Let's Try Again for Saturday Night

I'm sorry... life took a hectic turn on Thursday and I didn't get to run the sim. I'll try it again on Saturday night.

Zev

Injuries again.

I wouldn't mind discussing altering the injury frequency level down a peg. Would anyone else be interested?

First Week of Spring Training Done

The first week of Spring Training has been run.

The Seattle/Saskatoon trade has been processed.

I analyzed the schedule and found that it looks good. Each team plays every other team in their league either 32 or 33 times. So, I won't be changing the schedule after all.

Next sim (for the next week of Spring Training) will be on *Thursday* October 29.

Zev

Yes, I finished the draft....

I finally finished the draft very late last night and uploaded the results.

As Mack noted, the draft picks from his last trade were executed but the players weren't. The reason for that was because:

a) I simply forgot about the trade (D'oh!)
b) I ran the draft using Michael's very excellent spreadsheet (THANK YOU MICHAEL!!!)

I'll execute the player's portion of the trade (minus the draft picks, obviously) before the next sim.

I advanced the game to Mar 2, the first day of spring training. I will be running the first week of Spring Training next Wednesday.

Also, please note that the schedules are incorrect. As someone noticed last season, the schedule that the game generates is kind of kooky. I'm going to generate a more balanced schedule (where each team plays each other team roughly the same number of times) and upload it to the game. I am not, however, going to change the pre-season schedule.

Any questions? Fire away.

Zev

OK, I messed that draft up...

... but it's a good thing I made a backup before I started. :) Let's try it again...

The ultimate traded draft pick list

Okay, here's the deal...

Everything in this entry is in this Google Spreadsheet, so if you want to see it in a grid format, look there.

The game's draft order isn't 100% correct. Here's the correct order:

1. Danville (65 wins in 2014)
2. Saskatoon (69 wins)
3. Maui (72 wins)
4. New York (73 wins)
5. Houston (74 wins)
6. Los Angeles (75 wins)
7. Brooklyn (79 wins)
8. Ohio (81 wins as Walla Walla)
9. Hickory (83 wins)
10. River Cities (109 wins, ZL runner-up)
11. Cleveland (83 wins, ZL champion)
12. Seattle (109 wins, Cecil Cup champion)

I noticed that Hickory had traded its first round pick twice while compiling the list yesterday. The first trade was with River Cities, and the second trade was with Seattle. Since Zev is observing shabbot now, I'll let him sort this out when he gets back online, but I believe Mack and Frank are going to re-do the Kerry trade to save Zev and me a headache.

So, considering there's barely one round worth of decent prospects, here's what everyone cares about, the first round order:

1. Seattle
2. Seattle
3. Maui
4. New York
5. Houston
6. Los Angeles
7. Brooklyn
8. Ohio
9. River Cities (pending resolution of whom gets Hickory's pick, but River Cities "got" it first)
10. River Cities
11. Cleveland
12. Danville

Some interesting (or not) trivia:

- New York, Houston, Ohio, and River Cities all have their original picks, having traded none.
- Hickory can focus on sorting out the Kerry deal with Seattle, as they have no picks in the first 4 rounds. Hope you like those half-star MRs, Frank!
- Umm, that's about it. Have fun this weekend, everyone!

Anyone want a catcher?

I have three catchers on my majors roster without any minor league options left, so I'd like to trade one.

Available, in increasing levels of potential trade value are veterans Gerald Odum and Joan Hinkel, plus prospect Gerardo Herrera.

Odum and Hinkel are available for a middling prospect or draft pick, but I'd want something more valuable for Herrera.