October 2, 2023: Tiebreaker Games, Final Rays Stats & Miscellany
So it turns out the 3-way AL Central tiebreaker will work as thus: KC & Minnesota play today, and then the winner will host Detroit in one game for the spot. I'll have that KC-Minnesota game in a little bit after some other stuff.
Hey look, another elite OF prospect. Maybe OOTP's "league evolution" feature can involve adding a 4th outfielder and 10-man lineups.
Here are the final team stats and their rankings in the AL. Not much change from earlier postings of this report, you go 115-47 and you should be near the top in most categories.
Final hitting stats, sorted by WAR. I find it amusing that Albert Almora Jr. had almost as much WAR in 8 games as Max Kepler had in 71:
Final pitching stats, sorted by ERA:
The first AL tiebreaker game:
Minnesota will now host Detroit tomorrow for the AL Central title.