For those who aren't just going for the wins record, is it possible to put together a winning offense to go with a Silver King-led staff, with no AAA?

I once won a WS in an OL with Silver and 1917 Ed Cicotte, but that was before all of the 'dynamic' pricing updates. If you ask me, i don't see anything so 'dynamic' about it except that it favors the drafting of second tier starting pitchers.

Posted by Jtpsops on 11/3/2017 12:13:00 PM (view original):
For those who aren't just going for the wins record, is it possible to put together a winning offense to go with a Silver King-led staff, with no AAA?

The league I set up plays at $90M. Not a ton of money, but unless someone goes way overboard in building the rest of their pitching staff, you can spend $40M plus on offense. And there is no DH to spend on another bat.

I am curious to see the average staff IP/162 numbers, and the parks chosen.

Could you use Silver in a higher capacity league with success ? $180 - $200 mill. Two starters, good bullpen, good offense. Of course your competetion would be strong. Big ballpark. Give me some input.

Posted by rmarshall on 11/3/2017 11:51:00 PM (view original):
Could you use Silver in a higher capacity league with success ? $180 - $200 mill. Two starters, good bullpen, good offense. Of course your competetion would be strong. Big ballpark. Give me some input.

You can do this, but you're just wasting IP if your plan is straight up "81 starts/2 man rotation". There are probably better buys out there even at 200mil.

I just got three straight starts out of King at 100% early in the season. He should be 5-0, but is instead 3-2...both 2-1 losses in which he gave up 0 earned runs.

Final results of the 25 Silver Kings from DoctorKz's 90M King league, sorted by wins since that was the point of the theme.

Player	Team	T	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BSV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	ERA	OAV	WHIP
S. King 88	There is a Silver King	R	80	14	115	11	7	3	1	0	608.67	552	203	164	6	125	127	12	1	2.42	.236	1.11
S. King 88	King in Palace	R	63	19	97	89	53	9	0	0	785.33	919	406	355	34	152	166	17	1	4.07	.286	1.36
S. King 88	Chargersless in San Diego	R	56	20	83	79	53	14	0	0	694.00	560	217	164	10	111	134	20	2	2.13	.213	0.97
S. King 88	Tin King	R	54	26	93	93	58	15	0	0	767.33	696	282	224	24	136	170	19	1	2.63	.234	1.08
S. King 88	DR9 King Silver II of SIMland	R	52	26	86	86	63	11	0	0	741.67	715	286	201	7	123	183	14	5	2.44	.243	1.13
S. King 88	Black Tiger III	R	51	21	83	83	40	9	0	0	702.00	594	244	211	18	134	171	19	0	2.71	.223	1.04
S. King 88	MH Maybe More Fielding	R	51	25	88	88	46	12	0	0	723.00	592	230	157	11	124	140	14	2	1.95	.213	0.99
S. King 88	Silver Queens	R	49	23	100	80	48	11	5	1	695.67	657	261	221	12	139	155	16	2	2.86	.245	1.14
S. King 88	King Me	R	47	37	108	106	22	8	0	0	787.33	811	371	306	51	176	133	11	1	3.50	.258	1.25
S. King 88	skew	R	45	25	83	81	50	3	0	0	680.33	617	280	173	8	137	156	22	2	2.29	.229	1.11
S. King 88	Gaslamp Kings	R	45	35	94	94	63	6	0	0	795.00	813	336	292	22	199	167	24	2	3.31	.260	1.27
S. King 88	Palomar Bears	R	45	32	101	101	14	5	0	0	734.00	763	311	292	42	179	150	19	0	3.58	.266	1.28
S. King 88	MH Maybe More Range	R	44	23	84	84	38	9	0	0	683.00	643	249	206	7	129	144	19	2	2.71	.245	1.13
S. King 88	Silvery, Silvery Citibank Lights	R	42	25	141	0	0	0	11	2	594.00	612	288	228	23	157	99	13	0	3.45	.259	1.29
S. King 88	Tub is Love	R	40	22	85	84	25	10	0	0	641.00	607	221	176	11	157	135	16	1	2.47	.245	1.19
S. King 88	The Once and Future King	R	37	34	99	83	27	8	0	1	648.67	670	306	227	7	139	139	20	3	3.15	.257	1.25
S. King 88	Treat Me Like A King	R	36	36	88	88	37	8	0	0	688.67	684	290	220	11	158	150	16	3	2.88	.254	1.22
S. King 88	King of the Hill -- Not	R	34	28	84	81	27	4	0	0	643.33	535	245	150	10	133	170	14	1	2.10	.215	1.04
S. King 88	Riding With the King	R	34	16	151	0	0	0	12	0	564.67	688	321	268	45	142	75	12	0	4.27	.299	1.47
S. King 88	The Platinum King	R	33	36	88	88	27	4	0	0	670.33	693	314	206	8	138	151	12	0	2.77	.255	1.24
S. King 88	Kings of the Hill	R	32	55	100	100	49	8	0	0	747.33	864	416	355	36	180	136	12	1	4.28	.283	1.40
S. King 88	THE KING AND THE JUDGE	R	29	52	101	99	29	5	0	0	725.67	999	594	516	84	235	116	21	4	6.40	.322	1.70
S. King 88	Quicksilver	R	15	79	134	130	0	0	0	0	586.33	1067	758	679	143	299	63	14	3	10.42	.386	2.33
S. King 88	Silver City Kings	R	14	43	158	0	0	0	12	3	601.00	1262	1068	996	143	507	48	37	5	14.92	.427	2.94

Congrats to brianjw who had not only the best King (Long A strategy!) but finished first in regular season wins with 115.

My King had the 2nd most wins, but did manage to lead all the Kings in nearly every hitting category, including HRs (9; 2nd most had 4), RBI (71; 2nd had 42), Runs (68; 2nd had 42) and Runs Created (51; 2nd had 35).

Ticket sent to admin for JW to receive my $12.95 founder credit for those 80 wins...well done.

Once my schedule allows I will run a Clarkson or Ed Morris spinoff...

I took another stab at the Open League wins record, this time with Ed Seward in Silver King's usual role. Ed got off to a great start, 33-5 after 65 games (on pace for 82+ wins -- the record is still 77). He couldn't keep it up, however, and finished 66-17.

On the plus side, we clinched the wild card with 90 wins. I've run a lot of these Silver King-type teams and I think this is the first time I made the playoffs with one.

Seward is more optimal from a price per inning he'll actually pitch for you perspective

I started another version, use any 500IP/162.....I am once again donating my $12.95 to whoever gets the most wins by their Superman. ..

Posted by robertoloco on 8/26/2011 8:51:00 PM (view original):

League Statistics - Regular Season
Split Type	G	GS	W	L	SV	SVO	IP	BFP	NP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	OAV	OBP	SLG	WHIP	ERA
Totals	110	28	77	17	0	0	727.3	2946	9481	671	210	22	127	191	.243	.278	.304	1.10	2.60
Home	56	13	42	6	0	0	375.7	1478	4778	308	75	7	62	99	.222	.258	.269	0.98	1.80
Away	54	15	35	11	0	0	351.7	1468	4703	363	135	15	65	92	.264	.297	.340	1.22	3.45
VS LHB	110	28	----	----	----	----	----	1733	----	402	----	14	85	108	.248	.286	.307	----	----
VS RHB	108	26	----	----	----	----	----	1213	----	269	----	8	42	83	.236	.266	.300	----	----

League Statistics - Fielding - Regular Season
Pos	GP	GS	Inn	E	Throwing E	PO	A	DP	Good Plays	Poor Plays	F. Pct	SB	CS	C. ERA	PB	PK
P	110	0	727.3	4	1	29	32	3	0	6	.938	4	7	0.00	0	1

PS. I have a hard time with the copy/paste but this is Silver King

EDIT: home Safeco, league MLB96069

It's been over seven years since robertoloco posted the above. His Silver King's 77 wins shattered the previous Open League single-season record of 73 -- held by my Silver King. I've attempted many times to reclaim the record, and this evening finally did. With Ed Seward.



I used Seward almost exclusively in relief. He started two games all season: the first and last. He had 77 wins heading into game 162, and in that start went the distance in a 6-1 victory for record-breaking #78.

Credit to our trio of lefty openers, each of them with 125-149 real life innings. They had a 40 pitch max in their starts, and more often than not handed the ball over to Seward with a lead. Their ERA (and innings) totals:

2016 Clayton Kershaw 1.73 (167)
2008 CC Sabathia 2.28 (138)
1943 Howie Pollett 1.76 (133)

The non-Seward pitchers went 17-55, which was surprisingly good considering it was mostly AAA/200K scrubs playing behind them. The team took the division with 95 wins. Anything they do in the post-season will be gravy, of course.

P.S. Seward's one save was the result of spoil sport Sabathia stretching his pitch count to 5 perfect innings. Seward essentially mopped up for the 4-inning save.

Well done, Sir...

I'm kicking around a few ideas for an upcoming theme.

The OL shutouts record is 22. Perhaps a Shutouts league, or an ERA league, top 8 ERA teams above .500 advance to the postseason. Both would have Safeco or Petco teams a plenty, but it might fly...