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#90601	01/10/2023 2:33:24 pm	Mar 25th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	A very Infernos opening day, maybe one of our last with the original band. The Mayor threw a complete game win (his first on opening day), and Johnnie Hodson was POTG. The Mayor is 3-1 on opening day with 1 ND. (the only loss being 2051 (when he had like 70 SI). That was also our last loss on Opening Day. Absent mindedness or Cup allowed Nunez to start in 2057 and B. Rodriguez in 2052. Hodson went 4-5 with a homer. He has just 98 SI now at age 35, but is coming off an .326/.831 OPS/69 SB season that he played 147 games. Still has some magic left. Updated Tuesday, January 10 2023 @ 2:37:09 pm PST

#90634	01/13/2023 7:37:04 am	Apr 7th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	A very dreary beginning of the season at 3-7. 6 of 10 games have been decided by one run, including a 1-0 loss. Bats have really been putrid, though part of that is my bad habit of plugging in not ready hitters who I have picked up on waivers that may be older or behind in development. Training update was robust, though like the draft the few bad seem to outweigh the good. The SS position here in Inferno-land has never been that rangy. My hitting SS have had horrible range (Rodriguez dropped from 14-13 some seasons ago), Zavala improved that slightly during his short run at 15. Currently Burnett/Gomez occupy the position at 16. So, the arrival of top prospect Nadeau has been hotly anticipated. Unfortunately his range dropped today from 18-17. All the while his non-comment hitting rose to 11 and he still looks like a very solid power-hitting prospect, but would look better with invincible middle infield skills. Otherwise, Buck gained 1 on Plate Discipline, and while that would usually always be good, he skipped hitting, so that is apparently decelerating, which is bolstered to some degree by his underwhelming performance. Not sure how many backup right-handed 1B can be kept on the roster but at 81 SI, he may still have some growth left. Like Shane Collins before him, I have been laboring on him for several seasons. This is the 4th. My 3rd force promotion based on Age/SI gained (Miranda) again bore the fruit of immediately removing the overmatched comment at the update, he additionally gained 1 hitting. That being said, he is probably top on the cutlist (along with todays draftee). Rip was promoted, and Mori got 2 pops. Pitching had better news. The Asian pitchers both gained control, and every point there helps. For those following along to my latest salvage project, Neko has gained 5 SI, and Ice 2 (including with Detroit). Yagami looks much more likely to amount to something. Sugar Cane is now recommended to League (not that he's going to be called up soon unless the dumpster fire continues). Its not going to be too easy to develop Tulip much this season. Even if he holds down LHS reasonably well, thats about a 40 IP per season role. He seems like he may have some value. He gave up 82 hits in Spring and only 3 of them homers, He did give up an 11th inning GW HR in his only league appearance thus far. He will open Cup, as all hope has been abandoned there. Olivares is inching up. Coronado, despite his wildness, has not been bad replacing Johansen at RHS, Omi had a solid short start yesterday. But unless the pitching improves and hitting picks way up (could say that about any team lol) I have no illusions this will be a competitive team. Avoiding relegation may be as much as is possible. Updated Friday, January 13 2023 @ 7:38:54 am PST

#90650	01/17/2023 4:33:29 pm	Apr 23rd, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	This has been a very odd season through 19 games. To replace Johansen, Coronado has had a trial run to take over his role. It was just a shot. Cebolla was a somewhat effective back end starter with little control. Anyway he has 8 1/3 shutout innings in the books with 7 walks and not much of anything else: BAA .172 It is just 2 outings, but I recall that Blazes allowed 19 homers in 65 1/3 IP last season, allowed 7 HR in 31 Spring innings 2 seasons ago. So 4 2/3 IP with no runs and 6 K's and a BAA of .222 is excellent. I dont know much about managing pitchers. Big hooks for trusted starters, reducing pitch counts to try and take away those last few pitches they seem to get damaged on, and putting guys like the above in optimal situations is very challenging to me. Like Tulip. He has a stamina of 5, gave up 82 hits in Spring, of which only 3 were homers, somehow pitched 7 1/3 IP yesterday in Cup with 1 walk and no homers to get the win in only the second Cup game we actually won, YET: has 3 short appearances in League (4 1/3 IP total), given up a HR in ALL of them. I really dont know what to think. Some of the shine is off Yagami also. Hes allowed 4 HR in his last 5 outings, with TWO today, a grand slam and a 3 run homer. I expect the hits and high ERA's with these last two, but the longballs really hurt. Maybe another way I am poor about managing pitching is who I sign and how long I keep them. Despite the sweep today, the team is hitting just .268. We have hit that low only once in the last 7 seasons. Some of the stars we have counted on that have performed well more than just last season are in big slumps. 35 year old Hodson is not one of them. Working in guys like Sexton (since cut), Bowman (not currently in lineup) have had some effect. But Goodson, Mares, Arriaga and others not performing has had a much bigger one. Arriaga began to decline early. He's 32 now, and while being 2-17 may be indicative of nothing and just a slump, I cant be sure. With a .284 career BA with 4/11 seasons being .290 or more, he never seems to hit as well as his original 19 hitting stat said he should. Though of course he was an immensely valuable LF with a .370 OBP. That being said, we have hit better recently, and at 9-10 we make our first trip out of relegation-zone and our first positive Rd with +1. Updated Tuesday, January 17 2023 @ 4:34:16 pm PST

#90661	01/20/2023 5:41:06 am	May 3rd, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Looks like it will be a struggle to hit .500 this season the way things are going. That being said it was an excellent update. Kono and Yagami gained 6 arrows between them, and Kono is already halfway to my SI goal for him at 87 SI from a starting point of 76. He may never amount to much, but I will try to help him amount to as much as he is able. Yagami has gained 5 SI this season, to 88. Due to some unfortunate rabbit balls from Tulip, he isnt cut, but much lower on my confidence list, so for the time being I re-signed Swoosh. He gained Control and my second least favorite thing for few inning guys: stamina. Omi skipped last update, so I knew this one would be good, and he gained 3 arrows. Of the hitters, the nicest pop was my top prospect Nadeau. 3 arrows coming on the heels of losing 1 range. The best thing is no invisible cap for hitting has been reached yet and he gained arrows in all 5 of the NP areas his last 3 updates. Whip also gained 3 arrows (having a nice year so far in AA too), and Carr gained a couple. https://brokenbat.org/player/308658 Crazy. So much to hate about him, but some things to love as well. Probably falls to 13 in 2 seasons (how many 14 POT above average POT are there?), but COULD actually get to 14 range, based on gaining 15 SI but not a point of BC, and with hitting on a trajectory similar to McCann (reached 15 without a comment). .340 in lots of work in Prep, so I dont imagine his hit cap is really low so he would probably reach 12. Not really enough of course he could have great value as a backup IF and SB. Updated Friday, January 20 2023 @ 6:14:28 am PST

#90722	01/27/2023 6:39:00 am	May 29th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	A wretched season so far for the Infernos. 4.1 RS is 2051 51-109 level futility. Actually the team BA of .266 isnt really horrrible, but 5-9 in 1 run games (with 14; more than anyone in League), 8-21 against RHP really stand out. So we are 18-25 with a -26 RD. Roster adjustments happening. Monroy will spend the rest of the season in the minors. If I need another OF, Carr probably has the preference. Monroy has shown he can hit LHP, but little else. Nelson goes down also, though he hit very well, some of it in all lineups, but since he isnt in the starting lineups normally, might as well get him some playing time. If this season continues going off the rails, of course I will recall them. From a SI standpoint, the Kono experiment has been a success. Despite an injury that caused him to miss a start or two in Spring, he's gained 16 SI, close to the goal of 20 I had for him this season. From a performance standpoint, he hasnt shown he can do much as of yet. 35 walks in 63 1/3 IP, 15 homers. A real team would probably have released him, but if I hold onto guys like Bustamante, well... Yagami is a different story. He's had stretched where he was good, but with almost as many innings, 60, though I didnt have him in Spring, he's gained just 5 SI. Possibly the difference is that except for Cup, he's not rolling up all the extra batters getting killed in starts like Kono (who throws his Stamina's worth of pitches regardless of performance). New P Akagi had 16 innings in this week, but no gains. The Pitching rotation is now more normal. Kono, Yagami have been put in roles that dont get much work. Crawford has had decent performance, so he takes over at MR2, since Lagos has been a bit erratic there these past couple of seasons. Bustamante, who also did well in a small sample size, will take over at MR1. Omi has been terrific, so his stint as SP continues. Akagi I cant really sideline like that, so he will get some more shots at SP5 and show me something or be cut. Thats Nunez spot and Nunez has barely pitched in 2 seasons. Some changes are being made with the roster adjustment. Waters was the first significant waiver claim of the Infernos, he was even all-league in 2054. He was intended to anchor the LHP lineup along with Glover, 2053 as a LF/DH combo as they are a pair of right-handed hitters with 14 range. But that lineup never really happened. So, it is finally happening. Water has 81 games played the last 3 seasons and Glover, 117. I am also playing them in other lineup to see if I can some offense going. While I summoned Glover partly to lead off, as Hodsons speed is declining, Arriaga has done nothing, I am going to try Holley at leadoff. A very surprising update got him to 19 PD. With hitting of 17 and BC of 11, I feel like the Hit/PD is the most important part. I've never had a player with 19 PD. I cant assume that players are in an irrevocable rut, so I have made some changes that combine both who I think could do better and reward those who are doing better. Mori normally hits RHP but has not this season. So he plays in LHP. Gentile, though also R, is doing the opposite, so he catches in primaries. Hodson has hit poorly against RHP this season, but hes Hodson, so hes back in all lineups. Padgett, a S who was punchless against RHP previously, has behaved like an all around S this season, so he plays in all. Mares is platooned, Arriaga has been benched. Goodson will have some time to turn it around. So we will see. As much as I complain, at no time do I think this team is as bad as its played so far. The 12 game losing streak at the beginning of 2054, followed by months of .500 felt worse, since it was my first promotion to V and I didnt know how things could go. We can do this, especially since Olivera and Kennedy are pitching very well, just with horrible support. Great training update. After appearing finished, Shanks got a point in the area where it seemed his performance was better than his SI, fielding. Mori got two pops to 104 SI. Hes gained 4 this year in his Age 28 season, but I dont think he'll get to 14 range, and he's just a handful of SI away from meeting his comments. What I would prefer is he up his performance on the field as he did last season. Gomez had reached his great hitting comment, so I was hoping he still had gain and he did, as his only other points of gain appear to be PD and FLD. He has been good so far this season, .292 with 2 errors in 24 starts at SS. Holley as mentioned reached 17 hitting and 19 PD. He also had seemed like he might be done before. Nelson gained 3 arrows, and his performance was excellent for a 12 tool, so he's boosted his stock. Rip and Whip gained a point. Not much to said about minor league training other than I plan to switch Romo to AAA with two relatively empty updates (fielding isnt real!) since his signing. He may have no training left at all. Nice pickup for Round 4: https://brokenbat.org/player/311589 And, as a result, goodbye Akagi Updated Friday, January 27 2023 @ 7:12:00 am PST

#90750	01/28/2023 5:38:37 pm	Jun 4th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Good to start off against the worst team in the league. We swept them but I am still concerned about the offense. We wont win many games where we score 3-4 runs. Waters and Glover are not starting off particularly hot: 5-22. Hodson returns to the lineup in force. Blazes has an 0.68 ERA and so far so good in his shot at MR1. Its been noted that we do well against LHP. 3 of Goodyears 4 starters we faced are lefties. Our 9-21 record against RHP needs to be dramatically improved. We improved to 22-25 and are out of relegation zone, for now.

#90765	01/30/2023 2:58:49 pm	Jun 9th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Pre-interleague gut check. We are 25-25, -8 RD. Interestingly, despite the struggles or sub-par of many players... BA (5th) .266 - 4 teams in division .242 or less! OPS (7th) .721 - horrible, way below average OBP (8th) .310 terrible RISP (T-2nd), .287 GB/FB (T-5th) 1.10 We improved on our putrid record vs. right handers in the last series (now 12-21) but more improvement needed. Loveland is far and away the class of the West (we beat them up pretty good LAST season). ERA (5th) 4.04. Better than usual for us but 3.86 is our best, so...need hitting FIP (4th) 4.21 BAA (7th) .255 BB (7th) 154 K (2nd) 317 QS (T-2nd), mostly because our SP go fairly long CG (1st) 11 - by a mile SO (1st) 4 - only 2 other teams have even 1 WHIP (5th) 1.346 ST% (5th) 64.3 GB/FB (6th) 1.11 RS (9th) 4.26 - and there you have it Next up, the Bay City Rollers

#90778	01/31/2023 6:27:54 pm	Jun 14th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	While there are some caveats, we've won 11 of last 12 (9 games against Goodyear and Bay City). RD is ALMOST to 0 (-1). 4 games out of relegation and, hilariously, just 1 out of a tie for second. Not that I think anyone catches Loveland this year. Against Bay City, we finally got some offense. Kennedy, Moreno, and Omi pitched mediocre to poorly. Whereas Olivera and the Mayor pitched like it was olden times (as they have all season). We scored 6 or more in 3 games, 4 uns in another, and only the 2-0 shutout from Olivera was same old, same old. Hopefully we can keep it going vs. Asheville. McCann has not been his usual .300 hitting self, but leads the team with 9 homers (GW in G1). He had a career high 19 last season. Paez hitting just .262 is a much bigger concern. Sure I can put Pags (18/16/13) in CF, but Cake is our only real CF. He has been good against lefties in limited circumstances, might try to play him in all line-ups at some point. Seems I have to respect the dice in this game. Some people get good form, some get bad, splits can do a 180 and so on. Perhaps all these developed players with their deviations are mainly separated by how big their chance is to roll for a good season or a bad one.

#90781	02/01/2023 6:35:22 pm	Jun 19th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	In facing 3rd place Asheville, Kennedy dominated them in an 86 pitch CG shutout, which is at least very close to the fewest pitches in a 9 inning game for us. He struck out 11 and walked no one. We scratched across just two. Roque had some rough times this series, he allowed both inherited runs to score, and with anemic offense again, we lost 3-2. Moreno pitched pretty well but we had problems again in the late innings. Roque faced 4 batter and gave up 4 hits. Blazes came in and walked in a run, but Hodson and Shanks had back to back triples in the bottom of the 8th, and we won 8-6. Omi stranded some runners in Game 4, and was fortunate to only allow two runs off 10 hits. 0 walks and homers helped in a straight forward 5-2 win. The Mayor has his first poor start of the season (3 ER in 3 2/3 IP). Hook was just 5 as I wanted to see what Coronado could do after swapping him to MR. His first outing there was very good. 1 ER in 4 IP. Apparently the open air of mid-game did something for his control too, as he walked no batters. For once the game was not in doubt as we pounded out 15 runs and 19 hits (and still managed to leave 10 on base). Since we instituted our new lineup last Friday, among the offensive stars is Glover, who is hitting .400 with a pair of homers and an OBP of .460. Shanks for some time has seemed like he should be a platoon player, with the red-hot (at the time) Burnett sliding into 2B in primaries. Burnett has cooled off some, but Shanks has been facing quite a few lefties and creaming them at a .356 clip. For the season he is at .302 with 4 HR and 14 SB. Hodson got removed from primaries as he is hitting just .208 against RHP but is blasting the hell out of Lefties. Goodson is back, now hitting .293 with 4 HR. Gomez and Pags are playing solidly. Pags continuing to play in all lineups. Even Mares is hitting a respectable .273 now with 8 HR and a tead leading 36 RBIs. Our ERA continues to drop, as Kennedy, Olivera and Omi are having great seasons. Moreno after a brutal start is turning in decent starts and the Mayor himself has a 2.76 ERA. The Mayor has been starting over Nunez, since as the spiritual leader of our team, when the ship needs to be righted, he gets the call. Coronado and Bustamante are doing fine in relief. Except for the fact we havent been playing the top teams so far in IL, I begin to question what would have happened if I didnt start Kono a number of times, or let Yagami pitch middle relief (or never signed Tulip). In any case, we have now won 15 of 17 games, are in 3rd place, and just 4 games put of first, behind Costa Mesa (who we swept as part of that string). Most importantly, our RD is ticking up and we gained a whopping 9 points in our team average. The West has been destroying the East so far in IL Updated Wednesday, February 1 2023 @ 6:49:04 pm PST

#90783	02/01/2023 11:57:44 pm	Jun 20th, 2058
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 627 Denver Broncos IV.4	https://brokenbat.org/game/4768410 Our shortstop hit for the cycle in an 11-inning loss. He hit a home run in the bottom of the 11th, but we still lost because our opponent scored 4 in the top of the inning. We're in dead last, man.

#90784	02/02/2023 8:33:09 am	Jun 20th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	That sucks. Maybe because you cut Josh Adams?

#90790	02/02/2023 6:19:01 pm	Jun 24th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Insane. Swept Egg Harbor today, and most of the games werent close. The Mayor, Kennedy, Olivera/Roque held EH to 1 run in 3 contests. Omi and Moreno's starts were 6-5 and 9-4 wins. The offense is coming around, with 8,9 and 10 runs in 3 games of the series. Team average is up to .276 (now #1 in League - by 7 points) and ERA 3.79 (4th). Now 20 of last 22, and tied for first (3 teams 38-27).

#90791	02/02/2023 7:06:44 pm	Jun 25th, 2058
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 627 Denver Broncos IV.4	https://brokenbat.org/player/254291 All the best to the kid. Adams has reinvented himself in LL6. 7.96 ERA in Denver 7 seasons here. 0.78 with McKinney as their closer, 15/16 save opps. Successful retread there so far.

#90799	02/03/2023 7:04:52 am	Jun 25th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	I do follow along to old Infernos, and Chili Peppers draftees (even if they were drafted/released before I got the team, and he is one, along with Waterloo's Wallace. Well, Training update showed some things. It appears Crawford and Bustamante are capped as far as SI. Crawford several points below 13 range and Blazes barely in the range. But both are pitching well this season. Otherwise, Gomez is the first Inferno since Arriaga in 2051 or something to reach 19 hitting. Which is a surprise considering we bat among the leaders almost every season. Holley continues to sneak closer to hir original 14 POT, now gains a BC to 109. Spork has gained 11 SI since his Age-26 season when he was promoted to the big team, with the regular play that entails. I never count Spring since I dont know whether it counts for those mythical 1000 AB, but otherwise he has reached 716. Along with 110 walks (Peter Brand: he gets on base) Mori gained a pop. Seems impossible Mori can, will, or should reach his POT 14 range, but he is in the middle of VG hitting, and a couple points off his power, so he'll do pretty well against his comments I think. Memento lost his ability to hit primary pitching this season, but that gives Gentile an opportunity to get more AB on the other side, since they are both right handed. RPG hitting a respectable .283 against RHP so far. Off day for everyone to get ready for Augusta tomorrow

#90810	02/04/2023 6:41:04 pm	Jul 2nd, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Not just another series win, but another big one. 4 of 5 vs. Augusta. Faced a few injuries this series but Mr. President and the Mayor are the beginning and end of it. Kennedy got his 6th shutout and 11th CG. The Mayor improved to 5-0 and has a 2.11 ERA. In the middle there were some battles, Moreno pitched well but a 9th inning homer allowed by Roque led to an extra inning game in which we both got 2 runs in the 11th that we won on a HR in the 12th. Omi pitched solidly in a 5-2 win, improving to 7-2 with a 3.29 ERA and Bustamante sweeping up 2 1/3 innings and earning a POTG. The team has improved to .277 on the season, and its pleasing that our power is up from last season, with 65 homers in 70 games. McCann and Padgett have 9, and Mares has 8. After winning 24 of our last 27 games, we are in first by 3 games and our RD has recovered some from earlier in the season and is +55. After a putrid start against RHP we are 22-23 with an elite 20-5 against LHP. An even 21-14 at home and 21-14 on road. Playing Paterson tomorrow Updated Saturday, February 4 2023 @ 6:47:33 pm PST

#90825	02/07/2023 6:40:36 pm	Jul 13th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Stressful series against the Salisbury Steaks, who dogwalked us pretty bad last season with their massive PD (my team isnt known for lockdown control from the pitchers). All I was hoping for was that Kennedy and Olivera would win and we'd chalk it up and move down the road. Anyway, Kennedy won 5-2 in fairly easy fashion. Pags sent a couple of balls out of the yard. Olivera's start was a completely different thing. He had a mediocre outing with 4 ER in 6 IP. I had moved Moreno to LHS from the roration, subbing in Nunez to start G3 because of better control. Anyway, Moreno ended up pitching 7 1/3 innings! (I only adjust hook/inning, not pitch count normally). Had a chance to both win and lose in the 13th. Salisbury scored on a ground-out, and then Gentile hit a one-out double with runners on 1st and 2nd, tying the game, but Glover was thrown out trying to score. Finally Holley hit a 2 out single in the 16th to win. Despite occasional implosions: see G4, the bullpen has been quite solid this season. Unfortunately they pushed across 4 UER against Nunez in the first, and 3 more until he left in the 8th. But 2 runs, 6 hits and that 1st inning error isnt going to win many games. Game 4 was heartbreak city. Though Omi had a poor start, allowing 4 ER in the early going, and 6 in 6 1/3 IP, we led 10-4 going to the 7th. They smashed Coronado for 2 HR, he got just 1 out, and it was then 10-9. A two out single and double in the 9th off Blazes tied the game. After after they got a one-out triple in the 12th it was ballgame. Though they added a homer against Roque to emphasize things. When I suffer broken bat toil and trouble, The Mayor answers the bell. He pitched brilliantly and gave up just a cheap little homer in 8 1/3 IP in a 6-1 win to take the series. So if you had told me beforehand that we'd win 3-2 I would have been ecstatic. But the methods? I think they might lead to raging alcoholism. Salisbury is the team we match up the worst against, and I hate facing them. Great to go into ASB 3 games up at 48-32. Could not have imagined being here when we were 18-25. 30 wins and just 7 losses since, 4 of them the last two series. We will see if we get any All-Stars. We hit .273 as a team (not horrible but below our usual standards) and dont have many individual hitting stars. Pags with his .312 average, 16 homers and 56 RBI's may get a call. Paez is a bit below his usual performance, but is hitting .302 with 0 errors in CF. Does have only 3 OA's right now. SB's are way off. McCann has been caught more than usual (11 times) and it having an ok but not real good offensive year. Shanks is pretty much a platoon player this season with 18 steals, and Hodson has not hit well in primary lineups so he has just 19. I expect Kennedy and possibly Olivera to make it. Olivera's ERA is very good but his W-L and run support havent been good. He did surprisingly make it last year. I dont even know what the criteria is for relievers, and looking at League Leaders, the Mayor's 63 1/3 IP doesnt seem enough to get him there, despite the 6-1 record and 2.13 ERA. Next up are the Bay City Rollers, after the break

#90833	02/08/2023 2:30:33 pm	Jul 16th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Congrats to our 2058 All-Stars. Among the pitchers, as expected, Kennedy made it, along with the almost predictable selection of Olivera. Olivera has made it 6 of the 7 full seasons he's played. Plus a Cy Young and 3 All-League nods. He does not have a frightening repertoire of pitches by any means, is just really good and really consistent. He's our 1A. Kennedy of course, is an SI monster, the second highest in Broken Bat among pitchers, and its the least surprising thing in the world that hes an all-star, whats surprising is he has 6 losses lol. This is his first selection. Not too surprising that RJ Padgett is our only All-Star among the position players. A number of normally good performers are having their struggles this season. Cant say enough about Pags. He dug a huge hole trying to hit right-handed pitching earlier in his career, but has punished righties at at a .352 clip this season, (hes a S), he's hit .312 on the year, with 16 homers and 56 RBIs, with an OBP of .397 Both guys pitched, Kennedy had 4 scoreless innings and Olivera came in and gave up a 2 run HR in extra innings for the loss lol Pags was 1-3 with a walk See you in the 2nd half, folks! Updated Friday, February 10 2023 @ 2:36:35 am PST

#90847	02/09/2023 9:03:44 pm	Jul 21st, 2058
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 627 Denver Broncos IV.4	What's an IA? Denvy with ballot stuffing allegations. Last place team. 2B, 3B, SS made the All-Star team for us.

#90852	02/10/2023 1:04:51 pm	Jul 21st, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Iowa? its 1A lol Crappy little update. Despite underscoring a number of players who are finished, that basically I knew were finished, I was hoping for Mori, Buck, Omi and a few others to gain a little something. Anyway, I have always wondered if each rung in the minor leagues is equal. Aside from the anomaly of Wiggins never playing above A ball and seemingly getting all his training, the AI wants Whip in AA despite recommending him to A ball at the beginning of the season. It also wants Nadeau up now. That, I have no intention of doing until the start of next season. Aside from some special circumstances relating to age - management of some guys I get on waivers (i.e. Romo and Perkins), I generally promote in the lower minors when recommended. But I also like to see a full season at each rung. At AAA it will be 1-2 full seasons (or the equivalent) regardless. Whip is just 19, with 4 SI gained this season. So I am keeping him in AA. Monroy is not getting much benefit from the minors, has gained just 1 SI this season, despite Spring/Cup play but I called up Ursler last week, who has performed well in off-lineups, has a better PD and would basically play the same position (RF), so I am keeping Monroy there despite him being better in the field. Age plays a role too, as Monroy is 21. So I will take the risk of him staying down too long (which I dont think is real in most instances anyway). Still feeling a bit miffed I made one of the classic blunders. I did a C&C on Menendez, whiffed on the waivers claims and Concord grabbed him. Though I could try to re-claim Maeda (10% chance), I considered cutting him for a bit, and ultimately, being locked in 12 POT, homers, and liking where my LHP is at the moment played more of a role than waiver claims. Sure, guys will appear on waivers, and I will sign people towards the deadline, but I had what I had. Not that there are any urgent holes. I feel like we will be very competitive for a division title this season, with the emergence of Omi as a quality SP and the Mayor seemingly bulletproof to this point. That being said, the Mayor has had some streaks, but has never put a full great season together above VI. What holes there are, is basically a left-handed hitting 2B. Burnett has mostly played there, but is at .265 on the year against RHP, and Shanks around .200. Its a natural position for Gomez to move to, but 10 fielding Nadeau is not really to play SS, and as a S, his splits could be anything. He hits decently against RHP in minors, but its about 6 points below his career average. Tends to be hot and cold too. He does have power and OB abilities. Probably put him in OF next season. Could use a bit of depth at 3B in primaries. If Holly get hurt (and he has missed a few games this season) it leaves a bit of a hole, since Mares has stopped hitting RHP. Also, have some problems with top of lineup. McCann is having a relative off-season, Hodson cant do a thing in primaries this season, and Arriaga has fallen off as well. Glovers high OBP keeps him there for now. Updated Friday, February 10 2023 @ 1:21:50 pm PST

#90854	02/11/2023 3:29:43 pm	Jul 25th, 2058
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9605 Haverhill Halflings III.1	III.2 is ultra competitive this season. Past the All-Star and still heavy competition. A three way tie for 1st place in the East. Two teams 1 game behind in the West (with fourth place 3 games behind). Wide open field!

#90863	02/14/2023 3:56:49 pm	Aug 7th, 2058
TheGmEra Joined: 04/30/2015 Posts: 36 Inactive	My starting pitching and hitting is pretty good id say, ive released a few relievers and made a few acquasitions and reworked the pitching roles to see what works

#90864	02/14/2023 6:28:49 pm	Aug 8th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Injury bug hits. Moreno got a 15 day, then Nunez, who has been groomed to be a 5th SP for 3 seasons got in there, won, and got an 8 day. I have pitching depth but not THAT much. Olivares will try a short start or two

#90871	02/16/2023 6:08:24 am	Aug 14th, 2058
Cactusguy21 Joined: 07/25/2017 Posts: 815 Presque Isle Vikings III.4	All of my prospects from the past several years have been busts, finally going to relegate as a result. Years of work got me this far, sucks to lose it by random chance.

#90873	02/16/2023 5:16:08 pm	Aug 18th, 2058
TheGmEra Joined: 04/30/2015 Posts: 36 Inactive	Can someone tell my key players to stop getting injured? Im trying to win the division here

#90875	02/16/2023 6:28:52 pm	Aug 18th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Well interleague closes. This week was full of frustration. Most of the series were 2-3 (including today against the Salisbury Steaks). No one else in the running played well though. Both Loveland Midland kept dropping games also, so they are both 8 back. Good to see them lose, but...a double digit division lead would have felt nice. Should have Moreno back by the time things roll against Loveland on Saturday. Olivera's season is starting to become worrying. Not just because last season he had a full season career worst 4.01 ERA. He's now at 9-12 with a 4.29 ERA. The first isnt a problem, as his RS has been horrible all season. Meanwhile Mr. President is 15-7 with 15 CG and 6 shutouts. Speaking of CG, the Mayor, who has been pitching daily in IL, is 9-2 with a 2.32 ERA and 5 CG of his own. His 4 hit shutout of Salisbury today felt really good. So, this week included we are 46-21 in our last 67 games with a division leading but not impressive +70 RD. Average 5 RS is not where I want to be. For the most part the lineup changes at the start of interleague worked: Glover hit .313 in 37 games, Hodson is platoon only and is hitting .320 with a crazy .470 against LHP. Gomez and Goodson are putting in their normal years at the plate. Fielding hasnt been quite as good, but is acceptable for most. I would think Holley would be fielding a little better, but he is not even at 3B. Happy to see we have 107 HR in 110 games. That is a lot for us. Ursler has stayed with the team. I originally planned to only have him for a week, but he is hitting .370 against LHP, so he is in those lineups. Olivares was brought up because of the pitching injuries and had two excellent outings. Anyway, 50 games to go. We will see what happens.

#90894	02/20/2023 10:48:30 pm	Aug 31st, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	We came back to League play to play...kinda like we did before IL, which is not good. A 4-11 stretch cut our lead, but not by that much, considering how relatively .500 the rest of the division is. This time I dont feel talent level is holding me back, but more, guys simply arent performing like they are capable. Former Cy Young Winner Olivera hasnt had a great 2 seasons in IV. He was 15-12 with a 4.01 ERA in 2057 and this season is 9-12 with a 4.41 ERA. He is my #2 SP and I depend on him a lot. We've lost his last 7 starts, which is brutal when trying to win. He has picked up the loss in 5 of them, but it deserves to be said his RS is less than 4 per game. Moreno has a 4.84 ERA and has allowed 16 homers in 93 IP. Unlike Olivera, he had an excellent first season in IV and has RS of 6.5 per game. This sorts of obscures the fact that Kennedy is a top of the rotation ace, the Mayor is pitching like one as well (10-2, 2.14 ERA) as well as terrific seasons in relief by Coronado, Bustamante and Crawford. Rookie Omi has been solid this season as #4 (12-4 3.77 ERA). With a bit of help for/from our #2/#3 guys we could be doing a lot better. While there are some positives from the hitters, who seem to have settled in at .277 on the season, with 113 homers in 117 games, it is again sub-standard years that are hampering us, with 4.9 RS per game (havent been below 5.2 since 2052). Hodson is crushing his platoons, but is no longer an every lineup player (.202 vs RHP), Padgett and Mares, the teams two best sluggers have reverted to platoon players. Padgett's splits flipped this year and he has been playing against RHP. His 22 homers and 80 RBI are outstanding, but he has been slumping lately. Mares is hitting .269 with 13 Homers and 59 RBI's, but playing in non-primaries reduces his opportunities. That being said, the non-primary lineups are responsible for 28-13 against LHP. Paez and McCann are hitting well standards. Both are hitting .269, and for Paez it looks likely a 3 year stretch of .300 hitting will be over. 0 errors in CF as usual. Similarly for McCann, 3 nearly straight years of .300 hitting (.296 last season). He is 24 in 35 SB attempts, so less than I'd like to see there as well. Arriaga has been nearly unusable this season. Ive been playing him to see if he will snap out of it to some degree. He does have a .352 OBP in contrast to his .233 BA and 19 games is not a lot. But as someone who was expected to platoon at first (since he is 32 and declining) with Hodson has not panned out that way at all. Mori's splits also flipped and has been sub-.200 against RHP and .229 on the season. Rookie Gentile has been playing C most of the time in primaries, and has been acceptable, hitting .262 against same-sided P. But we wouldnt lead the division by 4 games without some bright spots. 3rd year player Gomez is turning in another fine season, .307 as primary SS with 7 errors in 70 starts. His platoon mates Burnett and Shanks are doing fine as well. Burnett is hitting .300 in 83 games with a respectable .271 average in primaries. Shanks has hit .289 on the season and .326 in off-lineups. I think where you bat someone has a significant effect on aggressiveness on the base paths. Shanks was one of the most aggressive base stealers in the minors and attempted 81 SB last season usually batting 9th. He's #9 now but has generally batted 8th this season. Just 28 attempts. Glover and Waters, in their first significant action in awhile, to try and jolt our hitting, have both been fine. Glover is hitting .304 in 41 games and is better in off lineups. Waters is hitting .289 in 40 games doing his best in same sided lineups (.304) which works for me. These past couple of weeks on waivers have been a bit frustrating. Lost out on Polanco on a 50/50 with OW and steaming a bit over Menendez, which Concord picked up on a 50/50. I think over-claiming leads to dropping players I shouldnt at times. (Here's looking at you, Bobby Holden!) who Medrano joins on Farmington Hills. Dropping Maeda and Medrano I am a bit indifferent to. I am pretty solid on most of my positional players. Planning post Hodson in primaries, Goodson playing at first can lead to problems, but he's been worse than the 3 errors in 25 starts this season. While Buck has been underwhelming in most instances, he's now a 16 hit/.357 OBP player with even splits. He may gain a couple more SI but looks at most to reach his floor of 89 SI and not near his original 12 POT. My middle infield has some concerns, as Shanks/Gomez are platoon only, and Burnett was asked to bridge the gap, which he did, but I cant count on that going forward. Nadeau joins next season, but at 11 fielding probably will be somewhere else in the lineup. While Mares and Holley (.302/.400) make a great platoon, they arent good injury replacements for each other, which has led to a change of attitude regarding Stephens. He had been near the top of the cut-list all season (saved by the fact he's 21 and projects to rise in POT) and, relatively speaking, is hitting who he's supposed to hit this season. If he does, he seems likely to at least be a scratch 3B (also adds C depth - though a right handed one). While Zavala is a left handed injury replacement, he is pretty useless at the plate. His poor ability to put the ball in play marginalizes his excellent power. Nelson was terrific in his short stint in League, and has crushed AAA on his return (even with a not amazing 13 hit tool). But he is basically a depth OF and platoon CF type. Like Carr and Monroy, he is a low on base guy. So I have been fighting myself over claiming just who I have a reasonably clear-cut need for and not just talent. Since my team always rolls heavy with 20-somethings, reasonably clear cut needs can be hard to identify at times. Medrano has talent, but with Bustamante and Coronado showing they arent complete trash, along with Canizles and Olivares (2055 deadline signees) waiting in the wings, make the need low in right handed relief atm. Additionally, while Yagami may not be showing great value at this point, he's around as well. As far as LHP, Crawford has reverted to form, not sure what happened last year. Possibly my theory about low velocity relievers being generally ineffective at higher levels is wrong, and it was just a trash year like McCann's 2054. I cut Valadez on a similar theory, but his 5 velocity and tapped out at 92 SI with a 17 curveball played a big role as well. He would also have been pushed out by Coronado and Bustamante this year anyway. Behind Crawford (and the generally not-used anymore Lagos), its Perkins and Romo. Perkins looks decent considering he has a CoS of 4. Though it seems being used as a SP by the AI ups his homers some, he is 1/10 IP overall anyway. Though by no means did I want to lose Menendez, Perkins body of work and the fact that I had Perkins slotted for relatively similar usage played a role. Romo looks more like a guy who could end up in the rotation, which may lead to some flexibility for Moreno being used out of the pen. On that, Moreno is either pitching well or badly, doesnt seem to matter where he is. So, I had three spots open for that most magical time of the year, waiver deadline. I skipped the bulk of waivers and focused on 18,21 year olds as I normally do. https://brokenbat.org/player/305699 https://brokenbat.org/player/304183 https://brokenbat.org/player/307735 Poirier currently has stuck movement and stuck stamina (without a comment). He has gained less than 6 SI, so its hard to say. Heavy ground ball pitcher in Prep, and his hits and ERA are ugly. How long he stays around who knows? Baldwin's body of work isnt fantastic, but the AI started him 75 games in Prep with 5 stamina. Like Poirier he will have decent tools within 11 POT. I like Ortiz the best of the three. Aside from not being an above average guy, he's the one who has an outside shot to rise in POT. Not that theres much difference between high end 11 and low end 12. Aside from a straight curveball, he tossed lots of grounders and few homers. Because he isnt used as a SP, his body of works shows a little more clearly what he might be able to do. Not confident any of them will rise to 12 POT, but all may have solid tools in 11 POT. But nothing very exciting. Updated Monday, February 20 2023 @ 11:00:18 pm PST

#90958	02/28/2023 8:42:49 pm	Oct 2nd, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	We might actually pull this off. It has been such a stressful season. One of my teams best pitchers has just lost it lately and I put him at SS, Run scoring and run support has been very iffy. Kennedy with his 21 QS and 7 shutouts still has 12 losses, Bustamante has been very good most of the season but struggled to close a few games this week. The hitting has been iffy all season. They have a respectable batting average and other things, but many people are having off years. We struggled coming back from IL culminating in a sweep by Midland. Since: We swept Goodyear and swept Costa Mesa, and now lead by 7 games (we were 1/2 game up 7 games ago lol) with 17 to play. 35 year Old Johnnie Hodson. He has been killing left handed pitching all season, but a week ago he was .205 against RHP. But things were getting a little desperate here, especially since Arriaga has done so little he hardly plays. He is batting .203 in 90 or so PA. He's 32 but he seems to have fallen off very quickly, whereas Hodson raised his average against RHP to .250 and is hitting .319 on the year. He's not the SB threat he was, swiping 32 in 47 attempts. But I will take it lol 2B is still a bit of a bandaid. I never expected to have to depend on Burnett to play full time - a 3 claimer 2 seasons ago who has already begun his decline (theoretically). But he's batting .301 on the season (he plays SS in off-lineups), and a very reasonable .279 against primary pitching. 107 games in MI, 8 errors on the season. This allows Shanks to platoon at 2B in off-lineups. While his average there has declined, he has improved a bit against RHP and has a perfectly fine .281 line on the year with just 2 errors at 2B in 64 starts. Hes also played 21 flawless games in OF. His aggressiveness declined dramatically for some reason. Just 32 SB attempts but 24 successful. Catching has been a real issue this year. Mori fell off against primary pitching and is unusable (.182) and while he has hit .306 in off-lineups its just .238 on the year. Gentile is young, but also right handed, so hitting him in primaries isnt great. For awhile he was ok, but has been severely slumping, now hitting .238 on the season also. 35.9% success against base stealers is only a bit better than Mori and not what I expect from a 20 arm. McCann is normally one of the offensive stars, and he has been playing in OF. He isnt trash like 2054, but hitting .279 is not what I'd like to see. He has stolen 30 of 41 attempts and has a career high 20 homers. The team is decent at homers this year. So I tried to get him some work at C to boost the offense and he has been getting those small injuries so that isnt working at all. CF Paez is having an off year. D is still awesome, but .263 and a .700 OPS are an issue. Especially following 3 amazing seasons. 3B has also been a problem. Mares isnt really playable in primaries, Holley in off-lineups. But if someone isnt hurt, they're excellent. Mares is hitting .270 on the season with 16 homers. He's capable of a lot more, but there was no reason to keep playing him in all lineups and see if he responds, for Holley has been batting leadoff a lot of the season (with Hodson not in primary lineups again until recently), he's hitting .318 with an OBP of .423. He's not a SB threat but he gets on base. But he is prone to missing a few games here or there. He is still learning 3B, so 8 errors in 60 games there is not fabulous. Mares has 3 lol. But there are guys having normal seasons: Gomez is hitting .313 on the season with 10 errors in 91 games. 3 of them were in one inning as mentioned in forum so he is now known as "Triple Doink". Goodson hit 17,16,17 homers in his first 3 seasons, and he just hit his 18th lol. Similar to his rookie season he has been hitting everyone, and has good splits. So he at least, is relatively what I expected this year. Or surprises: Padgett was a platoon right fielder with lots of pop. Which was where he played early in the season. He played in all lineups for a bit, but as a S, his splits seemed to reverse as he did best in primaries. He was our only offensive all-star, and he's turned in the best season of his career batting .283 with 27 homers and 106 RBI's. He's just 26. Who knows what will happen? Ursler was brought up to get some experience, and ended up staying to play in off lineups, as his .351 against LHP is excellent. Also 0 errors in 23 games in OF, despite atrocious fielding. I have always tried to build depth to avoid some slumps leading to disaster, so OF's Glover and Waters have played more this year than in awhile. Glover is batting .303 with a .394 OBP and a .857 OPS. I know I know, why is he a backup? Waters in hitting .287 with a .365 OBP and .835 OPS. They have played in 50 games a piece and often not the same ones, as they are both right handed but have different splits this season. So yes, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. But we are 83-60 lol Our BP dramatically improved, but not really because of new blood. Crawford returned to form and Coronado and Bustamante decided they could get people out and have been solid, as has veteran Roque for the most part. Its the SP that has been unusual. Kennedy, as I said, has 12 losses and it seems he should have been in the running for all time wins. Next time maybe. Olivera was in the all star game but has been struggling a lot. He's 9-12 with a 4.72 ERA. Horrible for the guy who won a CY just 2 seasons ago and is 30. Just 2 of his last 11 starts were even acceptable. So he took a seat. The Mayor generally doesnt start that much. He is the traditional opening day starter but generally would step in in case of injury or fatigue. He didnt start his 2nd game until Jun 5. This is by far the best season of his career: 15-2, 2.27 ERA, 10 CG 16/20 QS. We would not be here without him. Moreno hasnt been terrible but not close to good overall. He has a 4.63 ERA and 19 HR allowed in 112 2/3 IP. This follows a 2057 that he was 11-8 3.46. He has the best RS on the team. Omi was introduced into the starting rotation, and though he has cooled off lately: 13-5, 3.69 ERA, 12 HR in 148 2/3 IP. Cant complain about the production but he stunted at 98 SI. I have been shuffling things around desperately trying to stay ahead, so Nunez swapped spots with Olivera. He's been fine for the most part. 6 starts, 3.86 ERA and 2 HR in 40 IP. Trying to develop Kono was probably a waste of time, as he has never shown anything. Yagami has had his moments, though overall 5.14 ERA in 35 IP. He's gonna have to cut down on hits/HR with the walks. I had been loath to pitch Olivares with everything so tight this year: first we were 18-25, and then it was trying to protect our lead. Nevertheless, he has 20 IP this season and a 2.21 ERA (with no UER). He was probably pitching similar to who he is today: 2 HR allowed, but no walks (and no other hits in 6 IP). Ill take a few longballs if hits and walks are low (what the now seldom used Lagos used to do). Thanks to long hook settings, Lagos has pitched 14 innings this year, and not good ones. Not sure that he's finished, but left handed relief is short. He's the only other lefty reliever besides Crawford. Next season Romo, Perkins and who knows who may get a shot. Go Infernos! Updated Tuesday, February 28 2023 @ 8:45:14 pm PST

#90999	03/03/2023 1:02:41 pm	Oct 10th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Well time to look at the Update and the kids. One of only two really fat updates of the year. A reminder that the minor leaguers grind in the caribbean league or something after the minor league season is over lol Gentile has gained 3 SI this year - 2 PD and 1 Hit. Safe to say he is on a Gomez trajectory, skipping BC, little power, fielding capped. While I love hitting and PD, he was below average at the plate and 35.9% on CS. He will need to improve. Buck has gotten a nice amount of SI this year, even though sparingly used. In fact 5,7,6,6 SI each season Ive had him. He's put together a decent year at the plate too, .279 with a nice .375 OBP. If he gets 17/19 on Hit/PD like Holley I will be ecstatic. Ursler continues his low key grind. He moves to all lineups with the end of the season approaching - he'll have about 50 games this season. Popping 5 SI overall so far. Stephens in interesting. Once he was top of the cutlist. That call subsided as he is projected to rise in POT and found his bat in AAA, hitting .338 against LHP. Like most low PD guys, he's not going to gain much there but he gains elswhere. He gained a fielding, which could be important because if he can provide some depth at 3B, that would be good. Though being right-handed doesnt help there. Reis I am less excited about. His hit tool development probably wont be robust, so he really needs to do better on fly balls and power to succeed at a non priority position like 1B. I held off promoting Whip to AAA, as he hadnt had a full season in AA. Like Gentile, his PD seemed to double dip. But he also has quite a bit of room elsewhere. Though .286 is a bit lower than previous seasons, he's been pretty consistent. Zapata had a shocking .300 year in AA, starting with a hit tool of 5. He is just the 3rd guy without a hitting comment I've held on to. Hoping one day he can be a backup infielder and steal some bases. Not enthused about Salas, especially since he's really a 12, but he did show good flyball ability so far. Newell is my second most exciting prospect. He hit .311 in AA, and though he doesnt get recommended as quick as Whip is starting to show nice power. He also has the GH comment and most of the others are just VG. He is a really aggressive baserunner for a 13 speed. At 70.8% success its possible he might be one in the bigs. What a difference a year makes for Nelson. He hit .260 last season and had a hit tool of 11. 5 more SI this season and he's batted .298 in the bigs, and led all minor leaguers with a .357 average when put back in AAA earlier this season. Carr is already in the 12 range. So with 1.5 seasons in AAA he's probably done with that. He was a solid near .300 hitter but not a superstar. If Arriaga cant get hot at the start of next season, he may be gone. He really fell off this year and was virtually unplayable. Carr will need to be available in that case. While it is less of a concern, Paez had a very mediocre year and will be 32 next season. Monroy is one of the youngest League-ready prospects but hasnt done much at the plate and is an off-lineup guy. Nadeau improved a lot on his short stint in AAA last season, batting .290 with 12 HR and 50 RBI. He has a career .83 FB rate with over 3000 PA and over .800 OPS the last 3 seasons. Like Carr, a year+ in AAA may be all he gets. He may start in the OF, as his fielding is just 11 right now. Other fuzzy cheeked "youngsters" such as Shanks and Mori look done. Mori is over his 1,000 AB and at 105 SI, is well short of 14 POT. Another season like this one wont be acceptable, with the assumption that other C will emerge (Gentile hasnt set the roof on fire and McCann gets hurt a lot playing C). Shanks is who he is, a solid platoon 2B who should be more aggressive stealing lol Yagami and Kono may squeeze out an SI or two between now and seasons end but are likely done for this year. Yagami hasnt been awful compared to low light seasons that people like Blazes have turned in, pitching 41 inning or so with a 5.01 ERA. He has been effective at times, but will need to cut down on his homers. Like a lot of P, where his SI ends up is important. He's gained 10 this season and his floor is 19 SI away. Didnt have him in Spring and Detroit barely used him. That will change Kono has been straight trash all season, even in situations that arent over-extended. But, he had tossed two very solid starts his last two outings. He does not seem to have real value at this points, but we will see. He's gained 19 SI this season and his floor is 17 SI away. Olivares has put in some great work this season with limited opportunities. He's pitched the exact same innings as last season (31 2/3) but cut down on homers, ERA, everything. The best part is just 8 walks. Perkins is a guy I found mid-season on waivers and been trying to correct his training. He was one of those bouncy guys but in his last season in the minors his Hits/IP is reasonable, as well as control and homers. He's gained 8 SI this year and perhaps he can be a velocity/control guy like Olivares (both have little else). Westland actually did use him in Spring and probably cut him because the homer numbers were pretty bad for not starting any games. But having been through this with Blazes, (just 4 in 71 IP this season) it can be a fluke. His minors work doesnt show that homers are a big problem. We'll see. Romo was another guy with strange development, who I claimed as an afterthought and never thought I'd get. I put him in AA but in much of the season, he only gained a fielding, so I put him in AAA, where he has gained some SI. His work has been pretty decent, and he is likely to have a shot at starting when he eventually comes up. Hes apparently spent some time languishing on the league roster. Quite impressed by Cañizles. He has 8 control and walked a few batters, but otherwise he was outstanding. The AI rode him hard, starting 27 games and striking out 178 in 217 IP. He's gained 10 SI and is now recommended. Ortiz is the only one of my 3 signees to gain any SI. No use in the tag end of the minor league season closed. Nice to see gain in non-commented stats. Baldwin got a few innings and was unimpressive. Poirer is a puzzle. The most significant thing about him is the force-promote did not have the usual results and he was put back in Rookie. At 22 he gets automatic recommend, so not a big deal. Main thing I got from draft was Stowe. Really nice P so far. Very good year in all ways in AA. He has no fastball, 9 SI has yielded no gain in Velocity, but If he rises to 13 and loads up on his other attribs, I dont mind a break from all the heat. I will eventually need other kinds of pitchers lol Limon gained a small amount of SI. He was a #3 this year by Kenosha. Has done little of note in AA aside from good homer numbers. He SI is just 44 right now though. He is in the mold of Olivares and Perkins. Unfortunately, 13 POT Blazes is done at 104, Coronado at 106, Omi stunting at 98, Crawford at 97. Thats a whole lot of stunting lol. But I cant complain too much as they all had good seasons and made the difference this year. Three of them in relief and Omi as #4 SP.

#91006	03/04/2023 6:40:09 pm	Oct 18th, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	The Infernos Way: Screw Up Today, But Plan For Tomorrow seemed like it should be our motto... Lakeville castoff Kono started 10 games this season and did nothing but suck...until his last 3 starts at 95 SI or so. He pitched at least 5 innings and allowed 2,1,1 ER. We still lost 2 of the 3 games. He's on a Yamasaki-esque trajectory, who we cut earlier this season and had a nice season starting for Saratoga. But he doesnt appear like he will more than an average pitcher when developed if even that. Sidelining decent pitchers like Nunez. (2-2 3.86 ERA). I cant control myself on these projects I guess lol Detroit castoff Yagami has had a few nice outing in short relief and some rough ones. Needs some improvement on hits and homers, since he is a low control guy. But your Infernos have clinched the West!!! So both of these beauts will have 150 pitch outings against Costa Mesa to close the season and then take a seat for the playoffs. At the close of the season, for a much shorter period than usual, since the race was pretty hot until we swept a crucial series, the kids got some AB: Carr, Monroy and Nelson were called or recalled, and the younger players moved to every lineup status. Not a great hitting year for us or the League, as usually platoon Burnett now got enough AB to qualify for tops in League at .305. Leading the league with that is a joke. Kennedy and The Mayor are too important to risk injury, so they will have to sit, Kennedy to be satisfied with 20 wins, an Infernos record 20 complete games, and second with 7 shutouts, and the Mayor with a 16-4 record and a league best 2.48 ERA. He had 11 complete games and 3 shutouts himself. Undecided for Game 3. Olivares might be good to go, but he is the only other developing pitcher who can benefit from some innings, and has been really good, so he will be on the playoff roster. Question is has Olivera rested his ailing arm? Horrible slump by me, but I will give him a shot in the playoffs to see if he can turn it around. We have a great chance to win if my 3 main P can do as well as they are capable of. Now to face the Aces and pummel their faces! III? REEEEEEE not ready!

#91040	03/08/2023 2:45:11 pm	Nov 1st, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	As expected, it was a tight series with Asheville, as there were 3 extra inning games. While it went to 6 games and avoided a 3rd start by Kennedy, he himself left Game 1 tied at 1-1 which we won in extras when Waters doubled in Burnett in duelling Stewart (who shut us out in Game 5) and pitched all 10 innings as Mori won it in 10 with a 2 run homer. Though hitting was sparse thanks to Asheville's pitching, I think we played just a bit more clutch. Olivera had been the the doghouse a month, and came in Game 3 and pitched well, but they outlasted us and an Arce homer won it for them in 11. The Mayor clobbered them in an 8-0 win in Game 2, but was on the other end of a 3-0 Stewart shutout in Game 5. Finally, it was a choice between Omi and Moreno for Game 6. I went with Moreno (who has pitched in every championship series) as he seems to have much better run support, and in fact we had an 8-0 lead after 5 in a 9-5 win to take the series. There are a number of guys who have played in all the series, but 35 year old Hodson, who finished his Age 35 season hitting .309 with an .803 OPS and was particularly deadly when a Lefty such as Francis took the mound but overall was 13-26 with 1 HR and 3 RBI in the series. Big time. Mori played just 1 game (Francis was Asheville's only L-SP), but came up big with that homer. McCann hit .476 but overall, we were below our season averages at .271 as a team and held to a .320 OBP. We did hit 6 homers, about where we were for the season. But the pitchers had a 2.24 ERA with games started by the Big K and The Mayor going 3-1. See you in III next season, Asheville! More games to be played

#91052	03/10/2023 1:49:36 pm	Nov 2nd, 2058
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	So the wrap up of our 2058 season as far as individual player activity. Kono got a couple more pops so 21 SI gained on the year. Also toward the end he strung together 4 decent to good starts, so perhaps he is gaining some value. He is on the brink of major league curveball and pop fastball, which could be beneficial with more stamina to gain. Of course, he could stunt at 107 like Yamasaki. Olivares has an 18 fastball now, and was very good in limited time this season. Yagami unfortunately didnt gain, and has just 10 SI or so on the season. Spring was basically over when I got him. One of the lightest updates Ive ever had. To the surprise of no one, Kennedy won the CY. The Mayor got 12 votes. I thought it might be Aldermans first All-League but nope. Omi was second in RPOY. Paez got a Gold Glove in CF. So for the first time since 2052, we dont have any Rookies of the year. Not too much going on with changes in POT, and nothing good. FA signing Baldwin dropped to 10 and was cut. Monroy dropped to 12, not a big surprise, since he's already at 15 hitting. If he reaches the far end of 12 range it wont make much difference. Reis and Stephens stayed the same. Surprised about Stephens. Maybe he breaks into 13 POT like Waters did.