Outahere Sports Review

Boston on a record setting pace

By cfeedback, on June 26th, 2009

The Boston Red Sox, currently 34-107 (.241) are on pace to tie the Milwaukee Brewers for the all time lowest wins in Outahere history. The Brew Crew posted a dismal 39-123 (.241) record back in the 2010 season. Clearly, we still need to work on league balance as we should not have teams winning less than 60 games if we want some sembalance of realism.

Curt Savage can hit

By MogulMonster, on June 24th, 2009

The Cubs picked up flame thrower Curt Savage this off-season in an attempt to revive the Curt Savage of 2015-2016, when he posted a 3.80 and a 2.99 ERA, while striking out over 9 batters per 9 innings. Maybe he hasn’t been the Curt Savage of old – his ERA currently sits at 5.03 – but Savage has brought something else valuable to the Cubs. His bat.

In 48 ABs so far this season, Curt has hit .319/.360/.787 with 7 HRs and 14 RBIs. That all adds to to a 1.147 OPS (take that, Fred Tiers) and two INTENTIONAL WALKS.

That’s also after an 0-2 performance vs. the Washington Nationals. But, hey, they’re the Nationals. Sometimes, not even the mighty Curt Savage can hit against the Nats.

World Series Odds

By cfeedback, on June 22nd, 2009

I thought it would be fun to see what the simulator thought each team’s WS odds were. I went ahead and set the DH/Non-DH lineups for all likely playoff teams and also brought up any players who were injured but should be available for the post season. Results are based on 1000 seasons simulated. Overall, things are looking up. We still have a ways to go balance wise but this is the first season I can remember where the favorite had under a 50% chance of winning the WS.

Baltimore Orioles:	46.9%
Washington Nationals:	31.3%
Minnesota Twins:	13.0%
Florida Marlins:	2.7%
Texas Rangers:	2.6%
San Diego Padres:	2.1%
Milwaukee Brewers:	0.9%
Chicago Cubs:	0.3%
Montreal Expos:	0.1%
Detroit Tigers:	0.1%

Fortuño crushes 4 HRs

By cfeedback, on June 16th, 2009

Benigno Fortuño of the Portland Scrappers led his team to an 8-7 victory over the Angels on Sunday, June 13th. He’s the first player this season to hit 4 HRs in a game.

His first three bombs were all solo shots, but the last was a 2 run HR in the top of the 12th inning which was the game winning hit. Since his monster game, he’s on a 3 for 22 slide.

The wild, wild NL West

By cfeedback, on June 11th, 2009

The last month has seen 3 teams:, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco all battling for supremacy in the NL West. Let’s take a quick glance at how they rank up and their chances for making the playoffs.

San Francisco Giants: This team has performed amazingly well given the talent they have, surely in part due to the skill of their GM. I don’t think they have much of a chance for this season though and will end up with 3rd place. Drew Thompson, currently hitting .376, was a very good pick up last season and continues to play at a great level.

Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers have a legimate ace in SP Chris Mcdonald, who won 17 games for them last year and isn’t even peaked yet. They have a slight chance of winning the division, but would need a big move or a lot of luck to win the West. 1B Luis Aguirre has been an anchor in the lineup since LA acquired him from Baltimore, and looks to be a fixture for seasons to come.

San Diego Padres: Perennial underpeformers, the Padres are in top shape this year and look to win the division easily. SP Aaron Emerick has a 2.82 ERA with a 9-7 record and could be a Cy Young candidate. Their lineup is loaded as well, with All-Stars such as 2B Michael Vickers, but the injury to RF Kevin Gheorge will definitely hurt.

The NL West is constantly mentioned as a “weak” division, and I heard numerous GMs say they wanted Las Vegas as an expansion team solely to play in that division. I think the NL West has a lot of potential, and by the time any expansion team is ready to compete it will not likely be the weakest link.

Milestone watch

By cfeedback, on June 8th, 2009

A quick glance at some of the milestones reached this year and a look at these relate to their Hall of Fame chances.

SP Brad Arnold: 2000th strikeout on April 3rd, 2022
Arnold has been a dominating pitcher throughout his Outahere career, but has always been plagued by health issues. He’s only started 30 or more games 4 times in his 14 years in the bigs. He’s 34 years old with a career record of 160-89 (.643) and a 3.69 ERA. Looks like he’ll fall a little short of making the HOF.

RF David Wright: 2000th run on April 13, 2022
This guy is 38 years old and just keeps going. His defense, never very good, is now even worse and he should really move to the DH if he wants to prolong his career. With over 3200 hits, 600 HRs, and a career .971 OPS, his spot in the Hall is assured.

C Joe Mauer: 1500th run on April 23rd, 2022
It’s hard to believe that in 19 seasons Mauer only won 1 gold glove despite having pretty good defense. He’s got 2818 career hits and with the new management in Minnesota deciding to relegate him to the bench it’s questionable whether he can reach the magic 3000. He did appear in 7 All-Star games and has a career OPS of .880, which is pretty good for a catcher. I’ll predict he makes the HOF easily.

2B Robinson Cano: 3000th hit on April 29th, 2022
Now nearing retirement, Cano is an interesting player. Career .318 AVG but only a career .348 OBP as taking a free pass was never his thing. His defense was pretty good in his prime, as he won 3 gold gloves and he also won 3 batting titles. Considering that 2B is a hard position to find offense in he should be HOF worthy.

SS Paul Kelly: 2000th hit on June 5th, 2022
Kelly is a very good SS with one terrible downfall. He’s a career 99 out of 358 in SB attempts, which makes for a 28% success rate, far less than half the success rate needed to make a SB worthwhile. Considering his age, he’ll fall short of making the Hall.

OSR exclusive: Sneak preview at Expansion Cities

By MogulMonster, on June 6th, 2009

The OSR was lucky enough to receive some inside information about the upcoming expansion scheduled for the start of the 2024 season. Here’s how the expansion will affect you:

Realignment: Texas to ALC, Cleveland to ALE.

New cities: Vancouver (ALW), Las Vegas (NLW), Monterrey (ALC), San Juan (NLE).

Details will be posted later on the forums… but you heard it first, here on OSR!

2022 Amateur Draft

By cfeedback, on June 5th, 2009

Final results from the 2022 amateur draft:

Player Name	P	Age	Health	Overall	Peak	Upside	Scouting	ORDER	PICK	TEAM
Stimpson, Denny	SP	20	72	61	91	30	7.6	9	1	ARI
Alderson, Brian	1B	18	81	60	95	35	7.8	1	2	CIN
Suarez, Gustavo	SP	20	76	63	87	24	7.5	29	3	PHI
Alford, T.B.	RP	20	74	78	94	16	9.1	2	4	NYY
Edgeworth, Pat	SP	21	65	76	94	18	9	3	5	POR
Valarde, Ivan	3B	20	78	70	93	23	8.4	6	6	CHW
Balance, Hugh	SP	20	81	67	94	27	8.3	4	7	PIT
Llacuna, Gunyoung	SP	19	75	65	94	29	8.1	5	8	CIN
Goulter, Dan	SP	21	71	61	92	31	7.7	8	9	ATL
Nielsen, Elmo	RP	20	82	66	92	26	8.1	7	10	NYY
Ruby, Tony	LF	17	70	64	88	24	7.6	22	11	BOS
MacAuslan, Edward	2B	16	61	61	86	25	7.2	38	12	BOS
Jadron, Marco	RP	20	83	75	90	15	8.6	10	13	CLE
Mortinez, Enrique	SP	18	58	51	84	33	6.3	54	14	COL
Grootens, Justin	RP	19	79	73	90	17	8.4	11	15	FLA
Grimaldo, Luis	SP	20	67	64	90	26	7.8	13	16	SFG
Allen, Greg	SP	20	63	53	89	36	6.9	17	17	COL
McNair, Ralph	2B	19	75	65	90	25	7.8	12	18	OAK
Linsday, Brian	SP	17	71	63	90	27	7.7	14	19	MIL
Deck, Brandon	1B	21	70	69	89	20	8.1	15	20	SDP
Moore, Scott	LF	21	54	69	87	18	7.9	25	21	DET
Borman, Jake	SS	18	67	62	89	27	7.5	16	22	LAD
Winegar, Pat	SP	17	83	50	86	36	6.4	39	23	MON
Symes, Ken	RP	21	59	67	88	21	7.8	18	24	OAK
Rodgers, Rudolph	3B	19	90	65	86	21	7.5	36	25	TOR
Villegas, Carlo	3B	20	57	68	86	18	7.8	33	26	MON
Lippiatt, Tim	RP	18	85	48	85	37	6.2	42	27	NYY
Otterburn, Pete	3B	20	61	65	85	20	7.5	40	28	CHC
Mendard, Miguel	SP	17	68	51	84	33	6.3	55	29	PHI
Woodman, Todd	LF	17	73	62	84	22	7.2	50	30	MIN
Long, Nat	1B	19	79	67	88	21	7.8	19	31	WSN
Richardson, Bob	CF	21	71	67	82	15	7.4	63	32	BAL
Montero, Raul	SP	20	67	51	84	33	6.3	53	33	NYY
Smith, Sam	1B	20	70	59	79	20	6.6	96	34	BAL
Newlen, Alex	RP	20	70	70	86	16	7.9	32	35	CHW
Harrell, Jeff	C	21	86	66	78	12	7	102	36	PHI
Yamauchi, Heiko	LF	21	68	65	88	23	7.7	20	37	WSN
Hunton, Peter	SP	20	72	65	88	23	7.7	21	38	SEA
Castillo, Alex	SP	18	65	61	88	27	7.4	23	39	NYM
Lodeiro, Ricardo	SP	17	75	53	88	35	6.8	24	40	BOS
Houston, Jeffery	SP	20	69	52	84	32	6.4	51	41	MON
Rainbird, Cameron	SS	21	86	65	77	12	6.9	109	42	CCT
Fraser, Daniel	SP	17	66	50	82	32	6.1	71	43	KCR
Patrick, Scott	RP	18	87	62	84	22	7.2	49	44	NYY
Cefaratti, Chris	LF	21	75	68	87	19	7.8	26	45	POR
Vilegas, Ed	LF	21	71	63	85	22	7.3	41	46	CHW
Duckles, Alex	RP	21	68	66	87	21	7.7	27	47	CLE
Dorreen, Zack	RP	20	85	65	87	22	7.6	28	48	CIN
Maddaford, Nat	SP	22	68	62	87	25	7.4	30	49	ATL
Rand, Eric	C	21	76	73	84	11	8	43	50	HOU
Gonzales, Efrain	RP	21	75	71	86	15	8	31	51	NYM
Wolf, Eric	RP	20	58	67	86	19	7.7	34	52	NYM
Burkill, Keith	SS	18	62	55	82	27	6.5	69	53	MON
Winters, Jeremy	RP	20	74	61	82	21	6.9	67	54	COL
Marsh, Adam	RF	19	66	65	86	21	7.5	35	55	FLA
Meade, Greg	RP	18	81	65	84	19	7.4	46	56	NYY
Lahr, Damon	RP	20	57	55	77	22	6.1	113	57	TOR
Shipway, Ryan	SP	20	60	64	86	22	7.5	37	58	LAA
McMillian, Pete	C	21	68	68	77	9	7.1	104	59	MON
Rizzo, John	RP	16	51	51	80	29	6	85	60	BAL
Quinn, Adam	CF	20	79	62	79	17	6.8	91	61	BAL
Tearlach, Allan	SS	20	85	67	84	17	7.5	44	62	LAD
Denoqean, Tito	RF	20	80	65	84	19	7.4	45	63	MON
Okamura, Naoshige	LF	20	82	64	84	20	7.3	47	64	OAK
Bassett, Mark	SP	20	80	60	82	22	6.9	68	65	COL
Solis, Carlos	RP	19	62	62	84	22	7.2	48	66	MON
Cover, Sanford	SS	20	65	64	83	19	7.2	58	67	NYY
Johnston, Todd	SP	20	88	51	84	33	6.3	52	68	MIN
Yamasaki, Rich	RF	19	79	60	76	16	6.4	123	69	PHI
Fujioka, Ieyasu	RP	18	66	66	83	17	7.4	56	70	MIN
Purnell, Kenny	SS	20	67	65	83	18	7.3	57	71	WSN
Panet, Tomas	RP	19	79	51	76	25	5.7	124	72	BAL
Brown, Caleb	SS	20	66	64	83	19	7.2	59	73	LAD
Schilz, Kyle	RF	20	64	64	83	19	7.2	60	74	SEA
McGee, Chad	3B	19	72	58	83	25	6.8	61	75	OAK
Taylor, Kris	SP	20	74	51	82	31	6.2	70	76	STL
Campoveroe, Ricardo	SS	16	84	54	83	29	6.5	62	77	MIN
McClughan, Adam	SP	20	72	50	82	32	6.1	72	78	STL
Walker, Jeff	RF	21	73	67	82	15	7.4	64	79	POR
Snyder, Jeffery	LF	20	76	57	73	16	6	166	80	BAL
Smith, Dale	RP	21	82	65	82	17	7.2	66	81	ARI
Rafael, Zack	LF	20	62	66	82	16	7.3	65	82	CIN
Bowering, Kyle	LF	17	63	61	79	18	6.7	92	83	DET
Smith, Tobey	SS	20	75	65	81	16	7.2	76	84	NYY
Western, Mark	3B	22	58	69	81	12	7.5	73	85	POR
Warner, Mike	1B	21	86	66	81	15	7.2	74	86	CHW
Windle, Adam	2B	20	66	65	81	16	7.2	75	87	PIT
Austin, Ryan	RP	19	86	65	81	16	7.2	77	88	CIN
Rigby, Brett	SP	20	54	61	81	20	6.9	80	89	ATL
Cashman, Pat	RP	20	73	65	80	15	7.1	83	90	HOU
Howard, Mitch	LF	19	68	63	81	18	7	78	91	NYM
Graves, Milton	SP	20	73	50	80	30	6	86	92	BOS
Ressler, Jon	SS	19	82	61	81	20	6.9	79	93	CLE
Appleton, Wayne	C	20	68	67	75	8	6.9	126	94	KCR
Beechey, Jim	RP	19	72	51	81	30	6.1	81	95	FLA
Duran, José	SP	17	65	49	81	32	6	82	96	SFG
Gayre, Tucker	SP	20	63	55	80	25	6.3	84	97	STL
Cantillo, Rafael	RP	19	60	48	80	32	5.8	87	98	OAK
Godsoe, Howie	C	19	71	69	79	10	7.3	88	99	MIL
Vallee, Hank	RP	21	87	52	79	27	6	100	100	DET
McBride, Mike	CF	21	58	69	79	10	7.3	89	101	PIT
Espinosa, Manuel	2B	20	80	64	79	15	6.9	90	102	LAD
Bermejo, Socorro	RP	20	69	52	75	23	5.7	138	103	TOR
Henry, Mike	2B	20	51	61	79	18	6.7	93	104	OAK
Vienes, Jack	CF	17	73	56	74	18	6	148	105	TOR
Hamner, Rod	2B	19	63	56	75	19	6	137	106	TOR
McCorkill, Tim	RP	19	67	53	79	26	6.1	99	107	NYY
Simmon, Tim	LF	16	76	54	79	25	6.2	98	108	CHC
Fairchild, Justin	C	17	74	60	79	19	6.6	94	109	ATL
Weber, Mark	SS	19	67	60	79	19	6.6	95	110	MIN
Arneas, Robi	LF	18	64	58	79	21	6.5	97	111	WSN
Lennie, Clinton	RF	16	85	54	69	15	5.4	202	112	BAL
Quinlan, Jamie	CF	20	81	68	78	10	7.2	101	113	ATL
Wilson, Matthew	1B	20	56	62	78	16	6.7	103	114	POR
Buckner, Sean	2B	20	88	68	77	9	7.1	105	115	POR
Cleare, Warren	RF	22	80	63	76	13	6.6	122	116	PHI
Birdsall, Jay	RF	21	55	65	74	9	6.6	145	117	BAL
Manyose, Edgar	CF	21	73	68	77	9	7.1	106	118	KCR
Wise, Andy	C	19	70	65	77	12	6.9	107	119	PIT
Utermarck, Jacob	C	20	69	65	77	12	6.9	108	120	WSN
Nichols, Larry	2B	20	68	63	77	14	6.7	110	121	WSN
Lavin, Leon	C	17	71	62	77	15	6.6	111	122	CLE
Bartlett, Mike	RP	17	67	46	77	31	5.4	117	123	SEA
Ancelno, Alejandro	SP	20	71	62	77	15	6.6	112	124	ARI
Ferenchick, Joe	RP	19	76	54	77	23	6	114	125	SFG
Rumbold, Bruno	RP	18	60	53	77	24	6	115	126	KCR
Silver, Bob	RP	20	72	52	77	25	5.9	116	127	SFG
Furse, Tom	C	20	62	68	76	8	7	118	128	POR
Beckham, Nick	LF	22	58	65	76	11	6.8	119	129	CHW
Mendoza, Ramon	SS	20	60	63	76	13	6.6	120	130	PIT
Walton, Derek	LF	18	55	63	76	13	6.6	121	131	CIN
Estrella, Brian	C	20	83	67	75	8	6.9	125	132	ATL
Garrett, Vern	RP	21	82	51	75	24	5.7	139	133	HOU
Litchfield, Kevin	CF	20	60	65	75	10	6.7	128	134	CLE
Vandeveer, Bret	2B	21	71	65	75	10	6.7	129	135	BOS
Vargas, Sammy	CF	20	71	66	75	9	6.8	127	136	CLE
Villafranca, Albert	C	20	68	64	75	11	6.6	130	137	MIL
Colquhoun, Donny	3B	20	66	64	75	11	6.6	131	138	FLA
Wood, Joey	C	20	73	65	73	8	6.6	158	139	TOR
Crigger, Wayne	RF	21	58	62	75	13	6.5	132	140	WSN
Lawler, Aloysius	LF	20	59	61	75	14	6.4	133	141	LAA
Bidder, Tim	RP	21	84	61	75	14	6.4	134	142	MIL
Evidio, Eduardo	LF	19	70	60	75	15	6.3	135	143	SDP
Eyres, Rob	2B	20	73	56	72	16	5.8	175	144	DET
Storm, Ben	C	17	79	60	75	15	6.3	136	145	LAD
Snively, Quentin	SP	21	63	49	75	26	5.5	140	146	CLE
Hovis, Reggie	RP	19	83	49	75	26	5.5	141	147	OAK
Seekatz, Phil	LF	17	84	58	72	14	6	174	148	TOR
Bench, Jason	RF	19	66	61	73	12	6.3	165	149	TOR
Abell, Weldon	RP	19	64	48	75	27	5.4	142	150	COL
Mercedes, Samuel	RP	18	85	47	75	28	5.4	143	151	CHC
Broughton, Charlie	LF	20	79	65	74	9	6.6	144	152	MIN
Woods, Matt	LF	21	75	63	74	11	6.5	146	153	MIN
Abner, Sean	2B	20	56	62	74	12	6.4	147	154	WSN
Chism, Jeremy	RP	21	67	62	72	10	6.3	173	155	BAL
Amick, Sean	RP	19	70	54	74	20	5.8	149	156	ARI
Leroy, Roger	RP	19	89	47	74	27	5.3	150	157	CCT
Madden, Mark	C	20	81	67	73	6	6.7	151	158	KCR
Calamy, Matt	C	20	66	67	73	6	6.7	152	159	POR
Thurlby, Matthew	C	20	77	67	73	6	6.7	153	160	CIN
Grove, Ryan	2B	20	70	67	73	6	6.7	154	161	ATL
Canpos, Gil	C	20	80	67	73	6	6.7	155	162	HOU
Pederson, Trent	2B	20	58	66	73	7	6.6	156	163	BOS
Stafford, Brian	CF	20	66	66	73	7	6.6	157	164	CLE
Touhey, Zack	C	19	80	65	73	8	6.6	159	165	COL
Griffin, Eric	1B	19	87	64	73	9	6.5	160	166	FLA
Panuellos, Rolando	C	19	76	64	73	9	6.5	161	167	SFG
Swift, Gregg	LF	20	80	64	73	9	6.5	162	168	LAA
Macies, German	RF	21	56	63	73	10	6.4	163	169	MIL
Ermakoff, Aaron	RP	21	68	61	73	12	6.3	164	170	DET
Varney, Alex	SP	21	74	54	73	19	5.7	167	171	TEX
Acha, Ricardo	SP	20	75	53	73	20	5.7	168	172	OAK
Toler, Jason	RP	20	77	47	73	26	5.2	169	173	TOR
Armstrong, Ben	CF	20	64	66	72	6	6.6	170	174	SEA
Greer, Timothy	C	16	57	64	72	8	6.4	171	175	PHI
Blackwell, Jason	3B	20	67	64	72	8	6.4	172	176	MIN
Dehovitz, Dale	SP	19	64	52	72	20	5.5	176	177	WSN
Ruddock, Josh	RP	21	58	49	72	23	5.3	177	178	BAL
Townes, Chad	CF	22	63	65	71	6	6.4	178	179	ARI
Llovio, Omar	C	21	74	65	71	6	6.4	179	180	KCR
Gurule, Ivan	C	21	52	63	71	8	6.3	180	181	POR
Hairston, Hector	SS	19	80	61	71	10	6.1	181	182	CIN
Nielson, Eric	2B	21	63	61	71	10	6.1	182	183	HOU
Hubbs, Tom	SS	19	57	60	71	11	6	183	184	CLE
Crummy, Joey	RP	20	62	60	71	11	6	184	185	COL
King, Maxim	2B	20	80	58	71	13	5.9	185	186	SFG
Gurries, Gaétan	LF	19	81	58	71	13	5.9	186	187	LAA
Tobin, Jamie	CF	17	74	57	71	14	5.8	187	188	MIL
Julia, Eddie	RP	20	60	48	71	23	5.1	188	189	DET
Cameron, Adam	RP	22	87	48	71	23	5.1	189	190	LAD
Rafuls, Mario	LF	19	71	61	70	9	6	190	191	OAK
Bennett, Nick	RF	20	78	61	70	9	6	191	192	SEA
Burke, Jacob	2B	20	79	58	70	12	5.8	192	193	PHI
Luba, Scott	3B	20	82	58	70	12	5.8	193	194	MIN
Delgado, Samuel	3B	17	72	53	70	17	5.4	194	195	WSN
Dufty, Evan	RP	21	59	52	70	18	5.4	195	196	BAL

The struggle for pitching

By cfeedback, on May 31st, 2009

Seems that everyone needs pitching right now. Starting pitching, relief pitching, ace pitching, average pitching, and even “just give me an ERA below 5″ pitching. I think part of the problem is teams have severely undervalued top notch pitchers in the past. Most teams in real life would be lucky to have one Cy Young contender, where in Outahere the top playoff teams usually have 2-3. Looking into the near future, I don’t see this changing much as a few teams have really stockpiled the pitchers that are soon to be aces.

So a word to the wise–don’t undervalue your pitchers when making trades! There’s nothing more valuable in Outahere than a #1 starter.

Round one of the playoffs over

By cfeedback, on May 7th, 2009

Sorry it’s been a little slow here lately. Just wanted to give a quick congratulations to the teams that advanced to the CS: the Twins, Orioles, Nationals, and Phillies. It’s been a great season and looking better even next year!