FOOL 2072 Regular Season Thread

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

On top of that, my old friend, OOTPX's mystifying development curve for pitchers, particularly in Control, raised its ugly head, as key pitching prospects like Mueller, Chavez and Carnizzeria saw either no increase or almost no increase in Control, and minimal increases in other areas. I wish I knew what Teach puts in the water at her minor league parks that get her pitching prospects to max out, because clearly I don't have the same stuff.

We don't drink water...just wine!

[Montreal_GM]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

As for Hammersmith, it was a mystifying season--one of the strangest I have ever seen.

The offense was about as good as expected. It actually underperformed a bit, but not by much--just some of my regulars didn't quite put up the numbers they usually seem to, but were still plenty good.

No, what killed me was pitching, and that's what confuses me. Wow--Martinez was abysmal--and he was the best of my starters. He wins a Prado in the CL with a 2.50 ERA and then posts a 5.51 in the RL. Now, I knew there would eb a regression to the mean, and then another uptick moving to the RL, and from the Napa Valley park to my park. But I was figuring high-3's, maybe low-4s at worst. 5.51 is amazingly poor.

Toss on top of that that Cooke, Kelly and McLean, my 2-4 starters, all had their worst seasons by far, and my #5 starter, failed prospect Sweeney was atrocious (7.68 ERA), and you see the problem. And my pen was even worse, which is really strange. I wasn't even relying on too many rookies or risks. Most of the pen had proven performers.

I had much worse outfield defense, and my defense at 3B was poor for half of a platoon, and my backups in the infield weren't terribly good defenders. So I think I can put some of this to defense. But, man, that's an awful lot of performance drop for defense. I mean, we're talking 2-3 run increases in ERA here.

On top of that, my old friend, OOTPX's mystifying development curve for pitchers, particularly in Control, raised its ugly head, as key pitching prospects like Mueller, Chavez and Carnizzeria saw either no increase or almost no increase in Control, and minimal increases in other areas. I wish I knew what Teach puts in the water at her minor league parks that get her pitching prospects to max out, because clearly I don't have the same stuff.

That certainly is a drastic change for Martinez and your other starters. I'm sure you already thought about defense but did you have suspect fielders on the diamond compared to the previous season? Any big changes in strategy that may have backfired?

If not, I guess it's just one of those weird seasons and you should try to resign all the under-performers you can.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

We don't drink water...just wine!

(Of course!)

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

(Of course!)

I've found that it gives my players much more manageable dispositions.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Montreal_GM

That certainly is a drastic change for Martinez and your other starters. I'm sure you already thought about defense but did you have suspect fielders on the diamond compared to the previous season? Any big changes in strategy that may have backfired?

If not, I guess it's just one of those weird seasons and you should try to resign all the under-performers you can.

Just the ones I pointed out. The 3B defense wasn't really much worse, outside of the new platoon guiy (Conner)--I didn't have great defense at 3B last year. I had the same guys at 1B, C, 2B and SS. The corner OFs were a little worse, in that I had to cut Collins (90+ RF) and I have to move Prettyman to CF (80+ LF). I think the big difference is that I removed Alonso from CF, a truly excellent defensive OFer to get McIlroy and Quintana in the lineup, and Prettyman isn't even an average CF, much less a replacement for Alonso. So I am sure that had a bit to do with it. What surprised me was the enormity of the drop in performance. I knew the defense would affect things, but this much? Wow.

In the areas which I consider to be truly key defensively, I had the same starters at C (Perez and Davis; Perez okay, Davis excellent), SS (Mosley is a Slick Fielder 100+ SS), and 2B (Gonzalez is solid 70+ 2B, Suguharu the vsLHP platoon is not great, 40+).

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

I had a team OBP of .400 exactly. Could be my most impressive season stat ever. Goodluck fellow playoff teams

Pretty good call!

Seasonal Team OBP Leaders

Rank	Team	Year	OBP	G	PA
1	Hyannis Patriots	2062	.401	162	6748
2	Hartford Harpooners	2069	.400	162	6748
3	Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines	2064	.399	162	6789
3	Hyannis Patriots	2065	.399	162	6821
5	Boston Settlers	1999	.398	154	5848
6	Chico Rebels	2012	.398	162	6620
7	Colorado Rancheros	2069	.398	162	6741
8	Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines	2061	.397	162	6536
9	Colorado Rancheros	2067	.397	162	6709
10	Hartford Harpooners	2064	.397	162	6684

[hyde4us11]

I totally missed it happening in 69 as well. That was the week the in laws were here though. Do I get a pass for missing that?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Pretty good call!

Seasonal Team OBP Leaders

Hmm... only one entry before 2060.

[spleen1015]

Was 2060 the move to OOTPX?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Was 2060 the move to OOTPX?

Thereabouts, yeah. And good observation. I was solely thinking of the offensive explosion we saw in the late 50s and the 60s in the Republic League (and in the league in general), but your unstated point about the possible effect of the OOTPX transition is certainly of interest as well.

[spot]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Hmm... only one entry before 2060.

Unless of course you count 1999...

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by spot

Unless of course you count 1999...

Heh...actually, I meant the 1999. It was the 2012 I missed.

Still, point made, I think. There's little doubt we saw a massive offensive explosion in the past 10-15 seasons.

[Johnny93g]

A very nice season for Barrios, and alot of nice development from our kids. I like the way the Marlies are looking for the future.

Good luck to all the playoff teams