2016 Discussion Thread

[mstreeter06]

Can Luis Bravo come out of Jail yet on early release? has to play with old team for one year cant be traded he wont have that long career but it would be nice if he got some career and that the team that drafted him gets to use him.

If he needs help out of his current situation, my team may know people who know people.

Haha awesome

[mstreeter06]

I just noticed but New Jersey (former Colorado) P Ron Pratt retired early at the age of 31. Very strange to see. He is likely the best pitcher to have retired in our 3 years as a league.

[mstreeter06]

File/reports are up with Statslab coming right behind. We are halfway through Spring Training. We'll finish Spring Training on Friday and then Opening Day 2016 will be Monday!

Update: Statslab has been updated

[mikezone13]

I just noticed but New Jersey (former Colorado) P Ron Pratt retired early at the age of 31. Very strange to see. He is likely the best pitcher to have retired in our 3 years as a league.

Wow - who would've seen this coming? He didn't even experience any decline, it's those bloody story lines at play.. grr

Who would quit baseball to take up religious endeavours anyway?

I'll be honest - a huge loss for us losing a guy at just 31y/o who was in his prime, 18-8, 3.81 his first season with us and 14-12, 4.49 last season... I am still shocked.

Looks like our performances in ST had something to do with it 2-10 including 8 straight losses.. .another WOW.

[Chappy]

Rookie Greg Smith's bid to steal Benjamin Barbier's job in LF just got easier, as torn ligaments in his ankle have put Barbier on the shelf for four months.

Likewise, Rhett Miller's bid to become the 5th starter has come to a crashing halt.  He's had surgery on his elbow and will miss 4 months as well.

As long as the injuries steer clear of Crawdad/Hicks/Chavez, we should be okay.

[mukerka]

first injury of the season for me too. hector ortiz, 3 months

[24Rocks]

I just noticed but New Jersey (former Colorado) P Ron Pratt retired early at the age of 31. Very strange to see. He is likely the best pitcher to have retired in our 3 years as a league.

Wow - who would've seen this coming? He didn't even experience any decline, it's those bloody story lines at play.. grr

Who would quit baseball to take up religious endeavours anyway?

I'll be honest - a huge loss for us losing a guy at just 31y/o who was in his prime, 18-8, 3.81 his first season with us and 14-12, 4.49 last season... I am still shocked.

Looks like our performances in ST had something to do with it 2-10 including 8 straight losses.. .another WOW.

My dad hates thoes in Online leagues and real leagues, it happened to prospects. and if nevada wants Luis Bravo should he get him?

[mstreeter06]

.... and if nevada wants Luis Bravo should he get him?

Hmm I'm still deciding on this.

[Troyaof]

My pitching is so pathetic... It might be a long year.

[mstreeter06]

If you noticed some missing box scores from the beginning of today's sim, I have reuploaded the HTML reports to include all the box scores. Thanks!

[JKGuy16]

Would Bravo actually come out of retirement?  He is listed as officially retired.  Obviously I'd want him back on my team if he does return.  I blame him for the downfall of the Vipers after our wild card year in 2013. 

[mikezone13]

Would Bravo actually come out of retirement?  He is listed as officially retired.  Obviously I'd want him back on my team if he does return.  I blame him for the downfall of the Vipers after our wild card year in 2013.

I'm also all for voting that Ron Pratt returns after a "2 year mission" - he would only be 33 and still usable.

I still like the idea of these guys returning when we expand and being available to the expansion teams - it has a nice background story to it.

[24Rocks]

Would Bravo actually come out of retirement?  He is listed as officially retired.  Obviously I'd want him back on my team if he does return.  I blame him for the downfall of the Vipers after our wild card year in 2013.

I had been thinking about this for a while and if he comes back since were expanding he can go to want ever team wants him or be on the Vipers for one full year (cant trade) or as returning player no restrictions. For NJ player a mission is a life choice so he can stay aways as long as he wants . We should also consider Iowas Pitcher should be able to come back in 6 years or so He would be 34 still good to finish off career

[mstreeter06]

Final ST sim results upcoming. Slightly more work for myself to prepare for the upcoming season. Stay tuned

[mstreeter06]

Sim will be up in roughly 30-45 minutes guys. Sorry about the delay today!