TRHL Owners,

Series 12 has been completed.

Still seeking owner for abandoned Damage.

Reminder - I'm simming games for Indians and Damage; will not accept backup results.

Results not submitted:
Juha Widings @ Pale Hose (*)
Glovers @ Indians (***)
Isotopes @ Hawks
Rabid Dogs @ Marauders

(*) - Backup results submitted
(**) - Notified in advance
(***) - Temporarily Commissioner controlled.

Automatic farmings due to overuse:
Hawks - James Mcdonald; Alejandro Sanabia promoted.

Transactions: None

Injuries (> 3 days):
5/10 TBD O'Flaherty 18
5/10 IND Bastardo 15
5/11 BDM Morneau 7
5/12 BUR Hanigan 45
5/12 HAV Sanchez,G 6

MP Issues: None observed.

Series 13 league file has been posted and the League File link on the website has been updated. Here's the link:
[www.trhl.org]

MPs ready for Series 13: Breakers, Sledgehammers, Indians, Clowns

Visiting team MP deadline is Tuesday, April 22nd, 11 AM EDT. Series results are due Wednesday, April 23rd, 11 PM EDT.

Outlaws extend their winning streak at home to 20 before dropping game 3 for their first home loss of the season.

Attached is a new MP.

Pitchers: Nicasio, Fernandez, Cueto

Lineups:

vs. Straily: Lineup #2 vs. RHP
vs. Wood, Corbin: Lineup #1 vs. LHP
vs. Gonzalez: Lineup # 4 vs. RHP inverse

Good luck

Edmonton takes game 3 when Paul Goldschmidt breaks up Miguel Gonzalez's no-hitter with a solo shot in the 7th, and hits another solo shot off Uehara in the 9th.

I am officially requesting an investigation of DMB's bias against Uehara.

In my other diamondmind league (which you happen to be in) Uehara has a 0.99 ERA in 27 innings, is 10/10 for save opportunities and is holding opponent hitters to a 079/118/225 line.

Uehara's performance in this league isn't that strange considering the sample size. His OPS allowed is 58% higher than real life. On my team Peralta is 32% higher than real life, de la Rosa, is 40%. I bet every team has relievers like this.

Beyond sample size, another issue is size of league. This league is a 24 team league so the talent pool is fairly diluted but still not to the 30 team MLB level, so lineups are strong. In a 20 team league, lineups are even stronger.

Point 2 is that players in these types of league tend to use relievers differently than MLB - Uehara is probably facing more better hitters (3-4-5) than weakers ones (6-7-8) and they are probably a better 3-4-5 than most real MLB teams.

Point 3, teams are more likely to pinch hit with a strong split LH hitter even for an everyday player is a game ending situation (i.e. Colby Rasmus pinch hitting for Justin Upton) - wouldn't happen in MLB.

Point 4 - The computer manager does weird stuff ...

Point 5 - There used to be a bug in the program that the last update fixed that affected relievers effectiveness ... has everyone installed it?

Then, of course, there's still sample size ... toss a quarter a dozen times ... how many heads do you get. Do it again ...

Just some thoughts.

Steve

Mathis and Hanigan each out for 1.5 months.

Good think I have Henry Blanco in reserve ...

Steve

Game 1: Glovers recover from a 3-0 deficit in the 8th to tie it up on a Choo homer, but the Chinook re-take the lead in the top of the 9th after Choo misplays a flyball into a two-base error. 4-3 Chinook.

Game 2: The Glovers goon-squad Lynn and assorted Chinook relievers on their way to a 10-2 victory.

Game 3: Delgado gives up three homers (to Joyce, Hardy, and Sogard), but still manages a 93 pitch complete game, and the Glovers offense does bad things to Eovaldi. Final score of 7-4 for the Glovers.

Ottawa takes 2.

Home team takes all three. Neither team pitches well, but Heroes bats outslug the Hose.

Which update? I have version 10a installed. Was there a more recent update?

I checked after reading that as well. Version 10a, which is what I have installed, is all I could find. It didn't say anything about reliever performance though.

Northcoast takes two of three in Mount Valley.