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« on: September 22, 2022, 01:52:51 PM »
Coop’s all-time all-star Fox team.
Here are the best players who ever played for me during my 36-year career as GM of the Black Forest Foxes. Note that all of these guys except Serhat Karpat earned at least one WBA championship ring during their time in the Black Forest.
Catcher: Oles Dziewulski (2133-2139). I never was able to obtain a superstar catcher. I tried and tried; I drafted a lot of catchers over the years, including a couple of high first-rounders who were supposed to be great, Decheng Zhang and Callum Hastie, but they never became more than average big-league players. Dziewulski, obtained in a 2133 trade with Daegu, served as my starting catcher for 7 years and helped the team to the 2135 WBA championship.
First baseman: Manuel Coronado (2120-2128). I was tempted to list Ilari Belmon here, because he was the best first baseman in WBA history, but he only played for me during the final two years of my career. So I’ll go with Coronado, who was my starting first baseman for 9 years; he won the 2124 MVP award (.335 BA, 42 HRs, 155 RBIs) and he helped lead my team to the 2125 WBA championship.
Second baseman: Avajaya Ganeshwaran (2123-2127). This one’s a no-doubter. Ganeshwaran was the best player on my 2125 WBA championship team (he led the league in OBP at .425 and WAR at 8.89 but somehow failed to be named league MVP). He was both a great hitter and a great fielder.
Shortstop: Max Lopez (2131-2139). I gave serious consideration to Gaudencio Mosinha (2111-2116), a rare slugging shortstop who hit 137 HRs for me in a period of five and a half years. Mosinha helped lead the Foxes to the 2112 WBA championship. But while Lopez wasn’t as good a hitter as Mosinha, he was a very good hitter, and he was a much better fielder than Mosinha. He also served as my starting shortstop for a longer period than Mosinha. So he gets the nod.
Third baseman: Salim Tuncay (2108-2120). A no-doubter. Tuncay’s career went into a sudden freefall when he was 30 years old, which makes no sense, but he accomplished so much in his twenties that I still consider him the best non-pitcher in Black Forest history. He was a great hitter, a great fielder and a great baserunner. He won two IBL MVP awards. He didn’t hit home runs, but he did everything else at an extraordinary high level.
Leftfielder: Vicente Moya (2131-2136). This guy (who is still active) is the best base-stealer in Black Forest history, maybe even in WBA history. He’s also an outstanding hitter and fielder. Like Tuncay, he does everything except hit home runs. Other leftfielders who could have been listed here are Niko Shipanga (2120-2127, a terrific slugger who, like Tuncay, suddenly hit the wall at age 30) and Tom McGregor (2110-2115, who hit .334 during his Fox career, led the league in hits 4 times and won two IBL batting titles).
Centerfielder: Fernando Registo (2111-2117). Another no-doubter. Registo was the rare centerfielder who combined great defense with a high on-base percentage and excellent power. He did everything well and had a long, productive career with 7 different teams.
Rightfielder: Bao-tian Qian (2107-2114). This feared slugger set the single-season Fox home-run record; he hit 46 homers in 2110. He hit .340 that year with 138 RBIs. Other rightfielders deserving of mention are Dhritiman Sangha (2104-2110, an excellent all-around hitter) and Glenn Jackson (2136-2139, a consistent .300 hitter and excellent fielder who is currently in mid-career and often plays center field).
Starting pitcher: Serhat Karpat (2100-2107). The best pitcher in Fox history, hands down. Karpat won 4 Cy Young awards (two of them while pitching for the Foxes).
Relief pitcher: Mike Kessler (2130-2139) and Jesus Alonzo (2135-2139). It’s a tossup between Kessler, who is at the end of his career, and Alonzo, who is in mid-career. They’ve both been great. Consider it a tie. Manny Juarez (2110-2121) won two Reliever of the Year awards, so he also merits a mention.
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« on: August 15, 2022, 08:07:20 AM »
Daegu sends $1 to Black Forest.
Black Forest sends RP Jorge Rivera to Daegu.
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« on: August 10, 2022, 07:45:09 PM »
Black Forest sends 2B Luis Mora (AAA), 3B Madhav Uppuluri (AA) and RF Adrian Bouzios (AA) to Nairobi.
Nairobi sends SP Chinh Tran-dinh (AAA) to Black Forest.
Huck, please put T-D on my AA roster (Bochum).
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« on: August 02, 2022, 02:50:11 PM »
Black Forest sends RF Pedro Cardenas to Nairobi.
Nairobi sends SP Shing Huang (AAA) to Black Forest.
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« on: August 01, 2022, 09:32:57 AM »
Nairobi sends $3 million to Black Forest.
Black Forest sends AA leftfielder Yurochka Tabaev to Nairobi.
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« on: July 29, 2022, 02:08:08 PM »
Tokyo receives two second-round picks from Black Forest, the #1 pick in the round (#21 overall) and the #14 pick in the round (#34 overall).
Black Forest receives outfielder Go Seetharaman.
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« on: June 10, 2022, 12:03:00 PM »
Daegu sends 3B Jesus Villalobos to Black Forest, receiving nothing in return (or $1 if there's got to be something involved).
Daegu agrees to pay $2.8 million of Villalobos' salary.
Black Forest agrees to take responsibility for the remaining $5 million of Villalobos' salary.
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« on: June 02, 2022, 11:37:49 AM »
Black Forest sends 1B Kian Wombwell to Phoenix.
Phoenix sends AAA pitcher Uksem Kimweri to Black Forest.
Huck, put Kimweri on my AAA squad. Thanks.
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« on: May 31, 2022, 06:54:18 PM »
Per Sean's post-it, I'm trading the Black Forest second-round pick in the next rookie draft for Ilari Belmon.
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« on: May 06, 2022, 02:51:10 PM »
Here's a team you don't want to manage. It's a team with the most overpaid, least productive players at each position. I only chose players who are making $2 million or more this season. At some positions, especially catcher and reliever, it was hard to find guys who really deserved to be on the list. At other positions, like the outfield, I found so many overpaid guys that I considered adding a "dishonorable mention" list. Anyway, here's what I came up with:
Catcher. Mario Chavez, Puerto Rico. Salary - $7 million. Hitting .232 with an OBP of .301.
First base. Alopa Kotla, Black Forest. Salary - $2.75 million. Hitting .202 as the righthanded half of a platoon combination.
Second base. Datu Buesa, Havana. Salary - $2.95 million. Hitting .195.
Shortstop. Womiq Hussaini, Los Angeles. Salary - $2.85 million. Hitting .168, OBP .243.
Third base. Jesus Villalobos, Daegu. Salary - $8 million. Hitting .191, OBP .242.
Outfielder. Jose Rios, Northwest. Salary - $9 million. Hitting .202.
Outfielder. Yuki Yoshioka, Puerto Rico. Salary - $6.5 million. Hitting .174, OBP .214.
Outfielder. Matabei Oshima, Puerto Rico. Salary - $7 million. Hitting .177, OBP .266.
Starting pitcher. Paco Lopez, Puerto Rico. Salary - $10.6 million. 7-10 record, 5.06 ERA.
Starting pitcher. Jose Feliz, Mexico City. Salary - $5.5 million. Recently demoted to AAA, where he's 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA.
Starting pitcher. Ernesto Farto, Tokyo. Salary - $6.6 million. Recently demoted to AAA, where he's 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA.
Starting pitcher. Yat-sen Cheng, Melbourne. Salary - $6.5 million. 4-7 record, 4.28 ERA.
Starting pitcher. Norbert Torrigiani, Daegu. Salary - $4.6 million. 5-5 record, 4.42 ERA.
Relief pitcher. Alfredo Silva, Los Angeles. Salary - $5 million. 2-3 record, 6.22 ERA.
Relief pitcher. Juan Vera, Sao Paulo. Salary - $2.05 million. 1-3 record, 6.65 ERA.
Relief pitcher. Omar Francisco, Karachi. Salary - $3.68 million. 4-6 record, 5.46 ERA.
Relief pitcher. Balayogi Parthiban, Santo Domingo. Salary - $5.5 million. 1-3 record, 4.72 ERA.
(Would have added more relievers but couldn't find any who looked like they belonged on the list.)
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« on: April 14, 2022, 09:34:30 AM »
Black Forest sends the following to Tokyo:
SP/RP Felix Rodriguez (ML)
RP Kee Li (AAA)
C Hyung-seung Lee (AA)
$2 million in cash
Tokyo sends the following to Black Forest:
Second-round pick in the 2138 rookie draft.
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« on: April 04, 2022, 05:23:51 PM »
Black Forest sends SP Elton Purkis to Karachi.
Karachi sends its first-round pick in the next rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: March 31, 2022, 08:07:38 PM »
This trade was supposed to happen before the draft but Manny Sierra dragged his heels, so ...
Black Forest sends SP Manny Sierra to Phoenix, now that he has finally signed a contract extension.
Phoenix sends its second-round pick in the next rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: March 27, 2022, 12:48:59 PM »
Black Forest sends SP Manny Sierra to Phoenix.
Phoenix sends its second-round pick in the current rookie draft to Black Forest.
Note that this trade is contingent upon Sierra signing a contract extension. In OOTP his demands for an extension have been met and it's expected that he will officially sign the extension during the upcoming sim, but if for some reason he fails to sign an extension, then the trade is null and void.
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« on: March 13, 2022, 06:45:44 PM »
Daegu sends LF Abdul-Majid bin Numair to Black Forest.
Black Forest sends its fourth-round pick in the next rookie draft to Daegu.
Huck, please place bin Numair on my Triple-A club.
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« on: March 12, 2022, 09:06:32 AM »
Black Forest sends RP Lennart Ewerlof (AAA) to Rocky Mountain.
Rocky Mountain sends its fourth-round pick in the next rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: March 11, 2022, 09:26:15 PM »
Black Forest leftfielder Vicente Moya is an established star.
He's the best base-stealer in the WBA. From 2132 through 2135 he stole 345 bases, an average of more than 86 stolen bases per year, and in 2136 he's on pace to steal well over 100 bases. His career batting average is .310. He's an outstanding defensive outfielder.
Moya's contract is up at the end of the season, and one would expect that the Foxes would do anything to keep him from leaving the organization for free agency.
But maybe not.
Vicente Moya has flaws. He has no power. He doesn't hit lefthanded pitchers very well, so he plays only against righties. Worst of all, he's 30 years old and showing signs of decline. This season both his Contact rating and his Eye rating went down. It seems unlikely that those ratings will bounce back now that he's no longer in his twenties.
Moya was recently approached about a contract extension. He demanded more than $7 million a year for three years, and refused to budge on those numbers. That's a lot of money for an aging leftfielder who doesn't hit home runs and can't hit lefthanded pitchers.
As it happens, the Foxes have two outfielders in Triple-A, Jose Reyna and Pedro Cardenas, who bat lefthanded and who can hit righthanded pitchers about as well as Moya. Here's a comparison of their ratings:
Moya, age 30. Contact vs RHPs is 8, Power is 2, Eye is 6, Avoid Ks is 10.
Cardenas, age 26. Contact vs RHPs is 8, Power is 2, Eye is 5, Avoid Ks is 9.
Reyna, age 31. Contact vs RHPs is 7, Power is 6, Eye is 5, Avoid Ks is 9.
Moya is the best hitter of the three, but only by a small margin. He is by far a better fielder and base-stealer than Reyna and Cardenas, but on the other hand, those guys will play for a small fraction of the salary Moya is demanding. And Moya is declining. Is it worth paying him $7 million a year when the team can replace him with a younger guy like Cardenas who hits about as well and whose salary is $200,000?
So what should the Foxes do? Letting go of a big star like Vicente Moya isn't easy. The fans would be furious. It's a tough decision.
What do the other GMs in the league think?
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« on: February 22, 2022, 03:12:03 PM »
This isn't meant to be particularly meaningful information, but just for fun I thought I'd try to find starting pitchers who over the past few seasons have had a real hard time chalking up a W. I may have missed somebody; if so, my apologies. Anyway, here are some guys who have started regularly in recent years but who have rarely come away with a win.
The champ when it comes to a one-year record for futility is Joris Dubuc of Los Angeles. In 2135 he started 55 games, won 4 and completed none. I gather that he was just used as an "opener."
The guy who seems to have had the most trouble over the past two seasons is Adrian Fonseca of Nairobi. In 2134/2135 he started 58 games and won 12. Of course, he was pitching for a team that wasn't a playoff contender, so his inability to post victories is somewhat understandable. On the other hand, there are plenty of other pitchers in the league who toil for non-contenders, and they won more often than Fonseca.
For a three-year period, I found two guys who deserve a dishonorable mention. Norbert Torrigiani of Melbourne has over the past 3 seasons started 73 games and posted only 16 wins. During that same time period Yat-sen Cheng of Los Angeles logged 89 starts and won 18.
One wonders what a manager says to one of these guys at the start of the game. "Go get 'em! Get out there and post a no-decision!"
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« on: February 19, 2022, 05:20:36 PM »
Black Forest sends 2B Yu-zhang Lung to Sao Paulo.
Sao Paulo sends its third-round pick in the next rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: February 10, 2022, 05:27:50 PM »
Black Forest sends its third-round pick in the next rookie draft to Melbourne.
Melbourne sends RF F. Le Coq and its fifth-round pick in the next rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: February 10, 2022, 05:26:46 PM »
Black Forest sends $1 million to Beijing.
Beijing sends RF Pedro Cardenas to Black Forest.
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« on: January 05, 2022, 10:18:48 AM »
Rome sends RF Jose Reyna (AAA) to Black Forest.
Black Forest sends RP Sugimoto Ichihara (AA) to Rome.
Huck, please put Reyna on my big-league roster and in the lineup, taking the spot of RF Olimpio Lassi, whose ratings cratered right after I acquired him. What a great trade that was. Demote Lassi to AAA. Or put him behind the counter at Burger King. I'll miss him and his awesome production, .196 BA with 0 homers.
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« on: January 04, 2022, 11:56:36 AM »
Just for fun, every now and then I like to check to see how teams are doing with regard to balancing their budgets. Here's a list showing each WBA team with its payroll (in millions), its budget (in millions) and its balance (in millions). The teams are listed from best budget situation to worst. Being in the black means of course that your team is spending less on payroll than its budget, so the team is turning a profit. Being in the red means that your team is spending more on payroll than its budget, so the team is losing money. Tokyo wins the "hey, big spender" award this year, spending more than $22 million more than it is projected to earn.
This is as of April 18, 2135.
payroll budget result
Nairobi 6.622m 41.339m in the black 34.717m
El Paso 18.687m 39.317m in the black 20.630m
Havana 29.029m 45.731m in the black 16.702m
Mexico City 41.977m 46.664m in the black 4.687m
Daegu 36.031m 40.317m in the black 4.286m
Black Forest 53.698m 57.478m in the black 3.780m
Puerto Rico 38.565m 40.767m in the black 2.202m
Beijing 59.813m 60.700m in the black 0.887m
Sao Paulo 53.651m 54.096m in the black 0.445m
Rome 44.726m 44.589m IN THE RED 0.137m
Rocky Mtn 58.363m 57.456m IN THE RED 0.907m
Phoenix 48.949m 45.641m IN THE RED 3.308m
Rio 65.027m 60.006m IN THE RED 5.021m
Oslo 59.676m 47.837m IN THE RED 11.839m
Melbourne 57.962m 45.883m IN THE RED 12.079m
Los Angeles 62.706m 49.917m IN THE RED 12.789m
Santo Domingo 68.408m 55.050m IN THE RED 13.358m
Karachi 70.672m 55.343m IN THE RED 15.329m
Paris 68.525m 53.041m IN THE RED 15.484m
Tokyo 69.557m 47.208m IN THE RED 22.349m
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« on: December 19, 2021, 02:54:13 PM »
Black Forest sends $12 million to Tokyo.
Tokyo sends its first-round pick in the next rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: November 23, 2021, 07:09:07 PM »
Rome sends RP Luke Heathcote to Black Forest.
Black Forest sends its second-round pick in the next rookie draft to Rome.
Huck, please put Heathcote in my big-league bullpen, middle relief. I've left an open slot for him.
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« on: November 02, 2021, 08:46:22 AM »
SS Carlos Rodriguez, age 22. Potential Contact 6, Avoid Ks 9, Range 9. Terrific glove man who should also hit for a high average.
2B Yu-zhang Lung, age 28. Contact 7, Avoid Ks 9, lifetime BA in the majors is .308.
SP Cyril Pottier, age 29. Stuff 9, Movement 6, Control 6.
SP Odell Pittakis, age 27. Potential Stuff 9, Movement 6, Control 6.
RP Jason Hayes, age 27. Potential Stuff 9, Movement 6, Control 8.
CF Alberto Rivera, age 25. Range 8. Potential Contact 6, Avoid Ks 7.
RF Pedro Cardenas, age 24. Contact 7, Avoid Ks 9. Has hit well over .300 at every minor-league level.
SP Julio Esperanzoa, age 26. Potential Stuff 8, Movement 6, Control 6.
RP Kee Li, age 23. Stuff 10, Movement 5, Control 6.
RF Nicolas Egerman, age 23. Power hitter. Potential Power 8, Eye 7.
3B/SS Jose Medina, age 25. Contact 6, Avoid Ks 9, Range 8. Consistent .300 hitter in the minors and good glove.
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« on: October 22, 2021, 08:22:28 PM »
Black Forest sends 2B Datu Buesa to Havana.
Havana sends RP Fytor Hollanda to Black Forest.
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« on: October 20, 2021, 10:30:14 AM »
In fake baseball there was a guy named Alva "Bobo" Holloman who had a brief big-league career. He pitched for the old St. Louis Browns; his entire big-league career lasted less than a full season. He went 3-7 with a 5.23 ERA. But he's still remembered to some degree today, because in his first big-league start, on 6 May 1953, he pitched a no-hitter. Bobo Holloman is probably the worst pitcher in history to throw a no-hitter.
Does the WBA have its own version of Bobo Holloman? As a matter of fact, it does. His name is Gideon Zamosh. Here's his story.
The Black Forest Foxes had three first-round picks in the rookie draft which followed the 2126 season. The team chose pitchers with each of those picks. How did it work out? Not too well. Those three pitchers provided the Foxes with a total of three career victories. Anyway, one of the three pitchers was Gideon Zamosh, who at the time was a hard-throwing 18-year-old kid from Israel.
Zamosh was assigned to the Rookie League (of course) and things did not go well there in his first season. He got hammered; even worse, his projected ratings went down. But the Foxes stuck with him. His projected ratings changed every year, from 8/6/6 to 8/5/4 to 8/6/4 to 9/6/4 to 9/6/5 to 9/5/5 to 9/5/4. But, whether his ratings were going up or down, Zamosh somehow kept getting people out. From 2128 through 2132, his ERA was under 3.00 every year.
When the rosters expanded in September 2132 it was decided to promote Zamosh to the big-league team in order to see what he could do. He showed something, all right. In Oslo on 1 October 2132, in his sixth big-league appearance, Gideon Zamosh pitched a no-hitter. He walked two men and struck out nine, including five of the last six hitters he faced. It was a thoroughly dominant performance.
Zamosh finished his big-league cameo with decent stats, a 3-2 record and a 3.52 ERA. He was expected to be in the big-league rotation the following spring.
It didn't happen. His ratings cratered (again). He spent the year in Triple-A, where he was 10-11 with a 4.43 ERA. He's 25 years old now and his chances of returning to the majors do not look good. Like his spiritual ancestor, Bobo Holloman, it appears that Gideon Zamosh will finish his career with a total of three big-league victories. It's amazing, really, how much these guys are alike. They both had big-league careers that lasted less than a full season. They both pitched no-hitters that came completely out of the blue. And they both racked up a career total of exactly three wins.
Anyway, because of that one shocking performance in St. Louis, Bobo Holloman managed to make a name for himself. And Gideon Zamosh did the same thing in Oslo 179 years later.
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« on: October 17, 2021, 05:24:25 PM »
Black Forest sends $10 million in cash to Mexico City.
Mexico City sends its second-round pick in next year's draft (the draft following the 2134 season) to Black Forest.
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« on: October 10, 2021, 11:28:39 AM »
SS/3B Jose Medina, age 24. Ready for the majors. Career BA of .309 in the minors. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_6334.htmlSP Julio Esperanzoa, age 26. Big-league ready. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_6485.htmlSP Odell Pittakis, age 26. Former first-round pick. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_3963.htmlCF Arvin Vitor, age 25. Draws walks, hits home runs. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_3070.htmlSS Carlos Rodriguez, age 21. This guy won't be cheap, a potential Gold Glover with a good bat. But I'll listen to offers. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_7435.htmlRF Pedro Cardenas, age 24. Career BA of .335 in the minors. Defensive rating is 7. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_6079.htmlC Juan Mojica, age 23. Excellent defensive skills, adequate bat. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_4149.htmlRP Don Watts, age 23. Solid young reliever. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_4112.htmlRP Terho Salmelainen, age 22. Hard-throwing righty. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_5061.htmlLF Humphrey Stammel, age 21. Potential to hit for a good BA (6 Contact, 8 Avoid K's) plus good defense (7 range). http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_3094.htmlRP Ho-win Ya, age 26. Got to like a pitcher with "win" in his name. Has good stuff and good control. http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/reports/news/html/players/player_4887.html
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« on: September 29, 2021, 05:58:40 PM »
Black Forest sends $500,000 to Beijing.
Beijing sends 1B A. Lazarte to Black Forest. (He will be placed on the AAA Bremen roster for now.)
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« on: September 29, 2021, 05:57:04 PM »
Black Forest sends $500,000 to Beijing.
Beijing sends 1B A. Lazarte to Black Forest.
Huck, please put Lazarte on my AAA roster for now.
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« on: September 29, 2021, 09:59:51 AM »
Black Forest sends $10m to Melbourne.
Melbourne sends RP Octavio Diaz (Class A) to Black Forest.
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« on: September 27, 2021, 06:30:07 PM »
Daegu sends catcher Oles Dziewulski to Black Forest.
Black sends 2B Heiko Uhrlitz (A), RP Alex Molinari (AA) and Black Forest's third-round pick in the next rookie draft to Daegu.
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« on: September 16, 2021, 01:51:52 PM »
Black Forest sends SP Waso Kagame (Double-A) to Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo sends Black Forest a third-round pick in the next rookie draft (the pick that originally belonged to Rome).
Black Forest has a history of sending young, up-and-coming superstars to Santo Domingo (like Cheslav Zamorov and Yoshida Kamuta), so Waso Kagame should be jumping for joy. His career is about to skyrocket.
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« on: September 08, 2021, 08:17:39 AM »
After various trades and free-agent signings I find that I have an overabundance of relief pitchers, so I'll consider trading some of them in exchange for picks or prospects.
Tim Wood (AAA). Age 30, 8/6/8 ratings. Current salary is $200,000.
Rodney Litchfield (AAA). Age 28. 9/5/7 ratings. Current salary is $200,000.
Max Sanguinetti (AAA). Age 27. Current ratings 6/7/7, potential ratings 7/7/7. Current salary is $200,000.
Marco Uruisamoglu (ML). Age 28. 8/5/9 ratings. Current salary is $380,000.
Edha Parantap (AA). Age 26. Current ratings 6/7/7, potential ratings 7/7/7. Salary $0.
Yohan Laporte (AA). Age 25. Current ratings 7/6/6, potential ratings 8/6/6. Salary $0.
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« on: August 28, 2021, 04:51:24 PM »
Black Forest sends Beijing the asking price of $275,000.
Beijing sends RF Rafael Hernandez to Black Forest.
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« on: August 26, 2021, 02:07:03 PM »
Black Forest sends LF Khai Jiang (Class A) to Karachi.
Karachi sends Black Forest its second-round pick in the rookie draft that follows the 2134 season (not next year's draft, the one after that).
FYI, if anyone cares ... Khai Jiang was originally a first-round pick as a pitcher. His ratings tanked after a couple of years on the mound, but he was a two-way guy, so I switched him to left field and he is now the reigning MVP in Class A. He's followed an interesting path to success. Best of luck to him in Karachi, except when he's facing the Foxes.
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« on: August 24, 2021, 09:04:19 PM »
Black Forest sends LF Damiano Bertolini (AAA) and RP Ifni Mbuvi (AA) to Phoenix.
Phoenix sends SP Nick Honeyfield (ML) to Black Forest.
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« on: August 24, 2021, 01:40:28 PM »
Black Forest sends cash in the amount of $8,920,100 to Santo Domingo. Black Forest also sends CF Jose Salas (Rookie League) to Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo sends SP Jose Mendoza to Black Forest.
The team which got the better end of this deal was clearly the team that got Jose.
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« on: August 06, 2021, 08:00:35 AM »
There was a $500,000 "post it" for this guy last night ... as far as I know he's still available, so here goes.
Black Forest sends $500,000 to Beijing.
Beijing sends SP Zhi-fu Pei (AAA) to Black Forest.
Just put him on my AAA roster for now, I'll make a decision soon as to whether to put him in the rotation or maybe use him in long relief.
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« on: August 05, 2021, 07:44:09 PM »
Black Forest sends a fifth-round pick in the next rookie draft to Vienna.
Vienna sends LF Misao Kokura (ML) to Black Forest.
Note to Huck: Put Kokura on my ML roster. Move 1B Owen Thrippleton to AAA and replace him in the lineup with Kokura, who will move to first base (instead of his usual position in left field). Kokura will start only against RHPs. Against LHPs, Beltre will continue to start at 1B and Kokura will be his backup. Thanks.
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« on: August 05, 2021, 01:17:25 PM »
Black Forest sends SP Julio Esperanzoa (Class AA) and 2B Heiko Uhrlitz (Class A), plus $5 million in cash, to Vienna.
Vienna sends LF Will Wilson (ML) to Black Forest.
Note to Huck: If this deal is approved (which is not a sure thing because things are in flux as usual on Deadline Day), put Wilson on my ML roster. Move 1B Owen Thrippleton to AAA and replace him in the lineup with Wilson, who will move to first base (instead of his usual position in left field). Thanks.
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« on: August 04, 2021, 07:04:35 AM »
Black Forest sends RF Rodrigo Valadez (AAA) and 1B Wang Ai (A) to Daegu.
Daegu sends RP Lennart Ewerlof (A) to Black Forest.
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« on: July 10, 2021, 06:47:26 AM »
My woebegone ballclub gave up 57 runs in a six-game stretch between April 8-13, an average of 9.5 runs per game, and I got into a discussion as to what could have caused such a disastrous showing. The consensus was that my outfield defense is pathetic and that it's killing my pitchers. So I decided to do a quick study of the issue. I compared all of the outfield defenses in the IBL. It seems to be generally agreed that OOTP's defensive ratings are a bit weird, and that the really important thing, when assessing an outfielder's defensive skill, is RANGE. Outfield errors and assists aren't all that common, so Error ratings and Arm ratings aren't hugely important. What's important is an outfielder's ability to chase after a batted ball and catch it instead of letting it drop for a hit.
So in this study I'm looking only at outfielders' Range ratings. The study covers all ten IBL teams and looks at both of their lineups, the lineup vs. RHPs and the lineup vs LHPs. I've ranked the outfields from best to worst, though some of the rankings are debatable. Anyway, here's what I found.
Range vs RHP (LF-CF-RF) Range vs LHP (LF-CF-RF)
BEI 7- 9- 7 7- 9- 8
OSL 7-10-5 7-10-5
MEL 7- 8- 6 7- 8- 6
ROM 6- 8- 8 6- 8- 8
VIE 8- 8- 5 8- 8- 5
PAR 7- 7- 7 7- 7- 7
TOK 7- 8- 5 7- 8- 8
BFF 7- 7- 5 7- 8- 7
DAE 7- 7- 6 7- 7- 6
KAR 5- 9- 4 5- 9- 4
Conclusion? My outfield defense is bad (eighth out of ten), but not horrendously bad, just a hair below the teams at #6 and #7. So I don't agree that my outfielders are totally killing my pitchers. They aren't very good, but they aren't abysmally awful either.
And by the way, I have a CF in Triple-A, Naftali Kipruto, with 8 Range. When he's ready for the majors, probably next year, I'll use him in CF and slide Vicente Moya over to RF, which will give me an outfield with Range ratings of 7-8-7, which should be the second best or third best in the IBL. So the days of poor outfield defense in the Black Forest should soon be coming to an end ... leaving me with only about 20 other problems to solve.
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« on: July 07, 2021, 01:18:52 PM »
Black Forest sends RP Albert Slooters (Class A) to Sao Paulo.
Sao Paulo sends RP Don Watts (Class A) to Black Forest.
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« on: June 15, 2021, 01:44:57 PM »
Not sure if this has to wait until after the playoffs to be official, but anyway ...
Black Forest sends CF Hyun-suk Lee (Class A) to Oslo.
Oslo sends two second-round draft picks to Black Forest. (I guess one pick in each of the next two drafts? I'll let Mark correct me if that's wrong.)
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« on: June 02, 2021, 03:07:40 PM »
Black Forest sends SP Ernesto Farto to Havana.
Havana sends its second-round pick in the upcoming rookie draft to Black Forest.
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« on: June 02, 2021, 03:05:12 PM »
Black Forest sends 1B Mario Beltre to Rome.
Rome sends RP Bernard Bert (AA) to Black Forest.
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« on: May 28, 2021, 07:38:26 AM »
Black Forest sends $7 million to Beijing.
Beijing sends SP Scott Gagne (AAA) to Black Forest.
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