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djc · 09-02-2023, 06:04 PM

Still simming away now in 1928. More negro league pitchers being drafted directly to major league clubs while the hitters are finding it hard to make MLB rosters. Even the great Oscar Chaleston now 32 years old has only 654 games played after 14 seasons. His hitting is somewhat decent with a .284 BA, .340 OBP and .422 SLG career. He is having to share time with Dale Alexander, Ed Morgan and Charlie Jamison in the Reds outfield. Another example is Dick Lundy batting .289 with 470 games after 13 seasons. He is on the Washington Senators. Yeah these guys are making MLB clubs but they are getting the ABs, maybe there is too much competition. The pitchers on the other hand like Andy Cooper, Carl Glass, Tom Williams, Harry Salmon, Bullet Rogan, Webster McDonald etc. are all on clubs starting rotations and racking up the wins. Lefty Williams for example has as many career wins as Grover Cleveland Alexander at 167. Granted Williams has pitched in 4 more seasons but you get the point!

A couple of positive notes, with the inclusion of the minor leagues, some Negro leaguers actually get demoted into AAA and AA which I think is pretty realisitic.

One thing about the minors I don't understand is why don't players get promoted out of the NeL into the majors. They are either drafted into and stick with a MLB club or get sent down to the NeL or AAA or AA as mentioned above, but never promoted unless I try to manually push them up. I would like to see the game take into account some players might take time to get their skills honed to a major league level and then get promoted. Isn't that what happens in the majors to just about every MLB star. Joe D and Ted Williams started in AAA before going into the majors so why not negro stars ie. Alejandro Oms, John Beckwith, Spot Poles, Cool Papa Bell and many others. Just my two cents.

09-02-2023, 06:04 PM	#33
djc Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 64	Still simming away now in 1928. More negro league pitchers being drafted directly to major league clubs while the hitters are finding it hard to make MLB rosters. Even the great Oscar Chaleston now 32 years old has only 654 games played after 14 seasons. His hitting is somewhat decent with a .284 BA, .340 OBP and .422 SLG career. He is having to share time with Dale Alexander, Ed Morgan and Charlie Jamison in the Reds outfield. Another example is Dick Lundy batting .289 with 470 games after 13 seasons. He is on the Washington Senators. Yeah these guys are making MLB clubs but they are getting the ABs, maybe there is too much competition. The pitchers on the other hand like Andy Cooper, Carl Glass, Tom Williams, Harry Salmon, Bullet Rogan, Webster McDonald etc. are all on clubs starting rotations and racking up the wins. Lefty Williams for example has as many career wins as Grover Cleveland Alexander at 167. Granted Williams has pitched in 4 more seasons but you get the point! A couple of positive notes, with the inclusion of the minor leagues, some Negro leaguers actually get demoted into AAA and AA which I think is pretty realisitic. One thing about the minors I don't understand is why don't players get promoted out of the NeL into the majors. They are either drafted into and stick with a MLB club or get sent down to the NeL or AAA or AA as mentioned above, but never promoted unless I try to manually push them up. I would like to see the game take into account some players might take time to get their skills honed to a major league level and then get promoted. Isn't that what happens in the majors to just about every MLB star. Joe D and Ted Williams started in AAA before going into the majors so why not negro stars ie. Alejandro Oms, John Beckwith, Spot Poles, Cool Papa Bell and many others. Just my two cents.