Finally a Winning April

                     Posting a 13-9 record in April is New York's 1st winning April since the start of ABL. What makes a successful April and a 17-9 record to lead the TLD lets start with being 12-1 on the road but being 5-8 at home has to improve as NY moves forward. To date Mafia as a whole have the best ERA in RCL and are expecting SP José Serrano who is in AAA rehabbing a torn rotator cuff to come back to NY by the end of May. Serrano 1st pick ever for NY has high expectations and just hasn't lived up to those as of yet. Mafia are 2nd in runs scored and are last in homeruns which is a concern but leading the RCL in walks and 2nd in OBP, NY has found ways to score without the long ball.

                    What goes without notice is the play of LF Jorge Mora and CF Joe Herman having there best start to a season. Mora is in the top 6 in most offencive categories for the RCL, the one that really stands out for NY is the 25RBI's. With Mora having 25RBI's someone has to score and its been Dave Olson scoring 26 times in 26 games.

                    Picks #1 and #2 this year were SP Masahide Memoto and SP Woody Owen both off to a very good start to 2014 and look to make the move to AA sometime soon.
                   

2014 Spring Training Report

                                              Spring training is just around the corner so we take a look at what New York has done in the off season too help win another division title and try and get past the 1st round of playoffs. Mafia knows they need help hitting left handed pitching so they went and took 1B Daniel Roberts and IF Tony Wright off of rule 5 from Maple Marauders both played in AA last season but will be in spring training this year trying to win a roster spot. Another rule 5 pick was right handed MR Tomás Menéndez from So Cal Republic AA team. 31 year old Menendez is 6' 7" and throws 99mph so he could be a nice fit in New York's bullpen. One other mention is RF Holden Adams who's been in Mafia's AAA most of last season is also looking stay in the big's in 2014.

                                              New York in 2013 draft took 6 pitchers in a row and their 1st two seem like a lock to make the pro's. #1 pick 19 year old left handed Masahide Memoto from Japan league who lead the league in wins this past year going 17-4, some think his control can be something special. #2 pick 22yro right handed Woody Owen has a cannon for a arm and his best pitch by far is his fastball, if Owen can work hard on his control he could be a dangerous pitcher.

                                              When we get into the season will report on the other picks and players that shine.