2059 Season Thread

[Yankee151]

The irony and what I got ticked about was that he's not even that good of a def catcher. If he had those stats with 5 more points in C Ability or something then sure, but that'd mean he'd have been the one I sent you in the first place anyways. It's all good, the curses will do their work

I'm sure he was even fair value for the slot too, it's just Salinas was the #2 guy so it was weird to pass up on him

 

[Lloyd Carr]

My scout already has that Catcher at 55 ability, and 60 arm. I'm hoping that gets better, but even if it doesn't, that's still decent ratings.

 

[Yankee151]

Not by my 75+ only cacther ability sthick standards

 

[Travis7401]

My catcher's RTO was kinda low last year given his 75+ LASER ROCKET ARM, but he made up for it in the playoffs when he threw out 10+ of @Wolfman's dudes in a single series (I think only allowed 2 SBs too). Nazih had such a shit series overall, but he his throw outs and his walk off HR were the only reason we stayed in the series long enough to SHOOK.

 

[Yankee151]

To put it another way, pretty much every WS winner except Boston 2013 since 2008 has had an amazing catcher. Granted 3 of them were Posey, but still

 

[Karl Hungus]

@ZackMills

 

[ZackMills]

@ZackMills

 

[Karl Hungus]

Joe Torre, GOAT

 

[Mr. Radpants]

To put it another way, pretty much every WS winner except Boston 2013 since 2008 has had an amazing catcher. Granted 3 of them were Posey, but still

Dublin didn't.

 

[Yankee151]

You mean Erhard Dietrich, who threw out 31% of runners?

 

[Travis7401]

0-10 Adams is the true League MVP IMO

 

[Wolfman21]

My owner set his sights low this season, saying he expects i should just play .500 ball.

 

[Orlando]

Posey is average

 

[Yankee151]

I think Austin Hedges will be the best Catcher in the league in 4 years and I'm 100% serious. Shame the Pads couldn't trade Norris at the deadline, would've loved to see Hedges up

 

[Orlando]

If you are talking about defense only, then sure that is possible.

 

[Yankee151]

His AAA numbers are encouraging, if he hits half that in the MLB he'll hit it for sure

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

His AAA numbers are encouraging, if he hits half that in the MLB he'll hit it for sure

At Petco with zero protection? I'd love to see it but I ain't holding my breath on that happening, unfortunately.

 

[Yankee151]

He can hit 6 or 7 and still provide that offense. Margot/Renfroe/Myers is a solid core

 

[Orlando]

At Petco with zero protection? I'd love to see it but I ain't holding my breath on that happening, unfortunately.

Protection? This is a defense only catcher. He will hit 7th or 8th.

 

[Orlando]

His AAA numbers are encouraging, if he hits half that in the MLB he'll hit it for sure

Well technically he did hit half that in MLB.

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

Protection? This is a defense only catcher. He will hit 7th or 8th.

Tankee talking like he's Johnny Bench Jr babby.

 

[Yankee151]

Going to win at least 2 pitch framing WARS

 

[Lloyd Carr]

Will Buffalo reach .500 mountain again this year?

 

[Travis7401]

RIGGERS READY 2 ROLLLLLL in 2059.

 

[Orlando]

Don't forget to deal with your non-roster invitees. Here's a preemptive, "I hate you all."

 

[Yankee151]

I think I dealt with them but I inevitably missed one so stay tuned for that

 

[Wolfman21]

Bulls ready to roll with 4 second baseman on their 25 man. Leggo

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

Will Buffalo reach .500 mountain again this year?

You didn't reach it last year.

 

[Yankee151]

He means .500 Team OPS Mountain

 

[Lloyd Carr]

You didn't reach it last year.

Talking about past years.

 

[Orlando]

Where are the preseason @doh wer rankings?

 

[Yankee151]

Here's my Yankwer ratings. Top 6 in NL all really tight. I'd say Top 2 are interchangable and then the next 4 are interchangable but if all of OU's young guys pan out then he could get one of those top 2 spots

NL:
Helsingborg
Vegas
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Seoul
Dublin
Berlin
Istanbul
Moscow

SL:
NDR
Kabul
False Bay
Halifax
BA
Miami
UK
LR
Buffalo

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

Talking about past years.

If we're going to the dream machine can I go back to the days before I had ball cancer and had two functioning lungs? No? Then who gives a shit. You gonna be bad for a looooooong time.

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

Here's my Yankwer ratings. Top 6 in NL all really tight. I'd say Top 2 are interchangable and then the next 4 are interchangable but if all of OU's young guys pan out then he could get one of those top 2 spots

NL:
Helsingborg
Vegas
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Seoul
Dublin
Berlin
Istanbul
Moscow

SL:
NDR
Kabul
False Bay
Halifax
BA
Miami
UK
LR
Buffalo

Moscow over IST and LR over UK, but the rest isn't objectionable.

 

[Yankee151]

This is @bruin we're talking about here.

 

[Yankee151]

I should also probably swap moscow and berlin, but I'm triple reverse jynxing myself and Berlin

 

[Travis7401]

If @bruin signed half the GOATS he drafted he'd be a perennial playoff contender. It's like he isn't even playing or something.

 

[Orlando]

I think the NL is in pretty defined thirds, though I think Istanbul is in that 4-6 group.

 

[Yankee151]

Dublin has a sneaky good staff, and Lisbon got some nice upgrades (and also has a sneaky good staff). Only team who didn't get noticably better was Seoul but they won a lot of games last year anyways. ToGo might carry the team doe so IDK what IST will do

 

[Travis7401]

At the beginning of each season after training camp, I let the CPU set my depth chart just to see what ASS CORCH thinks, and it is usually pretty close to what my plans are so I make a couple of adjustments and then move forward.

This year he had Mustard Tiger in RF ... clearly didn't get the memo on my roster strategy regarding defensive range necessary to cover my infinite outfield.

 

[Yankee151]

Well it didn't cover my balanced outfield so yeah. Shame his range is so bad doe, his arm is still amazing

 

[Soonerfan09]

I'm ready to go.

I spent the last 3 or so hours setting all my lineups and pitching staffs. I have a much better idea of what we have compared to what the rest of the league has and how far away from actually competing. I'll be able to go into the next draft and off season with a clear plan for the team.

I think we'll be better than last year, but not a whole lot better. We'll be relying hard on INTANGIBLES, led by HALL OF GOAT Chim Lam.

 

[Travis7401]

Speaking of players who could win -40 ZRs, When I signed Stuart Binning I noticed he had a really bad season in 2053 with -1.7 WARS WON... but then his OPS+ was around 100 so this didn't make any sense because he's a good defensive outfielder.

I look down at the fielding stats and see @Bdub played him 158 games at 3B (with no previous experience at the position) to rack up a solid -40 ZRs. That's worse than @Reel doing felipe brito dirty.

 

[Soonerfan09]

At the beginning of each season after training camp, I let the CPU set my depth chart just to see what ASS CORCH thinks, and it is usually pretty close to what my plans are so I make a couple of adjustments and then move forward.

This year he had Mustard Tiger in RF ... clearly didn't get the memo on my roster strategy regarding defensive range necessary to cover my infinite outfield.

I keep forgetting about the CPU set depth chart, so I just blew everything up and started over (I did it about 2-3 times through last season as well). It would probably save me a lot of time though.

 

[Travis7401]

Moscow gonna make the playoffs with that Talismanic beast. How did I not find that guy?

 

[Yankee151]

I'm pretty sure you guys aren't talking about this but fyi you can have the cpu set depth charts based on your lineup, I use that to fill in the backups.

 

[Yankee151]

Also I counter with ASGABAT LEGEND DAVID LOPEZ who was just called up the to the big leagues! His WHITE HOT Loyalty to the WANDERERS will bring the stylings and passion of Tajikistan to the Istanbul main roster!

Or how about Southpaw Manuel Jimenez? Just $1M SQUIGGLIES and this guy will be my 2nd best SP because he was listed as a RP! http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_6273.html

 

[Orlando]

Moscow gonna make the playoffs with that Talismanic beast. How did I not find that guy?

He hates winning though

 

[Karl Hungus]

Also I counter with ASGABAT LEGEND DAVID LOPEZ who was just called up the to the big leagues! His WHITE HOT Loyalty to the WANDERERS will bring the stylings and passion of Tajikistan to the Istanbul main roster!

Or how about Southpaw Manuel Jimenez? Just $1M SQUIGGLIES and this guy will be my 2nd best SP because he was listed as a RP! http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_6273.html

I didn't want to let Manuel go, but he shit all over hisself last season and still wanted like $5m/ yr.

 

[Orlando]

Headed into the season with three 40 year olds on the roster.