Tater Talk: 2040.04 – Boise Announces 2039 Team Awards

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Tater Talk: 2040.04 – Boise Announces 2039 Team Awards

Post by jleddy » Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:41 am

Image The 2039 season for the Boise Spuds organization was full of ups and downs, from the big leagues down to Rookie ball. The high point, aside from the team setting a new franchise high in wins with 77, was when superstar Dennis French was awarded the Sawyer Silk Award for the Frick League. French dominated all year long, both at the plate, on the base paths and in the field. In addition to being named the league's most outstanding offensive player, French was named to the All-Star team for a third straight season and became back-to-back winner of the Charles Puckett Award as the best CF in the Frick League. It was only a formality that French was named the Most Valuable Potato of 2039 as the Spuds top player, his third straight such honor.

Another bright spot was the emergence of young pitcher Pancho Germán. The 23-year-old was coming off a disappointing 2038 campaign in which the right-hander went 9-16 with a 5.06 ERA. Many members of the media saw Germán as a potential breakout star, with the official Brewster media guide spot-on declaring "[Germán] might be a lot better than he’s shown over the past two seasons." Germán answered the call and bust out the gates on fire, going 5-0 with 2.58 ERA in the month of April. Germán finished the year 17-8 with a respectable 3.96 ERA, leading the league with the lowest HR/9 total and finishing fourth in Frick League Nebraska Award voting. Germán was an All-Star for the first time in his career and became the Spuds' ace by season's end. For his fine efforts, Germán was named Boise's Pitcher of the Year for 2039.

Not only do Spud fans have to look forward to watching French and Germán for many more years, but they will soon be treated to the team's next young superstar in outfielder Félix Román. The 19-year-old from Maryland crushed Single-A pitchers in the first three months of the season, earning him a promotion to Double-A Buffalo where he continued to dominate the opponent. When the dust settled, Román hit 43 home runs with an OPS of 1.012 between the two levels. Román didn't spend enough time in either level to garner Player of the Year honors, but the slugger was clearly deserving of Boise's Minor League Player of the Year Award for 2039. Román is expected to reach Boise sometime in 2040 and when he does, the Spuds will have a trio of talented players in French, Germán and Román, a group some are already dubbing "The EU3," a play on their surnames (France, Germany and Italy) and the founding countries of the European Union.

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BOISE SPUDS TEAM ALMANAC
YEARMOST VALUABLE POTATOSTATS
2035Ken Gerhart III.259/.326/.522, 41 HR, 2.2 WAR
2036Yunosuke Terada.274/.378/.646, 31 HR, 3.2 WAR
2037Dennis French.293/.333/.477, 16 HR, 16 SB, 2.7 WAR
2038Dennis French.369/.410/.598, 22 HR, 23 SB, 6.4 WAR
2039Dennis French.352/.397/.596, 33 HR, 49 SB, 8.3 WAR

YEARPITCHER OF THE YEARSTATS
2035Caleb Benavides7-9, 3.34 ERA, 28 SV, 2.0 WAR
2036Maxence Mace14-13, 3.95 ERA, 4.7 WAR
2037Maxim Makin11-8, 4.06 ERA, 2.2 WAR
2038Dave Walsh12-4, 2.67 ERA, 17 SV, 2.8 WAR
2039Pancho German17-8, 3.97 ERA, 4.8 WAR
YEARMiL PLAYER OF THE YEARSTATS
2035Yunosuke Terada (AAA).306/.414/.663, 46 HR, 91 BB, 7.1 WAR
2036Pedro Diaz (AA).277/.381/.603, 43 HR, 113 RBI, 5.4 WAR
2037Matabei Kokawa (S-A).285/.401/.623, 19 HR, 3.1 WAR
2038Jim Des Jardien (AA).267/.386/.529, 40 HR, 104 BB, 4.8 WAR
2039Felix Roman (AA).300/.366/.646, 43 HR, 91 RBI, 7.3 WAR
YEARLEAGUE AWARDS
2035- - -
2036- - -
2037Claudio Perez (Frich Diamond Glove, C)
2038Pancho German (Diamond Glove, P), Yunosuke Terada (Diamond Glove, 1B), Yunosuke Terada (Frick Comeback Player), Yunosuke Terada (Golden Bat, 1B), Joaquin Torres (Diamond Glove, SS), Dennis French (Golden Bat, CF)
2039Dennis French (Sawyer Silk), Dennis French (Golden Bat, CF)
YEARALL-STARS
2035Ken Gerhart III (RF)
2036Bill Pidduck (RP), Yunosuke Terada (1B)
2037Dennis French (CF)
2038Dave Walsh (RP), Yunosuke Terada (1B), Dennis French (CF)
2039Dennis French (CF), Pancho German (SP)
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Re: Tater Talk: 2040.04 – Boise Announces 2039 Team Awards

Post by shoeless.db » Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:04 am

Ha. Love the EU3 moniker. I want your outfield.
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