2009 Fog Devils Season

The 2009 season was significant as it was the first season to institute long term keeper contracts. Several of the Fog Devils were extended as the decision of who to make franchise players became a crucial part of a team's success. The Fog Devils finished 7th out of 10 teams with 51.5 pts. It stands as their worst finish in franchise history, despite obtaining the award for Most Shit Talking. The Fog Devils finished with the worst batting average 0.268, but was 1st in strikeouts with 1,438. A recap of the Fog Devils keeper and auction acquisitions are below; The minors/reserve draft followed; There were many FAAB pickups during the season, Jon Garland ($9), Brad Penny ($9), Brandon McCarthy ($9), Troy Glaus ($7), Kyle Lohse ($6), Emilio Bonifacio ($5), Juan Cruz ($4), Kevin Kouzmanoff ($4), Michael Bourn ($3), Ian Snell ($3), Brian Bannister ($3), Jeff Neimann ($3), Brett Anderson ($2), David Aardsma ($2), Ben Zobrist ($2), Andy LaRoche ($2), Gary Sheffield ($1), Jason Varitek ($1), Nolan Reimold ($1).

In season trades;

July 12th - Craggy Island Padres sent Todd Helton, Juan Rivera, and Ryan Franklin to Fog Devils in exhange of Jack Cust and Ryan Howard.

July 15th - Sub Par traded Carlos Pena to Fog Devils for Wandy Rodriguez.

Awards
The team was not awarded any league trophies.

Team MVP - Miguel Cabrera (2)

Team Cy Young - Jon Lester