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Auto League 2081 Best of 2024

Bart blasts off, leads Fighting Pigs to win

Joey Bart blasted 2 homers, lifting the Fighting Pigs to a 11-2 win over Philly. Chris Sale struckout 9 Philly batters in the contest. | Box

Gilbert baffles Bees, Eruptions win

Logan Gilbert struckout 12 Boston batters in a 7-4 win for the Eruptions. | Box

Cows fall to Suns despite Cease's efforts

Dylan Cease whiffed 10 batters, but the Suns managed to beat the Cows, 3-0. Brant Hurter was on fire, allowing just 1 hit over 6 innings for San Diego. | Box

Weathers dominates, Fighting Pigs win 2-1

Ryan Weathers was brilliant last night, allowing just 2 hits over 7 innings, leading the Fighting Pigs to a 2-1 win over the Elephants. Yoshinobu Yamamoto struckout 9 Iowa batters in the contest. | Box

Bradley's 8-K performance not enough

Taj Bradley whiffed 8 batters, but the Cows managed to beat the Suns, 4-3. | Box


WHO'S HOT - Last 5 Games

M. Vientos, Eruptions .4214 HR10 RBI
F. Tatis Jr., Spirit .3534 HR10 RBI
M. Trout, Froggers .3333 HR5 RBI
K. Tucker, Froggers .4211 HR7 RBI
K. Schwarber, Fighting Pi.. .4503 HR3 RBI

WHO'S NOT - Last 5 Games

S. Perez, Cows 2 for 21 (.095)
L. Butler, Scooters 1 for 19 (.053)
O. Cruz, Cats 2 for 22 (.091)
G. Moreno, Cats 2 for 20 (.100)
J. Chisholm, Elephants 1 for 20 (.050)

Leaders: OPS

B. Witt, Bounty 1.103
M. Betts, Eruptions 1.048
B. Harper, Froggers 1.031
J. Profar, Suns 1.026
G. Henderson, Suns 1.014

Leaders: SO/9

M. King, Fighting Pigs 12.9
L. Gilbert, Eruptions 12.5
Y. Yamamoto, Elephants 12.5
T. Bibee, Elephants 12.2
D. Cease, Cows 11.9

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 1/25/2025 11:13 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 NOT a keeper league, so once your team's season is over, you can stay in this league and re-draft next season, or quit and join a new Auto League.
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 Stats2024 - 2024
Roster Size (Majors)26
Roster Size (Minors)3
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
1/25/2025Bounty @ SpiritWatch  Box
1/25/2025Cats @ ScootersWatch  Box
1/25/2025Burners @ FroggersWatch  Box
1/25/2025Elephants @ Fighting PigsWatch  Box
1/25/2025Bees @ EruptionsWatch  Box
1/25/2025Cows @ SunsWatch  Box
Previous Games
1/24/2025Elephants @ Fighting PigsWatch  Box
1/24/2025Cows @ SunsWatch  Box
1/24/2025Bounty @ SpiritWatch  Box
1/24/2025Burners @ FroggersWatch  Box
1/24/2025Cats @ ScootersWatch  Box
1/24/2025Bees @ EruptionsWatch  Box
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Latest Message
12/3/2024All-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
1/24/2025 Automatic Day Off Granted
Eruptions
1/23/2025 Automatic Day Off Granted
Elephants
1/21/2025 Automatic Day Off Granted
Cows
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Latest Public Board Post
1/25/2025 Congatsacecannon
An unrelated user tweeted a photo that included a man with a t-shirt that was seen as sympathetic to the idea of violence against a journalist, in the context of a presidential election. Schilling posted something was seen as supportive of the t-shirt, calling it "awesome." He immediately clarified that his comment was 100% sarcastic/joking, and deleted his comment.

That was certainly in bad taste and even an abuse of social media. Nobody should do that, even in a joking manner. But to call it "calling for the lynching of the HoF voters" is a wild exaggeration.

Regarding the ethics clause, which many writers have explicitly invoked, Schilling won the Roberto Clemente Award, Branch Rickey Award, Hutch Award, Sporting News Good Guy of the Year award, Lou Gehrig Award, Babe Ruth Award, Worth Magazine's Young Benefactor of the Year award and the designation of "Most Caring Athlete'' from USA Today. He was also a tireless advocate for veterans' causes and a champion in the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease.)

I'm not saying all of that excuses that retweeting something in bad taste and showing poor judgment generally on social media, but it's relevant if the criterion here is the ethics/character clause. Obviously, there are many players in the Hall who have said worse things than this *directly* (as opposed to commenting approvingly on someone else saying them) and who never retracted those statements. Because, again, the character clause has never been interpreted to apply to completely non-baseball issues, except here.
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