Post by Justin on Jan 24, 2016 21:36:33 GMT -5
January 30th, 2016
GM Justin releases his 2016 goals:
1) Win the AL West
-"This early into the Inaugural Draft it is tough to tell who has the advantage in the AL West. This division is stockpiled with intelligent GMs, so to predict an AL West Title this early is out of the question."
Result: 97-65, 1st AL West
2) Finish Top 15 in Points Scored
-"We believe the best way for us to judge ourselves as a contender or pretender come the trade deadline will be the ranking we have in Points Scored. Even if our record is average, Points Scored will tell us if we should contemplate a rebuild or if we're just playing tough match-ups and our roster is better than our record proves."
Result: Finished 7th overall with 5,622.967 points scored. An average of 34.71 per game.
3) Finish Bottom 10 in errors and batting strikeouts
-"We need to eliminate the mental errors when it comes to being able to contend. If we accomplish #2 on my goals it will be in large part to playing very sound defense and patience at the plate."
Result: 24th in the league with 1,056 strikeouts - 13th in the league with 61 errors.
4) Finish Top 7 in Home Runs
-"O.co Coliseum is a hitters park. Playing 82 games there will benefit us in ways beyond belief. However, those 82 away games will definitely show whether building around power was a great strategy, or just another lost season."
Result: Tied for 9th with 181 home runs.
5) Win World Series
-"Every teams goal is to win the World Series. If anyone says differently, they're lying. While we know we have areas to improve, we will always strive for the greatest honor known to the baseball world, at that is bringing a well-deserved title to the city of Oakland."
Result: 3-4 ALCS series best-of-7 loss to the eventual World Champion Cleveland Indians.
GM Justin releases his 2016 goals:
1) Win the AL West
-"This early into the Inaugural Draft it is tough to tell who has the advantage in the AL West. This division is stockpiled with intelligent GMs, so to predict an AL West Title this early is out of the question."
Result: 97-65, 1st AL West
2) Finish Top 15 in Points Scored
-"We believe the best way for us to judge ourselves as a contender or pretender come the trade deadline will be the ranking we have in Points Scored. Even if our record is average, Points Scored will tell us if we should contemplate a rebuild or if we're just playing tough match-ups and our roster is better than our record proves."
Result: Finished 7th overall with 5,622.967 points scored. An average of 34.71 per game.
3) Finish Bottom 10 in errors and batting strikeouts
-"We need to eliminate the mental errors when it comes to being able to contend. If we accomplish #2 on my goals it will be in large part to playing very sound defense and patience at the plate."
Result: 24th in the league with 1,056 strikeouts - 13th in the league with 61 errors.
4) Finish Top 7 in Home Runs
-"O.co Coliseum is a hitters park. Playing 82 games there will benefit us in ways beyond belief. However, those 82 away games will definitely show whether building around power was a great strategy, or just another lost season."
Result: Tied for 9th with 181 home runs.
5) Win World Series
-"Every teams goal is to win the World Series. If anyone says differently, they're lying. While we know we have areas to improve, we will always strive for the greatest honor known to the baseball world, at that is bringing a well-deserved title to the city of Oakland."
Result: 3-4 ALCS series best-of-7 loss to the eventual World Champion Cleveland Indians.