One Man, Thirty Teams

PerfectMisnomer · 06-20-2006, 12:52 PM

I loved the idea jaykno14 had when he decided to try and win a championship with every team, as I had always thought about trying it as well. I didn't want to step on his turf, and it appears his franchise is dead, so I will be attempting the same thing. I will attempt to win the World Series with all 30 teams, each time starting in 2005 with TF's MLB rosters.

Trading will be set to hard, and towards "neutral", that way I can't just rob anyone. However, I will try my best to

Each team will be selected randomly through baseball-reference, and I will do an update every season on how things are going. The first team I will try to lead will be the:

Cincinnati Reds

PerfectMisnomer · 06-20-2006, 01:10 PM

Starting Rotation
Eric Milton
JC Romero
Paul Wilson
Ramon Ortiz
Adam Harang

Closer
Ryan Wagner

Depth Chart
C- Jason Larue
1B- Sean Casey
2B- D'Angelo Jimenez
3B- Joe Randa
SS- Felipe Lopez
LF- Adam Dunn
CF- Ken Griffey Jr.
RF- Austin Kearns

Transactions
Traded CF Wily Mo Pena to Minnesota for SP JC Romero

PerfectMisnomer · 06-20-2006, 01:45 PM

Well, this will be tough. Here's a recap of the '05 Season:

Record: 67-95, 31 games behind the Cardinals
We will have the 5th pick in the rookie draft, but if I remember correctly the pool isn't THAT deep with this roster set.

Transactions
Near the end of July we were well out of it, and realized that Ken Griffey Jr. had to go. I love the guy, but he won't hang around with us for too long. We went fishing in Florida, and came back with CF Juan Pierre. I wanted Pierre becauset his team has no leadoff hitter, and I love the potential of him hitting before Casey/Kearns/Dunn.

Jestor · 06-20-2006, 01:49 PM

Looks like getting Romero was a good move for you, though.

PerfectMisnomer · 06-20-2006, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jestor

Looks like getting Romero was a good move for you, though.

Yeah, he has pretty darn good ratings now (8/7/10) with 10/8/10 talents. He's 29, though, so I don't expect him to hit 10/8/10.

PerfectMisnomer · 06-20-2006, 02:19 PM

Pitching was an area of concern heading into the off-season, and we beefed it up for sure. Here are our signings:

SP Barry Zito, 27 years old
We signed Zito for $8m for two seasons, and he will be the #2 starter on our staff behind Romero. Zito has ratings of 8/8/9.

SP Ted Lilly, 30 years old
Lilly recieved a very cheap 3.5 million for the next two seasons, and has ratings of 8/7/8. He will be our #3 starter.

MR Justin Speier, 32 years old
We brought in Speier (8/7/8) as our best setup man, and let's hope he can do a good job.

Other notable signings:
3B Placido Polanco
3B Tony Graffanino
C Robert Fick
2B Pablo Ozuna

Amateur Draft
As expected there wasn't much to choose from in this class with the 5th overall pick. We wound up with 4 star CF Harold Hone, who has ratings of 6/7/9/7/7

PerfectMisnomer · 06-20-2006, 02:21 PM

Starting Rotation
SP JC Romero
SP Barry Zito
SP Ted Lily
SP Eric Milton
SP Paul Wilson

Closer
Ryan Wagner

C- Robert Fick
1B- Sean Casey
2B- William Bergolla (5 star prospect, 23 years young)
3B- Graffanino/Polanco
SS- Felipe Lopez
LF- Adam Dunn
CF- Juan Pierre
RF- Austin Kearns

Dagrims · 06-20-2006, 02:44 PM

I like this idea, and am sure that I'll be following along in 2009 when you're on team #26 of 30.

Nice level of detail on the posts - you give the most interesting facts and I like the year-end stats post.

turdfurgeson · 06-20-2006, 06:10 PM

Wow, that is quite a goal you have here. How are you doing it. Simming a day at a time? A week? More? I was toying around with an idea similiar to this, but I would try to take over every team that expanded after 1961 and seeing how quickly I could turn them into a contender/ or champ.
Good luck!!

Big Willis 16 · 06-20-2006, 06:15 PM

This is awesome. Good luck.

PerfectMisnomer · 06-21-2006, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turdfurgeson

Wow, that is quite a goal you have here. How are you doing it. Simming a day at a time? A week? More? I was toying around with an idea similiar to this, but I would try to take over every team that expanded after 1961 and seeing how quickly I could turn them into a contender/ or champ.
Good luck!!

All I do is set my lineups/pitching staff, and sim a week up to a month at a time. It's not micro managing, as that would take up too much time. I can usually get a season in every 20-60 minutes depending on my involvement.

PerfectMisnomer · 06-21-2006, 12:58 AM

We came in to 2006 looking for pitching, and pitching is what we got. We posted a 4.01 team ERA, good for 5th best in the league. Our four top starters had ERA's under 3.80, with 3 having ERA's under 3.20.

HOWEVER

OOTP made sure to prove to me that it wouldn't be as easy as 1-2-3. Never thought you'd hear this out of a Reds team, but the Reds were led by pitching, and had absolutely no hitting. The team's .252 average ranked 28th, and our 704 runs scored also sat at 28th. The end result? A 72-90 season, watching the St. Louis Cardinals win back to back World Series.

Barry Zito wound up getting hurt for the season after 22 starts, as he went 4-7 in those starts with a 3.10 ERA.

We ended up trading overpaid Sean Casey (made my first mental error by signing him for 8 million) to the Padres for MR Akinori Otsuka. Adam Dunn was moved to 1B to fill the hole, and 5 star prospect Chris Dickerson took over duties in LF. We also traded for little known Brad Cresse out of St. Louis to play catcher. 2B William Bergolla would take home NL Rookie of the Year honors.

PerfectMisnomer · 06-21-2006, 01:20 AM

After looking at those stats, 27 losses came from my bullpen. We wound up signing Danny Baez (9/7/8) in Free Agency to try and fix our holes a little bit more.

As for the draft, we took 4 star catcher Carrol Adis (20 years young). He has ratings of 6/8/8/7/8 and hopefully will be able to provide pop at the catcher spot down the road.

Looking at talent upgrades, it appears as we've been blessed in the pitching department. MR Adam Harang is suddenly 9/7/8 rated, and the best news comes from 28 year old SP Josh Hancock, who is now 8/7/9 rated as a starter, and CPU thinks he should be my number one guy. He was in the minors all of last season. We also have SP James Paduch in AAA, who is a 5 star prospect currently with ratings of 6/6/8.

Here is our opening day lineup for 2007:

SP Josh Hancock
SP JC Romero
SP Ted Lily
SP Eric Milton
SP James Paduch (Zito has 2 weeks of recovery left)

The lineup:
C Brad Cresse
1B Adam Dunn
2B William Bergolla
3B Edwin Encarnacion (4.5 star 24 year old rookie)
SS Placido Polanco
LF Chris Dickerson
CF Juan Pierre
RF Austin Kearns

Eric · 06-21-2006, 01:24 AM

Are you simming a day at a time?

PerfectMisnomer · 06-21-2006, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric

Are you simming a day at a time?

No, a week up to a month at a time. This is more of me GM'ing instead of coaching.

PerfectMisnomer · 06-21-2006, 11:24 AM

2007 is where it all came together for the Cincinnati Reds. The team had a remarkable pitching staff, ending the year with a 3.64 era, good for best in the league. Runs scored was still pretty low (759, ranked 25th), but they managed to get the job done.

The Reds finished '07 with an NL best 92-70 record, but oddly we were just 40-41 at home, and 52-29 on the road. Three starters won fifteen+ games (Milton 17, Romero 15, Zito 15), while the top of the order (Pierre, Bergolla, Dickerson) combined for 224 steals, a .298 batting average, 39 homers, and 231 RBI. Adam Dunn also added 39 HR and 108 RBI for the club on his own, despite a .227 average. In the playoffs, we faced the Wild Card Winning Colorado Rockies, who managed to beat us 3 games to 1, ending our season and leaving us very disappointed.

The good news is that our 59m payroll is now on the way up (showing dedication to winning), as we signed Barry Zito to a 9.5m deal, JC Romero to a 10m deal, Eric Milton to a 10m deal, and Adam Dunn to a 10.5m deal

And1pg2 · 06-21-2006, 12:38 PM

Kind of off topic but is Eric Milton giving up homers alot or no?

Sagitta · 06-21-2006, 12:49 PM

I love how the catcher is leading the squad in steals!

GoCubsAndJays · 06-21-2006, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagitta

I love how the catcher is leading the squad in steals!

?

No he isn't.

BoilerRocketScientist · 06-21-2006, 01:45 PM

While the catcher isn't leading the team in steals - you do have 2 guys with 80+ steals and another with 59! What's the record for most steals by a team in a season?

06-20-2006, 12:52 PM	#1
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	One Man, Thirty Teams I loved the idea jaykno14 had when he decided to try and win a championship with every team, as I had always thought about trying it as well. I didn't want to step on his turf, and it appears his franchise is dead, so I will be attempting the same thing. I will attempt to win the World Series with all 30 teams, each time starting in 2005 with TF's MLB rosters. Trading will be set to hard, and towards "neutral", that way I can't just rob anyone. However, I will try my best to Each team will be selected randomly through baseball-reference, and I will do an update every season on how things are going. The first team I will try to lead will be the: Cincinnati Reds __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-20-2006, 02:19 PM	#6
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	Pitching was an area of concern heading into the off-season, and we beefed it up for sure. Here are our signings: SP Barry Zito, 27 years old We signed Zito for $8m for two seasons, and he will be the #2 starter on our staff behind Romero. Zito has ratings of 8/8/9. SP Ted Lilly, 30 years old Lilly recieved a very cheap 3.5 million for the next two seasons, and has ratings of 8/7/8. He will be our #3 starter. MR Justin Speier, 32 years old We brought in Speier (8/7/8) as our best setup man, and let's hope he can do a good job. Other notable signings: 3B Placido Polanco 3B Tony Graffanino C Robert Fick 2B Pablo Ozuna Amateur Draft As expected there wasn't much to choose from in this class with the 5th overall pick. We wound up with 4 star CF Harold Hone, who has ratings of 6/7/9/7/7 __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-20-2006, 02:21 PM	#7
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	2006 Opening Lineup Starting Rotation SP JC Romero SP Barry Zito SP Ted Lily SP Eric Milton SP Paul Wilson Closer Ryan Wagner C- Robert Fick 1B- Sean Casey 2B- William Bergolla (5 star prospect, 23 years young) 3B- Graffanino/Polanco SS- Felipe Lopez LF- Adam Dunn CF- Juan Pierre RF- Austin Kearns __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-20-2006, 02:44 PM	#8
Dagrims Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,827	I like this idea, and am sure that I'll be following along in 2009 when you're on team #26 of 30. Nice level of detail on the posts - you give the most interesting facts and I like the year-end stats post. __________________ "Read books, get brain."

06-20-2006, 06:15 PM	#10
Big Willis 16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,616	This is awesome. Good luck. __________________ A wise man once said "shutup and drink your beer!"

06-20-2006, 01:10 PM	#2
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	2005 Cincinnati Reds Opening Lineup Starting Rotation Eric Milton JC Romero Paul Wilson Ramon Ortiz Adam Harang Closer Ryan Wagner Depth Chart C- Jason Larue 1B- Sean Casey 2B- D'Angelo Jimenez 3B- Joe Randa SS- Felipe Lopez LF- Adam Dunn CF- Ken Griffey Jr. RF- Austin Kearns Transactions Traded CF Wily Mo Pena to Minnesota for SP JC Romero __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-20-2006, 01:45 PM	#3
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	Well, this will be tough. Here's a recap of the '05 Season: Record: 67-95, 31 games behind the Cardinals We will have the 5th pick in the rookie draft, but if I remember correctly the pool isn't THAT deep with this roster set. Transactions Near the end of July we were well out of it, and realized that Ken Griffey Jr. had to go. I love the guy, but he won't hang around with us for too long. We went fishing in Florida, and came back with CF Juan Pierre. I wanted Pierre becauset his team has no leadoff hitter, and I love the potential of him hitting before Casey/Kearns/Dunn. __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-20-2006, 06:10 PM	#9
turdfurgeson Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 421	Wow, that is quite a goal you have here. How are you doing it. Simming a day at a time? A week? More? I was toying around with an idea similiar to this, but I would try to take over every team that expanded after 1961 and seeing how quickly I could turn them into a contender/ or champ. Good luck!!

06-21-2006, 12:58 AM	#12
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	2006 Review We came in to 2006 looking for pitching, and pitching is what we got. We posted a 4.01 team ERA, good for 5th best in the league. Our four top starters had ERA's under 3.80, with 3 having ERA's under 3.20. HOWEVER OOTP made sure to prove to me that it wouldn't be as easy as 1-2-3. Never thought you'd hear this out of a Reds team, but the Reds were led by pitching, and had absolutely no hitting. The team's .252 average ranked 28th, and our 704 runs scored also sat at 28th. The end result? A 72-90 season, watching the St. Louis Cardinals win back to back World Series. Barry Zito wound up getting hurt for the season after 22 starts, as he went 4-7 in those starts with a 3.10 ERA. We ended up trading overpaid Sean Casey (made my first mental error by signing him for 8 million) to the Padres for MR Akinori Otsuka. Adam Dunn was moved to 1B to fill the hole, and 5 star prospect Chris Dickerson took over duties in LF. We also traded for little known Brad Cresse out of St. Louis to play catcher. 2B William Bergolla would take home NL Rookie of the Year honors. __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-21-2006, 01:20 AM	#13
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	After looking at those stats, 27 losses came from my bullpen. We wound up signing Danny Baez (9/7/8) in Free Agency to try and fix our holes a little bit more. As for the draft, we took 4 star catcher Carrol Adis (20 years young). He has ratings of 6/8/8/7/8 and hopefully will be able to provide pop at the catcher spot down the road. Looking at talent upgrades, it appears as we've been blessed in the pitching department. MR Adam Harang is suddenly 9/7/8 rated, and the best news comes from 28 year old SP Josh Hancock, who is now 8/7/9 rated as a starter, and CPU thinks he should be my number one guy. He was in the minors all of last season. We also have SP James Paduch in AAA, who is a 5 star prospect currently with ratings of 6/6/8. Here is our opening day lineup for 2007: SP Josh Hancock SP JC Romero SP Ted Lily SP Eric Milton SP James Paduch (Zito has 2 weeks of recovery left) The lineup: C Brad Cresse 1B Adam Dunn 2B William Bergolla 3B Edwin Encarnacion (4.5 star 24 year old rookie) SS Placido Polanco LF Chris Dickerson CF Juan Pierre RF Austin Kearns __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter Last edited by PerfectMisnomer; 06-21-2006 at 01:21 AM.

06-21-2006, 01:24 AM	#14
Eric All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 1,234	Are you simming a day at a time?

06-21-2006, 11:24 AM	#16
PerfectMisnomer All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,221	2007 is where it all came together for the Cincinnati Reds. The team had a remarkable pitching staff, ending the year with a 3.64 era, good for best in the league. Runs scored was still pretty low (759, ranked 25th), but they managed to get the job done. The Reds finished '07 with an NL best 92-70 record, but oddly we were just 40-41 at home, and 52-29 on the road. Three starters won fifteen+ games (Milton 17, Romero 15, Zito 15), while the top of the order (Pierre, Bergolla, Dickerson) combined for 224 steals, a .298 batting average, 39 homers, and 231 RBI. Adam Dunn also added 39 HR and 108 RBI for the club on his own, despite a .227 average. In the playoffs, we faced the Wild Card Winning Colorado Rockies, who managed to beat us 3 games to 1, ending our season and leaving us very disappointed. The good news is that our 59m payroll is now on the way up (showing dedication to winning), as we signed Barry Zito to a 9.5m deal, JC Romero to a 10m deal, Eric Milton to a 10m deal, and Adam Dunn to a 10.5m deal __________________ PCBL -- Commissioner, Troy Heroes GM Current Avatar: SP Keith Ellison 20-8, 2.59 ERA and CL All-Star Game Starter

06-21-2006, 12:38 PM	#17
And1pg2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 979	Kind of off topic but is Eric Milton giving up homers alot or no?

06-21-2006, 12:49 PM	#18
Sagitta Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bouncing between Phillies and Red Sox territory Posts: 357	I love how the catcher is leading the squad in steals! __________________ I'm a lifelong Phillies fan - "Hey, at least we beat the Braves in '93."

06-21-2006, 01:45 PM	#20
BoilerRocketScientist All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 611	While the catcher isn't leading the team in steals - you do have 2 guys with 80+ steals and another with 59! What's the record for most steals by a team in a season?