SIM COMPLETE - 1991 - Playoffs Round 1

[Jake]

If you combine CURRENT ROSTER, FARM SYSTEM and FUTURE DRAFT PICKS... I'd love to know who is better.

I think top to bottom, the Ale gives the Stout a hell of a run for the money. Or maybe it's that the Stout gives the Ale a hell of a run.

EDIT:

On the other hand, the Bock vs. Virginia - I'd take Virginia in 5.

[Jake]

I was already planning on destroying you next year, but now I'm really gonna make it hurt.

Ha, actually I honestly didn't mean it towards you right there. I was just letting Carlos know not to waste his time trying to win the Pilsner again.

[Jake]

Speaking for the BLB rosters I'd gladly stack up the Ale's roster against anyone.

I volunteer to organize and run the 1st annual BLB Divisional Tournament this off-season if people are interested. We just need to decide on a format.

I was going to say the exact same thing... it should be a lot easier than the WBC now that you can clone leagues, right?

Format wise, just my two cents... 10 game round robin prelim (home and home against each divisional team), followed by the top 4 teams playing a bracket of best of three series.

I think anything less, or 1 game single elimination, and chance becomes a huge factor.

[Andrew]

I was going to say the exact same thing... it should be a lot easier than the WBC now that you can clone leagues, right?

Format wise, just my two cents... 10 game round robin prelim (home and home against each divisional team), followed by the top 4 teams playing a bracket of best of three series.

I think anything less, or 1 game single elimination, and chance becomes a huge factor.

Much easier to run than the WBC. I'd be willing to run a division tournament every year or we could re-start the WBC and alternate them. That might get a little confusing though.

[Clay]

Speaking for the BLB rosters I'd gladly stack up the Ale's roster against anyone.

I volunteer to organize and run the 1st annual BLB Divisional Tournament this off-season if people are interested. We just need to decide on a format.

That'd be pretty cool.

Hmmmmm... format would be interesting. Maybe a Round Robin between Divisions to represent your League. With the eventual League Rep Divisions playing a 7-game?

Outside of your scout, Clay, and a few others... very rarely do you see top guys hit with any consistency.

I think that's going to change. With the last couple drafts being loaded at the top with guys that a large number of Owners agreed were top tier (and it proved out on the BA List), I think we're getting closer to the real MLB in terms of the prospects being more cut and dry, yet still having potential to bust out.

[Clay]

Much easier to run than the WBC. I'd be willing to run a division tournament every year or we could re-start the WBC and alternate them. That might get a little confusing though.

I think WBC was too top heavy in terms of where the talent was.

The division system would be a blast. What would we do with Free Agents? Ineligible?

[Andrew]

I think WBC was too top heavy in terms of where the talent was.

The division system would be a blast. What would we do with Free Agents? Ineligible?

Depends when we ran it. I could run it as soon as we hit the off-season before FA so any pending FA's are eligible. Or I could run it before spring training so any FA's signed at that point are eligible. The first option has the potential to run up against FA. The second has potential to run up against the draft.

[Lintyfresh85]

Speaking for the BLB rosters I'd gladly stack up the Ale's roster against anyone.

I volunteer to organize and run the 1st annual BLB Divisional Tournament this off-season if people are interested. We just need to decide on a format.

I'd love to see it.

I just don't see a rotation matching the Porter's.

Out of the Top 20 pitchers in the BLB, seven are on Porter teams.

Porter - 7
Ale - 5
Pilsner - 4
Stout - 3
Bock - 1
Lager - 0

[Clay]

I'd love to see it.

I just don't see a rotation matching the Porter's.

Out of the Top 20 pitchers in the BLB, seven are on Porter teams.

Porter - 7
Ale - 5
Pilsner - 4
Stout - 3
Bock - 1
Lager - 0

Meh... we'd just run a 3-man of Herrera, Carlton and Mapalo and be done with it. Another crown for the Stout.

Speaking of the Top Player list... I saw Guardamagni jumped up to #2. I guess good news, bad news... Good news is he doesn't appear to have taken a hit from the injury... bad news... well, you know the bad news.

[Clay]

Plus, wasn't the All-Star game this year DL vs Virginia? Who won that again?

Game, Set, Match... Stout.

[Lintyfresh85]

Meh... we'd just run a 3-man of Herrera, Carlton and Mapalo and be done with it. Another crown for the Stout.

Speaking of the Top Player list... I saw Guardamagni jumped up to #2. I guess good news, bad news... Good news is he doesn't appear to have taken a hit from the injury... bad news... well, you know the bad news.

To be fair, you'd have to sim a 162 game season with injuries to get a true sense of what divison is the best.

That'd show which rotation is the best, and, what division has the best overall quality.

[Andrew]

To be fair, you'd have to sim a 162 game season with injuries to get a true sense of what divison is the best.

That'd show which rotation is the best, and, what division has the best overall quality.

If Mapalo makes their 3 man rotation, I wouldn't be that concerned.

[Clay]

A short "event" should still give you an idea of where the best players are. But, you're right, anything can happen in a short series. Hell, Round 1 for me was highlighted by guys like Ruiz, Tosselli and Danny Nelson's Corpse.

[Clay]

If Mapalo makes their 3 man rotation, I wouldn't be that concerned.

I was just being nice to Pat.

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A few quick thoughts I would have on doing a Division Showdown thing would be putting a few rules in like:

- Players who are injured on the last day of the season aren't eligible.
- Playoff DH Rules
- Players MUST play the roles they played during the season. In other words, you can't use Starters as Reliever/Closers. To be a Closer on a team, you have to have had X number of Save Opps during the season. Can't play 150 games in LF during the season, then play 1B in the series.
- No prospects. Active Rosters only.

Thoughts?

[funclown]

Flying under the radar amid the postseason news: Jose Guzman signed an extension with the Millers.

WASNT UNDER THE RADAR. I had him targeted for next season. 18 mill!!! Dear lord.