Just simulated the Reds 2006 season

[redsfan28]

using MLB 06: The Show. I did NOT play any of the games.

The lineup looked like this:

1) Freel - 2B
2) Lopez - SS
3) Griffey - CF
4) Dunn - LF
5) Kearns - RF
6) Encarnacion - 3B
7) Hatteberg/Cruz - 1B
8) LaRue/Valentin - C
9) Pitcher

The rotation looked like this:

1) Harang
2) Milton
3) Arroyo
4) Claussen
5) Williams

The bullpen looked like this:

1) Wilson - Long Relief
2) Belisle - MR
3) Mercker - MR
4) Hammond - MR
5) Wagner - Setup
6) Weathers - Closer

The bench looked like this:

1) Hatteberg/Cruz - IF
2) Valentin/LaRue - C
3) Machado - SS
4) Olmedo - 2B
5) Womack - Util
6) Aurilia - Util/DH

I made NO trades throughout the season. The results were:

The Reds finished at 95-67, winning the NL Central by 6 games over the Cardinals.

Significant hitters notes:

Griffey injured his shoulder in July, missing 2 months. He hit .317 with 19 homers.
Dunn hit .325 with 42 homers.
Kearns hit .289 with 31 homers.
Encarnacion hit .265 with 25 homers.
Lopez hit .308 with 26 homers.

Significant pitchers notes:

Harang went 12-12 with a 3.50 ERA and 211 K's in 218.2 IP
Milton went 11-9 with a 4.52 ERA and 143 K's, giving up 30 HR's in 187 IP
Arroyo went 12-7 with a 4.48 ERA and 125 K's in 189 IP
Claussen went 15-5 with a 4.28 ERA and 128 K's in 180.2 IP
Williams went 7-12 with a 4.94 ERA and 129 K's in 164 IP
Wilson went 11-3 with a 4.71 ERA and 60 K's in 91.2 IP
Weathers saved 52 games, going 2-5 with a 3.29 ERA and 57 K's in 63 IP.

[DirtyKash]

The Reds finished at 95-67, winning the NL Central by 6 games over the Cardinals.

Griffey injured his shoulder in July, missing 2 months. He hit .317 with 19 homers.

I was doubting the simulation at first because of the 95-67 record, but it looks like it knows what it's talking about. Wow.

[Geki Ace]

Weathers saved 52 games, going 2-5 with a 3.29 ERA and 57 K's in 63 IP.

Roffle.

[Wally Mo Pena]

was dunn mvp? .325 is quite a leap.

[redsfan28]

Dunn was the MVP of the Reds, not the league.

[General]

That's hilarious. Now do it on OOTP, see what happens.

[redsfan28]

Right. General, you'd be happy to know that the Reds were eliminated from the playoffs by your Braves, which lost in the World Series to the A's.

[Providence A's]

awww, snap! A's 2006 champs!

[NFLman2033]

well, get a way to simulate the 05 season and have it come out exactly how the real season did, then go and simluate the 06 season.. no way this team wins more than 82 games.. not to mention that game didn't take into account how many times(or rather lack of times freel leads off) we are stuck with Womack and Aurillia in the lineup

[General]

Prov, ain't that ironic..Braves and A's in the WS, the two teams that can't win in the playoffs.

[Providence A's]

ironic? no...the A's have the 2nd most WS championships tied with STL...both are behind the Yanks, so the A's have won a lot more than the Braves. And the Braves have lost a lot more as they've won 1 in the last 13 or 14 trips...that's pretty crappy. 0 - 4 vs. 1 - 14...the one is nice (over 10 years ago), but 0 - 4 just needs to win 1 next time and it's a better percentage.

[General]

Still, Moneyball and Booby Cox are known to plunder in the playoffs. Ancient history notwithstanding, we're considered chokers.

[griffeyfan3]

i gotta question....where did you find hatteberg on the game, cause i have the game and i cant find him anywere. Althgouh i may have just looked over him somewere.

[Providence A's]

considering the A's weren't supposed to be there because of payroll and the Braves had one of the highest during that time, no.

[redsfan28]

i gotta question....where did you find hatteberg on the game, cause i have the game and i cant find him anywere. Althgouh i may have just looked over him somewere.

He's in the online roster update.