2016 Random Rumblings Thread!

[nick]

In all seriousness... poor Dave. I've never seen a team drop off so badly after such a good year with a good GM to boot, unless it was intentional. Glitch aside, the Tigers really got bit by something this season.

[nick]

Hicks and Daniels lost talent. Always pumped to see two of your 26 and under MLB ready starters drop down a notch, keeps them humble.

Stanton ripped the cover off the ball though, winning NL Player of the Month. He had more than 3x the XBH he had in April and 2x the hits.

Hicks is hilarious... even with his high stuff, I doubt he'd ever be a real strikeout or power pitcher anyway. His movement makes him really valuable though... he'll never give up many home runs while it's where it is. But his control is hilariously bad. Doesn't seem to hurt him too much, but ya wonder if he could just get it in touch a little....

Speaking of Willis... 5th in the AL in ERA... lol

[missionhockey21]

But his control is not that bad, it's a 6. Granted he is not painting the corners with that, but he should be nowhere near a 1:1 ratio of walks to strikeouts. I've had guys with 3 and 4 in control show the same type of numbers. But I really don't care, this is the second talent loss he has had and when he stops producing I'll send him to AAA. I can't risk him posting a 6 BB to 1 K as he has done twice in the past 10 games when the playoffs come.

[Kingdom]

Hicks and Daniels lost talent. Always pumped to see two of your 26 and under MLB ready starters drop down a notch, keeps them humble.

The OOTP creator guy is secretly the anti-christ. Or Hitler, since he's German.

[nick]

But his control is not that bad, it's a 6. Granted he is not painting the corners with that, but he should be nowhere near a 1:1 ratio of walks to strikeouts. I've had guys with 3 and 4 in control show the same type of numbers. But I really don't care, this is the second talent loss he has had and when he stops producing I'll send him to AAA. I can't risk him posting a 6 BB to 1 K as he has done twice in the past 10 games when the playoffs come.

Still, horrid bb/k ratio aside, you can't deny his success. 55 wins at 26 isn't bad. Maybe he's pen-bound longterm.

And hey, he has 32/37 on the basepaths! If he can't work out as a SP, you can always carry him as a pinch runner

[missionhockey21]

Oh, he has definitely been a success. But the 9-7-10 rated Hicks of a few seasons ago (like his rookie season) wouldn't scare me in a playoff rotation, the 8-6-10 with who walks as many as he strikesout does. Plus any demotion would just be due to the Florida financial situation, I need him as long as he is pitching to success but if he drops any more or starts getting lit up, I don't want to raise his arbitration. I can't afford that.

[HollywoodLeo]

Jose Lamas seems to have taken his game to the next level!

[DiamondDave]

In all seriousness... poor Dave. I've never seen a team drop off so badly after such a good year with a good GM to boot, unless it was intentional. Glitch aside, the Tigers really got bit by something this season.

Alll part of the game.. hell, gives me a new monkey wrench to work around

[NYgiantsfan5689]

I think we broke Grant Balfour Jr. for a while. 42-5 vs. Detroit. Safe to say his ERAs going to be quite high this season.

However this also skews my runs scored stat, since that was almost 1/6 of my total so far. But pitching has been outstanding, though I lost Wheeler for the next month. While I put in a replacement, Ill just have to try shuffling around the order a bit.

He threw 297 pitches. That has GOT to hurt

Also from that game:
-Balfour gave up an AL record 33 walks
-Balfour only got 3 K's in 82 batters faced
-33 of Detroit's 42 runs were earned
-Bo Greenwell walked 5 times, got 9 RBI's, and 4 hits including a HR and a triple
-The fewest amount of times a Detroit batter got on base was 5. Not one Cleveland batter got on base more than 3 times.

[DiamondDave]

I think we broke Grant Balfour Jr. for a while. 42-5 vs. Detroit. Safe to say his ERAs going to be quite high this season.

However this also skews my runs scored stat, since that was almost 1/6 of my total so far. But pitching has been outstanding, though I lost Wheeler for the next month. While I put in a replacement, Ill just have to try shuffling around the order a bit.

That's one of those things that happen when a majority of your pitching staff gets injured

[nick]

The elusive Aaron Miller is going to be making his MLB debut to supplant James Loney vs LHP.

[Slyder]

KC did all I hoped it would. Going 10-6 this sim and at least holding ground til I get a few more trading pieces. Offense picked it up a bit, Kinslers been great posting an .880 ops so far hopefully the offense can pick up some of the pace.

[cjkalt]

I think we broke Grant Balfour Jr. for a while. 42-5 vs. Detroit. Safe to say his ERAs going to be quite high this season.

However this also skews my runs scored stat, since that was almost 1/6 of my total so far. But pitching has been outstanding, though I lost Wheeler for the next month. While I put in a replacement, Ill just have to try shuffling around the order a bit.

My favorite part is that he pitched 2 days later, talk about a rubber arm.

[Shadow29]

Hopping gets to start this month for the injured Wheeler. He has done a great job so far. Not nearly as good as Wheeler, 6-1 with a sub 2 ERA is hard to match, however he does give me some flexibility with my staff. I can probably consided dealing a starter to keep my payroll down and keeping him in the majors.

Oh yeah, Best record ftw.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Wednesday 6/7/2016 :
Tim Taylor seems to have taken his game to the next level!
Friday 6/9/2016 :
Ironel Paez is hitting his spots better, his command improved!

Woo hoo!!!