1867 Off-season thread

[Young Drachma]

So we'll do draft ('66) tonight and sim to start of FA. I suppose I'll do the draft lottery for the past season at some point this week too.

[Young Drachma]

Here's the draft order for the teams outside of the lottery:

11. Kauai
12. Cuyahoga
13. Gettysburg
14. Memphis
15. Chicago
16. Washington
17. Columbus
18. Winnemucca
19. St. Louis
20. Brooklyn

[Young Drachma]

Here's the damage. A few more balls distributed to the lower teams, thanks to expanded playoffs making the lottery pool this year slightly smaller.

[Young Drachma]

Here are the results.

[Young Drachma]

I'm going to realign the NL slightly for the upcoming season.

Columbus is moving to the NL West and Portland is moving to the NL East. It's mostly a parity thing, the NL East has the highest concentration of "competitive" owners and so, it seems to make sense to do it that way.

I realize Portland is in Oregon for game purposes, but...that's okay.

[scotto313]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

Here are the results.

Fantastic, I am a sucker for the Knuckleballers!

And he is from Macedonia Ohio.

[Young Drachma]

Draft is run. FA starts tomorrow. File is up.

[Gomer]

Maybe Portland can move to Portland, Maine for geographical purposes.

[Young Drachma]

I'm just going to rename the divisions to make them non-geographic to solve that issue for next year.

[mavericktango]

Just Checking in


The Boston Blue Sox are no more, their owners are fed up of losing 100 games a season. They have been seduced by a consortium who have bought them out and relocated them to New York where they will play in the SLOP AL Eastern Division as the New York Skyliners.

Fans in New York are are excited about getting a second SLOP team to replace the New York Americans that left in 1846

[Young Drachma]

Oh right, mavericktango is taking over the expansion New York Skyliners who will replace the Boston Blue Sox in the AL starting this season. As he's said, it's the first explicitly New York team (with apologies to Brooklyn) since my New York Americans folded and moved their guts to Winnemucca, Nevada. Nigel is an OOTP vet who plays in a lot of writing intensive leagues, so we're hoping fast-sim is a breath of fresh air for him and also that he lends his talents to our immersive playpen.

Welcome aboard.

[Young Drachma]

Also, note that Dave Petty is not actually a free agent, even though he's in the pool, he should have been put on Gettysburg's major league roster. So I will need to fix that for tonight's file.

[mavericktango]

I will be trying to maintain a log of the Skyliners highs & lows in This thread in the OOTP Dynasty boards

No promises but I shall try and it would be nice to have a record of the entire franchise

[robster1225]

Got a noob question. Since we have a limited number of Free Agent sims, what's the "fast-sim" strategy for signing FA's? Just throw a bunch of offers out there, and hope it works out, or risk not signing enough guys at a certain position by being "picky"?

[wolvie109]

I'd say best strategy is to pick one or two guys you want to sign and bid high on them. No sense blanket bidding on guys and trying to lowball them. Other thing you can do is find secondary and tertiary FAs and blanket bid on them. They won't be as good but if you're looking for quantity, that is the way to do it. If you want quality you need to go the former route.

[Young Drachma]

My advice is to know what you want to do with your team. If you can pick up a few quality guys each year, you can be contending in no time. So it makes sense to isolate your one or two star guys you want if you're in a contending mood. If you're going to build a more organic way, then wolvie's advice about 2nd and 3rd tier guys is critical.

There are almost ALWAYS those kinds of role type guys on the market that you can pick up, so I'd use FA1 to isolate the stars you want and making great offers on a guy you REALLY want. Not EVERYONE signs during FA1, so you might not get him, but you want to deter those "must haves" from signing elsewhere.

FA2 tomorrow night is the critical sim where pretty much everyone (with some exceptions) will sign, so you need to for sure make your best offers then.

The last sim is basically to the start of Spring Training and that's just picking up whoever you need leftover or post-trade signings and the such. Occasionally, there will be a 4th FA phase in-between the 2nd and 3rd, but again the 1st two are really the ones that are where 95% of the work gets done.

But so long as you know what you want your team's 5 year plan is, you can usually just offer guys with that in mind.

[Young Drachma]

Thursday, November 29th, 1866
Cuyahoga Spiders: Signed free agent 1B Dave Secrest to a 4-year contract worth a total of $13,200,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent SP David Carrasco to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent 3B Domingo Ahumada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $430,000.
Thursday, November 22nd, 1866
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent SP Dave Edwards to a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000.
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent CF Santiago Zamorano to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,800,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent MR Peter Britton to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,400,000.
Memphis Smokers: Signed free agent C Don Hall to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,310,000.
Memphis Smokers: Signed free agent MR Jimmy Clore to a 1-year contract worth a total of $575,000.
Denver Crows: Signed free agent CL Rich Moreyra to a 1-year contract worth a total of $375,000.
Cleveland Laborers: Signed free agent 3B Osamu Tamai to a 6-year contract worth a total of $90,000,000.
Gettysburg Gomers: Signed free agent SP Tristan Converse to a 7-year contract worth a total of $210,000,000.
Wednesday, November 21st, 1866
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent SS Pablo Saenz to a 4-year contract worth a total of $7,240,000.
Sunday, November 18th, 1866
Washington Grays: Signed CL Bob McCann to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $24,900,000.

[Young Drachma]

Saturday, December 15th, 1866
St. Louis Aviators: Signed free agent SS Nick Edwards to a 3-year contract worth a total of $5,600,000.
Washington Grays: Signed free agent CF D.J. Struchen to a 6-year contract worth a total of $108,000,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent 3B Clifton Marshall to a 5-year contract worth a total of $100,000,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent CF Tom White to a 7-year contract worth a total of $84,000,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent SP Jimmy Wesolowski to a 8-year contract worth a total of $72,000,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent MR Seiichiro Tabuchi to a 4-year contract worth a total of $12,800,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent SP Carlos Machuca to a 5-year contract worth a total of $13,000,000.
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent CL Ed Dycus to a 5-year contract worth a total of $40,000,000.
St. Louis Aviators: Signed free agent 3B Kareem Lewin to a 3-year contract worth a total of $8,400,000.
Saturday, December 1st, 1866
Las Vegas Aces: Signed free agent SP Dino Viadana to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,900,000.

[Young Drachma]

File is up. FA2 tomorrow, spring training on Friday.

[claphamsa]

f##cking gomers! i bid up to 200M on Tristan.... didnt go high enough

[Gomer]

# and # aren't in my alphabet.

Curse like a fuckin man, damnit!

[claphamsa]

I need to clarify... I did not bid 200M on Tristan... I joked that he might get it.... then upped my bid to about 20 M more than he wanted.... which was what? 120? FYI, he laughed at my offer... of more than he wanted. dick, hell fit in fine with gomer :P

[Young Drachma]

Eusebio Salavisa of Las Vegas is just 8 hits away from breaking Hall of Famer Taikan Hatsutori's all-time record of 3874 hits. He's 42 years old, but still producing as one of the few FRANCHISE players left in SLOP. He's average 186 hits per year. If he does that this year, he'll break the 4000 hit mark, as he's only 133 hits away from breaking that threshold as well.

It's fun watching him continue to perform at a high level and with all of the acquisitions that Vegas got this off-season, maybe a playoff swan song is in order?

[Young Drachma]

I added a year to Minor League Free Agency, so now they're eligible after 5 years, rather than after 4 years as it's been for the past few years.

[Young Drachma]

Monday, December 31st, 1866
Denver Crows: Signed free agent 3B Danny Salazar to a 4-year contract worth a total of $60,000,000.
Tuesday, December 25th, 1866
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent C Tom Mintzer to a 1-year contract worth a total of $850,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent 2B Jeff Newton to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,800,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent 1B Salvador Mendez to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,200,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent LF R.J. Conlon to a 3-year contract worth a total of $5,580,000.
Cuyahoga Spiders: Signed free agent C Marcello Piccinini to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000.
Chicago Hornets: Signed free agent CL Joey Hoffman to a 1-year contract worth a total of $375,000.
Friday, December 21st, 1866
St. Louis Aviators: Signed CL Geoff Long to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $11,200,000.

[Young Drachma]

Thursday, January 17th, 1867
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent RF Johnny Ressano to a 4-year contract worth a total of $19,690,000.
Washington Grays: Signed free agent RF Tom Harkins to a 5-year contract worth a total of $22,000,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent MR Ron Porebski to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,000,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent LF J.R. Harman to a 8-year contract worth a total of $116,000,000.
Tuesday, January 1st, 1867
Chicago Hornets: Signed free agent MR Jimmy Gentzel to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,606,000.
Chicago Hornets: Signed free agent SP Tommy Sigworth to a 2-year contract worth a total of $8,500,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent SP Tom Barber to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent 1B Dave Cummings to a 8-year contract worth a total of $133,100,000.
Cuyahoga Spiders: Signed free agent 1B David Richardson to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,000,000.
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent 1B Jayden Peterson to a 3-year contract worth a total of $4,200,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent 3B Jabari Brown to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,500,000.
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent LF Juan Ordóñez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $12,000,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent RF Rodrigo Flores to a 1-year contract worth a total of $950,000.
Denver Crows: Signed free agent RF Salvador Bernal to a 5-year contract worth a total of $35,000,000.
Lake Tahoe Syndicate: Signed free agent MR Tommy Jackson to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,600,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent SS Cheong-weon Kym to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000.
Brooklyn Titans: Signed free agent 1B Tom Parker to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000.
San Diego Fathers: Signed free agent SP Aidan Rice to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,000,000.

[Young Drachma]

File is up. Spring Training tomorrow night.

[Gomer]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

. dick, hell fit in fine with gomer :P

[Gomer]

New York Skyliners: Signed free agent LF J.R. Harman to a 8-year contract worth a total of $116,000,000.
Tuesday, January 1st, 1867

We wish JR well on his new team. He was instrumental in bringing a championship to Gettysburg, but we felt that his skills were declining, and with an influx of younger talent and Harman's increasing salary, our best move was to not offer him arbitration this season.

[Young Drachma]

Chicago matched the offer on 3B Danny Salazar. Denver will get Chicago's 1st round pick (15th overall) in the upcoming draft.

[Young Drachma]

Draft Pick Trading Improvements - Front Office Football Central

[mavericktango]

Originally Posted by Gomer

New York Skyliners: Signed free agent LF J.R. Harman to a 8-year contract worth a total of $116,000,000.
Tuesday, January 1st, 1867

We wish JR well on his new team. He was instrumental in bringing a championship to Gettysburg, but we felt that his skills were declining, and with an influx of younger talent and Harman's increasing salary, our best move was to not offer him arbitration this season.

I hope he will guide our younger players with his experience

[claphamsa]

someone trade me some pitchers!!!

[robster1225]

Wow, looks like we got shut out it FA2. Oh well, time for the push.

[robster1225]

Since we don't have a 40 man roster, can we only send 25 players to spring training?

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by robster1225

Since we don't have a 40 man roster, can we only send 25 players to spring training?

No, you can send as many as you want. The game won't stop you at 25.

[robster1225]

Ok, cool. That's what I thought.

[Gomer]

Hey Claps, Jamel Reid or any of the SPs on my AAA squad could be had.

[Jax Powers]

GRRRR gettin outbide on errbody you guys in this league play some real 'moneyball'

[mavericktango]

You gotta pay big money here boy : D

[Young Drachma]

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS

NL RED
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Brooklyn 14-10
Gettysburg 14-10
Carolina 13-11
Washington 12-12
Portland 12-12

NL BLUE
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Kauai 15-9
Denver 14-10
Columbus 11-13
Lake Tahoe 9-15
Wyoming 6-18

AL EAST
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Memphis 15-9
Cuyahoga 15-9
Chicago 14-10
Cleveland 11-13
New York 8-16

AL WEST
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Winnemucca 16-8
Las Vegas 12-12
Rio Grande 12-12
St. Louis 9-15
San Diego 8-16

[Young Drachma]

Thursday, February 28th, 1867
Denver Crows: Signed MR Jimmy Hill to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $6,400,000.
Monday, February 25th, 1867
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent 3B Michael Payne to a 4-year contract worth a total of $20,000,000.
Wednesday, February 20th, 1867
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent 2B Ernesto García to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,400,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent MR Mike Cameron to a 1-year contract worth a total of $725,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent 1B Kevin Dyson to a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,500,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent MR José Cruz to a 1-year contract worth a total of $650,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent CF Fred Bishop to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,800,000.
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent RF Orlando Armenta to a 4-year contract worth a total of $32,000,000.
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent 2B Ed Corkins to a 4-year contract worth a total of $9,200,000.
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent MR Dusty Ellison to a 1-year contract worth a total of $375,000.
Tuesday, February 19th, 1867
New York Skyliners: Signed free agent SP Dave Skaggs to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,450,000.
Wyoming Plowboys: Signed free agent MR Dave Emsley to a 1-year contract worth a total of $375,000.

[Young Drachma]

Fatigue gets reset before the start of the regular season, since with guys having played Winter League and in some cases spring training right after, it ensures they're fresh for opening day.

[Young Drachma]

File is up. We'll do the 1st half of SLOP's Pearl (30th) anniversary season!

[claphamsa]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

File is up. We'll do the 1st half of SLOP's Pearl (30th) anniversary season!

i love that its not cancellled......

[Young Drachma]

I meant to say we'd do it on Monday.

[Young Drachma]

Ok so a new file is up for that completed CLB-DEN trade and also has Danny Salazar in Chicago.

[mavericktango]

Very annoyed that you didn't take imports before producing the new file I spent three hours setting up all my minors just right, download the new file and it's all wiped out


Luckily I guessed there was a good chance of that happening so I wrote out my line-ups but I've still got to spend an age redoing all the promotions / demotions & lineups

[Young Drachma]

Your export isn't wiped out. Exports only get wiped out if I advance the sim date. I didn't advance the sim date, alas your export will work as normal.

[Young Drachma]

The problem with me taking exports before I upload is, if both teams involved in a trade have exported, the moves I've made (aka trading their new players) will be reversed and when they get the file, their new players will be free agents and I lose their contract info and so I have to fix all of that.