Lead Story - 12/25/2022

Franchise Players Bonuses

These teams will receive bonuses for having their Face-of-the-Franchise players earn the following honors for the current 1989 season:

Everyday Players:

2B Greg Matthews (Suns)
• All-Star ($5 million)—awarded 5/26/26 DONE!

UT Ed Power (Surfers)
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1B Buzzy O’Shea (Burners)
• Fielding % (1B)— awarded 6/26/26 DONE!

OF Jeffrey Nwora (Loonies)
• All-Star ($5 million)—awarded 5/26/26 DONE!
• Runs Scored Leader—awarded 6/26/26 DONE!

SS Noah Dishman (Pines)
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IF Duke Sherman (Rock Badgers)
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OF Hank Johnson (Bounty)
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Starting Pitchers:

Arch Purdy (Fighting Pigs)
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Ron Carter (Chimps)
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Dante Olafski (Wolves)
• All-Star ($5 million)—awarded 5/26/26 DONE!

Jerome Lattimore (Elephants)
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Relief Pitchers:

RP Sammy Shipman (Elk)
• All-Star ($5 million)—awarded 5/26/26 DONE!

12/25/2022

End-Of-Year Potential Increases

Each team has the option of choosing one of its players—minors OR majors—to receive a 1-level potential increase for $20 mil. The following teams have opted to take advantage of this option for the upcoming 1988 season:

Philly— SP Hulk Ruffin (C > S) PAID!
Lexington— RP Tony Richter (F > C) PAID!
San Diego—
Portland—
Olympia—
Trenton—
Rochester— OF Clint Spalding (C > S) PAID!
Iowa—OF Bilbo Sheets (F > C) PAID!
Georgia—
Chattanooga—
Huntington Beach—
Baltimore—

12/8/2022

Leaguewide Injury Report

Injury Protection:

Hamza Lueke (Level 2; 0 games)
Albert Pujols (Level 1; 2 games)
Rondell Ekejiuba (Level 2; 0games)
Jeffrey Nwora (Level 1; 2 games)

1988 injuries of 8 games or more:

HUNTINGTON BEACH SURFERS
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CHATTANOOGA CHIMPS
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PORTLAND BOUNTY
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LEXINGTON LOONIES
• RP Don Carman
• SS Tony Luna

ROCHESTER ROCK BADGERS
• SP Mark Littell
• 1B Shaw LeClerc

BALTIMORE BURNERS
• C Rex Samuel
• RP Mike Edens
• 2B Jim Stegman

IOWA FIGHTING PIGS
• SS George Reynolds

PHILLY ELEPHANTS
• 2B Mark Smits
• CF Jeremy Chesters

GEORGIA PINES
• CF Art Machado

TRENTON WOLVES
• RP Woodrow Wood
• RP Brian McIntosh

OLYMPIA ELK
• RF Sandifer Preston
• C Derrick Whiteside
• 3B Gaston Cottrell

SAN DIEGO SUNS
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League Chat Box

Sale baffles Elk, Wolves win

Chris Sale struckout 8 Olympia batters in a 5-4 win for the Wolves. | Box

Cooper blasts off, leads Rock Badgers to win

Ron Cooper blasted 2 homers, lifting the Rock Badgers to a 5-2 win over Philly. | Box

Huge night for Castillo carries Wolves to victory

Dante Castillo was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Trenton's 7-1 victory over the Elk. Castillo also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

Ruffin's 8-K performance not enough

Hulk Ruffin whiffed 8 batters, but the Rock Badgers managed to beat the Elephants, 2-1. Lars Campbell struckout 11 Philly batters in the contest. | Box