Bleier struggles as the Cubs win 5-2 (sim)

[Tony-OH]

https://www.orioleshangout.com/2020/04/15/bats-break-out-in-11-4-win-over-pirates-2-2-3-2/

Austin Hays comes out of game with a leg injury. no news yet on Cobb.

[DrungoHazewood]

This is why I can't run sims like this, with real teams.  I know deep down Bleier can't succeed long-term with his strikeout rate, so I already would have traded him for a bag of balls and replaced him with a submarining knuckleballer I found in an obscure indy league.

[Tony-OH]

5 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

This is why I can't run sims like this, with real teams.  I know deep down Bleier can't succeed long-term with his strikeout rate, so I already would have traded him for a bag of balls and replaced him with a submarining knuckleballer I found in an obscure indy league.

He's been money up until this outing, but he was bad today. 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Your Strength and Conditioning Coach needs to be fired ASAP. 
 

What is that, 4 injuries in 4 games between Baltimore and Norfolk?

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Your Strength and Conditioning Coach needs to be fired ASAP. 
 

What is that, 4 injuries in 4 games between Baltimore and Norfolk?

It's been a bad run over the last week despite just the one loss. The fact that Cobb's injury is taking so long to diagnose tells me he will be out awhile. 

I think Hays will be back sooner than later though. Probably no need for a IL trip. Mullins is hitting well in AAA so we'll see if we need to bring him up or let Velazquez and Williams get some extra ABs.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

25 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

It's been a bad run over the last week despite just the one loss. The fact that Cobb's injury is taking so long to diagnose tells me he will be out awhile. 

I think Hays will be back sooner than later though. Probably no need for a IL trip. Mullins is hitting well in AAA so we'll see if we need to bring him up or let Velazquez and Williams get some extra ABs.

Sounds stressful managing a virtual baseball team, don't pick up any bad habits like smoking to deal with the pressure. 

[Tony-OH]

10 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Sounds stressful managing a virtual baseball team, don't pick up any bad habits like smoking to deal with the pressure. 

Haha. It's actually pretty fun. Every time an injury occurs means more opportunity for someone new. You never know who will step up. 

And as someone who has never smoked anything in his life, I'm pretty sure heavy drinking would happen first!

[tntoriole]

10 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Haha. It's actually pretty fun. Every time an injury occurs means more opportunity for someone new. You never know who will step up. 

And as someone who has never smoked anything in his life, I'm pretty sure heavy drinking would happen first!

Rather than Two Pack Stanhouse for Earl, it would be Six Pack Givens for you...lol.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

11 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

Rather than Two Pack Stanhouse for Earl, it would be Six Pack Givens for you...lol.

I want Gary Thorne to start saying Six Pack Givens if baseball season ever starts this year.

[Yardball85]

15 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

https://www.orioleshangout.com/2020/04/15/bats-break-out-in-11-4-win-over-pirates-2-2-3-2/

Austin Hays comes out of game with a leg injury. no news yet on Cobb.

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.

[Tony-OH]

25 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

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.

Thanks for the feedback, glad you are enjoying it. It's actually fun for me to do this every night and it gives me that little baseball fix myself. I've never done a season daily like this so it gives me more time to look over the waiver wire, the minor leagues and around the league and look where injury issues could make a trade opportunity happen. 

I don't know how many people are following but I'm trying to add in as much information as possible. I wish OOTP made it easily to publish pages from the game without screen capture, but it's a bit of a process to get those boxscores in there but I know it adds to the enjoyment and understanding of what has been going on.

[tntoriole]

52 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Thanks for the feedback, glad you are enjoying it. It's actually fun for me to do this every night and it gives me that little baseball fix myself. I've never done a season daily like this so it gives me more time to look over the waiver wire, the minor leagues and around the league and look where injury issues could make a trade opportunity happen. 

I don't know how many people are following but I'm trying to add in as much information as possible. I wish OOTP made it easily to publish pages from the game without screen capture, but it's a bit of a process to get those boxscores in there but I know it adds to the enjoyment and understanding of what has been going on.

Does you have the standings somewhere?...how does it work about other team games...does it provide you with details of non Orioles games?  Thanks!! 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

11 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

Does you have the standings somewhere?...how does it work about other team games...does it provide you with details of non Orioles games?  Thanks!! 

Baseball-Reference.com is also simulating the 2020 season and you can view the stats & standings here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/sim/leagues/MLB/2020.shtml

[Enjoy Terror]

Checking out the Baseball-Reference sim:

Our rotation is Aaron Sanchez, Kyle Lloyd, Cobb, Means, and Keyvus Sampson (who is killing it). Isaac Mattson is also in the pen. Lineup is largely the same.

[Yardball85]

2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Thanks for the feedback, glad you are enjoying it. It's actually fun for me to do this every night and it gives me that little baseball fix myself. I've never done a season daily like this so it gives me more time to look over the waiver wire, the minor leagues and around the league and look where injury issues could make a trade opportunity happen. 

I don't know how many people are following but I'm trying to add in as much information as possible. I wish OOTP made it easily to publish pages from the game without screen capture, but it's a bit of a process to get those boxscores in there but I know it adds to the enjoyment and understanding of what has been going on.

Agreed.

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