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Griever20 · 08-16-2025, 07:13 AM

November 1st, 2023

Check for open overhead positions
Make decisions on team options
Arbitration decisions
Make decisions about free agents/minor league free agents
Take a look at the owner goals
Take a look at the new budget
Set up Development Facilities

Check for open overhead positions

Open Positions:
NMBL Montreal Expos:
3B Coach – Tom Acevedo only lasted one year before going into retirement.

A+ Lexington Lugnuts :
Manager, Pitching Coach, Hitting Coach

We offered a chap named Jordan Portillo the 3B job as he is excellent in working with catchers, exactly the spot we need. The 43-year old has played some years in the minors, but no previous NMLB experience. As we welcome the Lexington Lugnuts to our organization from independent ball.. we need new personal for them and tried some young coaches with upside.

Make decisions on team options
None, move on.

Arbitration decisions

Non-Tendered:
LHRP Bill Costa(28, 2*, 0-0 2.31 8K 11.2IP 0.2WAR AA)
RHRP Adam Rudolph(25, 2*. 1-5 8SV 5.16 29K -0.6WAR)

Nothing to see here, move on.

Contract Extension Offered:
RHRP Mitsuyasu Kai(27, 3*, 4-0 1SV 1.53 60K 53IP 1.3WAR) Estimate $1.4M, Offered 1y/$1.35M
RHRP Glen McKeen(24, 2.5/3*, 1-1 2SV 2.23 49K 44.1IP 0.8WAR) Estimate $850k, Offered 1y/$820k
LHRP Pablo Mendoza(25, 3*, 3-2 3.86 36K 28IP 0.4WAR) Estimate $950k, Offered 1y/$920k
RHRP Freddy Silva(26, 2.5*, 7-1 1SV 3.71 59K 51IP 0.1WAR) Estimate $800k, Offered $770k
LHCL Paul Ide(26, 5*, 6-7 38SV 2.83 101K 66.2IP 2.1WAR) Estimate $7.35M, Offered 1y/$7.25M
2B Robby Weltzer(26, 2.5*, .235-1-18 .613OPS 66G 0.2WAR) Estimate $1.8M, Offered 1y/$1.75M
CF Vicente Rodriguez(25, 2.5*, -268-1-53 .699OPS 7/21SB 0.9WAR) Estimate $1.8M, Offered 1y/$1.75M

Undecided:
RHRP Austin Williams(29, 3.5*, 4-4 20SV 3.00 86K 60IP 1.7WAR) Estimate: $6.988M
RF Ian Messer(27, 2.5*, .317-13-63 .822OPS 153G 3.4WAR) Estimate: $4.431M

Hear me out. Williams was pure luxus and had a good run, but is as costly as Ide with less talent, and Messer could be a sell high candidate.

Make decisions about free agents/minor league free agent
No NMLB players, some AAAA players that did not make the major league roster… we offered some minor league extensions, but at least 5-6 players will leave us.

Take a look at the owner goals

Our owner was happy with:
Team Record
Improve team stats
Increase Attendance
Long Term Outlook

Unhappy:
Upgrade at Center Field
Improve your international amateur finds
Fan interest

New Goals:
Reach the Playoffs
Acquire a Gold Glove Award winner
Increase attendance from 42028 to 47.000 per game
Improve Fan interest
Improve your international amateur finds
Reach the World Series in the next 5 seasons

Take a look at the new budget
And there we go. Our budget is up again to $202M. Attendance is up, playoff revenue is in, and overall, the owner is happy.

Comparing that to the rest of the league, out budget is ranked 12th out of 30. The Sacramento Cavaliers have the lowest budget with $134M(-8M), the Houston Astros the highest again with $290M(+2M).

Set Up Development Facilities
MLB LHSP Brett Asselin(24, 3/4*) ->> Secondary Pitch Improvement
MLB 3B Julian Hernandez(23, 3.5/4*) ->> Generate Batspeed
A CF Tyler Dean(20, 2/5*) ->> Generate Batspeed
A IF Bryan Booth(22, 2/4*) ->> Quality of Contact
R LHSP John Slade(19, 1.5/5*) ->> Secondary Pitch Improvement
R SS Manny Ramirez(17, 1/5*) ->> Generate Batspeed
+2 Slots for minor programs.

Apart from the pitching programs, all of them are rather tricky, but we hope for a big score on them anyways. As for the minor programs, we start with Benavides in outfield defense and V-Rod for running, and we will try to get some improvement in those fields, mostly on defense…

Offseason Strategy:
Look for a trade that blows everyone away. As usual, the free agency class is very thin and so, we have to rely on the good old trade market to move things along. A star outfielder that replaces Messer would be nice, a NMLB ready/close to ready reliever, maybe a hard hitting shortstop… trading is hard in this league as there is not that much high echelon talent available. Odds are, we keep Messer and Williams around and try Rodriguez in the outfield…

About that, I lengthened the draft and set the international scouting discoveries up to 64 for 2024, with 32 the new normal from 2025 on. Reasoning is just that… lack of talent. There is little to no way to do a meaningful trade as every player above 3.5* is worth his weigh in diamonds times 10, and your players generate little to no value… I don’t want this to be easy, but the only way I’ve been able to make meaningful trades was eating salary on slightly overpaid veterans that I flip in three team deals, and even that way, you struggle to get really good talent.

Oh, some side news, we waived and DFA’ed LF Huai-yu Mah today. The 28-year old hit .266-6-28 .738OPS -0.2WAR in AAA and definitely has no future with this team.

08-16-2025, 07:13 AM	#210
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,727	2023 First Day of the Offseason November 1st, 2023 Check for open overhead positions Make decisions on team options Arbitration decisions Make decisions about free agents/minor league free agents Take a look at the owner goals Take a look at the new budget Set up Development Facilities Check for open overhead positions Open Positions: NMBL Montreal Expos: 3B Coach – Tom Acevedo only lasted one year before going into retirement. A+ Lexington Lugnuts : Manager, Pitching Coach, Hitting Coach We offered a chap named Jordan Portillo the 3B job as he is excellent in working with catchers, exactly the spot we need. The 43-year old has played some years in the minors, but no previous NMLB experience. As we welcome the Lexington Lugnuts to our organization from independent ball.. we need new personal for them and tried some young coaches with upside. Make decisions on team options None, move on. Arbitration decisions Non-Tendered: LHRP Bill Costa(28, 2, 0-0 2.31 8K 11.2IP 0.2WAR AA) RHRP Adam Rudolph(25, 2. 1-5 8SV 5.16 29K -0.6WAR) Nothing to see here, move on. Contract Extension Offered: RHRP Mitsuyasu Kai(27, 3, 4-0 1SV 1.53 60K 53IP 1.3WAR) Estimate $1.4M, Offered 1y/$1.35M RHRP Glen McKeen(24, 2.5/3, 1-1 2SV 2.23 49K 44.1IP 0.8WAR) Estimate $850k, Offered 1y/$820k LHRP Pablo Mendoza(25, 3, 3-2 3.86 36K 28IP 0.4WAR) Estimate $950k, Offered 1y/$920k RHRP Freddy Silva(26, 2.5, 7-1 1SV 3.71 59K 51IP 0.1WAR) Estimate $800k, Offered $770k LHCL Paul Ide(26, 5, 6-7 38SV 2.83 101K 66.2IP 2.1WAR) Estimate $7.35M, Offered 1y/$7.25M 2B Robby Weltzer(26, 2.5, .235-1-18 .613OPS 66G 0.2WAR) Estimate $1.8M, Offered 1y/$1.75M CF Vicente Rodriguez(25, 2.5, -268-1-53 .699OPS 7/21SB 0.9WAR) Estimate $1.8M, Offered 1y/$1.75M Undecided:* RHRP Austin Williams(29, 3.5, 4-4 20SV 3.00 86K 60IP 1.7WAR) Estimate: $6.988M RF Ian Messer(27, 2.5, .317-13-63 .822OPS 153G 3.4WAR) Estimate: $4.431M Hear me out. Williams was pure luxus and had a good run, but is as costly as Ide with less talent, and Messer could be a sell high candidate. Make decisions about free agents/minor league free agent No NMLB players, some AAAA players that did not make the major league roster… we offered some minor league extensions, but at least 5-6 players will leave us. Take a look at the owner goals Our owner was happy with: Team Record Improve team stats Increase Attendance Long Term Outlook Unhappy: Upgrade at Center Field Improve your international amateur finds Fan interest New Goals: Reach the Playoffs Acquire a Gold Glove Award winner Increase attendance from 42028 to 47.000 per game Improve Fan interest Improve your international amateur finds Reach the World Series in the next 5 seasons Take a look at the new budget And there we go. Our budget is up again to $202M. Attendance is up, playoff revenue is in, and overall, the owner is happy. Comparing that to the rest of the league, out budget is ranked 12th out of 30. The Sacramento Cavaliers have the lowest budget with $134M(-8M), the Houston Astros the highest again with $290M(+2M). Set Up Development Facilities MLB LHSP Brett Asselin(24, 3/4) ->> Secondary Pitch Improvement MLB* 3B Julian Hernandez(23, 3.5/4) ->> Generate Batspeed A CF Tyler Dean(20, 2/5) ->> Generate Batspeed A IF Bryan Booth(22, 2/4) ->> Quality of Contact R LHSP John Slade(19, 1.5/5) ->> Secondary Pitch Improvement R SS Manny Ramirez(17, 1/5) ->> Generate Batspeed +2 Slots for minor programs. Apart from the pitching programs, all of them are rather tricky, but we hope for a big score on them anyways. As for the minor programs, we start with Benavides* in outfield defense and V-Rod for running, and we will try to get some improvement in those fields, mostly on defense… Offseason Strategy: Look for a trade that blows everyone away. As usual, the free agency class is very thin and so, we have to rely on the good old trade market to move things along. A star outfielder that replaces Messer would be nice, a NMLB ready/close to ready reliever, maybe a hard hitting shortstop… trading is hard in this league as there is not that much high echelon talent available. Odds are, we keep Messer and Williams around and try Rodriguez in the outfield… About that, I lengthened the draft and set the international scouting discoveries up to 64 for 2024, with 32 the new normal from 2025 on. Reasoning is just that… lack of talent. There is little to no way to do a meaningful trade as every player above 3.5* is worth his weigh in diamonds times 10, and your players generate little to no value… I don’t want this to be easy, but the only way I’ve been able to make meaningful trades was eating salary on slightly overpaid veterans that I flip in three team deals, and even that way, you struggle to get really good talent. Oh, some side news, we waived and DFA’ed LF Huai-yu Mah today. The 28-year old hit .266-6-28 .738OPS -0.2WAR in AAA and definitely has no future with this team. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)