SIM COMPLETE - 1990 - Regular Season 21

[Clay]

NEXT SIM: Tuesday (7p)

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....and DOWN the stretch they come...

Rosters have expanded. Good luck to all in September.

[Jake]

4-2 sim. Really loving this team. Offense is clicking, bullpen is solid.

[BradZ]

Re: SIM COMPLETE - 1990 - Regular Season 21

We are garbage right now. Somewhere along the way our doom switch got flipped and we've been in a tailspin ever since. 13 straight road games coming up. This could get historically ugly real quick.

[Jake]

We are garbage right now. Somewhere along the way our doom switch got flipped and we've been in a tailspin ever since. 13 straight road games coming up. This could get historically ugly real quick.

I don't know what to think of Raul Carbajal. He's been pretty bad the last month or so. Didn't see that coming although looking at his splits it's been a steady downhill fall.

[BradZ]

I don't know what to think of Raul Carbajal. He's been pretty bad the last month or so. Didn't see that coming although looking at his splits it's been a steady downhill fall.

The biggest factor is probably my bullpen, which has seen its ERA for the enitre season increase by more than a half a run in 1 month. Everyone other than Chad Mullen in the pen has routinely taken a container of kerosene to the mound with them for the past month. I'm hopeful that with the calendar switching over to September that things turn back in the right direction, but this thing is looking more and more like it peaked way early and just isn't going to be able to get it back.

[Delandis]

Spoiler

A 6-1 sim, nice.

But not nice enough, as Virginia goes 6-0 and is .5 game ahead of us for the wild card. I'd say Virginia and Wilmington have a competitive advantage as both have quite a few games left vs. Morgantown. Looks like we are going to have to try and shape our own destiny.

-Coy McPherson earned IL Rookie of the Month for August. Unfortunately for him, he won't have enough AB's to contend for Rookie of the Year. Talk about an unexpected offensive explosion. Not sure if this is real or just him being happy about playing in the bigs, but we'll take it.

-After a very bad start to the year, Chad Stafford has been undefeated in his last fives starts, has been a very respectable #5 starter.

This is the closest I've been to the playoffs in my 5.5 years in Baltimore. We've cut Philly's lead by over 10 games. I'm sure we won't catch them, but we've been on a great run and I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

[Clay]

Spoiler

A 6-1 sim, nice.

But not nice enough, as Virginia goes 6-0 and is .5 game ahead of us for the wild card. I'd say Virginia and Wilmington have a competitive advantage as both have quite a few games left vs. Morgantown. Looks like we are going to have to try and shape our own destiny.

-Coy McPherson earned IL Rookie of the Month for August. Unfortunately for him, he won't have enough AB's to contend for Rookie of the Year. Talk about an expected offensive explosion. Not sure if this is real or just him being happy about playing in the bigs, but we'll take it.

-After a very bad start to the year, Chad Stafford has been undefeated in his last fives starts, has been a very respectable #5 starter.

This is the closest I've been to the playoffs in my 5.5 years in Baltimore. We've cut Philly's lead by over 10 games. I'm sure we won't catch them, but we've been on a great run and I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

Spoiler

But we also have to play eachother, which kind of nips that advantage a touch. Luckily, you and I roll first 3 this next SIM ... could make a big jump start for the team that takes the series.

[Matt]

6-0.

Sigh...

[umd]

We're terrible. Except for Chuck. I love Chuck.

[Z]

I trade the farm for Theodore, he pitches like ass for two months, then tears his rotator cuff. Great.

[Clay]

What!?!? A guy who averages 230 IPs for 10 years gets hurt?? Shocking!

[Delandis]

I trade the farm for Theodore, he pitches like ass for two months, then tears his rotator cuff. Great.

Its the park.

[liquidcrash]

1-5 for the Tobs. This is what I was expecting after I dealt away so many of our hitters. We aren't going to produce any runs with the team, but hopefully the guys we picked up will help us out in a couple seasons. Perhaps the only bright spots were Jonah McCarthy and Micah Beauregard. McCarthy put together a solid August and has hit pretty well since getting more consistent playing time.

Amazingly we're still only 2.5 games back, thanks to the terrible state of our division. Perhaps we'd be looking at a playoff spot had I not sold, but I'm still pretty happy with what I got in return. We weren't going far if we snuck into the postseason anyway.

[Carlos]

September is here, Denver fans. September is here! Good riddance August. Going to put in my request for August to not exist next year. Andrew never listened; maybe Clay will.

[Spear]

2-4...

Still 4.5 back. Maybe Nickell's return this week can give us some sort of boost.