Posted by thejuice6 on 2/1/2023 11:53:00 AM (view original):
Answer Received: "Sometimes there are issues where players in the same position or same order in the lineup (ie two players batting 8th) will happen when the game tries to assist with an adjustment of a lineup for whatever reason. The roster is still valid, just an error."

When this has happened in leagues that I have been in, once the lineup error is corrected all of the missed games get simmed during the next cycle.

Yep, they've caught them all up.

Last 5 games my teams are a combined 39-11, and one of them went 1-4. The abrupt downfall for some of these teams is coming soon, and it's going to hurt more because I've been teased into thinking more of them are competitive than should be.

Pre-1950:
- 5 teams
- combined 19 games below .500
- average win % of 43.9%
- just 1 team above .500

Post-1950:
- 10 teams
- combined 16 games above .500
- average win % of 52.6%
- just 1 team below .500

I suck at early-era baseball.

25 teams - just finished a round where we went 6 and 19 - and one of the six was a team that had a record of 10-28, so no real help there...

This Round just keeps getting more brutal every day.

6:00 am: Wake up
6:01 am: Grab tablet off nightstand and check WIS results
6:02 am: Realize that I went 9-20 including 1-6 in 1-run games
6:03 am: Go back to sleep, hoping it was all a bad dream

Schwarze...then wake back up around 12:15pm and do it all again.

2/9 AM Round: 25 teams turn in a 4-21 session. Plus, one of the four wins was a team who's 20 games under .500. Oh, the humanity...

3-13 in 1-run games last two sessions. 25-17 in other games.

My three *best* teams of this round lost the pm games by a combined 45-13. Ooof.

I’m starting to feel fatigue, can someone remind me of the potential payouts so I have something to look forward to?

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/3/2023 11:55:00 AM (view original):
I’m starting to feel fatigue, can someone remind me of the potential payouts so I have something to look forward to?

From the original league post:

The winner/champion of Round 7 will receive $270 in credits (enough to purchase four six-packs and more).

The runner-up from the Round 7 World Series will receive $125 in credits (enough to purchase two six-packs).

The two LCS runner-ups in Round 7 will receive $60 each (enough to purchase a six-pack).

The four Wild-Card round runner-ups in Round 7 will receive $40 each (enough to purchase three SLB teams).

All other teams in Round 7 will receive $15 each (enough to purchase another SLB team).

Just by making it to the final round, you’ll win something for your troubles!

Good news: I won five 1-run games in the 3/07 pm session.
Bad news: I lost NINE 1-run games in the 3/07 pm session. (Pretty sure 9 is a record for a single session.... I have 29 teams)

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/3/2023 11:55:00 AM (view original):
I’m starting to feel fatigue, can someone remind me of the potential payouts so I have something to look forward to?

The crazy thing is that it's still early. Juice's original post for this tourney was in October of 2022. Considering each round takes about 3 months to sort out, draft and play, we may not finish round 7 until July 2024!

This has been a really interesting round for me. I have 29 teams. Of those, 5 of the draft picks were picks 18 or higher. Since 67% of the round 2 teams will advance to round 3, that means, 24 teams advancing would be "par". More than 24 means I did something right. Fewer means I messed up.

If the tournament ended right now (thru game 139), I would have 27 of 29 teams advancing, but three of those advancing teams are squarely on the bubble. 66-73 advance, 65-74 out. I have three exactly at 66-73.

Let's assume all 5 of those teams fail to advance. The record in 1-run games for those 5 teams is a combined 69-114. The average Expected winning% of those 5 teams is .483 (the average actual winning% is .456).

Now, I'm not complaining - just stating some facts. I am ultra-competitive, so I am thrilled to get 24+ teams to advance to round 3. Would I want to get all 29 teams into round 3? Of course, that would be quite a feat. But in reality, that's just way too many teams to effectively manage. Sure, I check all my boxscores everyday, but do I micro-manage each team, each day? Not even close. In fact, I recently realized one of my weaker team's best hitters (who is short in real-life PA) only had 50 plate appearances so far. I put that player into the starting lineup, and the team started winning. There's all sorts of lefty-right stuff I could be doing vs certain teams or ramping up my base-stealing frequency against bad catchers with certain teams... but I just don't have the time to do all of that. Most of my teams are on auto-pilot with a little tinkering now and then.

That being said, regardless if I end up with 24, 25, 26 or 27 teams advancing, I am looking forward to the round 3 draft.