Gotcha. You mentioned tossing around best prospects and I only have a few. I see what you mean now.
What setting do you have trading on? I've found that since I bumped it to hard, my ability to snag good deals has gone down significantly. But I felt I had to turn it up because before I was just taking these guys behind the wood shed.
I'm also still recovering from the mess I inherited -- everyone knows Miami's MLB team was gutted, but I had no idea how bad their farm system was too. Most of what they got in their fire sales is rubbish, and all my minor league teams were filled with scrubs, no leaders, bad morale. It was a total mess.
I also didn't realize how badly using the default scout would lead me astray in the amateur draft and trades. I don't think any of the top 20 guys I picked on his recommendation is going to make it to The Show. Maybe none at all. I traded away a couple of good guys, including one who is now a top 10 prosepect, because of bad scouting.
So far this season I've had 4 starts, of which 1 was very good, 2 were awful and 1 was merely bad. These guys aren't that bad so I'm just writing this off to rust and small sample size for now.
Though I get very frustrated when I specifically choose to put in starters with 55 control rather than the guy with 40 control and higher stuff, specifically because I hate all the walks with the low control guys.. and then it's a walkathon anyway.
But I have a lot of fruit ripening. My AAA rotation is almost as good as my MLB rotation in terms of potential and even current ratings. The two best guys there could be on the MLB roster but I want them to get some wins in the minors.
On the plus side, I have vastly improved our offense this year.
Baseball is a funny sport though. My leadoff guy, a Rule 5 slap hitter I got to fill a hole at 2B, hit 2 home runs in the first game. My #2 hitter, not a power guy, has 3 homers. Meanwhile, 4 games in, my three big hitters are collectively below the Mendoza line with 1 homer between them. This includes Machado's .222/.222/.278 out of the gate.
