Owner: Justin P
Activity Level: Moderate
Park Factor: Batters Park
The Beanballers are definitely not a great team, but the poor luck they endured in the regular season cannot be minimized. With 14 fewer wins than their re-sim average, no other team underperformed as much – a full 17% fewer wins than was expected. The main culprit was 2nd rounder King Kelly whose .698 OPS was over 100 points worse than his resim average.
Sill, Justin should not remain blameless. Hooked by lure of the unknown, the Beanballers spent two picks in the first 10 Rounds on 1800s pitchers Denny Driscoll and Candy Cummings. By the end of May, both were released for poor performance. Even without these two in the resims, the Beanballers could only muster the 11th best runs against.
One major bright spot was oft-maligned Mike Schmidt. The third baseman has a long been denounced as an ATB player, with a half dozen owners wasting a draft pick on the power hitter only to be sorely disappointed. This season, even with a new 1981 season eligible, appeared to be no different. Schmidt batted .227 with a .310 on base in the regular season, only marginally better than past years. However, the resims showed he really is a top 10 third basemen, and perhaps even top 5 when considering is Ex/99 defense. Granted, the results are in a home run friendly park, but Schmidt batted .256 / .326 / 467, .793 OPS, 39 HR, 109 RBI and was second on the team in total bases.
800 OPS Batters
Rd 1 – Tip O’Neill: .893 OPS, .337 / .391 / .502, 49 2B, 101 R, 108 RBI
Rd 2 – King Kelly: .807 OPS, .325 / .402 / .405, 26 2B, 94 R
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
Rd 4 – Addie Joss: 14-12, 3.75 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 221 IP, 101 K
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Rd 10 – Hong Chi Kuo: 2.29 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 71 IP, 55 K, 31 Sv
Bust Draft Pick
Rd 7 – Denny Driscoll: 7.04 ERA, 15 GS, Released
Rd 9 – Candy Cummings: 10.18 ERA, 10 G, Released
Value Draft Pick
Rd 24 – Manny Ramirez: .288 / .354 / .435 in 234 AB platoon
Standings
#18, 55 Wins – Texas Gringos
#17, 63 Wins – Nottingham Outlaws
#16, 64 Wins – Downsouth Brews
#15, 78 Wins – Willets Point "Mechanics"
#14, 79 Wins – Island Creek Bivalves
#13, 79 Wins – Planet 10
#12, 82 Wins – Bridgewater Brazen Beanballers
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