2013 Orioles --- We good...

[O's GM]

C: Mike Napoli .248/.347/.488 121 OPS+ Defense ? Av/110/Av/3

1B: Joey Votto .300/.420/.542 155 OPS+ Defense Av/82 (0)
Best OBP in sim by 2 points

2b: Ben Zobrist .260/.358/.443 125 OPS+ Vg/106 (+5 runs)

SS: Brendan Ryan .227/ .292/.305 71 OPS+ Ex/84 (+18 runs) possible D sub situation

3b: Albert Callaspo .265/.330/.376 99 OPS+ Vg/88 (+15 runs)

LF: Brett Gardner .259/.355/.362 94 OPS+ 28/35 SB in about 340 PAs) Ex/89/Av (+28 runs)

CF: Peter Bourjos .248/.302/.396 96 OPS+ Ex/90/Vg (+35)

RF: Giancarlo Stanton .286/.367/.606 159 OPS+ (best in sim, and best slugging by 45 points) Defense Vg/169/Av (+10)

DH: David Oritz 150 OPS+

Unsigned: DH Jim Thome 110 OPS+

Bench:
C: Erik Kratz .307/.423 OBP/SLG 95 OPS+ Av Arm -4 run PB rating
IF: Donnie "Charlie" Murphy .295 OBP/.442 SLG Av at 2b 3b SS
IF: Sean Rodriguez: .303 OBP/ .373 SLG +5 D at 2B in about 400 PA
IF: Jose Iglesias Vg/99 (minor leagues)
Util: Martin Prado: .339 OBP/ .434 SLG 105 OPS+ +12 in LF +2 at 3b -3 at 2b -9 at SS
Travis Hafner

CF: Anthony Gose 80 OPS+ (+14 - +17 D) Vg/121/Vg


SPs:

Jason Hammel 7.98 K/9 2.98 BB .88 HR 115 ERA+ 115 FIP+ 59% GB Fr durability

Juan Nicasio 7.97 K 2.69 BB 1.1 HR 104 ERA+ 121 FIP+ 55% GB Fr durability

Alexi Ogando 119 ERA+ 116 FIP+

Andy Pettite 7.23 K 2.73 BB 1.03 HR 104 ERA+ 107 FIP+ 57% GB Pr durability


Jose Quintana 5.6 K 3.24 BB .97 HR 100 ERA+ 101 FIP+ 57% GB Fr durability

Currently Injured SP: 93 ERA+ Felipe Paulino
Drew Hutchison 86 ERA+


RP:
three highest leverage guys, a three-headed pen beast, if you wil
Sergio Romo 11.08 K 1.9 BB .69 HR 161 ERA+ 156 FIP+ 50% GB Pr durability

David Robertson 11.95 K 3.77 BB .81 HR 142 ERA+ 148 FIP+ 51% GB Fr durability
Koji Uehara 11.11 K 1.36 BB 1.13 HR 160 ERA+ 155 FIP+ 34% GB Pr durability

impact long-relief RP: Matt Belisle 7.74 K 1.96 BB .86 HR 118 ERA+ 140ish FIP+ 59% GB Av durability

Long relief/mopup:
Erik Davis: 7.19 K 2.78 BB 1.01 HR 93 ERA+ 110 FIP+ 71% GB Vg durability
Adam Ottavino 8.88 K 3.93 BB 1.12 HR 104 ERA+ 119 FIP+ 60% GB Ex durability

Xavier Cedeno 14 k/9 v. lefties WBC team member.

Farm/use in case of emergency with zips:

C Gary Sanchez 20 yo (Keith Law 18 propsect, around 50 in most sources) 82 OPS+ -5 D .9 WAR

SP Henry Owens BA top 100 Law 101 generally around the 80-100 mark on major lists. big lefty with super-slow curve and massive K rates/some control issues.)

SS Jose Iglesias

Lewis Brinson 19 (no proj/toolshed)

Gustavo Cabrera 17 (to my mind the top IFA talent this year including Beras. 80-90 sprint speed, not clear how it translates shows every other tool other than hit, but allegedly shows discipline...)

Tyler Glasnow 20 (no proj big arm)

Hanser Alberto 20 SS (no proj 2nd best hit tool in Rangers system behind Profar according to many sources, underrated D)

SP: Julio Rodriguez: 86 ERA+ Zips. Monster curveball.

Domingo Santana 20 OF (huge power and youth 77 OPS+ and .1 WAR)

Seth Maness 24 SP (I've always gotta have one guy whose smarts greatly outstrip his stuff, he's my 2013 Tom Milone)

Keyvius Sampson 22 SP (horrid first half of 2012 sandwich between a good finish and good 2011. -1 WAR 67 ERA+)

Ronald Torreyes 20 (not in BA's top 30 cubs prospects) 83 OPS+ 0 defense at 2b (also plays SS) .9 WAR

Leury Garcia - Possible rangers Util guy this year, +4 defense. Legit 80+ speed.

Tyler Chatwood 23 SP (rushed to majors .8 WAR 83 ERA+ 92ish FIP+, extreme groundballer, decent emergency starter)

Jesse Hahn 23 SP (hopefully healthy after two sick years then tearing up short season)

Joe Ortiz lefty RP in Texas' system. only allowed one flyball this spring. Good against righties too.

Pat Kivlehan 3b/OF 23 (second full season playing baseball since he was 17)

Jose Osuna 1b 20 (very solid while a super young 19 in low A, could break out in high A this year)

[O's GM]

So, I just updated this, here are some thoughts, feel free to taunt etc...

I hope Napoli avoids the DL and doesn't have a Pr arm or crazy PB rate, since I gave up Soler for him and I really like Soler's value.

Not sure what I'm doing with my defensive alignment until I see platoon splits and DMB defensive ratings. In Ryan, I at least got a guy that can be a pure defensive sub if I want to play a bat at SS for 6 innings/3-4PAs, or who can start and hit 8th without killing a team. Sean Rod could have insane platoon splits that make me wary to start him, but he could be a platoon/D sub type.

I loaded up a bit on righty power because of my park. Dan had Stanton with a 169 OPS+ in 2013 with the Orioles, which would be despite moving to the toughest division in baseball, so I think playing to righty power mostly is the way to go. So I have that Stanton/Napoli/Zobrist group with Votto to ensure the sim pays if it uses a roogy for more than one or two batters.

I think my offense does a bit of everything between the 9 guys. lots of OBP, lots of all sorts of power, a few efficient speedsters. Basically I can't see it cratering in any park.

Defense, despite being in a small park, is the sort of thing where I want good OF'ers, and I have two elite ones in Bourjos and Gardner. Stanton is a notch below that, and Prado has an elite arm, somehow.

My SP is def my weak spot. I tried to trade some of my depth to fill other holes. I'd like one more 120 FIP+ guy so that I can go to a 4 man rotation on quick pull. I am betting on Scherzer repeating his 2012 peripherals and becoming a true top 10 SP if he avoids injury. I think Hammel is a stealth top 30 guy when healthy. I like Nicasio, but Zips seems to love him, so I'll stick with him and see if he is anywhere as good in real life as his proj. Pettite is a personal favorite. and I think Doubront could become a K stud. Zips really likes Quintana, making his number 3 comp Steve Carlton. I don't see it.

I think relievers are pretty fungible outside of the elite ones, unless you maximize them situationally. I traded a ton, relatively speaking, for Uehara, and would prefer a guy with a better GB rate and durability, but he IS super elite, and I'm guessing Jansen, Kimbrel and Marshall ain't going nowhere. Last year I got nearly 180 innings out of Romo and Robertson despite them missing some time in the sim. I hope to get about 300 innings from Romo/Robertson/Uehara if they somehow all stay off the DL in real life, and would be happy with 200 with injuries. I will set them to be used heavily in close games, so that their value each should be similar to a number 2 SP. Belisle has been super durable so I'd hope to get like 120 IP from him in lesser situations. He's a personal favorite.

Erik Davis could make the Nats opening day roster and has great stuff for the pen. Zips thinks hes a groundball machine, so he should be great as a mop-up guy keeping big innings that totally take me out of games from happening. Ditto for Ottavino who had a great year in the pen last year.

I hope Thome or Javy sign somewhere, Thome being one of my favorite players. Rooting for Colby Lewis' return as I've liked him since he was tearing up Japan.

Despite trading some guys that really hurt to lose (most notably Gallo who is really fun,) I like my farm at the moment. Lots of buy low sorts and underrated types, plus a few guys whose scouting and numbers tend to match (Sanchezes, Owens, Brinson).

There are a couple more guys I'd LIKE to get but don't think I have the free players to move, so this is basically my 2013 roster...

I most wonder how it matches up with Dave's...I'd do my predictions in some other thread or a power ranking, but if I had to guess right now, I'd say the Al playoffs ended up being me in the East Dave in the Central, Mike in the West with Steve (Rays) and Andrew (Tigers) in the Wildcard. I think either Mike or Andrew could win a short series against an empirically "better" team on the strength of their front SPs, though it's not like Steve and Dave are without some Zips stud SPs.