I appreciate it.

Posted by odalisgagne on 2/13/2020 2:27:00 PM (view original):
I'll have two playoff teams....and then four teams that are a combined 90 games under .500.

I too have 2 playoff teams and 4 other teams that are exactly 90 games under .500

70M:
83-79, 4 back of a WC spot after running off a W14 near the end of the season to make it interesting
What worked: HoJo (57), Alonso (56) and Jim Wynn (55) helped us top 300 homers.
What didn't: It took a late surge for Ray Lankford to get his SLG up to .316. And I wasted salary on 90 innings of swingmen I didn't need.

90M:
77-85, 9 games back and never really in it
What worked: Earl Webb (63) and Hank Greenberg (59) finished 1st and 3rd in doubles and were 2 of the 5 hitters to reach .500 SLG.
What didn't: Dazzy Vance started 3-16, but still won more than '36 Hubbell, 14-12.

110M:
104-58, 15 games better than any other team.
What worked: If I only could bottle it ... Williams and DiMaggio led the league's best offense, and Chandler, Newhouser and Cooper finished 1-2-3 in the CYA voting.
What didn't: We were only a .500 team in the second half, so there's not much to think a long playoff run is especially likely despite our record.

130M:
83-79, 4 games behind. Finished 1-11 to blow the division and miss the playoffs.
What worked: Ken Williams (.941 OPS, 43 HR) was a beast.
What didn't: Buster Posey couldn't hit a lick (.228/.295/.347). Zach Britton (4-11, 7.26) was agonizing.

140M:
84-78, won WC by 3 games
What worked: Frank Baker was worth his early pick (.855 OPS, 28 + plays), and Joe Magrane (13-9, team-best 3.80) was worth a late one.
What didn't: Jeff Bagwell wasn't worth anything (.242/.354/.343), and Carlos Beltran didn't steal near enough signs to help.

180M
81-81, won division by 1 game
What worked: Cobb, O'Neill and Speaker all hit at least .320 and carried the offense. Pedro (19-8, 3.40) and Maddux (17-12, 3.27) did their jobs.
What didn't: '30 Gehrig (.749 OPS) and '21 Hornsby (.685) were big duds. We only managed 55 triples in a +2 park. Arrieta (8-21, 5.29) and DeGrom (14-16, 5.16) were duds, too.

In the "what might have been category", I made a major lineup change on my Draft team and went 20 - 11 after that. It was an obvious tweak that I should have noticed earlier and would have certainly been enough to get me into the playoffs. sigh.

I did not expect my only division title to come with schwarze and ozo as my division mates.

Posted by Jtpsops on 2/13/2020 9:41:00 PM (view original):

Posted by odalisgagne on 2/13/2020 2:27:00 PM (view original):
I'll have two playoff teams....and then four teams that are a combined 90 games under .500.

I too have 2 playoff teams and 4 other teams that are exactly 90 games under .500

Twinsies!

Interesting how many playoff teams were at .500 or below.

Also how many playoff teams had a negative run differential.

Posted by schwarze on 2/14/2020 3:08:00 PM (view original):
Also how many playoff teams had a negative run differential.

These numbers haven’t been updated in the sheet yet. Waiting until after the tiebreakers

How do people feel about the new playoff system vs the old one, after now having seen it in Round 1 and entering the playoffs in Round 2?

I went back to 2011 (not sure where to find round two results earlier than that), and my total of 439 wins was higher than 24th place in any year 2011-2018. I sort of held my own in the cage.

That's actually interesting given the change to playoff points

Posted by ozomatli on 2/15/2020 2:31:00 PM (view original):
How do people feel about the new playoff system vs the old one, after now having seen it in Round 1 and entering the playoffs in Round 2?

I think there should be some bonus points for making the playoffs. Otherwise, a team that goes 0-3 in the first round is rewarded the same as a 100-loss team.

Posted by schwarze on 2/16/2020 8:53:00 AM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 2/15/2020 2:31:00 PM (view original):
How do people feel about the new playoff system vs the old one, after now having seen it in Round 1 and entering the playoffs in Round 2?

I think there should be some bonus points for making the playoffs. Otherwise, a team that goes 0-3 in the first round is rewarded the same as a 100-loss team.

Well, to play devil's advocate, except for the 30-40 extra points they get for having more wins

One of my teams is already eliminated, and the other two haven't even played their first games yet. So many tiebreakers!