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sansterre · 04-08-2015, 06:58 AM

By the end of May we're 24-18, and in second place behind the surging Cleveland Indians. My owner is ecstatic. I don't buy it for a second. Not only are we outperforming our pythag by a few games, but my team has put up about 5 WAR between all my players, which prorates to around 20 WAR for the season. 20 WAR is terrible, about a 70 win team, or worse. In other words, we're winning but we're playing like crap.

There's no shame in that game.

Transactions for these months:

Claimed Andy Oliver on waivers. He's a 17/14/10 RP; not particularly good but good enough to become my setup man. Remember when I said how bad out pitching was? Yeah.

I hunted down (using the new Find a Player tool) a bunch of pitchers with at least a 13+ Stuff and Control, on the assumption that Target Field (take that Hubert H Humphrey!) will depress home run totals either way. The best pitcher that seems cheapest is Eric Jokisch, a 13/12/13 25 year old with the Cubs. I land him for Amaurys Minier (3 star 1B prospect), Roni Tapia (1 star prospect), Nick Burdi (3 star closer prospect) and Travis Harrison (1 star prospect.) Two 3-star prospects hurts a bit to lose, but Jokisch is a huge upgrade on every other starter I have (possibly excepting Hughes,) and I have prospects for days.

I flipped Kurt Suzuki for Rajai Davis. Davis is not good, though he's a tiny upgrade in my outfield. The selling point is that they both make 5 mill this year, but Davis' contract is two years shorter, ending at the end of this season. Aces!

In my second salary dump I trade Ervin Santana (terrible contract), Chris Hermann (2 star C prospect, 27,) Ruar Verkerk (2 star 3B prospect, 18,) and Kyle Gibson (.5 star SP.) For what? 5 million dollars, but that doesn't matter so much. Mostly I gave Texas two modest prospects to pay them to take Santana's salary off my hands. Going to be real, I think the AI botched this a bit. I cut off a ton of expense at almost no cost to me.

I scored a lucky coup on waivers, signing Brandon Morrow (3 million, 30 yo, 15/13/11 SP) and Scott Elbert (1.3 mill, 29 yo, 19/14/11 RP.) Neither is great, but both are definitive upgrades for me.

I also blew my international amateur FA budget all over the place, grabbing several of the best players. I'll have to be silent for the next one, but I feel like there's no way to put a price on having good players in your system.

I feel like my team is improving slowly, but we're not a good team, whatever our record is.

04-08-2015, 06:58 AM	#2
sansterre Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 251	By the end of May we're 24-18, and in second place behind the surging Cleveland Indians. My owner is ecstatic. I don't buy it for a second. Not only are we outperforming our pythag by a few games, but my team has put up about 5 WAR between all my players, which prorates to around 20 WAR for the season. 20 WAR is terrible, about a 70 win team, or worse. In other words, we're winning but we're playing like crap. There's no shame in that game. Transactions for these months: Claimed Andy Oliver on waivers. He's a 17/14/10 RP; not particularly good but good enough to become my setup man. Remember when I said how bad out pitching was? Yeah. I hunted down (using the new Find a Player tool) a bunch of pitchers with at least a 13+ Stuff and Control, on the assumption that Target Field (take that Hubert H Humphrey!) will depress home run totals either way. The best pitcher that seems cheapest is Eric Jokisch, a 13/12/13 25 year old with the Cubs. I land him for Amaurys Minier (3 star 1B prospect), Roni Tapia (1 star prospect), Nick Burdi (3 star closer prospect) and Travis Harrison (1 star prospect.) Two 3-star prospects hurts a bit to lose, but Jokisch is a huge upgrade on every other starter I have (possibly excepting Hughes,) and I have prospects for days. I flipped Kurt Suzuki for Rajai Davis. Davis is not good, though he's a tiny upgrade in my outfield. The selling point is that they both make 5 mill this year, but Davis' contract is two years shorter, ending at the end of this season. Aces! In my second salary dump I trade Ervin Santana (terrible contract), Chris Hermann (2 star C prospect, 27,) Ruar Verkerk (2 star 3B prospect, 18,) and Kyle Gibson (.5 star SP.) For what? 5 million dollars, but that doesn't matter so much. Mostly I gave Texas two modest prospects to pay them to take Santana's salary off my hands. Going to be real, I think the AI botched this a bit. I cut off a ton of expense at almost no cost to me. I scored a lucky coup on waivers, signing Brandon Morrow (3 million, 30 yo, 15/13/11 SP) and Scott Elbert (1.3 mill, 29 yo, 19/14/11 RP.) Neither is great, but both are definitive upgrades for me. I also blew my international amateur FA budget all over the place, grabbing several of the best players. I'll have to be silent for the next one, but I feel like there's no way to put a price on having good players in your system. I feel like my team is improving slowly, but we're not a good team, whatever our record is.