Five Bullpen Meltdowns in Three Innings

eauhomme · 01-29-2023, 12:45 AM

In all my years of playing OOTP (since OOTP 5), I think I just had the worst group bullpen performance ever.

With the score 7-4. Gregory Soto starts the 9th with two hits and a walk to load the bases.

Dinelson Lamet gets the DP (scoring a run), then gives up a game-tying 2-run homer. Lamet pitches the 10th scoreless.

Jose Quijada starts the 11th with 2 hits.

Sadrac Franco gives up a walk to load the bases, then back-to-back HBP to score 2 runs.

Yerry De Los Santos then ends it with a 2-run walk-off single.

And this is a team that, 100 games into the season, is leading the AL in Bullpen ERA.

OutS|der · 01-29-2023, 10:18 AM

So you were bound to have a streak of bad luck.

mytreds · 01-29-2023, 01:10 PM

That's baseball. That's why it's so great.

jaa36 · 01-29-2023, 02:01 PM

The team tied for the most wins in baseball history managed five bullpen meltdowns en route to blowing a 12-run lead!

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-...d=200108050CLE

tejdog1 · 01-29-2023, 03:33 PM

That's one of those "I don't drink but..." games, where you question your love for the sport, and you question all your life choices that led to you rooting for your favorite team.

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And then you come back the next night at 7:10pm to do it all again!

jdw31158 · 01-29-2023, 04:29 PM

Going through the same thing right now. I bring in a reliever.....walk, walk, walk. Nobody can find the plate. Seems players with high stuff ratings are more prone to control issues.

Pelican · 01-31-2023, 03:49 PM

Regression to the mean? It usually doesn’t happen all at once.

eauhomme · 02-02-2023, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaa36

The team tied for the most wins in baseball history managed five bullpen meltdowns en route to blowing a 12-run lead!

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-...d=200108050CLE

I watched that one as it happened. It was weird--I had a feeling the meltdown was coming...

01-29-2023, 12:45 AM	#1
eauhomme Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 122	Five Bullpen Meltdowns in Three Innings In all my years of playing OOTP (since OOTP 5), I think I just had the worst group bullpen performance ever. With the score 7-4. Gregory Soto starts the 9th with two hits and a walk to load the bases. Dinelson Lamet gets the DP (scoring a run), then gives up a game-tying 2-run homer. Lamet pitches the 10th scoreless. Jose Quijada starts the 11th with 2 hits. Sadrac Franco gives up a walk to load the bases, then back-to-back HBP to score 2 runs. Yerry De Los Santos then ends it with a 2-run walk-off single. And this is a team that, 100 games into the season, is leading the AL in Bullpen ERA. Attached Images

01-29-2023, 01:10 PM	#3
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,128	That's baseball. That's why it's so great. __________________ “Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.” “Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. Lost to impatience.” “ The term ‘WAR’ should be replaced by ‘WAG’. WAR isn’t an actual measurement; it’s just a wild-ass guess” -Bill James RIP National League 1876-2022 Floreat semper vel invita morte. I make custom ballparks.

01-29-2023, 03:33 PM	#5
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,642	That's one of those "I don't drink but..." games, where you question your love for the sport, and you question all your life choices that led to you rooting for your favorite team. ... ... ... And then you come back the next night at 7:10pm to do it all again! __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade Last edited by tejdog1; 01-29-2023 at 03:34 PM.

01-31-2023, 03:49 PM	#7
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,915	Regression to the mean? It usually doesn’t happen all at once. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”

01-29-2023, 10:18 AM	#2
OutS\|der Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In A Van Down By The River Posts: 2,695 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	So you were bound to have a streak of bad luck.

01-29-2023, 02:01 PM	#4
jaa36 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,106	The team tied for the most wins in baseball history managed five bullpen meltdowns en route to blowing a 12-run lead! http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-...d=200108050CLE

01-29-2023, 04:29 PM	#6
jdw31158 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 163	Going through the same thing right now. I bring in a reliever.....walk, walk, walk. Nobody can find the plate. Seems players with high stuff ratings are more prone to control issues.