Interesting tidbits out of Springfield as well as a check on who's 
and who's 
lately...
The Stars have just lost a series to the Nassau Rockets, possibly giving them a glimmer of hope against the struggling Beavers (you can do it Dave). This was the 6th time the Stars have lost back-to-back games this season, meaning 50% of our losses have come in pairs. For whatever reason we struggle to put L's behind us and start fresh each day. Not a good sign for October.
The Stars have had a number of late inning collapses games this past month. On August 6th against Kalamazoo the Stars led 4-1 going into the bottom of the 8th. A 2-run home run quickly closed that to 4-3. The bottom of the 9th started innocuously with a flyout, but then quickly went south. Geroge Lockhart walked three straight batters on 5 pitches a piece. After a quick strikeout, 9.6 million dollar man and 3 time first round draft pick Caden Keith stepped to the plate. With Lockhart still pitching, Keith sent the first pitch 386 feet out to left field for a walk off grand slam, sending the fans home with a win and a series split.
Three days later, different team, same result. This time the River Sharks' Enrico Vargas hit a 432 ft walk off bomb against Jose Valdez, giving him his first blown save in 4 months, and the only BS of the season where he gave up earned runs. The Stars had only just finished putting up 2 runs in the top of the 9th, only to give it right back and head home as losers.
On a more positive note, a 20-19 record the rest of the way will allow the Stars to tie the CL single season wins record. Very achievable. A still achievable but much more difficult 26-13 would set the all time wins record for both leagues at 125-37. Some very tough series the rest of the way though, so I am not counting my chickens yet.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
That's right, after playing 111 games last year and putting up an ugly 0.222/0.276/0.337 slashline in 2027, he has returned to form and resumed being the player we shelled out 40Mish for several seasons back. The Stars have had a rotating door of middle infielders over the last decade, so for Juan Carlos to earn his place back has been a nice surprise. At 0.309/0.377/0.467 he is one of many Springfield players slashing a career best this year.
Claudio Martinez
You never really know what you are going to get when players move to a new ballpark/city/team etc. Martinez has been almost exactly as advertised, though. 2.84 ERA and 9.7 k/9 are right around his levels in St. Louis these past 2 seasons. We hope to see the walk rate drop below 3 soon but whatever he's doing is working, as he's racked up 1 war and a 2-0 record across his first 30 innings with the Stars.
The Rookie Affiliate (9-25)
For those wondering, putting together a roster with more players under the age of 18 than over it will not end in success. Particularly when the vast majority of them have 0 innings of baseball experience, whether minors, college, or high school. One of the major challenges for this team has been trying to explain the game of baseball to players that don't speak english. They understand that they physically need to be on the field, but beyond that they don't really know what they're doing, where they are or how they got there. The good news is most of these guys have about 5 years before they'll need to be bumped up to single A.
Some shots from the first 6 weeks of the Killa Beez' 2028 season...
And the results...
The AAA Roster (58-72)
This team does not have the convenience of being able to excuse their performance based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how the sport works. This is just a collection of aging hacks. There are unconfirmed rumors that the entire AAA team will be cut at season's end, though sources refused to be named. When questioned about the speculation, GM Shoes had this to say, "Yes, that will happen."
Look at this shit. So awful. Even Brock Morris during his rehab starts has gotten sucked into their game of who can have the highest ERA.
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