FOOL 2058 Offseason thread

[Alan T]

I have uploaded an OOTPX version of FOOL's file. Feel free to download it and extract it to a folder in your OOTPX/saved_games directory and take a look.

Some of your pitchers may import differently than you would expect

http://www.fool-x.net/fool/FOOL-ootpx.zip


This file is just to take a sneak peak with. Don't export or anything using this file or you'll mess yourself up. A different file will be released when we do the actual upgrade

[CrimsonFox]

Any signings or anything today?

[Tasan]

Today was our mid-week day off CF. Sim will run in the morning.

[CrimsonFox]

Oh, sorry. Just a bit anxious. The future of my lineup hangs on whether I can resign a couple of people.

[Alan T]

Sim time now getting the exports

[Alan T]

2057 Awards:



Hideaki Tanaka Award:

CL - R.J. Pilgrim (Apex Assassins)

RL - Colm Rippin (Hartford Harpooners)


Gabriel Prado Award:

CL - Walt 'Groundhog' Conrad (St. Petersburg Pelicans)

RL - Vernon Woods (Colorado Rancheros)


Benny Myers award:

CL - Yasutake Sato (Apex Assassins)

RL - Diego Tovar (Chico Rebels)


Commissioner's award:

CL - Leroy 'Dixie' Winter (Baltimore Charm)

RL - Jason Holmes (Hammersmith Hooligans)


Best Fielders:

CL:
Pitcher: António Flores (Halifax Winter Wolves)
Catcher: Callum Barber (St. Petersburg Pelicans)
First Baseman: César Morán (Tokyo Cyclones)
Second Baseman: Stan Visscher (Napa Valley Winemakers)
Third Baseman: Raúl Núñez (Halifax Winter Wolves)
Shortstop: Chet Wood (Boston Settlers)
Left Fielder: José Pérez (Baltimore Charm)
Center Fielder: John Williams (Baltimore Charm)
Right Fielder: José Romo (Baltimore Charm)


RL:
Pitcher: Jason Long (Colorado Rancheros)
Catcher: Francisco Betancourt (Hyannis Patriots)
First Baseman: Mario Martínez (Hartford Harpooners)
Second Baseman: Juan Gonzáles (New York Heroes)
Third Baseman: Andrew Wall (New York Heroes)
Shortstop: John Legrow (New York Heroes)
Left Fielder: José Rodríguez (Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines)
Center Fielder: Luis Marés (Chico Rebels)
Right Fielder: Nicholas Duggan (Chico Rebels)

[Alan T]

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - Boston Settlers: CF B. Ashley

Round 5, Pick 2 - New York Heroes: SS D. Robinson

Round 5, Pick 3 - Hyannis Patriots: 3B C. Lawrence

Round 5, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: MR R. van Alphen

Round 5, Pick 5 - Chico Rebels: SP K. Morgan

Round 5, Pick 6 - Napa Valley Winemakers: CL R. Ollson

Round 5, Pick 7 - Hartford Harpooners: C K. Lewis

Round 5, Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: 3B R. Vásquez

Round 5, Pick 9 - Apex Assassins: C I. Santos

Round 5, Pick 10 - St. Petersburg Pelicans: MR J. Skeels

Round 5, Pick 11 - Colorado Rancheros: SP J. Banda

Round 5, Pick 12 - Tokyo Cyclones: LF D. Ríos

Round 5, Pick 13 - Baltimore Charm: SP S. Juárez

Round 5, Pick 14 - Hammersmith Hooligans: CL E. Hill

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - Boston Settlers: CL M. Cruz

Round 4, Pick 2 - New York Heroes: MR C. Jacobs

Round 4, Pick 3 - Hyannis Patriots: 1B J. Sanderson

Round 4, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: 2B J. Green

Round 4, Pick 5 - Chico Rebels: SS D. Winegar

Round 4, Pick 6 - Napa Valley Winemakers: SS P. Helton

Round 4, Pick 7 - Hartford Harpooners: CF M. McGee

Round 4, Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: MR Á. Ramírez

Round 4, Pick 9 - Apex Assassins: SP R. Casey

Round 4, Pick 10 - St. Petersburg Pelicans: 3B B. Duffy

Round 4, Pick 11 - Colorado Rancheros: C T. Sizemore

Round 4, Pick 12 - Tokyo Cyclones: SP B. Feist

Round 4, Pick 13 - Baltimore Charm: C M. Rivera

Round 4, Pick 14 - Hammersmith Hooligans: 3B A. Ramírez

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Boston Settlers: 2B S. Sakamoto

Round 3, Pick 2 - New York Heroes: SS J. Ramos

Round 3, Pick 3 - Hyannis Patriots: RF S. Sidoti

Round 3, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: CF Y. Takeda

Round 3, Pick 5 - Chico Rebels: 3B R. Martínez

Round 3, Pick 6 - Napa Valley Winemakers: MR A. Hernández

Round 3, Pick 7 - Hartford Harpooners: RF A. Black

Round 3, Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: C C. Pérez

Round 3, Pick 9 - Apex Assassins: 1B D. Hughes

Round 3, Pick 10 - St. Petersburg Pelicans: CL J. González

Round 3, Pick 11 - Colorado Rancheros: SS T. Harvey

Round 3, Pick 12 - Tokyo Cyclones: 3B B. Mak

Round 3, Pick 13 - Baltimore Charm: 2B J. Frank

Round 3, Pick 14 - Hammersmith Hooligans: 3B M. Kouda

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Boston Settlers: C F. Reyes

Round 2, Pick 2 - New York Heroes: C T. Saito

Round 2, Pick 3 - Hyannis Patriots: CF J. Grant

Round 2, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: C J. Harris

Round 2, Pick 5 - Chico Rebels: 2B M. Estrada

Round 2, Pick 6 - Napa Valley Winemakers: MR O. Vázquez

Round 2, Pick 7 - Hartford Harpooners: SP C. Douglas

Round 2, Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: 3B B. Xiu

Round 2, Pick 9 - Apex Assassins: MR R. Glenurquhay

Round 2, Pick 10 - St. Petersburg Pelicans: 1B J. Polanco

Round 2, Pick 11 - Colorado Rancheros: SS H. Sugano

Round 2, Pick 12 - Tokyo Cyclones: SP S. Aubry

Round 2, Pick 13 - Baltimore Charm: 3B R. Benítez

Round 2, Pick 14 - Hammersmith Hooligans: 1B P. Vargas

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Boston Settlers: SP C. Glover

Round 1, Pick 2 - New York Heroes: CF T. Saldaña

Round 1, Pick 3 - Hyannis Patriots: SS Y. Gou

Round 1, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: 3B J. Pérez

Round 1, Pick 5 - Chico Rebels: SP Y. Cipollini

Round 1, Pick 6 - Napa Valley Winemakers: SP J. Fisher

Round 1, Pick 7 - Hartford Harpooners: RF T. Cline

Round 1, Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: SP J. Cho

Round 1, Pick 9 - Apex Assassins: 2B R. McGeown

Round 1, Pick 10 - St. Petersburg Pelicans: LF S. Padilla

Round 1, Pick 11 - Colorado Rancheros: CF M. Garza

Round 1, Pick 12 - Tokyo Cyclones: SS S. Kettlewell

Round 1, Pick 13 - Baltimore Charm: C W. Cain

Round 1, Pick 14 - Hammersmith Hooligans: CF N. Brodeur

[Chief Rum]

Bull poopy. Holmes was robbed! Blah...

(Heh...I am wanting Holmes to catch Quero's Prado awards record; he needs two more... )

[Alan T]

Monday, November 19th, 2057

Hyannis Patriots: Signed free agent MR M. O'Connor to a 3-year contract worth a total of $825,000.

Tuesday, November 13th, 2057

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR N. Ito to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,435,000.

Hammersmith Hooligans: Signed SS Z. McClure to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,240,000.

Hammersmith Hooligans: Signed C E. Lugo to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $2,917,500.

Hammersmith Hooligans: Signed 3B A. Medina to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $5,590,000.

Sunday, November 11th, 2057

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed C L. López to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $14,440,000.

Saturday, November 10th, 2057

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed CF F. Hidalgo to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $44,937,500.

Friday, November 9th, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed CF A. Valverde to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,340,000.

[Alan T]

Sorry, forgot to mention. File is up. Free Agency starts tomorrow morning

[CrimsonFox]

I knew I forgot something Why didn't anyone mention to send in draft lineups. Ugh. I'm afraid to look!

[CrimsonFox]

Okay not too bad. Decent 3b.

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

I knew I forgot something Why didn't anyone mention to send in draft lineups. Ugh. I'm afraid to look!

Next Wednesday be sure to send in a draft list. Now I am one week ahead of schedule.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Next Wednesday be sure to send in a draft list. Now I am one week ahead of schedule.

Ahahaha, this makes me happy.

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now!

[Alan T]

Sunday, January 6th, 2058

Baltimore Charm: Signed free agent SP W. Conrad to a 4-year contract worth a total of $44,900,000.

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2058

Colorado Rancheros: Signed free agent SP J. Castro to a 4-year contract worth a total of $39,000,000.

Tuesday, January 1st, 2058
Baltimore Charm: Signed free agent MR P. Flores to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,732,500.

Monday, December 31st, 2057

Hyannis Patriots: Signed free agent CF W. Hawkins to a 2-year contract worth a total of $21,300,000.

Friday, December 28th, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent C S. Barnard to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,760,000.

Tuesday, December 25th, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 2B A. Martínez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,705,000.

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent MR H. Hernández to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,895,000.

Sunday, December 23rd, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 3B E. Ortega to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,240,000.

Baltimore Charm: Signed free agent CL J. Ramírez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,347,500.

Saturday, December 22nd, 2057

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent CL V. Chavarría to a 2-year contract worth a total of $8,435,000.

Friday, December 21st, 2057

Boston Settlers: Signed free agent 2B L. Winter to a 3-year contract worth a total of $45,967,500.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 1B G. Boucher to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,167,500.

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent MR M. Chávez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,625,000.

Thursday, December 20th, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent SP J. Ts'ai to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,340,000.

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent MR G. Misner to a 2-year contract worth a total of $5,665,000.

Wednesday, December 19th, 2057

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed free agent LF P. Santos to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,655,000.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent 1B C. Morán to a 3-year contract worth a total of $21,267,500.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2057

Boston Settlers: Signed free agent CF L. Marés to a 4-year contract worth a total of $49,930,000.

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed free agent LF M. Estrada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,637,500.

Sunday, December 16th, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 2B P. Gonzáles to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,860,000.

Saturday, December 15th, 2057

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent C J. Hawkins to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,185,000.

Thursday, December 13th, 2057

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 1B R. Michaud to a 1-year contract worth a total of $942,500.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2057

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed CF M. Tanaka to a minor league contract extension.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2057

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed CF S. Queij to a minor league contract extension.

Sunday, December 2nd, 2057

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed SP S. Sakuma to a minor league contract extension.

[Alan T]

Offseason retirements:

Tuesday, January 1st, 2058

SP M. Luna retires.

SP R. Olsen retires.

SP C. Calasanz retires.

SP A. Wyatt retires.

SP G. Richardson retires.

SP C. Merritt retires.

SP C. Klein retires.

SP C. Woods retires.

SP R. Hernández retires.

SP N. Okawa retires.

SP K. Yamamoto retires.

SP J. Marquis retires.

LF C. Miller retires.

2B K. Maupin retires.

SP L. Shao retires.

SP M. López retires.

RF F. Cantú retires.

SP R. Ortíz retires.

RF G. Davis retires.

SP R. O'Reilly retires.

SP J. Phillips retires.

RF V. Morales retires.

SP R. Hughes retires.

SP W. Stephens retires.

SP B. Henry retires.

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

Spring training runs tomorrow morning.

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now.

[Alan T]

Tuesday, March 5th, 2058

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed 1B R. Hernández to a minor league contract extension.

Monday, March 4th, 2058

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent CL C. Trujillo to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,347,500.

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent SP A. Gutiérrez to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000.

New York Heroes: Signed free agent LF J. Clark to a 4-year contract worth a total of $17,335,000.

New York Heroes: Signed free agent 2B H. Arai to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,335,000.

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent SS M. Adkins to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,140,000.

New York Heroes: Signed free agent MR K. Smith to a 1-year contract worth a total of $852,500.

New York Heroes: Signed free agent SP D. Pollock to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,245,000.

Chico Rebels: Signed free agent RF L. Beltrán to a 2-year contract worth a total of $5,440,000.

Baltimore Charm: Signed MR T. Kwak to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,732,500.

Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: Signed free agent SP J. Castro to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,480,000.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2058

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent C R. Flores to a 1-year contract worth a total of $835,000.

Hammersmith Hooligans: Signed free agent 2B G. Fisher to a 4-year contract worth a total of $36,600,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 3B B. Brannan to a 3-year contract worth a total of $20,705,000.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent C M. Kealamauloa to a 1-year contract worth a total of $890,000.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Have a good weekend!

[Alan T]

Oh, almost forgot again.. spring training standings:

Front Office Offseason League Mar 31, 2058
Spring Training Standings

Continental League

Team W L Pct GB RF RA PRec PPct Diff Baltimore Charm 12 9 .571 - 105 106 10-11 .496 2 Boston Settlers 12 8 .600 .5 93 76 12-8 .591 0 Tokyo Cyclones 11 9 .550 .5 95 80 12-8 .578 -1 St. Petersburg Pelicans 11 10 .524 1.0 94 82 12-9 .562 -1 Napa Valley Winemakers 9 12 .429 3.0 88 106 9-12 .416 0 Halifax Winter Wolves 9 11 .450 2.5 79 85 9-11 .467 0 Apex Assassins 8 13 .381 4.0 85 104 9-12 .409 -1

Republic League
Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines	15	6	.714	-	179	105	15-6	.725	0
Colorado Rancheros	13	8	.619	2.0	98	99	10-11	.495	3
Hammersmith Hooligans	13	7	.650	1.5	122	90	13-7	.635	0
Hartford Harpooners	11	10	.524	4.0	147	108	13-8	.637	-2
New York Heroes	10	10	.500	4.5	103	134	8-12	.383	2
Hyannis Patriots	7	13	.350	7.5	100	124	8-12	.403	-1
Chico Rebels	3	18	.143	12.0	81	170	4-17	.206	-1

[EddieK]

We opened up the wallet this offseason. We believe with Winter, Leon, Wood and Valencia we have an infield that GM's would die to have especially considering their age!

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by EddieK

We opened up the wallet this offseason. We believe with Winter, Leon, Wood and Valencia we have an infield that GM's would die to have especially considering their age!

I noticed. Very impressive spending. We'll see how it works out.

I lost out to you on Winter, but I got Fisher so I am pretty excited about that.

I just hope Holmes will hold up for another couple seasons.

[CrimsonFox]

The Halifax Winter Wolves are ready to go. A new city, new mascot, new stadium, and now a new OF and 1b to supplement their young studs. Really hoping our pitching can get passed the previous 2 years and perform!

[CrimsonFox]

Am I missing something? In March I see several teams purchasing the minor league contracts of about 20-25 players. Can someone clue me in as to why? Is there some secret loophole around a finanical rule or a super power boost or something happening? Players develop in the minor leagues too, so are people thinking that they have to boost people to major leagues to get any development?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Am I missing something? In March I see several teams purchasing the minor league contracts of about 20-25 players. Can someone clue me in as to why? Is there some secret loophole around a finanical rule or a super power boost or something happening? Players develop in the minor leagues too, so are people thinking that they have to boost people to major leagues to get any development?

I can see some reasons. A lack of organizational depth for one, for instance. They may look like trash, but they fit in the park or in the system of a particular owner's plan, or the owner thinks they could develop into a cheap holdover if cap crunches hit. And I know some here go by the theory that a more full minor league helps the actual talent develop better than playing around ghost players.