2020 SIM 1 Complete - Next SIM Wed 2/8

[Matt]

Files due by 3 am ET | 12 am PT

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Stat of the Day!

DFA:
Roster: Syracuse, Wilmington
Single A Age:

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Get those AAA, AA, and A rosters down to 25/25/30. Remember no one 24 years of age or older in A!

[Matt]

Terumoto Chiba holds the longest hit streak in the BLB universe with 44 games while playing for LSU in the NCAA feeder league.

Dave Rushin in the HS league currently has a 43 game streak going.

[Sharkn20]

Slow start for the Sharks 3-3, however Grafing, Romero and Clark are very hot!!! Glad to observe this competition going on, only 2 of them will remain in the BLB Roster when Williams is ready to comeback.

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[Delandis]

Spoiler

Well that was unexpected, but I will not complain about this kind of surprise.

We open the season with a 5-1 road trip, including a sweep of the Bats at "The Capitol." This is no exaggeration, but I am pretty sure we have more road wins now than we did through the first two months of 2019. The Bulldogs' pitching staff gave up just three runs in the series, which is a very encouraging sign against a talented team like the Bats.

Offensively, D.J. Gosser played well in his first week of course, but the play of 24 year old catcher, J.J. Hanson will be something to keep an eye on going forward. The former second round pick hit very well in a platoon role vs. LHP and could earn more playing time if he shows some consistently as the season goes on.

However, the start wasn't all rainbows and unicorns as the offense took a big blow following the injury to 2019 All-Star outfielder, Jarod Farrow. Farrow tore a back muscle making a defensive play in this first week of the season. Farrow is probably our best contact hitter and played his role in the #2 spot well. Former Kodiak star, Dusty Filar, will get a chance to showcase his talents in a starting role until Farrow's return from the back injury. The injury is expected to keep Farrow out until early August.

Next week, we host Philadelphia for two games in our first home games of 2020, followed by an early rematch against the Bats in Phillips Field.

[Hank]

Mother Effer!
I totally forgot to adjust my lineups from my ST settings.
My team has enough issues, it doesn't need the backups (see Double-A players) in the lineup every-other game!

[Sully]

Much better start to this season than last season. The bullpen will be our downfall, though. It's pretty awful.

[Carlos]

Last season we started 6-0. This year we start 5-1.

Hoping this time we can actually go longer than 2.5 months of baseball before the world comes crashing in on us.

[Pat]

-Seattle starts the year 1-5 including getting swept in Denver, all one-run games.

-1B Dave Monks hits 3 HRs in his debut for Indy, while OF Jonathan Morales goes 1/14 in his Seattle debut.

-FA SP Dave Lippert was asking just 1-year $6M last sim, so I offered him a contract offer. He emails me back, laughs in my face and then demands a 1-year $9M. Yeah, that's not happening.

It's going to be a long year.

[nelmsm]

Went 3-4 to open the season. Managed to get shut out twice while scoring 17 runs in another game. This season is going to be interesting, for lack of a better term. Pat Brown and Damian Dowling start out hot but we'll see if they can keep up a good season or revert to last seasons form. My pitching staff however looks like I recruited some brick throwers from the last anti-Trump protest...or maybe that is what I should do.

Just got a chance to see that Pat Brown earned Player of the Week in the IL!

[liquidcrash]

All hail our new Baltimore overlords.

[Z]

I've never had this happen before.

Not once.

0-6 to start the year!

[Guest]

Forgot to change my starters' pitch counts because I'm an idiot, but the team rallied and went 5-1. Solid start for new Indy baseball player Dave Monks.

[umd]

Slow starters in April every season as expected.

[Guest]

Good gawd, I never even got a chance to look at Spring Training. This league is moving way too fast for me right now.

[funclown]

I've never had this happen before.

Not once.

0-6 to start the year!

Well, when you face Pawtucket.....

lol, Pawtucket 4-3. Lost 3 of 4 to Syracuse then swept Maine??

Beginning of the season cracks me up.