[IBL] IBL: More thoughts on a 2020 campaign

[Patrick Gibbs]

Ah, it is a lot fewer players than I thought. UC21 seems reasonable to me.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:15 PM Brent Cunningham
<gettysburg.generals at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Rusty mentioned a poll during IBL All Star Week.  I would think the 14 players that opted out would simply be UC21.  I think every owner has dealt with keeping UC players and a short roster before, some of us with multiple UC's, so it shouldn't really be an issue in my opinion.
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> Thanks,
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> Brent Cunningham
> Owner/Manager
> Gettysburg Generals Baseball Club
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> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 6:46 PM Patrick Gibbs <pjgibbs at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> With MLB underway we should push this discussion to a conclusion as it
>> will very quickly impact the IBL free agent and trade market.
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>> One huge issue if we use this year's MLB stats for next year's IBL
>> cards is going to be what to do with players who opt out this year.
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>> And we should have a Plan B should MLB not make it to the end of the
>> regular season.
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>> Best,
>> Patrick
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>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 9:51 AM Mike Monostra <monostram1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > In regard to rules changes, can we PLEASE not put in the new extra innings rule with the runner on second base? I think it would require a new version of GRS for starters, but most of all, it’s really campy and bush league. Hopefully it’s just a one year change.
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>> > NJR Mike
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>> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:41 PM Brent Cunningham <gettysburg.generals at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> I'd vote for a 162 game season also.  If MLB plays 60, multiply starts/PA's/BF's by 2.7 (162/60) for the baseline numbers then figure the 75%/133%/150% from there.  Alternately, 150 games with none against the opposing conference and multiply by 2.5 to get the baseline numbers - hearken back to the good old days of MLB when teams in separate conferences didn't play until the World Series.
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>> >> If we're worried about low MLB usage players, then lower the PA/BF thresholds a bit.  If MLB is playing with larger rosters though, I don't think free agent availability is going to be as much of an issue - more players are likely to reach our thresholds.  Maybe lower them to 15 IP / 20 BF it that's the worry - but it's already pretty low.
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>> >> Our rules will also change for next season with the permanent MLB changes, right?  Meaning 3 batter minimum or to end of inning and 26 man rosters.  I haven't heard if position players pitching is a permanent rule change, but I think it is - position players can only pitch if a game is in extra innings, or winning/losing by more than 6 runs.
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>> >> One other rule, that I've never really bothered to look up - the 26th (going forward 27th) man rule for double-headers.  If it's not a rule now, we should vote on this as part of a mid-season ballot.
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>> >> Thanks,
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>> >> Brent Cunningham
>> >> Owner/Manager
>> >> Gettysburg Generals Baseball Club
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>> >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:22 PM Russell Peltz <peltz38 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >>> Personally, I don't think we should do anything too weird, and I'd like to play a full season.
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>> >>> Since we'll need to add more low-playing time players and even full time players will only have around 240 PA or 60 innings, I think we will need to regress everyone's stats toward league average similar to how we regress LH/RH splits to mitigate small sample weirdness.
>> >>> The fewer PA/IP, the more their stats would be regressed.
>> >>>
>> >>> -Rusty
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>> >>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:26 AM drm13 <dmenardmww at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >>>> Use pro-rated limits, expand ML rosters to 28 and Org rosters to 40/45 and play 162.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Some new teams catch lightning in a bottle and make a real run at the IBL championship?  Great.  Someone hits .430 or 30 hr over a 60g season?  Cool, add an asterisk to the record books.  Some of the alternatives we were considering with no season were wackier and less interesting.
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>> >>>> IMO, of course...
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>> >>>> Dave
>> >>>> SNH
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>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 11:12 AM Doug Palmer <aeronutty43 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >>>>> All,
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>> >>>>> If we assume that the MLB plays a 60 game season (and right now, I’m not convinced that’s happening), I’m curious how (or even IF) extrapolating a 162 game season would work for the cards?  Wouldn’t there be some significant abnormalities?  Especially with players who get a relatively low number of AB’s?
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>> >>>>> I know it’s a bit premature.  Had I known that COVID would wipe out the season, I certainly wouldn’t have restarted a rebuilding project, but hindsight is 2020.  I think that’s what’s neutering my enthusiasm moving forward.
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>> >>>>> The one thing that I think I can say without a doubt….COVID sucks.
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>> >>>>> Doug/BAL
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>> >>>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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>> --
>> "The citizens nourished their peaceful thoughts and plucked out their
>> hateful thoughts as one would tend a garden." - Journey Under the Sea,
>> R.A. Montgomery, 1979.



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"The citizens nourished their peaceful thoughts and plucked out their
hateful thoughts as one would tend a garden." - Journey Under the Sea,
R.A. Montgomery, 1979.