SIM COMPLETE - 1986 - Regular Season 15

[Andrew]

Next sim: Tuesday.

No sim on Thursday this week. I'm out of town from Wednesday-Sunday.

[Sully]

Swept Windy City, but I'm not happy about losing two of three to Los Alamos. Still, gained 2.5 more games on the Bats. We're coming around, finally.

[Spectre]

Damn, I had a 3-3 sim but both my competitors took it to Indianapolis with Los Lunas sweeping them and Hyundai taking 2/3. I was hoping that Indy would lay the smack down and I would gain ground this sim. The best laid plans of mice and men...

Next sim is huge

[Jistic]

Well the cold streak that I saw coming is over. 10 game losing streak. But we swept the Bats and are showing signs. Offense is slumping huge w/out Burgett. Gotta sodlier on. Ramirez comes back in a few days and the bullpen is getting a boost.

Gonna be playing some small ball.

[liquidcrash]

Vincent Nino wins IL Player of the Week, but it doesn't matter because we suck anyway. My bullpen is a complete, unmitigated disaster.

Chad Cain, my top pitching prospect in the minors is now out 13 months with a strained shoulder, so I can probably forget about him ever doing anything again. 7 players on my A level team are injured, including my top 3 picks from this years draft. Lovely.

Not a good sim.

[Jake]

5-2 sim pulls us within one game of the wild card lead.

[Spectre]

I want to see Carbajal and Rex Knight in the bigs already :)

Those guys are absolutely annihalting AAA

[Gyrodork]

4 - 3 sim. Extracted some revenge on Indy with a 3-game sweep. STUPID AI hooked Guardamagni TWICE in the 7th when I had the lead! MR Gary Closson promptly blew the save in one of those games.

AAA Call-up SP Lanny Krieger pitched a nice game against The Clowns and earned the win in his 1st BLB start. SP Ron MacLagan must have developed a severe drinking problem because he has been HAMMERED in his last 5 starts.

[Matt]

3-3 but poor Stephens goes 0-2 for the week because he loses the two games 2-1 and 1-0...my offense is pathetic!

[Whale]

Next sim: Tuesday.

No sim on Thursday this week. I'm out of town from Wednesday-Sunday.

Of course, that doesn't involve watching NU....

3-3 SIM...what a shock

[Clay]

Sign Franklin to a 2 year extension and he responds with two really decent outings....

<TABLE class=lpo style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=911><TBODY><TR><TD class=hsd0>Date</TD><TD class=hscc>Opponent</TD><TD class=hscc>Result</TD><TD class=hsnc>Start</TD><TD class=hsnr>IP</TD><TD class=hsnr>H</TD><TD class=hsnr>R</TD><TD class=hsnr>ER</TD><TD class=hsnr>BB</TD><TD class=hsnr>K</TD><TD class=hsnc>Dec</TD><TD class=hc> </TD><TD class=hc> </TD><TD class=hc> </TD><TD class=hc> </TD><TD class=hc> </TD><TD class=hc> </TD><TD class=hc> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=slg>07-20-1986</TD><TD class=scg>BAL</TD><TD class=scg>Win, 4-1</TD><TD class=scg>X</TD><TD class=srg>8.0</TD><TD class=srg>9</TD><TD class=srg>1</TD><TD class=srg>1</TD><TD class=srg>1</TD><TD class=srg>2</TD><TD class=scg>Win</TD><TD class=scg></TD><TD class=scg> </TD><TD class=scg> </TD><TD class=scg> </TD><TD class=scg> </TD><TD class=scg> </TD><TD class=scg> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=sl>07-15-1986</TD><TD class=sc>BAT</TD><TD class=sc>Win, 1-0</TD><TD class=sc>X</TD><TD class=sr>8.0</TD><TD class=sr>5</TD><TD class=sr>0</TD><TD class=sr>0</TD><TD class=sr>3</TD><TD class=sr>4</TD><TD class=sc>Win</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Build that confidence, Franklin.

[Jistic]

Did you really sign him to an extension? Why?


*EDIT*

I guess for the deal, why not. You can afford it if you dump him.

[Matt]

Gotta love my pitching vs. hitting:

<table style="width: 332px; height: 236px;" class="lpo" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="h0" style="padding: 2px;">Team Pitching Stats & Rankings</td></tr><tr> </tr><tr><td class="slg">Earned Run Average </td><td class="srg">3.38 - 3rd in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Starters' ERA</td><td class="sr">3.35 - 3rd in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Bullpen ERA</td><td class="srg">3.45 - 3rd in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Runs allowed</td><td class="sr">338 - 3rd in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Hits allowed</td><td class="srg">662 - 1st in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Opponents AVG</td><td class="sr">.221 - 1st in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">BABIP</td><td class="srg">.254 - 1st in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Home Runs allowed</td><td class="sr">70 - tied for 9th
</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Bases-On-Balls</td><td class="srg">340 - 11th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Strikeouts</td><td class="sr">599 - 3rd in IL</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table style="width: 311px; height: 237px;" class="lpo" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="h0" style="padding: 2px;">Team Batting Stats & Rankings</td></tr><tr> </tr><tr><td class="slg">Batting Average</td><td class="srg">.231 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">On-Base Percentage</td><td class="sr">.289 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Slugging Percentage</td><td class="srg">.334 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">On-Base + Slugging</td><td class="sr">.623 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Runs Scored</td><td class="srg">272 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Hits</td><td class="sr">709 - 11th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Extra-Base Hits</td><td class="srg">205 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Home Runs</td><td class="sr">45 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Bases-On-Balls</td><td class="srg">240 - 12th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="sl">Strikeouts</td><td class="sr">583 - 9th in IL</td></tr> <tr><td class="slg">Stolen Bases</td><td class="srg">53 - 3rd in IL</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Ryan]

Damn, I had a 3-3 sim but both my competitors took it to Indianapolis with Los Lunas sweeping them and Hyundai taking 2/3. I was hoping that Indy would lay the smack down and I would gain ground this sim. The best laid plans of mice and men...

Next sim is huge

I haven't looked at the sim results yet, but after reading that I'm not sure I want to.

[Clay]

Did you really sign him to an extension? Why?


*EDIT*

I guess for the deal, why not. You can afford it if you dump him.

It looked like he had a year of arbitration left, but it was possible he wouldn't (I never seem to be able to figure that one out). His arbitration number was around $4.0. I got him for 2 years at 3.2 per. Even if he's just OK... I think it's a good price. Heck, I paid Mike Hinchy $2.25 this season.

Plus, well... I'm not sure who said it before (think it was Riverman)... I do think the game just "decides" sometimes that guys are going to have down years... or down months... or whatever. I think Franklin can still be a good #4/5 if not a little better.