2030 Season Thread (9/30)

[DKCecil]

Ya, but I'm going to take a lot of credit for Ranger success.

Oh, sweetie, of course not. No one can forget all you've done for me.

[McExpos]

Oh, sweetie, of course not. No one can forget all you've done for me.

*pushes face up against the glass*

"Daddy, what is that called?"
"That's called an offense, honey."
"I want one!"

[knucklehead7]

The file and reports have been updated.

[Toona the Cat]

Another 4-2 sim, including a sweep of the Braves

[DKCecil]

A clinched playoff spot! Sound the confetti! Toss some horns!

[McExpos]

Hmmm, so. I resigned Ryan Rieger to a contract with the idea of declining next year's option. So if I do that, does his five year (which is really just a four year and a mutual option) move up a year, meaning his new contract expires in 2035 instead?

Also, FYI, Rieger will be on the block in the offseason. Can't wait to see what he could do in a better park.

[Tavarin]

3-3 sim for the Angels as we lose 2/3 to the Rays before taking 2/3 from the A's.

This means we're 5 back of the AL West with 6 to play, but with 3 head to head against the Rangers, there's still technically a chance.

More realisticaly is the Wild Card, where we are 3.5 up on the White Sox, with a magic number of 4. Should be an interesting final sim on Monday.

[thebishop]

3-4 week, let it end already.....

[Tecmo]

One thing left to root for, knuckleballer Brad Schwarzenbach for AL RotY!

[reds1]

6-0 sim against the Astros and Cards was a most pleasant surprise.

We're now 5 up on Houston for the WC with a magic number of 3 with 7 games left to play.

SP Rivera got a rough initiation in his first ML outing, unable to get out of the first inning (5 ER in 0.1 innings). He bounced back with a much better 7-inning performance against St. Louis, striking out 10 and giving up just a couple of runs. I think he'll be a keeper.

[Felix]

Another shitty sim for the Sox as we're just about out of the divisional/wild card race. We've still technically got life, but at this point, it'd take a miracle. Oh well, enjoy the postseason Cleveland/Anaheim.

Also, FYI, Rieger will be on the block in the offseason. Can't wait to see what he could do in a better park.

No trade clause

[Buane]

Remember those 1-run wins we had last week? Yep, you guessed it...

Speaking of which, Cincinnati is now 28-34 in 1-run games, for a total of 62 - highest in the majors.

We'll need to go 6-0 in the final week to break .500, and 5-1 just to get to 81 wins.

[Becks6]

We've been very mediocre for quite some time, but we clinched our 3rd division title with a 4-3 sim. Very excited to give it another go at winning a playoff series.

[hydrostar]

4-2 sim with series wins over the Cards and Dodgers. We're @ 101 wins, and we've won our third consecutive NL Central crown.

Chewing on my fingernails hoping I can lock Marquez down to an extension that will not kill my team's future- very nervous about these developments. But he's been amazing again this year when we needed him, and I feel like I owe it to our fans to try and make sure he will be mashing HR's onto Waveland/Sheffield avenues for years to come.

[McExpos]

No trade clause

See, that's my question. I assumed that if I have a player who is going INTO his mutual option year and I extend him, then the extension replaces the mutual option year (effectively declining the option). This is what happens in real life, and I assumed this is how the mechanics of OOTP worked.

However, if all I managed to do was effectively ACCEPT his mutual option year and the extension kicks in after that - meaning that next season will be the last year of his NTC contract instead of the first year of his new contract - well, then I'm just annoyed. If that were the case, I would have declined his option and tried my hand at resigning him before free agency, which is what I had intended to do all along.

*shrugs*

Help?

[Jontler]

The Tribe goes 4-3 as we take a 4 game set from Detroit but then lose a disappointing 3 game series to the Yankees. 2.5 games up heading into the last sim, we've got a magic number of 5 and two 3 game sets to close out the season. We take on Toronto and their 2-4 starters, followed by Oakland and the top of their rotation.

Oakland has had our number this year (6-3 against us) while we've been about even with Toronto (4-6 against us). Meanwhile, Chicago gets 4 at home against Baltimore and then closes out the year with 3 in Seattle. Neither of us is playing particularly difficult teams, though I'll be taking on a Toronto team that is also fighting for its postseason life. We're obviously in a better position, up 2.5 with one less game to play in the final week, but I'm not exactly resting easy.

Our fate is in our hands. Let's just go 6-0 to finish the year and not leave anything in the hands of the White Sox. Sure would be nice to hoist up a division title for the first time in the CL.

Good luck, Alex.

[knucklehead7]

The file and reports have been updated.

[Tavarin]

Nice 4-2 sim for the Angels as we take 2/3 each from Texas and Detroit. We end 3 games back of the Rangers for the AL West crown, but win the AL Wild Card by 5 games over the White Sox.

Should be quite a fun ALDS against the Indians.

[reds1]

Pffft. Brewers collapse in the final week, going 1-6, but manage to hang on to the wild card by one game over Houston. Way to go, boys. 4 and out in the 1st round, here we come.

[Buane]

A 3-3 sim to end things featuring, fittingly, three one-run losses. We played in 66 one-run games this year, most in the majors. We lost 37 of them, also most in the majors. Not a fun year in Cincy - probably the most disappointing and frustrating in my CL career.

Still, I like our rotation going into next year especially if we can find a solid arm on the FA market to replace Peterson (good riddance you bum). Our super-young bullpen will be a year older and maybe aided by a free agent or two, and we've got the salary room to add a big bat if we can. I don't think we're very far off.

A bizarre season in the NL, as only the Cubs win more than 91 games! Congratulations to the playoff teams, it's always an accomplishment to make it that far.

[Codone]

Faltered oursellves into a 1 game playoff aginst boston. Meliville should be on the mound and ready. Were gtg.

[thebishop]

4-2 week to end the year. Thank God that's over with......what a lousy way to end things....

[Felix]

Pathetic showing in the final week keeps us below the 90 win mark for the first time in a decade. I'm looking forward to blowing this team up and starting anew, assuming anyone even bothers to inquire about players.

Congrats on finally getting over the hump and winning a division title, Joe

[Becks6]

Third division title for le' Expos since I've been throwing my weight around. It's certainly the least impressive of the three, but maybe we'll finally be able to win a playoff series and make this season something special!

[PHIPhillies]

stumbled across the finish line to finish in fifth place again but at least my team improved 10 games in the win column. not a total loss and it gives me something to build on