set the channel description: General channel for NPBL related discussion
Recreating a general NPBL channel here and going to use the previous one for Commish related posts only
Would anyone be upset to see us move away from the Forum / Message Board and move everything to Slack? This would include FA Claims, Trades, Sim Instructions, etc. I've recently done this over in AFBL and it seems to be working well.
I have a solution for long-term storage of Slack posts since the free tier only keeps the last 10,000 messages visible to use a Slack lookalike called Rocket.Chat that'll mirror our Slack posts over to it so we can keep and view posts that viewable in Slack.
I've almost got things setup over here for NPBL like I have for AFBL but definitely want to see what you all think first.
though I'd like to keep the forum archive just b/c there's so much there
Yes I'd definitely keep the Forum and the legacy Catobase around. I also plan to setup StatsLab for NBPL as well.
that would be fine with me. Thanks for asking. And it will be good to have statslab.
I think one thing that you may want to think about is the public face of the league. I checked out the AFBL, but have no idea how active the place is as I can't see the Slack channel and there really is no site aside from the Statslab. I don't really have a strong interest in joining, but having no idea what the league is like (aside from what I hear here) didn't help sell me on the league.
afblbaseball.com/home is the public facing part of AFBL which is the Rocket.Chat landing page (unless you go to StatsPlus first) and would be what I have in mind for here too.
I definitely wouldn't close or restrict the Forum if you or others wanted to keep posting there.
For me, getting FA Claims, Trades, and Sim Instructions on Slack really helps keep the daily league stuff in one spot and easily accessible.
Ultimately, I'm fine with whatever, and I'm sure that I use the forums more than most as it's a good place for me to document history... which I won't be able to do here (maybe I'm wrong, but Slack is more for dealing with current issues)
Slack does have it's limitations for some stuff that we have on the Forum like Team MVPs and other team related writeups so I do understand your point regarding that.
I know some of the guys over at AFBL created a Slack channel dedicated to team updates and such as a running log about their team.
I'm wondering if we should keep things as is for this upcoming season (24 teams with the 6 current vacancies) and try to fill as many as possible then address where we're at in the 2083 Offseason to see if we will need to contract teams plus if so, have more time to develop a plan. Thoughts?
Stand pat until 2083 offseason to see if we add any new owners.? I'm fine with that. Either way you want to go.
Yeah that's my plan so we're not sitting as a league for another week or whatever :)
Sorry got tied up with work. Game date should be Feb 8 2083. I'll be able to look into it more this afternoon.
Oh I see the problem.. my NPBL file doesn't have the new S+ server info. Derp. I'll fix and reupload. File went to the old Dreamhost server lol.
What if we moved the draft date back into the season a bit instead of March 1 and stalling the start of the season? This way we could get started on the next season sooner rather than waiting for the Ammy Draft to complete just to get Spring Training started?
This should be no issue to do for this draft too as we can just keep draft as is and move it back without issue (I think but I'd want to test to confirm).
The long lulls between offseasons are killers so anything to reduce that time I think is worth it
I'm going to try getting the NPBL rules page updated and post around OOTP boards, Reddit, and other OOTP leagues I'm in so we can try to fill the 6 vacancies (hopefully at least 2 more to get to 20).
Worst case, we will be getting back to NPBL play on Monday with Spring Training. Thanks guys!
Can someone remind me how the draft works? I see five picks made in the statsplus thread โ are we drafting in-game or does statsplus have a utility? Sorry for being rusty with the tech.
Go to that link and log in. Then Matt or I will have to associate your login with the Griffins
International FAs should be in the draft pool there (but not in-game). Matt can confirm.
For StatsPlus, you'll need to use either your Slack, Google, or Facebook creds or even create a StatsPlus account to use where you could use across other leagues that use StatsPlus.
Sweet. StatsPlus is a nice utility, but itโs a subscription, right? And they keep everything on their own servers so you donโt have access?
Worth $50/year in your opinion? I run a league with some old high school buddies. OOTP Online Utilities no longer works and the Statslab timer is a pain in the ass. But $50/year seems steep for just a draft utility. We donโt play any of our games live, so the slack updates wouldnโt be all that useful.
I didn't think the $100/year for statsplus plus hosting was a bad deal. It would not have cost me any more than just the webhosting I was paying for. Unfortunately, I never had time to get everything moved over to the Statsplus but everything but the message board and old catobase was there
what do I have the delete to get th enew file - mine says no new file but I am sitting at jan 1
Good to hear. Appreciate the patience to everyone that we need to do this.
so if I'm reading correctly I have until Monday morning (5/4) to be ready for spring training?
Yup! Figure we should break from a normal sim day to give everyone time to get ready.
Plus extra time for those that still need to get the new accounts_gm.dat file
we need to finish above .500 this year or else the record history graphic is going to be all red
we were 78-78 heading into the final sim last season and lost our last 6 to miss both the playoffs and .500
40 year-old NM 1B Sergio Lopez needs 193 hits to reach 3500. Might get there if he lasts the next two seasons. Pulling for him during rebuild.
Knowing that the Forum going to stay around and isn't going to be going away or be turned off..
Are there any objections to moving Free Agent Claims, Confirmed Trades, Trade Block, Sim Instructions to here on Slack for the upcoming season?
Everyone that's still around has a Slack account. The Draft will be another test to confirm :).
We'll have 2 more AFBL crossovers with Zach coming to take over Tennessee and John coming to take over Michigan!
Itโs gonna be a heck of a time getting all these teams straight!
Here's the crossover breakdown now
NPBL - AFBL
California - Ohio
Florida - Idaho
Idaho - California/Minnesota
Kansas - Colorado
Maryland - Texas
Michigan - Washington (soon)
New Mexico - New Mexico
Nova Scotia - Ontario
Pennsylvania - North Carolina
Tennessee - Kentucky
Utah - Virginia/California
Virginia - Oregon
You can do a
/playerthen a player's name to bring up their S+ player page
Do we like the huge 70 player Spring Training roster? I don't care either way.
I was surprised to see that lol! But I donโt mind either way either
It does let you bring all of your top-ish prospects without worrying about not bringing another player who is fighting for a NPBL roster spot
Seems like if I have too many on ST roster the guys I really want to get playing time donโt get as much as they could.
PA SP Eduardo Garcia pitched 4.1 innings on 3-13, which is the first time in the history of OOTP I've ever seen someone go over 4 IP in a spring training game.
wow I always thought they were capped at 4 IP. not sure I've seen more than 4 either?
Iโve had relief pitchers go longer (usually after the starter got hurt) but never the starter
Case in point from AFBL here: https://www.afblbaseball.com/reports/news/html/box_scores/game_box_8693.html
Yeah, I meant I've never seen it in a starter. I was wondering if he maybe had a guy reach first after a strikeout but it doesn't look like it
So I can't download the league file? Do I have to do something different? (I've been away for a few day's.)
I need to sort through the transactions to see what International FAs got signed/claimed by any vacant teams and then will release them. Then will either just delete them or make them unavailable until next draft.
I know @yuda_va pointed out SS Mauro Dรญaz that NJ claimed without me realizing.
Are there others we know about before I do some digging? Is this what you saw the other day as well @John-Michigan?
3.06 Andres Sanchez https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_14508.html
Actually, I think the research ought to be easy: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_all_transactions_0_0.html
I didnโt notice that when i picked him - i just look at ratings and personality. Matt just give me some random fucking guy to
Replace him- doesnโt matter who or what position
Ya upset at myself for missing this sorry guys. We'll correct it and make sure it doesn't happen in the future.
Here are the IFA players I see that got signed/claimed by CPU teams
Unless they get returned back to the IFA pool (doubt that), I plan to just delete these players.
Forgot that these players were also drafted along with being "signed" by the vacant teams. Thanks for looking out!
Looks like the Illinois owner had some extra money to throw around lol
IFA breakdown. I'll release these guys from their vacant team's International Complex and the draftees will be moved to their actual drafted teams whenever we import the draft results.
I mean presumably you could release them from those teams and they'd go into the regular free agent pool and if they got drafted they got drafted and if they don't they're free agents anyway?
Exciting news as @nevadagm Jason Kroner (NPBL Founder) will be returning as the Nevada GM!
Thanks @NPBL Commish! It's great to be back! Glad to see the league is still alive and well! Still many long-time owners here and that's great to see ๐
Adding Jason gets us to 21 human teams so at this rate we shouldn't need to contract which is great news. So if anyone has any friends looking for a league, send them this way! I'm going to post around various places as well.
Ya giving everyone a sim day off to get ready for Opening Day on Monday morning
Can you get the new logos, names, and uniforms for Michigan organization in for opening days?
should we be uploading roster changes now, or should we wait for the new post-draft file?
i already updated roster changes so i assume imports will be taken if the draft is imported before opening day. i'd hate to have to do it all again.
Didnโt the draft date (in-game) get moved to 5/1? Trying to find that post. Seems like we went through the draft quickly though so maybe it can be moved up so we get our guys sooner? ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Ya draft date is set for 5/1 and we did go through the draft quicker than I anticipated
StatsLab Season Preview (playoffs section doesn't take in account the first round byes for the division winners)
Game Season Preview
NM projected to score most runs in the division but also to allow the most. Glad I decided to draft eight pitchers.
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Cunningham needs 1 win for 200 and 23 strikeouts for 3000. Let's see if I jinx him with this note...
Might have to break the Spuds 15-season playoff streak and rebuild. Think age and bare cupboards are finally catching up to us...
Minnesota semi-recovered. 7-3 last sim, huge improvement. RD went from -67 to -69, that typically does not lead to good record sustainability. But, we will take what we can get. Hopefully, we can claw our way back into this season.
@Marcus It is fun to see someone invested in Minnesota again. I still have good memories of my time managing that team earlier in our history!
I donโt expect it to last, but itโs nice to lead the division for the moment. ๐
@myordy Thanks for the kind words. I just hope I am doing them justice. They are a little schizo at the moment. I feel we have good players, they are just not playing well as a team. Team defense is abysmal and costs us a lot of games, unfortunately, that will not be a quick fix. However, I am having fun with them and trying to claw back into this season, one sim at a time.
S+ tip if you're not aware. I suggest enabling the "Slack Message on Export" option in your S+ Preferences section. This will send you a reply back from Slackbot whenever you export on your export's status (Valid or Invalid).
Yessir! Missed that when tossing the new WP site together. npbl.slack.com is the URL. Iโll add that shortly.
PA is 3rd in AVG, 3rd in OPS, 3rd in batting WAR, 3rd in wOBA, 2nd in HR, 4th in baserunning, and... 7th in runs scored. Bad luck?
remove the limits and open it up. it will suck balls for the first season then it should level out
and when it was added to statslab we did it in there, but the 2nd or 3rd year the ballot got gummed up
and we shelved it until somebody had time to figure it out but nobody ever did
we could maybe do something in slack like that if statsplus won't support it
i'd be surprised if we couldn't use s+. probably could remove max ballot limits and such for a few seasons while we catch up.
or maybe blindly put everyone over 'X' WAR in and let us vote on the balance
did the game maybe induct a lot of folks for us? there's some newer folks in
if you can export the list of HOF eligible players and their stats, we should be able to come up with a decent solution.
I'll be able to do some digging today on this. I'm fairly positive that we can set beginning and ending years for the eligible players so we can do voting in waves to catch up.
Hey Fred! Youโll want to vote for ASG in StatsPlus actually. https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards?league=100#ballotlist @wis-gm
Do we have any set criteria for NPBL Hall of Fame qualifications from the past?
Here are the qualifiers for HOF S+ settings that we can define as a league. We also can set up our HOF voting to be done in waves to catch up to current so we donโt have a huge list to sort through at once. (screenshot has default values provided by S+)
I think we should do it in waves, Because there are a lot of Retirees And we want Everyone Deserving to at least get a shot at the hall
If I already voted for ASG in game, do I need to go back and vote here, https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards?league=100#ballotlist?
I think the only way we could pull off waves is to start with recent retirees and work our way back. So "Last Year Played Later Than" starting in the 70s, then pushing into the 60s and 50s
realistically nobody with less than 50 is getting in but I'm OK with having it somewhere lower than that
not sure how close you are to importing but I'm working on an export now
agreed on batter WAR - I don't look at batters who are under 40. and I typically don't vote for any batter under 50
Lol ya sorry. Need a clone of me at work and at work some days. I'll run NPBL sim before AFBL sim tonight. Hopefully in 30-45 minutes for sim start time.
July 11 games will have to be played before the All-Star Game on Wednesday morning since the NPBL schedule doesn't have extra off days padding in.
and here I was beginning to wonder if this week would just usher in a total inversion of the NPBL/AFBL schedules
๐ I realized the other night that doing both in a night is difficult
yeah the only way I could see that working would be if you fired up an instance of OOTP in a container and did them simultaneously
ya that would be interesting to see if possible but also sounds like it would be easy to make a mistake too
Sorry guys I wonโt be able to get my votes in Totally forgot last night And Itโs to crazy at work today
iโm confused. the standings say virginia is in first place at the break. canโt be right.
Griffins bring in 4 starters for their lineup and add a nice setup man
Cunningham reaches the 3000 K mark... was a struggle this year but he made it.
Sim milestones:
- Maryland 3B Bill Coleman got his 2500th career hit
- 2! No-Hitters: Georgia SP Jason Baker and Wisconsin SP Charlie Reynolds
I never thought the Blaze could possibly be so bad this year. The collapse of the pitching is a complete surprise. I keep on thinking that these guys are going to turn it around, they're not as bad as it seems. But perhaps they are. In any case, they suck this year. Heads are gonna roll.
On the other hand: It's still early! Plenty of time. One game at a time. Don't worry about tomorrow.
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- Jemmerson Reportedly "Apoplectic"
- More Changes Strongly Implied
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New Orleans , 11 August 2083 - The Louisiana Blaze today announced that Visiting Team Clubhouse Boy Danny Floyd, Assistant Ground Tarp Controller Chip Blogard, Traveling Secretary Joe Prefontaine, and Assistant to the Assistant to the General Manager Kevin Low have all been "released from their contracts" and "are now Free Agents."
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Club President Dan Lester announced the personnel changes in an afternoon press briefing. "Management is very disappointed by the quality of play," Lester said. "These changes are just the beginning. This is an under-performing ball club, and everyone knows that under-performers are not performing as well as they should be. We're not trying to send a message here to anyone, but we hope that players get the message. Feckless nonchalance will not be tolerated on the Louisiana Blaze. Not on my watch it won't."
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Manager John White said that management was right to be upset and losing its patience. "This is a much better ball club than the record shows," White said. "We've had a lot of bad bounces and a lot of bad calls. But the season's not over yet. Nobody thinks we can come back from this. They are counting us out, but they are in for a surprise. This club's got more heart than you might think."
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what a weird season (bad too) in Florida. -7 pythag. Cunningham on a rapid decline.
ageless wonder Alejandro Hernandez keeps going. on pace for 2 WAR at age 40. If he plays next season he should become Florida's all time leader in hits, as he is currently 122 short of the team mark. He is at 9530 AB, so if he comes back he should reach 10000.
41-year-old Sergio Lopez, with his 94 hits this season, is 99 away from 3500. Might be able to get to 4th on all-time list if he plays next year. Would need 3521 to pass Hall-of-Famer Luis Ortiz. If he retires after this year heโll probably remain at 8th.
C Matt Failes has a chance to get his 2000th hit on his 36th birthday (August 21). Just needs one. Didnโt play on the 20th so he should be good to go.
I noticed on my team chemistry page my players complaining about โlack of veteran leadershipโ โ Iโd never seen that before
Matt Failes went 1-4 and got his 2000th hit. Kinda disappointed the recap didnโt mention it was his birthday though. ๐
did rosters get auto'd somehow? My depth charts are all sorts of weird
I hope so at least. I donโt think I did thinking it was one of the vacant teams. ๐ค
1 overall pick last year Jim Flowers will make his ML debut Wednesday. Hopefully he will provide a little spark to get the Freedom over .500
I wish the #2 pick Gabriel was ready. Could use him. Still in A, but could probably move him up to AA about now.
(I'm sitting here writing a legal document for two federal agencies to agree to despite not being a lawyer so just shoot me now)
It's still just Wisconsin and then everybody else looking at the standings
hold on the punctuation there is all wrong. I fixed it.
lol, no, I promise
We have a half day today but still have a full dayโs plus of work to cram in but almost at good stopping point ๐
We lost Danny Williams for the year. Biggest surprise this year is how well the starting pitching has held up. Should get Alvarado back soon.
Spuds season can end any time. What a disappointment. I know my offense wasnโt good or young but didnโt expect Salazar and Alvarez to fall off a cliff.
Clinched the division in another good sim. 38-17 in Aug/Sep. Exceeded my expectations by quite a lot.
Do I understand correctly that the division winners get a bye while the wildcards duke it out?
Ha worked out as I had to move to a different home office location lol
Got the FFL top seed up for grabs along with some Wildcard seeding and final spots to decide in these final 3 games. Good luck!
Looks like a 3-way tie for the final wildcard in the FFL and a tie in the GEL
potential florida milestones in 2084:
Alejandro Hernandez and Martin Hernandez 1000 runs
Martin Hernandez 400 doubles and 400 HR
Martin Hernandez and Antonio Luna 2000 hits
Alejandro Hernandez 500 doubles and all time Florida hit leader
Antonio Luna 2000 games
If Gordon Cunningham can comes back for another year he is 29 starts short of 500.
Jorge Reyes is 4 complete game shy of 50 - coming off major injury though.
I'm guessing in the FFL it'll be a play-in Game 163 for a Game 164 with the 3rd team.
NM went from 2nd pick in the draft to tied with the Fishermen for second best record at 96 wins. I thought we would hit well but thought the pitching would be mediocre at best. I hope it keeps up in the playoffs.
Kansas lost their last 3 games to put them in their Game 163 situation
itโs also possible the game just decided to put Maryland through and have Pennsylvania and Michigan play for the other spot
Oh ya you're right. My eyes deceived me. First glance I saw it as the final WC spot
Magic number was 3 with 3 to go, but I figured i really only needed to win 1... and I won 0.
Since Iโm getting a first round bye I decided to Keep my good players in but dam I kind of wish I lost one game to New Jersey now
Gonna roll with Bob Walker on short rest rather than William Rooks for this crucial game.
Canโt believe the Wolves got into the playoffs after our start. Had a magic number of one and looking at three games on the road against Wisconsin. Won two of them ๐
Good luck to all in 163 games!
From 15 consecutive playoff appearances to #1 pick. ๐ง Almost 65 seasons since my last #1 - hopefully it works out as well! (Kevin Smith) This team needs a lot of help though.
iirc teams with byes still had to get to 25 players, so Iโm gonna go put a quick export in
I was gonna say because I canโt export at all right now lol, Tho Matt is probably not going to run a Sim till later
ok I was able to get the export in after all. got down to 26, so I will now proceed to ignore everything until the bye is over
I believe after we really finish the Regular Season the playoff teams will need to get to 26 players including the bye teams.
Been a long time since Iโve won an OOTP game and Iโm in three leagues
there are few things in life less predictable than how OOTP will handle ties
Not sure how it chose teams tho, But Maryland had +23 rd and was 6-6 VS PA 7-5 VS MM while Michigan was 10-8 Vs PA so probley why then got home game
One possibility I found: A plays B. Loser plays @ C. Winners of the two games are the wildcards. Seems to fit whatโs on tiebreakers tab.
I only realized there was a tiebreakers tab in my solo league during my world baseball classic, It sheds at least a little bit of light
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures
https://www.mlb.com/news/playoff-tiebreaker-rules/c-59527184
Need to see how many years weโre actually behind then plan to break up voting into a few waves
I guess those guys who were still on the ballot should be still on the ballot right
Yeah I can define a beginning and end year range for the HOF Ballot to be generated
probably worth checking if any of the guys who got inducted in the 70s are egregiously bad choices or something. because Iโm not sure we voted on all of those.
Well this should be interesting - I lost Bernie Haskell for 5 weeks, but got Matt Valentine back from the IL. Valentine hasn't pitched since May but will be starting in Game 164...how rusty will he be?!
Just realized that this is Virginiaโs first playoff appearance in a decade.
Gutierrez, Garza, Lambert, Tafoyra, Alvarado. Ballsiest managerial move ever.
I do need to fire the manager. 5 fully rested relievers and he goes to one of 2 that are tired in Booker Millar. Who gives up 3 runs without recording an out
No it hasn't. PA lost last 7 games, NC lost last 10, and my MLB-PRO team has lost 5 in a row (that's a 1 day per day league so it feels like a long time).
I'm ready for spring training so I can get some wins, even if they don't count
Probably should just make it my commish one so it doesn't lose any important posts or anything
Norman Smith will move from the rotation to be the closer in the playoffs.
Is the playoff tree in-game set in stone or might the next round matchups change depending on who wins in wild card matchups? Say if Kansas wins will they play Wisconsin (worst record against best) or will they playย NMย following the way the bracket is set up now?
Ya I'm not for sure either. I think it resets but we'll have to see ๐.
Looks like it resets. Just looked at 2080 playoff tree and Wisconsin and Nevada switched.
The spot to check for sure is unavailable during the season/playoffs to confirm but I'm pretty sure they do re-seed like you've discovered
I will start posting around about our 3 vacancies. Just haven't had the time but we really need to get those filled.
Using the game's HOF history section and StatsLab https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/hall_of_fame.php
Using the AFBL current HOF qualifiers, the ballot is at 64 players for 2071-2078 (5 years from retirement).
We can definitely define the qualifiers to whatever we want to see as a league.
We can definitely break this down in 2-3 waves of players as well if needed/wanted too. Looks like to add a end year to do this, we'll just need to add player id exclusions (need to confirm with Dave with S+ about this)
Iโm still not sure we actually voted in 2076. I think it might have been an automatic induction of some sort.
yeah I think everybody who was in that 2076 class was going to be inducted so might as well leave well enough alone
MI's first two starters are 11-23; The three and four starters are 13-0.
Can we just end game one and start game two now? ๐ Mejia did not step up as I had hoped.
Great game two for MI offense. Could have used a couple of those runs in game one.
I think my preferred path for the playoffs is for Michigan and Georgia to win in the first round, and for Nova Scotia to beat Michigan
it's rather odd that the two teams who played best against us are the two bottom seeds
Wolves exported as well. Wish I could get the 9th inning in game two back. At least we took game 3 and are still in it.
Wolves in the same position, up 3-2 headed to NV. Mejia showed up in game 5 with 10 kโs
Team really came together in the 2nd half of the season. Hope they can keep it going.
Anyway, I think MD & GA have one more game to play, so we can relax for awhile.
Looks like we just need @myordy to be ready to wrap up the Wildcard Series. Congrats to those that moved on and those that got eliminated on their seasons.
I'll wait for that final game and wait for a file. I have some work to do with injuries and with the rotation.
I have no changes to make so you can use my latest export and proceed whenever ๐
Good to go. Bring on the Fishermen. (shades of AFBL championship series - I think ๐
Iโll get an export in a bit later, want to make a couple of tweaks to prepare now that I know my opponent
UGH - I hate losing to a CPU team. And we were leading in the 9th! At least I had my closer on the mound - he just couldn't deliver this time...
Iโm actually traveling this week but looks like weโre ready to start the Quarterfinals. Iโll get that going soon.
Well There was Canada Day there was America Day there was a Long weekend so I guess people were busy
Soon is always relative haha. We'll definitely sim by this evening and I'll give everyone a heads up before we start. Good luck!
Virginia was down early but came back to send it to extras and won it in 10
Grandson of Ron Guinan perhaps? https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_6324.html
Kansas steals Game 1 but loses CL Michael Caldwell for 5-6 weeks. Also activated the still injured for 3 more days LF Dallas Clark on the roster for the series.
I left Peterson on my roster too. He'll pitch game six or seven if we get there.
I think it needs to advance to the next day first. Which I think requires @NPBL Commish to poke it.
the top performers box has low standards so far - Jose Garcia in there for his 0-1, RBI performance
Wow, I think that was my first pinch hit in the post season.. Got a run in.
virginiaโs manager living dangerously bringing Jose Ramos into the game
Bah was scared this would happen and I'd waste a roster spot. Dallas Clark has a setback with his injury ๐ต
Terrible three games for NM, our SP1 gets bombed and our closer goes out. Not making any changes so weโre ready to go.
Looks like weโre all ready to continue the Semi-Finals Games 4-6 so Iโll get that going soon. Good luck!
Stepping away for a bit so will be on my phone only. Might be a delay between the games in case you are wondering later ๐.
Got a win! At least we wonโt get swept now. Good job by rookie SP Lopez. Now Alvarado needs to get back in gear. Iโm hoping he was just still a bit rusty in the first game due to his time off from injury.
But he did have a good game against Kansas the last series of regular season so probably not rust. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Good win! I was hoping for a sweep, I didn't want to give you any life, but here we are ๐ Will be interesting to see which Mejia shows up next game, assuming my Manager starts him next game.
Nice job in the first three games. Wish we couldโve split the two close ones, always hard to come back from being down 3-0.
Agreed, three games down is tough, but the superstitious part of me prevented me from saying anything yesterday, because it certainly would have jinxed everything and you would win 4 in a row to take the series, no doubt ๐ Looking forward to game 5, I feel it would be the Wolves best interest to close this out in Minnesota. Good luck!
And thank you! Was not expecting the offensive outburst in game 1. Certainly helped set the tone for the series.
Mejia the ace showed up, not the Mejia 8-15 on the year (or something like that)
Where does the Kansas, Wisconsin series stand? I don't remember what it was going into today.
I had looked away. Woohoo. Gotta hold off the three-peat champs first.
So have Gallegos and Andrews. After I tried so hard to trade them.
Missed it but Dallas Clark returned from his injury for Game 6 (0-5)
I don't see any injuries for Minnesota, so I am good to go with the current export.
@yuda_va emailed saying heโll be able to export in a few hours so we can get the LCS going tonight. Good luck guys!
evidently I haven't updated on my laptop since the server swap, so this is gonna take a minute
@NPBL Commish is there a single settings file I can download and overwrite instead of having to get the whole big zip? My parents' wifi is s.l.o.w.
I can send upload the settings file, but I don't know if that's all you need. Do you have the latest ootp version?
which I believe was Chappy's last season as commish so has the wrong FTP stuff
i've had good luck tethering in the past but my reception is awful today, must be a messed up cell tower
Okay awesome. I'll be able to sim in a bit. Out an about but probably can start things from my phone ๐
Give up a solo shot in the top of the first, so Ed Gamblin comes back with a two-run dinger in the bottom
I definitely remember the original Pat Galyon. And maybe Jr. Not sure about the III
for some reason the manager left Torres in for a third inning instead of going straight to Newcomb
won't argue with that start. Whats up with all the errors? First game jitters? 9 between both games!
I blame the bot! Sent an update, no hits thru 6 innings. Of course gives up one in the 7th. Announcer curse!
I will take one win in Kansas. If I had that option right now, I would take it and go back to Minnesota.
It'll probably be tomorrow morning for Game 4-6 since AFBL Spring Training starts tonight (opening with the now Arizona Vipers if anyone wants to join ๐)
on one hand, being in the LCS was playing with house money for Virginia -- I didn't expect to win the division, was hoping for a few wins above .500 and a playoff berth
on the other hand Michigan is probably a team we should have beaten. Or at least not been swept out
Likewise, I certainly didn't expect the Wolves to be in the position we are in either. You just ran into a buzzsaw, Michigan is firing on all cylinders and that's tough to beat.
Ha on "vacation" in St Louis at my parents and we just did the Zoo. So hot haha.
Hahaha totally understand. 4-7 days is plenty of time at my parents lol.
Jake Rodriguez is injured (food poisoning) for two days, but he stays on the roster.
I have no chance to export until this evening, but I also have no injuries and therefore, no changes needed. So, if you want to kick things off, I am good to go! If you want to wait, that's all good too!
Either way @Marcus. I'm around so can start it now or wait for your export.
He has been pitching well, his last outing was like this. Actually all SP's have done well.
Gaylon pinch hit for Gallegos in ninth. What on earth for? No apparent injury.
Hernadez pinc ran for GAllegos in 7th; Then Gaylon PH for Hernandez,
Good to go again. A few beers deep now. Sorry for lack of conversation, etc.
Congrats to @Marcus and also @John-Michigan for sure on their seasons
Interesting playoffs. Michigan Miracle, three out of four division winners not advancing and lots of good pitching.
๐๐. Thanks all! Glad I didnโt delve into selling the farm! Leadership made all the difference!!
Learned a lot. Full believer that Boyer and Van Der Bas made a huge difference!
Took my clubhouse from internal fighting and revolt to unhappy. Not quite content. But no doubt people were throwing punches half way through the year!
Using AFBL's minimum qualifications as a baseline, this generates 64 players from 2071 onward (same number when I left the 'no later than this year' field blank).
I think the NPBL itโs a little more offence Heavy but these look pretty good to me
I like the AFBL's qualifications...they look fine. I would reduce the number of years on the ballot though. 15 seems to be long. 10 perhaps?
Congratulations @John-Michigan and congratulations @Marcus what a good playoffs
I kind of disappeared because @John-Michigan ended my Season TWICE in 2 weeks And it really sucks.
He beat me in AFBL championship on walk of Grand Slam then beat me into the ground with Michigan.
Yeah I think I made the playoffs 13 of the last 14 years in NPBL and last 3 in afbl so Youโre right positives
Works for me. Iโd probably up the maximum allowed on the ballot with the 64-player ballot instead of capping it at 10 for this HOF catch-up ballot.
Do unlimited - weโll have a big class this year then it widdles down as we go
and then as the ballot thins out we're going to add traunches of 5 or 10 years I assume
Do we not want to do an annual HOF vote after this initial catch-up vote? Open to whatever honestly.
oh annual. I'm just skeptical that we can get the entire backlog through in one go
we won't get it done in one vote, probably take 5 seasons to be fully caught up.
can we do 10 year chunks? this years class will be those eligible from 2052-2061, next year 2062-2071, etc?
Isn't a native option but I can manually add players IDs in the exclusion list to accomplish this
what's our current schedule? I know we need to get HOF voting going. lmk if I can help in any way
Yeah that's on my way to get up today so we can get that knocked out this week
Been out of the office since July 2nd so today has been catching up on everything. Makes me realized I can't go on multiple work days worth of vacation haha.
Going to get the NPBL website updated some more and post about our vacancies too
If @yuda_va or anyone wants to help me fill in this spreadsheet with the player's last year played, that would be helpful. I've started by using StatsPlus's search with the player's name and checking their last played year. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bP-lpKuP4ONHc2wu87J1oHz7oGBhS_mR/view?usp=sharing
The only way to do the waves voting in S+ HOF is to manually add player IDs to the player exclusion field (no end year option yet but there is a start year ๐ )
will that just add older players as the backlog of recent ones clears? or will it instead keep re-adding players who didn't get enough votes to stay on the ballot?
there's an option to define a "Last Year Player Later Than" for the ballot start year but not the other end unfortunately
I've put off work for a bit so I need to catch up there haha. I'll keep filling in the Last Year Played as I have time today so we can get going.
before I go too deep - can you see my updates? I started at the bottom of the list
I generated this list of 343 players with the start year of 2045 to be sure I did't miss anyone
I don't think so. That's actually what I tried first but didn't return results. I'm going to suggest that be added to the search fields if possible.
Yup that's what Dave at StatsPlus just suggested since the player id isn't part of the search fields
while we are at it, sure seems as if the Player Profile page should have a Debut date and a Last Appeared or Retired Date. Just saying.
so if you get down to the bottom half of the file and find a bunch of gaps, that's why
oh man. Judge Judy. awesome. https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/11748?page=hit
I'll have the HOF Ballot up as soon as I get the ballot config figured out with Dave at StatsPlus
81 player ballot for the HOF Wave 1 (2045-2055). There are currently 342 available players for HOF voting so this is roughly 25% of those players.. figure we can get caught up in 4 waves or so.
Do we think 25 player maximum is good, not enough, too high? Wanted to poll the league before we open voting officially.
like 25 is probably enough but Iโd rather not find that I wish I could vote for 26.
I'm just going to set the maximum players on a ballot to the number of players on the ballot while we get caught up.
HOF Voting is now open and live https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards?league=100#ballotlist
this is exactly the kind of mindless but nostalgic and fun activity I need for tonight
I love history I spent hours with my Solo league Just going through history, This is gonna be fun Because I have not done that with NPBL
remind me... statsplus will save a partial ballot that I havenโt submitted, right?
I wasn't around for these guys so this may be a little easier for me
see this is going to take me forever, because I remember so many of the names
hmm... how much do we trust the all-star/award accounting of old players in statsplus?
not sure on this detail tbh. i figure it should be accurate as the asg/award data is just in-game data?
I ask because Iโm seeing guys who I really would have expected to have a bunch of appearances. Like career 70+ WAR, with just 1 all-star berth
ok I did a first pass voting for 20 candidates. Iโm open to hearing arguments for or against
Something Iโve never noticed or looked for, but just occurred to me, do retired players ever die? Shouldโve happened by now I would think in a league this long-running. I know owners do occasionally.
I donโt think players do (or rather, I donโt think they get news stories).
Like, I suppose itโs possible James Yim is alive at 102: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_944.html - but more likely they just never coded that
Yeah this is a bunch of years ago on the boards and you assume they die but theyโre not gonna give you a news story about it
Iโve seen that they keep aging on their profiles but never thought to check to see if it ever ends. Would be kind of cool if they did do news stories on the deaths of hall of famers at least. I know in real life I always find it interesting to go back and take a quick look at someoneโs career when they die.
Honestly I agree with you @jeff_alabama Especially with the recent passing of Tony Fernandez And the Blue Jays just announcing that theyโre gonna wear a patch for him, I only got to see him during the last few years of his career but Getting to look back is something we all tend to do when someone passes away.
yeah that is something to suggest for OOTP22
I got a 121 year old guy. now I have a task to find my oldest player...
@NPBL Commish are we sure rolling the season over won't mess up the HOF ballot?
(I don't care if the players have to be enshrined next year in-game. Just don't want to confuse StatsPlus)
It does. I think we'll be okay. This current wave of players will just become the 2084 HOF Class is how I'm thinking it'd go
Ideally we should have them in before the Preseason start in-game but confirmed that we can let it roll into the 2084 season as long as we finish before ASG voting.
Yes indeed. So we can proceed with closing up Season Awards voting today, get those results in, process trades and FA claims, then start the rollover to 2084.
2083 Season Award Winners:
Founding Fathers League
Tyson Bacon Award: Hรฉctor Rea (GA)
James Yim Awards: Christian Miller (NJ)
Deangelo Ramos Award: Cisco Chรกvez (NS)
Bick Horizon Award: Josรฉ Roblesย (VA)
Zachary Matthews Award...
Pitcher: Jorge Aranda (NC)
Catcher: Juan Rivera (NC)
First Baseman: Zipper Munoz (PA)
Second Baseman: Dani Cruz (MD)
Third Baseman: Angel Jimenez (PA)
Shortstop: Gustavo Lopez (NS)
Left Fielder: Jim Dyer (GA)
Center Fielder: Jonathan Whitfield (NC)
Right Fielder: Bartolo Martinez (NJ)
Platinum Stick Award...
Pitcher: Walter Johnston (IL)
Catcher: Miguel Morales (GA)
First Baseman: Zipper Munoz (PA)
Second Baseman: Jose Robles (VA)
Third Baseman: Bill Coleman (MD)
Shortstop: Thom Cochrane (VA)
Left Fielder: Adam Andrews (MI)
Center Fielder: Bill Morris (NS)
Right Fielder: Hector Rea (GA)
Great Explorers League
Tyson Bacon Award: Enrique Lombos (WI)
James Yim Award: Adam Pratt (CO)
Deangelo Ramos Award: Chris MacKey (WI)
Bick Horizon Award: Cordell Negrete (CO)
Zachary Matthews Award...
Pitcher: Ray Anderson (CA)
Catcher: Chris Krause (CO)
First Baseman: Brooks Byrne (CA)
Second Baseman: Eugene Kelly (WI)
Third Baseman: Mike Brown (CO)
Shortstop: Tim Atkins (WI)
Left Fielder: Drake Harmon (WI)
Center Fielder: Jerome Christian (CA)
Right Fielder: Raul Rodriguez (CA)
Platinum Stick Award...
Pitcher: Ramon Sosa (KS)
Catcher: Hugh Wyatt (KS)
First Baseman: Crispino Ruffo (WI)
Second Baseman: Adrian Amezaga (NV)
Third Baseman: Neil Hammond (NV)
Shortstop: Will Dodson (WA)
Left Fielder: Glenn McNeill (NM)
Center Fielder: Michael Meyer (MN)
Right Fielder: Enrique Lombos (WI)
General Manager Of The Year: Fred Kroner (WI), 103-59, GEL North title
Did Cordell Negrete manage to win the Bick Horizon in both leagues? ๐
for the 25th(?) or 50th anniversary we voted to rename them after early players
Bacon, Yim, and Ramos were beasts at the appropriate positions (well, if "hitter" is a position)
Ah okay. Wasnโt James Yim the 102 or 103 year old that was posted about? I think so but I canโt find the post now.
I guess he had more than one great season but he didnโt turn out to be the beast we thought heโd be.
speaking of beasts...my pitching machine is taking its frustrations out on the low minor leaguers...
reminder to make sure the CPU teams don't go signing all the int'l free agents again
Realized I didn't have a "Human CPU GM" assigned to the vacant teams like I do in AFBL to prevent that stuff so I've done the same for our 3 vacant teams.
Trying to get our WordPress website updated and working on a quick NPBL history blurb.
NPBL started back in 2000 and on OOTP v2? Is this correct?
Did my best piecing together our history looking at the Forum, Catobase, and StatsLab so please correct me if you see a mistake or an omission. NPBL About Page for our WP site https://www.npblbaseball.com/wp/about/
Also once I finish up getting the WP setup, I can create you an account to post write-ups about your teams if you would like to do that. No obligation to do so if you don't want to.
Found a OOTP post saying that OOTPv1 was in 1999 and OOTPv2 was in 2000 so I'm assuming it was v2 for NPBL's start. Regardless crazy to think the league has been around for 20+ years now.
When I was 13 years old I saw a post on the forum asking for people who wants to join this league I only joined leagues with my father back then and he joined another league Iโm 28 now
10-11 calendar days so usually 7-9 games depending on when you catch off-days
I should be able to share my OOTP21 license key with someone since I don't have the steam version. If this helps at all or if anyone else here has the non-steam version.
Oops forgot to uncheck the history end of year stuff for the reports so that took forever lol
Doing well in the playoffs dropped me from 11th or 12th to 23rd pick in the draft.
Was it worth it? ๐ค
Same. i'm terrible at drafting, so the draft is an absolute crap shoot for me. I'd rather have years of consistent playoff appearances.
If you have the non steam version of ootp20 and you only have it installed on 1 system, you could share your key. If anyone has one, please let me/Alex know.
Let me check, Iโm not sure when OOTP Store changed license providers because I always Pre Order So I have original store license key will send it on if I have extra
Didnโt they just run a sale? Iโm not complaining at all, might pick it up this time around ๐. Thanks for the heads up.
probably a reach going so high for him, but I just really wanted that knuckler
there's a very good chance I'd have taken him at 1-19 so not that much of a reach
there are a lot of guys who all have enough potential to be in the next 30-40 picks. I am guessing our lists are all quite different and don't think there are too many reaches
Ooooo, just noticed RP Shane Colbert, third round pick last year, has suddenly developed a decent third pitch. Hope he doesnโt lose it just as suddenly.
Speaking of losing, I donโt play much solo ootp. I traded for CF Boyle and he had a Captain personality. This year his personality is humble and I no longer have a Captain. Apparently these things are all fluid? donโt want to say random......
I havenโt seen that. Only seen 1 guy turn from being a cock to being somewhat of a leader but never seen a leader step down
He is still a leader type but not captain. Not really sure what impact that has if any.
But found it interesting. See how it impacts the coming year ๐. Thatโs why we play the game, right?
I had a guy in another league who was a captain as SP but not as RP. I could switch his captaincy on and off at will.
Was kind of frustrating because I wanted him to be captain but not start.
As for interesting, I found it interesting that Scherzer had 8 kโs thru 4 innings tonight and gave up 3 runs. But I digress. #notayankeesfan
I was gonna blow streeter some shit that his former schoolmate Scherzer got lit up in the first. that was a bomb by stanton
Iโm old, still learning Slack. Apparently when I click on the thumbs up to see who gave it, it adds me to thumbs up crew ๐ค
Yeah just hold down I think to view without adding to it. If you click real quick it adds.
Admittedly for the first time in many years, really since the MLB strike, I was interested in ML. This year and then a pandemic!!
Grew up (early years) with the Big Red Machine. Excited for Reds baseball this year. Now, live I. cincinnati and wonโt get to see a live game!
You should have a HOF ballot from me commish. I submitted over the weekend. Let me know
Yeah relievers canโt be Captains, just Leaders, in game @jeff_alabama
I suppose that makes sense, how can you lead the team in the dugout, when you are in left field waiting to come in?
Yeah thatโs what I was thinking too. Doesnโt seem quite right though. I would think someone like Mariano Rivera would have qualified as a captain. Or can closers be captains?
I've more than once had guys go from captain to regular "leader" but idk if I've seen them go elsewhere
Looks like I did ok as well. A couple of month+ injuries but nothing to key players.
There was a discussion on the boards about captains And Iโm thinking itโs major positions you can be a captain as a pitcher so closer & SP Because those are top positions Relievers Never get any love
A bench guy on offence can be a captain And not be a full-time starter, One of my LHP hitters was a captain for my team In Solo league
Game/Reports Predictions Report https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/leagues/league_100_preseason_prediction_report.html
the predictions are based on the spring rosters (I think) so if you jack around with young players who won't be on the big team often the predictions are way off.
yeah I'm all for a +.500 prediction with subs starting 2/3rds and a slop in the pen
The link is the in-game predictions. The screenshot is the predictions from StatsLab.
13 years after being discovered and 11 minor league seasons, Florida will promote RP Felix Ortiz.
Would be nice if it used opening day rosters. But Iโd rather have the mystery I guess.
Developmentally a way around it would be to have another roster listing called opening day - where you could
Put players that you project to be on the opening day roster - build predictions off that. Wouldnโt be 100% accurate but closer
oh in that case then StatsLab doesn't generate until the actual Opening Day I bet
Virginia way overperformed. I expect some reversion to the mean but I also expect us to be a playoff team for a while.
Agreed. 2-5 and in last place. Almost-42-year-old Sergio Lopez off to a good start in his quest for 3500 hits. Has 11 so far with 54 to go.
Rookie Mรกximo Gabriel is starting in RF beginning next sim with Galicia moving to Center. Need to get the offense going.
Well the one reliable LHP I had in the bullpen just went on the shelf. anyone have a LOOGY available? **Good thing NPBL doesn't have that stupid 3 batter rule
Technically it wonโt be in the game until we upgrade but I would assume The GMโs would vote against it
I'd be all for it but I already run a short pitching staff so maybe I shouldn't be
-24 run differential after 7 games for the Wolves, impressive ๐ Very similar to last year, if it has the same ending as last, great! But I don't think lightning strikes twice in the same spot very often.
Welcome to @FloridaFlamingosRob joining as the new Shore franchise GM. Joins us from SBC/VBL. Excited to have you on board!
seems like Florida players know a move is coming... 8-17 with a sweet -40 run diff...
Hey @NPBL Commish just noticed I have a player stuck in purgatory. https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/824?page=dash Poor guy has been sitting around riding buses for 3 years. LOL. can you move him to Single A? thx!
@koohead if you go to your draft history in game you can find this player and promote him
Yeah the IFA guys sometimes get placed in a non-existent Rookie League International Complex with our we add them to our draft. Iโll see if I can help out!
Think that bug is gone now but might still be around? I believe if you donโt notice, theyโll randomly show up in DFA for assignment when they get to 20 years old.
I usually go through my teams draft history each season to see if I lost someone to never never land
the sim will stop whenever this happens at least in afbl and i have to place that player in the teamโs rookie league. its rare these days but every so often itโll occur.
sheeeesh. shows you how much I've been paying attention to my low minors these past few years.
My export for this last sim didn't seem to work correctly.
This seems like it happens whenever the SIM RESULTS report the dates for the last two sims. This one reported NPBL simulated from Friday, April 21st, 2084 through Thursday, May 11th, 2084
there is definitely something with exports. I exported multiple times and the last one did not seem to take - I moved a catcher up and one down. not a big deal, but curious.
well now I don't feel bad about deciding I didn't want to stare at a monitor over the weekend ๐
same with my export... and I think it messed with the results too. The Spuds shouldn't be doing this well. ๐
I forgot to update StatsLab last sim so maybe that. Possible I forgot to actually grab exports this morning but pretty sure I did (albeit I was multitasking so possible lol ๐ฌ๐)
Ugh I guess I didn't take exports this morning. My apologies guys ๐.
Just happened to notice that Blaze right fielder Jorge "The Quiet Man" Cantu is now tied for the Blaze career mark in HR with the legendary Thornton Swackhammer, at 469. Cantu joined the club at age 19 in 2070. He was a scouting find from the Dominican Republic ( so I can claim no credit at all for drafting him). He's 33 now, in his 15th season, and is a three time all star.
The Shore franchise has requested to move to the soon to be vacant state of Florida as a FYI for the league
6-4 sim. In fifth place but only four games back. Looks like it's going to be a struggle to make even a wild card this year. Sergio Lopez only ten hits away from 3500.
I always forget... does all-star voting take place in game, or in StatsPlus?
It'll take place in StatsPlus. I think I have to close HOF voting before I can open ASG voting. I will check that detail.
I was right. We'll close HOF Voting officially by Wednesday's sim. Then I'll be able to enable ASG Voting.
Going to cross-post here before this gets buried in induction posts. Curious what you all think?
If anything it smoothed over the clubhouse. They were angry during off-season due to trades. It's Content now... we'll see how fast that degrades.
9 teams within 2.5 games in the GEL fighting for 6 spots. Should be fun
7-2 to get back in the thick of it. Still half game out of wildcard.
ah and I see you brought it over here. 25% seems good, but I don't mind if you want to make it 30 and trim a few more off
I guess Iโm back now Iโve Been have some work issues but should be back lol
Artie Joyce is having one hell of a season so far Might even be enough to make his eighth All-Star team
I called up Mike Berry to the major league team for last sim, And he hits a homerun as a Relief pitcher lol
Do we vote both leagues for the all star game? Or just ours?
Sergio Lopez got his 3500th hit and announced he is retiring after the season. At 3508 hits he is now 12 short of Luis Ortiz (WI 2015-37) who is 4th all-time with 3520.
I'm going to need to get our schedule adjusted for next year since the ASG break isn't very long and the ASG rosters get announced on the day of our last games of the first half.
The games on July 9th will be played on the Wednesday 8/19 sim before the 2084 All-Star Game. Ballots are due before the sim!
Like I get Bill Coleman has had a great season and he deserves to be in the All-Star team but Joyce is the second highest wRC+ should have a few more votes lol
2084 All-Star Game Selections
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Juan Rivera (NC)
1B: Zachary Walker (NC) [injured]
2B: Mauro Gomez (NC) [injured]
3B: Bill Coleman (MD)
SS: Bob Perkins (MA)
OF: Adam Andrews (MI)
OF: Jorge Salina (PA)
OF: Javier Ramos (NS)
SP: Frank Williams (VA)
Reserves
CA: Elliot Brockway (TN) [Commish selection]
1B: Zipper Munoz (PA)
1B: Ignacio Gallegos (MI) [injury replacement for Walker, Commish selection]
2B: Jose Robles (VA) [Commish selection]
2B: Ron Corrigan (GA) [injury replacement for Gomez, Commish selection]
3B: Arite Joyce (NS) [Commish selection]
SS: Gustavo Lopez (NS,MD)
IF: Jimmy Cardenas (MD)
OF: Jonathan Whitfield (NC)
OF: Bengt Raaijmakers (GA)
OF: Bob Williams (MA)
SP: Jose Berrios (MA)
SP: Gabriel Garcia (NC)
SP: Morris Flores (VA)
SP: Christian Miller (NJ)
SP: Ronald West (NC)
RP: Cisco Chavez (NS)
RP: Bill Castle (PA)
RP: Mario Fernandez (NS)
RP: Dave Glass (NC)
RP: Chad Henderson (MI)
RP: Jason Baker (GA)
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Hugh Wyatt (UT)
1B: Guillermo Grestrepo (WA)
2B: Denny Camp (UT)
3B: Gregorio Rodriguez (KS)
SS: Will Dodson (WA) [injured]
OF: Qadir Shaqodoon (LA)
OF: Michael Meyer (MN)
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI)
SP: John David Hex (LA)
Reserves
CA: Matt Failes (NM) [Commish selection]
1B: Norbert Shaw (NV) [Commish selection]
2B: Eugene Kelly (WI)
3B: Artie Cooper (HI)
SS: Ernest Thomas (NM)
SS: Don Landry (CO) [injury replacement for Dodson, Commish selection]
IF: Mike Brown (CO)
OF: Enrique Lombos (WI)
OF: Glenn McNeill (NM) [Commish selection]
OF: Gustavo Hernandez (NV) [Commish selection]
SP: Sven Thorstag (LA)
SP: Adam Pratt (CO)
SP: Jose Flores (WI) [injured]
SP: Eduardo Amzaldua (WI)
SP: Dudley Jones (CA)
SP: Paul MacDowell (ID) [injury replacement for Flores, Commish selection]
RP: Chris MacKey (WI)
RP: Clarence Holland (NM)
RP: Hector Flores (HI)
RP: Doug West (MN)
RP: Jerry Page (CO)
RP: Donlad Rose (CA)
CPU decided the ASG actual starting lineups since I had to get going plus the ASG has the DH. I did have the game played at the home of last year National Cup champs, Minnesota Wolves. โพ
Glenn McNeill player of the game. Started 2B instead of his usual LF. Nice pick @NPBL Commish. Have to check but I think Iโm the only one voted for him at LF. ๐คช
Clippers have come a long way...3 players voted into the starting lineup and 7 total (though 2 were injured).
So i've got a question. I know it doesn't make a bit of difference, but one of my owners' goals (gee, I thought that was me!) is to acquire a hometown player. anyone know exactly how is that fulfilled? I've traded for one guy albeit he's still in the minors and drafted another. Do they need to be called up? do I need to sign/trade someone directly onto the active roster?
I believe you have to sign a guy or Trade for a guy from around the city you play in
Like the actual city? so they have to be from that specific city? not just the state huh? Well shoot. Hey @NPBL Commish what city are the Clippers based on??? LOL
Hahaha yup lol You can check when you open the game you should have a city for where your team is Based out of Iโm your settings page
And I believe they donโt have to be from the exact city but Iโm not 100% certain
OK. so under Find Players, there's a specific filter for "From Charlotte Area". so I found a FA, signed him. Now under goals it has John James listed as closest player and the goal is Yellow. So I guess it has to be someone on the Active Roster and not just someone stashed in the minors huh? u-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g
But itโs yellow it means you havenโt failed but you have an exactly completed it yet
Owner will want you to try better but he wonโt be angry that you didnโt get anybody
yeah, guess James is "close" to being from the Charlotte area, but not really. So I need to promote someone to the Active roster that is actually from the Charlotte area. sheeeesh.
We canโt get fired (I assume), so it doesnโt have any effect does it?
right, it does't really have any effect (that I know of). We can't get fired, nor is there any budget considerations. Just a game within a game within a game...
OOF 2-6 sim This has not been good I got to see if the playoffs are a possibility the season for me might need to break it down, I have made the playoffs in all but one of the last 14 years I believe so
After an atrocious 2-14 start, Michigan has won 11 of last 16 and is now just one game under .500. We're still four games back in the wild card race. Another Michigan Miracle is unlikely but we'd love the chance to face X24rocks in the post season again. ๐
Sergio Lopez (3521) passed Luis Ortiz (3520) on the career hits leaderboard. He will retire after the season in fourth place.
Veteran 3B Jorge Rivera, acquired from FL for a 4th round pick is hitting .287 (100 points better than last season with FL).
3-6 sim. Quite a log jam in the GEL. Will be nice to get some offense back soon. Two guys in rehab and one more a couple of sims away.
Rivera was always a good player - i wrecked his career by staying loyal to Alejandro Hernandez and i had a SS and for years i rotated 3b. Glad to see him performing well
I don't think I have ever had a team max out on chemistry (ecstatic) mid-season, while having so many negative personality guys. Logan Pearson must be one helluva captain.
Florida pitching legend Gordon cunningham is retiring at seasons end.
Eww NS 5-20 last month after going 17-10 Need something good to happen this month or My playoff streak is over
13-6 on the month not a bad Bounce back so far tho Need a strong September if Iโm going to make the playoffa
7-3 and now 1ยฝ games out of first. Never expected that after horrible start.
Iโm worried Arturo Rodriguez might be a sleeper agent for the Clippers. 1 for 16 with 1 walk in the 4-game set.
ugly, 2-8 sim for the Blaze. ๐ค Seems like the entire pitching staff is now on the "not hot" list. Far from it. They are not even lukewarm. In fact, I better have the trainer check some pulses. Big let-down.
On the one hand, I'm now in a 3 way tie for the FFL South top spot. Can't wait to move out of this division. LOL. On the other hand, I have the most home games and the weakest opponents here on out...so I've got that going for me.
Virginia is overachieving. I think it will turn into a two-team race by the end of the season.
Welcome to our new Illinois Jethawks GM, Mike Kritikos, @Mike- IL GM. Happy to have you in NPBL. Thanks to @Alex for bringing Mike to us. I'll work on getting you into the game and a new starter file uploaded this morning.
PA welcomes Roy Boyd to the bigs tomorrow. 8/9/9/4/7 ratings, was batting .352-35-114 in AAA
(I still need to figure out whoโs coming up with the expanded rosters)
I'm only going with 31 because I want to give Pittsburgh a chance to keep winning
just noticed this guy on my top prospects list. not bad for a 9th-round pick: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_14258.html
yeah, don't get that many guys from that late in the draft to make it very far
This guy was 270th - https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_13503.html
โcourse, it says heโs a slacker, so weโll see if he even sniffs those potentials.
I love those guys who come out of no where. Two of my all time favorites with the Blaze: Jonathon Darby: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_11238.html; played every position, practically, great fielder. speed. Got on base all the time. and Conner Lopez: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_11643.html; middle relief, starter, closer. Had an injury and bounced back. 1.06 whip. boy, I miss these guys.
meanwhile... Blaze, 2-8 sim, followed by a 9-1 sim. I guess my clubhouse rant had some impact. Moving everybody off the "on-the-block" list.
Normally the only injuries I'll handle are if the player is out (not day-to-day) for more than 2 weeks and will call up a player in the same position if possible along avoiding prospects if they haven't been up to NPBL yet.
Today I needed to hurry back to work and plus we have expanded rosters currently.
I won't touch a team's lineups/charts/rotation/bullpen unless they have specific instructions posted however
I somehow managed a winning sim despite the fact that I've got NINE players on the Not-Hot list.
Up (down?) to -11 Pythag. We have huge home/road splits so it'd be nice if the boys quit chokin' and actually snagged the division title
8-1. From 2-14 start to 81-61 and first place.
Andrews and Gallegos between them have 105 HRs and 249 RBIs.
Chad Henderson 8โ
inning one hitter
Norman Smith 6โ
inning one hitter
lost my rookie phenom SP to injury for the year (well, heโll be back if we make a deep playoff run I guess)
also the LHRP I plucked out of the NYSL immediately announced his retirement https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_12352.html
Young Jon Baal will make his debut for the Blaze this week. I probably should have brought him up months ago, but he's only 20 years old. 40+ HR in AA and AAA ball this season.
Ended up getting busy at work but sounds good. About to start the sim.
In addition to Gordon Cunningham retiring. Florida will see Alejandro Hernandez gang em up at seasons end. Hernandez was acquired from Kansas back in 2063 and over his 19 year career he has amassed 2984 games, over 11000 plate appearances. He is Floridaโs all time hits leader, has contributed 498 doubles, 295 home runs, 1158 RBI, 1035 walks and a WAR of 55.1.
GEL North is going to come down to the wire. 1 game separates Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota - and we each have a series against the other two in the final sim
it's entirely possible we end up as the 4th/5th seed, with a Pythag that's 15 games or more better than the top seed. Good times
well that was unexpected. 10-0 sim (win streak is 11 now) to go up 2.5 in the division
Keither fletcher hit 4HR in a game, looks like only the 4th time that has happened sin e 2030.
Roy Boyd's first 16 starts have gone well. .379-3-14 with 10 runs scored.
AAA Pioneer League Championship Series is going to game 9, with Norfolk and Pittsburgh knotted up at 4-4
3B Norman Smith needs 10 hits to reach 3000. He would be the first Patriot to 3000 .
Tyson Bacon has 3000+ hits and wore a Patriot uniform for a time, but most of his hits were with Colorado and California
Anyone know of an easy way to export a team's game scores into excel? Copying the table of scores (team's full schedule page) from StatsPlus is the easiest I have found so far but the score is all one column and I don't want to have to mess with separating them in excel. Hoping there is somewhere obvious that I have missed.
I looked around a little, but I think the easiest is to use what you have and separate it using a formula in Excel.
Your team: =LEFT(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)-1)1
The opponent score is more difficult because of the dumb asterisk on some games: =IF(RIGHT(A1,1)="",MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1)-1)1,MID(A1,SEARCH("-",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH("-",A1))1)
Thanks! I was able to separate them using the text to columns command and a bit of fiddling because it couldnโt do it cleanly. Was just hoping to make it even easier ๐
Trying to get a better look at our RD, which is relatively low, over the course of the year. So far we are 43-24 in one-run games and 17-9 in extras (19 of the one-run games). Made some adjustments and started getting healthier post AS so most of the low RD is probably due to first half of season, but ๐คทโโ๏ธ. Guess I'll dig into it.
it's been a while since I've been in a wildcard series though. Long playoff drought and then last season I unexpectedly won the division
Thatโs bonkers. Anyone know what the best home run combo was until now?
He made it! Congrats to Norman Smith. 37 y/o and his skills have diminished a little, but he's still ML-quality so it'll be interesting to see how high he can get.
Usually 3 games per sim (or one for game 7). But usually every day or faster if everybody exports or has instructions.
NM two games worse than last year but it feels like we are more ready for playoffs this year. After a poor start we went 40-16 from August onward. Everyone should be healthy barring any falls down the stairs. But anything can happen...
Bummed to lose Ramon Castro to a torn UCL. he struggled in the rotation. But after moving the the bullpen he was quite good. https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/players/player_6518.html
I'm happy to do whatever. I think I did 3-3-1 last year since that's how I run AFBL's but if NPBL has done 2-3-2 for the number of games per sim, that's cool with me
Do you need me to get down to 26 for this round to go or can I wait? (I always forget)
Pretty sure we need all playoff teams at 26 including the bye teams
Bronson Cartwright will finish his NPBL career without giving up a big-league hit.
I don't understand how we wound up with the best record on the year. We've got a great offense but our pitching + defense is middling at best.
In philosophy, systems theory, science, art and baseball, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own. These properties or behaviors emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole.
No rush guys! Just wanted to send the reminder before things got busy for me ๐.
it's viable if all three of them have high endurance. But if you have any marginal endurance guys you may need to manage it better
Blaine Titsworth, my staff ace from my first season in this league, is 113 years old now.
Here's a blast from the past; Chris Curcio is 107 years old. He had a difficult time reaching the majors because his stuff rating was just a 3, but he had 7 movement and 9 stuff, so when he did finally make the PA staff in his 30's, he was pretty good. 70-64 career record with a 3.37 ERA. Only 254 Ks in 1,235 innings!
I used to clean up with those low-stuff/high-movement and control guys in earlier OOTP versions
Good old Mejia giving up three in the first! Knew starting him in game 1 would be risky. Just hope the bats can help him out.
PA has missed a couple chances to blow this game open. Hopefully it won't come back to bite us
Trying to claw back into this one but giving up one in the top of the 9th hurts
I certainly hope that my Pitcher was not batting in the bottom of the ninth with 2 outs and a person on base
I believe that is all that is scheduled. However, I see no injuries on Minnesota, so I am good to go with my current upload, if others want to get more in today. And of course if our commish has the bandwidth.
Ya plan is 2. About to start the file upload but happy to run another sim if everyone is ready.
How can I see if I have any injuries? We can go again if all my guys are healthy
Interesting that Scorps are matched up against Nevada (Heinz' original NPBL team).
just exported, though no changes so no need to import if ya don't feel like it. sim away
Haha Iโve been Utah for longer than I was Nevada Iโm pretty sure. Or close
They moved to Georgia in 2052 from Kentucky where they were the Colonels
https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/team_index.php StatsLab (our previous OOTP utility) is a good spot to find that stuff easily. Default password is baseball if you haven't logged in before
So theyโve always deep roots in the confederacy and Lost Cause? Great! ๐ฌ
And the Colonels referenced KFC but there was never a good chicken mascot to be found. Lol
I notice in AFBL there are links to the game logs on the RTS page, but not in NPBL. Is that a setting somewhere in statsplus?
There is a link to logs in the rts box score if you get the correct box score ๐
AFBL is the other league I run. We do have 1 opening if you want to join the crossover fun ๐. Based on NPBL!
afblbaseball.com (still a work in progress just like our npblbaseball.com site ๐). Arizona Vipers are the team that is vacant. Definitely a project but have some nice pieces coming up plus have the 1st overall pick in the upcoming draft.
similar rules / finances / etc. But some differences (we have DH over there, draft is a bit different, etc)
How can I see the league home page with like top players and top systems? Sorry!
AFBL has 20 total franchises, DH enabled, HS and COL feeder system for the draft, in-game week sims 4 days a week. Believe those are the main differences.
Oscar Christian hit 2 HR for PA today. Those were the first two HR he's hit as a major league player.
granted, he only had 57 career big league at bats in the regular season...
Only injuries today. If everyone is ready to go, I can definitely finish up this round later today.
We couldn't figure out Hurtado last game, hopefully we can do better against him in game 6
Not sure if @nevadagm or @y0da55 need to make any changes for Games 6-7. Other 6 GMs look to be ready to go.
I'll run Games 6 and 7 tomorrow morning. Good luck in the final games guys!
๐ค that I can get an export in during the 1 to 2 EST window but if not it might be this evening. I've got a day.
pretty short; a few days to get everybody to vote for awards / HOF usually, and then we roll over and get moving.
draft used to be in the offseason but we pushed it later into the year so we can get into spring training and the early part of the season while drafting in statsplus
that said sometimes if a seasonal break falls around the holidays itโs a week or two
if Iโm exporting in 20 and youโre simming in 21, that explains why Virginia is winning maybe.
27-y-o Juan Moran hits his first major league home run, a 3-run pinch-hit job for Michigan.
MI pulls it out in last of ninth.
No injuries, so MI is good to go for next games.
I have to run an errand, BBS.
anyway I'm about to export as well, I'll let you know if I get the same thing.
Might need to check to see if your FTP is set to Passive, Standard FTP
I was just going to see if it fixes it when I download after the next sim.
ok, export worked for me -- I'll bet yours will resolve itself with the next file
Double checking with @y0da55 to see if CO has any changes so I'll sim later today if CO is ready or will continue Semi-Finals tomorrow (Mon 9/14) morning ~8am CDT. Good luck!
CO is ready to go so we'll actually sim later this afternoon/evening. I'll be out for a few hours but will sim when back. I'll try to give an hour or so heads up for an ETA for start time.
Lucky to be leading. Surrendered 6 hits, 3 walks and 2 errors in 4 innings and only one run. Very lucky.
I had to step away (Iโm doing a bit of cooking ahead for the week now)
Finally broke the streak of one run games. Won by two this time. Great CO-NM series so far. Tied 2-2.
not sure about that decision to leave West in there to pitch the 7th down 1. ug
Company, missed games. So sad. Exported for game 6. Not around until AM. Remember, I am in AZ, three hours earlier than EST.
Andrews is hitting .083 in playoffs; Gallegos is hitting .375 with five HRs
Well made it to a seventh game this year. Continuous improvement! Congrats and good luck @y0da55 !
eh, like I said back in September (in-game), I don't really understand how we took the 1 seed. Our pitching was ok at best.
I used to eat roasted chicken dinners at Freddie Parker's on Tremont Street in Boston. Long gone now.
No fast as I recall. It was in the south end which was sketchy territory back in those days. You always kept one eye on your car.
Sorry crazy day. Iโll remote onto my OOTP system and upload a new file.
The guy who finished the game for Jimenez hit the game-wining HR so... ๐
I smile every time Pat Galyon IV comes up to the plate. His great-grandfather is a PA legend.
I guess Pat Galyon III chose another path. Maybe he was a QB in the NFL or something.
Given Pat Galyon IV was born outside of Indianapolis, I'm just going to believe Pat Galyon III played for the Colts, lol.
@John-Michigan I believe my ace Pat Newell is next up too. That said, if you take game 5, your path gets easier
Iโll be able to finish up the League Finals in about an hour or so
Too soon to plug Roy Boyd for next year's ROY? I don't think he had too many ABs this year.
"Parker is and extremely hard worker and is intelligent on and off the field. He is well-respected by his teammates."
Depending on where that ground ball was he might not have even advanced to 3rd
Well I predicted during game 5 that whereโd be extra innings in game 7, letโs see if Iโm right.
Once upon a time, I looked through a bunch of NPBL playoff game archives to find the fantastic finishes and identify the stories that compare to Bobby Thomson, Bucky Dent, etc. etc.
There have been quite a number of moments like that in our history. The finish to the PA-MI might be on the list... down 3-1 in the top of the ninth of Game 7
Virginia was up 3 games to 1 and had a lead in the top of the 9th of game 5 too. (After we lost that one, the team seemed to give up; the last two games werenโt especially close.)
Man Krause only has 10 hits this postseason but 9 of them are doubles or HR
Interesting decision bu the Colorado manager to let the pitcher hit with one out and the bases loaded down 1 run top 9.
Awesome. I'll get Game 3 started after this wonderful meeting ๐.
After walking 10 batters combined in his first two playoff starts, Fast Freddy only one walk in his last two starts.
The only change I made Matt was starting Apadoca in CF instead of Flowers. Can you please check on this before simming? Thx.
At this point Iโm wondering how Colorado was only .500 during the regular season
They had a great September/October run leading up to the playoffs iirc. Which means they were way below .500 before that.
there's such a weird disparity between the leagues, that might've played a part. Lots more low-scoring games in the GEL, so a run here, a run there make much more difference.
We led the GEL with a team average of .258 (by 4 points) and that would be below average in the FFL and only good for 8th
I have no idea why we were so bad... it was so frustrating after being a 100 win team a few years ago.
And then this year we were out of the playoff hunt near the end of the year (and I was busy with life stuff) so it was a complete surprise to see us in the playoffs.
I wrote them off at memorial day last year so everything felt like playing with house money
I can't seem to vote for the GEL Bacon Awards, The list of players don't come up for me
Yeah that sometimes happens. Not sure rhyme or reason. But yes try what Chappy suggested.
It may take me a bit to finish HoF voting, I going through every candidates body of work..lol.
No problem. We fell behind on HOF voting so this is the 2nd wave of our catchup ๐
Thanks @NPBL Commish; Good to know; should be done in the next few days
Hopefully by next week. Need to make sure our relocations are ready to go and we need to finish Season Awards (and HOF if possible).
presumably there may be similar things for hitters if theyโre truly awful in the field?
Congrats to our 2084 Season Awards winners
Founding Fathers League
Tyson Bacon Award: LF Adam Andrews (MI)
James Yim Awards: SP Jose Berrios (MA)
Deangelo Ramos Award: CL Dave Glass (NC)
Bick Horizon Award: SS Luis Lopez (TN)
Zachary Matthews Award...
Pitcher: Eduardo Correa (MI)
Catcher: Elliot Brockway (TN)
First Baseman: Zipper Munoz (PA)
Second Baseman: Dani Cruz (MD)
Third Baseman: Jorge Rivera (MI)
Shortstop: Luis Lopez (TN)
Left Fielder: Cisco Nunes (NJ)
Center Fielder: Manny Perez (FL)
Right Fielder: Jonathan Whitfield (NC)
Platinum Stick Award...
Pitcher: Oliver Rivera (VA)
Catcher: Luis Martinez (VA)
First Baseman: Ignacio Gallegos (MI)
Second Baseman: Jose Robles (VA)
Third Baseman: Artie Joyce (NS)
Shortstop: Leland Milton (PA)
Left Fielder: Adam Andrews (MI)
Center Fielder: Bengt Raaijmakers (GA)
Right Fielder: Hector Rea (GA)
Great Explorers League
Tyson Bacon Award: LF Michael Meyer (MN)
James Yim Awards: SP Adam Pratt (CO)
Deangelo Ramos Award: CL Clarence Holland (NM)
Bick Horizon Award: CF Arturo Cantu (HI)
Zachary Matthews Award...
Pitcher: Charlie Reynolds (WI)
Catcher: Ronnie Guinan (MN)
First Baseman: Eduardo Ortiz (ID)
Second Baseman: Logan Pearson (NM)
Third Baseman: Julio Lorenzo (WA)
Shortstop: Tim Atkins (WI)
Left Fielder: Michael Meyer (MN)
Center Fielder: Nick Nelson (KS)
Right Fielder: Raul Rodriguez (CA)
Platinum Stick Award...
Pitcher: Juan Vasquez (NV)
Catcher: Hugh Wyatt (UT)
First Baseman: Norbert Shaw (NV)
Second Baseman: Adrian Amezaga (NV)
Third Baseman: Neil Hammond (NV)
Shortstop: Don Landry (CO)
Left Fielder: Qadir Shaqodoon (LA)
Center Fielder: Arturo Cantu (HI)
Right Fielder: Enrique Lombos (WI)
General Manager Of The Year: John Gagan (MI), 93-69, Founding Fathers North title, Lost to Pennsylvania Freedom in FFL League Championships
GM of the year? Not so deserved, I think, but thanks everyone for the votes.
Thanks for all your work on realignment, renaming, and everything else, Commish!
You are welcome. Hopefully will have it all finished up by late tonight or in the morning ๐.
Heโd rather lose eight nothing than one nothing But he would do anything for the team
Hey @NPBL Commish if you want to change my secondary logo to the bear as well that's fine. It looks "off" on the standings page when everyone else has their actual team logo.
I still have to get the relocated teams minor league teams adjusted but will have that done for Monday's sim as a FYI for the 4 teams
Correct. Don't want to delay things any longer. Impacted teams would be the Founding Fathers League, right?
Organizations with RL teams in Alabama:
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- Nova Scotia
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
pretty sure we did that on purpose when setting it up so our minor leaguers would face different competition at at least one level
I'll have a chance to get the relocated team's minor league affiliates updated and start the 2085 Spring Training around 10am CDT or so
If anyone wants/needs to get an export in, go for it. I'm working on the minor league affiliates updates for our 4 relocated teams first.
26 players for Opening Day on Monday. I didn't advance out of Spring Training so everyone could more easily view stats and such.
added benefit that the season predictions won't happen until we're down to actual rosters
Yeah, but the Militia are a post All-Star game team. Nothing to worry about yet.
I guess it is time to find a new starting catcher. It has been SO nice to always count on Cardenas over the past 14 seasons - he will be missed!
I had a relief pitcher tell me he was retiring last year and then change his mind to come back - ya never know
Question for the benefit of my upcoming draft picks: When a relief pitcher has a high stamina rating, does it mean that he could potentially be converted to a starter? Or does it just mean that he can be used as a reliever on more consecutive days???
once in a rare while I see a pitcher add a third pitch. but I wouldn't count on it. I've sometimes had success with good sinkerballers managing as two-pitch starters. But I think there's a lot of value in a guy who can give you 100+ IP out of the bullpen
Updates to the /player StatsPlus command to provide more information when executed "Added overall pick number to previously drafted players, and a link to the S+ draft where they were taken."
Usually the File Watcher App reports when the file has been updated. No report yet. Upload may have stopped/failed.
Oh cool the file watcher still works on manual upload via FileZilla. Let me know if the file is or isn't working guys.
Cool just wasn't sure if I did it correctly during my meetings ๐
Thereโs obviously a glitch in the file, because the Kula Sox are in first place๐
Crap sorry guys never hit start on the StatsPlus app so that's why no game results and such were sent this morning
I think it's a sign that the top end starters/batters are weak in this draft.
Ugh, can't get file to upload. When I test on the online settings page, it works.
Never know who will turn out to be what. You can turn a lot of these 2 pitch SP into 5 star relievers
first time I've had an explicitly career ending injury in a while. luckily a minor-league filler type
had a world-beating changeup except that it was straight as an arrow and when players guessed right it went a very long way
what exactly is Ded supposed to stand for? his listed as having a torn rotator cuff in game.
anybody know off hand what the orange font signifies in the Personality description. This guy is high in Adaptability and Greed, but Greed is in Orange. He's low in Leader, also in orange. what am I missing? ๐
being a non-financials league, I don't think Greed has much effect (tho it's not zero)
My earlier comment about "play me or trade me" emails is in response to this. Then... if you don't play or trade, that player morale can suffer and the bad morale can be contagious. So, it is a nuisance.
I don't know for sure but my hypothesis is a player with high greed will care more about individual stats than team success
I agree, Obviously he won't ask for a ton of money in this league, but greed could equal selfishness.
I assume that a guy with high โwork ethicโ will be more likely to reach his full potential, but I was never sure about how intelligence plays into it. And adaptability... would that just make it more likely that a player could be trained at a new position?
the high work ethic is a bit of a mystery for me. i have drafted numerous high work ethic guys who did not pan out. now that could be on me moving them up too quickly, etc.
I think intelligence helps pitchers and catchers more than other spots.
and one of my best ever drafted players, Gordon Cunningham had low work ethic...
I would surmise that adaptability may work in changing positions, spots in the lineup, fitting in follow trades, etc...
It's one of those OOTP mysteries, like if you play in a league with finances, how much does Player Development or Scouting money really help
Players with a strong work ethic can have a positive effect on other players in the clubhouse, and can influence player development. They are also somewhat less prone to slumps. Players with poor work ethic are also more prone to drug suspensions. -ootp manual
Intelligent players have a positive effect on other players in the clubhouse, and can influence in-game decisions and player development. Unintelligent players are also more prone to drug suspensions. -ootp manual
The manual doesnโt really say much, but it definitely convinces me that the personality ratings matter over time.
Dont some bad personality traits coincide with High intelligence in game?
Over all my years of playing low work ethic also means that when they get injured they decline faster But low work ethic players also develop and can be superstars
Iโve also noticed mostly playing solo that Guys with low loyalty or that may not be the best team players donโt cause problems when your team is winning but That Does make sense
Making it all even more murky (from manual):
โNote: The effects of personalities are unpredictable, just as in the real world. Personalities might affect the game in ways other than what is described above, and personalities are not absolutes! For example, a player with a high loyalty might elect not to sign an extension with your team. Players will not always behave precisely according to their player personalities.โ
I just assume that high rated personality guys will have some intangible positive effect over the the long term so I get as many as I can and donโt worry about which guys contribute what from their personality ratings.
Just like a player with a 10 potential in Contact isn't guaranteed to have a better batting average each year than a guy with 7 potential. Over the long haul, it's more likely than not, but there has to be some murk involved.
There is probably a difference because we see player's talent ratings change (though there is still variance in how performance matches ratings). With personalities, I don't think I've seen it change. But there is a variance to how much each personality trait may matter case-by-case.
A player with high greed... I more often see those "Hey, I should be in your starting lineup, play me or trade me" emails.
my fav was a real bad apple I purposely drafted in the 4th round. I think the game claimed 'he is a fucking asshole'. I was curious how he might affect the team. he was an average player at best, and about 5-6 years in he was a leader. it was unexpected
I like the emails you sometimes get after trading away or demoting a triple-low player (intelligence, leadership and work ethic) saying the team is happy you got rid of them. Very reassuring.
over in AFBL I've had a guy go from selfish to disruptive as he's declined related to age
but I haven't paid attention to see if the underlying traits changed, or just the personality type
We have 16 players in the 500 HR club. MLB has 27. Geldorf leads NPBL with 752. Bonds leads MLB with 762.
NPBL has 34 members in the 3000 hit club. MLB has 32. Leader is (once again) Geldorf with 4085. Rose has 4256.
with good health, Martin Hernandez should reach 500 HR. He is at 444 at age 32, plays 1B, and still has 9 power.
Since New Mexico's Sergio Lopez (#4 with 3537) retired last offseason, the highest current active player is Massachusetts' Norman Smith (#47 with 3046)
Hernandez has an outside shot at 3000 hits. if he stays on average he needs 5 more years to get to 3000. that won't likely happen, so he need to play probably 7-8 more years to get there...
I was lucky to draft Walt Geldorf back in the day. Dude was a stud.
Nevada's Adrian Amezaga stands a good chance of reach 500 HR as well. He's at 459, age 36, still has 8 power. He looks to me like he's still good for 30 HRs a season, which would allow him to reach 500 next year.
Virginia's Ricardo Salazar with an outside shot of reaching 3000 this year. He needs 154 hits, which would be 210 on the season. He had 215 hits three seasons ago (he hit .330 that year). He is currently hitting .337.
but based on playing time so far he's on pace for about 175-180 on the season
And Iโd be shocked if we see big career offensive totals. Runs have been so hard to come by for awhile
I remember I traded for Walt like my second year in the league just because I wanted to have him on my team and then I made the playoffs a year after I traded him away
My last draft pick, Reuben Montero, is in limbo between the IC and R. If I search for him he's listed as being MER International Complex. But he doesn't show up in either. I want him to stay in IC but how do I get him to show up there? I think this has come up before but I don't remember what to do.
I donโt know how to keep him in international. You can get him on a roster by putting him on the big squad and then demoting him
I want to get him into international if possible. Not sure what limbo might do to development. If I promote him to rookie league heโs not going to get playing time.
I donโt know What limbo does compared to international complex - you just have to remember that he is there...
@FloridaFlamingosRob this is a known issue that we have been fighting with for years.
My other league only has 2 Minors and we have never experienced it, a couple guys have ended up in purgatory before, but itโs not a usual thing
yeah Iโve had a guy or two who I forgot about and left in limbo for some time. They do seem to develop but Iโve ultimately concluded I prefer to just stick them on the RL team even if theyโre only 16.
Jose Garcia (the first one there, in Norfolk) was one like that. Drafted 2077, forgotten about until 2080 when I promoted him to A. He ultimately made the show for a bit but his ceiling wasnโt really high enough to stick given that heโs mostly a first baseman.
So I think if you keep track of it somehow players can do fine in the rookie league international complex. But itโs dumb luck that I found this guy again after the fact. ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
As a good practice (at least for me) is i go through my draft history in game every season and double check any guys with Foreign names / over the years i have caught a handful i missed...
Yeah it's the silly limbo / "Rookie League International Complex" that doesn't exist but OOTP will sometimes put our drafted IFAs there. I need to make it a point to go through the drafted IFA guys and check they are either in the actual IC or in your RL each draft.
@NPBL Commish can you move C Reuben Montero to IC? If not I'll just move him to Rookie League.
Forgot about this with our schedule setup but will have to stop on July 7th and have the July 8th games be part of the ASG sim since the ASG rosters get picked by CPU 2 days before if not manually selected and the ASG is slated for July 10th. Need to have our schedule have another day or two of rest padded into the ASG break.
Subject to change slightly if any are injured but here are our 2085 All-Star Game selections...
2085 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Jean Lizotte (NV)
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO) [unanimous 18/18]
2B: Denny Camp (UT)
3B: Alejandro Calderon (UT)
SS: Don Landry (CO)
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI)
OF: David Anderson (ID)
OF: Juan Jose Montoya (CO)
SP: Darren Rice (WA)
Reserves
CA: Ignacio Pena (WI)
CA: Hugh Wyatt (UT) [Commish selection - wasn't another 1B deserving imo]
2B: Adrian Amezaga (NV)
3B: Larry Miller (WI)
SS: Bobby Vega (CA)
OF: Michael Meyer (MN)
OF: Drake Harmon (WI)
OF: Gustavo Hernandez (NV)
SP: Juan Vasquez (NV)
SP: Lucio Mejia (MN) [injured]
SP: Miguel Ramirez (MI)
SP: Greg Kirby (CO)
SP: Bob Young (HI)
SP: Carlos Ortiz (NV) [Commish selection, injury replacement for Mejia]
RP: Gary Johnson (ID)
RP: Vicente Ortega (NV)
RP: Doug West (MN)
RP: Jerry Page (CO)
RP: Ashton Downing (NV)
RP: Rod Muller (MI)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Matt Failes (AL)
1B: Arturo Rodriguez (VA) [unanimous 17/17]
2B: Jose Robles (VA)
3B: Joaquin Palma (MD)
SS: Luis Lopez (TN)
OF: Juan Gutierrez (VA)
OF: Jason Stanley (TN)
OF: Bengt Raaijmakers (GA)
SP: Christian Miller (FL) [Commish selection for starter over Hurtado]
Reserves
CA: Sergio Castillo (FL)
1B: Joe Gonzales (GA) [Commish selection, 2nd in wRC+]
2B: Leland Milton (PA)
3B: Octavio Sanchez (NJ)
SS: Ernest Thomas (AL)
OF: Jim Flowers (PA)
OF: Hector Rea (GA)
OF: Qadir Shaqodoon (LA)
SP: Reynaldo Hurtado (GA)
SP: Henry Matthews (GA)
SP: John David Hex (LA)
SP: Manuel Lopez (AL)
SP: Shane Colbert (AL) [Commish selection, tied 3rd for WPA]
RP: Jason Baker (GA)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
RP: Cisco Chavez (NS)
RP: Allen Baptiste (LA)
RP: Dave Glass (NJ)
RP: Clarence Holland (AL) [Commish selection, tied 4th for WPA, sub 1 ERA, low FIP]
I really should not have tried to fix my lineup until After the trade deadline because I went 6-3 With a sweep of Virginia ๐
Also shows me how much I pay attention I totally forgot Amedeo Minelli His last shut out was in 2080 and it was a postseason no hitter
Been playing OOTP since 2006 and this is the most stoked Iโve been with a roster
I thought having such a deep playoff field hampered deadline activity but looks like that isnโt the case this year
I have told the commish I will not be back next season. I will run MI until the end of the year or until he finds a replacement for me. I loved the league, but I am just cutting way backon OOTP. Good luck to everybody going forward.
Sorry to see you step away but definitely don't be a stranger in the future if you get the itch in either league.
Forgot about this meeting but just finished up. Will sim in a moment.
I called up an OF prospect Hector Reyes and he went yard in his first game
we also went 7-3 so I might find myself regretting deciding not to add a pitcher by the end of the season
Highest RD in the league for the moment and still only a game and a half behind Georgia. I expected a bit of a decline this year but weโre hanging in there.
I am ruining Roberto Gonzรกlez Career ๐ he has lost 7.4 Career WAR in last 2 years he might drop below 60 WAR and that will end is HOF chances for sure if he had any
I have two pitching prospects in AA named Russ Haines and Ross Hines. This is surprisingly confusing.
Especially since they both have major-league potential. (Although Hainesโs ceiling is higher than Hinesโs ceiling. I think.)
If they both make it, there has to be some kind of a nickname or jingle that goes with them. Like the Killer B's or "Spahn and Sain and wait for Rain".
Yea, "Pray for Rain" is right, I botched the phrase. ๐
I've got a young reliever named Briggs. I've thought about renaming another reliever to Stratton so I could have a "Briggs & Stratton" bullpen
I saw the first ever AFL game there: Boston Patriots vs Denver Broncos. It was first ever game because it was on Friday night. Pats lost.
At age 10? I guess I was upset but my family were really Red Sox fans.
At the end of spring training, the Braves and the Red Sox always played one another - one game at Fenway, one at Braves Field.
My favorite Brave was Sibby Sisti. He sucked, but I liked his name.
Iโm going to have to go and replay the last seasons of the Braves in Boston. The only seasons Iโve done in the 40s were โ41 and โ46 but I didnโt focus on the Braves.
While I'm all for it, I don't think you mean to sim today @NPBL Commish
Yeah it is only Tuesday haha. I took yesterday off at work so I'm all thrown off lol. No sim today guys ๐
Louisiana RF Jorge Cantu hit his 500th career homerun this sim @cbj-blaze
I was starting to wonder if he would make it. Nice to see. Too bad he's falling off so much.
Having a problem exporting file via FTP. "Could not upload file. Error -202: Upload error"
What should I try?
Just got a message from Slackbot that says "NPBL - Invalid export received!"
though at least some of that appears to be bad luck, as weโre -7 by pythag
Well two starting pitchers and our 2B captain injured recently and a third SP in rapid decline. Need some guys to overachieve in the playoffs if weโre going to get anywhere.
yeah all of Virginia's remaining games are on the road. Which is fine by me, at this point I think I'd rather miss the playoffs this year and continue retooling.
man, life got so crazy i didnt get an export in till this week, next year we will build up the team some more
You didn't break your franchise record even. 110 wins for Georgia in 2055
Another good regular season but late season injuries to key players are probably going to kill us in the playoffs.
that was a wild last sim. swept by Alabama. Sweep Tennessee. Swept by Georgia.
Though I wonder what a years worth of this team would do in the regular season
May be too late next year if Rodriguez and Salazar retire or decline (likely)
Means you get a bye by winning the division. So thatโs something. Not that it helped us the last two seasons ๐ฅด. We did lose to the eventual champions both years so I donโt feel too bad about it.
I tried to combat that by loading up the bullpen and having so many splits vs left and right that I should be able to match up vs any opponent
some good signs for Virginia for next year. Julian Negron was 10-7, 3.03 from June onward, and is only 22.
It looks like my biggest foes in the first 2 rounds would be vs teams with a lot of righty pitchers. That I hope will help me
Several things:
- I am unsurprised that MI missed the playoffs.ย Gallegos, Norton, and Andrews all had overall decent years but well below their best.ย They are fading as they age and they ARE Michigan.
- The commish told me I won GM of the Year. That totally surprises me, and I feel distinctly undeserving. Thank you for that honor. It is sincerely appreciated.
- Winning the award makes me feel guilty for leaving the league as previously announced now that the season is over. But leave I shall. I am cutting my OOTP participation down to a single league for now, and I suspect within in a short time I will leave that league as well.
- I've enjoyed my time here, and I respect every GM that I have had dealings/interaction with. I especially appreciate the Commish for all he has done.
- Good luck to the playoff teams and to all team sin future years. It's been a blast.
- With that I now sign out of Slack, Cheers to all.
Thanks for the kind words @John-Michigan. Good luck going forward and don't be in a stranger in either league if you desire in the future!
Take care and good luck! Remember you can always rejoin leagues when things calm down. I've left and re-joined my main league with each kid I've had.
Somebody shouldโve traded for Felix Sandoval The last two months of the season he started 12 games was 6-4 with below 2.25 era
And what is probably his final and worst season of his career Roberto 'Suds' Gonzรกlez Finished second in the league in triples which I believe now puts him with the most triples all time at 150
If I would have known I would lose my two top starters (and 1 and 2 in ERA in the FFL I just noticed) I might have! lol
Lopez had an ERA of 2.28 and Colbert 2.37. Rotten injuries.
Iโm hoping someone will take him off my hands for next season So his last game for me is a complete game shutout. Now what I would say here Jeff is you shouldโve lol well Good luck and hopefully you can last long enough
Hawaii has exported. How I went from losing 90+ games each of the last three years to 93 wins and a division championship without making many changes is a total mystery to me. My owner's goals for this season were "try not to suck completely". I don't understand it, but I'll take it...๐
Do I need to export a playoff roster file now or when itโs my round to play?
Good point. I believe first round bye teams need to export with 26 players as well.
You got it. Will do so tomorrow am. You arenโt swimming until Monday anyway right?
Yes correct unless everyone gets their exports in early over the weekend
Unfortunately @Zach - Nevada told me recently that he needs to cut back on a league too. This will leave us with Washington, Michigan, and Tennessee as vacant.
But good news is that I've found a replacement for Tennessee from the StatsPlus Slack. I'll be getting Steven setup as the Hounds new GM.
Thanks for letting me be part of your guys league
Yea. I want to try and help leagues out and try my skills with other groups instead of the one league Iโm in
Definitely. We have a fairly simple setup so it keeps things fun as you try to build your franchise without worrying about finances.
Good. Iโm ready to see what players there is and what I can grab.
Congrats to Utah! Like to see the Scorpions do well, if I remember correctly, they were my first team in NPBL years ago.
I have a busy day ahead, just want to let you know Minnesota is good to move ahead with most recent upload if you want to start the next series today.
that was close. thanks for a fun back and forth series @FloridaFlamingosRob!
League Quarter-Finals is completed. League Semi-Finals is set to start whenever that group is ready later today or we'll continue tomorrow (Thurs Dec 10) morning around our normal sim time. Good luck in the next round guys!
UT - โ๏ธ @jeheinz72
CO - โ @y0da55
MN - โ๏ธ @Marcus (go ahead post in Slack)
HI - โ๏ธ @chicoruiz (go ahead post in Slack)
NJ - โ๏ธ @koohead
GA - โ๏ธ @Alex (go ahead post in Slack)
AL - โ๏ธ @jeff_alabama
PA - โ @chappy
I guess people because this my first time in the league
@koohead congrats on the win! My team needed more love from me during the year and I just didnโt get to it. Give them hell in the next round
Looks like we just need the go ahead or an export from Colorado and Pennsylvania if we wanted to start tonight. If not no worries and I'll sim tomorrow morning. Good luck guys!
His first shut out since 2080 & First playoff shut out since 2068 @Alex for Rodriguez
I mistakenly started Rodriguez game one and it worked out haha. @mstreeter06 did I mistakenly have it strict order starting at 4?
Iโve updated the landing page for the NPBL WordPress homepage npblbaseball.com about our 2 vacancies. I need to get our Rules page updated plus a few other random stuff. Iโll try to keep this updated with content as possible. If anyone would like an account to post writeups and such, let me know!
Sounds like the FFL teams are good to go. GEL has MN with the go ahead and pending UT, CO, HI. @jeheinz72 @y0da55 @chicoruiz if we want to continue today. If not, we'll go again tomorrow (Friday 12/11) morning. Thanks and good luck!
Brian (CO) responded back via email saying he's good to proceed so Games 3-5 coming up soon
Iโve been playing OOTP since 2011 across 4 leagues now. Never missed the playoffs (though the vipers will break that) Often times led the league in wins. Never made the World Series lol
We scored 16 runs in game two and then were shut out twice. Need to win three in a row now. ๐
Robbie Jordan gets it done in a rare start. Nice to see the offense again!
blowing game 3 is ultimately sure to cost us, we're ready to be put out to pasture in Game 6/7 though
Do I log on and do some changes now or wait cause you wonโt get to it til morning?
Either is fine with me. I gotta change my pitcher hook settings. Starters staying in way too long lol
You can download the newest file and then export changes. I'll sim tomorrow morning around our normal sim time.
Due to a math error I left Pat Newell off the playoff roster. He's healthy today... sure could use his team-leading 2.85 ERA right about now
I wouldnโt worry too much. I doubt both my starters will come through. Maybe one.
I think rookie Merril Pugh won himself a spot in the rotation next year. Hopefully Lopez and Colbert come back full strength after missing the playoffs.
MN offense has gone awol the last couple games. Running out of time to find it!
Looks like the final four teams are ready so Iโll sim tomorrow mid-morning or so CST
We are ready to continue with the League Finals. I'll sim in the next 10-15 minutes. Good luck! @Alex @chappy @chicoruiz @y0da55
Grabbing exports now. Game 3s coming up! RTS: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/rt_sim/index.html
Georgia had a chance to blow it wide open, but wasnโt able to. See if PA gains some momentum.
Rob Boyd is having a game despite striking out with the bases loaded earlier
Hey commish, weโre done for the day right? Dolphins game on - not sure if you need a file for today ๐
I think game three is coming up, but the Hawaii game might not start for a few hours lol
I was actually going to Game 5s soon but can upload a file if needed
Dolphins do look like they're going in the right direction for sure. I live in the KC metro and that's really awesome about Alex Smith's sister.
No injuries and looks like all 4 are ready to continue. I'll grab any exports and start Game 6s here in the next 5-10. Good luck! @Alex @chappy @y0da55 @chicoruiz
I need to stop playing OOTP. I dunno how I can mathematically lose year in and year out like this
At least @Alex you are not like a mlb team that canโt win a playoff game and has the longest losing streak in all major sports
I need to step away from this OOTP crap for a little while. Iโll catch you guys soon. Congrats pa
Hey @Alex Iโve been playing out of the park baseball since I was 12 I am 28 Iโve been in online baseball league from when I was 13 till 17 And then again Since I was 21 Iโve been in enough playoff games and I want my first title just this year It happens bro Playoffs are wild. Canโt wait to see the title game
The rng is real in OOTP, it happens all the time, I understand the frustration
I do, Iโm glad to be here trust me. Itโs fun to keep getting to the playoffs. Maybe one day
PA starting SS Bob Perkins was injured in the last game and will miss the rest of the playoffs
@NPBL Commish Matt, if my export doesn't take, just move Perkins onto the DL, activate Jimenez, and auto all depth charts and lineups.
If Game 1 is an indication of the whole series... I'll just say I'm glad I don't have a horse in this race or I'd need heart medicine.
Not really pulling for either team, but it would be nice to continue my two-year streak of losing in the playoffs to the eventual champions.
Hawaii: "Go head and take a lead, we'll just tie it up again when we get the chance."
I can upload a new file if needed but happy to make any changes via instructions too @chicoruiz @chappy
Ok cool, looks like whatever he left the game for was minor. PA is good to go with no changes
Oof, squandered opportunity followed by a 2-run HR for Hawaii... that might have done it.
Thanks, Chappy and congrats on a great season. Iโm not quite sure how I did that, but Iโll take it...
This should be considered good news for all NPBL GMs, because if I can do it, Lord knows anyone can.๐
Congrats @chicoruiz on the NPBL title and @chappy on the great season.
not sure what to do.. game shows back to Oct 31 with the timestamp of this morning on the NPBL.lg folder on my OOTP system. WTF
I guess you can resim until Hawaii wins in 6 again though the scores will be different
frustrating that ootp doesn't auto save after each day during a RTS
don't see anywhere where it dumped any of the data from the games. how is that even possible ootp devs
little shit like this really makes me upset. seems like something they should plan for when developing.
i even moved my OOTP install to my newer laptop from the older desktop recently thinking that is why my sims would sometimes crash but it seems to just be ootp ๐ก
Ya the only way seems to be what Chappy suggested.. sim until I can get Hawaii winning in 6. I'll work on that and continue to curse that the OOTP devs lol
Manually save along the way so you don't have to restore back to Game 1 if/when you need to retry
ya I have a save from back to 10/31 again (start of National Cup Series). Good idea on saving through and something I'm going to have to start doing from now on.
Is it important that Hawaii wins in 6? Who knows how long that will take? The important thing is that they win. All the stats and scores will be different anyway.
not sure if its super important but will see if it happens in attempt 1 or 2 ๐. if not, i'll just take a hawaii winning result.
1st attempt was Hawaii in 7. We'll see if 2nd attempt gets it in 6. If not, I'll take the next result haha.
What I meant by this is... save after (say) Game 4 if it's 2-2. Then sim Game 5. If PA wins, go back to that Game 4 save point. If Hawaii wins, save and create a new restore point. Then you just need the result you want for Game 6 and not the result you want for a whole series.
Ya I understood that. Worked out quickly actually. That was my plan for any more attempts lol.
A CEI that occurred during the re-do sim should really be manually edited.
I actually didn't check injuries so if there were any let me know and yes they'd be wiped out
I updated with the new file and checked the injury log. There are only day-to-day injuries and one guy with Heart palpitations that keeps him out for 3 days. Not sure if that report is the entire universe or just ML players though.
I really lucked out on Boyd... a 2nd round pick that now has 10+ power and 9 in contact, gap power and avoid ks
holy cow. I'll say you did. The guy has ratings like superman, and he's 23 years old.
and I was about to be all jelly about Boyd but then I remember I have one of those I got lucky on too (Denny Camp)
Interesting that the guy drafted one spot ahead of Boyd is Kansas' Vinnie Doig, who is reported as the top hitting prospect.
Several excellent players in the 2nd round of that 2081 draft. (Mine was a dud ๐)
Good call.. Iโll post reminders for folks that havenโt gotten Season Awards or HOF voting in shortly.
Weโll have to at least get Season Awards done before we rollover into 2086. Preferably have HOF done too but weโre able to extend that into the season if needed (S+ has to do a backend server adjustment)
Congrats again @chicoruiz! @mstreeter06 is it ok to import latest file or should I wait till we start the spring training?
Go for it now of you want. I plan to grab exports in the morning and advance 1 day to the start of the Offseason while we get everyone's voting done.
Need Season Awards voting from: PA @chappy, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @nevadagm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MN @Marcus, NS @x24rocks, CA @California, CO @y0da55 (missing both Tyson Bacon - Best Hitter)
Need HOF voting from: FL @FloridaFlamingos_Rob, GA @Alex, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @nevadagm, CO @y0da55, MN @Marcus
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
On it. Don't know what happened before, but when I clicked the Bacon Awards, nobody showed up (it's why I didn't do them)
All good. That sometimes happens with StatsPlus voting. Fix is just to either reload the tab or go back elsewhere and return usually.
Well I donโt know the whole league well so Iโm picking people at random
This league is so weird, there are players with 60+ WAR who were only all stars like 4 times
Itโs not always easy to become an all-star Since most of us vote for people who were playing well not just popular
I don't know how to use "number of all-stars" as a measurement, and so I usually end up ignoring it. What it actually tells you is that they were a good player (compared to their peers) for the first half of the season. Meh.
yeah I wish we could have, like, "number of silver sluggers" there instead
Well I donโt know who to vote for because I have not seen a season
Ahh yes good call lol. You don't have to if you want to wait for next offseason ๐.
Vote for all the fantastic Georgia players and vote for me for gm of the year as a sad clown consolation prize
Is there an award for team โwho decided to go to crapโ. If so, please nominate the Jethawks!
We'll break the rest of the week instead of having ST sims split between the NYE holiday. Plan on Monday January 4 for our 1st ST sim.
Oliver Rivera was the #2 overall pick in 2077, and made his major-league debut that year. He won the ERA crown in 2082, was an all-star in 2083, and is about to be released and wash out of the league at 30 in 2086.
NPBL map updated for 2086 with the new Texas League of the Rigs Rookie League
New posts on the NPBL website about Hawaii's National Cup title, the Texas League move, and our 2 vacancies. https://www.npblbaseball.com/
I've posted about our vacancies in other league Slacks, Reddit, and about to do the same on OOTP Forum. Hopefully we can get Washington and Michigan filled soon.
Reddit post - https://www.reddit.com/r/OOTP/comments/kmify1/openings_in_2_leagues_ootp20_fictional_no_finances/
OOTP Forum post - https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/showthread.php?p=4729865#post4729865
More exciting news on the league vacancies front.. I have another new GM interested in my OOTP openings. Lee will be taking over Michigan! I'll be inviting him to Slack and getting the file ready shortly.
Thank you and hello all! Take me a bit to get up to speed, but will work on it ;)
@NPBL Commish hey do you have a file from me? I exported for ST but the website shows something older. Thanks!
Thanks all. Busily micromanaging my team to prep for Spring Training in a few days!
I'm setting up my minors, and I did not see anything in the rules about max ages for any of the minor league tiers. Do I need to worry about it (is max age set in the settings), or just adjust them as I need to for development?
Adjust them as you need for development. No restrictions on sending players to the minors (over and over and over again if you like). No restrictions on the number of players on each team.
And no restrictions on age for any of the levels (though I do try to follow some personal rules of thumb)
One more question from the noob squad as I start planning depth for the team... injuries set to Low, Normal, or High? Guessing Normal based on logs... but sample size is small and would like to plan for how many backup Starting Pitchers I need to have floating about. Thanks!
Injury Frequency is set to Low just confirmed to be sure @Lee - MI Militia
If you aren't sure, I bet it's low thanks. Normal or higher there's enough injuries and complaints from at least someone that everyone knows the setting :P
From Dave with StatsPlus...
Minor S+ addition, the sortable player stats page now supports a date range for batting and pitching stats. This only works for the current stats season.
Another small StatsPlus update today from the change blog found here: https://headwayapp.co/statsplus-updates
Got to start somewhere. Hopefully that extends into the Regular Season for you ๐.
IFA claims made in the Free Agent channel same as league free agents, or is there a different process? Seeing couple posts that confuse me, so pretty sure I am missing something. Figure worth asking before making a claim and regretting it later.
First game of spring training goes 15 innings, a 5-3 win at Maryland. Pretty good pitching in a 6-2 start.
The IFA guys are off limits actually until we conclude the Draft. Then any undrafted are available for claim following our usual FA claiming process.
Regular IFA players are put into our ammy draft pool. Your team may find and sign international players, but those happen on their own and never hit the FA pool.
But only sometimes I've noticed. It's so weird..
Still need me a young catcher for minor league depth so regular free agency it is ๐
@Lee - MI Militia - Apologies if you already knew this. The New York Summer League is essentially a league for free agents to showcase their talents. But all the players there are still free agents. Meaning... even though a player may be "signed" by the Watertown Maulers (for example), you can still claim that player if you want him in your organization.
I was not, thank you! That explains the FA signing that started my confusion ๐
Dave with S+ has mentioned possibly but still in the works last I heard
Iโd vote pretty hard against discord, as I cannot load that on my work machine
like, Iโd deal, but Iโd likely become a lot less active in trades etc
I love discord, haha, I access via web just like these slacks
Because I donโt want to add the actual places to
My work slack app
I just like that itโs free and it saves almost all history, and slack even to pay for, is so expensive and it loses history pretty quickly in bigger leagues like this
Gotcha; Iโm indifferent, but I love the slack interface. But the loss of historical info is a big tradeoff
I need to get back on that part (the free Slack tier not being unlimited messages). I had a workaround using Rocket.chat that synced with Slack. I hope to get that back up and going sometime soon lol
Just exported...hope I'm not too late. Been a little under the weather.
Hang in there Patriots' fans. We may not be very good this year, but better times are coming. I envision as many as 12 players on this years' opening day roster won't be there next year.
This year will be all about evaluating which players can give me a reason to keep their roster spot. And about watching those youngsters in AAA. ๐
Me too ๐. I'll get the sim started after the AFBL sim upload stuff finishes!
I am ready for the season, my Pitching sucked last season but when you have bad Defense it will, the FIP Of all my good pitchers was really good And with improved defense I played better last year so hopefully with even better defense now and better players I should have a pretty good season I hope.
Juggling work yuck lol but plan to get the sim started in the next 30-60 minutes
I'm about to have a chance to get the Opening Day sim started. Need maybe another 15-30.
Thank you Boss. Your high expectations are what motivate through the summer grind!
3-6 to get off to a slow start. Hope that preseason prediction of a 2.93 team ERA is close. Weโll need it.
5-4 start for MN to start ๐ but lost Michael Meyer for 3-4 weeks ๐ and got shut out by Michigan ๐
So my team has agreed to stink again without asking me first...going to be a long season.
Leaped before looking when I saw a post of someone looking for a smallish league with interesting features. Sent them a link to your post on the forum. Let me know if you'd prefer to wait till off season to bring in new folks.
No Iโd love to get our last opening filled for sure. The post on the StatsPlus slack user did say he could be interested too if they are the same person.
Great minds ๐. I happened to see it this morning and quickly DMโd him there too. Yup!
Positives is my new backend of pen started rough but 3 good games after so that's good, my top 2 SP are still pretty good but we will have trouble hitting this year that will be my down fall.
StatsLab Question: Still shows CPU GM for Michigan. Should I be using it (new to StatsLab), or does it still need to be updated (and I should just be patient). Thanks!
I just saw @California Dave Ashley was the player of the week Iโm glad he is finally getting some playing time
StatsLab password synched with the game, or is it a seperate default password initially?
Hey @Lee - MI Militia the default password is baseball for StatsLab. If that doesnโt work, try baseball1
Wow - Maryland wins 5 straight to go to 10-2 out of the gate, then loses 6 straight. Now we're suddenly back to what I expected from this team (around .500). ๐
4-4, keeping us at .500. Rookie RP (and probable future SP) Jonathon Lane having a rough time so far. Otherwise pitching looking good, could use some run support.
Looking to trade a SP. I got 6 really good ones and wanna open room for my two best prospects eventually
HAHA I signed P Josรฉ Carmona from Indy ball for this sim and his first appearance for my team was as a PH ๐ he does have some hitting ratings but still
haha sorry I saw he had some decent hitting ratings and marked him as a 2-way player for you ๐ . worked out for you lolol.
6-3 sim tho is a good sign with Fรฉlix Sandoval pitching well but just not getting run support
Blaze drop 10 in a row. City talks of converting Pelican Park into affordable housing.
Blah 2-7 and a couple of key injuries. Things are looking grim already. C Matt Failes is now available!
I've been working with Frank (StatsLab creator) off and on as he's had a chance to update his utility and he's fixed the StatsLab issue for leagues that have 1st round byes and the Season Preview and Playoffs modules not accounting for that. Here's a peak at the new StatsLab Season Preview module for us (still hidden unless you type the URL ๐) https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/seasonPreview.php
Alabama beats Pennsylvania in league semifinals but Pennsylvania advances? ๐ค
Minnesota got gypped like that too. Y'all didn't pay Frank enough bribe money
Ahh good call. Heโs still working on that specifically. Iโll point that out ๐
4-4 is not the best but hitting looked a bit better, new 3b had 2 hits but 9 walks and Travis Wilson had 1 ok and 1 very good start, new catcher and pitcher looked pretty good in first sim.
3-6. Failes and Chavez were trying to hide their smiles as they emptied their lockers and headed to Canada.
started the sim 2-6 but at least we played Nova Scotia late so we could pull out of the tailspin ๐
I see we do not have one of those unwritten rules to throw a few games to the new guy's team to build his confidence early on!
...and the injury bug strikes me down here too, stud 1B Martin Hernandez out until September
Blaze go 6-3.
Don't count the Blaze out yet!
(Don't count the Blaze in yet either.)
I know "Massachusetts" is difficult to spell, but wow you really missed it when you typed out "Virginia". ๐คฃ
Can't believe I went 9-1 this sim. I thought this team would be very good.
Wow a CEI and swept in a 4-gamer by the team I just passed to get into 1st. Good times
6-4 including three shutouts (pitched), but lost our closer for the year and a starter for a month. Plug and play, next man up, etc continues!
The Blaze are a pretty good team. Except for that previous 16 game losing streak. And the current 10 game losing streak. Throw out those two bad stretches, and they are not so bad. ๐คฌ
You have had 26 games worth of losing streaks and you are still 10 games better than my shit team
All Stars are being voted for in StatsPlus. We have up until sim time on Wednesday to vote.
Funny, I have the best record in the league and Iโm not sure I have one single clear cut all star, and certainly no starters
Donโt forget to vote for Marquez, Guzman and Hayden for your GEL all star inf!!
๐ but good question/reminder.. just the All-Star Game and break for tomorrowโs sim!
If in doubt, vote MI. Takes less time to just go straight ticket.
2086 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Hugh Wyatt (UT)
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO)
2B: Denny Camp (UT)
3B: Curt McMahon (ID)
SS: Don Landry (CO)
OF: Gustavo Hernandez (NV)
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI)
OF: Alberto Borromeo (HI)
SP: Greg Kirby (CO) [unanimous 22/22]
Reserves
CA: Andres Foster (CO)
1B: Ignacio Gallegos (MI) [Commish selection]
2B: Jorge Guzman (IL)
3B: Alejandro Calderon (UT)
SS: Jorge Dominguez (MN)
OF: Enrique Lombos (WI)
OF: Donald Frye (MN)
OF: Joe Woods (CO)
SP: Antonio Mendoza (CA)
SP: Norman Smith (MI)
SP: Bob Young (HI)
SP: Miguel Ramirez (MI)
SP: Donald Church (IL)
RP: Vicent Ortega (NV)
RP: Mike Santos (WA)
RP: Ron Lamb (KS)
RP: Jerry Page (CO)
RP: Anthony Rice (ID)
RP: Donald Rose (CA)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Matt Failes (AL,NS)
1B: Zachary Walker (NJ)
2B: Francisco Maldonado (NJ)
3B: Lou Gunther (GA)
SS: Luis Lopez (TN)
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD)
OF: Roy Boyd (PA)
OF: Cisco Nunes (FL)
SP: Aaron Cummins (MD) [unanimous 22/22]
Reserves
CA: Raul Ortiz (VA) [Commish selection]
1B: Ercole Mancina (TN) [Commish selection]
2B: Paul Carver (MA)
3B: Thom Cochrane (VA)
SS: Nelson Soderholm (LA) [Commish selection]
OF: Mike Warren (MA)
OF: Jorge Manuel (VA)
OF: Sean Madden (QB)
SP: Julian Negron (VA) [unanimous 22/22]
SP: Joe Banks (GA)
SP: Kelly Ross (GA)
SP: Henry Matthews (GA)
SP: Manny Salas (NJ)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
RP: Joe Stokes (GA)
RP: William Blankenship (PA)
RP: Quayzo Xevex (LA)
RP: Silas Martin (TN)
RP: Cisco Chavez (GA)
lol my owner's been harassing me to "acquire an all-star" for a couple of years, and he was being cranky about how the best I'd brought in was Jorge Manuel
Kinda of had a crappy few days myself.
@yuda_va my owner is always telling me how disappointed he is. I told him to start paying players...lol
3-5, first sim under .500 in a while, but still in final wildcard spot. If I would have known our pitching was going to hold up this well despite injuries and young guys I might have hung on to All-Star C Matt Failes. Two of the three wins were shutouts.
Yeah sorry to see that. I thought you would end up better and we would continue getting worse. Looks like Failes has done his part anyway.
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William Blankenship is having a year... 35 Saves with a 1.53 ERA last season. Already 33 saves this year and a 0.99 ERA
Iโm getting closer to calling up Ross Hines and having Russ Haines-Ross Hines in the rotation.
Somewhat less compelling for a poem or mnemonic when theyโre the 4-5 pitchers than if they were the 1-2 pitchers
I finally got the monkey off my back. I made the finals in another league haha
4-6. Improved the value of our draft picks for the second sim in a row. ๐๐.
Swept Nova Scotia, hopefully helping improve the 1st round pick we acquired from them. ๐ค
https://www.theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397
Manuel Lopez out for the end of the year again. Need to get used to it I guess.
I'm sorta scared for this sim. Last sim we were 1-9, and this upcoming sim we have 3 series and they are against the 3 teams with the best records in the FFL.
An unexpectedly pleasant first half of 2086 might be hitting the wall... hard.
The air temperature here in Kansas is -10 and wind chill near -30 with snow ๐ช
Nine wins in a row this sim until Marc Washington (NS) shut us out in a three-hitter in the final game.
We've had 34 degree weather with rain for the past 4 or 5 days... would rather have snow if it's going to be miserable out
@chappy - I also did you a favor by sweeping NJ. Looks like you pulled to within 1 game of Dirty Jersey for the division.
I'll bill you for it. I'd like to collect in about 2 seasons when I've actually got a legit team.
Guys you have to let me win so Alabama doesnโt get the number one draft pick lol
3-6. Back to reality. Hopefully we will keep our playoff streak alive and the pick from NS looking good!
It's been 4 seasons (2082) since I've been in playoffs or could consider the possibility of being in the playoffs. Feels like way longer than that though. I'm enjoying it.
This team is a paper tiger, but I don't care as long as I'm having fun with it.
Not that it matters but it looks like my export didnโt go through my call ups didnโt happen
Ugh I must have missed the button if that is the case. Work has been crazy sorry ๐
Donโt worry Iโll be screaming conspiracy when Alabama gets the number one overall pick ๐คช
If it helps, my Storm played well are now behind Illinois for worst in GEL lol.
Now Iโm worst by 2 games so it doesnโt but if you give me your luck to win I will take it
Damnit ya I didn't click the Import button like I thought while in between meetings. Ugh really sorry guys ๐
looks like my swan song here will be brief as OOTP has taken down Martin Hernandez yet again, despite his not being Fragile/Wrecked
If anyone still has the file from before the sim. I could re sim. Really mad I did this again ๐คฌ
Meaning if I havenโt updated my game?? I have not, but not sure what file you would need.
Hey @Marcus if you are still at Sept 1st in your game, I could re-sim if you could provide the โsettingsโ folder and the .dat files in the โNPBL.lgโ โAFBL.lgโ top level folder.
It happens... least I know I wasn't drunk Monday. Started crossing my mind when I saw I thought I didn't replace an injured player in my lineups ๐
Ok, give me a few, I have 100th Teams call of the day in 2 mins. Hopefully look at this in 30 mins or so
whoa wait...you are going to resim?? does that mean I lose my no-no??? **I had a crappy sim so i'm not really complaining, but .. ๐
itโs up to the league. it was the first sim with expanded rosters so hate to lose any changes from people for that.
I even have a sticky note at my desk lol. Might not resim. Totally up to majority. Just need to slow down ๐๐ฌ
I failed to actually click โImportโ for everyoneโs exports and ran the sim without everyoneโs changes
Haha, itโs all the stress is keeping kids Schoology working
My manager has not played #1 prospect John Mooney enough, so I'm going to force-start him at 2B for the last couple sims while moving starting 2B Leland Milton over to 3rd, where he has no experience but his defensive ratings should make him fairly decent.
Overall a defensive negative move, but Mooney has a good bat so we shall see how it works out.
Minnesota game knocked Donald Church from a sub 2.00 era. Still an era under 2.30 is good stuff..
Bravo for the 13 IP SHO against WI! Way to hang in there!
4-5 last sim. Two things at stake for AL in the final sim(s?), a playoff spot and whether the pick from NS is the #1 pick. Currently hanging on to both by a couple of games.
Good call. I missed that there was only 1 game in October. Yes? Unless we want to make the last sim the final 3 games or something.
Iโm fine to hammer through - but since i am not in the post season maybe my voice should have lower impact
Could break it up. Might change things if spot is clinched early in this stretch. Fine either way though.
Are you able to sim the one day tomorrow?
If so,...if the game is going to be critical for someone making the playoffs or winning the division, stop the sim and run it tomorrow. Otherwise, finish the season.
Looking though schedules but might be a 4 game series for everyone to end the season so could break it up into 2 sims but all together is fine with me too
Let's do Sep 21 - Sept 27 today then Sept 28 - Oct 1 (final 4 games) on Wednesday
Very tight. These are the standings for the last two spots in each league
Washington with W9 and California with L9 going in opposite directions. Both teams are currently out tho
Final series for the FFL playoff hopefuls:
Alabama at Virginia (83-75)
Massachusetts at Maryland
Louisiana at Florida (70-88)
NJ at Nova Scotia (66-92)
PA at Quebec (66-92).
Nova Scotia and Quebec one game better than Illinois (65-93) where Illinois currently holds the #1 draft pick
3-4 sim with four left at Virginia doesn't put us in a great position but we're still alive. Quebec and Illinois need to get going in the last sim lol.
I used to be a total non-DH guy but the more I play with DH the more I like it.
Otherwise we all end up with players who waste away cause they canโt defend or they are stuck behind better guys
Yes in real baseball, which I remember from the olden days I would still be non-DH. I like watching pitchers hit.
Nothing like a pitcher hitting a home run that matters in the playoffs.
The only time I remember that happening was Kerry wood in 2003 and the marlins still beat them
Haven't been a lot. Just pitchers getting big hits in the playoffs not necessarily a home run.
Yeah actually should have a chance soon. Itโs been a long week and its only halfway done lol.
Been a surprisingly good year for my first season with Michigan. Take your time and lets make this last ๐
Iโm surprised I turn the team I mange my season I turn it around and not make them have 100 loses
yea. 3-1. I do believe that should be good enough for the Pats to get in.
Wow. 1-3 to squeak in by a game. Thought we were toast. Maximo Gabriel with three home runs, including a grand slam, in the lone victory. And looks like we ended up with the third pick which is much better than I expected at the time of the trade.
Crazy game on 9/29:
MA with a 3-2 lead and MD ties it in the bottom of the 8th
MD threatens in the B9, but does not score. A caught stealing helps.
MA scores a run in T10. MD responds with a solo HR to keep the game going.
MA hits a 2run HR in T11.
MD comes back with a run in B11. But on the play they score, a runner trying to take third is thrown out and the game ends.
In a league this old, it's newsworthy when a team record is set.... so congrats to PA closer William Blankenship on his 50-save season, beating the PA record of 49 set by Mad Eye McFadden in 2065.
Obviously not enough innings to qualify, but his 1.11 ERA this season would be a team record.
MI has exported. Not seeing in the League rules how the playoff sim typically runs so set for the long haul. We usually sim 3 games, a series, the whole sh-bang... or something else?
I always forget...I gotta get down to my roster size now even wirh a bye right?
Probably tomorrow on starting the playoffs but really whenever all involved are ready to go
Sorry missed that question but yes 26 players. Looks like we just need VA's export to start the playoffs so whenever @yuda_va is ready. Good luck to the playoff field.
Itโs an annoying bug but it wonโt advance unless all playoff teams are at 26
Bye teams are: UT, MN, PA, GA.
So we'll need VA @yuda_va, GA @Alex, UT @jeheinz72 to start.
Crap sorry didnโt know I needed to export for this round. Iโll get it set when I get to my computer this morning. Probably 745 am or so pst
Scorps beat Virginia.
Here's hoping that Massachusetts can now beat Virginia (far less likely IMO)
ugh first and second with nobody out and the heart of the order up, wasted
would have liked a bit more insurance, which is a funny thing to say after a 4-run rally
Maximo Gabriel with clutch hits in the 9th and 10th to get the win for the Iron in a close game.
and the manager just leaves him in because might as well let it get out of reach, right?
at least in september you appeared to be running an all-LHP rotation and an all-RHP bullpen
Do the 10/4 games start on their own or does @NPBL Commish need to do something to kick them off?
Pretty sure he needs to start the next game. And hopefully save first! ๐
@NPBL Commish @mstreeter06 if you're busy NBD but if you just haven't noticed, G1s are over
Thanks for the heads up. I donโt approve of work days filled up with back to back to back meetings lol
but I think it might be a bit worse now because the things that used to be a 5-minute stop-and-chat are 30 minute calls now
for real. my favorite meetings are ones that definitely could've been an email lol.
Which is way too many, in my experience. Too much time meeting and planning and not enough time for executing..
best pitcher on the shelf, Tim Williams not really getting right after coming off the DL, I'd like to have Doug Petersen healthy...
with another offseason of development for Haines and hopefully Negron back no worse for the wear from the broken finger, Negron-Flores-Haines is gonna be a very good top of the rotation though
Patriots have been having important games for a while now. I think that's carrying over. But the Grays are more talented, and once they get it in gear, that will probably bear out
would be good if some of my outfielders would grow into their potential too. We've got a very good infield but the outfield is fairly light-hitting defensive guys
one of two players in this series who started in Mass and came to Virginia (I think)
the other player from that trade is a AAAA utility guy who is not c urrently on the roster
(glancing at my draft history, I think players who are no longer with the org)
I guess maybe he was hoping Newcomb could get past Aguilar (or even finish the inning) before being pulled?
I guess... looking at the LvL matchups. May be why he was pitching in T9 to Ron Jones too I guess.
Except for one home run, I think the Grays have only scored in the 7th inning.
keith meadows can struggle with command, so seeing him record 3 outs in 8 pitches (albeit one out a caught stealing) is a good sign
although I'd ultimately prefer to not have to send him out again in the 13th
(I usually follow in the game log, it never updates at the end of games)
Well, I suppose I should be happy with a split in VA, but that G2 was there for the taking
I think the momentum has shifted. Good thing yuda already forfeited. ๐
I don't need a file unless there was a silent injury in there somewhere. But I gotta run an errand so I'll post instructions
Celebrating the end of the Regular Season a little too hard I guess ๐
Any changes for WI @wis-gm, VA @yuda_va, or NJ @koohead? Looks like VA and NJ said good to go / instructions.
Yeah as long as my rotation is correct (per instructions) Iโm good to go
Long day again so lets plan on continuing the playoffs tomorrow morning. Good luck whenever we sim!
Virginia is evidently committed to playing this entire series from behind
Are you able to see how bad Steve Hullโs injury is while the game is going?
Might be looking at a no-hitter in Alabama if Gabriel doesnโt get a hit.
Wow, 7th inning, Jason Camacho got an infield hit, took second base on a fly ball, stole third, but was stranded there
Does it work to make little digs at your players when they are not performing? ๐คทโโ๏ธ
No hits in first five innings (was looking grim) and seven the rest of the way. Good start by Pugh keeping us in the game and two rookies in the bullpen helped hold NJ off. Another home run by Gabriel.
Well, Tim Williams seems to have gotten his groove back. Complete game 3-hitter.
Going into this series I would have been very happy getting a chance in game 7. We just need to overperform in one more game.๐
Yikes, ugly for us in game six. Never should have impulsively started Jordan at last minute. Gut moves rarely work out for me in ootp.
Actually Eiken, who was going to start, came in and gave up five runs too. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Phew, Keith Meadows pitched himself into and then out of a jam in the 12th
Thanks John. This might be the first of several playoff series between the Grays and Pats.
Congrats @koohead ! Disappointed to lose a series after a 3-1 lead, but the better team won. Good luck the rest of the way.
Looks like we're all ready so I'll start the League Semi-Finals this morning after AFBL sim
Grats to @chicoruiz in Hawaii and good luck in this next round!
Not currently regretting my decision to move to a more defensive focused lineup
Hawaii is ready for another beat down.. โThank you sir, may I have another...โ
Ouch. I'm in the same boat as you are Marcus, (down 0-3), so on one hand I feel your pain. But... my team has been playing with house money for a long time, so I'm not surprised.
Okay back and ready to advance. Had to step away from laptop before I threw it out the window haha.
I think weโve had the lead in three games and we are about to get swept.....
Yes. That's also our Sim schedule so we could go one more game if @NPBL Commish can do it
For anyone that has StatsPlus blocked at work/elsewhere, Dave has turned on the alternative domain for us. statspl.us/npbl will work the same as statsplus.net/npbl. Hopefully this circumvents any blocks ๐.
I canโt believe Craig Warner is in the majors already. I remember trying to get up to your pick to pick him as my first move in this league
The plan was for Warner to get his call-up next year. But instead when Norman Smith went down with an injury late in the season and I was in the pennant chase, I accelerated the time-table a little bit.
Obviously it was my offense that was lacking as most games in this series I was wondering if I might be no-hit. But I've got help coming. 2B Ivey and SS Martinez (plus 3B Warner) will all have their rookie year next year.
We'll finish up the Semi-Finals after I complete AFBL sim. Current guess is 12pm CST but definitely could change given my work recently lol.
Haha called it but will be able to start Game 6 in next 5-10 minutes
I just got a new computer. What's the best way to get OOTP20 on my machine? Or should I just wait until we upgrade?
Well if you got on steam login with your steam account to download it. But I think if you order on there website you can look at past purchases and see if you can download it there. Iโm not expert on there website
Iโm also not 100% correct on this to so donโt take my word on it I might be wrong at it
If you've already bought v20, I'd work to get it on your new machine. I don't think we are upgrading soon (like...not next season type of soon).
You can do a license deactivation on the old computer if still around and then reapply the license on the new computer. If old system isn't around, you can also contact OOTP Support and they can reset your license key for you.
I do think we'll continue with our every other version path but probably not until ASG/Summer sale time at the earliest to let initial bugs get worked out. I'm also fine staying at 20 too so whatever the group(s) want honestly.
and Ronald West gets one last moment under the lights. Been a good career.
Any changes or export @idaho? I can start the League Championships whenever ID is ready to go after the AFBL sim. Good luck to the final four!
Awesome no rush. Probably another hour or so until my OOTP will be ready. Thanks!
I will now have lost 3 straight playoff series against you despite having a ratings advantage
Blankenship does have a 0.85 ERA in his last 36 games. although I'm not sure how he went 6+ innings
But he has been elite all year - Closer - R - William Blankenship - 66 Games 6-0 WL - 50 Saves - 1.11 ERA - 0.89 WHIP - On a Hot Streak
Pounding the Generals with nothing but fastballs and curveballs son
For his career he's averaged about 1 inning per game. In his postseason career (prior to today) it was exactly 47 innings in 47 appearances
New file is up if anyone wants to export quickly if not I'll be able to sim in about 15-20 minutes!
Been really bad with my time guessing lol. I'm about grab any pending exports and start Game 3
Should I immediately re-start joe Gonzales at 1b? Heโs been out for 5 weeks
Scorps are good. Tryin to stay alive! Get to game 7 and itโs anyoneโs series
Well looks like Idaho is on the verge of a massive choke. Game 7 here we come!
Matt, I am afk today. But I can give you some simple instructions if you wanna push forward today
Idaho had limited Utah to only 2 hits going into the B9. Then three hits in B9 including 2 HRs.
Man Anthony Rice completely dominated UT in the regular season: 6 saves in 9 games, 11.7 K/9, 2 total ER... but that 9th inning was a whole new story. He only game up 5 HRs all season, but 2 during that 9th. He had a 0.59 post-season ERA and 7 saves coming into that game. Uggh. Spuds fans are going to feel that for awhile.
Congrats to Utah. What a comeback. I never expected to make the playoffs so even to get this far was great fun. Go GEL!
Congrats on the win Alex, too bad I couldn't just roll my closer out there for every single inning.
Gusssing you arenโt running this anytime soon so this should make it easier for you
Ha sorry crazy day again but will be able to sim in a bit so will wait for your export!
I knew Allen having to go early wasn't ideal. Wanted him to start Game 4 but my other guys were just a tick too tired.
Oh, the season could end up finishing tonight.?! I'll need to get that HoF voting done.
Planned on a week ish of time so next week likely for getting voting finished up
Can I DL Manning and call someone up or are call ups not allowed mid series?
If I can, DL him and call up Vance Thompson as a long man. If I canโt no biggie
Awesome. I'll kick off Game 5 in the next few minutes. Going to be out and about for a bit but will keep tabs as much as possible.
That oughta do it for us. Game 5, at home, with Stewart pitching was a veritable must-win for us
You can easily homer your way to game 7. Weโll see. Iโm confident but not counting chickens yet
What a great series. I'll be starting Game 7 soon @Alex @jeheinz72. Good luck!
I love advanced stats as much as anyone, but sometimes you just gotta throw it out the window. Cisco Chavez is โjustโ a reliever and he may have had the most important 9 innings of the series for me. Same as last playoffs
Did the trade to GA put Henry Matthewโs back on a HOF track? 2 ASG, one ring, one James Yin, 50 career WAR sub 3 era entering his age 32 season
Iโm glad for matthews - great pitcher shit attitude and was boned by some real light hitting Florida teams early in his career.
And thanks for the good times folks, been a fun run here. If you guys end up contracting the Scorps, whoever gets Denny Camp...youโre welcome!
Congrats Alex!
In regards to contracting. Iโd be in favor, especially if we canโt fill the spots. Weโve done it before (right?)
If we do contract how would the draft work? Would it include minor league players? How many rounds? What draft order? Etc.
I donโt remember what we did for the previous contraction draft anymore
I want to say it was a serpentine draft with the order based on the average record of the previous 3 or 4 seasons. All players were eligible (major and minor leagues) but it was only something like 10 rounds with all the leftovers going into the FA pool.
That sounds interesting. Donโt really like the idea of contracting but the draft would fun. Havenโt looked at the teamโs systems yet but it might make the free agent market more interesting for a while as well.
When the league started, there was a Kansas Storm. That franchise was one of the ones that was contracted. A little while after that, Mississippi Ravens moved to Kansas and became the Storm. Kansas Storm version 1 won two championship. Version 2 of the Storm also won 2 championships. Mississippi won 8 championships.
They just expanded to 24 and brought me back in but did a full decade at 20
So at 20 weโd have a full slate? Do we now have a full slate at afbl? Is there anyone there we can try to bring here? I know the resonance owner isnโt here but he may not want to
Been in the league for only a season, so not particularly beholden to Michigan. Certainly willing to swap teams to prevent an original core team from being contracted (should that be decided). Here for the long game ๐
20 seems to be a manageable number for NPBL and AFBL. Itโs been a bit since we have had 23 (plus myself) in NPBL for an extended period of time. I would much rather not contract but also know how tough it has been to keep NPBL full. Wonโt rush into any action this offseason and will try to get us 3 more people to join but if it continues to be difficult to fill on v20 or eventually on v22/whatever, then contraction is on my mind to proceed with. If anyone knows of someone that would want to join, please send them my way!
Hopefully we can get voting wrapped up this week and then we could do Spring Training next week
Unfortunately that is revealed after the rollover in Preseason/Spring Training
One of the rewards is showing no one on stats plus
Sometimes it takes a refresh or two in StatsPlus. Which award isn't showing up for you @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds?
I'll check in on voting status here this morning and will look to get us started moving to 2086 hopefully.
Just hit up the official forum, reddit, discord, and Stats Plus Slack with league recruitment posts, so don't be surprised if you get email inquiries commish.
Others, if you frequent any of those places, and come across the post... feel free to put in a good word about the league. It helps.
Heinz went out as GM of the Year in both here and AFBL. Hate to see you go @jeheinz72 but don't be a stranger if things change.
Plan for upcoming sim schedule:
Mon 3/15 - Close Season Awards and HOF Voting, Rollover to 2087
Wed 3/17 - no sim, prepare for Spring Training
Fri 3/19 - Spring Training Sim 1 (8 games)
Mon 3/22 - Spring Training Sim 2 (8 games)
Wed 3/24 - Spring Training Sim 3 (8 games)
Fri 3/26 - no sim, prepare for Regular Season
Mon 3/29 - Regular Season 1, back to normal Mon-Wed-Fri sim schedule
Put that player in at the new position (depth charts/lineups) and pray for the best.
You can emphasize it by: (1) Open the player. (2) Go to "Actions->Set Game Strategy". (3) Use the pulldown under "Force Start/Use at Position". Doing this will have that player start at the position in the case that the AI is choosing the starting lineup. (Like for instance if you hit any of the "Ask the AI for..." options)
๐ you are good but yes weโre off today with us starting the 2087 Regular Season on Monday
silly question, but will preseason predictions be updated once the rosters are updated for opening day? Sorry...I should know this by now..
Preseason predictions (2nd one) are generated when league moves to Opening Day. So, it "should" reflect the opening day rosters in its calc.
I also eagerly look forward to those predictions. A lot of times I feel they don't mean much... but I like to see how they think I will do for motivation to do better ๐
Ya I try to upload the predications when I advance to Opening Day ๐
ok got my ML team set up and an export in before heading out. My minors are going to be a mess until I get back, sorry about that.
Anyone tool around with 22 yet? Loving the additional coaching detail that is no longer hidden... mixed on the new staff cohesion stuff. Don't know if I love it or hate it yet but I am sure my feelings are not somewhere in the middle ๐
I notice in 22 there base coaches and you can sign coaches to sorten things
Did we have someone really name literally anythingelse
yes. I was in one of my moods... i think we had a jim unknown and whoever's player it was asked for Matt to change the name to literally anythingelse. so i suggested we name the guy literally anythingelse
In my historical mode in ootp 21 the draft pool had a player name firstname lastname
His latest injury I never knew the game had that in it files
6-3 start and no major injuries. Just what the doctor ordered while Iโm away.
6-3 as well, with an injury to starting SS (out for four weeks). Prediction has us winning 95 games with the best ERA in the league. Iโll take it but itโs very optimistic. Two of three draft picks have already taken ratings hits. Hopefully Iโll do better with the pile of not-so-good picks I have left.
Looks like it'll be another season of small ball...pitching and defense will have to carry the Bears to the postseason again.
5-4 against some tough teams. Four of our 11 wins have been shutouts.
Trying to make sense of Haywood Hewitt's (R) scouting report: "He has the catch and throw skills needed to make it as catcher." Yet he has catcher ability of 1 and catcher arm of 1. Have been playing him at first but maybe I should give him a shot at catcher. ๐
I'd assumed, with Scouting at 100% we'd all have the same scouting text write-up on the player page. It seems that is incorrect. My page for him is not trolling me ๐
Hewitt throws left-handed too. Don't see very many left-handed (throwing) catchers.
Interesting to compare the two reports. Never really looked at them closely. Same overall structure but different ways of describing each topic plugged in. Probably just a ๐ dropping the catcher info in there.
what's our estimated sim time? I can potentially get one in after this meeting ends, but it's also probably gonna take me an hour to get it in order b/c the minor leagues are a hot mess
Actually tied up with work for a little bit so go for it and Iโll make sure youโre good before I sneak in the sim ๐
ok that's good enough for me until we get the draft picks, at which point I'll really dig into the minor leagues
Good call. Ya I'll see about getting the draft imported today. I'd guess around 12pm CDT today for the sim.
My minor leagues could also badly use that injection of young prospects :)
Another mediocre sim hanging around .500 and trying not to drop out of last wildcard spot. Getting SS Thomas and RP Kelly back next sim which is good.
Patriots are hot right now. With such a young team, I expect we'll also have streaks where we go cold this season. It's going to be a roller coaster ride.
โAlabama is still trying to get off the schneid, having lost 7 in a row.โ
Well we got off but hopped right back on again.
Iโm going to say my team has been ok not that many injuries except one major one to one of my active roster with a fracture skull
you expecting to be able to sim tonight commish? (NBD if not, just deciding whether I want to get an export in)
@yuda_va hadn't seen your post here but yep AFBL playoffs added time plus a crazy/normal day lol. I'll be simming in 15-30 or so.
Another good performance by Bob Eiken against GA if anyone needs persuading to trade for him haha.
Shhhh! Although he didnโt do too bad. Even the hitters we have that CAN hit are not hitting. Yeah I saw that.
I thought the Pats were hot earlier in the season, that's nothing compared to right now. 14 out of the last 15.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
@NPBL Commish Looks I like my export yesterday didnโt go through. Just sent it again. No worries if it didnโt take.
You are good. Had to step away but back now so will grab exports again
rough set...these guys forgot how to hit. Or maybe they need glasses...
His glove kills his WAR, but heโs opsed 974. He absolutely deserves to be in
Donald Church, Keith Fletcher and Juan Avila are solid ASG choices!!!
We were missing some ASG ballots so decided to break today and get back on Friday
2087 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Chris Daley (HI)
1B: Bryan O'Slattery (MN)
2B: Denny Camp (UT)
3B: Mike Brown (CO)
SS: Jorge Dominguez (MN)
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI) [unanimous 17/17]
OF: Michael Meyer (MN) [unanimous 17/17]
OF: Joe Woods (CO)
SP: Zander Tucker (HI) [unanimous 17/17]
Reserves
CA: Roberto Moran (ID)
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO)
2B: Alfonso Mejia (WA)
2B: Dan White (HI) [Commish selection, no other 3B options]
SS: Marc Thompson (KS)
OF: David Anderson (ID)
OF: Enrique Lombos (WI)
OF: Lorenzo Vasquez (MI) [Commish selection]
SP: Norman Smith (MI)
SP: Miguel Ramirez (MI)
SP: Juan Vasquez (NV)
SP: Juan Durango (KS)
SP: Kelly Ross (IL)
RP: Ivan Carrillo (HI)
RP: Tim Wright (HI)
RP: Jim Bryan (HI)
RP: Calvin O'Herlihy (CA)
RP: Javier Gutierrez (IL)
RP: Doug West (MN)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Elliot Brockway (TN)
1B: Cooper Bryan (TN)
2B: Jose Robles (VA) [unanimous 17/17]
3B: Jason Hayden (TN)
SS: Jorge Morales (FL)
OF: Roy Boyd (PA) [unanimous 17/17]
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD)
OF: Roger Welsh (MD)
SP: Desmond Lee (FL)
Reserves
CA: Matt Failes (NS)
1B: Zachary Walker (NJ)
2B: Logan Pearson (AL) [Commish selection]
3B: Craig Warner (MA)
SS: Steve Hull (VA) [Commish selection]
OF: Hector Rea (GA)
OF: Bengt Raaijmakers (GA)
OF: Francisco Cabrera (MA) [Commish selection]
SP: Hilton Franklin (TN)
SP: Aaron Cummins (MD)
SP: Joe Banks (GA)
SP: John David Hex (LA)
SP: Julian Negronย (VA)
RP: Artie Briggs (MA)
RP: Clarence Holland (AL,VA)
RP: Cisco Chavez (GA)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
RP: Gilbert Newcomb (VA)
RP: Alvin Tostig (LA)
Dave, creator of StatsPlus, has added a new S+ feature
Hey all, added a new feature, "Sim Recap". You can see it from the main League menu right next to Sim Preview.https://statsplus.net/npbl/recap/
It has a few different pieces of info, including:
-In-game messages for logged-in GMs (click subject to show full content)
-Best Batting and Pitching Performances of the sim
-Rookie debuts
-Milestones reached
I do like adding the in-game messages from being viewable from StatsPlus
Small update with the new S+ Sim Recap feature from Dave
Added "first home run" to the milestones on the Sim Recap page this morning, seemed fun. I tried adding first win / save, but the list felt way too long.
Jumping in now. This better be a better sim than that 4-4 nonsense I was given last time!
5-4... guess I got exactly what I asked for and not one win more. heh
I do love the new S+ Sim Recap feature https://statsplus.net/npbl/recap/
FYI... in game I keep getting a message that my export failed. However, StatsPlus is recognizing the export and reporting that it is valid.
After about a 1 minute delay, it says -202 could not upload. 5 minutes after that, Slackbot comes back reporting it was successful.
Of course, when I just tried it again right now... no errors and everything is reported as successful immediately. ๐
Another small update to the new Sim Recap feature.
Added "My Team" and "My Minors" to the Best Performances blocks on the Sim Recap, like:
Can you confirm that youโre logged in on your mobile @jeff_alabama?
Patriots looking good, but I gotta make sure this club isn't the reincarnation of the 1969 Cubs.
I wish I knew what I was doing right with this team. I'd like to say it was succeeding because I'm a baseball genius, but the fact is, they seem to be doing well in spite of me...
Just take all the credit and when things go wrong blame the sim...haha
Not sure about mine... keep hanging up when he calls. It's my Billy Martin Strategy.
Welp, there go our playoff chances... was hoping to survive 20 days without Boyd but with Bob Walker going down for the year I don't know how things will improve
I have a 4-man rotation on the IL with only one coming back before the end of the year
But on the bright side, I have the best hitter in the league coming back for the next game.
My first round pick died in ratings already - thatโs one reason why I typically donโt value those late first rounders
It feels like you have an equal chance of your 2nd rounder losing points as you do your 8th rounder gaining
I'll trade you my 8th round pick for your 2nd round pick any year you want. ๐
the blaze go 17-2. And then they go 2-9. They defy all expectations.๐
Somewhere I have a "Draft Value" chart that I developed based on the first 75 years of NPBL. I'll have to dig that up and see how it compares.
My calculations show that the first pick of the second round (2-01) is worth 4.33 points. The last pick of the second round (2-24) is worth 2.06 points.
The sum total of rounds 7-12 at the first pick (7-01, 8-01... 12-01) is worth 2.20 points. The sum of 7-12 with the last pick (7-24, 8-24... 12-24) is 1.90.
Depending on where in the 2nd and where in the 7-12, it could be an equal trade.
Is the next sim going to finish the season, or are we breaking up the final series into it's own sim like we did last year?
Good point. Let's do Sept 21- Sept 27 on Wednesday and then finish the season on Friday.
Good news as I have an AFBL member that is interested in taking over a vacant team. I'll be adding Larry as the new Washington Griffins owner today. Larry will now have Washington in both leagues ๐.
Hey guys, happy to be here. Looking forward to messing up yet another team.
Excited to get you on board over here as well @Larry_Washington. Iโll try to get you created in the game this afternoon.
Is it possible I can run two teams or is it just 1 I can run
Good question but too much of COI so probably not ๐. If you/anyone has someone interested, send them my way!
I need to post about our vacancies on the OOTP boards, Reddit. and the StatsPlus slack again.
That would be amazing @Alex. Send them my way mstreeter06@gmail.com or commish@afblbaseball.com. Just need their first and last name and their email address to get them added plus what vacant team theyโd like to be.
I'm logged in to Stats Plus if you want to complete that process.
Got you associated with Washington now @Larry_Washington. Should have a chance to get the game side setup started soonish.
Okay, so I moved some things around on my computer today, and apparently made a bit of a mess out of OOTP20. It's all better now, but can someone post the current accountsdata file here, or tell me where I can find it?
Also, welcome Larry! We now have a Gomberg and a Momberg- we should form a law firm.
I think you can get what you need StatsLab, under Links -> Downloads. Here is a direct link: https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/downloads/
This is correct (should be the most current one). I'll be uploading a new one to that location after I get Larry added before our upcoming sim.
Iโm going to put my file in if we are having a sim today
rough set, but 90 wins is awesome! lesson learned...Melendez a no/go in the leadoff spot..lol
Last playoff spot in GEL is close.
MD has a slim chance to overtake PA for final FFL spot.
Give us a good GO JETHAWKS!!! blast to hold us over until Friday @Mike- IL GM
NO sir; last time i did that I had the worst 10gm set ever with injuries..lol
Ok โฆ.these guys deserve it..
LETS GO JETHAWKS!!! CLOSE OUT ๐ช!!
Uploading the new starter files and such now. Should be done in 30-60 minutes.
MI has exported. Good luck to everyone but my opponent... whom I wish slightly less luck to than myself.
I'm on vacation as well, but my son will send in some exports for me...at least he said he would.
If you are just waiting on me, send me an alert and I'll get you a list of who to demote.
Else I'll let you know when he sends an export
ahhhhh. It's good to be in the playoffs again. Anything can happen with an overpowering three man rotation. If only I had one. Still. Good to be in the post season. Good luck to all.
Just realized @NPBL Commish just take my team down to 26 and Iโll set all the lineups and stuff later since I have a bye
I'll be checking in and likely simming later this morning after the AFBL sim
Able to get an export in soon @yuda_va or if not instructions? I believe we're all in minus GA's instructions
Awesome. Forgot about these meetings so will start Game 1 after this. Hopefully around 1pm US/Central.
well no one dislocated a shoulder celebrating a HR so no export needed for the Bears....good to go.
What is best online report to get a recap of what's going on in the playoffs?
I have my go-to screen in game but can't access while I'm vacationing in Tennessee
https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/playoffs.php is probably the best of what we have
Ya StatsLab is the best spot for the playoffs module outside of the game for now. Still waiting for that StatsPlus module
I've asked Dave with StatsPlus in the past about it. Just asked again in their Slack to see if it's on the roadmap. Remember Dave is the only dev of the project and has a day job ๐
Another thing that would be real nice to have is if the RTS could show the series score somewhere.
Since I canโt trade for any decent SPs right now, PA is ready to roll without a new export
Removing my top two from James Yim Award top 5. I can get swept with scrub pitchers... very disappointed in my top two. 8 runs in 5 innings for a playoff game is not Ace behavior ๐
You canโt see this from the line score but the bottom of the 10th ended with the bases loaded.
the only positive thing about that whoopin' is that it doesn't look like anybody got hurt
I did not expect Andrew Taylor to get a win in his first start in 2 years. And he didn't even have to be as good as he was
Congrats Lions; great series and good luck in the next rd.
Folksโฆsee my marketplace post.
Grats Spuds. You're no small fry of a team. Good luck next round!
You don't have to be the best to win a series... you just need to be better than the worst guy who made it ๐
@NPBL Commish realistically will you keep simming tonight? If so Iโll export shortly
Won't be tonight. Want to give everyone a chance to get their series rosters set. Likely would be mid-morning / lunch time range US/Central tomorrow.
Ok, thanks commish!! my spring training roster is in flux at the moment. Good luck to all teams in the next rd!
StatsLab updated https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/playoffs.php
I'll be looking to start the League Semi-Finals later this morning / afternoon if we're ready.
Ready / Exports In: GA @Alex, VA @yudava, MA @massgm (instructions), MN @Marcus, ID @idaho
Want to confirm before we start: HI @chicoruiz, CA @California, NJ @koohead
I'm targeting 12pm US/Central to get started unless @chicoruiz @California @koohead need some time to get their series opening export in. If so, no worries just let me know. Thanks guys!
Missed this from @koohead so I can get the sim started after this meeting. Good luck guys
This is why I've started to save the day's results before finishing the day recently ๐ ๐ก
Ok I gotta run a couple of errands, but will be able to get an export in a bit later
Minnesota / Idaho - Walk off grand slam in game 1 (think I read that right) and a 12 inning battle in round 2. Canโt wait to see what the rest of the series has in store for us ๐
Crazy! I checked the RTS and I was up 6-2 โ figured my bullpen would hold. Guess not! What an ending.
I donโt appear to have any new injuries, so Iโm good without an export.
I will be away for a couple of days, so go ahead with remaining games
I suppose I should be hoping for NJ to get the home field advantage but Iโd kind of like a MA rematch
That's my vote too. ๐
As I said last year... I think there will lots of MA-VA series in the upcoming years. I'm hoping this year is one of them
Going where I'll probably not have cell service, so I may not see Game 5.
I would like to review before 6/7. So @NPBL Commish, I'll need to hold things up after the next game
Bottom of the first NJ got a run via HBP, SB, and two fielderโs choices
gut check time for Gomez....literally. LOL I've exported and ready for game 6 and 7! ๐
@NPBL Commish I think all parties are ready if you are able to do an evening Sim.
If not, NBD
Thanks for the heads up @mass_gm. Yeah I can start Game 6s in a bit!
Wow what a series โ 3 games decided in the 9th or later! Iโve exported
Sounds good. Whenever @mass_gm is ready, I can get things rolling.
Sim Preview: https://statsplus.net/npbl/preview/
StatsLab updated. Playoffs module: https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/playoffs.php
Congrats to Idaho! Sucks to get knocked out in the first round, again. Idaho has my number in the postseason.
I put some instructions in the instructions thread. With that I'm ready to roll
Ahh thanks missed that. Iโll check it out and get things rolling here shortly this morning then. Good luck all!
Alas it was not meant to be this year...again. ๐ Good series @mass_gm though...good luck in the league championship. Vive le Nord!
one runner thrown out at the plate, another erased on a line drive double play
phew, tied it in the top of the 9th and survived a bases loaded jam in the bottom. Free baseball!
Painful. But your offense came against Ted Williams, and if you can do that, you deserve to win
last I checked, Ted Williams was renowned for his hitting, not pitching ๐
I drafted him on name appeal (he belongs in Boston) and he's developed into a great pitcher
I will probably need an export, because I'd guess there's suspensions. Most likely I won't be able to do that until tonight though (leaving in about 15 minutes to get the kids and the other game still needs to play out)
but I'd also rather Tim get a chance to make any changes necessary for himself so that works out
quite the game win probability chart https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/box_scores/game_box_9812.html
Wow crazy end to VA-MA. Plan was to upload new file after Game 2 anyways so you're good there. Unless everyone doesn't need a new file, plan is for new files on travel days of 2-3-2 schedule.
yeah I'm almost certain I'll need the file. Pretty sure Rodriguez and Tim's SP are getting suspended
Today has been Game 1 and Game 2 of the GEL and FFL league championships. Winners advance to the National Cup Series for the NPBL title.
Ive looked over the web reports and won't have any changes. MA is ready to proceed.
I don't think so actually but I can check soon to be sure. Whenever @chicoruiz is good to go, we can continue it looks like.
Feel like we need to rattle off the next two at home. Going back to Mass needing both is a tall order
Itโs still a very young team; I need to think about what it would take to push over the top
Good luck to MA and HI. Let me know whenever you are ready @chicoruiz.
I didnโt see any injuries, so Iโm ready. In fact, unless I have an injury that needs to be dealt with, feel free to keep going without having to ask me.
I think I saw a Hawaii injury (Borromeo). So give @chicoruiz a chance to review.
Plus I need like an hour.
Good series. That Zander Tucker is tough
Iโm away from home and canโt get to a computer. If you want to get on with it, itโs okay; the computer AI can probably sub in as well or better than me. Play on...
Didn't even have chances this game.
This vaunted Kula Sox staff is doing to me like they did the Spuds and Lions... Putting my bat's on ice.
Tall order here just to try to survive another game because now I face Zander Tucker again
Wow...Congrats on a terrific season to Mass and all the playoff teams๐
Hopefully soon. Just need to get our voting done. I can check in to see where weโre at with that later today.
MA had the best regular season record in the FFL, represented the FFL in the National Cup, and yet MA has no players with any Bacon votes nor any Yim votes.
Saves are a meaningless stat, Chavez was putting up SP stats out of the pen
Arguably the leagues best reliever of the past 5 years with only one award to show for it
Ted Williams would totally outpace Chavez as a RP putting up SP stats, but for some reason, he didn't appear as an option on the ballot.
Owner's expectations always good for a laugh... Mine apparently has a very low bar compared to what I expect.
Mine thanked me for making the playoffs then told me I'm a horrible manager...lol
We'll start Spring Training (ST) on Wednesday June 3 @Alex. I'll get a new file with us at the start of ST tomorrow!
Ya we'll be able to start the draft tomorrow. Good call @jeff_alabama
2087 Season Awards Winners
Great Explorers League
Tyson Bacon Award: 2B Denny Camp (UT)
James Yim Awards: SP Zander Tucker (HI) [unanimous 20/20]
Deangelo Ramos Award: CL Doug West (MN)
Bick Horizon Award: CF Vinnie Dong (KS)
Zachary Matthews Award...
Pitcher: Peter Head (WI)
Catcher: Joey Anderson (KS)
First Baseman: Crispino Ruffo (WI)
Second Baseman: Denny Camp (UT)
Third Baseman: Cedric Knox (KS)
Shortstop: Tim Atkins (WI)
Left Fielder: Drake Harmon (WI)
Center Fielder: Raul Rodriguez (CA)
Right Fielder: Enrique Lombos (WI)
Platinum Stick Award...
Pitcher: Bob Young (HI)
Catcher: Calvin Taylor (MN)
First Baseman: Carlos Valencia (CO)
Second Baseman: Denny Camp (UT)
Third Baseman: Rafael Marquez (IL)
Shortstop: Luis Lopez (IL)
Left Fielder: Joe Woods (CO)
Center Fielder: Arturo Cantu (HI)
Right Fielder: David Anderson (ID)
Founding Fathers League
Tyson Bacon Award: 2B Jose Robles (VA)
James Yim Awards: SP Desmond Lee (FL)
Deangelo Ramos Award: CL Ira Sweeney (MA)
Bick Horizon Award: 3B Craig Warner (MA)
Zachary Matthews Award...
Pitcher: Mingus Dunn (LA)
Catcher: Raul Ortiz (VA)
First Baseman: Arturo Rodriguez (VA)
Second Baseman: Gustavo Lopez (MD)
Third Baseman: Thom Cochrane (VA)
Shortstop: Ernest Thomas (AL)
Left Fielder: Roger Welsh (MD)
Center Fielder: Fernando Rangel (MD)
Right Fielder: King Osborne (MD)
Platinum Stick Award...
Pitcher: Andy Harrington (TN)
Catcher: Jesus Martinez (QB)
First Baseman: Zachary Walker (NJ)
Second Baseman: Jose Robles VA)
Third Baseman: Jason Hayden (TN)
Shortstop: Jorge Morales (FL)
Left Fielder: Roy Boyd (PA)
Center Fielder: Jim Flowers (PA)
Right Fielder: Hector Rea (GA)
General Manager Of The Year: John Momberg (HI), 107-55, GEL Pacific winner, NPBL best record, 2087 National Cup winner
I always sort my reliever candidates by innings pitched first. If I can find a guy who pitched 100+ innings in relief with good results, he goes on my ballot, saves or no saves. 100 good innings is more valuable than 60 good innings...
Lots of good enough guys. ๐ itโs always painful for me to pick low defense players, but I can do it if I have to.
Iโll try to pick tonight. Sorry for the delay but we are moving - movers come
Tomorrow so today is complete chaos
What are the rules for tweaking our stadiums? Thought I had read it when I first joined, but not seeing it on the rules page linked in Stats+? Is it written somewhere or case by case / common sense with the commish?
Now that I think back... I must be missing an entire section of rules written elsewhere as I distinctly recall relocation rules that I also cannot find (not wanting to relocate... just realized I don't see them where I am looking).
Not sure if you looked at my other leagueโs AFBL rules when looking? Not sure we have any in place here in NPBL? @chappy @yudava @massgm
Iโd tend to follow similar setup here. As long as itโs within reason and such.
I bet that's exactly what I did. Will take a look at those again and ensure what I am looking to do falls in line with that. Pretty confident it will be a non issue... but will check first. Thanks!
Definitely. Iโm sure most of the stadiums could use an update and might be getting old ๐
I don't think we ever had rules. Nobody ever tried to set up an absurd extreme ballpark to break the game (which I've seen in some leagues cough BSBL cough)
Ballpark Factor Request:
New ownership nears completion of upgrades to the Michigan Militia's baseball stadium as promised when it took controlling interest of the team. Offseason renovations continue into Spring Training, but are expected to complete prior to Opening day. These changes include relocating the bullpen warmup areas slightly increasing the distance to each wall and bringing fans in those seats closer to the action.
The resulting new park factors of these changes are below:
Average RHB: 0.985
Average LHB: 1.000
Doubles: .95
Triples: .91
Home Runs RHB: .97
Home Runs LHB: 1.020
Let me know if anything above seems unworkable. Could wait till after season if necessary, but figured now might work since all my players are probably playing in Arizona this month ๐
Yea man, bsbl has a broken park and the owner thinks the current rules are just fine
Question to all: Iโm still learning npbl players and positing ratings, but anyone have a positive experience with a LF and 4 range rating? Iโm not expecting a GG caliber performance but donโt want to completely stink up my OF.
Open to all feedback and suggestions.. thanks!!
you can usually hide one or two bad defenders on a team, at least if you have a decent number of strikeout pitchers
Excellent, no injuries through two ST sims. Time to make some preliminary cuts.
reminder for all (including myself): regular-season roster size is 26, but we stopped one day before cut-downs are due in game so the season predictions look normal
Awesome thanks. I'd needlessly cut down to 25. Appreciated ๐
Yes good reminder @yuda_va. Rosters need to be at 26 for Opening Day ๐.
lol I totally missed that we weren't simming today and got my minor leagues in order yesterday and everything
Can we setup the last sim before opening day to have the 26 man roster limit. I like to play around and see what AI thinks and itโs also helpful in making sure I have the right amount of people on the ML roster for the export
Like for next season, I know obviously we did the last sim before opening day now
I think simming to that day may mess up the Preseason Predictions report?
It doesn't matter to me either way. Just stating the reason why I think we've done it the way we've done it
current setup of rosters = more than 26 players on the roster
Does the report update on 4/1? Meaning, if everyone submits their roster cutdown file, the updated report will report off of 26 players?
that said, I donโt mind one way or the other. itโs just a silly little toy that I look at for all of 90 seconds.
(it looks to me like it actually ran based on my final playoff roster, because I run a 6-man rotation in the spring)
Ya it is annoying that I have to do it that way to prevent the ST results from being wiped out between end of ST and start of season
I could always do a sim of 1 day between end of ST and start of season during the no sim break liek today is
ST isn't actually totally wiped out. You can filter the stats view to see ST stats at any time during the season.
and not as easily viewable for ST stats without filtering like you said
it took me longer than Iโd like to admit to find that when they moved ST from โtimeframeโ to โgame typeโ
Optimally, I wish the game could require teams to cut down to 26 on 3/31
Kind of a lot to ask (and it's a screwy work-around), but what about changing the settings for ST roster size after the ST games are done, and then changing it back once the regular season starts so it's appropriate for the next season?
if its too much work, im fine with it as is, but was just wondering
I show 3/21 as the export date for you @Mike- IL GM. Want to get a quick export in?
It did not take for some reason. I always check the export tracker on statsplus after I export after paranoia because sometimes "it happens".
Shows 14th file time, but still showing as invalid on statsplus
What is your in game game date? May not have the latest download.
I want to whoop you this first sim fair and square so pleased as punch if you get in the export you want ๐
when you export, slackbot should get a message and tell you if your on the right date
I think you do have to enable it first @FloridaFlamingosRob but definitely recommend to do it for that reason https://statsplus.net/afbl/mysettings/
Yes Iโll get the draft moved up and imported for Wednesdayโs sim!
Doesn't look like stadium factor changes made it this spring. Will bring it back up during the offseason. Up and coming star lefty slugger Jose Luna does not mind that 1.180 lefty HR factor at all so it is all good ๐
Shoot sorry man. Iโll create a channel dedicated for these types of requested updates going forward.
All good, ABFL rules are off season, I'd have pressed it after sim 1 if it could not wait.
Not sure which is the more surprising result of the first sim: The Grays going 1-9 or the Blaze going 9-0.
Not good when you are more excited about getting your draftees added than the sim results. ๐
I dunno.... the sim results are just one of many. The draftees will (hopefully) be around a long time.
this is the general hot start Florida does before going below .500
I've often wondered if OOTP has built-in something where some players are "seasonal"... meaning they may play better early-season vs. late-season.
in my other league, my team always feels like it get hot late in the season every time
A heads up for everyone with our unique draft setup by manually adding the International Free Agents to the draft pool that sometimes when I import the results into the game, these IFA guys will get sent to a non-existent Rookie League International Complex instead of the team's actual International Complex.
The fix for you if you have draftees in this situation and you cannot find them in your system, search for them using the search field in OOTP > Actions... dropdown > Transaction > send to Rookie League
Unfortunately there's no way to send these IFA guys to your actual International Complex (IC).
So for @Mike- IL GM.. he mentioned two players and for an example here's one that is in the CLI (Clinton, Illinois RL) International Complex instead of the IL International Complex
I'll need to start remembering to manually check for these players post draft import to avoid confusion
They will also show up when you use the "Player List" in drop down menu under your team name. They will be listed in the Minor Leagues tab. I moved mine from there by right clicking and promoting them to the appropriate team via Transaction. I had apparently drafted quite a few IL players.
@Lee - MI Militia is correct or you can find them in your Top Prospects report page. I think that's where @Mike- IL GM found his guys.
Easy way to spot them, is look at your draft history for last draft. Everyone on it should have made some appearance in a minor league game that first sim. If they show as blank, they are on the non existant league.
It's weird as I don't think this happens for every draft import but who knows knowing OOTP lol
And if you don't move them and forget about them.. they'll show up in RL whenever they hit 20 years old haha.
Brito on my Kansas roster was someone I forgot about and whenever he appeared, he was basically ready for the majors so he didn't get any time in the minors for me haha.
@Mike- IL GM that dude always has issues....cant sim right, can't draft right...who vouched for this knucklehead?
I thought to myself this morning... I checked all the drafts I did, but I've only had this team a couple seasons. What do you know, picked up 3 more prospects to fill out my minor league teams looking at drafts prior to my taking over. Woot!
Found a couple of late round picks from my own drafts, one might be useful, one minor league filler. Need to pay attention lol.
Not sure why it is an issue here but not in AFBL /shrug. I'll be doing my best to check and assign guys when importing going forward.
PA went 9-1 on that sim, while Roy Boyd was on the DL. @chappy - I think this proves that you really don't want to have Boyd in your lineup. ๐
Well, weโve bounced back from the 1-9 start. 11-5 since, almost .500 on the season already.
I feel ya, I bounced back from a 7-2 start. Squarely below 500 now.
we lost 4 in a row to end the sim, which is where i think my team, better then the worse teams, but not as good as the elite ones. We dont have the depth and hitting to keep up
Weโve been hit with ratings disintegration syndrome. Hopefully it wonโt trickle down into the system too far.
I have player stuck on 1 day max for rehab and it has been stuck for awhile and hurting my team
Not sure what you mean by stuck. Do you have an open spot on major league roster before you try and promote him?
Well there mostly my main starters for the position I need
Like do I have to put someone down to get them off the dl
Usually it goes like this: a ML player comes off dl and goes to AAA for rehab (unless you send directly back to ML team). Whenever you want you can promote back to ML team, but there has to be an open roster spot on the ML team.
Not sure Iโm helping?
That did help a lot. I move some pieces around to fix it. Iโm used to when the rehab was done to move them on the roster and stuff
In this league you can move them wherever.thereโs no 40 man roster.
The hawks are trying to secure the #1 draft pick again. But I didnโt get the memoโฆ
I would like to avoid becoming broken hearted over #1, picks who never develop, at all costs myself :(
I went perusing through the early 2070s 1st picks when I joined to get a feel of prospect development. Poor 1st picks looked like a dumpster fire ๐
Never even saw "Felonius" before. You using a custom name file or do I just need to pay better attention?
I need to check the "Ancient Rome" nation box in my international amateurs distribution I suppose.
@cbj-blaze has requested custom names in the past. You can check out some very funny creative names in the Louisiana organization
Felonius was a pretty good one. except it turns out that he's a sensitive little flower, always getting hurt. I'm sure he's related to Wince Thugly, who played for the Blaze some time ago, briefly. Few of these guys manage to live up to their names, unfortunately. (Thornton Swackhammer was an exception to that rule. )
I just got back from the orthodontist and I have 2 more weeks then braces are off for good
Sounds good @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds. Let me know when you export and I'll get the sim started for today.
Also by the way people ootp22 is only 19.99 on steam
Being an old New Yorker who grew up with George Steinbrenner in the news daily.... I'd normally fire our Manager in Michigan about now. Me being the Manager is... problematic.
Just found two fully developed โhiddenโ international draftees from a few seasons ago. Well, one was from 2079. Oopsie. ๐คฃ
I need to see if there is an angle to trade for some of these guys and "get deals".
"Hey Bob, I'll give you a 6th round pick for any Reynoso's I can find in your minors... deal?" :)
Speaking of...
My team is pretty bad. :/
I really hope this is a side effect of a great owner taking over and getting through the growing pains of a Minor League system transformation... and not just being bad at the game. o0
Probably the latter, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while so I am holding out hope! ๐
Alright. Iโm just listening to Dante bichette bo bichette dad
Quite a series against Georgia. First we lost 3-2, allowing a run in the top of the ninth. Lost 4-3 in 10th in game two. lost 1-0 in 16th in game three. Finally won 7-2 in the final game.
I want to make the playoffs. Maybe there is a strategy slider I can tweak for "hit better".
2088 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Calvin Taylor (MN)
1B: Ercole Mancina (IL)
2B: Denny Camp (UT)
3B: Brit Osmond (HI)
SS: Luis Lopez (IL)
OF: Michael Meyer (MN)
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI)
OF: Albert Borromeo (HI)
SP: Donald Church (IL)
Reserves
CA: Ned Knight (CO) [Commish selection]
1B: Santos Vazquez (UT)
2B: Adrian Amezaga (NV) [Commish selection]
3B: Neil Hammond (NV)
SS: Don Landry (CO) [Commish selection]
OF: Vinnie Doig (KS)
OF: Bob Boyd (HI)
OF: Keith Fletcher (IL) [Commish selection]
SP: Juan Marquez (MN)
SP: Juan Avila (IL)
SP: Juan Vasquez (NV)
SP: Felipe Salazar (HI)
SP: Bob Young (HI)
RP: Chris MacKey (WI)
RP: Alfredo Martinez (UT)
RP: Javier Gutierrez (IL)
RP: Roger Nichols (MN)
RP: Tomas Valdes (ID)
RP: Darren Rice (WA)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Andres Foster (MA)
1B: Zachary Walker (NJ)
2B: Miguel Perez (FL)
3B: Craig Warner (MA)
SS: John Cramer (MD)
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD)
OF: Jorge Salina (PA)
OF: Mike Warren (MA)
SP: Julian Negron (VA)
Reserves
CA: Matt Failes (NS)
1B: Henry Henson (NS,FL)
2B: Hubert Ivey (MA)
3B: Leland Milton (PA) [Commish selection]
SS: Ernest Thomas (AL) [Commish selection]
OF: Maximo Gabriel (AL)
OF: Hector Reyes (VA)
OF: Bob Williams (NJ) [Commish selection]
SP: Frank Williams (VA)
SP: Joe Holloway PA)
SP: Mario Otero (NJ)
SP: Jorge Aranda (NJ,FL)
SP: Henry Matthews (GA)
RP: Ramon Gonzales (MD)
RP: Chad Farr (MA)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL)
RP: Alvin Tostig (LA) [injured]
RP: Ira Sweeney (MA)
A little disappointing that there wasnโt room for Leo Dwight - leading the league in HR and ops
Nice to see the Iron contribute. Maximo Gabriel with a two-run single in the 12th and Andreas Kelly with a blown save to get the win lol. Not too happy about my closer pitching 3.1 innings though. ๐คฏ
All star game sale for version 22. What are we thinking for next season?
I just purchased 22 myself so I'm ready if the league is. I'm fine sticking with 20 or upgrading to 22 at some point.
I worry about falling too far behind versions and keeping a full league which NPBL is still not at 100% capacity so upgrading to 22 could help with this potentially although our unique no-finances/scouting setup sometimes scares folks away ๐.
Has anyone experienced any OOTP22 bugs specific for online leagues yet?
I have 22 for my other OOTP league, and the only bug Iโm aware of relates to the financial system, which obviously doesnโt impact us.
I have 22, so switching is no issue here. Not in any other leagues so no insight on online bugs.
Is there a way in 22 to make all the OSA reports be high accuracy or at least average?
I bet we can continue with our 100% accuracy. Hope to have a chance to test our setups in 22 this week now that Iโm back home.
Cool, honestly, like with the SBC, if we are moving to 22, I would rather just the rip off the bandaid and move sooner rather then later, to just get the most out of the purchase, lol
man, this season has been hell on my a lot of my top pitchers. Two with torn UCLs, one with a torn shoulder, two with torn rotator cuffs, and one with a torn elbow. I'm going to have these guys start throwing underhand.
Iโm ok with moving to 22.
Should we put this to a league wide vote sooner rather than later so we can implement changes in the next season or 2?
I feel like I'm the only guy without 22. ๐ okay, okay okay. sign me up.
happy to share my license with you if you need it! gomberglarry@gmail.com
Thanks for the generous offer, but I really believe in the mission of ootp to bring digital baseball to the masses, and really want to support the company. (And I didn't get your note until after I had already spent the money.) ( ๐ )
I'd be leaning toward upgrading to 22 for 2089 if the league wanted to move forward
I hate the scouting setup in 21, did they do anything to make it better in 22? I know this is OSA only here, just wondering
I'll take a look into 22 this week/weekend as I finally grabbed it the other day
@FloridaFlamingosRob If you mean the more frequent manual scouting reqs... not really any change. I've just grown accustomed to ingnoring the need to do that in my solo leagues and ramped up accuracy slightly from default (or, as more likely recently), just play with scouting at 100%.
Being able to filter in your search for managers and coaches by ratings that actually matter is a game changer though... if you play with managers / coaches.
honestly, Im dying to find a smaller online league, like 20 teams, that have managers and only 3 levels of minors
but most online leagues with managers are the full MLB and I dont want to deal with that
i hate too many levels of minors, but thats good to know, ive basically ignored it now in my other league as well
the scouting reports thing feels incomplete like they added and forgot to add a 2nd part to it
I have been tempted to start a small random debut historical league. Maybe 16 or 20 teams. [Option 1] is only players who made the majors and single level of minors (easy option). [Option 2] being 3 levels of minors and using real players who never hit the bigs to supplement and allow for a 15 round draft.
I've had the same itch, and all the historical random debut leagues have had their own issues (8+ levels of minors being a definite one).
By same itch, I mean a smaller league using managers and other available options ๐
ya, i hate too many minors and the bigger the league, the harder to keep it full
I def donโt like so many minor league teams and in the end i just let the AI manage my minors.
I end up wasting a few years of some guys careers who were stashed in AA and I never noticed them. lol
Or have someone help with 21 instead of buying unless you want to ๐
I think one can use the free or trial version to import a league. I've done that in the past anyway
IIRC the trial version allows you play one season but not advance beyond that. Since all I needed was to import a league as a step to go to the next version...this worked for me
Oh good call forgot about that. Worth trying @Mike- IL GM unless you do want to purchase it
Only the commish needs to pass through 21. If you don't own 21 you will be able to load the file into 22 just fine by downloading a new file and updating after he converts.
Otherwise, if you think about it, you'd need new members to buy every version since the league started. We're in 2088, so having to find OOTP10 prob would have been a deal breaker for me ๐
That's true for the NPBL file. I've had solo leagues that I play in whatever versions I own, which is always whatever version NPBL is using, and I've wanted to upgrade those solo leagues.
Oh ya. I gotcha. I play this too much not to have each version early so had not considered that.
I probably have purchased every even numbered version since v4 and maybe only 3 or 4 odd numbered version
I try to skip one as well, but the other league Iโm in updates every year
The one time NPBL decided to use an odd number version, I never bought it and ran my team entirely through instructions. Chappy had a lot of patience with me, but I think it may also have encouraged him to skip versions from then on. ๐
Prior to that, we upgraded every year. After that, it was mostly even years unless there was a really cool feautre.
Can we celebrate when we have all the teams filled
Plan on around 530pm US/Central guys. So about 35 more minutes to wrap up any final deals.
If it's close to that time and you need a few minutes for final trade talks, just let me know.
5-4, would have been a great sim had we not been swept by Tennessee in a four-game series.
I thought S+ was running weird/slow. I need to reboot my system ๐. Sorry about that @mass_gm
Bah no I completely missed it haha. We'll include that on Monday's sim.
I didn't notice it until now, but earlier in the season New Jersey's Octavio Sanchez had a 33 game hitting streak. That's pretty good.
I can't believe I missed an export. Set up team and all and just never did that last important step. That sort of lack of attention to detail is not going to help me close my wins gape to making the playoffs! o0
Man, Iโm glad this sim was better, after wasting all my money, that first sim after was rough
Update from Dave with StatsPlusย https://headwayapp.co/statsplus-updates
The Virginia/Massachusetts rivalry lives on: "Hubert Ivey and Ross Hines were ejected in the 6th inning for igniting a bench-clearing brawl."
Turns out Utah was better off with a vacancy as our division lead over Hawaii has nearly completely vanished since taking over haha
5-5. Not too streaky this year, just sim after sim after sim of about .500.
@jeff_alabama - Patriots could say something similar, as most of our sims have been 6-4 or 5-5. But you know... inside of the sims... streaks of 5-1 along with 1-4. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Yep plenty of streaks within sims or across the beginnings and ends of sims, but on the sim unit scale, which sticks in my head the most, very .500ish. haha.
BRAVO AVILA!!! First perfect game in my ootp career and have to check if there previous ones in Jethawks history!
Grats on the Perfect Game! Don't think I have seen one in OOTP for teams I have managed.
@Brett- Utah...may not make you feel better, but I need to go 23-4 to match my Preseason predictions. If I was smarter I'd have considered auto-org for the season.
7th Perfect Game in the NPBL since 2030. (Would have to check other sources for the first 30 years). 2 were by Andy Dwyer in 67-68.
Link to No Hitters with PERFECT GAMES noted in () https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/history/league_100_accomplishments_5.html
And... it looks like there were 9 Perfect Games between 2000 and 2030. https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/sr/lnohit.html
So, overall Avila just threw the 16th Perfect Game in NPBL history. (There have been 23 perfect games in MLB history)
Another league. My AA team that hasnโt been very good but is playing better this season.
I wasnโt paying attention to where I was.
Both Hawaii and Utah are 9-1 in their last 10. That's a great race for the GEL Pacific.
Both Hawaii and Utah flopped this last sim. But since they are mirroring each other, it's still a close race.
Really good race for final spots in FFL playoffs (both seeding and who gets in)
Hawaii and Utah with 2 games remaining against eachother, and then both finish the season with two series against teams well below .500. So could come down to the wire.
Georgia has assured itself of being greater than .500. In most years, that's good enough, but probably not this year in the FFL.
Craig Warner has the Patriots team record for the most HR in a season with 48. (We don't have a great history of power hitters in the organization). I'd like to see him top 50 HRs so he can make the "Accomplishments" list in the archives.
Avila almost threw another complete game. Caldwell gave up a walk in the 9th but still secured the no-hitter!
Wow, epic fail to end the season. 1-8 with a string of five one-run losses to close it out. Fell below .500 and didnโt get close to playoffs.
Good luck @Marcus and @Mike- IL GM. I'll run Game 163 for the GEL Central as a RTS.
I haven't been tracking this but it feels as if we have one of these #163 playoffs every year. Pretty cool!
Good game! MN had 2nd and 3rd w 2 outs, bottom of 9th and Dominguez strikes out looking ๐ฐ
Is this like... how long can we extend the season? (Not that I'm complaining)
Good game @Mike- IL GM . Nichols 1st loss of the season! IL pitching overpowered us.
Need to see if all playoffs teams are ready to go including our first round bye teams. If so then yessir. Good luck to all!
Sorry, i'll get an export in when I get home from work. Didn't realize I needed to on a Bye
Looks like just need MD @myordy and PA @chappy to export or say good to go.
Haha sorry. I think my mouse was over PA and highlighted it when reminding myself of playoff teams and comparing the Export Tracker lol.
Should we exported even though we are not in playoffs
Yoda hasn't exported nor said anything in the NPBL channels for over a month. Hope everything is alright with him
phooey. no changes needed. i'm good to go whenever. I'll export here shortly.
I'll look to get the sim started this afternoon/evening. Good luck!
I think this is asked every year, but are these 5 or 7 game series? I believe 7 but honestly donโt recall.
Storylines as I them:
- Georgia sells off assets at the trade deadline for a rebuild. The team doesn't care... continues winning and makes playoffs and now sweeps Maryland to make FFL semifinals
- New Jersey and Virginia each go into the opposition's ballpark and win 2 games. The series now tied 2-2
- Kansas on their way up is giving the defending champion Hawaii all they can handle. Series tied 2-2
- Idaho and Minnesota meeting against each for the third straight year in the playoffs. Idaho got by Minnesota in the last years. I believe they are also tied 2-2.
Haha, my pitcher gives up a 2 run home run, hits the next better and then gets ejected following a brawl! Thatโs awesome Iโm a game 6 ๐
I believe the GEL sets up so that the division rivals will now face each other
Utah vs Hawaii
Illinois vs Minnesota
Georgia (winners of 11 of their last 12 games) vs Massachusetts
New Jersey, even though they have a better record, becomes the road team vs Florida
hah! We both moved into our current States, we even left NJ, some fun stuff for the fans to complain about
7 teams won 90-99 games in the regular season. All 7 teams still alive. The 8th is Georgia (89 wins). This should be good. IMO no clear favorite in any matchup.
Exported. probably wont be able to do another export until tomorrow night, but at least I wont hold up a potential first sim.
Looks like we are ready to continue whenever GA @Alex and FL @FloridaFlamingosRob are ready. Good luck in the Semi-Finals!
Sweet. Iโll get the sim started in about 25-30 minutes if not sooner!
Posting a sim instruction since I canโt export until later. So good to go in second once I post that.
Thanks for the heads up @mass_gm. Iโll get the next playoff sim started soon!
I missed this the other night but I'll see if something got updated without me realizing that would increase the file size or anything.
It's in the commish_news channel. THAT'S the way to follow the playoff games. ๐
Game 4s ongoing. Game 5s will be in the morning since it's late now.
Poor manny Cruz, messes his elbow up on his 1st ever playoff startโฆ.
Big win in game 5. Going to be tough to take one in IL, especially with the pitching they have exhibited. Should be good.
Very tough loss for us in G5. Not only the walk off loss in B9, but we lost 2B Ivey for the season as well.
Reminder about Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus. These need to be done before we can rollover to 2089. https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
UT is ready @Brett- Utah. Just let me know whenever you guys are IL @Mike- IL GM, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex.
Whenever @FloridaFlamingosRob is ready, we can start. No rush and good luck guys!
Who do you cheer for, the team that knocks you out of the playoffs, so you can possibly say you lost to the eventual champion or the next team they play?
I kinda of need all the support i can get after the last IP...hahaha
Utah setup man Tom Perkins gave up 9ER in 40.1 regular season innings. Gives up a 3 run homer and only completes 1/3 of an inning in game 2. Got to love baseball
I'll be able to start Game 3 within the next 30 or so minutes. I'd guess we'll do just Game 3 tonight and have it continue with Games 4 and 5 in the morning.
Ready again provided you make the small dl move I left in sim instructions. I am afk right now sorry
I'm not set on 2-3-2 if we want to discuss 2-2-1-1-1 for our 7-game series format
i cant change anything, I dont know what would do it anyway
Iโll let it roll with no export. Itโs a travel day and wonโt get to a computer anytime soon
Sounds good. I'll get things rolling after I get the AFBL sim done (we have an opening with PA if anyone here wants to join ๐).
Can you send me a link to the team? Been thinking about managing another ootp team
If you are down, thatโs all I need ๐. Iโll send you the Slack invite and work on getting you added to the game. Probably will be tomorrow for the updated file. We just started the 2055 Regular Season today with the first 3 games.
Incredible regular season and tough playoff series against 2 awesome teams.
Good luck remaining teams!
LETS GO HAWKS!!!
Great season @Mike- IL GM and @FloridaFlamingosRob you guys have budding super teams
Got interesting in the 9th, but Cisco Chavez did it again. Almost single handedly won us a pennant. One of the best players in the league
I will export when I get back to my Airbnb after this game. So might be too late for a sim tonight. Only in the 5th inning
All good. It'd be tomorrow at this point anyway. Just let me know whenever you're ready. Good luck to GA and UT in the National Cup Series!
The interesting subplot of this series is that I pushed hard to trade Chavez, McNeil and Marshall to Utah, haha
Could come back to bite me haha. If the trade deadline hasnโt been the day I joined it may have happened
and then saw game 7 happen, lol, oh well, I guess I wont start the guy I wanted, haha, you guys ping me for every game here except game 7
good win @Alex you totally fleeced me on our trade, but I dont regret it, this team is probably going to end up middling next year
Just pointing out everyone Alex traded at the deadline made the division finals
I donโt think I fleeced you one bit @FloridaFlamingosRob youโre gonna win 100 next year
@FloridaFlamingosRob if you think you got fleeced; I will take hector rea off your hands!!!
Updates of players having 4 hits in the game are going to become normal.
They've got 4 hits, but they are 4 for 16. ๐
Itโs still far from
Over. Iโve come back from 0-2 and 0-3 this offseason so blowing 2-0 makes a lot of sense haha
By some miracle I activated Ricardo Salazar for this round. Letโs see if that proves miraculous
Best part of the playoffs about to be over is the move to 22. Because having a league in 20 and a league in 22 is annoying lol
this is my last league on 20. Can't wait until all of my leagues are in one version
I have this league in 20, another in 21 getting ready to go to 22, and AFBL in 22. Almost back to 1 version myself lol.
Lol ya just whatever the teams involve dictate for frequency in the playoffs ๐
Will do voting tonight and yess I need both leagues in 22 so I can be active
I'll be able to start Game 3 in the next 10-15 minutes @Brett- Utah @Alex
Oops sorry got sent out but back now. Getting OOTP back up and will start Game 3 momentarily @Brett- Utah @Alex
Jim Rodriguez, a 2 star career AAA guy came in for the save in game 3 of the World Series lol
So that's back to back innings with a grand slam for Utah. 9th in Game 3 and 1st in Game 4.
Not pulling for either side but was kind of hoping fo a walkoff grand slam there. Haha
You have to admit though, it's a lot more awesome if you are the team up 3-1
sure was my good closer. I would have rather he just stayed in and taken my chances, instead of the guy who came in and gave up the inherited runners
Maybe i'll blow it up and start over. I've inherited a good team here and AFBL. Maybe I should see i can rebuild my own
I will stop my rebuild to get him, haha. Your teams too good and too young to rebuild
Utah has been the best team year in year out since Iโve been here. They could use a few all in moves
Itโs also nearly impossible to rebuild or tank in either league. Way, way easier to buy
OOTP why would you flip the position of GA and UT in the title series here (GA on GEL side and UT on FFL side for NCS)?
The current Kansas Storm franchise. IIRC the Ravens branding was retired after founding owner left and franchise moved to Georgia actually. I rejoined NPBL right after that and had the chance to move the franchise to Kansas to rebrand as the Storm which the previous Kansas Storm franchise was contracted.
Iโve been playing OOTP a lot for 15 years and donโt recall a playoff run like this
IIRC, Hawaii won it all in the NPBL once and they had a .500 record in the regular season. (Maybe even under .500?)
I had one season in AFBL where my team was like 83-79, limped into the playoffs and then refused to die. Came back down 2-0 and then 3-0 (or maybe it was vice versa) and every time the team was down some unexpected guy had an out of body experience... was wild
Imagine if we had a salary capโฆ.all of Georgiaโs players would be asking for significant raises..haha
Also firmly in my memory is the 2017 Tennessee Hounds.... which was very reminiscent of this season from my perspective because I was also up 3-0 to the Hounds and wound up losing the series.
My buddy was the GM briefly of that Hounds team. Still talk about that 2017 series lol.
He wasn't very active and I kind of felt like I lost to a team on auto-pilot.
2037 Hawaii won with a 80-82 record. There's been a few 81-81 teams that won (2051 MA, 2084 CO). https://matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/statslab/league_index.php
Most of these teams that won with bad records were teams on the rise. One could argue that their youngsters just "figured things out" as the season progressed.
A team that sells off in the same season as they win is something different. So you definitely have a claim as the "worst champion".
The difference very well may be which one of those teams gives me beautiful prospects in exchange for my world champion players
If I tell you his name, you'll probably start to look into his other qualities. I'm telling you, just trade for him based on his looks. It's like a one-night stand, you don't need to know "names". ๐
(But I think it was Clancy Harris - and he's like a 40year old career minor leaguer)
Sending along this super helpful OOTP 22 upgrade instruction that I am sure our commish will post too haha
Here's the link to instructions: https://afbl.slack.com/archives/C0B4VV2UW/p1627235557125900
Post Upgrade to OOTP 22 request!
Ballpark Factor Request:
New ownership completed upgrades to the Michigan Militia's baseball stadium that began last off season. These upgrades had been promised when Lee Quillen took controlling interest of the team. Offseason renovations will continue into Spring Training, but are expected to complete prior to Opening day. These changes include relocating the bullpen warmup areas, slightly increasing the distance to each wall, and bringing fans in those seats closer to the action.
The resulting new park factors of these changes are below:
Average RHB: 0.985
Average LHB: 1.000
Doubles: .95
Triples: .91
Home Runs RHB: .97
Home Runs LHB: 1.020
Can we throw a party now we have every team filled
@NPBL Commish You'll do a full zip file later for those of us wanting to upgrade that way?
I'll try to have the new starter files uploaded by late tonight. Worst case, I'll have them finished and uploaded tomorrow morning.
Need Season Awards voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WI @wis-gm, NS @x24rocks, VA @yudava, MA @massgm (missing GM of Year if you weren't aware)
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex, WI @wis-gm, NS @x24rocks, VA @yuda_va
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
@Liam-Minnesota you are welcome to vote for either/both if you wish but totally up to you
hey @NPBL Commish i'm assuming in the directions you posted you meant NPBL right (in the 'If you do not have OOTP21' section)?
New OOTP22 starter files uploaded overnight for @Brett- Utah and anyone else that wants to go that route instead of the 20>21>22 import path. npblbaseball.com/downloads FULL has everything, ESSENTIALS doesn't have ballcaps/jerseys/messages/news folders.
Brett started af the trade deadline and weโre gonna give him manager of the year ๐
How does everyone vote for manager of the year? Regular season only? Biggest improvement? Playoff performance? Etc?
Itโs always a weird, tough vote for me.
Trade your team away and win the championship with the B squad...manager of the year in my book!
Thatโs usually my first filter but not the deciding factor for my GM vote
I look at wins, then I look at preseason predictions and last years wins... kind of just try to pick who performed a whole lot better than I expected using that data as able.
Alright I just need to 22 but Iโm in the middle of a watching party of little league World Series
Sadly during it my camera didnโt work so I was like a radio person
No not necessarily. If you're all setup that works. Export was an easy way for me to see if you're good to go.
All my voting is in and Iโm ready to move
Forward Matt. Sorry for the delay!
Dave has officially rolled out the new draft list import feature in StatsPlus:
Rolled out a feature which has been requested by a number of StatsPlus (power?) users for a long time - the ability to upload a draft list to the draft tool.ย The button is next to the list box.
Also added a link to a new draft help page for GMs which contains more information about using the upload button, and many other aspects of the draft.ย Seeย https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/web-tools/draft-help
So I think Iโm going to abstain from HoF voting due to all the drug allegations
Otherwise if anyone has favorites Iโm willing to sell my vote
Virginia likely to be CPU at least into October, but there's a chance it lightens up earlier. TBD
Works out here since I too have been super slammed recently too. Iโll be getting the rollover to 2089 today during my โmeetingโ ๐ .
@mstreeter06 Iโve noticed both the afbl and npbl jumps to 22 didnโt bring any radical ratings changes
Is this setting checked in our league? Just a lingering theory I have held that this is a contributor to ratings jumps/declines in some leagues when they hop versions. This and, of course, scouting where scouting is used and not 100%.
Rare that someone ever messes with it and it is checked by default... but worth checking next time you do a sim.
Oops didn't post but we'll break on Monday and start Spring Training on Wednesday @jeff_alabama
Debuting new logo for Slack to go along with the new stadium (thanks Commish). Clear skies ahead!
That import lists into Stats+ is a much bigger quality of life improvement than I expected (if you dig Excel).
I am going to end up playing with this all day... prob get fired... will see later.
Iโve told him over and over not to run on the expressway. Shouldโve put it in his contract.
I export, then I export again to ensure I got a Slack confirmation. Then I export again... because why not.
First sim of ST and I lose one of my starting SP's for nine months. Yuck!
omg not sure how I didn't notice but yes looks like really oversimmed lmao ๐ฌ
That's impressive.. Not even 16 games which would be two sets of 8 but 17?
I think the Patriots are frustrated about our exit in last year's playoffs... they begin by winning 10 straight ST games.
Save it for the regular season guys.
Down to 26 by Friday. We will break on Wednesday so everyone has a chance to get their Opening Day rosters set.
No kidding? I need to expand my scope beyond "can backup my AA catcher"
Angel Martinez was the best FA ever in the NPBL. But there are some others:
Bubba Godwin
Alex Orozco
Elmer Green
Jonathan Robinson
Those are ones I know about that played a while ago. Not up-to-date on more recent FAs
Not in this league yet, but over in AFBL (which has similar setup) I once had four FA starting pitchers at one time on a good team. One still there after six seasons. Good FA prospects are much harder to find in NPBL for sure.
Deleted my FA Claims message... realized I was just creating a harder job for commish to move players there.
I don't remember setting up my team at all and about leapt in my chair when I realized it was opening day. Team looks good though, so thanks to whoever came over my house and got them straight!
First no no of the season didn't take long. Will give folks a chance to look before spoiling who ๐
New StatsPlus feature announced about automated league file backups which will be a nice safety net for any emergencies or screws up by me ๐ https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/league-hosting/league-file-backups
Oops don't think I got April 20th simmed. We'll include it in Wednesday's sim.
Just looking at news stories and all I can think is.... "one of my players decides to call it a career 3 weeks into the season they can just go ahead and quit now".
I dunno... seems like a lot of professional athletes will announce "this is my last year" and then receive a farewell tour
Spring Training sure... but sans injury telling people a couple weeks in and cycling the staff seems a bit rude.
I mean, if you're Ken Griffey I'll tell my staff to expect an all nighter... but for some of these folks...
Don't you play games with my emotions Mr Favre! Brett and his "I'm retired"... I mean "I'm a Jet"...err retired... "maybe a Viking?"... ok for real retired got my gourd ๐
The difference between the first few weeks and Spring Training... I guess since this is a game I'm sort of seeing it as the same thing, but it's probably something that could be tightened up in code.
Oh na, baseball without something to bitch about isn't baseball. I don't want them to change a thing... I just want to blame the players for something ๐
mancina..noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..lol
Over a quarter of the way through the season and my boys aren't managing to hit 200 as a team. Need some of my more youthful investments on the offensive side of the house to start maturing quickly and maybe hit just a bit closer to league average.
Definitely a dearth of poor talent in the late, late rounds this draft. A lot of abysmal though! ๐ฒ
Did we used to generate 13 or 14 rounds of players (but only draft 12)? It looks like there is only going to be a handful of players left undrafted, whereas I thought in years' past there used to be a fair amount leftover.
LOL- I had to look twice at the last guy I drafted to make sure he was a pitcher. His pitching ratings (5/3/5 potential) are not that much better than his hitting ratings (4 contact potential).
I think it's set to generate 13 rounds of players @mass_gm. I will take a look.
My guess is this changed with the conversion to 22. The number left over is the same number of International free agents that were inserted into our draft.
Couple of 16-year-old IC guys not in IC again. Anyone ever come up with a way to get them to show up without promoting them to Rookie League? Really don't want them there yet.
I promote my international players at age 20 and start them at rookie ball
Jeff- let them sit. The guys i pulled out of โootp limboโ are struggling hard
Decided to create a shortlist called "Limbo" and add my hidden IC players to it. Not ideal but at least I can keep track of them all in one place. ๐
I go to NPBL Transactions/Players/USBL Player List and turn on both Include minor leaguers and Include international complex checkboxes. The limbo players should show up in the list. (Can also get there through the league menu: NPBL/Reports and Info/List all NPBL players)
Or you can search by player name with a custom filter in the Player Search. @y0da55
btw anyone know what USBL stands for?
Hmmm now it says NPBL Player List. I must have been imagining USBL. Very Weird. I checked multiple times yesterday because it didn't make sense.
Yea the newest patch seem interesting. But Iโm not sure if it just me or on rosters not dl I see numbers twice
Iโm surprised one of my players I drafted last year is already in triple a
Congrats to Patriot Norman Smith for getting his 3500 career hit last sim. Only the sixth player to reach that milestone.
Thank goodness. Been a long work day. A nice 10 game win streak sim would do me well right about now.
Donโt forget people to do your voting for all star game on stats plus
Ok... that was so on me. My bad. When I said 10 game win streak... I meant for my team. We will get them next time ๐
I just picture these Michigan players going: "OH! He meant for us to win. I get it now."
They are very young, and I haven't focussed on INT as much as I like... so that is a very real possibility.
Rules for counting a pitcher win don't mix well with my usage of Ted Williams, so yeah, it looks funny.
2089 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Eric Silva (CA)
1B: Santos Vazquez (UT)
2B: Denny Camp (UT)
3B: Brit Osmond (HI)
SS: Luis Lopez (IL)
OF: Alberto Borromeo (HI) [unanimous 19/19]
OF: Vinnie Doig (KS)
OF: Miguel Hernandez (MN)
SP: Donald Church (IL) [unanimous 19/19]
Reserves
CA: Calvin Taylor (MN) [Commish selection]
1B: Jose Luna (MI)
2B: Jesus Brito (KS) [Commish selection]
3B: Neil Hammond (NV)
SS: Don Landry (CO) [Commish selection, injured]
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI)
OF: Bob Boyd (HI)
OF: Scott Aguila (NV) [Commish selection]
SP: Antonio Mendoza (CA)
SP: Felipe Salazar (HI)
SP: Miguel Ramirez (MI)
SP: Sergio Castro (KS)
SP: Norman Smith (MI)
RP: Donald Rose (CA)
RP: Rory Willis (WI)
RP: Brady Hollingsworth (WI)
RP: Rob Lamb (KS)
RP: Horace Franklin (WA)
RP: Javier Gutierrez (IL)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raul Ortiz (VA)
1B: Arturo Rodriguez (VA)
2B: Hubert Ivey (MA)
3B: Octavio Sanchez (NJ)
SS: Ernest Thomas (AL)
OF: Dorian Mosley (VA)
OF: Roy Boyd (PA)
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD)
SP: Julian Negron (VA)
Reserves
CA: Matt Failes (NS) [Commish selection]
1B: Wayne Opitz (GA) [Commish selection]
2B: Arthur Rosolino (GA) [Commish selection]
3B: Leland Milton (PA) [Commish selection]
SS: Fernando Martinez (MA)
OF: Hector Rea (FL)
OF: Doug Peterson (VA) [Commish selection]
OF: John Abbott (NJ) [Commish selection]
SP: Mark Kuhn (MA)
SP: Morris Flores (VA)
SP: John David Hex (LA)
SP: George Ramos (NS)
SP: Manny Salas (NJ)
RP: Cisco Chavez (GA)
RP: Juan Padilla (VA)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL)
RP: Phil Johnston (VA) [injured]
RP: Quayzo Xevex (LA)
I'll need to fix the schedule to add some days to the All-Star Break in the offseason
man, I've been waiting for this. Ever since I knew about him. Tuesday, July 26th , 2089 - Louisiana Blaze: SPย Gilberto Mercadoย was injured while pitching.ย ย The Diagnosis: torn rotator cuff. He's expected to miss about 9 months. being a number one pitching prospect for the blaze is like the kiss of death. No wonder Mercado looked so worried all the time. I should have just sat him on the bench for his whole career. poor kid.
Exciting upcoming new beta feature coming to S+ will be Trade Tool in StatsPlus (not released or announced yet ๐)
StatsPlus Trade Tool
Summary
Propose / accept trades on StatsPlus, with automatic posts to Slack
What it is:
- Allow one GM to create a trade involving players, cash and draft picks and send proposal to another GM
- Second GM can review the trade and accept or decline on StatsPlus
- Accepted trades are automatically posted to Slack / Discord in a standard format, with all players linked to their S+ pages
- No limit on number of players or picks involved (OOTP limits to 5, this feature will allow more)
- S+ will show a best-effort financial summary of the trade at proposal and accept/decline time
- S+ will allow including salary retention as part of the trade proposal
- Show a history of trades agreed on S+, including a list of trades per team, trades involving a player, trades involving a specific draft pick
- Draft pick trading can be optionally enabled for a league, with options managed by the commissioner / admin for which years of picks can be traded for a specific league
- Draft picks involved in trades are automatically tracked, to be applied when the next draft is imported (best effort here, there will be some cases S+ can't handle)
- Attempt to track which player ended up being chosen with a specific traded pick
- Include warning about players with NTC
What it is not:
- S+ will not be able to match OOTP finances exactly, so it cannot be relied upon to be sure a trade will work
- Due to missing info from OOTP, retained salary options in S+ may not match what is in game
- A shortcut for entering trades in OOTP. All trades still need to be entered and processed in game.
Still in the playoff race with nine games to go. Feels like we have a good chance to get in this year. Time to break the last-sim-of-the-season-crash-curse weโve been afflicted with the last two seasons. ๐ค
Good battle there for those last two spots. Maryland looked in control until they recently suffered a 12 game losing streak.
gotta love winning 15 games over the last 2 sims and losing ground. ๐ณ
Final series of the Regular Season coming up. Here's the standing going into the series.
Can someone explain to me how Ted Williams went 26-0.... out of the bullpen. I've never seen a season like that before
Ted Williams is on a remarkable 5-year run. Never seen a reliever like him before.
As to the HOW he got 26 wins, it looks like Tim has all his starters set to 60 pitch count limits, so Ted in long relief gets a lot of appearances where he is the pitcher of record.
The rules for winning pitcher is that the starter has to play 5 innings. That doesn't match well with my team because my starters don't go deep into the games. If we are ahead in that game, Ted Williams is usually the next pitcher and is awarded the win.
Even with that strategy it's still absolutely wild he didnt blow a game and end up with a loss
I believe itโs my 6th walk off win in the playoffs since the start of last years playoffs
Whenever UT @Brett- Utah is ready with a new export or the go-ahead, we can continue. No rush and good luck guys!
Hopefully we can get our playoff act together next season. I think I've lost 11 straight playoff games now across the leagues I'm in. Getting fruuuuussstrated. Hahahmmm.
Reminder to get Season Awards and HOF voting completed in StatsPlus https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/?league=100#ballotlist
Are we doing another sim of playoffs today or do I have time to put in a export and fix my team
I'll need to export. 5-time All-Star and 3-time Ramos Award winner Blankenship is ready to come off the IL.
Any chance you could sneak a peek and tell me how bad is the injury to Andres Foster?
In 2086, we faced off in wildcard round. In 2087, we faced off in the LCS. Last year, we didn't face each other in the playoffs.
Good chance https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/13489?page=profile is going to get an 85mph changeup in his right earhole in his first AB in Game 3. ๐ฏ๐คญ
Full disclosure, I didn't even realize that my team was in the playoffs until after they had started. We finished as a .500 team and the best batter hit just over .260. Now that we're in the second round and have a 2-0 lead, I guess that I'll be paying attention.
I understand. I guess if you're in four leagues, you hope that you're competitive in at least two of them but the others are easily ignored. It just takes too much time to do a great job of managing that many teams.
I am retired so I do have a bit more time to spend on my hobbies!
What the heck? Saturday, October 15th , 2089 - Massachusetts Patriots: RPย Ted Williamsย was injured when he was attacked by a wild animal during a trip to the zoo. The Diagnosis: fractured finger. He's expected to miss about 4 weeks.
Nice timing. What are they doing going to a zoo, and how do you get attacked by an animal while there?
Thatโs better than the typical electrical outlet injuries that occur in ootp
Do I need to wipe this out guys? I think this injury is really ridiculous especially since it impacts a playoff team.
why is going to the Zoo during the playoffs? I think the team should suspend him
I don't think you need to. The story behind it is stupid, but it is possible a freak injury to occur.
Because we canโt check in game now you might be able to Commish and that will tell us
if it instead read that he slammed his finger in a car door it would seem less absurd
The fact that I lost my starting pitcher to a torn labrum seems rather mundane by comparison.
Good grief: 10/15/2089 3rd MA: Chet Martรญnez leaves game with an injury.
As much as I appreciate having James in my rotation I sure regret trading this bat
flip side, Zach Walker has played pretty much just as well as Rodriguez since that trade (though he's a few years older, and may be getting to his decline now)
I don't think there is a file/export now. I believe it's 2-3-2 to match homestands
Thanks! I don't understand how my team is winning but I'll take it!
I think I did 2-2-2-1 last round for games per playoff sim. Probably have done 2-3-2 in the past or even in our rules
If the remaining teams are good to go tonight, we can continue otherwise whenever everyone is ready.
WA just sent in an export. Hope I wasn't too late. Had to sub SP's as Franklin is out for the postseason.
You'll probably have to download the file after the sim is done and re-export. Good news is, your next game isn't for a while.
Well, that was an ugly game. We will need to be quite a bit better than that.
Not exactly my preferred type of game. I rarely end up on the winning side of a slugfest. Every time I put up a big inning you came right back the next inning and answered. Game 6 (and possibly 7) should be good. Oh, and just to add more intrigue...Warren went yard...again....
OK thanks. I'm heading out of town tomorrow and panicked for a moment!
Iโm just trying to have all the files of my leagues done early by tonight so in the morning I only have to worry about a lot of league files
I thought Game 5 was a low for the Patriots. But Game 6 says "hold my beer"
@mstreeter06 Seems like the RTS got stuck? (Pats fans say: "mercifully")
I swear.. I think Windows decided it was a good time to reboot for an update ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ
This is annoying. Guess we'll have to start Game 6 again. I'm really sorry guys.
Ugh ya just hate stuff like this happening either from this or the game just crashing during a RTS
Out of your hands though. I just appreciate your working through it however you can.
Feeling more and more guilty if we take this game. Is it fair(er) to do something else than let this result go through? Like maybe replay Game 6 again?
The way I look at computer glitches that stop an unfinished game is that you just forget about that game, it never happened. Even though it did haha.
I'm not sure what all we could do besides me moving away from Windows for OOTP haha
Sweet. I'm going to sneak in today's AFBL sim first but we can get NJ-MA Game 7 going whenever NJ is ready to go.
oh good, that gives me time to squeeze in a "straighten out my minors" export
Upload stuff for AFBL should be almost done then we can start Game 7
Exports grabbed. Game 7 between NJ and MA about to start.
RTS: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/rt_sim/index.html
I'm in meetings for the next few hours so probably no export until late afternoon (I realize this game isn't even over yet)
Thanks @koohead. Unfortunate that the series may be remembered for odd animal attacks and Windows Updates. If one ignores all that, it really was a good series.
Exciting news.. our league is part of a beta test group with Dave at StatsPlus for the new Trade Tool feature.ย https://wiki.statsplus.net/web-tools/trade-tool
Some likely future additions, some before wider roll-out:
- Adding notes to other GM and/or commissioner
- Proposing a counter-offer
Limitations:
- Support for a team with multiple supplemental, or comp balance picks needs to be improved
My wishlist for OOTP: I wish there was a way to game plan to take pitches and wear a pitcher down. Negron going into the 8th inning with only like 75 pitches thrown. We won't do well against a fresh Negron. We need him tired, or a new pitcher in the game.
Agreed, this is probably my biggest wish. You can do it if youโre playing out pitch by pitch but obviously that doesnโt work online.
I've had 4 injuries in 8 playoff games now. Been lucky that all of them except the animal attack have been DTD
Looks like we can continue tonight. I'll get things going in a moment.
Any feedback on the new StatsPlus Trade Tool would be appreciated if you have any as you explore/use it. Thanks guys!
So as of right now, I've outscored you (totalling up runs from the whole series). But still, I'm down 2-0.
Thatโs why Dorian Mosley is on the roster. He wonโt start any games against your rotation.
I need to go to bed. But with my heart racing like it is, I'll probably never fall asleep.
Just realized that Washington was but a .500 team through the regular season. Impressive post-season thus far.
happy to wait for him if he's checking in, but didn't he say he was embarking on a trip today?
Looks like he mentioned heading out of town on Wednesday.
Then yesterday, he did give his okay to proceed.
WA is ready. Sorry, I'm in Austin for a wedding and just got back to my hotel.
All good Larry. Wanted to be sure to give you a chance to make changes if you wanted to. Enjoy Austin.. fun town! Lived there for nearly 2 years.
I'm heading off to the airport shortly and won't be home until dinnertime. My rosters should be OK so don't wait for me. Thanks!
Boy if we go to game 7, Iโm gonna have a hard pitching decision to make (Negron on short rest? One of Flores or Reyna?)
Our last three trips to the finals, we won. Hope we can keep the streak alive.
Whenever game 7 is done, can somebody give me an @-mention so I update the file and export please?
Congrats to Mike-IL! It was a great series and our luck ran out. Best of luck in the finals.
Thanks @Larry_Washington !! Definitely a great series!
Bravo bravo my JETHAWKS!!! GET IT DONE!!
Looks like both teams are ready to start the National Cup Series @Mike- IL GM @yuda_va
why on earth did the AI manager double switch Morrison into the 9 spot if he was just going to pinch hit for him
I'll be away for a few hours so we can continue when I get home later this afternoon/evening
Whenever IL @Mike- IL GM is ready, we'll see who will claim the 2089 National Cup Series. Good luck guys!
VA really relied on Medina for a long time there. And he came thru. Congrats @yuda_va
Johnston was tired, but I had set up Reyna to come in in that situation. But it worked out!
Great National Cup Series. congrats to VA and IL for putting on a great show.
we're relatively young but I do have a couple guys I'm worried about a fast decline on. Cochrane especially, there's not really anybody behind him right now.
Weโll need to get Season Awards and HOF voting finished first. I can check in to see where weโre at in a bit.
thats a known bug. you gotta try a few times. eventually it comes up
npblbaseball.com will currently go to an un-setup WordPress site (hoping to transfer over the previous WP site or will just re-create it).
npblbaseball.com/statsplus will take you to StatsPlus. I'll post the others too once I have those setup. Thanks guys!
Moving that domain over to StatsPlus today actually. Iโll post more when things are setup like they were.
We're almost there. I hope to get things wrapped up by tomorrow before we break for the holiday.
Thankful for the commish, and for all the time and energy he puts in to make this league run. Thanks, Mr. Commish!
Thanks happy to do it! I hope everyone had a great holiday yesterday and that you all have a good weekend!
Yeah, thanks for everything Matt. You are the best commissioner Iโve played with.
Just a repost of the ongoing creation of documentation related to StatsPlus's new Trade Tool for anyone that is curious or missed it: https://wiki.statsplus.net/web-tools/trade-tool
No rush late start to Monday morning work stuff so Iโm behind for both leagues myself ๐
Itโs probably someone that ended up in the non-existent Rookie League International Complex and now is past the age limit. Youโll need to search for him then promote them up and then back to Rookie League. I just had to do this for a draftee I missed myself.
Useful addition to StatsPlus for voting history results:
Small addition yesterday, the new CSV from OOTP includes info to determine 2nd and 3rd place finishers for awards, so that is now added to player pages on the History tab (screenshot from Dave's league)
Im super confused, last season I didnt have any picks, but this season also I dont have picks?
but I dont have any of my other picks so far in this draft
and its still applying the changes the from last season to this season
Looks like FL draft slot is #8. GA picked there rd 1, QB picked there rd 2, NS picked there rd 3
2089 Traded Picks
FL 1st to GA
FL 2nd to QB
FL 3rd to NS
FL 4th to NS
IL 1st to GA
IL 3rd to GA
Future Considerations:
2090 FL 1st to GA (edited)
it was confusing to me with the transition to the stats + trade tool.
Trying to catch up.. so I think I just picked the wrong year to start the new StatsPlus Pick Tracker?
https://npbl.slack.com/archives/CKX32HRGW/p1638408193005000
I didnโt draft till the 5th round last season, so I donโt understand the draft years
I did my trades the season before deadline, we had a draft that all my picks conveyed, except for 1st rounder still owed to GA
Ya so looks like I reused the 2089 traded picks for this current 2090 draft. Damnit.
Assuming this is right (correct me if I'm wrong), we probably should restart the draft.
The most recent completed trade also says 2089, and I think that should be 2090
Letโs restart the draft so I can take @jeff_alabama first round choice ๐
in that scenario, it'd just be IL 3rd to GA that needs to be adjusted
1.23 Joe Clark should have been IL's pick
2.08 Roger Lewis should have been FL's pick
3.08 Steve O'Keefe was FL (but rewinding that pick doesn't lose us much)
3.08 was the latest pick. So for that one you could rewind the draft by one pick
Just to brainstorm another option...
How about give those players drafted at the slots to IL/FL, and then give IL/FL an extra compensatory pick at the end of round...idk rd 5?
IL's is a first round pick, but FL was 2.08 which is really close to where IL was drafting too.
I voided the KS-IL trade @Mike- IL GM if you want to resubmit as 2090 picks
I'm happy to rewind all the way back to 1-23 pick, rewind back to 3-8, and/or just assigned the drafted players to the team in the correct slot plus award a comp pick
Whatever makes sense from everyone else involved and the league as a whole
But also, on other teams, please speak up, you have to realize if your taking picks your not supposed to
I'll leave it to @Mike- IL GM to decide, he had the earliest pick
If it easy, I'll take the selection @Alex made. Would have done the same
Most thorough/fair imo is to rollback to 1-23 so Illinois can make their pick and then Florida at 2-8.
Easiest is to rollback back 1 slot to 3-8 so Florida can make their pick (and then assign the drafted players at 1-23 and 2-8 to the correct team) and then add a comp pick to FL and IL or something.
im good with the picks that were taken, and just let the draft move forward
Any solution is doable so just whatever the league thinks is the best way to proceed works for me guys. Just let me know!
I'm for assigning the ga pick to me and them let the draft move forward
make sure you get your 3rd rounder back, which is at the end of the round too, correct?
so to move forward, just send the players in the picks to correct teams, make sure the next picks are correct and lets finish the draft @NPBL Commish
I don't object to restarting but if the affected teams are happy with a different result htat's fine too
LT votes for giving all the affected players to Virginia and moving forward. Got it.
Wow that was a lot. I vote: "rollback back 1 slot to 3-8 so Florida can make their pick (and then assign the drafted players at 1-23 and 2-8 to the correct team) and then add a comp pick to FL and IL or something."
but also fine with whatever.
I'm going to move forward with the easiest solution. I'll do the following:
- Assign Joe Clark to Illinois from pick 1-23
- Assign Roger Lewis to Florida from pick 2-8
- Assign Steve O'Keefe to Florida from pick 3-8
- Give back pick 3-23 to Illinois from Georgia (this was processed already with 2089)
- Give back pick 4-8 to Florida from Nova Scotia (this was processed already with 2089)
- We're back in business
Yes thanks to everyone for discovering this semi-quickly and for working together to get this resolved
Highly recommend that you use the stats plus trade tool if you are able. Very simple to use resource for your trade needsโฆ
please see the trade between Matt (@mstreeter06) and I; it was a fairly easy process!
I'm tempted to pick Tim Taylor just so I can nickname him "the tool man"
Well played. I would say Taylor is a later round pick. not enough tools for my liking.
The young whippersnappers here are asking themselves "who is Tim 'the tool man' Taylor?"
you can only draft him, if you have a fan named Wilson who sits on the other side of the fence
Damn Friday, April 14th , 2090 - Utah Scorpions: SPย Jude Stewartย was injured while pitching.ย ย The Diagnosis: partially torn UCL. This is a CAREER ENDING injury!
It's weird that for some it's a career ending injury, and for others it isn't
in a solo league I've noticed that on a second elbow issue within a couple years it seems to usually be a career ender
Oh that appears to be it. He actually had a torn UCL in 2082, a partial torn UCL in 2083, and now this. DANG
@NPBL Commish reminder to update draft/traded picks. Coming up on round 7!
Any issues with us simming on Friday or should we break after Wednesday? I'm fine either way guys.
Massachusetts RP Ted Williams is back to his ways. He's 8-0 in 31 appearances already.
He's just like my Brazos Coker, except with control. And movement. And a better slider.
Williams really racking up wins in this sim. I think he may go for the NPBL record this year.
Sarchua is a great fit for Massachusetts. Pitching a no-no is WAY above what I was hoping for.
I feel when he retires he going to be a 1st year hall of famer
Only 29 and has 129 wins https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/13158?page=pitch
He has at least a 42 game win streak. Probably more depending on what streak he had going at the end of 2088
@Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds should get an additional 1rd pick in the next draft...haha
7-2, two good sims in a row. We pitched five shutouts, including three 1-0 pitching duels.
2090 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Calvin Taylor (MN) [unanimous 21/21]
1B: Ercole Mancina (IL)
2B: Denny Camp (UT,IL)
3B: Don Landry (CO)
SS: Luis Lopez (IL)
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI)
OF: Vinnie Doig (KS)
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (KS)
SP: Juan Avila (IL)
Reserves
CA: none deserving
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO) [Commish selection]
2B: Jesus Brito (KS)
3B: Rafael Marquez (IL)
SS: Jorge Dominguez (MN) [Commish selection]
OF: Ramon Gonzales (ID)
OF: Gustavo Hernandez (NV)
OF: Garrett Smith (WA) [Commish selection]
SP: Jose Camacho (ID)
SP: Antonio Mendoza (CA)
SP: Donald Church (IL)
SP: Rex Cashmore (CA)
SP: Vaughan Pierce (MN)
RP: Donald Rose (CA)
RP: Wes Cantrell (WA)
RP: Calvin O'Herlihy (CA)
RP: Juan Leon (KS)
RP: Jerry Fisher (ID)
RP: Jose Flores (WI)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raul Ortiz (VA)
1B: Arturo Rodriguez (VA)
2B: Jose Robles (VA)
3B: Craig Warner (MA)
SS: Jorge Morales (FL)
OF: Roy Boyd (PA)
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD)
OF: Carlos Ibarra (TN)
SP: Kenny Hembrow (FL) [unanimous 21/21]
Reserves
CA: Matt Failes (NS)
1B: Zachary Walker (NJ)
2B: Hubert Ivey (MA)
3B: Pedro Acosta (GA) [Commish selection]
SS: John Cramer (MD)
OF: Hector Rea (FL)
OF: Hector Reyes (VA)
OF: Luis Antonio Berrera (UT,GA)
SP: Joe Holloway (PA)
SP: Julian Negron (VA)
SP: John David Hex (LA)
SP: Rafael Bautista (NS)
SP: Henry Matthews (FL)
RP: Ted Williams (MA) [somehow not unanimous lol]
RP: Juan Medina (VA)
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL)
RP: Chad Farr (MA)
RP: Millard Chapman (NJ)
RP: Cisco Chavez (GA)
You want know what was funny the closer I got from Utah was not in the ballot
Lol I forgot to change it. Usually put the game in last year's champion's homepark.
Virginia players were a combined 0 for 8 with 5 strikeouts. Managed a walk and a HBP
Man just notice I should click the option it has for downloading now my download is slow
Normally it quick. And I am aware of the statsplus issue
Okay I was wondering if anyone would experience issues today as others in StatsPlus slack are talking about
Yea I experience it with other leagues but now it worked after I said something it moved quicker I stepped away to do other stuff
Like I just feel it only like league files that are huge
thereโs some ongoing StatsPlus server issues for the slow downloads I believe
I think it was impacting Mike in the other league, so he didnt sim last night
lol he might have after seeing what he gave up for Pacheco in AFBL lol
no..alex saw that what I gave up for camp and said "wowsers" (exact wording), I need to do that for Pacheco, Now the 9th inning creates nightmares for folks
I have no regrets in my Camp haul. 6 picks, a good prospect, and Guzman who has now been flipped for 2 more picks.
The key is stacking multiple drafts with multiple firsts, thatโs what I did and itโs paid off so far
Waiting for AFBL sim to finish before we get going. It'll be later this morning or around lunch time for NPBL I'm guessing between the AFBL sim and work.
I'd intended to send out an offer or two today myself and then I got busy too
If anyone here is having any download file issues currently with our league or any other league using StatsPlus:
I was able to download, but it was much slower than it has been in the past
Dave with StatsPlus mentioned that download should be back to normal but if not let me know
Wow I know were bad, but I didn't know we were give up 7 homers bad Minnesota 10, Utah 1
I'd had a download issue... but Dave's changes appear to have fixed it for me.
We will see if they can keep it up against Massachusetts and projected 32-game winner Ted Williams next week
Yep, much faster download.... Statslab was making it slow down like that? How?
Don't think it was statslab, but may have missed a comment. Was statsplus side. Deeloper was out of town so was a bit slow to fix but he spent some time last 2 days working on it while away to address it.
Correct our league is hosted on StatsPlus now which impacted the file downloads during the issues with host's internet
@NPBL Commish How come we stopped on 8/31? (September call-ups aren't until tomorrow)
William Blankenship nabbed save #600
He's got the best season ERA of his career (0.89) at the ripe old age of 40 this year.
Welp
Thursday, September 7th , 2090 - Virginia Grays: SPย Juliรกn Negrรณnย was injured while pitching.ย ย The Diagnosis: surgery to remove bone spur (elbow). He's expected to miss about 4 months.
Morris Flores is ready to come off the IL, but I'd still rather have Negron-Haines-Reyna-maybe Flores than Haines-Reyna-Flores-maybe an unproven rook
Hopefully the last series of the season, four games against Virginia, will be meaningful. ๐ค
Utah trying to play spoiler. 3 games coming up against Idaho, with Idaho trailing Washington 1 game for the division lead. Washington set to play Hawaii, which is 3 games back for the division.
I cannot believe we are still in it. We will probably get swept by PA but nice to see us back in some degree of contention..
And since I've unsuccessfully tanked for a top 5 draft pick, I am here to play spoiler
I simmed so quickly this morning, I missed that Kansas has won 9 in a row and now the final WC in the GEL, 2 up on California.
Well, we blew any chance of catching up to Virginia. Nice to get to 90 wins though.
My "players retiring" report is like a who's who of NC Clippers/ NJ Bears past heroes... ๐
Wish I could say the same. Rested many of my players, but let my catcher go and he got beaned.
Nothing like two 79-83 teams playing a game 163 to see who makes the playoffs..
Do Idaho and Hawaii play a 163 to break a seeding tie? Or is it season head to head?
When I looked in game earlier I think only the NS vs FL game was in the schedule.
I think they are 2nd and 3rd wild card seed so they play each other regardless
Home field would have to decided though so there must be a tiebreaker.
Haha yeah we need that Game 163 so whenever @FloridaFlamingosRob and @x24rocks are ready, we can continue. Iโm traveling this week but able to sneak in this extra sim and then starting the playoffs if weโre all ready. Thanks guys!
I'm fine to go, I haven't looked in ages, so you can run it whenever for me
Hey guys! I'll be able to run this tonight probably if we're ready. Just let me know and I'll see how it's looking for me. Good luck!
I have not really had time to play OOTP since I became a twitch affiliated streamer but looking over my team I am excited again
Are we running anything over the weekend or waiting until Tuesday? @NPBL Commish Trying to figure out whether to tune out or not haha.
Sorry I'm traveling this week in San Diego but we can get closer to playoffs today ๐
Likely will be Tuesday to start the playoffs but if everyone in the playoffs field is ready, let me know and I'll try to start things before. First round bye teams need to export or at least be down to 26 players.
I'd imagine we'll be ready to start tomorrow. I'll check on it for sure later tonight.
Do we reseed in the playoffs? Doing some advance scouting and want to make sure 9 have my potential opponents right
I think we're all ready to continue? I'll be able to check and continue if so soon.
Jon messaged me on Twitter and gave me instructions for NS. We'll get started with Game 3s in a moment.
I did not expect to have the Series tied but LETS GO will export when I get home from work
I'll take a look where we're at asap so we can continue with the playoffs!
Friday, October 13th , 2090 - Colorado Rams: RF Juan Jose Montoya was injured while playing hide and seek with his son. The Diagnosis: sprained knee. This is a day-to-day injury expected to last 1-2 weeks.
Not quite as good as the zoo incident but still a weird one
Congrats @x24rocks!
Nice to see Matt โMethuselahโ Failes still going strong.
I think I used the pick I got for him on Dennis Brewer (who was the final out). He's been a bit of a bust. Ratings declined shortly after he was drafted.
This trade really upset me, thought it would help my team get over that hump but I kept on losing and then just kinda gave up for a few years, Matt has been great for me almost traded him to Florida this trade deadline glad I didn't
If I would have known how long he would still be around I never would have traded him. I haven't been able to find a decent replacement, though Geoffrey Williams will probably at least not be bad.
Nova Scotia scares me. I feel like OOTP likes the narrative of the .500 ish team surprising throughout the playoffs.
Especially when the GM was absent for much of the season and comes back and takes control for the playoffs. I want no part of them.
I think the reason he saved it so if crashes we don't have to restart
Not that it mattered, but what in blue h e l l was Stephens still doing out there in the 8th? sheeesh.
After 2 games the series are like this:
HI-IL, tied at 1
MN-WA, tied at 1
NS-MA, MA up 2-0
NJ-VA, tied at 1
I'll want an export but it will be tonight (within the next hour most likely)
Tip for you @yuda_va: Don't go visiting any zoos while you are there in Jersey
Hawaii home games are killer as for the length if I miss fast forwarding ๐คฃ
Just saw that both Hawaii and Washington had key injuries in the last sim. Both lost a starting pitcher and WA also lost their closer.
I see illinois gave up 3 past the 6 inning. Feels like Cisco Chavez couldโve helped there ๐
After 3 games,
MN up 2-1 on WA
HI up 2-1 on IL
VA up 2-1 on NJ
MA up 3-0 on NS
The ride looks like it's coming to a close but I want to win a game at least to make Mass work for this will export tonight
Looking good, but... Mass has squandered 3-0 twice in its history already. Including vs Georgia just a couple years ago.
@x24rocks nice stretch to end the regular season and get by a good Alabama club. As I said, you were a scary opponent and I feel fortunate to put a stop to your run.
The all LHP SP made me have to work, but good luck the rest of the way and yeah just happy to be in the playoffs it was a crazy finish
since Hawaii is vacant, should we consider moving them to the mainland for RTS purposes?
we could put a winter league or a second indy league out there or something
Arizona, Oregon, and BC would all be options that don't shake up the division structure
Seems like the problem is still there (just not as pronounced) if the club were any of those Western locations. I mean, we would still have a dead period where we'd want a fast forward.
The difference would be .. if Matt can't get to it, the wait isn't quite as long.
Short version...not sure the juice is worth the squeeze.
I would leave it up for someone who takes over the franchise
I kind of like having a team in Hawaii. Time delay doesn't bother me.
i just uploaded a new export; work is crazy. cant figure out why this team refuses to hit.
I'd like y'all to sort it out because, if I advance, a 7-game series this round will bring back my starting CF
although his replacement is hitting the cover off the ball so idk if he'd start anyway
I was curious (err... am curious) how you are going to handle Peterson (assuming you win one more).
I'm in a similar quandry with my catcher.
most likely he'll start, as he's better in the field and Carlisle doesn't hit LHP at all
I'm leaning towards not activating Foster. But it may come down to the specific day he could come back and right now it just shows 1-2 weeks.
yeah same for me re: Valentin. I don't think I'll get enough use out of him in the LCS if I get there.
The last play of the game is always lost in the RTS (and game log). Somehow WA scored on the last play to tighten the game to 2-1. They must have had a player thrown out on the bases to end the game.
New Jersey only had 3 hits, but it's enough. They stay alive
Ready for a FFWD if you can @NPBL Commish
maximized those 2 errors. funny how I built the team around baserunning and pitching and I stay alive due to the long ball
Another great playoff game. Illinois staves off elimination with a 1 run game. Hawaii had two runners on base when they made the final out.
team refuses to hit and lost to a team with no owner. full team for sale. see trade lobby post
I wouldn't be too hasty on tearing it down. See @massgm above on how OOTP sometimes seems to like having a mediocre team get hot ยฏ_(ใ)/ยฏ
Yep, I just got beat this morning, in another league, in the finals, by a team that was two games over .500 and barely made the playoffs. We had the best record and best RD in the league. They got hot and spoiled our season.
I ran into those Rabbitohs. I thought we might face each other in the title series.
Yes, they got hot at the right time. I was hoping you would get by them.
Going to take me a couple of days to shake off that loss haha. Blargh.
My export is in. Good luck @yuda_va.
And @Marcus as well. Would rather see a human manager win over the AI.
@NPBL Commish Can you see how we're doing on season awards and HOF voting, so that whenever we do get through the playoffs, theres not a big hold up waiting on those?
Taking a look on our voting and likely going to start the playoff sim assuming we're all ready
Looks we're ready. I'll start the National Championship round soon.
Oh well, difference in game was Hawaii scored on a single with a guy a first and Minnesota couldn't score on a single with a guy on second.
Need Season Awards voting from: PA @chappy, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks, MD @myordy, LA @cbj-blaze (missing GM of Year), NJ @koohead (missing GM of Year)
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks, MD @myordy, IL @Mike- IL GM
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
The late power explosion by VA made the final score look worse than the game actually was.
4 HRs from the 6th inning on. And we hadn't allowed a HR all preseason coming into this game.
Can this be the first tim the Ai win the championship
True I was wondering that because one league im in we had the Ai win it
Awesome! I'll get things started in the next hour or two. Shifting to SB party location ๐.
pleased with my decision to move Carlisle back into the starting lineup given that he didn't even face your starter
Yep, was the right call. Wasn't a difference maker this time, but we'll see how it plays out in G4 and beyond.
whew! found some productivity and way not to get swept. Hopefully we can string a few together
Looks like no injuries and no overtired bullpen issues so Virginia is good to go whenever
My pre-game rant at my team had some effect at least. Need to keep it up.
Nice series @yuda_va. Good luck in the final. ESPECIALLY if you face the Kula Sox. Take them out.
I was looking at recent seasons and MA/VA have met in four of the last five playoffs
I'll need some work to get the team ready but that will have to be later this evening as I'm about to head out and get the kids
I'm in no particular rush but I suspect with only one human left we'll wrap up tonight or tomorrow so go vote people
Utah hasn't played a game since October 3rd, yet I'm still getting angry Personal Messages from players about their playing time and role on the team. Guys need to just enjoy the off season lol
I would have pulled Haines earlier because he clearly didn't have it from the get go, but the one that really bugs me is he burned Doug Petersen as a PH for the pitcher and then put Harry Valentin in to pitch. Valentin not just a legit two-way player, but he's also better against RHP than Petersen
Gotcha. Valentin proved himself next inning when he did come to bat.
IIRC, Hawaii is right-handed only, so burning Peterson isn't that detrimental. His value isn't as great in this series.
Yeah. I kept him because heโs still better vs RHP than Brewer, who got sent down
Also Larry Wright got a callup. May never have a regular role in the bigs because of his glove but as a LHPH heโs good to carry
Virginia never wins the first game. Are they going to know what to do if ahead 1-0?
They had a whole โunderdogsโ thing going in the clubhouse since Negron got hurt and thatโs shot to hell now
@NPBL Commish when you're ready if you can give me a screenshot of pitching staff fatigue and confirm there's no injuries, I'm likely ready to go
- Haines (40 pitches, 3 days ago, 42% tired)
- Reyna (90 pitches, 2 days ago, 18% tired)
- Murphy and Padilla are fully rested as SP3/4
Completely missed this in the chaos. Weโll continue in the morning!
Harry Valentin 2090 injuries:
05/15/2090 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week.
05/28/2090 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 4 days.
06/03/2090 Injured (strained back),day-to-day for 5 days.
06/09/2090 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 3 days.
06/17/2090 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
09/18/2090 Injured (biceps strain),out for 6 weeks.
11/01/2090 Injured (rotator cuff strain),out for 7 weeks.
it may make more sense to treat him as a batter first and just an emergency-use pitcher. but he's better as a pitcher
beginning of the 8th:
Now in LF: Denver Carlisle
Now in CF: Juan Gutiรฉrrez
Brady McNeal is rated a 5 in CF and is definitely less good out there than any of the three previous guys he was toying around with
Good timing, too, Iโm heading out of town on an extra long weekend in the morning
Need Season Awards voting from: WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks, MD @myordy, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob (missing GM of Year), LA @cbj-blaze (missing GM of Year)
Need HOF voting from: WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks, MD @myordy, IL @Mike- IL GM
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
We'll close up voting on Monday so we can get rolling to 2091 and get the upcoming sim schedule planned. Have a good Friday and weekend guys!
Gotta love two top-10 prospects having just won back to back titles ๐
Huh, never noticed this before:
The Virginia Grays have announced that they set their team focus from 'Neutral' to 'Build a Dynasty!'
From the team news page: https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/teams/team_14_news.html
hey if you ever want to trade away any of your surplus power, my owner has been nagging me about adding a power hitter for years.
Was feeling pretty good that my minor league system was ranked #11, since I'm not in rebuild mode. Then I looked at who is above me: 7 of the top 10 were in the playoffs last year. How is everybody competing AND rebuilding at the same?
I think it's in part because of the way the newest versions do the top prospect rankings. It seems to factor in how close to the show guys are. So my first round pick from like 5 seasons back is ranked highly but last year's 1-1 isn't
Now my owner wants me to acquire a locally popular player. There are already 16 rated "popular" or higher on the team.
The owner goals always make me laugh. Are they worth keeping enabled for the league? I don't care either way myself.
Kind of interesting sometimes in pointing out weaknesses. But mostly obvious.
I kinda like them in that they give me a laugh when I'm good and some side goals when I'm not
Likewise, it is comic relief for me. I may try to make my owner happy if the opportunity presents itself, but definitely don't go out of my way to do so
Isnโt this convenientโฆ
Saturday, March 17th , 2091 - Minnesota Wolves: RP Vincente Montoya was injured while arm wrestling at a local bar. The Diagnosis: undisclosed injury. He's expected to miss about 4-5 months.
this one is pretty good too Sunday, March 18th , 2091 - Alabama Iron: CF Joseph Pether was injured while attempting but missing a high-five with a teammate. The Diagnosis: strained rib cage muscle. He's expected to miss about one week.
How come we have the DH in the minors if we don't have at in the majors? Wouldn't it be better to have pitchers hitting occasionally while in the minors?
Hmm makes me realize I should probably play my potential two-way players as two-way players. Didn't use Shawn Sims, drafted last year, at all in the OF and now I've got Diaz.
I've always avoided it, but the luck of the draft is trying to tell me something I think.
I like the DH especially in OOTP myself just to be able to play someone that is just a liability on defense but I think the consensus of the league has to avoid adding it to the top NPBL level. I'm fine either way.
I would like to see the DH added. There are lots of guys who just do not get a chance because they cannot play defense. And it is fake baseball...I do not need pitchers hitting in fake baseball
Yea can we vote before the season starts Monday? I'd much prefer the DH as well.
I'm a "get off my lawn"/"change is bad"/"stay with what we've always had" on this issue.
Oh fingers crossed on those predictions. I'd love to have the first two picks in the 1st round of the draft
It says I'm missing someone but there not in draft pool nor international
Sometimes (always?) the drafted IFA guys with our NPBL config, end up in a non-existent Rookie League International Complex. I would search for your player in the search box and I bet he's in there.
Another unreal start to Ted Williams season. Posted a 9-0 mark and a 1.38 ERA in 14 relief appearances. In 26 innings, he allowed 16 hits, totaled no saves with 37 strikeouts and 2 walks.
@NPBL Commish When I export, I receive this message. I've searched around for this player, but I'm not seeing him. Any ideas?
I have seen this in other leagues. Funny if I let AI set up complete minor leagues, the player is found.
I also see him if I go to your team's Player tab and switch the list type to "Entire Organization".
Once you find him, promote to A and then demote him down to R to get him out of never-neverland
last year my top pitcher, Hex, down all year with injury. This year he's back! But my top hitter, Mahoney, down all year with injury. I am working at maintaining a positive attitude.
oh actually scratch that. Negron isn't ready to go on a rehab assignment like I thought. Proceed without me.
https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-historical-league-names-to-return-in-2022? Hey we got some good news with minor league baseball
They finally going back to there old names from 2019
8-0 sim with no injuries up in here validating my decision not to export
if not tonight I'd like to request before AFBL tomorrow so I can make sure I have time to get an export in here before I head out
@NPBL Commish - Reminder to move SP - Johnny Bryan. Currently in Georgia Generals Minor League system, should have been moved after draft to Michigan system per conversation in Draft Channel around round 3. (traded pick that was not represented in Stats Plus),. Thanks!
Sorry guys. I ran out of time before we had to leave. Ya weโll just do Sim 8 tomorrow
Well, after an abysmal start we've managed to climb into the last FFL WC spot and second place in the South. Gotta keep it up!
We'll sim after this morning AFBL playoff RTS. It'll be closer to mid-morning / lunch time I'd guess.
GEL all over the place this season. 49 wins for Michigan in the same boat... but I will take it. Gotta thank current league leader in wins, Mr Jeremy Lucas, for the completely out of nowhere help this season.
Jeremy Lucas is one of those guys given a chance to start because a rebuilding team is simply short bodies. 11th round pick previously cut by another team and signed as a free agent 2 seasons ago. Spends a season and change as a reliever in the minors, and brought up to Major League roster as an emergency starter last season. Proceeds to go 18-10 since with 231 IP over 38 starts with a 2.6 ERA.
That's a great story - his ratings are trash. Lol but i am glad for his success.
Not as extreme but I took a 34 yr old vet out of the bullpen and stuck him in the rotation not expecting much but he's been solid. https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/9938?page=pitch I probably had him under utilized for 6 years as a MR/LOOGY. Hopefully he holds up over the course of an entire season.
I'm 47 and haven't played baseball since I was a teenager, but I could probably be an all-star catcher in this league.
2091 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Joey Anderson (KS) [unanimous 18/18]
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO)
2B: Denny Camp (IL)
3B: Jim McGowan (ID)
SS: Luis Lopez (IL)
OF: Miguel Hernandez (MN)
OF: Vinnie Doig (KS)
OF: Enrique Lombos (WI)
SP: Jayson Goodman (MN)
Reserves
CA: Del Johnson (HI) [Commish selection, I guess haha]
1B: Ercole Mancina (IL)
2B: Alfonso Mejia (WA) [Commish selection]
3B: Alejandro Calderon (UT)
SS: Jose Gallegos (MN) [Commish selection]
OF: Sean Madden (CA)
OF: Candler Sizemore (NV)
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (KS)
SP: Donald Chruch (IL)
SP: Stan Pike (UT)
SP: Jeremy Lucas (MI)
SP: Kyle Sanders (CA)
SP: Greg Kirby (CO)
RP: Javier Gutierrez (IL)
RP: Juan Leon (KS)
RP: Donald Rose (CA)
RP: Juan Domingo (HI)
RP: Rich Chavez (MN)
RP: Paul Webber (KS)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Jesus Martinez (QB)
1B: Cooper Bryan (TN)
2B: Jose Robles (VA) [unanimous 17/17]
3B: Octavio Sanchez (NJ)
SS: John Cramer (MD)
OF: Mike Warren (MA)
OF: Tim Clark (GA)
OF: Brian Crabtree (MA)
SP: Joe Holloway (PA)
Reserves
CA: Raul Ortiz (VA)
1B: Leo Dwight (QB) [Commish selection]
2B: Andres Sanchez (QB) [Commish selection]
3B: Craig Warner (MA)
SS: Ernest Thomas (AL)
OF: Hector Reyes (VA)
OF: Carlos Ibarra (TN)
OF: Rick Robinson (QB)
SP: Jason Baker (GA)
SP: Hugh Reyna (VA)
SP: Antonio Jaquez (AL)
SP: Henry Matthews (FL)
SP: Morris Flores (VA)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
RP: Scotty Flanagan (MA)
RP: Tim Strong (PA)
RP: Jerry Owen (MA)
RP: Lou Doss (TN)
RP: Daniel Rivera (VA)
damn...so NJ only has 1 representative to the All Star game...pretty much confirms my belief that we have a roster of 25-30 'pretty good' players but no stars...only way we have managed to stay competitive. LOL
I feel ya. My one guy was a 25th man roster filler last season :)
I feel the one thing I always forget about in this league there no 40 man roster
Terrible time for Utah decide to start playing like they were expected to play. 2-7 sim ๐คฎ
Reminder that NPBL rosters are expanded to 33 for reminder of Regular Season
I can't believe this Jethawks squad is trying to play its way out of the playoffsโฆ
I luckily have a 4 game "cushion" before I manage to do that. Of course, I'll end up with the last seed anyway and have to play one of the 3 teams that are currently fighting it out atop my division. yay.
man, this has been a brutal season for the Blaze. One injury after another. Hex. Mahoney. Cano. And now, coup de grรขce, career ending injury for Cutter. ugh.๐ง
I've got 2 left vs Quebec and 3 vs Massachusetts. Should be a photo finish
One of the teams has all
Home games and the other two have mostly road games
Yeah I'm home against you for the first two, the rest of my games are all on the road...
Utah sitting a half game behind California for the final wildcard spot. 3 home games left against last place Washington. But 9 road games left including 2 against 1st place Hawaii, and 3 against California. Uphill battle to the playoffs.
Potentially more important, Tennessee holding down the number 1 draft pick spot by a half game, and that pick comes to me. Looks like they'll finish somewhere top 3.
Definitely some good races as we get towards the end of the regular season. I'll be able to get started with today's sim soon.
over in Virginia, I've only pulled injury-prone players out of the starting lineup, in part because I don't want to adversely effect the wildcard race
Pats have gone 5-1 in the first part of the sim. Now it's PA and then QB left on the schedule
Nice time for a 9-1 sim. What was extremely close, now I have a 3 game lead with 3 games to play
Also, I think Ted Williams may have set the NPBL record for wins in a season
3-6 sim, and out of the playoff hunt. Congrats @California on sweeping me and securing that spot!
Definitely not heading into the playoffs hot, but at least we won the last game
AL exported. At least you have us to warm up against @chappy! Our hotness expired in July.
I know I have to get down to 26 and am trying to figure out whether you need me to do it right now or if it can wait until later
No rush just whenever the playoff teams are ready. Reminder that division winners with a bye need to export too.
I'll take a look to see where we are at in terms of being ready asap
Sorry about the late games guys. Speeding up the factor to Factor 10 from Factor 5 for Game 4s
Wow, one run by each team in 26 innings as we split the last two games. Glad we finally got some run support in game four haha.
apologies but have had internet outages all weekend. Should be able to get it uploaded in the morning.
By comparison to all 3 other series, Hawaii blew out Colorado (with a score of 3-1).
Seems like we'll be ready to continue in the morning. Good luck all!
And it may be the death of me. But what'ya gonna do? You roll with the guys that got you there, and if those guys can't do it, guess you aren't meant to win.
Rodrigo Vega has a 2.70 era this postseason. And that is the worst on our team.
Colorado and Massachusetts: https://www.kscbnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stay.jpg
I am going into an annoying training session so if Mass is ready to go Quebec is ready too.
Export sent... didn't realize we were doing game 7 separately. Lets do this!
Two caught stealing. Then in the bottom half of the first, I had a runner picked off first
I'm guessing Ted Williams is going to enter the game soon with everything on the line. Redemption or Failure?
Thanks @LT - Florida. Whew. Breathing a sigh of relief. Tough series.
Now all I've got to do is tackle the RED-HOT Freedom
When voting for the Bick Horizon Award - remember that pitchers are eligible for the award as well. (IMO - in the GEL some of the best candidates are pitchers). You have to switch the view to pitchers to be able to vote for them though.
No problem @Marcus. This weekend was crazy so it all worked out. Beat the CPU ๐
I haven't been paying attention but glad to see it's an all-human finals
Mike Warren's 3-run HR might have been the turning point in the PA-VA series
We'll save and pause after Game 1 and pick up in the morning for Game 2
Wow, that was quite the game.
Bottom 8th, Joey Jackson had an 18-pitch at-bat before knocking in the go ahead run
Top 9th, Wolves drew 3 walks against Owen. Owen has a 10 in control and only walked 16 all season (90.1 IP)
Bottom 9th... walk off HR by Mike Warren
@NPBL Commish Can you check to see how award voting is going and do reminders?
I'll be away from a computer until this evening, but I dont need to change anything. So if @NPBL Commish and @Marcus are ready, go ahead with Game 3 &4
The team came through with our ace on the mound in a much needed game 3 win.
Need Season Awards voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Liam-Minnesota, MD @myordy, NS @x24rocks
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Liam-Minnesota, MD @myordy, NS @x24rocks, LA @cbj-blaze, NJ @koohead, VA @yuda_va
Need Season Awards voting from: GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Liam-Minnesota, NS @x24rocks
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Liam-Minnesota, NS @x24rocks, VA @yuda_va
@NPBL Commish Do you think we're doing any rolling over today? Or not until Wednesday?
Probably Wednesday or Thursday. I'm traveling Friday through Monday so that would line up well to get ready for Spring Training.
Need Season Awards voting from: GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Liam-Minnesota, PA @chappy (missing GM of Year)
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Liam-Minnesota, NS @x24rocks
Welcome back @Zach - Nevada who is taking over the Hawaii Kula Sox franchise
I don't want to hold the sim up but if you're like an hour or two off I can get one in
You have time. I have a meeting coming up at 10 and just now getting AFBL started.
@NPBL Commish still following MWF or are we simming today and tomorrow to get through ST?
We'll follow our MWF schedule. Forgot to get back to NPBL and finish up yesterday's sim.
You should be good, because there was a new file download available. File WatcherAPP [7:35 PM]
NPBL League File has been updated. Game date is 2092-03-12.
rosters are 26 or 25? Sorry I have to many leagues and trying to get setup for start of the season, lol
I think this has been the weakest draft I've picked in since I've been in the league!
Over the last two game days, Virginia and Nova Scotia played 34 innings.
https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/box_scores/game_box_403.html down here in Lose-ianna, we call this type of win a "Blow Out."
We unleashed the lumber there.
Sorry to pummel you so unmercifully there, Florida.
When we are wearing our Hitting Shortz, we just cannot stop.
Sorry for missing some sim's. Had my banking account hacked & C-Cards ! What a F'in mess! Also the hacker compromised my computer and hard drive. So the computer is trash.
That does not sounds fun. Good luck with that. Hopefully it goes as smoothly as possible for that not fun situation.
Very stressful. Was able to recover 99% of fund's!! Wow, got lucky! Still going through all my creditors to see they were paid and my Veteran benefits & SS come through to my new bank account's! Still much work to do! If I miss a sim or two wanted you to know. (To much stress for this 75yo fart! lol)
Good god. I fucking hate these hackers. I'm sorry this happened to you.
haha thanks for the reminder. I think something came up with work and then I had to step out. I'll finish it up now ๐
Did you know he did some pitching this year with the Savannah bananas
My brother took his kids (all under 10 at the time) a couple of years ago and said it was an awesome experience.
I'm upset that I missed them when they were in Kansas City in the last month or two
There may be some sort of weird corruption in the data file. (Blaze 8-1 in last sim.) But... as I think about this... we should probably run 9 or 10 more sims to see if this continues, and THEN, if need be... investigate... a bit.
I was hearing with the bananas they are planning a west coast games
So people on the west coast don't need to travel to Savannah
I know who ran the bananas so that where I get my info
Actually it might be! I will be back home and get started with OOTP fun shortly.
Another good sim as we slip into first place in the South. Pitching and defense strong as usual and hitting has somehow improved quite a bit this year.
Bad news for the guy with your 1st and 2nd round draft pick next year haha
Kansas said that's all you got Jethawks...look at this trade...hahaha
Got pulled away but will finish running the sim after the kids go to bed. 830-9pm CST timeframe.
sorry all, Iโve been sick. Will try to figure out the state of my team in the next couple days
Perfect sim, back in the race, more future picks in the bag and finally got a file up with my entire team almost finally healthy. Can't wait to see Cantรน debut in 2 weeks
Not perfect sim, and a potentially career ending injury to Cruz heading into the AS Break...yikes..
Need ASG voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, WA @Larry_Washington, NJ @koohead, WI @wis-gm, HI @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, NS @x24rocks, MD @myordy
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
2092 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Chris Camp (WI)
1B: Rafael Marquez (CA)
2B: Orlando Hernandez (ID)
3B: Jim McGowan (ID)
SS: Luis Lopez (IL) [unanimous 16/16]
OF: Arturo Cantu (HI,GA)
OF: Cai-fei Tze (ID)
OF: Vinnie Doig (KS)
SP: Tom Perkins (ID) [unanimous 16/16]
Reserves
CA: Joey Anderson (KS)
1B: Scott Aguila (NV) [Commish selection]
2B: Denny Camp (IL)
3B: Cedric Knox (KS)
IF: Don Landry (CO) [Commish selection]
OF: Miguel Hernandez (MN)
OF: David Anderson (ID)
OF: Billy Campbell (NV)
SP: Donald Church (IL)
SP: Jayson Goodman (MN)
SP: Juan Gonzales (MN)
SP: Lynn Smith (HI,IL)
SP: Millard Lynch (ID)
RP: Juan Leon (KS) [unanimous 16/16]
RP: Augusto Padilla (ID)
RP: Chris MacKey (WI)
RP: Esteban Encarnacion (CA)
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
RP: Chris Smaridge (MI)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Jesus Martinez (QC)
1B: Zachary Walker (NJ)
2B: Jose Robles (VA)
3B: Fernando Matinez (MA)
SS: Ernest Thomas (AL)
OF: Mike Warren (MA)
OF: Carlos Ibarra (TN)
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD)
SP: Tom Porter (TN)
Reserves
CA: Andres Foster (MA) [Commish selection]
1B: Pat Carr (LA)
2B: Bryant Taylor (QC)
3B: Joe Giles (VA)
IF: Octavio Sanchez (NJ) [Commish selection]
OF: Roy Boyd (PA)
OF: Hector Reyes (VA)
OF: Hector Rea (FL,KS) [Commish selection]
SP: Rodrigo Vega (PA)
SP: Henry Matthews (FL,KS)
SP: Mark Kuhn (MA)
SP: Miguel Cervantes (AL)
SP: Manuel Ruiz (QC)
RP: Jerry Owen (MA)
RP: Ramon Sapani (FL)
RP: Chris Wright (NS)
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL)
RP: Jose Navarro (NS)
RP: Ted Williams (MA)
Oops didn't get back to update but we'll sim on Friday with the delayed sim from yesterday
One win away from our preseason prediction wins. ๐ I think we can, I think we can ๐ค๏ธ
Taylor not taking crap from anyoneโฆwish this team was consistent..
Yes ugh sorry guys. I'll continue the sim to get to 9/1 in a few minutes. I won't take any exports if you downloaded and exported from last night's early ending file. I bet it was a Monday in-game and I was in AFBL mode oops.
All I got from that wasโฆanother 2-7 sim. Players continue to underwhelm. Postseason hopes fading in Illinois
Now the sim from yesterday is completed and we are at Sept 1 with NPBL Roster Expansion to 33 for remainder of the Regular Season.
31 games left...and my playoff chances are about 2.6%. Looks like the run of 11 straight years of making the playoffs is over. My last run was also 11 years...with 7 years between playoff appearances. Time to check out the youngsters...
The Iron back on track after a mini-slump. Still have six games left against Virginia, but feeling pretty good with a 12-game lead.
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Need a good sim today. Quebec is marching up a little too close for comfort
Is there a way to add a results channel in this league like the AFBL?
Ya I missed that. Fixing it for next/future sims. Thanks for the heads up!
4 games remaining and some interesting things to watch on the final sim.
Illinois trails Minnesota by 1 game for the division and the best record in the GEL. Minnesota will finish with 4 games against Kansas (86-72) and Illinois will finish against Michigan (65-93).
Washington and Hawaii tied at 80-78 for the final two wildcard spots. 2 games up on California. With Washington and Hawaii facing eachother and California facing a lowly 69-89 Nevada team. Real chance for some changes in this race.
Massachusetts with a 1 game lead over Quebec. With Massachusetts set to face New Jersey (71-87) and Quebec to face Nova Scotia (79-79).
Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania also battling to determine who will be the 6 and 5 seed. One game separating the two. With Pennsylvania set to finish again the league worst Maryland.
Idaho, Kansas, Alabama and Virginia all appear locked in to their playoff seeding spot and can rest up for the playoffs.
Maryland has secured the worst record and #1 pick in the draft. Colorado, Utah, Michigan and to a lesser extent Nevada in a tight battle to determine 2-5.
Looks like final games will have some meaning for several teams. Good luck! Final day simming now!
Looks like game 163 for MN/IL and MA/QB. @NPBL Commish- Are you going to wait to run those 1-game playoffs on Monday, or whenever all teams are ready?
Whenever all involved are ready. I'm around today and this weekend.
Whats the tiebreaker for draft seeding? Trying to determine if I have the #2 or 3 pick after finishing with the same record as Michigan.
This never got answered.
I know it will be head-to-head for you and Michigan. I think that has the better of the H2H gets the better draft pick, but @NPBL Commish will have to confirm.
The next tiebreaker is Pyt record, and again I think it's the team with the better Pyt record that gets the better draft pick.
After that, I think it's a coin flip.
Looks like we're ready for Game 163s. I'll get those started in a moment as a RTS.
Looks like we need the go-ahead or an export in from:
WA @LarryWashington
NS @x24rocks
VA @yudava
PA @chappy
We'll sim in the morning (definitely on time as I'm traveling for work lol)
(Also further apologies, been dealing with a chronic migraine situation, so looking at screens is no bueno)
This is basically the same team that won it all last year? Cuz right now... we stinks
Update for those trying to follow along:
Kansas 3 - Washington 1
Minnesota 3- Hawaii 1
Virginia 2- Nova Scotia 2
Pennsylvania 3- Massachusetts 1
Idk if I'm eliminated yet lol but if it's a 7 gamer I don't need to export
Looking bleak! Tried something new and started my ace with short rest. Pulled him in the 5th and bullpen is well, not up to the task it appears.
Semi-Finals matchups
HI vs IL
KS vs ID
PA vs AL
VA vs QC
We'll start either on Monday morning or if we're all ready, we can start this weekend. Thanks guys!
Just got back from vacation. Good as long as everyone is healthy. I can check in a little bit if not.
Okay awesome! Iโll get Game 1s started here this morning. Good luck all!
Triple play in the top of the seventh!
Triple Plays: 1 (Pether-Wilson-Rivera)
CF to 2B to 1B. Must have caught two guys advancing too far after the catch in CF.
Hawaii burns former Kula Sox reliever in the 11th inning to take game 1!
After 2 games,
KS up 2-0 on ID
HI-IL tied at 1
PA-AL tied at 1
VA-QC tied at 1
Exported. I'm stuck on silly meetings today so if we get going just let it ride
Pretty much everyone needs to get their Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus done
My power is out unless there was an injury I missed last night just let it ride and put us out of our misery
ID is set. Got my ace lined up for game 5 so canโt ask for anything else
After 4 games,
IL up 3-1 on HI
KS up 3-1 on ID
PA up 3-1 on AL
QC up 3-1 on VA
Whelp that was a disappointing end to an otherwise good season. Good luck to KS!
Like
Last year we blew game 5 and it turned the series - good luck the rest of the way
I'll get started with Game 1 after the AFBL sim upload finishes (tomorrow ๐ )
Need Season Awards voting from: FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, HI @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks, CA @California, MD @myordy
Need HOF voting from: FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze, NJ @koohead, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, HI @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MI @Lee - MI Militia, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks, CA @California, MD @myordy
AFBL sim upload just started so we'll get going after that completes
Damnit ugh. PA-VA is over. Actually starting StatsPlus now and forwarding to IL-KS. Sorry ad-hoc meeting ๐ช popped up.
I'll run Game 1s tomorrow morning so both teams are around. Good luck guys.
Virginia takes game 5. Leads 3-2. Letโs go JetHawks. Force the game 7!
Great, canโt wait for the owner to remind me how I failed this seasonโฆ. Is there a โpunch the owner in the mouthโ button I can click in the next update?
I'll close voting tomorrow (Wednesday Aug 31) morning.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze, MA @massgm, NS @x24rocks
Sorry, lost power for the last couple days. Don't think I'm going to get voting done this year.
Unfortunately @myordy needs to step away from OOTP so we have an opening with Maryland now. If you want to return in the future, message me!
Oh awesome. What's their email? Or they can email me at mstreeter06@gmail.com. I'm away this weekend but able to get them added (plus get the rollover finish lol)
Thanks for all for the GM of the yr votes! Bummer the Jethawks didn't win it all, but it's the same team coming back so hoping we can get can get another shot.
We'll push back the ST Sims a day and start tomorrow (Friday 9 Sept). Sorry guys crazy day at work.
I need to check if I have my 2nd install being used but in case I don't have an extra install available, does anyone have an extra install on their OOTP22 license for Andrew?
I actually only had it installed on one system so I sent Andrew my license to use.
FYI, looks like you cannot purchase older OOTP games any more from the web store or steam.
Andrew will be taking over Maryland so getting him added to Slack and StatsPlus tonight!
I think thats a good pick. I think Maryland competes again sooner than Nevada.
Oh also fitting since i just the post about him taking Texas in AFBL. I believe I replaced the same person in both leagues as well
Welcome to the league @AC - Maryland! I just got you associated with Maryland in StatsPlus.
Are we going straight to opening day on Monday or are we going to go to opening day on Monday because I can't set my roster to opening day style
Like it shows it still in spring training so I just want make sure
We're at the day before opening day but yes opening day through April 10. Rosters need to be down to 26.
I'm putting Octavio Solis into the role that was formerly Ted Williams'. This prediction is on it, showing Solis as 24-4.
Nice to see the Alabama teams all in first place. I donโt think that has happened before.
Pitching staff doing well as well haha.
Looks like I forgot to export. New export from AL if you can grab it. @NPBL Commish
This IL team is a .500 team this yrโฆ glad Sanchez is lighting it up though (zero regrets on that trade). Clark get ur crap together..
Let's get that wrapped up tonight. Final round or so of picks in the final round.
Ya thank you. About to make my pick and hopefully we can wrap up the sim in a moment.
Incredible Iโm still 13 gms over .500 with the injuries and poor hittingโฆ
Do you guys think my prospects fisher and Cox are ready? Could I hurt them by bringing them
Up too early or too late?
Cox looks pretty close. Iโd probably bring him up if i had space. Iโd wait a little on fisher. He isnโt exactly dominating AA
Ahh well a sim would be a good thing to take oneโs mind off of that.
Lmao yes that brutal collapse ugh plus wild Friday in general. I'll sim this morning!
Reminder for All-Star Game voting if you haven't already in StatsPlus
I think my guys just prefer playing in Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
I may need to move the club.
Baton Rouge 57-26
Blaze 33-54
Nightmare Mahoney
Blaze: .162/.226/.332
Baton Rouge: .421/.476/.789
Joren Stockenstrom
Blaze 0-5/4.97
Baton Rouge 4-2/3.89
Trying to get settled in at work after being off for 2 days. We'll still sim today but will likely be closer to lunch time today. Hope everyone had a good weekend!
Final chance for ASG voting if you haven't gotten yours in yet in StatsPlus
Missing ASG voting from: MD @AC - Maryland, FL @FloridaFlamingosRob, WA @LarryWashington, MT @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, NS @x24rocks, VA @yudava
If you are able to get a ballot in soon, that'd be awesome. Thanks guys!
2093 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Calvin Taylor (MN)
1B: Mike Poe (ID)
2B: Denny Camp (IL)
3B: Cedric Knox (KS)
SS: Jose Gallegos (MN)
OF: Vinnie Doig (KS)
OF: Miguel Hernandez (MN)
OF: Rory Spencer (WI)
SP: Dave Sewell (MN)
Reserves
CA: Chris Camp (WI)
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO)
2B: Nick Moody (WI)
3B: Don Landry (CO)
SS: Davey Hickey (ID) [Commish selection]
OF: David Anderson (ID)
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (KS)
OF: Hector Rea (KS)
SP: Donald Church (IL)
SP: Jayson Goodman (MN)
SP: Andres Ortiz (CO)
SP: David Alarcon (ID)
SP: Norman Smith (MI)
RP: Juan Leon (KS) [unanimous 19/19]
RP: Juan Domingo (IL)
RP: Castel De La Hoya (MI)
RP: Edgar Vazquez (KS)
RP: Esteban Encarnacion (CA)
RP: Augusto Padilla (ID)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Andres Foster (MA) [unanimous 19/19]
1B: Wayne Opitz (GA)
2B: Jose Duran (NJ)
3B: Joe Giles (VA)
SS: Jose Ruiz (NS)
OF: Raul Sanchez (GA) [unanimous 19/19]
OF: Carlos Ibarra (TN)
OF: Fernando Rangel (MD,GA)
SP: Juan Serrano (PA) [unanimous 19/19]
Reserves
CA: Martin Doidge (TN) [Commish selection]
1B: Zachary Walker (NJ)
2B: Gary Thomas (NS) [Commish selection]
3B: Fernando Martinez (MA)
SS: Armando Cisneros (QC,GA)
OF: Ruben Lucero (GA)
OF: Joseph Pether (AL)
OF: Hector Reyes (VA)
SP: Joe Holloway (PA)
SP: Tom Porter (TN)
SP: Manuel Ruiz (QC)
SP: Rafael Bautista (NS)
SP: Billy Lane (NJ)
RP: Millard Chapman (NJ)
RP: Dave Fernandez (LA)
RP: Ramon Sapani (FL)
RP: Jorge Deleon (AL)
RP: Jerry Owen (MA)
RP: Francisco Vega (PA)
How interesting. The two finalists in the derby are both from my team...yet we can't win games if our lives depended on it. So much for Earl Weaver baseball
Oops sorry missed the start button for StatsPlus until Aug 4 in-game
NPBL rosters are expanded to 33 as a reminder. Not sure I mentioned it before today's sim.
OF Vinnie Doig returned from the IL this sim after being out for a few weeks
Did you take exports? None of the guys I called up is in the roster listing in the report.
man i thought i was crazy, because i knew i had done some maneuvering since last sim
Yeah me too. Made some injury moves and called guys up and started a couple rookies that seemed close. Oh well.
Crap I must not have ugh. I'll restore from a backup and re-run in the morning.
All tied up in the FFL Northeast. Twenty-two games left to play, but it's probably coming down to the last series when MA travels to PA for the last 4 of the season. Unfortunately for my Patriots, we've had a lot of struggles facing the Freedom head-to-head (3-9).
Final series has a few storylines:
- Kansas vs Illinois - series against each other, battle for GEL WC1
- GEL is all wrapped up beyond the WC1 battle
- Minnesota - GEL Central
- Idaho - GEL Pacific
- Kansas, Illinois, Montana, California - GEL Wildcards
- FFL Wildcard race has Pennsylvania with the WC1 but a battle for the rest of the 3 spots with Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Quebec sits behind the Flamingos by 1 game
- Alabama travels to Georgia in this last series
- Florida travels to Louisiana, Quebec travels to New Jersey
- FFL has 4 of the 6 playoff spots decided
- Massachusetts - FFL Northeast
- Virginia - FFL South
- Pennsylvania, Georgia - FFL Wilcards
- Final 2 FFL WC between 3 teams: Alabama +2 (Magic # 1), Florida (Magic #3), Quebec 1
- FFL Wildcard race has Virginia Pennsylvania with the WC1 but a battle for the rest of the 3 spots with Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Quebec sits behind the Flamingos by 1 game
Quite a feat: Denver Carlisle hitting .340 when the league average is .227
I'll take a look at where we stand to start the playoffs asap tonight. Also will enable voting for Season Awards and HOF too.
Playoffs Sim 1 status:
KS vs CA โ
MT vs IL โ @Zach - Nevada @Mike- IL GM
PA vs FL โ @chappy @FloridaFlamingosRob
AL vs GA โ
Byes:
ID โ
MN โ @Marcus
MA โ
VA โ @yuda_va
I'll sim whenever all playoff teams including ones with a bye are ready or by tomorrow morning (Wed Nov 16). Thanks and good luck!
Badlanders face off against old teammate Lynn Smith, who was traded mid-season to Illinois last year.
Doing 5x today instead of 10x
Whew. Mรกximo Gabriel with a home run to tie it in the top of the ninth and another to win it in the 11th.
Thanks! @Alex. Another important late inning home run for the Iron. Rookie 1B Haywood Hewitt in the ninth this time.
After 5 games,
KS up 3-2 on CA
IL up 3-2 on MT
AL wins 4-1 over GA
PA wins 4-0 over FL
Reminder that we'll postpone until I'm back from traveling/vacation. Have a great holiday weekend to those that are celebrating. I will be away until Thursday December 1. I'll see if I can sim on Friday December 2 but we might be off until Monday December 5. Thanks guys!
Donโt forget to do season awards and HOF voting while weโre on break. Would be really nice not to have a big delay after the playoffs end
Yes good reminder @Brett- Utah. Definitely get your voting done if you haven't yet . Thanks!
Massachusetts P Octรกvio Solรญs was 38-0 this year ๐ฎ ๐ฅ https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/16836?page=pitch
Virginia going all Dallas Cowboys in G4. Save some runs for the other games.
Sorry missed this. We are doing that but I wanted to get us back to a morning sim start and daily sims at the minimum in the playoffs. Apologies about rushing and little notice!
We'll continue with the League Finals after the AFBL sim.
Reminder as well for anyone that hasn't voted for Season Awards and HOF.
Let me know whenever you're ready MN @Marcus and VA @yudava. AL @jeffalabama has sent instructions.
Let me know whenever you're ready today guys. MN @Marcus, VA @yudava, AL @jeffalabama. Good luck!
๐จ LEAGUE ANNOUNCEMENT - NPBL Contracting to 20 Teams ๐จ
This has been something that has been I've been debating on over the past season or two from a Commissioner point-of-view. It has been increasingly harder to fill vacancies in our league recently and we currently now have 3 openings with Nevada, Florida, and now Nova Scotia. Coupled with the now three vacancies, I am deciding to vacate my position with Kansas as well as a step to reduce the number of franchises to 20 from 24 in NPBL. (I did not expect to have the season end with Kansas winning the National Cup after I made this decision a few weeks ago ๐)
I love being a GM in OOTP but with life/work schedules, I will take this opportunity to eliminate this side of NBPL OOTP from me to reduce a daily tasks from my schedule and will allow me to operate as a Commish only for the league (continuing to operate AFBL as it currently stands, GM and Commish, and stay in SBC/ABL as a GM only).
What this means for the NPBL?
โญ There will be a Contraction Draft held before we get started with the 2094 Season which will work out with the holidays / year-end and people's schedules. This draft's details/process/order/etc will be worked out asap, ideally held in StatsPlus. This also means the 2094 Amateur Draft will be delayed until we conclude this process.
Here are the teams that will be contracted in the NPBL:
1. Nova Scotia Fishermen (formerly Ohio Raptors)
2. Kansas Storm (formerly Mississippi Ravens)
3. Florida Flamingos (formerly NJ Shore plus others)
4. Montana Badlanders (formerly Hawaii Kula Sox) --> @Zach - Nevada will take over the Nevada Jacks franchise to avoid NPBL losing an original franchise, thanks for that!
- Each current division will lose a team so we avoid any realignment.
Playoff Structure Going Forward:
I would like to poll the league on whether we should keep the league playoff structure status quo or if we should consider adjusting the playoff structure (i.e. adjust to how AFBL handles 20 teams) and reduce the number of wildcards from 4 to 2 then eliminate the first round bye for division winners.
Other Noteworthy Items:
- There is a past trade with Montana and Illinois with traded picks in 2094, 2095, 2096 that will be accounted for with adjusting impacted traded slots to be with Illinois and Nevada (Montana) @Zach - Nevada @Mike- IL GM
This is very fluid and with more details to come as I work to figure out the best course of action in terms of the actual contracting of franchises in OOTP to properly preserve historical records along with how to most fairly select a draft order and what the draft rules might look like if any different from a traditional amateur draft. I hope everything is doing well and that your holiday season goes great. Thanks everyone!
Plus wanted to allow Zach to get started with his shift to Nevada asap
I've gone back and forth on this and in my mind, this could be a way to honor what was originally the Mississippi Ravens franchise who most of their titles were won.
If others disagree, we can discuss and plan accordingly.
Another reason, this franchise has a ton of talent at the NPBL level which will help add some excitement for the Contraction Draft ๐.
Contracting seems like a good idea; always has been a challenge to fill those last slots, it seems. And I definitely like the idea of a shorter playoff.
I'm on board with contraction, though hate to see an orig franchise close it's doors. But do respect the commish in his decision to step down as team owner.
I agree with Koo. Tough to lose Mississippi/Kansas. Excited for the drafts. Especially if we can't fill, it's the right thing to downsize. I like smaller leagues anyway.
Excited for both of the upcoming drafts! Canโt wait to start adding to the rebuild.
Crazy week with kids/wife on Winter Break and wrapping up the EOY at work. I'll work on a plan for going forward today/tonight. Thanks guys!
Thoughts on when we might start the contraction process @NPBL Commish ?
Still need to get that out together sorry! I'll have some time Wednesday and Thursday for sure
I will work to get our going forward game plan developed today. Thanks guys. I hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend and week so far.
Initially I'm thinking the Contraction Draft will be:
- 8-10 rounds with the pool of players being from the 4 contracted franchises.
- Draft order determined by a period of the last 3-5 seasons based on total record with worst average drafting first
- Likely a traditional worst to best for each round but could do a serpentine draft order potentially
- Held in StatsPlus with a draft slot timer similar to our Amateur Drafts
Any thoughts/opinions on this from anyone?
Got family in town again so I'll do my best to get things decided and finalized for the Contraction Draft asap. Thanks for the patience everyone.
I'm trying to get team's record histories and such put together tonight so we can continue with the planning for the Contraction Draft.
Sepertine is most logical and most fair. Obviously mass wanrs the alternate that would favor him
Our normal drafts are straight drafts. And since Massachusetts likes things exactly how theyโve always been, seems like we shouldnโt change for this.. but I guess whatever he wants..
Serpentine gives everyone the same average draft pick as long as the number of rounds is even number. If the main purpose of the contraction draft is trying for an even distribution of talent then it seems like serpentine would be best.
I think 8 or 10 rounds is my preference to keep the number of rounds even
We can put it on a vote and have the majority determine. We can't give one person veto power
Seriously, re-read what's happened in this thread and tell me that you and Brett-Utah don't have sour grapes. It's obviously spilled over from DH discussion.
I did not make any decision! I simply asked a question. Regardless of my team's position, I'm just asking what is most fair
This is not an easy decision and I'm also trying to make sure I account for everyone's opinions. I'll post Contraction Draft details later today.
I'm going to sign out and deactivate this Slack user @mstreeter06 as a heads up. Reach me solely at @NPBL Commish on Slack. Thanks guys!
Dave with StatsPlus confirmed that weโll need to do trades involving supplemental draft picks on the side manually
@NPBL Commish I recall you mentioning some OOTP logistics about contraction. Did you get the answers you were looking for? Are we going to be set to continue forward after the draft ends in the next day or so?
Good reminder. I still would like to practice this contraction process in a test copy of NPBL first just to ensure I have the exact steps correct. I'll do that hopefully today.
I know it's a lot of work, but I sure am excited to get an updated file.
Me too, 18 pitchers, I think. lol. Iโve had a really tough time in this league keeping the minors stocked with them.
FYI roster size is only 33 as of a download an hour ago that had all my new players
Every time the Patriots have made the NPBL finals, it's been one of the same four teams that we face there (Washington, Minnesota, Idaho, Wisconsin). So this season I will get my first chance EVER to play several teams. Some of which have been in the league since the very beginning: California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada.
I can't believe we've never played.... I don't pay much attention to the schedule and have totally forgotten that we don't do interleague play
It'll be good to have these matchups happen for the first time after all of this time
not just balls and strikes
the umpire also tells us
that spring has arrived
Well damn, hopefully it's just spring training, but I expected to suck a little less than the last few years than I am currently
Ahhh... I don't know what I was thinking that I didn't get my team down to 26
Ya its been asked in the past too especially for those that utilize 7-day lineups. Plus it keeps the sim length the same for both my leagues which is easier for me ๐.
New Orleans Daily News: "...slick fielding shortstop Kurt Gillespie has been sent down to Baton Rouge. Gillespie has not been able to find his timing yet this season, and leaves town with a .044 on base percentage. Batting coach Thornton Swackhammer has been pushing him to choke up on the bat, crowd the plate, "and try to get hit." Beleaguered Blaze Mogul CB Jemmerson said that "once Gillspee get's untracked, he's going to win a lot of games for us. Once he adds that "getting on base" tool to his tool bag, he'll be some ballplayer."
It's been another disappointing season in Utah. Contraction draft acquisitions Jim Graham and George Blankenship acquired to be the starting 3B and 1B after having a combined 5.4 WAR season last year, currently have a combined -1.0 WAR this year. Didnt necessarily think i'd be competing for a playoff spot this year, but I thought we'd be playing much closer to .500 as we await the arrival of some top prospects.
Always love the random injuries
I'll double check but believe it's set to June 1 but we can move it up probably
Thanks. No need to move it up unless others think we need to. Just wondering. We seemed to finish the draft quicker this year ๐
I was in such a rush this morning I didn't get a chance to move it up a sim. The draft date in the game is June 2 which is during tomorrow's sim so we'll get our draft results imported tomorrow. We definitely got through the draft faster but we also reduced it down to 10 rounds from 12 rounds too.
Killing me making me wait another day for those 10th rd picks I auto draftedโฆhahahaha
Jokes aside, glad we moved to a 10 rd formatโฆincredibly faster than previous iterations (not factoring the 2 round reduction).
boy...not only does my parent club stink, but my minors had a no-hitter tossed against them and a player hit for the cycle all in the same sim. ha.
Picking the all stars for batters was kind of depressing. both leagues are gradually slipping down towards the mendoza line. Time to lower the mound again?
Weโre hitting .242, which is good for us. I donโt see a problem haha.
Catchers, as a group, are batting about .191. maybe we're pinch-hitting for them a lot?
2094 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Calvin Taylor (MN)
1B: Carlos Valencia (CO)
2B: Jorge Dominguez (MN)
3B: Larry Miller (WI)
SS: Luis Lopez (IL)
OF: Richard Lenz (ID)
OF: Miguel Hernandez (MN)
OF: Butch Roy (UT)
SP: Tom Perkins (ID)
Reserves
CA: Pedro Rezende (ID)
1B: Mike Poe (ID) [Commish selection]
2B: Cipriano Lopez (WI)
3B: Jim McGowan (ID) [Commish selection]
SS: Jose Gallegos (MN) [Commish selection]
OF: Luis Munoz (MN)
OF: Claudio Martinez (UT) [Commish selection]
OF: Donald Frye (MN) [Commish selection]
SP: Donald Church (IL)
SP: Waylon Sandoval (MN)
SP: Vincent Emery (CO)
SP: Andres Ortiz (CO)
SP: Dave Sewell (MN) [Commish selection]
RP: Brady Hollingsworth (WI)
RP: Castel De La Hoya (MI)
RP: Augusto Padilla (ID)
RP: Cliff Sweeney (WA)
RP: Carlos Acosta (ID)
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raul Ortiz (VA)
1B: Jon Baal (LA)
2B: Den McCool (LA)
3B: Edgar Perez (AL)
SS: Armando Cisneros (GA)
OF: Vinnie Doig (MD)
OF: Rick Robinson (QC)
OF: Joseph Pether (AL)
SP: Joe Holloway (PA)
Reserves
CA: Jesus Martinez (QC)
1B: Haywood Hewitt (AL)
2B: Bryant Taylor (QC)
3B: Dave Kirkland (AL)
SS: John Cramer (MD) [Commish selection]
OF: Silas Soto (QC)
OF: Fernando Rangel (GA)
OF: Denver Carlisle (VA) [Commish selection]
SP: Manuel Ruiz (QC)
SP: Sergio Castro (GA)
SP: Tom Porter (TN)
SP: Jonathan Lane (AL)
SP: Francisco Vega (PA)
RP: Octavio Solis (MA)
RP: Ramon Sapani (GA)
RP: Millard Chapman (NJ)
RP: Juan Leon (GA)
RP: Hollis Tsao (MA)
RP: Jerry Owen (MA)
Just noticed Raul Urana pitched the second no-hitter of his career earlier this season.
Blaze first baseman E Power Biggs makes his big league debut last week, goes 5 for 15, with four doubles and a homer. ๐
Wow 11 straight for Mass. 13 of 14. Against some pretty bad teams but still very impressive. Continually a powerhouse franchise.
Pennsylvania, Georgia and Louisiana might take exception to being called a "pretty bad team". ๐
This is the streakiest team I've had. We very well might lose 8 of the next 9 or something like that.
Already have it tacked up on the clubhouse wall.
#BlazeGetNoRespect #DontGetUsAngry #We'reNotSoBad #dissedNpissed
Ouch. Season-Ending Injury for Den McCool. Just my best hitter. That's all. That's okay. We don't mind. ๐คฌ
Wow I really thought Utah was going to play .500 ball this year. ๐คก
Washington wins their last two games to lose out on the first draft pick..
Blaze make the playoffs!! First time in 6 or 7 seasons at least!
Blaze win the last four games of the sim after Denny McCool drags himself from his hospital bed to the clubhouse, his pinkie-finger heavily encased in 14 ounces of gold-colored plaster. McCool tells his teammates to "win one for the McCoolio." "I didn't hear what he said," said Jon Larson, "but it was nice to see him. I'd been wondering where he was. I guess he hurt his hand or something." #BlazeAmaze #LoozianaPride #BlazeGetNoRespect
Playoff teams that have not exported: ID, WI, MN, IL, VA, PA @idaho @wis-gm @Marcus @Mike- IL GM @yuda_va
GA not exported, but they have instructions.
PA and MN are down to 26, the rest are not.
Iโm sooooo inactive tho. Just finding work overwhelming and extra screen time very unappealing of late
Any thoughts about moving to version 24 for next season? (Currently on sale!)
I think we will be moving to OOTP24 at some point. Probably a good idea to purchase now while on sale instead of waiting until ASG sale.
Oh, well. On to game 4!
#WinSomeLoseSome #HowYouPlayTheGame #BlazeUndaunted #BlazeGetNoRespect
With the file upload, I see that it's:
PA 4 AL 0
VA 2 LA 2
CO 3 MI 1
WI 2 MN 2
Message didn't send but I'm home and can get these going whenever all involved are ready
Good Luck Virginia! I was hoping that we would sneak by you while your back was turned. โน๏ธ
Question regarding the Box Score and Game Log links inside RTS. Why is it that they sometimes have the game in-progress, but other times they show data from a years' past?
I'm guessing its caching and also StatsPlus recycling RTS links maybe? Not super certain.
I imagine its by design as RTS is the in-progress game and the box scores one is the completed one
Shouldnt the webpage that is bringing play-by-play results have links to the in-progress box score? It's not working that way currently.
Need Season Awards voting from: PA @chappy, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze (missing GM of Year), NJ @koohead (missing MVPs)
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
Need Season Awards voting from: PA @chappy, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze (missing GM of Year), NJ @koohead (missing MVPs)
Need HOF voting from: PA @chappy, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
Need Season Awards voting from: WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, VA @yudava, NJ @koohead (missing MVPs)
Need HOF voting from: WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, MA @massgm, VA @yudava
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
@NPBL Commish Are you available to move to G4s? Plus, I'm holding my breath to get that G3 result saved in.
@NPBL Commish I've been pretty needy as of late, but here I am needy again. I can has league file?
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2010/06/14/business/sub-jp-burger-2/sub-jp-burger-2-popup.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale
Need Season Awards voting from: WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, VA @yudava, NJ @koohead (missing MVPs)
Need HOF voting from: WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, MN @Marcus, VA @yudava
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
Wow. Twice MN took a lead and only needed to get the last three outs, and twice CO hit HRs to continue or win the game.
Here's something (possibly) interesting.
Colorado won the championship in: 2016, 2065, 2084
Massachusetts won the championship in: 2035, 2051, 2074, 2091.
Each of these franchise's titles were separated enough so there were no players won even two rings with either the Rams/Patriots (I think). However, that will come to an end for whoever wins the title this year.
After seeing both Idaho and Minnesota drop the first two at home against Colorado in the past two series, getting that W was huge. Huge.
Pulled Ortiz with no hits thru 6. (Though I had scored a run). Ended up with 5 runs on only 1 hit.
I need to do a EOY rollover for AFBL still tonight so we'll continue the National Cup Series in the morning. Good luck guys!
Plan on the upcoming 2095 season being our final one with OOTP22. We'll upgrade to OOTP24 for 2096.
Unfortunately @Marcus needs to step away from the league (thanks for the time and don't be a stranger if you get the itch to return). So Minnesota is now vacant. If you have anyone interested, send them my way!
Wow just saw the box score. What a game. Congrats on the season all!
Any chance of rolling over so we can get aligned with where AFBL is?
Congrats Massachusetts! Congrats to Colorado too! Another NPBL classic!
Truly donโt understand how the draft pool in this league is consistently awful compared to other leagues
My theory is... since we recently had contraction, the talent per team is pretty high. So the game is trying to even things out.
Yeah itโs always been pretty awful from what I remember. Even the talented guys Iโve drafted have mostly tanked.
I'm not saying adjust anything, but have we confirmed settings are the same as in AFBL? Just weird that this league continually has a much worse draft pool.
maybe if we boosted the number of players in the draft by a few hundred, there would be a couple more talented ones?
I donโt know what bothers me more, the 80 win projection or the 3.37 ERA
Is there anything we can do to increase the offense next season? Teams hitting .190 is rough..
Lose-iana fans like it the way it is. "instead of losing 4-0, we'll be losing 14-3. At least we're close at 4-0." (We've had some difficult seasons here in Lose-iana.)
Damnit I see what happened.. the "auto sim 10 days" got checked in the Commish Panel..
That explains the extra days. Not sure there's a backup before that was ran unknowingly.
I guess we get the extra days leading up to the weekend. Sorry guys for missing that checkbox getting enabled.
Not celebrating anything in Utah yet, as the season can go south in a hurry. But the boys are feeling good about being 21-18 coming off a 101 loss season. 3 top 20 prospects have been on the roster since opening day, with two playing fairly well.
But it's a long season. I have misguided confidence that they will bounce back.
and it's a well known fact that falling behind early gives you more time to bounce back.
someone forgot to tell the Bears about the whole bouncing thing...Gummy Bears we are not...we go more like 'splat' and just stick to the pavement
Quebec hanging in there. Not sure how as our hitting is atrocious and the catching situation is real troubling.
Best prospect in quite a while, John Wilson, out for 11 months in his rookie year.
This is not going well. Had a few injuries, and we've been more of a second half team with this group, but Pennsylvania is racing out way too far.
My hope is still to manage 90 wins. My goal right now is to continue what we've got and achieve a real long streak of 90+ win seasons
FYI for the group: we'll continue with Sim 13 tonight with the short turnaround from Sim 12 that ended up happening this morning.
Scratch that, we'll just sim tomorrow morning and then get back to our evening sims on Monday.
Can we all agree that Pedro Rezende and Raul Ortiz will be the unanimous picks for GEL/FFL C in the ASG?
AL has exported since the last export grab (which resulted in no sim). ๐
Actually I'll run the sim today that never happened Thursday night and then again on Friday morning heh
Need ASG voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MI @Lee - MI Militia, CA @California, VA @yudava
I started to get voting together but ran out of time last time. I'll run the ASG this morning.
2095 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Pedro Rezende (ID) [unanimous 15/15]
1B: Jesus Gamboa (MI)
2B: Martin Elder (UT)
3B: Felipe Ochoa (UT)
SS: Pedro Rodriguez (UT)
OF: Donald Frye (MN)
OF: Miguel Hernandez (MN)
OF: Tim Clark (IL)
SP: Tom Perkins (ID)
Reserves
CA: Paul Williams (CO) [Commish selection]
1B: Mike Poe (ID)
2B: Miguel Perez (MI) [Commish selection]
3B: Jim McGowan (ID)
SS: Jose Gallegos (MN)
OF: Jerry Copeland (NV)
OF: Vicente Gomez (MI)
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (CO)
SP: Dave Sewell (MN)
SP: Andres Ortiz (CO)
SP: John Jarvis (IL)
SP: Alejandro Lopez (ID)
SP: Pedro Marte (MI)
RP: Castel De La Hoya (MI)
RP: Jonathan Williams (NV)
RP: Ricardo Banuchi (CO)
RP: Ron Lamb (CA)
RP: Vicente Montoya (MN)
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raul Ortiz (VA) [unanimous 15/15]
1B: Joe Giles (VA) [unanimous 15/15]
2B: Jose Duran (NJ)
3B: Jake Cabrera (QC)
SS: John Cramer (MD)
OF: Brett Fisher (GA)
OF: Roy Boyd (PA)
OF: John Turner (TN)
SP: Rodrigo Vega (PA) [unanimous 15/15]
Reserves
CA: Alfonso Castro (GA) [Commish selection]
1B: Dale Weeks (TN) [Commish selection]
2B: Mike Smith (MD)
3B: Edgar Perez (AL)
SS: Bryant Taylor (QC) [Commish selection]
OF: Vinnie Doig (MD)
OF: Mike Warren (MA)
OF: Rick Robinson (QC)
SP: Tom Porter (TN)
SP: Sergio Castro (GA)
SP: Gregg Ritter (PA)
SP: Jonathan Lane (AL)
SP: Raleigh Brown (QC)
RP: Tim Strong (PA) [unanimous 15/15]
RP: Octavio Solis (MA)
RP: Dave Fernandez (LA)
RP: Roberto Perez Jr (NJ)
RP: Juan Leon (GA)
RP: Jerry Owen (MA)
If the Prospects game is any indication, pitching is going to continue to dominate
Bravo Macina in the HR derbyโฆ.donโt forget to hit hrs in the 2nd halfโฆlol
Kids last day is a half day so will run the ASG part of the sim when back
Three Utah starters, Including 2 rookies, In the all-star game. Continued better days ahead for the Scorpions ๐ฆ ๐ฆ
Oh no @mass_gm
That's what you get for helping old ladies cross the street in 2095 I guess
My export from pre-AllStar week is still good since nothing has changed except a little old lady with a mean streak
Anyone able to download an updated league file tonight? says no new file on server for me
Looking at export tracker on StatsPlus and it looks like file was not uploaded. Not just you, will have to be loaded next chance he gets ๐
Sorry message didnโt send apparently. Had a storm last night and didnโt get to finish after AFBL.
The Blaze just need to go 20-0 or 25-0, and we'll be right back in it.
Sitting at 70-66, Utah now has more wins than they have had in a single season since 2091 when they finished 80-82. Scorpions hoping for their first season above .500 since 2089.
Almost didnโt make the playoffsโฆwowsers! Get it done JETHAWKS!!!
Sorry all. Thought I'd be able to sneak sims in yesterday and today. Still will try tonight but might be tomorrow night.
I'm back home and settling in. I'll be getting started with AFBL then will get us going.
Not sure why QC-AL isn't showing up for RTS. I see it on the schedule in a few hours. I'll keep an eye on it.
Weird I checked before starting and Alabama had 26 but now shows 27 โ lol @jeff_alabama
Yeah second time that has happened. He was in AAA, the game kicked him up to ML.
Wow QC-AL went extra innings in both games (10 innings and 16 innings)
QC is ready. lost our starting 2B and possible ROY, so that isn't good
I have craziness going on at work right now. Do not wait on me for an export going forward. Thanks!
Smythe gave up the no hitter in the 10th, MD offense couldnโt capitalize on any chances
Yeah he pitched a great game. He was 0-4 with 3 lob. Too bad he couldnโt knock someone in ๐
Also unless someone needs more time to export, I plan to continue the NPBL playoffs this morning/afternoon after the just started AFBL playoff sim.
Awesome. I'll run Game 7 here in a moment then so we can wrap up the Wildcard Series.
Wow runner thrown out at home trying to tag in the top of the 1st to end the inning https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/game_logs/log_7701.html
Any need for a new export from: ID @idaho, GA @Alex, PA @chappy? MI, IL, AL are all set with an export. VA is on Commish Watch and MN is vacant.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from:
PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, NJ @koohead,WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MI @Lee - MI Militia, MA @massgm, VA @yudava
Need HOF only from:
IL @Mike- IL GM
I'll continue this afternoon. Back from the holiday and starting AFBL playoff sim now. NPBL will be right after that. Thanks everyone! Reminder for voting if you haven't yet.
Busy day at work but getting the final half of the AFBL playoff sim started now. After we get that finished up, I'll get things going here. Good luck all!
Let me know whenever you're ready GA @Alex and AL @jeff_alabama. MI @Lee - MI Militia shows ready with a new export. Good luck all!
Well... I am certainly making it deeper than I deserve. I'll take it ๐
Let me know whenever you're ready ID @idaho and AL @jeff_alabama. Good luck in the LCS all!
Sorry! On vacation. Should have mentioned. Back Sunday night but you can proceed with no export from me if needed. Thanks
Good luck to the final 4. Reminder for Season Awards and HOF voting for the league if you haven't yet.
Nice to see us club six home runs in game two after managing only two hits in game one.
Idaho appears to be on a mission. They've won 10 in a row, including every playoff game (6-0). Most haven't been very close.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze (GM and HOF only)
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
While disappointed in how it ended, not disappointed in the game at all. Great series!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze (GM and HOF only)
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
Every time I look VA has the bases loaded. :seriousfacewithsymbolscovering_mouth:
Hopefully this series is a replay of the last one with game 6 and 7 wins :handwithindexandmiddlefingerscrossed:
Bases loaded with no outs and only gave up two that inning. Same as the second. This game could be way more ugly for the Spuds.
Whelp. Congrats VA! Marvelous series comeback from down 2-0. Completely dominated the Spuds in the last 4 games.
@yuda_va has laid the foundation and the CPU managed it enough ๐
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, VA @yudava, LA @cbj-blaze (GM only)
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards
What do I do if Iโm out of town until Tuesday? Shouldnโt be an issue for the move to 24 right? @NPBL Commish
OK - Purchased V24 - Now I have get instructions how to install our NPBL league in V24.
Feeling like I should have just autoโd my org too ๐ at least the championship round. Not sure that would have helped my offense at all though
When ready, there are three paths GMs can take:
- If you have OOTP23, do the same import process of the league file on your own computer, upgrading from 22 to 23 to 24
- After the new file is uploaded, the GM can download the new league file zip from the league export page, unzip it in a new .lg folder in the latest version savedgames folder, then create a settings folder in the new .lg folder, and put the accountsdatagms.dat file into settings.
- Create and send out quick start code to each GM who wants one. Note that even in OOTP24, quick start codes sometimes over-write settings in other OOTP leagues the user is in and cause some pain. They work most of the time, but not always.
I'll keep everyone posted on the progress and availability of the file to start things on your side. Thanks everyone!
I'm attempting #2. I've found the zip file, but where is accountsdata_gms.dat ?
NPBL OOTP24 accountsdata_gms.dat file for anyone that goes with Option 2 for the upgrade path
Direct URL for the NPBL file: https://statsplus.net/npbl/files/npblfile.zip found in the S+ Export Tracker page (https://statsplus.net/npbl/exports/)
Also, the folders are huge (as per usual with the data in this game), any way that I could delete some of the data to make the transfer easier? What doesn't need to come?
I had no issues going from 22 to 23, but 23 to 24 gave me all kinds of errors
I can get a starter file with the essentials together today for you
One of the coolest things I noticed so far is when setting a bullpen pitchers secondary role โmop upโ is now an option
Starter file with just the 'settings' folder and the .dat files @y0da55
NPBL Downloads page that has all of these type league files/folders available here: https://www.matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/downloads/
Exported. I figured out the problem. I was behind on an update (somehow).
Here's what S+ shows on the Export Tracker for first OOTP24 exports:
Finally I think I have the game setup correctly. Wiscon sin export is in.
I'm up on 24 and exported. though will be out of town for the week. Good luck all with ST!
Exciting news as we'll be finally filling the Minnesota Wolves vacancy. I'll work to get him added asap today.
Welcome back to @Liam-Minnesota who will take over as the Minnesota GM (he managed Nevada for a few seasons previously)! Excited to get you back.
Hello everyone. Just an update to see where we are at with everyone and their first OOTP24 export. Need one from: GA @Alex, IL @Mike- IL GM, MN @Liam-Minnesota, PA @chappy, VA @yuda_va
Plan is to start Spring Training tomorrow (Tuesday) night with Opening Day 2096 being a week from today. Thanks all!
Anyone have an extra OOTP license they can spare? If not, any links to it on sale?
If no one else has a license they only have installed once, I should be good with just this 1 install.
Not bad only two people missing for the first spring training sim
Hmm I downloaded file and it's the beginning of spring training and none of the changes I made are there. Trying to figure out what I did.
gah ftp settings got wiped out. fill get that re-added then start the upload again.
you can go ahead. it was a setting for my side to upload to our statsplus hosting.
I couldn't even reload the league. Deleted the files and reinstalled using npblfile.zip. Now all is good.
Just in case, here's the accountsdata_gms.dat file for the league if anyone needs it. Will upload this to the NPBL Downloads page as well.
So none of the team logos/pictures show up? Not player pictures, but team pictures like the Lumberjack's crusty looking bearded picture.
Try downloading this and then extracting the contents into your NPBL.lg folder in OOTP24\saved_games\
You might have to download the NBPL Images zip file if you aren't seeing the NPBL logos and such. I'll link here in a moment.
https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/rt_sim/game_box_12.html geez 19 innings with one run
But I am in fear of magical sim injuries, so I said thank you for for the prediction
Blaze Unveil New Hashtag.
New Orleans (AP) - The Louisiana Blaze front office revealed today their "semi-official early season hashtag for use by all Blaze fans everywhere, on all social media things." #96Blaze-Unpredicta-Ball! will be the official hashtag for all Blaze related posts "at least till the all-star break," said marketing director Lance Jemmerson. "The pre-season predictions, to be honest, kind of rankled us a bit, and we think this turns it right around. The so-called experts don't know how to measure heart, desire, moxie, gumption, and sheer dumb luck. The '96 Blaze are going to show everybody that we are full of it."
Marketing intern Blake Wade reportedly received a $10 coffee card for coming up with the idea. "Wade or Blake has a bright future in marketing," said Lance Jemmerson. "He was thrilled to be a part of this effort. I'm just sorry we had to let him go."
to be honest, we come up short in the grit department. We are working on it.
Hey, Commish! When are you going to quit that god-forsaken job and focus on the important things in life? Can't you retire on you NPBL Commissioner salary already? Your work job people don't appreciate you nearly as much as we do!
These trips into the HQ office a few times a year solidify my requirement for WFH ๐
We'll have sims in the morning on Thursday and Friday for the rest of the week. Then we'll go back to usual night sims. Crazy week with work and school starting!
Blaze owner Ben Jemmerson today denied that ace pitcher Desmond Lee is available to the highest bidder. "If I was interested in trading him to some contender somewhere... well, I'm not. He's too good. It's highly unlikely another team could put together a mix of draft choices and prospects that would make such a ridiculous idea even remotely feasible. I think Desmond and I are on the same page with this. There's more important things in life than winning the world series, or getting paid huge salaries. I'm sure Desmond feels exactly the same way. It's family. Trust. Love of the game."
Haha ignore me as there are 2 games left which we'll sim tomorrow morning ๐
Need ASG voting from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, MN @Liam-Minnesota, MI @Lee - MI Militia, MA @massgm, VA @yudava
We'll postpone today and sim tomorrow night. Sorry guys. Final day to vote for the ASG.
2096 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Chris Camp (WI)
1B: Carlos Valรฉncia (CO)
2B: Martin Elder (UT)
3B: Brรกulio Ozores (WI)
SS: Luis Lรณpez (IL)
OF: Rory Spencer (WI)
OF: Bob Washington (UT)
OF: Tim Clark (IL)
SP: Anthony Render (MI)
Reserves
CA: Pedro Rezende (ID)
1B: Jesus Gamboa (MI) [Commish selection]
2B: Carlos Hernรกndez (IL)
3B: Don Landry (CO) [Commish selection]
SS: Josรฉ Gallegos (MN)
OF: Alberto Borromeo (IL)
OF: Richard Lenz (ID)
OF: Donald Frye (MN)
SP: Jesรบs Gonzรกlez (IL)
SP: Norman Smith (MI)
SP: Tom Perkins (ID)
SP: Jeremy Martin (WI)
SP: Bernie Arnold (MI) [Commish selection]
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
RP: Francisco Guzmรกn (UT)
RP: Juan Domingo (IL)
RP: Carlos Acosta (ID)
RP: Jรบlio Benavidez (UT)
RP: Chase Young (NV)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raรบl Ortรญz (VA)
1B: Haywood Hewitt (AL)
2B: Mario Acosta (MA)
3B: Alejandro Arrojado (MD)
SS: Harvey Evans (VA)
OF: Jim Flowers (PA)
OF: Denver Carlisle (VA)
OF: Carlos Ibarra (TN)
SP: Rodrigo Vega (PA)
Reserves
CA: Josรฉ Lรณpez (MD)
1B: E.P. Biggs (LA)
2B: Den McCool (LA)
3B: Fernando Martรญnez (MA)
SS: John Cramer (MD) [Commish selection]
OF: Alan Brown (QC)
OF: Vinnie Dong (MD) [Commish selection]
OF: Brett Fisher (GA) [Commish selection]
SP: Tom Porter (TN)
SP: Michael Cox (GA)
SP: Kenny Hembrow (VA)
SP: Manuel Ruรญz (QC)
SP: Hugh Reyna (VA)
RP: Lou Doss (TN)
RP: Francisco Vega (PA)
RP: Octรกvio Solรญs (MA)
RP: Armando Gonzรกlez (TN)
RP: Daniel Rivera (VA)
RP: Pedro Lรณpez (AL)
Hey guy's, I'll be moving towards the end of this month. So, I'll be offline for 2 or 3 weeks. (Maybe less) Just "Auto" my team until then.
Utah up by 1 game over Idaho for the GEL Pacific with 1 game left. Here we go.
My boy Valencia just took the Triple Crown. Just the 10th person in NPBL history to do so.
Regardless of how the playoffs turn out, the Utah organization is thrilled to have gone 93-69. After going 61-101 just two years ago in 2094
Wildcard Series Export Status:
CO - โ
WI - โ @wis-gm
NV - โ @Zach - Nevada
ID - โ
GA - โ
AL - โ
MD - โ
PA - โ @chappy
Byes..
IL - โ @Mike- IL GM
UT - โ
VA - vacant (Commish watch)
MA - โ
I'll wait a few hours and then worst case, run Playoff Sim 1 late afternoon / early evening time.
I'll continue the playoffs later this afternoon/evening. Good luck!
Spuds up 3-0 on the Jacks. Wisconsin, Alabama, and Pennsylvania are up 2-1 in their series.
After 4 games,
CO-WI tied at 2
ID advances in 4
AL up 3-1 on GA
MD up 3-1 on PA
Divisional Series Export Status:
WI - โ @wis-gm
IL - โ @Mike- IL GM
ID - โ @idaho
UT - โ
MD - โ
VA - โ
(Commish watch)
AL - โ
MA - โ
Don't want to assume no changes for IL and ID who had byes in Wildcard Series. Good luck to all. We'll sim tomorrow night unless we're ready to go before then. Thanks guys!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, NJ @koohead, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Minnesota is now vacant if anyone has a contact looking for a league. Virginia might be as well but wanted to check on @yuda_va first.
Most definitely will ๐. I did initially but he wanted to start with 1.
I can continue soon / this afternoon assuming we're ready for Game 7s
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, NJ @koohead, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
AL & WI have exported. ID has no injuries. VA is on Commish watch.
I'll get the LCS started soon.
Yikes sorry. Checking asap. Need my coworker to get off of leave lol.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze (HOF only), NJ @koohead, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @massgm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
I'm traveling starting tomorrow afternoon until Sunday as an early heads up. I should be able to pop in to continue the playoffs throughout the weekend but if service is awful, we'd just continue on Sunday evening. Thanks guys!
I'll continue the playoffs once the AFBL year rollver sim upload stuff finishes
AL exported. Let's see if we can complete the blowing of our three-game lead.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze (HOF only), NJ @koohead, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @massgm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Exported, Iโm good to proceed for as long as you want, provided no injuries
I'll run at least the start of the National Cup Series tomorrow morning @idaho. Good luck!
Spuds definitely got mashed. Losing Phillips and a struggling Padilla forced me to make too many rotation changes with mixed results. Got a lot further than I thought going into the playoffs though! Congrats VA
Maybe but likely will need to be tomorrow. I want to give a final chance for any remaining voters.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, NJ @koohead, MA @massgm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Not quite sure why we have this problem every off-season where it takes over a month for people to vote
Final chance for: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, NJ @koohead
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
I did start lol but had a fun day at work. Will get the rollover completed tomorrow. Thanks guys!
Actually 2084 Colorado won it. FFL and the GEL flipped sides on that webpage. Still though, your point remains.
sorry all. been busy at work with Talent Reviews and Budget planning for 2024. have not been here on the boards. That said...what setting am I missing that I do not get an email when I am tagged in a post?
https://slack.com/help/articles/201355156-Configure-your-Slack-notifications#email-notifications @koohead
Whatโs the earliest you going to run this in the morning? @NPBL Commish
730 would be the earliest but more likely would be around 9 or 930a Central
We'll do Tues-Wed-Thurs night instead of days like I was hoping this week ๐
Tough blow for the 28 year old
StatsPlus feature update to the Trade Block https://headwayapp.co/statsplus-updates/organization-on-trade-block-views-278139
We have completed Spring Training 2097.
We'll break tomorrow (Friday) as we prepare for Opening Day 2097 on Monday night.
NPBL rosters need to be back down to 26 players!
Tuesday, April 2nd , 2097 - Illinois Jethawks: RP Rick Cornett was injured when his car was struck by a train. The Diagnosis: sprained knee. This is a day-to-day injury expected to last 4 days.
IF the rest of the JETHAWKS were this toughโฆI would have a better postseason recordโฆ
been a while since I have had the opportunity to draft an amateur intl FA. I know sometimes they get lost in limbo and you have to find them from the txn log and manually assign them somewhere but is there a way to assign them to the intl complex and not the lowest minor league level?
Unfortunately I don't think so but I can double check when I get to a position to look. I remember this being an annoyance with our adding IFA to the draft pool setup.
Hope everyone is having a good week and that your holiday weekend for those celebrating is well. We'll sim on Monday at the latest, potentially before during the weekend. Thanks all!
Just noticed my message here didn't send and didn't get the statsplus update after last sim.
Traveling this week and back Friday sometime.
Welcome @Aleksi_Minnesota to NPBL as the Minnesota Wolves GM, who joins us from AFBL (Oregon). Glad to have you over here as well!
I have added a new slash command in Slack for a Baseball-Reference Bot. To use, type:
/bbref [player name]https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/bbref-bot
hey, commish, I noticed that my highly touted draft picks are listed as "no team" in the game. perhaps they are all finishing up their high school classes. In any case, can you talk to them? We'd like to begin the process of lowering their potentials.
๐ believe we're close to draft day in-game. Waiting for AFBL sim to wrap up from last night then will run NPBL sim.
I know that Maryland reported an issue earlier. Is it still an issue? Anyone else having issues downloading the file?
Dave on StatsPlus Slack posted:
Any commissioner personally having an issue with their upload/download, or if a specific GM is willing to help, here is background on the likely issue, and directions to gather diagnostic data.
https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/league-hosting/collecting-mtr-rep
Admirals Rookie SP Duarte Semedo No Hits TN in his 4th career start!
06/09/2097 FINAL Maryland 8, Tennessee 0
W: Duarte Semedo (2-1) L: Jeffery Worley (1-7) HR - MD: John Cramer 2 (15)
New StatsPlus feature to show how many players you have on your draft list
Will accept bribes in the form of draft picks for All Star votes!
1B Juan Ultreras doing a nice job filling in for the injured Haywood Hewitt. Batting .343 with 11 home runs and a 2.10 WAR in 110 PA. WIsh i had room for both in the lineup.
Voted for All Stars.
I am once again struck by how incredibly we lean towards pitching. I'm leaving out pitchers with sub-1.00 ERAs and happy to see an average of .240 to vote for a batter.
Need ASG voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, LA @cbj-blaze, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, CA @California, VA (vacant)
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
2097 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Paul Williams (CO)
1B: Ercole Mancina (IL)
2B: Martin Elder (UT)
3B: Nick Martรญnez (MN) [unanimous 14/14]
SS: Luis Lรณpez (IL)
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (CO)
OF: Ken Berry (MN)
OF: Adรกn Serrano (CO)
SP: Jayson Goodman (MN)
Reserves
CA: Calvin Taylor (MN)
1B: Carlos Valรฉncia (CO)
2B: Jorge Domรญnguez (MN)
3B: Felipe Ochoa (UT) [Commish selection]
SS: Jose Gallegos (MN) [Commish selection]
OF: Armando Velรกsquez (ID)
OF: Tim Clark (IL)
OF: Jon Henderson (CA) [Commish selection]
SP: Jorge Fajardo (MI)
SP: Tom Perkins (ID)
SP: Fernando Gรณmez (IL)
SP: Dave Gรณmez (UT)
SP: Dave Sewell (MN)
RP: Castel De La Hoya (MI) [unanimous 14/14]
RP: Francisco Guzmรกn (UT)
RP: Juan Domingo (IL)
RP: Esteban Encarnaciรณn (CA)
RP: Josh Collins (WI)
RP: Alarico Lieftinck (MN)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raรบl Ortรญz (VA) [unanimous 14/14]
1B: E.P. Biggs (LA)
2B: Den McCool (LA)
3B: Jake Cabrera (QC)
SS: John Cramer (MD)
OF: Rick Robinson (QC) [injured]
OF: Brian Crabtree (MA)
OF: Jan Dooks (NJ)
SP: Michael Cox (GA) [unanimous 14/14]
Reserves
CA: Andres Foster (MA) [Commish selection]
1B: Cooper Bryan (TN) [Commish selection]
2B: Mario Acosta (MA)
3B: Fernando Martรญnez (MA) [Commish selection]
SS: Bryant Taylor (QC)
OF: Brett Fisher (GA)
OF: Silas Soto (QC)
OF: Vinnie Doig (MD) [Commish selection]
OF: Brett Fisher (GA) [injury replacement] [Commish selection]
SP: Hugh Reyna (VA)
SP: Rodrigo Vega (PA)
SP: Ray Jackson (QC)
SP: Manuel Elรญas (TN)
SP: Juan Serrano (PA)
RP: Eddie Fuller (LA)
RP: Luis Sandoval (MD)
RP: Lou Doss (TN) [injured]
RP: Octรกvio Solรญs (MA)
RP: Edgar Vรกzquez (MA)
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL)
RP: Juan Leon (GA) [injury replacement] [Commish selection]
Ercole Mancina and Luis Lopez are still going strong! I traded for them a long time ago when I was Tennessee!
Semedo now has 2 No Hitters though 11 starts to begin his career - Both against TN (6/9 and 7/23)
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Hoping Perkins can โ the rotation for a Championship run for the Admirals!
happy holidays everybody. hoping santa brings me some guys that can hit the ball.
Top Prospect Carlos โShmooveโ Gomez wins his 1st Player of the Week honors after hitting .391 with 5 HRs and 8 RBI! โ
Vinnie Doig joined the 400 HR Club, hitting 2 in a 9-4 win on 9/3!
Congrats Vinnie!! โ
Utah is 8th in the GEL for Starter ERA at 2.98. It is crazy.
In AFBL my team is also 8th for starter ERA with 3.55 ERA.
We need offense here.
Wow 10-30 since the beginning of August. Racing to the bottom after a good start.
Hey still only a game out of the playoffs. Thatโs 1 good sim away from being back in
Most of the Blaze players have stayed healthy all year long. Good health is important. We're proud of our boys for staying healthy.
Didnโt export but if you send down Sergio Castro and Bo Marshall Iโll be at 26 and ready @NPBL Commish
Playoffs Sim 1 Export Status:
IL @Mike- IL GM โ
CA @California โ
CO @y0da55 โ
MI @Lee - MI Militia โ
PA @chappy โ
QC @LT - Florida โ
MA @massgm โ
AL @jeffalabama โ
Byes:
UT @Brett- Utah โ
MN @Aleksi_Minnesota โ
MD @AC - Maryland โ
GA @Alex โ
(instructions)
I'll plan for us to start things tomorrow night during our usual sim time frame (AFBL will be in the mornings for their playoff sims)
An explosion of runs in the 14th after 13 scoreless innings by both teams. AL ekes out a 2-1 win.
we scored like 15 runs all season and exploded in the first 2 games. OOTP is a mystery... wonder if that 6 spot we save up in the 9th is a swaying of momentum in this series...
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from basically everyone. This is due by end of playoffs so get it done asap. Thanks!
Hereโs hoping the bruins/habs game is not an indicator of our match -up
Good series @Lee - MI Militia !
@NPBL Commish No changes for IL to start next 2 gm set.
Divisional Series export status:
Colorado @y0da55 โ
Utah @Brett- Utah โ
Illinois @Mike- IL GM โ
(go-ahead post)
Minnesota @Aleksi_Minnesota โ
Pennsylvania @chappy โ
Maryland @AC - Maryland โ
Quebec โ
Georgia โ
(instructions posted)
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm, NJ @koohead (NPBL GM only)
I'll start the Divisional Series tonight once the AFBL rollover sim upload stuff finishes. Good luck all! Voting reminder for those that haven't yet.
Iโm swamped so go ahead and move on. This is probably quebecs last sim. lol
I'll get things started around 830am CST. ~30-45 min or so. Good luck!
Congrats @Aleksi_Minnesota
Think Itโs time to hang it up. 11 playoffs in 13 yrs with nothing to show for it.
Edit: apologies, forgot MN has a new owner.
Dave Gomez with another tough loss. Bats couldnt do anything to support him. Now in 2 starts he is 0-2, 15 innings, 4 ER, 22 strikeouts
Congrats @chappy!
Disappointing end to a great season for the Admirals
Gah sorry got distracted. I'll run the sim tonight after AFBL sim that's running.
LCS Sim Export Status:
Colorado @y0da55 โ
Minnesota @Aleksi_Minnesota โ
Pennsylvania @chappy โ
Georgia @Alex โ
(ready message)
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @massgm
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: WA @LarryWashington, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @massgm, GA @Alex (HOF only)
PA has exported. Putting Richard Williamson into the lineup to try to get some offense.
Side note, Roy Boydโs next HR will be his 50th career postseason HR, assuming it comes before spring.
2nd most is 42 by one of my favorite names in league history, Thornton Swackhammer
Boyd still sits outside of the top 25 in career regular season HR. But heโs earned his HOF spot on postseason success
Boyd has been a beast.
Thornton Swackhammer is an amazing name haha.
Congrats to Colorado and Pennsylvania. Here are two teams in the final that didn't win their division. That hasn't happened since 2084, which was... Colorado vs Pennsylvania.
They say that nothing brings a clubhouse together like winning. Well, not in PA.
I do have a handful of guys with 4 or 5 negative character traits. Bill Rodriguez, Jim Flowers, Gregg Ritter... but without those guys I probably don't have a playoff team.
CO and MN are ready for Game 7. I'm about to get that started. Good luck!
I'll start the National Cup Series after the AFBL sim upload stuff completes. Good luck to PA @chappy and MN @Aleksi_Minnesota
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, LA @cbj-blaze (GM only), AL @jeffalabama (GEL MVP if you want)
@NPBL Commish as a Virginian, flirting with the idea of taking the Virginia team
I'd be alright with you shifting over to Virginia after we conclude this season and then try to fill Georgia.
Or could I love the generals to Virginia and the current Virginia team moves too, lol
First game 7 of the postseason for us, we won the first three series in 6. Minnesota beat Colorado in 7, so they probably are a little more comfortable. Plus, they are at home. PA is exported and ready to go!
29-year-old Juan Serrano will be on the mound for the Freedom. He is 4-1 in 6 starts this postseason, with a 1.62 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP.
What a great series this has been. Minnesota is ready for game 7 ๐ค
Good luck guys. I'll get Game 7 started shortly. @Aleksi_Minnesota @chappy
Goodman was on his way to toss a Maddux but didn't get the chance to close it out
I had pulled Williamson out of the lineup for game 7 and he ended up being the hero anyway
Congrats to you both on a great season and great series!
Now lets roll!
Thanks everyone... it's been a hot minute since we won it all. It was around the time most of my players were born.
What are the aging multipliers set at for this league? @NPBL Commish
I thought it was modified but looks to be at 1.000 for the player dev settings
I thought the aging was slowed down for this league too. Not sure where I got that idea. Maybe the old rules page?
Any chance of a sim today so we have the weekend to get ready for opening day?
Yep! I'll have a chance today for sure. Back home from traveling for work.
NPBL rosters need to be back down to 26 before our next sim to start the 2098 season
I just found a player who's supposed to be on my R team according to the prospect list but he's not there. It's 1B Carlos Rodriguez. I know we've figured this out before but I can't remember what needs to be done.
if you search for him, he'll likely be in a non-existent Rookie League International Complex. Once you find him with search in the game, just promote the player to level in minors.
Thanks, I just found four of my best prospects who were not on a minor league roster.
We're breaking today and will start the 2098 Regular Season tomorrow night
Wow, computer manager really cleaned house in my absence! A lot of triple AAA guys that were acting like it was a country club have found themselves cleaning the rest rooms down in rookie ball. Team chemistry: nervous. ๐ฌ.
My favorite is the sim retiring Donald Churchโฆ.probably got tired of the team losing in the playoffs
I'm having trouble moving my new draftees, moore, jacobs, van boselen... they are all listed as no team, so I don't see an option for moving them.
we haven't reached Draft Day in game. I'll import them asap (not sure what sim atm)
Jarvis is on ๐ฅ with back to back no hitters..last one a 10 ip masterpiece!
Hey, isn't there a place on one of the stats machines that compares ballparks? I had a thought that we could maybe increase run production if we all made our ballparks a bit more cozy.
I'll run Sim 11 this morning. Last night got away from me sorry guys!
the Blaze are going to hang back a bit. conserve their hits for later in the season. let you guys get over confident.
Hey man, Iโm home on paternity leave with my kid, just came back from overseas. Prob no voting from me for a bit haha
Final chance for ASG voting (next 5-15 min) for: PA @chappy, GA @Alex ๐ผ ๐ถ ๐ , WA @Larry_Washington, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds
2098 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Pedro Rezende (MN)
1B: Carlos Valรฉncia (CO)
2B: Martin Elder (UT) [unanimous 13/13]
3B: Felipe Ochoa (UT)
SS: Luis Lรณpez (IL) [unanimous 13/13]
OF: Ken Berry (MN) [unanimous 13/13]
OF: Jon Henderson (CA)
OF: Tony Roberts (WI)
SP: John Jarvis (IL)
Reserves
CA: Jeffery McCray (ID)
1B: Billy King (CA)
2B: Orlando Hernandez (ID) [Commish selection]
3B: Nick Martinez (MN) [Commish selection]
SS: Jose Gallegos (MN) [Commish selection]
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (CO)
OF: Tim Clark (IL) [Commish selection]
OF: Jan Dooks (IL) [Commish selection]
SP: Dave Sewell (MN)
SP: Jeremy Martin (WI)
SP: James Rasmussen (WI)
SP: Norman Smith (MI)
SP: Vincent Emery (CO)
RP: Juan Domingo (IL) [unanimous 13/13]
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
RP: Vincente Montoya (MN)
RP: Castel De La Hoya (MI)
RP: Ricardo Banuchi (CO)
RP: Bill Lee (NV)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Raรบl Ortรญz (VA)
1B: Carlos Gรณmez (MD)
2B: Mario Acosta (MA)
3B: Edgar Pรฉrez (AL)
SS: Armando Cisneros (GA)
OF: Vinnie Doig (MD)
OF: Manny Cruz (MD)
OF: Carlos Ibarra (TN)
SP: Rodrigo Vega (PA) [unanimous 13/13]
Reserves
CA: Bartolo Ibarra (QC)
1B: John Mooney (PA)
2B: Den McCool (LA)
3B: Fernando Martรญnez (MA)
SS: C.C. Rider (LA)
OF: Alan Brown (QC)
OF: Caliban Bok (LA) [Commish selection]
OF: Rick Robinson (QC) [Commish selection]
SP: Josรฉ Rรญos (GA)
SP: Desmond Lee (LA)
SP: Bill Clements (GA)
SP: Raleigh Brown (QC)
SP: Manuel Elias (TN) [Commish selection]
RP: Juan Viesca (LA) [unanimous 13/13]
RP: Luis Sandoval (MD)
RP: Roberto Pรฉrez Jr. (NJ)
RP: Octรกvio Solรญs (MA)
RP: Daniel Rivera (VA)
RP: Edgar Vazquez (MA) [Commish selection]
The league leader in OPS, a second basemen no less, didnโt make the ASG lol
You probably mean Jason Campbell?? He's not on the leaderboard in OPS. Not enough AB to qualify??? If he doesn't qualify for the leaderboard, did he have enough to make it on to the ballot?
the Blaze are 2-17 since their peak at 41-36. Perhaps not a contender after all. Decided collectively, as a team, that they don't like that kind of pressure. #BlazeWeak
NPBL rosters are expanded to 33 for reminder of Regular Season as a reminder
Looks like it will be dipping below .500 again in the near future as I have a very old team and a shallow farm system.
With just under 25 games to go, things are shaping up for the postseason.
Michigan and Illinois are tinging to catch Colorado or Idaho, with the Militia 1 game back and the Jethawks 2.
Louisiana and Virginia are both 3 games behind Quebec, with the Blaze winning 7 of their last 10.
PA seems to be getting hot at the right time despite losing starting pitcher Joe Holloway for the season back on September 5th. He was 13-4, 2.53 this year so it definitely hurts. Juan Serrano will have to step up in the postseason.
The Blaze are relaxed and playing good ball. If they get anywhere near playoff contention they will freeze up like startled raccoons.
Sorry been a crazy few days as we're getting our floors redone so we've been a hotel since Thursday. I'll get the sim started when I can today so we can continue the playoffs. Thanks guys!
In a league where runs are at a premium to blow a 6 run lead - yikesโฆ down 3-0. Itโs over.
Might be able to continue things tonight but likely will spill to tomorrow morning with the AFBL championship series ongoing. Good luck all!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, NJ @koohead, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, NJ @koohead, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm
๐จ ANNOUNCEMENT ๐จ
NPBL Commissioner Office is announcing that the 2099 season will be the last in Quebec as the franchise will be relocate back to Florida as the Bluefish for the 2100 season.
Fun. I really hope the minor league nicknames (onefish, twofish, redfish) are restored as well!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, NJ @koohead, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, MA @mass_gm
the GEL Tyson Bacon award is coming up blank for me in statslab? anyone else?
Might have to reload the tab or open later or in a different browser. I think its a S+ bug.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, IL @Mike- IL GM, NV @Zach - Nevada, NJ @koohead (HOF only)
Looks like 4 ready's to me ๐. I'll get things started in a moment!
4 homers in 3 innings for the Admirals. 2 for Doig and 2 for Cramer.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: WA @Larry_Washington, IL @Mike- IL GM, NV @Zach - Nevada
I need to shake things up...will take two hours or so until I'm able to export
I'll run Game 7 today once I have a chance. I'd guess around 12pm CDT, maybe a little sooner. Good luck!
I'll get a new file today/tonight to get us to the start of the Offseason and then won't have to wait long for rollover last I checked on voting. Thanks everyone!!
I'll get a new file today and plan to rollover tomorrow most likely with next week for Spring Training
Final chance for WA @Larry_Washington to get voting in. All other 17 GMs have their voting in. Thanks guys!
Congrats to Vinnie Doig on winning the 2098 MVP!! ๐
After finishing 2nd in the MVP race in 3 of his first 4 years in Maryland (and 3 more for Kansas), Doig can finally add MVP to his illustrious career! โ
All the games are not showing up in the scores and team results channels. Been happening in AFBL too.
Sorry guys. Thought I'd be able to get a sim in Friday or Monday but didn't work out. We'll wrap up Spring Training tonight.
Apologies for the inconsistency with sim schedule recently everyone. It's been a crazy month or so. Things should be more consistent with our evening sim schedule Mon-Thurs. I'm also probably due to upgrade my laptop and need to just do it ๐.
Thanks for hanging out and sticking it out with me too. I do enjoy this escape from the real world but sometimes it gets in the way.
I get it. Kids finished up last week and my wife (teacher) is finishing up this week. I'm going though security audit season which is just lovely ๐ช lol.
It's a fun time for all. Lots of cat herding too with my name attached to the inquiry ๐
The Louisiana Blaze released their official 2099 NPBL Hashtag in a news conference this morning: #NoRespectFUBlaze99
Reporters attending the press conference noted the distinct similarity to last year's #NoRespectBlaze2098 official hashtag, but Blaze Spin-master Chip Jemmerson noted that the FU "really takes the whole idea to another level..." When pressed, Jemmerson said that the FU stood for For Us. "No Respect For Us. Get it? FU. For Us. It's not FY. It's FU. Let me emphasize that. For Us. FU."
Blaze XYZ feed: Bud Chugger goes 3 for 4 in tough 9-1 loss to Admirels. "Get the [expletive deleted] out of my face, {expletive deleted}," said Chugger. "9-1 sucks!" #NoRespectFUBlaze99
Blaze XYZ feed: Blaze play another error-free game in 3-0 loss to Bears.
Blaze XYZ feed: Blaze stay healthy, take two in sim. #NoRespectFUBlaze99
How does a guy with 6 contact, 8 gap, 8 home run, 6 eye, 6 avoid k.. how does that guy slash .127/.172/.255/.427?
Reminder for basically everyone for All-Star Game voting in StatsPlus
I plan to start the sim right around 9am CDT but if you need to get in an export before I start, let me know. Thanks guys!
From StatsPlus Slack, Dave as announced an update for the draft list freature in StatsPlus:
Based on a few requests, a handful of changes made to the Draft List area on the site. These include:
- Up/Down buttons on each player for easier use on mobile
- Clear button to wipe your current list
- Undo button to revert to last saved list (Note: This is not Undo of last edit to list)
Need ASG voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, QC @LT - Florida
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Was away for a couple weeks while in the Hospital for emergency surgery. I'll get caught up.
The Blaze (7-3 in their last 10, i.e. "Blazing Hot") strenuously object to this needless delay in playing the next sim. "Just when we are finally getting On Track, the Commissioner shuts us down!" said one anonymous second-string catcher who is currently batting .133. "It's a vast, evil, anti-Louisiana conspiracy!"
Need ASG voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, QC @LT - Florida
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Final chance for any last second ballots: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, QC @LT - Florida
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
I'm about to start getting things ready for the ASG sim.
2099 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Juan Chรกvez (MI)
1B: Carlos Valรฉncia (CO)
2B: Quentin Ames (CA)
3B: Nick Martรญnez (MN)
SS: Josรฉ Gallegos (MN)
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (CO)
OF: Armando Velรกsquez (ID)
OF: Jon Henderson (CA)
SP: Jayson Goodman (MN)
Reserves
CA: Paul Williams (CO)
1B: Germano Aniceto (UT)
2B: Raรบl Lรณpez (NV)
3B: Luis Rogers (CO)
SS: Pedro Rodrรญguez (UT) [Commish selection]
OF: Miguel Hernรกndez (MN)
OF: Richard Lenz (ID)
OF: Jack Jenkins (CA) [Commish selection]
SP: Andrรฉs Ortรญz (CO)
SP: Dave Gรณmez (UT)
SP: Dave Sewell (MN)
SP: Diego Garza (NV)
SP: Jorge Fajardo (MI)
RP: Castel De La Hoya (MI)
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
RP: Felipe Chรกvez (CA)
RP: Ken Wilson (NV)
RP: Francisco Guzmรกn (UT)
RP: Arthur Hoover (CO) [Commish selection]
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Bartolo Ibarra (QC)
1B: Dale Weeks (TN)
2B: Mario Acosta (MA)
3B: Earl Meeks (GA)
SS: Armando Cisneros (GA)
OF: Denver Carlisle (VA)
OF: Rick Robinson (QC)
OF: Silas Soto (QC)
SP: John Wilson (AL)
Reserves
CA: Tony Rodrรญguez (MA)
1B: Vinnie Doig (MD) [Commish selection]
2B: Jason Campbell (GA)
3B: Edgar Pรฉrez (AL) [Commish selection]
SS: C.C. Rider (LA)
OF: Demy Weijers (MA)
OF: Fernando Rangel (GA)
OF: Caliban Bok (LA) [Commish selection]
SP: Tom Porter (TN)
SP: Josรฉ Rรญos (GA)
SP: Duarte Semedo (MD)
SP: Manuel Elรญas (TN)
SP: Miguel Cervantes (AL)
RP: Alfredo Martรญnez (TN)
RP: Mario Castro (QC)
RP: Roberto Pรฉrez Jr. (NJ)
RP: Octรกvio Solรญs (MA)
RP: Juan Leรณn (GA)
RP: Luis Sandoval (MD)
Maybe it's time for the Bears to move West....I hear Phoenix is nice and toasty
Crazy Utah stats..
On-Base + Slugging.688 - 1st in GEL
Starters' ERA2.65 - 6th in GEL
Bullpen ERA2.52 - 5th in GEL
It takes a .669 OPS to be the best in the FFL.
Every team in the FFL but one (#NoRespectFUBlaze99) has an overall ERA under 3.00.
when I export I get a message that I have 2 players too old for the International Complex...but I don't see anyone older than 17?? Any ideas how I can identify who the game thinks is too old?
If you go to roster then click on the international complex then you can click on the age then it will go from oldest to youngest
You will have to one more time because first one is youngest to oldest
Nevermind...found them...some draft picks from 4 years ago stuck in limbo/purgatory. I gotta remember to check my draftees every year! ๐
First sim with NBPL expanded rosters to 33 from 26 players as a reminder
Thursday, September 10th , 2099 - Massachusetts Patriots: RP Paul Decker was injured while hang-gliding. The Diagnosis: intercostal strain. He's expected to miss about 5 days.
What are my guys doing hang-gliding on a game day when we have an away game in Minnesota?
Fringe player who I've called up only because roster expansion. Way to make an impression.
Reminder that bye teams need to be at 26 players for this opening series too
Wildcard Series Export Status:
California @California - โ
Michigan CPU - โ
Idaho @idaho - โ
Colorado @y0da55 - โ
Tennessee @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds - โ
Massachusetts @massgm - โ
Alabama @jeffalabama - โ
Quebec @LT - Florida - โ
Byes: Minnesota @Aleksi_Minnesota โ
, Utah @Brett- Utah โ
, Maryland @AC - Maryland โ
, Georgia @Alex โ
Looks like we're ready to start. I'll get things started in a moment!
Sorry that got lost in the copy paste. Thanks for the early heads up!
I was planning to continue the Wildcard Series this afternoon after the AFBL upload finishes up
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Iโll be out all day - just let us lose another extra inning game. Quebec is ready
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, MN @AleksiMinnesota, MA @massgm, UT @Brett- Utah (HOF only)
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Lets plan on continuing the playoffs tomorrow (Sun Aug 4) morning, starting between 7-10a CDT. Good luck!
I'll start the Divisional Series whenever all involved are ready to go tonight/tomorrow or at the latest, on Wed Aug 7 morning. This way we can try to keep a sim a day pace through the playoffs. Good luck to the remaining field. Reminder about Season Awards and HOF voting!
Divisional Series Export Status:
Minnesota @AleksiMinnesota โ
Idaho @idaho - โ
Utah @Brett- Utah โ
(from Wildcard Series at least)
Michigan CPU - โ
Georgia @Alex โ
(from Wildcard Series at least)
Tennessee @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds - โ
Maryland @AC - Maryland โ
(from Wildcard Series at least)
Alabama @jeffalabama - โ
Iโm traveling for work so can only check at night. So I am good to continue, unless there are injuries
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Wow what a start for Game 1s. ID-MN into the 11th in the final game of the set.
We'll continue things in the morning. Good luck!
Reminder for voting from the above list yesterday if you haven't yet.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, MD @AC - Maryland, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
With Doig leading the way, the bats finally woke up a bit in Game 2. 13 straight scoreless and 20+ Ks to begin the LCS.
Definitely not looking forward to seeing Mr Porter again.
Yea Ellis and Porter are the two that are good aces to have
We'll continue the LCS tomorrow morning between 7-10a CDT. Good luck!
I'll get things back on schedule with us continuing the LCS tomorrow morning (8/15) between 7-10a CDT. Good luck!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Alrighty I'll run Game 7 right now then @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds @AC - Maryland
I was going to throw Porter but he was not full rested
Congrats on a great season @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds Porter is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
I'll kick off the National Cup Series this morning @AC - Maryland @idaho
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Quick browse of league history, saw MA in 2051 winning it all after .500 regular season was lowest until today. Spuds had about a 30% chance of making playoffs on September 1 and went 38-21 from then on out. ๐ณ
Shows anything can happen if you make the playoffs. Congrats on the strong run!
I'll look to grab pending exports and advance towards awards voting day today. Likely will give a final day for voting then start rollover tomorrow (Wed 8/21)
Need Season Awards and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, WI @wis-gm, LA @cbj-blaze (HOF only)
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Geez 29 innings in spring training
That might be the highest number of innings I've seen in an OOTP game?
What a beautiful boxscore. Glad it was in spring training and we had the pitchers to spare
29 ST innings....crazy! Opening day roster is 26 players? Is that correct?? (Been away for a bit. Recovering from surgery.)
I'll get an export in real quick if you can wait a sec @NPBL Commish
2100 parties are out of control apparently
Not sure why sometimes random team's International Complex player injuries show up in the Injuries log either ๐
The 2100 people are wimps. In my day, we called it a hangover. Took 2 aspirin and went to work.
I'll run Sim 10 between 10a-2p today with the goal in the first half of that. Thanks guys!
Likely will be closer to 12pm CDT so a final chance for exports if you want
So his player info says he's on my Fort Worth R league team. I know we've seen this before but I don't remember how to get him back from Neverneverland
If you can search for the player then promote to lowest/next level, the player should show up. I bet they are in the non-existent Rookie League International Complex.
Thanks, I was just having a hard time finding them in the system. Finally found them both and put them in the minors. Thanks for the assist.
You bet. I wish these IAFA draftees wouldn't sometimes/everytime go to this non-existent roster.
I actually found another guy from last year's draft. Just have to keep an eye on those guys with the foreign names.
yeah I've had that problem recently. wish there was a way to send these draftees to the real IC instead of watching them struggle at R for 2-3 years.
I have a short list that I put them on (so theyโre easy to find) and call them up same as I do regular ic guys. They seem to develop like the others.
Oh...so you just leave them in R IC for a couple years and then track them down and do the promotion thing? Interesting idea...never thought about that.
Yep, I put them on a โlimboโ shortlist right after the draft so theyโre all in one place (including previous years players). Makes them easy to find later and I donโt have to remember who is in limbo, I can just look at the shortlist when I want to check them for promotion.
That's a good idea and I'd be curious on the development on this players. I swear these IAFA draftee used to go into the team's IC but seemingly that is not the case any more.
Development seems normal if not slightly better than regular IC. Thatโs probably because they are draft picks rather than random scouting finds. But they definitely develop.
Sorry guys I've been absent for a few weeks, real life work and school is kicking my butt for the time being, I'll hop back in this weekend
Quick note for the league:
In case you've noticed and/or were curious, I've been trying to locate and move out of limbo the roster violation missing players from the commish report. These are likely IAFA draftees but also could be minor leaguers that have reached a roster size/age limit but the next level of minors is full thus putting the player in limbo land.
Just something to keep an eye out for from your GM pov. Keeping your minor league levels in order will help with this too. I will also do a better job of helping ensure IAFA draftees don't fall in the cracks in the future as well.
Need ASG voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm, CA @California
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
The All-Stars are in a class by themselves. The star performers from the Great Explorers League and Founding Fathers League will soon do battle in the 2100 National Pastime Baseball League All-Star Game. It's an annual diamond spectacular that takes place at the midpoint of the season. Two superb ballclubs taking each other on in the All-Star Classic to determine the best league for this year. The talented stars are playing for league pride. Each roster is filled with standout performers.
The Great Explorers League All-Stars feature these players:
SP Manuel Bibiano (MN) - 9-2, 1.81 ERA, 114.2 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 10.5 K/9, 3.1 WAR
SP Gary Boyd (ID) - 8-5, 1.43 ERA, 107.0 IP, 0.76 WHIP, 9.1 K/9, 3.7 WAR
SP John Jarvis (IL) - 8-5, 1.84 ERA, 132.0 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 3.0 WAR
SP James Rasmussen (WI) - 10-4, 1.99 ERA, 126.2 IP, 1.02 WHIP, 6.7 K/9, 2.2 WAR
SP Kyle Sanders (CA) - 6-4, 1.55 ERA, 133.1 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 6.7 K/9, 3.4 WAR
SP Brad Williams (MN) - 7-6, 1.90 ERA, 109.0 IP, 0.87 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, 3.5 WAR
RP Marcos Martรญnez (IL) - 0-0, 0.92 ERA, 39.0 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, 0.8 WAR
CL Ricardo Banuchi (CO) - 1-0, 9 SV, 1.47 ERA, 73.2 IP, 0.77 WHIP, 11.1 K/9, 1.9 WAR
CL Josh Collins (WI) - 2-1, 22 SV, 1.62 ERA, 44.1 IP, 0.88 WHIP, 9.9 K/9, 1.0 WAR
CL Juan Domingo (IL) - 1-2, 25 SV, 2.05 ERA, 44.0 IP, 0.89 WHIP, 8.8 K/9, 0.6 WAR
CL Esteban Encarnaciรณn (CA) - 3-3, 15 SV, 1.84 ERA, 49.0 IP, 0.82 WHIP, 9.9 K/9, 1.4 WAR
CL Francisco Guzmรกn (UT) - 5-3, 20 SV, 1.73 ERA, 41.2 IP, 0.91 WHIP, 8.9 K/9, 1.6 WAR
C Robert Bennett (CA) - .257/.325/.322, 214 AB, 21 SB, 102 wRC+, 2.1 WAR
C Paul Williams (CO) - .222/.268/.305, 239 AB, 78 wRC+, 1.1 WAR
1B Germano Aniceto (UT) - .271/.349/.546, 306 AB, 22 HR, 1 SB, 184 wRC+, 3.7 WAR
1B Billy King (CA) - .218/.332/.440, 298 AB, 17 HR, 1 SB, 158 wRC+, 3.4 WAR
2B Edgardo Carlos (ID) - .233/.292/.340, 288 AB, 5 HR, 3 SB, 104 wRC+, 3.4 WAR
2B Bill Hartman (MN) - .274/.315/.460, 226 AB, 9 HR, 155 wRC+, 1.8 WAR
3B Nick Martรญnez (MN) - .272/.327/.477, 302 AB, 13 HR, 2 SB, 161 wRC+, 3.8 WAR
3B Felipe Ochoa (UT) - .242/.332/.466, 281 AB, 17 HR, 165 wRC+, 3.7 WAR
SS Josรฉ Gallegos (MN) - .241/.305/.422, 294 AB, 11 HR, 134 wRC+, 4.9 WAR
SS Luis Lรณpez (IL) - .273/.340/.521, 311 AB, 17 HR, 28 SB, 188 wRC+, 6.5 WAR
CF Jon Henderson (CA) - .245/.324/.523, 310 AB, 23 HR, 6 SB, 184 wRC+, 5.1 WAR
CF Mason Horton (UT) - .313/.362/.439, 326 AB, 3 HR, 35 SB, 162 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
RF Ken Berry (MN) - .266/.322/.492, 319 AB, 18 HR, 6 SB, 170 wRC+, 4.7 WAR
RF Dino Buonaiuti (CO) - .243/.350/.457, 210 AB, 12 HR, 1 SB, 166 wRC+, 2.0 WAR
RF Ronnie Thompson (ID) - .294/.354/.489, 235 AB, 11 HR, 1 SB, 182 wRC+, 3.4 WAR
RF Ed Wilson (NV) - .306/.348/.537, 242 AB, 12 HR, 9 SB, 189 wRC+, 3.3 WAR
On the Founding Fathers League All-Star roster will be:
SP Raleigh Brown (FL) - 4-6, 1.83 ERA, 133.0 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 3.7 WAR
SP Tom Porter (TN) - 8-5, 2.13 ERA, 114.1 IP, 0.87 WHIP, 11.3 K/9, 4.7 WAR
SP Josรฉ Rรญos (GA) - 9-2, 1.63 ERA, 132.2 IP, 0.83 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 4.4 WAR
SP Raรบl Urana (AL) - 8-2, 0.99 ERA, 100.0 IP, 0.84 WHIP, 7.6 K/9, 3.1 WAR
SP Rodrigo Vega (PA) - 7-6, 2.18 ERA, 119.2 IP, 0.84 WHIP, 10.2 K/9, 4.6 WAR
SP John Wilson (AL) - 8-4, 1.69 ERA, 117.1 IP, 0.76 WHIP, 9.7 K/9, 2.8 WAR
RP Tony De Jesรบs (NJ) - 1-1, 6 SV, 0.59 ERA, 30.1 IP, 0.79 WHIP, 10.7 K/9, 0.9 WAR
RP Bill Grant (MA) - 3-2, 1.24 ERA, 58.0 IP, 0.78 WHIP, 9.5 K/9, 1.4 WAR
RP Roberto Pรฉrez Jr. (NJ) - 3-3, 11 SV, 1.94 ERA, 83.1 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 7.8 K/9, 0.6 WAR
RP Edgar Vรกzquez (MA) - 4-3, 1.62 ERA, 66.2 IP, 0.67 WHIP, 9.3 K/9, 1.8 WAR
RP Gregory Walker (AL) - 7-3, 1.57 ERA, 46.0 IP, 1.02 WHIP, 11.0 K/9, 1.7 WAR
CL Andreas Kelly (AL) - 1-3, 29 SV, 2.06 ERA, 48.0 IP, 0.71 WHIP, 8.2 K/9, -0.0 WAR
C Alfonso Castro (GA) - .245/.290/.423, 253 AB, 10 HR, 1 SB, 136 wRC+, 1.6 WAR
C Martin Doidge (TN) - .194/.269/.387, 222 AB, 11 HR, 114 wRC+, 1.4 WAR
1B Vinnie Doig (MD) - .244/.318/.450, 307 AB, 16 HR, 4 SB, 156 wRC+, 4.6 WAR
1B Carlos Gรณmez (MD) - .251/.315/.521, 215 AB, 16 HR, 2 SB, 177 wRC+, 2.1 WAR (Injured)
1B Dale Weeks (TN) - .241/.316/.438, 315 AB, 18 HR, 150 wRC+, 3.3 WAR
2B Mario Acosta (MA) - .233/.287/.360, 317 AB, 6 HR, 5 SB, 108 wRC+, 2.2 WAR
2B Roy Golunski (PA) - .290/.328/.363, 314 AB, 8 SB, 123 wRC+, 1.1 WAR
3B Keith Armstrong (NJ) - .277/.346/.399, 271 AB, 6 HR, 2 SB, 149 wRC+, 2.7 WAR
3B Javier Reynoso (PA) - .226/.288/.459, 270 AB, 16 HR, 1 SB, 147 wRC+, 3.0 WAR
SS John Cramer (MD) - .217/.301/.473, 277 AB, 21 HR, 9 SB, 156 wRC+, 3.0 WAR
SS Harvey Madden (MA) - .234/.274/.436, 312 AB, 14 HR, 1 SB, 132 wRC+, 4.3 WAR
LF Denver Carlisle (VA) - .242/.297/.351, 194 AB, 4 HR, 11 SB, 107 wRC+, 1.2 WAR
LF Manny Cruz (MD) - .239/.339/.444, 306 AB, 13 HR, 4 SB, 159 wRC+, 2.9 WAR
CF Rick Robinson (FL) - .269/.329/.442, 249 AB, 7 HR, 18 SB, 150 wRC+, 3.5 WAR
RF Caliban Bok (LA) - .246/.329/.439, 289 AB, 13 HR, 1 SB, 152 wRC+, 2.4 WAR
RF Jim Brewer (VA) - .225/.288/.470, 298 AB, 15 HR, 6 SB, 148 wRC+, 3.3 WAR
StatsPlus update note from Dave:
Today a new link was added to the League->Reports menu called All Players. This is a view of the ratings of all active players in the game, including your majors, minors, internationals, and feeders.
Like most reports on S+, it is filterable and sortable by most of the columns.
https://statsplus.net/screenshots/all_players.png
so...for the first time in forever, actually played above .500 ball in a month (month of July). so decided to make some 'aggressive' moves to see if I can end the year on a nice little run ...have gone 4-15 since. I need to learn how to leave good enough alone.
@NPBL Commish Any chance of a sim tomorrow to finish out the 3 regular season games, so then theres the weekend for playoff teams to get ready?
Good idea! I'm all thrown off on my days this week.
Let's plan to finish up the Regular Season tomorrow (Fri 10/18) morning.
Welcome to the league @Larry Link - Michigan who will take over Michigan
We'll have a Game 163 for the battle of the below .500 teams for the final GEL Wildcard too which involves Michigan
No rush at all @Larry Link - Michigan. Welcome to the league!
Let me know when you and @wis-gm are ready to go for Game 163.
@NPBL Commish - I did mine real fast and exported. Good luck @wis-gm
I'll be away from the house for a few hours but if we are ready later tonight, I'll proceed. Otherwise, we'll try to run Game 163 tomorrow. Thanks and good luck!
I got my roster down to 26 before the G163 sim, so I'm ready for the playoffs without another export.
Playoffs Sim 1 export status:
California Lions @California - โ
Utah Scorpions @Brett- Utah - โ
Wisconsin Lumberjacks @wis-gm - โ
Colorado Rams @y0da55 - โ
Florida Bluefish @LT - Florida - โ
Pennsylvania Freedom @chappy - โ
Massachusetts Patriots @massgm - โ
Georgia Generals @Alex - โ
(instructions)
Byes:
Minnesota Wolves @AleksiMinnesota - โ
Idaho Spuds @idaho - โ
Alabama Iron @jeff_alabama - โ
Maryland Admirals @AC - Maryland - โ
Georgia's SP Chandler Thomas took a no-hitter into the 9th in Game 3
dave [8:59 PM]
Rolling out some enhancements tonight, mostly related to Hall of Fame, with a few rWAR-related improvements sprinkled in. Note that it may take up to a day for all of these new features to show in your league.
Hall of Fame and metrics improvements
HoF metrics
- Fix JAWS Calculation (was broken for pitchers)
- Pre-calc HoF metrics (Black/Grey Ink, HoF Standard, WAR7, JAWS)
for faster page loads
HoF ballot page
- Player cards show more awards, including Silver Slugger,
Reliever of Year, and League Champ
- Player cards show position average for HoF metrics
Player page history tab
- shows more HoF metrics, including averages for position and HoF
- highlight HoF and retired in similarity section
- show league rank in rWAR
- much faster load of tab via reduced database queries
Player page pitching stats tab
- red highlight for rWAR season leader
Player Leaderboard page
- Show rWAR leaders
Some screenshots included here: https://headwayapp.co/statsplus-updates/hall-of-fame-metrics-and-more-303324
@NPBL Commish Utah is ready for game 7 as well with posted instructions.
Good stuff guys. I'll get Game 7 going soon then @idaho @Brett- Utah
Remaining 4 are the 4 division winners. Chalky postseason this year. Good luck to those still playing.
I can run another sim today whenever AL is ready @jeff_alabama. No rush at all. Otherwise, we'll plan to continue tomorrow morning. Good luck!
โฆand we hit the Iron Ceiling once again. Nice dagger @AC - Maryland
Thanks. It was a nice season but we need a couple of power hitters to take the next step. @AC - Maryland Good luck in the finals!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada MA @mass_gm
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Thanks! A great series once again๐ค Minnesota is ready to hopefully end Maryland's unbeaten postseason run
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada MA @mass_gm
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Amazing run! 12-0 in the playoffs!!! โ ๐
The team was extra motivated after losing 4-1 in last seasonโs Championship.
Vinnie Doig spoke to team before the playoffs advising to stay focused on the goal.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm, MA @massgm
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Sounds like we might have found someone for the Virginia vacancy ๐
WOW. brutal development for my set-up man. Curveball Pot decreased from 9 to 4
WI GM here. I'll be in the hospital for a while. So just auto for me as you have been. TY...sorry about that.
Hey @wis-gm. I'd be happy to cover while you're recovering. Take care and definitely no need to apologize. Hopefully a speedy recovery.
Working on our HTML Reports. Looks like the history pages got unchecked somehow after 2096. Re-running reports export now.
https://statsplus.net/npbl/reports/news/html/history/league_100_index.html is now updated past 2096
Need ASG voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, FL @LT - Florida
https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Need ASG voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, WI @wis-gm, NV @Zach - Nevada, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds
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Due before our next sim!
not sure i did hit import today and yesterday. luckily no npbl games, just the asg.
Over in the GEL, the final two wildcards will be sub .500 teams ๐
Oh boy. Looks like we get a game 163 to determine which 72-90 team makes the playoffs lol.
LETS GO JETHAWKS! Half the team is injuredโฆthis should be funโฆlol
Not sure but I'm going to guess 73-90 would be one of the lowest win% to make the playoffs in our history
Reminder that I'm planning for us to move to OOTP25 after this season
Playoffs Sim 1 Export Status:
Nevada - @Zach - Nevada โ
Idaho - @idaho โ
Colorado - @y0da55 โ
Michigan - @Larry Link - Michigan โ
Florida - @LT - Florida โ
Massachusetts - @massgm โ
Louisiana - @cbj-blaze โ
Georgia - @Alex โ
Byes:
Utah - @Brett- Utah โ
Minnesota - @AleksiMinnesota โ
Maryland - @AC - Maryland โ
Alabama - @jeff_alabama โ
I don't want to incorrectly assume any exports from before today's Game 163 sim are final ones before the playoffs so would like to confirm here and/or with a new export. Thanks and good luck guys!
good luck @Zach - Nevada. Please be gentle to my 73 win club ;)
@Zach - Nevada, @jeff_alabama if you're able to get down to 26 players that would be awesome
Afternoon got crazy. We'll likely pause until Thurs morn unless those involved in Game 7s are ready tomorrow (Wed). Thanks and good luck all!
I got my export in. Export tracker shows Louisiana did too. So it's a question if @Larry Link - Michigan and @Zach - Nevada are ready.
G7 was a microcosm of the whole series.
LA up early, MA crawls back in. It goes down to the wire and MA barely pulls it out.
๐คฌ Heisenberg!??!
Man, we're going to read about that in the papers tomorrow.
Good series, Massawhoozits.
We thought we were 2101's Team of Destiny, but now I guess that's you guys.
Go get 'em!
nothing is certain when Heisenberg enters (or doesn't enter) the game.
Playoffs Sim 5 (Divisional Series start) export status:
Utah @Brett- Utah - โ
Nevada @Zach - Nevada - โ
Minnesota @AleksiMinnesota - โ
Colorado @y0da55 - โ
Alabama @jeffalabama - โ
Massachusetts @mass_gm - โ
Maryland @AC - Maryland - โ
Georgia @Alex - โ
With the new series start, I want to confirm that everyone is ready to proceed with a new export and/or post saying you're ready.
If we're still waiting in the morning to confirm, I'll just give everyone a day to prepare and we'll start on Fri 1/17.
Thanks and good luck guys!
Any changes for the Divisional Series @Zach - Nevada @y0da55 @Alex?
Planning on continuing tomorrow morning unless anyone needs some extra time. Thanks and good luck!
Nevada trying to claw back! Our SP got a 2 RBI knock before exiting injured in the 5th inning. ๐
Ah man! Setup man gives up a go-ahead bases-tying double in the bottom of the 8th.
Congrats @Brett- Utah , you staved us off just long enough, good luck the rest of the way!
Great series @mass_gm! The Iron fortunate to win three in a row.
Now we either get some hitting against MD or hit the iron ceiling once again.
Good luck @jeff_alabama. I just came off a series where I came back being down 3-1 to win, and this one I was up 3-1 and lost
Any exports for you @Brett- Utah @jeff_alabama? No rush, just let me know whenever you're ready. Good luck to the final four.
Voting reminder in StatsPlus to everyone who hasn't yet.
Oops missed the big time zone delay for game 2. It's about to start.
Nice outing by rookie Harris Bergin, who had a no-hitter earlier this season.
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, AL @jeffalabama, LA @cbj-blaze, NJ @koohead, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, MI @Larry Link - Michigan, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, MA @mass_gm
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Only two runs scored by the losing side through six games. Four shutouts and one run each in the other two games.
Congrats on the comeback @jeff_alabama! MN falls short once again
Thanks! The Iron pitching and defense did not go to waste (finally). We managed to win three game sevens and came back from being down 3 games to 1 twice. Whew ๐
Four double plays in game seven including an outfield assist at home plate.
Rookie SP Harris Bergin kept us in the game with a decent outing and also hit a triple and scored.
Minnesota has now lost the National Cup in a game 7 in 2097, 2098 and 2101๐ณ also got swept in 2100
Refreshing myself on the process but looks like if you want to start upgrading your NPBL file from OOTP24 to OOTP25, you are free to do so. There are other options if needed too.
Getting GMs Set Up
GMs can get to the latest version several different ways:
~Do the same import process of the league file on their own computer, upgrading from previous version to latest
~After the new file is uploaded, the GM can download the new league file zip from the league export page, unzip it in a new .lg folder in the latest version saved_games folder, then create a settings folder in the new .lg folder, and put the accountsdata_gms.dat file into settings.
~Create and send out quick start code to each GM who wants one. Note that even in OOTP24, quick start codes sometimes over-write settings in other OOTP leagues the user is in and cause some pain. They work most of the time, but not always.
https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/league-hosting/upgrading-ootp-version
I'm out of town and won't be able to import/export until Sunday afternoon.
oh and yeah, just to mention I do have 25 already and all set to import/export as soon as I get home.
I was going to do this option:
~After the new file is uploaded, the GM can download the new league file zip from the league export page, unzip it in a new .lg folder in the latest version savedgames folder, then create a settings folder in the new .lg folder, and put the accountsdatagms.dat file into settings.
https://www.matthewrstreeter.com/ootp/npbl/downloads/ has file dates of 2023
I can update that location later. There is the Export Tracker location that has it for StatsPlus too I believe. https://statsplus.net/npbl/exports/
Some serious normalizing of pitcher ratings. Wonder if that will bring more offense?
Have OOTP25 now. Team has been exported. Still have some health issues but I'll be more involved with my team/exports I hope. GL with the new version!
Anybody with experience in 25:
How does the development lab work as far as timing? Can it only be used during offseason or can it be used year round? If only offseason do we need to have a break or two in the offseason sim so we can make adjustments?
Does our not having coaches make it useless or only less effective?
And there are lots of different development options - some 3-4 months long some 3-4 weeks
This is updating now and the final zip is uploading currently for anyone that would prefer this route
Canโt wait until we use the development lab here
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @Larry_Washington, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds
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I'll look to close up voting tomorrow morning. We'll have some extra time while we make sure everyone gets upgraded to OOTP25. Thanks!
Need Season Awards and HOF voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, WA @LarryWashington, WI @wis-gm
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Need OOTP25 Export from: CA @California, CO @y0da55, GA @Alex, LA @cbj-blaze, MN @AleksiMinnesota, NJ @koohead, PA @chappy, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds, WA @Larry_Washington
Have you thought about breaking offseason into maybe three sims so we can make adjustments to development labs? Still not entirely sure how it works, but if itโs limited to offseason and if some of the programs are short it would be nice to be able to make adjustments. @NPBL Commish
I'd be fine doing that too. I'm not sure entirely how it works as well.
โHowever, once a player completes their program, their slot remains occupied for the entire offseason, and no other player can use that slot until the next offseason.โ
If this is true then multiple offseason sims would not be needed. I thought I saw somewhere that this is wrong though. Have to test it I guess.
Jeff, I think there are some programs that take less than a full off-season, but maybe that is a setting that has changeable
Do you know if itโs true that if a slot is used for a short program that it canโt be used again until next offseason?
I haven't played 25 in about four months, but I think you could use a slot for two separate players in the same off-season if they are each on short programs
So potentially, you could get two people for a short cycle one in the same off-season
Suggestion: Since this is our first go with this development lab... could we all have a test? Run things to next opening day, but we all know it won't count. Then restore from a backup and run for real.
Just created a solo fictional league and took it through to first offseason. I set up short (5-6 weeks) dev lab programs for all available slots, had those guys complete their programs and their slots were available for additional programs in the same offseason.
So that quote I posted above is apparently wrong. Which means we would benefit from breaking the offseason sim up so we can run multiple guys through short programs.
You can set players on a 3-4 week program or 4-5 month program. (Maybe some lengths in-between?).
Just considering 1 development slot... MGR A could use the offseason time to stack like 5-7 different players in that slot using all 3-4 week programs. (If there were enough breaks in the sim to do so)
MGR B could use that slot for 1 player in a 4-5 month program.
Looks like we have about 15 weeks before spring training. It would take 12 weeks to complete two 5-6 week programs if they both go 6 weeks. So we just need one break if we assume weโre going to get some 5-6 week programs. Would need multiple breaks to account for both 3-4 (using three times) and 5-6 (using twice) week programs.
Now - initial programs
Breaks at:
5 weeks (for second 3-4 week program)
7 weeks (for second 5-6 week program)
10 weeks (for third 3-4 week program)
I think that works haha
Sorry super busy last few days, I wanted to do a run in a test league but will likely do something similar to what you suggested so we can utilize the Dev Lab feature. I'll have some time today/tomorrow.
You said something about winter meetingsโฆare you thinking about introducing roster and/or age limits in minors?
Would having a week (4 sims) of Offseason/Preseason sims for the Dev Lab work for everyone? I actually don't have any experience with this new feature so want to poll the league. If we do 4 sims of a month each in the game doing like the 15th of the month to the next 15th? This would potentially look like:
Offseason Sim 1: Nov 15 - Dec 15
Offseason Sim 2: Dec 15 - Jan 15
Offseason Sim 3: Jan 15 - Feb 15
Offseason Sim 4: Feb 15 - start of Spring Training (only like 2 weeks, usually beginning of March)
Maybe do 3 week stretches? Totally open to getting this setup the best way for us.
I think three-week stretches would allow more flexibility, we can always adjust next year.
no real preference...the Dev Lab is pretty hit or miss so I'm not too worried about missing a week or something like that.
FYI for the Offseason Sims
For players that went through a long program in the development lab, there is 1 day remaining. I know we went right to the beginning of Spring Training, so that makes sense, but it'd be nice if it synced up better.
Good to know. I think that will be fixed next year and beyond, I advanced an extra day at the start while we figured out how to proceed.
my guys really did well with the extra bunting training. look out for the blaze this year.
nice to see so many hitting prospects in the draft. though they all seem to be about 12 years old, so we won't see a big effect for awhile.
Obviously it's very early in the season, but I think maybe we've seen the end of our deadball era.
Was just coming here to comment about the uptick in offense. Might be small sample size...but I wonder if league totals and modifiers got recalculated when we migrated to '25? I know there were some under the hood engine changes due to the BABIP addition.
man, my pitching staff got hammered in the lates development update. 25 downgrades for 8 pitchers.
It's how OOTP25 is changing our league from a pitcher's league to a hitter's league. Pretty much all pitchers around the league took hits.
Ha on the injury. Thankfully its a .5 star IAFA player.
so going from a pitchers league to a hitters league was jarring...but it sure has evened things out. look at the parity across the league. 2 months in and the standings flip flop every week.
I appear to be missing four draftees - Rod Wiebe, Luis Miranda, Ricardo Garcia and Jose Fernandez. Thanks!
Need ASG voting in StatsPlus from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, WA @Larry_Washington, WI @wis-gm, MI @Larry Link - Michigan, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds
We'll just sim tomorrow morning (Tues 3/25). Thanks guys
2102 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Seth Hinton (ID)
1B: Quinn Carson (WI)
2B: Josรฉ Gallegos (MN)
3B: Nick Martรญnez (MN)
SS: John Malcolm (WA)
OF: Jon Henderson (CA)
OF: Jim Jones (UT)
OF: Alejandro Rรญos (WI)
SP: Jayson Goodman (MN)
Reserves
CA: Harry Engler (NV) [Commish selection]
1B: Germano Aniceto (UT)
2B: Martin Elder (UT) [Commish selection]
3B: Luis Rogers (CO)
SS: Luis Lรณpez (IL)
OF: Mario Valdรฉs (MN)
OF: Miguel Hernรกndez (MN)
OF: Mason Horton (UT) [Commish selection]
SP: Andrew Bermรบdez (NV)
SP: Joe Camp (NV)
SP: Rafael Ortรญz (UT)
SP: Roberto Dรกvila (WI)
SP: Andrรฉs Ortรญz (CO)
RP: Carlos Moreno (WI)
RP: Thomas Gentry (NV)
RP: Donald Brown (ID)
RP: Roberto Ortega (MN)
RP: Roger Anderson (WI)
RP: Dan Gibson (UT)
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Jesรบs Carranza (NJ)
1B: Brett Fisher (GA)
2B: Earl Meeks (GA)
3B: Manuel Garcรญa (NJ)
SS: John Cramer (MD) [unanimous]
OF: Denver Carlisle (VA)
OF: Vinnie Doig (MD)
OF: Joseph Pether (AL)
SP: Andy Dixon (TN)
Reserves
CA: Bartolo Ibarra (FL)
1B: Alonso Bernal (NJ)
2B: Alejandro Valera (AL)
3B: Tomรกs Reyna (TN)
SS: Sean Jackson (PA) [Commish selection]
OF: Caliban Bok (LA)
OF: Tony Noble (MA) [Commish selection]
OF: Mike Sims (AL) [Commish selection]
SP: Michael Cox (GA)
SP: Shou-feng Bu (MD)
SP: Sergio Vargas (MD)
SP: Patrick Briggs (NJ)
SP: Josรฉ รvila (AL)
RP: Edgar Vรกzquez (MA)
RP: Tony De Jesรบs (NJ)
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL)
RP: Patrick Rhodes (MD)
RP: Juan Viesca (LA)
RP: Octรกvio Solรญs (MA)
I moved the Trade Deadline back a week to Monday's sim (Aug 14 in-game)
FYI... looks like in-game it is set to Sept 5, which would mean we couldn't do call-ups after tomorrow's sim.
my AAA pitchers would love to come up, but they have dental appointments, or tired arms or bi-lateral leg weakness, or have funerals to go to, or something else. next week might be better, they say.
Seems like 4 wildcards might be too many now with multiple at/below 500 teams making the playoffs ๐
34 players retired from the AL minor league system this year haha yikes.
Gah of course something came up at work but will start it by 3-315 Central
๐ก sorry guys, my remote tool isnโt working for me. Had to step away but canโt get connected. Likely will just get started right away in the morning.
I'm going to run AFBL's sim scheduled from last night first then will start Playoffs Sim 2 for NPBL. Thanks and good luck guys. I'll also get voting enabled in StatsPlus too.
that's very wild. I'm still not sure what happened. The box score says Michigan won, 8-6.
but it doesn't list a winning pitcher, so I'm guessing it's old news. 9-8. never thought that could happen.
Richard Nixon Alexander finished the playoffs with a 121.50 era. I think that might be some sort of record.
Divisional Series Export Status:
WA - โ
MN - โ
(instructions)
WI - โ
UT - โ
LA - โ
MD - โ
TN - โ
AL - โ
I can wait a bit to make sure everyone has a chance to set DS lineups. Any need for an export @AC - Maryland, @wis-gm, @Larry_Washington?
good luck Maryland! that was a fun series. 2-1 in the last game was a surprise.
Probably not a lot of championship games where the losing team scores 9 lol
Awesome, let's get the National Cup final wrapped up tonight @jeff_alabama @Brett- Utah
I'll work on advancing the game a day to get to the Offseason in-game when I can today for a new file
Will we break up the offseason simming again for the development lab thing?
Finally have some time so will start with NPBL to get things moving again. Apologies on the delay this week guys.
I'll get FA claims caught up during the next sim, meant to do that today.
I couldn't upload. I wasn't able to upload last sim, but I thought it was a one time thing. It's giving me an error 202: upload error
3 sims ago I was able to upload.... but the past 2, I haven't been able to download the file. The Error prompt doesn't tell me much other than I can't download it
Sorry forgot to check back from the last message. I will look into this now.
Were you able to try to export for our upcoming sim? I can take a look more later after work.
Unfortunately Larry (WA) needs to step away. Thanks for your time in the league!
Need some players from the draft assigned to my Int Complex , 2nd round 1B Pedro Fernandez, 4th round 3B Eduardo Ramirez, 5th round 1B Alfonso Hernandez, 6th round SP Luis Fonseca, 8th round SP Alejandro Roses
If you are willing please move Felix pererra, Javier perelaz, Jesus Hernandez and Anastasia Villalobos to international complex
Alonso Bernal (https://statsplus.net/npbl/player/17308?page=profile) homered in 5 straight. ๐ณ๐ฅ
Billy Lane has been really good for me but that trade could look pretty bad eventually ๐
This does not load for you? https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/?league=100#ballotlist
lol owner sent this message for mid season review of goals:
โIโm very disappointed with our .610 winning percentage. I certainly expected better form you. I hope things improve in the second halfโ
Maybe he's also influenced by how you did last year? Oh, wait. You won the NPBL championship.
Need All-Star Game voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, IL @Mike- IL GM, WI @wis-gm, TN @Steven Luker- Tennessee Hounds
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Iโm constantly upset my need to make money gets in the way of my love of spending money
2103 All-Star Game Selections
Great Explorers League
Starters
CA: Ernesto Magana (IL)
1B: Carlos Rodrรญguez (WA) [unanimous 11/11]
2B: Josรฉ Gallegos (MN)
3B: Sammy Barker (WI)
SS: John Malcolm (WA)
OF: Rex Evans (NV) [unanimous 11/11]
OF: Mason Horton (UT) [unanimous 11/11]
OF: Dino Buonaiuti (CO)
SP: Dave Sewell (MN) [unanimous 11/11]
Reserves
CA: Phil Oliver (MN) [Commish selection]
1B: Ronnie Thompson (ID) [Commish selection]
2B: Martin Elder (UT)
3B: Bob Harris (UT) [Commish selection]
SS: Edgardo Carlos (ID) [Commish selection]
OF: Miguel Flores (CA)
OF: Wesley Farina (NV) [Commish selection]
OF: Carlos Ibรกรฑez [Commish selection]
SP: Jรบlio Garcรญa (MI)
SP: Diego Garza (NV)
SP: Joe Camp (NV)
SP: Jesรบs Gonzรกlez (IL)
SP: Juan Castro (UT)
RP: Arturo Gutiรฉrrez (NV)
RP: Denny McSwan (WI)
RP: Francisco Guzmรกn (UT)
RP: Alarico Lieftinck (MN)
RP: Josรฉ Guzmรกn (IL)
RP: Chase Young (NV) [Commish selection]
Founding Fathers League
Starters
CA: Bartolo Ibarra (FL)
1B: Juan Ultreras (AL)
2B: Tomรกs Reyna (TN) [unanimous 11/11]
3B: Ethan Summerfield (LA)
SS: C.C. Rider (LA)
OF: Dustin McDonald (GA)
OF: Joe Krause (PA)
OF: Denver Carlisle (VA)
SP: Raleigh Brown (FL) [unanimous 11/11]
Reserves
CA: Manuel Delgado (MD)
1B: Alonso Bernal (NJ)
2B: Nick Weeks (PA) [Commish selection]
3B: Duane Joseph (MA)
SS: Harvey Madden (MA)
OF: Brett Fisher (GA)
OF: Jason Johnson (PA)
OF: Carlos Gรณmez (MD) [Commish selection]
SP: Mario Castro (FL)
SP: Harris Bergin (AL)
SP: Desmond Lee (LA)
SP: Gregory Walker (AL)
SP: Shou-feng Bu (MD) [Commish selection]
RP: Andreas Kelly (AL) [unanimous 11/11]
RP: Jeremy Farr (MA)
RP: Lonnie Ray (AL)
RP: Orlando Cruz (NJ)
RP: Octรกvio Solรญs (MA)
RP: Edgar Vรกzquez (MA)
Still have these draft players in limbo: , 2nd round 1B Pedro Fernandez, 4th round 3B Eduardo Ramirez, 5th round 1B Alfonso Hernandez, 6th round SP Luis Fonseca, 8th round SP Alejandro Roses.
Looks like my export was around the same time as your taking them this morning but was too late. Can you grab my export before simming please! Thanks @NPBL Commish
Ugh. We're slumping at the wrong time. Not that there is a good time.
NPBL Wildcard Showdown: Nevada Jacks vs. Idaho Spuds
By NPBL on FOX Staff โ October 17, 2103
The National Pastime Baseball Leagueโs Wildcard Series kicks off Thursday night with a battle of GEL Pacific rivals who know each other all too well. The 90โ72 Nevada Jacks and 78โ84 Idaho Spuds finished second and third in the division, respectively, and while Utah ran away with the pennant, both clubs played their way into October with wild card berths.
This is a best-of-seven series with no shortage of intrigue โ and no shortage of contrasts.
The Long Climb Back for Nevada
For the Jacks, October baseball has been a long time coming in the form of legitimate contention. They havenโt hung a division banner since 1961, but since GM/manager Zach Larson took over in 2094, the franchise has been trending up from decades of mediocrity. Back-to-back 89+ win seasons and now a 90-win campaign have them believing a deep run is within reach.
The centerpiece? LF Rex Evans, who led the entire NPBL with a .425 on-base percentage and posted a monster 7.8 WAR. He scored 118 runs, mashed 37 homers, and anchored a lineup that ranked 3rd in the league in runs scored (788) and 2nd in stolen bases (128).
Idahoโs Speed and Grit
Idahoโs record may not pop, but donโt be fooled โ this team gave Nevada fits all year, taking 11 of 18 in the season series. The Spuds bring elite speed, headlined by CF Salvador Alcorta, whose 55 steals led the league. Idahoโs offense thrives on pressure and disruption, and against Jacks catcher Harry Englerโs below-average throwing arm, that could become a deciding factor.
Ace vs. Ace โ and a Lot in Between
The Game 1 matchup features Nevadaโs Diego Garza (12โ6, 3.07 ERA) against Idahoโs Alejandro Soto (13โ5, 3.54 ERA). Both are among the stingiest pitchers in baseball when it comes to issuing free passes โ Garzaโs 1.8 BB/9 was fifth in the NPBL, while Soto led the league at just 1.5 BB/9.
Nevadaโs true hammer, though, is Joe Camp (12โ6, 2.64 ERA, 6.0 WAR), second only to Michiganโs Julio Garcia in pitcher WAR this season. Heโll likely start Games 1 and 4, giving the Jacks a decided edge at the top of the rotation.
Idaho has workhorse Tony Martรญnez (33.0 IP vs. Nevada this year) and hard-luck strikeout artist Millard Lynch, but theyโll need to carefully navigate the Pablo Bonilla question โ the veteran righty surrendered an NPBL-high 35 home runs in 2103. Against a power bat like Evans, thatโs a dangerous mix.
Keys to the Series
- Can Idaho keep Evans off base? If the OBP king is living on the basepaths, Nevadaโs run machine will hum.
- Will Alcorta run wild? The Spudsโ speed advantage is real, especially against a catcher who struggles to control the running game.
- Home run danger for Idaho โ limiting the long ball will be essential, particularly when Bonilla is on the mound.
- Camp Control โ if Joe Camp delivers two shutdown outings, Idaho will have to steal wins against Garza or Andrew Bermรบdez to survive.
Outlook
The Spuds proved they can beat Nevada in the regular season, but October is a different animal. Nevadaโs combination of top-end pitching, patient and powerful offense, and steadier defense make them the favorite on paper. Idaho will need to maximize their speed, win the late innings, and hope their rotation keeps the ball in the yard.
Expect tense games, momentum swings, and at least one high-scoring shootout.
Prediction: Nevada in 6 โ but donโt be shocked if Idahoโs legs and timely hitting turn this into a full seven-game war.
Good luck @idaho!
NPBL 2103 Playoff Preview
The road to the pennant begins October 18 with four first-round matchups that mix recent trends with decades of history.
Tennessee Hounds vs. Massachusetts Patriots
At 79โ83, the Hounds may be the only sub-.500 playoff team, but theyโve owned the season series (8โ4) against the Patriots. Massachusetts โ a five-time champion since 2000 โ counters with the NPBLโs best home record (53โ28) and the leagueโs hottest hitter, J. Rodrรญguez, riding a 12-game streak. The Patriots also carry a commanding all-time series lead since 2079 (191โ107).
Wisconsin Lumberjacks vs. Michigan Militia
The Lumberjacks (80โ82) are one of the NPBLโs winningest franchises with seven championships, and they took 11 of 18 from Michigan this year. The Militia (83โ79), still searching for their first title since joining in 2027, will rely on ace J. Fajardo, whoโs been dominant down the stretch, and a 49โ32 home record to tilt the series.
Pennsylvania Locomotives vs. Alabama Iron
Two evenly matched 88โ74 clubs square off, with the nine-time champion Locomotives trying to overcome a 7โ5 season-series deficit. Alabama, a two-time champ, leans on a lights-out bullpen anchored by J. Roberts, who hasnโt allowed a run in his last six appearances. Pennsylvaniaโs G. Dรญaz enters unbeaten in eight straight starts, giving the Locos a strong counterpunch.
Idaho Spuds vs. Nevada Jacks
The Spuds (78โ84) struggled overall but have been a thorn in Nevadaโs side, winning 11 of 18 meetings. Idahoโs seven titles speak to their postseason pedigree. The Jacks (90โ72), who last won it all decades ago, bring a 52โ29 home record and the hot bat of M. Jones, hitting in 10 straight. Since 2079, Idaho holds a 237โ179 edge in the all-time series.
Love experimenting. The better info you give it the better the result!
@cbj-blaze are you able to get your LA Blaze roster down to 26 (even with the bye) quickly? If not, I can do my best.
thanks commish. Work does get in the way of the important things in life.
Louisiana Blaze @cbj-blaze
Nevada Jacks @Zach - Nevada
Wisconsin Lumberjacks @wis-gm
Any export or changes for the Divisional Series?
^ new scheduled export status feature of StatsPlus I've enabled to send on Mon-Thurs an hour before our Sim window.
A newStatsPlus feature rolled out today:
Another requested feature rolled out this morning, a "Counter" option for trade offers from another GM. This feature is live for everyone, but it's possible there will be 1-2 small bugs to sort out, I'll be watching closely for issues.
Choosing counter-offer will take the GM back to the "Propose" tab, with the players/picks/cash in the trade pre-populated. If the GM proceeds to send a new trade offer promptly from the Propose tab, the new offer will be sent as a counter-offer, and the original trade offer will be automatically declined and removed from the list of pending trades.
My choice to delete the original offers is purposeful, to prevent old offers from sticking around. Also, it would be significant added work to try and track the sequence of offers and counter-offers, so there is no history related to this. If you make a counter-offer, the original offer essentially disappears except for the original message sent in Slack/Discord.
The wiki page about the trade tool was updated to reflect the new feature, see https://wiki.statsplus.net/en/web-tools/trade-tool
Screenshot of where the Counter button lives is below.
Late start sorry but looks like we're ready to start the LCS. Good luck!
Reminder for voting if you have not yet. Thanks!
Unfortunately Jeff (Alabama) is stepping away from OOTP and the league
Need Season Award and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, ID @idaho, IL @Mike- IL GM (missing most), NV @Zach - Nevada, MA @mass_gm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Time to get the hounds there first title since 2075
Congrats @Aleksi_Minnesota on getting revenge on last years elimination. Good luck in the championship
Need Season Award and HOF voting from: PA @chappy, GA @Alex, IL @Mike- IL GM (missing most), NV @Zach - Nevada, MA @mass_gm
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
Thanks @Brett- Utah! This is my first title with the Wolves after losing several times in the national cup ๐
For a team that four games under .500 making it that far surprises me
Dave from StatsPlus posted this today
Some more new pages on S+ this morning, started adding some Team History pages. A few are reproductions of pages from the OOTP HTML history pages, with some S+ enhancements.
There are three new pages - Record (team record by year), Batters By Year and Pitchers by Year. For the Batters and Pitchers page, can click the small ? icon in the upper left of the table for more information. Hover on player names to get quick info, or click in the empty space by a player name to highlight that player on the whole table.
The leaderboard links go to the existing Historical Leaderboard pages, but with the options already selected for the team to make it much quicker to get to the data.
Could these messages be moved to a different thread? I feel it bogs down the main discussion channel.
Does anyone have a non-Steam version of OOTP25 and have only installed it on 1 system? If so, would you mind sharing the 2nd install for a potential new member?
Apparently you're not able to purchase OOTP25 any more..
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The other alternative is to try updating to OOTP26 to see if that helps fill our vacancies.
I just know we need to find 2 new members in my opinion at the minimum.
I'm just not super confident in finding 4 new members quickly (let alone over a season) and still be in this same spot next offseason. I'd prefer to eliminate having multiple vacant (CPU adjusted each sim by myself) teams for myself and the rest of the league.
Definitely send folks my way if you have anyone that would be interested. Thanks guys!
Iโm definitely open to moving to 26- didnโt we go from 24 to 25 about a year ago for the development lab?
Is anyone opposed? I think it could help recruit a bit!
Iโm fine with upgrading if thatโs the the route we go. However filling 4 teams seems extremely ambitious. Is filling 2 and then removing 2 make more sense.
18 is an odd number if we'd relegate/contract by 2 but doable if that's a compromise
Honestly had started early prep for this before extra vacancies came about at the end of the last season for transparency.
I do think ~16 teams is the sweet spot for online OOTP leagues especially with our unique setup.
With 26 there is a better development lab and also a draft combine
We could also do an OOTP upgrade this offseason then use this upcoming 2104 season to re-assess our vacancies and the plan around that in the 2104 offseason too
I really hate the idea of going less than 20 teams. Feels less than realistic
No to running multiple teams
I'd prefer to stay at 20 but it has been awhile since we've been full in in NPBL
Need Season Award and HOF voting from: GA @Alex
URL: https://statsplus.net/npbl/awards/
I'll conclude this tonight between 8-11p CDT
Planned changed for the upcoming 2104 season:
- Combine the separate AAA leagues into one league (keep Pioneer, disband Frontier)
- New agreement reached to start an Independent League (to be named) to become the new associated development league for free agents
- Current summer independent league, New York Summer League (NYSL), will be disbanded with the players on these teams dispersed into the FA pool
- NPBL vacant teams (Alabama Iron, Michigan Militia, Virginia Grays, Washington Griffins) will be relegated to this new Independent League on the first day of Preseason in-game
- Joining the 4 relegated NPBL teams in this new Independent League, will be 12 former franchises re-created to pay tribute to previous teams in the NPBL
- Connecticut Marines
- Kansas Storm
- Kentucky Colonels
- Maine Timber Kings
- Montana Warriors
- New Jersey Shore
- New Mexico Dukes
- New York Barons
- North Carolina Clippers
- Ohio Raptors
- Oregon Owls
- Rhode Island Reds
- NPBL will hold a Free Agent Draft to disperse players among rest of teams on the first the first day of Preseason in-game
- NPBL decision needed onโ: 1) keep two divisions of four teams in each league? 2) keep playoff setup as is?
Game plan would be to begin the FA Draft and start on the Offseason Sims this coming week so we start moving forward after our pause. Also plan on OOTP26 for 2105 so watch out for the next sale if you don't own a copy yet (if needed, the non-Steam version can be installed on two systems). Thanks guys!
Yes we definitely have to adjust the playoffs. I donโt know what the right setup is but it canโt be the current or thatโs most of the teams
I think adjusting to 8 teams making the playoffs instead of 12. So it matches AFBL. Still might be too many and can look at it again in the future?
With 16 teams I wouldnโt even mind 6 teams in the playoffs. 1 and 2 get a bye. 3-6 play in.
We could get real creative - 5 teams + and in season tournament champ gets a berth? ๐ค
Yea it did last time. Order last time we did this was determined by winning percentage the last 5 years
Potential alignment in the not-yet-named new Independent League:
Atlantic Division (East)
- Connecticut Marines โ CT
- Maine Timber Kings โ ME
- New Jersey Shore โ NJ
- New York Barons โ NY
- Rhode Island Reds โ RI
- North Carolina Clippers โ NC
- Virginia Grays โ VA
- Michigan Militia โ MI
Frontier Division (West / Central)
- Washington Griffins โ WA
- Oregon Owls โ OR
- Montana Warriors โ MT
- Kansas Storm โ KS
- Kentucky Colonels โ KY
- New Mexico Dukes โ NM
- Ohio Raptors โ OH
- Alabama Iron โ AL
playoff idea: 2 teams from each division. first round: top team of each division plays second place team of other division. winners play for league championship. League champions play for the cup.
What lol
What lol
Omg I saw that and laughed soo hard. Thank goodness its a low star IC player. Definitely might be the weirdest with longest time out I've seen ๐
We have a sale for ootp 26 until October 6th game is 50% off
I've had Dave with StatsPlus adjust our configuration for playoff teams and showing the new IBL on the homepage
Going to disable the scheduled export status message until we're done with the FA Draft and about to get started with Spring Training. Thanks guys!
Assuming my data gathering and such is correct, here's what I have for the last 5 seasons (2099-2103) combined win-loss records which we'd most likely use for the FA Draft.
Tough time to have been pretty good. I liked last time when I was bad for this lol
For the FA Draft, I think we did a serpentine order for the last Contraction. Is that the best method or is a straight draft better? I can see either option
Looks like both Contraction Drafts in NPBL's history were serpentine drafts
But I think serpentine makes the most sense and is the most fair for this
And believe we did 8-10 rounds with the remaining players going back into FA pool
I'm going to plan on serpentine order and 10 rounds unless there's any objections
