Sim's Done

Game Date:  Dec 17 2035

Rule 5 Results:

Round 1:
Antelope Valley, SP Richard Rainey (Houston)
Brooklyn:  SP Nelson Martinez (Brick)
Appalachian CF Mike Wright (Milwaukee)
Chicago SP Terry Lambert (Milwaukee)
Brick CF Dennis Rogers (Houston)

Round 2
Appalachian C Jorge Roman (Milwaukee)
Chicago SP Clinton O'Toole (Atlanta)
Brick SP Nacho Ayala (Chicago)

Round 3 
Appalachian RF Jorge Rubio (Milwaukee)
Brick SP Javier Cruz (Milwaukee)

Free Agent Signings:

Houston, SS Dewey Wilson (Appalachian) 1 yr/$3.8m
New Orleans, SP David Chappa (Houston) 5 yrs/$52m

Next Sim:  Monday night

Sim is done. It's time for the Rule 5 Draft!

Game Date: December 10, 2035

Signings:

• Philadelphia signed CL Young-keun Chang (Antelope Valley) - 1 year, $500k
• Wilmington signed SP Alejandro Baez (Mepkin Abbey) - 2 years, $13.5m
• Mepkin Abbey signed 1B Jesus Valdez (Philadelphia) - 5 years, $43m
• Chicago signed LF Julio Padilla (Milwaukee) - 7 years, $19.02m
• Mepkin Abbey signed C Guillermo Medina (Appalachian) - 4 years, $30.4m
• Mepkin Abbey re-signed RP Sancho Medina - 1 year, $438k
• Brooklyn signed SS Enrique Gonzalez (Atlanta) - 1 year, $1.5m
• Philadelphia signed RP Frank Carey (Appalachian) - 1 year, $600k
• Chicago signed 1B Manuel Hidalgo (Appalachian) - 1 year, $1.5m
• Atlanta signed LF Jeremy Reed (Houston) - 1 year, $600k

News:

• We are at the Rule 5 draft. Please make your selections within the game's Rule 5 Draft Pool - Draft List option within the SDMB menu.
• DO NOT add any player to your 40-man roster unless they are in the above list of players who signed a major league contract in this sim.
• I saw a few CPU-run teams tried to protect prospects once we hit the day of the Rule 5 Draft. By rule, they have been designated for assignment and placed on waivers. 
• The Rule 5 Draft will be run on Saturday night's sim by Zev. He'll also sim another week into mid-December.

Next Sim: Saturday night

Sim's done. Important note about Rule 5 draft!

Game Date: December 3, 2035

Signings:

• New Orleans signed SP Antonio Salinas (Houston) - 1 year, $800k
• Atlanta signed SP Harold Gregory (Philadelphia) - 6 years, $125m
• Wilmington signed SP Tian-bai Chen (Brick) - 4 years, $32m
• Chicago signed RP Mark Richard (New Orleans) - 3 years, $5.03m
• New Orleans signed SP Dane Long (Mepkin Abbey) - 1 year, $550k
• Antelope Valley signed C Dave Cabral (Brooklyn) - 3 years, $7.5m
• Mepkin Abbey signed CL Jose Montanez (New Orleans) - 3 years, $17.7m

Rule 5 Note:

The next sim (Thursday night) will lead to the Rule 5 Draft. Therefore, you cannot add any players to the 40-man roster (except those signed to a major league contract recently, listed above) in either of the next two sims.

If a player is found added to the 40-man rosters by a team in either of the next two sims, that player will be placed on waivers and designated for assignment. No exceptions!

Next Sim: I'll lead us to the Rule 5 draft on Thursday night.

Sim's Done... First free agents sign.

Game Date:  Nov 19 2035

Signings:

Atlanta, 2B Fred Martin (Wilmington) 6 yrs/$108m
New Orleans, P Shawn Henry (Philadelphia) 2 yrs/$1.1m

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Voting has arrived!  Cast your ballots!  There are 17 players on the ballot.  They are (with their WAR totals):

RP Bong-ok Ch'on (15.4)
SP Fernando Estrada (76.2)
LF Sherman Evanoff (42.2)
SP Kyle Fike (54.7)
1B Jesus Flores (40.5)
3B George Labarre (52.8)
SP William Lawrence (35.4)
SP Joseph Macaluso (66.3)
1B Gregorio Marzano (58.7)
RF Raul Ortega (40.1)
2B Timothy Palacio (68.7)
3B Ronald Quijada (94.7)
RF Paul Shunk (62.6)
SP Jeffrey Shuttleworth (60.4)
1B Masahide Ueda (42.5)
RF Patrick Valdes (66.1)
SP Nicholas Vargas (41.5)

Upgrade Announcement:  (Important -- Please Read!!)

OOTP has announced version 21 of the game.  We will be upgrading to version 21 of the game shortly after its release.  The game is currently on pre-order sale for $35.99 (instead of the normal $40).  Please note that this sale does not apply to Steam purchases.

We generally have a history of upgrading every other version.  In addition, we will be upgrading to enable us to attract new owners for the two open franchises that we currently have.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in Slack.

Next sim:  Monday night

It's time to spend some money!

Game Date: November 8, 2035

It's free agency time. Get those contracts in!

Next Sim: Thursday night.

Sim's Done

Game Date:  Nov 5 2035

Outstanding Batter:  Logan Francis, Brick (2nd consecutive award)

Next sim:  Tuesday night, when free agents become free.

Sim's Done! Ladies and Gentlemen, the Awards Go To....

Game Date:  Oct 29 2035

Slick Fielders:

P:  David Chapa, Houston (2nd career award)
C:  Lloyd Rideout, Antelope Valley
1B: Bernardo Alvarez, Wilmington
2B: Fred Martin, Wilmington (2nd consecutive award)
3B: Daryl Fuller, Houston (2nd consecutive award)
SS:  Ramon Nieto, Philadelphia (5th consecutive award)
LF: Tomas Fernandez, Brick (3rd career award, 2nd consecutive)
CF:  Brendon Austin, Wilmington
RF:  Victor Gonzalez, Appalachian (3rd consecutive award)

Reliever of the Year:   Carlos Placeres, Brick
Outstanding Newcomer:  Bo Mills, Brooklyn
Outstanding Pitcher:  Michael Leach, Philadelphia

Platinum Sticks:

C  Tony Cannon, Milwaukee (2nd career award)
1B Hector Valera, Milwaukee (6th career award)
2B  Fred Martin, Wilmington
3B  Sung-huen Hwa, Milwaukee (2nd career award)
SS  Ramon Nieto, Philadelphia (5th consecutive award)
LF John Hunter, Brooklyn
CF Ernesto Gallego, Philadelphia
RF Mike Minty, Milwaukee (2nd consecutive award)
DH Logan Francis Brick (1st win at DH, 2nd career award)

Next sim:  Monday night (with more awards)

The Off-Season Has Started

Game Date:  Oct 16 2035

Welcome to the off-season!   That means that it's time to do the following:

• Check your league email and make contract option decisions
• Submit arbitration figures
• Vote for league awards
• and, of course, with the season over, trading is once again open!

During the offseason, we will be simming on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights.

Next sim:  Thursday night, when we start handing out some league awards.