[IBL] IBL at the Quarter Mark

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Thanks for this Doug, a tremendously enjoyable read as always.  And MAD I
feel you.  See Cole, Gerrit (4.90 ERA) and Marquez, German (5.68 ERA).

One quick note on OXY, formerly PAD ("The House that Nelson Built").
Nelson left the franchise in really strong condition, and PAD was move-in
ready,.  If I had kept Choo, Happ, Hand, and Strop; drafted with an eye
toward production this year; and perhaps traded a 2020 pick or two to fill
gaps, OXY would have been just fine (well, maybe not given rollbot's
treatment of starting staff!).  I decided I'd rather just play to make the
team my own and punt the season.  The return to IBL has been a blast.

I even like Free Agent Bingo.  :)

Thanks again Doug for the awesome writing, and congrats on BAL's strong
start!!!

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 5:20 PM Doug Palmer <aeronutty43 at gmail.com> wrote:

> IBL 2019 at the quarter pole...7nweeks down and 20 to go.
>
> Let's take a look back at the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the
> first half.
>
>
>
> *The Good*: Motor City Marauders (MCM) (#4 in Batting and #1 in Pitching)
>
> MCM and their league leading 33-9 record.  Sean’s team is #4 in team
> batting thus far and #1 in team pitching (pitching does win around here,
> doesn’t it?).  If you look at the last 5 IBL champions, you see that for
> the most part, you need a top 5 team in either batting or pitching (and MCM
> has both)
>
> 2018: WMS (#17 Batting, #1 Pitching)
>
> 2017: SFP (#1 Batting, #15 Pitching)
>
> 2016: OAK (#6 Batting, #10 Pitching)
>
> 2015: MCM (#1 Batting, #2 Pitching)
>
> 2014: CSG (#3 Batting, #7 Pitching)
>
>
> It also doesn’t hurt when you can trot out Yelich, Muncy, Suarez each day
> and have Carrasco, Ryu, Gibson and Cahill throwing.  Hell, even the kid
> Moronta is leading the league in saves. Motor City Marauders indeed.
>
> Others in the “Good” category…
>
> Ø  NC East all within 2.5 games of each other (they're always competitive)
>
> Ø  NYK-CAN battle in the NC Central (will be fun to watch)
>
> Ø  BAL with an NC best 33 wins (smoke and mirrors and a lot of rebuilding
> teams in the NC)
>
> Ø  BOW-WMS-PHI yearly blood bath
>
> *The Bad*: Monrovia Madness (MAD) (#10 in Batting and #21 in
> Pitching...21st????)
>
> The Madness striking Monrovia so far.  You trot out Corbin, Greinke and
> Maeda and you expect decent things to happen (better than decent.....should
> be awesome).  Not so far for the Madness.  Compare how they’re performing
> in the IBL vs how they performed in real life:
>
> Corbin.  IBL: 5.47 ERA and 1.59 WHIP   Real Life: 3.15 ERA and 1.05 WHIP
>
> Greinke.  IBL: 5.55 ERA and 1.53 WHIP  Real Life: 3.21 ERA and 1.08 WHIP
>
> Maeda. IBL 7.33 ERA and 1.69 WHIP  Real Life: 3.81 ERA and 1.26 WHIP
>
>
> I’ve been at some pretty cold crap tables in my time, but these dice are
> ARCTIC COLD.  The silver lining is that you’d think that things would
> regress back to the mean eventually, but so far….yikes.  Keep the sharp
> objects away from Chris for a while, okay?
>
> Others falling into the BAD category early on
>
> Ø  TRI swimming around .500 (they're better than that!)
>
> Ø  GTY’s bad luck (I can attest....rollbot hates Brent)
>
> Ø  POR’s injury list (reads like a who's who)
>
> Ø  EDG’s team hitting (.226 team BA...yikes)
>
> Ø  SFP’s team pitching (no starter with an ERA below 5.50)
>
> The good news for these guys, the rosters are talented and there's still
> plenty of time to turn it around!
>
>
>
> *The Ugly*: LAD and OXY
> Trust me when I say that rebuilding teams sucks.  Those seasons when
> you’re playing Free Agent Bingo each week and just hoping to take 2 out of
> the 6 games each week to consider it a “good” week.  Those are tough.  LAD
> and OXY are in the midst of rebuilding, which isn’t fun by any stretch of
> the imagination.  LAD (formerly OAK) is eased by remembering the recent
> past when Alex had the team consistently in the playoffs and winning.  Tier
> 0 status is still a ways away though.  For OXY,  David knew that he had a
> renovation projectd on his hands when he took over from Nelson (and the
> former LAD Devils of Palo Alto).  While it will probably be a long season
> for these guys, there are building blocks there and talent that could
> garner them draft picks and youth.
>
> 42 games in (give or take depending on your situation).  How much will
> change over the nexst 7 weeks?  Who knows.  The rollbot is a fickle
> mistress.....don't we all know all too well.
>
> See ya in 7 weeks with the half-way report
>
> Doug/BAL
>
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