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Blockbuster
May 25, 2010 at 06:28PM View BBCode
Unable to get the Cards to play .500 ball, I've shipped the lot of them to Boston in return for picks and prospects. Look for Beantown to win the inaugural World Series.Buzz
Metallica1828
I gain a lot of hitting and pitching but boy is my team setup for failure when my run is finally over. Being a variable development league with CP system3 it is crucial for long term success to always have reputable youth in your minors. At the moment i have literally no one worthy of anything in there....
I will be quite interested to see how i fare in 5-6 seasons. Best of luck to the 'Cards hope those picks and prospects work out for you..
May 25, 2010 at 07:40PM View BBCode
Truly the biggest single trade I have ever been part of. It reminds of the 1950 season in the Carlton Fisk League where I was wheeling and dealing, must have had 15 trades in the first 3 season in that league.I gain a lot of hitting and pitching but boy is my team setup for failure when my run is finally over. Being a variable development league with CP system3 it is crucial for long term success to always have reputable youth in your minors. At the moment i have literally no one worthy of anything in there....
I will be quite interested to see how i fare in 5-6 seasons. Best of luck to the 'Cards hope those picks and prospects work out for you..
Dormie2
Boston has the best team, that's for sure.
But this is baseball--in the real world, the best teams only beat the worst times 6 out of 10. Play a best of 7 series and anything can happen.
And that's against the worst--put them against the second best team and their odds are much, much worse.
If the best team always won, MLB would have a salary cap because the largest markets would win every single year.
That being said, I am somewhat troubled by these leagues without "loss penalties". There are no repercussions (rather very rich rewards) for teams to stack and dump.
No reason--or rewards--for teams to battle for the play-offs. Failure means years of difficult rebuiding with mediocre picks. St. Louis felt, as I assume did Boston, that they had to make a move. Either get better, or get younger.
You did both. Now St. Louis is stacked with picks and young guys and will suck for a few years and then be really good. Boston will be really good for 4-5 years and then suck.
And the cycle continues.
What I'm curious to see, and would love insight, is how the variable development plays into this.
My concern is that the top picks are/will still be useful even if they don't develop. Often times they are already B+/A- range and will stay that way. The guys that are "risks" are when you draft a 17 yo C/C+ pitcher with the 4th pick and watch him convert 1 of 90 ICs over the next 2 years and turn into a waiver wire guy.
Yes, but...
May 26, 2010 at 01:41AM View BBCode
Originally posted by phen0m
Guess the battle to be the ALCS loser is on!
Boston has the best team, that's for sure.
But this is baseball--in the real world, the best teams only beat the worst times 6 out of 10. Play a best of 7 series and anything can happen.
And that's against the worst--put them against the second best team and their odds are much, much worse.
If the best team always won, MLB would have a salary cap because the largest markets would win every single year.
That being said, I am somewhat troubled by these leagues without "loss penalties". There are no repercussions (rather very rich rewards) for teams to stack and dump.
No reason--or rewards--for teams to battle for the play-offs. Failure means years of difficult rebuiding with mediocre picks. St. Louis felt, as I assume did Boston, that they had to make a move. Either get better, or get younger.
You did both. Now St. Louis is stacked with picks and young guys and will suck for a few years and then be really good. Boston will be really good for 4-5 years and then suck.
And the cycle continues.
What I'm curious to see, and would love insight, is how the variable development plays into this.
My concern is that the top picks are/will still be useful even if they don't develop. Often times they are already B+/A- range and will stay that way. The guys that are "risks" are when you draft a 17 yo C/C+ pitcher with the 4th pick and watch him convert 1 of 90 ICs over the next 2 years and turn into a waiver wire guy.
The_Old_Bear
I have never done a numbers league and/or a type 3 minor league development system so I am very curious to see how it works.
May 26, 2010 at 03:15AM View BBCode
Well the tank then win thing got old for me in several leagues I was in a few years back and that is why I went with the JFL, with its rewards system and blind +/- but wow it is a really different game than this. I had forgotten just how different it is.I have never done a numbers league and/or a type 3 minor league development system so I am very curious to see how it works.
Stros
It seems like fun and then I think I might pull my hair out.
May 26, 2010 at 03:27AM View BBCode
I can't imagine a blind +/- league. What is that like?It seems like fun and then I think I might pull my hair out.
The_Old_Bear
Also people are a lot more reluctant to trade in blind leagues. It is more difficult to know what you are trading away and what you are getting in exchange.
Drafts are a whole different story.
[Edited on 5-26-2010 by The_Old_Bear]
May 26, 2010 at 03:04PM View BBCode
Blind leagues are definitely not for everyone. It makes managing a little more like guess work (kinda more like real baseball) but you can learn to work it. A lot of people try JFL and just give up on it because it is too hard to figure out what is going on but I like it.Also people are a lot more reluctant to trade in blind leagues. It is more difficult to know what you are trading away and what you are getting in exchange.
Drafts are a whole different story.
[Edited on 5-26-2010 by The_Old_Bear]
The_Old_Bear
May 26, 2010 at 03:10PM View BBCode
I remember that season in CFL . There were a lot of trades. My Pirates never could get it right in that league. I think we only won the championship 1 season out of 25. Man that must have been like 4 or 5 years ago.Pages: 1