2021 S3SL Random Ramblings

[HafDawg2003]

The season is upon us.

[Halladay_is_God]

ST Development for Toronto
I'm just happy I finally got some development out of Jesus Alvarado.

Felipe Benitez increases his Stuff vs Righties from 9 to 10 .
just need his control to fill out from 7 to 9.

Lanny Leslie increases his Contact vs Righties from 7 to 8 .
Lanny Leslie increases his Overall Contact from 7 to 8 .
comeback season, expecting huge things, maybe putting him into the 3rd spot in the lineup.

Jesus Alvarado increases his Contact vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his Overall Contact from 5 to 6 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his Power vs Righties from 3 to 4 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his Power vs Lefties from 3 to 4 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his Overall Power from 3 to 4 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his Eye vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his Overall Eye from 4 to 5 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his 1st Base Fielding PCT from 0.991 to 0.993 .
Jesus Alvarado increases his 1st Base Range from 4.000 to 5.000 .

Antonio Depaz increases his Power vs Righties from 4 to 5 .
Antonio Depaz increases his Power vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
Antonio Depaz increases his Overall Power from 4 to 5 .
just a bit more from Depaz and I can call him up, or I may just call him up now, hard to decide.

Christopher Ash decreases his Stuff Talent from 10 to 8 . (boo!)
Christopher Ash increases his Stuff vs Righties from 4 to 5 .
Christopher Ash increases his Overall Stuff from 4 to 5 .
Christopher Ash increases his Movement vs Lefties from 7 to 8 .
really need him in the bullpen this season

[OrioleMagic]

Philly continues to over-achieve. At least Deshong is doing what he was over-paid to do.

Juan Zubiri increased his bat control, resulting in more contact!

Tuesday 4/15/2021 :Wilfredo Reyes has increased his lower body strength, his duration raises!

I can't believe Wilfredo is still a Philly! Edwards is dirt cheap as well. Someone should take a flyer on Ayala... Great numbers in the first 2 weeks.

[General]

Boston is pwnage.

[Halladay_is_God]

5-8 sim

1-2 vs KC
1-2 vs BOS
3-0 @ BAL
0-3 @ BOS
0-1 @ KC

Batting AVG: .269 (16th)
Homeruns: 12 (17th)
Walks: 39 (21st)
Stolen Bases: 32 (1st)
Runs Scored: 65 (T-21st)

Pitching ERA: 5.05 (16th)
Opponents AVG: .291 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 12 (15th)
Walks Allowed: 50 (13th)
Runs Allowed: 76 (13th)

Pitching wasn't good at all, offense not that great either.

Lanny Leslie was great in the opening sim, hitting .400 avg, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 20 H, 6 SB, 1.224 OPS.

SP Felipe Benitez was good 2-1, 3.91 ERA, 23.0 IP, 24 K.

Signed a free agent to help with defense in the infield, nothing special about his hitting, just another cast-off of Tampa so has something going for him.

development news

Rafael Abadia increases his Contact Talent from 6 to 7 .
Rafael Abadia increases his Eye Talent from 7 to 9 .
Rafael Abadia increases his Strikeouts Talent from 6 to 7 .
increased to 7-6-9-9-7 talent and 4.0 star prospect

Philip French increases his Contact Talent from 5 to 7 .
Philip French increases his Eye Talent from 6 to 8 .
increased to a 3.0 star prospect and made my top 10 list at 6th. 7-6-5-8-6 talent.

Antonio Depaz increases his Contact vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Antonio Depaz increases his Eye vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
7-9-5-5-7 out of 9-10-7-9-8, he's very close as it is

[bjd2933]

Bad sim, but I'm not worried... I'll give it 3-5 sims before I start to panic.

Positive note- Saget now has a 10 stuff talent and a 9 control talent. A guy who was mainly picked as a joke because I loved his name... is probably no joke.

[Slyder]

Pitching outside of Degroat, Dapena, Vera, Evams sucked but I expected that.

Hitting scored a lot of runs but I expected that too.

Batting AVG: .310 (4th)
Homeruns: 13 (T-12th)
Walks: 34 (T-27th)
Stolen Bases: 18 (6th)
Runs Scored: 81 (12th)

Pitching ERA: 5.73 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .309 (29th)
HRs Allowed: 11 (T-12th)
Walks Allowed: 44 (8th)
Runs Allowed: 79 (T-17th)
For the unexpected:
John Swinney increases his Stuff Talent from 6 to 8 .
John Swinney increases his Control Talent from 7 to 9 .
Yes he could be had in a package for a #1 pitcher depending on who.

Reginald Modzelewski increases his Eye Talent from 7 to 9 .
4 contact keeps him from being a major player.

[Kingdom]

Bad sim, but I'm not worried... I'll give it 3-5 sims before I start to panic.

Positive note- Saget now has a 10 stuff talent and a 9 control talent. A guy who was mainly picked as a joke because I loved his name... is probably no joke.

He just plays for a joke team.
Ooh oh oooooh.

[Kingdom]

Farina with two complete game shutouts. Wicked start thanks to pitching, although the offense is surprisingly solid. I'm just not getting much from the outfield.

[Fishercat]

Fun note, Paul Galeana is a little over 50 SBs away from the League's All-Time record in Stolen Bases...he's 29. (I'm not counting Rickey).

[Molina00]

Quite a race going on in the NL East. Perennial cellar dwellers Mets and Braves tied for 1st, Marlins a game out, Nats 1.5 games out. Will it stay a 4-man race or go back to the usual 2-man race?

[Porter]

14-13, 2nd place. You know if none wants to deal for my guys on my firesale. Im in no hurry to take on San Diego with what I have right now. Especially with all the pitching near being ready.

[DiamondDave]

12-16... better than I thought we would be.... but that also means that it is not as bad as I need to be...

[Dry1313]

Quite a race going on in the NL East. Perennial cellar dwellers Mets and Braves tied for 1st, Marlins a game out, Nats 1.5 games out. Will it stay a 4-man race or go back to the usual 2-man race?

Pleasant surprise, my lineup is basically set, except for the arrival of Arias.

However, I really need to add pitching, which I can't do without dealing away something I like, so I might hold out for next year to make a real push.

[Shadow29]

Yeah I agree. My Pens still not good enough though to stay with the high horsees the whole season. But My offense is right where it need be and my pitching is only getting better. Velaquez gained talent so him and Carranza havent even maxed out yet. But the big thing for me is I am 5-1 vs. Washington. Winning vs. division rivals has been the killer over the years and this year I am 8-4 vs. the Big two teams.