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
Spring check in:
It is June 1st, 2024, and here's how we're doing:
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.
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
@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
