Big Things on Saturday
Neither the Fort Worth Frogs nor the Minglewood Warlocks have had successful seasons in Gold, but they each had good days Saturday.
The
Frogs overpaid for some Silver and Gold Astros to complete the AL West mission, which has added to the roster...
- 1B Jeff Bagwell (97) – Replaces 1B Adrian Gonzalez (84)
- CF ichiro Suzuki (92) – Replaces CF Casey Stengel (86)
- 2B Jose Altuve (86) – Replaces SS Nick Ahmed (77)
- MR Ryan Pressley (84) – Replaces MR Emanuel Clase (76)
Obviously the huge upgrades are Bagwell and Ichiro. I think I’ve hit the wall with missions without investing some actual cash, but this was the one I really wanted. I’ve knocked out 22 missions, with the following still remaining:
- Yankees
- White Sox
- Twins
- Braves
- Mets
- Cardinals
- Cubs
- Dodgers
All in all I’ve paid 63,391 PP for 629 players. I’ve made back 44,258 from sales related to completed missions, either by selling back the guy I just got or another player. The players I’ve kept for the roster have been...
- Bagwell
- Randy Johnson
- Ichiro
- Dave Winfield
- Jason Kendall
- Bucky Walters
- Al Rosen
None of this really helps the pitching, but we’re in way better shape.
As for the
Warlocks, we’re in a relegation battle, but on Wednesday night I decided to knock out missions for that team as well. We started with about 5,000 PP in the bank and knocked out 11 missions for a profit of 8,036. And with those PP we were just able to upgrade our pitching staff with
PEAK Jack Stivetts (96), who replaces the completely ineffective Mike Caldwell. Our rotation is now Stivetts-Blyleven-Mussina-Plank-Wainwright.
Meanwhile, the
Hammers are fending off a challenge for a Wild Card spot in Gold, but I think we’ll get in. But the big news has been related to the other two clubs.
If anyone’s interested in seeing a spreadsheet on what each mission has cost me, including which were most and least profitable, I’m happy to post that.