Thanks, and congrats to Georgia
Congrats Georgia!!
Working my way through off season tasks, should be running again soon
Thanks! Great season UNLV too!
Congratulations Georgia!!
*ignore the end of the last post. I contacted the two managers who are affected by my tardiness.
I meant to do game 2 at 5pm but forgot... Since I'm running behind I'll wait until noon Tuesday if you don't reply tonight.
Eliminations begin Friday!
That means you are guarenteed to be in the next round!
Nice, my 2 teams play each other as #8 & #9... That suxs
Jeez, I can't believe the Irish pulled that off
Wow. We didnt deserve that 16 spot. Fell to 19th getting swept by Cal.
I've been watching that too. Lots of teams jammed up with only about 1 points separated
That #16 spot is a battle
No hitter for Gophers SP Fabian Patterson... nice to see as he has had a brutal sophomore season after a very promising freshman year. The no-hitter dropped his ERA to 6.83!
Rutgers and Syracuse are on fire!
All of my leagues are drafting at once and I had travel for work Monday through Wednesday. Back to normal tomorrow (not traveling, still overseeing drafts LOL).
My apologies for the delay. It's the perfect storm
Are we overdue for Supplemental Round 4?
Super tough league and you crushed it! Very cool, twins15!
Incredibly impressive, twins15. Congrats on a historic season!
Thanks guys! Everything just seemed to break right this year, can't imagine I'll ever come close to that again!
Wow twins15 has broken the league haha what a run
Very impressive run, Twins15!
Heart breaker for WV
Almost a perfect game for freshman Mickey Oakley for Minnesota... Spoiled by one Minnesota error!
Agreed, far and away my favorite league on PC!
I would agree with jimgriddy, thank you for your hard work on this league jim2miller. Best league on the site.
You're welcome! It is fun for me to design and manage leagues!
I've got to say, a ton of work goes into this league. Thanks Jim for all your work. The detail is outstanding.
All-American TJ Herzlich helps Syracuse survive against Rutgers with a no-hitter in Game 3. Eeked out the 1-0 win with a run in the bottom of the 9th. Great opening series!
Congratulations Mountaineers! The fighting Irish made it in because a DH was playing the field in extras after a sub late in the game and made an error!
WV first time to the Supers.
First full season with USC and made the NIT isn’t too bad
LSU and TCU with both their worst showing so far
Looks like my first trip to the WS (5th season here I think)...One team down (Arkansas), now I need to get Baylor there
Yep Notre Dame quickly came and took the #2 spot right back! It's a hard climb up, little by little as you really need 4 classes of building a team to start to creep into the back of that CWS race, but feels so good to crack the top 16 at the end of the year!
WV 13th rank is my highest thus far. The bar is low.....
That is impressive and deserves a tip of the hat. Looks like ND is not in favor though!
I've got to note it for posterity since I probably won't ever get both my teams this good at the same time again, but currently Minnesota sits at #1, and Syracuse at #2!
USC can hit the ball well and pitch the ball well for other teams to hit 😃
High school seniors are loaded!
Glad the Gophers mixed the extra point so we held them to 20 opening day
Several teams are under the pitcher threshold, I'll have to fix this so we probably won't start at noon today. Hopefully later in the afternoon when I have more time to fix rosters
Ok cool thanks - more fair system that way
Waiver claims after each game
Or are we doing waiver claims after the first games
Thanks - totally on board for the shift to waivers if it helps makes things fairer for folks. Looking forward to seeing how it works!
I believe that waivers work the same as supplemental drafts except that teams who get a player move to the end of the line on the following waiver run. We shall see! I have never used waivers, someone suggested it to make things fair to people who are overseas or working when free agency opens. Ranking is the same.
Are waivers pulled from the draft list or is there somewhere else they need to be noted if you want to make a claim on a player
Thanks Llorac for all you did for the league for many years!
It's been great all and jim2miller no longer needs my assistance. Unfortunately, my life right now does not allow me the time to create a competitive team in this league, so it's goodbye for now. It's been great. Thanks to all of you who supported me as commish over the years!
Thank you guys, it's awesome when I check owners and see that everyone has logged in within the past day.
Thanks for turning the off-season around so quickly commish!!
USC only has 3 pitchers going into this year. gonna take some work to rebuild!
Georgia was the only team that consistently had our number this year…congrats to them on taking the crown!
Just a fun fact
Hey Commish, just curious, do the All American players get anything stat wise or is it just a fun fact?
congrats Georgia and JoshBonds on an amazing run!
Shoot, thought we were going to take the crown after that first game. Congrats Georgia, great run in the CWS!
Congrats to Georgia and Josh on a great seasson!!
Dawg pound!
Dawg pound!
Congratulations Josh!
Thanks! Great series and season Syracuse!
Congratulations to the Bulldogs!
All three championship series will go to game three!
I honestly can't keep up with all the play-off scenerio's. Good luck to the championship teams!
Syracuse comes back from down 4-0 to survive against Tennessee 5-4 to punch our tickets to the CWS Finals
Definitely agree with the parity talk. Despite getting the #1 seed I don’t feel very confident heading into the tournament. Couple of teams have also had my number this year such as Georgia
I hate playing myself in Pennantchase!
Thought a 10 game winning streak easily punched the Gophers ticket to the Super Regionals, then we lost 7 of 8, luckily barely snuck in! Only to face my other squad, #2 Syracuse. At least one of my teams will advance? Haha
Yeah, a very interesting college world series is expected!
Lots of parity this year. There are 12 teams with anywhere from 40 to 43 wins for about ~6 spots in the tourney coming down the stretch
Brutal...I thought Baylor moved into position with a little momentum. But we just got swept by Cal (well under .500)...Probably need to finish 5-1 to make the tourney
Thought Minnesota was going to miss the tournament and lose the chance to defend the title... then we rolled off 9 straight wins to get us into a good position to make the tournament for the first time this season!
And in typical fashion the moment I wrote that they lose twice :)
usc with an 18-5 run to have a chance at the super regionals - i like the concept of winning = better draft picks not too many leagues like that
Wichita State rebranded to Texas Tech to fit the Big 12 properly. Team is now open, along with USC.
There's a ton of very experienced Pennatchase users in this league
Man, it is hard to claw up in this format...briefly, one of my teams was in the top 16...now down to 22
High school seniors have been added, let me know if you see any anomalies. Should be equal distribution of potential including C and A both!
Time for a team meeting!
We've got two cycles already! Plus a dude hitting.475
I don't get it, I've been pretty competitive for several seasons 😆
Same for UCLA - made the tournament last year and the wheels have already come off this year
What a freaking disaster of a season for Notre Dame so far.
It's fixed now
I was trying to see if any of my round 5 pre-ranks are still available for round 6 but there’s no “rank draftees” link or no “add player to draft list” for free agents. Did a setting change?
Tmcarthur72- I think we used to “tag”Players but commish said this season he will “injure” the selected player for the season, and then roll back their age to 17. That way there is no chance the person would accidentally play in a game or accrue AB/IP
remind me when we do the redshirt tag thing. I forgot when and how to do it.
FYI, schedule is updated. This year the top two teams in each conference from last year play one series against each other. Please double check my schedule!
Absolutely, I always do
If you are going to start using the draft schedule above (or when you do), could you be sure to add the date instead of day. Thanks,
By the way, you guys are doing great. Everyone has logged in within the past day and the draft is running smoothly!
My ladder has no rungs. lol. So I guess that makes them stilts.
Griddy, I hear ya. It's only three rounds and then the order flips. Think of it two ways... One it's a challenge and two, it's rewarding to climb that ladder.
I spoke it into existence. thanks Jim2Miller!!
How 'bout now!?
Excited for the draft to begin- is there a specific time it will be opened for initial slow draft?
Pitching is definitely tough, I almost always go pitching in round 1 until I have 4 guys in the pipeline - 3 to start the current year 1 redshirt. Can get away with a starter in round 2 at times if you can give them a couple years but it's tougher, the good ones go quick.
That is the way I build teams for sure. Thanks for the input. Really just venting that that far on the bottom of a draft it is nearly impossible to get any talent. Thanks again maverck11
Hey Jim – I'm no expert and there are some great owners here but I would make sure to never miss a draft pick, I mean don’t get “Auto’d”. Build your pitching staff before your hitting. Focus on “S” potential whenever possible when drafting. Always use your “Tag” to redshirt a “S” potential rookie whenever possible. But ALWAYS use you Tag feature. Need a good reliever as well. Don’t let pitchers go past their pitch count. Pitching, pitching, pitching! But again, I am no expert and there are a lot of good guys that will give you their two cents as well. Good luck and stay patient. It takes a long time to rebuild a team.
Someone give me a hint as to how the bottom teams get better? I finished near the bottom and now pick 60th. I get why it is run that way. Totally understand. Just frustrating to not being able to rebuild. Any sympathy?
Great job Twins15!!
Indiana Hoosiers are available if someone wants a second team
Congrats Gophers
FYI, we are very close to starting the draft. I need to look into a possible issue with player potential on freshman and then I can open things up.
Congrats twins15!
Congratulations Golden Gophers!! Awesome job! Great team!
Thanks guys! Was really a charmed season I didn't expect. Pretty excited to have finally broken through, this is a tough and great league!
Congratulations Gophers! Great season.
Congratulations, Jon!
Rutgers has been so dominant, feels extra nice to beat them to move onto the CWS final. Never made it this far before!
damn. Blew a 6-0 lead
Hi guys, it's my first post season so I'm double checking my work... But I should have it scheduled in the next day or so
*ERA not ETA
Cougar SP Bradley McDowell has an ETA near 7.00 and is 4-14 but one of those four wins is the only perfect game so far this season
Looks like the season will wrap up next weekend!
Awesome!
Over offensive ability*
I’m 11-4 since tweaking my lineup to privilege defense I’ve route offensive ability.
Thank you for the advice, maverck11!
My football league utilizes the following method for redshirts and it seems to work well: request redshirt with commissioner and he "injures" the player for the season, tags him, and moves his age back one year. This ensures that the player can't play. I'm a bit nervous about people tagging guys on their own.
Hey Rainman - Stratgies are all different but I look for OPS, OBP, Speed and decent Defense for hitters. For pitching, I base a lot of my search/desire on WHIP and SO/9. SP's are very thin in this league so grab one maybe two Freshmen each year or you will fall behind and have trouble fielding three decent SP's. RP's are the same. They are thin but crucial to winning. You can set your SP's to give up the ball earlier in pitch counts if you have decent RP's. I don't utilize the "Closer" role. I just have my RP's prioritized.� Yes, "S" is the best potential for drafting youngsters. Definitely use your "Player Tag" to redshirt an incoming Freshmen that you draft. Welcome back!!
I'm glad you're back in baseball!
Thanks Jim. Defense definitely seems to be the area I'm most lacking in currently. I tweaked my lineup around accordingly and will see if we can get above .500 now
I do my best to find guys with slug, play defense, and can run. I try to snag S and A first, then C, and of course try to grab freshman as often as possible
First time participating in a baseball league on here in quite awhile, a lot has changed. I'm curious, what stats do you all privilege when looking at players? Based on the "rank" criterion for all my players I figured my team would be a bit better than it is
oh np, I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss something!
Yes, I ran three instead of one. Not a banner day for Nuevo commish.
Wait, did extra rounds of the supplemental draft run?
I'll shut drops off after it is activated, my bad
what are drops? havent heard that lingo
Umm, my bad, I was looking at F potential players...lol nevermind
18-21 yr olds are used as our freshmen through seniors. Each offseason, each player will age one year. The pennantchase website provides an auto-progression process based on each player peaking around age 28. Thus all of our players should get better each season. Thus you will generally see a batters avg, ops, and other stats improve as he ages, and similarly will see a pitchers WHIP and other stats improve as he ages. It has also been observed that players with low AB or IP are MORE affected by the progression. They will progress faster (or more). So guys with high AB or IP won't progress as much. You may want to consider this in your drafting and free agency strategies.
Sure they do. What do you mean?
Man..I forgot all about the fact that players without AB in the active roster don't progress. That sucks
Thanks dudes!
Should be all set now. My team ranks also were not updated. Maybe the process didnt Complete last time. A simple click of the link 'adjust stats' causes the engine to recalibrate the rankings.
Vnangro, I'm not sure. I just sent a question to Guy. Everything looks clean on my end
Strange question here: for my Alabama squad, all of the rankings have updated based on the new stats after progression. However, for my Stanford squad, the rankings are the same as last season but their stats have progressed. Does anyone know why? Something I can do to fix?
No biggie, we are off and running!
Honestly I don't use slow drafts in my other leagues so I don't know if I can start without a time limit and then add one later...
I like the way maverck11 thinks! We can get a jumpstart on the draft and hopefully get some momentum on these long rounds.
If you want to open the draft room without a time limit for the next 48 hours, I will go ahead and make my pick. Maybe others will follow if they are available? If not, no biggie.
Seconded kingdude - Llorac, you've done a fantastic job running this league and we all appreciate all the thankless effort that goes into it. Thanks for all your word and thanks to Jim for stepping in and running things!! Best league on PC!
Thanks Llorac! great job man. welcome aboard JImMiller. thanks for taking on this league. its one of my faves
I’m excited to hear of the new commish, but I want to sent SINCERE GRATITUDE to Llorac for steering this massive league so capably. This is an amazing league and much of it is due to Mike’s stewardship. Thank you for everything, LLORAC!
Thank you, Brandon!
2085 redshirts have been processed
Sorry all. Life's been quite busy. Movement coming soon.
Greetings- is there a proposed schedule for progressions/draft, even if it's just tentative for now? thanks!
Thanks Bhgray and Loser, fun season!
Awesome job Cal
Congrats Cal!
Thank you Joshbonds! Very surprising run for the Golden Bears but a fun one!
Yes, the Aggies pulled out the NIT....
Congrats Cal and Maverick! Great series. 8 run 8th is an exciting way to win and a devastating way to lose
So, If anyone is interested in taking over commish duties, please let me know. I have a couple of documents from the original commissioner and would help whomever takes over for at least one full season.
The past few months have been rough, but I'm trying to hang in there. Frankly I feel a bit guilty that I cannot run this league with the attention I once gave it, but life has become too busy.
Thank you skirkish82
Man, life is tough for you these days. Hope things continue on the better side.
Sims have resumed.
I'll resume sims tomorrow.
He's home now and was doing better when I dropped him off.
Hi all. Sorry for another delay but life happened and I was at the ER with one of my adult children overnight.
Note: Games have been created for Day 95, but these games will only be played if needed for double elimination.
Congrats to the Final Four teams.
Time to try to get a couple more hours of sleep before heading to work. Have a great day everyone.
After tomorrow's sims we'll have our final four.
I was up (way too) early so the Day 90 games were actually simmed just before midnight Pacific, thus the 10/1 timestamp on those games.
Thanks guys. I appreciate the support.
Yes it is, commish does a great job!
Hats off to the Commish. This league is a lot of work.
Tag feature is working great. If you go to the league Contracts page, you can see the full list and confirm your own.
Also, two teams open, LSU and Balyor. If your team is in another conference and you'd like the challenge of managing either of these, just message me. First come first serve.
Enjoy the season!
The season is underway. I discovered a set of games in days 1-3 set as playoff games instead of regular season, so I rolled back one game fixed the setting and resimmed it.
will the season still start tomorrow?
The tag feature is working. I was able to tag a redshirt for both teams this AM.
Not sure why my calendar did not remind me.
Sorry the the delay. I did not see a reminder on my phone yesterday and (obviously) wasn't even on the site.
Oh man! I would totally go for a two round live draft!
Liked it when it was a 4 round live draft. I’d say the balance is good where we have it now.
I like the three rounds of active, even if it takes awhile. Nice to be able to decide rather than having to prerank that many for that many rounds
Any chance to go to a supplemental draft after round two next season?
Thank you!!!
@Loser63 - Done.
Messed up Draft - please see note on Draft Page
No worries, llorac. All the redshirts have been processed.
Sorry everyone. I typically ask bhgray to process redshirts before opening the draft, but I totally forgot about them. I looks like updates to them are coming soon. Thank you Bhgray.
Hey guys, I'm away with spotty internet. Have all the redshirts logged in a spreadsheet and will review and process them Monday.
None of my players ranks changed after progressions and retirements, maybe rank needs to be updated too
Mine too, I'm glad I put him in the minor leagues.
Yeah I think mine was missed.
Were any of the redshirts applied this offseason?
Good series, glory. Well deserved!
Thank you!
Congrats Glory!
The margins are so fine, Raiderbill, you had a great team and appreciate the kind words, certainly was a battle.
Two 1 run losses in a row… heartbreaking end to a great season… congrats to Wake Forest and Rice
Next year's freshman class has been created and can be found in Free Agents as 17 year-olds.
I'm not sure how the conference tiebreakers work, but if Syracuse wins it over Pittsburgh in the ACC, I think that will be my first conference title. And I've had some pretty good teams over the years!
FJK3, I think it was 9-75.
What’s the worst record in league history? Asking for a friend
I thought that was rd 4, OK
Yea on 4/30.
Did rd 5 run?
Razorbacks use their Bottom 8 Tourney prize to change SP Mohammed, George from F to S progression.
The timer for picks is now on.
Redshirts have been processed.
Thanks, all. This is a tough league to win. I got hot at the right time.
Congrats PIT!!
Congrats to PITT on an awesome season. We gave you all we had!
Let me correct myself, I looked at the chat and assumed the last conversation was about the championship. That bei..