FOOL 2133 Offseason Thread

[Alan T]

2132 Yearly Awards:


Hideaki Tanaka Award:

CL - Daryl Cornock (Tokyo)
RL - Adam Fontenot (Ann Arbor)

Gabriel Prado Award:

CL - Ivan Chaves (Apex)
RL - John Cross (Toronto)


Benny Myers Award:

CL - Yoritoki Chikafuji (Tokyo)
RL - Francisco Olivares (Los Angeles)


Commissioner's Award:

CL - Hiang-ta Weng (Noblesville)
RL - Pablo Rodriguez (Ann Arbor)

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now

[Alan T]

Thursday, November 13th, 2132

Baltimore Gothams: Signed SP Félix Martínez to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,915,000.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2132

Noblesville Millers: Signed LF Doug Pendlebury to a minor league contract extension.

Tuesday, November 11th, 2132

Los Angeles Bruins: Signed SP Ignacio Torres to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $3,335,000.

Saturday, November 8th, 2132

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Art Smith to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,525,000.

Noblesville Millers: Signed LF Roberto Cardenas to a minor league contract extension.

Toronto Marlboros: Signed C Bill Park to a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $18,520,000.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed SP Miguel De La Cruz to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $275,000.

Toronto Marlboros: Signed MR Manuel Reyes to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $540,000.

Noblesville Millers: Signed RF Kevin Carter to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed SP Paco Sánchez to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,850,000.

Noblesville Millers: Signed 2B Stan Berry to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed LF Paul Williams to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,140,000.

Toronto Marlboros: Signed CL Gustavo León to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,140,000.

[Alan T]

The new file is up:

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

I tried including all messages in this one (not just the past sim) so see if that fixes Commo's issue of blank messages.

[EddieK]

Alan,

One thing and I'm nt even sure how to rectify it is in regards to the development budget. Not only does it effect signing FA's once preseason has started but it also effects the upcoming FA period as well. Unless you shed a lot of payroll. And I'm not sure if it's my owner that is causing the issue because he's the biggest cheap ass outside of the Bengals ownership or if it's the budget or if it's everything all together.

My budget given to me by my owner is only 1 million over the cap so it does not allow me to pursue players near the cap and add to the development budget. I have to choose one way or the other.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by EddieK

Alan,

One thing and I'm nt even sure how to rectify it is in regards to the development budget. Not only does it effect signing FA's once preseason has started but it also effects the upcoming FA period as well. Unless you shed a lot of payroll. And I'm not sure if it's my owner that is causing the issue because he's the biggest cheap ass outside of the Bengals ownership or if it's the budget or if it's everything all together.

owners are not set to impact budget in this league. So it is probably your income -> expected income subtracting already allocated money.

[Alan T]

Have to run to preschool orientation at my daughter's new school this morning.. so will run sims when I get back.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by Alan T

Have to run to preschool orientation at my daughter's new school this morning.. so will run sims when I get back.

I hope you learn a lot at preschool!!!

[hyde4us11]

Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

I hope you learn a lot at preschool!!!

I go next Thursday for the same thing. Should I be afraid if I'm sure I will learn something new?

[TeachEnEspanol]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

I go next Thursday for the same thing. Should I be afraid if I'm sure I will learn something new?

At least you know yourself.

[Alan T]

Sim time, getting exports now

[Alan T]

Monday, December 29th, 2132

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent 2B Israel Segona to a 3-year contract worth a total of $5,200,000.

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent SP Juan Herrera to a 5-year contract worth a total of $27,500,000.

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent CL Dave Achbar to a 5-year contract worth a total of $25,000,000.

Toronto Marlboros: Signed free agent MR Norman O'Dell to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,600,000.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent 3B Greg Stapleton to a 3-year contract worth a total of $15,000,000.

Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: Signed free agent 1B Rory Baldwin to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,005,000.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed free agent MR Luis López to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,245,000.

Saturday, December 20th, 2132

Toronto Marlboros: Signed free agent MR Manuel Maldonado to a 1-year contract worth a total of $650,000.

Saturday, December 13th, 2132

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent MR James Thompson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $670,000.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent SS Alex Myers to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,850,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent MR Chris Ransley to a 1-year contract worth a total of $650,000.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed free agent 2B Marcos Vázquez to a 3-year contract worth a total of $4,900,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent MR António Flores to a 4-year contract worth a total of $12,400,000.

Colorado Rancheros: Signed free agent RF Alberto Trujillo to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,740,000.

Toronto Marlboros: Signed free agent SP Marc Naud to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,600,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent SP Javier Hernández to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,300,000.

Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: Signed free agent MR Firmino Silveiros to a 1-year contract worth a total of $350,000.

Colorado Rancheros: Signed free agent MR David Primmer to a 1-year contract worth a total of $425,000.

Monday, December 8th, 2132

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 1B Jaime Magana to a minor league contract extension.

Sunday, December 7th, 2132

Hartford Harpooners: Signed RF Tadasuke Uchida to a minor league contract extension.

Saturday, December 6th, 2132

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent CL Jaime Rivera to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,650,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent MR Mark Boulter to a 2-year contract worth a total of $5,900,000.

Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: Signed free agent C Ricardo Castillo to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed SS John McCarter to a minor league contract extension.

Friday, December 5th, 2132

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 2B Alistair Maxwell to a minor league contract extension.

Thursday, December 4th, 2132

Apex Assassins: Signed 1B José Gómez to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Diego Piña to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 2B Xuan-ling Peng to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Orinosuke Yamamoto to a minor league contract extension.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2132

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Bill Lacroix to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed C Christian Mathis to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $44,000,000.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2132

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 3B Silas Steele to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 1B Shinsui Tanaka to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Sugimoto Ono to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 1B Juan Rosado to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 1B Min Hou to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed RF Mario Flores to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 2B Paul Robbins to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Adam Lachance to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed LF Ismael Rea to a minor league contract extension.

Apex Assassins: Signed SS Kyle Wilson to a minor league contract extension.

Apex Assassins: Signed CF Pedro Sánchez to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed MR Jorge Costa to a minor league contract extension.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed 3B De-wei Hua to a minor league contract extension.

[Alan T]

The new file is up:

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

Spring training/amateur draft run tomorrow morning

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by Alan T

owners are not set to impact budget in this league. So it is probably your income -> expected income subtracting already allocated money.

While they are not set to impact budget, I think it is apparent they are affecting it. If there was no budget we should be limited to our media revenue and cash on hand, possibly expected income, but not needed. Instead we are given a limit, which can go up or down based on our owner. For example Apex has a charitable owner, he will allow them to spend 10+ million a year over the 65 million, so they can put 10 million in a developmental budget if they wanted without sacrifice. Noblesville has a penny-pincher for an owner, so they only get 1.5 over the 65 million, so they have to choose a full payroll or limited development. While there is some other factors that go into a budget, owner does seem to play a role.

I guess I'd just like to see the player development budget go away if it is going to not put teams on equal ground. I'm carrying over 15 million in cash why am I not allowed to spend up to 80 million in my expenses (current salaries, cut salaries, and player development). Not sure if it can be disabled, but maybe just setting the average at 100k per team and mandate everyone stays at that level.

[Commo_Soldier]

On another note, I wish we could customize OOTP for our type of league. Just saw Juriaan 'Banshee' de Klerk retired at 32 because his contract never goes down to a reasonable level for us. Just sad to me to see so many good players retire because of the insane amounts of money they want.

[EddieK]

My point is it's irrelevant how it's being decided but that I can not spend any money this FA period because it carries over from the preseason to the first part of our free agency. A solution would be to switch how FA is handled but not sure if that would work in this league....

Such as simming up to preseason and then splitting that period of free agency in 2 parts before Spring Training.

I also agree with Commo that something needs to be done with player demands I find them to be a little high as well.

[ekcut]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

On another note, I wish we could customize OOTP for our type of league. Just saw Juriaan 'Banshee' de Klerk retired at 32 because his contract never goes down to a reasonable level for us. Just sad to me to see so many good players retire because of the insane amounts of money they want.

I bid on de klerk two sims in a row. The first was $2mil per season under asking price. The 2nd I met his demand. So i am thinking he just wanted to retire....but your point is valid. I think demands are too high.
Something to look into, although I am willing to wait a few seasons on it as we have had peaks and valleys like this before and it may take some time for OOTP to level itself out.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by EddieK

My point is it's irrelevant how it's being decided but that I can not spend any money this FA period because it carries over from the preseason to the first part of our free agency. A solution would be to switch how FA is handled but not sure if that would work in this league....

Such as simming up to preseason and then splitting that period of free agency in 2 parts before Spring Training.

I also agree with Commo that something needs to be done with player demands I find them to be a little high as well.

Yeah, not sure that it would be different in any league though as I think the start of spring training is the first any league can change it. Just something you'll have to keep in mind when setting it for the next year.

[hyde4us11]

I agree with Eric on the player demands issue. It usually takes a bit before everything levels out.

I do like the player development cost being involved because I think it does play a factor. Eddies issue certainly is a problem though. My thinking is what if we made all the owners the same? Wouldn't that even the playing field?

[Alan T]

Remember that we purposefully forced player demands to be higher in this league like 150 seasons ago. It was done so a team like Valdosta couldn't just keep the same players for a decade and increase parity in the league.

Lowering player demand = less parity and more dynasties which at least in my eyes is a bad thing.

[Alan T]

Sorry another rough weekend here. Need to run out this morning for a while. I'll be running this sim a little later today (probably in the afternoon).

[EddieK]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

Yeah, not sure that it would be different in any league though as I think the start of spring training is the first any league can change it. Just something you'll have to keep in mind when setting it for the next year.

I believe if you can edit the budget in at the start of the preseason that occurs before Spring Training. So my idea and of which I do in my league is I sim all the way up to preseason and then do FA sims. Now in a FOOL type setting we could just go straight from arbitration to preseason. Sim preseason up to Spring Training. We aren't gaining any sims just lengthening the the arbitration sim.

This does have benefits too as the longer these guys are on the FA market the lower their demands get so that initial signing period their demands would be lower.

Obviously this also can cause headaches for Alan if people don't pay attention to this and just put offers out there anyhow...But it's worth a thought.

[hyde4us11]

Couldn't we just go from arbitration sim right to preseason though? It wouldn't cause a headache or an extra sim. Still a 5 sim week this way. I mean just start our FA period in February instead of November. For the big guys it don't matter what they ask for in the end anyhow. I can't remember for the life of me when I got a star FA at asking price.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by hyde4us11

Couldn't we just go from arbitration sim right to preseason though? It wouldn't cause a headache or an extra sim. Still a 5 sim week this way. I mean just start our FA period in February instead of November. For the big guys it don't matter what they ask for in the end anyhow. I can't remember for the life of me when I got a star FA at asking price.

I think you may be merging the two different discussions. Eddie is wanting to move it up so we can reset our player developmental budgets at the beginning of FA and not in the middle, so you don't have to go by last years number the first sim.

As for contracts, I think they are fine where they are, 99% of the time, just was saying I wish the game would accommodate our type of league. Normally players demands will slip as the season goes on, but we never really see them slip, at least not much, and it can be hard to get them to lower their price. We will see how much different it is from 10, but I know in 10 you could go quite a bit under asking price and they'd sign with you still rather than sit out, not sure yet if that is still the case.

As for retirements, Eric, did you get a response from de Klerk about the contract? I noticed now that MR I tried getting for 3 sims, meeting his demands every time and noticed this past sim, the stud, now 25 year-old, MR retired. Granted I was having problems in my responses with him, but just sucks to see a 25 year old player, who had interest, just retire at 25 when his demands were being met.

Finally, I'm fine with leaving the developmental budget as is, just wanted to point out that it creates a league where teams are no longer equal based on some random stuff that we have no control over.

[hyde4us11]

I was merging them to just show that that solves both issues at hand. My english grammar just stinks. I'm not great at setting up sentences properly. I do on the other hand know a ton about baseball. The funny part is that I'm disabled and have to use my brain to get by in life. I on the other hand know sports (that I've never played of course) more then anything else.

[Alan T]

I could edit all owner's spending to be the same to help your budget complaints, but it likely would change when owners died though and eventually would get missed.

Give me a week or so to get through stuff and we'll revisit the player development budget stuff and if people want to keep it around or not.

[Alan T]

Ok sim time, getting exports now

[Alan T]

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Chico Rebels: CF Juan Ramos

Round 1, Pick 2 - Los Angeles Bruins: SP Jorge Lugo

Round 1, Pick 3 - Tokyo Cyclones: CF Ramiro Crespo

Round 1, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: CF José Mora

Round 1, Pick 5 - Baltimore Gothams: RF Yoritomo Sumita

Round 1, Pick 6 - Hammersmith Hooligans: LF Carlos Sánchez

Round 1, Pick 7 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR Félix Torres

Round 1, Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: SP Vincente Cuevas

Round 1, Pick 9 - Colorado Rancheros: 1B Manuel Moreno

Round 1, Pick 10 - Napa Valley Winemakers: LF Adam Byrd

Round 1, Pick 11 - Hartford Harpooners: SS Leonardo Herrera

Round 1, Pick 12 - Noblesville Millers: CF Ricardo Carrillo

Round 1, Pick 13 - Toronto Marlboros: MR Carlos Suárez

Round 1, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: SP Pedro Castaneda

Supplemental Round 1

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 1 - Chico Rebels: RF Harry Thorne

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 2 - Baltimore Gothams: SS Jon Burnett

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 3 - Hammersmith Hooligans: SS Garrett Lawson

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 4 - Apex Assassins: CF Anthony Baird

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 5 - Noblesville Millers: RF Raúl Guzmán

Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 6 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: 2B Adro Idanha

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Chico Rebels: SP Randolph Carey

Round 2, Pick 2 - Los Angeles Bruins: RF Matsusuke Takaki

Round 2, Pick 3 - Tokyo Cyclones: 2B Pedro Castro

Round 2, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: MR Javier Aguilera

Round 2, Pick 5 - Noblesville Millers: 2B Dan Dickerson

Round 2, Pick 6 - Hammersmith Hooligans: 3B Lúcio González

Round 2, Pick 7 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR Dan Pulsifer

Round 2, Pick 8 - Apex Assassins: 2B Pedro Medine

Round 2, Pick 9 - Colorado Rancheros: C Manuel Hernández

Round 2, Pick 10 - Napa Valley Winemakers: SS Will Johnston

Round 2, Pick 11 - Hartford Harpooners: MR Jimmy Robinson

Round 2, Pick 12 - Noblesville Millers: 1B Dave Davis

Round 2, Pick 13 - Toronto Marlboros: SP Mark Holloway

Round 2, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: 2B Josh Boyce

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Chico Rebels: 3B Charlie Blair

Round 3, Pick 2 - Los Angeles Bruins: SP Luis Hernández

Round 3, Pick 3 - Tokyo Cyclones: RF Jud Hogan

Round 3, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: SS Arturo Santana

Round 3, Pick 5 - Baltimore Gothams: C George Stewart

Round 3, Pick 6 - Hammersmith Hooligans: 2B Pete Mock

Round 3, Pick 7 - Brooklyn Brownstones: MR Bill Numbers

Round 3, Pick 8 - Apex Assassins: RF Dan Anderson

Round 3, Pick 9 - Colorado Rancheros: 2B Buddy Campeau

Round 3, Pick 10 - Napa Valley Winemakers: C Bob Anderson

Round 3, Pick 11 - Hartford Harpooners: LF Troy Cain

Round 3, Pick 12 - Noblesville Millers: MR Javier Rivera

Round 3, Pick 13 - Toronto Marlboros: MR Barry Smith

Round 3, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: LF Robinson Guevara

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - Chico Rebels: 1B Héctor Pérez

Round 4, Pick 2 - Los Angeles Bruins: SP David Ybarra

Round 4, Pick 3 - Tokyo Cyclones: SP Fernando Cuevas

Round 4, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: C José Barbosa

Round 4, Pick 5 - Baltimore Gothams: C Ramiro Manuel

Round 4, Pick 6 - Hammersmith Hooligans: SP Roberto Robles

Round 4, Pick 7 - Brooklyn Brownstones: SP Alban Calabrese

Round 4, Pick 8 - Apex Assassins: 3B James Bray

Round 4, Pick 9 - Colorado Rancheros: CF Aurelius Hernández

Round 4, Pick 10 - Napa Valley Winemakers: 2B Mark Harrington

Round 4, Pick 11 - Hartford Harpooners: CF Joe Warr

Round 4, Pick 12 - Noblesville Millers: MR Ray Garrett

Round 4, Pick 13 - Toronto Marlboros: MR Juan Gonzáles

Round 4, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: C Alejandro Hernández

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - Chico Rebels: LF Don Smith

Round 5, Pick 2 - Los Angeles Bruins: SS Juan Reyes

Round 5, Pick 3 - Tokyo Cyclones: C Ethan Rogers

Round 5, Pick 4 - Halifax Winter Wolves: CF Seth Dwyer

Round 5, Pick 5 - Baltimore Gothams: CL Jorge Garza

Round 5, Pick 6 - Hammersmith Hooligans: 1B Christian Roy

Round 5, Pick 7 - Brooklyn Brownstones: CL Earl Harris

Round 5, Pick 8 - Apex Assassins: 3B Ed Compton

Round 5, Pick 9 - Colorado Rancheros: MR José Flores

Round 5, Pick 10 - Napa Valley Winemakers: CF Bartolo Bautista

Round 5, Pick 11 - Hartford Harpooners: LF Luis Lozano

Round 5, Pick 12 - Noblesville Millers: 2B Ken Ogbourne

Round 5, Pick 13 - Toronto Marlboros: MR Gabriel Hernández

Round 5, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: MR Alberto Ramírez

[Alan T]

Sunday, March 15th, 2133

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent MR Teruo Kato to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,850,000.

Monday, March 9th, 2133

Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: Signed 1B Iván Pérez to a minor league contract extension.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent CL Artie Osborne to a 3-year contract worth a total of $9,750,000.

Sunday, March 8th, 2133

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent SP Fernando Lucero to a minor league contract.

Los Angeles Bruins: Signed free agent MR Waldo Teunisz to a 1-year contract worth a total of $975,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent C Michael Hall to a minor league contract.

Hartford Harpooners: Signed free agent RF Takeshi Jouda to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,000,000.

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed free agent SP Jorge Soto to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,540,000.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed free agent 3B Hiang-ta Weng to a 3-year contract worth a total of $27,000,000.

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed free agent MR Chun-hua Wang to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,000,000.

Toronto Marlboros: Signed free agent SP Iván Cháves to a 1-year contract worth a total of $6,437,500.

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed free agent MR Vicente Torres to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,525,000.

Noblesville Millers: Signed free agent C Marcus Wooten to a minor league contract.

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent MR Min Ou-yang to a minor league contract.

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent MR Carlos Alba to a minor league contract.

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent 1B Carlos Gallegos to a 1-year contract worth a total of $800,000.

Noblesville Millers: Signed free agent C José Carlos Reyes to a 1-year contract worth a total of $850,000.

Halifax Winter Wolves: Signed free agent MR Graham Price to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,100,000.

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent 3B Júlio Mesa to a 1-year contract worth a total of $950,000.

Brooklyn Brownstones: Signed free agent SP Javier Ordóñez to a minor league contract.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed free agent SS Troy Hampton to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,000,000.

Saturday, March 7th, 2133

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed MR Ignacio León to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $5,830,000.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed LF Ronald Robinson to a minor league contract extension.

Friday, March 6th, 2133

Baltimore Gothams: Signed MR Ezequiel Avelino to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed 1B Ramón Salinas to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $550,000.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed LF Norris Coleman to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed SP Jerome Sheppard to a minor league contract extension.

Thursday, March 5th, 2133

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed SS Arinori Miki to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed LF Gonzalo Franco to a minor league contract extension.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2133

Baltimore Gothams: Signed C Ryushi Nomura to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed LF Rick Durand to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed 2B Enrique Villarreal to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $15,000,000.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed LF Narihira Yoshikawa to a minor league contract extension.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed CF Bill Walbourne to a minor league contract extension.

Baltimore Gothams: Signed C Malcolm Simmons to a minor league contract extension.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed SP Miguel Andrade to a minor league contract extension.

Napa Valley Winemakers: Signed CF Pat Chambers to a minor league contract extension.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2133

Apex Assassins: Signed free agent RF Jean-François Béland to a 1-year contract worth a total of $950,000.

Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines: Signed free agent MR António Prieto to a 1-year contract worth a total of $400,000.

[Alan T]

Continental League

Team W L Pct GB RF RA PRec PPct Diff Noblesville Millers 14 7 .667 - 87 81 11-10 .532 3 Napa Valley Winemakers 13 7 .650 .5 99 67 13-7 .671 0 Apex Assassins 12 9 .571 2.0 81 76 11-10 .529 1 Tokyo Cyclones 12 8 .600 1.5 94 83 11-9 .556 1 Halifax Winter Wolves 8 13 .381 6.0 76 80 10-11 .477 -2 Brooklyn Brownstones 7 14 .333 7.0 72 93 8-13 .386 -1 Baltimore Gothams 6 14 .300 7.5 74 103 7-13 .354 -1

Republic League
Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines	14	6	.700	-	135	100	13-7	.633	1
Toronto Marlboros	13	8	.619	1.5	143	89	15-6	.703	-2
Hammersmith Hooligans	12	9	.571	2.5	175	96	16-5	.749	-4
Colorado Rancheros	11	9	.550	3.0	144	98	13-7	.668	-2
Los Angeles Bruins	10	10	.500	4.0	102	114	9-11	.450	1
Hartford Harpooners	10	11	.476	4.5	107	121	9-12	.444	1
Chico Rebels	2	19	.095	12.5	86	274	2-19	.108	0

[Alan T]

The new file is up!

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

have a good and safe weekend everyone

[Alan T]

Preseason Player of the Year Pick

Preseason Pitcher of the Year Pick

Preseason Rookie of the Year Pick

José González Outfield Chico Rebels

Preseason Team Ratings

Continental League
Apex Assassins:		A
Baltimore Gothams:		A+
Brooklyn Brownstones:		A
Halifax Winter Wolves:		A
Napa Valley Winemakers:		A
Noblesville Millers:		A
Tokyo Cyclones:		D

Republic League
Ann Arbor Winged Lingerines:		A
Chico Rebels:		F
Colorado Rancheros:		A
Hammersmith Hooligans:		F
Hartford Harpooners:		A+
Los Angeles Bruins:		B
Toronto Marlboros:		A+

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by Commo_Soldier

As for retirements, Eric, did you get a response from de Klerk about the contract? I noticed now that MR I tried getting for 3 sims, meeting his demands every time and noticed this past sim, the stud, now 25 year-old, MR retired. Granted I was having problems in my responses with him, but just sucks to see a 25 year old player, who had interest, just retire at 25 when his demands were being met.

I bid on same said MR free agent three sims in a row as well only to have him retire instead of taking my offer. I submitted a contract above his demand, too!

Frustrating.

[EddieK]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

I bid on same said MR free agent three sims in a row as well only to have him retire instead of taking my offer. I submitted a contract above his demand, too!

Frustrating.

I am guessing here but when you set your budget plus that outstanding free agent offer he didn't sign because you were above the cap with the budget and that contract...Now I could be wrong but who knows

[EddieK]

Originally Posted by Alan T

I could edit all owner's spending to be the same to help your budget complaints, but it likely would change when owners died though and eventually would get missed.

Give me a week or so to get through stuff and we'll revisit the player development budget stuff and if people want to keep it around or not.

I think we can still keep the budget stuff if we just sim straight from arbitration to the start of preseason. This way you are setting your budget and bidding on FA's at the same time and you aren't burned by past years budget of development.

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by EddieK

I am guessing here but when you set your budget plus that outstanding free agent offer he didn't sign because you were above the cap with the budget and that contract...Now I could be wrong but who knows

No idea. I never got any response from him. You're probably right though.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by EddieK

I think we can still keep the budget stuff if we just sim straight from arbitration to the start of preseason. This way you are setting your budget and bidding on FA's at the same time and you aren't burned by past years budget of development.

I don't want to do that because of all of the FAs that we would lose jan 1st every year.

[Commo_Soldier]

Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

No idea. I never got any response from him. You're probably right though.

Do you remember if you got a blank email that could have been his? And if you looked at the pending offers after the sim did it just have the date? Maybe there is something corrupt with certain players if that is the case. It happened with one other FA for me, but all others go through fine, so I'm not certain it is just messages that are causing our issues. I submitted a ticket on this and will download past versions to take screen shots of the issue.

[Commo_Soldier]

Dola, I've also submitted a ticket for the vesting option issue. I've done some testing the past few sims and have come to the conclusion that every contract I've offered that vests will double if you are just vesting the last year, but will work as intended if you vest the last two years. So if you want it to be 500 PAs, only with a final year vesting, I'd suggest you place 250 in the amount otherwise it will come back 1000 PAs if they sign.

[Johnny93g]

Wow, check out my 1st round picks stats. His name is Carlos "Pinocchio" Suarez. Hope that's not a sign the league file is in trouble. I also hope he's not that bad!!

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

Wow, check out my 1st round picks stats. His name is Carlos "Pinocchio" Suarez. Hope that's not a sign the league file is in trouble. I also hope he's not that bad!!

He lies about his stats! LOL