20 Resims: #24 - Planet 10 Red Lectroids

Owner:  Ivar A

45 - Actual Wins

54 - Resim Wins
58 - ATB Balanced Schedule Wins
55 - Standard ATB ERA Wins instead of 1906

65 - Max Win Potential (Pythag Record of best RF and RA)

0 Playoff Appearances

Pinch Hitting Stats by Team

The most interesting aspect to me is the difference in manager tendencies - Failures have 50 total plate appearances so far while the Lectroids have 177

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Bagwell, Bellinger Headline 5 Player Blockbuster

Planet 10 is cleaning house!

• To Birmingham:  Jeff Bagwell (86 AB, .649 OPS) and Bob Gibson (1-6, 3.62 ERA)
• To Planet 10: Cody Bellinger (140 AB, .720 OPS) Luis Tiant (2-6, 6.75 ERA), and Jack Chesbro (0-4, 5.64 ERA)

Jethroe the Pete; Ohio and Planet 10 Make a Trade

Sam Jethroe (.656 OPS, 197 AB) heads to Planet 10
Pete Alexander (2-4, 2.32 ERA) heads to Ohio

SimNotes

• Ohio has scored 31 1st inning runs this year; Planet 10 just 1
• Planet 10 has allowed 22 runs in the first inning this year; Back Bay just 5
• On April 16th the Otters trailed the N95'ers 11-2, but scored 9 in the 7th and eventually won 14-11
• Harry Heilman (Otters) had an 8 game RBI streak between Apr 9 and Apr 18
• Paul Waner (Hellcats), Jim Gentile (Failures), and Fancisco Lindor (Zeros) all had 5 game error streaks, Lindor's is still active
• Meaningless Stat:  Mark Eichorn (Cobblers) has a .425 opponents OPS when the wind is at least 25 MPH

Starter ERAs by Team
1.68 - Brews
2.43 - Pinata Beaters
2.65 - Cole Trains
2.80 - Zeros
2.91 - Hellcats
2.93 - Batters
3.05 - Cobblers
3.36 - Bivalves
3.55 - Toppins
3.66 - Lookouts
3.77 - Highlanders
3.88 - Cloverleafs
3.97 - "Mechanics"
4.06 - Red Eagles
4.25 - N95ers
4.34 - Valley Otters
4.34 - Walleyes
4.35 - Tiger Kings
4.50 - Miners
4.54 - Lectroids
4.74 - Isotopes
4.89 - Spiders
4.94 - Failures
5.53 - Foxes

Reliever ERAs by 

1.83 - Cole Trains

1.89 - Batters

2.37 - Bivalves

2.52 - Cloverleafs

2.63 - Walleyes

2.69 - Spiders

2.70 - "Mechanics"

2.70 - Zeros

2.93 - Pinata Beaters

2.98 - Valley Otters

3.10 - Hellcats

3.14 - Cobblers

3.33 - Highlanders

3.41 - Lookouts

3.65 - Brews

3.99 - Lectroids

4.04 - Failures

4.26 - Toppins

4.30 - Red Eagles

4.50 - N95ers

4.50 - Tiger Kings

4.81 - Isotopes

4.92 - Foxes

5.00 - Miners

The Good, The Great, and the Ugly

(Week 3)

20 Resims - #21, Planet 10 Red Lectroids

Overall Rankings
24 - .331, Chatanooga Lookouts (Al H)
23 - .394, Downsouth Brews (Allen C)
22 - .396, Denver RoidBoyz (Gary G)
21 - .444, Planet 10 Red Lectroids (Ivar A)

I've added the underlying score that is used to determined the resim rankings.  It gives you are better gauge of where you team actually stands.  For instance, I don't think we can actually tell which team is better - Downsouth for Denver, but we can certainly see the Planet 10 is a cut above, and Chatanooga a cut below.

I tried to mirror winning percentage, but it is definitely inflated from what a realistic win percentage might be since bonus points are give for playoff appearances. 

Here is how each scoring category is weighted/scored

• 3x - Balanced Resim Wins
• 2x - Balanced Resim Run Differential
• 3x - Standard Resim Wins
• 2x - Standard Resim Run Differential
• 1x - Max Win Potential
• Plus .001 for each division title and .0005 for each wild card.  So, if you had baseline score of .500 and won the division 5 times and the wild card 4, your score bumps up to .507

Power Alley

Week 12

Players of the Week

From last week!

Cliff Lee (FFL): 3-0, 0.33 ERA, 27 IP, 13 H, 0 BB, 17 K

Tip O'Neill (P10): .431 / .450 / .776, 6 2B, 4 HR, 11 R, 11 RBI

The Great, the Good, and the Ugly

The Great, The Good, and The Ugly

The Great, the Good, and the Ugly

The Great, the Good, and the Ugly

Week 5

The Great, The Good, and the Ugly

Opening Day Marquee Matchups

"There are Opening Day Pitchers, and pitchers who start on Opening Day"
--- Roger Craig

With the new schedule everyone plays on opening day and we've got some matchups you won't want to miss.  I decided to rank them in terms of quality using our RSAA (Runs Saved Against Average) stat.  A refresher, this stat tries to determine how many runs a pitcher saves his team compared to league average.  League average is zero, so the negative numbers are better than average, and positive numbers are lower than average.

Using this statistic we have two superior matchups to look forward to:

First, Sean S' Sparta Hoplites travel to Shamokin to face Mike M's Miners.  There, we are treated to a Pedro Martinz vs Johnny Podres matchup.  Pedro is easily the best pitcher in the game and averages 44 runs saved per year.  In normal terms, he's averaged a 2.66 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP.  

Podres is no slouch himself, averaging a -23.3 RSAA over the past three years with a 39-31 record and a 2.94 ERA.

Our second matchup is just as good, and Division rivalry to boot.  While neither pitcher surpasses Martinez, both are better than Podres.  Carl Hubbell stormed into the league three  years ago when Gold Country created him anew and drafted him 5th; he helped them to a division title with a 17-6 record.  In all, he's averaged a 3.00 ERA and 1.15 WHIP in his three years, never falling above the -20 RSAA mark.  Joe V has high hopes for the left hander.

Stephen L counters with Walter Johnson.  The Big Train was drafted 'early' this season and the topic was bantered around the draft room for the first few days of the draft.  For all the negative talk we need to remember it was around draft position, no one argued that Johnson is not an ace starting pitcher.  Case in point?  ATB 16 when Johnson made an incredible 45 starts and held down a 2.56 ERA.

Three other matchups bear watching for quality starting pitching.   The two time returning World Series Champions, Spanish Harlem, who are currently 19-4 in the preason by the way, are hoping for a monster year from Tex Hughson.  The righty has had big seasons in ATB (18-8 with a 2.67 in ATB 12) but has struggled the last two years in hitters parks.  Hughson and the Beaters travel (west?) to Denver to face the RoidBoys and their leader, Cy Blanton.  The 26 year old is coming off a down year (again in a batters park) but don't let that fool you, the righty has posted double digit negative RSAA seasons 5 times in his career.

The Adventurers send Addie Joss (3.58 career ERA) to the mound to battle Jesse Tannehill (3.85 ERA) of the New orleans Clown Punchers.

Elsewhere, Hudson Madbum opens ATB 17 with Al Orth (3.77 ERA) and the Rochester Red Wings counter with Russ Ford (3.84 ERA)*.

*These ERA's look gawd awful, but remember, we are coming fresh off a no DH league last year, where the league average ERA was a miniscule 3.65 and no team, an entire team (!) had an ERA worse than 4.25.  Two years ago, in ATB 15, the league average ERA was 40 points higher and 10 teams had ERA's over 4.25 and the worst was over 5.00.  

The AL is in for a rude awakening this season.  Quick trivia, what do Al Orth, Babe Adams, Walter Johnson, John Tudor, Addie Joss, and Tex Hughson have in common?  They are all opening day starters this year that had ERA's north of 4.00 the last time we played in a DH league.

 

Finally, two additional matchups will interest everyone due to the involvement of two newly created aces - Clayton Kershaw from 2014 and Dwight Gooden of 1984.  Neither have any ATB history, and both are being counted upon as #1 starters.

The rest of the games still feature some incredible pitchers, but their opponents leave a little to be desired.  Good luck to all, and have a great opening day on Sunday!

20 Resims - # 17 (tied) - Planet 10 Red Lectroids

800 OPS Batters: 

.818 – Larry Walker

I don’t know that Walker is a 1st round pick, but there are very few folks that slug close to .500.

Sub 3.75 ERA Starters

2.93 – Randy Johnson

3.25 – Lefty Grove

Wonderful, and even Lefty gets in on some good seasons. 214 IP and 202 H.

Sub 3.00 ERA Relievers

None

Best Value Draft Pick

Don’t like any in this spot, but wanted to mention Robb Nen in Rd 12 with a 3.22 ERA

Bust Draft Pick

None, but Adrian Beltre was perilously close in Rd 4.  His .709 OPS is acceptable, but not his .289 OBP.

#24 - 61 W - Colorado Greensox
#23 - 67 W - Downsouth Brews
#22 - 70 W - Tampa Bay Muffin Stuffers
#21 - 72 W - Helena Handbasket
#20 - 70 W - New York Mammoths
#19 - 75 W - Washington Rain33
#18 - 76 W - Carlisle "Mechanics"
#17 - 78 W - Bostons Terrier
#17 - 79 W - Planet 10 Red Lectroids (tied)

The Great, the Good, and the Ugly

It's been a while...

Power Alley

+4 Planet 10 Red Lectroids
+3 Imre Artificers

-4 Otherton Fishbiscuits
-3 Carlisle "Mechanics"

Players of the Week

Babe Ruth (SPB): .368 / .455 / .754, 1.209 OPS, 5 HR, 11 R, 17 RBI

Camilo Pascual (PRL): 2-0, 0.40 ERA, 23 IP, 11 H, 2 BB, 9 K, 0.57 WHIP, 0.71 RCERA

Power Alley

+6: Otherton Fishbiscuits

-3: Brawley Spider Monkeys
-3: Shamokin Miners
-3: Planet 10 Red Lectroids