NLD 34 - Here we go again

Wow relax Joe! lol

Zim, yeah you're right, only the first place teams have a winning road record.

Hey, my guys are 6-6!

My hitters are 4-22 for BPHRs versus my pitchers yielding 4-15. Given the 1-8 LH split, where is the dice love?

Hey, my guys are 6-6!

I said "winning". You're at .500, that's not winning, that's breaking even.

My hitters are 4-22 for BPHRs versus my pitchers yielding 4-15.

I with ya on that Semp, my numbers are 3 for 20 versus 6-11!

Gotta sweep of Semper last night (sorry Semp) to move to .500. Feeling a bit better about the club now.

Of course it will also be nice to get at least *one* of my SPs below a 5.50 ERA. Thankfully the RPs have been picking up the slack or it would be UGLY.

Its pretty interesting....its almost like the 3 divisions are 3 different leagues. The Central is all offense, East is all pitching and the West is a mix.

I'm generating a lot of my runs through OBP thanks to drawing a ton of walks, not sure I can keep up that pace though....

Its pretty interesting....its almost like the 3 divisions are 3 different leagues. The Central is all offense, East is all pitching and the West is a mix.

I'm generating a lot of my runs through OBP thanks to drawing a ton of walks, not sure I can keep up that pace though....

Yeah Corky,

I don't think you have that much OB, at least v RHP. I mean you have some REALLY high guys, but then you have soe really low and average guys. Your park probably has as much to do with it than anything. V LHP, the OB is pretty darn good.

Now that we are over 20 games in, any idea when you will post your ratings Joe?

Corky,

Interesting notes on the three divisions. Thanks.

As for ratings: Still not enough info on the RPs, plus, teams tend to make moves for a bit longer. I can make the following observations however:

Money Spent:

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.......   Linup   Pit.   Bch   SPs..   RPs..
GBrook.   38.1   37.8   4.1   28.50   9.33
DJ.....   40.9   29.4   9.8   22.19   7.17
Semper.   44.1   30.7   5.2   20.22   10.43
Jeep...   45.3   31.5   3.2   20.16   11.37
Big M..   46.4   30.9   2.7   19.10   11.77
JTJ....   43.1   31.2   5.8   18.36   12.79
Stoney.   45.7   28.2   6.1   18.36   9.80
Zim....   42.4   30.1   7.5   18.10   11.98
Hawk...   44.5   28.1   7.4   17.56   10.55
Big A..   48.5   29.0   2.5   16.19   12.78
AT.....   51.3   22.9   5.8   12.79   10.14
Corky..   56.4   18.7   4.9   11.24   7.48               
Average   45.6   29.0   5.4   18.6   10.5


Given these numbers you would expect Corky to be #1 in offense and last in pitching. AT not far behind. Of course AT is in a low HR park and spent far $ on fielding.

GB spent the most, by far, on pitching. I'm surprised to find I'm third. I think mostly because of the lack of offensive players I liked.

GB spent $28.5 mil on SPs! that's more than Corky, AT, Hawk, and SToney spent on their entire staff. He >$6 mil more than the next closest DJ

JTJ and Big A spent the most on RPs.

Fielding

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Big A..   203
Jeep...   364
AT.....   375
Keyzick   398
Hawk...   473
Big M..   484
Semper.   538
JTJ....   546
Corky..   573
GBrook.   595
Stoney..   634
DJ.....   685
Average   496


Big A is again at the top of fielding, no surprise there. This is one of Jeep's better fielding teams. AT and Keyz aren't far behind. Hawk, BigM, Semp and JTj are right around the average while Corky and GB trail. Stoney and DJ thumb their noses at defense. "We don't need no stinkin' gloves"

In terms of HRs, Corky, Big M and Stoney average more than 5 bphr v rhp. AT, Keyz and GB are all under 3 and JTJ is at 3.

Big M has the most "real" hrs v RHp (5.18) with Corky at 4.51. GB is at a lowly 1.72. It's pretty clear he will be last in HRs I would say.

V LHP Corky, Stoney and DJ > 5 bphr, Surprisingly Big M drops to 9th. The same trio, plus AT are at the top of "real" HRs v LHP. Hawk, Keyz and Gb are at the bottom of HRs v LHP.

All for now.

Enjoy

Thanks for the data Joe. It will be interesting to see how the salary structure equates to your ratings, and even more importantly the actuals. Salary alone certainly isn't the best indicator, the ratings i'm sure are a little more accurate. I know we've had the conversation before but i'm still more a fan of actuals/simulations. There are just too many things that don't add up with player ratings compared to their actuals for whatever the reason.

6 game winning streak has me feeling a bit better. My pitching is starting to come around, and certainly shouldn't be worst in the league considering the investment made. I am concerned about team OBP though. I am leading the league in HRs, but not runs scored. Not a good sign.

My hitless wonders are off to Coors tonight. Could be a blood bath.