2038, Sim #11 Chatter

[recte44]

Thursday, June 17th, 2038
Bucharest Balauri: Signed international amateur SP Júlio Medina out of Puerto Rico to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2038
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Signed free agent RP José Villarreal to a 1-year contract worth a total of $260,000.
Monday, June 14th, 2038
Baghdad Kings: Signed 1B Ned Breur to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $357,000.
Sunday, June 13th, 2038
Baghdad Kings: Signed free agent RP Alphonse Salvarani to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,160,000.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Signed free agent SS Gene Josey to a 1-year contract worth a total of $270,000.
Cairo Chariot Archers BC: Released RP Rodger van der Knaap.
Saturday, June 12th, 2038
Beirut Cedars: Signed free agent RP Jesús Morales to a minor league contract.
Baghdad Kings: Signed free agent RP Jon Byrd to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,100,000.
Cairo Chariot Archers BC: Signed free agent CF Jorge Márquez to a minor league contract.
Beirut Cedars: Signed free agent RP Alejandro Encarnación to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,800,000.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Signed free agent C José Aguilar to a minor league contract with a $25,000 signing bonus.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Signed free agent 3B Cory Pérez to a minor league contract.
Beirut Cedars: Signed free agent LF José Luján to a minor league contract.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released RP Shawn Coleman.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released RP Sang-mok O.
Thursday, June 10th, 2038
Baghdad Kings: Placed RP Jeff Ranagan on the active roster.
Baghdad Kings: Placed RP Jeff Ranagan on the 40-man roster.
Baghdad Kings: Placed RP Jeff Ranagan on the active roster.
Beirut Cedars: Released RP Ipe Slagboom.
Beirut Cedars: Placed RP Anastasio Rivera on the 40-man roster.
Cairo Chariot Archers BC: Placed CF Miguel Gil on the 7-day disabled list, retroactive to 06/05/2038.
Cairo Chariot Archers BC: Placed CF Miguel Gil on the 7-day disabled list, retroactive to 06/05/2038.
Istanbul Bosphorus: Placed SS Juan Rodríguez on the 7-day disabled list, retroactive to 06/08/2038.
Istanbul Bosphorus: Placed SS Juan Rodríguez on the 7-day disabled list, retroactive to 06/08/2038.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: 2B Anthony Templeman was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Placed RP Shawn Coleman on waivers.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Placed RP Sang-mok O on waivers.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released C José Costello.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released 1B Kevin Brûlé.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: 2B Anthony Templeman was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released 3B Miguel Baca.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released CF Will Buck.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released RF Lynssl Fritsch.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Released RF Lee Spencer.
Mumbai Metro Stars: CF Carlos Blanco was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Placed RP Aurelio Fernández on the active roster.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Released C Bob Castor.
Mumbai Metro Stars: CF Carlos Blanco was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Placed RP Aurelio Fernández on the 40-man roster.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Placed RP Aurelio Fernández on the active roster.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Released RF Wilford Coffey.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Placed RP Kevin Fowler on the 40-man roster.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Released SP Zhong-shu Chu.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Released CF Carlos Blanco.
Mumbai Metro Stars: Released RP Claudio Gámez.
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers: Designated RF Nicholas Lewis for assignment.

[recte44]

Tuesday, June 15th, 2038
Mumbai Metro Stars: SP Takeshi Tanabe was injured while pitching. The Diagnosis: Dead arm. He's expected to miss about one week.
Sunday, June 13th, 2038
Baghdad Kings: SP Francisco Flores was injured while pitching. The Diagnosis: Elbow inflammation. He's expected to miss about 1-2 weeks.
Saturday, June 12th, 2038
Beirut Cedars: CL Corbin Torres was injured while pitching. The Diagnosis: Back stiffness. This is a day-to-day injury expected to last 2 days.

[recte44]

UNIFIED MIDDLE EAST BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
TEAM POWER RANKINGS
06/17/2038

BNN Index | UMEBA | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY

Rank Last Week Team Points Tendency Record PCT AVG ERA Pyt.Rec Diff
1st (1st) Cairo 122 o 43-22 .662 .277 3.26 43-22 0
2nd (2nd) Mumbai 114 o 42-25 .627 .289 4.36 38-29 4
3rd (3rd) Jerusalem 103 o 38-29 .567 .290 4.44 41-26 -3
4th (4th) Istanbul 94 o 33-34 .493 .250 4.38 33-34 0
5th (5th) Bucharest 89 o 31-34 .477 .276 4.67 28-37 3
6th (7th) Baghdad 76 + 29-38 .433 .271 5.04 29-38 0
7th (6th) Manama 69 - 28-39 .418 .257 4.50 29-38 -1
8th (8th) Beirut 54 o 22-45 .328 .263 5.16 26-41 -4

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 - OOTP Baseball 19.14 Build 136

[RonCo]

Thursday, June 10th, 2038
Twin Cities River Monsters: RP Travis Arnold was injured running away from the police. The Diagnosis: Foot contusion. This injury keeps him out of action for 2 weeks.

Mandatory TN

[GoldenOne]

Thursday, June 10th, 2038
Twin Cities River Monsters: RP Travis Arnold was injured running away from the police. The Diagnosis: Foot contusion. This injury keeps him out of action for 2 weeks.

Mandatory TN

Agreed!

[GoldenOne]

Within the last few sims, I've resigned Tu-Fu Yong, gotten the team above .500, havent traded away anyone, havent increased ticket prices, and my Fan Interest has still dropped 4 points and is now below 60 (59). It didnt get that low last year when the bottom dropped out. I'm 10th in the BBA in attendance and my per game attendance is up this year by over 21%. I remained baffled by FI.

[RonCo]

FI is weird sometimes, but give it a little longer. Attendance is the key number, as it drives revenue.

FYI ... ours is down from 100 to 91 despite leading the league in wins.

[GoldenOne]

I get it if I’m losing or trading away Captains or Fan Favs or something, but it’s dripping more than when I was actually doing those things.

[udlb58]

In 207 ABs vs. RHP, my 8/7/8/6/5 DH (Norris Rutledge) has a .188/.251/.285 slash line for a .536 OPS. This game has gotten very frustrating in recent versions.

While not as bad as Rutledge this year, Noboru has suffered from a suddenly depressed average the last 2 years. He'd been over .320 multiple times and has hit .277 and .259 despite ratings staying rock solid.

[RonCo]

Both Noboru and Rutledge are lowish AvK hitters. Their batting average will suffer more than others in a high Stuff/high K environment, which is what we have. Rutledge's situation is still pretty extreme, but there is that to take into account.

[agrudez]

That's a reach.

[RonCo]

Like I said, Rutledge is extreme anyway, but low AvK hitters will do more poorly in high stuff environments than you might logically think.

[RonCo]

We've been through this before...the difference caused by the Stuff/AVK warp is not insubstantial.

[RonCo]

It's early in the year, so sample size is still coming in .. caution greatly suggested.

But I did a quick pull of batting data in our league right now. I then took a cut of hitters hitting with platoon advantages against LHP and RHP, and then combined the raw results to get a table of every at bat in the league that has batters facing pitchers with a platoon advantage. Unfortunately, I can't get a cut on pitcher stuff...so there's noise still in here. Again, warning. Do not take this chart as "real" so much as directional.

Here's the plot of batting average of hitters of CON = 7, 8, and 9 and how their actual batting averages (the value that the CON rating is supposed to represent) change with AVK.

I've said it before, I'll say it again...I'm trying again to be as open about this as I can possibly be: Low AvK is a bigger deal in leagues where Stuff is bloated.

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[RonCo]

This is not a version thing. It's been in every version of OOTP since we went to the DIPs based engine some dozen to fifteen years ago

[usnspecialist]

I have noticed this with my own Tai hoi Wie. 8/6/9/9/4 ratings overall and here are his slash lines for the last 6 years.

.306/.430/.545
.314/.427/.641
.306/.417/.585
.280/.408/.478
.311/.422/.581
.248/.397/.400

His OBP is still incredible thanks to his eye, but everything else has taken a pretty sharp downward spiral this year.

[RonCo]

I'd expect Wie to finish the year with numbers more in line with his career numbers than not. Maybe something close to two seasons ago.

[RonCo]

I have noticed this with my own Tai hoi Wie. 8/6/9/9/4 ratings overall and here are his slash lines for the last 6 years.

.306/.430/.545
.314/.427/.641
.306/.417/.585
.280/.408/.478
.311/.422/.581
.248/.397/.400

His OBP is still incredible thanks to his eye, but everything else has taken a pretty sharp downward spiral this year.

His power is down (a shade from two seasons ago, a lot from last year...but regardless, he's been close to that rate before) but otherwise almost all of his drop is in BABIP, which normally runs about .350, and is .313 at this moment. If his BABIP was "normal," you'd probably barely feel the difference.

So it could be a ratings thing, or it could be that he's faced mostly great pitching and defense, or it could be random luck.

Randomish Note: as team defense gets better across the league, BABIP rates will fall.

Rutledge's biggest issue is in BABIP, also...but his has cratered against RHP (though it's not horrible bad overall) whereas Wie's is just down a notch.

[agrudez]

The difference, on your chart, from 7 CON/5 AVK to 7 CON/10 AVK is 40 points of AVG which would equate to 80 points of OPS. Rutledge is 274 points under his career average (which is below what he put up the past 2 seasons). Which, by the way, he accrued with the same AVK rating. You're trying to find an explanation other than randomness, but there isn't one. The same way Valencia's AAAA catcher on the trade block is going gangbusters. These cases of extreme dissonance between talent and production are simply more common in newer OOTP versions than they used to be. Randomness in production is the spice of life, but it has to be bounded by logic or else it just becomes obnoxious.

[RonCo]

Rutledge's strike out rate has risen to a career high, though (which might or might not be aggravated by the stuff/AvK warp). I note his k-rate looks to kave been getting higher over the last three seasons, but has taken a bit of a cliff event this year.

His walk rate is down, but not so much that it wouls raise an eye. (heh)

His Power is way down.

His BABIP doesn't look horrible until you add in the splits.

One would have to guess he'll rebound (especially his BABIP vs. RHP), but Rutledge looks more on his way out than Wie, and to me I'd be most concerned about the AvK/BABIP relationship.