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Need starters? I have starters. Call me. 1-800-sta-rter
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 Breaking News Tucson the latest to take a ride on the Dick Wang Rollercoaster for 2 years and six million per 
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AlleyViper posted:Need starters? I have starters. Call me. 1-800-sta-rter god dammit now that dumb jingle is stuck in my head fffffff Rich Xavier still doesn't want to talk extension, so I guess I'll have to like win the World Series or something to convince him to return
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gently caress Tucson and the lovely Low A bench coach I got saddled with at AAA.
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gardenald posted:
career 4.78 ERA lol
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tatankatonk posted:career 4.78 ERA lol I've never quite understood why he isn't better than he is. I mean, his vsr isn't great but he has decent control, vsl, velocity, groundball/flyball, and pitch 1 and pitch 2. I mean, I always thought he should be closer to a 4 era guy than a 5, certainly not a world beater but a serviceable 4 or 5 on a decent team. Any of you HBD scholars care to weigh in? vvv I completely forgot that he's a lefty, yeah gardenald fucked around with this message at 05:01 on May 24, 2014 |
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May 24, 2014 04:35
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His #1 problem is that he's a left hander with a vR in the 50s. There's so many right handed mashers with decent vL in this world (and most worlds) that he's going to get absolutely teed off on once every few games. If you make him right handed and flip his splits he's a completely different pitcher.
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Geez how long does it take for dudes to clear waivers, ive had a guy on it since like monday
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Monicro posted:Geez how long does it take for dudes to clear waivers, ive had a guy on it since like monday Two midnights no matter when you waive him. So if you waive a guy at 11:55 basically, he will only be on waivers for 24 hours.
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Scrotos posted:Two midnights no matter when you waive him. So if you waive a guy at 11:55 basically, he will only be on waivers for 24 hours. oh well in this case i dont think i was paying attention oops
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Something good to know for the newbies: make sure you set your Rule V draft settings before ranking any players. If you rank players, then change the settings, it will adjust the rankings back to the default (because WIS is dumb like that). This applies to the amateur draft as well.
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I like the look of Nitkowski in the 3 or 4 spot on this lineup
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Also Moraga is now available. I need some good bench guys and relievers.
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Ugh, politicalrancor, I don't like your Nitowski return at all
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I don't see anything wrong with it considering Nitkowski is making a lot of money and is walking in free agency
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I agree with the basic concept and don't think the return is super terrible or anything, but I wouldn't have eaten over half that outgoing salary. Make them pay for the goods!
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Also good job on protecting your players in the rule 5, everyone. I'm not seeing crap worth a drat crap.
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Hmm, I did forget that Nitowski is walking... I saw that one right after I saw the York Maxwell deal and was struck by how much money he has to eat this season e: I've seen like maybe five Rule 5 guys I wouldn't send back immediately, which is a good sign for the world as a whole. No nasboats this season! uublog fucked around with this message at 02:22 on May 25, 2014 |
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Do we have a list of things to change (and later change back) in preparation for spring training? Off the top of my head... Spring training rosters - I add everyone in AAA and select prospects in the lower levels Rotation - My rotation happens to be already decided this season, so I'm just using the 6th spot as prospect tryouts. In past rebuilding seasons, though, I've gone with as many as 4 or 5 prospects to see what they can do. I use a 6-man rotation to give them all 3 starts, or about 10 innings, which is generally the number to shoot for Bullpen - Give your ML relievers 3 appearances, and the same for your minor leaguers if you can Lineups - 30 AB is the target here - REMEMBER TO SET YOUR DH AND NON-DH LINEUPS Manager settings - Set player rest to +/- one run, 5 innings into the game, to give your backups plenty or playing time and to not overuse your starters in games that don't mean poo poo Player Rest - this determines who actually replaces your starters when you're up/down by 1+ 5 innings in. Odds are the recommendations it sets for you automatically are dumb and bad, so figure out who you want to get the most playing time at each position in the 18 spring training games Defensive Replacements - just copy from player rest Pinch-hitting - for this I do just use the Recs just because it takes forever and doesn't really matter so I don't care to do it myself Player settings - This is super important during spring training. It's where you set your pitch counts for all your pitchers. I'm at 50 Target Pitch Count (which they'll always hit unless they're pitching like poo poo) and 60 Max Pitch Count (which they'll rarely hit unless they're pitching really great) for my SP to start, but I'll gradually increase it for their second and third starts. For Long Relievers, I have it at 25 TPC/30 MPC; 15 TPC/20 MPC for Setups; and 10 TPC/15 MPC if you have any closers. Use a pitcher's stamina and durability to determine what role to put him in, and thus how many pitches he should be good for. Stamina determines how many pitches he can throw in a single appearance before wearing out, while durability determines how fast he gets back to 100%, and thus optimal pitching state. - For Rest Automatically, I keep basically everyone at 95%, unless someone has really bad stamina/durability, in which case I'll up him to 99%. - There's rarely a good reason to not let it use a certain pitcher until a specified inning, so make sure all of those are set to 'Any.' - Finally, the last column is how long a leash you want to give each pitcher. 1 means you let him work through jams by himself, 5 means you go to the bullpen at the slightest hint of trouble. Set your best pitchers lower and your worst pitchers higher. Anyone have any different ideas, or know of anything I'm forgetting? e: oh in player settings don't forget to check 'relief' for anyone you want used in relief, i.e. all of your relievers uublog fucked around with this message at 04:32 on May 25, 2014 |
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Hall of Fame gonna be interesting this year
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I have just one AL lineup game for the entirety of spring training. Cool scheduling, WIS. Appreciate it.
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I picked up a neat DH in R5 but have no way to get him playing time, someone trade for him or something!!!
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ThatsMyBoye posted:Hall of Fame gonna be interesting this year Davey Krause Francisco Ramirez Alan High Matt Hunter Glen Little
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Ugh I hate the Rule V roster freeze. I have random dudes I want to sign but can't until the Jerry Scott trade from Friday night clears.
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If I accept a rule 5 player back, will he have to stay on my major league team? Or can I assign him to the minors again?
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Insertnamehere31 posted:If I accept a rule 5 player back, will he have to stay on my major league team? Or can I assign him to the minors again? You can assign him back to the minors but you're stuck with his higher salary for the season.
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Hmm my next spring training has my guy with a 9.00 ERA going up against Montgomery's guy, who has an 81.00 ERA
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spring training sucks and is so boring, get rid of spring training
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nasboat posted:spring training sucks and is so boring, get rid of spring training But it's so exciting swapping out ML guys for AAA lifers who hit .500 but are still never ever getting a shot at the big leagues
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or the always fun "play guys who aren't really adequate for their defensive position and watch your starters' stats EXPLODE"
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stimpy posted:or the always fun "play guys who aren't really adequate for their defensive position and watch your starters' stats EXPLODE" feliz navidad feliz navidad feliz navidad prospero aco y felicidad I wanna apologize for your inflated ERA i wanna apologize for your inflated ERA I wanna apologize for your inflated ERA from the bottom of my heart
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It is boring but I need a week between the off-season and regular season to pretend like I'm being productive at work. Plus, how else would I have discovered Philadelphia's tatankatonk posted:feliz navidad uhm why is he already in the majors?? 
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He's good enough for it and his fielding should rebound a few points even at the ML level
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ThatsMyBoye posted:He's good enough for it and his fielding should rebound a few points even at the ML level I just thought everybody waited til 20 games in 
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uublog posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRvpGGc9Jv8
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Devo posted:But it's so exciting swapping out ML guys for AAA lifers who hit .500 but are still never ever getting a shot at the big leagues stimpy posted:or the always fun "play guys who aren't really adequate for their defensive position and watch your starters' stats EXPLODE" I actually do get some amusement from these things! ThatsMyBoye posted:ST also doubles as "hold your breath and pray none of your starters suffers death" time gently caress this part though, yeah.
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I'm not falling for Hub Phillip's perfect spring training.
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