2017 Regular Season SIM 25 Complete - Next SIM Sun 8/07

[Matt]

The options for WC games are...

3 home
1 away, 2 home
1 home, 1 away, 1 home

[Z]

You're the man, Matt. Thanks!

[BDub]

Here i am thinking that was some sort of a discussion question from the new Commish. I was way off!

Long day.

sent from my 1980s style brick cell phone

[Delandis]

In other news, looks like the #1 overall pick in the historic 2014 draft has been quietly promoted in Toronto. And he's looking pretty darn good.

[umd]

In other news, looks like the #1 overall pick in the historic 2014 draft has been quietly promoted in Toronto. And he's looking pretty darn good.

Spear has to become relevant again at some point soon here. That's a franchise due to start winning.

[Z]

You gotta love going through your minor leagues and seeing the guys with unreasonable expectations.

Expected role: Playing in majors
2017 batting average at single-A: .217

[Carlos]

You gotta love going through your minor leagues and seeing the guys with unreasonable expectations.

Expected role: Playing in majors
2017 batting average at single-A: .217

Can't stand that.

[Pat]

You gotta love going through your minor leagues and seeing the guys with unreasonable expectations.

Expected role: Playing in majors
2017 batting average at single-A: .217

Obviously he's playing down to the competition.

[PaulC]

What a run it has been starting with 2005 when we emerged from the lows of the Virginia purge. Looking at it as I get ready to majorly remodel the roster for a third time, it's kind of surreal:

2005 113
2006 97
2007 97
2008 102
2009 89
2010 91
2011 92
2012 91
2013 95
2014 92
2015 106
2016 102
2017 96* (3 games left)
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13 seasons
~97 wins/season
2 Stout Sluggers (J. Jones, T. McCarley)
1 New Brew (A. Pulido)
1 Last Call (R. Manning)
12 postseason appearances
4 IL Wild Cards
8 Division Titles
2 IL Pennants
0 Brewmasters

We're going to say goodbye to some big time players (for us) this offseason.

Troy McCarley will walk into FA as one of the most surprising players I've ever traded for in terms of production vs expectation.

Travis Kemp and Willie Rosales both grew up in Wilmington, but were franchise cornerstones in Vegas. I hope both get a shot at the HoF as Scorpions and possibly a title with another contender.

Wil Perez was a guy I chased for years from Carlos. He turned into the kind of dominant closer I had hoped for after ignoring scouts saying he was a starter.

Al Anguiano, another guy I chased forever from Brad. He reminded me a lot of one of my Hartford favorites in Darrel Corfield but with so much more talent as a hitter.

I'm committed to moving on from each of them in deals or FA this offseason. It's going to be a very different looking clubhouse in Vegas for 2018. What a sentimental last run these upcoming 2 weeks are gonna be.

Wow! That's impressive. I still can't believe the one line though...

0 Brewmasters

California fans can only dream.

[umd]

Wow! That's impressive. I still can't believe the one line though...

0 Brewmasters

California fans can only dream.

Can't win a title. Seems pretty impossible at this point.