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Post by LA Angels GM on Mar 26, 2021 11:06:51 GMT -5
Let's see your teams!
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Post by LA Angels GM on Mar 26, 2021 11:23:16 GMT -5
Unless something comes along that blows my mind, the 2021 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's roster is complete.
Overall outlook: I think that it's safe to say that my 10 year rebuild is over. I'm finally in position where I should be a winning team year in and year out. Not saying that I will compete for the playoffs every season, but all you can really do is build a team that consistently finished over .500, and then hope you catch a few breaks every now and then. This year's team should easily finish over .500 and hopefully be in the playoff chase, if a few breaks go my way.
The offense will put up some runs. Seager, Devers, Tucker, and Goldschmidt will see to that. Defensively, I still have some work to do, but moving Devers to the DH spot should help. For as good as he was offensively in the sim last year (and he was REALLY good), he was almost as bad defensively.
My rotation should be above average. Ryu and Urias give me a solid 1-2 punch. After that, I'm hoping that Canning and Peacock outpitch their league-average projections. Perez's job will be to just eat up some innings, though he has always simmed way above his projection ever since I've gotten him.
The bullpen is headlined by my bulldog, Hader. Other than him, it's a bunch of league-average to slightly above average middle relievers, but I'm hoping that there's enough depth there to find a few guys who out-perform their projections. It'll get the job done.
Rotation
1. Hyun-Jin Ryu (126)
2. Julio Urias (119)
3. Griffin Canning (104)
4. Brad Peacock (103)
5. Martin Perez (91)
Bullpen
CL - Josh Hader (164)
SU - Addison Russ (118)
SU - Codi Heuer (111)
MR - Shea Spitzbarth (110)
MR - Andrew Chafin - (109)
LR - Buck Farmer - (108)
Mop - Silvino Bracho (101)
Lineup
C - Yermin Mercedes (92)
1B - Paul Goldschmidt (117)
2B - Jean Segura (94)
3B - Luis Urias (90)
SS - Corey Seager (130)
LF - Yoshi Tsutsugo (108)
CF - David Dahl (102)
RF - Kyle Tucker (124)
DH - Rafael Devers (123)
Bench
C - Grayson Greiner (61)
OF - Mark Payton (91)
IF - Rougned Odor (90)
1B/OF - Sam Travis (89)
1B/DH - Matt Davidson (94)
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Post by Bal-Ty-more on Mar 26, 2021 12:41:33 GMT -5
Rotation:
SP1 - Stephen Strasburg - 129
SP2 - MacKenzie Gore - 104
SP3 - Kyle Freeland - 101
SP4 - Luke Weaver - 100
SP5 - Mike Fulmer - 97
Bullpen:
Swing - Teejay Antone - 98
Reserve - Juan Nicasio - 99
LHP - Miguel Aguilar - 109
LHP - Jake Diekman - 124
LH Setup - Will Smith - 133
RH - Tommy Hunter - 114
RH - Kyle Keller - 116
RH Setup - Evan Marshall - 125
Closer - Tommy Kahne- 138
Lineup:
C - Joey Bart- 80
1B - Eric Thames - 98
2B - Starlin Castro - 97
3B - Yoan Moncada - 114
SS - Fernando Tatis Jr - 142
LF - Kris Bryant - 110
CF - Bryan Reynolds - 95
RF - Aaron Judge - 139
DH - Anthony Santander - 112
Bench:
C - Garrett Stubbs - 74
IF - Elvis Andrus- 84
IF/OF - Chad Pinder - 105
IF/OF - Colin Moran - 99
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2021 14:00:38 GMT -5
I have a few weak links, but the TigerMob is ready. AJ Puk may eventually take over for Wieck or Bubic. The bench is deep. The lineup is about as strong as a guy with no money could put together. I have to make these next 2 years count while starting to rebuild the farm system. I like my chances better this year than last year. Rotation ERA FIP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 ERA+
SP1 Buehler, Walker 3.11 3.24 11.31 2.33 1.14 139
SP2 Montas, Frankie 3.98 4.08 9.28 2.93 1.26 106
SP3 Gonzales, Marco 4.13 4.20 7.42 2.15 1.25 104
SP4 Lindblom, Josh 4.58 4.41 8.81 2.51 1.50 99
SP5 Bubic, Kris 4.52 4.47 8.48 3.78 1.20 100
Bullpen ERA FIP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 ERA+
CL Colome, Alex 3.65 3.92 8.26 3.18 0.95 122
SUR LeClerc, Jose 3.72 3.97 12.13 5.50 0.97 119
SUL Garrett, Amir 4.02 4.27 12.38 4.66 1.45 115
RPR Lorenzen, Michael 4.22 4.34 9.23 3.76 1.25 110
RPL Wieck, Brad 4.71 4.48 10.50 3.86 1.50 93
SWP Greene, Shane 3.79 4.11 9.10 3.03 1.21 119
SPT/6 Velasquez, Vince 4.51 4.45 10.63 3.37 1.61 100
Lineup AVG OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ OPS+
1 - RF Eaton, Adam 0.262 0.339 0.401 0.319 100 96
2 - CF Margot, Manuel 0.257 0.313 0.408 0.306 93 96
3 - LF Martinez, JD 0.264 0.339 0.487 0.341 108 116
4 - 3B Moustakas, Mike 0.257 0.325 0.488 0.336 104 109
5 - C Realmuto, J.T. 0.272 0.333 0.490 0.343 111 114
6 - 1B Belt, Brandon 0.244 0.350 0.424 0.331 107 110
7 - DH Dozier, Hunter 0.244 0.325 0.446 0.326 101 108
8 - SS Crawford, J.P. 0.243 0.331 0.371 0.306 93 95
9 - 2B Arroyo, Christian 0.261 0.315 0.438 0.317 92 97
Bench AVG OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ OPS+
C Stallings, Jacob 0.255 0.318 0.372 0.296 82 86
UT/CF Garcia, Leury 0.267 0.301 0.386 0.293 82 86
UT/LF Gonzalez, Marwin 0.256 0.323 0.413 0.313 93 97
1B/DH Rooker, Brent 0.233 0.305 0.441 0.314 94 98
OF Diaz, Yusniel 0.244 0.314 0.415 0.310 93 97 PS - After looking this over, I'll also add there is a chance that Lorenzen ends up in the rotation. I keep forgetting that he got some starts. If he has the rating, it's probably in my best interest to use him in the rotation. |
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Post by nestorm15 on Mar 26, 2021 19:07:18 GMT -5
I am happy to see improvement in my team. This is the best team I have ever fielded. Honestly I just want to win over 70 this year.
OPS+
SS R José Iglesias 104
2B S Polanco, Jorge 107
LF R Ryan Mountcastle 114
1B R Kevin Cron 102
DH R Autin Riley 95
CF R Aristides Aquino 91
RF L Nomar Mazara 96
C L Austin Allen 95
3B R Josh Fuentes 77
OF B Greg Allen 70
UT S Yolmer Sanchez 89
C R Manny Pina 80
IF L Nick Gordon 79
ERA+
SP1 R Zac Gallen 123
SP2 R Dylan Cease 112
SP3 L Framber Valdez 105
SP4 R Cam Bedrosian 114
SP5 L Madison Bumgarner 94
SPT L Steven Brault 92
RRP R Connor Brogdon 105
LRP L Blake Taylor 92
MRP R Pierce Johnson 115
MRP L Corbin Clouse 114
LSU L Tyler Olson 101
RSU R Ty Butrrey 122
CL R Austin Adams 139
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Post by yankees on Mar 26, 2021 23:16:23 GMT -5
Still waiting on a few other spots to finalize so this may change ..
but as of today here are your NY YANKEES
GOING TO HAVE A GOOD BULLPEN BUT SP IS GOING TO STRUGGLE.
WE HAD A GREAT BULLPEN LAST YEAR .. 54-3 LEADING AFTER 7 AND WE GOT BETTER THERE THIS OFFSEASON.. HOPEFULLY THE OFFENSE CAN SCORE SOME MORE RUNS AND CHANGE THE 1-RUN GAMES IN OUR FAVOR ..(22-35)
GOAL FOR THIS TEAM IS TO FINISH 3RD IN DIVISION AND GET TO 81 WINS OR BE UNDER 18 GAMES OUT OF PLAYOFFS .
1 - ADAM WAINWRIGHT - 93- MAY CHANGE
2 - MICHAEL WACHA - 91 - MAY CHANGE
3 - KWANG HYUN KIM - 106 -
4 - ROSS STRIPLING - 103 -
MOP - DAN WINKLER - 93 - MAY CHANGE
MID - TYLER CLIPPARD - 102 -
MID - HUNTER WOOD - 106 -
MID - BRAD BRACH - 103 -
MID - PAUL FRY - 109 -
7TH - JOAKIM SORIA - 118 -
7TH - SEAN DOOLITTLE - 120 -
8TH - OLIVER PEREZ - 122 -
8TH - AJ MINTER - 129 -
CL - KIRBY YATES - 143 -
POSSIBLE CALL UPS
BRAD KELLER - 101 -
BRADY SINGER - 96 -
BRAXTON GARRETT - 97 -
GOING TO BE A GOOD DEF. TEAM .. HOPEFULLY WE SCORE SOME RUNS
C - CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ - 94 - D-7
1B - ERIC HOSMER (L) - 99 - D-0
2B - KETEL MARTE (B) - 111 - D-3
SS - MIGUEL ROJAS - 94 - D-8
3B - MATT CHAPMAN - 127 - D-13
RF - WIL MYERS - 115 - D -1
CF - AUSTIN HAYS - 100 - D-3
LF - COREY DICKERSON (L) - 102 - D-2
DH - CHRISTIAN WALKER - 104 - D-1
C2 - DUSTIN GARNEAU - 68 - D-2
UT - TOMMY LA STELLA(L) - 103 - D- -8
UT - ABIATAL AVELINO - 72 - D- 2
POSSIBLE CALL UPS
GREGORY POLANCO - 84 - D- -1
JORDAN PATTERSON - 80 - D- 7
JORGE BONIFACIO - 77 - D- -1
MLI #1
MLI #2
MLI #3
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Post by LA Angels GM on Mar 27, 2021 12:04:11 GMT -5
PS - After looking this over, I'll also add there is a chance that Lorenzen ends up in the rotation. I keep forgetting that he got some starts. If he has the rating, it's probably in my best interest to use him in the rotation. If Lorenzen gets a starter rating, I would 100% use him as a starter. |
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Post by LA Angels GM on Mar 27, 2021 12:05:42 GMT -5
1 - ADAM WAINWRIGHT - 93- MAY CHANGE 2 - MICHAEL WACHA - 91 - MAY CHANGE 3 - KWANG HYUN KIM - 106 - 4 - ROSS STRIPLING - 103 - MOP - DAN WINKLER - 93 - MAY CHANGE MID - TYLER CLIPPARD - 102 - MID - HUNTER WOOD - 106 - MID - BRAD BRACH - 103 - MID - PAUL FRY - 109 -7TH - JOAKIM SORIA - 118 - 7TH - SEAN DOOLITTLE - 120 - 8TH - OLIVER PEREZ - 122 - 8TH - AJ MINTER - 129 - CL - KIRBY YATES - 143 -
Are you rolling with a 4 man rotation, and having a bullpen day when a 5th starter is needed? That's a bold strategy, Cotton. I'm interested to see how the sim would handle that. |
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Post by yankees on Mar 27, 2021 16:18:03 GMT -5
I’m going to try it at the beginning and save one year on Keller. Maybe. I’m going to get a SP MLI
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Post by bluejaysgm on Mar 27, 2021 17:30:56 GMT -5
Tentative Blue Jays 26 man roster:
Rotation:
Randy Dobnak, 98
Adrian Houser, 104
Matt Strahm, 106
Nate Pearson, 112
?/Alex Young, 91
Bullpen
Liam Hendriks, 163
Matt Barnes, 116
Jeff Brigham, 111
Joely Rodriguez, 111
Zack Littell, 101
?
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Lineup:
C: Yasmani Grandal, 111
1B: Rhys Hoskins, 124
2B: Joey Wendle, 87
3B: Nolan Arenado, 117
SS: Javier Baez, 102
OF: Jordan Luplow, 103
OF: Tommy Pham, 109
OF: Josh Naylor, 103
DH: Eloy Jimenez, 132
Bench:
C Chance Sisco, 97
IF Matt Reynolds, 96
OF Willie Calhoun, 100
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Hopefully we are not a complete pushover this year.
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Post by Pirates GM on Mar 28, 2021 7:27:41 GMT -5
Rotation ERA+ WAR
SP1 Giolito, Lucas 149 5.1
SP2 Kershaw, Clayton (L) 135 4.0
SP3 Gant, John 104 1.3
SP4 Rogers, Trevor (L) 101 1.7
SP5 Lester, Jon (L) 88 0.9
Bullpen ERA+ WAR
CL Chapman, Aroldis (L) 170 1.7
SUR Petit, Yusmeiro 114 0.7
SUL Crochet, Garrett (L) 116 0.3
RPR Trivino, Lou 104 0.4
RPL Vesia, Alex (L) 104 0.2
SWP Lopez, Yoan 104 0.2
SPT/6 Clark, Taylor 91 0.8
SPT/6 Montgomery, Mike (L) 100 0.9
Lineup OPS+ HR WAR Def
1 - CF Laureano, Ramon 116 25 3.5 +3
2 - 2B Lowe, Brandon (L) 114 26 3.0 +2
3 - 3B Gurriel, Lourdes 113 25 1.8 +1
4 - RF Bellinger, Cody (L) 141 38 6.0 +2
5 - LF Schwarber, Kyle (L) 113 31 2.4 0
6 - DH Upton, Justin 98 23 0.4 -3
7 - 1B Lowe, Nate (L, plat) 113 23 1.9 0
8 - C Huff, Sam 93 22 1.9 +6
9 - SS Taylor, Chris 107 18 2.4 -4
Bench OPS+ HR WAR Def
C Posey, Buster 91 6 2.0 +2
1B/3B Dalbec, Bobby (plat) 96 26 1.0 +6
SS Allen, Nick 64 3 1.0 +12
OF Fisher, Derek 105 18 1.1 +2
1. Definitely the offseason where I felt the cap crunch most. Signed 0 free agents, and had to trade away players with quality ZiPS, including... SS Javier Baez (3.2 WAR) SS Jean Segura (1.4 WAR) RP Keone Kela (0.6 WAR) RP Ken Giles (0.8 WAR) RP Andrew Chafin (0.3 WAR) 1B Jesus Aguilar (1.2 WAR) This will hurt my bullpen and MINF, but at least in the MINF, I can fill the holes. It also gave me a nice handful of decent prospects, as well as guys that step up right away. 2. I still have a ton of positional flexibility in both INF and OF. All 4 bench players could be starters. Took a chance and called up Nick Allen and his crazy +12 def after trading away Baez. 3. Ironically, the best but weakest part of the 2021 Pirates is the rotation. I've never had a #1/#2 ZiPS combo like Giolito and Kershaw got this year; it's likely the best 1-2 in the league. But after that, it gets a little sketch. This is where I wish I had a few MM in FA. Very few teams can consistently contend while still rebuilding through the back of the deck. But so far, I'm pulling it off. JIm |
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Post by marlinsgmed on Mar 28, 2021 10:40:56 GMT -5
After the usual dance around the contracts, Miami has a team that should contend in one form or another. This team doesn't seem as ready as the last two, so maybe that means we will break the wild card jinx! That is how logical we think here in Miami.
STARTERS (ERA+)
Sale (139)
Rodriguez 110
Yarbrough 107
Lopez 104
SWINGMEN- should have starter rating but will also work out of the pen
Gonzalez 115
Suter 113
Kittredge 116
BULLPEN
Hand 138
Anderson 133
Montero 120
Pomeranz 116
Jackson 113
Alexander 111
The pen is not as polished as in previous years but the rotation should be real solid.
HITTERS (OPS+)- We built around Trout (after nearly trading him) so there should be some runs scored.
C- Jansen 101
C- Wolters 59- defensive replacement mostly
1b- Bell 107
2b- Fletcher 95 with a 5 defensive rating
SS- Simmons - 89 with a 12 d
3B- Diaz 108
LF- Tauchman 105 with a 10 D rating
CF- Trout 174
RF- Cooper 107
DH- Blackmon 106 with a -5 D- thank you DH!!
Bench- most of these guys are multiple-position players so lots of flexibility... based on NSBL ratings last year and MLB usage in 2020
Munoz- 96 and plays everywhere but C and 1B- not well but he qualifies
Dean- 100 plays 1b and corner OF
Straw- 75, plays all 3 OF, 6 rated D and adds speed off the bench and will get his share of starts
I have some pieces in the reserves that could be used but most likely not:
Castro 107 relief
Wisler 100 starter and relief
Junis 98 starter
Civale 96 starter
Kevin Smith 907 starter
DJ Stewart- 102 hitter- he has some pop but is all kinds of bad
As mentioned, it is a good team. What we lack in pitching and hopefully be helped by some real solid defense.
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Post by Pirates GM on Mar 28, 2021 11:42:18 GMT -5
Had trouble with team download..more to come Great stuff, Ed. |
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Post by LA Angels GM on Mar 28, 2021 11:43:47 GMT -5
3. Ironically, the best but weakest part of the 2021 Pirates is the rotation. I've never had a #1/#2 ZiPS combo like Giolito and Kershaw got this year; it's likely the best 1-2 in the league. But after that, it gets a little sketch. This is where I wish I had a few MM in FA. JIm Is the Rotation of Justice dead? |
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Post by BrewCrewGuru on Mar 28, 2021 12:14:50 GMT -5
3. Ironically, the best but weakest part of the 2021 Pirates is the rotation. I've never had a #1/#2 ZiPS combo like Giolito and Kershaw got this year; it's likely the best 1-2 in the league. But after that, it gets a little sketch. This is where I wish I had a few MM in FA. JIm Is the Rotation of Justice dead? I think the real question is "Is Jon Lester still alive?" If that doesn't answer your other question, then Jim can't help you either. |
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Post by Texas GM on Mar 28, 2021 18:27:15 GMT -5
The 2021 TEXAS RANGERS ("Win one for Christian")
2020 was another solid year of winning (95 wins), a well earned division crown, getting to the dance and getting bounced again in the divisional series by KC. The team was third in batting (806 Runs), 7th in pitching (3.83 ERA)and 6th in fielding. Obviously a major loss in losing 2 SP(Hamels and Maeda) and Jose Ramirez to FA, but, with the looming drop in salary cap coming, I thought I could put 32M to dual use, maintaining a competitive team, grabbing some future assets locked up cheaply (Bednar, McKinstry and Hernandez) and keeping my debt load down. I spent just under $35M And my debt load is a very manageable 152M. Most importantly, I'll be losing Yelich after this season, while having about $60M in cash next year, a bumper FA crop.
So, my moves were made to boost the SP, the pen, replacing lost power from Ramirez and add some key, young,future assets.
I traded for Jesse Winker, who's ridiculously high OBP, along with Verdugo and Yelich should play well in front of the power of Alonso, Brosseau, Schoop, Andujar and on occasion Escobar. Rogers should bolster a strong back end of the pen with Treinen. The SP will feature Cy Young and Triple Crown winner Shane Bieber, Chris Paddack, Robbie Ray, Dane Dunning (trade) and Joey Lucchesi.
Christian Yelich is the last original player on my roster from when I took over 11 years ago. This season will be dedicated to him and his service to the organization.
STARTING ROTATION
Bieber
Paddack
Ray
Lucchesi
Dunning
BULLPEN
David Bednar
John Brebbia
Brandon Morrow
Jace Fry
Tim Hill
James Hoyt
Blake Treinen
Taylor Rogers
STARTING LINEUP
RF- Jesse Winker
LF - Alex Verdugo
CF- Christian Yelich
1B - Peter Alonso
3B - Mike Brosseau
DH Miguel Andujar / Matt Beaty
2B - Jonathan Schoop
SS- Dansby Swanson
C - Austin Barnes / David Freitas
BENCH
SS/2B/3B - Eduardo Escobar
If / OF - nearly every position - Niko Goodrum and/or Jon Berti
The real excitement I had this offseason was acquiring hopeful long term talent. First Dane Dunning in trade, then 3 youngish players with some real talent locked up for 5 years. David Bednar looks like a future closer, Hernandez and his wipe-out slider in the middle of Miami's rotation and a real exciting all-purpose Dodger prospect Zach McKinstry. If the cap continues to drop, I'm hoping I cashed in some value with these three.
Sorry there are no fancy charts or numbers. If you want to know how good , or not, this team is you're cordially invited to Texas for a series to find out.
2021 EXPECTATION
Hope to get out of the gate quickly, maybe make some mid-season pick-ups and try to repeat as AL West champs. From there, there's nothing but annual hope in Texas.
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Post by BrewCrewGuru on Mar 29, 2021 8:45:20 GMT -5
Pitching K/9 BB/9 HR/9 ERA FIP ERA+
SP Michael Pineda 8.19 1.95 1.56 4.58 4.39 97
SP JT Brubaker 7.75 3.51 1.04 4.39 4.32 99
SP Ranger Suarez * 7.52 2.97 1.19 4.55 4.38 99
SP Trevor Williams 7.35 2.96 1.35 4.64 4.65 94
SP Michael King 7.62 2.24 1.49 4.64 4.58 96
SP/RP Chad Kuhl 8.07 4.36 1.21 4.64 4.74 94
RP Hansel Robles 9.75 3.68 1.27 4.24 4.20 106
RP Wandy Peralta * 7.51 3.68 0.77 4.14 3.98 101
RP Luis Perdomo 7.92 3.51 1.17 4.42 4.44 100
SU Travis Radke * 7.73 3.15 1.05 4.33 4.23 106
SU Kevin Ginkel 12.34 4.61 1.32 4.11 4.07 112
CL Emmanuel Clase 7.94 2.25 0.93 3.57 3.71 127
SP Jose Urquidy 8.13 2.53 1.84 4.83 5.01 91
SP Jackson Kowar 6.75 3.44 1.38 5.03 5.01 90
RP Montana DuRapau 10.67 4.00 1.33 4.33 4.27 98
RP Josh Sborz 10.08 3.78 1.26 4.14 4.17 106
Lineup AVG OBP SLG wOBA wRC+ OPS+ D+/-
1 Jurickson Profar 2B # .254 .331 .420 .320 99 103 -2
2 Victor Reyes RF # .278 .309 .405 .302 85 90 +5
3 Xander Bogaerts SS .288 .357 .503 .359 120 125 -5
4 Dom Smith LF * .271 .329 .474 .337 112 117 -2
5 Renato Nunez DH .251 .312 .466 .326 101 112
6 Jmr. Candelario 3B # .252 .331 .442 .328 102 105 +6
7 Mike Ford 1B * .237 .322 .447 .324 101 105 0
8 Cam Gallagher C .254 .312 .377 .297 81 87 +2
9 Cedric Mullins CF # .245 .296 .390 .291 79 85 +5
C Welington Castillo .245 .289 .418 .298 79 81 -3
UT Johan Camargo # .245 .299 .419 .302 83 86 +2 (3B)
1B/2B Jason Kipnis * .241 .314 .400 .305 84 87 -2 (2B)
OF Andrew Stevenson * .263 .320 .405 .309 87 87 -5 (CF)
1B/OF Taylor Ward .237 .316 .397 .306 89 93 -4 (3B)
IF Braden Shewmake * .251 .305 .380 .293 77 79 +2 (SS)
IF/C Isiah Kiner-Falefa .255 .311 .349 .287 67 82 -8 ( C)
OF Leody Taveras # .242 .302 .370 .288 68 82 +6 (CF)
OF Christian Pache .238 .285 .412 .292 76 80 +6 (CF) OUTLOOK: Bad team with some good players. I have a class of prospect grads coming up. How good they are will determine the fate of this team. ROTATION: It's bad. I'll be experimenting all year with DMBs new expanded rotation. I have traditionally run 6-7 man rotations manually by making adjustments each week. I'm going to start with 5 starters and 1 bullpen day, with that bullpen day being on a skip setting. BULLPEN: It's actually alright. I have a couple of high leverage pieces. I'm going back to home run suppression as a bullpen strat because it has helped me beat my projected wins in the past. There were "better" options available over Perdomo and Peralta, but I think this is where I want to be for this season. LINEUP: It's like half a lineup. We'll see how all the pieces fit together. Most of my guys have some positional flexibility and I'll try as many combinations as necessary to find a good fit for all of them. Mike Ford might end up in the base lineup with Reyes or Stevenson moving to the bench. BENCH: It's kinda ok! I have 5 guys that deserve jobs! That's kinda awesome! RESERVES: I gots some guys I can call up if the waiver wire and free agent pool are depleted. Carry Over / Incumbent
Free Agent Signing
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Post by Pirates GM on Mar 29, 2021 10:50:56 GMT -5
3. Ironically, the best but weakest part of the 2021 Pirates is the rotation. I've never had a #1/#2 ZiPS combo like Giolito and Kershaw got this year; it's likely the best 1-2 in the league. But after that, it gets a little sketch. This is where I wish I had a few MM in FA. JIm Is the Rotation of Justice dead? Fantastic question. I would say there’s less depth to the justice, but the front-end justice is far more justicey than ever before. |
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Post by seattlegm on Mar 29, 2021 11:15:58 GMT -5
Here's the Seattle team thats about 90% there. Overall a better team than last year with a core of Cronenworth, Anderson, Springer and Machado. Still piecing together the pitching staff with a lot of options for starters, and not real good relievers.
Looking to fight my way to .500 this year!
Line-up/ Positions
Last First B Age PO BA OBP SLG HR OPS+ WAR
Anderson Tim R 28 SS .291 .318 .475 23 113 2.6
Springer George R 31 CF .273 .355 .490 28 126 3.9
Machado Manny R 28 3B .271 .338 .498 33 124 4.6
Abreu José R 34 1B .274 .324 .502 29 121 2
Grichuk Randal R 29 LF .249 .297 .493 31 109 1.5
Canó Robinson L 38 DH .269 .310 .424 12 99 1
Renfroe Hunter R 29 RF .231 .292 .481 26 100 1.3
Garver Mitch R 30 C .233 .316 .444 17 102 1.3
Cronenworth Jake L 27 2B .263 .332 .392 8 97 2.5
Bench
Nuñez Dom L 26 C .216 .313 .389 13 74 0.7
Neuse Sheldon R 26 3B .245 .296 .383 15 85 1.5
Lopes Christian R 28 2B .239 .319 .378 11 81 0.8
Hilliard Sam L 27 RF .231 .294 .429 22 77 -0.4
Rotation
Last First T ERA FIP K/9 ERA+
Ferguson Caleb L 3.52 3.68 12.2 123
Price David L 4.04 4.4 8.9 107
Minor Mike L 3.96 4.17 8.4 107
Sandoval Patrick L 4.37 4.31 9.3 103
Smyly Drew L 4.7 4.61 9.6 96
Bullpen
Last First T ERA FIP K/9 ERA+
Holland Greg R 4.3 4.42 10 105
Lugo Seth R 4.1 4.15 9.8 103
Steckenrider Drew R 4.04 4.02 11.2 107
Devenski Chris R 4.47 4.65 9.9 98
White Mitch R 4.42 4.42 9.1 98
Jiménez Joe R 4.26 4.34 9.5 106
Plesac Zach R 4.48 4.42 8 101
Called Up After 1st Week
Peralta Freddy R 4.18 4.13 11.6 109
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Post by bigredmachine on Mar 29, 2021 20:42:47 GMT -5
| Starting Rotation | R/L | ERA+ | WAR |
| 1. Trevor Bauer | R | 128 | 4.2 |
| 2. Corbin Burnes | R | 121 | 2.3 |
| 3. Lance Lynn | R | n/a | 2.8 |
| 4. Shohei Ohtani | R | 109 | 1.1 |
| 5. Josh James | R | 106 | 1 |
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| C- Will Harris | R | 129 | .7 |
| SU- Mike Mayers | R | 114 | .6 |
| SU- Zach McCallister | R | 118 | .4 |
| Jake McGee | L | 104 | .2 |
| Anthony Desclafani | R | 92 | 1 |
| Nathan Eovaldi | R | 99 | 1.8 |
| Steve Matz | L | 91 | 1.1 |
| Jose De Leon | R | 85 | .1 |
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| DH- Shohei Ohtani | L | 115 | 1.6 |
| SS- Gavin Lux | L | 105 | 2.8 |
| LF- AJ Pollock | R | 110 | 1.6 |
| C- Willians Astudillo | R | 107 | 1.8 |
| 2B- Ty France | R | 112 | 2.6 |
| RF- Randy Arozarena | R | 121 | 2.2 |
| CF- JaCoby Jones | R | 89 | 1.2 |
| 1B Yuli Gurriel | R | 94 | .5 |
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| C- Keibert Ruiz | S | 85 | 1.2 |
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Still need to fill a spot and maybe send a guy or two down depending on any MLIs but this will be the 2021 Reds. I like the starting pitching and the offense should produce some runs. I have a little bit of flexibility with the DH now. The pen is a little thinner than I'd like but we should be able to compete with most teams out there. |
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Post by Whitesox on Mar 31, 2021 22:10:05 GMT -5
This is a pretty complete team. My lineup isn't as long as it has been in the past but there is still a nice combo of on-base and power while JoRam and Dylan Moore will provide more speed than I have had in the past. The bullpen is weaker than last season with the loss of Hendricks, Betences, and Lugo, I focused mostly on RP help who keep the ball inside the park, the defense will need to play well to help my pen succeed. My rotation should be the strong point again with two hopeful ace like arms in Verlander and Castillo (who should get a SP rating) anchoring the top. It's world series or bust in Chicago. I got a fancy chart and numbers for ya'll. | NAME | OPS+ | BB% | K% | ISO | WAR/650 | 1b. Carlos Santana (S)
| 110 | 15.4 | 16.5 | .175 | 2.2 | | 2b. Jose Ramirez (S) | 143 | 11.6 | 14.7 | .272 | 6.0 | | 3b. Miguel Sano | 125 | 11.2 | 38.5 | .295 | 3.2 | | ss. Willy Adames | 95 | 9.1 | 29.2 | .160 | 2.3 | | dh. Michael Conforto (L) | 130 | 12.5 | 25.0 | .210 | 4.2 | | lf. Brandon Nimmo (L) | 122 | 14.9 | 24.7 | .193 | 3.8 | | cf. Victor Robles | 90 | 6.0 | 23.2 | .153 | 2.7 | | rf. Max Kepler (L) | 117 | 10.9 | 17.9 | .230 | 3.5 | | c. Alex Avila (L) | 86 | 16.9 | 36.9 | .145 | 3.0 |
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Post by Nationals on Apr 1, 2021 9:33:04 GMT -5
Rotation:
Marcus Stroman 92 ERA-, 3.2 WAR
Cory Kluber 87 ERA-, 2.2 WAR
Dakota Hudson 101 ERA- 2.0 WAR
Rick Porcello 106 ERA-, 1.6 WAR
Jake Arrieta 107 ERA-, 1.1 WAR
Bullpen:
Ryan Brasier 85 ERA-, 0.7 WAR
Jared Hughes 95 ERA-, 0.3 WAR
Fernando Abad 97 ERA-, 0.2 WAR
Jonathan Holder 99 ERA-, 0.2 WAR
Cole Sulser 99 ERA-, 0.4 WAR
Matt Bush 102 ERA-, 0.1 WAR
Lineup:
CF Odubell Herrera 93 OPS+, 1.3 WAR, -2 DEF
DH Brian Dozier 92 OPS+, 1.0 WAR, -3 DEF
RF Mookie Betts 138 OPS+, 6.5 WAR, 15 DEF
LF Yasiel Puig 107 OPS+, 2.0 WAR, 3 DEF
1B Jesus Aguilar 104 OPS+, 1.2 WAR, 1 DEF
C Yan Gomes 89 OPS+, 1.6 WAR, 1 DEF
SS Brandon Crawford 83 OPS+, 1.2 WAR, 2 DEF
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Bench:
OF Cesar Puello 90 OPS+, 1.0 WAR, 2 DEF
C Yadier Molina 76 OPS+, 1.1 WAR, 3 DEF
UTL Brock Holt 76 OPS+, 0.4 WAR, -1 DEF
UTL Rob Refsnyder 74 OPS+, -0.2 WAR, 1 DEF
INF Jace Peterson 85 OPS+, 0.8 WAR, 0 DEF
The team blows. Its a work in progress after a year or so away. 2 picks in the top 12 for the summer draft on the way, to build this thing from the bottom up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2021 10:40:34 GMT -5
Goal of the offseason was to put together a team that could start off a 5-year window of winning seasons. Originally felt good about it, but after seeing other teams on here, I feel like I'm looking at closer to 75 wins. Not terrible, but a little short of where I wanted to land. | Role | Name | ERA+ | | SP1 | Dinelson Lamet | 118 | | SP2 | Kevin Gausman | 107 | | SP3 | Merrill Kelly | 97 | | SP4 | Brett Anderson (L) | 97 | | SP5 | Trevor Richards | 95 |
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| | RP | Cionel Perez (L) | 97 | | RP | Alec Bettinger | 93 | | Spot | Tyler Beede | 87 |
| Position | Name | OPS+ | DEF | | C | Ryan Jeffers | 85 | 2 | | 1B | Ji-Man Choi (L) | 112 | -2 | | 2B | Mauricio Dubon | 84 | 6 | | 3B | Jeff McNeil (L) | 125 | -4 | | SS | Ha-Seong Kim | 117 | 0 | | LF | Mark Canha | 118 | -2 | | CF | Byron Buxton | 110 | 9 | | RF | Raimel Tapia (L) | 91 | 2 |
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Going to heavy platooning - Jeffers/Dubon/Young vs. LHP, Barhardt/Jones/Bruce vs. RHP. Feel good about depth of lineup, but missing stud hitters. Long-term success of this lineup will be determined by Buxton/Kim/McNeil and possibly Jones. Still debating on leaving Jones in minors for one more season and calling up Rengifo. Will be determined by ratings. Mistakes of the offseason: - Keeping Beede. Should have just let him go but wanted to hold him one last season to see if he could bounce back. - Trading $3M for Xander Bogaerts discount rights. Thought for sure I was willing to go highest on him. - Signing both Young and Short. I should have used one of the spots to sign a righty COF with strong defense that could platoon with Tapia and come in as defensive replacement (moving Canha to 1B). Still a chance somebody gets a decent defensive rating to make it work (Kim or Young) but doubtful. Looking ahead to 2022: - Feel pretty good about my hitting/defense. Will be hoping for improvement on higher risk signings and younger players (Buxton, McNeil, Kim, Jones). - Hoping one of young guys I signed long-term hits big (Bettinger, Young, Short). - Only hitter I'll lose is Bruce. Will just need a new lefty corner bat and Jones may fill that role. - Will lose SP3, SP4, SP5, and CL. Will likely let Beede go. Hoping to move Bettinger to SP5, call up Akin or Hall for SP4. - Only hitter I'll lose is Bruce. Will just need a new lefty corner bat and Jones may fill that role. - This will give me about $40-$45M to spend on a SP1 and closer. Team Prediction: 75-87, 4th place in AL Central. One more offseason away from putting a team that can contend for playoffs. |
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Post by Pirates GM on Apr 2, 2021 9:47:29 GMT -5
So far, it looks like Hoppy's White Sox are the team to beat this year in NSBL. Pretty much loaded.
JIm
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Post by raysgm on Apr 2, 2021 21:24:08 GMT -5
I'm not sure how this team compares to my teams of the last handful of years, but after entering the offseason in a state of more directional uncertainty than I have in a long time (losing a number of key FAs, having to fill an entire bullpen, etc.), I'm happy with the way my team looks entering the season. Next year will be another big offseason of FA departures (Rendon/Kiermaier/DeGrom), but hopefully the rest of my team can take enough steps forward to cover those losses (or maybe I can bring some of them back, who knows!). Anyway, here's the roster, it's a good lineup and rotation and a below average bullpen but at least the bullpen is filled with guys I like and have nice peripheral ZiPS (though I have yet to figure out what matters most in terms of projecting ZiPS --> DMB performance, never finished that part of my offseason project):
Rotation:
1. Jacob DeGrom - 149 ERA+
2. Yu Darvish - 120 ERA+
3. Alex Wood (L) - 116 ERA+
4. Dustin May - 112 ERA+
5. Jon Gray - 102 ERA+
Bullpen:
1. Pete Fairbanks - 122 ERA+
2. Carlos Estevez - 111 ERA+
3. Joe Smith - 109 ERA+
4. Luis Avilan (L) - 106 ERA+
5. J.B. Wendelken - 106 ERA+
6. Jacob Barnes - 106 ERA+
7. Daniel Bard - 106 ERA+
8. Caleb Smith (L) - 94 ERA+
Starting Lineup:
1. Trea Turner - 122 OPS+ (SS, -2 D)
2. Ronald Acuna Jr. - 147 OPS+ (LF, +4 D)
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) - 118 OPS+ (1B, +4 D)
4. Anthony Rendon - 140 OPS+ (3B, +3 D)
5. Gleyber Torres - 136 OPS+ (DH)
6. Luis Arraez (L) - 111 OPS+ (2B, +0 D)
7. Harrison Bader - 92 OPS+ (RF, +8 D)
8. Kevin Kiermaier (L) - 91 OPS+ (CF, +10 D)
9. Austin Nola - 93 OPS+ (C, -1 D)
Bench:
1. Franchy Cordero (L) - 94 OPS+ (CF, +1 D)
2. Brad Miller (L) - 96 OPS+ (LF, +1 D)
3. Donovan Solano - 87 OPS+ (2B, +1 D)
4. Tomas Telis - 88 OPS+ (C, +1 D)
Reserve Pitching Depth:
1. Yimi Garcia - 105 ERA+
2. Fernando Romero - 102 ERA+
3. Robbie Erlin (L) - 91 ERA+
4. Jeff Hoffman - 91 ERA+
5. Dennis Santana - 91 ERA+
6. Nick Pivetta - 90 ERA+
7. Bryan Abreu - 93 ERA+
8. Triston McKenzie - 92 ERA+
9. Joe Biagini - 93 ERA+
10. shane carle - 88 ERA+
Reserve Hitting Depth:
1. Willi Castro (S) - 101 OPS+ (SS, -3 D)
2. Matt Duffy - 93 OPS+ (3B, -1 D)
3. Raudy Read - 86 OPS+ (C, -3 D)
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Post by Arizona on Apr 3, 2021 7:49:34 GMT -5
Those teams in Tampa and Chicago look built to play deep into October.
Here's how the 2020 NSBL Champs will start the year...
Rotation
Chad Green - 147 ERA+
German Marquez - 120
Joe Musgrove - 109
Adrian Morejon - 111
Jonathan Loaisiga - 110
David Huff - 102
Pen
Scott Oberg - 132
Corey Knebel - 125ish (he was traded between ZiPS...)
Craig Stammen - 124
Colin Poche - 123
Oliver Drake - 117
Richard Rodriguez - 113
Jordan Romano - 110
Jairo Diaz - 108
Taylor Guilbeau - 98
Lineup
C - Roberto Perez - (68 OPS+ / +9 Defense)
1B - Mitch Moreland (99 / +2) and Wilmer Flores (105 / -4 at 2B)
2B - Jose Altuve (123 / -3)
3B - Alex Bregman (143 / +0)
SS - Trevor Story (110 / +6)
LF - Joc Pederson (116 / +1)
CF - Aaron Hicks (112 / +0)
RF - Dylan Carlson (97 / +0 in CF)
DH - Wilmer Flores (105 / -4 at 2B)
Bench/Depth
Derek Dietrich, Doesn't own a glove
Aledmys Diaz, UTIL
Adam Duvall, OF
Phillip Evans, UTIL
Luis Guillorme, IF
Tyler Flowers, C
Prediction:
This pitching staff should be very good, maybe the best I've ever started the season with. And it's good thing because the lineup is beautiful mix of five good hitters and a pile of meh....
I think the pitching and slightly above average defense will keep me in the fight in the always-tough NL West, despite the less than impressive offense. San Francisco franchise is headed in the right direction, but they're still a year or two away. San Diego takes a step back this year, but LA and Colorado are strong.
Colorado: 95-67
Arizona: 91-71
Los Angeles: 90-72
San Francisco: 82-80
San Diego: 71-91
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Post by KC Royals Nate on Apr 7, 2021 6:39:46 GMT -5
KC Royals 2021 Preview Following a wildly successful season, KC looks to hold off some strong competition to retain the AL Central crown, and hopefully a return trip to the NSBL Championship.
Rotation ERA+ FIP
C. Carrasco 118 3.71
A. Heaney 112 3.90
G. Richards 100 4.15
B. Hardy 104 4.30
F. Pena 101 4.47
J. Quintana ~95 4.57
C. Flexen 95 4.46
K. Arihara 95 4.65
Bullpen ERA+ FIP
K. Giles 143 3.11
J. Karinchak 143 3.08
C. Reed 124 3.68
J. Alvarado 116 3.76
J. Lindgren 118 4.12
T. Duffey 110 3.89
B. Kintzler 106 4.30
C. Roe 105 4.16
K. Middleton 104 4.05
A. Bass 103 4.19
K. Whitley 102 4.28
The KC rotation should feature at least 4 above average SP by ERA+, and could be 5 depending on how I deploy everyone. Between Hardy and Pena, one could jump in the Long role in the pen, and adding Flexen and Arihara adds some depth and a potential 5th SP battle with Quintana. The bullpen is very top heavy, but I like the depth - this is a group where any of about 7 guys could throw at the end of the game and I could be ok with it. Lineup Pos OPS+ Def
A. Kirk C 104 1
M. Muncy 1B 127 0
R. Urias 2B 106 0
P. DeJong SS 98 7
V. Guerrero 3B 124 2
A. Dickerson LF 105 -2
L. Cain CF 92 7
A. Garcia RF 98 0
Y. Alvarez DH 146 0
Bench Pos OPS+ Def
P. Severino C 87 -3
J. Gyorko IF 95 1
J. Wilson IF 92 0
M. Joyce OF 90 -4
Y. Daza OF 84 3
Last year's offense finished ~4th in the AL, and I would expect this group to be in a similar position. The lineup is pretty deep and has some flexibility built in if I need to move guys around due to injury, underperformance, or the need to tinker. The bench is adequate. None of these guys should be getting a ton of PT, but can fill in when needed. The defense should be ok again, strong up the middle with Kirk, DeJong, and Cain. A couple of big trade acquisitions move to KC this season - Max Muncy and Ken Giles were the biggest moves. Alex Dickerson also arrived via trade to play LF. KC mostly played in the bargain bin of Free Agency, adding depth to the rotation, pen, and bench. Trade AcquisitionsMax Muncy Alex Dickerson Ken Giles Free Agent SigningsGarrett Richards Felix Pena Chris Flexen Koji Arihara Chaz Michael Michael Roe Anthony Bass Keynan Middleton Kodi Whitley Avisail Garcia Pedro Severino Yonathan Daza Jacob Wilson |
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Post by Bal-Ty-more on May 9, 2021 9:43:32 GMT -5
So Joey Bart randomly got a CF rating of Fr/90 and it's actually better than my starting cf's rating. Wtf?
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