"The Naturals" Keeper League Season 6 - Farewell ATG II!!

[ArrylT]

Man oh man! It is so frustrating to watch my team be so inept at home ... is my squad that vastly different from last season? :? :( :roll: :evil:

[ArrylT]

Got swept again, which pretty much eliminates any chance I had of making a late run for the WC. :(

[ArrylT]

Earned but only my 2nd sweep at home this season - and both of them have come against the same team! Sad but true fact: 1 more loss at home (and I have 15 games to go at home) = losing season at home. What a difference from last years 51 wins at home. :shock:

[ArrylT]

Looks like I'm going to finish the ATG II portion of the keeper league with a losing record - unless we can close out the last week of the season with a solid winning record.

[ArrylT]

Now that ATG III is out, I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their participation in 'The Naturals' ATG II, and to hope that everyone has enjoyed themselves so far.

Whether we start fresh, or almost fresh in ATG III, is yet to be decided, but thanks again for your comments & ideas and I look forward to competing with you in Season I of ATG III! :)

[ROBERTFIELD]

I have enjoyed this league very much, and look forward to the opportunity to enjoy it more (esp. because I get to keep Mantle :P ). I appreciate all of your efforts and perservance, AT in keeping it together.

Play Ball!

[ROBERTFIELD]

I especially enjoy it when I squeek into the playoffs by the skin of my teeth.

[ArrylT]

Well I have to admit that my team this season was a bit of a disappointment. I really wasnt expecting that the only time I'd finish above Munich_Man would be with 72 wins. :shock: :roll:

Thanks again to all for participating. The ATG III thread will be up later today. Feel free to keep checking in on this thread as I am pretty sure I will continue my playoff analysis of years gone by.

[tkl33]

AT,

I've always enjoyed this league and will continue to as ATG III begins. Thank you for all your hard work!

Good luck to those who made the playoffs, I think I remember what those days were like! :x :wink:

I have no idea who I will be keeping for the next go around. All my players are available for trade at this point.

I knew I should have picked up Vance before game 142! :wink:

Tim

[ArrylT]

[b:173083639f]Team Awards:[/b:173083639f]

MVP - Jack Clark

Despite an ugly AVG, he still led the team in several key categories like BB, Runs, HR, SLG & OBP, Just goes to show how bad my offense performed this season.

Season VI - .236 .416 .317
Season V - .268 .489 .331

Cy Young - Bill Dinneen

As much as I might have griped about Lemon, he really did not do that much worse from last season, and on the average my pitching DID improve from Season V, if marginally. However Dinneen gets the obvious nod, as he led the team in Wins, IP, WHIP & K's and led the rotation in ERA

Season VI - 4.51 1.43
Season V - 4.53 1.55

Rolaids Relief - S. Lyle

The bullpen was a big disappointment also, especially since it was supposedly a financial upgrade over Season V. When Lyle with a 1.44 WHIP is the best bet for Relief Ace, you know your pen is in trouble. :roll:

Disappointing Performance Hitter - C. Yaztremski

Yaztremski was not alone in underperforming, he just gets the nod as an obvious disappointment. I think the only category he had a higher result in was Errors. :roll: (from 9 to 11)

Disappointing Performance Pitcher - C. Lefferts

Despite no DH, Lefferts performance got a lot worse. You'd think with all the help I gave him in the pen he'd have improved (Season V was Lefferts & 4 RP under 1m) but apparently he decided this was a recipe for slacking off.

Season VI - 4.18 1.61
Season V - 3.41 1.39

Final Analysis: The increase in pitching spending was not worth the cost, considering the marginal improvement. That and the loss of Lou Gehrig (who I may never see again since he is now cheaper :( ) meant my offense was a lot weaker than had been expected. Cepeda & Clark simply were not good enough replacements for Gehrig & Greenberg. Kudos go out to Gehringer & Yount for decent improvements. Poor Gehringer scored 3x as often as he drove in runs due to the weakness of my 7-8-9 hitters (Bailey/Agee/Pitcher) and his own increase in OBP.