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+

😬

LIKE FLIES

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+

2024 PLAYOFFS

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!

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

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