Trade 1 - Robinson for Rose has been affirmed. It is effective tonight.
Trade 2 - Owners have agreed to not pursue the trade as designed. It did not come to final vote in trade commission process.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Trade Announced
The New Trade Commission is currently reviewing the trade. You of course may post comments, but please keep them constructive.
Lets let the process run its course.
New Trade Review Commission
Over the recent past, our wonderful little ATB league has grown in number and competitiveness. This is wonderful!
However, because of the uniqueness of this type of league the learning curve is tremendous. Often, new owners find themselves with a .400 wpct team in year one of their tenure, jump to .475 in year two, climb over .500 in year three, and then compete for the playoffs in year four.
As the new owners live through the learning curve, we also have 13-year seasoned vets worrying about how high into the 90's their win total is going to get.
Due of this natural difference in experience, we need to have a trade veto process in place. I personally despise all trade veto processes. In my past experience, 99% of the time I felt a trade should be allowed to go through uninterrupted. Often, the veto powers given to a league cause more damage to the league than the questionable trade itself.
I thought about instituting a 24-team vote, with a 1/3 or 1/2 needed to reject a trade. Two issues stopped me from this path:
To avoid this, I am moving forward with a small body of owners set aside to review trades. It will consist of a 5-man commission made up of the two owners involved in the trade, then three other owners. I have asked three people to be a part of this and haven't heard back yet so do not want to release their names. I have asked one long time owner, one short time owner, and one in the middle.
The commissioner does not have a vote, rather, he will act as a facilitator of information and make sure the trade is reviewed timely.
As you can see, with 2 of the 5 votes almost assuredly going to be "approve", only the most unfair trades should be vetoed and it would require a unanimous veto from the permanent members of the Trade Commission. The idea here is to pass as many trades as possible.
Our charter and guiding principles
However, because of the uniqueness of this type of league the learning curve is tremendous. Often, new owners find themselves with a .400 wpct team in year one of their tenure, jump to .475 in year two, climb over .500 in year three, and then compete for the playoffs in year four.
As the new owners live through the learning curve, we also have 13-year seasoned vets worrying about how high into the 90's their win total is going to get.
Due of this natural difference in experience, we need to have a trade veto process in place. I personally despise all trade veto processes. In my past experience, 99% of the time I felt a trade should be allowed to go through uninterrupted. Often, the veto powers given to a league cause more damage to the league than the questionable trade itself.
I thought about instituting a 24-team vote, with a 1/3 or 1/2 needed to reject a trade. Two issues stopped me from this path:
- Administering a 24 person vote in a timely manner is virtually impossible
- In previous experience I have encountered too many casual owners voting with the hearts instead of their heads. This has led to an inordinately high number of vetoes.
To avoid this, I am moving forward with a small body of owners set aside to review trades. It will consist of a 5-man commission made up of the two owners involved in the trade, then three other owners. I have asked three people to be a part of this and haven't heard back yet so do not want to release their names. I have asked one long time owner, one short time owner, and one in the middle.
The commissioner does not have a vote, rather, he will act as a facilitator of information and make sure the trade is reviewed timely.
- If one of the owners on the commission is involved in the trade being reviewed, the commissioner will step in and have a vote.
- If both owners involved in the trade are on the commission, an alternate will be named to vote.
As you can see, with 2 of the 5 votes almost assuredly going to be "approve", only the most unfair trades should be vetoed and it would require a unanimous veto from the permanent members of the Trade Commission. The idea here is to pass as many trades as possible.
Our charter and guiding principles
- Identify any collusion (can't imagine that happening, but you never know). Colluding owners are immediately banned from the league.
- Only veto trades in which one team is the sole beneficiary
- Lean towards a statistical analysis of the trade, leaving room for some subjectivity though
- Be open to change. We've never tried this before and we're bound to find improvements along the way.
All trades are not to be reviewed. Rather, if the commissioner or one member of the trade commission or feels a trade needs to be reviewed, the new process will go into effect.
Thanks for your patience everyone!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Black Sox Ship Frank Robinson to Daffiness Boys
Less than a week on post, Gambz continues to shake things up in Indiana. 4th Round Draft Choice Frank Robinson (.271 / .283 / .424, 5 R, 9 RBI) is being sent to Uncle Robbie's for Pete Rose. Rose was a 23rd round selection and is batting .267 / .313. / .267 in pinch hit duties.
Power Alley - Week 1
For the uninitiated, Power Alley is a weekly chart that shows the relative prowess each team is projecting. It predicts an end of year win total based upon current wins and Pythagorean record. Obviously after 1 week of simming it is less meaningful then it will be a month from now.
Gold Country won't win 125 games (please, no) and the Daffiness Boys will not end with 115 losses.
Gold Country won't win 125 games (please, no) and the Daffiness Boys will not end with 115 losses.
Friday, March 2, 2012
ATB Value - Week 1
As you may recall we unveiled a new ATB Value methodology in the off-season. The metric is not very meaningful early in the season, but I figured I would publish it anyway.
As a quick reminder, the purpose of the stat is to quantify a batters total value into one number - uses wOBA, park factors, defense, an base running and then is adjusted for positional scarcity.
After week 1, here is how the average wOBA for each position is shaping up.
.342 - 1B
.330 - 2B
.323 - DH
.313 - RF
.306 - C
.305 - LF
.303 - CF
.301 - 3B
.283 - SS
And here are the Top-5 players by position. Full file linked to the right or here.
Catcher
.461 - Porter,Darrell (HH)
.458 - Rodriguez,Ivan (BS)
.457 - Piazza,Mike (LS)
.425 - Dickey,Bill (DB)
.419 - Posada,Jorge (D29)
First Base
0.436 - Gehrig,Lou, HT
0.422 - Sisler,George, SWR
0.397 - Pujols,Albert, LS
0.388 - Cash,Norm, TWP
0.384 - Connor,Roger, GCG
Second Base
0.454 - Stanky,Eddie, BS
0.367 - Hornsby,Rogers, LS
0.365 - Barnes,Ross, NOT
0.359 - Gehringer,Charlie, RKA
0.340 - Robinson,Jackie, D29
Third Base
0.412 - Brett,George, NPB
0.404 - Schmidt,Mike, NOT
0.388 - Boggs,Wade, RKA
0.353 - Baker,Frank, BIC
0.348 - McGraw,John, GCG
Shortstop
0.434 - Wagner,Honus, OFB
0.383 - Dahlen,Bill, GCG
0.379 - Jeter,Derek, DB
0.347 - Vaughan,Arky, SH
0.343 - Trammell,Alan, TWP
Left Field
0.49 - Goslin,Goose, SWR
0.372 - Bonds,Barry, BS
0.362 - Hall,George, JMF
0.356 - O'Neill,Tip, WPM
0.349 - Yastrzemski,Carl, JMF
Center Field
0.516 - Combs,Earle, NOT
0.401 - Ellsbury,Jacoby, LS
0.388 - Mantle,Mickey, JMF
0.355 - Duffy,Hugh, RKA
0.345 - Snider,Duke, SWR
Right Field
0.477 - Ruth,Babe, DCC
0.422 - Walker,Larry, WPM
0.359 - Keeler,Willie, PRL
0.337 - Musial,Stan, HH
0.336 - Klein,Chuck, SS
Designated Hitter
0.434 - Giambi,Jason, BS
0.359 - Aaron,Hank, OFB
0.347 - Murcer,Bobby, GCG
0.341 - Joyce,Bill, SWR
0.341 - Keller,Charlie, HT
As a quick reminder, the purpose of the stat is to quantify a batters total value into one number - uses wOBA, park factors, defense, an base running and then is adjusted for positional scarcity.
After week 1, here is how the average wOBA for each position is shaping up.
.342 - 1B
.330 - 2B
.323 - DH
.313 - RF
.306 - C
.305 - LF
.303 - CF
.301 - 3B
.283 - SS
And here are the Top-5 players by position. Full file linked to the right or here.
Catcher
.461 - Porter,Darrell (HH)
.458 - Rodriguez,Ivan (BS)
.457 - Piazza,Mike (LS)
.425 - Dickey,Bill (DB)
.419 - Posada,Jorge (D29)
First Base
0.436 - Gehrig,Lou, HT
0.422 - Sisler,George, SWR
0.397 - Pujols,Albert, LS
0.388 - Cash,Norm, TWP
0.384 - Connor,Roger, GCG
Second Base
0.454 - Stanky,Eddie, BS
0.367 - Hornsby,Rogers, LS
0.365 - Barnes,Ross, NOT
0.359 - Gehringer,Charlie, RKA
0.340 - Robinson,Jackie, D29
Third Base
0.412 - Brett,George, NPB
0.404 - Schmidt,Mike, NOT
0.388 - Boggs,Wade, RKA
0.353 - Baker,Frank, BIC
0.348 - McGraw,John, GCG
Shortstop
0.434 - Wagner,Honus, OFB
0.383 - Dahlen,Bill, GCG
0.379 - Jeter,Derek, DB
0.347 - Vaughan,Arky, SH
0.343 - Trammell,Alan, TWP
Left Field
0.49 - Goslin,Goose, SWR
0.372 - Bonds,Barry, BS
0.362 - Hall,George, JMF
0.356 - O'Neill,Tip, WPM
0.349 - Yastrzemski,Carl, JMF
Center Field
0.516 - Combs,Earle, NOT
0.401 - Ellsbury,Jacoby, LS
0.388 - Mantle,Mickey, JMF
0.355 - Duffy,Hugh, RKA
0.345 - Snider,Duke, SWR
Right Field
0.477 - Ruth,Babe, DCC
0.422 - Walker,Larry, WPM
0.359 - Keeler,Willie, PRL
0.337 - Musial,Stan, HH
0.336 - Klein,Chuck, SS
Designated Hitter
0.434 - Giambi,Jason, BS
0.359 - Aaron,Hank, OFB
0.347 - Murcer,Bobby, GCG
0.341 - Joyce,Bill, SWR
0.341 - Keller,Charlie, HT
Week 1 Players of the Week
The Indiana Black Sox
Gambz, the new owner and operator of For Love of the game has decided upon wholesale changes for his franchise. In the middle of the night he wrestled his staff and players out of bed, shuffling them on board bus charters headed to parts unknown.
Once all personnel were accounted for Gambz announced they were collectively headed for Indiana where they would be renamed the Black Sox and their games would now be played in dreaded Coors Field.
On the lighter side, manager Billy Martin apparently jumped ship outside of Foxburg, Pennsylvania (population 257), assuming he was to be fired upon reaching their final destination. No word on whether Gambz intends to bring him back.
Once all personnel were accounted for Gambz announced they were collectively headed for Indiana where they would be renamed the Black Sox and their games would now be played in dreaded Coors Field.
On the lighter side, manager Billy Martin apparently jumped ship outside of Foxburg, Pennsylvania (population 257), assuming he was to be fired upon reaching their final destination. No word on whether Gambz intends to bring him back.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Sim 1E Complete
And that complete's week 1. Lineups and any transactions due by Sunday 8 PM. Get them too me earlier and you'll have time to check the validation file I send back.
Welcome Gambz!
Thanks to Paulie of the Daffiness Boys, the Love of the Game franchise is back on its feet. Gary G, who typically goes by "Gambz" to friends and family, will be piloting the team from here on out.
Welcome Gambz!
Welcome Gambz!
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