2037 Regular Season 20 SIM Complete - Next SIM Fri 5/15

[Matt]

Next SIM - Fri 5/15

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Stat of the Day!

DFA: Pho
Roster: Ind, SDR, Tor (all RL age issue)
Export: LAD
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[funclown]

Pawtucket hasn't really had a "find" in awhile now and even though he plays 1B Joey Williams turned out to be one of our best waiver pick ups this decade. When I compare his production versus the really expensive Bradley you have to pleased overall.

Pawtucket 5-2. Were still trying.

[Guest]

Looks like I got punished for bringing up Falloon

[PaulC]

2 and 4 is not ideal, but considering we only scored 12 runs in 6 games, not a bad record, I suppose.

Turtle Morris continues to disappoint, and will find himself wallowing in AAA next sin, as we go with 1B Drew Ansell in his place.

Ed Tesluk has a great start as an Opener, and then gets drilled twice in relief... He is still a clear work in progress.

We continue to make tweaks as we still try to figure out what exactly the 2037 Kodiaks are.

[liquidcrash]

5-1 for the Bats. Swept Philly on the road before coming home to take 2/3 from California. It's a good week, but only good enough to keep pace with the Tobs and we remain a half game back. We'll open up next sim with a series at Carolina, and then have another series against them in September, so the division is going to go down to the wire it looks like.

Reger Zuniga has been getting hot lately, in a similar fashion to how he closed last season strong. He's hitting .344 (1.332 OPS) with 8 HRs so far in August. Edgar Alonzo also has an OPS over 1.000 and 8 HRs in August, so it's good to see a couple of the young guys stepping up. I've ended the time share at 1B and given the job to Alonzo full-time lately. Dave Chance got his first action as a Bat, hitting .364 and agreeing to stick around for a couple of years.

No complaints on the mound, as we only gave up 15 runs on the week, with a 1.67 Team ERA. Fredrick Wilson pitched a shutout and everyone else had good starts as well.

[Carlos]

Pawtucket hasn't really had a "find" in awhile now and even though he plays 1B Joey Williams turned out to be one of our best waiver pick ups this decade. When I compare his production versus the really expensive Bradley you have to pleased overall.

Pawtucket 5-2. Were still trying.

Squid has let a couple of good players just walk via waivers.

I know Tyrese Coleman is no Joey Williams but he's been consistent for the past four years, and seems to be getting better. Can't hate that.


Also, my boy Kolka hitting the white stuff hard.

[funclown]

Squid has let a couple of good players just walk via waivers.

I know Tyrese Coleman is no Joey Williams but he's been consistent for the past four years, and seems to be getting better. Can't hate that.


Also, my boy Kolka hitting the white stuff hard.

Yeah , this hasn't been a banner decade for us so far with very few causes to celebrate unless we end the decade with a bang. We have at least been in one Brewmaster in each decade since the 90's. 1 -90s, 2-00s, 4-10s, 1-20's. That streak is in massive jeopardy right now.

[Matt]

Looks like I got punished for bringing up Falloon

Reference Falloon.

The OOTP injury proneness scale is based on a 1-200 rating (like many of our ratings) and has been posted about on the OOTP forums.

1-30 Durable
31-120 Normal
121-200 Fragile

Iron Man and Wrecked are based on injury history. From reading the OOTP forums people aren't really sure how those work as Markus has never said. We do know directly from Markus though that "Any injury longer than seven days results in an increase in proneness" and that the more severe the injury the larger the proneness increase. From in game looking at Falloon under History - Injuries I count seven injuries that were over a week in length. Therefore it is well within reason that Falloon was skirting the Normal/Fragile line until his injury on 7/15 and then his setback on 7/19 which pushed the injury time over a week resulting in a slight proneness increase. Just like scouts for example will sometimes say a players rating went from 50 to 55, then the next report 55 back to 50. The player is borderline and even a point or two either direction will change the final result.

Reference being punished.

In the last 14 seasons you and the Indianapolis Racers have two Brewmasters Cup championships. Maine also has two. No one else has more than one. During that time the Racers are 7th overall in wins and went to the playoffs 9 times including the last five straight seasons (six after this year). Is going 0-7 rare? Yes. All though to be fair Phoenix went 0-7 two weeks ago, Montreal and Windy City went 0-6 the week before that, Denver went 0-6 in July, Syracuse went 0-7 twice in June, Hartford went 0-6 in May, and Indy, Toronto and Windy City all went 0-6 in April.

If you feel there is any sort of "cheating" against you by the league office you are 100% incorrect. You are a very successful GM who is very active but that is not the final determination for league status. Any sort of disrespectful forum message or private message to any league member is strictly prohibited per the league rules. The BLB is an amazing league that is highly competitive and has been around for 60+ seasons. To make comments suggesting any sort of impropriety not only belittles the league but the success you have had as well.

Thanks and take care.

[Pat]

Reference Falloon.

FWIW, I don't worry too much about "fragile" hitters, as long as they aren't roaming center field or squatting behind the plate. I know Funclown subscribes to this theory as well. It's the pitcher that's the bigger "fragile" concern.

In my own history, OF Jimmy Jeffs has been "fragile" since he was in the minors. In his entire playing career he's had 10 injuries but only five have been since he reached the BLB and almost all have been day-to-day. He's never been out an extended period of time. In fact his only severe injury was while he was in college.

I don't have any data via OOTP forums but just what I have noticed is it's the setback injuries that I think take a bigger hit on the injury proneness and ratings. On every players Injury History page, it lists a slot for "setbacks" and Falloon has his first.

[Pat]

Seattle goes 4-3 but we may have missed a golden opportunity by losing two against Baltimore and falling one run short during a 9th inning rally against Los Angeles. The Pilots now 1.5 games back of California for the Bock and have a one game lead on Batavia for the #2 Wild Card.

OF Robby Lee had a monster week in Double-A and the rust appears to be shaken off. The 29-year-old hasn't swung a bat against BLB pitching since the playoffs last year but will immediately see playing time after 11 games in Double-A. He might see some time at all three OF spots.

Another acquisition will make his debut this week in 34-year-old SP Jaden Madera. He pitched in both SYR and NYK this season and has been average at best. But I think with our defense his groundball will be a bit more affective.

[funclown]

FWIW, I don't worry too much about "fragile" hitters, as long as they aren't roaming center field or squatting behind the plate. I know Funclown subscribes to this theory as well. It's the pitcher that's the bigger "fragile" concern.

In my own history, OF Jimmy Jeffs has been "fragile" since he was in the minors. In his entire playing career he's had 10 injuries but only five have been since he reached the BLB and almost all have been day-to-day. He's never been out an extended period of time. In fact his only severe injury was while he was in college.

I don't have any data via OOTP forums but just what I have noticed is it's the setback injuries that I think take a bigger hit on the injury proneness and ratings. On every players Injury History page, it lists a slot for "setbacks" and Falloon has his first.

Its a big why CF Watson now resides on our team now. Pitchers I had a lucky run for years we'd just limit the around of pitches if they were fragile. Today though seems alot more prospect pitchers with the "fragile" label to contend with. Again, I need a new plan on that as stated from last week.

[Pat]

Yeah, some draft eligible players come in as fragile without ever having an injury.

Also, my durable 2nd round pick SP blew his arm out after one inning in RL. Thems the breaks.

[PaulC]

FWIW, I don't worry too much about "fragile" hitters, as long as they aren't roaming center field or squatting behind the plate. I know Funclown subscribes to this theory as well. It's the pitcher that's the bigger "fragile" concern.

In my own history, OF Jimmy Jeffs has been "fragile" since he was in the minors. In his entire playing career he's had 10 injuries but only five have been since he reached the BLB and almost all have been day-to-day. He's never been out an extended period of time. In fact his only severe injury was while he was in college.

I don't have any data via OOTP forums but just what I have noticed is it's the setback injuries that I think take a bigger hit on the injury proneness and ratings. On every players Injury History page, it lists a slot for "setbacks" and Falloon has his first.

We had Swope for 2 years at 30+ years old and fragile... The odd extra rest day, and he still put up two monster years... I don't think fragile hitters, if watched are as big a deal... Pitchers on the other hand... No thanks!

[PaulC]

Yeah, some draft eligible players come in as fragile without ever having an injury.

Also, my durable 2nd round pick SP blew his arm out after one inning in RL. Thems the breaks.

Our first round pick, Ezra Chalmers... Started as fragile, yet has never had an injury... Hopefully it turns out not to mean much!

[mike]

Well - we're rolling into the end of the year in Philly on a downswing. Some of it's intentional - the combination of getting guys first time experience and bad vets leads to terrible offensive performance with limited focus defensively - hurting the pitchers. It's not great surfacely. But there's definitely some reason for optimism.

AAA Trenton is where my excitement is, as that lineup reflects what September and beyond should look like for us in Phila. Last week - went 6-0 as they try to chase down a playoff spot in AAA. The big bats of Arkandy Kachinsky and Jaren Muga have led the way, and quite frankly provided some excitement for next year.

Coming into the season, Kachinsky prob profiled best as a UTC, while the majority of his reps came at 3B. He started out the season in AAA after making it to the level last year, and he's put forth arguably the most prolific offensive season in AAA this year. The 24 year old is slashing .268/.342/.568 .911 with 34 HR and 95 RBI.

Muga, the 20 year old powerful Kenyan, acquired through selling our souls to California to be reminded of the trade for the rest of time, started off slowly in AA before hitting a hot streak right before he got promoted. Since promoted to AAA - Jaren's produced to a tune of .254/.354/.522 .876 with 15 HR in AA. On the year, the 20 year old has swatted 23 long balls, hopefully indicating the power ability the young man has. There's a chance he makes it to Philadelphia next season, I'd say it's likely.

Finally - looking back on the trade with Pawtucket, we were able to acquire two guys who seemed to fall out of favor in a really strong system, and we had some available spots to give these guys playing time.

Terrell Butler spent his time in the org in Fort Myers and he was on fire in the 37 games he played. .354/.403/.599 1.001 with 9 HR playing a combination of 3B and the corner spots. He's earned himself a promotion to AA to finish the stretch, and then Khristian Andino in AAA is another OF who needed playing time ... outside of the GM being an idiot and trying to make him a CF, he's raking. .322/.382/.493 .876.

We've been a bad team at the highest level, but, overall we're in a good spot moving forward, I think.

I like the young talent offensively that should be graduating to full time playing status next year, and hopefully we're able to build a core of players who will help us get back to winning baseball.