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
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 :)
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.
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.
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.