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Galeg · 12-08-2018, 11:07 PM

Well there are a 5 games left in the season, but I'm going to do my season review now because I have time. We finished the season very poorly and dropped to 53-104, .338. How did we get here and can we expect better next season? Let's see some details...

Starting Pitching

I only made one change to the pitching staff all season. Mostly because I didn't have the PP to buy upgrades. Or if I did, I had other priorities. Ervin Santana was very bad for us. I moved him to the bullpen for a while, but he continued to under perform and eventually lost his spot on the team. His replacement was Franklin Perez. Perez is a very inconsistent performer, but what can I say--after playing a lot of DET in this version of OOTP I have a soft spot. I had him in the beta and he did quite well for me. I'm surprised that Stripling did so well considering his low stamina. Oh, and the last bit of interesting news is that Matt Shoemaker pitched a Maddox!

Relief Pitching

I like to play with 8 men in my bullpen so I only make two changes all season. Matt Grace was an absolute disaster. Even against LHB he was not good. I also dropped Lewicki. He was alright, but I only had him pitching in low leverage long relief because he isn't good. Stumpf was brought in late tp face lefties and his stats are inflated because the game likes to keep him in to face RHB. I have limited his pitch count in an effort to combat this and it seems to be working. Joe Jimenez was my other late addition and he's been great in limited action. I stubbornly stuck with Melancon as my CL because I'm a fan of him, but he was real bad. I don't know how he walked so many batters because nothing in his attributes suggest these numbers. Bill Campbell acted as SU and was just brilliant all season. I will have to try to get him more innings next season.

Batting

Garver, Tellis, and Cervelli were dropped fairly quickly. Not at once. I was cycling through trying to find someone who could bring some hitting to DH and fill in a little somewhere else. Eventually bought Francisco Mejia and I've been extremely disappointed in what he's brought to the plate so far. Not even a good split. Boone has been phenomenal behind the dish all season and was hot at the plate for the first half. He was on pace for 5.5 WAR at one point so he did slow down. Grandal started off very slow, but has came good in the end. I got unexpected production out of Austin Barnes and Chris Hermann. I was playing them because they were the best defenders I could find, but Barnes his LHP well and Hermann hit LHP around replacement level and RHP a little better. The biggest disappointments were Munson at DH and C, and Contreras in RF. I expected Contreras to be a platoon player, but he never even amounted to that. Munson I actually expected to be one of my better batters, but he struggled a lot.

Fielding

We had some good news and some bad news. Grandal and Posey began the season with 0 in their respective positions and they progressed a lot. That's the good news. Barnes, Wockenfuss, and Contreras all started with a decent amount of position experience and didn't grow so they are probably at their max. Chris Herrmann had some growth at CF, but not as much as I had hoped for. His OF attributes still suggest to me that he should be able to grow more so I'm not sure if his mistakes hamper growth or if it just takes longer to learn CF. Kelly was a huge disappointment at SS. I had very low expectations, but he probably played 95% of games an only learned 17 points. When I was makes my player selections I wasn't using exact numbers, just the 5 scale, so I think I thought he looked better than he is. I might try Farmer there next season or see if I can find anything remotely better as he also didn't hit a lick. I will stick with mostly this team and make just a few changes for next season so the experiment will continue!

12-08-2018, 11:07 PM	#12
Galeg Major Leagues Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 405	Well there are a 5 games left in the season, but I'm going to do my season review now because I have time. We finished the season very poorly and dropped to 53-104, .338. How did we get here and can we expect better next season? Let's see some details... Starting Pitching I only made one change to the pitching staff all season. Mostly because I didn't have the PP to buy upgrades. Or if I did, I had other priorities. Ervin Santana was very bad for us. I moved him to the bullpen for a while, but he continued to under perform and eventually lost his spot on the team. His replacement was Franklin Perez. Perez is a very inconsistent performer, but what can I say--after playing a lot of DET in this version of OOTP I have a soft spot. I had him in the beta and he did quite well for me. I'm surprised that Stripling did so well considering his low stamina. Oh, and the last bit of interesting news is that Matt Shoemaker pitched a Maddox! Relief Pitching I like to play with 8 men in my bullpen so I only make two changes all season. Matt Grace was an absolute disaster. Even against LHB he was not good. I also dropped Lewicki. He was alright, but I only had him pitching in low leverage long relief because he isn't good. Stumpf was brought in late tp face lefties and his stats are inflated because the game likes to keep him in to face RHB. I have limited his pitch count in an effort to combat this and it seems to be working. Joe Jimenez was my other late addition and he's been great in limited action. I stubbornly stuck with Melancon as my CL because I'm a fan of him, but he was real bad. I don't know how he walked so many batters because nothing in his attributes suggest these numbers. Bill Campbell acted as SU and was just brilliant all season. I will have to try to get him more innings next season. Batting Garver, Tellis, and Cervelli were dropped fairly quickly. Not at once. I was cycling through trying to find someone who could bring some hitting to DH and fill in a little somewhere else. Eventually bought Francisco Mejia and I've been extremely disappointed in what he's brought to the plate so far. Not even a good split. Boone has been phenomenal behind the dish all season and was hot at the plate for the first half. He was on pace for 5.5 WAR at one point so he did slow down. Grandal started off very slow, but has came good in the end. I got unexpected production out of Austin Barnes and Chris Hermann. I was playing them because they were the best defenders I could find, but Barnes his LHP well and Hermann hit LHP around replacement level and RHP a little better. The biggest disappointments were Munson at DH and C, and Contreras in RF. I expected Contreras to be a platoon player, but he never even amounted to that. Munson I actually expected to be one of my better batters, but he struggled a lot. Fielding We had some good news and some bad news. Grandal and Posey began the season with 0 in their respective positions and they progressed a lot. That's the good news. Barnes, Wockenfuss, and Contreras all started with a decent amount of position experience and didn't grow so they are probably at their max. Chris Herrmann had some growth at CF, but not as much as I had hoped for. His OF attributes still suggest to me that he should be able to grow more so I'm not sure if his mistakes hamper growth or if it just takes longer to learn CF. Kelly was a huge disappointment at SS. I had very low expectations, but he probably played 95% of games an only learned 17 points. When I was makes my player selections I wasn't using exact numbers, just the 5 scale, so I think I thought he looked better than he is. I might try Farmer there next season or see if I can find anything remotely better as he also didn't hit a lick. I will stick with mostly this team and make just a few changes for next season so the experiment will continue!