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sharknut · 03-05-2023, 11:50 AM

Our scouting team were quite surprised and thrilled to see that our #2 ranked prospect, Mike Davis, was there at #14 and we snapped him up. He was one of my favorite A's IRL before he went to the Dodgers, so I will enjoy following his development. I picked up pitchers Richard Dotson and Terry Leach in rounds 2 and 3 and the only other player with a RL big league career was pitcher Les Straker all the way in round 14.

1-Tim Raines-Reds
2-Paul Molitor-White Sox
3-Jim Gott-Mets
4-Harold Baines-Expos
5-Jesse Barfield-Rangers
6-Dave Righetti-Twins
7-Bob Welch-Tigers
8-Willie McGee-Brewers
9-Scott Sanderson-Orioles
10-Brian Harper-Cardinals

In the expansion draft, we lost our #4 starter William Olsen to the Mariners and 2nd baseman Dave Cash to the Blue Jays. I wasn't upset to lose Cash at all, I had wanted to upgrade the position in the offseason and having just signed a 3 year deal prior to a disappointing season, he was the perfect player to expose.

I then floated around dealing our 24 year old former ROY Gregory Foreman who has dropped to 5th in our depth chart. I knew he had value, but not enough to get an upgrade, so I added a half-decent prospect that I frankly wasn't fond of and the Dodgers offered up 23 year old Ivan DeJesus. Not only is he already an upgrade defensively at 2b to Cash, he has a .313 avg in 350 big league at bats already. He will start the season in the leadoff spot.

In the rule 5 draft, top 100 prospect Tony Armas was there. Despite getting just 30 AB above AA, the talent is there and he is perfect to be our 5th outfielder and see what happens.

The last deal I made was sending utility man Larry Milbourne to the Yankees for 1B/LF/RF Ron Blomberg and he will back up at all those spots as 22 year old Pat Rockett has eclipsed Milbourne as a middle infield backup.

I have enough money to try to make a huge free agent splash. Rod Carew is the best hitter available and while he would be an improvement to who we have now, it wouldn't make sense given that we need a starter. So I threw a 6-year $4.1 million offer to 31 year old Steve Carlton with an opt-out after 4 years and a team option for the 6th year.

He is a 2-time all-star and has 140 wins and a 3.06 career ERA with a 45.7 WAR, and his RL WAR was 50 at this point in his career so he's not far off stat-wise.

03-05-2023, 11:50 AM	#145
sharknut All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,124	Our scouting team were quite surprised and thrilled to see that our #2 ranked prospect, Mike Davis, was there at #14 and we snapped him up. He was one of my favorite A's IRL before he went to the Dodgers, so I will enjoy following his development. I picked up pitchers Richard Dotson and Terry Leach in rounds 2 and 3 and the only other player with a RL big league career was pitcher Les Straker all the way in round 14. 1-Tim Raines-Reds 2-Paul Molitor-White Sox 3-Jim Gott-Mets 4-Harold Baines-Expos 5-Jesse Barfield-Rangers 6-Dave Righetti-Twins 7-Bob Welch-Tigers 8-Willie McGee-Brewers 9-Scott Sanderson-Orioles 10-Brian Harper-Cardinals In the expansion draft, we lost our #4 starter William Olsen to the Mariners and 2nd baseman Dave Cash to the Blue Jays. I wasn't upset to lose Cash at all, I had wanted to upgrade the position in the offseason and having just signed a 3 year deal prior to a disappointing season, he was the perfect player to expose. I then floated around dealing our 24 year old former ROY Gregory Foreman who has dropped to 5th in our depth chart. I knew he had value, but not enough to get an upgrade, so I added a half-decent prospect that I frankly wasn't fond of and the Dodgers offered up 23 year old Ivan DeJesus. Not only is he already an upgrade defensively at 2b to Cash, he has a .313 avg in 350 big league at bats already. He will start the season in the leadoff spot. In the rule 5 draft, top 100 prospect Tony Armas was there. Despite getting just 30 AB above AA, the talent is there and he is perfect to be our 5th outfielder and see what happens. The last deal I made was sending utility man Larry Milbourne to the Yankees for 1B/LF/RF Ron Blomberg and he will back up at all those spots as 22 year old Pat Rockett has eclipsed Milbourne as a middle infield backup. I have enough money to try to make a huge free agent splash. Rod Carew is the best hitter available and while he would be an improvement to who we have now, it wouldn't make sense given that we need a starter. So I threw a 6-year $4.1 million offer to 31 year old Steve Carlton with an opt-out after 4 years and a team option for the 6th year. He is a 2-time all-star and has 140 wins and a 3.06 career ERA with a 45.7 WAR, and his RL WAR was 50 at this point in his career so he's not far off stat-wise. __________________ Last edited by sharknut; 03-05-2023 at 11:51 AM.