I was hoping his 2 changeup would pop, but alas...

Opening day cuts cost the Nine two players today, and the Boise Spuds claimed shortstop Joaquin Torres and the Charm City Jimmies claimed pitcher Larry Davidson , bit who had been placed on waivers for the purposes of taking them off the YS9 40-man roster. Torres (24), who came to the nine in a Rule...

Ouch. Three 1-run losses, and a 2-runner. I'm not sure we've had an 0-fer sim in my career here--though we probably must have.

Maybe he can take the early payment option.

Some big pitch counts there.

To be honest, our own Rob Thomas seemed to have a better week than Garcia...two doubles, a homer, and a .563/.579/.875 line. Shrug. Garcia's two homers did come on the same day, though, so maybe that skews it a little.

I like it.

If only the game also reported relative humidity and wind chill.

Awesome.

You can get Boiston and Boise swapped around, right?

I love a good development story.

Yes. I was a writing vulture for awhile, then Madrid in the EBA for a bit before YS9 was gifted upon me.

I suppose it's a cost/benefit thing. I like the idea of it, and enjoyed being part of it. Probably take time from Matt. The main operational value would seem to be that it's a staging ground to let new GMs try us out.

And have fun doing it.

Of course, I have to jump in with a look at the divisions for 2037, right? Here's the data: 2037-projections-divs.PNG Bottom line, the game thinks the JLSB (87 wins) is the best division in baseball by a a large margin. The Pacific and Heartland are close together vying for second best, then comes t...

Let's Have Fun With the OOTP Pre-season Projections, Shall We? After seeing folks comment on the in-game predictions, I got to wondering…just how good are these estimates the game comes up with? Looking at the forum, I saw Recte posted this year’s predictions in the Sim #1 thread, and added a coupl...

As a rule I try to throw something in for pure entertainment value in most of what I do. So, yeah.

I feel kind of sorry for Baines. He was a very nice baseball player, and seemed to be a credit to the game. Now he'll be the case everyone complains about.

I was offering Rin a spot in Yellow Springs with the idea of using him as a starter, too. Missing out meant I brought Ernesto Ramos up just a bit earlier than I wanted...but I'll admit I'm interested ins seeing how Rin handles the load.

With any luck that'll be second in the division.

They are probably guys who would get a discussion thread at least.

Forryan will maybe be a very workman-like catcher for you.

Heh.