Thursday, September 25, 2008

Adopt A Franchise



With a new season there is also change. With change sometimes brings instability & unrest.
So true now is the famous quote from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear."

And with that we will now take a look at the franchise openings for the upcoming season 4 of Duff Beer.

Tacoma Kansas City

In looking at this franchise one can see that it has had success in every season thus far.
It's worst season being a 78-84 in which it netted them the #12 pick in the draft.

Top Minor League Talents
Ken Swann
#12 overall selection in the season 3 draft & immediately vaults to the top of the prospect totem for TKC. He has all the tools to be a franchise 2B or LF with some serious pop n' pull ability.
silver sluggers and allstar teams are in his future(if not the Hall of Fame).
Ivan Hernandez
Projecting to be a definite future Allstar caliber player at 3B or RF. Signed as a bonus baby in season 3 for a cool $14,100,000.
Del Cabeza
A season 2 gem of a signing for 14,500,000 as a IFA. Shows a strong ML future as a #3-#4 starter but might be best as a setup man or long reliever. But could easily peek as a #2 SP with more development

Those shown are the cream of the crop but this is a franchise that had 8 first round selections in the past 3 seasons and has signed 7 of them. One is currently in the majors while the others are certainly nothing to sniff at.

Top Major League Talents
Philip Cooke
The best all around hitter the franchise boasts right now. Coming off a career year & ready to roar into next like a man on fire.
Mark Peterson
The future is now in TKC. Peterson might have been the best all around position player on the team last season and he's only 21 right now. Imagine what he'll do with another offseason under his belt.
Allen Leach
The franchise's #1 starter finally turned it on late last season and looks to be on the verge of reaching his full potential. just 24 years old and still learning.

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