Season 40 (2058) - Discussion Thread - Page 3

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 11:48 AM

What do I do down the stretch with this 30-28 all-time Mets group? We're 4 GB from 1st place in the division and 3 GB of a Wild Card.

Magus978 · 12-25-2019, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by One Great Matrix

What do I do down the stretch with this 30-28 all-time Mets group? We're 4 GB from 1st place in the division and 3 GB of a Wild Card.

Get a Piazza. No Mets team is complete without one, even with the lousy catcher ability.

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 12:02 PM

Yeah, and Carters .193 average isn't making up for his outstanding defensive rating on that card. I'm wondering if I can make the playoffs and keep it Mets...maybe Piazza AND Beltran.

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 12:10 PM

Hi...alright I added them, and I don't see why I can't include the Dodgers & Giants....that could really help without spending more...Koufax, Mathewson, Campanella...but I'm gonna keep it Mets for at least the rest of the month. We've got this Tug believe rally cry but that was quite a long time ago...his near 8 ERA isn't encouraging that attitude.

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 12:15 PM

The Pedro Expo 97 card perplexes me...he wasn't much worse that season than he was for the Red Sox in that unbelievable year, and though he threw a perfect game, he is consistently putting ERAs of 4.50+ up whenever I commit to him.

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 12:31 PM

Anyway, it's nice to be able to play out these all-mets lineups I used to create anyway. (well at least when my friends encouraged me to) …

So I might see how they fare. I'm just not sure I picked the best season in one way....no whales in sight. Then again, better than fielding my very best team only to be knocked out by a ...even better one. So maybe it is a good season to stick with the Mets and plan B being all New York.

Magus978 · 12-25-2019, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by One Great Matrix

The Pedro Expo 97 card perplexes me...he wasn't much worse that season than he was for the Red Sox in that unbelievable year, and though he threw a perfect game, he is consistently putting ERAs of 4.50+ up whenever I commit to him.

97 Pedro isn't so great once you get to perfect. Middling at best.

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 12:59 PM

True, that 1.90 RL ERA hasn't even come close to holding up yet
He's my best #5 for this theme at the moment, though

Actually I suppose I could put him in the pen, and give the ball to the also under-achieving deGrom every 5 days.

old timer · 12-25-2019, 12:59 PM

The Raccoons have moved to within 1 of the division leader (the Senators) so naturally I thought I'd post a screenshot of this momentous event. It's probably the closest we'll get to them after this point.

Even though we have a good record, our RDiff is unusually low (+343 pace) no doubt due to the tougher competition. Our pitching continues to be top notch, but our hitting is doing worse than normal. We're 4th in R and 4th in AVG (we're almost always 1st or 2nd here).

Not surprisingly, a pair of our division mates have given us the most problems. The surprise has been that the Southpaws and not the Senators, have given us the biggest problem. We started off 5-1 against the Southern Southpaws, but have now lost 5 of 6. Two of those losses were by 1-0 scores and another pair were low scoring extra inning losses (17 and 12 innings). I really don't get why we're having problems with their pitching since we normally do well against the pitchers they have (and their defense is nothing special). Regardless, they are a very good team so I'm not surprised they've been tough, I just thought our hitters would do better against them.

Against the Red Raiders, we're 5-5 which I'm actually pleased with. 8 of those games were decided by 2 runs or less so it's been a pretty even match-up so far. But against the Senators... We've been super lucky against them (winning 8 of 10, including a 4 game sweep), because there's no doubt they're a better team. So I expect them to get their revenge later in the season.

Because of all the close games we've been having, our bullpen has been used more than normal so I had to put a hitter on the reserve roster and bring back Spahn (which gives us 12 pitchers). But even that's not enough after our series with the Senators. Every single pitcher (except for the scheduled starter) is tired or exhausted.

I don't expect to win the division, but I'm hoping we can keep up this pace and make it as a WC. Of course, it will suck having to play another really good team in a 1-game playoff.

p.s. - Right after posting this, we just finished a 14 inning game so now our bullpen is even more worn out. Geez, we need a break! We did win, however, scoring all 7 of our runs in the 14th.
p.p.s. - After making 39k PP last season, we've made 1.6k PP after 60 games this season. So it's been much more interesting, but terrible for PP generation.

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by old timer

The Raccoons have moved to within 1 of the division leader (the Senators) so naturally I thought I'd post a screenshot of this momentous event. It's probably the closest we'll get to them after this point.

Even though we have a good record, our RDiff is unusually low (+343 pace) no doubt due to the tougher competition. Our pitching continues to be top notch, but our hitting is doing worse than normal. We're 4th in R and 4th in AVG (we're almost always 1st or 2nd here).

Not surprisingly, a pair of our division mates have given us the most problems. The surprise has been that the Southpaws and not the Senators, have given us the biggest problem. We started off 5-1 against the Southern Southpaws, but have now lost 5 of 6. Two of those losses were by 1-0 scores and another pair were low scoring extra inning losses (17 and 12 innings). I really don't get why we're having problems with their pitching since we normally do well against the pitchers they have (and their defense is nothing special). Regardless, they are a very good team so I'm not surprised they've been tough, I just thought our hitters would do better against them.

Against the Red Raiders, we're 5-5 which I'm actually pleased with. 8 of those games were decided by 2 runs or less so it's been a pretty even match-up so far. But against the Senators... We've been super lucky against them (winning 8 of 10, including a 4 game sweep), because there's no doubt they're a better team. So I expect them to get their revenge later in the season.

Because of all the close games we've been having, our bullpen has been used more than normal so I had to put a hitter on the reserve roster and bring back Spahn (which gives us 12 pitchers). But even that's not enough after our series with the Senators. Every single pitcher (except for the scheduled starter) is tired or exhausted.

I don't expect to win the division, but I'm hoping we can keep up this pace and make it as a WC. Of course, it will suck having to play another really good team in a 1-game playoff.

p.s. - Right after posting this, we just finished a 14 inning game so now our bullpen is even more worn out. Geez, we need a break! We did win, however, scoring all 7 of our runs in the 14th.
p.p.s. - After making 39k PP last season, we've made 1.6k PP after 60 games this season. So it's been much more interesting, but not good for PP generation.

I really feel like the Forest Raccoon / LyinCheaters division battle is bound to be a good one based on a little first-hand experience vs. the Cheaters and following the Raccoons triumphs on the boards.

Jackgoboom · 12-25-2019, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGPuppies

Magus wrote the book on excessive tinkering. Heh. Nice seeing all those OL teams together. OL is a great bunch with competitive teams and I couldn't win my first PL title until I went off on my own.

Ah, a fellow tinkerer, I understand his mindset well

Not surprised you had to leave to win, some of the OL teams are stacked by any standard, FTP or whale.

Jackgoboom · 12-25-2019, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by old timer

Even though we have a good record, our RDiff is unusually low (+343 pace) no doubt due to the tougher competition. Our pitching continues to be top notch, but our hitting is doing worse than normal. We're 4th in R and 4th in AVG (we're almost always 1st or 2nd here).

What I wouldn't give for my starting pitching to be top notch

Surprisingly our hitting is performing as normal, which is to say blah..
Our starting pitching though, has been awful, bullpen good, but changes have been made, so fingers crossed.

Merry Christmas or happy holidays all

Magus978 · 12-25-2019, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackgoboom

Ah, a fellow tinkerer, I understand his mindset well

Not surprised you had to leave to win, some of the OL teams are stacked by any standard, FTP or whale.

OL members have always put together great squads...and yes, I have written the book on tinkering.

I am the PT version of Claudio Ranieri, hopefully with the same ending.

OMGPuppies · 12-25-2019, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1964

As long as the Bears stay north of the Mendoza line we are staying put in Diamond. Cy Young is 7-1 after a disastrous start to the season.

Trenton on the other hand is

It will be long season.

Hey my Manatees are in that League with Trenton.

dkgo · 12-25-2019, 04:50 PM

replaced live trout with a platoon of SE griffey and SE cedeno. and despite averaging 6 war a season for the last team griffey is under .600 ops with negative war for me.

so much for mixing it up

One Great Matrix · 12-25-2019, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by waittilnextyear

The Frogs are off to a 19-8 (+61) beginning in P466 (a.k.a. OL Happy Fun Time Mashup) this week. This is good for a 3.5 game lead over the Virginia Freeloaders. Pitching hasn't been very good as Ruffing, Seaver, and Scherzer all have ERAs above 4. Hopefully that doesn't last.

It's too early to tell how the exclusively RHB thing is going to work out. I mean, we are on pace for 1014 runs scored, which would be a franchise record by a healthy margin. But, again, whether that's due to the RHB strategy or F2P opponents not having the correct amount of 100 Cy Youngs on their teams is hard to tease out. It should also be noted that 2 teams in my division (Virginia Freeloaders and Pablo Pandas) have ballpark factors/teams modded for low offense and the other 2 teams (Cigar City Lagers and Shasta Black Bears) are employing the max-lefty strategy. My Frogs could have a severely pronounced home/road split for these reasons. I could see struggling on the road and mopping fools up at home. We'll see.

99 SE Rickey Henderson is having an interesting season so far. He's on pace for 10.7 WAR to go with 30 2B, 30 HR, and...30 3B! A 30/30/30 XBH bonanza would be truly noteworthy. Especially considering his very modest 62 GAP POWER rating. But, Rickey is a hot dog.

100 SE Mike Schmidt has embarked on a training regimen at 2B. He should max out around 92 at the keystone. He's attained a 53 rating there already. One of the reasons I like using this Mike Schmidt card this week is because he's pretty neutral on his splits, and actually gets on base better against RHP. Important that a team of all RHBs aren't dead meat against RHPs.

The 98 SE Dick Allen card I was worried about sucking is actually off to a strong start: .337/.450/.609 with 6 HR/20 RBI. And neutral defensive grades at both 1B (defensive sub) and 3B (where he starts).

I haven't looked through all of these OL teams yet, although I'm looking forward to seeing what these people are doing with their teams. I also find it interesting that some OL-labelled teams look a little bit less FTP than others...not naming any names or impugning any characters but it would be impossible to prevent someone from cheating here if they really wanted to not play by the rules. Surely there can be tremendously loaded F2P teams at this point, and we've all seen the threads about them, but I just find the whole ethics things interesting. Would I cheat if I were in a league like that?

It's too early to tell how the exclusively RHB thing is going to work out. I mean, we are on pace for 1014 runs scored, which would be a franchise record by a healthy margin. But, again, whether that's due to the RHB strategy or F2P opponents not having the correct amount of 100 Cy Youngs on their teams is hard to tease out.

Yeah, it sure is.

JasonC23 · 12-26-2019, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by old timer

The Raccoons have moved to within 1 of the division leader (the Senators) so naturally I thought I'd post a screenshot of this momentous event. It's probably the closest we'll get to them after this point.

Far be it from me to disagree with the distinguished old timer, but at the end of today's holiday action...well, see for yourself below. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a division race!

The Huntley Red Raiders followed up our amazing 22-5 May with a very good 19-7 June. The offense has picked things up a bit and now sits seventh in P466 (fourth in the NC) in runs scored. 3B George Brett is carrying everyone else's bat on his back; his 3.5 WAR (.353/.394/.626) far outpaces Jackie Robinson, who is second with 1.9 WAR despite starting only against lefties.

Another oddity: despite the fact that SP Curt Schilling (4.47), RP Walter Johnson (4.37) and CL Mariano Rivera (4.45) all have, relatively speaking, awful ERAs, Huntley is still (barely) first in P466 in runs against (272; the Minnesota Bold North have allowed 274 runs, and old timer's Evergreen Forest Raccoons, 279); the late inning setup trio of Dennis Eckersley (0.96 ERA), Vida Blue (1.75 ERA), and Lee Smith (2.52 ERA) have picked up the slack from Rivera, and the starting lefty Rubes Marquard (2.75 ERA) and Waddell (3.20 ERA), with an able assist from Ed Walsh (3.07 ERA), are carrying the banner for the starting pitchers.

Huntley is now 5-7 vs Evergreen, 2-4 against those LyinCheatin Senators, and 4-2 against the Southern Southpaws-OL. I fear having so many games on the schedule remaining against Pappyzan's and allenciox's crews is a harbinger of harder times in the second half of the season for the Red Raiders. Only time will tell...

waittilnextyear · 12-26-2019, 02:49 AM

Merry Christmas to all!

The Frogs (56-26, +222) had themselves a Merry Little Christmas of their own, extending the division lead from 2.5 games to a lofty 10 games. Changes made to the defense seem to have helped as we've gone from 13th/14th in DEff/ZR to 9th/11th after just today's sims. We're really feeling the home/road splits now: 33-10 (home) and 23-16 (away). Feel that burn! The Frogs are also benefiting mightily from not being in the NC East DIVISION OF DOOM, and from not having crossover games against them either. Not having to play 3 of Huntley/Washington/Evergreen Forest/Southern 19 times a piece has certain benefits. One of them being that the Frogs have ever so gently and fleetingly taken the P466 lead in run differential. Speaking of run differential, how about that 34-2 win on June 29th? Yikes. I'm almost positive that scoring 34 runs is a new single game record for the Frogs (their Hank Aaron was on to pitch by the 5th inning). The Frogs also scored 15, 10, 12, 14, 13, 17, 11, and 11 runs in other June games.

Even so, it figures to be a fight to the end with the very strong Minnesota Bold North (58-25, +194) currently having a better record by 1.5 games. This Bold North team is interesting because this side was just floating along for weeks and weeks as a .500 quality team in PL and them BAM! all of the most desirable missions are completed (Mets! Dodgers! Yankees! Cardinals!) and a first PL title was achieved just last week. Interesting progress being made! Although I don't think this one is an OL team?

I'm also keeping one eye squarely on the Fargo Buscemis (53-29, +150) as they seem to be one of the more successful OL squads judging by the 5 PL titles. Funny, I remember back when the Buscemis and my Frogs were in the same league in 2034 and they got relegated back to diamond (and my Frogs almost got relegated themselves after trying a very unsuccessful ultra-defense strategy). Seems that the Buscemis have really responded well since then becoming a "ringer" team of sorts in this league.

One Great Matrix · 12-26-2019, 07:17 AM

So to this point it has been all players who have played for the Mets and they did alright, really. 43-38.

I just made some off-the-cuff changes to the roster and it is looking much more like the Flyers teams of the past. I did not remove every Met that I thought there was a better option for but I feel like I inserted enough players from the reserve roster so that I can make it through Thursday either making up ground in the playoff race or not falling further behind;

In April the Mets went 15-12.
In May the Mets went 13-15.
In June the Mets went 14-11. The 14-11 was somewhat promising for the Mets group but the competition is just too good to continue for more than half the season with that limitation on my roster. So call it a half-season Mets theme and overall that influence will not entirely disappear in the 2nd half/playoffs.

I acquired a lot of cards to compete at the Perfect Leagues level and so I am going to use them in the 2nd half of the season and in the playoffs if we play well enough.

I think I replaced 8 players on the 25-man roster for this month's games and who I play the rest of the way will be based on a combination of potential performance, actual performance, a bit of analysis of the teams I'd like to beat and a continued favoritism of real-life Mets. It only makes sense that other things equal, the bigger Met will get the start.

emilempenza · 12-26-2019, 07:32 AM

Well, much to my amazement, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are off to probably the hottest first half we have had in any league, in our second season in the Perfect League. Sitting atop the pile with a baffling 66-14 record, it's unclear how things could have gone any better so far.

It is a pretty weak league, with only 2 previous winners in it, only one of those being a true whale team and the other being QuantaCondor's surprisingly rapid risers who won 2 PL titles within their first 8 seasons, so you never know, it could be our year!

Ironically, I'd actually rather have the second best overall record if possible as the potential winners of one the weakest division look slightly less threatening than QuantoCondors potential wildcard team. To be honest, I don't expect my luck to hold out as we have been incredibly lucky with our hitting and bullpen, with all but 2 of our hitters topping 800 OPS and the other 2 not far behind. That feels a bit unsustainable, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts!

12-25-2019, 11:48 AM	#41
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	Hmm What do I do down the stretch with this 30-28 all-time Mets group? We're 4 GB from 1st place in the division and 3 GB of a Wild Card. Attached Images __________________

12-25-2019, 12:02 PM	#43
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	Yeah, and Carters .193 average isn't making up for his outstanding defensive rating on that card. I'm wondering if I can make the playoffs and keep it Mets...maybe Piazza AND Beltran. __________________

12-25-2019, 12:10 PM	#44
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	Hi...alright I added them, and I don't see why I can't include the Dodgers & Giants....that could really help without spending more...Koufax, Mathewson, Campanella...but I'm gonna keep it Mets for at least the rest of the month. We've got this Tug believe rally cry but that was quite a long time ago...his near 8 ERA isn't encouraging that attitude. __________________

12-25-2019, 12:15 PM	#45
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	The Pedro Expo 97 card perplexes me...he wasn't much worse that season than he was for the Red Sox in that unbelievable year, and though he threw a perfect game, he is consistently putting ERAs of 4.50+ up whenever I commit to him. Attached Images __________________ Last edited by One Great Matrix; 12-25-2019 at 12:18 PM.

12-25-2019, 12:31 PM	#46
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	Anyway, it's nice to be able to play out these all-mets lineups I used to create anyway. (well at least when my friends encouraged me to) … So I might see how they fare. I'm just not sure I picked the best season in one way....no whales in sight. Then again, better than fielding my very best team only to be knocked out by a ...even better one. So maybe it is a good season to stick with the Mets and plan B being all New York. __________________

12-25-2019, 12:59 PM	#48
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	I've noticed True, that 1.90 RL ERA hasn't even come close to holding up yet He's my best #5 for this theme at the moment, though Actually I suppose I could put him in the pen, and give the ball to the also under-achieving deGrom every 5 days. Attached Images __________________ Last edited by One Great Matrix; 12-25-2019 at 01:19 PM.

12-25-2019, 12:59 PM	#49
old timer Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,280	The Raccoons have moved to within 1 of the division leader (the Senators) so naturally I thought I'd post a screenshot of this momentous event. It's probably the closest we'll get to them after this point. Even though we have a good record, our RDiff is unusually low (+343 pace) no doubt due to the tougher competition. Our pitching continues to be top notch, but our hitting is doing worse than normal. We're 4th in R and 4th in AVG (we're almost always 1st or 2nd here). Not surprisingly, a pair of our division mates have given us the most problems. The surprise has been that the Southpaws and not the Senators, have given us the biggest problem. We started off 5-1 against the Southern Southpaws, but have now lost 5 of 6. Two of those losses were by 1-0 scores and another pair were low scoring extra inning losses (17 and 12 innings). I really don't get why we're having problems with their pitching since we normally do well against the pitchers they have (and their defense is nothing special). Regardless, they are a very good team so I'm not surprised they've been tough, I just thought our hitters would do better against them. Against the Red Raiders, we're 5-5 which I'm actually pleased with. 8 of those games were decided by 2 runs or less so it's been a pretty even match-up so far. But against the Senators... We've been super lucky against them (winning 8 of 10, including a 4 game sweep), because there's no doubt they're a better team. So I expect them to get their revenge later in the season. Because of all the close games we've been having, our bullpen has been used more than normal so I had to put a hitter on the reserve roster and bring back Spahn (which gives us 12 pitchers). But even that's not enough after our series with the Senators. Every single pitcher (except for the scheduled starter) is tired or exhausted. I don't expect to win the division, but I'm hoping we can keep up this pace and make it as a WC. Of course, it will suck having to play another really good team in a 1-game playoff. p.s. - Right after posting this, we just finished a 14 inning game so now our bullpen is even more worn out. Geez, we need a break! We did win, however, scoring all 7 of our runs in the 14th. p.p.s. - After making 39k PP last season, we've made 1.6k PP after 60 games this season. So it's been much more interesting, but terrible for PP generation. Attached Images __________________ Last edited by old timer; 12-25-2019 at 01:20 PM.

12-25-2019, 04:50 PM	#55
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	replaced live trout with a platoon of SE griffey and SE cedeno. and despite averaging 6 war a season for the last team griffey is under .600 ops with negative war for me. so much for mixing it up

12-26-2019, 02:49 AM	#58
waittilnextyear All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,273	Merry Christmas to all! The Frogs (56-26, +222) had themselves a Merry Little Christmas of their own, extending the division lead from 2.5 games to a lofty 10 games. Changes made to the defense seem to have helped as we've gone from 13th/14th in DEff/ZR to 9th/11th after just today's sims. We're really feeling the home/road splits now: 33-10 (home) and 23-16 (away). Feel that burn! The Frogs are also benefiting mightily from not being in the NC East DIVISION OF DOOM, and from not having crossover games against them either. Not having to play 3 of Huntley/Washington/Evergreen Forest/Southern 19 times a piece has certain benefits. One of them being that the Frogs have ever so gently and fleetingly taken the P466 lead in run differential. Speaking of run differential, how about that 34-2 win on June 29th? Yikes. I'm almost positive that scoring 34 runs is a new single game record for the Frogs (their Hank Aaron was on to pitch by the 5th inning). The Frogs also scored 15, 10, 12, 14, 13, 17, 11, and 11 runs in other June games. Even so, it figures to be a fight to the end with the very strong Minnesota Bold North (58-25, +194) currently having a better record by 1.5 games. This Bold North team is interesting because this side was just floating along for weeks and weeks as a .500 quality team in PL and them BAM! all of the most desirable missions are completed (Mets! Dodgers! Yankees! Cardinals!) and a first PL title was achieved just last week. Interesting progress being made! Although I don't think this one is an OL team? I'm also keeping one eye squarely on the Fargo Buscemis (53-29, +150) as they seem to be one of the more successful OL squads judging by the 5 PL titles. Funny, I remember back when the Buscemis and my Frogs were in the same league in 2034 and they got relegated back to diamond (and my Frogs almost got relegated themselves after trying a very unsuccessful ultra-defense strategy). Seems that the Buscemis have really responded well since then becoming a "ringer" team of sorts in this league. __________________

12-26-2019, 07:17 AM	#59
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	Halfway Mark So to this point it has been all players who have played for the Mets and they did alright, really. 43-38. I just made some off-the-cuff changes to the roster and it is looking much more like the Flyers teams of the past. I did not remove every Met that I thought there was a better option for but I feel like I inserted enough players from the reserve roster so that I can make it through Thursday either making up ground in the playoff race or not falling further behind; In April the Mets went 15-12. In May the Mets went 13-15. In June the Mets went 14-11. The 14-11 was somewhat promising for the Mets group but the competition is just too good to continue for more than half the season with that limitation on my roster. So call it a half-season Mets theme and overall that influence will not entirely disappear in the 2nd half/playoffs. I acquired a lot of cards to compete at the Perfect Leagues level and so I am going to use them in the 2nd half of the season and in the playoffs if we play well enough. I think I replaced 8 players on the 25-man roster for this month's games and who I play the rest of the way will be based on a combination of potential performance, actual performance, a bit of analysis of the teams I'd like to beat and a continued favoritism of real-life Mets. It only makes sense that other things equal, the bigger Met will get the start. __________________

12-26-2019, 07:32 AM	#60
emilempenza Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 110	Well, much to my amazement, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are off to probably the hottest first half we have had in any league, in our second season in the Perfect League. Sitting atop the pile with a baffling 66-14 record, it's unclear how things could have gone any better so far. It is a pretty weak league, with only 2 previous winners in it, only one of those being a true whale team and the other being QuantaCondor's surprisingly rapid risers who won 2 PL titles within their first 8 seasons, so you never know, it could be our year! Ironically, I'd actually rather have the second best overall record if possible as the potential winners of one the weakest division look slightly less threatening than QuantoCondors potential wildcard team. To be honest, I don't expect my luck to hold out as we have been incredibly lucky with our hitting and bullpen, with all but 2 of our hitters topping 800 OPS and the other 2 not far behind. That feels a bit unsustainable, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts!