Season 3 (2021) Discussion: 4/8 - 4/14 - Page 2

mrbucket · 04-09-2019, 04:20 PM

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I didn't change any strategy settings but Ty Cobb has already stolen 17 bases this season (compared to 40 last season). He's projecting out to steal 110!

Off to a surprising 17-8 start though in Gold though.

Well, Ty Cobb hasn't slowed down. He's up to 32 stolen bases, only 8 away from what he got last season. Currently projected to get 136. Not sure what's changed since I haven't changed any of the strategy settings.

Strong start continues though! 27-11 so far! After barely being promoted from Silver, Gold has been a breeze so far!

Westheim · 04-09-2019, 04:45 PM

Chattanooga Rebels down to 11-26; they still got enough PP from ALL THE LOSING to buy a pack … popped Rizzo and Bradley jr. …! Well, that is the best chance Nooga's gonna get here!

Chico Guilbault · 04-09-2019, 05:27 PM

My Kluber is horribly broken after that live update...currently 0-7

neugey · 04-09-2019, 06:27 PM

The bad news - I'm 16-26 in Silver level. Gwynn is batting .259 and my bullpen has been absolutely destroyed. So I've had some bad luck, but by my estimation even if the misfortune hadn't occurred I'd still be under .500.

The good news - Not going to make the playoffs, so I have nothing to lose. Time to try out some WILD strategies and see what sticks. This could pay dividends once the tournaments roll around.

old timer · 04-09-2019, 06:33 PM

The Raccoons are now 24-19 in spite of having the worst defense by a lot (due to training 7 guys simultaneously). Our offense is the best I've had in PT so far. We're 2nd in many of the major categories. Once the defense improves due to the trainees nearing their max, we'll get even better.

One reason I'm training so many at once is simply to improve my team faster at the cost of having a less than optimal current season. I'm hoping this will give me an advantage in tournaments too since I'll have so many ways to build a good team, depending on the type of tournament. At least one will be a salary cap type, for example, and having so many guys (with widely varying OVR) who can play well at multiple positions should help here.

sethisthegoat · 04-09-2019, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by old timer

The Raccoons are now 24-19 in spite of having the worst defense by a lot (due to training 7 guys simultaneously). Our offense is the best I've had in PT so far. We're 2nd in many of the major categories. Once the defense improves due to the trainees nearing their max, we'll get even better.

One reason I'm training so many at once is simply to improve my team faster at the cost of having a less than optimal current season. I'm hoping this will give me an advantage in tournaments too since I'll have so many ways to build a good team, depending on the type of tournament. At least one will be a salary cap type, for example, and having so many guys (with widely varying OVR) who can play well at multiple positions should help here.

If you're training someone at a defensive position...can anyone learn any position? (I realize it's not like you're going to take a 20 1B and train him into a 100 SS or anything...but theoretically, you could move that guy to SS and train him a little?)

OMGPuppies · 04-09-2019, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sethisthegoat

If you're training someone at a defensive position...can anyone learn any position? (I realize it's not like you're going to take a 20 1B and train him into a 100 SS or anything...but theoretically, you could move that guy to SS and train him a little?)

There is a link to a defensive rating calculator somewhere out there. I use it to see what rating players will achieve if trained at a new position.

OMGPuppies · 04-09-2019, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by old timer

The Raccoons are now 24-19 in spite of having the worst defense by a lot (due to training 7 guys simultaneously). Our offense is the best I've had in PT so far. We're 2nd in many of the major categories. Once the defense improves due to the trainees nearing their max, we'll get even better.

One reason I'm training so many at once is simply to improve my team faster at the cost of having a less than optimal current season. I'm hoping this will give me an advantage in tournaments too since I'll have so many ways to build a good team, depending on the type of tournament. At least one will be a salary cap type, for example, and having so many guys (with widely varying OVR) who can play well at multiple positions should help here.

Who are you training?

old timer · 04-09-2019, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by OMGPuppies

Who are you training?

Lots of guys the past 2 seasons. Some examples are guys like Appling (85 SS), Boudreau (112 SS), Ashburn (93 CF), Willard Marshall (73 RF) are being trained at each of the other IF and OF positions. Ashburn will be great at all 3 OF positions while Boudreau will be great at all IF positions. Appling will also be very strong at other IF positions and Marhsall is only being trained to play LF. I listed more guys in a post on the previous page.

p.s. - I mostly have historicals, but I did get Stanton and Doolittle for now to keep me competitive while I'm training and experimenting with other things too. But I'll be all historical by diamond, most likely.

old timer · 04-09-2019, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sethisthegoat

If you're training someone at a defensive position...can anyone learn any position? (I realize it's not like you're going to take a 20 1B and train him into a 100 SS or anything...but theoretically, you could move that guy to SS and train him a little?)

If you train someone who's not a good fielder for another position that's similar (IF to IF or OF to OF), then he'll train very slowly, but he'll still get some ratings there. Catchers train the slowest, by the way. If they don't have ratings at a position, then I don't know what will happen, but I doubt you'll get rated there.

A sucky 1B will be even suckier at SS and will take a long time just to reach a rating of 1 by the way. [Yes, I tried this once.]

old timer · 04-09-2019, 10:57 PM

The Raccoons are now 30-20 (winning 12 of 13) and have the top pitching WAR in spite of being 14th in ERA, 15th in BB and 13th in HRA which is kind of amusing. We have a really high team BABIP of .348 and a 11.6 K/9 rate which helps a lot.

I know that having a team like this won't work at higher levels, but it is fun and we're getting a decent (though not super high) amount of PP. For example, we've gotten the corner painter achievement (10 Ks or more) 13 times for a total of 1040 PP already. At our present pace, we'd get 3360 PP from this achievement alone.

waittilnextyear · 04-10-2019, 12:10 AM

The Fighting Frogs are enjoying their debut at the silver level. A mediocre 12-11 April gave way to a blistering 22-6 May (the best month ever for me in PT). The team is 1st in runs, 2nd in defense, and 3rd in runs allowed so appears to be in it for the long haul.

David Price was the meat between the buns in that stellar May sandwich. He pitched back-to-back-to-back shutouts. With a 2-hitter and a 1-hitter mixed in. Diamond Gerrit Cole has been a beast in his own right and a rather large upgrade over whatever borderline scrub had the rotation spot before him. Currently, the rotation is Cole/Corbin/Fred Newman/Price/Josh James. Other than perhaps swapping out James for a better option, the staff should hold its own in silver. The bullpen is also good for now with Familia, Edwin Diaz, Betances, Chafin, Bedrosian, and Burgmeier all pitching well. Tuivailala has a 7.48 ERA, but should rebound somewhat.

In random news, Luis Aparicio had a 26-game hitting streak snapped recently. The "defense-only" SS is actually batting .318/.358/.432 to go with that nasty (in a good way) defense.

Warhawk · 04-10-2019, 09:36 AM

White Tigers are swimming along nicely in Gold with our new starting rotation of DeGrom/Syndergaard/Sale/Kluber/Severino, and I'm hanging onto Carrasco and Corbin on my reserve roster pending how the real life season looks like it's going for various guys. We're up by 2 1/2 games in our division at 31-23, 4th in ERA, 2nd in Ks, only just cracking the top 10 in runs and HRs though (my big hitters have been a bit cold).

My lineup in terms of infielders hasn't changed much from last season, just Adalberto Mondesi being the backup. In terms of outfielders though I've made a bunch of changes. Gone from the active roster (at least for now) are Khris Davis, Charlie Blackmon, and Ronald Acuna Jr. (Davis I sold, the other two I'm hanging onto for now). Now in left field is Cody Bellinger. I had originally moved Eaton to right field (where he went up like 20 points yesterday alone) with Conforto in center field, but with Conforto not improving from his 42 center field rating, I'm trying him in left (where he's best) and seeing if I can get Eaton to learn to play center (ought to work I think). Meanwhile my new DH is Giancarlo Stanton, and Pederson is the backup outfielder. Only problem is that Stanton started off on a very cold streak, Machado and Turner have been lousy compared to last year, and Gary Sanchez (backup catcher) has been poor when I've tried to get him more at-bats; our hitting right now is basically leaning on our two first basemen (Carpenter and Bell), Conforto, and Bellinger who started hitting dingers the moment I put him in the lineup.

Oh, and I have a new closer, Blake Treinen. So far he's pitched 8 1/3 innings and hasn't allowed a run. Only problem is that Syndergaard, DeGrom, and Kluber have 18 quality starts between them and are a combined 8-4. DeGrom in particular has allowed 1, 4, 0, and 0 earned runs, going 6+ innings each time, and is just 1-0.

neugey · 04-10-2019, 10:27 AM

Wow! On the F2P alternate team, my bronze Brooks Robinson has a 39-game hitting streak - and it's still going. Not bad for a 56 contact guy!

Westheim · 04-10-2019, 04:19 PM

A Walter Johnson card is a great weather vane to how the rest of the team is doing. Mine has a 1.24 ERA. And a 9-4 record…

Warhawk · 04-10-2019, 06:42 PM

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Oh, and I have a new closer, Blake Treinen. So far he's pitched 8 1/3 innings and hasn't allowed a run. Only problem is that Syndergaard, DeGrom, and Kluber have 18 quality starts between them and are a combined 8-4. DeGrom in particular has allowed 1, 4, 0, and 0 earned runs, going 6+ innings each time, and is just 1-0.

My deGrom now has 6 quality starts in 8 outings and a record of 1-3. Now, my team is leading its division. We're not deGrom and a bunch of bums. But deGrom has the best FIP of my starters, best batting average against, best WHIP, second best ERA, given up 1 home run in nearly 50 innings, and yet he's still 1-3. Syndergaard is getting 4.4 runs of support on average. deGrom is getting 1.5.

He hasn't played enough to qualify for the leaderboards yet, but seriously, the guy has a 2.34 FIP. The best in our conference is a 3.04 Curt Schilling, and he's 6-0 on a team that's 10 games under .500.

Izz · 04-10-2019, 11:25 PM

B'sin'Glou are remarkably fun to watch.

Worst bullpen in the league (5.01 ERA) but 2nd-best starting pitching (I'm running a rotation of Scherzer, Paxton, Wheeler, Tyler Glasnow and Andrew Triggs), and an offense that either scores 2 or 12. We're 43-35, 7 games back in our division and fighting for the second wildcard. We've hit the 2nd-most homers but only have 1 player on the homerun leaderboard, Stanton, who is tied for 5th with 18.

Germaniac · 04-11-2019, 01:20 AM

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We turned this around quickly - after starting 10-3 we went to 15-17 ...

32-49 ... after playing .500 ball over the first third of the season we're on a 5-22 "run"

Or as the Talking Heads would say: "We're on a road to nowhere"

Westheim · 04-11-2019, 04:17 AM

I don't think there is much of anything that can save Chattanooga from relegation to Silver… consistently playing .333 ball in Gold. Worst team in the league and 3 1/2 behind a safe spot.

The Raccoons slid to 37-44 and quite a bit outside the promotion zone to Diamond with a horrendous June (9-16); in short, boys ain't hitting the damn ball, at all.

Chico Guilbault · 04-11-2019, 08:08 AM

I continue to be befuddled by the performance of my hitters in the bronze level. I have a lineup consisting of diamond and gold cards and rated highly for both power and contact (mostly). Yet, most of them are hanging out at the mendoza line. The home run numbers are fine, but I can't understand the lack of contact. Is the pitching at this level just a step above or is there something I'm doing wrong?

04-09-2019, 04:45 PM	#22
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,884	Chattanooga Rebels down to 11-26; they still got enough PP from ALL THE LOSING to buy a pack … popped Rizzo and Bradley jr. …! Well, that is the best chance Nooga's gonna get here! __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 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 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.

04-09-2019, 05:27 PM	#23
Chico Guilbault All Star Starter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Harlingen, NJ Posts: 1,063	My Kluber is horribly broken after that live update...currently 0-7 __________________ BeechumCounty.com

04-09-2019, 06:27 PM	#24
neugey All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 805 Blog Entries: 39	The bad news - I'm 16-26 in Silver level. Gwynn is batting .259 and my bullpen has been absolutely destroyed. So I've had some bad luck, but by my estimation even if the misfortune hadn't occurred I'd still be under .500. The good news - Not going to make the playoffs, so I have nothing to lose. Time to try out some WILD strategies and see what sticks. This could pay dividends once the tournaments roll around. __________________ Online OOTP League Play: PBA - Cincinnati Reds MLM - Baltimore Orioles

04-09-2019, 06:33 PM	#25
old timer Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,278	The Raccoons are now 24-19 in spite of having the worst defense by a lot (due to training 7 guys simultaneously). Our offense is the best I've had in PT so far. We're 2nd in many of the major categories. Once the defense improves due to the trainees nearing their max, we'll get even better. One reason I'm training so many at once is simply to improve my team faster at the cost of having a less than optimal current season. I'm hoping this will give me an advantage in tournaments too since I'll have so many ways to build a good team, depending on the type of tournament. At least one will be a salary cap type, for example, and having so many guys (with widely varying OVR) who can play well at multiple positions should help here. __________________

04-09-2019, 10:57 PM	#31
old timer Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,278	The Raccoons are now 30-20 (winning 12 of 13) and have the top pitching WAR in spite of being 14th in ERA, 15th in BB and 13th in HRA which is kind of amusing. We have a really high team BABIP of .348 and a 11.6 K/9 rate which helps a lot. I know that having a team like this won't work at higher levels, but it is fun and we're getting a decent (though not super high) amount of PP. For example, we've gotten the corner painter achievement (10 Ks or more) 13 times for a total of 1040 PP already. At our present pace, we'd get 3360 PP from this achievement alone. __________________ Last edited by old timer; 04-09-2019 at 11:17 PM.

04-10-2019, 12:10 AM	#32
waittilnextyear All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,272	The Fighting Frogs are enjoying their debut at the silver level. A mediocre 12-11 April gave way to a blistering 22-6 May (the best month ever for me in PT). The team is 1st in runs, 2nd in defense, and 3rd in runs allowed so appears to be in it for the long haul. David Price was the meat between the buns in that stellar May sandwich. He pitched back-to-back-to-back shutouts. With a 2-hitter and a 1-hitter mixed in. Diamond Gerrit Cole has been a beast in his own right and a rather large upgrade over whatever borderline scrub had the rotation spot before him. Currently, the rotation is Cole/Corbin/Fred Newman/Price/Josh James. Other than perhaps swapping out James for a better option, the staff should hold its own in silver. The bullpen is also good for now with Familia, Edwin Diaz, Betances, Chafin, Bedrosian, and Burgmeier all pitching well. Tuivailala has a 7.48 ERA, but should rebound somewhat. In random news, Luis Aparicio had a 26-game hitting streak snapped recently. The "defense-only" SS is actually batting .318/.358/.432 to go with that nasty (in a good way) defense. Last edited by waittilnextyear; 04-10-2019 at 12:12 AM.

04-10-2019, 09:36 AM	#33
Warhawk Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 437	White Tigers are swimming along nicely in Gold with our new starting rotation of DeGrom/Syndergaard/Sale/Kluber/Severino, and I'm hanging onto Carrasco and Corbin on my reserve roster pending how the real life season looks like it's going for various guys. We're up by 2 1/2 games in our division at 31-23, 4th in ERA, 2nd in Ks, only just cracking the top 10 in runs and HRs though (my big hitters have been a bit cold). My lineup in terms of infielders hasn't changed much from last season, just Adalberto Mondesi being the backup. In terms of outfielders though I've made a bunch of changes. Gone from the active roster (at least for now) are Khris Davis, Charlie Blackmon, and Ronald Acuna Jr. (Davis I sold, the other two I'm hanging onto for now). Now in left field is Cody Bellinger. I had originally moved Eaton to right field (where he went up like 20 points yesterday alone) with Conforto in center field, but with Conforto not improving from his 42 center field rating, I'm trying him in left (where he's best) and seeing if I can get Eaton to learn to play center (ought to work I think). Meanwhile my new DH is Giancarlo Stanton, and Pederson is the backup outfielder. Only problem is that Stanton started off on a very cold streak, Machado and Turner have been lousy compared to last year, and Gary Sanchez (backup catcher) has been poor when I've tried to get him more at-bats; our hitting right now is basically leaning on our two first basemen (Carpenter and Bell), Conforto, and Bellinger who started hitting dingers the moment I put him in the lineup. Oh, and I have a new closer, Blake Treinen. So far he's pitched 8 1/3 innings and hasn't allowed a run. Only problem is that Syndergaard, DeGrom, and Kluber have 18 quality starts between them and are a combined 8-4. DeGrom in particular has allowed 1, 4, 0, and 0 earned runs, going 6+ innings each time, and is just 1-0. Last edited by Warhawk; 04-10-2019 at 04:16 PM.

04-10-2019, 10:27 AM	#34
neugey All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 805 Blog Entries: 39	Wow! On the F2P alternate team, my bronze Brooks Robinson has a 39-game hitting streak - and it's still going. Not bad for a 56 contact guy! __________________ Online OOTP League Play: PBA - Cincinnati Reds MLM - Baltimore Orioles

04-10-2019, 04:19 PM	#35
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,884	A Walter Johnson card is a great weather vane to how the rest of the team is doing. Mine has a 1.24 ERA. And a 9-4 record… __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 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 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.

04-10-2019, 11:25 PM	#37
Izz Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,467	B'sin'Glou are remarkably fun to watch. Worst bullpen in the league (5.01 ERA) but 2nd-best starting pitching (I'm running a rotation of Scherzer, Paxton, Wheeler, Tyler Glasnow and Andrew Triggs), and an offense that either scores 2 or 12. We're 43-35, 7 games back in our division and fighting for the second wildcard. We've hit the 2nd-most homers but only have 1 player on the homerun leaderboard, Stanton, who is tied for 5th with 18. __________________ Not only do I play OOTP but I also write science-fiction: My Website A brief history of the Australia-New Zealand Baseball League (AUNZBL 2019-2119)--A Dynasty Report The National Penterham Four-Bases Association--A Dynasty Report

04-11-2019, 04:17 AM	#39
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,884	I don't think there is much of anything that can save Chattanooga from relegation to Silver… consistently playing .333 ball in Gold. Worst team in the league and 3 1/2 behind a safe spot. The Raccoons slid to 37-44 and quite a bit outside the promotion zone to Diamond with a horrendous June (9-16); in short, boys ain't hitting the damn ball, at all. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 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 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.

04-11-2019, 08:08 AM	#40
Chico Guilbault All Star Starter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Harlingen, NJ Posts: 1,063	I continue to be befuddled by the performance of my hitters in the bronze level. I have a lineup consisting of diamond and gold cards and rated highly for both power and contact (mostly). Yet, most of them are hanging out at the mendoza line. The home run numbers are fine, but I can't understand the lack of contact. Is the pitching at this level just a step above or is there something I'm doing wrong? __________________ BeechumCounty.com