2113-14 Offseason Thread

[Huckleberry]

This is the thread for all discussion of offseason activities during the 2113-2114 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 15th season. The offseason will follow the usual DAILY sims.

Sim to 4/3/2114 is complete. Next sim is Wednesday 7/11. NEXT SIM IS OPENING DAY. ORGANIZE YOUR ROSTERS.

Tentative offseason sim schedule:

Date - WBA date simmed to - Activities before/during

Wed 7/11 - 4/9/2114 - FIRST SIM OF REGULAR SEASON, 6-DAY SIM, Su-Th regular season sim schedule begins

[Huckleberry]

Pre-Free Agency Huckleberry Predictor 3000™ Predicted ABL Standings:

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Carolina Flight 84 72 0.538 - Los Angeles Stars 83 73 0.532 1 Northwest Emeralds 66 90 0.423 18 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 61 95 0.391 23 Mexico City Aztecs 61 95 0.391 23 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Buenos Aires Dolphins 99 57 0.635 - Santo Domingo Palmchats 96 60 0.615 3 Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 79 77 0.506 20 Puerto Rico Coqui 76 80 0.487 23 Sao Paulo Toucans 75 81 0.481 24

Due to Northwest's fire sale the division imbalance is back in the ABL, at least for the moment. Rio, Puerto Rico, and Sao Paulo are handicapped in the predicted wild card race because of it. Below are the predicted standings in a balanced ABL round robin.

1. Buenos Aires Dolphins, 101-55
2. Santo Domingo Palmchats, 99-57
3. Rio de Janeiro Jaguars, 83-73
4. Puerto Rico Coqui, 80-76
4. Carolina Flight, 80-76
6. Los Angeles Stars, 79-77
6. Sao Paulo Toucans, 79-77
8. Northwest Emeralds, 63-93
9. Mexico City Aztecs, 58-98
9. Ottawa Whiskey Jacks, 58-98

[Huckleberry]

Updated Huckleberry Predictor 3000™ 2114 Season Predictions:

AMERICAS BASEBALL LEAGUE

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Carolina Flight 85 71 0.545 - Los Angeles Stars 81 75 0.519 4 Northwest Emeralds 67 89 0.429 18 Mexico City Aztecs 63 93 0.404 22 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 59 97 0.378 26 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Santo Domingo Palmchats 101 55 0.647 - Buenos Aires Dolphins 100 56 0.641 1 Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 82 74 0.526 19 Puerto Rico Coqui 74 82 0.474 27 Sao Paulo Toucans 68 88 0.436 33 INTERCONTINENTAL BASEBALL LEAGUE AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Black Forest Foxes 106 50 0.679 - London Monarchs 93 63 0.596 13 Barcelona Bulls 82 74 0.526 24 Paris Fleur-de-Lis 62 94 0.397 44 Rome Generals 51 105 0.327 55 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 94 62 0.603 - Karachi Falcons 89 67 0.571 5 Mumbai Cobras 79 77 0.506 15 Shanghai Sharks 72 84 0.462 22 Melbourne Meteors 52 104 0.333 42 OVERALL WBA POWER RANKINGS WBA POWER RANKINGS # Team W L PCT GB 1. Santo Domingo Palmchats 105 51 0.673 - 2. Buenos Aires Dolphins 104 52 0.667 1 3. Black Forest Foxes 100 56 0.641 5 4. London Monarchs 89 67 0.571 16 4. Manila Folders 89 67 0.571 16 6. Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 88 68 0.564 17 7. Karachi Falcons 84 72 0.538 21 8. Carolina Flight 83 73 0.532 22 9. Los Angeles Stars 80 76 0.513 25 9. Barcelona Bulls 80 76 0.513 25 11. Puerto Rico Coqui 79 77 0.506 26 12. Mumbai Cobras 77 79 0.494 28 13. Sao Paulo Toucans 74 82 0.474 31 14. Shanghai Sharks 71 85 0.455 34 15. Northwest Emeralds 67 89 0.429 38 16. Mexico City Aztecs 63 93 0.404 42 17. Paris Fleur-de-Lis 62 94 0.397 43 18. Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 60 96 0.385 45 19. Rome Generals 53 103 0.340 52 20. Melbourne Meteors 52 104 0.333 53 A couple of notes - I mentioned the Henriques signing to Mexico City in the chat yesterday, but the Huckleberry 3000™ does not like him as much as his performances would seem to dictate due to that 5 contact rating. Also, I have not updated the system for last season's league environments so it's a bit of old data here. Garbage in, garbage out as they say.

[claphamsa]

i wont be last?

[Huckleberry]

Updated through last night's sim

AMERICAS BASEBALL LEAGUE

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Carolina Flight 87 69 0.558 - Los Angeles Stars 83 73 0.532 4 Northwest Emeralds 65 91 0.417 22 Mexico City Aztecs 63 93 0.404 24 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 57 99 0.365 30 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Santo Domingo Palmchats 100 56 0.641 - Buenos Aires Dolphins 98 58 0.628 2 Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 86 70 0.551 14 Puerto Rico Coqui 75 81 0.481 25 Sao Paulo Toucans 66 90 0.423 34 INTERCONTINENTAL BASEBALL LEAGUE AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Black Forest Foxes 107 49 0.686 - London Monarchs 94 62 0.603 13 Barcelona Bulls 82 74 0.526 25 Paris Fleur-de-Lis 65 91 0.417 42 Rome Generals 46 110 0.295 61 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 93 63 0.596 - Karachi Falcons 88 68 0.564 5 Mumbai Cobras 82 74 0.526 11 Shanghai Sharks 72 84 0.462 21 Melbourne Meteors 52 104 0.333 41 OVERALL WBA POWER RANKINGS WBA POWER RANKINGS # Team W L PCT GB 1. Santo Domingo Palmchats 104 52 0.667 - 2. Buenos Aires Dolphins 103 53 0.660 1 3. Black Forest Foxes 101 55 0.647 3 4. Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 91 65 0.583 13 5. London Monarchs 90 66 0.577 14 6. Manila Folders 88 68 0.564 16 7. Carolina Flight 86 70 0.551 18 8. Karachi Falcons 83 73 0.532 21 9. Los Angeles Stars 82 74 0.526 22 10. Puerto Rico Coqui 80 76 0.513 24 10. Barcelona Bulls 80 76 0.513 24 12. Mumbai Cobras 79 77 0.506 25 13. Sao Paulo Toucans 72 84 0.462 32 14. Shanghai Sharks 70 86 0.449 34 15. Northwest Emeralds 64 92 0.410 40 15. Paris Fleur-de-Lis 64 92 0.410 40 17. Mexico City Aztecs 63 93 0.404 41 18. Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 59 97 0.378 45 19. Melbourne Meteors 52 104 0.333 52 20. Rome Generals 49 107 0.314 55 WBA DIVISION RANKINGS # Division WPCT 1. Latin American 0.600 2. Afro-European 0.489 3. Asian 0.469 4. North American 0.442

[Echo127]

How do your predictions handle injury ratings?

[Huckleberry]

Don't consider them at all.

[Huckleberry]

With Spring Training starting tonight, it's time for the...

Final Huckleberry Predictor 3000™ 2114 Season Predictions:

AMERICAS BASEBALL LEAGUE

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION

Team W L PCT GB Carolina Flight 85 71 0.545 - Los Angeles Stars 84 72 0.538 1 Northwest Emeralds 65 91 0.417 20 Mexico City Aztecs 64 92 0.410 21 Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 57 99 0.365 28 LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Santo Domingo Palmchats 103 53 0.660 - Buenos Aires Dolphins 96 60 0.615 7 Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 85 71 0.545 18 Puerto Rico Coqui 73 83 0.468 30 Sao Paulo Toucans 68 88 0.436 35 INTERCONTINENTAL BASEBALL LEAGUE AFRO-EUROPEAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Black Forest Foxes 109 47 0.699 - London Monarchs 88 68 0.564 21 Barcelona Bulls 83 73 0.532 26 Paris Fleur-de-Lis 64 92 0.410 45 Rome Generals 46 110 0.295 63 ASIAN DIVISION Team W L PCT GB Manila Folders 92 64 0.590 - Karachi Falcons 89 67 0.571 3 Mumbai Cobras 83 73 0.532 9 Shanghai Sharks 71 85 0.455 21 Melbourne Meteors 55 101 0.353 37 OVERALL WBA POWER RANKINGS WBA POWER RANKINGS # Team W L PCT GB 1. Santo Domingo Palmchats 107 49 0.686 - 2. Buenos Aires Dolphins 102 54 0.654 5 3. Black Forest Foxes 100 56 0.641 7 4. Rio de Janeiro Jaguars 91 65 0.583 16 5. Manila Folders 87 69 0.558 20 6. Carolina Flight 85 71 0.545 22 6. London Monarchs 85 71 0.545 22 8. Los Angeles Stars 84 72 0.538 23 9. Karachi Falcons 83 73 0.532 24 10. Mumbai Cobras 80 76 0.513 27 10. Barcelona Bulls 80 76 0.513 27 12. Puerto Rico Coqui 78 78 0.500 29 13. Sao Paulo Toucans 74 82 0.474 33 14. Shanghai Sharks 69 87 0.442 38 15. Northwest Emeralds 66 90 0.423 41 16. Mexico City Aztecs 64 92 0.410 43 17. Paris Fleur-de-Lis 63 93 0.404 44 18. Ottawa Whiskey Jacks 59 97 0.378 48 19. Melbourne Meteors 55 101 0.353 52 20. Rome Generals 48 108 0.308 59 WBA DIVISION RANKINGS # Division WPCT 1. Latin American 0.603 2. Afro-European 0.476 3. Asian 0.473 4. North American 0.448

[JohnC]

Man, that Huckleberry Predictor hates me. All of those players we added and it predicts we will win basically the same amount of games.

I will win it over one of these days! Or maybe I will plant a virus on it!