Every fall after the World Series ends, the top minds from around SB Nation’s MLB baseball sites participate in an offseason simulation. Run by our very own Max Rieper, the annual SB Nation Offseason Simulation throws each team’s general manager into a Slack channel where 30 of us furiously type away messages and search obscure players’ names on Fangraphs.
What makes this simulation special is that real humans operate every part of it in real time. The 30 general managers are trying to improve their teams by trading with other general managers who are, in turn, trying to improve their team, and all this while Max negotiates free agent deals on behalf of the players to replicate the whole thing.