How is the new season going? - Page 17

Germaniac · 11-15-2018, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Yeah, "interesting" in a scientific sense, not from a fan's perspective of saying 'come on, boys, let's go out to the park and see Drysdale getting his intestines smeared all over the walls by the other team'.

I agree ... in fact, personally I would prefer him shutting down the AA hitters

Dogberry99 · 11-15-2018, 02:39 PM

Can we actually predict how he will perform at AA? How much of this is our players having different levels of effectiveness at different levels, and how much of this is random numbers being random?

Germaniac · 11-15-2018, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogberry99

Can we actually predict how he will perform at AA? How much of this is our players having different levels of effectiveness at different levels, and how much of this is random numbers being random?

I guess we'll never know

Westheim · 11-15-2018, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Germaniac

I guess we'll never know

I disagree, because while in reality there was only one Don Drysdale who could only throw so many seasons and innings, in PT there can be hundreds and thousands of Don Drysdales that never age, steadfastly putting in seasons in AA. At some point, you will get an average stat line of what to expect.

zrog2000 · 11-15-2018, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogberry99

Can we actually predict how he will perform at AA? How much of this is our players having different levels of effectiveness at different levels, and how much of this is random numbers being random?

Some of my best players last season are the worst players this season and vice versa. Everything seems to be a little way too random to me, but I just have one team and don't know how that's working out for the other 10,000 teams or however many it is.

Whoofe · 11-15-2018, 05:50 PM

i started out 2-18 and I am still not completely out of playoff contention!

Maddox · 11-15-2018, 05:52 PM

Not good today. Lost all 4 in series against a team with overpowering pitching. I started the month 4-11

scott1964 · 11-15-2018, 07:16 PM

I went to work and while I was at work my team fell out of first place, went 4 and 9 during that time.

Orcin · 11-15-2018, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1964

I went to work and while I was at work my team fell out of first place, went 4 and 9 during that time.

I think the solution is obvious here.

Maddox · 11-15-2018, 10:18 PM

I have replaced one of my relievers and one of my starters. I have my eye one one more starter if I can afford it. 6-4 in my last 10 but still 6 games under 500.

Good News: I am second in my division
Bad News: That is still 15 games out

SayHey1 · 11-15-2018, 11:14 PM

I started out on an 8 game losing streak in April. That was the high point.

I'm now on a 11 game losing streak, 25 games under .500 and 34 games out of 1st place. I've been shut out 10 times this year.

But at least I have talent!

C Elias Diaz 61
1B Mark McGwire 87
2B Robinson Cano 84
SS Maury Wills 65
3B Nolan Arenado 98
LF Tommy Pham 79
CF Jim Edmonds 88
RF Greg Polanco 78

SP Luis Severino 93
SP Zack Wheeler 85
SP Triston Mckenzie 80
SP Marcus Stroman 80
SP Randy Jones 75

RP Jose LeClerc 81
RP Craig Stammen 83
RP Adam Ottavino 84
RP Jonathan Holder 74
RP Tony Sipp 73
RP Chris Archer 76
CL Corey Knebel 78
CL Sean Doolittle 89

Westheim · 11-16-2018, 02:14 AM

Opened a standard pack this morning and found out a James Paxton (89), which makes me the more sad with the wipe drawing closer.

Aside from that, the Raccoons are 70-39 and securely in first place (in noob league, I should point out), although they are in a 2018 Indians scenario. Three of the teams in my division have only their 36 cards from the starter packs so their rosters are filled with garbage, and the fourth has a few additional silvers, but just can't keep up. Playing those three 57 times will of course advance your playoff case.

And I don't know who it was, but someone posted his loaded Columbus roster full of perfects and diamonds, and yup, that team is in the other subleague.

Maddox · 11-16-2018, 11:53 AM

Bleh, started the day 0-4 so far. My pitching is still bad and my offense decided to take a vacation. Hopefully it is a short one. Unless I go on a great winning streak my chances of a .500 season are fleeting.

I need to remind myself that I just barely made the promotion cut last season and was only a couple games above .500 in Rookie league. Although I have tried to improve my team I have not done enough to make it that much more competitive against tougher teams.

Germaniac · 11-16-2018, 02:14 PM

win one, lose one, win one, lose one ... this is going on for almost an entire day now.

Not funny, Mr. Heinsohn, not funny

Fyrestorm3 · 11-16-2018, 09:02 PM

Haven't checked my team in a day and a half, and we've gone from sub-.500 to holding down a wildcard spot! Not catching the top team in my division, but I'll be fighting for the wildcard with the team that won my division last season, so this last month should be quite interesting.

Trea Turner and Michael Brantley have been on fire for me.

Galeg · 11-16-2018, 10:53 PM

Is it next season yet? lol

So the 63 max team experiment failed pretty hard. Might have gone a little better in R league. Hopefully relegation will allow for better experiments. Think I will try something different next year.

scott1964 · 11-17-2018, 12:20 AM

After the All Star break I went from good to terrible.

But Holy Hotdog

Westheim · 11-17-2018, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Galeg

Is it next season yet? lol

So the 63 max team experiment failed pretty hard. Might have gone a little better in R league. Hopefully relegation will allow for better experiments. Think I will try something different next year.

I don't think it would have. In my league, every team that shows even a iota of effort is trampling all over the 36-card starter teams, and that is despite them having many players better than 63 on their rosters.

Westheim · 11-17-2018, 10:21 AM

Clinched my rookie league division during August-plus last night, and I might get home field through my subleague playoffs, but there is a 106-win team with a worst card of 89 in the other subleague that might be a tough bone to chew on...

AutoVotto · 11-17-2018, 01:43 PM

I am having a ball really messing around with baseball orthodoxy.

I am currently 96-56, having clinched a playoff spot and have a 6 1/2 game lead for the division.

Right now I am running a 6 man bullpen with a 4 man rotation alongside a 15 man bench that is platooning like crazy.

SP Curt Schilling (89)
SP Carlos Martinez (80)
SP Mark Langston (72)
SP Jim Abbot (70)

Stopper Josh Hader (80)
Stopper Aroldis Chapman (84)
Setup Brad Hand (72)
Setup Will Smith (87)
Middle Relief Corey Knebel (78)
Middle Relief Tom Burgmeier (78)

My outfield defense is generally fantastic so I have been focusing on flyball pitchers with good control. Martinez is a guy I got in a pack and am hoping to replace him in the offseason. Arlodis I got for 1.5k in the auction house and I couldn't pass up that deal despite his poor control.

Also Schilling is on pace for 41 starts and 280 innings with a nifty 2.97 ERA.

Line Up

C Gary Sanchez (71, righties)/ Yadier Molina (73, lefties)
1B Anthony Rizzo (83, both)
2B Jed Lowrie (75, righties)/ Enrique Hernandez (73, lefties)
SS Carlos Correa (79, both)
3B Jake Lamb (74, righties)/ Matt D. Williams (75, lefties)
LF Whitt Merrifield (76, both)
CF Lane Johnson (76, righties)/ AJ Pollock (80, lefties)
RF Ichiro Suzuki (69, righties)/ Ronald Acuna (83, lefties)
DH Earl Webb (73, righties)/ Nick Castellanos (70, righties)

I have tinkered with the lineup as guys slump (Which is why it seems odd that Acuna and Pollock are in a platoon situation while Whitt is batting every day). The goal here was basically to make it so that no matter what pitcher comes out, he is going to face a line up designed to destroy him and I got plenty of pinch hitters to continue match up problems in later innings.

So far so good. I'm second in runs scored at 739 and first in runs against with 586. We don't steal bases or bunt and we are aggressive on the base paths. Our relievers go multiple innings and are encouraged to go after batters.

11-15-2018, 07:16 PM	#328
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,622	I went to work and while I was at work my team fell out of first place, went 4 and 9 during that time. __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

11-16-2018, 02:14 AM	#332
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,559	Opened a standard pack this morning and found out a James Paxton (89), which makes me the more sad with the wipe drawing closer. Aside from that, the Raccoons are 70-39 and securely in first place (in noob league, I should point out), although they are in a 2018 Indians scenario. Three of the teams in my division have only their 36 cards from the starter packs so their rosters are filled with garbage, and the fourth has a few additional silvers, but just can't keep up. Playing those three 57 times will of course advance your playoff case. And I don't know who it was, but someone posted his loaded Columbus roster full of perfects and diamonds, and yup, that team is in the other subleague. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 91 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

11-16-2018, 02:14 PM	#334
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 3,058	win one, lose one, win one, lose one ... this is going on for almost an entire day now. Not funny, Mr. Heinsohn, not funny __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

11-16-2018, 09:02 PM	#335
Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	Haven't checked my team in a day and a half, and we've gone from sub-.500 to holding down a wildcard spot! Not catching the top team in my division, but I'll be fighting for the wildcard with the team that won my division last season, so this last month should be quite interesting. Trea Turner and Michael Brantley have been on fire for me. __________________ Jersey Template (Photoshop) \| Cap Template (Photoshop)

11-17-2018, 12:20 AM	#337
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,622	After the All Star break I went from good to terrible. But Holy Hotdog __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

11-15-2018, 02:39 PM	#322
Dogberry99 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Posts: 1,328	Can we actually predict how he will perform at AA? How much of this is our players having different levels of effectiveness at different levels, and how much of this is random numbers being random?

11-15-2018, 05:50 PM	#326
Whoofe All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 590	i started out 2-18 and I am still not completely out of playoff contention!

11-15-2018, 05:52 PM	#327
Maddox All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 903	Not good today. Lost all 4 in series against a team with overpowering pitching. I started the month 4-11

11-15-2018, 10:18 PM	#330
Maddox All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 903	I have replaced one of my relievers and one of my starters. I have my eye one one more starter if I can afford it. 6-4 in my last 10 but still 6 games under 500. Good News: I am second in my division Bad News: That is still 15 games out

11-15-2018, 11:14 PM	#331
SayHey1 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 251	I started out on an 8 game losing streak in April. That was the high point. I'm now on a 11 game losing streak, 25 games under .500 and 34 games out of 1st place. I've been shut out 10 times this year. But at least I have talent! C Elias Diaz 61 1B Mark McGwire 87 2B Robinson Cano 84 SS Maury Wills 65 3B Nolan Arenado 98 LF Tommy Pham 79 CF Jim Edmonds 88 RF Greg Polanco 78 SP Luis Severino 93 SP Zack Wheeler 85 SP Triston Mckenzie 80 SP Marcus Stroman 80 SP Randy Jones 75 RP Jose LeClerc 81 RP Craig Stammen 83 RP Adam Ottavino 84 RP Jonathan Holder 74 RP Tony Sipp 73 RP Chris Archer 76 CL Corey Knebel 78 CL Sean Doolittle 89

11-16-2018, 11:53 AM	#333
Maddox All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 903	Bleh, started the day 0-4 so far. My pitching is still bad and my offense decided to take a vacation. Hopefully it is a short one. Unless I go on a great winning streak my chances of a .500 season are fleeting. I need to remind myself that I just barely made the promotion cut last season and was only a couple games above .500 in Rookie league. Although I have tried to improve my team I have not done enough to make it that much more competitive against tougher teams.

11-16-2018, 10:53 PM	#336
Galeg Major Leagues Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 405	Is it next season yet? lol So the 63 max team experiment failed pretty hard. Might have gone a little better in R league. Hopefully relegation will allow for better experiments. Think I will try something different next year.

11-17-2018, 10:21 AM	#339
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,559	Clinched my rookie league division during August-plus last night, and I might get home field through my subleague playoffs, but there is a 106-win team with a worst card of 89 in the other subleague that might be a tough bone to chew on... __________________ Portland Raccoons, 91 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

11-17-2018, 01:43 PM	#340
AutoVotto Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 6	I am having a ball really messing around with baseball orthodoxy. I am currently 96-56, having clinched a playoff spot and have a 6 1/2 game lead for the division. Right now I am running a 6 man bullpen with a 4 man rotation alongside a 15 man bench that is platooning like crazy. SP Curt Schilling (89) SP Carlos Martinez (80) SP Mark Langston (72) SP Jim Abbot (70) Stopper Josh Hader (80) Stopper Aroldis Chapman (84) Setup Brad Hand (72) Setup Will Smith (87) Middle Relief Corey Knebel (78) Middle Relief Tom Burgmeier (78) My outfield defense is generally fantastic so I have been focusing on flyball pitchers with good control. Martinez is a guy I got in a pack and am hoping to replace him in the offseason. Arlodis I got for 1.5k in the auction house and I couldn't pass up that deal despite his poor control. Also Schilling is on pace for 41 starts and 280 innings with a nifty 2.97 ERA. Line Up C Gary Sanchez (71, righties)/ Yadier Molina (73, lefties) 1B Anthony Rizzo (83, both) 2B Jed Lowrie (75, righties)/ Enrique Hernandez (73, lefties) SS Carlos Correa (79, both) 3B Jake Lamb (74, righties)/ Matt D. Williams (75, lefties) LF Whitt Merrifield (76, both) CF Lane Johnson (76, righties)/ AJ Pollock (80, lefties) RF Ichiro Suzuki (69, righties)/ Ronald Acuna (83, lefties) DH Earl Webb (73, righties)/ Nick Castellanos (70, righties) I have tinkered with the lineup as guys slump (Which is why it seems odd that Acuna and Pollock are in a platoon situation while Whitt is batting every day). The goal here was basically to make it so that no matter what pitcher comes out, he is going to face a line up designed to destroy him and I got plenty of pinch hitters to continue match up problems in later innings. So far so good. I'm second in runs scored at 739 and first in runs against with 586. We don't steal bases or bunt and we are aggressive on the base paths. Our relievers go multiple innings and are encouraged to go after batters.