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100%. Would be truly awful if things play out this year as they are in the sim, SSS notwithstanding.

LOL. One of my favorite quotes of all time.

As with much of the season, this tailspin out west feels VERY Orioles. OOTP may hate the Orioles, but at least its realistic.

Agreed. Do you have season stats for the Orioles to this point?

As awful as this pandemic has been sports wise, this does provide a bright couple of minutes each day. As I said earlier, these simulations feel extremely real. Probably a few of the neurons that fire watching a baseball game are in action when I read these. Thanks again Tony.

Haha... but the frustration is therapeutic cause it's baseball!

Thanks Tony. It's honestly funny how realistic these games feel. Like, I could definitely see the Orioles season playing out in just this manner, down to the back and forth of an April extra innings loss in the Bronx (complete with the anger of staying up late on a worknight to watch).

Gotcha. Thanks.

Tony, question: Do you set the lineups and make the roster moves, or does the simulation do that on its own? Sorry if you've already addressed this in another thread, but I'm just curious. Thanks.

Right, I think they'd still have to add him to the 40, but he's still in the running.

What about Valaika as backup infielder? Can he play short? I know he can play 3B and 2B.

Last night MASN re-aired the Wilkerson save game in Anaheim. Maybe it's the lack of sports, but I watched a few innings and genuinely enjoyed it. Santander looked good, Wilkerson had a nice RBI triple, Mancini crushed an oppo field homer some 420 feet. Was a fun activity on a depressing no sports night.

The Orioles made a few small transactions today, optioning Ryan Mountcastle, Cedric Mullins, David Hess, and Ramon Urias. No huge surprises, though I guess this means Velazquez, Williams, or someone else will be carried to back up CF.

Get well soon Trey. Take all the time you need to get back, no rush at all.

Thome is a great call. Pretty cool that we got to see him as an Oriole, one of the all time greats.

Great idea for a thread. Scott Erickson's last year here in 2002 after he missed all of '01. Nick Johnson in 2012. Bill Hall in 2012. Sweaty Freddy Garcia. Jay Payton.

I mean, I sincerely hope it was wide open before Eshelman's start. Not that it matters that much, but Eshelman as the five starter is cringe worthy.

Good post. Wishing Trey a speedy and full recovery, from whatever this is.

**Armstrong, not Scott**

C Severino 1B Davis 2B Albert SS Iglesias 3B Ruiz OF Santander, Hays, Mancini DH Nunez Bench: Holaday, Herrera, Valaika, Williams Rotation: Means, Cobb, Wojo, LeBlanc, Milone Pen: Givens, Castro, Harvey, Fry, Bleier, Carroll, Eshelman, Scott

Looks like a good guess to me.

His facial expressions when Kelly said stuff about babies and being together for ever... priceless

Thank you, good sir.

Thank you to the guys/gals that thumbs-upped this post. You guys are awesome. (As Cobb will hopefully be this year).

I don't even know where to start. There's nothing wrong, controversial, or offensive in my post, which was made literally 1 month ago.