2024- Reno Bashers

LF OOTP · 03-11-2025, 10:25 AM

I'm skipping OOTP26, so I figured I would start another OOTP25 long-term playthrough with an expansion team. The Reno Bashers are going to be joining the AL West, and the Jacksonville Herons will be joining the NL East. Each existing MLB team will be allowed to protect 40 players for the expansion draft, and the new teams will not be drafting 1st and 2nd, just to make things a little harder in the building of the dynasty.

LF OOTP · 03-11-2025, 10:41 AM

Before the Expansion Draft gets underway, I wanted to make some offers to some free agents to make our team less awful. I have done this type of expansion draft before, so I know how little talent is available. I want to bring in a bunch of starting pitchers to sure up our rotation, and a bunch of position players as well. I can fix up a bullpen through the expansion draft and mid-season acquisitions, but the rest of the team isn't going to be good enough from just the Expansion Draft. The key players who were offered contracts were Brandon Belt, Trey Mancini, Elvis Andrus, Austin Meadows, and Jorge Alfaro.

LF OOTP · 03-11-2025, 11:09 AM

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1741709164
Here is the pitching staff for opening day. Roansy takes the ball for opening day, followed by Weathers, Crismatt, McKay, and Avila. Our big bullpen arms are Pierce Johnson, Kody Funderburk, and Peter Strzelecki.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1741709164
And our lineups. Neither Belt, nor Meadows signed for us. They both went to other MLB teams. Honestly, I'm expecting us to be the worst offensive team in baseball by a large stretch.

LF OOTP · 03-11-2025, 11:16 AM

Transactions

We claimed Kevin Kiermaier, Omar Narvaez, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Record

We went 6-6 in the month of March.

Stats

Our best players were Esteban Quiroz, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and Elvis Andrus. Our best pitchers are Cody Morris, Ryan Weathers, Garrett Cleavinger, and Cionel Perez.

LF OOTP · 03-11-2025, 11:37 AM

Transactions

We traded Minor League depth Seth Blair and Meibrys Viloria to the Oakland Athletics for SP Ross Stripling (and his contract, more importantly) and 4 minor league pitchers. The best of them being Micah Dallas and Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang. We traded Pierce Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, and Chad Pinder for a bunch of prospects from the Yankees. The pick of the bunch are 1B/C Engelth Urena, SP Will Warren, and C Anthony Seigler. We claimed 23-year-old SP Carson Palmquist from the Cubs, and RP Seranthony Dominguez from the Phillies.

Record

The team went 11-16 in April, and have an overall record of 17-22.

Stats

03-11-2025, 10:25 AM	#1
LF OOTP Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 16	2024- Reno Bashers I'm skipping OOTP26, so I figured I would start another OOTP25 long-term playthrough with an expansion team. The Reno Bashers are going to be joining the AL West, and the Jacksonville Herons will be joining the NL East. Each existing MLB team will be allowed to protect 40 players for the expansion draft, and the new teams will not be drafting 1st and 2nd, just to make things a little harder in the building of the dynasty.

03-11-2025, 10:41 AM	#2
LF OOTP Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 16	Pre-Expansion Draft Free Agent Offers Before the Expansion Draft gets underway, I wanted to make some offers to some free agents to make our team less awful. I have done this type of expansion draft before, so I know how little talent is available. I want to bring in a bunch of starting pitchers to sure up our rotation, and a bunch of position players as well. I can fix up a bullpen through the expansion draft and mid-season acquisitions, but the rest of the team isn't going to be good enough from just the Expansion Draft. The key players who were offered contracts were Brandon Belt, Trey Mancini, Elvis Andrus, Austin Meadows, and Jorge Alfaro.

03-11-2025, 11:09 AM	#3
LF OOTP Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 16	Opening Day Roster https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1741709164 Here is the pitching staff for opening day. Roansy takes the ball for opening day, followed by Weathers, Crismatt, McKay, and Avila. Our big bullpen arms are Pierce Johnson, Kody Funderburk, and Peter Strzelecki. https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1741709164 And our lineups. Neither Belt, nor Meadows signed for us. They both went to other MLB teams. Honestly, I'm expecting us to be the worst offensive team in baseball by a large stretch. Attached Images

03-11-2025, 11:16 AM	#4
LF OOTP Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 16	March 2024 Recap Transactions We claimed Kevin Kiermaier, Omar Narvaez, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Record We went 6-6 in the month of March. Stats Our best players were Esteban Quiroz, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and Elvis Andrus. Our best pitchers are Cody Morris, Ryan Weathers, Garrett Cleavinger, and Cionel Perez. Attached Images

03-11-2025, 11:37 AM	#5
LF OOTP Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 16	April 2024 Recap Transactions We traded Minor League depth Seth Blair and Meibrys Viloria to the Oakland Athletics for SP Ross Stripling (and his contract, more importantly) and 4 minor league pitchers. The best of them being Micah Dallas and Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang. We traded Pierce Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, and Chad Pinder for a bunch of prospects from the Yankees. The pick of the bunch are 1B/C Engelth Urena, SP Will Warren, and C Anthony Seigler. We claimed 23-year-old SP Carson Palmquist from the Cubs, and RP Seranthony Dominguez from the Phillies. Record The team went 11-16 in April, and have an overall record of 17-22. Stats Attached Images