2022 Regular Season SIM 15 Complete - Next SIM Sunday 7/30

[Hank]

Frickin bullpen blew two games against Toronto.
Cory's been pretty good all year, then he ruins a great outing by Kaser. A'hole.

[Sharkn20]

What a great Stat of the Day: http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...y.php?fact=208

3-1 week for the Bats in our road series at Denver. Pretty good series at the plate for us, particularly from Geoff Yonke who went 9/14 with a 1.794 OPS.

Roger Villasenor pitched another very good game with 8 scoreless innings. Ed Carroll continues to be in a funk, we're going to need him to get back to his normal self soon since Baltimore doesn't lose any games ever.

Awesome stat... I think our 7 seasons streak will finish this one...

[Pat]

What a great Stat of the Day: http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...y.php?fact=208

3-1 week for the Bats in our road series at Denver. Pretty good series at the plate for us, particularly from Geoff Yonke who went 9/14 with a 1.794 OPS.

Roger Villasenor pitched another very good game with 8 scoreless innings. Ed Carroll continues to be in a funk, we're going to need him to get back to his normal self soon since Baltimore doesn't lose any games ever.

Bats have two of the top 4.

#TeamDNA

[Hank]

I've been really pleased with Philip Williams so far in A-ball.
My scout hated him. Has him at 5/5/2 and thinks he's nothing more than a mop-up minor leaguer.
OSA feels much, much differently - 7/5/6.
Not sure I've had a prospect with such a difference between scout and OSA.
He put up great numbers in college and has continued to do so in A-ball.

Another guy I picked, Tom Spradlin, has put up tremendous numbers as well. He's yet to give up a run in 17 innings of relief.
His college stats were crap but OSA likes him and so does my scout.

Pet project Jasper Sheehan, who was a CFer with crazy pitching potential had a rough start to his pro career.
But in his last two starts he's only given up 1 ER in 9.2 innings.
He'll eventually become a reliever but I want to give him work. And with his low stamina (rumors have it the Kodiak GM suffers from the same disorder), our bullpen gets to eat a lot of innings when he's on the mound.

[Pat]

Pet project Jasper Sheehan, who was a CFer with crazy pitching potential had a rough start to his pro career.
But in his last two starts he's only given up 1 ER in 9.2 innings.
He'll eventually become a reliever but I want to give him work. And with his low stamina (rumors have it the Kodiak GM suffers from the same disorder), our bullpen gets to eat a lot of innings when he's on the mound.

Probably better as a RP but those last two starts were pretty impressive.

Fun prospect to keep an eye on.

[Hank]

Probably better as a RP but those last two starts were pretty impressive.

Fun prospect to keep an eye on.

That's how I view him too. Just someone fun to watch and see if it pans out.
The long-term goal is to make him a closer/reliever, but I wanted to give him a bit more work.
I may have to move him out of the rotation eventually, but if he continues to do well in 4 to 5 innings of work, I'll keep him there.

I made him our backup CFer for next sim too. He doesn't have terrible potential as a hitter, but I thought it'd be cool to see if he could double-dip the rest of the season.
JD Fazlic is another I'd like to see as a pitcher. 7/6/6 potential. And a lefty.
But his hitting potential is pretty good too.

[Guest]

What a great Stat of the Day: http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...y.php?fact=208

Is there a non-cheater version of this list? ;)

[liquidcrash]

Bats have two of the top 4.

#TeamDNA

Certainly impressive. And the current record streak is mostly your doing, but I'm hopeful that I can keep it going for a while.

10 straight from the Tobs to start the league,

[Pat]

Certainly impressive. And the current record streak is mostly your doing, but I'm hopeful that I can keep it going for a while.

10 straight from the Tobs to start the league,

No end in sight to the streak, too. It's your team now.

[umd]

Not a bad run for us after we booted Clay starting in 2005.

[PaulC]

I wasn't here for most of that... Did all those teams tank first?

[Matt]

Just looked at the All-Star game score.

Seattle had starters at 1B (Ulloa) and LF (Nieto) but they went a combined 0-4. Seattle catcher Pat McKinney had a 2-RBI double in the 9th but it was our rookie closer Roberto Valle who picked up the win the for the IL. The Riders sluggers stole the show. Down 0-2, top of the 9th, C Fowler leads the inning off with a solo shot and then Fred Frederick hit a 3-run PH HR. The IL would go on to win 6-2.

Batavia gave the IL home series advantage in the Brewmasters!

[funclown]

I wasn't here for most of that... Did all those teams tank first?

Washington just had a small rebuild and thats it.

[funclown]

The Kodiaks appear to be falling off a cliff... Perhaps my willingness to not give away future assets on the trade market (The only way to build a winner I hear ) will continue to doom my chances.

Its really REALLY hard to win with just pure homegrown. Not saying it can't happen, just saying its hard to work a puzzle together from your minors. Kids won't live up to expectations, bomb or morph into 6 left fielders.

Had a really young core last decade without a doubt, but I still in the firm camp you need a few veterans to get you over the hump. Also the follow "prospects" or young players came via trade or free agency:

SP Nygaard
CF Mason
SP Troy Donovan
2B Tony Infante
CL Diego 'Red' Lovera

Pat covered this once in a thread. Most of my team was actually players from some other teams and yes I core from the draft. When UMD is good again, you'll see something of the same. His prospects comes from others teams.

[umd]

I also had a lot of talent that didn't fit well together and wasn't over the hill to trade.