I decided to embark on a quest to replay an entire season, managing my favorite team (the California Angels) and using the as-played lineups, rotations, schedules and transactions. Therefore, any injuries or transactions that occurred during the actual season will occur in my simulation (I’m using Digital Diamond Baseball v12.1). All teams are using the actual lineups and starting pitcher for a particular game. The computer managers and I have the flexibility to use our bench players and bullpens at our discretion, but the pitchers’ availability is limited by fatigue incurred from pitching in the days prior to the current game.
Objectives
simulate seasons using As-Played lineups, rotations, schedules and transactions as outlined above
as the manager of my team (and not the General Manager), I am not permitted to manipulate my roster (or other teams’ rosters) in any way
compile and review those results, post recap videos of the current standings and leaderboards at the end of each simulated month on the schedule, then seed the top teams in playoff rounds that mimics the postseason structure from the given season
live-stream the playoff and World Series games and upload the resulting videos to YouTube
