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Auto League 133 Best of 2023

Miley's 10-K performance not enough

Wade Miley whiffed 10 batters, but the Mad Dawgz managed to beat the Blue Sox, 5-4. | Box

Altuve in the zone for victorious Broncos

Jose Altuve's hot bat helped the Broncos to a 10-5 win over the Cougars. Altuve collected 5 hits in the game. J.P. Crawford of the Broncos had 4 hits in the game. | Box

Alvarez delivers in clutch, Cubs win

Yordan Alvarez drove in 4 runs, carrying Chicago to a 6-1 victory over the Hot Rods. | Box

Gilbert baffles Bulldogs, Rebels win

Logan Gilbert struckout 10 OC batters in a 5-1 win for the Rebels. | Box

Schneider delivers in clutch, Tough and Means win

Davis Schneider drove in 5 runs, carrying Wilb’s 2nd to a 12-2 victory over the Pull-up Jimbos. | Box


WHO'S HOT - Last 5 Games

Y. Alvarez, Cubs .4764 HR10 RBI
L. Robert, Cougars .3504 HR10 RBI
R. Acuna, Tough and Means .5503 HR9 RBI
J. Altuve, Broncos .5503 HR8 RBI
K. Tucker, Tough and Mean.. .3164 HR8 RBI

WHO'S NOT - Last 5 Games

J. Lowe, Bulldogs 1 for 19 (.053)
M. Semien, Chippewas 3 for 21 (.143)
M. McLain, Hot Rods 2 for 20 (.100)
A. Rutschman, Hot Rods 5 for 20 (.250)
S. Kwan, Rebels 3 for 20 (.150)

Leaders: SLG

D. Schneider, Tough and Means .767
M. Wallner, Pull-up Jimbos .717
Y. Alvarez, Cubs .666
S. Ohtani, Tough and Means .599
R. Lewis, Cubs .588

Leaders: H/9

N. Eovaldi, Cubs 7.3
B. Snell, Cougars 7.3
C. Burnes, Tough and Means 7.7
G. Cole, Broncos 7.7
S. Ohtani, Rain-15 7.8

Welcome to the Auto League

Auto Leagues are seasons that last about two months (baseball) or one month (basketball & football). Baseball and Baksetball sim about 2-3 games per day, while Football sims one game per day. Since this league is run with essentially no commissioner, there is a trade limit. Please be reasonable with your transactions, and report any bad owners using the feedback form.

League Status:
Season underway. Next sim around 10/15/2024 6:34 AM PT.

Draft Type:
Quick Draft

Owners Joined:
12 of 12
You can draft your team as soon as you sign up! You will select one player from each positional group until you have 23 players. (The Draft link appears on the league homepage and your team page when you are signed in.)

The draft only represents a random subset of players available. Once the season begins, you can adjust your roster via free agency or trades. (You can carry up to 25 players on your major league roster.)

Supplemental Draft
Once the season begins, you can start ranking players for the supplemental drafts, which take place after Games 2 & 3. Free agency (waivers) will open after the Supplemental Draft runs on Day 4. Please be sure to read the League Rules for further details!
This is a Keeper League, which means you have $55 million to spend on keepers for next season. You must sign at least one player to a contract before the season ends, or you'll automatically be removed from the league after the World Series. Players under contract remain on their teams, all other players return to free agency for the next Quick Draft.
When do games start?
After all teams have an owner and have drafted, the games will begin. You will get an email after the first game notifying you that the league has started.

What time are games played?
Barring any issues with the servers, games are auto-simmed 2 or 3 times a day, starting as early as 1:00am and ending as late as 11:00pm Pacific Time. Users can sim games from the My League List page every eight hours. This allows the league to keep moving if the server has issues or the participants in the league want to move the season along slightly faster than the auto sims allow. There will always be at least eight hours between games so managers can react if desired.

Can I customize my team?
Yes! You can change your team name, logo, and more via the "Owner Console" on your "My Team" page before the season begins and up until the 5th game of the season.

World Series and post-season
Division winners and three wild card reach the post-season. Owners can leave the league once their team is elimnated, or wait until the playoffs are over and re-draft the next season.

I'm always eager to here what you enjoy or think can be improved with the site, so stay in touch via the feedback form and follow site updates on the news & notes page.
 

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League Settings

Note, in Auto Leagues, some of these will change once the season starts, and as the season progresses.
Year Range of Stats2023 - 2023
Roster Size (Majors)26
Roster Size (Minors)3
Keepers (4 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed (not allowed while under contract or in a trade)
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries (5 games max)
Pitcher Injuries (15 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face0
Slump Buster (3unlimited days)
On FireUses WAR
User Sims (every 8 hours)
Latest Results
10/14/2024Mad Dawgz @ Blue SoxWatch  Box
10/14/2024Chippewas @ Rain-15Watch  Box
10/14/2024Cougars @ BroncosWatch  Box
10/14/2024Cubs @ Hot RodsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Rebels @ BulldogsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Pull-up Jimbos @ Tough and..Watch  Box
Previous Games
10/14/2024Rebels @ BulldogsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Cougars @ BroncosWatch  Box
10/14/2024Mad Dawgz @ Blue SoxWatch  Box
10/14/2024Cubs @ Hot RodsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Chippewas @ Rain-15Watch  Box
10/14/2024Pull-up Jimbos @ Tough and..Watch  Box
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Latest Message
9/22/2024All-Star Selectionsgbacci
This season's all-stars have been selected. Click the link to find out who was honored. https://www.pennantchase.com/lgAllS..
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Latest Transactions
10/13/2024 Automatic Day Off Granted
Broncos
10/12/2024 Player Dropped
A.J. Minter dropped by Hartford Hot Rods
10/11/2024 Automatic Day Off Granted
Cougars
Transaction Log  |  Trade Block  |  Report Trade

 

Latest Public Board Post
10/14/2024 WAR Budget Adviseragingsol
The strategy you describe is a great way to build a team in any league.

Having recently jumped in to Franchise Leagues because of the fantastic and fair Budget War draft, it seems to me that the real formula to win is: Get very good at using Baseball Reference, master the various Budget War draft tools in PC, play a lot of leagues, try to make your teams incrementally stronger the next season (if possible), make it to the playoffs as often as possible, and have your team get hot in the playoffs. There can be only one, but there always will be one.

Not sure who the best at Franchise Leagues is, but looking at win totals of several very active Franchise GMs, it doesn't seem like anyone has figured out how to win with most of the Franchises.
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