Season 16 (2035) General Discussion

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by daves

Those are two decent acquisitions. I have been eyeing Cronin for some time. Since I have a decent SS he seems to be a great fit to be converted to 2b. The knock on him is his average. There are 2 Cronin's in my league and he did not hit above .250 in 7 seasons. Mostly a 220 or 21 hitter. But great defensively.

McCarthy should provide a significant return. Seems to be a fast 300 hitter that is excellent defensively. He is a 102 in LF if you move him there.

Cronin's .220 is better than Tulo's .150 but I hope that mine will be closer to .250 with double-digit HRs. I can't afford Lloyd so it was either Cronin, Pesky, or Ward. I needed more power so Cronin was a better fit but I might still go after one of the others for 3B.

[trman73]

I have been eyeing Cronin for some time.

I pulled Perfect Cronin from a pack and have had him for six seasons. His two years in Gold were fabulous. WARs of 7.8 and 8.7, with OPS's around .800.

Diamond, he's awful offensively. Four seasons: OPS's of .636, .668, .632, and this year a whopping .580.

I would not spend 60-70K PP on this guy.

[Will_L]

Elitist Scum took the wild card coming out of a three way tie for the second spot. Won the wild card game against the Angels of Death and then took down the Wappinger's Pizza Boys, who won the division with a 116-46 record (best in the league) and 29 & 30.5 games over the Angels & Scum (AC East) respectively, in the division series three games to one. That series featured 21 home runs, 14 by Soho with four in four innings off Josh Hader. The Scum went on to win the sub-league series against the Betzner Blackbirds four games to two. The Iron level series is even at a game apiece against the Curleyville Sex Pistols (cool logo) with the next three at Soho's Rarified Airs, a balanced ballpark.
Game 3 to Curleyville 8-7 in 10.
Games 4 & 5 taken by Soho, 2-1 (13 innings) & 4-2 and its off to Sex Pistol Park for six and seven. Their ballpark dampens heavily avg. L (.953), avg. R (943), 2B (.893), 3B (.913), and ups homers for both sides to 1.1.
Game 6 goes Curleyville's way by a score of 6-1.
Curleyville takes game 7 and the championship in a 14-1 blowout, hitting six home runs - all by different players. Congrats to Curleyville. We'll get ya next time! :-)

Soho will probably get pretty beat up in Bronze next week, need a bunch of relievers to replace four silvers that are in there.
Pulled a 96 Rogers Hornsby in a pack from a tournament for the Corsairs, he's in the lineup moving Cano to 3B. Thought about selling, saw two other cards for around 35k, opted to use him instead.

[daves]

Originally Posted by trman73

I pulled Perfect Cronin from a pack and have had him for six seasons. His two years in Gold were fabulous. WARs of 7.8 and 8.7, with OPS's around .800.

Diamond, he's awful offensively. Four seasons: OPS's of .636, .668, .632, and this year a whopping .580.

I would not spend 60-70K PP on this guy.

Unless your in need of a SS at the Gold level. Also he has been selling for 25% less this week.

[IJCrichton]

Its gone middnight but it was worth the wait! 3 in a row

[Tinkerman]

Bit of a mention for my PT20 Tinners. Haven't touched the roster since 21 came out, but been keeping track. Their run of 18 (11-7) straight PL series appearances has finally ended - no surprise that Bailey was somewhat involved

[trman73]

Unless your in need of a SS at the Gold level. Also he has been selling for 25% less this week.

Indeed true. As you can see from the stats, in Gold he's, well, gold.

(I should note that the card I posted is a team that uses neutral park factors, for whatever that's worth. Also in Gold his defensive stats are excellent.)

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by trman73

Indeed true. As you can see from the stats, in Gold he's, well, gold.

(I should note that the card I posted is a team that uses neutral park factors, for whatever that's worth. Also in Gold his defensive stats are excellent.)

Why would his defensive stats be any different in diamond?

[daves]

Originally Posted by Orcin

Why would his defensive stats be any different in diamond?

Wouldn't his efficiency and ZR be higher in lower leagues since these stats are based on league averages?

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by daves

Wouldn't his efficiency and ZR be higher in lower leagues since these stats are based on league averages?

How many shortstops have better defensive stats at diamond level?

[abangs]

The Cluckers, Irregulars, and Perros proved that they are the quintessential Gold League teams, finishing the 2035 season with records of 82-80, 81-81, and 81-81, respectively.

No additions were made to any of the teams' rosters, as we've had a weeks-long drought of historical diamond pulls from 350+ packs, and all PP earned from tournaments and achievements has been spent on building tournament rosters.

[2tango2]

From what I saw, Cronin did not hit for beans for anyone who had them on their Diamond team this year.

Some cards are just like that I guess...my 1909 100 Honus Wagner looked great on the surface and he could never break out of the .230's. Sold him off and picked up Lou Bourdeau who I have been very happy with.

The Yaz SE card looks like it is wonderful for some people..he couldn't hit jack for my team on 2 different times that I owned him.

[daves]

Originally Posted by Orcin

How many shortstops have better defensive stats at diamond level?

I keep getting a sync error, but Ozzie Smith, Hugh Jennings, Honus Wagner and Travis Jackson to name a few.

[sportsbamer]

I made the finals for the first time but ended up losing in 6 games to the team that had the best regular season record. I will probably get promoted to Diamond tomorrow and spend the next week getting beat down pretty good.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by daves

I keep getting a sync error, but Ozzie Smith, Hugh Jennings, Honus Wagner and Travis Jackson to name a few.

Ok, let me rephrase that... how many shortstops that cost 60K field better and hit better than Cronin? Never mind, I can see where this is going.

[trman73]

I can only speak to my Cronin, but the Gold Glove you see in his medal section from my screen shot was from a Gold season. I can't get into my teams right now, but I believe he had a +4.5 or so at SS in Diamond this season, and it's been about that in each of the Diamond seasons. Not bad at all, but in Gold he was somewhere around +15.0.

[waittilnextyear]

In summary, this week the Frogs [could not sync your cards] and will get relegated from PL after going 69-93. The righty strategy gave a lot of [could not sync your cards] and that was disappointing to see. Next week it's back to diamond to [could not sync your cards, please retry].

[daves]

Originally Posted by Orcin

Ok, let me rephrase that... how many shortstops that cost 60K field better and hit better than Cronin? Never mind, I can see where this is going.

For the price, fielding and power, Cronin is a great deal. His contact isn't that bad either. I just find it odd in this PT version, at the Diamond level, it's hard to have a player with a contact rating below 90?

[funseeker]

My team is a pre 1950 theme. I needed a backup infielder. So I checked my extensive, mostly useless, inactive roster, and there he was. Creepy Crespi. I couldn't pass on him. I know what you're gonna say: "He's no Johnny Dickshot." Yup. He's just Creepy.

[One Great Matrix]

I tried to put 2 pretty good teams together while still mostly tending to 2.0 New York Flyers...

The Players won their Rookie League.
The Emotion won Rookie & Stone Leagues.

Since then...well...in 2.0, the structure is like 5 minor leagues and the Majors equalling Perfect while in 3.0 the structure is like 6 minor leagues plus the Majors plus the lone Perfect League.

Since doing well at the lower levels, for now, my teams are playing like slightly above average teams at both the Bronze & Silver levels (they tend to get kicked back and forth between the two while coming close to a Championship at these levels twice)...2 or 3 levels below Diamond.