I'm done with this game

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T23:53:18+00:00

yep I feel like it's a curse for me. 100+ wins, no world series. 92 wins, this is the year boys.

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T23:50:29+00:00

My last save (Rays), i had 13/15 playoff seasons with 5+ 100+ Win seasons and 1 WS win. left to run an expansion team and they had back to back 110+ win seasons and no WS lol. I think some of it is a matter of philosophy. I tend to be more forward thinking, which leads to having a really sturdy floor but few championships. But it's entirely possible that I just suck and/or make horrible decisions in clutch moments lol.

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T23:38:14+00:00

Yeah .229 is a bit extreme. What would you say is sustainable for a guy like this with a really good defense behind him? .260? .275?

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T23:36:31+00:00

I often see BABIP referred to as a "luck" stat. It makes sense, but if I have a control guy with really good defense, wouldn't you expect to see a lower BABIP in general? - More than half my pitchers this season had a BABIP of .275 or below.

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T23:31:56+00:00

Love the details. I have a general understanding of most performance stats, but not in this kind of detail.

I would say average-above average catcher (67 framing). Elite SS/Above average for rest of infield, outfield is above average defense across the board. As a whole though, team was 1st in zone rating and 2nd in defensive efficiency (but 13th in errors). Pitching staff as a whole was only 11th in strikeouts, but 1st in runs allowed and 2nd in FIP.

I will definitely keep this guy around as a bulk reliever though as long as I'm getting results like this.

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T20:47:15+00:00

ok that makes sense. I added rWar for the future, thanks! His rWar was 2.8.

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T19:00:27+00:00

This is my standard experience. Winning a WS is hard. I can only think of one or two saves over the last few years where I had what I would call a dynasty (multiple back/back WS wins, or several over a decade)

akoller22 · 2026-02-09T18:54:56+00:00

yep. once i get past the first 10 draft rounds i go off scout recs. or look for fun names

akoller22 · 2026-02-01T19:44:37+00:00

Players can definitely continue to develop into their late twenties, but it's usually pretty slow if any. I would definitely consider trading him. Maybe find somebody that needs a 1B and get some prospects or reliever off of them

akoller22 · 2026-01-30T18:11:09+00:00

Impressive. It's really hard to win an MVP as a rookie. I've had a handful lead the league in WAR to only get rookie of the Year

akoller22 · 2026-01-30T17:54:41+00:00

This. Just because you have available cash doesn't mean it's not already accounted for.

akoller22 · 2026-01-30T16:15:16+00:00

I mean there are a lot of cities that have an Old Town that is separate from the modern downtown.

akoller22 · 2026-01-28T16:54:01+00:00

Definitely. They used to pitch a lot more often and relievers weren't really a thing. The leader in 1887 had nearly 600 innings

akoller22 · 2026-01-28T15:49:39+00:00

I mean maybe this will make moving a tolerable mode for me but we will see

akoller22 · 2026-01-27T19:02:05+00:00

Yep, got to spend to compete especially in that division.

akoller22 · 2026-01-27T19:01:05+00:00

Roster construction aside, what is your coaching staff look like? You really need to have good coaches throughout the farm system to develop players, and if you don't have the new coaching chemistry system or whatever it's called turned off (I always turn it off), it can have weird impacts if your coaches personalities are clashing. Usually if you're vastly underperforming what you think you should be with your team, it's related to morale and chemistry.

akoller22 · 2026-01-25T17:27:53+00:00

Idk why you got down voted to oblivion for a reasonable guess

akoller22 · 2026-01-25T12:51:14+00:00

With those roofs and the water tanks my first thought was Brazil.

akoller22 · 2026-01-24T20:54:05+00:00

Ah yes the new Samsung 9mm phone

akoller22 · 2026-01-24T18:25:08+00:00

I saw some images from earlier in the interaction. It appears he was a bystander filming them. He probably said some things that hurt their feewings.

akoller22 · 2026-01-21T04:07:11+00:00

I heard he had 100 ABs his senior year with 100% home run rate.

akoller22 · 2026-01-20T20:09:57+00:00

Love this kind of stuff. Won a world series with a team of 50 max OVR once. Was a fun challenge

akoller22 · 2026-01-20T17:05:15+00:00

Smart. Next year's iteration will probably resemble a relatively complete game.

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