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Injury Rundown

Amazings - Wee Willie Keeler is still OUT with a sprained ankle for another 3-4 weeks; Brid Lidge is Day-to-Day with a sore elbow for TBD; Wild Bill Wright is Day-to-day with a sore elbow for five days; Minnie Minoso (80s/Adequate Manager ed) is still DTD with that strained quadricep)
stone temple seattle pilots - Paul Hines is OUT for one week with a strained hamstring
Birmingham Shaq Barons - Fred Carrol is OUT for two weeks with a separated shoulder
Burning Strangers of BLEACH?! - Joe Dimaggio is OUT for 1-2 weeks with hamstring tendinitis; John Beckwith is OUT for two weeks with a fractured foot; Josh Hader is OUT for three months with shoulder inflammation
Every City Bandwagoners - Shorty Desjarden is OUT for 2-3 weeks with a sprained ankle; Red Gunkel is Day-to-Day for 2 weeks with a strained forearm
Game of Throws - Cap Anson is Day-to-Day for one week after being attacked by teammates with knee tendinitis; Emmanuel Clase is day-to-day for 2 weeks with shoulder tendinitis; Cherokee Fisher is OUT for 4 weeks with elbow tendinitis
Let's Play Two - Jocko Flynn is Day-to-Day for one week with a sore shoulder
Performance Enhancers - Shohei Ohtani is OUT for 2-3 weeks with bone chips in his elbow
Reseda Free Fallers - Mike Marshall (pitcher) is OUT for 2-3 weeks with shoulder inflammation ; Jose Canseco is Day to day for 2-3 days with calf soreness
San Diego Surfers - Rafael Soriano is OUT for 5 days with elbow inflammation; Mike Adams is OUT for three days with a herniated disc in his back; Jake Arrieta is still out for another 5 weeks after his pro wrestling / stairs mishap
San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoenix - Oyster Burns is Day-to-day for 3 days with a strained hamstring; Hughie Jennings is OUT for 4 weeks with a sprained ankle
Sithi of Osten Ard - Earl Averill is Day-to-Day for a day or so with calf soreness

 

My guess are starting cold, but at least they are healthy so far.

 

Honestly, heathy guys and knocking off rust are the only two things you should really care about in Spring Training. Yeah, you want to see your guys swinging the bat well and getting outs on the mound. But you mostly just want to avoid injuries and get guys reps.

Speaking of injuries ... we have our first season-ending injury. And because I'm evil, I'm saying no more

Edit: Make it two season-ending injuries.

 

Eddie Gaedel and... someone else?

 

So the sim doesn't take into account how healthy a player was in his real life season? If a guy pitched 200-300 innings in real life, we can't count on him for that same amount? Or if he had 600-700 plate appearances we can't count on that either. We're going to get shenanigans like falling down stairs and lot?

 

Injury history definitely plays a part (you're probably not gonna see a lot of injuries with Gehrig and Ripken.)

But it is absolutely not a straight parallel from the year selected or the career they had.

 

Yeah, injury history definitely plays a part. Guys that were more durable are less likely to get hurt. Guys that put up endurance numbers - innings pitched, at bats, etc. - are going to have higher stamina in the game. They are much less likely to get an injury while playing

But there is also a completely random factor of non-playing injuries. We don't see many of them. Maybe 2-3 per season where something happens away from the game - a car crash, losing a finger to doing lawnmower repair, etc. It happens, but it's not common. And it's very random. And be glad we don't do season-over-season progression where I lost Albert Belle the year after signing him to a big money extension in Cleveland when he decided to retire and run for Congress.

 

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Injury Rundown

Amazings - Wee Willie Keeler still out for 2-3 more weeks with that sprained ankle; Wild Bill Wright Day-to-day for TBD with a sore elbow; Minnie Minoso Day-to-Day for two weeks with the quadriceps strain
stone temple seattle pilots - Dave Brown is OUT for 3 weeks with a dead arm; Cal McVey is Day-to-Day for 3 days with a strained back; Fred Snodgrass is day-to-day with a stomach virus.
Birmingham Shaq Barons - Fred Carroll is OUT for 1 week with a separated shoulder
Burning Strangers of BLEACH?! - Joe Dimaggio is OUT for 4 days with hamstring tendinitis; John Beckwith is OUT for 5 days with a fractured foot; Josh Hader is OUT for 3 months with a shoulder inflammation
Every City Bandwagoners - Shorty Desjarden is OUT for 1-2 weeks with a sprained ankle; Red Gunkel is Day-to-day for a week with a strained forearm
Game of Throws - Cap Anson is day-to-day for 2 days with knee tendinitis; Emmanuel Clase is Day-to-day for 1 day with shoulder tendinitis; Cherokee Fisher is OUT for 3 weeks with elbow tendinitis
Performance Enhancers - Shohei Ohtani is OUT for 2-3 months with bone chips in his elbow
Reseda Free Fallers - Jesse Orosco is OUT for 2 weeks with shoulder inflammation; Mike Marshall (pitcher) is OUT for 1-2 weeks with shoulder inflammation
San Diego Surfers - Mike Adams is day-to-day for one week with a sprained ankle; Jake Arrieta is OUT for 4 weeks with his various ailments
San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoneix - Hughie Jennings is OUT for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle

Season Ending Injuries

stone temple seattle pilots - Charlie Bender - torn rotator cuff
Brand New Ballplayers - Chris Ray - torn rotator cuff
Every City Bandwagoners - Curt Schilling - torn elbow ligament

 

Dang it I suck again...

 

Oh my!

 

LOL I read this and immediate saw Rob Schneider.

 

My brilliant image is not working...

Amazing.

 

jesus, he's just cursed when he's on my team. gotta take him off the keeper list so he can hopefully thrive somewhere else.

 

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Final Spring Training Standings:



Final Injury Rudown from Spring Training:

Amazings - Wee Willie Keeler still out for 2 more weeks with that sprained ankle; Wild Bill Wright Day-to-day for TBD with a sore elbow; Minnie Minoso Day-to-Day for one week with the quadriceps strain
stone temple seattle pilots - Dave Brown is OUT for 2 weeks with a dead arm;
Birmingham Shaq Barons - Fred Carroll is OUT for 1-2 week with a separated shoulder after suffering a setback during rehab
Burning Strangers of BLEACH?! - John Beckwith is OUT for 1 day with a fractured foot; Josh Hader is OUT for 3 months with a shoulder inflammation
Every City Bandwagoners - Shorty Desjarden is OUT for 1 week with a sprained ankle; Red Gunkel is Day-to-day for two days with a strained forearm
Game of Throws - Emmanuel Clase is Day-to-day for 2 days with shoulder tendinitis; Cherokee Fisher is OUT for 2 weeks with elbow tendinitis
Performance Enhancers - Shohei Ohtani is OUT for 2 months with bone chips in his elbow
Reseda Free Fallers - Jesse Orosco is OUT for 1 week with shoulder inflammation; Mike Marshall (pitcher) is OUT for 1 week with shoulder inflammation; Jose Canseco had strep throat and is Day-to-Day for 2 days
San Diego Surfers - Mike Adams is day-to-day for 3 Days with a sprained ankle; Jake Arrieta is OUT for 4 weeks with his various ailments
San Francisco Six Demonbags of Phoneix - Hughie Jennings is OUT for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle; Oyster Burns is Day-to-Day for 1-2 weeks with an elbow contusion; Jocko Milligan is OUT for one week with an oblique strain

Season Ending Injuries

stone temple seattle pilots - Charlie Bender - torn rotator cuff
Brand New Ballplayers - Chris Ray - torn rotator cuff
Every City Bandwagoners - Curt Schilling - torn elbow ligament

Note: For those of you making roster decisions based on injuries - including whether or not to place someone on the IL there are three days off in-universe before opening day.

 

Brand New Ballplayers

Opening Day Roster:
C: 1979 Darnell Porter/2022 Adley Rutschman
1B: 2001 Jason Giambi
2B: 2001 Bret Boone
SS: 1982 Robin Yount/1924 Dobie Moore
3B: 2000 Alex Rodriguez/2009 Ryan Zimmerman
OF: 1990 Rickey Henderson/2018 Mookie Betts/1922 Oscar Charleston/1920 Cristobal Torriente
Util: 1968 Cesar Tovar
SP: 1884 Pud Galvin/1910 Russ Ford/1888 Silver King/1890 Kid Nichols/1953 Robin Roberts
Swingman: 1946 Leon Day
RP: 1986 Mark Eichhorn/2010 Sean Burnett/1926 Firpo Marberry/1989 Tom Henke
SU: 2021 Ryan Pressly
CL: 2006 Jonathan Papelbon

Triple A:
1B: 2023 Matt Olsen
2B: 1929 Newt Allen/1906 Terry Turner
3B: 2019 Alex Bregman
OF: 1979 Bobby Bonds/1952 Larry Doby/1906 George Stone/1984 Lloyd Moseby/1903 Jimmy Sheckard/2019 Geraldo Parra
DH: 2006 Travis Hafnir
Util: 2019 Howie Kendrick
Swingman: 2019 Stephen Strasburg
RP: 2019 Daniel Hudson

Permanent IL (Minors):
RP: 2006 Chris Ray

 

Are we using 10 day or 15 day IL?

Amazing.

 

10 days for position players; 15 for pitchers

 

Let's place Wee Willie on the IL can call up Mike Trout.

Put Mike Trout in his place in the lineup against lefties and Fred Lynn in against righties.

Amazing.

 

At this point in time, I've updated the various spreadsheets with Spring Training Stats.

As they get posted, I will go ahead and update 26-man rosters. Keep in mind, when you submit your 26-man roster, you are locking in years on your players. Any future year changes - excluding players acquired via trade - will cost you IntyBucks to send them through the DeLorean. If you are going to change a year, call that out explicitly. Do not assume I'll pick up on you putting a new year next to a player's name on a post. I won't.

Let's set a deadline of Midnight Thursday night? Post your 26-man rosters, your lineups, depth charts, and pitching (or the let hte manger decide any/all of that). Keep in mind with pitching, to designate Rotation Mode (Always start highest rested, Strict Order, or Strict order on occasion highest rested) and starters in relief strategy (Yes, no, or only in crucial situations). Also post if you want any strategy changes that have you micromanaging your own manager. Then I can get all the changes in, get us advanced to Opening Day, and we can do a live broadcast?

 

The Sithi of Osten Ard
League Park in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Managed by Terry Francona (2016)

Opening Day Roster Count:

Hitters (15)
Jason Kendall
Charles Johnson
Jeff Bagwell
Johnny Mize
Nap Lajoie
Ben Zobrist
Rico Petrocelli
Joe Sewell
Jose Ramirez
Harlond Clift
Stan Musial
Hugh Duffy
Billy Hamilton
Cesar Cedeno
Roberto Clemente

Pitchers (11)
Bob Gibson
Smoky Joe Wood
Juan Padron
Mario Soto
CC Sabathia
Sam McDowell
Kevin Appier
Whitey Ford
Corey Kluber
Doc White
Mark Prior

Lineups:

v RHP

1. Billy Hamilton CF (Cesar Cedeno 12th, Hugh Duffy tired)
2. Nap Lajoie 2B (Ben Zobrist 12th, Joe Sewell tired)
3. Hugh Duffy LF (Cesar Cedeno 6th, Stan Musial tired)
4. Stan Musial DH (Joe Sewell 8th, Johnny Mize 9th)
5. Jose Ramirez 3B (Joe Sewell 5th, Harlond Clift 8th)
6. Roberto Clemente RF (Ben Zobrist 8th, Cesar Cedeno tired)
7. Jeff Bagwell 1B (Johnny Mize 8th)
8. Rico Petrocelli SS (Joe Sewell 6th, Ben Zobrist 9th)
9. Jason Kendall C (Charles Johnson 4th and defensive sub)

PH: Sewell, Mize, Zobrist
PR: Cedeno, Zobrist

v LHP

1. Billy Hamilton CF (Cesar Cedeno 9th, Hugh Duffy tired)
2. Nap Lajoie 2B (Ben Zobrist 12th, Joe Sewell tired)
3. Hugh Duffy LF (Cesar Cedeno 5th)
4. Jeff Bagwell 1B (Johnny Mize 9th)
5. Stan Musial DH (Cesar Cedeno 6th, Harlond Clift 8th)
6. Harlond Clift 3B (Jose Ramirez 4th, Joe Sewell tired)
7. Roberto Clemente RF (Cesar Cedeno 8th, Ben Zobrist tired)
8. Rico Petrocelli SS (Joe Sewell 9th, Ben Zobrist tired)
9. Charles Johnson C (Jason Kendall 4th, Charles Johnson defensive sub)

PH: Cedeno, Ramirez, Zobrist
PR: Cedeno, Zobrist

Starting Rotation (Strict Order, No SPs in relief):

1. Bob Gibson
2. Smoky Joe Wood
3. Juan Padron
4. Mario Soto
5. CC Sabathia

Bullpen (w/roles):

Kevin Appier (Middle, use more often, Emergency)
Sam McDowell (Middle, normal, Specialist v LHB)
Whitey Ford (Middle, normal, Long)
Corey Kluber (Setup, 7th+, Closer)
Doc White (Setup, 6th+, Long)
Mark Prior (Closer, 8th+, Stopper)

Individual Player Strategies:

Billy Hamilton (most aggressive stealing)
Hugh Duffy (most aggressive stealing)
Cesar Cedeno (most aggressive stealing)
Jose Ramirez (most aggressive baserunning)
Nap Lajoie (most aggressive baserunning)

No year changes for any player.

As always, I know my bullpen will be a total disaster. I've debated around 10 different combinations before going with this one. I know it'll be a continual shuttle from Honolulu to Vancouver, but here we go.

AAA Vancouver Ice Spiders

C Tim McCarver
1B Hal Trosky
2B Snuffy Stirnweiss
3B Jimmy Collins
OF Earl Averill
OF Kiki Cuyler
UTIL Paul Molitor
UTIL Cum Posey
P David Price
P Josh Johnson
P Spencer Strider
P Zack Wheeler
P Felix Hernandez
P Mark Vaji
P Harry McNeal

@DarthIntegral

 

Final roster

C Ivan Rodiguez R
1B Stuffy Mcinnis R
2B Dave Cash R
3B Chipper Jones S
SS Alan Trammell R
LF Goose Goslin L
RF Ichiro Suzuki R
CF Bob Fothergill R
Bench
SS Maury Wills S
CF Stan Spence L
RF Sam Crawford L
C Bill Freehan R

Pitching
P1 J.R. Richard R
P2 Babe Adams R
P3 Mort Cooper R
P4 Joe Gibbon L
P5 Doc Crandell R
Swing
Lefty Gomez L
Don Drysdale R
Bullpen
Scott Downs L
Jonny Venters L
Kent Tekulve R
Wilcy Moore R
Roy Face R
Closer Eric Gagne R

Minor league Bat
C Ted Simmons 77
1B Mickey Vernon L
1B Rafael Palmeiro L
2B Larry Doyle 1912 L
3B George Kell R
3B, (2B/SS) Toby Harrah R.
SS Ivan De Jesus R
CF Paul Blair R
LF Tim Raines S
OF Dale Murphy R
Minor League Pitch
Phil Niekro R
Ron Guidry L
Wilbur Wood L
Lindy McDaniel R
Doug Jones R

 

Just a reminder that we have 26-man rosters, not 25.

 

dick bates allowed one run in spring training, lol.

anyway, this is where higgins scolds magnum for his spring training decisions and tells him what to do.



now magnum, i am quite disappointed in many of your managerial decisions during this year's annual spring training exhibitions. if it wasn't for your professed love for the tigers of detroit, i'd swear that you don't know anything about baseball at all. first of all, why wouldn't you tinker with more starting lineups and more pitchers in the starting role? their arms are cold from a winter of inactivity, they need to slowly work themselves into peak condition. magnum i must say, i do partially blame you for the season-ending loss of charles bender, one of our top armsmen and a perennial pilots keeper for many seasons. and why do you insist on playing cal mcvey in the field? you know he has a bad back and must be restricted to the designator hitter role only. i told you this in our last meeting, but i feel like you weren't even listening. you just kept going on about needing the keys to the ferarri and having to borrow t.c.'s helicopter.

and i know that bad bill dahlen can be intimidating, but did you have to start him over george wright for the entirety of spring training? magnum, did you know that george wright was the babe ruth of the civil war? perhaps more impressively in my eyes, he was also a professional cricketer and was perhaps primarily responsible for bringing the great game of golf to the united states. later in life, he started a chain of very successful sporting goods stores. also, his son is in the tennis hall of fame. anyway the point is we need bad bill to be a utility man. now you've failed to get him any repetitions at second and third base, positions we're going to need him to play if we're going to get collins and davis any rest this season. we can only hope that his excellent skills in the field will allow him to overcome this lack of practice. also, you started paul hines one time. just an overall poor use of the talent on this roster and a failure to explore different options.

from now on the pilots' depth chart shall be as follows:

(hands magnum this document)




first of all one year change: please switch orator shafer to 1878.

dl assignments

charles bender to the 60 day dl
dave brown to 15 day dl

and now the 26 man major league opening day roster:

c: bill dickey, 1937
1b: dave orr, 1885
2b: eddie collins, 1910
ss: george wright, 1873
3b: george davis, 1897
lf: joe kelley, 1896
cf: willie mays, 1954
rf: tommy holmes, 1945
dh: cal mcvey, 1875

c/util: jim o'rourke, 1884
util of: paul hines, 1879
util of: bill lange, 1895
util if: bill dahlen, 1896
util: augie galan, 1944
util: heavy johnson, 1922

sp: pedro martinez, 1999
sp: toad ramsey, 1887
sp: dazzy vance, 1925
sp: jesse tannehill, 1902
sp: cy blanton, 1935

closer: van mungo, 1936
stopper/setup 8th or later: nolan ryan, 1987
setup 7th or later: noodles hahn, 1899
middle relief: lady baldwin, 1885
specialist - lh batters: andrew miller, 2016
long relief/emergency sp: jon matlack, 1974

STONE TEMPLE MILWAUKEE BREWERS

c: jack clements, 1895
c: bill craver, 1874
ss, util if: frank fennelly, 1884
ss, util if: john montgomery ward, 1887
cf: julio rodriguez, 2022
rf: orator shafer, 1878
of: fred snodgrass, 1910

p: frank tanana, 1976
p: johnny allen, 1936
p: scott stratton, 1890
p: wheezer dell, 1916
p: dick bates, 1969

lineup against rhp

1. kelley, lf (galan every 5th day, lange every 7th day)
2. collins, 2b (dahlen every 6th day)
3. mays, cf (lange every 8th day, hines if tired)
4. dickey, c (o'rourke if tired)
5. mcvey, dh (galan every 6th day, heavy if tired)
6. holmes, rf (hines if tired, heavy every 7th day)
7. orr, 1b (heavy every 5th day, galan every 7th day)
8. davis, 3b (dahlen every 7th day)
8. wright, ss (dahlen every 5th day)

pinch hitter order: hines, o'rouke, heavy
pinch runners: hines, dahlen, lange

lineup against lhp

1. kelley, lf (galan every 5th day, lange every 7th day)
2. collins, 2b (dahlen every 6th day)
3. mays, cf (lange every 8th day, hines if tired)
4. o'rourke, c (dickey if tired)
5. mcvey, dh (galan every 6th day, heavy if tired)
6. hines, rf (holmes if tired, heavy every 7th day)
7. orr, 1b (heavy every 5th day, galan every 7th day)
8. davis, 3b (dahlen every 7th day)
8. wright, ss (dahlen every 5th day)

pinch hitter order: dickey, galan, heavy
pinch runners: dahlen, lange

individual player strategies

joe kelley (most aggressive stealing)
eddie collins (most agressive stealing)
paul hines (most aggressive stealing)
george davis (most agressive stealing)
bill dahlen (most agressive stealing)

 

If we have 26 players, then Brand New Ballplayers will call up 1979 Bobby Bonds to fill out the 26-man roster