World Series of Arizona Diamondbacks: 2018 @ 1999

The 1999 Diamondbacks, owners of the best regular season record in franchise history (100-62) will take on the underachieving 2018 team (82-80) in the Championship Game of this Simulated Tournament.

Randy Johnson pitched in the semi-final game for 1999 and is not available to start. Buck Showalter will put the ball in the capable hands of Omar Daal once again. I don’t think this sim will allow Randy to be used out of the bullpen, so no game 7 like heroics likely for the big unit.

For my last little stat dive for this series, let’s take a look at where the team ranks in some basic areas over the past 21 seasons:

The team ranks right in the middle of the pack of MLB in terms of Win %, and Runs/Run Differential.