2018 Discussion Thread

[mstreeter06]

Final August sim has been completed. New file is just beginning to upload and it includes the 2018 Ammy Draft Pool (not great but I promise the drafts will get better as the feeder leagues get through their 1st cycle of players). Reports and Statslab will be updated soon! Don't forget about rosters expanding to 40!

[mikezone13]

Our best sim in such a long time... just 16 runs given up in 11 games led to a 9-2 result. In seven of those wins we gave up just 1 run or less.

But of course we couldn't dodge the injury with Tim Houston getting booted from our lineup for 7 more weeks.

Re the draft pool - Matt don't worry about the quality, OOTP 14 was built this way, guys will develop into quality players, rather than all look studs and then regress.

[Troyaof]

Our best sim in such a long time... just 16 runs given up in 11 games led to a 9-2 result. In seven of those wins we gave up just 1 run or less.

But of course we couldn't dodge the injury with Tim Houston getting booted from our lineup for 7 more weeks.

Re the draft pool - Matt don't worry about the quality, OOTP 14 was built this way, guys will develop into quality players, rather than all look studs and then regress.

Except people arent developing. MAtt and I (from NY) took a look at the league and even players done developing are not developing the way our 1st draft guys did. Matt (Commish) confirmed this. We definitely see more 4 star draft regressing to 3 star while the lower stars aren't becoming 4 and 5 in the correct 10% or so.

[mstreeter06]

Everything is updated

[mstreeter06]

Texas snapped Colorado's 17 game winning streak on the last day of the sim. That's not very nice! 

[Chappy]

We've taken a 2-game lead on Virginia for the wildcard.  However, none of the WC contenders are playing exceptional ball right now.  I'm going to go conservative on my call-ups just to make sure we keep the best team we can out there. 

Team...............................   W-L . PCT . Last10
Ontario Blue Pirates   ........76-59 . .563 . 4-6
North Carolina Aviators....75-60 . .556 . 5-5
Virginia Diamond Club......73-62 . .541 . 4-6

[fhomess]

Hey!  We won a ROTM award.  Honshorst has been an unusually productive Washington hitter, and he's also been tremendous with the glove at SS.  It's nice to see something positive from the team.  I'm excited about calling up Ed Moon for September.  Also a bit frustrated with Artie Bass's showing in AAA so far.

[mukerka]

Texas snapped Colorado's 17 game winning streak on the last day of the sim. That's not very nice! 

Oh yeah, Ron Taylor is his name!!!! In 6.2 innings, 2hits, 3BB and 10Ks.

8-2 sim for Texas that is looking desperately for wins because the season is close to the end and Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois are not waiting for us... Funny sim with a 12-1 loss against Kentucky and another loss in extrainnings against New York, but the team seems better now.

1 month left and the fight in the FL East is huge with 4 teams really close (77 wins the first, 72 the fourth)

[stevee]

2-7 sim, shutout twice, that's more like it. Although we did hit 6 HR in one game in a win against Idaho.

[claphamsa]

lose my power hitter... right after the trade deadline.

[LT]

26-27 in July and August, a decent recovery from the disastrous start. We are getting close to being out of the top 4 draft spots and I am not sure that is a good thing this year...

[stevee]

39-year old Greg Shepherd is having a Maryland Comeback Player of the Year type year. He's got 18 home runs (his career high of 19 was in 2013), posting his highest slash lines & OPS of his career. This after spending the better part of the last two years in the minors.

[Troyaof]

lose my power hitter... right after the trade deadline.

Ratz told me to tell ya hi!

[BaseballAddict32]

Our best sim in such a long time... just 16 runs given up in 11 games led to a 9-2 result. In seven of those wins we gave up just 1 run or less.

But of course we couldn't dodge the injury with Tim Houston getting booted from our lineup for 7 more weeks.

Re the draft pool - Matt don't worry about the quality, OOTP 14 was built this way, guys will develop into quality players, rather than all look studs and then regress.

Except people arent developing. MAtt and I (from NY) took a look at the league and even players done developing are not developing the way our 1st draft guys did. Matt (Commish) confirmed this. We definitely see more 4 star draft regressing to 3 star while the lower stars aren't becoming 4 and 5 in the correct 10% or so.

This is true. Its no good if guys are raw and don't develop into anything near their max talent. Sure everyone will eventually sort of deal with that but people with stars from then in their minors will dominate the league if the new draft guys dont develop. And beyond that it will be fairly mediocre.

[Troyaof]

My AAA manager is pretty pissed. They are headed to the playoffs and I promoted the top 13 players from that team It's why my AAA always comes up short at the end of the year.