Season 47 In Tweets, Part 2

 

Milwaukee	Rebounded to 91 wins behind pitching (2nd ERA, 3 SP's under 3.70, Andrus 45 saves), stellar D (.988, 108 + plays) and Guerrero (42 HR, 107 RBI)
Montgomery	Pretty good season for a tear-down. New nucleus Norman (.828 OPS), Magee (34 HR, 116 RBI), SS Huff (.780 OPS in 78 games) and IFA Mercedes
Montreal	Won more games (85) than the expected % (81) and the forecasters (73 and 80) again; Dickerson (32/110), Cave (34/112) and A+ Defense (.990, 88/12) led way
New Orleans	Traded everybody again; Eiermann hit .363 after coming from Austin; Chong 34 HR; Zhang 12-8 3.45 ERA; landed top IFA SP Saul Santana
New York	4th in ERA and 6th in runs, but fell to 3rd in Division; team of stars with Clancy (.332/24/108), Chen (51 HR 149 RBI), Teagarden (7 W, 16 Sv, 3.59); defense disappointed
Ottawa	Not impressive team stats - 13th in runs, 14th in ERA, but Rojas 10 Wins/3.33 ERA, Rosario 6th straight 40-HR year and lots of help coming soon
Philadelphia	82 fewer runs than S46, and in the North that got them 4th place. Still, A+ performance from Hughes (43HR), Shea (43HR), Valdes (35 Sv), Gutierrez (17 W, 3.17)
Richmond	1st Division Win since '41 behind Kirby .292/31/100, Malone 35/99, Anderson 24 Sv 3.02 ERA, and Miranda 11 W, 3.10 ERA. 23 1-run wins helped but it was never close
San Francisco	Started slow but won 90 and the Division by 17 games. Offense was down 150 runs so depended on P's Marks (16-6, 2.47), Carver (11 Sv, 2.17), Doubrant (17W, 3.35)
San Juan	Defense helps but only so much – 95 good plays led by Elcano 18 and Guzman 16. Nathan (37 HR 88 RBI) top hitter, Miller (9 W, 3.34) and Bonilla (30 Sv, 3.91) top P's
Scottsdale	How do you have both 115 errors and 83 good plays? 160 HR's...I miss the days (the 30's) of Trammel (555 Career HR), Morales (666), Polonia (468) et al
St. Louis	Tough first year of turnaround; Taubensee (42 HR 98 RBI), Tipton (.304/28/72), Cheney (3.26 ERA), and Wagner (3.84) kept them above the mwr; Jairo Carrera a good start on filling the pipeline
Toledo	Serious run-scoring (865) behind Reid (45/134), Ritz (.307/29/110), Guzman (.864 OPS); pitching (Kinney 18-8, 3.23) was a notch below WS caliber
Toronto	Robbins 2nd MVP, Team ERA (Morris 17-9, 3.23; Whang 41 Sv, 2.94) improved but hit hot Austin in playoffs. Jordan 128 HR in 1st 3 seasons; D (.989, 80/15 won some games)
Trenton	Became the new Philly with 307 HR (Cayones 51 and 6 more over 20); pitching not as impressive but improved with Jaime addition (7 W, 3 Sv, 2.64 in Trenton)
Vancouver	Improved 10 wins and battled TOR all the way; key move was getting Blackley (15 W, 3.83) pretty cheaply in the preseason; Rosenthal (37/120) and ROY Stairs paced lineup