Julia (bullshit bloop hitter shortstop with insane baserunning skills, #77) and me (DH that doesn't strike out and hammers the ball hard, #7) batting back to back is going to be an unending nightmare for opponents of The Jellies
THE JELLIES:
KC: Super-Utilityman capable of playing any position but catcher
Apollo: Lefty fireballer with 101 mph heat and a nasty 4-seam
Jacob: Balanced, contact-first third baseman with underlying game power
Julia: Slap hitting prodigy shortstop, demon on the basepaths
Nico: Defensive wizard in center with + power and a good eye for the zone
Vally: All around excellent hitter, good enough to make up for dreadful defense
Ruby: (Shaking and sopping) a submariner knuckleballer starter
THE SHRIKES:
Celeste: Middle infield defensive wizard with + contact and a good eye for the strike zone
Trionfo: First baseman who steals bases and doesnt strike out
Kate: The nastiest knuckleballer in the game, only 1 plus pitch but boy is it a bitch
Riley: Mmmm homers
Serket: Lefty power pitcher with about a dozen tricks in the bag
Eva: CATCHER GENIUS
EXPOS (NOT THE SAINTS)
Jackie: Excellent defense backed up by an all around excellent bat
Jordyn: Bad defense, but some of the best raw power of this crop of prospects.
Alright! Full set of players (so far, anyone can tag in whenever.) Height is irrelevant, it's randomly selected and i was too lazy to manually change it. Skills are graded on the traditional baseball 20 to 80 scale, you're all 80 grade prospects, but still developing. The AI of some of your teams has selected to drag you up to the majors immediately, but that may not hold. I'll track the development of all players, milestones and major moments, while trying to win with my Moon Jellies :)
The season is starting! Here's a full list of players, and where they're at at the beginning of the 2023 season. it looks like Kate, Jackie, and Vriska are the only players to begin on the 26 man roster of a major league team, though I'm sure that's soon to change
The Moon Jellies somehow sneak a series sweep against the poor Mariners to start the season with a 4-2 record
The Wretched Moon Jellies begin the season 9 - 20, but that's okay, because all of you, in my minor league system, are powering up like Goku
Unfortunately, the Shrikes' Riley Raines may see significant time on the IL following a freak injury
BIG LEAGUE DEBUT: Jellies call up star shortstop prospect Julia Norza, playing in her first game for the Jellies in a 5 - 6 loss against the seattle mariners, playing shortstop and batting 1st in the order. She records her first hit- a single off Luis Castillo, and her first extra base hit, a double off Andres Munoz, but the Jellyfish fail to capitalize
Prospect progress check in: as of June 1st 2023, 5 Shrikes have made it to the bigs. Jackie has been an everyday player for the Expos since the beginning of the season, racking up 1.2 WAR in just 230 PAs. Julia played one game, Vriska has 1.1 WAR pitching at a 4.28 ERA, Riley is injured, and Kate is struggling, but has the pedigree to put it all together with that terrifying knuckleball.
The Moon Jellies are 16 - 44 🔥 🔥 🔥
The Shrikes are 33 - 33
Double debut! On July 1st up against the new York Yankees, due to injuries and trades, 2 star jellyfish prospects, bat first offensive house Valerie Serac and super utilityman KC And Ginseng, both make their debut, playing Left Field and 2nd base respectively. It was a 7 - 3 loss, but Valerie notched his first career hit with a single off Gerrit Cole. KC unfortunately did not, with 4 strikeouts on the day.
To fill injurty gaps, starting pitcher Apollo Delphi has been called up :) In their debut versus the Oakland A's, they gave up 9 runs in the first (Im so fucking sorry) and were taken out of the game with only 2 outs recorded, carrying an ERA of 121.50. Again. Im so sorry
Ruby makes its debut! In spite of all expectation, the 18 year old knuckleballer handles its first big league start with white knuckled intensity. SEVEN innings pitched, and only 2 earned runs for its first big league win
Last check in of the night! It's August 1st, 2023.there are now NINE players in the majors, all doing decently well
MID SEASON MAJOR LEAGUER STATLINE CHECK IN:
Julia: 62 Games Started / 1.9 Wins Above Replacement, .261 Avg / .332 OBP / .331 SLG, On Base Plus Slugging .643, OPS+ 77
Jackie: 104 GS, 1.9 WAR, .267/.317/.359, .675 OPS, 91 OPS+
Valerie: 34 GS, 0.7 WAR, .311/.396/.443 .838 OPS, 128 OPS+
KC: 34 GS, -0.9 WAR (sorry), .185/.232/.246, .478 OPS, 31 OPS+
Apollo: 11 Innings Pitched, 12.27 Earned Run Average, 35 ERA+, 9 StriKeout/9
Ruby: 20.1 IP, 0.8 WAR, 2.66 ERA, ERA+ 160, 8.4 K/9
A quick explanation of basic stats:
Wins Above Replacement is the primary metric for Value in baseball, measuring how many Wins a player is worth vs an average bad player (replacement). 2 for a full season is average, 3 good, 4/5 great, 6 elite, and so on.
Average is how often you get A Hit. .300 is 3/10ths of the time, and is good .200 is 1/5th, and is bad. We call that the Mendoza Line. Look it up
OBP is how often you Get On Base, including walks. .400 is elite, .300 is below average
Slugging is how hard you hit it when you do get on base via a hit. .500 is Good, .600 is Great.
OPS is On Base Plus Slugging, which is literally OBP + SLG. .600 is bad, .700 is average, .800 is Good, .900 is Great, 1.00 and up is spectacular.
OPS+ is your OPS normalized around a league average, which is 100. A 130 OPS is 30% better than average, etc.
ERA is Earned Run Average, it's how many Earned Runs (runs that are your fault) you allow per 9 innings
Another stat ill use, and prefer, for pitchers is FIP, or Fielder Independent Pitching. While ERA measures how many earned runs you gave up, FIP measures how many you Should have, or how well you did in general. Say through 6 innings of pitching, you walk 3 batters every inning, but somehow, some way, manage not to score any of them. In that case, your ERA would be great, but your FIP terrible. Also imagine you go 6, and give up 2 bullshit unlucky singles a inning, and allow 6 runs. The reverse.
So which would you rather have? The guy who strikes people out, or the guy who walks a ton, but gets really lucky on defense. FIP tells us how good a pitcher Should be, ERA tells us, theoretically, how good they Were over a full season. FIP is better at measuring future success for this reason
Call up day! Following roster expansion, the Jellies have called up stellar center field defender-prospect Nico Perrito. He went hitless through 7, but finally managed to break through in game 8 with a 2 run single. Welcome to the bigs!
In other news, as of September 7th, the Jellies have been eliminated from playoff contention. Hurray!
REGULAR SEASON OVER. Here's how things stand (worry not, players develop at different speeds, but we All have the same potential here.. one day soon, maybe all of you will be as good as Julia
TOP SHRIKES:
1: Julia Norza (Moon Jellies) 3,5 WAR, 383 Plate Appearances, .288/.345/.350, 695 OPS, 89 OPS+ and GREAT defense. 33 stolen bases.
2: Serket (Shrikes) : 2.5 WAR,163 IP, 4.42 ERA, 96 ERA+, 4.03 FIP, 8.3 K/9
3: Jackie (Expos): 2.4 WAR, 643 PA, .270/.305/.362 677 OPS, 90 OPS+. 50 SB
4: Valerie (Jellies): 0.8 WAR, 239 PAs, .299/.372/.416, .788 OPS, 133 OPS+. TWO stolen bases
2023 playoffs! The New York Meta defeat The Anaheim Angels of Disney Land because God is Good and loves us!
Alright offseason time. The major awards go to:
AL MVP: Aaron Judge
NL MVP: Freddie Freeman
AL Cy Young: Carlos Rodon
NL Cy Young: Corbin Burnes
AL Rookie of the Year: Gunnar Henderson
NL Rookie of the Year: Ezequiel Tovar
Gold Gloves (of Shrikes): JULIA
Silver Sluggers (of Shrikes): Nobody
Projected 2024 Moon Jellies lineup and rotation!
Final update for the night! How the Shrikes are looking after spring training, on the eve of the 2024 season
Opening day! The Salish Sea opening day starter is going to be Apollo Delphi, following a strong spring training. Ruby has been assigned to AAA, with the hopes of refinement on some control issues.
On the position side, 80 grade 3B prospect Jacob Earhart has made the roster, and will be starting in that position after a big spring training. Furhter wait fuck me in the ass, Paul Skenes is a fucking two way player? My draft pick is a - hes a two way player? I got him as a pitcher but he can bat decently what the fuck
HES A PITCHER-CATCHER? HELLO? I. HE. HE HAS DECENT BATTING POTENTIAL? I DRAFTED WHITE SHOHEI OHTANI? FUCKING SEAMUS O'TANNERY?
ANYWAYS. Opening day lineup versus the Yankees and lefty Carlos Rodon
Paul Skenes is a real college player if you didn't know, he'll be drafted this year probably 1st or 2nd. We have another potential two way player on our hands that's awesome
#JELLYFORLIFE Salish Sea has made a splash in the news today with the announcement of a 10 year, 195 MILLION dollar contract for their budding DH, Valerie Serac. A Surprising first pick for an extension among the team's veritable aquarium of young talent, MLB sources say it "makes sense" because "he just rakes."
#BACKTOBACK Just a day later, sources confirm Salish Sea has inked ANOTHER contract with a young star, offering annoying fucking talented Shortstop Julia Norza a 10 year, 220 million contract with MVP incentives
Realizing now that by making my guy a pure skill hitter DH that cant play the field well and doesnt actually hit that many homers but hits a fuck ton of singles and doubles and draws so many walks, ive recreated Edgar Martinez from first principles
MID SEASON UPDATE:
It is July 15th, 2024 and the all star break has started! Here's how everyone looks:
The first and only shrike to make the All-Star game is Julia Norza. Serac came close, withing 100K fan votes, but just didnt slice it.
And some stats! By WAR, the best Shrikes are currently:
Julia Norza (Jellies) : 5.0 WAR (INSANE), 400 PAs, .332/.378/.404, .782 OPS, 112 OPS+
Jackie Clam (Expos) : 3.2 WAR, 392 PAs, .278/.341/.368, .709 OPS, 99 OPS+
Valerie Serac (Jellies) : 2.0 WAR, 341 PAs, .318/.399/.463, 862 OPS, 132 OPS+
Called up post-roster expansion for his first big league appearance, Paul Henderson hit a pinch hit homer off George Kirby of the Seattle Mariners for his first ever big league hit
2024 REGULAR SEASON OVER: Moon Jellies clinch the AL West title with a 97-56, and advance to the postseason for the first time in franchise history! More on that later.
Heres the player situation! Valerie Serac wins the batting title, with a batting average of *.355* on the season
TOP SHRIKES:
1: Julia (Moon Jellies) **7.7** WAR, 617 Plate Appearances, .311/.369/.378, 747 OPS, 103 OPS+
2. Valerie (Jellies) 6.2 WAR, 624 PAs .355/.438/.552, .990 OPS, 166 OPS+
(I think the WAR gap between Julia and me should illustrate how WAR works btw)
3: Jackie (Expos): 3.6 WAR, 461 PAs (injury), .276/.340/.370, .710 OPS, 99 OPS+
4: Riley (Shrikes) 2.4 WAR, 639 PAs, .286/.341/.491, 832 OPS, 127 OPS+
Apollo Delphi starts in their first ever playoff game, facing off against Pablo Lopez and The Twins
and we're here in BEAUTIFUL EELGRASS FIELD to get this game started!
OKAY. GOING TO TRY THIS PLAYOFF GAME A *THIRD* TIME HOPING IT DOESNT CRASH
Correa gets the game started with a 2 run bomb off Jellies ace starter Apollo Delphi but claw one back at the bottom of the 4th with an rbi single off the bat of Nico Perrito followed by a Josh Lowe GRAND SLAM to take a commanding lead. Delphi gives up another to Correa, but settles down and manages 6 innings with only 3 runs. Ruby holds down the next two, closed out by Liam Hendrix, and the Jellies have their first ever postseason win!
Game 2 of the ALDS!
Skenes and Twins starter Joe Ryan each blank the other team through 6 innings, followed by 2 more blank innings from Ruby Tartakovsky and a bevy of Twins relievers. It all comes down to the bottom of the 9th, twins closer Jhoan Duran facing Dominic Smith, KC, And Jacob Earhart. Dom lines out to the 2nd baseman, KC to the shortstop, Earhart strikes out. To Extras! Bryan Abreu sits down the Twins in order, bringing up Nico Perrito, Paul Skenes, and Norza to face Duran
Nico gets things started with a walk, erased by Skenes grounding to the shortstop for a routine double play, followed by Julia softly grounding to the pitcher. To the 11th inning! Abreu strikes out one, but allows a 2 run homer, putting the jellies on the ropes, and Karinchak, that motherfucker, buries it, allowing 2 more runs off a Buxton bomb. Next 3 jellies are retired in order, and the series is tied, 1-1
ALDS GAME 3:
The Jellies come to Minnesota and bat around Twins closer Jhoan Duran, taking a solid victory and putting them within one win of advancing to the AL Championship Series
ALDS GAME 4:
Jellies starter Reid Detmers blows it. Bad game. The series heads back to the Salish Sea for the series finale, with ace pitcher Apollo Delphi once more on the bump and the Jellies playoff hopes and dreams on the line
ALDS GAME 5, WHOLE SEASON ON THE LINE
Julia gets us started with a leadoff double, scored EASILY by a double from Valerie, hooked into right field. Masataka Yoshida bangs a THIRD double off the wall to score Serac, and the Jellies take a 2 - 0 lead at the bottom of the 1st. On the pitching side, Delphi carries a no-hitter into the 6th inning, broken up by a Kepler single, but manages to sit down the next few. Ruby comes in a the top of the 7th to try to keep the Jellies safe and sound.
Ruby works 2 clean innings in spite of no further noise from the jellyfish bats, and it heads to the 9th, all resting on 3 outs from Liam Hendriks. He walks one, strikes out Gallo, forces Miranda to pop out, and strikes out Royce Lewis to win it! The Jellies move on the championship series!
ALCS VERSUS THE RED SOX
GAME ONE (TWELVE FUCKING INNINGS)
SOX: 2
JELLIES: 3
Player of the Game: JOSH LOWE FOR ENDING THIS NIGHTMARE WITH A WALKOFF DOUBLE
A 2nd inning solo bomb to Byron Buxton gets things started, giving the Twins a 1-0 lead, followed by a Vogelbach double, but Delphi calms down and sits the side with 3 straight strikeouts. With 2 on, Buxton comes up AGAIN at the top of the 3rd with a 1 run single, followed by a bases clearing Vogey single. 4-0 Twins. Valerie walks and is driven in by a sac fly from KC but the Jellies are still down big. After throwing 104 pitches, Delphi sits down after 5 innings, 4 earned runs
Well my computer crashed in the middle of a Yasmani Grandal swing so ignore this for now I guess
I'm just glad I successfully made myself Edgar Martinez 2
RUN IT BACK: PLAYOFFS 2
NOPE. IT CRASHED AGAIN. AWESOME
@abraxas I AM A BASEBALL GOD
@agonist it's so funny bc at a 100 OPS+ you have a definitional league average bat and at 166 OPS+ I have a 66% better than anyone else in baseball, too 5 hitter bat, but it doesn't matter, because you play Shortstop so fucking good,
@agonist you play shortstop so good you might just win MVP which is so insane
@abraxas who's smiling now jackass. fuck you. get donged.
@paulsrockinmastadon I hope George Kirby doesnt walk anyone on your team for the next 20 years he plays with the mariners
@abraxas george kirby at 45 with an unheard of zero walks against the houston astros over 20 years of play:
@paulsrockinmastadon 45 year old 160 fWAR George Kirby's face when he has an unprecedented .1% career walk rate
@vriskazone you're only 19 you'll be fine in the long term
June was a big breakout for two Jellies! Valerie Serac takes the American League batter of the month award, with a .459 batting average for the month, going from a flat 100 OPS+ to 137 in just 15 games. AND Apollo Delphi wins the AL PITCHER of the month award, carrying a 1.29 ERA through 6 starts in June.