2116-17 Offseason Thread

[Huckleberry]

This is the thread for all discussion of offseason activities during the 2116-2117 offseason.  This first post will be updated throughout the offseason and will also include links to other threads or amendment votes that come up during this time. We are preparing for the WBA's 18th season. The offseason will follow the usual DAILY sims.

Sim to 4/6/2117 is complete. Next sim is Sunday 2/3. NEXT SIM IS THE FIRST OF THE REGULAR SEASON SO ROSTER REQUIREMENTS ARE IN EFFECT. If you don't organize your rosters I will use the AI auto-organize button.

Tentative offseason sim schedule:

Date - Sim to In Game - Sim Notes

Sunday, February 03, 2019 - Monday, April 12, 2117 - FIRST SIM OF REGULAR SEASON, ROSTERS AND SYSTEMS MUST BE ORGANIZED OR THE AI WILL BE USED. Su-Th regular season sim schedule starts again.

[claphamsa]

we need to release guys we dont want to auto renew by January 18th? (real time not game time)

[Huckleberry]

we need to release guys we dont want to auto renew by January 18th? (real time not game time)

Fixed the dates, you need to do that by Saturday 1/19. Contracts auto-renew when free agents file.

[Huckleberry]

Awwwwww yeaaahhhhh, back by popular demand, the Huckleberry 3000™ Predicted Standings. We will start with the predicted standings based on current ABL rosters before any free agent signings:

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Los Angeles Stars 88 68 0.564 - Mexico City Aztecs 87 69 0.558 1 Carolina Flight 85 71 0.545 3 Northwest Emeralds 67 89 0.429 21 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 63 93 0.404 25 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Sao Paulo Toucans 104 52 0.667 - Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 92 64 0.590 12 Santo Domingo Palmchats 83 73 0.532 21 Puerto Rico Coqui 57 99 0.365 47 Buenos Aires Dolphins 54 102 0.346 50 It's going to be an interesting offseason as Echo has compiled a treasure chest to go after the deepest free agent pool in WBA history. Based on available funds and starting points it already seems clear that the 2117 ABL title is going to be decided in the Rivalidade Brasileiro between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Depending on how teams approach the offseason it looks like there may be up to 4 teams chasing the last two playoff spots with three closely matched teams in the North American division and the Palmchats within striking distance of a wild card run if they can bolster their club.

[Huckleberry]

For reference, here are estimated ABL numbers for total money available to spend on free agents:

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars - $87,082,350(!!!)
Buenos Aires Dolphins - $51,261,535
Mexico City Aztecs - $30,244,602
Sao Paulo Toucans - $19,532,019
Puerto Rico Coqui - $11,938,568
Santo Domingo Palmchats - $9,218,823
Carolina Flight - $7,872,840
Northwest Emeralds - $0
Los Angeles Stars - $0
Ottawa Whiskey Jacks - $0

[Huckleberry]

IBL current predicted standings. Somebody break up the Fleur-de-Lis!

AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Paris Fleur-de-Lis 116 40 0.744 - London Monarchs 94 62 0.603 22 Black Forest Foxes 87 69 0.558 29 Rome Generals 72 84 0.462 44 Barcelona Bulls 69 87 0.442 47 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 104 52 0.667 - Karachi Falcons 77 79 0.494 27 Mumbai Cobras 55 101 0.353 49 Melbourne Meteors 55 101 0.353 49 Shanghai Sharks 51 105 0.327 53

[Huckleberry]

IBL estimated money to spend:

Rome Generals - $49,880,982
Shanghai Sharks - $36,015,192
Mumbai Cobras - $35,516,177
Barcelona Bulls - $19,381,665
Black Forest Foxes - $14,343,647
Manila Folders - $8,823,281
Paris Fleur-de-Lis - $2,091,135
Karachi Falcons - $1,432,991
Melbourne Meteors - $0
London Monarchs - $0

[Huckleberry]

	WBA POWER RANKINGS
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1.	Paris Fleur-de-Lis	115	41	0.737	-
2.	Sao Paulo Toucans	102	54	0.654	13
3.	Manila Folders	97	59	0.622	18
4.	London Monarchs	96	60	0.615	19
5.	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	92	64	0.590	23
6.	Black Forest Foxes	90	66	0.577	25
7.	Los Angeles Stars	88	68	0.564	27
8.	Mexico City Aztecs	86	70	0.551	29
9.	Carolina Flight	85	71	0.545	30
11.	Santo Domingo Palmchats	76	80	0.487	39
10.	Rome Generals	77	79	0.494	38
12.	Barcelona Bulls	74	82	0.474	41
13.	Karachi Falcons	72	84	0.462	43
13.	Northwest Emeralds	72	84	0.462	43
15.	Ottawa Whiskey Jacks	70	86	0.449	45
16.	Puerto Rico Coqui	59	97	0.378	56
17.	Buenos Aires Dolphins	57	99	0.365	58
18.	Mumbai Cobras	52	104	0.333	63
19.	Melbourne Meteors	51	105	0.327	64
20.	Shanghai Sharks	49	107	0.314	66

[Huckleberry]

Just a wee bit of an imbalance in the IBL right now.

	WBA DIVISION RANKINGS
#	Division	WPCT
1.	Afro-European	0.601
2.	North American	0.507
3.	Latin American	0.505
4.	Asian	0.388

[APMP]

How in the hell is Mumbai supposed to be better than Shanghai and Melbourne

[rbeadle3]

Interesting to see there is a 7 game difference for Ottawa between Huck's projections and the in game projections. Lets hope Huck's are right!! Tankathon in Canada.

[Echo127]

Last season Huck and OOTP had an 11-game difference for Rio. Huck was closer.

[Huckleberry]

There was a bug in the Huckleberry 3000™. Here are the updated predicted standings after fixing that.

ABL:

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Los Angeles Stars 90 66 0.577 - Carolina Flight 88 68 0.564 2 Mexico City Aztecs 86 70 0.551 4 Northwest Emeralds 67 89 0.429 23 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 60 96 0.385 30 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Sao Paulo Toucans 103 53 0.660 - Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 95 61 0.609 8 Santo Domingo Palmchats 82 74 0.526 21 Puerto Rico Coqui 56 100 0.359 47 Buenos Aires Dolphins 53 103 0.340 50 IBL: AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Paris Fleur-de-Lis 107 49 0.686 - London Monarchs 91 65 0.583 16 Black Forest Foxes 82 74 0.526 25 Rome Generals 80 76 0.513 27 Barcelona Bulls 77 79 0.494 30 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 99 57 0.635 - Karachi Falcons 77 79 0.494 22 Mumbai Cobras 57 99 0.365 42 Melbourne Meteors 55 101 0.353 44 Shanghai Sharks 55 101 0.353 44

[Huckleberry]

Also updated

	WBA POWER RANKINGS
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1.	Paris Fleur-de-Lis	108	48	0.692	-
2.	Sao Paulo Toucans	101	55	0.647	7
3.	London Monarchs	94	62	0.603	14
4.	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	93	63	0.596	15
5.	Manila Folders	92	64	0.590	16
6.	Los Angeles Stars	89	67	0.571	19
7.	Carolina Flight	87	69	0.558	21
8.	Mexico City Aztecs	86	70	0.551	22
8.	Black Forest Foxes	86	70	0.551	22
10.	Rome Generals	84	72	0.538	24
11.	Barcelona Bulls	82	74	0.526	26
11.	Santo Domingo Palmchats	82	74	0.526	26
13.	Karachi Falcons	72	84	0.462	36
14.	Northwest Emeralds	68	88	0.436	40
15.	Ottawa Whiskey Jacks	63	93	0.404	45
16.	Puerto Rico Coqui	58	98	0.372	50
17.	Buenos Aires Dolphins	55	101	0.353	53
18.	Mumbai Cobras	54	102	0.346	54
19.	Melbourne Meteors	53	103	0.340	55
19.	Shanghai Sharks	53	103	0.340	55

	WBA DIVISION RANKINGS
#	Division	WPCT
1.	Afro-European	0.604
2.	North American	0.505
3.	Latin American	0.499
4.	Asian	0.391

[Huckleberry]

Updates post big signings and for the official preseason start:

ABL:

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Mexico City Aztecs 92 64 0.590 - Los Angeles Stars 86 70 0.551 6 Carolina Flight 84 72 0.538 8 Northwest Emeralds 64 92 0.410 28 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 60 96 0.385 32 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Sao Paulo Toucans 102 54 0.654 - Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 99 57 0.635 3 Santo Domingo Palmchats 88 68 0.564 14 Puerto Rico Coqui 54 102 0.346 48 Buenos Aires Dolphins 51 105 0.327 51 IBL: AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Paris Fleur-de-Lis 107 49 0.686 - London Monarchs 90 66 0.577 17 Rome Generals 84 72 0.538 23 Black Forest Foxes 81 75 0.519 26 Barcelona Bulls 77 79 0.494 30 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 98 58 0.628 - Karachi Falcons 74 82 0.474 24 Mumbai Cobras 58 98 0.372 40 Shanghai Sharks 56 100 0.359 42 Melbourne Meteors 55 101 0.353 43

[Huckleberry]

Final Huckleberry 3000™ updates for this year now that Spring Training is getting underway.

ABL:

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Mexico City Aztecs 92 64 0.590 - Carolina Flight 85 71 0.545 7 Los Angeles Stars 83 73 0.532 9 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 62 94 0.397 30 Northwest Emeralds 61 95 0.391 31 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Sao Paulo Toucans 103 53 0.660 - Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 98 58 0.628 5 Santo Domingo Palmchats 90 66 0.577 13 Puerto Rico Coqui 53 103 0.340 50 Buenos Aires Dolphins 53 103 0.340 50 IBL: AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Paris Fleur-de-Lis 108 48 0.692 - London Monarchs 91 65 0.583 17 Rome Generals 85 71 0.545 23 Black Forest Foxes 82 74 0.526 26 Barcelona Bulls 76 80 0.487 32 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 98 58 0.628 - Karachi Falcons 76 80 0.487 22 Shanghai Sharks 55 101 0.353 43 Mumbai Cobras 55 101 0.353 43 Melbourne Meteors 54 102 0.346 44 WBA Power Rankings: WBA POWER RANKINGS # Team W L PCT GB 1. Paris Fleur-de-Lis 107 49 0.686 - 2. Sao Paulo Toucans 104 52 0.667 3 3. Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 99 57 0.635 8 4. London Monarchs 92 64 0.590 15 4. Mexico City Aztecs 92 64 0.590 15 6. Santo Domingo Palmchats 91 65 0.583 16 7. Manila Folders 90 66 0.577 17 8. Rome Generals 87 69 0.558 20 9. Carolina Flight 86 70 0.551 21 10. Los Angeles Stars 85 71 0.545 22 11. Black Forest Foxes 84 72 0.538 23 12. Barcelona Bulls 79 77 0.506 28 13. Karachi Falcons 69 87 0.442 38 14. Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 65 91 0.417 42 15. Northwest Emeralds 64 92 0.410 43 16. Puerto Rico Coqui 58 98 0.372 49 17. Buenos Aires Dolphins 57 99 0.365 50 18. Shanghai Sharks 51 105 0.327 56 19. Mumbai Cobras 50 106 0.321 57 19. Melbourne Meteors 50 106 0.321 57 Division Power Rankings: WBA DIVISION RANKINGS # Division WPCT 1. Afro-European 0.598 2. Latin American 0.531 3. North American 0.502 4. Asian 0.368