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actionjackson · 02-15-2017, 08:07 PM

Started this thing in 1901. On the first day of the 1942 Winter Meetings this doozy of a trade happened. Most of the trades I see are pretty ho-hum. The AI deals garbage for garbage and tries to balance everything out, and it's a bit of a yawnfest. Not this one. Just some background.

Yaz is playing like Yaz. He's coming off a 6.7 WAR season which netted him his second MVP in 3 seasons (led NL in RBI, BB, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, and WAR). In the season in between (1941), he finished second in MVP voting, so he's at the height of his powers (7-time AS, 6-time SS, 1-time GG, and the two MVPs and he's just through his age 28 season).

Miguel Tejada is coming off an age 31 season that saw him hit .296/.329/.467/.796 with 25 HR and 100 RBI and 6.6 WAR. If the game had given me ten slots for MVP voting like the writers get IRL, he would've placed 8th in AL MVP voting.

So that's two very, very good players plus a very young Justin Turner who was just taken 25th overall in the 1942 draft by the Yankees. Chief Hogsett hasn't exactly been chopped liver in my game, as he has had two 4.0+ WAR pitching seasons and is coming off a 2.6 WAR season. He has a career 111 ERA+, and looks to be headed to the bullpen as his stamina has dropped to 1 (out of 5). Art Dito's just a guy. He's actually a PCL player who I brought into the game from the old Spritze Database. He's been quite good in very, very limited action as he's managed to slash .297/.395/.426/.821 so far in just 119 PA, but he hasn't had any playing time in the last three seasons. Maybe this year?

Like I said, the AI is mostly boring with its trading, but every now and then POW!!! The fact that it's between two historic franchises is kinda cool too.

02-15-2017, 08:07 PM	#1
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,181	Absolute Blockbuster of a Trade in my 42 year old Historical Random Debut Started this thing in 1901. On the first day of the 1942 Winter Meetings this doozy of a trade happened. Most of the trades I see are pretty ho-hum. The AI deals garbage for garbage and tries to balance everything out, and it's a bit of a yawnfest. Not this one. Just some background. Yaz is playing like Yaz. He's coming off a 6.7 WAR season which netted him his second MVP in 3 seasons (led NL in RBI, BB, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, and WAR). In the season in between (1941), he finished second in MVP voting, so he's at the height of his powers (7-time AS, 6-time SS, 1-time GG, and the two MVPs and he's just through his age 28 season). Miguel Tejada is coming off an age 31 season that saw him hit .296/.329/.467/.796 with 25 HR and 100 RBI and 6.6 WAR. If the game had given me ten slots for MVP voting like the writers get IRL, he would've placed 8th in AL MVP voting. So that's two very, very good players plus a very young Justin Turner who was just taken 25th overall in the 1942 draft by the Yankees. Chief Hogsett hasn't exactly been chopped liver in my game, as he has had two 4.0+ WAR pitching seasons and is coming off a 2.6 WAR season. He has a career 111 ERA+, and looks to be headed to the bullpen as his stamina has dropped to 1 (out of 5). Art Dito's just a guy. He's actually a PCL player who I brought into the game from the old Spritze Database. He's been quite good in very, very limited action as he's managed to slash .297/.395/.426/.821 so far in just 119 PA, but he hasn't had any playing time in the last three seasons. Maybe this year? Like I said, the AI is mostly boring with its trading, but every now and then POW!!! The fact that it's between two historic franchises is kinda cool too. Attached Images Last edited by actionjackson; 02-15-2017 at 09:24 PM.