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Where Have You GoneAl Schumannn?
End 2064
Two years ago, the Krill front office traded a perfectly good catching prospect for a guy they knew couldn’t really field, but seemed destined to mash righthanded pitching. That Pacific is full of righthanded pitching. It seemed like a match made in heaven.
And for a little while, it was.
In 2062, at 20 years of age, Al Schumann came over from the Chicago organization, and went straight to the atoll, where he proceeded to hit 31 doubles and 12 homers in 412 AB, OPSing almost .800, and dropping a 115 wRC+. Everything seemed just hunky dory.
We’ve seen this story before, though.
One and done. Flash in the pan.
From the moment 2062 ended, the development reports ran red and the number dropped. Perhaps it was a mental thing? Perhaps it was the emotional instability that comes with girls throwing themselves at a guy who cannot yet legally drink in hopes that St. Nicklaus soon would be there with a few $million checks in his Christmas bag of tricks.
Who knows?
All we can report for certain is that 2064 saw Al Schumann’s total decline, including an assignment to AAA, then AA, then the release slip.
To summarize, Schumann went to the plate 95 times in 2064, and that was 95 times too many. He posted a .678 OPS while his ratings flatlines, and that was that.
Juan Ramos was the team’s primary DH from that point on, and we’ve already reported on his offensive travails in the corner outfield report.
Abhijana Swamy had his cuts in the role, and we’ve already discussed his difficulties in both the first base and corner outfield reports.
At the end of the day, the DH role started off barren, and got better only in comparison.
Bleh.
I wasn’t even going to write a report on the position, but I had Things To Say About Schumann, and at least getting them into pixels has helped wash away the stink of morose depression that comes from watching the development engine do that to a guy. Besides, it's still worth two points, and I suppose that's something.
Grrrrr.
End 2064
Two years ago, the Krill front office traded a perfectly good catching prospect for a guy they knew couldn’t really field, but seemed destined to mash righthanded pitching. That Pacific is full of righthanded pitching. It seemed like a match made in heaven.
And for a little while, it was.
In 2062, at 20 years of age, Al Schumann came over from the Chicago organization, and went straight to the atoll, where he proceeded to hit 31 doubles and 12 homers in 412 AB, OPSing almost .800, and dropping a 115 wRC+. Everything seemed just hunky dory.
We’ve seen this story before, though.
One and done. Flash in the pan.
From the moment 2062 ended, the development reports ran red and the number dropped. Perhaps it was a mental thing? Perhaps it was the emotional instability that comes with girls throwing themselves at a guy who cannot yet legally drink in hopes that St. Nicklaus soon would be there with a few $million checks in his Christmas bag of tricks.
Who knows?
All we can report for certain is that 2064 saw Al Schumann’s total decline, including an assignment to AAA, then AA, then the release slip.
To summarize, Schumann went to the plate 95 times in 2064, and that was 95 times too many. He posted a .678 OPS while his ratings flatlines, and that was that.
Juan Ramos was the team’s primary DH from that point on, and we’ve already reported on his offensive travails in the corner outfield report.
Abhijana Swamy had his cuts in the role, and we’ve already discussed his difficulties in both the first base and corner outfield reports.
At the end of the day, the DH role started off barren, and got better only in comparison.
Bleh.
I wasn’t even going to write a report on the position, but I had Things To Say About Schumann, and at least getting them into pixels has helped wash away the stink of morose depression that comes from watching the development engine do that to a guy. Besides, it's still worth two points, and I suppose that's something.
Grrrrr.
