Sorry it took so long, but the sim is done.
Next sim on Monday.
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Disabled List
I've been giving some thought to the matter that Nate mentioned regarding the disabled list.
Stopping the sim after a particular day is a pain in the neck, especially if more than one team wants the sim stopped at a particular date.
However, I can stop the sim after each week. So, I think an idea that might be workable is to allow teams to move players off the disabled list after each week. This, in effect, makes the 15-day DL into a 21-day DL. Still not ideal, but better than a 4 week wait.
However, I'm going to put some restrictions on this:
1. The only roster moves I'll do after the week are moves relating to taking players off the DL.
2. If you want me to take a player off the DL and put him on the major league roster, you must provide for me an open space on the roster or advise how you want the roster spot cleared.
Comments? Suggestions?
Zev
Stopping the sim after a particular day is a pain in the neck, especially if more than one team wants the sim stopped at a particular date.
However, I can stop the sim after each week. So, I think an idea that might be workable is to allow teams to move players off the disabled list after each week. This, in effect, makes the 15-day DL into a 21-day DL. Still not ideal, but better than a 4 week wait.
However, I'm going to put some restrictions on this:
1. The only roster moves I'll do after the week are moves relating to taking players off the DL.
2. If you want me to take a player off the DL and put him on the major league roster, you must provide for me an open space on the roster or advise how you want the roster spot cleared.
Comments? Suggestions?
Zev
Seattle - Saskatoon Trade
Seattle today shipped rising lefthanded starter Glenn Harvell today to Saskatoon, along with this year's sixth round pick Teddy Ozuna. In return, Seattle acquired Curtis Barksdale, Tony Zavala, and Saskatoon's third round selection in the 2009 draft.
The 27-year-old Harvell had shot up the minor league ranks this year, including a 3-0 record with a 0.90 ERA and a 26:3 strikeout to walk ratio in AAA Tacoma. Ozuna, in A ball at the tender age of 17, is a swingman who may be able to make the conversion to the starting rotation.
Barksdale, 24, is a good relief prospect who has posted a 3.76 ERA in AAA with 30 strikeouts in 26.1 innings. Zavala, 20, was picked in the second round by Saskatoon in 2007 but has struggled this year in A ball.
"I frankly don't know if this was a good trade for us or not," said General Manager Mack Shultz. "Harvell has had a big year, and our scouts agree that he's improved. He may not have reached his ceiling yet and, if he does, he may become a pretty good starter up there in Saska-wherever-the-hell-it-is. I'm afraid this one may come back to haunt us."
"I'm just glad to go somewhere that I might be able to join the major league team," said Harvell. "I mean, that Seattle rotation is so overwhelmingly good, I don't know how I'd ever get a shot. Besides, I heard that Saskatoon is the Paris of the Prairies. That's got to be good, right?" Harvell did take at least one shot against his former organization, stating "Hopefully, I can slide into the #5 slot for Saskatoon and stick it up Seattle's &^% every time I face them.""
Barksdale also sounded upbeat about the move. "I was born and raised in the good ol' USA and it will be good to get back to a country with money that's not named after mental patients."
Ozuna and Zavala could not be reached for comment because they just weren't important enough for this reporter to try.
Posted by Seattle Times senior baseball correspondent Max Mercy
The 27-year-old Harvell had shot up the minor league ranks this year, including a 3-0 record with a 0.90 ERA and a 26:3 strikeout to walk ratio in AAA Tacoma. Ozuna, in A ball at the tender age of 17, is a swingman who may be able to make the conversion to the starting rotation.
Barksdale, 24, is a good relief prospect who has posted a 3.76 ERA in AAA with 30 strikeouts in 26.1 innings. Zavala, 20, was picked in the second round by Saskatoon in 2007 but has struggled this year in A ball.
"I frankly don't know if this was a good trade for us or not," said General Manager Mack Shultz. "Harvell has had a big year, and our scouts agree that he's improved. He may not have reached his ceiling yet and, if he does, he may become a pretty good starter up there in Saska-wherever-the-hell-it-is. I'm afraid this one may come back to haunt us."
"I'm just glad to go somewhere that I might be able to join the major league team," said Harvell. "I mean, that Seattle rotation is so overwhelmingly good, I don't know how I'd ever get a shot. Besides, I heard that Saskatoon is the Paris of the Prairies. That's got to be good, right?" Harvell did take at least one shot against his former organization, stating "Hopefully, I can slide into the #5 slot for Saskatoon and stick it up Seattle's &^% every time I face them.""
Barksdale also sounded upbeat about the move. "I was born and raised in the good ol' USA and it will be good to get back to a country with money that's not named after mental patients."
Ozuna and Zavala could not be reached for comment because they just weren't important enough for this reporter to try.
Posted by Seattle Times senior baseball correspondent Max Mercy
Sorry, no sim... waiting for a roster assignment
I'm still waiting for a necessary roster assignment from one owner. As soon as I have it, I'll run the sim.
Monday, June 5, 2006
Comeback Player of the Year award?
This occurred to me today, while perusing the updated awards page (thanks, Mack!): why don't we have a Comeback Player of the Year award? I know the game's mechanics don't support such an option, but I don't see any reason why we couldn't just institute one ourselves.
I was thinking something along the following lines: each owner would nominate one player from their squad at the end of the year to be considered for the award. We would then hold a vote. It could be a simple "pick the most deserving player"-type ballot, or it could mirror MLB's Rookie of the Year ballot where points are portioned out, I believe, on a 5-3-1 basis.
Of course, you couldn't vote for your own player. And I was also thinking that only owners who nominate a player would be able to vote, which should encourage participation.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Glaring obstacles that I haven't noticed?
-Trevor (Saskatoon)
I was thinking something along the following lines: each owner would nominate one player from their squad at the end of the year to be considered for the award. We would then hold a vote. It could be a simple "pick the most deserving player"-type ballot, or it could mirror MLB's Rookie of the Year ballot where points are portioned out, I believe, on a 5-3-1 basis.
Of course, you couldn't vote for your own player. And I was also thinking that only owners who nominate a player would be able to vote, which should encourage participation.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Glaring obstacles that I haven't noticed?
-Trevor (Saskatoon)
Sunday, June 4, 2006
Thank You, Mack!
Mack has been kind enough to update the Award Histories page to bring it up to June 2008. Thank you, Mack.
If anyone else wants to create any pages for the league site, please feel free to do so, send them to me, and I'll put them up. It doesn't have to be fancy... most of my pages are simple HTML table pages.
Zev
If anyone else wants to create any pages for the league site, please feel free to do so, send them to me, and I'll put them up. It doesn't have to be fancy... most of my pages are simple HTML table pages.
Zev
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