FOOL-X 2039 Regular Season Thread

[Alan T]

Final 2039 Standings:

Continental League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 Havana Banana Sluggers 103 59 .636 - 100-62 3 53-28 50-31 11-5 31-20 Clinched L1 7-3 Plantana Pirates 88 74 .543 15 87-75 1 47-34 41-40 12-4 26-24 W2 5-5 Stafford Terriers 87 75 .537 16 88-74 -1 47-34 40-41 6-7 23-17 L1 6-4 St Cloud Raindrops 87 75 .537 16 87-75 0 43-38 44-37 7-7 24-26 W1 4-6 Washington Freedom 76 86 .469 27 77-85 -1 40-41 36-45 3-6 21-29 L5 3-7 Oshawa Mullets 72 90 .444 31 72-90 0 36-45 36-45 5-8 20-27 W3 6-4 Chicago Southpaws 70 92 .432 33 74-88 -4 43-38 27-54 3-10 20-24 W1 4-6 St Louis Hops 65 97 .401 38 64-98 1 35-46 30-51 5-5 20-18 L2 5-5

Republic League Standings

Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Legends 95 67 .586 - 86-76 9 51-30 44-37 10-4 32-21 Clinched W4 6-4 Las Vegas Wildcats 93 69 .574 2 89-73 4 49-32 44-37 4-6 25-22 W2 8-2 Spring Lions 90 72 .556 5 96-66 -6 49-32 41-40 8-11 24-26 L2 4-6 Ann Arbor Wolverines 80 82 .494 15 86-76 -6 42-39 38-43 5-7 18-26 L4 5-5 Waikiki Beach Boys 76 86 .469 19 82-80 -6 40-41 36-45 4-8 16-27 L2 5-5 Portland Axemen 75 87 .463 20 68-94 7 36-45 39-42 10-7 30-22 W2 7-3 Maricopa Rattlers 73 89 .451 22 72-90 1 38-43 35-46 11-4 28-19 W2 4-6 Cleveland Naps 66 96 .407 29 73-89 -7 34-47 32-49 6-11 16-26 L2 2-8

[Alan T]

League Leaders AVG W. van der Star - STA .379 2 A. Díaz POR .371 3 Á. Rivera MAR .355 4 L. Boyer NY .352 5 J. Watkins MAR .345	League Leaders HR R. Moore - CHI 47 2 P. Medina CLE 44 3 D. Donlon LVS 43 4 J. Olson CLE 39 5 2 tied with 38	League Leaders RBI M. Hayes - NY 168 2 D. Donlon LVS 164 3 P. Medina CLE 159 4 O. Rodríguez SPG 144 5 F. Medina HBS 143
League Leaders W R. Frank - STC 19 2 G. Ayala LVS 17 2 J. Morán PLN 17 4 L. Busse STA 16 4 2 more tied with 16	League Leaders ERA J. Fernández - HBS 2.91 2 J. Morán PLN 3.14 3 R. Quifel ANN 3.24 4 J. Molina STC 3.36 5 R. Frank STC 3.42	League Leaders K L. Gómez - PLN 203 2 T. Johnston STA 199 3 G. Sweeney WAS 189 4 J. Molina STC 182 5 R. Quifel ANN 181

[kenjabroni]

What a crazy year.......I cant believe against those three teams that I snuck into the playoffs with the last game of the season. great 3 team run for the second playoff spot in the CL this year......now its time for me to get blasted by Havana.

[spot]

Originally Posted by kenjabroni

What a crazy year.......I cant believe against those three teams that I snuck into the playoffs with the last game of the season. great 3 team run for the second playoff spot in the CL this year......now its time for me to get blasted by Havana.

Go Get 'Em!

Congrats!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Have I mentioned that I hate my manic/depressive team recently?

Sigh, being in the playoffs would have been fun. Congrats to Havana, Plantana, New York, and Las Vegas!!!

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Tasan

...

Seriously dude.

[Alan T]

The new file is up. Playoffs run tomorrow morning!

[Alan T]

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (Hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Jesús Olson CLE 53.3025 100000 53.30

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Batters) (Veteran hitter that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Javier Álvarez WAI 8.379 100000 8.38

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (Pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Reginald Frank STC 59.035 100000 59.04

Best Bang for the Buck Award(Veteran Pitchers) (Veteran pitcher that did the most while being paid the least.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score José Estrada STC 24.8227 100000 24.82

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Batters) (For the most overpaid hitter in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Nobuatsu Ine POR -19.6253 2958950 -5807028143500.00

Worst Bang for the Buck Award(Pitchers) (For the most overpaid pitcher in the league.)
Name Team VORP Salary Score Juan Hernández STL -31.326 7224000 -22629902400000.00

Home Run or Nothing Award (For the hitter that hit home runs and not much else.)
Name Team HR RC Score Andrés Gallegos STL 32 73.576829 0.3829

Selfish Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that has all of the headlines but none of the wins.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Brandon Lawrence ANN 11 14 138 134 163.0 17470.9693

Unluckiest Pitcher Award (For the pitcher that would likely win an award if on a better team.)
Name Team W L K BB IP Score Pedro Árias MAR 7 13 113 71 206.0 1087.23214364

Running on Empty Award (For the baserunner that keeps attempting to steal and fails.)
Name Team SB CS SB % Score Freddy Torres MAR 12 21 0.3636 11.10

Can't hit his weight Award (For the hitter that can't even hit his weight.)
Name Team Weight Batting Avg. Score António Guerra OSH 218 lbs 0.197 0.90522590

Should have stayed home Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team Batting Avg. HR RBI VORP Ricardo González LVS 0.245 16 72 -27.8649

Should have stayed home Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that did so poorly he should have just stayed home.)
Name Team W L ERA VORP George Hall NY 5 15 10.26 -62.43

Stone Statue Award (For the Shortstop that had so little range that he resembled a statue.)
Name Team Total Chances Assists Put Outs Range Matt Rolfe STA 620 376 235 4.0197

Cannon-Arm Award (For the Catcher that showed off the best cannon-arm in games.)
Name Team SB attempts against Runners Thrown Out RTO% Score Pippino Nannini LVS 140 51 0.3643 54.0

Early Checkout Award (For the Starting pitcher that left games the earliest.)
Name Team W L ERA GS IP Score Denis Nelson POR 4 13 10.20 32 105.0 0.3048

Never met a pitch he didn't like award (For the Hitter that never liked to watch a pitch go by without hitting it.)
Name Team Batting Avg. H BB Score Jack Watkins MAR 0.345 231 60 171

Take the Money and Run Award (Batters) (For the Hitter that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Batting Avg. HR RBI Score Shunsen Hayagawa NY 9700000 0.246 8 64 40.8675

Take the Money and Run Award (Pitchers) (For the Pitcher that stopped showing effort after signing a large contract.)
Name Team Contract Wins Losses ERA Score Juan Hernández STL 7224000 5 15 7.84 61.1677

Anger Management Award (For the pitcher that hit the most batters during the season.)

Name Team W L IP Hit Batters Fernand Boulet PLN 12 12 180.0 14

[Alan T]

I am shocked that Ine has been a starting player in this league for 17 seasons with as horrible a hitter as he has been.

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I am shocked that Ine has been a starting player in this league for 17 seasons with as horrible a hitter as he has been.

Its the defensive ability that has kept him around for that long. 7 gold gloves is quite a career.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Its the defensive ability that has kept him around for that long. 7 gold gloves is quite a career.

Yes.. but he is a catcher! It is not like he was a 7 time gold glove Shortstop.

Over the last 17 seasons, he has the second best RTO% which is pretty good but lets compare to good ole Bob Joly whom many of us are familiar with. Joly is 16th on the list, 34% RTO vs Ine's 44% over that same time span.

Due to various reasons, Ine played more innings, but threw out almost 500 less runners. 874-396. Why did so many more people try to steal against Joly then Ine? Maybe reputation of his arm? Who knows! But in the end, Ine's great fielding ability averaged only one extra win per season over Joly's average fielding ability. In many seasons, Ine on the other hand had NEGATIVE VORP, and his bats likely lost more games than his glove won.

I know this is weird coming from me since I have always been so pro-defense, but Ine is just a strange case study to me of when it goes too extreme in one direction that it might become less useful.

[hyde4us11]

I agree with you and thats why I never signed him. I have found that the AI doesn't steal as much against great arm catchers. Is there a way to guess (roughly) how many base runners he would have thrown out if he had just as many attempting to steal on him?

[MattG]

What happened to my 19-5 ST record? Oh that's right my FA starting pitchers actually threw for more than 4 innings at a time.

Geez!

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

I agree with you and thats why I never signed him. I have found that the AI doesn't steal as much against great arm catchers. Is there a way to guess (roughly) how many base runners he would have thrown out if he had just as many attempting to steal on him?

Yeah, just take Joly's RSTA+RTO and then multiply it by Ine's RTO% and that should give you the rough number. Since Joly threw out roughly 34% and Ine 44% in that time frame, just doing the math in my head, I would guess somewhere around 1150-1200

[Tasan]

Well I'm pretty sure my collapse is tied to the fact that I left a Spring Training 6 man rotation set with only 5 guys starting.

Crap.

[Chief Rum]

I will ride this as long as I can, because I believe my prediction of a fall in the fortunes of the Hibbies will officially begin next year. There is no chance I'll be able to resign superstar CF Angel Castillo, and I don't want to bring back ace Jose Fernandez at ace pay at the age of 35. On top of that, #3 pitcher Wicaksono Layar has pitched himself into demands for a huge contract his talent doesn't actually fit, so he's going to walk, too. Hall, LaRocque and Peppers are on the wrong side of 30 and approaching their own walk years next year. And I don't have much coming in the minors.

So I am crossing my fingers I can ride this team one more time to a championship before I fall back to the pack and need to do a reset for the future of the franchise.

[CleBrownsfan]

Grats to the playoff teams!

Funny little side note on my rookie 3B Jesus Olson. Says he is from Parma, Ohio - which is about 5 miles from where I live

I don't think I have ever been in worst shape than I am now in regards to starting pitching. My "stud" for many years turned 35 this season - he went from 4 stars to begin the season to a half of a star.... I only have two SP's on my roster other than him and they are both 2 star (one had a 5+ ERA and the other had an outstanding 8+ ERA this season). The worst part of all this is I only have one SP in the Naps minors who will be worth anything - please please please let this years draft be loaded with SP's

[kenjabroni]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

Grats to the playoff teams!

Funny little side note on my rookie 3B Jesus Olson. Says he is from Parma, Ohio - which is about 5 miles from where I live

I don't think I have ever been in worst shape than I am now in regards to starting pitching. My "stud" for many years turned 35 this season - he went from 4 stars to begin the season to a half of a star.... I only have two SP's on my roster other than him and they are both 2 star (one had a 5+ ERA and the other had an outstanding 8+ ERA this season). The worst part of all this is I only have one SP in the Naps minors who will be worth anything - please please please let this years draft be loaded with SP's

Having the second pick in the draft you should be able to get a pretty darn good pitcher. Ive gotten a couple over the last few seasons but I had to put one back down in the minors that i had brought straight up to the majors but he wasnt progressing....Im hoping AAA will help him for at least one year and then bring him up....if not....oh well.