Lastly—and so we can wrap up this tangent—let's look at the last unconventional team, the only one to pick a player that wasn't an SP or SS.
- 1/77: with the second-to-last pick of the first round, the #MarinerosBAR :marineros: take 27-year-old CF Rubén Mendoza. He'll retire in 1882 with:
- over a decade of 135 OPS+ hitting;
- three league-leading run campaigns;
- two league WAR titles;
- an absurd 80.8% stolen base rate, leading the league twice;
- a surprisingly decent fielding career.
Instead, the Petroleros used their first-round pick—ninth overall—to take Peña, the #4 prospect in the entire league, and stick him at shortstop.
(The other three teams if you're wondering: the #PicudosCEI :picudos: at #47, the #IngenierosRIN :ingenieros: at #71, and the #MarinerosBAR :marineros:, who didn't pick a shortstop, at #77.)
With their next pick, the Petroleros did, in fact, take a pitcher, but in the third round, they went for LF Guillermo Gómez, then the #75 prospect in the league.
Instead, the Petroleros used their first-round pick—ninth overall—to take Peña, the #4 prospect in the entire league, and stick him at shortstop.
(The other three teams if you're wondering: the #PicudosCEI :picudos: at #47, the #IngenierosRIN :ingenieros: at #71, and the #MarinerosBAR :marineros:, who didn't pick a shortstop, at #77.)
With their next pick, the Petroleros did, in fact, take a pitcher, but in the third round, they went for LF Guillermo Gómez, then the #75 prospect in the league.
Fourth: "Law of the Sea" is that classic duel we all love between the swashbuckling, power-hitting Bucaneros (#BucanerosARR) and the upstanding gentlemen of old-school baseball, the Marineros (#MarinerosBAR).
Tonight, they'll decide who rules the waves.
#CriollosCAG vs. #IngenierosRIN: P L. Colmenares (CAG) shuts out RIN: 3 H, 5 BB, 6 K. CAG wins the absolute trashball match we'd all been waiting for, 10-0.
#AteniensesMAN vs. #MarinerosBAR: 3B É. Miranda (BAR): 4-4, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI. BAR wins, 9-4.
We might just have to include a Game of the Day.
In this case, the performance dovetails nicely with the fact that a certain individual, who may or may not be in charge of this account, is a #ReyesJUA fan.
Your :lnp: Game of the Day for 4/10:
#MarinerosBAR vs. #ReyesJUA:
P M. Medina (JUA) shuts out BAR on 4 hits.
LF G. Márquez (JUA) hits solo inside-the-park home run (bot 4th).
CF J. Varela (JUA) hits a 392-ft., 2-R home run (bot 6th).
JUA wins, 8-0.
We might actually have to include a Game of the Day.
In this case, the performance dovetails nicely with the fact that a certain individual, who may or may not be in charge of this account, is a #ReyesJUA fan.
Your :lnp: Game of the Day for 4/10:
#MarinerosBAR vs. #ReyesJUA:
P M. Medina (JUA) shuts out BAR on 4 hits.
LF G. Márquez hits solo inside-the-park home run (bot 4th).
CF J. Varela (JUA) hits a 392-ft., 2-run home run (bot 6th).
JUA wins, 8-0.