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IStillDream · 12-29-2015, 05:50 PM

The other thing I forgot to mention here, which may make things more understandable, is that Heyward is coming off a lost season--he broke his knee in late May and never returned. In his absence, every Cardinals OF was replacement-level or below offensively. Despite his defense, Castillo would have been 4th in WAR for their position players, 0.7 ahead of Stephen Piscotty, their actual highest-rated OF, who slashed .246/.301/.

(As an aside, the game seems to value Heyward less in general--it calculates from his real stats in 2014 just 3.5 WAR, compared to BR's figure of 6.4).

Duffy will also represent a quite meaningful upgrade to their rotation--he was half a win better than their current #3 Carlos Martinez, and will allow them to drop Lance Lynn into the pen, who managed just 1.6 WAR in 29 starts.

I wasn't aware until this thread that many for one deals represented some kind of hole in the AI. I will keep an eye out for it in the future certainly, and I'll turn the trading difficulty up--I didn't touch any of the defaults when I started the game, so it's on normal. Fundamentally, though, one of the things I most enjoy about the game is using arbitrage; picking up assets I think are undervalued with the idea of flipping them down the line. I'm not about to brag to anyone about my success, but it's fun.

12-29-2015, 05:50 PM	#12
IStillDream Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 167	The other thing I forgot to mention here, which may make things more understandable, is that Heyward is coming off a lost season--he broke his knee in late May and never returned. In his absence, every Cardinals OF was replacement-level or below offensively. Despite his defense, Castillo would have been 4th in WAR for their position players, 0.7 ahead of Stephen Piscotty, their actual highest-rated OF, who slashed .246/.301/. (As an aside, the game seems to value Heyward less in general--it calculates from his real stats in 2014 just 3.5 WAR, compared to BR's figure of 6.4). Duffy will also represent a quite meaningful upgrade to their rotation--he was half a win better than their current #3 Carlos Martinez, and will allow them to drop Lance Lynn into the pen, who managed just 1.6 WAR in 29 starts. I wasn't aware until this thread that many for one deals represented some kind of hole in the AI. I will keep an eye out for it in the future certainly, and I'll turn the trading difficulty up--I didn't touch any of the defaults when I started the game, so it's on normal. Fundamentally, though, one of the things I most enjoy about the game is using arbitrage; picking up assets I think are undervalued with the idea of flipping them down the line. I'm not about to brag to anyone about my success, but it's fun. Last edited by IStillDream; 12-29-2015 at 05:53 PM.