My ace is better than yours - Page 2

magicspeedo · 05-13-2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sam_15

Two questions:

1) Did you draft him at that potential, or did he overachieve?

2) How'd you develop a guy like that? I have a couple of pitchers that can hit, or vice versa (none as good as yours, of course) and I'm not sure how to develop them so they can reach solid potential at both pitching and hitting.

I did not draft him. I have to trade for prospects because I usually have the last pick in the first round. He was however the first pick of his draft because he always showed that kind of potential. He was someone I wanted from the first time I saw him though...I mean, who wouldn't want him?

To develop him I let him sit in the minors and only brought him up for bullpen work in September for a few seasons. Once he got to 2 stars out of 5 I put him in my rotation and he jumped to 5/5 stars in one season.

Raz Algool · 05-29-2013, 09:34 PM

I think this guy takes the prize. 540+ wins as a starter, 5600 K's. Anybody beat that?

Steve Kuffrey · 05-29-2013, 10:16 PM

Whoa!!!!!

Raz Algool · 05-30-2013, 11:12 PM

This guy Cates came up as an 18 yr old with 20-18-18 ratings. I tried to get him by trade with no luck and waited 6 yrs for him to go FA, but lost a bidding war with the Dodgers ($35M per). For some reason I can't fathom, after 4 yrs with LA, at age 28 - arguably in his prime, still with 20-18-18 stuff- he settles for something like $15M as an extension, and I got him in a trade for 4 players. He pitched 13 yrs for my team, went 30-1 in one season and never won less than 20 in any year. Never spent any time on the DL either! I let him go at age 42 even though he was still a 4-star rating at 11-15-17. He signed for $16M per yr for his last 3 seasons and still won an extra 40+ games before hanging them up. Got to be the best all-time iOOTP starter - I would love to know if anyone has seen or had a guy with better stats.

05-29-2013, 09:34 PM	#22
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05-30-2013, 11:12 PM	#24
Raz Algool Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 37	This guy Cates came up as an 18 yr old with 20-18-18 ratings. I tried to get him by trade with no luck and waited 6 yrs for him to go FA, but lost a bidding war with the Dodgers ($35M per). For some reason I can't fathom, after 4 yrs with LA, at age 28 - arguably in his prime, still with 20-18-18 stuff- he settles for something like $15M as an extension, and I got him in a trade for 4 players. He pitched 13 yrs for my team, went 30-1 in one season and never won less than 20 in any year. Never spent any time on the DL either! I let him go at age 42 even though he was still a 4-star rating at 11-15-17. He signed for $16M per yr for his last 3 seasons and still won an extra 40+ games before hanging them up. Got to be the best all-time iOOTP starter - I would love to know if anyone has seen or had a guy with better stats.