Latest on the Fighting Tigers

The UAL (Ultimate APBA League) is two months through its season, with 4 more left to go.

Of all the reported series (only missing one 5-game series), my Traverse City Fighting Tigers are 37-18 (.673 winning pct). We are waiting on one road series, while we have learned that we went 9-1 in the other two road series, which is remarkable. 

We were in a three-way tie at 19-11 entering November, and are 18-7 in the reported series for the month of November.

This is how my team's individual stars doing through 55 games.

• Jose Altuve - .362 AVG, 8 HR, 41 RBI, 35 R, 14 2B & 17 SB (.909 OPS) with 78 hits.
• Buster Posey - .335 AVG, 6 HR, 33 RBI, 24 R & 14 2B (.924 OPS).
• Domingo Santana - .277, 10 HR, 33 RBI, 30 R & 19 BB (.818 OPS).
• Justin Bour - .265 AVG, 8 HR, 29 RBI & 9 2B (.820 OPS).
• Marwin Gonzalez - .278 AVG, 6 HR, 27 RBI & 30 R (.753 OPS)
• Caleb Joseph - .286 AVG, 5 HR, 13 RBI & 12 R (.838 OPS) in 84 AB's.
• Jeff Samardzija - 7-2, 2.80 ERA, 3 CG, 2 SHO, 76 K & 1.26 WHIP in 80.3 IP.
• Yu Darvish - 7-3, 3.58 ERA, 2 CG, 2 SHO, 78 K & 1.14 WHIP in 70.3 IP.
• Ken Giles - 1-0, 13 SV, 3.24 ERA, 19 K & 2 BB (0.54 WHIP) in 16.7 IP.
• Andrew Miller - 0-1, 2.25 ERA, 18 K & 2 BB (1.00 WHIP) in 16 IP.

Players like Caleb Joseph, Jeff Samardzija (Grade C-XZ) & Yu Darvish (Grade C-X) are playing above-and-beyond, while Jimmy Nelson (Grade B-XZ) and reliever Bryan Shaw (Grade B-XZ) are pitching below standards. 

• Jimmy Nelson - 6-3, 5.03 ERA, 67 K & 23 BB (1.23 WHIP) / 8 HR allowed in 62.7 IP.
• Bryan Shaw - 3-2, 5.00 ERA, 21 K & 2 BB (1.06 WHIP) in 18 IP
• Gerardo Parra - .252 AVG, 5 HR, 13 RBI & 15 R (.278 OBP / .676 OPS). 

We patiently wait to hear about the last remaining series, even if we get swept 5-0, we would still have a .617 winning percentage...  That's how good we have been playing.