2043 Sacramento Mad Popes Preview
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:02 pm
Going into the offseason the Mad Popes were looking to improve this team to continue their success. Sacramento only lost back up 1B Sergio Maldonado to free agency.
Sacramento set to sign some free agents and dip their shoeless toes into the trade market. The first acquisition made by the Mad Popes was to draft CF Juan Murrillo in the Rule V from the Mexico City Aztecs Organization. The 6’0 170 pounder from Buenos Aires is a speedster and defensive specialist that made progress as far as A ball in Council Bluffs. He has a long way to go and will not contribute much of anything this season.
Sacramento then made a trade with the Montreal Blazers sending RP Phil Brown, Closer
Bill O’Connor (A), SP Vaughn Mullally (A), CF Pete Davis (A) and CF Keith Schultz in exchange for SS Henri “Papillion” Charriere.
Charriere is a slick fielding SS with a good eye. He will get on base, steal a few bags and get some valuable extra base hits. He will most likely start the season in AAA.
Sacramento signed former Seattle Storm SP Shotaro Kawamura to a 3 year 9.28 million dollar contract.
Then Mad Popes GM “Shoeless”Doug Olmstead took a chance on injured SP Knud Zeitler signing him to a 4 year 17.2 million dollar contract. Zeitler will be rehabbing from UCL Replacement Surgery and will get a chance to earn his keep in 2044.
PROBABLE POSITION PLAYERS:
C Kazuki Saito
2042 Stats: .233/.264/.326 4 HR 24 Doubles 0 Triples 0 SB
Projection: .268/.300.404 8 HR 32 Doubles 1 Triple 1 SB
Saito had a down year in 2042 and the 2041 Zimmer Recipient is projected to bounce back.
C Bayou Hakki
2042 Stats: .235/.329/.326 1 HR 7 Doubles 1 Triple 0 SB
Projection: .241/.319/.382 6 HR 14 Doubles 2 Triples 2 SB
Hakki should provide quality production in a back up role.
1B Quant Kouros
2042 Stats: .314/.380/.449 6 HR 51 Doubles 9 Triples 66 SB
Projection: .315/.380/.499 6 HR 42 Doubles 6 Triples 58 SB
Expect more of the same from Kouros.
1B Cesar Feliciana
2042 Stats: .242/.288/462 25 HR 17 Doubles 4 Triples 1 SB
Projection: .272/.321/.499 25 HR 22 Doubles 3 Triples 2 SB
Another player needing a bounce back season.
2B Edgardo Encarnacion
2042 Stats: .314/.380/.413 0 HR 36 Doubles 5 Triples 37 SB
Projection: .315/.365/.439 4 HR 31 Doubles 5 Triples 23 SB
Look for Encarnacion to put up 4 homers in Sacramento.
3B Jose Cortes
2042 Stats: .288/.345/.351 0 HR 16 Doubles 4 Triples 31 SB
Projection: .306/.340/.401 19 Doubles 5 Triples 4 HR 33 SB
Solid player with no power in a traditional power position.
SS Jorge Lugo
2042 Stats: .290/.333/.459 19 HR 35 Doubles 6 Triples 12 SB
Projection: .298/.343/.462 14 HR 37 Doubles 6 Triples 12 SB
Needs to limit his strikeouts.
SS Thomas Kramer
2042 Stats: .224/.303/.346 5 HR 13 Doubles 4 Triples 0 SB
Projection: .245/.321/.397 9 HR 16 Doubles 3 Triples 2 SB
May not make the roster out of spring training but can play defense.
LF David Simpson
2042 Stats: .318/.426/.627 45 HR 48 Doubles 2 Triples 2 SB
Projection: .319/.407/.574 32 HR 37 Doubles 2 Triples 3 SB
Walks as much or more than he Ks.
CF Po-sin Shi
2042 Stats: .294/.408/.524 22 HR 31 Doubles 4 Triples 37 SB
Projection: .288/.378/.486 18 HR 27 Doubles 4 Triples 26 SB
Shi will have a little regression this season.
RF Luis Gonzalez
2042 Stats: .275/.367/.545 29 HR 31 Doubles 0 Triples 0 SB
Projection: .268/.340/.540 29 HR 32 Doubles 2 Triples 1 SB
Just another average season.
PROBABLE STARTERS:
SP Cisco Morales
2042 Stats: 179 IP 4.63 ERA 1.27 WHIP 4.26 FIP
Projection: 172 IP 4.39 ERA 1.24 WHIP 4.30 FIP
Age is slowly wearing away at Morales but he is very capable.
SP Luis Gracia
2042 Stats: 192 IP 3.98 ERA 1.32 WHIP 3.89 FIP
Projection: 177 IP 4.17 ERA 1.29 WHIP 3.03 FIP
Another aging starter.
SP Miguel Ramos
2042 Stats: 186 IP 3.97 ERA 1.22 WHIP 4.35 FIP
Projection: 173.2 IP 4.48 ERA 1.25 WHIP 4.33 FIP
Ramos is starting to regress toward the mean.
SP Dani Garcia
2042 Stats: 186 IP 4.26 ERA 1.34 WHIP 3.72 FIP
Projection: 164.1 IP 4.27 ERA 1.35 ERA 3.98 FIP
In his second full season he will remain consistent.
Sacramento is projected to score 871 runs while giving up 715 runs. The Mad Popes will win the Pacific with a record of 97-65.