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ThatsMyBoye: Nov 21, 2006; I wish that I believed in fate
I wish I didn't sleep so late
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders

He probably won't be QUITE the hitter Egan is (and who else in the entire GAME can say that?), but he'll certainly play a more premium position, so there's value in that.

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:11

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 07:45

gyroball: Jul 29, 2003; Fortunately, the people found a mighty Rosenthal, called Trevor.

Yeah obviously he won't hit as well as Egan but even if he falls short of being a shortstop because the team that drafts him has a lovely fielding coach, he'll still play 162 games of drat good CF/3b defense with good baserunning to top it all off.

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:13

Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

Yeah worst case scenario he's a perennial MVP candidate Gold Glove third baseman.

Think I'm gonna offer Milwaukee his pick of any three of my guys at rollover, but I probably don't have enough to get it done :v:

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:16

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

If Milwaukee even sees him.

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:21

Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

He's got 16 in college. I'd send in a ticket if I didn't see that guy at 16.

And I don't know what Cincinnati is on about this draft being bad. Looks fairly deep to me.

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:25

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

gyro was at 14 the year he didn't see Glen Little with the first overall pick. It wouldn't surprise me.

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:29

gyroball: Jul 29, 2003; Fortunately, the people found a mighty Rosenthal, called Trevor.

AlleyViper posted:

gyro was at 14 the year he didn't see Glen Little with the first overall pick. It wouldn't surprise me.

I still get mad about that

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:40

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

gyroball posted:

I still get mad about that

I don't

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:44

gyroball: Jul 29, 2003; Fortunately, the people found a mighty Rosenthal, called Trevor.

jeffersonlives posted:

I don't

Not surprising, if I see Little arguably you don't have him or Egan right now (though god knows how else other things would have unfolded)

# ? Feb 9, 2012 21:47

ThatsMyBoye: Nov 21, 2006; I wish that I believed in fate
I wish I didn't sleep so late
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders

Had a couple players finish 1-2 in MVP voting in another world, separated by one vote. Who would you vote for?

1B Virgil Lewis
159 games, 588 AB, .318/.387/.607, 43 HR, 148 RBI, 80 XBH, 61 BB, 41 K, 2 E, +0/-6 on D

2B Taylor Turner
156 games, 632 AB, .313/.383/.560, 27 HR, 130 RBI, 89 XBH, 71 BB, 51 K, 9 E, +0/-8 on D

# ? Feb 12, 2012 00:36

Power of Pecota: Aug 4, 2007; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

To me, Taylor Turner wins it pretty handily between positional adjustment and more plate appearances.

# ? Feb 12, 2012 01:12

Nerokerubina: Jun 7, 2007; I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

Turner in a loving landslide yes B-B-B-BUT DINGERS

# ? Feb 12, 2012 02:10

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

The way some teams handle their minor leagues blows my mind

L61

# ? Feb 12, 2012 21:31

Scrotos: Sep 8, 2003

Seems like my minors from Ruth, if you have zeroed out all scouting/development/coaching for the minors whats the point in caring and wasting 2m on it?

# ? Feb 12, 2012 21:48

Ivan Drago: Jan 17, 2003

AlleyViper posted:

L61

L120

# ? Feb 12, 2012 22:24

saffi faildotter: Mar 2, 2007

The thing that bothers me the most about that is the lower case team name

# ? Feb 13, 2012 01:11

Power of Pecota: Aug 4, 2007; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

Ivan Drago posted:

L120

Was it L158 for nasboat's progressive league team?

# ? Feb 13, 2012 01:19

gardenald: Jul 23, 2007; In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.

Power of Pecota posted:

Was it L158 for nasboat's progressive league team?

IIRC he went 2-160 (both wins came against my team)

# ? Feb 13, 2012 19:57

Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

I'm picking in the supplemental so I get no comp D if I gently caress up. When a guy is asking to be picked in the first does the supplemental round count?

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:26

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

Depends, but that guy is worth risking it anyway

# ? Feb 14, 2012 01:36

CanadianJericholeaf: Jun 9, 2004; by Lowtax

Made the playoffs in Alexander with Salem, if any of the 15 former owners care.

# ? Feb 18, 2012 06:42

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

This IFA just signed in Hometown for 21m. This is a world where they had to cap prospect budgets at 30m because of rampant IFA spending.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 18:05

Devo: Jul 9, 2001; Caught Cubs Posting

God damnit as if I don't have enough problems to deal with on Madison's team.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 18:21

Nerokerubina: Jun 7, 2007; I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

This loving wild card.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 18:26

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

And to think you were about to give up on your season a few weeks ago!

# ? Feb 19, 2012 18:29

Nerokerubina: Jun 7, 2007; I think swords are neat. Do you think swords are neat?!

AlleyViper posted:

And to think you were about to give up on your season a few weeks ago!

I did give up on my season i traded half my starting pitching for a young guy at a position I already have. Not my fault that actually lead to winning!

# ? Feb 19, 2012 18:50

saffi faildotter: Mar 2, 2007

AlleyViper posted:

This IFA just signed in Hometown for 21m. This is a world where they had to cap prospect budgets at 30m because of rampant IFA spending.

100 velocity with a 100 fastball :swoon:

# ? Feb 19, 2012 19:55

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Just had two separate OL seasons end, anyone in for a goon rush, chime in.

# ? Feb 22, 2012 01:28

ArtVandelay: Jul 13, 2004

AlleyViper posted:

Just had two separate OL seasons end, anyone in for a goon rush, chime in.

I'd be in sometime this weekend.

# ? Feb 22, 2012 01:42

Zamboni Jesus: Jul 3, 2007; We don't really care about what that bug-eyed fat walrus has to say

i have a team built that i've been waiting to use

# ? Feb 22, 2012 02:44

gardenald: Jul 23, 2007; In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.

AlleyViper posted:

Just had two separate OL seasons end, anyone in for a goon rush, chime in.

I'd be up for one

# ? Feb 22, 2012 03:21

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

In other news, here's a neat league

# ? Feb 22, 2012 04:11

AlleyViper: Sep 15, 2007; Oh, there's plenty of other balls in the sea. Plus, you're not very talented.

Time for another round of "AV Complains About HBD Sparky" and while it is partly me venting whenever I bring him up, I am honestly trying to better understand how the sim works, so if anyone can enlighten me here I'm all ears.

The game in question. My starter, Vic Molina, goes 7 shutout innings, gives up 3 hits and 2 walks on 97 pitches. He's cruising. He gets pulled at the beginning of the 8th for one of my setup men, even though his TPC/MPC is 100/120. It's AL so there was no pinch hitter. On top of that, the reliever who is put in is a lefty and the next three batters are righties. You're starter is averaging less than 14 pitches per inning, you have a 23 pitch cushion to work with, you've got a string of righties coming up...why would Sparky pull him there? Why?

I'm sending in a ticket on this one because I can't find any reasoning for this at all. I need to have this explained to me because it makes no sense.

# ? Feb 23, 2012 18:06

Bob Shabazz: Oct 21, 2008; At 12:17 a.m. MU police spotted Mauk, 19, run a stop sign while driving his scooter east on Kentucky Boulevard - with two female passengers on board.

This is so far the most fun team I've ever had.

Leading the league in wins, runs allowed, errors, + plays, third in runs scored. The inevitable regression will be sad but man this owns.

# ? Feb 24, 2012 20:09

gardenald: Jul 23, 2007; In the end, it comes down to throwing one pitch after another, and seeing what happens. With each new consequence, the game begins to take shape.

Bob Shabazz posted:

This is so far the most fun team I've ever had.

Leading the league in wins, runs allowed, errors, + plays, third in runs scored. The inevitable regression will be sad but man this owns.

A Dave Kingman with only 2 hr in 90 at bats, a shameful Kingman

# ? Feb 25, 2012 02:16

ThatsMyBoye: Nov 21, 2006; I wish that I believed in fate
I wish I didn't sleep so late
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders

Ok friends, enlisting your consultation. In GW1, we're just before ST, and I got a big offer for Virgil Lewis, the guy I always talk about. The offer goes so:

Virgil Lewis - 24-year-old 1B. Recently signed to a 5/$35M contract that bought out 2 free agent years. Multiple MVP top 5s. Contact and power. Defense not so much, even at 1B.

I'd give him up for:

Vern Ryal - 26-year-old position-less bat. Contact lacking but good power. Performance history shaky. Two more arb years of control.

Yoo-Nah Martin - 23-year-old SP. Control a little iffy, good splits and decent pitches. Has no ML service time, so 6 years of control.

Hank Haynes - 32-year-old 1B/DH that would immediately fill in for Lewis. D is a bit better, bat ratings on the whole are a bit down from Lewis but above 80 where it matters. Signed for $5.3M, $5.3M and $6.5M over three seasons.

Thoughts?

# ? Feb 25, 2012 19:08

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

I wouldn't even seriously consider that, but IIRC Iowa City has a bunch of bigger fish you might be able to get.

# ? Feb 25, 2012 19:12

ThatsMyBoye: Nov 21, 2006; I wish that I believed in fate
I wish I didn't sleep so late
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders

jeffersonlives posted:

I wouldn't even seriously consider that, but IIRC Iowa City has a bunch of bigger fish you might be able to get.

What am I missing? I love Lewis, but I replace a good chunk of his offense immediately, plus upgrade my pitching, and none are rentals.

# ? Feb 25, 2012 19:15

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

ThatsMyBoye posted:

What am I missing? I love Lewis, but I replace a good chunk of his offense immediately, plus upgrade my pitching, and none are rentals.

Lewis is the best commodity in the trade by a mile. Ryal is a league average 3B and that production is not hard to get at all, Martin is a 3/4 type starter, and Haynes is older than Lewis, worse, and already declining.

GW1 also has a higher than average talent level, so the value of the superstars goes up because the average guys are easier to acquire.

If I offered that trade in Dimaggio it would be vetoed.

# ? Feb 25, 2012 19:17

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 07:45

oldfan: Jul 22, 2007; "Mathewson pitched against Cincinnati yesterday. Another way of putting it is that Cincinnati lost a game of baseball."

I took a look at Iowa City's roster and my old GW spreadsheets and basically if you're making a deal with him for Lewis you need to get back Bocachica, Rosado, or Kennedy as the centerpiece, and preferably also get Rafael Aquino who is his High-A stud pitching prospect. The Ryal/Martin class should be the extra third piece of a three piece deal, not the important stuff, and I think you can get a Hank Haynes type guy for really cheap to begin with.

# ? Feb 25, 2012 19:26

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