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| No wonder Aaron Nola is so hard to hit! |
FINISH: 2nd
REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 9-9
PLAYOFFS: First round: lost to Arbitration Losers 394.5-354.5
MVP: Nolan Arenado (473 points) had a Nolan Arenado season, which is the highest of praise. 37 homers, 38 doubles, 109 RBIs, 103 runs and 72 walks while playing 154 games is a pretty great return on your top draft pick.
CY YOUNG: Aaron Nola (447.3) had his star turn and became a legitimate ace. Nola went 17-6 with 224 strikeouts in 212.1 innings, nearly doubling the point total of any other PM pitcher. Nola will be one of the first pitchers off the board next season after lasting until the end of the second round this year.
PLEASANT SURPRISE: Bill picked up Juan Soto (318.5) when the 19-year-old came up in the spring, and all he got out of him was 18 homers, 22 doubles, 60 RBIs, 70 runs and 73 walks, making him the fourth-highest scoring hitter on the team.
GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Arenado (1st), Nola (2nd).
LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Eric Thames (6th) never really got much chance to start on the suddenly loaded Brewers offense. Dinelson Lamet (5) is a Padres pitcher, so of course he was hurt all year, as was non-Padre Jimmy Nelson (9).
OVERALL: Once Soto became part of the offense and Arenado heated up, Bill's hitting was strong down the stretch. But what made the difference this year was the pitching. Nola stepped up as an ace, Jameson Taillon was a solid No. 2, and Zack Wheeler and Kyle Freeland pitched well later in the season to solidify the rotation. On the downside, Bill did use four different Reds pitchers this year... can anyone even NAME four different Reds pitchers? A big season for Project Mayhem, which will draft 9th in the 2019 FBLG draft.
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