually a new starter will join the rotation, but that doesn’t mean that the bullpen will decrease in size.

And now the squad has a manager, in the form of Bobby Jones who no doubt will be able to carry his success from the minor leagues to this made up team of mine. But for real Bobby Jones should be managing an actual baseball team right now. Also expect to see some freshly cut players to start appearing in some open coaching position any time now. Because as we all know those who can’t play coach.

And with that version 4 of the squad is ready to go.

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