A year ago, Joe V piloted his team to a lackluster 67 win campaign. A season later, he’s on top of the world with the 7th ranked 85 win team and one of the best pitching staffs in ATB 15. Averaging 85 wins per season, the Wildlings made the playoffs more times than not and won the AL East 5 times. Their best season was probably #14 when they won 93 games and recorded a robust +130 Run Differential.
Joe took a lot of heat for some of the trades he made this year, quickly recapping:
1) Trading away Dazzy Vance for Javy Vazquez and dropping him
2) Making a great trade for Manny Ramirez and Charlie Gehringer, but dropping Manny and …
3) Trading away Gehringer for 50 cents on the dollar
I don’t re-hash these to further harangue Joe, rather to point out, I may have been wrong in my assessment. If the Opening Day Resim average is an accurate indicator – and I believe it is – then the net of the trades had no impact. With or without them, Joe wins 85.
The Wall’s pitching staff is one where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. Lacking a truly elite starter, or arguably a top-15 reliever, the Wildlings still managed to give up just 656 runs overall. Sure, the park played a role, but top to bottom there were no holes anywhere on the staff. The worst pitcher was long reliever/mop up starter Lefty Gomez and he averaged a 4.33 ERA and gave up less hits than innings pitched.
Their offense is what prevented the Wildlings from approaching the 90 win plateau. Ted Williams was his usual monster self, batting .297 / .421 / .510 with 29 triples and 32 home runs, and Joe Jackson held his own (.761 OPS, 40 doubles) but the lineup thinned incredibly quickly after that. Every other batter had an OPS in the low to mid .600s.
800 OPS Batters:
.932 – Ted Williams
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
3.32 – Cy Blanton
3.86 – Carl Hubbell
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
2.74 – Billy Wagner
3.00 – Joakim Soria
3.23 – Ted Abernathy
3.24 – Grant Jackson
Best Value Draft Pick
None, but this is a great compliment. It’s not easy to put together a top-10 team without getting a surprise benefit from an over performing player.
Bust Draft Pick
Non, there were some late teen rounds where batters didn’t pan out, but that’s about what you can expect in the late teens.
20 Resim Results
24) 64 wins, Downsouth Brews
23) 66 wins, Colorado Green Sox
22) 72 wins, Lancaster Pretty Ladies
21) 69 wins, Detroit Tigers
20) 74 wins, Platte County Burnt Ends
19) 75 wins, Leesburg Snowhole
18) 77 wins, Planet 10 Red Lectroids
17) 78 wins, Rochester Beau Brummels
16) 79 wins, Otherton Fishbiscuits
15) 79 wins, North Valley Bears
14) 81 wins, Niagara Frontier Blackbirds
13) 81 wins, Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
12) 80 wins, Shamokin Miners
11) 81 wins, Helena Handbasket
10) 83 wins, Carlisle "Mechanics"
9) 82 wins, Puerto Cabellas Pandas
8) 83 wins, DC Chips
7) 85 wins, Wildlings of the Wall
20) 74 wins, Platte County Burnt Ends
19) 75 wins, Leesburg Snowhole
18) 77 wins, Planet 10 Red Lectroids
17) 78 wins, Rochester Beau Brummels
16) 79 wins, Otherton Fishbiscuits
15) 79 wins, North Valley Bears
14) 81 wins, Niagara Frontier Blackbirds
13) 81 wins, Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars
12) 80 wins, Shamokin Miners
11) 81 wins, Helena Handbasket
10) 83 wins, Carlisle "Mechanics"
9) 82 wins, Puerto Cabellas Pandas
8) 83 wins, DC Chips
7) 85 wins, Wildlings of the Wall
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