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Art Deco · 05-29-2022, 08:43 AM

Forgot to mention this in the last post but MLB and the MLBPA have agreed that active rosters will be 28 players next season.

And also forgot to mention that a couple of former Rays aces have retired. Nate Thompson, who won the 2036 AL Cy Young Award and had a run of 62-10 over three years from 2034-36 with us hung 'em up, as did Kevin Kerstetter, who famously had an MLB-record 21-0 W/L mark in 2035 and then won 20 again in 2037 before injuries derailed his career (he never won more than 9 games in a season after that).

December 5: Former Rays reliever Chris Toombs is on the move again as he was traded by St. Louis to the White Sox.

December 7: Rays legend and future Hall of Famer Jaiden Hardaway, now 40, will extend his stay in Houston in a 2/61 deal. Although he's long in the tooth he still put up 5.4 WAR last season.

December 8: Big trade between Cleveland and Philly with the Phillies sending All-Star slugging 1B Victor Serrato to the Guardians for a package of 3 prospects including P Bob Penafor, ranked #51 overall. Serrato has hit at least 30 HR in his last 7 seasons and is coming off back-to-back 5 WAR years.

December 12: Cubs' 5-time All-Star and 4-time Silver Slugger-winning 3B Pat Joyner has done what so many Chicagoans do late in their career - move to Arizona. The 32-year-old Joyner signed a 5/124 deal with the Diamondbacks.

December 14: And the Cubs have found their Pat Joyner replacement, signing former Rays 3B Jim Gebers to a 3/55.2 deal.

December 21: Added 1B Vinny Rodriguez to the 42-man roster.

Our only add in anticipation of the Rule 5 Draft as our best prospects are either already on the 42-man or not eligible yet. V-Rod is a decent 1B prospect whom we acquired in the deal for Jose Mendoza last June.

December 22: Lost 2B Joe Bowers to Texas, 2B Eric Thevenot to Kansas City and OF Pat Moyer to Pittsburgh in the Rule 5 Draft.

Looks like something was tweaked in OOTP23 to make the Rule 5 draft move active as 16 players in total were taken. Bowers, a #2 pick of ours in 2036, was always interesting with decent pop for a MI but a questionable glove; we extended his MiLB contract last month. Thevenot was our 2nd round pick in 2042 and is your traditional slap-hitting 2B with decent speed but can't really play SS so he was doubtful to ever make the club. Moyer meanwhile needs no introduction as he was a RH platoon bat for us from 2039-41 whom we inked to a minor league deal last year. He's 35 and was 225/290/398 with 15 HR in 400 AB at Durham last year so he won't be missed. I'm kind of happy for Bowers and Thevenot to get a crack at making an MLB roster.

December 23: In perhaps the biggest free agent signing of the winter, former Giants superstar Jon Lozada went for 4/157 to St. Louis. Lozada was the NL MVP in 2043 and 2044, a 9-time All-Star with a career average of .324, a 9-time SB champ, 6-time OBP champ and has 76.3 career WAR. The only knock on him is that he's rated "fragile" and has missed about 15-20 games each of the last few years and he is 34 now.

05-29-2022, 08:43 AM	#1975
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,435	2045-46 Offseason, Part 2 Forgot to mention this in the last post but MLB and the MLBPA have agreed that active rosters will be 28 players next season. And also forgot to mention that a couple of former Rays aces have retired. Nate Thompson, who won the 2036 AL Cy Young Award and had a run of 62-10 over three years from 2034-36 with us hung 'em up, as did Kevin Kerstetter, who famously had an MLB-record 21-0 W/L mark in 2035 and then won 20 again in 2037 before injuries derailed his career (he never won more than 9 games in a season after that). December 5: Former Rays reliever Chris Toombs is on the move again as he was traded by St. Louis to the White Sox. December 7: Rays legend and future Hall of Famer Jaiden Hardaway, now 40, will extend his stay in Houston in a 2/61 deal. Although he's long in the tooth he still put up 5.4 WAR last season. December 8: Big trade between Cleveland and Philly with the Phillies sending All-Star slugging 1B Victor Serrato to the Guardians for a package of 3 prospects including P Bob Penafor, ranked #51 overall. Serrato has hit at least 30 HR in his last 7 seasons and is coming off back-to-back 5 WAR years. December 12: Cubs' 5-time All-Star and 4-time Silver Slugger-winning 3B Pat Joyner has done what so many Chicagoans do late in their career - move to Arizona. The 32-year-old Joyner signed a 5/124 deal with the Diamondbacks. December 14: And the Cubs have found their Pat Joyner replacement, signing former Rays 3B Jim Gebers to a 3/55.2 deal. December 21: Added 1B Vinny Rodriguez to the 42-man roster. Our only add in anticipation of the Rule 5 Draft as our best prospects are either already on the 42-man or not eligible yet. V-Rod is a decent 1B prospect whom we acquired in the deal for Jose Mendoza last June. December 22: Lost 2B Joe Bowers to Texas, 2B Eric Thevenot to Kansas City and OF Pat Moyer to Pittsburgh in the Rule 5 Draft. Looks like something was tweaked in OOTP23 to make the Rule 5 draft move active as 16 players in total were taken. Bowers, a #2 pick of ours in 2036, was always interesting with decent pop for a MI but a questionable glove; we extended his MiLB contract last month. Thevenot was our 2nd round pick in 2042 and is your traditional slap-hitting 2B with decent speed but can't really play SS so he was doubtful to ever make the club. Moyer meanwhile needs no introduction as he was a RH platoon bat for us from 2039-41 whom we inked to a minor league deal last year. He's 35 and was 225/290/398 with 15 HR in 400 AB at Durham last year so he won't be missed. I'm kind of happy for Bowers and Thevenot to get a crack at making an MLB roster. December 23: In perhaps the biggest free agent signing of the winter, former Giants superstar Jon Lozada went for 4/157 to St. Louis. Lozada was the NL MVP in 2043 and 2044, a 9-time All-Star with a career average of .324, a 9-time SB champ, 6-time OBP champ and has 76.3 career WAR. The only knock on him is that he's rated "fragile" and has missed about 15-20 games each of the last few years and he is 34 now.