The White Sox are a text book example of why you need injury replacements on your roster.......☹️☹️☹️😉😉😉
7-18 last 25 , just like I predicted on the 12th
7th in runs scored, a top bullpen, but 2-7 in extra innings
10 straight games decided by 1 run (ok one was by 2 runs)
Yet still tied for 1st , will be out of playoff contention in 15 games.
2-9 last 11 games I knew it was coming.
Three straight extra inning losses. Having the far better bullpen didn’t help.
How is it possible the Mets only have 2 home runs ? I knew I wouldnt hit a lot, only 11 so far but thats beyond rrdiculous.. Thats why this league is so tough , you just never know and by the way I'm in first until the usual 18 losses out of 25 happens like always
Why are the Angels always so good in the budget leagues? I don’t get it lol… I had some hope for this Cleveland team but I guess I was wrong
And we are off !!
Hence the "on paper" line. If they're gonna struggle, it'll happen regardless of whether I say anything or not. I traditionally have p*ss poor luck on that front anyway lol
No need to offend the Baseball Gods
oooh.. I consider posts like that to be tempting fate way to much!
At least on paper...
Sheesh. I think that might be the best bullpen I've ever thrown together 👀
Ranked - please use
never mind. I didnt scroll down far enough
I do notice the franchise win totals need updating
Should the championship graphic below say Season 4 rather than Season 2?
Alright. I'm happy to endeavor to fix the spreadsheet if Excel help needed
Also, as the draft progresses sheik and I watch who can be who, then we will assign teams if needed to owners later in the draft once they get down to 1 team left.
The "Total Wins" section doesn't work, BUT if you look under your name and the Astros, you will see a 100.
Also, in the spreadsheet, the win totals are off. For example, the Astros, who won 100 games in the most recent season, are shown with 61 total wins
But if you're picking, say, 4th to last and the 4 teams remaining are teams you've already been, can you still pick from among those four?
Ace- when someone gets down to 1 team they can be, they get that team automatically. It happens way more often when we get 20 seasons in!
What happens if the only team(s) available when one drafts are team(s) they've already been?
Trophy is awarded and Ring Requested !!
Congratulations Bodell!
Congrats!
Great series Giants! Well deserved.
Thanks guys
congrats bodell!
Congrats bodell!
Congratulations to Bodell82 and his Giants !!
Game 5 - Angels avoid elimination with 5-4 win. Day off granted.
Game 4 - Giants win to take a 3-1 lead.
Game 3 - Angels with a comeback win, Giants still with a 2-1 lead.
Game 2 - Giants take game 2 and a 2-0 series lead. Day off granted.
Giants take the opener 6-5.
After losing the 1st two games, the Giants win the next 4 and advance to the WS !!
Pretty much going according to form with the two 100-game winners getting bounced in the 1st round
Game 5 - Angels close out the Royals, Giants win 3rd straight and take 3-2 lead in series.
Game 4 - Giants tie up their series with the Phillies while the Angels take a 3-1 lead over the Royals.
Game 3 - Giants and Angels win.
Game 2 - Phillies go up 2-0 , Royals even series with Angels. Day off granted.
It's real skooler !!!
Game 1 LCS - Angels and Phillies take the openers.
Curse of the best record strikes again. Ugh lol
Wow - couple of big upsets in the AL as the Angels and Royals win game 5's !!
Day off granted....
Game 4 - Angels and Astros win to force game 5's.
Game 3 - Giants and Phillies sweep and advance. The Giants shut out the Cardinals 3 straight and out scored them 28-0. The Yankees and Royals win and take 2-1 leads.
Game 2 - Giants and Phils win again and lead their series 2-0, Yankees and Astros win and both series are tied. Day off granted.
Did you use 2024 Kimbrel ? 😲😲😲
Kimbrel 5 run 9th come on
Game 1 - Giants, Phillies, Royals and Angels win the openers.
The 2nd Round will start at 1pm (PT), day off has been granted.
WC has been played - the Angels and Cardinals advance.
The formula loves RBI so Williams
*exact same number
Uhh... Side note: Russ Ford had 160 Cy Young points and won... But Justin Verlander had the exexact same number of points. Personally, I feel Ford and Verlander should both be co-winners based on that
The numbers speak for themselves! Lol
How the bloody hell did the sim think Ted Williams had a better season than Lou Gehrig?! 👀😂
Rootin for my Royals! Go Nate!
43-48
After 71 games we were 52-19 on pace for 118 wins. After that 44-48.
Just realized this interesting stat from a few days ago. Blue Jays had 4 shutouts in a row, and a total of 43.1 consecutive scoreless innings. Looks like the MLB record is 56 innings, but the 1903 Pirates, but I'm calling this my own personal PC record
Magic number to clinch the division is in the single digits
Wow... AL East race is pretty much over already. 20+ game lead at this time
That's rough 👀
11 ranked Chacin, pitching in big boost, better than Arrieta
98 ranked Jake Arrieta is pitching the same as 7 ranked Bryn Smith.
Another thing that doesn't make sense. I almost never have division leads this big anymore... Great that means I probably just jinxed it lol
Suddenly can’t beat anyone
sadly a lot of things havent made sense for a while
Should Darrin Jackson be out hitting Dave Winfield ? 🤔🤔🤔
haha!
Why does the sim hate Tony Gwynn ? Injured twice now for 11 games total. He was by all accounts a really nice guy......
You beat the deadline by hours, no worries...
My apologies to all for being late to draft. I was waiting for the league to start, and then decided to "check my lineups" and saw I never drafted! I am all set now, and won't wait so long to double check myself next time. :)
My team is on deck and I’ve preranked 2 teams.
pre-ranked
And, you don't have to worry about drafting now - your pick will be made for you !! 😎😎😎
Thanks guys… I rarely win in this league… seems like I’ve had my best luck with NL Central teams… I liked the build and was lucky enough to find the magic late in the season
Congrats - I have tried the Cubs in several leagues without much success. Great Job!
Congtats Bill
Congrats Bill, dominated.
🏆Congratulations to Raiderbill33 and his Cubs on winning this season league championship
Make that 10 straight and a Championship !! Congratulations to Raiderbill33 !!
The Cubs have won 9 straight playoff games now......
Game 3 goes to the Cubs and they have a commanding 3-0 series lead.
Cubs take game 2 and a 2-0 series lead. Day off granted.
The World Series begins - Cubs take the opener !!
Good Luck Angels and Cubs in the championships
2 of our 3 fearless leaders in the WS. Awesome!LOl. Good luck guys!
Day off granted.
Game 5 - Angels knock out the Yankees and advance to the World Series vs the Cubs.
Game 4 - Cubs complete the sweep vs the Pirates, the Yankees stay alive.
Cubs and Angels both win to take 3-0 series leads. Next sim at around 8pm (PT)
Day off granted - Next sim around 5pm (PT)
Game 2 (a little late, sorry) - Cubs beat the Pirates in an 18 inning marathon, Angels over the Yankees - both series 2-0.
Opening Games - Cubs and Angels are the winners. Next sim at around 1pm (PT)
Forget the last comment - explained in the Playoff Update I sent out. Day off granted prior to the next series.
So, the Pirates win game 4 and game 5 will be played in the morning. Day off granted.
OK - that was weird, somehow I didn't sim game 4 of the Dodgers Pirates.
Game 5 will be played at around 7:45pm (PT)
Game 3 played - Angels, Dodgers, Phillies and White Sox win. Every series now 2-1.
Orioles/Angels is a match of 2 best dWAR teams - so far a total of 4 runs scored in the 1st 2 games.
Day off granted.
Game 2 played - Yankees take a 2-0 series lead, Cubs, Dodgers and Orioles win to even those series.
Yankees live up to the name Bronx Bombers in game 1
Didn't hear from enough owners to start early, Game 1's played this morning, Phillies, Yankees, Pirates and Angels take openers.
And the winners are - the Yankees and the Pirates !! I'll setup the next round of games.
All of the WC teams have reporting in and I'm going to sim the games now.
Schedule posted above, WC's have been scheduled, day off has been granted.
Reds trail the Cubs by 1 with 1 to play.
A down the stretch colapse
Yeah I tried it once so far, didn't get very far with it. Certainly did better than I did here though! 🤣
One of my top 3 hardest teams to win with in WAR - Toronto.
Sure NOW we're gonna start winning games when losing games is actually preferable for the best possible draft pick. Because of course that's what's gonna happen 🤦♂️
I could put my backups in and they’d do better.
This is gonna be a lonnnnnnngggg season, isn't it?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!
Move over Bob Feller , Peralta with opening day no-no.. Cards have exact same avg before and after game !!
Sorry for the late start - holiday stuff, but we're off now !!!
🏆 Congratulations to the Yankees and my friend dzach on winning this season league championship
congrats Yankees.
Great season dzach!
What an offense. Congrats Dzach.
Congratulations Dzach!!!
Dzach's New York Yankees demolished the Braves 17-3 to claim the Season 1 Championship !!
Game 4 played - Yankees take a 3-1 series lead.
The Yankees win game 3 and take a 2-1 series lead.
Game 2 played - Yankees even the series. Day off granted.
Game 1 of the WS - the Braves take the opener 11
Yankees take game 7 and advance. I'll set up the WS and start it when I hear from both managers.
Game 6 played - Braves advance, Yankees force game 7.
Braves and Red Sox win game 5's and take 3-2 series leads. Day off granted.
Game 4 played - Brewers and Yankees win and both series are tied at 2-2.
Game 3 played - Braves and Yankees win.
Game 2 played - Red Sox go up 2-0, Brewer even their series. Day off granted.....
LCS game 1 played - Braves and Red Sox take the openers.
Game 5 played - Braves and Red Sox prevail. I'll set up the next round a bit later and we'll start in the morning.
Game 4 played - Dodgers and Red Sox force game 5's. Day off granted.
Game 3 played - The Brewers and Yankees get sweeps, the Dodgers and Red Sox stay alive.
Game 2 played - Twins, Yankees, Braves and Brewers take 2-0 leads. Day off granted.
Game 1 played - Twins, Yankees, Braves and Brewers take the openers.
As of 4:23pm (PST) I've only heard from 5 of 8 playoff teams - if I hear from the other 3, I'll start the games.
The Wild Card games have been played - the Red Sox and Brewers advance !! Day off granted.
Yeah they had it on me too, but we didn’t get there anyway
You knocked me out of the playoffs yankeebb - I could tie the Rockies, but they have the tie breaker.
Nice run at the end here, but too late
Pete must have been sober for that one !! 😉😉😉
Some really close WC races - in the AL, 7 teams have a chance, in the NL Marlins are only 1/2 game out.
My team can’t hit Rockies pitchers, it makes no sense to me.
Pete Alexander pitched an 11 inning perfecto!
Top ERA, least runs scores. I can’t believe this offense is that bad.
double duty One game the Cubs P.Alexander beats the Phils. Next he gets a win for the Phils. lol
I’ve never tried to select/manage a Blue Jay team in PC – for good reason, it seems. Before yesterday, my team was 12-34 and a lock for the first pick in next season’s draft. Then, the team goes 4-1 and against the Yankees and Red Sox, culminating with a 20-0 combined shutout win by my worst pitchers this morning. How can this be? The Blue Jays are still deservedly the lowest ranked team … but what message are the PC gods sending me? The BJ’s are playing the Red Sox and Yankees for the next 3 games, so perhaps things will return to normal.
I will see who and delete some players...not as big a deal in Budget...but 31 is max
RIP my inbox
4 teams over roster limit
Crazy After 30 games Bonds OBP is .511.
Glad to here it.
The worst if the hurricane was just East of Tallahassee, so we are fine My neighborhood didn’t lose power,, so things are fine here.
We live just above Bradenton. Pretty much dealt with a lot of wind all day. Had some 70 mile hour gust. Watching some neighbors roots blow off. We’ve been spared so far. Praying for all those up there in the big bend.
Vaya con Dios amigo !!
Checking out for the huuricane. I will probably be without power for a while, so hopefully the team will do OK on autopilot.
We have players in the draft room instead of teams
🏆 Congratulations to revejb and his Astros on winning this season league championship
Congrats Reve.
Congrats rev! Great season for Astros too
Great series and season SFG!!
congrats rev!
Congrats rev!
Congratulations Reve!!
Congrats Astros!!!
Trophy awarded and Ring requested !!
Congratulations to revejb and the Houston Astros on winning the season 1 BBOTB Championship !! The Giants and joshbonds25 had a great season also, but fell just short.
In a battle of shutouts, Gerrit Cole of the Astros throws one vs the Giants to force game 7.
Giants go up 3-2 after Mathewson throws 2nd consecutive SF shutout. Day off granted
Giants even the series 2-2 as Hearn throws a 1-hit shutout.
Astros over the Giants in game 3 behind J.R. Richard and 4 HR's. Houston up 2-1 in the series.
The Astros score 2 in the 2nd and hold on for a 2-1 win to even up the series. Day off granted.
The Giants hammer the Astros 9-1 in the opener.
World Series is scheduled and a day off granted for travel.
That was a nail biter!
Game 7 goes to the Giants who win 5-4 to advance to the World Series. I'll set things up later tonight with a 6ish am (PST) start time in the morning.
Morgan doubled, scored a run, and robbed a hit - it just wasn't enough.
The Astros put an end to the Twins season, while the Reds and Giants play a game 7 - at around 5pm (PST)
With Morgan now returning to the line-up, I’m sure the Reds’ karma will take a turn for the worse.
Day off was granted for travel.
Morgan or no Morgan, the Reds continue to hand in there and win game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. The Twins stay alive vs the Astros with an 8-7 win.
The Astros win to go up 3-1 over the Twins, the Giants even their series with the Reds.
Game 3 played - Astros win and take a 2-1 lead, Reds win behind Maloney's shutout and go up 2-1.
Game 2 played - Giants and Twins both win to even things up. Day off granted.
In the openers, the Morgan-less Reds win along with the Astros. I'm shooting for 4pm (PST) for game 2.
There are leagues that turn injuries off for the playoffs, this is, unfortunately, not one.
How is it possible that my best player, Joe Morgan, was injured for seven games in that last game against the Mets.? Never had an injury in the playoffs before any of my pennant chase leagues.
The Reds, down 2-0 in their series, complete their comeback vs the Mets and advance !!
The Giants and the Astros win game 4's and advance - the Reds tie up the Mets and will play a game 5. Day off granted.
The 1st of the 100 win teams goes down as the Twins sweep out the Yankees, The Giants, Mets and Astros now have 2-1 leads.
And with that being said, here's the game 2 results: The Giants and Astros bounce back to tie up their series, the Mets and Twins both go up 2 -0. Day off granted.
My goal is 3 to 4 hours. I'll be home for most of the day, so that shouldn't be a problem.
About how long are we going between games for the Playoffs?
Round 2 begins, and as you probably could have guessed, all 3 100 win teams lost 😉😉😉😎😎😎 The Pirates, Mets, Twins and Orioles take the openers.
Damn raider - tough one !!
Ended season on a losing streak… winning is all about getting hot at the right time…
Good thing I spent so much WAR budget on Ed Walsh… goes head to head with Jim Palmer and gets destroyed
4% chance of fire. Couldn’t hit Adams oh well
Round 2 is scheduled and a day off has been granted.
Wild Cards have been played - Orioles and Pirates advance. Next round begins in the morning at 6am (PST)
The Wild Card games are scheduled, a day off has been granted, the games will be played at noon (PST) today !!
What has happened to the Blue Jays ?
Didn’t help yeah, but kershaw just gave up 13 hits to the Braves and is now SB.
Might be the 5 games against the Giants. So far we are scoring 7 runs a game, batting over .300 as a team with over .900 ops. Makes me fear the eventual regression to the mean…
No one told me these dodgers can’t pitch
Must be something funny in the water in Toronto.
Blue Jays, Twins and Pirates hot out of the gate !! Congrats to El Tiante !!
Tiant opening day no-hitter!
I’m excited to see how the season goes too.
Doing fine but don't forget , watch out where the huskies go lol
Don't know how may of you are using the Chat Box, just want to see how everyone's doing or if anyone has questions ? I'm looking forward to seeing how this is going to play out !!
Had to be creative with what seasons I used for the "Big Boys". Didn't use the high WAR dead ball SP's either.
WAR bidding sure put a crimp on the Yankees roster lol. Added Rodriguez and Mantle to the normal lineup
Do we have a deadline for rosters yet?
At least here the lower AB and IP aren't as low. 250 AB is a huge improvement.
I love the options with this format, agree with what others have said
It’s impossible to make it completely even though
And some franchises have tons of players like that
The problem with player values being according to WAR is you can have some great stats with lower IP or AB, get great players for half the WAR
Excellent points.
Oh yeah, I reached a point where I wanted to add someone but was .03 short, had some fun manipulating . It’s been interesting.
The other thing I love about this is that there isn’t one clear correct build. There were so many key decisions as I built, and none were clearly the best, and each decision leads to a bunch of new decisions. I doubt successive builds will be as similar as they were in the old format. That’s super fun!
the good thing is in my opinion, is that we have a budget scale for WAR. I am guessing as we go along it might have to be tweaked but this is going to be very interesting. I am going to start building teams in my sandbox and simming seasons to see how it shakes out.
Jeez....Rays roster just brutal. Big reason why I picked them, get the losses outta the way.
You can usually find a .580-610 OPS, low average, bad fielder in the 2s In the 2s
Suddenly works- never mind
Oddity- no matter what Range of warr or position - the search says no players found at top, then lists every player at bottom on alphabet order
And o just went and spent 11 WAR on a DH!
When i say dh is useless its because you really cant afford to waste a spot on someone who cant play the field. Good luck everyone , I think your all going to like this , it makes you really have to think like a real gm when you put your team together.