Signings:

Stockholm: Pitching Coach John Gaylord, $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sylva: Minors Manager Fred McChristian, $300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: Minors Manager George Janus, $435,000 per year, for 4 years.
Stockholm: Minors Manager Sonny McDonell, $450,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sylva: Minors Manager Terry Castorena, $500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Winnipeg: Minors Manager James Morefield, $329,600 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn: Scout David Winters, $1,050,000 per year, for 3 years.
Marietta: Minors Manager Odis Rezendes, $450,000 per year, for 2 years.
Maryland: Hitting Coach Jimmie Wingard, $525,000 per year, for 2 years.

League file posted. Web pages en route. Next (and final coaching) sim will be Wednesday.

I remember from past discussion that there’s a bug in OOTP6.5 regarding prospects with a 1 rating in a skill, and no matter how much coaching they get, they can’t improve the 1 (whereas a 2 rating will improve.)

Well, I have a 4-star prospect (William Tyler) with a 1 rating of control in the game (on the web, he has an 8 talent rating for control). His K/BB ratio, while not stellar, is definitely in line with a greater-than-1 rating.

So, I’m asking two things. Can anyone confirm for me that this is a known bug, and, does anyone mind if I petition Nate/Mack to bump the 1 up to a 2?

Thanks, guys!

Coaching Signings on Day 1:

Jersey City: Pitching Coach Timothy Reyes, $1,350,000 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn: Minors Manager Galen Korte, $3,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Maryland: Minors Manager James Kempf, $625,000 per year, for 3 years.
Maryland: Minors Manager Albert Smythe, $525,255 per year, for 2 years.
Helena: Hitting Coach Nathan Bookman, $400,000 per year, for 2 years.
Winnipeg: Pitching Coach Lester Gaylor, $408,000 per year, for 2 years.
Seattle: Hitting Coach Barry Huot, $400,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn: Pitching Coach Samuel McElveen, $2,500,000 per year, for 6 years.
Winnipeg: Minors Manager Kevin Wright, $406,800 per year, for 2 years.
Helena: Minors Manager Brian Pearson, $450,000 per year, for 3 years.
Jersey City: Minors Manager Mark Riggs, $950,000 per year, for 4 years.
Helena: Pitching Coach Floyd Theisen, $520,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh: Minors Manager Claude Allen, $450,000 per year, for 4 years.
Jersey City: Scout Rick Villasenor, $1,800,000 per year, for 5 years.
Marietta: Hitting Coach Darren Chapman, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years.
Marietta: Pitching Coach Raymond Wilhite, $2,750,000 per year, for 4 years.
Helena: Scout James Shine, $800,000 per year, for 5 years.
Helena: Minors Manager James Hisle, $550,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh: Hitting Coach Zachary Baney, $550,000 per year, for 5 years.
Pittsburgh: Pitching Coach Ronnie Trimm, $550,000 per year, for 5 years.
Pittsburgh: Minors Manager Maximo Reed, $450,000 per year, for 3 years.

Days 2 and 3 of the coach signing period will be simmed Monday, so email me with offers before then.

A couple of other notes.

1. You will all notice a large number of trades having been processed. In an effort to get the draft to run more smoothly, I reset the draft order to the correct order. But, that meant that I had to erase the traded draft picks file. That, in turn, meant that I needed to move all the draft picks moved last year. So, a large series of trades of scrubs followed. Hopefully, I got everything right. (Compare it to my April 22 blog entry listing the trades to that point. I fixed one mistake, as said in the comments to that blog entry, when I went back through my emails to process the trades. The only one that I think came out wrong is the recent trade between Pittsburgh and Sylva. I think Sylva got my 2nd round pick rather than the pick I had earlier acquired from Stockholm.

2. In an effort to reduce the size of the game file, and the time spent unzipping it, we’ve removed the almanacs from the game file. The almanacs don’t affect the game play at all, so it shouldn’t cause any problems. If you do have problems downloading and using the game file, let me know.

3. We’re also experimenting with an even smaller game file (“League File – Light”), but that’s not really working yet, so ignore that link.

4. The almanacs are now a separate zip file. If you want to add them to the game file, just download them and unzip them inside the OEL.lg folder.

The main league file is updated and ready for downloads. The web pages are en route. See y’all on Monday.

Well payroll has been cut to where I will have some available cash on hand. The big question around the offices is what’s next? Do we continue to cut the payroll and flat our rebuild or add a player or two that can help the club?

Here is the plan I am going to use for the season, REBUILD! I sent away some good players so now the feel is were a less than a .500 team. So as of today anyone with a salary of 2 million a year or more can be available.

Prospects and picks are needed. Prospects must be ready to step in and start for the ballclub. Picks I am looking for are 1st and 2nd round picks. Cash in any deal would help out as well.

The fans here might be upset with the moves but we had little choice. But give us two years and we will be back in the playoffs.

Email me at jasonk71@zenbe.com to talk deals.

Jason
Sylva GM/Owner

As the Black Bears attempt to get their team in the black, GM Jason Krausert has made another deal to shed some salary.

They have dealt starting RF Benito Figueredo to the World Series runner-up Brooklyn Bombers along with his $5.24M contract and their 5th round pick in the upcoming draft for AAA LF prospect Tony Valle and $1M in cold hard cash.

“This move really helps us get some money so I can sign some coaches,” said Jason, “I really don’t know how we could be $5M in the red to start this season…who the hell was making the decisions on this team before I got here last season.”

Bombers GM Jeremy Goldman refused to comment because he knew that the former GM for Sylva was his father and he did not want to go there.

This move will fill in the hole in the OF that was vacated by now Free Agent Donald Mansfield. “I think we got a better player for over $2M less than we offered that prick [Mansfield],” quipped Brooklyn GM Goldman, “We are all better off for how this went down.”

Hearing the wails of another distressed owner, Pittsburgh has again swooped in to rescue a team from bankruptcy. The Pisces agreed to take back outcast SP Oscar Leon (accompanied by prospect SP Harold Deutsch) in exchange for an 8th round pick in the upcoming draft, $1.5 million, and hot prospect catcher James Morones.

“It’s just a situation where we have to give until it hurts,” said Owner/GM Mack Shultz at his second press conference in a ten-minute period. “And now, it might hurt a bit.”

Once again, the player obtained by Pittsburgh is a free agent at the end of the year. Whispers surround the Pisces’ front office, but nobody seems to know what Shultz will do next. “Heck,” he said, “I’m not even sure what I’m going to do.”

Responding to Sylva’s pleas for help, Pittsburgh stepped up to ease the financial crunch facing the Black Bears. Recklessly endangering the Pisces’ own fiscal well-being, the following trade was struck:

Pittsburgh sent to Sylva SP Donald Mines, OF Brian Caraway, C Jose Valdes, Stockholm’s second round pick in the upcoming draft (acquired in a trade last season), and $4 million in cash.

In exchange, Sylva sent the following players to the Steel City: SP Robert “Crackpot” Gaertner, OF Perry Hodgin, C James Dominy, and Sylva’s 1st and 3rd round picks in the upcoming draft.

In all, the trade should provide approximately $12 million of salary relief to Sylva. “When we heard the cries ring out, we just had to rush to their aid,” said Pisces Owner/GM Mack Shultz. “It’s an occasion where you have to put competitive desires aside and lend a hand.”

It’s notable that all three players acquired from Sylva will be free agents at the end of the year. Does this mean that the Pisces plan to make a playoff push after a year in the hinterlands, or will they be looking to deal the players to established contenders? Only time will tell.

We win the championship but our Fan Loyalty drops.

All is right again.

Hello all, been awhile since I posted here. Anyways my club is in a financial mess. I need to trade some higher priced players to break even to start the season. There might be a deal in place with Pittsburgh but I still need to shed say 4 to 6 million dollars.

If anyone has interest please message me, either here or best way via email.

My email is jasonk71@gmail.com

Thanks,
Sylva gm
Jason

The new season is underway. I have uploaded the league file and updated the main page. The web pages are en route. I’ve also put up a tentative schedule on the for the coaching period, but Nate and I haven’t really discussed it, so we’ll send out an email with a confirmed schedule.