HCKL Chat/Trades

End of March.

Who the heck is the Justin Lopez that is listed on Stoney's roster? Nobody by that name shows up at baseball reference.

Who the heck is the Justin Lopez that is listed on Stoney's roster? Nobody by that name shows up at baseball reference.

Curious who he was and found this from a Baseball America online article:


"When the 2016-17 signing period opens on July 2, Dominican outfielder Jeisson Rosario and Venezuelan shortstops Gabriel Arias, Justin Lopez and Livan Soto are all expected to sign with the Padres for bonuses of at least $1 million."

Stoney drafted Jorge Lopez, SP, MIL in rd. 5.

Thanks Bob. A 10 inning guy. No wonder I couldn't figure out who he was.

Hi guys,

I did a lot of full season sims in the past week and here is how I see things shaping up for Season 1:

Div winners:

Craig
Lev or Jason
Me

WC: Smokey

I generally come in around 105 wins. A bit less than I had hoped for given my squad but given weaker hitters in CF and SS it's not that surprising I guess, as well as having some injury rolls. I win the div around 90% of the time so far, every once in a while Smokey sneaks in front of me.

Craig is usually next in the 98-100 win range. He's probably the best lock for predictions as his div is a bit weaker overall than Central and East.

The Central is a very good horse race, mostly between Lev and Jason with an occasional glimpse of Stoney on top. Lev wins a bit more often in sims so for now will give him the nod at around 90 wins.

Smokey is hitting the WC win around 80% of the time in sims and coming in at around 94-96 wins. When he loses the WC 1 of 2 things happens: a) Smitty has an outlier season and beat Smokey by a game or two, or b) Craig wins less than usual and one of his div mates (usually Hawk or Cubit) has a positive outlier at around 90 wins to overtake Smokey, who has a low outlier at around 88 wins.

Remember, these are best guesses based on what I have seen, but the normal range is around 12 games, 6 games higher or lower than what I have listed here.

I am playing the season without the 60-game injury rule. If that rule is implemented for SOM Online it may change things. For sure some of the fluke cards have an impact. Top pick Gutierrez often hits 50 HRs as does Arencibia. Corey Seager wins the batting title around 3 times out of 10.

Happy to answer questions if you have any. Enjoy what's left of Hot Stove before the season starts!

Qk

I have created the league and as usual would love for us to be one of the 1st keeper leagues in. League is HCKL 2016 Season 1, password is:

Harper



Divs:

East
Qksilver
Smokey
Smitty
Palm

Central:
Lev
Jason
Stoney
zim

West:
Craig
Cubit
Hawk
Niners

While we load, I thought I might as well try to stir up some trade talk. I'm looking to add a quality starting pitcher with (*) preferred but not required. I'm putting prospect picks and prospects on the block along with:
Robert Refsnyder-- DH only but the man can rake
David Wright-- ELITE 3B against lefties, very good OB against righties
Hyun-Jin Ryu + Desmond Jennings-- Not usable this year but promising going forward
Robinson Cano or Devon Travis-- not selling either cheap but I could be convinced
Andrew Heaney / Kyle Gibson / C.J. Wilson / Edinson Volquez-- could move for aforementioned SP upgrade
Carlos Gomez-- not great this year but also not cheap since I expect a big bounce back

If we're talking about an ace, I could also include Nelson Cruz.
Let me know if you have any ideas about these players or anyone else.

While we load, I thought I might as well try to stir up some trade talk. I'm looking to add a quality starting pitcher with (*) preferred but not required. I'm putting prospect picks and prospects on the block along with:
Robert Refsnyder-- DH only but the man can rake
David Wright-- ELITE 3B against lefties, very good OB against righties
Hyun-Jin Ryu + Desmond Jennings-- Not usable this year but promising going forward
Robinson Cano or Devon Travis-- not selling either cheap but I could be convinced
Andrew Heaney / Kyle Gibson / C.J. Wilson / Edinson Volquez-- could move for aforementioned SP upgrade
Carlos Gomez-- not great this year but also not cheap since I expect a big bounce back

If we're talking about an ace, I could also include Nelson Cruz.
Let me know if you have any ideas about these players or anyone else.

Thought about maybe offering Tyson Ross, as I'm clearly not going to compete this year but you do not have a thing I need, 1b, SS, C in surplus.

League is HCKL 2016 Season 1, $999M, password is:

Harper




Divs:

East
Qksilver - In
Smokey - In
Smitty - In
Palm - In

Central:
Lev
Jason
Stoney
zim

West:
Craig
Cubit
Hawk
Niners