Strat-O-Matic Simulates the Season: The Official Thread (Angels 83-79, 3rd in AL West, 7 GB Wild Card) ** SEASON ENDED, DODGERS WIN WORLD SERIES

[Capital_Dave]

The good news: the Upton and Pujols day off yesterday seem to have done them both some good, as they contributed half of the team's hits in today's game.  The bad news: that only represents two hits out of four altogether.  Greinke owns the Halos, as the Astros cruise to a 7-1 victory.  Heaney continues his very poor start to the season.  The first-place A's come to town for a three game series starting tomorrow.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Could Andrew Heaney's issues be related to his starting two games in a row?

[Jeff Fletcher]

19 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Could Andrew Heaney's issues be related to his starting two games in a row?

Sandoval pitched on Saturday. They had a mistake initially by listing Heaney. 

[eligrba]

Eppler has no hope in being retained if this level of play continues.

[Capital_Dave]

Teheran notches a quality start, but the bullpen coughs up 5 runs in the 7th and 8th and the Angels lose to the first-place A's, 8-2.  Angels fans don't get much to write home about, with a Mike Trout triple the only XBH of the night for the home team.  

[Capital_Dave]

The Angels and A's play a tight game until the 8th, when Matt Olson hits a heartbreaking two-run homer and the A's go on to a 4-2 victory.  A's are now 9-3, second best record in baseball.  Buttrey continues to struggle in the bullpen and Justin Upton posts another 0-fer, now batting .105 for the year.  Woof.

[Erstad Grit]

Geeze. Im desperate for baseball too but I have to draw the line somewhere. Im not looking at boxscores on simulated games.  

[Slegnaac]

Have to wonder how long @Jeff Fletcher will wait to bring up Adell.

[Capital_Dave]

The A's complete the sweep, jumping all over Andriese with a 5-run first and eventually chasing him after three poor innings of work.  Rendon gets his 2nd homer of the year but it isn't nearly enough as the Angels lose 9--2.  

Angels finish their homestand 2-4, and will now hit the road for an 8 game roadie through Detroit, Miami, and Houston.

[Dtwncbad]

5-8.  Blah.

Is there a way to Maddon thrown out of a game to change the mojo?

[Capital_Dave]

21 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

5-8.  Blah.

Is there a way to Maddon thrown out of a game to change the mojo?

I think @Jeff Fletcher just needs to include that instruction when he sends in the daily lineup.

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 hour ago, Capital_Dave said:

I think @Jeff Fletcher just needs to include that instruction when he sends in the daily lineup.

Yeah. Sorry guys. I don’t know what’s happened. The offense is kind of slumping. 

[Slegnaac]

1 hour ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Yeah. Sorry guys. I don’t know what’s happened. The offense is kind of slumping. 

How long until we see Adell in the lineup?

[Glen]

The 2002 Strat-O-Matic Angels started out at 6-14.

[Dtwncbad]

6 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Yeah. Sorry guys. I don’t know what’s happened. The offense is kind of slumping. 

Is it true there was a players only meeting?  Is there truth to the rumor about the frictional, tense love triangle between Simmons, Goodwin and Alex Curry?

[Dtwncbad]

Jeff you can speak in careful code if you have to.

[Capital_Dave]

Off day for the Halos today.  Here are the standings after two weeks of the season:

 

[Slegnaac]

Upton, 42 AB, 21 SO

[Capital_Dave]

The Angels play down to the level of their opponents, dropping Game 1 against the Tigers, 7-5.  Pujols has a good day at the plate with 3 hits, and Rendon notched his 3rd homer of the year.  Both are hitting around .270 on the season.  This one's on the bullpen.  Bedrock took the loss, giving up two earned runs in the sixth.

 

[Slegnaac]

Simmons bases clearing double in the 3rd tied up the score.

Would like to see more production from Upton and Goodwin.

13 left on base is way too high.

[Justin]

If Heaney keeps this up, his ERA should drop below double digits by May!

[Slegnaac]

8 minutes ago, SoPas Angel said:

If Heaney keeps this up, his ERA should drop below double digits by May!

He currently leads the league with 17 Earned Runs

[Condor1984]

So, did Strat make the Cards for this using last seasons statistics or did they make the coming seasons statistics up with projections to run this simulation?

 

[Capital_Dave]

No it must be a 2020 projection set.  Luis Robert is currently hitting .426, good for second in the league to Colin Moran.  And lest you think it's entirely biased toward rooks, Nelson Cruz is 4th at .421.

[Jeff Fletcher]

7 hours ago, Condor1984 said:

So, did Strat make the Cards for this using last seasons statistics or did they make the coming seasons statistics up with projections to run this simulation?

 

It’s based on projections.