At the end of each season owners may submit a new lineup that is used in the 20 Resim competition. This competition is purely for speculation and is used as a gauge to determine who had the best draft. The true ATB champion remains the World Series winner.
20 seasons are automatically simulated and compiled. No lineup changes are allowed and injuries are turned off. Through a formula that considers Win-Loss record, Playoff Appearances, and Pythagorean Record the teams are ranked in order from worst to first.
Special thanks to Justin B who provided the formula and methodology behind the raw park OPS values, which provides a new way to interpret park factors.
Our first to make the playoffs in one of the individual resim seasons, Uncle Robbie was a team that showed glimmers of good play at times, but ultimately fell well short of competing due to some glaring holes in the lineup and rotation.
Centerfielder/DH Hack Wilson batted .212 with a .292 OBP and Yogi Berra .241/.289. Meanwhile as part of a 4-man rotation, Hal Newhouser and Mel Parnell saw their ERA’s approach 5.00. Much of this can be forgiven and chalked up to the rookie blues – historically a roster full of names like Wilson, Newhouser, and Berra, along Sammy Sosa, Eddie Collins, Lou Boudreau, and Roger Clemens would fare a lot better than this team did. But alas, this is a computer simulation and these players had holes in their game that were exploited when having to face all time greats with every pitch or at bat.
Two positives to note. The first was the effective use of Sammy Sosa in a platoon, the right fielder had a .474 slugging and banged out 17 home runs in 268 at bats. Second, the bullpen featured two stars in Tim Burke and Tom Gordon. Burke accumulated an incredible 205 innings on average, an amazing stat for a reliever.
The one playoff appearance? Everything clicked for Uncle Robbie in sim 18. They were a .500 team for the first and only time, besting their second highest win total by 3 and sneaking into the playoffs.
800 OPS Batters:
None
Sub 4.00 ERA Starters
None
Sub 3.25 ERA Relievers
Tom Gordon: 2.97 ERA, 19 Sv, 43 IP
Tim Burke: 3.22 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 205 innings
Best Value Draft Pick
Rd 19: Jim Bottomley (.761 OPS, 58 EBH)
Bust Draft Pick
Rd 4: Roger Clemens (10-15, 4.42 ERA, 1.52 WHIP). Clemens can be good, URB just picked the wrong year
We’re five teams into the rankings, a perfect time unveil the overall picture. The two bottommost teams are both in the NL West, while two more end up in the AL East. The NL East is squeaky clean so far, and haven’t had any teams identified.
Tally
#24 - Downsouth Brews
#23 - Leesburg Snow
#22 – dogphin29
#21 – Team America World Police
#21 – Uncle Robbie’s Daffiness Boys
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