The Season 2 (2020) Discussion Thread - Page 5

STLRS95 · 12-10-2018, 09:24 PM

Starting out 10-9 in the Silver Chi Alpha league. Below is the roster I am currently using. Pitching was a strength last season, this season not so much. Plenty of games left to be played.

Fyrestorm3 · 12-10-2018, 09:27 PM

Bad news: my roster changes from late last night did not save, and I started this season with a postseason 4-man rotation, and 3 cards I bought for the new season (including a Severino) inactive.

Good news: We still went 10-7 over that stretch, even though my bullpen is gassed from the short hook I implemented while trying to manage our last postseason series.

Thalion · 12-10-2018, 09:56 PM

Kushiel, I just got home. Looks like we're both off to a good start.

Orcin · 12-10-2018, 10:23 PM

I am fully committed to a rebuild now. I just sold deGrom and bought a 1969 Bob Gibson. My rotation is now Gibson, Carlton, Bunning, Dierker, and Pettitte. That really feels like fun to me. We'll see if it still feels fun by the end of the week.

old timer · 12-10-2018, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Orcin

I am fully committed to a rebuild now. I just sold deGrom and bought a 1969 Bob Gibson. My rotation is now Gibson, Carlton, Bunning, Dierker, and Pettitte. That really feels like fun to me. We'll see if it still feels fun by the end of the week.

Nice! It's also fun for some of us who are playing teams filled with historical players. I recently lost to a team with Cobb, Rickey Henderson, DiMaggio, Clemente, Gehrig and so on. It was cool to see all of those old-timers.

Morug · 12-10-2018, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

Yeah, that's where I'm going to have to decide my "rules". The crazy good Walker card is from the Rockies - his Expos card is from 1992 and is an 81 overall. Got lucky to buy that last night for only like 2.5k. I really want the Pedro card as an Expo, but it's usually listed for 25k+, but his Mets card is going for under 10k, so might be more attainable.

Carter has 2 cards as well - one crazy good one that I think I've only seen once at auction once, and I'm guessing if it came back, probably would only sell for like 50k or more. For him, I'll probably have to settle for his Mets card, too, which I think is only a low-80s overall, so should come in at a better rate.

Of course, my "rules" will be to collect anyone who played for the Expos. Including the Moises Alou (only card is an Astro) or Pete Rose (who was maybe known more for him time outside of Montreal). Prefer their Expos card (have the Expos versions of Walker and Vlad), but might have to stretch my rules, especially since I'm not actually sure there's a second catcher who played for them in the current roster set.

Your rules can be extended to players drafted by the Expos? This will add Cliff Lee, Randy Johnson, Grady Sizemore and many more...I think I will add this type of players too.

Fyrestorm3 · 12-10-2018, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

Of course, my "rules" will be to collect anyone who played for the Expos. Including the Moises Alou (only card is an Astro) or Pete Rose (who was maybe known more for him time outside of Montreal). Prefer their Expos card (have the Expos versions of Walker and Vlad), but might have to stretch my rules, especially since I'm not actually sure there's a second catcher who played for them in the current roster set.

"Anyone who's played for them at some point" is what I'm doing for my Boston collection team. Less out of necessity, since there's a decent amount of good Red Sox cards, and more out of convenience. It was wholly necessary in order to field a team in the early going, and now cards like Lester, Lowrie, and Iglesias have made decent fill-ins. Should be able to phase them out as the seasons go on, but to me it's not 100% necessary to have all the cards be Red Sox versions.

...Besides, I really like Adrian Beltre.

stealofhome · 12-10-2018, 10:54 PM

I'm in Eta Alpha and the team with the most wins from my bronze league (London Patriots, 124-38) is now in my conference. Last week they crushed my dreams at winning 100 games by sweeping me in the final series of the season. This week I beat them 2 games to 1!

2002halos · 12-10-2018, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Thalion

I’m just happy beating the Knights to get there.

I actually won the clinching game there on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th.

Yeah, your Geezers got lucky. The Knights, now Targaryen Dragons, were my team.

I liked playing a "Walnut Creek" team... I had a friend many years ago who was a huge baseball fan and lived there. He would've been proud of your guys.

scott1964 · 12-10-2018, 11:10 PM

One team is leading our division while the other is waddling nonperformance.

Denver Bears are playing good ball

Trenton Minutemen are sucking bad but no too bad

old timer · 12-10-2018, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1964

One team is leading our division while the other is waddling nonperformance.

Denver Bears are playing good ball

I like your Bears logo. One fun thing about PT has been seeing all the different team logos. Some creative team names/nicknames too.

Thalion · 12-10-2018, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 2002halos

Yeah, your Geezers got lucky. The Knights, now Targaryen Dragons, were my team.

I liked playing a "Walnut Creek" team... I had a friend many years ago who was a huge baseball fan and lived there. He would've been proud of your guys.

You guys were scary. Those perfect cards are pretty intimidating.

The name change fooled me. This morning, when I left for work I saw that the Knights were in the same league. I said "uh oh". When I got home, I didn't see the name so I was pretty confused. Took me a few minutes of poking around to figure out you changed your name.

I like Walnut Creek. Nice quiet town good for raising a kid. It suits an old geezer like me.

2002halos. Angels fan?

Maddox · 12-11-2018, 01:16 AM

Managed to end day 1 with a record of 13-13. Not great but considering that my best bullpen arms, my two best starting pitchers and my #3 batter started the season off awful I will take it.

I checked on my other team (The eventual all cardinal team) and they are one game under .500 but have made quite a few achievements. I added a few more cardinals to the lineup.

My main team has only earned 4 achievements worth a total of 200 points on day one. My neglected secondary team has earned 17 achievements for a total of 1,185 points. Go figure

One Post Wonder · 12-11-2018, 01:23 AM

I got promoted with a record of 78-84. I wasn't happy about that at all, and decided to take a week or two off.

Now I just checked my team since I was in OOTP anyway, and I'm 22-4 in the silver league. My team is hitting .320. So... OK.

el_gringo · 12-11-2018, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Maddox

My main team has only earned 4 achievements worth a total of 200 points on day one. My neglected secondary team has earned 17 achievements for a total of 1,185 points. Go figure

My F2P (secondary) team probably only got 2-3K PP total the first season (after 'firsts').

I introduced my grandfather to the game, just for fun.

He sent me a message midway through the first season to the effect of: 'I have 7K PP, how does the auction house work? My backup catcher is no good, I need a new one...'

Last I heard he was leading his division, I should check how the playoffs went for him. My F2P team didn't get promoted out of bronze (>_<)

This mode is rather excellent sometimes.

Westheim · 12-11-2018, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by old timer

I had Carlos Martinez last year for a while and he was terrible. His ERA never went below 6 so I dumped him.

Edit: I had the #2 defense so that wasn't the problem. I think the problem is that he's an extreme groundball pitcher. From reading the manual, I'm starting to think that you're generally better off with a flyball pitcher (assuming their ratings are otherwise similar).

His ERA went up to 6.32 overnight and he has just been locked in a locker (that is what they are for, right?) and replaced with Charlie Morton.

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Originally Posted by Orcin

I spent the day shopping and came home to find that my team had a very lukewarm start. I sat down with a couple of glasses of wine and, while my overall mood improved, my impression of my team did not improve. So, the conversion from live cards to historical has accelerated. Maybe this season will be a transition year. Do I get a higher draft pick if I fail to get promoted?

What ever happened to espresso?

Crash · 12-11-2018, 02:01 AM

damn I was 20 games under last season (Beta Gamma, same divison as WS winner) and was also promoted. 15-10 so far in Ypsilon Pi. The initial $20 ran out quickly and slowly saved up 3k but pulled nothing in packs. Now have to learn to slowly upgrade through auction.

have only been playing OOTP for a few months and still learning the basics, appreciate reading everyone's strategies. All I can offer up so far is the 69 Ichiro Suzuki is still a great leadoff hitter/sb guy, through 180 games JD Martinez can be a 32def 1b and 92 Blake Snell has 6.0+ era so far both seasons and almost demoted to long man.

Kushiel · 12-11-2018, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Thalion

Kushiel, I just got home. Looks like we're both off to a good start.

We are rockin' and rollin'.

Edit: 3-3 against each other so far

Kushiel · 12-11-2018, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 2002halos

Yeah, your Geezers got lucky. The Knights, now Targaryen Dragons, were my team.

I liked playing a "Walnut Creek" team... I had a friend many years ago who was a huge baseball fan and lived there. He would've been proud of your guys.

I did not know you were the Dragons this season. I am the Thorpe Springs Horned Frogs still

It seems several of the very top teams from our Bronze league are here in one or the other conference. You get to deal with Catalina Island, a very good team, and I get my turn dealing with the Geezers in my Division this time. We are having a blast!

Whoofe · 12-11-2018, 08:34 AM

i didn't get promoted thankfully, so i am still at the bronze league level, and my team only has 1 gold, a lotta silvers and several bronzes.. took a look around the league and most teams in the league are around my talent level. some have a few more golds, but very few diamonds in the league, most teams are full of silvers and bronzes

looks like I am at the perfect league level for my team

12-10-2018, 09:24 PM	#81
STLRS95 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: North Carolina Posts: 673 Blog Entries: 1	Starting out 10-9 in the Silver Chi Alpha league. Below is the roster I am currently using. Pitching was a strength last season, this season not so much. Plenty of games left to be played. Attached Images __________________ *The WIBL is coming in 2024.*

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Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	Bad news: my roster changes from late last night did not save, and I started this season with a postseason 4-man rotation, and 3 cards I bought for the new season (including a Severino) inactive. Good news: We still went 10-7 over that stretch, even though my bullpen is gassed from the short hook I implemented while trying to manage our last postseason series. __________________ Jersey Template (Photoshop) \| Cap Template (Photoshop)

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scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,561 Blog Entries: 19	One team is leading our division while the other is waddling nonperformance. Denver Bears are playing good ball Trenton Minutemen are sucking bad but no too bad __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

12-10-2018, 09:56 PM	#83
Thalion Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 413	Kushiel, I just got home. Looks like we're both off to a good start.

12-10-2018, 10:23 PM	#84
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	I am fully committed to a rebuild now. I just sold deGrom and bought a 1969 Bob Gibson. My rotation is now Gibson, Carlton, Bunning, Dierker, and Pettitte. That really feels like fun to me. We'll see if it still feels fun by the end of the week.

12-10-2018, 10:54 PM	#88
stealofhome Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,282 Blog Entries: 1	I'm in Eta Alpha and the team with the most wins from my bronze league (London Patriots, 124-38) is now in my conference. Last week they crushed my dreams at winning 100 games by sweeping me in the final series of the season. This week I beat them 2 games to 1!

12-11-2018, 01:16 AM	#93
Maddox All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 903	Managed to end day 1 with a record of 13-13. Not great but considering that my best bullpen arms, my two best starting pitchers and my #3 batter started the season off awful I will take it. I checked on my other team (The eventual all cardinal team) and they are one game under .500 but have made quite a few achievements. I added a few more cardinals to the lineup. My main team has only earned 4 achievements worth a total of 200 points on day one. My neglected secondary team has earned 17 achievements for a total of 1,185 points. Go figure

12-11-2018, 01:23 AM	#94
One Post Wonder All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 538	I got promoted with a record of 78-84. I wasn't happy about that at all, and decided to take a week or two off. Now I just checked my team since I was in OOTP anyway, and I'm 22-4 in the silver league. My team is hitting .320. So... OK.

12-11-2018, 02:01 AM	#97
Crash Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 46	damn I was 20 games under last season (Beta Gamma, same divison as WS winner) and was also promoted. 15-10 so far in Ypsilon Pi. The initial $20 ran out quickly and slowly saved up 3k but pulled nothing in packs. Now have to learn to slowly upgrade through auction. have only been playing OOTP for a few months and still learning the basics, appreciate reading everyone's strategies. All I can offer up so far is the 69 Ichiro Suzuki is still a great leadoff hitter/sb guy, through 180 games JD Martinez can be a 32def 1b and 92 Blake Snell has 6.0+ era so far both seasons and almost demoted to long man.

12-11-2018, 08:34 AM	#100
Whoofe All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 590	i didn't get promoted thankfully, so i am still at the bronze league level, and my team only has 1 gold, a lotta silvers and several bronzes.. took a look around the league and most teams in the league are around my talent level. some have a few more golds, but very few diamonds in the league, most teams are full of silvers and bronzes looks like I am at the perfect league level for my team