Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/16/2020 10:20:00 AM (view original):
I wish they would give more frequent bumps to minor league teams that make the playoffs. Everyone keeps saying they see the bumps but I never see it.

1 bump if your team plays in 2 rounds or 6 games, 2 bumps if they play all the way to the WS or 14 games?

The way I understand it is that it all depends on timing. Barring injury, a typical player receives 6 bumps a year (spring training bump; five regular season bumps). However, each player receives a bump at different times. So a player may receive his fifth regular season bump a few games into the minor league playoffs. Whereas another player may not have received his fifth bump yet despite the minor league playoffs being over.

If you promote the guy that already received his fifth regular season bump, he may or may not receive another bump due to promotion. My best guess is that it depends on how many games he played since his last regular bump. However, if you promote the guy that only had four regular bumps, he will most likely get the promotion bump and if the team played a bunch of playoff games, this final bump is usually pretty good.

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/16/2020 1:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

I had many top line prospect injuries in one of my Worlds. Extremely frustrating because it stunts growth.

I hope they are not making changes that will make people quit.

Posted by tlowster on 1/16/2020 3:16:00 PM (view original):

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/16/2020 1:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

I had many top line prospect injuries in one of my Worlds. Extremely frustrating because it stunts growth.

Yeah, I had an International SS get hurt. His projected ratings were fairly good and he was on track to be a serviceable ML SS with decent VL splits. But, with his Hamstring tear, his range was comprised and now he is projected to be more of a 3B. He doesn't have the bat to be a 3B so now he is pretty much worthless. That kind of injury hit seems harsh.

And on the strange side- I had a pitcher go out for 2 days with dizziness. I had never seen that before.

Posted by jamier2003 on 1/16/2020 4:17:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tlowster on 1/16/2020 3:16:00 PM (view original):

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/16/2020 1:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

I had many top line prospect injuries in one of my Worlds. Extremely frustrating because it stunts growth.

Yeah, I had an International SS get hurt. His projected ratings were fairly good and he was on track to be a serviceable ML SS with decent VL splits. But, with his Hamstring tear, his range was comprised and now he is projected to be more of a 3B. He doesn't have the bat to be a 3B so now he is pretty much worthless. That kind of injury hit seems harsh.

And on the strange side- I had a pitcher go out for 2 days with dizziness. I had never seen that before.

That pitcher probably has syphilis.

Posted by jamier2003 on 1/16/2020 4:17:00 PM (view original):

Posted by tlowster on 1/16/2020 3:16:00 PM (view original):

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/16/2020 1:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

I had many top line prospect injuries in one of my Worlds. Extremely frustrating because it stunts growth.

Yeah, I had an International SS get hurt. His projected ratings were fairly good and he was on track to be a serviceable ML SS with decent VL splits. But, with his Hamstring tear, his range was comprised and now he is projected to be more of a 3B. He doesn't have the bat to be a 3B so now he is pretty much worthless. That kind of injury hit seems harsh.

And on the strange side- I had a pitcher go out for 2 days with dizziness. I had never seen that before.

With 20 Medical you can still get them above and beyond even if they are still growing as a prospect. They will take most of their growth a year later and still have the bumps from the medical boost.

last season Charlie Coppinger had a slew of medical injuries. It looked like he was going to end up as a AAAA player before that. Now, with his growth this season plus the injuries he looks like he'll be a serviceable platoon CF or at the very least, a strong bench player.
Now I just have to hope he gets injured again to crank that range and speed up.

What is the lowest you will let your positional players health drop to?

last year I was a boarderline playoff team and so I tried an experiment. If my guys went below 99% I sat them. I made an incredible run in the last 30 games and ended up making the World Series.

this season I was trying the same thing but with 20-30 ish games left I’m noticing my bench guys aren’t producing the way they were last year and it could end up costing me a playoff spot.

has anyone noticed a big drop in production from players 100% to 95%?

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/17/2020 7:36:00 AM (view original):

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Posted by hockey1984 on 1/16/2020 1:36:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

I had many top line prospect injuries in one of my Worlds. Extremely frustrating because it stunts growth.

Yeah, I had an International SS get hurt. His projected ratings were fairly good and he was on track to be a serviceable ML SS with decent VL splits. But, with his Hamstring tear, his range was comprised and now he is projected to be more of a 3B. He doesn't have the bat to be a 3B so now he is pretty much worthless. That kind of injury hit seems harsh.

And on the strange side- I had a pitcher go out for 2 days with dizziness. I had never seen that before.

With 20 Medical you can still get them above and beyond even if they are still growing as a prospect. They will take most of their growth a year later and still have the bumps from the medical boost.

last season Charlie Coppinger had a slew of medical injuries. It looked like he was going to end up as a AAAA player before that. Now, with his growth this season plus the injuries he looks like he'll be a serviceable platoon CF or at the very least, a strong bench player.
Now I just have to hope he gets injured again to crank that range and speed up.

Do you happen to have the pre-draft projections that you had on Charlie Coppinger ? If so, would you mind sharing how much you had in college scouting during the season that you drafted him? I have had two consecutive 1st round picks go down with major injuries and both were projected to be huge bats and I want have a better idea where these guys could end up.

Posted by tlowster on 1/18/2020 8:59:00 PM (view original):

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Posted by jwynkoop2424 on 1/16/2020 12:07:00 PM (view original):
With that being said about tinkering behind the scenes...………..has anyone else noticed a large uptick in injuries? My last season I saw injuries like I had never seen before. At one point I had 4-5 guys on the 60 DL and 3 on the 15 DL, and that was just at my ML level and in 1 world. Yes, I have a $18-19 MM budget in training and medical.

This year I think I had 5 guys I had to put on the DL and I don't think I will have a single player on my SD squad play 162 games. I actually don't hate that. Its far more realistic and encourages owners to build a deeper system with a better farm squad rather then building 25 guys and letting the rest go to crap.

I had many top line prospect injuries in one of my Worlds. Extremely frustrating because it stunts growth.

Yeah, I had an International SS get hurt. His projected ratings were fairly good and he was on track to be a serviceable ML SS with decent VL splits. But, with his Hamstring tear, his range was comprised and now he is projected to be more of a 3B. He doesn't have the bat to be a 3B so now he is pretty much worthless. That kind of injury hit seems harsh.

And on the strange side- I had a pitcher go out for 2 days with dizziness. I had never seen that before.

With 20 Medical you can still get them above and beyond even if they are still growing as a prospect. They will take most of their growth a year later and still have the bumps from the medical boost.

last season Charlie Coppinger had a slew of medical injuries. It looked like he was going to end up as a AAAA player before that. Now, with his growth this season plus the injuries he looks like he'll be a serviceable platoon CF or at the very least, a strong bench player.
Now I just have to hope he gets injured again to crank that range and speed up.

Do you happen to have the pre-draft projections that you had on Charlie Coppinger ? If so, would you mind sharing how much you had in college scouting during the season that you drafted him? I have had two consecutive 1st round picks go down with major injuries and both were projected to be huge bats and I want have a better idea where these guys could end up.

Sadly I don’t. It’s something I should keep up with but I figure after I’ve drafted the guy it’s not like much is going to change and when I trade away my prospects it wouldn’t really change the value if I knew where they were going to end up.

maybe ask Damag. He is in the same league and might keep that info.

Nope, I don’t track that stuff. IMO projections are just for sorting out prospects. Once they’re on your team they’re yours to develop and what happens happens.

As I’ve said before, you chase a woman, you get with her, are you saying to yourself well damn I thought she was gonna be an 82 but she only turned out to be a 75? I hope not.

Suggestions on what to do with this kind of player?

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=9671112

He should be able to get on base very reliably but has poor speed. He defense is OK except he has a hole in his glove- he's a lefty anyway so couldn't play inf except 1B. No power to crush at 1B, RF or DH.

Would he be OK in left maybe?

I'd play him in right. But with his lack of power and speed, he wouldn't be a starter on my teams. A pinch hitter and back-up right fielder.

Agree with BJ. If you play him in LF, you are going to get a bunch of "Polonia drops a fly ball for a 2-base error." I think it would be a disaster.

He's a rightfielder on a team that doesn't want to run at all costs.

Also a backup 1B/PH. His OBP skills are good.