Game Date: Jun 10th, 2067
Danbury Bobcats
Team: Danbury Bobcats [ID #512] 
Location: Danbury, CT (New England)
League: V.6 - East
Owner:
ashevchuk
[since February 25th 2023 | last seen December 24th 2024]
Manager: Timothy Scarpa
Ballpark: Danbury Memorial Stadium
Rank: #358 - Rating: 93.43
Fan Mood: 81.99
Prestige: 9
Color: Blue & Gold
Team Notes:
• Jan 13 2067: Owen Ng was selected to the national team of Singapore.• Nov 02 2066: Ryan Hawke was named the Rookie Pitcher of the Year.
• Oct 22 2066: Aarón Alba was released.
• Oct 22 2066: LaMonte Gay was released.
• Oct 22 2066: LaMonte Gay was inducted into the team Hall of Fame.
• Oct 22 2066: J.C. Munson was released.
• May 29 2066: Lorenzo Barron was released.
• Jan 13 2066: Marty Irwin was hired as the new coach.
• Jan 13 2066: Coach Kevin Di Marco was let go.
• Jan 13 2066: Owen Ng was selected to the national team of Singapore.
League Record:
Wins: 16 Losses: 34 Pct: .320 Last10: 2-8 Streak: L4Ave: 4.2 - 6.3 RS: 210 RA: 315 DIFF: -105 Power Index: 101.7
Cup:
Group 101 [1 | Eliminated]Press Releases:
Nov 02 2066: 2066 Season Recap - by ashevchuk on November 15th, 2024If someone told us we would wind up 1 game behind division leaders at the beginning of the season, we would consider this huge success. Yet we were so close to promoting to the higher league that there's a little sour taste in the end. After a pretty slow start, we had to replace our struggling veteran starter with a rookie pitcher and then things just took off. After first round of interleague play, we held a 7 game lead, but by the end our main opponent caught up and guaranteed their promotion on the last game day. It didn't help that we had a complete meltdown in one series, losing all 4 games to a bot team at the very end.
But overall this was a great season which gave us confidence we are on the right path.
Players of note:
2B Ismael Vasquez with a 0.297 AVG, 35 HRs, 111 RBIs and 12 SBs. He was both an All-Star and All-League for the 4th time in his career and finished 3rd in MVP voting.
SS Francois Bouchard with a .293 AVG, 27 HRs, 110 RBIs, 113 Rs and 18 SBs. He was an All-Star and All-League for the 1st time in his career and also finished 4th in the MVP voting.
3B Rene Herrera with a .318 AVG, 11 HRs and 83 RBIs. It was his 1st All-Star and 2nd All-League award. In addition, he won his 1st Golden Glove and finished 5th in the MVP voting. This was a great all-around year for a 32-year old.
1B Lucas Lees - with his 1st All-Star and 4th Golden Glove (.996 FP and 76 DP). Another great all-around performance.
C Preston Beaver with 21 HRs, 72 RBIs, and 36 SBs in only 40 tries. He also had a great defensive year with no errors and 38% CS percentage. He didn't receive any awards, but is another all-around player that was key to our success.
SP Ryan Hawke with a 19-7 record and 4.20 ERA. He was 1st time All-Star and won Rookie Pitcher of the year. This guy started the season in a long reliever role, but once inserted as a temporary starter he excelled and almost guaranteed us wins in his starts. Up till the very end of the season he might have been a candidate for CY Young, but had a few bad starts at the very end. We are looking forward to him trying to get 20 Wins next season.
SP LaMonte Gay is an honorary mention. He retired at the age of 34 and was the 4th inductee into the team Hall of Fame with 186 career Wins.
Other award winners:
RP Bart Beard - an All-Star, his first. He had a great year as our closer with 44 Saves in 46 tries, 1.57 ERA and 0.913 WHIP. He was utilized in many different spots previously, but in his first year as a closer he proved it was his role.
Plans for the next season:
1. We have a pretty established roster, but a few veterans retired and some might lose a few skills due to aging. On the offensive side, we expect a similar performance from last season and hope our rookies can develop enough to be helpful in future seasons. On the pitching side, we have a few rookies who will have to play quite a bit. They have tremendous potential, but our season depends on how they adjust on this level.
2. We have quite a few good pitching prospects playing at AAA so the plan is to develop a few of them to the point where they can take a step to the next level and help us right away the next season.
3. There are a few great batting prospects in the minors and the focus will be on developing them so they can step up in 1-2 seasons.
4. The main season goal is to promote to league 4.
Feb 05 2066: 2065 Season Recap - by ashevchuk on September 4th, 2024
Our 2nd attempt at survival in league V was more successful than the first one as we managed to hold on to the 4th place and stay safely out of relegation. Overall, the record was 79-81, but last 10 games were played without a lot of starters as we were guaranteed safety.
Players of note:
2B Ismael Vasquez with 24 HRs, 93 RBIs and 17 SBs. He was both an All-Star and All-League for the 3rd time in his career.
SS Francois Bouchard with 23 HRs, 104 RBIs and 19 SBs. He finally stepped up big time and looks to be a new leader of our franchise for many more seasons.
C Benito Robles with 28 HRs and 109 RBIs. He didn't receive any awards like the last 3 seasons, but was arguably our best offensive player of the season.
SP LaMonte Gay with a 14-8 record and a 3.96 ERA. This guys doesn't seem to age and approached 177 wins in his career.
Other award winners:
1B Lucas Lees - Golden Glove winner with his .998 FP and 76 DP. That's his 3rd Golden Glove in a row.
SP Christian Martinez - an All-Star, his first. He's had his 3rd consecutive 10+ winning season with a 14-11 record and a solid 4.08 ERA.
Plans for the next season:
1. We have a pretty established roster and there will be no major changes outside of some pitching rotation adjustment.
2. We have quite a few good pitching prospects playing at AAA so the plan is to develop a few of them to the point where they can take a step to the next level and help us right away the next season.
3. There are a few great batting prospects in the minors and the focus will be on developing them so they can step up in 2-3 seasons.
4. The main season goal is to be in the top 3 of the league.
Nov 02 2063: 2063 Season Recap - by ashevchuk on March 29th, 2024
Our 5th season was the first one in league V and we were aiming to put up a good fight and stay out of relegation.
This looked achievable as we stayed in between 3rd and 4th place for most of the season, but a disastrous 4-16 record in the last 20 games saw us drop into the 5th place and kicked us back to league VI.
Thus a season can be deemed disappointing. Despite the outcome, we had some bright spots on the offense with 2 players contending for league MPV.
Our roster remained mostly unaltered, but some aging players were let go and a few youngsters from the academy stepped up. While offensively this wasn't a big issue, pitching ended up being our Achilles heel as almost everyone on the bullpen underperformed in a big way.
Players of note:
2B Ismael Vasquez with 34 HRs, 125 RBIs, 22 SBs and .907 OPS. He was both an All-Star and All-League for 2nd year in a row.
C Benito Robles with 30 HRs, 106 RBIs, and .922 OPS. He was also both an All-Star and All-League for 2nd year in a row.
OF Edgardo Navarrete with 27 HRs and 103 RBIs. He received his first All-League Award.
Other award winners:
OF Tucker Hamby - an All-Star, but he cooled off eventually.
1B Lucas Lees - Golden Glove winner with his .997 FP and 72 DP.
SP J.C. Munson - an All-Star, but his performance in he 2nd half of the season was pretty poor.
Plans for the next season:
1. Revamp bullpen, but a lot of it depends on luck with the waivers.
2. Introduce a few new youngsters and have them gain a good amount of experience. It's realistic to expect a rookie of the year award this season.
3. Release more aging players and some youngsters who didn't develop enough.
4. The main goal is to promote. If we don't, this season might be considered disappointing too.
Jan 13 2063: 2062 Season Recap - by ashevchuk on January 12th, 2024
Our 4th season turned out to be most successful one. We managed to win our league and earn a long desired promotion to division V.
We could not claim any players from waivers so relied on our established roster with a few fresh names from the minors and that alongside a new GM turned out to be a winning combo.
After a slow start, we really kicked a high gear when opposite conference games started and never looked back.
Players of note:
2B Ismael Vasquez with 45 HRs, 134 RBIs, 25 SBs and .936 OPS - he should have been the league MVP, but all-league honor is prestigious too.
C Benito Robles with 36 HRs, 117 RBIs, and .981 OPS - he earned all-league honors.
SP Tim Melton with 13-5 record, 3.78 ERA and 1.287 WHIP - he turned out be be our best starter and won rookie pitcher of the year award.
Jan 13 2060: New Mascot - New Hopes - by ashevchuk on May 27th, 2023
After our inaugural season in Broket Bat, Danbury Demons became Bobcats and reallocated all the minor league teams closer to the home team in Connecticut.
We were very close to clinching the East but came up short in the clutch while easily leading our division in run difference.
We are planning a significant overhaul in bullpen through free agency while continuing to rely upon homegrown talent on bases. Aging players and those failing to show any improvement have been released.
There's only one goal in mind - promoting. It will be very hard with pretty strong competition in our division as well as a couple of revamped franchises in the West, but it makes it only so much more interesting.
Good luck to all and may the strongest team win it all!