Diamond 379 - Season 12 - 2030 (Mini-whale Feeder)

[Will_L]

Originally Posted by old timer

In 4 straight games, my team is facing Randy Johnson (97), Pedro Martinez (96), Pedro Martinez and then Sandy Koufax (93). Only in PT.

Anyhow, I was surprised to see that I beat the 1st Pedro and even more surprised when I saw the score was 19-5! I got 1160 PP from the game (which for my team is a lot). Chuck Klein started the year for me on the reserve roster, but since JD Martinez started off poorly, I decided to platoon him in the DH role with Klein (vs R) and it's really payed off this year.

Nice to see my boys were on a four game roll when you posted this, probably back down to earth by now LOL

[daveh2018]

Originally Posted by stl jason

6 of my next 10 games against division leader Daytona.... I'm 2-11 against them this season here's hoping I don't go 0-10 this stretch (prove me wrong boys.... prove me wrong )

at least I won't see them again this season after August 28th

Maybe we will meet in October

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by daveh2018

Maybe we will meet in October

I think that only happens if my boys go on a 40 game winning streak to end the season.... stranger things have happened i guess

[old timer]

Anyone else notice that the leader in wins (with 17) for the whole league is a RP, Sean Doolittle? The Milk Trucks have no SPs and apparently even in OOTP 19 that can work pretty well (I believe I read that OOTP 20 might handle this better). They lead the league in RA. Pretty cool! Especially since RPs are so much cheaper than SPs. I wonder if anyone else has tried this or thought of trying it?

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by stl jason

I think that only happens if my boys go on a 40 game winning streak to end the season.... stranger things have happened i guess

3 games down.... 0-3

nothing like leading 4-1 going into the 8th inning, only to give up 1 in the 8th, 2 in the 9th and 5 in the 11th to blow it

maybe I *will* bring up Freddie Fitzsimmons

[ripitback]

Yeah I saw this. Look at his park factors they heavily favor the pitcher. His team era jumps about a 1.50 from home to road. His defense is also really solid. Still, it works for him and I like the strategy. I almost tried it this year.

Originally Posted by old timer

Anyone else notice that the leader in wins (with 17) for the whole league is a RP, Sean Doolittle? The Milk Trucks have no SPs and apparently even in OOTP 19 that can work pretty well (I believe I read that OOTP 20 might handle this better). They lead the league in RA. Pretty cool! Especially since RPs are so much cheaper than SPs. I wonder if anyone else has tried this or thought of trying it?

[Wrigley4lab]

Well so much for climbing out of cellar. Time to look at making some upgrades.

[daveh2018]

Originally Posted by stl jason

3 games down.... 0-3

nothing like leading 4-1 going into the 8th inning, only to give up 1 in the 8th, 2 in the 9th and 5 in the 11th to blow it

maybe I *will* bring up Freddie Fitzsimmons

Yeah, I saw that one as well - not the way either team drew it up to start the day.

[elutz31]

Originally Posted by ripitback

Yeah I saw this. Look at his park factors they heavily favor the pitcher. His team era jumps about a 1.50 from home to road. His defense is also really solid. Still, it works for him and I like the strategy. I almost tried it this year.

I started out with a max hitters park several seasons ago. Much better for pp as my relievers don't get many. I started to struggle as I moved up through the ranks. My team era went from 4.18 in silver to 4.75 in gold to 4.83 in diamond. At that point my pitchers were always pitching tired from getting beat around. Pitcher's park meant shorter innings, less pitches, less fatigue. The first season with the .9 park my team era went from 4.83 to 3.30 and won a diamond league. I believe the new schedules and extra few days rest will work quite nicely with this strategy. 21 game stretches with no days off and sprinkle in some extra inning games made it rough at times.

I've had a few people ask about it and are trying it. I'd be curious to see how well it could do for a whale.

[NYY #23]

Luckily the Titans have a nice little cushion as we were mostly on autopilot today, and will be tied up most of the day tomorrow. I feel pretty good about making the playoffs at this point, but don't have a great record of postseason success, except for one year.

Looking around the league there are still a lot of exciting races. Looks like it's harder to find a team in the league as unlucky as the Gryphons Red who would be leading the NC East by 5 1/2 by Expected Record, but are trailing by a game and a half.

The Knuckleballers are 37-14 since July, and had a losing record before that. The Gold Devs were 36-16 in June and July. Looks like their series at the end of September could be really important.

The whole AC looks up for grabs. Have to admit I'm impressed with the Strawberry Milk Trucks. Last time I saw a team using all relievers they were obviously tanking, so it's impressive to see the record of success.

It even looks like the race to avoid relegation is close.

Good luck all the rest of the way!

[joehart]

Originally Posted by NYY #23

The Knuckleballers are 37-14 since July, and had a losing record before that. The Gold Devs were 36-16 in June and July. Looks like their series at the end of September could be really important.



The whole AC looks up for grabs. Have to admit I'm impressed with the Strawberry Milk Trucks. Last time I saw a team using all relievers they were obviously tanking, so it's impressive to see the record of success.

Thank you.
Saturday almost has more drama than Sundays which tend to drag a bit.

I must have missed that part about the team. Wow. Now I really need to find some time to look at the other teams. The kids took full control of the knuckleballers while dad was occupied and I am surprised. Even the Renton Warriors are hitting above their line.

Titans look good. Perfect league teams are waiting for your return.

A fun and good league. Lots of unique cards and surprises.

[Will_L]

September is gonna be fun, good races in five of the six divisions and for the AC wild card.

[ripitback]

I think you are using the strategy perfectly. Biggio is a nice card to have for that strategy. Do you need to carry 14 pitchers? What if you added a couple starters to the bullpen, would that help chew up some innings?

Originally Posted by elutz31

I started out with a max hitters park several seasons ago. Much better for pp as my relievers don't get many. I started to struggle as I moved up through the ranks. My team era went from 4.18 in silver to 4.75 in gold to 4.83 in diamond. At that point my pitchers were always pitching tired from getting beat around. Pitcher's park meant shorter innings, less pitches, less fatigue. The first season with the .9 park my team era went from 4.83 to 3.30 and won a diamond league. I believe the new schedules and extra few days rest will work quite nicely with this strategy. 21 game stretches with no days off and sprinkle in some extra inning games made it rough at times.

I've had a few people ask about it and are trying it. I'd be curious to see how well it could do for a whale.

[stl jason]

3-7 in my previously mentioned 10 game stretch.... sadly, that's better than I expected


now 8 games out of the avoid-relegation spot.... not looking good in Waffletown

edit: just looked at the AC leaderboards.... heh... my ace, Dizzy Trout, leads the conference in pitcher WAR.... always look for the bright spot... it might be the way out (or it's an oncoming train.... either way, it's a way "out")

[daves]

NY Titans running away with the division, which is not a surprise. Probably the odds on favorite for the WS.

The surprise is that the Flying Squirrels will live another season at the Diamond level.

[old timer]

My most recent achievement is "snapped losing streak of 9". So that's how September has gone for the sinking Clippers. And now come those #%!$* Corsairs who'll most likely finish us off.

Good luck to those who remain in the hunt.

[stl jason]

playing spoiler down the stretch.... just took 2 of 3 from Renton.... still have 6 games against the Milk Trucks (they're in the thick of the division and wild card races)


victory for the Syrups down the stretch will be to win 7 more games and avoid their first 100 loss season.... pretty sure relegation is a foregone conclusion for this team, so it's been a fun ride.... I'll have to work at getting promoted again but not sure if this group is ready for it


edit: and I have to give credit to Mordecai Brown on my staff.... earlier in the year, he was at a dismal 1-8 record, losing a bunch of low scoring, 1 run games.... right now he's at 10-12, so a nice turn-around on a dismally awful team

[daves]

Originally Posted by stl jason

edit: and I have to give credit to Mordecai Brown on my staff.... earlier in the year, he was at a dismal 1-8 record, losing a bunch of low scoring, 1 run games.... right now he's at 10-12, so a nice turn-around on a dismally awful team

Way to stick with him. I tend to give up early after such a bad start.

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by daves

Way to stick with him. I tend to give up early after such a bad start.

I tend to be loyal to a fault with my players (especially those who cost me 10K points )... besides, I only have 12 players on the reserve roster, none of whom have better ratings (doubt Burleigh Grimes, Charlie Robertson or Freddie Fitzsimmons would give me as good a chance to win in this league)

here's hoping the whole team can play better next year in the gold league

[elutz31]

Originally Posted by ripitback

I think you are using the strategy perfectly. Biggio is a nice card to have for that strategy. Do you need to carry 14 pitchers? What if you added a couple starters to the bullpen, would that help chew up some innings?

Yeah Biggio is the glue. I had 13 pitchers and 12 hitters until I got him. I still found my pitchers were always tired but at 13 it was manageable. I figured with him I could add another pitcher to reduce the others innings down 8-10 innings. Which meant 6-8 more games for 14 relievers to be more rested than before. With the new schedules and extra days rest 13 may be the better option now. It'll give you added flexibility with your lineup. My hitters struggle offensively in the .9 park and having little to no flexibility with the bench I tend to be middle to bottom offensively.

When I first got Biggio I tried 10 hitters and 15 pitchers for a half season to give my pitchers even more rest but it backfired. I had him listed as the backup for every position but he couldn't keep up as many of the players were tired at the same time. It got to where most of my fielders were tired. With work I miss half the games. I'm guessing if I had the ability to micromanage it it may have worked better but for the most part with all my fielders tired my pitchers were getting shelled.

I have considered a few of the starteresk relievers like Wilcy Moore or Satchel Paige to eat up more innings but haven't considers starters in the bullpen even though I'm sure they would also eat up more innings. To me it would like having a Yankees theme team with a perfect Pedro just because you couldn't bring yourself to selling the card.

Alternatively, an all right handed or all left handed opener starting rotation coupled with the opposite handed starting pitchers and relievers in the bullpen may work as well. Example: 4-5 left handed relievers as your starters, set their pitch count down to about 20 pitches which should give them an inning or 2 max. 5-7 right handed starters set as long relievers/middle reliever. With the starters only going an inning or 2 the right handed starters could pitch 6-8 innings of relief against platoons set up to face the lefty starter. Cap it off with a couple right handed setup/closers. Would be fun to see if it would work.

I do apologize for repeating similar posts on the subject.