Winning team to a losing one in a single offseason...

woody2goody · 04-26-2008, 07:40 PM

Hi guys.

I started a fictional league called English Championship Baseball, and in season one after the draft (2007), my team compiled a 95-67 record (.586 winning pct), led the league in doubles, and got to the Northern League finals, losing to the eventual ECB champions.

This season, after 61 games, we are 26-35 (.426) ,joint last in the division of 5 teams, and leaking runs like nobody's business. It seems that the team's ERA has only gone fractionally up, and the runs scored are similar, so why the sudden losing tendancy?

Can anyone also point me in the direction of a useful player development tactic as most of my players seem to be getting worse this season!

For exampleI have a 21 year old closer who was rated roughly 55-60-65 last season (out of 100), and now he is rated 50-55-50 and his ERA has gone up by 2!

Khrog · 04-29-2008, 04:00 PM

Check out some of the game logs to look for reasons. You may have an MR or two or CL blowing saves. I've had the same thing happen to me where I get a huge down season while I'm building a team up. So it might just be some rotten luck or it could be some overvalued guys. Also could be facing off against too many ace pitchers. Lots of factors to look at.

ripwalk · 04-29-2008, 04:03 PM

There are examples of this all the time where teams don't play up to expectations or play above expectations (as maybe you did in the first season) ..

That's baseball, is all I can really say ...

kckid4u · 04-29-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ripwalk

That's baseball, is all I can really say ...

Go on, I'm listening.

eriqjaffe · 04-29-2008, 04:38 PM

See the White Sox, 2006-2007.

Syd Thrift · 04-29-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

See the White Sox, 2006-2007.

I didn't see anywhere in the comments that he ruined the team in the offseason.

Jose Cardenal's Afro · 04-29-2008, 07:21 PM

Check your defensive fielding stats from this year to last.

Left-handed Badger · 05-01-2008, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

I didn't see anywhere in the comments that he ruined the team in the offseason.

04-26-2008, 07:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
woody2goody Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 9	Winning team to a losing one in a single offseason... Hi guys. I started a fictional league called English Championship Baseball, and in season one after the draft (2007), my team compiled a 95-67 record (.586 winning pct), led the league in doubles, and got to the Northern League finals, losing to the eventual ECB champions. This season, after 61 games, we are 26-35 (.426) ,joint last in the division of 5 teams, and leaking runs like nobody's business. It seems that the team's ERA has only gone fractionally up, and the runs scored are similar, so why the sudden losing tendancy? Can anyone also point me in the direction of a useful player development tactic as most of my players seem to be getting worse this season! For exampleI have a 21 year old closer who was rated roughly 55-60-65 last season (out of 100), and now he is rated 50-55-50 and his ERA has gone up by 2!

04-29-2008, 07:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jose Cardenal's Afro Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Limbo Posts: 143	Check your defensive fielding stats from this year to last. __________________ "For once the old, rich white guy's in charge." Monty Burns "I did not support Operation Desert Fox." Janeane Garofalo http://www.obamatron.org

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04-29-2008, 04:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Khrog Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 76	Check out some of the game logs to look for reasons. You may have an MR or two or CL blowing saves. I've had the same thing happen to me where I get a huge down season while I'm building a team up. So it might just be some rotten luck or it could be some overvalued guys. Also could be facing off against too many ace pitchers. Lots of factors to look at.

04-29-2008, 04:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
ripwalk All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 765	There are examples of this all the time where teams don't play up to expectations or play above expectations (as maybe you did in the first season) .. That's baseball, is all I can really say ...