2022 Regular Season SIM 18 Complete - Next SIM Saturday 8/05

[BradZ]

Next SIM: Saturday 8/05
League file is up. Reports and Utility in progress.

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[Pat]

Thanks Brad!

Seattle sweeps DVS and then goes 1-2 hosting the Roadrunners. Both losses were 4-5.

[umd]

Alright back from vacation tonight. Everyone must go by the deadline on Saturday so let's unload these last few guys. Come grab Vigueras, Knappe and some of my relievers. Prices negotiable on some players.

[liquidcrash]

The Bats hit the road and had a 5-2 week, keeping us in first place on the league power rankings. Unfortunately our week was matched by Baltimore, so our position in our division is also unchanged.

At the plate, Geoff Yonke had another solid week, hitting .375 to up his average to nearly .350 for the season. He's not going to win Stout Slugger again this season, but he's having a great year and he's absolutely murdered left-handed pitching (.433/.503/.740). Dave Schneider had a second consecutive strong week and I'm even seeing some signs of like from Dave Seibert at the plate.

Jalen Lafargue was the pitching hero this week. He got moved to the rotation with Koehler down for a couple weeks and he delivered in a major way, starting two games and only giving up one run over 16.3 innings of work, picking up 2 W's. I certainly wasn't expecting that, but he's been pretty good for me since he was picked up a trade a couple seasons back.

We come home for a three game set against Baltimore to start the week coming up. Given how close the race is, every game is important against them.

[PaulC]

Our first good sim in a long time! We won two of three in Toronto and then swept a horrible Montreal team to have a solid 5-1 week. The ageless Tom Wright continues to mash (32 HR and 88 RBI) at a ridiculous rate, and Mike Morla (24 HR and 89 RBI) appears to be getting over his $195 000 000 hangover.

On the injury front... Broughton came back from injury and pitched really well. Tom McGee is back from injury as well and will be rehabbing in the minors for a while. Hudson comes back from injury next week. Dave Wood who must most of last week will be back for the Toronto series this week.

[Spear]

Wake me up when August ends. We have Pat Beseman, Jimmy Razza, and yes....Ron Robertson coming back in September. It's going to be a tough stretch without them.

[Pat]

Wake me up when August ends. We have Pat Beseman, Jimmy Razza, and yes....Ron Robertson coming back in September. It's going to be a tough stretch without them.

I had miscalculated Robertson's return when he was signed. That could have a huge impact if he can shake the rust.

[PaulC]

Seriously that Ulloa season is ridiculous...

He could (should) win the Triple Crown
He has a ridiculous lead in SLG, OPS, WAR, RC, ISO, TB, HR, RBI
4 IL Player of the Week awards
4 IL Rookie on the Month awards
2 IL Batter of the Month awards
He's actually a bargain at $26 000 000/year
Pregnancies in Seattle among single women aged 20-34 are up 287%

[Pat]

Pretty wild Ulloa stats:

1. His splits are unreal. At home: .397/1.308 with 30 HR. On the road: .282/.896 with 17 HR.

2. In games where Ulloa hits a HR, Seattle is 32-14. When he doesn't, Seattle is 25-40.

[Delandis]

Pretty wild Ulloa stats:

1. His splits are unreal. At home: .397/1.308 with 30 HR. On the road: .282/.896 with 17 HR.

2. In games where Ulloa hits a HR, Seattle is 32-14. When he doesn't, Seattle is 25-40.

The BLB Gods seem to make pretty good use of irony. #parkfactors

[Spear]

I had miscalculated Robertson's return when he was signed. That could have a huge impact if he can shake the rust.

4 weeks away!

McDade, Robertson, Razza would be a nice playoff rotation for us.

[Pat]

The BLB Gods seem to make pretty good use of irony. #parkfactors

I think it should balance out a bit more over the last 1/3 but that's an insane split. On the road, his OPS ranks 12th in the BLB. His home is far and away 1st in the league.

Ironically, New York 1B Jimmy Norman has a road split of .287/.924, superior to Ulloa's .282/.896. However, New York has the most pitcher friendly park in the BLB and his home split of .259/.760, just goes to show how much park factors really matter.

[Guest]

5-2 sim, gained a little ground in the wild card race and we're still very much in the Lager race. Still can't believe how quickly things turned around.

[Pat]

5-2 sim, gained a little ground in the wild card race and we're still very much in the Lager race. Still can't believe how quickly things turned around.

Indy leads the DL with +5 PYT.

Of all the teams in the BLB with 60+ wins, Indy has by far the lowest run differential at +38. Same as 60-51 Batavia, and far less than Hartford (+96), KC (+116), Pit (+115), CAL (+127), who have similar win totals.

Is it luck? Or is it a super savvy GM?

[Guest]

Indy leads the DL with +5 PYT.

Of all the teams in the BLB with 60+ wins, Indy has by far the lowest run differential at +38. Same as 60-51 Batavia, and far less than Hartford (+96), KC (+116), Pit (+115), CAL (+127), who have similar win totals.

Is it luck? Or is it a super savvy GM?

I wonder what my run differential the last month and a half has been...getting Nara, Flores, and Wiskow has been completely transformative for my offense. It was a disaster before that, which is a testament to how good my pitching has been that I was still hovering around .500 that whole time.