It’s amazing how deep into the season we are, isn’t it? With the season starting earlier and the All-Star break later, it’s bizarre that nearly 100 games after passed already. The real-life Yankees stumbled to the break. After a positive previous week, how did the virtual Yanks do? Falling to the lowly Orioles Whether it’s […]
Author: Derek Albin
OOTP Universe Yankees: Winning week clouded by injuries
Last week was another lukewarm performance for the Yankees in the parallel OOTP world. There was some excitement with the debut of Gleyber Torres, but continued mediocre play dampened some of the enthusiasm for the team’s top prospect. At least these Yankees are still in first place, though continued so-so play won’t allow that to […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Here comes Gleyber
It’s no surprise that the paths of the virtual Yankees and real-life Yankees have been pretty different. Whether it’s individual players’ performances, opponent’s records, or injuries, this was to be expected. After all, OOTP is a game, and there’s a bunch of randomness that goes into it despite it being calibrated to mimic reality. One […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Breaking Even to Stay on Top
The first place New York Yankees has a nice ring to it in real life. The same can be said in alternate universes too, such as this one in which the virtual Yankees ascended to the top at the end of last week. To get to the top of the division, the virtual Yankees took […]
The bat is real, but what about Miguel Andujar’s defense?
Since his promotion to majors, and really since he broke out in the minors last year, there hasn’t been much doubt about Miguel Andujar’s hitting ability. Sure, he could stand to draw more walks, but his high contact profile with power has compensated for a lack of free passes thus far. The downside has been his work […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Division Lead in Sight
For a few weeks, the OOTP Yanks were on a good run recovering from a so-so start to the season. Last week was a slight bump in the road, but certainly not a backbreaker this early in the schedule. Still, with a good Nationals team and the first place Rays coming to the Bronx in […]
Three(-run) cheers for Gleyber Torres
Gleyber Torres has been raining threes this in his debut season. By raining threes, I mean hitting a bunch of three-run home runs, of course. Though, considering how badly the Houston Rockets needed a three in game seven of the Western Conference finals, maybe they should have given Gleyber a call. Terrible joke aside, nobody else […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Stumbling through the week
Not every week can go as swimmingly as the previous one did, I guess. Just as the virtual Yankees got on track, things took a turn in this week’s catch up with the OOTP universe Yankees. The draft Before getting into game action, the virtual league stocked up on amateur ballplayers just like in real […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Wins Aplenty
Last week, the parallel universe Yankees began to right the ship. Perhaps I was getting ahead of myself with that headline, but the team had started playing a little better even before my last post. This week, the team confirmed that it’s on the right track, with two strong series against the Astros and the […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Righting the ship
After a slow start to the season, it looks like the alternate universe Yankees are starting to find their way. In the previous abbreviated week, the Yankees won two of three. This week, the team’s winning ways continued and an injured player returned. On to the recaps: Messing with Texas If there’s any team to […]