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metsgeek · 06-11-2005, 02:03 PM

I just noticed one other thing. My #2 prospect, Hugo Grimm is batting ..322 with 44 HR in 90 games in A Ball! That guy needs a promotion! I need to kick my management in the ass to get them to wake up.

Elendil · 06-11-2005, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

Damn, that may seriously put the kibosh on our season.
However, this is excellent news. Our top draft pick this season just had his Contact Talent bumped up 20 points!! SWEET!

Ah man, 65/3/52 C/HR/E talents. And 68 stealing. That guy is going to be a deadly leadoff man. If he ever reaches a 65 contact rating, he could well be the first .400 hitter.

Elendil · 06-13-2005, 09:32 PM

The season has finished! League website updated.

Bethel Park repeated as champions of the West, overtaking Racine finally in September, while Wantagh captured the Eastern crown.

Gregg Henglein of Wantagh looks set to take the EC POY award. Arguably O'Donnell of Pittsfield was the best pitcher in the whole league this season, but he simply doesn't have the wins total that would bring in votes. Borges (Pittsfield), Dickus (Wantagh), and "Mayor" Smith (Cooperstown) are the three likeliest contenders for BOY in the EC.

In the West, no pitcher dominated. Casper of Fontana is likely to win by default (only guy to get in sniffing distance of 20 wins, and had a good ERA too), and I don't really have a problem with that. Michael Thom (Nicholasville) probably has a slight edge over Mark Earles (Racine) in BOY prospects.

On Wednesday, I'll give more commentary and a preview of the World Series, which will be simmed on Friday. Basically, this is going to be a showdown between the big bats of Bethel Park and the mound heroics (and flashy defense) of Wantagh.

Elendil · 06-13-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by metsgeek

I just noticed one other thing. My #2 prospect, Hugo Grimm is batting ..322 with 44 HR in 90 games in A Ball! That guy needs a promotion! I need to kick my management in the ass to get them to wake up.

He never got promoted and ended up hitting 60 homers in the short season!

GForce · 06-13-2005, 09:42 PM

What a turnaround for the Wallbangers!!!

That pitching staff has come together really nicely. Hopefully, Dickus and DeFazio can give enough offense to win it all.

GH

metsgeek · 06-15-2005, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Elendil

Ah man, 65/3/52 C/HR/E talents. And 68 stealing. That guy is going to be a deadly leadoff man. If he ever reaches a 65 contact rating, he could well be the first .400 hitter.

Looks like he lost that potential already

He just took a Contact hit back down to 45.

metsgeek · 06-15-2005, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Elendil

He never got promoted and ended up hitting 60 homers in the short season!

Do you have it set so the AI manages the promotions/demotions? Cliff Johnson of Worcester also spent the season in A ball and he hit 59 HR with 140 RBI.

Matt from TN · 06-15-2005, 02:22 PM

I noticed my 2 new players took hits in Spring Training. You either have to skip ST or you have to go into every team and raise their allocations to 5 at each category. Created players always go into ST w/ 0's and take hits. Ot you can click "ask coaches" for every team.

metsgeek · 06-15-2005, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt from TN

I noticed my 2 new players took hits in Spring Training. You either have to skip ST or you have to go into every team and raise their allocations to 5 at each category. Created players always go into ST w/ 0's and take hits. Ot you can click "ask coaches" for every team.

Scroll back up, Matt. I alerted Elendil to that fact last week. And I'm pretty sure that they stay at 0 even if you ask coaches. You need to manually change any created players in their first spring training

Elendil · 06-15-2005, 04:14 PM

Yeah, I'll fix the ST problems next time around. Unfortunately, I backed up this league after ST. I was upset that one of my players I'd created as a good defensive outfielder for Bellaire took some major range rating hits - and those you can't easily make up with natural development.

The AI is currently set to manage the minors & everything else for every team. That might be the problem right there.

The AI seems to keep a lot of guys at the A level even when they are fully developed. In this league, the fact that every player "looks" like a really, really bad player may be part of the problem.

I bought 6.5 BTW. Once this season is over, I'll try opening it with 6.5 and Catobasing it. If it's Catobase-able, then we'll switch the league over to 6.5. If not,... we'll have to talk.

LivnLegend · 06-16-2005, 12:57 AM

Nice year to year improvement for Remington Poe. His batting average went from .244 last season to .330 this season! He also went from 20 HR/71 RBI to 29 HR/116 RBI and .725 OPS to .948 OPS all in the same number of at bats.

Fontana's team batting average was 23 points higher than the next club in the West and we led the division in homers. Too bad our ERA was below average.

Elendil · 06-16-2005, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by LivnLegend

Fontana's team batting average was 23 points higher than the next club in the West and we led the division in homers. Too bad our ERA was below average.

Even that wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, Fontana played eight games below Pythag! In fact, you had the best Pythagorean record in the West. Good sign for next year.

Elendil · 06-16-2005, 10:55 AM

How Wantagh Won the East

Wantagh really improved this year. They scored 753 runs (12th) and allowed 647 (1st). Their team ERA was 3.45, with a minuscule OAVG of .235. In 2000 the Wallbangers scored 670 runs and allowed 715 en route to a losing season. Thus, the team improved both offensively and defensively. Biggus Dickus, now 23, had a better year this year, raising his OPS from .921 to 1.020. Joe Gansrow, the slick-fielding shortstop, also showed more hitting ability, raising his average from .237 to .284. Role players like 1B Jesse Blanchard, who played in 134 games but got just 159 AB, and 3B Steve "The Slasher" Latini, played an important part in the Bangers' success this year. Other hitters that improved substantially include C Dan Williams, who also got more playing time as a very good defensive catcher, and LF Chris "Osk" Rosaschi, who rebounded from an awful 2000.

Among the pitchers, you have to mention the performance of ace Gregg Henglein, who doubled his win total from last year. He went longer in games and just pitched better all-around. He's now 27. All five Wantagh starters actually lowered the ERA from last year, but none more than Gregg's brother [right?], 33-year-old Hal Henglein, who went from 8-13, 4.48 to 11-9, 3.39 by getting control over the longball. Duke Temple took over from Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn in the closer role and did a superb job. However, Vaughn improved his game substantially by the end of the season, and now coaches say he will be the closer for the postseason.

Wantagh was of course helped by the collapse of other teams, most notably Valois and Cooperstown. The Vipers dominated EC pitching last year, while their own pitching had been a little shaky. This year their pitching got even shakier, while the offense saw a small but noticeable decline. Almost all of that decline can be attributed to the off-year of 22-year-old Lou Gehrig, last year's Triple Crown winner. His HR total fell from 44 to 25, his average dropped from .350 to .306, and as a consequence he scored 19 fewer runs and drove in 31 fewer. They will need to improve their pitching to get back into contention. Red Fredericks has fallen off a cliff, going 5-14 with a 7.17 ERA this year, compared to 10-7, 3.94 last year. At 35 years of age, he may be done.

How Bethel Park Won the West

The Blackhawks bested a number of teams in the West in an extremely tight pennant race. Five other teams finished within seven games of the lead, and the pennant was not clinched until the final day of the season. Last year, Bethel Park was known more for their pitching. This year, their pitching got much worse, and their offense got better. They also won six fewer games this year.

The biggest offensive boost they've seen has been from SS Chris Chatham. Chatham isn't a great fielder, but he's wielding the bat well these days, raising his average from .274 to .328 and his slugging from .358 to .453, mostly through more developed gap power. He also draws plenty of walks. At just 27, he should be around for a while. Centerfielder George Galarza also improved dramatically at the plate, although his 15 errors in the field were a problem. Galarza went from a .215/2/30 line in 466 AB to a .291/9/58 line in 557 AB. Getting on base more often meant more stealing opportunities, and Galarza finished 2nd in the conference with 62 SB's this year (37 last year). Bethel Park's other offensive heroes include two-time All-Star RF Matt Chatham (.289/19/96), 2001 All-Star C Mike Hrisko (.297/24/103), and 2001 All-Star LF Duane Palmer (.251/21/95).

The Blackhawks have no obvious pitching ace. Roy Faust has POY talent, but has not executed well. He led the team in wins (15) and made his second All-Star team, but an ERA of 4.58 intimidates nobody. His main problem has been lack of control (101 walks). Anatoli Dorosh has been quietly solid (3.83, 10-11 this year), but lacks the endurance to be a true ace. Closer Vitali Dorosh is probably better than his ERA (3.59) indicates, but probably not as good as his saves and win totals (35 SV, 6 BS, 13-4 record) indicate.

My Prediction

Dickus is just an imposing figure at the plate. With him and a couple other guys like Gansrow and Williams, I think the Wallbangers will have all the offense they need, and their rotation just doesn't have any cracks. At the same time, Bethel Park doesn't really have any gaping weaknesses. Both these teams are strong in the field. (Looking at the league fielding report, I see a very strong correlation between fielding percentage and wins, apart from the Utica outlier.) This will be a hard-fought series, but I see Wantagh taking it in seven.

GForce · 06-16-2005, 11:37 AM

Well done. And, yes, Hal is my brother

The bench was big, with Blanchard and Latini as you mentioned. But the coaches saying Vaughn will serve as closer in the series worries me.

Should be fun.

GH

Elendil · 06-16-2005, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GForce

But the coaches saying Vaughn will serve as closer in the series worries me.

Yeah, that's just what the AI has done with the rotation. You can set the rotation and lineups for the WS yourself if you like, but of course that also means you can't make changes if there's an injury during the series. Let me know if you'd like to do that.

GForce · 06-16-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Elendil

Yeah, that's just what the AI has done with the rotation. You can set the rotation and lineups for the WS yourself if you like, but of course that also means you can't make changes if there's an injury during the series. Let me know if you'd like to do that.

Nah, that's ok. To my knowledge nobody else is messing with lineups and such during this, so I won't either. We'll just see how it plays out.

GH

metsgeek · 06-16-2005, 05:06 PM

I'm already jonesing to make my next players

Matt from TN · 06-16-2005, 08:12 PM

I can't believe Cooperstown collapsed like this. I blame the AI.

Elendil · 06-17-2005, 04:29 PM

League website updated!

World Series

As I predicted, the Wantagh Wallbangers came out on top, defeating the Bethel Park Blackhawks in six games. The Blackhawks have gone to defeat in the World Series in six games two years in a row. It was a close series, though. Wantagh needed 11 innings to defeat Bethel Park in game four, 9-8. That was a wild one: it was 4-1 in the top of the 9th, when Chris Rosaschi hit a two-out, three run homer to tie it up. In the 10th, each team put up two runs, Bethel Park saving the game (for the moment) on a two-out two-run homer by Duane Palmer. In the 11th, Wantagh put up three, and it looked as if Bethel Park might make another miracle comeback after Mike Hrisko hit a two-on, one-out homer, but they couldn't put another run across.

In deciding game six, Wantagh needed a walk-off single by Pete Rooney to become world champions.

Coming up: awards, Catobase, draft order.

Elendil · 06-17-2005, 05:24 PM

Catobase website updated!

AWARDS

Matt Chatham was Series MVP for Bethel Park; Sal Defazio won the award for Wantagh.

Since I'm running out of time, I'll just say that other award winners can be viewed here. Disagreements? Fulminations? Random brickbats?

OFFSEASON DRAFT

I've already run the draft lottery, using the same rules as for the last one (viewable on page four of this thread). The reason is that I'll be out of town all week starting tomorrow, and going until Sunday the 26th. Please create your players while I'm out of town! Once I get back, I'll have a week to input them and prepare the 2002 season for simming. Oh, BTW, we are officially on 6.5 now.

Without any further ado, the draft order for the next offseason draft, including for easy reference the number of points you may use for your new players:

1. Cooperstown - pitcher at 180 or hitter at 240 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
2. Treasure Valley - pitcher at 175 or hitter at 235 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
3. Bethel Park - pitcher at 170 or hitter at 230 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
4. Bellaire - pitcher at 165 or hitter at 225 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
5. Worcester - pitcher at 160 or hitter at 220 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
6. Valois - pitcher at 155 or hitter at 210 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
7. Nicholasville - pitcher at 150 or hitter at 200 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
8. Corvallis - 1 pitcher at 145 or hitter at 190 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170
9-14. Utica, Pittsfield, Atlantic City, Fontana, Racine, Wantagh - 2 pitchers at 140 or 2 hitters at 180 or one of each

Note that Bethel Park may create four players, the other two being 140/180 guys, since they never created any last season. From now on, if a team doesn't create any players, I'll create them for the team.

06-11-2005, 02:03 PM	#141
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	I just noticed one other thing. My #2 prospect, Hugo Grimm is batting ..322 with 44 HR in 90 games in A Ball! That guy needs a promotion! I need to kick my management in the ass to get them to wake up. __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!

06-13-2005, 09:32 PM	#143
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	It's a Wallbanger-Blackhawk Series The season has finished! League website updated. Bethel Park repeated as champions of the West, overtaking Racine finally in September, while Wantagh captured the Eastern crown. Gregg Henglein of Wantagh looks set to take the EC POY award. Arguably O'Donnell of Pittsfield was the best pitcher in the whole league this season, but he simply doesn't have the wins total that would bring in votes. Borges (Pittsfield), Dickus (Wantagh), and "Mayor" Smith (Cooperstown) are the three likeliest contenders for BOY in the EC. In the West, no pitcher dominated. Casper of Fontana is likely to win by default (only guy to get in sniffing distance of 20 wins, and had a good ERA too), and I don't really have a problem with that. Michael Thom (Nicholasville) probably has a slight edge over Mark Earles (Racine) in BOY prospects. On Wednesday, I'll give more commentary and a preview of the World Series, which will be simmed on Friday. Basically, this is going to be a showdown between the big bats of Bethel Park and the mound heroics (and flashy defense) of Wantagh.

06-15-2005, 02:22 PM	#148
Matt from TN Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a funk.... Posts: 3,413	I noticed my 2 new players took hits in Spring Training. You either have to skip ST or you have to go into every team and raise their allocations to 5 at each category. Created players always go into ST w/ 0's and take hits. Ot you can click "ask coaches" for every team. __________________ Set in Stone... Players Remain with Original Franchise

06-15-2005, 04:14 PM	#150
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	Yeah, I'll fix the ST problems next time around. Unfortunately, I backed up this league after ST. I was upset that one of my players I'd created as a good defensive outfielder for Bellaire took some major range rating hits - and those you can't easily make up with natural development. The AI is currently set to manage the minors & everything else for every team. That might be the problem right there. The AI seems to keep a lot of guys at the A level even when they are fully developed. In this league, the fact that every player "looks" like a really, really bad player may be part of the problem. I bought 6.5 BTW. Once this season is over, I'll try opening it with 6.5 and Catobasing it. If it's Catobase-able, then we'll switch the league over to 6.5. If not,... we'll have to talk. __________________ Heaven is kicking back with a double Talisker and a churchwarden stuffed with latakia.

06-16-2005, 12:57 AM	#151
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Nice year to year improvement for Remington Poe. His batting average went from .244 last season to .330 this season! He also went from 20 HR/71 RBI to 29 HR/116 RBI and .725 OPS to .948 OPS all in the same number of at bats. Fontana's team batting average was 23 points higher than the next club in the West and we led the division in homers. Too bad our ERA was below average. __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

06-13-2005, 09:42 PM	#145
GForce Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,458 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	What a turnaround for the Wallbangers!!! That pitching staff has come together really nicely. Hopefully, Dickus and DeFazio can give enough offense to win it all. GH

06-16-2005, 10:55 AM	#153
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	How Wantagh Won the East Wantagh really improved this year. They scored 753 runs (12th) and allowed 647 (1st). Their team ERA was 3.45, with a minuscule OAVG of .235. In 2000 the Wallbangers scored 670 runs and allowed 715 en route to a losing season. Thus, the team improved both offensively and defensively. Biggus Dickus, now 23, had a better year this year, raising his OPS from .921 to 1.020. Joe Gansrow, the slick-fielding shortstop, also showed more hitting ability, raising his average from .237 to .284. Role players like 1B Jesse Blanchard, who played in 134 games but got just 159 AB, and 3B Steve "The Slasher" Latini, played an important part in the Bangers' success this year. Other hitters that improved substantially include C Dan Williams, who also got more playing time as a very good defensive catcher, and LF Chris "Osk" Rosaschi, who rebounded from an awful 2000. Among the pitchers, you have to mention the performance of ace Gregg Henglein, who doubled his win total from last year. He went longer in games and just pitched better all-around. He's now 27. All five Wantagh starters actually lowered the ERA from last year, but none more than Gregg's brother [right?], 33-year-old Hal Henglein, who went from 8-13, 4.48 to 11-9, 3.39 by getting control over the longball. Duke Temple took over from Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn in the closer role and did a superb job. However, Vaughn improved his game substantially by the end of the season, and now coaches say he will be the closer for the postseason. Wantagh was of course helped by the collapse of other teams, most notably Valois and Cooperstown. The Vipers dominated EC pitching last year, while their own pitching had been a little shaky. This year their pitching got even shakier, while the offense saw a small but noticeable decline. Almost all of that decline can be attributed to the off-year of 22-year-old Lou Gehrig, last year's Triple Crown winner. His HR total fell from 44 to 25, his average dropped from .350 to .306, and as a consequence he scored 19 fewer runs and drove in 31 fewer. They will need to improve their pitching to get back into contention. Red Fredericks has fallen off a cliff, going 5-14 with a 7.17 ERA this year, compared to 10-7, 3.94 last year. At 35 years of age, he may be done. How Bethel Park Won the West The Blackhawks bested a number of teams in the West in an extremely tight pennant race. Five other teams finished within seven games of the lead, and the pennant was not clinched until the final day of the season. Last year, Bethel Park was known more for their pitching. This year, their pitching got much worse, and their offense got better. They also won six fewer games this year. The biggest offensive boost they've seen has been from SS Chris Chatham. Chatham isn't a great fielder, but he's wielding the bat well these days, raising his average from .274 to .328 and his slugging from .358 to .453, mostly through more developed gap power. He also draws plenty of walks. At just 27, he should be around for a while. Centerfielder George Galarza also improved dramatically at the plate, although his 15 errors in the field were a problem. Galarza went from a .215/2/30 line in 466 AB to a .291/9/58 line in 557 AB. Getting on base more often meant more stealing opportunities, and Galarza finished 2nd in the conference with 62 SB's this year (37 last year). Bethel Park's other offensive heroes include two-time All-Star RF Matt Chatham (.289/19/96), 2001 All-Star C Mike Hrisko (.297/24/103), and 2001 All-Star LF Duane Palmer (.251/21/95). The Blackhawks have no obvious pitching ace. Roy Faust has POY talent, but has not executed well. He led the team in wins (15) and made his second All-Star team, but an ERA of 4.58 intimidates nobody. His main problem has been lack of control (101 walks). Anatoli Dorosh has been quietly solid (3.83, 10-11 this year), but lacks the endurance to be a true ace. Closer Vitali Dorosh is probably better than his ERA (3.59) indicates, but probably not as good as his saves and win totals (35 SV, 6 BS, 13-4 record) indicate. My Prediction Dickus is just an imposing figure at the plate. With him and a couple other guys like Gansrow and Williams, I think the Wallbangers will have all the offense they need, and their rotation just doesn't have any cracks. At the same time, Bethel Park doesn't really have any gaping weaknesses. Both these teams are strong in the field. (Looking at the league fielding report, I see a very strong correlation between fielding percentage and wins, apart from the Utica outlier.) This will be a hard-fought series, but I see Wantagh taking it in seven. __________________ Heaven is kicking back with a double Talisker and a churchwarden stuffed with latakia.

06-16-2005, 11:37 AM	#154
GForce Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,458 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	Well done. And, yes, Hal is my brother The bench was big, with Blanchard and Latini as you mentioned. But the coaches saying Vaughn will serve as closer in the series worries me. Should be fun. GH

06-16-2005, 05:06 PM	#157
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	I'm already jonesing to make my next players __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!

06-16-2005, 08:12 PM	#158
Matt from TN Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a funk.... Posts: 3,413	I can't believe Cooperstown collapsed like this. I blame the AI. __________________ Set in Stone... Players Remain with Original Franchise

06-17-2005, 04:29 PM	#159
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	League website updated! World Series As I predicted, the Wantagh Wallbangers came out on top, defeating the Bethel Park Blackhawks in six games. The Blackhawks have gone to defeat in the World Series in six games two years in a row. It was a close series, though. Wantagh needed 11 innings to defeat Bethel Park in game four, 9-8. That was a wild one: it was 4-1 in the top of the 9th, when Chris Rosaschi hit a two-out, three run homer to tie it up. In the 10th, each team put up two runs, Bethel Park saving the game (for the moment) on a two-out two-run homer by Duane Palmer. In the 11th, Wantagh put up three, and it looked as if Bethel Park might make another miracle comeback after Mike Hrisko hit a two-on, one-out homer, but they couldn't put another run across. In deciding game six, Wantagh needed a walk-off single by Pete Rooney to become world champions. Coming up: awards, Catobase, draft order.

06-17-2005, 05:24 PM	#160
Elendil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the dynasty forum Posts: 2,318	Catobase website updated! AWARDS Matt Chatham was Series MVP for Bethel Park; Sal Defazio won the award for Wantagh. Since I'm running out of time, I'll just say that other award winners can be viewed here. Disagreements? Fulminations? Random brickbats? OFFSEASON DRAFT I've already run the draft lottery, using the same rules as for the last one (viewable on page four of this thread). The reason is that I'll be out of town all week starting tomorrow, and going until Sunday the 26th. Please create your players while I'm out of town! Once I get back, I'll have a week to input them and prepare the 2002 season for simming. Oh, BTW, we are officially on 6.5 now. Without any further ado, the draft order for the next offseason draft, including for easy reference the number of points you may use for your new players: 1. Cooperstown - pitcher at 180 or hitter at 240 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 2. Treasure Valley - pitcher at 175 or hitter at 235 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 3. Bethel Park - pitcher at 170 or hitter at 230 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 4. Bellaire - pitcher at 165 or hitter at 225 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 5. Worcester - pitcher at 160 or hitter at 220 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 6. Valois - pitcher at 155 or hitter at 210 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 7. Nicholasville - pitcher at 150 or hitter at 200 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 8. Corvallis - 1 pitcher at 145 or hitter at 190 AND pitcher at 130 or hitter at 170 9-14. Utica, Pittsfield, Atlantic City, Fontana, Racine, Wantagh - 2 pitchers at 140 or 2 hitters at 180 or one of each Note that Bethel Park may create four players, the other two being 140/180 guys, since they never created any last season. From now on, if a team doesn't create any players, I'll create them for the team.