The Open Request League Results Thread

[WillTheThrill]

Well here's a list of major free agents this year:
George Herman
Roy Hobbs
Billy Edwards
Mark Lemke
and Martinez/Zambrano/Benson


the question is, should I put these players back on their original teams?

Or should I let free agency take its course?

[potatoman]

Originally Posted by WillTheThrill

Well here's a list of major free agents this year:
George Herman - 2 year contract
Roy Hobbs - 2 year contract
Billy Edwards - 1 year contract
Mark Lemke - 3 year contract
and Martinez -2 year /Zambrano-3 year/Benson-3 year


the question is, should I put these players back on their original teams?

Or should I let free agency take its course?

Back on teams.. and later late FA take its course

[WillTheThrill]

Originally Posted by potatoman

Back on teams.. and later late FA take its course

Well alright, that seems fair.

I just ran free agency and put the requested players back on their original teams.

(A little surprise for the Mets in Free Agency too)

[potatoman]

Originally Posted by WillTheThrill

Well alright, that seems fair.

I just ran free agency and put the requested players back on their original teams.

(A little surprise for the Mets in Free Agency too)

Go, post results!

[WillTheThrill]

Okay, the league is ready for season 2.

Here are where your requests are at with a prediction for their stats in parantheses

Rafael Belliard Jr- Will play backup middle infielder for the Braves most of thise season (.275 avg, 7 HR, 20 rbi)

Mark Lemke - Ace of the Braves rotation this year (22-8, 2.89 ERA)

Handsome "B" Wonderful - Is still alive! But for how long? His ratings are still high, and he's batting 3rd for the Tigers. (.340 AVG, 30 HR, 110 RBI)

John Frink - The Tigers rotation is much better this year, with acquisition Jason Marquis and Jeremy Bonderman developing well. So Frink should get a lot more save opportunities this year. (1.00 ERA, 40 Saves, 140 K)

Disloyal Phillies - Still looking decent, not many important losses to Free Agency

Sidd Finch - Starts the year at 5th in the rotation, looking to play his first whole season. (13-8, 3.40 ERA)

Injury Prone Anaheim Angels - Looking to advance further in the playoffs this year, barring any major injuries of course.

Billy Edwards - Looks to try and push the Red Sox to first in the AL East this year, but it will be no easy task (.320 AVG, 30 HR, 100 RBI)

Doug Glanville - Best leadoff hitter last year, looks to continue that trend. (.364 AVG, 30 SB, 100 Runs)

Roy Hobbs - Will be playing in the shadow of George Herman and Alex Rodriguez (35 HR, 90 RBI, .320 AVG)

Ross Gload - Obvious leader of the White Sox, who are looking to win the AL Central again this year. (50 HR, 150 RBI, .365 AVG)

The McCracken Twins - Will be platooning in center will both hitting 3rd for the Twins (both: .330 AVG, 20 HR, 60 RBI)

Tampa Bay Prospects - Look to improve in the East with their new stadium. Their pitching is developing fine, but their hitting leaves something to be desired (3rd in the East, 82-80)

George Herman & Mark McGwire's Home Run Race - Herman looks to stay on top of the league, while newcomer McGwire uses Coors Field to his advantage. (McGwire: 80 HR, Herman: 70 HR)

Juiced Up Mets - Juiced up their pitching rotation with the acquisition of last year's NL CY Young, Ben Sheets (who went 29-5 with a 2.10 ERA, and led the Brewers to a championship). With Sheets and their already dominating pitching staff, I dont see how an opposing team will ever score a run against the mets (1st place, World Series champs, 130-32)

Looks to be an interesting season, will sim the first half now.

[Dam610]

Where's McGwire, Prior, and the fences at Wrigley?

[EdGien]

i would like to see someone die and watch the impact on the team

what would happen if bonds got in an accident and died, think about how crazy that would be

[WillTheThrill]

Originally Posted by Dam610

Where's McGwire, Prior, and the fences at Wrigley?

Thanks for reminding me.

McGwire - Becoms the new leader of the Rockies after Todd Helton was traded to the Giants ( ), looks to chase George Herman for the Home Run title this year. (80 HR, .380 AVG, 190 RBI)

Prior - Joins the White Sox this year, and will reign as their ace. With Ross Gload and Prior, look for the White Sox to battle the Tigers for the central this year. (24-9, 3.10 ERA)

Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field - Look for the Cubs to be fighting to be out of last place this year, due to their loss of pitching ace Mark Prior. One upside to this team is the acquisition of Troy Glaus, though he may have to do more than he is capable of to hold this team together The team will have to rely on batting average (22nd last year) instead of home runs (8th last year), as the owners decided to raise the outfield fences to 50 feet (as to stop people from watching from outside of the stadium).


Simming now, will upload asap

[WillTheThrill]

Name                 G  AB   H 2B 3B  HR  RBI  R  BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG   OPS  TAVG   ISO 
George Herman*      56 204  67 18  3  19   55  47 50 45 .328 .463 .725 1.189  1.399 .397 
Mark McGwire        84 301  80 16  4  40   78  74 65 48 .266 .402 .744 1.146  1.303 .478
Bobby-Jim McCracken 69 232  79 27  0  11   49  45 31  8 .341 .414 .599 1.013  1.094 .259
Bubba-Joe McCracken 44 119  31  6  1   7   16  20 12  9 .261 .331 .504  .835   .785 .244
Roy Hobbs           85 309  98 22  4  13   56  67 54 19 .317 .423 .540  .963  1.080 .223
Ross Gload          84 316  92 20  4  20   65  69 56  5 .291 .395 .570  .964  1.146 .278
Rafael Belliard Jr  33  74  18  4  0   2    5   9  3 19 .243 .273 .378  .651   .561 .135
Billy Edwards       84 313  90 33  1  17   77  56 41 30 .288 .368 .562  .930   .944 .275
Doug Glanville      84 329 108 31  2  10   49  56 25 34 .328 .378 .526  .904   .926 .198
Handsome Wonderful**83 339 119 20  2  12   57  59 26 44 .351 .404 .528  .932   .987 .177
Barry Bonds         86 292  80 21  3  10   48  55 53 66 .274 .379 .469  .848   .920 .195

*Injured for 5 Weeks.
**Started the season with 100/100/100 Ratings and batting 3rd, now has 74/44/46 and batting 7th

[pat]

Yay! McGwire hitting 40 HR in 84 games. He'll break his personal career mark for sure.

[WillTheThrill]

Originally Posted by pat

Yay! McGwire hitting 40 HR in 84 games. He'll break his personal career mark for sure.

Well don't be too sure, Herman had 39 last year at the All-Star break, and only ended up with 64.

[WillTheThrill]

Overall        G GS  W L SV  ERA    IP  HA  R ER BB   K CG  CG% SHO QS  QS% 
Mark Prior    24 24 15 9  0 3.23 203.2 175 93 73 33 210 15 62.5   3 16 66.7
John Frink    33  0  6 1 14 1.31  41.1  23  6  6  7  63  0   .0   0  0   .0
Sidd Finch    13 13  9 3  0 3.73 103.2 107 43 43 25  79  4 30.8   1  8 61.5
Mark Lemke    23 23 10 8  0 3.10 180.0 160 67 62 32 181  4 17.4   1 14 60.9

[WillTheThrill]

Heres how some of the more important teams are doing at the break


New York Yankees - Currently sitting half a game behind the Red Sox with a 51-36 record. Their lack of domination is mostly due to losing George Herman for five weeks on June 4th. Of course, it could also be attributed to their seemingly lackluster pitching staff (who are 29th in opponents batting average).

Boston Red Sox - It may seem to the naked eye that the Red Sox are not that great of a team, not great enough to be sitting on top of the most powerful division in the league at least. However, they get the job done. In fact, they are 2nd in the league in runs scored, and middle of the road for all other statistical categories. We'll see if they can hold on to this division for much longer now that Herman is back.

Detroit Tigers - With the help of Handsome "B" Wondeful, the Tigers are 4 games ahead of the second place royals. Their pitching staff is doing completely better compared to last years crapfest of a staff. And with John Frink striking out 63 batters in 33 innings pitched, youd better not be hoping for a late win against this team.

Chicago White Sox - Ross Gload hasn't done much this year, so the White Sox have made very little noise in the AL Central. Mark Prior having a 15-9 record at the All-Star break is the brightest spot in this pitching staff who ranks 19th in team ERA. If Gload and the rest of the staff can pick it up, we may see a run for the Central coming out of Chicaco this year.

The Miraculous Chicago Cubs - Did I underestimate this team? Did the 50 foot walls in Wrigley actually help the team who could only hit for power last year? Well apparently so, because the Cubs are in first place in the NL Central with a 50-39 record (2 games ahead of the Cardinals). They are 28th in team home runs, but 18th in team average. But the real story is their pitching. Brandon Webb and Tony Armas Jr, two middle of the road starters, are doing well is this now pitchers park. In fact, the Cubs pitching staff is 7th in ERA, 4th in AVG, 3rd in HR Allowed, and 8th in runs allowed! Just think if how good they would be if they had not traded Mark Prior for a career minor leaguer


and now the team most of you have been waiting for
The Juiced Up Mets - The Mets are absolutly dominating this year. They are 1st in the East with a 59-29 record, 10.5 games ahead of the Expos. Their pitching staff is truly something great. Led by Pedro Martinez (16-2, 2.12 ERA) the Mets are 1st in team ERA, Runs Scored against, and opponents batting average. Currently Kris Benson and Ben Sheets are out for a few weeks, but there is still no stopping the New York Mets.

[WillTheThrill]

Once you read this, the site should be updated with the new stats.

http://www.stellar-depth.com/league

Ill sim the reast of the regular season tomorrow afternoon.

[potatoman]

hm?

[WillTheThrill]

Originally Posted by potatoman

hm?

I suppose I could sim that second half now.

[potatoman]

[WillTheThrill]

Okay its simmed. I'll upload it now.
No writeups though, way too much homework..

check this link out in 20-30 minutes http://www.stellar-depth.com/league

I think this will be the last sim, as Im planning on starting another league soon.

[Jazzmosis]

Originally Posted by WillTheThrill

Okay its simmed. I'll upload it now.
No writeups though, way too much homework..

check this link out in 20-30 minutes http://www.stellar-depth.com/league

I think this will be the last sim, as Im planning on starting another league soon.

Ah well, it's sad that it's leaving, but at least Frinky and Handsome B took home the champeenship ring.

[potatoman]

Post the league file, maybe someon else can continue