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Originally Posted by Nero
Of course, and apologies.
Trying to get my Halladay duplicate sold for about 140,000, and have a Yadier Molina up for 37k, so after the 10%, call it 160k budget.
Ideally I'd like to find a starter, but that's pretty far from the the top level of lefty's that I've seen, so I'm thinking that perhaps my best value will come from 2 bullpen lefty's. I've run thru 4-5 lefty's in the pen this year, everything from setup, to middle, to specialist, and unfortunately they've all gotten bombed. Just a rough year.....
Other thought would be to find one quality left handed arm for the pen. Looking at potential playoff match-up's, I notice that two of the division leaders are very lefty heavy, even against a lefty starter. I'd love to have a quality lefty starter, but I suspect that in a short series, I'm better off trusting my rotation, and having a quality arm that can give me a few outings in key situations in those games, at least for what I can spend.
Clear as mud? That's how I feel after blowing a 7 game lead! Even if I knew it was coming, I still had that glimmer of hope...
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After another brief look...I'll amend it.... ideally one middle relief type who can give multi-inning stints in a short series, and one lefty specialist.
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For a lefty specialist role, you'd be hard pressed to get a better value than LIVE Felipe Vazquez. Can be snatched for 8K. He's very vulnerable to righties though. LIVE Aaron Bummer is the poor man's version.
If you want a reliever that's not quite as vulnerable to righties, the Unsung Heroes 93 Tug McGraw looks pretty sweet. I haven't tried it though. The Historical All-Star 92 David Price also looks interesting, 84/74/78 as a starter against lefties (not sure what the stuff boost would be), and relatively inexpensive at ~20K. Alas haven't tried that one either. For a bit higher tier of a card, the 100 Dutch Leonard has been going from 60-70K lately. The 98 Carl Hubbell goes for about 75K and is rated 87/80/88 against lefties as a starter so it should be passable for all but the whale-iest of the whale teams.
Of ones that I have used, the SE 94 Eddie Plank card is in theory a good option for multiple innings and gets a nice stuff boost going to the bullpen, but it's been a mediocre card for me. I've had some success with the Chris Short card, which is kind of a 'starter' diamond and pretty cheap at around 10K.