Sim's Done! Rule V Draft is Here!

Game Date:  Dec 2 2033

Signings:

Appalachian:  3B Larry McCormick (Maui) 1 yr/$3.2m
Antelope Valley:  2B Norman Kuhn (Philadelphia) 4 yr/$90m

Next sim (with Rule 5 Draft):  Saturday night

Sim's Done!

Game Date:  Nov 28 2033

Signings:

Houston:  SS David Chenoweth (Appalachian), minor league contract
Mepkin Abbey:  P Paul Reed (Houston), minor league contract
Mepkin Abbey:  P Wesley Dutton (re-signed) 1 yr/$464k
Mepkin Abbey:  3B Andreas Velasco (Chicago)  1 yr/$700k
Mepkin Abbey:  P Jack Kaiser (re-signed) 1 yr/$540k
Mepkin Abbey:  SS Javier Chalen (Philadelpia) 3 yr/$13.4m
Wilmington: CF Ernesto Salcido (Houston), minor league contact
Mepkin Abbey: P Jerry Brennan (Philadelphia), minor league contract
Brick:  P Juan Garcia (Seattle) 2yr/$18.9m

Next sim:  Wednesday night

Sim's Done! Arbitration Deadline is Here, And More Awards!

Game Date:  Nov 3 2033

Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher:  Milwaukee's Chris Williams (3rd consecutive award!)

Outstanding Batter:  Tomas Fernandez of Brick

Arbitration:

Salary arbitration will occur with the next sim, so time to get those offers in.

Free Agency:

Also, you are running out of time to re-sign your impending free agents.  Make those final offers!

Next sim:  Wednesday night, which will take us to the free agency period.

Time To Give Out Some Hardware!!

The 2033 awards started rolling in this week.  Here are the winners:

Slick Fielder

P  - David Chapa, Houston
C  - Fred Kennedy, Brooklyn (3rd award, 2nd consecutive)
1B - Esteban Vargas, Mepkin Abbey
2B - Brad Bowman, Brooklyn (2nd award)
3B - Garry Nicholson, Brooklyn (2nd award)
SS - Ramon Nieto, Brooklyn (3rd consecutive award)
LF - George Hendricks, Milwaukee (2nd award)
CF - Chris Pace, Brick (3rd award, 2nd consecutive)
RF - Victor Gonzales, Appalachian

Reliever of the Year -- Antonio Marquis, Brooklyn

Platinum Stick

C - Tony Cannon, Philadelphia
1B-- Hector Valera, Milwaukee (5th consecutive award)
2B - Thomas Lyons, Philadelphia (2nd consecutive awrad)
3B - Tom Taylor, Philadelphia (2nd award)
SS - Ramon Nieto, Brooklyn (3rd consecutive award)
LF - Tomas Fernandez, Brick (2nd consecutive award)
CF - Don Jones, Maui (3rd award, 2nd consecutive)
RF - Ken Reed, Brick (2nd award)
DH - Salvador Velasquez, Milwaukee (5th consecutive award)

Outstanding Newcomer - Sergio Solis, Milwaukee.

Next sim we'll find out who won Outstanding Batter and Pitcher.

Mountain Lions Roar!

The Milwaukee Mountain Lions have captured the Cecil Cup with a 5-2 victory over the Brick Barracudas, winning the series 4 games to 1.

Congrats to Aaron and Fred on a great series!  We'll take a few days to let Aaron bask in the glory of his win and pick up the off-season on Monday night.

Bonus Draft Picks!

Now that the regular season is over, we are ready to hand out our first-ever bonus draft picks for participation.

As per the rules change we made before the start of the season, an owner can earn a bonus draft pick depending on how often they upload (or otherwise participate such as by making a trade, etc.) or post in the #vacation channel if they are going to be unable to upload for travel (or other) reasons.

Just to review, the timing of the pick is as follows:

Owners will be given supplemental draft picks based on how often they upload:

1. 100% of the time (with one allowance):  1st round
2. Between 66% and 100%:  2nd round
3. Between 50% and 66%:  3rd round

Bonus picks will be tacked on to the end of the round and distributed in random order. I generated a random number between 1 and 1000 for each team.

The bonus picks are as follows:

First Round:

1. Philadelphia Hornets (25/25), random number 995

2. Brick Barracudas (25/25), random number 956

3. Appalachian Black Bears (24/25) , random number 57

4. Maui Mongooses (20/20), random number 1

Second Round:

1. Wilmington Atlantics (23/25, 92%), random number 978

2. Antelope Valley Raptors (23/25, 92%), random number 340

3. Mepkin Abbey Monks (22/25, 88%), random number 318

4. Chicago Reapers (18/20, 90%), random number 289

5. Houston Armadillos (22/25, 88%), random number 89

Third Round:

1. Milwaukee Mountain Lions (13/25, 52%)

These picks are tradeable once the season is concluded.

Sim 25 Done! On to the playoffs!!

Game Date:  Sep 28 2033

Who uploaded:

Antelope Valley
Appalachian
Atlanta
Brick
Chicago
Houston
Maui
Mepkin Abbey
Philadelphia
Wilmington

Final Division Champions:

Adams:  Brooklyn by two games.

Zotti: Milwaukee by ten games.

Signorino: Philadelphia by a bazillion thirty five.

Wild Card:  Brick by five games.

Playoff Matches:

Brooklyn vs. Milwaukee

Philadelphia vs Brick

Significant Injuries:

Mepkin Abbey's Phil Wheelton, torn rotator cuff, 6-7 months

Last Sim's Trivia Question:

Who is the only pitcher to lead both leagues in shutouts in the same season?

Fred correctly answered that it was CC Sabathia in 2008

This Sim's Trivia Question:

For the final trivia question of the season, please let me know who is the only player to have won at least one MVP during his career, yet never appeared in an All-Star Game?  Please only consider MVPs from 1933 onward (as that was the first year an All-Star Game was played).

28 Commission points to the person who posts the answer in the #random channel on Slack.

Playoff Schedule:

Game 1:  Saturday night

Game 2:  Monday night

Game 3:  Tuesday night

Game 4:  Wednesday night

Game 5:  Thursday night

Game 6:  Saturday or Sunday night (TBA)

Game 7:  Monday night.