Danbury Bobcats
Team: Danbury Bobcats [ID #512]
Location:
Danbury, CT (New England)
Owner:
ashevchuk
[since February 25th 2023 | last seen November 09th 2024]
Rank: #260 - Rating: 107.04
Fan Mood:
109.23
Prestige:
9
Color:
Blue & Gold
Team Notes:
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.
Jan 13 2066:
Joel Cattaneo was hired as the new coach.
Jan 13 2066: Coach
Reece Bates was let go.
Nov 02 2065:
Reece Bates was hired as the new coach.
Nov 02 2065: Coach
Chase Landry leaves to pursue managing opportunities.
Jan 13 2065:
Shane Villa was hired as the new coach.
Jan 13 2065: Coach
Mack Mahoney was let go.
League Record:
Wins: 84 Losses: 71 Pct: .542 Last10: 5-5 Streak: W3
Ave: 5.5 - 5.0 RS: 847 RA: 778 DIFF: +69 Power Index: 102.2
Cup:
Group 56 [0 | Eliminated]
Press Releases:
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!