2021 Discussion Thread

[mukerka]

could have been the best sim ever for Texas but we lost in a very weird way the last two (8-2). The pitching its been the key of the Isotopes because the offense is sleepy

[mukerka]

by the way, wtf is going on with the schedule this year. I dont remember how was the past year but 15 or more matches in a row without a day off? My players cant hold the bat in their hands and the pitchers are all tired ... 

[Qdog915]

Also do we always play so many 2 game series?

[mstreeter06]

The 2-game series are for the interleague games since everyone plays the other league's teams 4 times each.

The long stretches without days off shouldn't be more than 15 or whatever. This year's schedule should be like last years but with the order randomized. I have 4 variations of our custom schedule so they all should be similar in setup.

[24Rocks]

Missing a sim and not even doing sim instructions killed me going 4-5 with 2 injury's ughh need a bounce back sim

[fhomess]

We're playing oddly well this season despite losing key members of the team to injuries on a regular basis.  The latest victim is leadoff hitter Cy Wilcox.

[Troyaof]

Sorry I havent been around but...Royals Playoff baseball...
Anyway I have several trades I need to make like what I did with Christensen to NY
Kurota needs a new home. Kills lefty, does righties alright. Hitting over .300 this season but He could be better than what my team gives him.
Thurnberg needs a new home.
Others.

[mstreeter06]

New file is up! Reports and Statslab on the way.

[BaseballAddict32]

Its getting to a point where its like what is the point? I have guys that are playing really well. Even some guys that are playing much better than I anticipated but if one part of the team gets better in a sim, than another crashes (in this case the entire bullpen). Not one or two guys, all of their ERAs basically went up and most of them by a lot because they all got shelled. Its always something.

[mstreeter06]

Everything is updated!

[24Rocks]

4 game losing streak 3-6 (7-12 May) plus my team not getting runs across the plate and pen failing not a good sim at all, really hope I can pick it up. The 2 losses to Penn at the end really hurt as well. Losing Lonnie and Jeff could really hurt this team

[Troyaof]

Its getting to a point where its like what is the point? I have guys that are playing really well. Even some guys that are playing much better than I anticipated but if one part of the team gets better in a sim, than another crashes (in this case the entire bullpen). Not one or two guys, all of their ERAs basically went up and most of them by a lot because they all got shelled. Its always something.

Thats how it was for me the year before I started banging wins. Now my team has forgotten how to play again.

In other news, I'm traveling for work so dont have much time so just gonna post this hear:
Trade block: (send your best offer. Looking to say yes a lot)
R: Everyone 24 yr old and up
A: 25 yr and up
AA/AAA 28 and up
All offers will be reviewed and many accepted. Looking to clean up the minors.

[mstreeter06]

I finally got around to clearing up some wording in the AFBL Rules and updated the screenshots of the league settings, FYI.

EDIT: Another cleanup and organization of the rules structure on 10/9

Updates from 10/9 and 10/8 include...
-put in writing: scouting - on, coaching - off, ghost players enabled/allowed
-Winter Meetings rule/vote clarification
-All Star Game
-Relocation guidelines
-Draft pick trading (only current pick and following draft picks allowed, PTBNL/Future Considerations allowed but its on the teams to remember to complete deal when possible on the forum)
-20 International Amateurs generated on Sept 1 and added to the Ammy Draft pool (not able to be claimed until after draft)

[claphamsa]

scouting on?

[mstreeter06]

Yes it should be on