Player Profile: Roger Weston

Rogers Weston is a future Hall of Famer, the Ruth all-time leader in hits by over 4oo and is 5th all time in walks.  Part of his success is longevity and his ability to accumulate but he has had success enough to stay in the games.  He has been traded three times (trades included Bobby Valentin, Andre Reese, Randall Anderson, Ismael Samuel, Edgar Padilla, Damaso Renteria, and Danny Lennon).  His player cardd says he has played 21 seasons and only 17 in the majors but his stats only show 44 minor league games (6 in season 3 and 38 in season 18).  He has 60 minor league hits and 65 post season hits.

He is a 7 time all star, 4 time silver slugger and one time World Series champ. The most he ever made in a season was $9.4, this was during what was probably his worst statistical season in his prime.  He played everywhere in the field.  2b was his primary position with 1082 games but he also had 632 games at 3b, 482 at ss, 219 as a rf, and 211 as a DH.  Another 108 games are split between cf and lf.  His overall rating of 90 at its peak made him an all-star.

The question now with Weston is what next.  He is on the waiver wire currently and sits 3 hits shy of 3500.  He is 39 years old and his last two contracts have been for the league minimum.  There is not much of a chance of him contributing much to a contender but he still has the ratings to be slightly useful off the bench versus righties.  The last remaining question is whether his hits record will ever fall.

HOF Class of Season 19: Discussion: Marvin Aurilia

Marvin Aurilia none none Age: 40 B/T: L/L Born: Austin, TX Position(s): 1B/COF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Short of Donnie Brown there are few players who have been as Marvin Aurilia

Clicking on his awards tab says it all.
Rookie of the year season 1
11 time Silver Slugger
1 Gold Glove in LF
10 time All-Star
1 time Home Run Derby Champ
7 time MVP, Including a six season run from season 5-10
2 World Series Rings

His 809 Career Home Runs is going to be tough for anyone to catch, he had 9 seasons with 50+ HR. But he was more than just a home run hitter. During season 3 he joined the 40-40 club, and did it a second time during season 8. Over his career he stole 347 bases.

He holds several league records and ranks fairly high in other categories.
Most games played with 2630 (although he will be passed this season by Roger Weston)
Second on the list of career hits with 3063, behind only Roger Weston.
His career OPS 1.061 ranks fourth all time. His season 2 mark of 1.318 is the second best single season performance.
He drew 1340 walks over his career, third best.
Possibly his most impressive and unbreakable record is his 199 triples, best by 37 over the recently inducted Sammy Manzanillo.


His 893 2-Out RBI is most all time buy 88. The closest active player is John Yamaguchi with 739, good for third all-time.
With 2348 career RBI is almost 400 more than the next closest player, Trevor Donovan.
2649.67 career runs created is the most in league history. It translates to 9.95 rc/27 outs. That is third best in league history.
79 Sac flies is the league record.
.509 secondary average is second highest all-time.
His isolated power of .347 is 2nd all time. He also holds the best two single season performances during season 1 and 2.
He scored 2320 runs in his career, most all time by almost 400.
His .877 slugging percentage during season 2 is best all time and incredible.

His career performance is remarkable in both individual performances as well as a compiler. He was an amazing player and a true All-Star, MVP and Hall of Famer

NL Playoff Race

NL North
Chicago has an 8 game lead over Detroit. It is pretty much over but Detroit is the second wild card team at the moment and has a 10 game lead there.

NL East
Atlanta has a 4 game lead over New York and 5 over St. Louis. While the divisional games to close out the season may lead to a change, Atlanta is in a solid position here. Washington is also hanging around, only 7 games out.

NL South
This is an interesting division as Huntington and Tampa Bay are going back and forth. At the moment Tampa is in first by 2. Huntington does have a few interesting story lines however, Will they reverse their record from last season? It will be close. Secondly, Why was AI put in charge yesterday? Is Pbrow gone for the weekend or is this the end? My guess is he is taking a long weekend but it is an odd choice regardless. A long weekend should not kill the pitching staff, ai might. Whichever team misses here will be a wild card.

NL West
Its over already. Oakland has a 10 game lead.

So the only real race left is the NL East. Historically there is precedent for some wild endings here so it is tough to say with any certainty that a 4 game lead is enough at this point. Realistically, any of these 4 teams are a hot streak away from winning the division. The key may be expanded rosters. So who will be called up for the pennant run?

Season 1 Draft Review

In looking over ideas for blog entries I decided to do a few entries about previous drafts.

The Season one draft is interesting because it was the second ever public draft and the first happened one day prior to ours in Aaron World. The results are interesting and clearly show how little we knew about what we were doing.

The first overall pick in the draft belong controversially to the St. Louis Armstrongs who picked Esteban Franco, nothing wrong with that pick. Syracuse then used the #2 pick to select Sammy Bonilla, not the best player available but still a respectable pro.
#3 David Reed petered out early
#4 never signed
#5 Dustin Rizzo might be the second best player taken.
#6 never signed
#7 was Alan Ward
8,10,14,15 never signed
The steal of the draft came at 26 where future hall of famer Trevor Donovan was picked.

Another great pick was Calvin Holmes at 70, while never great he was a solid pro for many years and you can't beat that with the 70th pick overall.

Short of Donovan though there do not appear to be any Hall of Fame players in the group.