"The Auto-Draft League" chat thread

[joethejet]

Wow, our tough luck has continued. :(

This team has really tanked. I figured that our 10 million dollar man (Pujols) would do very well in GAP versus Busch, but right now he's sitting at .267 with only 27 HRs. :? Cabrera is just as bad, 281, 17! :roll: and Sizemore is downright pathetic .240 and 15 with a .331 OB. :cry: our LH platoons have been brutal, much worse than you would expect (Pena .208, Jones, .180 with 3:1 LH to RH ABs) This team is hitting .249 v RHP. :? Hard to believe.

you would think playing in this park and the parks in our division these guys would hit, but it sure hasn't been the case. No way that Alabama, playing in RFK should have as many runs as us, but there it is.

It *has* however affected our SPs, Smoltz in particular. 5.05 ERA? And Maddux (I know he's not great but...) 6.94. Well, there's time for this team to get back to normal, but it's going to take some doing.

Jet

[AeroDave10]

[quote:ec39946ae6="joethejet"] No way that Alabama, playing in RFK should have as many runs as us, but there it is.
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Seriously, dude. What is your problem with me? All you do is single out and run down my team :roll: Is it possible that your ratings aren't perfect? The guy you projected to have the second worst team has the best record. :shock:

[joethejet]

It's only because you're in my division.

There's a lot of luck to SOM. It's a dice game. Over time the ratings pay off. Look at PBTR's record.

You have to admit your team shouldn't score as many runs as mine, especially given the parks we're playing in. Seriously. You're joking about that right? Or, do you really think your team should be outhitting mine by 14 points? Yeah, Helton is better than Pujols, Taveras better than Sizemore. Your combination of Bautista/Spiezio as many HRs as Cabrera. All the while playing in RFK? Really? You'd think that would happen in most cases?

As for Dearborn, take a look at their team yourself and see if you don't think they're over performing. Their D is HORRIBLE yet it hasn't cost him. That's luck. You have to get the X charts when they don't hurt you and, clearly, he has. He has a 3e30 as SS and a 3e19 at 2b and a 3 in CF too. That's horrible. Then, a 4 in LF and a 2e17 at 1b. Brutal D all the way around. And, he's hitting .290 as a team. :shock: yeah, Loney is a .348 hitter, Bloomquist is going to, often, hit .305, Hernandez .302, Bruntlett .295, hopper .329 and Kemp .326. Yeah, good luck duplicating that again.

It's a dice game. <shrug> Stuff happens. That's SOM for you.

Jet

[AeroDave10]

[quote:b2a21553bd="joethejet"]
You have to admit your team shouldn't score as many runs as mine, especially given the parks we're playing in ... Or, do you really think your team should be outhitting mine by 14 points?

Jet[/quote:b2a21553bd]

My team is more balanced at home and on the road than yours. You definitely outscore me at home (5.25 to 4.65 runs per game), but I outscore you on the road (4.93 to 4.45 runs per game). It's a similar situation with batting averages. You hit .270 at home while I hit .268, but I hit .275 on the road while you hit .246.

I don't know about 14 points, but yes, it's not unexpected that my team has a higher batting average given all the guys on my team that hit near or over .300 in real life. I just don't hit for the same power, so I need more hits to score runs.

[joethejet]

Dave,

We're not going to agree you think your offense is a great one for your park. I say your park should limit your offense in big ways. Play that team over and over again in that park and you won't put up those kind of numbers very often.

You have several players over performing their numbers and, I have had some guys way under where they should be given the park they're in.

I stick by my ratings. I should score more runs, by a good deal, than you. I think it's a combination of you getting too many and me not getting as many as expected. Maybe it's more the latter than the former.

Jet

[Play By The Rules]

Well it comes down to the last three games, Beavers vs. Slammers.

I got my butt creamed in this league, just like the only other time I've played Jet in a league, in ATG (also in the same division.) Had a team there I thought should have done better, and was better in the ratings than it performed. Hmmm...

My achilles heel was OBP, as it almost always is in this game especially in 200X with a limited amount. My theory is that since OBP has been priced higher and higher each year, that the "bargains" are more the power guys with the very low OBP. Regardless of park, you can't have too many of those, or you end up like I did.

Thanks for the Strat lesson guys and I'll see you in other leagues. Good luck in the playoffs for those who that applies...

pbtr

[joethejet]

Hi Guys,

thought I would post the "final" ratings. I didn't worry too much about Maui and Manhattan who had made so many moves. It was hard to track down the pitching usage. I think this is close enough.

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Team O P F P+F Overall Div
TitleWv 7382 5012 197 5210 2173 C
Wyoming 7424 4998 419 5416 2008 E
Alabama 7520 5149 400 5549 1971 W
Packwod 7792 5270 308 5579 2214 E
Bangers 8322 5051 549 5600 2722 W
SanJose 7709 4962 699 5661 2047 C
TopHate 8068 5154 655 5809 2258 W
Manhatn 7257 5134 715 5849 1408 C
MauiSox 7654 4906 1052 5957 1697 E
AlbanyC 8155 5215 766 5982 2173 C
Student 8302 5465 517 5982 2320 W
Dearbrn 7975 5002 1003 6005 1969 E


Team Ov Ovrl Rtg Rec Dif
Bangers 2722 1 2 -1 W
Student 2320 3 10 -7 W
TopHate 2258 4 7 -3 W
Packwod 2214 5 4 1 E
AlbanyC 2173 6 7 -1 C
TitleWv 2173 6 2 4 C
SanJose 2047 7 10 -3 C
Wyoming 2008 8 2 6 E
Alabama 1971 10 4 6 W
Dearbrn 1969 10 1 9 E
MauiSox 1697 10 9 1 E
Manhatn 1408 12 12 0 C


Team Of O Rtg Run Dif
Bangers 8322 1 4 -3 W
Student 8302 1 1 0 W
AlbanyC 8155 3 5 -2 C
TopHate 8068 4 4 0 W
Dearbrn 7975 5 2 3 E
Packwod 7792 7 6 1 E
SanJose 7709 8 9 -1 C
MauiSox 7654 9 11 -2 E
Alabama 7520 10 7 3 W
Wyoming 7424 11 12 -1 E
TitleWv 7382 11 9 2 C
Manhatn 7257 12 8 4 C

Team PF P+F Rtg Run Dif
TitleWv 5210 1 2 -1 C
Wyoming 5416 3 1 2 E
Alabama 5549 5 5 0 W
Packwod 5579 5 6 -1 E
Bangers 5600 5 9 -4 W
SanJose 5661 6 9 -3 C
TopHate 5809 7 5 2 W
Manhatn 5849 8 10 -2 C
MauiSox 5957 10 5 5 E
AlbanyC 5982 10 10 0 C
Student 5982 10 12 -2 W
Dearbrn 6005 12 7 5 E



Team Ov Ovrl Rtg Run Dif Dif
Bangers 2722 1 6 -5 W
Student 2320 3 8 -5 W
Wyoming 2008 8 5 3 E
TopHate 2258 4 2 2 W
AlbanyC 2173 6 7 -1 C
Packwod 2214 5 6 -1 E
TitleWv 2173 6 1 5 C
SanJose 2047 7 12 -5 C
Manhatn 1408 12 12 0 C
Alabama 1971 10 7 3 W
Dearbrn 1969 10 3 7 E
MauiSox 1697 10 10 0 E
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East
Packwood finally made the run the ratins said they would. Being 6 games under in extras and 1 runners explains part of that. Also, Dearborns D hasn't hurt him nearly as much as would be expected and their offense is somewhat better than expected too. His D just blows. but, when you're +14 in X and 1, you're going to over perform every time. Fielding can be pretty hit and miss. Wyoming pretty much right on the money across the board, but they are clearly winning close games and losing by big margins as their run diff is within the margin of error.

Central
Not as close a race as the ratings would have expected. Ths one looked to go down to the wire. Looks like the biggest difference for SJ is that their divisional record was pretty bad and Title Wave and Albany kicked a**. Manhattan being so bad helped this guys as no one is above .500 out of division.

West

Alabama's offense came back to the norm although still a little high. The Bangers pitching and Offense are both low and that's why they haven't done better. Student was one sided v LHP for much of the season and started playing better once they made a move. ZZ is hurt by their -5 1 run game record. Studen was -12 in X and 1 which also explains a lot about their performance outage.

Interestingly enough, the O and D ratings are pretty close with the exceptions of the Bangers on D and Dearborn and Maui on D.

Still have the WC and the West to decide.

We need one win tonight to get in as does Wyoming

Packwood and Alabama both need sweeps to get in.

Hope you've enjoyed the ratings.

Jet