Rodney Woodward updates us on his 2013 Master Game replay

Rodney Woodward emailed me to update us on his Master Game replay of the 2013 season.  He’s one-third finished.

First, here are the standings:

Rodney gives a great summary on his replay to this point…

I’ve finally reached the 1/3 mark in my 2013 Master Game Replay.  So far the season has been true to form, with the exception of the Rockies and the Rays.  Funny thing is when I did this replay on BBW, the Rockies won 93 games and finished a game behind LA.  As far as individual performances, the biggest surprises are Ivan Nova of the Yankees and Will Venable of SD.  The biggest disappointments so far would be Carl Crawford of LA and Mike Napoli of BOS, both hovering well below the Mendoza Line.  I play pretty much by the book minus a few tweaks.  I don’t use actual lineups.

If a player gets injured, I replace them with a card from the XC set.  The average game takes about 20 minutes, thanks largely in part to BallScore.  I know everyone has their preferences of digital scoring but I love BallScore and BallStat.  I find them very easy to use and stat recall is a breeze.

I’ve had 3 no hitters.  Jimenez, CLE, Morton, PIT and of course Kershaw, who shut down the rival Giants in his no hitter.  Asdrubal Cabrera of CLE had a 3 HR, 9 RBI game early in the season vs. the White Sox.  Freddie Freeman had the season’s longest hitting streak snapped last week at 27 games.  Kershaw was 8-0 until he got lit up in his last start.

I hope you and your readers enjoy the mini update. I’ll post a more comprehensive update after another 50 games or so have been played.  This is the furthest I’ve gone in a replay and it’s nothing but full steam ahead.  There are a lot of competitive games and they have been a blast to play.

Here are the leaderboards so far.

2013 master replay

league leaders

american             avg         national              avg

Cabrera, det         .382            cuddyer, col        .364

brantley, cle        .362            freeman, atl         .341

beltre, tex             .355            m. ellis, la              .340

american             hr           national              hr

bautista, tor        19               j. upton, atl          17

ortiz, bos                18               gattis, atl              15

dunn, chw               18               alvarez, pit            15

american             rbi          national              rbi

ortiz, bos                50               freeman, atl          50

bautista, tor        49               tulowitski, col   47

cabrera, det          46               venable, sd             45

american             w-l          national              w-l

fister, det              8-2              kershaw, la            8-1

sale, chw                 8-3              medlen, atl            8-1

scherzer, det       7-2              cashner, sd            8-3

american             era         national              era

nova, nyy                 1.55            kershaw, la            1.59

chen, bal                  2.15            fernandez, mia    1.84

fister, det              2.36            kelly, stl                 1.84

american             k’s          national              k’s

darvish, tex          111             fernandez, mia    115

sale, chw                 107             harvey, nym           107

hernandez, sea    96              hamels, phi             90

american             sv            national              sv

balfour, oak         17               kimbrel, atl          16

benoit, det              14               jansen, la                15

nathan, det            14               papelbon, phi        13

Wow, three no-hitters.  Maybe you need to keep your dice someplace other than the freezer.   And don’t think I didn’t notice the “Dbags” dig, either.

thanks, Rodney!