Posted by ozomatli on 8/20/2025 1:48:00 PM (view original):
Crazy how we will likely finish with five 162-game periods of 90+ wins and then a random period with only 74 in the middle. Without that funk we'd be in the mix for the #2 ranking. It will likely end up as the worst single 162-game period for anyone who finishes in the Top 20.

Overall a bit disappointed with performance as it will put me in a tough spot for Round 2, but just glad to be back and competing.

I was up to 19th yesterday with an absurd 69-win segment mixed in.

10 days ago I seemed a near lock to make the cage, but a long stretch of consistent mediocrity has left me near the bubble, and with 2 games to play I can get 1, 2, 3, or 4 teams in the playoffs. If I only get 1 I'm probably out, even though all of my teams will end up with winning records.

There is also a very real possibility that my only team to make the playoffs will be my team with the worst record.

Ignoring my 100+ win team and 90+ loss team, my other 4 teams all were in the mix for the playoffs until...

$80M Theme: '01 Pirates
44-37 at break
Went 8-18 last 26 games of season and won't even finish above .500.

$100M Theme: 68-69-70 Orioles:
51-30 at the break, #1 seed, 7 games up on division.
Finished on a 13-23 run, lost division lead, barely ekes into playoffs, gets to play 99+win team in first round. Should be a 3-and-out. toysboys' similar 68-70 Orioles team has 101 wins.

$120M Theme: Statton & Caruthers:
Lost 3 out of last 4 and need to win game #162 to force a playoff in the most ridiculous division in this tournament.

$140M Theme: The Four Speaker Circuit Smashers
Picked the right clone, My Tris Speaker team has underperformed all season. Still had a shot to make playoffs in a weak division as my team is facing two 90+ loss teams. We have lost 3 of our last 4 to those two crappy teams and am tied for division lead with one game to play despite having a .628 Exp Win% while tied opponent has been outscored by 31 runs on the season.

Despite being ranked in the teens all season, I could easily miss round 2 if my 100+ win team gets upset early. (I'm half kind of rooting for that).

Desperately scratching for enough wins to stay relevant and have a shot at Round 2 with a good playoff performance. Four 1-run losses in the PM session puts a severe crimp in those hopes.

Craziness in League 1-C:

Jdh34, markeking, ff09, and I have been battling for the NL wildcard for a while. Here's how we're ending the season:

• Jdh34 — 3-7 in last 10 and on an L6 (85 wins total)
• ozomatli — 6-4 in last 10 but on an L4 (85 wins total)
• markeking — 4-6 in last 10 and on an L3 (84 wins total)
• ff09 — 3-7 in last 10 (84 wins total)

At the same time, newarkwilder has gone on a 9-1 streak and is riding a W5 to take a 1-game lead over Jdh34 and I with 1 game to go...

My 70m team had to win 4 straight on the road in order to overtake the 2nd place team in our division to land the wild card. And somehow we pulled it off.

So against a great many odds, I’ll have 6 playoff teams now.

Posted by ozomatli on 8/21/2025 3:33:00 PM (view original):
Craziness in League 1-C:

Jdh34, markeking, ff09, and I have been battling for the NL wildcard for a while. Here's how we're ending the season:

• Jdh34 — 3-7 in last 10 and on an L6 (85 wins total)
• ozomatli — 6-4 in last 10 but on an L4 (85 wins total)
• markeking — 4-6 in last 10 and on an L3 (84 wins total)
• ff09 — 3-7 in last 10 (84 wins total)

At the same time, newarkwilder has gone on a 9-1 streak and is riding a W5 to take a 1-game lead over Jdh34 and I with 1 game to go...

Jdh34 and I both win our final game, but it doesn't matter as so does newark. Great race!

From the 100M 3 year Dynasty...what a mess.

West	W-L	PCT	GB	Division	1-Run G	Extra Inn	RS	RA	Exp.%	Owner
WISC $100M 80-82 Astros	90-72	0.556	-	24-18	28-24	8-14	675	518	0.615	mensu1954
W100: LAD 2020-22	90-72	0.556	-	26-16	26-22	7-6	655	571	0.561	hebdomad
WISC 1996-98 Atlanta Braves	90-72	0.556	-	15-27	28-25	9-4	606	578	0.521	cubbies84
100M: 2020-2022 Dodgers	88-74	0.543	2	19-23	20-20	9-10	597	522	0.558	mjkrunner

fun last session for me, braves team wins and theyre in, but loses, so now in 3 way playin....bonds team misses by 1 game WC playin, nap lajoie team blows 8-2 lead in the 8th and 9th to miss playin game by 1, 1800s team wins division with a win, loses, and now in a playin for division. OUTTTTTTTTSTANDING!

Here is my WISC 2025 round 1 post-mortem that no one asked for:

$70M – 1981 Young Turks
90-72 (.556)
Expected win % (.563)
A solid showing. Using the Astrodome was a good move as it allowed me to draft pitchers who were good but somewhat homer-prone. I led the league in triples and 9^th in runs scored. George Brett went off with a .342/.376/.503 line and was 5^th in MVP voting. Cecil Cooper was ranked 3^rd in MVP voting with a lower .302/.344/.448 line. Brian Downing sucked big time with a .210/.286/.286 and was below the Mendoza line for most of the year. For comparison, there was another 1981 Downing in the league who hit .262/.323/.398. Pitching was helped by the Astrodome, and finished in 3^rd in runs allowed. Happy how this team turned out.

$80M – 1915 Red Sox
86-76 (.531)
Expected win % (.549)
Another solid, though unspectacular showing here. I was in the same division as another 1915 Red Sox team from CarrDoor who finished 83-79 so we finished almost the same. Finished 12^th in runs scored and 5^th in runs allowed. I know our pitching was good, and was questionable on the offense before the season started so getting to league average was a plus. 1918 Babe Ruth always does well for me and he finished .307/.407/.672. Tris Speaker had 31+ plays in CF. The thing I didn’t like about this team is that I was constantly managing my pitching staff due to avoid fatigue issues.
I also seemed to do better than the average 1915 Red Sox team as we collectively averaged a .477 win %.

$100M – 68-70 Orioles
102-60 (.630)
Expected win % (.595)
Yeah I got lucky but it tailed off (reverted back to the mean) after I posted about this team earlier. Still, this was one of the best teams in the tournament. Ranked 10^th in runs scored and 2^nd in runs allowed. Defense was a strong point and I’m re-evaluating the importance of defense, particularly range in all my teams. I remember looking at a lot of teams before I found this one. And when this one came together I knew it was the one. I wish that “feeling” was the same for the next three teams I put together….

$110M – Garden City Athletic Club
74-88 (.457)
Expected win % (.514)
This team isn’t that bad as we underperformed our expected win percentage. I would have been fine if we finished .500, but they got some bad breaks. Stratton and Carruthers were fine and Carruthers was my best hitter. I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing. But the truth is that overall we were just ok. Good hitting pitchers was not the boon I was hoping for. I was looking at the top teams in the league to see what they had in common. It’s plus plays. I needed to focus more on rangy guys and I didn’t have that.

$120M – Studs and Schlubs
67-95 (.414)
Expected win % (.471)
Yes, we underperformed our expected win %, but it was still a sub-.500 team. I knew that by spending $5M less on offense compared to the league average I’d have the worst offense. But that should have bought me the best pitching and I didn’t have that. My runs allowed ranked 4^th. Why? I ranked 19^th in walks allowed. Also, I should have focused more on defensive position players as I was 24-84 in plus/minus plays. In short, the schlubs were really bad. They couldn’t hit or field and that doomed me from the start.
Hornsby/Ruth/Bonds did seem to be the winning combo with an average .660 win % across all worlds. I’m sure I dragged that number down.

$140M – OMG! I Know Greg Too!
67-945 (.414)
Expected win % (.389)
Ok, I deserved this. I ended up outperforming my expected win %. This team was terrible from beginning to end. I think there are two main reasons why they did poorly, and these were concerns I had when I entered this team but dismissed because the salary seemed to fit. First, the modern hitters and their homeruns will not normalize well vs all the deadball pitchers. That came true. No one hit over 30 home runs and only three players had 20 or more home runs. Secondly, the relief pitchers have low IP/G and will get hammered, which also came true. Millwood and Smoltz had ERA’s over 6. Even my Greg Madduxes were not in the top 25 pitchers for ERA which was the #1 reason why I chose these guys.
But here’s what gets me the most: barracuda3 has a nearly identical team as mine and outperforms me in every category. We have the same stadium (Wrigley). He’s 5^th in runs scored, I’m 19^th. He’s 12^th in runs allowed, I’m 20^th. He finished 89-73 with a (.610)! expected win %. I cannot comprehend this. Look, I get that he’s a smart and savvy owner, but was there a tipping option when buying a team that I overlooked so that the WIS gods would smite me?

Good luck to those who made round 2. This is a humbling end to my WISC run.

Finished with no team having more than 85 wins and no team having more than 85 losses.

most proud of the $120m team pulling out a winning season with 83 wins. That was the most fun team I put together and was thrilling to see them pummel some solid pitching staffs.

most disappointed in the $110m team which lost 85. They allowed the fewest errors in the league (by a large margin: 182, next best had 220, league average was 321). Despite having a nearly identical pitching staff to most of the other top pitching teams, my team allowed 150-200 Runs more than they did despite the error advantage. This is the one team I’d redo if drafting again.

Posted by d_rock97 on 8/17/2025 9:56:00 PM (view original):
What’s the WISC single season HR record? My Ruth in the trio albatross league just hit his 100th HR

Ruth finishes with 107 HRs, so again, what’s the WISC record?

I believe one year early on featured an all Coors Field theme at a somewhat high cap, so likely higher than 107. But that's still pretty impressive all things considered

Missed our third playoff team by a game. It’s going to be dicey.

We need to acknowledge that Jtpsops won 100 games in the final 162 split. Unprecedented. Sparky was smiling down for once.