Merry Christmas!!!

I hope everyone has a great Christmas. 

The Next sim is on Wednesday the 26th of December. Follow link to post lineup, http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19840-2021-Sim-3-Lineups&p=102576#post102576

Nwuhockey's 2021 Predictions

AL EAST

 1 seed
 1 WC
 2 WC



AL CENTRAL

 2 seed





AL WEST

 3 seed




NL EAST

 1 seed
 2 WC




NL CENTRAL

 3 seed






NL WEST

 2 seed
 1 WC




Playoffs

1. WILD CARD
   
   AL: over
   NL: over
   
   DIVISIONAL ROUND
   
   AL: over
   AL: over
   NL: over
   NL: over
   
   CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
   
   AL: over
   NL: over
   
   WORLD SERIES
   
   over 4-3

Press Conference

Post a Press Conference and let Gm's ask questions about your team.
http://www.simnation.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?662-BMJ-Press-Conferences

BMJ Radio Show

http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19719-League-Radio-Show&p=101970#post101970

Cincinnati Ace leaves for Texas

CIN gets,
OF Brent Grove 81
SS Todd Hignell 86
SP Nick Miller 87,
SP Vernon Marquez 63/86
12.6Million

for

TEX gets
RP Craig York 79
RP Lucas Burns 81
SP Garrett Garrett 82
SP Andrew Brackman 91
OF Pascal Castellanos 79

Cincinnati's GM Onelessreason had this to to say about the trade " We like Miller and he will help be a solid 2/3 for a while. Brackman was an ace but we have guys to fill that slot. The other pieces are solid."

David Cone Jr Heads to St. Louis

NYM gets:
OF Manny Bahena 91, 25yo, 3.5 mil x 1 yr
STL's 4th rd draft pick


STL gets:
SP David Cone 78/87, arby '23
3B Howard Johnson Jr 67/84, arby '23
IF Wes Pebbles 75/80, arby '23

Cardinals GM Offseasonblues had this to say "Not looking like we're in contention, getting younger and cheaper."

Some Off-season Trading Blocks

http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19549-Royals-Block-(Great-Players-Available) Royals

http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19557-Seattle-Mariners Mariners

http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19517-Twins-Trade-Block Twins

http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19513-Colorado-Trade-Block Rockies

http://www.simnation.net/forums/showthread.php?19476-Mets-Block Mets

2020-2021 Compensation Eligible Players

2020-2021 Comp Eligible Players

Pitchers:

Type A:
Taylor Jungman - D-Backs
Kellen Kiernan - Redsox
Koby Water - Cubs
Rob Slavin - Reds
Wilton Lopez - Indians
Deon Carter - Rockies
Nick Barnese - Marlins
Joel Zumaya - Astros
Sergio Santos - Angels
John Axford - Mets
Zack Von Rosenberg - Pirates
Josh Lueke - Mariners
Ronald Belisario - Cardinals
Aaron Bunten - Bluejays

Tybe B:
Jason Henderson - D-Backs
Juan Delrio - D-Backs
Jair Jurrjens - Orioles
Armando Joglar - Reds
Wade Miley - Indians
Addison Reed - Royals
Drew Pomeranz - Pirates
Brandon Kintzler - Bluejays

Batters

Type A

1. Paul Goldschmidt(SAD)
2. Daric Barton(ARI)
3. Alex Avila(OAK)
4. Ryan Sweeney(STL)
5. Brett Gardner(SAD)
6. Nick Weglarz(HOU)
7. Ichiro Suzuki(NHB)
8. Okeelo Nzwakee(FLA)
9. Will Middlebrooks(BOS)
10. Troy Tulowitzki(DET)

Type B

11. Tim Allen(CLE)
12. Austin Romine(TOR)
13. James Friedhoff(CIN)
14. Starlin Castro(ANA)
15. Jonathan Singleton(FLA)

Blockbuster Trade with New Haven and Kansas City

New Haven Gets:
SP - Peter Mills - 95, (27yrs old) 10.2M

Kansas City Gets:
60M cash
1B-Miguel Estrada - 79/97 (21yrs old) 48.9k
SS-Jay Gilbert - 71/93 (20yrs old) 33.5k
SP-Jeff Crawford - 82/88 (22yrs old) 33.5k

Kansas City's new GM Black-Out had this to say "the cash gets me out of financial hell and shed 10M+ in salary. I acquire 3 great prospects to help me re-tool(not rebuild) Crawford looks like he could be ready to go this year or next at the latest."

And the Winner of the World Series is...

If you don't know already you'll know now because, the winners of the 2020 BMJ World Series are the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies beat the Reds 3-2 in the NLDS just as I predicted. In the second round they faced the team I predicted them to face the Braves but they surprised me by winning in game 6 and winning the series 4-2.

Now it's the big one the World Series, the Indians could probably have been picked as the favorite. But the Rockies would not go down without a fight as in game 1. Game one was a fantastic game as it was 1-1 going into the 11th, once there the Rockies Reese Havens single into right, next Cory Vaughn single down the left field line advancing Havens to third, Up next is the guy that could be called the hero of the game O.T. Grace. O.T. Came up to bat and on a 1-1 count hit a pop fly to left scoring Reese Havens and giving the Rockies the lead and ultimately the win. In the next game the Rockies won 6-3 in another good game. Now the Rockies had to go home to Coors Field, when there the Indians shut down the Rockies in game 3 where the Indians won 13-1. In game 4 the Rockies answered to the loss with a 4-3 win. Then the Indians fought back in Game 5 where they won 8-3. As the Indians went back home they had to be nervous considering the Rockies won the first two games at Progressive and they wondered if the 3rd would be any different.

In the 3rd inning the first run was scored by Luke Trail as he singled to Left-Center scoring Cory Vaughn. Then the next run wouldn't be scored till the 6th when the Rockies Alejandro Abanto homered scoring him and Luke Trail. In the bottom half of the inning the Indians answered back scoring 1 on a single to right.

In the bottom of the ninth and 2 outs with a man in scoring position Michael Strahan came up and he was put just as fast with 3 strikes.

Playoff Predictions 2020

Wild Card Showdown:
AL: Boston beats Baltimore

NL: Washington beats Arizona

ALDS:

BOS 2
 V.S
NHB 3

CLE 3
 V.S
LAA 1

NLDS:

ATL 3
V.S
WAS 0

COL 3
V.S
CIN 2

ALCS:

CLE 4
V.S
NHB 3

NLCS:

ATL 4
V.S
COL 1

World Series:

CLE 4
V.S
ATL 3

The Cleveland Indians win the World Series!!!

Playoff Teams

ALE:
ALC:
ALW:
ALWC: 1. 2.

NLE:
NLC:
NLW:
NLWC: 1. 2.

My Playoff Predictions will be posted tomorrow.