Apalachin Attack 2019 Season

K. Fields
2018-12-13T14:14:12-05:00
Baseball

After finishing a season in the Entry Pool, the Apalachin Attack was assigned to the bronze level Iona Zeta League in the American Conference Central Division. For most of the season, we played a little better than we did in the Entry Pool. In July, we peaked at eight games above .500. I thought we had a reasonable shot at a Wild Card spot. Unfortunately, we faded down the stretch and failed to make the playoffs. After losing our final two games, we finished at 81-81.

I made a handful of roster changes throughout the season. There was one acquisition that stood head and shoulders above the rest—Javier Baez. We acquired Baez to play second base and moved Willy Adames from second base to shortstop. I hated to remove SS Addison Russell from the roster because his fielding was so good. However, I decided to trade his glove for Baez’s bat and it paid off big time. In less than half a season, Baez made quite an impact in just 61 games: .344 AVG, 25 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 38 R, and 45 RBI. Our pitching was quite poor and almost always near the bottom of the league. Herb Pennock (15-12, 3.82 ERA) was probably the lone bright spot in the starting rotation.

Active Roster (Initial)
SP Zack Wheeler, NYM, 2018
SP RP Roenis Elias, SEA, 2018
SP Herb Pennock, NYY, 1927
SP Charlie Robertson, CWS, 1922
SP Vern Bickford, BSN, 1950
RP Robert Gsellman, NYM, 2018
RP Joe A Berry, PHA, 1944
RP Archie Bradley, ARI, 2018
RP Doug Corbett, MIN, 1980
RP Adam Kolarek, TB, 2018
RP Dominic Leone, STL, 2018
RP James Pazos, SEA, 2018
CL Roberto Osuna, HOU, 2018
C Wellington Castillo, CWS, 2018
C Jody Davis, CHC, 1984
1B Gil Hodges, BRO, 1950
1B Anthony Rizzo, CHC, 2018
2B Willy Adames, TB, 2018
3B David Freese, STL, 2011
3B Ryan Zimmerman, WAS, 2009
SS Addison Russell, CHC, 2018
LF Eddie Rosario, MIN, 2018
LF Giancarlo Stanton, NYY, 2018
CF Torii Hunter, MIN, 2007
RF Nicholas Castellanos, DET, 2018
RF Nick Markakis, ATL, 2018

Reserve Roster (Initial)
SP Jake Arrieta, PHI, 2018
SP Andrew Heaney, LAA, 2018
SP Sal Maglie, NYG, 1954
SP Daniel Mengden, OAK, 2018
SP Trevor Williams, PIT, 2018
RP Dick Hall, BAL, 1964
RP Pat Neshek, PHI, 2018

Acquisitions
CL Sean Doolittle, WAS, 2018
SS Javier Baez, CHC, 2018
SP Randy Jones, SD, 1975
RF Paul Waner, PIT, PEAK (1927)
RP Jeremy Jeffress, MIL, 2018