AI Friendship League Logos

 

If this AI-generated image is any indication, I fear life after the singularity.

This was the prompt I fed into Chat GPT: Create a logo for a professional baseball team called the Michigan Mammoths that incorporates an outline of the state of Michigan and a baseball player riding a woolly mammoth.

Men no more, please welcome the Pawtucket Patriots!!!

 Posting this for Mike Jones.   He is moving his team to New England and renaming them the Pawtucket Patriots!

Grizzly Update

 Montreal has asked to make Alek Manoah their Yu Darvish, and adding the oft-injured Anthony Rendon to the 17 man protected list.  Rendon is the star of a good meme....

This leaves Montreal with the following...

MTL KEEPERS FOR 2023:

1.) Bryan Abreu - RP, 2.) Emmauel Clase - RP, 3.) Alex Verdugo OF, 4.) Enyel De Los Santos - RP, 5 ) Ezequiel "Zeke" Duran - UTL, 6.) Cristan Javier - SP, 7.) George Kirby - SP, 8.) Julio Rodriguez - OF, 9 ) Tarik Skubal SP, 10.) Chas McCormick - OF, 11.) Jake Meyers OF, 12.) Alek Kiriloff 1B/DH, 13.) Harold Ramirez DH, 14.) Spencer "Tork Bomb" Torkelson - 1B, 15.) Gleyber Torres - 2B, 16.) Cal Quantrill - SP, 17 ) Anthony Rendon

MTL "HEEEEEE GOOOONNNEEEE!!!"

1.) Nick Gordon - UTL, 2.) David Fletcher - 2B/SS, 3.) Scott Barlow, 4.) Andrew Wantz 5.) Jalen "CAW!" Beeks, 6.) Oswaldo Cabrera - UTL, 7.) Franciso Meijia 

YU DARVISH

1 ) Alek Monoah

NO CARD WHATSOEVER

1.) Glen Otto SP, 2.) Harold Castro 2B/UTL, 3.) Gary Sanchez - C, 4.) Carlos Santana 

 

BANDITS MAKE A CHANGE 

Yu Darvish: Bobby Dalbec 

Dropping Nate Eaton  - N/C

Michigan protected list

 

 

Keepers

Brayan Bello
Kyle Bradish
Nathan Eovaldi
Sam Hentges
Jarred Kelenic
Kevin Kiermaier
Reynaldo Lopez
Nathaniel Lowe
Kenta Maeda
Matt Manning
Manuel Margot
M.J. Melendez
Ryan Mountcastle
Jeremy Pena
J.P. Sears
Framber Valdez
Andrew Vaughn

Cuts

Yu Chang
"Where's Hunter" Dozier
Michael "The Plumber" Fulmer
Oscar Gonzalez
Tanner Houck
Joe Jimenez
Nicky Lopez
Daniel Lynch
A.J. Puk
Devin Smeltzer
Jose Trevino
Ken Waldichuk
 

Yu Darvish

Beau Briese

Kansas City announces protected list

 PRIME CUTS (PROTECTED LIST)

Christian Bethancourt

Alex Bregman

Wander Franco

Riley Greene

Austin Hays

Cole Irvin

Michael Kopech

Michael Lorenzen

Josh Lowe

Yoan Moncada (returning Yu Darvish from last year)

Dylan Moore

Bailey Ober

Cal Raleigh

Eduardo Rodriguez

John Schreiber

George Springer

Giancarlo Stanton

 

 

CHOPPED

Tyler Alexander

Christian Arroyo

Adam Cimber

Dylan Coleman

Corey Kluber

Lance McCullers

Cionel Perez

Zach Plesac

Kyle  Stowers

Terrin Vavra

Austin Voth

Jared Walsh

 

 

YU DARVISH

Xander Bogaerts

Loggers Announce 2024 Protection List

 Maine 2024 Protection

Christian "Bale" Vasquez
Adolis "Adonis" Garcia (well hello again, Mrs. Cabrera)

"Radio" D.J. LeMahieu

Gio "Ursula The Sea Witch" Urshela

A-Aron Hicks "From French Lick"

Jarren Duran "Duran"

Mitch "Ryder & The Detroit Wheels" Garver

Isaac "I Love A Parade" Paredes

Gunnar "Florence" Henderson

Kerry "Karen" Carpenter

Aroldis "Don't Call Me Adolis Again, Chump!" Chapman

Luis "Marty" Castillo

Griffin Jax "Car Wash"

Joe "Nolan" Ryan

Jon "Not Sonny" Gray

Jason Adam "12"

Paul "What's The Difference Between" Black "ened, and" Burn "ed?"

DARVISH/NL Protected:

Carlos "Rodan - CAW!" Rodon

Man up and vanished, like a fart in the wind (cut with draftable card):

Akil "Bad Moon Rison" Baddoo

Elvis "Is Dead" Andrus

Martin "Scorsese" Perez

Jose "Squidward" Urquidy

Keegan "Much" Akin "to a reliever"

"Eenie, Meanie, Minie" Yimi Garcia

The Loggers would like to bid adieu to two longtime players - one who served us well, and one who bedevilled the crap out of us.  J.D. "Salinger" Martinez was a stud from the get-go.  Mount Pleasant intentionally walked him more times than Tom Izzo pulled his hair out this season.  J.D. is still a free agent after spending last season in LA with the Dodgers, and hitting 33 HR's.  We'd like to Darvish him if he comes back to the AL.  But, alas, Scott Boros strikes again with his stupid demands, and delayed signings.  If that decision comes before draft day (and he DOES come back to the AL), we will have Fred Schmidt and his "no changing of protection list" rule to blame - and we'll again be voting on doing away with this archaic rule, I can guarantee you that.  

As for Adalberto "Not my Brother or Dad Raul" Mondesi, this guy was seen as a gem by Maine when he was drafted as a 19-year-old.  We patiently waited for his breakout year, through one agonizing injury after another. Alas, his time never really came.  And now is the time to part ways.  So long Raul, or Adalberto, or whatever the hell you want to call yourself.  Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.   

The Loggers also announced after their World Series win that Jose Bautista, who started last season in the radio booth with Ryan "15 Pieces of Flair" Flaherty*, and ended it as the team's third base coach, would be elevated to Manager for 2024, replacing Kirk Gibson, who retired.  Bautista is expected to bring some fire to the clubhouse, along with what he promises will be some "interesting lineups".  

* Stan, Chotchkie's Manager: "JoAnna....We need to talk about your flair".  

2024 and 2025 draft notes: The Loggers would OBVIOUSLY like to add Matt Wallner (whose email address is rumored to be WallnerMSU@yahoo.com), but with several lefty hitting outfielders already on the roster, it doesn't appear to be in the cards (pun intended).  Perhaps the Bobcats will get him - a natural fit.  For 2025, of course Tiger starter Jack "15 pieces of flair" Flaherty is going to be high on our radar, as he's already got his built-in nickname assigned *.  

MAINE LOGGERS, 1907 Team Photo

Pittsburgh Phantom Protection List

Scary Good Ghosts Berrios,J SP Bieber,S SP Munoz,A RP Neris,H RP Singer,B SP Whitlock,G S/R Allen,N SS/2B Benintendi,A* LF Buxton,B DH Devers,R* 3B/SS Heim,J+ C Jimenez,E RF Lowe,B* 2B Pasquantino,V* 1B Story,T SS Taveras,L+ CF Tucker,K* RF Yu Darvish Jimenez,D

Walking Dead Adell,J NC Arraez,L* NC Chafin,A* NC Harrison,J NC Lyles,J SP Mathias,M NC Moll,S* RP Ray,R* NC Thielbar,C* RP Wacha,M NC Zavala,S NC Zunino,M C

Las Vegas Protection List

        

John C. Fremont (kinda)

Grandal

McGuire

Casas

Semien

Mateo

Ramirez

Ward

Taylor

Ohtani

Heaney (From Darvish)

Pivetta

Crawford

Rasmussen

Lange

Pressley

Sandlin

Sewald

Darvish: Wentz

Grossman

McKenna

Brujan

Brantley

Mancini (NC)

Kreidler (NC)

Greinke

Loup

Murfee (NC)

Tepera (NC)

Hill (NC)

Minnesota Protection List

Batters:

Abreu, Jose

Baez, Javier

Castro, Willi

Haase, Eric

Higashioka, Kyle

Mullins, Cedrick

Seager, Corey

Sheets, Gavin

Tapia, Raimel

Urias, Ramon

Walls, Taylor

Pitchers:

Cortes, Nester

Keller, Brad

Kikuchi, Yusei

Kremer, Dean

Wells, Tyler

Yarbrough, Ryan

Yu Darvish: Gilberto Celestino

Cuts:

Donaldson, Josh

Turbull, Spencer

Pollock, AJ

Cordero, Franchy

Meadows, Austin NC

Acevedo, Domingo NC

Bass, Anthony NC

Flexen, Chris

Payamps, Joel NC

Velasquez, Vince NC

NEWS FROM WICHITA AND PROTECTION LIST

Unfortunately, It looks like the Bandits management team will be drafting from their spring       training facility in Myrtle Beach. There is some business that needs my attention that will      encompass the draft weekend.  The Bandits management team will be in the Novi area April16^th and 17^th and should be able to meet up with Strat-0 members the night of the 17^th .

TEAM BANDIT

Alvarez, Yordan

Chapman, Matt

Crawford, J.P

Jansen, Danny

Kwan, Steven

Massey, Michael

Renfroe, Hunter

Rizzo, Anthony

Robert, Luis

Cease, Dylan

Dunning, Dane

Duran, Jhoan

German, Domingo

Gilbert, Logan

Gray, Sonny

Mayza, Tim

Varland, Louie

Darvish- Nate Eaton

Released

Anderson, Tim

Boyd, Matt

Frazier, Adam

Herget, Jimmy

Marsh, Brandon - NC

Morgan, Eli

Murphy, Sean - NC

Raley, Brooks - NC

Stanek, Ryne

Striping, Ross - NC

Thompson, Bubba

 

Boston Bobcats Protection List

 

B. Bichette

T. France

I. Kiner-Falefa

D. Waters

S. Perez

A. Gimenez

C. Biggio

J. Jung

J. Siri

R. Laureno

J. Gallo

R. Marinaccio

R. Detmers

A. Civale

C. Schmidt

T. Glasnow

L. Lynn

Darvish: J. Loaisiga

He gone: T. Kemp, B. Phillips, T. Banks, L. Severino, J. Lopez, M. Moore

Mount Pleasant Keepers

 

Batters:

Brown, Seth

Correa, Carlos

Guerrero Jr., Vlad

Kirk, Alejandro 

Merrifield, Whit

Naylor, Josh

Rutschman, Adley

Straw, Myles

Suarez, Egenio

Trout, Mike

Pitchers:

Butista, Felix

Gausman, Kevin

Giolito, Lucas

Graveman, Kendall

McClanahan, Shane

Peralta, Wandy (EDIT: not Willy)

Romano, Jordan

Yu Darvish; Tristan McKenzie

Cuts:

Barria, Jaime

Carpenter, Matt NC 

Cueto, Johnny NC

Haggerty, Sam

Jackson, Zach NC

Martinez, Seth

Moran, Jovani

Rosario, Amed

Syndergaard, Noah

Wade, Tyler NC

Wisler, Matt NC