club is rich in good relievers.
Looking for picks!
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2023 Playoffs end in loss to Danville...what is new?
Mutuals fail to close the deal in game 5 vs Danville...
Rasmussen surrenders the lead and the game working in relief, giving up key rbi single with 2 outs in the 10th to India.
Back to Danville with surprising Mutuals up 3-2 in games.
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Mutuals advance in 5 again as they foil the Memphis Blues' season.
Memphis won the regular season Division title but were unable to fend off second place finisher NY in the LCS.
Hats off to Rob Copeland (Memphis skipper( for another great effort without the benefit of home management (Rob uses the ROBOT home and away).
RP Clase the MVP of series despite giving up a GS with two outs in the 7th to knot the score for Memphis in game 5.
PH/C Barrera got the game winning hit in the 8th inning of game 5.
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DIV playoff 2024 news
Mutuals advance in 5! Game 5 a tight contest but the bullpen held...Hats off to Ken Grasshoff on an outstanding managerial effort!
Reliever Effross gives them 4 scoreless to start game 5.
Hendricks gets the clutch save.
DIV series started out badly for the Mutuals as their best pitcher, deGrom used up over 60% of his playoff usage in an 8-inning complete game loss.
But the Mutuals rebounded with 4 straight victories over a tough Norco team managed by legendary PB manager Ken Grasshoff.
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Mutuals clinch Wild Card slot with 3-1 win over Jackson in game 158. NY wins game 160 with late 2 run Mancini homer to finnish with 83 wins!
Mutuals win last three versus Prospectors to secure a spot versus Memphis in the Divisional series.
Mutuals clinch Wild Card slot with 3-1 win over Jackson in game 158.
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Mutuals come within one out of combined no hitter...
Yandy Diaz' single breaks up the no no.
Diaz is third in the loop in batting with a .324 mark.
The 4-0 win completed a sweep of UNM Flagstaff.
It was the 8th straight win for the Mutuals.
The NY club is 4.5 games behind Rob Copeland's Memphis Blues.
Their 48 victories would earn them the first wild card spot if the season were to end today.
The Mutuals have been outscored 376 to 365.
Trades will have to be made if management hopes to contend for a title...
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2022 WS
Mutuals prevail in 5 for the 2022 WS title versus Elysian!
...trailing in the 6th of game 5, Buxton's PH two run homer gets the lead 3-2 for the New Yorkers.
The Jersey boys from Weehawken never caught up.
Morton (2-0 in the WS, 3-0 in the playoffs and 6-1 after a late season trade to New York) was the winner in his last appearance of the season as he would end the game WORN OUT.
In fact, much of the home team would have been decimated by usage issues had the series returned over the bridge to Elysian Fields...
Joey Votto was named WS MVP for his 2 RBI to make it 5-2 (final was 5-3) in the clincher and especially for his team leading 15 RBI in the playoffs.
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Mutuals win game 7 vs Raymore! To host Fullerton in gms 1,2 of LCS.
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REG SEASON recap.
Team effort.
No standout hitter.
MVP Chris Bassitt 18-2 2.16
Ryu 12-8 3.68 only other double digit winner
Strong bullpen saved 53 games led by Jimmy Nelson with 18.
Best hitters:
Jesus Aguilar .335-18-69 .969 OPS
Byron Buxton .305-16-64 .986 OPS
Tres Barrera .349-2-23 1.055 OPS in 101 PAs
Brandon Lowe .268-26-66 .912 OPS
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Congrats to Jim Windhausen on a fine season at the helm.
The Rowdies finished 80-80 in the regular season but gave the Mutuals all they wanted in the Divisional series.
Mutuals storm back in GMS 3-5 at the Rowdies home park!
Alzolay, Bassitt and Morton hold down the Rowdies while the offense produced a 23-5 spread in runs for the 3 games.
Rowdies school Mutuals!
Mutuals lose games 1,2 to Raymore Rowdies!---Mutuals win game 3 with Alzolay taming the Rowdies!---Mutuals knot the series at 2-2 with 10-4 rout in game 4!
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Mutuals host Los Alamos gms 131-135!
GM 131
Votto walk-off GS in 11th!
All NY pitchers appearing in game had an ERA below 3.00!
Nelson (3-1) the winner hurler.
GM 132
Wil Smith 3 run homer in the 5th the key blow for Mutuals.
Rich Hill (7-9) outduels Weaver (1-4).
GM 133
Votto and Gregorius collect 3 RBI apiece in 8-2 romp by the home team.
Bad news: Mutual's 2b Segura injured 7 games!
GM 134
Los Alamos RP Doval is pinned with the 6-2 loss as he allows 4 earned runs in 2/3 of an inning.
GM 135
Los Alamos top of order hitters Rojas (#5) and Muncie (#29) slug two 2-run homers and the visitors win 4-2 in 10.
Jose Alvarez (5-2) pitches 4 hitless innings for the win!
GM 77--Bassitt goes to 10-0!***GM 62--Phil Garner named manager after game 62 loss to UNM Oslo! Mutuals sweep to a 3-2 series win under new skipper!
*Phil Garner* named manager after game 62 loss to UNM Oslo! Mutuals sweep to a 3-2 series win under new skipper!
3-2 series win give Mutuals a 3-game lead in thre division after 65 games.
Long time skipper Maddon had no comment.
He got in his 1999 Saab and left the Mutuals upper Manhattan complex.
PH 3 run walk-off homer by Buxton wins game 51!
GM 51:
Buxton blast preceded by Segura PH game tying 1b as Mutuals steal one from UNM Redlegs!
GM 52:
Segura the go ahead single again. Nelson notches 6th save!
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End a 5-game losing streak versus Meredith's Lansing club!
Lansing's Bader caught stealing for last out of game 4 thriller.
Manager Joe Maddon cries at the podium...
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NY Falls short in 2021!
Mutuals score 1 run in games 6,7, Fall to Flames.
Congrats to Ken on his trip to the World Series.
A well managed team for sure!
Mutuals move to Union Grounds in Brooklyn in mid series from Polo Grounds in upper Manhatten. Odd move pays off despite angering many season ticket holders...
3 run homer by INF Tommy Edmon gives the home standers a 3-0 lead.
Very game Los Alamos who won 30 less games than the Mutuals in the regular season but whittled down the lead to 3-2 until ace closer Huerer finally shut them down to secure game 6 and a hard fought 4-2 game series win.
Mutuals bring back old manager....30-15 and 5 games up on Oslo so far...
Mutuals set to host Oslo for 5 games in the Polo Grounds this week!
Fans are itching for a sweep.
But Oslo is a tough club to sweep...
Brandon Lowe .321-13-29 after 45 gms.
Also has scored 39 times!
G RICHARDS 4-1 2.83 has been a surprise.
Twin closers O'Day (6) and Iglesias (5) have 11 saves between them and are working out well in the 9th.
TRADE TALK***
SP Hill on the block
1b Votto
2b Kipnis FA pick possible
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Open to R picks upgrades (above 4th round please)
This team has about 26-27 players it wants to protect post draft as of 2/1/21)
Would like FA pick upgrades or R pick upgrades
Or prospects
2017 season finale:
Jackson moves on with come from behind spanking of the Mutuals!
Home team up 3-0 but with 2 on and 2 outs Rickard comes through with 2 run 2b to make it 3-2.
In the 5th they load the bases versus Mutual Ace Hill with nobody out!
Myers gb ties score and Wellington Castillo plays hero with 2 run 1b plating 2 and making the score 5-3.
And it stayed that way as Uehara and Kimbrel shone in relief!!!
Jackson outscored NY 26-24 in the series, the same 2 run margin as game 7!
Jackson wins game 6 going away 6-1. Forces game 7!
Key blow a two out, 2 rbi single by Orlando off RP deluxe Otero puts visitors ahead 3-1.
Key defensive play was in 4th when with two outs and bases full of Mutuals, Ichiro drives a single to center and Rajah Davis throws to Cano who relays home to nip Flores trying to score. Davis' 3rd assist of the series keeps score at 1-1 and sets up Orlando's big hit in the 6th.
NY hosts surprising Jackson...
The defending champion Prospectors broke Mutual's fans hearts last season by taking the DIV series from a team which outpaced them by 39 games in the regular season!
This season NY bested Jackson by only 16 games!
Jackson won game 1 and scared the Mutuals by taking a 2-1 lead in game 2 before the home team took back the MO..."This one will go 7!" was NY manager Joe Maddon's post game 2 commentary.
Mutuals and Blues lock up for a great series!!!
NY came away with a 3-2 series win but only because they "stole" a win in game 4. In that game the Mutuals stole 6 bases including 3 by Joey Votto to turn defeat into victory in the 9th versus excellent Blues' closer Ottavino.
NY amd Memphis will battle for the top spot all season but the Mutuals have a one game lead at this point!
Mutuals ready to Rock in 2017!
After a disappointing playoff loss after a great 2016 regular season, the Mutuals have retooled and are hoping to get another shot at the Speaker 3 crown.
2017 FA Draft results:
Rd 1 RHs Junior Guerra and Dan Otero
Rd 2 LH Mike Montgomery
Rd 3 OF R. Grossman, Cs Gosewich and Manny Pina
Rd 4 RH Dan Altavilla
Rd 5 LH Ryu
2017 Rookie Draft:
Mutuals draft RP Matt Bush (2) and C Wolters (3) in the rookie draft. They were drafted 40th and 60th overall.
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Go Jackson! What a run!
Congrats John S!!! Jackson shocks S3 world! Defeat 117 win Mutuals in 7.
Mutuals went with Hill in game 7 to win but he gave up 6 runs to a weak vs. LHP lineup!
Oh well...That's baseball!!! PureBaseball!!!
Memphis shocks Mutuals. 5 game sweep not expected and hard to swallow....Cheers to the Blues!!!
Kang the clutch King after 8 games! Mutuals drop last two to Norsemen to lose first home series.
First round pick Kang making his mark with 6 RBI in first 8 games. Most of them CLUTCH!
Latest News:
Kang in Round 1. He will get plenty of reps this year!
Round 2: RHPs Eickhoff and Kela
Round 3 OF J Parker (PH deluxe!)
Round 5 OF Mac Williamson (second SF OF prospect)
FA DRAFT:
Round 1 (#3 pick) OF Domingo Santana
Round 3 OF F Gutierrez, LHP Rich Hill
Round 4 RHP Joe Blanton
Round 5 LHP Charlie Furbush
Round 6 RHP Steven Wright, C Tom Murphy, LHP Narveson
Off Season trades just before Spring drafts:
Mutuals get disgruntled OF Carlos Gomez from Elysian for a pick and will play him in CF when Span is unavailable.
Mutuals send Morrow to Baltimore for a pick.
Outlook for 2016:
No team can challenge Danville during regular season in Speaker3 but Mutuals hope to be sneaky and good!
Mutuals for 2016:
SP: ARCHER, RICHARDS, SALZAR, Teheran, Eickoff, S Wright (Knuckle baller)
Bullpen: GILES, BRITTON, Kela, Furbush (LH), Maurer
Swingman: Joe Blanton
C Wieters, D'Arnaud
1b VOTTO
2b KIPNIS
3b Kang (ss) and Valencia (lf,2b)
ss Gregorius/Flores
lf Alex Gordon/ F Guttierez/ Valencia
cf Span and Gomez /D Santana (CF vs. LHP)
rf BAUTISTA
Congrats to Danville on great season and Mutual's post mortem...
Mutuals vote TRI-World Series MVPs :
Trout, Kershaw and Freddie Freeman, all of Danville deserve the award together.
In one of the biggest mismatches in PB history, The Mutuals succumbed finally to what was well known among New York fans....this was not going to be the Cinderella story with the happy ending.
Somehow we got this far with barely enough warm bodies to fill out a lineup...Losing 18-1 in game 4 was the low point of the season...
REGULAR season Co-MVPs were Julio Teheran (22-8 3.12) and Jose Bautista (.290-20-92).
Mutuals still iMutuals still in race despite blockbuster trade of VMART!n race despite blockbuster trade of VMART!
Still in the race but looking towards a brighter future.
Besides picks we cherish young players with good 2015 numbers, particularly at SS and CF....
Gregorio Petit, Zach Britton and Ken Giles combine to win first game of year....
After losing the first two to surprisingly tough Lansing, the Mutuals broke through with a game tying pinch homer form Petit and air tight late relief from Britton (1-0) and Giles (save #1) to prevail in game 3.
** Draft Mutuals take RP Giles in first round. The 24 year old Giles will be the team's closer!ws:
round 1: Giles to close for Mutuals.
round 2: Arismendy Alcantara will platoon with Kipnis at 2b. Ed Lucas is released to free agent list...
Andrew Susac will be one of three catchers on the roster.
rounds 3-5: Dilson Herrera, Ben Paulsen, Rafael Ynoa
FA draft:
Round 1: Zach Britton lh.
Round 2: McHenry c, Jepsen rh
Round 3: Zach Duke lh
Round 4: Brandon Mauer rh
Round 5: Zach Walters lf/2b
Round 6: Gregorio Petit inf
Round 8: Steven Wright rh
Mutuals win first S3 Championship under new ownership! Congratulations to Steve Fromme and the Elyisians on a great campaign.
Julio Teheran was series MVP. He was 1-0 with 1 save and was great in key spots.
2014 season MVP belongs to Joey Votto:
.311-19-92 with 117 walks leading to 102 runs and a .903 OPS.
Will be a great matchup but the Mutuals found ways to win in games 1,2
Mutuals win two close ones to advance to WS!
2014 LCS:
Mutuals win two close ones to advance to WS!
Lansing was far tougher than we thought for an UN-attended team!!!
Victorino seemed to be in the middle of every rally in games 6,7.
3 MVPs for Mutuals: Victorino 5 RBI and Howell and Teheran who did yeoman work in middle relief. Teheran was 2-0 and saved game seven!
2014 DIV playoff:Mutuals win tight game 6 to advance!
After a wild trip tpo Newtown the home team was on the edge of their seats in a tense 3-2 win which was decided in the 6th on 2 out singles by Tuiasopopo and Jennings.
GMS 1,2
Bautista went wild with the 3 run homer in both games...
Game 149...Lucas 3 run PH HR is walk-off winner...
Lucas (.267-2-23) has served as a jack of all trades player mostly versus LHP this season but has rarely come through in a big spot. This was it! It was only his second round tripper this season!
Memphis wins game one of showdown series 8-6 !
Blues climb to within 3 of Mutuals with inspired slugging verus Latos...
Mutuals open at home with slugfest win over Holy Bull! Adopt Fenway as home parkOpening series goes 4-1 for Mutuals over tough Holy Bull as Teheran goes 2-0 in relief despite 6.75 ERA! Andrus 9 for 20.
FENWAY:
Its not often an available venue but fits this team to a T. Fenway is not a HR park for LHB and most of Mutual's bop comes from right side. Fenway favors 2b and 3b and run scoring in general and is my favorite PB park overall.
Opening 5 games:
Salazar to get a start vs. Cinn.
NY will treat first series like a playoff match up as they gauge their worthiness for a run in Speaker 3!
Game 1: 9-4 with many starters used in relief. Latos started but Teheran got win. Victorino and VMart were hitting heroes.
Spring Drafts:
Mutuals get Danny Salazar and Travis D'Arnaud in round 1
New rookies:
RD 1 D Salazar, T D'Arnaud
RD 2 K Siegrist, B Cumpton
RD 3 T Jordan, E Lucas
KEY FAs: Cingrani first pick in the FA draft. Also RP Howell, Kintzler
Mutuals acquire Bautista!
He will play rf, 3b and 1b
Mutuals acquire AROD, Eric Chavez and Jonathan Herrera to fill out bench in two separate deals.
2013 WS wrap up:
Congrats to Tom Jirele and his Norsemen!
Newtown won it the hard way b y vanquishing one of the best PB managers ( the world renownd) on the road down 3-2 in the deciding series.
In game 7 super hero Derek Jeter led the Norsemen to a 3-2 victory over get this....Medlen, Uehara, Chapman and Rodney (the eventual extra frame loser).
How the Mutuals made the playoffs is beyond me...At any rate good luck to Newtown in the next round!
NY Mutuals almost completely dismantle quasi contender and look to future..
2013 Mutuals (next season)
c Wieters
1b Votto and Smoak
2b Kipnis
SS E Andrus
3b Headley and Chisenhall
LF Gordon
cf Gardner, Jennings, L Martin and Revere
RF Victorino and I Suzuki
UTIL Sean Rodriguez, Jesus Guzman, Victor Martinez
P
Latos, Chacin, Teheran, Straily, Archer,
Garrett Richards (swingman)
RP
Jake Odorizzi and Haren
RPicks: 1,1, 2,2,3,3,4,5
FA 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,5
Mutuals are dismantling a "contending" team in order to become a better team down the road. We are looking for FA upgrades as well as R pick upgrades for the above players...
Confound experts with a 7-3 start but will in all probability sink into the second division as the season builds momentum...
Mutuals look to future with trade for Votto, Jennings and Victor Martinez (hopefully almost as good as new in 2013).......
No longer hoping to compete this season the Mutuals remade themselves by trading Chris Sale and Kemp plus lesser players and their 2 top FA picks....
Mutuals deal Bruce for Wieters and Ichiro...Victorino and Lincoln for a boatload of players and lesser picks..
Batting vs RHP:
1. Gordon lf
2. Kipnis 2b
3. Votto 1b
4. Headley 3b
5. Ichiro rf
6. Andrus ss
7. Jennings cf
8. Wieters c
Batting vs. LHP:
1. Weeks 2b
2. Andrus ss
3. Victorino cf
4. Headley 3b
5. Wieters c
6. Guzman 1b
7. Mayberry rf
8. Jennings lf
INN C Navarro's 2 run HR in 7th of game 5 averts sweep of Newtown!
Just added to the roster before the season, INN C Navarro beats NY with a clutch HR. Great game to end what was an exciting first series at Coors. This was the initial home series at the vaunted offensive ballpark located at the intersection of 20th and Blake for new S3 franchise named the New York Mutuals.
Mutuals move into Coors Field!
Kipnis, Alvarez and Nicasio in first round.
Teheran in round 2...
Chris Parmelee and Arodys Vizcaino in round 3.
Paredes in round 4.
Carlos Lee wins 1b job and to bat #2 versus RHP!
Look for Kipnis and Predes to appear versus tough RHP. C will be a straight platoon for the most part but Hundley will face RHP that are tough on LHB. Mayberry and Guzman will sub for Gordon and Bruce only against RHP which KILLS lefty batters. Parmelee looks like strictly a PH.
C Thole/Hundley
1b C Lee
2b Weeks
3b Headley
ss Elvis Andrus
lf Gordon
cf Kemp
rf Bruce
Bench: Mayberry 1b/of, Parmelee 1b, Jesus Guzman 1b/of, Kipnis 2b, Paredes 3b
SP: Latos, CJ Wilson (L), Chacin, J Garcia(L), Henderson Alvarez, Nicasio
RP: Joe Smith, Bard, Sale(L), C Perez, Bastardo
also: Arodys Vizcaino, Julio Teheran, Garrett Richards
