On Saturday, I introduced my suggestion for a community time-waster during the lockout: Baseball Mogul 2018. Baseball Mogul is a baseball franchise simulator. Since it’s a few versions old, the 2018 version is free, which makes it ideal for what we’re doing here. Anyone with a computer can play along.
I plan to start with the 2000 season and run the Cardinals the way that I, not Walt Jocketty or John Mozeliak would – applying modern analytics to a roster built a quarter-century ago. I probably won’t be able to replicate the actual success of the 2000s era (simulations tend to even out highs and lows) but I can have fun trying!