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Litty · 09-20-2019, 04:40 AM

College

Each college season runs for 56 games from mid-February to mid-May. At the end of the 2019 regular season, the following teams had won their conference (teams listed according to the alphabetical order of the conferences):

Albany, Wichita State (#1), NJIT, St Joseph’s, NC State, Baylor, Xavier, Campbell, Michigan State, Cal State Northridge, Northeastern, UAB, Oakland, Yale, Quinnipiac, UMES, Ohio, Valparaiso, San Jose State, CCSU, SIU Edwards, UCLA, Bucknell, Florida, Wofford, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi, North Dakota State, Georgia Southern, Texas Southern, BYU, Chicago State

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1st seed Wichita State, who had gone 47-9 in the regular season, were eliminated in the Quarterfinals by South Dakota State.

The 2019 National Champion were the Tennessee Volunteers. They had finished fourth in the SEC, having gone 37-18, and entered the playoffs by virtue of weighting for the Power Five conferences. The Vols began the playoffs with back-to-back series sweeps at home against Troy and Campbell. They faced their first challenge of the postseason in the Third Round when they hosted BYU. The Cougars took the first game of the series before Tennessee rallied and took the series, 2-1. The Quarterfinals saw Tennessee on the road for the first time since the regular season. They travelled to Boston for a series with the CAA-winning Northeastern. Once again the series went to a rubber match after the Huskies hit a walk-off home run in the 13th inning of Game 2. However, Tennessee managed a Game 3 rout to propel them into the Semifinals. The match-up saw them travel to Michigan to face 2nd seed Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Despite the disparity of their regular seasons, Oakland having gone 45-10, the Volunteers pitched back-to-back shutouts to progress to their first National Championship since 1951. Their opponent was the 3rd seed NC State Wolf Pack. Tennessee carried their momentum from the Semifinals into the best-of-five Final, easily beating the Wolf Pack 3-1. This series victory marked the first National Championship title for the university.

Rookie of the Year was not awarded in 2019, given that it was the first year of the simulation. Pitcher of the Year went to Jorge Cardenas of South Alabama. The Jaguar reliever went 5-0 with a 0.69 ERA across 61.0 innings. South Alabama did make the postseason but were eliminated in the First Round by Texas A&M- Corpus Christi. Due to my setup not being perfect in year one, I discovered an unusual flaw in my design during the playoffs. Because I hadn’t set active roster age restrictions, MLB players cut by their team and undesirable free agents were signing with colleges in my league. This meant that Adam Lind, the former Blue Jay, was named MVP after playing with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. I made some changes between seasons one and two so the problem did go away but it is funny to imagine Lind, at 36, somehow finding a way to play a second stint of college ball.

In terms of notable events, the first year of D1 baseball saw fourteen no-hitters. Two of those were perfect games, thrown by Bob Erke (Stephen F Austin State) and John Richy (William and Mary). Lind, goddammit Lind, also set the benchmark for hitting going forwards after posting a .365 batting average.

MLB

Boston, in this reality, did not suffer a championship hangover. They won 94 games and retained the World Series title after sweeping the Phillies. However, they did not win the AL East as the Rays beat them by two games. What can I say? This simulation was weird.

Kyle Tucker (Houston- .331, 35 HR) and Pete Alonso (New York- .276, 31 HR) were named Rookie of the Year for the AL and NL respectively. Trevor Bauer (21-6, 3.26 ERA, 240 Ks), who was not traded, picked up the Cy Young for the AL as he led the league in wins, ERA, HR/9 and WAR. Meanwhile, the Mets, who were an 88-win team, picked up another award as Noah Syndergaard (20-11, 2.27 ERA, 257 Ks) won the NL counterpart. Thor led in wins, ERA, innings pitched and WAR. Cleveland, who were also a 94-win team, picked up another award in the form of Francisco Lindor (.342, 38 HR). Lindor was the first MVP to come out of Cleveland since Al Rosen in 1953. In the NL, Christian Yelich (.344, 39 HR, 9.8 WAR) retained his crown in a season that saw him improve upon his already fantastic 2018 season.

There were two no-hitters, both pitched against the Cardinals. Syndergaard (11 Ks, 2 BBs) got the first one June 15th while Yu Darvish (10 Ks, 1 BB) threw the second on September 27th. In terms of milestones, CC Sabathia reached 3000 career strikeouts while Felix Hernandez, Max Scherzer, and Cole Hamels reached 2500. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 400th home run as Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds crossed the 300 mark.

Hall of Fame: Roger Clemens, Curt Shilling and Derek Jeter all joined the Hall of Fame in January 2020.

First Overall Watch

As they did in real life, the Orioles chose Oregon State’s Adley Rutschman with the first overall pick. He played 55 games across Rookie and A- ball, hitting .273. As a catcher, he recorded a 1.055 defensive efficiency. Surprisingly, the first player out of the custom college league was reliever Josh Saliba out of Texas Tech. He was chosen 21st overall by the Braves. In his senior year for the Red Raiders, he went 2-1 with a 3.76 ERA and 43 Ks across 20 games. While he only played 7 games/14.2 innings for the Rookie-level Danville Braves, he went 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA and 21 Ks.

The 2020 season will be published on September 23rd.

09-20-2019, 04:40 AM	#3
Litty Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 138	2019 College Each college season runs for 56 games from mid-February to mid-May. At the end of the 2019 regular season, the following teams had won their conference (teams listed according to the alphabetical order of the conferences): Albany, Wichita State (#1), NJIT, St Joseph’s, NC State, Baylor, Xavier, Campbell, Michigan State, Cal State Northridge, Northeastern, UAB, Oakland, Yale, Quinnipiac, UMES, Ohio, Valparaiso, San Jose State, CCSU, SIU Edwards, UCLA, Bucknell, Florida, Wofford, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi, North Dakota State, Georgia Southern, Texas Southern, BYU, Chicago State 1st seed Wichita State, who had gone 47-9 in the regular season, were eliminated in the Quarterfinals by South Dakota State. The 2019 National Champion were the Tennessee Volunteers. They had finished fourth in the SEC, having gone 37-18, and entered the playoffs by virtue of weighting for the Power Five conferences. The Vols began the playoffs with back-to-back series sweeps at home against Troy and Campbell. They faced their first challenge of the postseason in the Third Round when they hosted BYU. The Cougars took the first game of the series before Tennessee rallied and took the series, 2-1. The Quarterfinals saw Tennessee on the road for the first time since the regular season. They travelled to Boston for a series with the CAA-winning Northeastern. Once again the series went to a rubber match after the Huskies hit a walk-off home run in the 13th inning of Game 2. However, Tennessee managed a Game 3 rout to propel them into the Semifinals. The match-up saw them travel to Michigan to face 2nd seed Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Despite the disparity of their regular seasons, Oakland having gone 45-10, the Volunteers pitched back-to-back shutouts to progress to their first National Championship since 1951. Their opponent was the 3rd seed NC State Wolf Pack. Tennessee carried their momentum from the Semifinals into the best-of-five Final, easily beating the Wolf Pack 3-1. This series victory marked the first National Championship title for the university. Rookie of the Year was not awarded in 2019, given that it was the first year of the simulation. Pitcher of the Year went to Jorge Cardenas of South Alabama. The Jaguar reliever went 5-0 with a 0.69 ERA across 61.0 innings. South Alabama did make the postseason but were eliminated in the First Round by Texas A&M- Corpus Christi. Due to my setup not being perfect in year one, I discovered an unusual flaw in my design during the playoffs. Because I hadn’t set active roster age restrictions, MLB players cut by their team and undesirable free agents were signing with colleges in my league. This meant that Adam Lind, the former Blue Jay, was named MVP after playing with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. I made some changes between seasons one and two so the problem did go away but it is funny to imagine Lind, at 36, somehow finding a way to play a second stint of college ball. In terms of notable events, the first year of D1 baseball saw fourteen no-hitters. Two of those were perfect games, thrown by Bob Erke (Stephen F Austin State) and John Richy (William and Mary). Lind, goddammit Lind, also set the benchmark for hitting going forwards after posting a .365 batting average. MLB Boston, in this reality, did not suffer a championship hangover. They won 94 games and retained the World Series title after sweeping the Phillies. However, they did not win the AL East as the Rays beat them by two games. What can I say? This simulation was weird. Kyle Tucker (Houston- .331, 35 HR) and Pete Alonso (New York- .276, 31 HR) were named Rookie of the Year for the AL and NL respectively. Trevor Bauer (21-6, 3.26 ERA, 240 Ks), who was not traded, picked up the Cy Young for the AL as he led the league in wins, ERA, HR/9 and WAR. Meanwhile, the Mets, who were an 88-win team, picked up another award as Noah Syndergaard (20-11, 2.27 ERA, 257 Ks) won the NL counterpart. Thor led in wins, ERA, innings pitched and WAR. Cleveland, who were also a 94-win team, picked up another award in the form of Francisco Lindor (.342, 38 HR). Lindor was the first MVP to come out of Cleveland since Al Rosen in 1953. In the NL, Christian Yelich (.344, 39 HR, 9.8 WAR) retained his crown in a season that saw him improve upon his already fantastic 2018 season. There were two no-hitters, both pitched against the Cardinals. Syndergaard (11 Ks, 2 BBs) got the first one June 15th while Yu Darvish (10 Ks, 1 BB) threw the second on September 27th. In terms of milestones, CC Sabathia reached 3000 career strikeouts while Felix Hernandez, Max Scherzer, and Cole Hamels reached 2500. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 400th home run as Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds crossed the 300 mark. Hall of Fame: Roger Clemens, Curt Shilling and Derek Jeter all joined the Hall of Fame in January 2020. First Overall Watch As they did in real life, the Orioles chose Oregon State’s Adley Rutschman with the first overall pick. He played 55 games across Rookie and A- ball, hitting .273. As a catcher, he recorded a 1.055 defensive efficiency. Surprisingly, the first player out of the custom college league was reliever Josh Saliba out of Texas Tech. He was chosen 21st overall by the Braves. In his senior year for the Red Raiders, he went 2-1 with a 3.76 ERA and 43 Ks across 20 games. While he only played 7 games/14.2 innings for the Rookie-level Danville Braves, he went 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA and 21 Ks. The 2020 season will be published on September 23rd. __________________ Good times, good vibes going forwards.