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Westheim · 06-30-2012, 05:03 PM

January 10 – The Buffaloes sign free agent Harry Beauman, who is slated to make $3.2M over four years. Beauman is .322 with 19 HR and 113 RBI over his career, but was handicapped with injuries here and there and only played in 235 games.
January 27 – The Falcons sign starter William Williams, formerly with the Knights, who is 29-24 with an 3.49 ERA for his career. Williams comes at $3.41M over five years for the Falcons.
February 4 – The Rebels ink starter Sergio Esparraguera for seven years at a $540k rate. That’s a ton of bucks for a guy who went 17-29 with an 3.64 ERA over his career with the Canadiens.
February 19 – Obviously the Rebels have surplus money to spend, signing 1B Craig Snow, age 41, to a $250k contract. Snow batted .323 in his career but he could become a defensive liability.

I was still looking for another starter, catcher, or infielder, but the few free agents that could really advance the team, were cost-prohibitive, and it was just not possible to work out a deal with another team.

With how things were, with some progress in building the team, but not the really big shot that was necessary I couldn’t help but look forward to another season around 90 losses. I was already giving in to that. Maybe the 80s would be more kind to the Raccoons? I was already over contracting the roster. Three position players had to go down, and Sanderson and Dolder were two of them. The third would have to be another outfielder, but I wasn’t sure whom to pick. It really came down to three: Robby Davis (seemingly an obvious choice), Daniel Hall, or Jose Flores? I was not sure whether Hall was fully matured, although he certainly had put up a claim to play LF this season, batting almost .286 with five dingers and 15 RBI in his September call up stint. That had come from batting #2 most of the time. In the #4 or #5 spot he would possibly do even more damage. On the other hand, the Raccoons scouting department had actually lowered his potential significantly (OSA hadn’t in their January 1 update). Davis was the fastest guy we had and the only reasonable choice for a pinch runner. He was solid in all other aspects. Flores had batted leadoff for most of the first two seasons, but his production was way down in ’78 compared to ’77. Aaaah, choices to make …!

February 22 – The Wolves come to terms with closer Stan Curtis, who has 68 career saves.

March was entirely uneventful. There were a few trade proposals, but nothing worth considering, really. This will be the first season, where I am sure the team will not play .500 ball. They will play between .410 and .440 – once again.

(I also made a mistake again with the schedule and did not remove the original file from the folder, now the game sees two that fit the league (the original and my manipulated one) and switches back to the first – so another few hours of back breaking manual number flipping for me. I’m an idiot …)

Roster and season opener to follow. At some point in the future.

06-30-2012, 05:03 PM	#36
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,761	January 10 – The Buffaloes sign free agent Harry Beauman, who is slated to make $3.2M over four years. Beauman is .322 with 19 HR and 113 RBI over his career, but was handicapped with injuries here and there and only played in 235 games. January 27 – The Falcons sign starter William Williams, formerly with the Knights, who is 29-24 with an 3.49 ERA for his career. Williams comes at $3.41M over five years for the Falcons. February 4 – The Rebels ink starter Sergio Esparraguera for seven years at a $540k rate. That’s a ton of bucks for a guy who went 17-29 with an 3.64 ERA over his career with the Canadiens. February 19 – Obviously the Rebels have surplus money to spend, signing 1B Craig Snow, age 41, to a $250k contract. Snow batted .323 in his career but he could become a defensive liability. I was still looking for another starter, catcher, or infielder, but the few free agents that could really advance the team, were cost-prohibitive, and it was just not possible to work out a deal with another team. With how things were, with some progress in building the team, but not the really big shot that was necessary I couldn’t help but look forward to another season around 90 losses. I was already giving in to that. Maybe the 80s would be more kind to the Raccoons? I was already over contracting the roster. Three position players had to go down, and Sanderson and Dolder were two of them. The third would have to be another outfielder, but I wasn’t sure whom to pick. It really came down to three: Robby Davis (seemingly an obvious choice), Daniel Hall, or Jose Flores? I was not sure whether Hall was fully matured, although he certainly had put up a claim to play LF this season, batting almost .286 with five dingers and 15 RBI in his September call up stint. That had come from batting #2 most of the time. In the #4 or #5 spot he would possibly do even more damage. On the other hand, the Raccoons scouting department had actually lowered his potential significantly (OSA hadn’t in their January 1 update). Davis was the fastest guy we had and the only reasonable choice for a pinch runner. He was solid in all other aspects. Flores had batted leadoff for most of the first two seasons, but his production was way down in ’78 compared to ’77. Aaaah, choices to make …! February 22 – The Wolves come to terms with closer Stan Curtis, who has 68 career saves. March was entirely uneventful. There were a few trade proposals, but nothing worth considering, really. This will be the first season, where I am sure the team will not play .500 ball. They will play between .410 and .440 – once again. (I also made a mistake again with the schedule and did not remove the original file from the folder, now the game sees two that fit the league (the original and my manipulated one) and switches back to the first – so another few hours of back breaking manual number flipping for me. I’m an idiot …) Roster and season opener to follow. At some point in the future.