I'll take one Fernandez please
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
NeoGAF OOTP Baseball 2016 League: Because We All Know The Show Will be Broken
- Thread starter eznark
- Start date
I'll take one Fernandez please
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I think Bumgarner went down in spring training as well.
Shalashaska
Member
5 months ;_;
Yea. I saw Carlos Santana, who I let go to FA, went down for 4 months.
My LF who I promotes last year but not in time to make the playoff roster is having a good start. CF is great as well, and RF is currently getting tested out. Both the veteran Moss and the slightly younger Moncrief are having poor starts. If another week of shit baseball happens, I guess I get to work out 1 of the 4 outfielders I had tried in spring training.
Most concerning for me is that Lindor has started really poorly.
My LF who I promotes last year but not in time to make the playoff roster is having a good start. CF is great as well, and RF is currently getting tested out. Both the veteran Moss and the slightly younger Moncrief are having poor starts. If another week of shit baseball happens, I guess I get to work out 1 of the 4 outfielders I had tried in spring training.
Most concerning for me is that Lindor has started really poorly.
I'm praying the string holding Brantley together holds
lol. Dude is a rubber band that has snapped and been tied back together a couple times.
He's currently on pace for 11.3 WAR. I can dream it holds.
Definitely a chance. He's great when he's playing.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
If anyone is interested in Daniel Robertson or Steven Souza lemme know.
Looking for a young and inexpensive solid 1B in return.
Looking for a young and inexpensive solid 1B in return.
CrimsonCommie
Member
Holy shit my offense is pathetic! We did get our first HR this advance though
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Posey again off to a slow start. Upton being out for 5 months isn't going to help either.
May have to put Posey on the block after a couple seasons of subpar production (given his rating and contract anyway).
May have to put Posey on the block after a couple seasons of subpar production (given his rating and contract anyway).
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
woo, the Mets are over .500!! Looks like the rotation will finally pull it together and produce.
CrimsonCommie
Member
What have we done phee?! How did we let this happen?!
CrimsonCommie
Member
The Export reader is still showing the last sim was yesterday.
Sim available: 4/21 - 4/28
----------
Indians 3-4 during the sim, but the positive outlook is the pitching managed to only give up 5 points in their worst game. My 21yo rookie had his first game (I still had 4 man rotation on from playoffs, woops) and played decent enough giving up 3 runs over 6.1 innings.
Downside, that means the offense is still struggling.
Lindor is slowly picking up his average while Gomes continues to struggle at the plate. Will continue to adjust my lineups in hopes to group the hitting up. Need to generate more runs.
----------
Indians 3-4 during the sim, but the positive outlook is the pitching managed to only give up 5 points in their worst game. My 21yo rookie had his first game (I still had 4 man rotation on from playoffs, woops) and played decent enough giving up 3 runs over 6.1 innings.
Downside, that means the offense is still struggling.
Lindor is slowly picking up his average while Gomes continues to struggle at the plate. Will continue to adjust my lineups in hopes to group the hitting up. Need to generate more runs.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Points? Are you a European now? ;P
Being last in the division for the first time has broken me mentally. =|
Got the Shakes
Member
I'm happy to only be a 1/2 game out in the AL Central at this point. Think I was like 8 back after 9 games last season.
acheron_xl
Member
My Highly Touted Rookie 2B is starting to hit a little. That's cool. Adames is hitting more HRs than Springer. That's also cool.
I still don't know how it's going to go. I still have hope. It's early.
I still don't know how it's going to go. I still have hope. It's early.
Shalashaska
Member
Nothing like going from 7-3 to 7-9 in one sim.
Oh geez. How'd he do it, break a finger catching a fly ball?
CrimsonCommie
Member
Wow Shelby Miller is starting off horrible. Guess he's pissed about not getting the Cy Young after getting the triple crown last season
Purple Cheeto
Member
Aiello with a 185 OPS+ in AAA and yet I can't figure out where I'd play him if I brought him up. I guess I could demote Vogelbach since he's just a DH and move Miller to DH and play Aiello at SS? Brad Miller decided that he wanted to start hitting again this season, not that I'm complaining, and Ketel Marte has decided that he's going to take full advantage of Cano's injury by turning into an offensive force.
I guess its a nice problem to finally have too many players actually hitting. Except for my Catchers, none of them want to hit.
Well and my first baseman and Austin Wilson, but Wilson will get replaced by Austin Jackson soon.
Atlanta's offense is over 100 points of OPS below the next worst team. Holy shit. Shelby Miller looks like he's been unlucky in terms of dingers and also the Atlanta defense is killing him, his BABIP is over .300, ouch.
I guess its a nice problem to finally have too many players actually hitting. Except for my Catchers, none of them want to hit.
Well and my first baseman and Austin Wilson, but Wilson will get replaced by Austin Jackson soon.
Atlanta's offense is over 100 points of OPS below the next worst team. Holy shit. Shelby Miller looks like he's been unlucky in terms of dingers and also the Atlanta defense is killing him, his BABIP is over .300, ouch.
All our previous seasons my team has started hot and fell off late. Really hoping this year is the opposite, because so far I haven't had a sim better than .500. That's my real goal, be over .500 each sim and good things generally happen.
Purple Cheeto
Member
Yeah every other season my team has been awful in April, good in the mid summer and then falls off in August/September. My offense is probably top 3 in the AL right now but it seems to be largely BABIP driven, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
Much like Shelby Miller he's losing because your offense and defense are not good. He's striking out 11 per 9 but his BABIP is over .324 and he hasn't given up any homers this season. He's given up 4, 2, 1, and 3 runs in his 4 starts and your team has scored 3 runs in those 4 starts.
You have 6 guys who have been around league average or better hitters, and two of them play the same position (first base). And one of those guys has only been a pinch hitter.
Dr_LawyerCop
Member
Had a better sim. Offense has been pretty good. Josh Hart has been sensational. He's got to be the favorite for Rookie of the Year, though it's way too early. Ryan Kellogg made his debut this sim and pitched okay. Dylan Bundy is coming around. If my starting pitching improves, I'm set. I think Kellogg will get a couple more turns in the rotation, sort of a try out. He had a ton of strike outs, so he might stay up as a reliever when Jaime Garcia gets off the DL. I've got Gausman and Hunter Harvey coming off the DL in August, so I'm hoping I can put together a decent rotation until then. Should give me the opportunity to move a starter at the trade deadline.
Palma's off the DL and starting in RF. I really could use an upgrade in LF/RF.
Palma's off the DL and starting in RF. I really could use an upgrade in LF/RF.
CosmicQueso
Member
It's all shit.
synchronicity
Member
Sorry ez. Someone was going to take him while he was unprotected.
...Buxton for Braun as compensation?
I is a real good GM.Yeah I have no idea what to do with my clusterfuck of mediocre lefty first basemen
man I turned off some autoplay settings but the AI keeps changing it back or maybe I'm messing something up
stupid minor leagues keep moving around in a way I don't want them to
Dr_LawyerCop
Member
.500 sim. Progress I guess. Palma lasted one game before going back on the DL. He had a great spring, but he's running out of chances. Called up Drew Dosch to take his roster spot. He'll DH to get another quality bat in the line-up.
Looking for a corner OF if anyone is dealing. Not looking for a huge deal, but a league average OF would be nice. I'm the Orioles FYI.
Looking for a corner OF if anyone is dealing. Not looking for a huge deal, but a league average OF would be nice. I'm the Orioles FYI.
CosmicQueso
Member
Josh Reddick for a A level mid-tier prospect?
acheron_xl
Member
I own a half game division lead after a 1-loss sim. Feeling good! Starters finally starting to pitch. Amusingly, it's the two acquisitions, Gonzalez and De La Rosa, that have been doing the worst.
Dr_LawyerCop
Member
Another .500 sim. Kellogg is getting sent to AAA. 4 starts and no quality starts. As bad as it's been, if I had an ace at the top of my rotation I think I'd be in contention. Not possible, but maybe I'll be able to make a few moves.
Yeah, I've had to do a lot of movement with pitching. Took a starter out of the majors and had to replace two relievers that were just getting mauled and costing me numerous games.
Trying a few different things with my hitters. It seems my backup catcher has had quality at bats and so I've thrown him into the DH spot. Lindor has come alive and now leads the team in HR and RBI after a really putrid first 2 weeks. I really need Gomes to start hitting again though.
I was like 2-4 that sim. Still very early in the season, but at some point I need to at least make up ground with .500 if I want to sniff the playoffs.
Trying a few different things with my hitters. It seems my backup catcher has had quality at bats and so I've thrown him into the DH spot. Lindor has come alive and now leads the team in HR and RBI after a really putrid first 2 weeks. I really need Gomes to start hitting again though.
I was like 2-4 that sim. Still very early in the season, but at some point I need to at least make up ground with .500 if I want to sniff the playoffs.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
wow my Mets still over .500 after this sim, believe!
Ah yes...the 3B Carter Kieboom I took in the draft has been destroying both single A leagues I put him in!
Too bad my normally stout bullpen fucking sucked this update.
Leaning towards blowing everything up, and I mean everything. A lot of guys in the majors that used to contribute and are just kind of meh and a lot of my minor league players doing great down there. The time for fresh faces truly draws near.
Too bad my normally stout bullpen fucking sucked this update.
Leaning towards blowing everything up, and I mean everything. A lot of guys in the majors that used to contribute and are just kind of meh and a lot of my minor league players doing great down there. The time for fresh faces truly draws near.