Posted by buddhagamer on 11/6/2014 3:14:00 AM (view original):
You would probably move divisions around so owners didn't end up in the same side of the league all the time as well maybe?  In the above, Owners A and B would always be in the NL and never face one another in the WS.

Yes,

I would mix up the divisions.  I figured out the grid pretty quickly but didn't think to move the divisions around.

Standings Thru 55 games...

Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total	Win%	Pace
-------------------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------
buddhagamer	32	31	33	39	34	169	0.615	100
schwarze	29	28	37	30	38	162	0.589	95
calhoop	36	32	33	31	29	161	0.585	95
pedrocerrano	36	34	28	24	35	157	0.571	92
DarthDurron	35	28	29	25	28	145	0.527	85
contrarian23	24	36	26	27	32	145	0.527	85
thejuice6	30	27	29	30	28	144	0.524	85
rickysdad44	24	30	28	32	28	142	0.516	84
Yaz2Schill	34	21	28	29	24	136	0.495	80
batandball	24	34	28	24	22	132	0.480	78
italyprof	34	27	26	23	22	132	0.480	78
deathdealer	22	28	26	27	28	131	0.476	77
pmars2001	23	26	26	24	30	129	0.469	76
fortywins	27	23	26	27	21	124	0.451	73
shawbigred	15	17	22	28	21	103	0.375	61
mcurio1	15	18	15	20	20	88	0.320	52

Thanks for the updated standings schwarze.

And for the suggested division grid.  My 15 year old daughter also thanks you, as I had just assigned her this "puzzle" to solve....

Standings through 72 games (11/11/14 PM2)

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	43	43	40	47	46	219
CUB/KC	schwarze	41	37	48	41	49	216
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	47	41	37	34	47	206
STL/COL	calhoop	44	39	41	35	35	194
DET/MON	batandball	36	43	43	34	32	188
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	36	34	39	39	38	186
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	46	30	39	39	31	185
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	33	44	31	37	38	183
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	31	37	36	40	38	182
LA/FLA	pmars2001	35	37	38	35	37	182
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	40	36	34	32	38	180
NYY/TBR	italyprof	40	37	36	31	31	175
OAK/CAL	fortywins	36	34	38	37	30	175
PHI/SD	deathdealer	28	33	32	32	34	159
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	20	27	27	36	30	140
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	20	24	17	27	22	110

Quite a battle for the top spot...can anyone else make it interesting?

I always like doing an update at the halfway point.... thru 81 games

Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total	Win%	Pace
-------------------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------	---------
buddhagamer	44	48	49	51	52	244	0.602	98
schwarze	45	42	53	44	56	240	0.593	96
pedrocerrano	52	49	42	41	52	236	0.583	94
calhoop	49	43	46	40	38	216	0.533	86
batandball	39	50	49	38	40	216	0.533	86
contrarian23	37	50	34	42	45	208	0.514	83
thejuice6	43	37	43	43	42	208	0.514	83
Yaz2Schill	52	35	44	42	35	208	0.514	83
rickysdad44	36	43	41	45	40	205	0.506	82
pmars2001	38	42	42	39	42	203	0.501	81
italyprof	48	40	39	37	36	200	0.494	80
fortywins	41	36	45	43	34	199	0.491	80
DarthDurron	45	40	36	35	41	197	0.486	79
deathdealer	35	38	32	36	37	178	0.440	71
shawbigred	23	30	32	40	34	159	0.393	64
mcurio1	21	25	21	32	24	123	0.304	49

Through 90 games (11/17 PM2).

Interleague play is underway...but that hasn't changed the standings much.  Top 3 are starting to pull away.

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	52	52	56	58	57	275
CUB/KC	schwarze	51	46	59	49	62	267
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	57	55	47	43	56	258
DET/MON	batandball	44	56	54	43	43	240
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	47	42	50	49	49	237
STL/COL	calhoop	52	48	50	44	42	236
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	57	41	47	45	41	231
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	44	53	38	46	49	230
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	38	49	46	52	45	230
NYY/TBR	italyprof	54	45	41	42	41	223
LA/FLA	pmars2001	43	48	45	40	46	222
OAK/CAL	fortywins	46	39	49	48	38	220
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	49	42	43	38	46	218
PHI/SD	deathdealer	39	43	35	42	40	199
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	26	33	36	44	40	179
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	21	28	24	37	25	135

Through 108 games (11/23 PM2)

Pedrocerrano has closed the gap....

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	61	60	64	70	66	321
CUB/KC	schwarze	58	56	68	59	72	313
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	67	67	60	52	66	312
DET/MON	batandball	53	66	67	54	51	291
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	57	50	58	61	59	285
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	70	51	57	57	49	284
STL/COL	calhoop	62	54	60	52	53	281
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	51	56	56	64	54	281
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	57	60	45	56	56	274
LA/FLA	pmars2001	53	60	54	48	56	271
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	59	52	53	43	59	266
OAK/CAL	fortywins	55	46	57	57	47	262
NYY/TBR	italyprof	58	55	48	48	50	259
PHI/SD	deathdealer	49	52	45	49	50	245
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	30	41	40	53	46	210
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	24	38	32	41	30	165

Through 126 games (11/29 PM2)

Huge round by schwarze to take the overall lead

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total
CUB/KC	schwarze	68	67	81	70	87	373
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	75	67	73	80	76	371
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	75	75	67	62	78	357
DET/MON	batandball	66	77	78	63	61	345
STL/COL	calhoop	71	68	67	64	63	333
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	66	56	73	67	66	328
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	77	59	69	65	57	327
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	64	64	65	72	61	326
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	70	69	50	65	69	323
LA/FLA	pmars2001	63	67	60	57	67	314
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	64	63	60	55	68	310
OAK/CAL	fortywins	66	52	68	67	56	309
NYY/TBR	italyprof	64	66	59	52	55	296
PHI/SD	deathdealer	56	60	48	59	56	279
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	36	54	48	61	55	254
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	27	44	42	49	33	195

Through 145 games (12/6 AM)

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	Total
CUB/KC	schwarze	76	79	94	82	98	429
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	85	78	80	89	88	420
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	88	85	78	71	93	415
DET/MON	batandball	76	87	90	73	68	394
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	76	67	84	78	77	382
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	88	68	77	79	66	378
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	80	82	62	76	78	378
STL/COL	calhoop	81	76	74	74	71	376
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	71	71	72	83	72	369
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	75	76	68	65	80	364
LA/FLA	pmars2001	75	75	73	64	73	360
OAK/CAL	fortywins	74	62	75	72	63	346
NYY/TBR	italyprof	73	74	69	60	66	342
PHI/SD	deathdealer	66	68	59	66	68	327
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	42	64	55	71	60	292
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	34	48	50	57	39	228

The above post shows in bold the current divisional leaders.  

As a reminder, here's how postseason points work:
5 points for winning division
5 points for each postseason series won
1 point for each postseason game won

So, in each league, the league champion will get 23 points (5 for division, 5 for winning LCS, 5 for winning WS, 8 for winning 8 postseason games)
In each league, the World Series loser will receive between 14 and 17 points
In each league, the two LCS losers will each receive between 5 and 8 points
So the total number of postseason points per league will be about 51.5, or roughly 13 per postseason team

If I give each projected postseason team in the above table 13 points (6.5 to pedro and Yaz who are tied in the 60M), this is how the final projected standings would look:

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	PS Pts	Total
CUB/KC	schwarze	76	79	94	82	98	26	455
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	88	85	78	71	93	32.5	447.5
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	85	78	80	89	88	26	446
DET/MON	batandball	76	87	90	73	68	26	420
STL/COL	calhoop	81	76	74	74	71	39	415
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	76	67	84	78	77	26	408
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	80	82	62	76	78	26	404
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	88	68	77	79	66	19.5	397.5
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	71	71	72	83	72	13	382
LA/FLA	pmars2001	75	75	73	64	73	13	373
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	75	76	68	65	80	0	364
NYY/TBR	italyprof	73	74	69	60	66	13	355
OAK/CAL	fortywins	74	62	75	72	63	0	346
PHI/SD	deathdealer	66	68	59	66	68	0	327
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	42	64	55	71	60	0	292
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	34	48	50	57	39	0	228

I think you need to project the final win total as well. 

Through 153 games (12/8/14 PM2)

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	RS Total	Proj Win Total	Est PS	Est Total
CUB/KC	schwarze	79	84	99	89	103	454	481	26	507
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	91	82	85	92	92	442	468	26	494
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	94	90	82	75	97	438	464	39	503
DET/MON	batandball	79	93	93	78	72	415	439	26	465
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	80	70	90	82	80	402	426	26	452
STL/COL	calhoop	86	82	78	77	75	398	421	39	460
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	91	72	79	84	69	395	418	13	431
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	84	87	66	78	79	394	417	26	443
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	73	73	78	87	77	388	411	19.5	430
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	79	80	72	70	86	387	410	0	410
LA/FLA	pmars2001	81	79	75	69	77	381	403	6.5	410
OAK/CAL	fortywins	77	65	79	74	69	364	385	0	385
NYY/TBR	italyprof	79	78	72	64	70	363	384	13	397
PHI/SD	deathdealer	72	70	61	69	70	342	362	0	362
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	43	69	59	76	66	313	331	0	331
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	36	50	56	60	42	244	258	0	258

OK, with 9 games left, here's where we stand.  The above table is sorted by total current wins.

Bold means a team is leading its division.

Bold and red means a team has clinched its division.

I have taken schwarze's suggestion and projected total regular season wins, then (as with my previous post) added in projected postseason points (13 per team, except for in the 120M where I have given rickysdad and pmars 6.5 as they are currently tied for first).

It would appear that our top 3 finishers are pretty settled, though the exact ordering is still very much up for grabs.

It will take yet another dominant playoff run along with a huge collapse by schwarze to pull this off yet again...

Point totals at the end of the regular season:

Franchise	Owner	60M	80M	90M	100M	120M	RS Total	PS	Bonus	Total	Max Total
CUB/KC	schwarze	86	90	104	94	107	481	2	10	491	527
CLE/TOR	buddhagamer	95	87	91	97	97	467	2	10	477	513
PGH/BAL	pedrocerrano	99	95	83	82	102	461	3	15	476	530
DET/MON	batandball	83	97	99	81	79	439	2	10	449	485
STL/COL	calhoop	91	88	84	80	82	425	3	15	440	494
CIN/NYM	thejuice6	83	77	97	86	86	429	2	10	439	475
BOS/LOU	Yaz2Schill	97	76	83	91	72	419	1	5	424	442
MIN/SEA	contrarian23	89	91	68	80	85	413	2	10	423	459
SF/ARI	DarthDurron	84	85	75	76	91	411	0	0	411	411
BAL/HOU	rickysdad44	76	77	84	88	80	405	1	5	410	428
LA/FLA	pmars2001	85	81	79	71	83	399	1	5	404	422
NYY/TBR	italyprof	85	82	77	70	72	386	1	5	391	409
OAK/CAL	fortywins	81	71	82	79	74	387	0	0	387	387
PHI/SD	deathdealer	77	74	66	74	75	366	0	0	366	366
CWS/MKE	shawbigred	45	73	65	81	68	332	0	0	332	332
ATL/TEX	mcurio1	40	52	59	66	43	260	0	0	260	260

Probably self-explanatory, but PS = number of teams in the postseason.
Bonus = postseason bonus points earned
Total = current total points
Max Total = max possible points

Fell short of my possible goal of placing all 5 teams in the playoffs and still finishing out of the money.

Had 4-0 lead in last game of 120 league and choked.

Missed by 2 games in 100 league.