NLD 13 Draft thread

[Semper Gumby]

Despite dropping the series, I like my new additions.

[Jeepdriver]

Three 1-run games last night Semper, nice series.

I'm slumping. Even though I still have best record, several teams are no more than 2 games behind me, so theoretically I could be out of the p/offs if I get swept.

[Semper Gumby]

NLD is very boring these days despite my barrage of HAL misfortunes.

You'd think someone would open their yapper and tell me that I am wrong or just pissed for losing too many games due to dice.

[part where silence belongs from the crowd]

So, I might as well taunt my multiple moves as they will prove decisive this season in taking back the Cleveland glory of the late 90s.

My team will get back into the fight as I've been hovering around .500 all season with ZERO hitting.

Well, I found some in the recent changes and will see the differences as soon as TSN unasses this pitching logic so my staff can DOMINATE this league again.

When I get HAL to pitch Pedro and Peavy deep / often with an occassional 8 inning by Prior, I will maximize Politte's and Wagner's value coming to close out 7th -> 9th innings for Haren / Roberston / Wood against the power line-ups.

With Politte's tight 1.15 and Wagner's micro .99 WHIPs, I'll have a decent backend for my cheaper starters so my new bats can pound the crap out of the cheap rotations! :wink:

With the addition of Jeff Kent's and Wes Helms' bats along with Tyner / Piedra's unbalanced cards, I will get this ship sailing straight again - as very few teams can sport three solid starters and near death-on-bats closer.

I'm hoping Kent's / Helm's slugging chances will force the reverse RHPs to pay for being unbalanced.

The title will be up for grabs when my DOGs run amok in your yards and pee all over your bases.

:D

Wow, I'm having fun now - :wink:

[superflymacdaddyjuice]

Semp,

I would tell you that your theory on the pitchers is full of crap, but I agree with you on this one. I was playing in a league with you when Edmonds went on an absurd homer tear to start the year and then just stopped hitting them. I thought you were whining back then, but you proved to be right on the money. This time around, I see what you are talking about in some other leagues where I have better pitchers. I think after you make enough stink about this logic issue, you will be vindicated again and they will fix the code that deals with this problem as well.

However, you better get some bigger dogs if you want to pee in the tall grass with some of the lineups in this league. That mutt Kent aint gonna be pulling any St. Bernard tactics for your DOA lineup. Keep those dogs on the porch and hope you continue to eek out those one run wins....

;)

[MARKHUARD]

The posts have been many and vigorous regarding HAL and the game's engine. I am not sure on which side of the fence I fall.

As primarily a player of ATG, it certainly seems that pitching logic is different. The 200X logic dictates having a real and full set of relievers as starters in all price ranges get pulled more quickly. Both last year and this year, it is difficult to get a SP through to the late innings regardless of how well any given SP is pitching. Many times, a SP will have great game going and yet still may get pulled in the 5th, 6th or 7th innings in favor of the bullpen.

There is a definite difference in the two games but I don't know if there is an unintentional programming error. In ATG, a conservative setting and some expensive SPs will get you 8 or more innings. The same settings do not in 200x. There are alot of old-time S*8 pitchers, however. You have to pitch more than 200 innings to just to get a S*7 in 200x and most pitchers are 6 inning starters.

I always thought theses differences were intentional as TSN/SOM were going for more realism in era when the complete game is a relative rarity and specialization is the norm. In any event, SG seems thiiisss close to (a) signing up for another tour overseas, (b) a USPS-like shooting spree at the TSN offices in NYC (c) putting together an investment group to make a run at these guys, (d) quitting or (e) all of the above.

Yikes!

[Semper Gumby]

Gents,

[b:e59fe65fa1]I am not saying[/b:e59fe65fa1] TSN is doing anything wrong with the code but we play with certain expectations.

Would you spend $16M on Bonds if the code limited the number of HRs he could hit in a single game or series?

So, why should we spend any $$$s on starters if HAL has a pre-determined switch to pull them early?

If we played face-to-face and used the POW (if we could know it) - would you ever pull Pedro at PETCO before the 8th inning?

While Peavy has his issues on the card and Prior's card is S6, wouldn't you take your chances with them up through the 8th inning?

I'm not being unreasonable wanting to extend my starters to the later innings so I can get Wagner to appear in the 9th inning where he'll be at his best.

If I can't turn on every switch that makes my starters take more of a beating and limit my relief's exposure, then how can you manage the bullpen (within reason).

In the end, we'll see that the code is set to limit the innings pitched for SPs so they more mirror their actual usage (hit 7innings - go to the bullpen).

If we can play players like Pedro Feliz for the entire season and get monster numbers, why can't we pitch Pedro like he is Cy Young?

:D


MY DAWGS will rule again - they are coming back and will pee everywhere as soon as HAL lets them. :wink:

[MARKHUARD]

27-36
18-3
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45-39

I don't what is going to happen this week but it's safe to say it won't be quite as good as last week. :wink:

[Ninersphan]

[quote:cd956ebaa1]18-3
[/quote:cd956ebaa1] :shock: :shock:

That's a nice and tidy little winning percentage beach

[MARKHUARD]

The Pepe's boys hadn't swept anyone all season and the pitchers couldn't get anybody out. All of a sudden, four sweeps, three 2-1 series and the relievers got everyone out. In one dream (miracle?) week, we went from 12th place to a tie for second overall in a very bunched up league. Go figure! :roll: :roll:

[joethejet]

Semper,

When your starters get tired, they need to be pulled. The numbers jump by around 100 points once the POW is reached. Sometimes that is definitely what is happening. Hal will pretty much always pull a guy when he's tired no matter what the lead is. :(

If you have closer maximized he'll pull them pretty much automatically to start the 9th too.

As for your analysis, I'll have to run your "new" team through the ratings when I get a chance. ;)

Beach, we're hoping to go on a streak like that too. We've had only 1 sweep all year. Course we've only been swept once too.