Season 15 (2033) General Discussion thread

[PocketsAintFull]

(Islanders)

[PocketsAintFull]

Added 79 Joe DiMaggio to my Stunners at DH, in place of Ohtani.

Shohei was doing alright, but, I mean, Joe DiMaggio

[PocketsAintFull]

I've been feeling like my 93 Hank Aaron has been playing below-par the last few seasons, especially in Bronze.

This season he has 21 HR and 72 RBI in 68 games

(last season he ended up 32/113, which certainly wasn't terrible but the %'s weren't quite there)

[old timer]

Originally Posted by old timer

The Raccoons are off to a 19-4 start. Right now, it looks like the Pawnee Harvesters and Ann Arbor Space Cadets will be the toughest teams to beat.

Since the playoffs look like a sure thing, what do we shoot for? I wish the tournaments were ready. In the mean time, I guess we can try for having the best record, RDiff, etc.

Currently, the Raccoons have the 3rd best overall record at 60-19 (behind Pawnee and then Ann Arbor). We do have the best Pythag just like last season, but that doesn't count.

We have the best RDiff at +277 (a +568 pace!). We've never had an RDiff > 424 (and only twice > 400) so I guess that means this league is weaker than the others we were in before. When Orcin posted that his goal was to have an RDiff > 500, I was thinking this will likely never happen for my Raccoons. But maybe this year will be different? Hey, I need something to shoot for until the playoffs begin.

[Josquin]

Originally Posted by Orcin

I replaced 91 Phil Rizzuto with 100 Honus Wagner at shortstop today. While that isn't worth 200 runs, it is a pretty significant addition to the offense.

It should give you between 30-40 extra runs per season.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by Josquin

It should give you between 30-40 extra runs per season.

That's a good start. It's probably the biggest offensive improvement that I could have made other than increasing my park factors.

[Josquin]

Originally Posted by Orcin

That's a good start. It's probably the biggest offensive improvement that I could have made other than increasing my park factors.

You'll probably give up 10-15 extra runs due to Wagner's poorer defense, but overall it is definitely a significant upgrade.

[mcdog512]

After falling victim to the all cards inactive last night the Fighting Saints have rebounded to pull back within 3.5 games. The dude I'm chasing is the Central Falcons. He's got a hard fighting team for sure.

The Falcons:

[Treydmarq]

Originally Posted by Treydmarq

My all Astros team (rebuilt from the ground up and starting out in Bronze as my previous builds were terrible) is off to a rousing start in B211.

April saw an 11 game win streak to start the season, with Lance Berkman winning batter of the month and Roy Oswalt winning pitcher of the month (first time any of my three teams has had a pitcher and hitter win a monthly award in the same season, much less same month). The Colts ended April with a 22-4 record.

May has seen the team cool off considerably, as they are only 8-7 through May 22nd, though Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve continue to swing hot bats, both hitting .320 or higher for the 2nd consecutive month. On the mound, Nolan Ryan has finally gotten comfortable at bronze level and has combined with Justin Verlander to throw 53.1 innings, allowing only 8 ER and striking out 63, while only walking 9.

Hopefully they can continue to build off of this hot start, win a championship and move us up to silver league.

So, the team has stayed HOOOOOOTTTT from May 22nd until now.

Knocked out a 12 game win streak starting in June and ending in July, going 22-5 in June.

Nolan Ryan continued his dominance, going 4-0 with 46 strike outs in 35 innings, with only 4 er and 9 total walks. Lance Berkman and Carlos Correa led the way for the month, both hitting .333 or higher, with 27 combined XBH, 41 combined runs and 37 combined RBI. Also, Cesar Cedeno has been a stolen base machine, stealing 11 or more bases per month through June.

So far in July, the team is 13-5 and just sent 6 guys to the All Star game (Nolan Ryan, Oswalt, Correa, Berkman, Bregman and Cedeno).They are now 71-27 and have a 7 game lead over 2nd place.

Hopefully they can continue on their torrid pace, crack 100 wins and hopefully bring me my first title (and bring my Astros them team up to Silver ).

[PocketsAintFull]

Bob Uecker is throwing a party in the Milwaukee area tonight

[Treydmarq]

Originally Posted by PocketsAintFull

Bob Uecker is throwing a party in the Milwaukee area tonight

And I thought my 6 Astros making the AS game was impressive.

Holy hell.

How well is that team playing?

[PocketsAintFull]

Originally Posted by Treydmarq

And I thought my 6 Astros making the AS game was impressive.

Holy hell.

How well is that team playing?

Oh 6 IS awesome, I'm sure this is the most i've had since PT '19 started

Bob's Milwaukee All-Stars are at a 61-35 mark in Bronze .249, currently. So they're having a great season for sure

(edit: I also don't think i've ever had an All-Star MVP, so it might be now or never lol)
(edit: never, as it turns out )

[Treydmarq]

Originally Posted by PocketsAintFull

Oh 6 IS awesome, I'm sure this is the most i've had since PT '19 started

Bob's Milwaukee All-Stars are at a 61-35 mark in Bronze .249, currently. So they're having a great season for sure

(edit: I also don't think i've ever had an All-Star MVP, so it might be now or never lol)
(edit: never, as it turns out )

I need to check if I have an All star this year, but on mu all pre-1950 team, Lou Gehrig was also the highest vote getter (I had 4 All Stars from that team).

EDIT: No All Star for my 6 either. Maybe next year.

[BigRed75]

Quick Unicorns update - they are closing the gap on the whale atop their division! A combination of improved play on the part of the Unicorns (thanks to that insane influx of Diamond and Gold talent) and some regression to the mean on the part of the Whale has seen the 11 1/2 game gap shrink to just 5 games. At this pace, they should catch the whale with about a week left in the regular season.

He is currently considering whether to sell his Fernando Tatis Jr and take the points, playing Javier Baez at 3B instead. I know what I would do, but it's his call.

I'm a proud papa, to be sure...

[Dogberry99]

I could've sworn every team always had an All-Star, just like irl. However, I just discovered one of my teams had none.

[Magus978]

I'm legitimately stunned at how bad my main team has collapsed. 48-30 when July started, 17-31 since. It's like we're trying to find new and innovative ways to both suck and blow at the same time. I had to sell my peak Tom Glavine to fund an overhaul of the offense, and while I'm trying to give it time to do its stuff, the death spiral seems to be never-ending, I've run out of answers in trying to figure this one out. A perfect storm of ineptitude and bad luck.

Looking like it'll be a 7th week at silver for the New York Patriots. If there was a PT version of a "lolcow", it would be us.

You get all the points if you get the lolcow reference.

[Treydmarq]

Originally Posted by Treydmarq

So, the team has stayed HOOOOOOTTTT from May 22nd until now.

Knocked out a 12 game win streak starting in June and ending in July, going 22-5 in June.

Nolan Ryan continued his dominance, going 4-0 with 46 strike outs in 35 innings, with only 4 er and 9 total walks. Lance Berkman and Carlos Correa led the way for the month, both hitting .333 or higher, with 27 combined XBH, 41 combined runs and 37 combined RBI. Also, Cesar Cedeno has been a stolen base machine, stealing 11 or more bases per month through June.

So far in July, the team is 13-5 and just sent 6 guys to the All Star game (Nolan Ryan, Oswalt, Correa, Berkman, Bregman and Cedeno).They are now 71-27 and have a 7 game lead over 2nd place.

Hopefully they can continue on their torrid pace, crack 100 wins and hopefully bring me my first title (and bring my Astros them team up to Silver ).

The Colts are still cruising coming out of the All Star break, going 5-1 to close out July, 20-6 in August and starting September 2-1, pushing their lead over 2nd place to 19 games and is one of only 4 teams with 80 or more wins (and only one over 90, with 98).

George Springer, Lance Berkman and Cesar Cedeno lead the way on offense in the second half. Springer is hitting .371 with 10 home runs, Berkman is hitting .354 with 15 XBH (7 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR) and Cedeno is hitting .342 with 14 XBH and 9 SB.

On the pitching side, Gerrit Cole pitched like a man possessed, going 5-0 in his 5 starts, with 35 SO in 31 IP, with a 2.03 ERA. Billy Wagner continues to be one of the most reliable closers in the game, with 10 appearances ending in 7 saves and 1 win, with 13 SO in 9 IP.

Looks like the Colts will reach 100 wins for the first time ever (barring the worst collapse in sports history) and will be the prohibitive favorite to win the B211 championship.

[waittilnextyear]

The Frogs have been playing some uninspired baseball the last couple of days resulting in actually sinking into 2nd place in the division. The biggest problem has been the bullpen/8th inning. A very economical bullpen put up some great numbers last week (2.68 ERA), but the non-Eckersley pieces have been trash this week. Pedro Borbon (1.87 ERA last week) was pitching to a 9+ ERA through June before I pulled the plug on him. Tried the All Star version of Ryan Pressly because I've had some luck with really high stuff/control and meh movement pitchers (ahem, 89 Eckersley), but Pressly was trash, too. This one issue has probably cost the team 5-10 games all by itself. Still on the prowl for a setup man. At 83-57, the Frogs sit 1 game behind the scorchingly hot New York The Amazins.

I don't think I've ever seen a [non-whale] team come out of nowhere quite like this "New York The Amazins" team has. They played .500 ball through June and randomly decided to go 42-15 (two 21-win months in a row) in July and August. This team is also doing the extreme LHB/RHB park factor thing, and that's helping what looks like a pretty weak offense do enough to complement the stronger pitching element of this team.

It'll be interesting to see if my Frogs are resilient to overtake them or not after falling out of 1st place for the first time since mid-April. Either way both teams are all but assured a ticket to the postseason. I'd much rather not have to play a single elimination game if I can help it...

[BigRed75]

The Unicorns are now 50(!) games above .500 (92-42) and have closed the gap to 2 1/2 games over the whale.

They have a healthy 18 1/2 game lead in the wild card, and with the magic number only 1, post-season baseball is all but assured.

The son bought Joey Gallo in the AH but has benched him for the season. He recognised on his own that he shouldn't mess with the roster right now. No tinker stinker for this kid!

[Westheim]

Last season all my teams fought for a playoff spot in September, and while two made it, none were promoted. This year, the overall picture is decidedly worse.

The Coons have been thoroughly crummy in Perfect this year. 61-74 and tied for last in their division. Relegation shouldn't be an issue, and the wild cards won't. That's really all there is to say…..

Rebs are 71-65, which puts them 2 1/2 behind the second wild card. They are already 12 games out in the division. This division was actually pretty closely packed together with four teams all within a few games of another until July, and then it broke apart... the Rebs weren't doing the breaking; they broke.

The only decent card (on paper) the Rebs pulled the last week or so has been A.J. Minter. Let me be plain. I hate A.J. Minter in PT. I have had him on plenty of teams, and he has never not sucked for me. This A.J. Minter has now pitched 8.1 innings and walked a full dozen batters. I hate A.J. Minter in PT, with all my heart. It is a white, burning hatred!

The Accountants probably disappoint me the most. They are 67-68 and haven't been able to get over the hump for an extended period of time when I thought they'd clinch a division here. They're seven games out in the division and 5 1/2 for a wild card, with five teams in between, so that ship has sailed. And they're also stuck with a bunch of bad apples in their warehouse. Somebody invested into Paul Goldschmidts. He is very sad now...