Up from the dumps: A New York Yankees Fantasy Draft Dynasty

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[align=center]Up from the dumps: A New York Yankees Fantasy Draft Dynasty[/align]

Here's what it is: This is a New York Yankees Fantasy Draft Dynasty, where I picked 29th, and purposely chose young players who have bright futures, but haven't got to their full potential yet. (With a few exceptions, as you will see by the roster.) Hope you enjoy it.

NY Yankees Fantasy Draft: 29th Pick

pitching / batting / fielding / Speed

13th / 29th / 17th / 6th

Starting Lineup:

2b - Jerry Hairston

cf - Endy Chavez

rf- Jermain Dye

1b - Ryan Howard

3b - Geoff Blum

c- A.J. Pierzynski

dh - Ken Harvey

lf - Quinton McKracken

ss - Hanley Ramirez

Bench:

c - K. Stinnett

rf - Matt Stairs

lf- Reed Johnson

2b - Tony Graffanino

Rotation:

Dontrelle Willis

Jake Westbrook

Woody Williams

Daniel Cabrera

Dewon Brazelton

Bullpen:

LR - R. Vogelsong

LR - K. Davies

LR - K. Snyder

MR - S. Takatsu

MR - A Guzman

SU - Dustin Hermanson

CL - Eric Gagne

I'll basically be simming the first two seasons, so the update schedule would go like this:

Opening Game

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

(Playoffs - game by game)

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[align=center]News:

Brian Cashman and Joe Torre die in freak accident; "abc006" to manage and General Manage Team[/align]

Both Brian Cashman and Joe Torre died tragically in a freak accident yesterday, when a huge plastic Yankees Hat dropped on them, and immedately suffacted them, resulting in immediate death.

"If both Joe and Brian had to go, this was the only way," said Yankee Owner George Steinbrenner, who, that same day, was injured by a gigantic metal yankee bat. He was in a cast when interviewed. "We're gonna announce the both manager and general manager of the team, abc006."

The Yankees, who feature stars like Dontrelle Willis, Eric Gagne, Jermain Dye, and Ryan Howard, have nevertheless struggled mightly the last few seasons. "Hopefully abc can turn things around for this orginazation," said a Yankee scout. Opening Day is tommorow.

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[align=center]News:

Yankees lose season opener, as Clemens outdeuls Willis, 4-1[/align]

Dontrelle Willis was only average in the Yankee's season opener, and average was not enough, as Roger Clemens gave up only 1 run in 8 innings of work. Willis got out of a jam early on, as he escaped a base-loaded nobody-out jam, but the A's eventually tacked on 4 runs. The hitting-hungry Yankees only scored one run, on an AJ Pierzynski solo HR in the 7th.

Linescore: (Can't get the boxscore extractor to work... :x )

NYY - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

OAK - 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

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[align=center]Trade Update:[/align]

-Dewon Brazleton (SP) trade for Jose Guillen (RF)

-Reed Johnson optioned to AAA

- Ryan Vogelson moved to rotation

Update Lineup:

2b- J. Hairston

lf- Jose Guillen

rf- J. Dye

1b R. Howard

3b G. Blumm

c - AJ Pierzynski

1b K. Harvey

cf- Endy Chavez

ss -H. Ramirez

[JoeyMcM93]

Will be following.

[Dom2662]

I will also be following.

[Myztery]

^same here.

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[align=center]Pitching matchup: Westbrook (0-0) vs. Bonderman(0-0)

News:

Joes Guillen goes 2-6 with HR, as Yankees put on offensive show, 9-1[/align]

A strong outing by Jake Westbrook was backed by homers from Jose Guillen and Ryan Howard, as the Yankees cruised to their first

victoy of the season, 9-1.

Jose Guillen made an immediate impact, despite flying out in his first at-bat. With the score tied 1-1, Guillen launched a Bonderman fastball to the left-field seats, to make it 2-1. Howard followd with a 2-run HR also to the oppisite field. Bonderman lasted only 4 1/3 innings.

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[align=center]Quarter Season Update[/align]

It's been (roughly) a 1/4 of a season for the New York Yankees, and they are still managing to contend in a tough AL East.

The current standings:

Team / w / l / gb

Devil Rays / 26 / 15 / 0.0

Boston / 23 / 18 / 3.0

Yankees / 22 / 18 / 3.5

Blue Jays / 19 / 21 / 6.5

Orioles / 18 / 24 / 8.5

Wild Card:

I've just noticed that there's no wild card standings in the game! Oh well, call me lazy, but I'm not going to try and figure out everything...

Red Sox 23 / 18 / 0.0

Yankees 22 / 18 / 0.5

White Sox / 22 / 19 / 1.0

Yankee standout performers:

J. Dye: .353, 5 HRs, 25 RBIs

R. Howard: .261, 12 HRs, 29 RBIs

J. Westbrook: 4-3, 3.27

E. Gagne: 2.38, 1-0, 11 SVs

[Sandlot]

ouch at your graphics......... the wild card standings dont show up until about half way into the season, i believe.

[abc006]

ouch at your graphics......... the wild card standings dont show up until about half way into the season, i believe.

that was mean... :cry: Really, this is my first dynasty, so don't get so hard on me, and I'll probably delete the big picture, it's kind of... big.

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[align=center]News:

Half Season Update[/align]

1st half summary: The New York Yankees, under the reign of both GM and Manager, abc006, have slumped in the standings after a quick start. On May 9th, they were 18-12, but after a 6-8 stretch, they went on a 13 game losing streak, and have struggled since then. There have been some contrversial statements made by some team leaders, as Eric Gagne, the teams fireballing closer, was quoted that the teams performance was questioning his motivation. In response, the Yankees made a puzzling move, trading pinch-hitting veteran Ken Harvey for highly touted Celveland prospect, Angel Rumfield.

The Yankees have noe plummeted in the standings, at a 40-48 record, and 14.5 games behind the AL East leading Tampa Bay Devil Rays.