NLD 42 - Are those guys still around?

I had the same thing happen a couple of days ago in another league. Iglesias pitched 5 innings of relief and came back to start the next game, and did well.

I guess I'll have to try that with Doubront in my other league!

No bug, it's just the return of the super reliever.

I have him set to mop up. I don't think the code has ever changed. There used to be a dope Jose Contreras card s7r3 maybbe r4. I've done it this way since then. I think that when hal knows he is in the rotation he won't use him for the other relief roles. This appears not to apply to mop up.

Coming up to the halfway point. Which teams will start cutting players?????

Once the dust clears I'll try and post my ratings. I did some prelim work and there are some surprises. Can you guess what they are???

I have him set to mop up. I don't think the code has ever changed. There used to be a dope Jose Contreras card s7r3 maybbe r4. I've done it this way since then. I think that when hal knows he is in the rotation he won't use him for the other relief roles. This appears not to apply to mop up.

Yeesh, I guess that's a thing then.

How big a "thing" can it be? How often does mop up get invoked in a game that ends up being close?

R(1) 's can go three innings two out of every three games yet you find this concerning?

No bug, it's just the return of the super reliever.

I just finished up in a league where a guy had Bruce Sutter win 29 games, I'm too lazy to try and figure out the perimeters necessary to abuse reliever usage..if its high cap league i just draft without settings all stud range relievers, if its low cap just draft best of the low salaries, rarely works for me but i do it anyway lol

Ok, as promised with a minimum of comments for now. These numbers are based on last night's stats, not tonight's. No moves at the 81 game mark, I'm surprised. That might be a first.

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Team...   O...   P...   F..   P+F.   Ovrl   Div
JoeTJet   8000   4719   119   4838   3162   W
Jeep...   7898   4450   367   4818   3080   C
SemperG   7561   4182   328   4510   3051   W
Stoney.   8453   4862   572   5434   3019   C
Falcon   7683   4231   489   4720   2963   C
Gbrooke   8471   5178   396   5574   2897   E
BigAlrc   7995   4827   297   5125   2871   E
nythawk   8263   4989   471   5460   2803   E
Spider.   7780   4883   139   5022   2758   E
Smokey.   8021   4896   403   5298   2722   W
Doug...   7596   4608   288   4896   2700   W
Dale...   7964   4981   289   5270   2694   C


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Team Ov   Ovrl   Rtg   Rec   Dif   
JoeTJet   3162   2   2   0   W
Jeep...   3080   3   9   -6   C
SemperG   3051   3   4   -1   W
Stoney.   3019   3   8   -5   C
Falcon   2963   4   6   -2   C
Gbrooke   2897   5   7   -2   E
BigAlrc   2871   5   6   -1   E
nythawk   2803   6   7   -1   E
Spider.   2758   7   5   2   E
Smokey.   2722   8   7   1   W
Doug...   2700   8   9   -1   W
Dale...   2694   8   5   3   C


Biggest difference in ratings are Jeep who is underperforming his ratings in a big way. Haven't really broken down why yet, but -5 in one run doesn't help. Stoney is also way under as he pointed out earlier.

On the flip side, Dale has been surprisingly good. Scoring more and pitching better than the ratings expect. Being +8 in one run games will do that for you too.

In terms of how the divisions are working out things are close except for Dale and Jeep. You would expect JTJ and Semper to be on top of the West by a good amount and the East would be neck and neck all the way to the end and not likely to be in the WC race. The Central is a little wonky. The ratings would give Jeep a slight advantage with Stoney and Falcon right there with him and Dale trailing badly. So Far Dale and Jeep have simply traded places. And, Stones -10 in one run games is keeping him from really being a factor in the race so far.

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Team Of   O   Rtg   Run   Dif   
Gbrooke   8471   1   2   -1   E
Stoney.   8453   1   6   -5   C
nythawk   8263   3   2   1   E
Smokey.   8021   5   7   -2   W
JoeTJet   8000   5   4   1   W
BigAlrc   7995   5   9   -4   E
Dale...   7964   5   3   2   C
Jeep...   7898   6   8   -2   C
Spider.   7780   7   7   0   E
Falcon   7683   8   5   3   C
Doug...   7596   9   12   -3   W
SemperG   7561   9   6   3   W


Stones is way off as is Big A, I guess Big A's teams are just not used to having a good offense so they refuse to score. Semper and Falcon are the most over performing offenses.

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Team PF   P+F   Rtg   Run   Dif   
SemperG   4510   1   3   -2   W
Falcon   4720   3   5   -2   C
Jeep...   4818   4   7   -3   C
JoeTJet   4838   4   1   3   W
Doug...   4896   5   5   0   W
Spider.   5022   6   3   3   E
BigAlrc   5125   7   3   4   E
Dale...   5270   8   5   3   C
Smokey.   5298   8   8   0   W
Stoney.   5434   9   7   2   C
nythawk   5460   9   9   0   E
Gbrooke   5574   10   11   -1   E


Conversely Big A's teams are used to being good on D so they are over performing there! Spider, Dale and JTJ are also over what would be expected. The top three D's on paper, Semper (by a long shot) Falcon and Jeep are not where you would expect too. Pitching is off be a decent amount in this league.

Overall by division

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Divi   Offn   Ptch   Fld   P+F   Overall
East   8128   4969   326   5220   2832
Cent   8000   4631   429   5060   2939
West   7794   4601   284   4885   2909


best offense is the East and they have the worst pitching. The West has the best. Ratings say that Cent and West about the same in overall ratings with the East bringing up the rear.

Thanks for the ratings Joe.

How big a "thing" can it be? How often does mop up get invoked in a game that ends up being close?

R(1) 's can go three innings two out of every three games yet you find this concerning?

Well, 11 innings in two games? Just seems so extreme, but, you're right in that RPs are overused all the time.

Thanks for the ratings Joe.

You're welcome. Any comments?