Campaigning For The Hall

It's that time again and at FCM we've decided to renounce the Hall of Fame memberships for previously inducted players by Mogul. The players will have to go back through the GM voting process to earn back their spot in the FCM shrine. The full list can be found here and I've provided some guidelines I recommend following for the voting process here.

I have a few players, two from my former Rockies, that I feel should get in. As well as another player who's accomplishments would probably be overlooked, and finally a player who many may vote for that I think upon a deeper look does not deserve a spot in the Hall.

1B Jose Rabena: He got to 400 home runs, 1,000 runs, and 1,250 RBI. Some very impressive numbers, but I think what I'm most proud of are his walk totals. I believe he ranks second in our FCM career walks mark. To have the discipline to walk almost 1,400 times is nothing short of amazing! Lastly, I'd like to point out that for basically his entire career he was going up against Steve Miller in the NL for the MVP Awards. It's also odd that he had six .990+ OPS seasons and only three All-Star nods. Just crazy.

C Gabriel Gamora: A guy who I think is FCM's best catcher. In a time where you seemingly either got only offense OR defense from the catching position, he provided both. Getting to over 1,100 RBI is no easy task when you're starting 120-130 games per season (Gamora would've had over 1,300 RBI on a full season scale). You also can't deny his defensive presence. He threw out 31% of base stealers for his career and got four Gold Gloves (probably should've beaten out Jarmel in '25). As far as catchers go, if he's not the top guy, he's damn close.

SS Peter Conwell: 1,504 runs scored means he averaged 107 runs scored in his career. While none of his other numbers are super impressive, he did show that he's a true five-tool player. In a fourteen year career Conwell per season averaged:

 107 R 26 2B 19 HR 64 RBI 57 BB 54 SB

Combine those numbers with his All-Star games and the peace of mind in knowing that his Gold Glove wasn't a fluke and he should be in.

3B Mark McShane: Should not be in! Remember those guidelines? When you get to #6, you 'll see I'm saying to put stock into McShane's eight All-Star games and multiple Gold Gloves. However that's where it stops. You might want to note that his second Gold Glove (at 2B) was a fluke due to Mogul being fixated on fielding percentage. McShane may have been rated well at 2B, but his career defensive numbers paint a different picture. He was a poor fielding 2B. He has no counting numbers to highlight his accolades. He was elite for a few years and then his health caught up to him and he quickly became a roving stopgap starter. Not what you think of what you hear the words "Hall of Fame."

FCM All-Time Team: Bench

BENCH

Catcher

Josh Jarmel (CHW) – 13 Seasons

1,921 Hits 938 R 393 2B 258 HR 1,018 RBI 28 SB .282/.343/.463

5 All-Star Games, 3 Gold Gloves

This was probably the closet position race. Like I said above, Gamora wins out because he had slightly better numbers and one more Gold Glove. Before people start talking about how Coors helped out Gamora, let’s remember Comiskey and GABP aren’t exactly pitcher friendly either. Back onto Jarmel, from ’22 to ’28 he was a very reliable catcher – winning all of his Gold Gloves and 4 of his 5 All-Star appearances during that time.

Corner Infielder

Manny Capestany (WSN) – 16 Seasons

1,984 Hits 1,260 R 390 2B 470 HR 1,363 RBI 42 SB .264/.367/.510

4 All-Star Games

Capes may be my favorite player in the league. He was always overshadowed by the likes of Steve Miller, James Aitkenhead, and Jose Rabena to name a few. However, he quietly put together some very impressive numbers. How long he’ll stay on this list is a question. I also have to wonder what Capes’ numbers would’ve looked like had he not played in such a bland hitting park.

Middle Infielder

Rudy Delgado (CLE) – 16 Seasons

2,340 Hits 1,125 R 441 2B 143 HR 1,097 RBI 110 SB .299/.366/.423

3 All-Star Games, 2 Gold Gloves

Delgado moved around a bit during his career, but got things going in Cleveland – winning his two Gold Gloves in “The Mistake By The Lake.” His slash line isn’t that impressive, but remember he’s an infielder. Where his job is to scoop up baseballs an get on-base. He did those two things and he did them quite well throughout his career.

Outfielder

Mike Gartner (CIN) – 13 Seasons (Active)

1,920 Hits 1,147 R 364 2B 353 HR 1,240 RBI 71 SB .299/.394/.536

6 All-Star Games, 1 MVP Award, 4 Gold Gloves

Back in the 2020’s it was Miller, Gartner, and Eason in the heart of Cincinnati’s lineup. That may go down as the best 3-4-5 trio the league will ever see. The all-around ability that Gartner displays is phenomenal. He can hit for average, power, walk, and play good defense. It's possible he could overtake one of the “starting” positions in the future, but he appears to be in sharp decline. If he falls off too quickly I doubt he’ll have good enough numbers.

Up Next:
FCM All-Time Team: Rotation
FCM All-Time Team:Bullpen
FCM All-Time Team: League Vote
FCM All-Time Team: Final Wrap-up 

FCM All-Time Team: Starting Lineup

As I said on the message board, I will be looking at our best of the best in FCM as we've now concluded 25 seasons. Players are judged on what they have done to date. Certainly there are some players who'll eventually knock some of the current players off the list, but only what a player has done to this point in their career will count.

I plan on updating this every two or three seasons. I may do a league vote or I may just update as I see fit. Speaking of league vote, everyone in the league will have a chance to vote for two players on this year's team. I am deciding on the starting nine position players (including DH), four bench players, six starting pitchers, and four relief pitchers.

Once I have announced all of the players I have decided on, I will post a poll in the League News on the message board for everyone to vote on. It will likely be done in two rounds of voting. One with the inital list and then a second, narrowed down list based on the initial voting. It does not matter if the league votes for two positions players, two pitchers, or one of each.

After the final voting has concluded I will update the lists to reflect the elected players. Then I will follow up with a "Heat Seekers" and "Looking On The Outside In" lists. "Heat Seekers" is for active players who didn't have enough credentials to make the list this time around and could convincingly one day have a storied enough career to make the top 25. "Looking On The Outside In" will list out all players I seriously considered and have either retired or are running on fumes that will never have the credentials to make the list.

Let's get rolling...

LINEUP

 

Catcher
Gabriel Gamora (COL) – 15 Seasons
1,858 Hits 921 R 367 2B 277 HR 1,162 RBI 7 SB .277/.338/.462

5 All-Star Games, 4 Gold Gloves

Gamora narrowly edges out Jarmel. Their offensive production is very similar, but it’s Gamora’s superior defense that gets him the nod. While Gamora played in nearly 400 more games at catcher, he committed fewer errors and allowed less passed balls. His 31% caught stealing isn’t too shabby either.

First Base
Steve Miller (CIN) – 16 Seasons
2,506 Hits 1,388 R 414 2B 514 HR 1,630 RBI 30 SB .310/.386/.560

11 All-Star Games, 3 MVP Awards, 5 Gold Gloves

Easy choice here, Miller may go down as the best position player in FCM. He could hit for average, power, and get on-base. From 2018-22 he was simply dominating. If Mogul took crossing leagues into consideration, he might have another MVP Award (Lars Anderson – 2019). Oh yeah, those five gold gloves are pretty impressive as well.

Second Base
Matt McArthur (CLE) – 16 Seasons
2,776 Hits 1,290 R 523 2B 92 HR 1,092 RBI 246 SB .324/.376/.439

6 All-Star Games, 2 Gold Gloves

McArthur is the current hits leader of our generated players. Though his DRAA suggests he was an average fielder, I don’t buy it. He had great vitals and won a couple of Gold Gloves. He was simply the perfect middle infielder – good on-base ability, speed, and defense.

Third Base
Ed Edwards (TBR) – 16 Seasons
2,077 Hits 1,199 R 351 2B 323 HR 1,204 RBI 62 SB .286/.391/.480

4 All-Star Games, 1 MVP Award

The hot corner was a tough choice. Edwards’ power numbers aren’t as impressive, but when you consider he played six seasons in Tampa they aren’t bad at all. As shown in his years with the White Sox if he played in hitter friendly parks more in his prime he could be pushing 400 homers.

Short Stop
Jay Sullivan (BAL) – 13 Seasons (Active)
2,508 Hits 1,134 R 462 2B 189 HR 1,168 RBI 59 SB .310/.351/.452

10 All-Star Games, 3 Gold Gloves

He’s probably the only active player on this list that has the ability to considerably pile on the numbers going forward. He’ll be just 32 next season while having a legitimate shot at reaching 3,000 hits – something no other Mogul born player has done. His Gold Gloves at two different positions is very impressive. How impressive will his final stat lines be? Only time will tell.

Left Field
James Aitkenhead (CHC) – 16 Seasons
2,337 Hits 1,346 R 510 2B 452 HR 1,588 RBI 37 SB .292/.371/.539

7 All-Star Games, 2 MVP Awards, 2 Gold Gloves

For ten seasons (2016-2025) he only notched a season OPS under .900 once. That’s Aitkenhead’s story – consistency. He could be counted on for 40 doubles and 35ish homers during that stretch. Even though his Gold Gloves are probably a product of Mogul overvaluing errors for the award, he still has them to go on an amazing resume.

Center Field
Rafael Romero (CHC) – 15 Seasons
2,226 Hits 1,439 R 403 2B 100 HR 751 RBI 811 SB .302/.385/.417

2 All-Star Games, 1 Gold Glove

Romero doesn’t have the awards many others have, but he’s the stolen bases leader of qualifying players. Though 800 stolen bases with a career .385 OBP is impressive, he may be best remembered for the controversy that surrounded his contract not once, but twice.

Right Field
Frank Prywes (HOU) – 16 Seasons
2,288 Hits 1,189 R 526 2B 346 HR 1,411 RBI 12 SB .305/.381/.523

7 All-Star Games, 2 MVP Awards

In the early 2020’s hitters were feared in the NL Central. Prywes might not be as feared as others, but his career hitting line is impressive. Like Aitkenhead, he too was very consistent (100+ RBI from 2021-27). One has to wonder what could’ve been had a broken wrist in April of ’31 not have basically brought his career to an end.

Designated Hitter
Tim Vandyke (DET/LAA) – 14 Seasons (Active)
2,131 Hits 1,271 R 455 2B 440 HR 1,551 RBI 4 SB .287/.373/.537

7 All-Star Games, 4 MVP Awards

There’s a very real possibility that Vandyke could surpass Steve Miller as “FCM’s Best Hitter”. He’s not too far behind in Runs and RBI. The amount needed to surpass Miller in Runs and Hits are obtainable. Another thing I like about Vandy is that he hasn’t needed friendly confines to help out his numbers.

How would you organize this lineup from one to nine?

Up Next: 
FCM All-Time Team: Bench
FCM All-Time Team: Rotation
FCM All-Time Team:Bullpen
FCM All-Time Team: League Vote
FCM All-Time Team: Final Wrap-up 

Repost: Stop Being The Lamb That's Led To The Slaughter

It seems this could use to be re-posted on our blog. I urge you guys to read this and BELIEVE in it.

From time to time I've heard grumblings of how the administrators and moderators reign supreme in this league. And with the grumblings arising again, it's frustrating to hear when really it's the league's fault.

When I get into conversations about the issue, I know in the back of their minds they're wondering if there's cheating going on. I would highly doubt the guys in charge would stoop that low. The reason the ones in charge are in that position is because they've shown that they know what they're doing. You don't give a position of responsibility to a person who hasn't shown the ability to effectively run a team.

So why are they winning? First, they can recognize talent. Just cause someone has a good overall or peak rating doesn't mean they're going to produce for you. "X" number rating doesn't equal "X" number of production. Power, for example, could be doubles power or home run power. While minor league numbers aren't to 100% believed, you can get a good idea on things like 2B, HR, BB, and K. Then based on that information, you can plug in expected production from other ratings.

Second, they know how and when to trade. People who have that "trade itch" seem to screw their teams over with the desire to continually trade. The good ones will always entertain trade possibilities, but don't pounce on the opportunity unless it makes sense.

But, the biggest reason why the administrators and moderators reign supreme is that they know how prospects develop. It goes beyond being able to recognize a good prospect. In Mogul players only progress once per season. Now I know some of you are saying, "I've seen a guy jump twice in a season before". You aren't wrong, but what you've seen is a progression and a random jump.

We all know talent distribution is random. Players sometimes jump, players sometimes fall. If it's a talent distribution jump or drop, it's usually accompanied by a health change. Health will only progress and only progress +3 when a player hits their projection debut. The only time when a player's health drops is when the player is regressing. So if you notice a health change on a player that you know isn't regressing yet the jump/drop is random talent distribution.

With knowing how to recognize a random jump from a normal progression jump you can figure out if a player still has the possibility of progressing or not in the current season. This is where a lot of the elite GMs do their work. If they know a prospect has already jumped, they'll try and sell high on that prospect. On the flip side, they'll also consider this when trading for a prospect.

EXAMPLE

A 75/85 rated prospect on opening day jumps to 80/90 mid-season. Once he ages he'll likely fall back to 80/85, so buying on the 90 peak is buying into value that isn't there.

By looking at old files you can get a better sense of how much a player should drop when he ages. Seeing patterns in past development can assist in figuring out where a player should end up.

For the exampled prospect one might think they should trade an 87 or 88 rated veteran. If you continually do this you're selling yourself short and continually giving the administrators and moderators an advantage.

My advice to the league is to research. Know what you're holding. Know what you're trading for. I see people continually trading an 88 rated veteran for a prospect who'll become an 80/85 or a 92 rated veteran for a prospect who'll drop to 84/90. Now certainly age and salary can be a factor, but I'm talking about instances where age and salary are not a deterrent on trade value.

Look at the opening day file and compare the prospect to what he looks like now. Then check out old files to see how a prospect's peak usually drops when he ages. If you do these things, I guarantee you'll start to make better trades.

Why Movement Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

The greatest thing you can do with Mogul is start up your own single player mode and go through the edit player process of the predicted stats. From there you can figure out what makes Mogul tick. You'll find at times a player's ratings don't realistically suggest his projected performance.

You'll find in the pitching predicted stats Power and Movement work against each other. For example, if you give a pitcher 50 more strikeouts (with changing nothing else) his Movement will go down. This is why pitchers with elite Power and Movement (90+) are rare.

In this league it's obvious "80" has become the standard number people want to at least see somewhere in a pitcher's ratings. The higher, the better, right? Well, not exactly.

I began thinking about a player I had (Brent Ruediger) and a player I attempted to trade for (Brian Singer). While they are solid pitchers, I had always felt they never pitched up to their Movement ratings since both have considerably high career OBA. So, I decided to isolate ratings and see what they look like when you remove the inflation.

Control = Walks
Power = Strikeouts
Movement = Hits and Home Runs

The results below are taken from pitchers actual career stats. SPs must have at least 450 IP and RPs must have 150 IP. The last two columns look deeper into where the pitcher gets his Movement from - Home Runs or Hits.

The end results are clear. While this doesn't take stadium effects into account, the results shows that low Power pitchers consistently give up more Hits or Home Runs than their Movement suggests.

Player	Team		BB/9	K/9	HR/9	H/9	OBA		Ctl	Pwr	Mov	Mov-HR	Mov-H
Ainza, Gaétan	---		2.77	7.94	1.07	8.36	.240		81	87	86	74	86
Ballou, Chris	---		3.19	5.26	0.95	9.34	.261		77	70	78	79	74
Brodt, Willis	---		3.93	6.33	0.67	10.23	.277		72	77	79	88	65
Camardan, Joél	---		3.84	8.56	0.91	8.38	.241		72	91	91	80	86
Clapsaddle, Dennis	---		2.80	7.55	0.73	8.18	.237		81	85	99	86	88
Claussen, Denny	---		3.59	5.60	1.54	10.51	.288		74	73	42	58	59
Cortes, Leon	---		3.85	4.86	0.75	11.40	.305		72	68	60	85	49
Coulthard, Todd	---		3.02	5.24	1.49	9.10	.258		79	70	61	60	76
Diaz, Javy	---		3.35	5.67	0.91	9.25	.262		76	73	79	80	74
Endreson, Aaron	---		4.20	9.19	1.17	8.92	.250		69	95	76	71	81
Fontela, Giovanni	---		3.67	5.47	0.52	9.08	.259		74	72	94	94	76
Geist, Matt	---		2.57	6.28	0.89	8.98	.256		82	77	83	81	77
Gongolez, Victor	---		4.96	8.52	1.21	8.71	.249		63	91	76	70	81
Hess, Jeremy	---		3.86	6.27	1.24	10.17	.279		72	77	57	68	64
Hobbs, David	---		3.42	6.66	1.14	9.91	.274		76	79	64	72	67
Hudson, Scott	---		3.82	4.52	0.90	10.49	.288		72	66	64	80	59
Jeter, James	---		3.73	7.95	1.44	8.59	.246		73	87	69	61	83
Lomax, Stan	---		4.31	8.88	0.58	7.99	.235		69	93	106	92	89
Lovegrove, Sean	---		3.20	6.55	1.46	10.71	.288		77	78	44	60	59
MacIntyre, Edmund	---		2.93	4.85	1.19	9.99	.280		80	68	59	70	64
Mackellar, Trey	---		3.52	5.81	0.68	9.94	.273		75	74	81	88	68
Maes, Vladimir	---		3.73	6.37	1.24	9.15	.256		73	77	71	68	77
Manning, Clay	---		3.45	5.00	1.03	9.16	.260		75	69	76	76	75
Mathias, Josh	---		3.86	6.24	1.61	10.11	.279		72	77	44	55	64
McHaffie, Adam	---		3.99	7.64	1.13	9.51	.264		71	85	70	72	73
McShannachan, Don	---		3.09	5.51	0.98	8.65	.251		78	72	82	77	80
Pincay, Alex	---		3.44	8.24	1.25	8.87	.252		75	89	72	68	80
Plumb, Damon	---		4.26	6.14	0.97	9.86	.275		69	76	69	78	66
Pope, Pat	---		6.81	9.96	1.11	8.94	.250		49	100	79	73	81
Priddy, Paul	---		3.33	6.57	0.73	8.31	.241		76	79	97	86	86
Ramirez, Vernon	---		3.14	6.37	0.88	9.97	.276		78	77	72	81	66
Regaldo, Micah	---		2.60	5.84	1.09	9.54	.268		82	74	69	74	70
Remillard, Travis	---		5.00	6.72	1.33	10.23	.280		63	80	54	65	64
Rowell, Rob	---		3.46	6.95	0.95	9.15	.260		75	81	78	78	75
Samson, Lou	---		2.57	3.71	1.24	11.54	.307		82	61	41	68	48
Shinault, Jeff	---		2.82	5.87	0.51	9.58	.266		80	74	91	94	72
Shoffner, Garrett	---		2.84	6.35	1.24	8.57	.245		80	77	77	68	84
Smith, Sean	---		4.25	7.50	1.58	8.82	.247		69	84	64	56	82
Stewart, Dick	---		3.21	6.29	0.76	8.78	.250		77	77	91	85	81
Sturgeon, Philip	---		5.20	5.20	0.72	9.84	.275		61	70	78	87	66
Suter, Brian	---		3.14	4.81	0.77	10.08	.279		78	68	74	85	64
Thibeau, Jason	---		3.00	6.91	1.24	10.06	.276		79	81	59	68	66
Tinall, Raul	---		3.06	5.73	1.14	9.49	.263		78	73	70	72	73
Topciy, Brett	---		4.51	8.09	1.29	8.53	.245		67	88	75	66	84
Troncoso, Fernando	---		3.37	6.85	1.10	8.35	.240		76	80	85	73	86
Vafiadis, Jeffery	---		4.85	7.58	1.02	8.04	.234		64	85	91	76	90
Valtir, Houston	---		4.68	8.16	1.58	9.22	.260		66	89	56	56	75
Verganor, Alberto	---		3.58	7.56	1.29	8.81	.250		74	85	72	67	81
Warden, Andy	---		6.40	6.16	0.44	8.69	.256		52	76	99	96	77
Weaver, Matthew	---		4.11	6.15	1.06	7.87	.230		70	76	92	75	92
Wenda, Jordan	---		4.65	9.29	1.45	8.26	.238		66	96	73	61	88
White, Owen	---		3.79	7.20	0.85	9.05	.256		73	82	84	82	77
White, Will	---		2.76	4.64	1.01	8.89	.256		81	67	79	76	77
Wildman, Ryan	---		4.38	7.85	0.98	8.13	.236		68	87	91	77	89
Winchester, Joshua	---		5.43	6.41	0.70	9.91	.276		60	78	78	87	66
Younger, Vince	---		3.54	6.36	0.98	8.66	.250		75	77	83	77	81
Zorros, Ezra	---		3.70	6.56	1.14	8.75	.252		73	79	77	72	80
Ramirez, Edgar	ARI		3.82	7.01	1.24	8.92	.252		72	81	73	68	80
Sather, Adam	ARI		3.40	6.58	0.85	9.36	.263		76	79	80	82	73
Varola, Carlos	ARI		6.14	7.54	1.69	9.89	.273		54	85	45	53	68
Ward, Erik	ARI		2.33	5.78	1.34	9.98	.276		84	74	56	65	66
Winegar, Scott	ARI		3.71	6.87	1.26	8.87	.253		73	80	72	68	79
Epner, Tim	ATL		3.83	5.97	1.00	9.96	.275		72	75	68	77	66
Pladera, Norberto	ATL		3.31	8.63	1.36	9.41	.264		77	91	62	64	73
Bonin, Craig	BAL		3.12	4.78	1.35	9.73	.268		78	67	60	64	70
Byler, Darren	BAL		3.55	5.55	1.10	8.86	.251		75	72	78	73	80
Fitrakis, Mike	BAL		2.75	6.21	1.18	9.05	.256		81	76	73	70	77
Parington, Damien	BAL		2.86	5.11	1.18	9.81	.274		80	69	62	70	67
Trandel, Shawn	BAL		3.55	8.41	1.04	9.36	.263		75	90	74	75	73
Anthony, Brad	BOS		2.59	6.78	0.60	8.79	.251		82	80	96	91	80
Attaway, Greg	BOS		3.15	8.25	1.03	8.02	.232		78	89	92	76	91
Diaz, Ed	BOS		3.34	5.91	1.02	9.92	.273		76	74	69	76	68
Gardner, Todd	BOS		4.69	7.81	0.90	8.66	.247		65	86	88	80	82
Hellesto, Moreno	BOS		2.95	7.40	1.14	8.73	.251		79	84	77	72	80
Landreau, Paul	BOS		5.49	10.33	0.77	7.48	.220		59	102	108	85	98
Monger, Jeff	BOS		3.22	6.74	0.39	9.64	.269		77	80	93	98	70
Reddan, Damien	BOS		4.20	6.45	1.73	10.37	.282		69	78	38	51	62
Reiter, Jayson	BOS		2.04	7.71	1.07	8.97	.253		87	86	78	74	79
Santarelli, William	BOS		3.22	8.59	0.97	8.46	.241		77	91	89	78	86
Smith, Bo	BOS		3.35	8.50	0.70	7.49	.222		76	91	109	87	97
Snodgrass, Jacob	BOS		3.83	7.68	1.41	8.13	.236		72	86	76	62	89
Spenser, Davis	BOS		3.87	7.46	1.38	8.19	.237		72	84	77	63	88
Salcido, Pedro	CHC		3.08	6.23	1.09	9.33	.262		78	76	72	74	74
Stuit, Bill	CHC		3.09	7.43	1.04	8.86	.253		78	84	79	75	79
Enriquez, Ricardo	CHW		2.28	4.95	1.09	8.95	.255		85	68	77	74	78
Lydell, Paul	CHW		3.78	5.90	0.51	9.75	.275		73	74	85	94	66
McGuire, Scott	CHW		4.89	6.67	0.48	8.32	.242		64	79	105	95	85
Tuyet, Patrick	CHW		1.68	7.04	0.86	8.78	.250		90	82	88	82	81
Warneke, Brett	CHW		3.30	5.32	1.31	8.40	.238		77	71	78	66	88
Weston, Kevin	CHW		3.55	7.07	1.30	8.95	.259		75	82	67	66	76
Budisantoso, Efrain	CIN		3.09	7.04	0.95	8.80	.251		78	82	84	78	80
Rawls, Will	CIN		3.26	6.01	1.06	9.53	.264		77	75	72	75	73
Weaver, Matt	CIN		3.23	8.25	0.75	8.20	.238		77	89	98	86	88
Coztana, Francisco	CLE		3.23	7.54	1.11	8.65	.247		77	85	80	73	82
Jenson, Bill	CLE		3.17	6.17	1.06	10.14	.278		78	76	64	75	65
Strubbe, Joe	CLE		4.36	8.63	1.39	8.53	.241		68	91	74	63	86
Abcejo, Frederic	COL		3.26	6.09	0.75	9.02	.259		77	76	86	86	76
Christner, Ryan	COL		2.55	6.62	0.79	8.21	.241		83	79	95	84	86
Feldman, Bruce	COL		2.95	4.31	1.21	10.03	.280		79	64	58	69	64
Nemchyonok, Tim	COL		2.82	5.35	0.93	10.67	.290		80	71	62	79	58
Ouintana, Adolfo	COL		3.26	7.78	0.85	8.45	.244		77	86	91	82	84
Poez, Edmund	COL		4.37	11.24	0.74	6.85	.205		68	108	117	86	106
Sakamoto, Ryu	COL		3.83	7.02	0.86	9.09	.258		72	81	83	82	76
Zlotnick, Sean	COL		3.21	7.81	0.61	8.33	.240		77	86	102	90	86
Carretero, Armando	DET		3.52	9.43	1.14	8.36	.240		75	96	83	72	86
Hyte, Dave	DET		4.93	7.43	0.97	9.57	.266		64	84	74	78	72
Lammas, Derek	DET		2.33	8.38	0.90	7.71	.226		84	90	100	80	94
Robinson, Taye	DET		3.69	8.44	1.24	8.34	.239		74	90	80	68	87
Trembath, Jeff	DET		2.34	8.58	1.04	8.03	.233		84	91	91	75	90
Voss, Chris	DET		3.46	6.31	1.20	8.26	.240		75	77	81	70	86
Wadley, Boris	DET		5.22	8.21	1.44	9.26	.261		61	89	61	61	74
Charlton, Arthur	FLA		2.43	7.75	1.08	6.90	.205		84	86	105	74	106
Craven, Shane	FLA		2.66	6.72	0.79	7.68	.225		82	80	104	84	95
Jackson, Levon	FLA		1.96	6.60	0.47	7.78	.228		87	79	114	95	93
Porteous, Leigh	FLA		2.66	7.04	0.86	8.45	.242		82	81	92	82	85
Radway, Isaac	FLA		3.08	7.85	0.76	6.46	.195		78	87	123	85	112
MacBeath, Eric	HOU		2.63	4.74	0.62	9.44	.266		82	67	87	90	72
Sink, Justin	HOU		2.48	4.83	1.18	9.68	.273		83	68	63	70	68
Tapani, Zach	HOU		4.21	8.63	1.22	8.21	.236		69	91	83	69	89
Threadgold, James	HOU		2.63	11.35	1.13	7.47	.220		82	108	95	72	98
Woodcock, Kurt	HOU		1.85	6.17	0.71	8.15	.237		88	76	100	87	88
Deel, Rob	KCR		2.68	6.54	0.99	8.46	.243		82	78	87	77	85
Kerry, Eric	KCR		2.35	4.12	1.01	8.99	.257		84	63	78	76	77
Lucey, Sebastien	KCR		3.77	5.21	0.64	10.40	.289		73	70	73	89	58
MacDonald, Tom	KCR		5.17	9.61	0.82	8.10	.236		62	98	97	83	89
Macies, Santos	KCR		2.78	9.05	0.52	7.32	.216		81	94	119	94	100
Manarez, Leon	KCR		2.57	6.47	0.51	8.43	.244		82	78	103	94	84
Mark, Zack	KCR		1.95	5.66	0.88	8.57	.246		87	73	89	81	83
Raines, Jim	KCR		2.75	6.68	1.25	9.23	.259		81	79	69	68	76
Ruediger, Brent	KCR		1.47	4.81	0.97	9.61	.268		91	68	73	78	70
Widdup, Jacob	KCR		2.30	9.07	0.63	7.72	.227		85	94	109	90	94
Delacruz, José	LAA		2.48	4.02	1.26	9.96	.276		83	63	58	68	66
Horton, Tobey	LAA		1.67	5.25	0.76	8.50	.246		90	70	93	85	83
Kesterson, Ryan	LAA		3.03	9.54	0.92	7.99	.233		79	97	95	80	90
Mantle, Jay	LAA		2.82	5.97	0.32	8.23	.241		80	75	112	101	86
McLaughlin, Mason	LAA		2.58	7.37	0.66	7.44	.221		82	84	111	89	97
Pena, Javy	LAA		2.51	5.88	0.60	9.30	.263		83	74	89	91	73
Robinson, Jay	LAA		1.85	6.18	0.91	7.78	.228		88	76	98	80	93
Swint, Arne	LAA		2.66	5.44	1.34	11.56	.302		82	72	41	65	51
Williams, Demont	LAA		2.00	4.93	0.68	8.35	.242		87	68	98	88	85
Barnett, Brady	LAD		3.09	5.78	0.83	10.30	.281		78	74	71	83	63
Bunning, Jeff	LAD		3.94	9.07	1.16	8.52	.244		72	94	80	71	84
Cook, Brent	LAD		4.94	7.62	0.86	8.82	.252		64	85	86	82	80
Dunham, Jeff	LAD		4.90	9.21	0.90	9.58	.260		64	95	80	80	75
Faulkner, Jeff	LAD		3.30	7.84	0.68	8.59	.245		77	86	96	88	84
Buckun, Jamie	MIL		3.43	6.16	0.87	8.73	.251		76	76	87	81	80
Crum, Billy	MIL		3.62	6.67	0.85	8.06	.234		74	79	97	82	90
McDonald, Cody	MIL		3.25	6.35	0.89	7.94	.233		77	77	96	81	90
Thompson, Rich	MIL		3.00	7.90	1.01	8.94	.252		79	87	81	76	80
Torres, Tomasz	MIL		2.09	3.92	1.29	9.76	.274		86	62	58	66	67
Wearmouth, Jeff	MIL		3.74	9.09	1.02	8.06	.234		73	94	91	76	90
Garcia, Galeno	MIN		3.73	7.05	1.08	9.20	.261		73	82	73	74	74
Lopez, Alfredo	MIN		2.83	5.79	0.41	9.46	.269		80	74	92	98	70
Remes, Joél	MIN		4.65	5.98	0.74	8.90	.253		66	75	90	86	79
Thorne, Barry	MIN		2.70	5.34	1.04	9.25	.262		81	71	74	75	74
Violette, Reed	MIN		3.02	8.19	1.14	9.21	.258		79	89	73	72	76
Belovsky, Mathew	NYM		2.61	6.42	0.73	7.87	.231		82	78	103	86	92
Huckle, Glenn	NYM		3.44	5.48	1.06	7.83	.232		75	72	91	75	91
Jimenez, José	NYM		3.34	3.88	0.55	9.11	.264		76	62	90	93	73
Kirsopp, Gary	NYM		3.29	8.65	0.62	7.37	.220		77	92	113	90	98
McCliverty, Travis	NYM		3.44	7.36	0.56	8.28	.243		75	84	102	92	85
Pagano, Dustin	NYM		3.32	5.82	1.25	8.90	.254		76	74	71	68	78
Permenter, Kevin	NYM		3.71	8.13	0.83	8.03	.232		73	88	99	83	91
Sampson, Dave	NYM		2.48	6.35	0.76	9.09	.256		83	77	88	85	77
Strickland, Eric	NYM		3.90	7.10	0.56	8.62	.247		72	82	100	92	82
Thomas, Allen	NYM		2.35	5.82	0.91	8.54	.247		84	74	88	80	82
Ashe, Glenn	NYY		3.08	7.33	0.82	8.99	.256		78	83	86	83	77
Autrey, Matthew	NYY		3.42	4.75	0.90	10.48	.287		76	67	65	80	60
Fenwick, Claude	NYY		3.32	7.07	0.83	9.53	.265		76	82	80	83	72
Greensite, Vaughn	NYY		2.95	7.12	1.01	8.06	.235		79	82	91	76	89
Hunssinger, Holger	NYY		3.56	5.59	1.07	9.90	.275		75	72	66	74	66
Matteson, Cory	NYY		4.24	9.12	0.98	8.18	.235		69	94	92	78	89
Mitford, Dave	NYY		3.09	5.19	1.07	9.80	.271		78	70	68	74	69
Tincher, Justin	NYY		2.08	4.51	1.22	9.19	.261		86	66	68	69	74
Verploegh, Shane	NYY		4.29	8.75	1.61	9.32	.259		69	92	56	55	76
Wolper, Graham	NYY		4.30	9.80	1.01	8.35	.239		69	99	88	76	87
Young, Aaron	NYY		3.27	7.23	0.96	8.78	.250		77	83	84	78	81
Cote, Jim	OAK		2.22	8.26	1.00	8.07	.233		85	89	92	77	90
Dugas, Arthur	OAK		3.11	8.31	1.12	8.22	.238		78	89	85	73	88
McDaniel, Chris	OAK		2.77	6.33	1.13	8.31	.242		81	77	83	72	85
Rodriguez, Jamie	OAK		2.09	5.64	1.27	10.00	.274		86	73	59	67	67
Arikawa, Rich	PHI		2.25	8.98	1.03	8.14	.235		85	94	90	76	89
Brett, Jeff	PHI		2.61	5.81	0.89	8.90	.254		82	74	84	81	78
Cuneo, Angel	PHI		3.83	6.12	0.87	8.28	.237		72	76	95	81	88
Greene, Leon	PHI		3.23	6.54	0.75	8.70	.250		77	78	91	85	81
Louate, Vlad	PHI		3.63	6.89	1.16	9.00	.258		74	81	72	71	76
Macilvride, Zach	PHI		3.77	7.94	1.17	8.02	.232		73	87	87	71	91
McCullar, Lucas	PHI		2.30	5.82	0.62	7.66	.228		85	74	108	90	93
Orge, Geraldo	PHI		2.75	6.91	0.54	8.32	.240		81	81	105	93	86
Teepe, Adam	PHI		3.07	9.28	0.94	8.30	.236		78	95	93	79	89
Villareda, Giovanni	PHI		2.82	8.90	0.51	6.84	.206		80	93	125	94	106
Wakisaka, Fujifusa	PHI		3.82	7.54	1.08	8.26	.237		72	85	87	74	88
Youngs, Chris	PHI		4.20	9.13	1.39	7.38	.218		69	95	87	63	99
Alma, Oscar	PIT		2.80	4.94	0.98	9.66	.270		81	68	72	77	69
Benjamin, Jack	PIT		3.11	6.77	0.91	9.47	.265		78	80	77	80	72
Coldiron, Will	PIT		2.90	4.78	1.11	9.85	.274		80	67	65	73	67
Davis, Dushawn	PIT		3.17	6.35	1.10	10.16	.277		78	77	64	73	65
Iwahashi, Uchimaro	PIT		2.44	7.24	1.10	8.49	.243		84	83	83	73	85
Lingrell, Vicente	PIT		3.08	7.37	1.64	8.76	.250		78	84	60	54	81
Luck, Brian	PIT		2.45	5.87	0.66	8.50	.246		83	74	97	89	83
Pavilaitis, Cameron	PIT		2.27	4.77	1.02	9.23	.266		85	67	73	76	72
Sadlier, Adam	PIT		2.76	7.10	0.71	7.99	.234		81	82	102	87	90
Arnold, Joe	SDP		2.68	6.30	0.56	8.27	.242		82	77	103	92	85
Colley, Brian	SDP		2.63	9.00	0.86	7.53	.221		82	94	104	82	97
Deforest, Bryan	SDP		1.95	4.86	0.92	8.58	.246		87	68	88	80	83
Donohue, Terry	SDP		4.79	9.91	0.87	8.76	.249		65	99	88	81	81
Fileto, Carlo	SDP		2.63	8.43	0.95	7.70	.225		82	90	99	79	95
Fractenberg, James	SDP		2.51	4.86	0.92	8.62	.248		83	68	86	80	82
Gonzaba, Alfonso	SDP		2.46	6.59	0.58	8.71	.251		83	79	97	92	80
Jackson, Alan	SDP		3.41	7.48	0.55	6.71	.205		76	84	124	93	106
Kearsey, Aaron	SDP		2.45	6.46	0.88	8.53	.245		83	78	90	81	84
Luquis, Efrain	SDP		3.20	7.17	0.77	9.42	.265		77	82	82	85	72
Mariani, Aaron	SDP		2.54	8.22	1.17	8.66	.247		83	89	78	71	82
Plasencia, Gaetan	SDP		3.72	8.22	0.63	7.66	.227		73	89	109	90	94
Smith, Brian	SDP		2.16	8.41	0.92	7.00	.209		86	90	109	80	104
Tista, Leon	SDP		6.32	7.18	1.13	8.36	.237		52	82	85	72	88
Dickerson, Chris	SEA		1.71	8.56	1.04	8.38	.241		89	91	86	75	86
Draper, Jeff	SEA		2.70	6.50	0.60	8.15	.238		81	78	103	91	88
Fimbrez, Rafael	SEA		3.40	7.44	1.17	8.71	.247		76	84	78	71	82
Koda, Ichiro	SEA		2.63	9.58	1.22	7.71	.225		82	97	89	69	95
Metrock, Tom	SEA		3.51	7.80	1.06	8.24	.237		75	86	88	75	88
Miller, Kevin	SEA		5.13	8.57	0.88	8.45	.241		62	91	92	81	86
Sanchez, Wilfredo	SEA		4.10	8.39	1.20	8.90	.254		70	90	73	70	78
Tuda, Dunstan	SEA		3.20	5.53	1.24	8.84	.254		77	72	72	68	78
Dorton, Kenneth	SFG		3.69	7.62	1.79	9.14	.257		73	85	50	49	77
Fairthorne, Brian	SFG		2.61	5.96	1.09	8.96	.255		82	75	76	74	78
Wilkie, Devin	SFG		3.21	5.32	1.18	9.61	.268		77	71	66	71	70
Wolfson, Nathaniel	SFG		2.26	5.24	1.03	8.63	.249		85	70	82	76	81
Doby, Sean	STL		2.88	9.00	0.43	5.82	.179		80	94	143	97	121
Joyce, Mike	STL		3.40	7.60	0.89	7.48	.224		76	85	101	81	96
Soutsos, Max	STL		1.78	8.16	0.65	7.43	.220		89	89	112	89	98
Telon, Gustavo	STL		2.61	5.23	0.88	8.81	.254		82	70	84	81	78
McComish, Adam	TBR		3.16	6.88	0.95	9.27	.262		78	81	77	79	74
Newton, Alan	TBR		5.02	6.83	1.11	8.95	.255		63	80	76	73	78
Townson, Paul	TBR		4.66	8.91	1.08	8.39	.243		66	93	84	74	85
Williams, Travanis	TBR		3.77	7.78	1.33	9.15	.257		73	86	67	65	77
Bosworth, Corey	TOR		2.25	7.10	0.63	7.81	.231		85	82	107	90	92
Castilla, Alejandro	TOR		1.97	6.64	1.10	8.21	.238		87	79	86	73	88
Ciuffreda, Chris	TOR		3.06	5.73	0.91	8.60	.249		79	73	86	80	81
Duff, Brian	TOR		2.57	5.03	1.10	8.98	.257		82	69	75	73	77
Fibbin, Paul	TOR		2.25	5.22	0.85	9.70	.271		85	70	76	82	69
Hoving, Tom	TOR		2.69	7.19	1.34	7.77	.231		81	82	81	65	92
Ontario, Fernando	TOR		2.79	6.38	0.58	8.40	.243		81	77	101	92	85
Poland, Mike	TOR		4.12	8.45	0.84	7.69	.224		70	90	103	82	96
Shuman, Max	TOR		3.09	10.00	0.71	6.67	.202		78	100	120	87	108
Singer, Brian	TOR		2.26	4.36	0.69	10.21	.282		85	65	75	88	62
Beer, Dave	WSN		2.30	6.02	1.10	9.08	.258		85	75	75	73	76
Nejin, Craig	WSN		3.66	7.61	0.95	7.61	.223		74	85	100	79	96
Tibuni, Albertus	WSN		3.02	6.16	0.65	8.70	.249		79	76	95	89	81
Wilkinson, T.V.	WSN		2.06	6.41	0.87	8.80	.252		87	78	86	81	80

Is Pat (w)Right For Colorado?

Is he the (w)right gamble to make? Will he wri(gh)te the Rockies into playoff history? These are all play-on-words we could use to open discussions about the Rockies-Red Sox recent trade that sent much maligned veteran Pat Wright to the Mile High city.

The Red Sox fork over a large amount of cash considerations with Wright, but do collect a couple of prospects for the rebuild process. Frankie Sporer was the Rockies' first round pick a season ago. His development hasn't gone exactly according to plan, but he's still a promising prospect. His great fielding and switch hitting ability make him worthwhile to see out his full development. Also heading to Boston is relief prospect Shawn Tinsley. At 24, not much is expected, but scouts do feel he still has some upside left and could become a middle reliever with two major league pitches.

Wright was the highly sought after free agent during the 2022-23 winter in which he didn't actually sign until mid-April as teams continued to court him. He left St. Louis with 3.53 ERA and 47-36 record. To many it was a surprise to see him hit the open market since the Cardinals still had three years of team control (via arbitration) left.

While in Beantown, Pat Wright has not been the same. He did have a fine showing in 2023, possibly his best overall sabermetric season. However, he quickly struggled thereafter and has a 4.82 ERA and 1.40 WHIP in 111 Games with the Red Sox. Though his DICE has been very solid at 3.74 and a good 0.91 HR/9.

The question is, "does his lack of performance have to do with a lack of supporting cast or lost talents?" The fact that Boston is rebuilding and on pace for its fourth straight ninety-plus loss season could be a large factor. But scouts have also remarked in recent years Wright's change-up and curveball have been less deceptive as they were from '19 to '23.

This will be interesting to see how this plays out. Coors field isn't exactly where you want to go to straighten out pitching problems. GM Matty Nokes has been known to get the most out of his players and it's possible winning will cure Wright's ailments.

For full trade details click here.

Natural Position Change vs Manual Position Change

There's many people who erroneously think that allowing a player to play a new position will get you random vitals when the player is changed. That's not true. They aren't random and you can keep tabs on your natural position changes. Even if they already have the position as a secondary position, when they change it'll be a reflection of their actual performance over the past two seasons. Using these checks is a nice thing to do throughout the process so you know if you need to abort the natural position change or if it's going smoothly. I've converted many players doing this (Ken Smith, Paul Finnell, Ross Elless for example) and I've aborted a handful as well (Jose Rabena to LF).

Some may think this is cheating, but I surely don't. Mogul's manual position changes don't make sense. Like where a SS overall gets worse by moving to 2B or the lack of a drop from going from LF to CF. This gives you a much better and realistic position change. It isn't always what I'd use, but in instances where the player fits better at a new position it's a nice tool to have.

- If you start a player at a position different than his primary position for two consecutive seasons, he will likely change to that new position after the re-signing period in the second year.

--- The player has to make the majority of his starts at the new position in consecutive years.

--- The player must make at least 30 starts at the new position in consecutive years (It used to be 50 games and Mogul changed it within the past few versions).

--- The player's new predicted (vitals) will be the average of his performance at the new position over the past two seasons (odd fractions will round up, i.e. 7.5 would round up to 8, but 8.5 would stay at 8)

EXAMPLE
I have done this with Ross Elless, moving him to CF.

2025: 118 G, 7 A, 260 PO, 0 DP, 3 E
2024: 86 G, 9 A, 204 PO, 1 DP, 1 E (ATL and COL combined)

He should have a predicted CF defense of:
102 G, 8 A, 232 PO, 0 DP, 2 E (as of Off-Season File Season 17)

By opening up a new game, you can edit some CF's predicted stats to see what he'd look like.

2024 Colorado Rockies Top 10 Prospects

It’s been awhile since we’ve done this. Since the last top ten was released only four players from the list remain with the Rockies (Tom Stalbans, Aaron Brand, Brent Ruediger, and Joesph Axmacher). Out of that group the star at the moment is Brand who currently has a .924 OPS in what’s amounted to one and a third of season’s worth of games. Stalbans, like his name may suggest, has stalled out a bit. He’s seen action in every season since ’20, but doesn’t look like much more than an injury call-up. Axmacher showed last year he’s major league quality with only an 0.49 HR/9, but after an injury in Spring Training he’s been slow to regain his form. Ruediger may wind up the best of the group. He might not strikeout many batters, but he has exceptionally good control and has gotten off to a solid start in 2024. The new top ten don’t have any players with “superstar” written on them, but there are many players who have high floors that are safe bets to reach the majors and be solid major league players. So what does the new group have to offer?

10 Phil McMullin, 3B
2024 Age: 20 Drafted: HS--Enid, OK, 2023 (1st Round, 18th Overall), Rockies
ETA: 2028 Grade: C+

Colorado’s first round pick last year was a disappointment to say the least. He looked good on draft day and didn’t perform too bad during his first half season in the system, but he didn’t progress the way the Rockies had hoped. The good news is even as a right-handed, he hits righties just as good as he hits lefties. The worst case scenario has him on the bench with his slick fielding skills.

09 Ian Huggins, RHP
2024 Age: 23 Drafted: HS--Miami, FL, 2018 (4th Round, 119th Overall), Yankees
ETA: 2025 Grade: C+

The Rockies have had their eye on Huggins ever since the Reds picked him up. After many attempts Reds GM JPS finally let go of the starting pitcher. Huggins isn’t an imposing talent, but he projects to have three MLB quality pitches and has been a low home run pitcher during his minor league career (something needed to pitch in Coors). While he’s not going to headline a rotation, he can very well become a #4/5 starter who’ll exceed a lot of expectations.

08 Dan Turkenkopf, C
2024 Age: 20 Drafted: HS--Lanett, AL, 2021 (6th Round, 160th Overall), White Sox
ETA: 2027 Grade: B-

Just acquired prior to Opening Day, the Rockies are hoping either Turkenkopf or Frank Anderson can develop into Gabriel Gamora’s heir apparent. Turk does have some holes that are a concern; hitting for average and fielding. If he can improve upon those areas worthy of the majors, he’ll be a good one. He already has a solid arm and plate discipline for his age and he’s also a switch hitter.

07 Margo Alvarez, SS
2024 Age: 19 Drafted: HS--Caracas, Venezuela, 2021 (2nd Round, 41st Overall), Rockies
ETA: 2028 Grade: B-

Alvarez has been a favorite of GM Matty Nokes since he was drafted as a 16 year old back in ’21. He is still very raw in many areas, but he had a very nice season at Single-A Modesto last season. Though even with the good numbers, Colorado is taking is slow with him and he’ll return for a second season. He’ll certainly be an interesting prospect to watch over the next few years.

06 Jason Wilborn, CF
2024 Age: 22 Drafted: Fresno State University, 2023 (1st Round, 27th Overall), Rockies
ETA: 2026 Grade: B-

Colorado traded a pair of second rounders and cash to move up to Houston's spot to select Wilborn last season. Wilborn has a good eye and should develop his power to become an OPS threat. The downside is his fielding. Overall, it’s subpar and a position change to one of the corners may be needed. But his upside should carry him to becoming a quality major leaguer.

05 Charles Bickford, 1B
2024 Age: 23 Drafted: University of North Carolina, 2021 (1st Round, 11th Overall), Rockies
ETA: 2025 Grade: B

In addition to playing first base, Bickford can also play the outfield. It’s true he hasn’t developed as expected, but he can still become starter material. He does have solid power and should walk at a high rate. Scouts knock his contact ability, but the Rockies think he’ll out hit the expectations. Bickford does strikeout a lot which leads to a lower contact grade, but should still hit for a decent average.

04 Dave McGreenan, 2B
2024 Age: 20 Drafted: HS--West Salem, OH, 2023 (1st Round, 25th Overall), Astros
ETA: 2028 Grade: B

McGreenan was one of the prizes from the Chitty-Duarez deal. He’s one of the three middle infielders on this list and has the highest potential of the infielders. He may be in need of a position change in the future with his poor range, but he does have good speed and his hitting skills look good for a player his age. With a full season, McGreenan will have a chance to really show his skills off.

03 Jason Barker, 2B
2024 Age: 21 Drafted: HS--Philadelphia, PA, 2020 (2nd Round, 45th Overall), Rockies
ETA: 2026 Grade: B

Barker has turned into a nice find in the middle of the second round. He’s impressed since being drafted with putting up good numbers at each level. The Rockies would like to see him walk a little more and further improvement on his fielding, but with another season of development he should become the starting second baseman, moving Aaron Brand to left field.

02 Paul Landreau, RHP
2024 Age: 22 Drafted: University of North Carolina, 2022 (3rd Round, 67th Overall), Red Sox
ETA: 2025 Grade: B

A college teammate of Charles Bickford, Landreau would be #1 on this list if he wasn’t a reliever. But he is and what a good one he’s shaping into. His Triple-A stats this year are phenomenal (0.45 ERA, 9.9 K/9) and he might be ready for the majors right now. For now a current rookie, Aaron Greer, is doing well as a closer and it’s likely Colorado won’t bring Landreau up unless he’s closing. With a 95 MPH fastball and an above average slider, he looks the part of a quality closer.

01 Jason Pool, LHP
2024 Age: 24 Drafted: University of Florida, 2021 (5th Round, 126th Overall), Angels
ETA: 2025 Grade: B+

He’s the final piece to a young, resurgent rotation. To some Pool might not look that good, but Colorado acquired him from Detroit since he had shown to be a low home run pitcher and was a candidate to convert to starter. So far he’s had a nice transition and has a solid repertoire. He might get a call-up at some point this season, but he won’t be up full-time until next season.

*Note: ETA = Full-Time In Majors (Not Initial Call-Up Date)*