NLD 63 - Mad Dog's Revenge

I jinxed my own player. Judge didn't have a hit in any of the 3 games last night.

I jinxed my own player. Judge didn't have a hit in any of the 3 games last night.

Yeah, I'm sure it had everything to do with your post. He was probably worried about trade rumor of him going to my scuffling squad....

Hey, have you guys heard about the "Immaculate Grid"?

Since we're all baseball nerds, I think you might like it there's some info here: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/07/10 ... sensation/

And you can also just go here: https://www.immaculategrid.com/

And check it out. Let me know what you think!

My 10yo was looking at it yesterday. Pretty interesting. Trying to figure out players who played for 2 specific teams is not as easy as you’d think.

My 10yo was looking at it yesterday. Pretty interesting. Trying to figure out players who played for 2 specific teams is not as easy as you’d think.

Yeah, for sure. The Giants and A's were up today so it was a little easier. Altough.... I did struggle with the Tigers a bit.

We suck so bad. Our pitching is not THIS bad. We gave up 35 F-ing runs tonight. I thought giving up 19 the night before was bad.....

Oh, and we scored 4 in Angel stadium that's just ridiculous.

We've lost 8 in a row and 10 of 11.

Well, I knew better than to complain. Gave up another 20 runs and only scored 9. We're just pathetic.

Strider has given up 9 runs in 11 1/3 IP in the last two starts. Not exactly what you think you're going to get with him. Kershaw is > 4.00 now with 10 runs in his last 5.2 IP.
Montgomery 16 in 22.1
Lopez 21 in 32 IP.

Lorenzen has been my "ace" and even he got shelled his last time out.

Two of my best 3 RPs are awful with Diaz 5.22 and Moore 4.60

Don't expect much out of Strahm, but a 6.14 is higher than even the low expectations would expect. Just crazy bad.

11 in a row is certainly a rough patch!

I thought I was on the way to putting Dale in the rearview mirror and now Steve comes in and wins 8 in a row!
Rough going!

Well, we actually lost our 12th in a row before winning the series. Amazing when you give up 5 runs in a series instead of 55 you can actually win games.

Somehow, despite our up and down season, we're only six out of a playoff spot. Albeit having three teams to pass.

Ratings are out!

Ratings would have the following opinions. Remember, these are NOT my opinions, just an interpretation of what the ratings say. YMMV

Overall, they are very close which they normally are for a $100 mil league. There are decent gaps between Jeep and JTJ and then between Randal and Stoney. Only Big A's rating really lags behind.

East
Ratings say Randal has a big gap over the other three. The East has the lowest average rating and lags very much in hitting.

Central
Jeep would be the favorite with JTJ giving him a run and being a contender for the WC. KLX is also certainly in the running for the WC with Hawk having an outside shot. They have the lowest Fielding. They have the highest rated O overall.

West
Semper has the best rating by a good margin. Stoney and Spider should be able to contend with Semper, but would more likely be WC contenders. Millerm is close enough that with some luck would be in the WC chase. They have the best P+F

Comparison to what's happened so far:
East- Randal is in first, but surprisingly the East has been decent in interdivsional play.
Central - Jeep is indeed in first, but JTJ has lagged the ratings and hav brough down the divison's interdivisonal record. As a whole this division has underperformed the ratings.
West - Semper has done well despite a recent cold stretch and Stoney has caught him for first by a game. Spider is hanging in there as expected, but Millerams' 8-21 record in one runners has hurt his chances.

I haven't done the park-by-park ratings and we'll see if I get to them to see if there are some anomalies there. We have some very different parks overall.

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Team...   O...   P...   F..   P+F.   Ovrl   Div
SemperG   8561   4600   539   5138   3484   W
Jeep...   8500   4762   503   5265   3299   C
JoeTJet   8387   4647   645   5292   3179   C
Randal.   8091   4210   831   5040   3119   E
Stoney.   8035   4597   510   5108   2999   W
Spider.   7838   4565   349   4914   2957   W
KLX....   7619   4262   512   4774   2884   C
Millerm   7910   4474   661   5135   2828   W
stevep.   8390   5142   492   5634   2809   E
Dale...   7411   4643   9   4653   2797   E
hawk...   8026   4528   778   5305   2751   C
BigAlrc   7615   4670   538   5208   2455   E


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Divi   Offn   Ptch   Fld   P+F   Overall
East   7877   4666   468   5134   2795
Cent   8133   4550   609   5159   3028
West   8086   4559   515   5074   3067


Overall comparison

JTJ and Miller have underperformed. As mentioned one runners for miller and, to a lesser extent, JTJ have added up. In addiiton, both are a little low in the other categories.

No one is especially higher than expected. The ratings and records are decently close such that these comparisons could change quickly.

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Team Ov   Ovrl   Rtg   Rec   Dif   
SemperG   3484   1   3   -2   W
Jeep...   3299   3   5   -2   C
JoeTJet   3179   4   7   -3   C
Randal.   3119   4   3   1   E
Stoney.   2999   5   3   2   W
Spider.   2957   5   4   1   W
KLX....   2884   6   5   1   C
Millerm   2828   6   9   -3   W
stevep.   2809   6   4   2   E
Dale...   2797   6   4   2   E
hawk...   2751   6   7   -1   C
BigAlrc   2455   9   9   0   E


Offense
Hawk has majorly underperformed on O. Dale is high. The rest are decently close.

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Team Of   O   Rtg   Run   Dif   
SemperG   8561   2   1   1   W
Jeep...   8500   2   3   -1   C
stevep.   8390   3   1   2   E
JoeTJet   8387   3   5   -2   C
Randal.   8091   5   3   2   E
Stoney.   8035   5   6   -1   W
hawk...   8026   5   9   -4   C
Millerm   7910   6   7   -1   W
Spider.   7838   7   9   -2   W
KLX....   7619   10   9   1   C
BigAlrc   7615   10   10   0   E
Dale...   7411   12   9   3   E


D (P+F)
Spider is a bit high, but the rest are close.

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Team PF   P+F   Rtg   Run   Dif   
Dale...   4653   2   2   0   E
KLX....   4774   3   1   2   C
Spider.   4914   4   1   3   W
Randal.   5040   5   6   -1   E
Stoney.   5108   6   4   2   W
Millerm   5135   6   8   -2   W
SemperG   5138   6   7   -1   W
BigAlrc   5208   7   9   -2   E
Jeep...   5265   7   8   -1   C
JoeTJet   5292   7   8   -1   C
hawk...   5305   7   8   -1   C
stevep.   5634   11   9   2   E