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« on: September 08, 2021, 05:54:50 PM »
Melbourne sends
OF Ramón Gonzáles (ML)
2B Miguel González (ML)
Mexico City sends
2B Ricardo Cruz (ML)
2133 2nd round pick
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« on: September 06, 2021, 02:19:15 PM »
Melbourne sends:
OF Christopher Wallace (ML)
SP Banjo Riggins (AAA)
Full draft in 2134
Beijing sends:
OF Petter Skjold (ML)
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« on: August 25, 2021, 08:57:46 AM »
Daegu sends
RP Abdul Hakeen Shirani (R)
Melbourne sends
1B Fernando Bravo (AAA)
Yes, we just did the opposite of this trade. Long story. Both parties are cool with reversing it.
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« on: August 18, 2021, 06:56:22 PM »
Melbourne sends
$200k
Beijing sends
CL Kusumojvala Krishnamma
I really hope this guy is willing to sign an extension...
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« on: August 05, 2021, 08:03:45 PM »
Melbourne sends:
2132 5th round pick
Vienna sends:
SS Taqi Bizenjo (ML)
Huck, please put Bizenjo in DFA or AAA or something. I'll deal with it after the sim.
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« on: August 05, 2021, 06:40:27 PM »
Melbourne sends:
SP Rashid Kermani (A)
OF Ronaldo Espach (AA)
1B Kevin Hayward (AAA)
MEL 2132 1st round pick
MEL 2133 1st round pick
MEL 2132 3rd round pick
MEL 2133 4th round pick
Vienna sends:
SP Norbert Torrigiani (ML), 50% salary retained
OF Will Wilson (ML)
OF Antonio Salazar (ML)
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« on: August 04, 2021, 02:27:28 PM »
A Rule 5 draft would allow minor league players to have a chance in the major leagues. From the OOTP manual, these are the eligibility requirements for Rule 5:
The player has at least three but fewer than six years of professional service time, and the player was age 19 or older when he first signed a contract.
The player is not on the team's secondary roster.
Note: Players who were age 18 or younger when they entered the league are eligible if they have at least four, but fewer than seven years of professional service time. In other words, young players get an extra year before they become eligible for the Rule 5 draft.
Professional service time refers to time spent in any level of the league, which in our league is just how much time has passed since they were drafted.
OOTP does not allow for much customization of the Rule 5 draft. As far as I can tell, the following rules are not changeable:
1. A team can make a selection in the Rule 5 draft if they have empty spots on their 40 man roster. However, Rule 5 selections must remain on the active (25 man) roster or disabled list for the entire season.
2. Rule 5 draftees can be waived or traded, and their new team must keep them on the active roster or DL for the entire season, unless they are waived or traded again.
3. A player selected in the Rule 5 draft must spend at least 90 days on the active roster (in other words, a team cannot dump a Rule 5 pick on the DL for the entire season). If this does not happen, the requirement can extend into the following season.
I ran a test league Rule 5 Draft and it seems like there are only two customizations the commissioner can make: whether to have a straight or serpentine draft, and the draft order. The default draft order is reverse order of standings, which I think is reasonable, but it can be customized (meaning theoretically Rule 5 picks could be tradable, but that would probably not be a good idea). In my opinion, we should vote between a straight draft in reverse standings order, and a serpentine draft in random order, but that can be a later vote if the Rule 5 draft is agreed to.
There is no set length of a Rule 5 draft - it continues until every team has either ran out of room on their 40 man roster, or decided not to select a player. They typically last between 3 and 5 rounds. No team is required to make a selection, and teams can make as many selections as they want (provided that they have room on their 40 man roster).
The fact that essentially no aspects of the Rule 5 draft are customizable is a mixed blessing. It means we don't have to argue about tweaking the eligibility requirements - you either like them or you don't, and should vote accordingly. It would be theoretically possible to have a Rule 5 draft without using OOTP - someone (me) would manually gather a list of players who are eligible according to modified rules the league decides on, and then we could hold a draft in Slack. I wouldn't mind doing that, but it would be much less convenient for GMs to not be able to view the draft pool in-game, so for now I suggest we stick to the OOTP Rule 5 draft if anything. GMs could submit draft lists in-game. If a team is managed by the AI, they would probably not make any picks, and almost definitely no more than two - the AI doesn't draft very often in Rule 5.
I think having a Rule 5 draft would be helpful to improve parity - plenty of AAA players for good teams could be starters for bad teams, and are young and on league minimum contracts. There are currently over 1000 players in the WBA who are eligible for Rule 5 selection (weirdly, despite the WBA not having a Rule 5 draft, it's still a filterable option, so if you want to see the entire list yourself just pull up a list of all WBA players and filter by Rule 5 eligibility). There are some good prospects on that list, but anyone who a team *really* wants to keep (for example, Ethan Gloyn or Rajeshh Vasava) will be added to the 40 man roster if we do pass this amendment, so nobody will be losing any genuinely good prospects. But there are definitely a fair number of minor leaguers who could possibly cut it in the majors, and they deserve a chance.
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« on: July 27, 2021, 04:09:48 PM »
Melbourne sends
2B Kenny Merrill (ML)
Oslo sends
SS Shaun Firth (A)
$4,000,000
Huck, please promote Tom Farmer from AAA and make him starting 1B vs RHP, and backup 1B vs LHP. Put Firth at A as starting SS vs RHP+LHP. Thanks!
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« on: July 11, 2021, 09:35:11 PM »
Melbourne sends
OF Ryan Schenkel (AAA)
Tokyo sends
$2,000,000
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« on: July 11, 2021, 06:17:43 PM »
Melbourne sends:
OF Wei-hong Bao (AAA)
Mexico City sends:
2132 3rd round pick
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« on: June 02, 2021, 04:06:40 PM »
Post It!
Kenny Merrill - 1st
Kozue Tsuji - 2nd and 4th
Liann-wei Zhao - 2nd and 5th
Lenny Look - 2nd and 5th
Jonathan Mills - 2nd
Franck Magnier - 3rd
Kevin Bishop - 3rd
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« on: May 25, 2021, 01:06:08 PM »
Melbourne sends
RP Mehani Abuu (R)
Black Forest sends
Black Forest's 2131 4th round pick
RP Aidan Fearon (ML)
Huck, please put Fearon into my ML pen as a setup man. Thanks
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« on: May 12, 2021, 06:09:52 PM »
Melbourne sends
2131 3rd round pick
Tokyo sends
LF Lateef Kuchis
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« on: May 12, 2021, 05:24:34 PM »
Note: Asking prices are not post-it prices. DM me if you're interested in these guys and we can negotiate. SP Tetsuya Kudo - 8/7/8 pitcher with 4 pitches rated 8. 28 years old. Signed this year for 2mil and then the next 5 years at under 5mil. 3.46 FIP last year. Asking price: 1st and 2nd P Alejandro Gamboa - 11/7/7 reliever, 2 elite pitches and one okay one (rated 9/7/7 as a SP). Stats have never quite lived up to ratings as a starter but he should be a great reliever. Asking price: 2nd and 3rd (if they're late-round picks I would probably want an extra pick) OF Franck Magnier - 7/8/3/3/10 vs RHP, 8/9/3/3/10 vs LHP. Could hit .300+ in any park, .320+ in a hitters' park. Rated 6 at both corner OF spots. Good base stealer. Asking price: 2nd 1B Kevin Hayward - 5/8/9/6/4 vs LHP and RHP. Elite power, decent defense. Wouldn't play in my park but could play in any power park. 5.5 WAR in only 118 games last year (at AA, but still!) Post it: 2nd+3rd Anyone else in AAA is available, and pretty much nobody is untouchable (except Ravandur, Mesa, He, and Bairros). Always open to offers!
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« on: April 29, 2021, 02:56:18 PM »
Melbourne sends
Phoenix's 2131 1st round pick (8th overall - SP Wallace Dopfer, selected via Slack DM)
Havana sends
HAV 2131 1st and 2nd round picks (17th and 37th overall)
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« on: April 07, 2021, 05:47:25 PM »
Melbourne sends
2132 2nd round pick
Phoenix sends
OF Ramón Gonzáles (ML)
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« on: March 25, 2021, 01:01:36 PM »
Espach for 2132 4th
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« on: March 20, 2021, 01:50:47 PM »
Melbourne sends
2131 2nd round pick
2131 5th round pick
São Paulo sends
RF Jonathan Mills (ML)
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« on: March 19, 2021, 05:08:19 PM »
Melbourne sends
Meteors legend Nelson Ackland
Phoenix sends
RF Franck Magnier (ML)
PHO 2131 1st round pick
120
« on: March 14, 2021, 12:10:14 PM »
Melbourne sends
2130 1st rounder (current pick - Reynaldo Quintero, selected in Slack DM)
Beijing sends
Karachi's 2131 1st round pick
Northwest's 2131 3rd round pick
Beijing's 2132 5th round pick
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« on: March 10, 2021, 05:15:48 PM »
Melbourne sends
2130 2nd round pick (Havana)
2130 3rd round pick (Havana)
Daegu sends
SP Alejandro Gamboa (ML)
RF Tom Farmer (ML)
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« on: March 05, 2021, 05:10:46 PM »
We all know that OOTP is weird. Sometimes a rating has a greater or lesser effect than we expect, and often the relationship between ratings and stats can be completely counterintuitive. I decided to analyze the three OOTP "running" ratings - speed, stealing, and baserunning - and see what effect they had on stolen bases. To begin with, my data only included the 2129 season. Since ratings can change, I thought it would make the data less reliable to include previous seasons. I also only included players with at least 6 steal attempts. A consequence of this is that most players on the list had good running ratings, but I don't think this matters, as nobody would want to steal a base with a 3/3/3. There were a total of 104 players on this list. Their average ratings were 7.5/8.6/7.9 (speed/stealing/baserunning) and their median ratings were 8/9/8. I analyzed each individual running rating in isolation and compared each one to SBs (total number of bases stolen) and SB% (steals divided by steal attempts). I'll begin with the stealing rating. The slope of the trendline for the stealing vs SBs data was 4.75 - in other words, for every increase of 1 in stealing, we could expect an increase of 4.75 steals, all else being equal. So a 7/9/7 would be expected to have 9.5 more steals than a 7/7/7 (over the period analyzed, which is one full season minus three weeks). I personally don't think SBs are particularly indicative, since team strategy and player strategy settings have a huge effect and are difficult to account for, but SB% is a better indicator. The slope of the trendline for stealing vs SB% was 3.17 - an increase of 1 stealing rating point led to, on average, an increase of 3.17% success rate. This is less than I expected, and indeed, the R^2 coefficient (a statistical metric used to determine strength of correlation) was just 0.151 (out of a maximum of 1), suggesting a relatively weak correlation. In other words, statistically speaking, stealing rating has a tangible but fairly small effect on stealing. Incedentally, the R^2 for stealing rating vs SBs (not SB%) was 0.243, indicating that the stealing rating is a stronger indication of the number of steals than the steal percentage. On to the baserunning rating, which might be the least used rating in the game. The slope of the SBs vs BSR trendline was 2.19, and for SB% vs BSR, it was 2.33. In other words, an increase of 1 BSR rating led to, on average, an increase of 2.19 stolen bases and a 2.33% increase in success rate. The R^2 coefficients were 0.089 and 0.141, suggesting that baserunning has much less of an impact on stealing bases than the stealing rating. Finally, on to (in my personal opinion) the most interesting data: the speed rating. The slope of the trendline of speed vs SBs was 3.28, and the R^2 coefficient was 0.172, suggesting a correlation between speed and SBs. However, the trendline of speed vs SB% had a slope of essentially 0 (-0.0948), and the R^2 was 0 (the software I used rounds R^2 to three decimal places, so technically I should say the R^2 was less than 0.0005 and therefore rounded to 0). In other words, speed has essentially no effect on stolen base percentage. The correlation between speed and SBs could be because teams set their fastest players to steal more often, or it could be programmed that way within the engine. An interesting example of this is Northwest's Phillip Moore, who had the highest SB% of my entire list - 13 steals and only one CS, for a rate of 92.9% - with a speed of just 5. His STE and RUN ratings are 9 and 8, respectively. Oslo's Marcio Stallone is also an interesting case. He currently has 20 SBs and a speed rating of 10 - but his low STE (only 5) means his actual success rate is barely over 50%. Finally, a clarification for those of you who know a bit about statistics. In this article, I used linear trendlines simply because they're easiest to explain. However, I did check all the data with exponential, quadratic, cubic, logarithmic, and power series trendlines, and in every case, the R^2 stayed very similar to the linear trendline. This actually surprised me, as I had believed all OOTP ratings follow a normal distribution rather than a uniform one, and therefore believed that exponential trendlines would fit the data better - but this did not occur. A potential explanation of this is that running ratings do not follow the same normal distribution that batting and pitching ratings do, which actually is supported by (at least my) anecdotal experience - I notice many more 9s and 10s the running ratings than in batting ratings. I did make graphs for these data, but am not including them here out of a desire for brevity. I'll post them on Slack if people are interested.
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« on: February 26, 2021, 08:02:17 PM »
MEL sends
OF Cristián Vázquez
PAR sends
2130 4th, 2130 5th, 2131 5th
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« on: February 26, 2021, 05:39:11 PM »
Rio sends
CF Daniel Hayes (AAA)
Melbourne sends
500k
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« on: February 25, 2021, 02:09:17 PM »
SP Anupradana Koushika - 9/7/6 pitcher with an elite fastball and three other good pitches. Gives up some walks but not much else. With 7 movement, could be a good starter even in a high-HR environment. Asking price: 3rd Post it: 3rd, 4th, 5th or 2nd OF William Kalman - Pretty good hitter (6/7/7/6/7) with very good defense (8/8/8). Rated 9 at RF and 7 at CF. Also has plus speed/stealing (8/10/8). Under contract for another year after this season. Asking price: 3rd Post it: 3rd and 4th OF Cristián Vázquez - 6/9/7/7/6 hitter with 7/8/8 defense. Currently rated 9 at LF and should be 9 at RF if he gets some time there. Would also be a passable CF. Hitting .322 with 1.8 WAR in under 200 plate appearances. Asking price: 2nd or 3rd and 4th Post it: 2nd and 4th OF Darren Wyatt - 7/7/5/4/6 with potentials at 8/8/6/5/9. wRC+ of 121 in AAA. Asking price: Similarly-rated infielder around the same age Post it: 2nd 1B Keith O'Malley - 7/9/5/5/9 vs RHP. Hit .583 in the majors this year (in a small sample size, granted, but still!) wRC+ of 124 in AAA. Asking price: 3rd Post it: 2nd As always, nobody is truly untouchable (except Ravandur, Mesa, and my 4 non-Koushika SPs) so feel free to make an offer on whoever.
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« on: February 24, 2021, 03:54:16 PM »
NW sends
RP Valdinei Weir (ML)
MEL sends
Beijing's 2130 3rd round pick
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« on: February 20, 2021, 06:48:54 PM »
Havana sends
SP Eli Tessier (AAA)
2130 2nd round pick
Melbourne sends
OF Percy Stevense (AAA)
128
« on: February 14, 2021, 04:06:32 PM »
Melbourne sends
2130 2nd round pick
Paris sends
2131 4th round pick
RF Wei-hong Bao (AA)
129
« on: January 30, 2021, 08:27:16 PM »
Melbourne sends
C Alejandro Yera (AAA)
2131 4th round pick
Havana sends
OF Cristián Vázquez (ML)
130
« on: January 28, 2021, 08:47:24 PM »
Melbourne sends
SP Boboy Espina (AAA)
Rio sends
2131 5th round pick
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« on: January 27, 2021, 12:16:25 PM »
Melbourne sends
1B Steve Mobley (ML)
3rd round pick in 2130
Puerto Rico sends
1B Jurgen Landler (ML)
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« on: January 26, 2021, 09:16:12 PM »
Trade canceled by mutual agreement
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« on: January 02, 2021, 09:29:19 PM »
Melbourne sends
SP William Ford (AA)
Karachi sends
RP Lenny Look (ML)
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« on: January 02, 2021, 07:11:32 PM »
ALL POST IT PRICES ARE NEGOTIABLE! POST IT IF YOU THINK IT'S FAIR BUT DM ME TO NEGOTIATE! CL Natale Datini - 10/8/7. Ratings-wise he should be a closer for every team in the league. He sucks, though. I don't know why. By rating I'd ask for a 1st but will give a discount because of stats and say post it for a 2nd, to any ABL team. Sold 2B Keith O'Malley - Former 3rd overall pick. 7/9/5/5/9 batting ratings. Should play 1B, could play 2B if necessary. Post it 2nd CF Bang-xao Fung - 6/7/5/5/6 vs LHP, very good defender at CF and could be elite in the corners with some time spent there. Post it 4th CF Samuel Beamish - Australian. Elite defender in LF, good in CF and RF. Bad but not unusable bat. Post it 5th 2B/SS Eugênio Locher - Has a cool thing on the e in his name. Also an elite defender at 2B and above average at SS. Post it 5th 1B Tristan Vantassell - 8 gap and 8 power. Ignore everything else. Also not a terrible pitcher. Post it $1 C Alejandro Yera - 6/7/5/6/8 vs RHP. Has a little fire thing next to his name. Left handed. Post it $1 P Shamsedeen Ukiru - 9/5/8, 2.5 pitches but has been starting in AAA and doing well. Could also be a very solid reliever (11/5/8). Post it 3rd SP Boboy Espina - 9/5/8 with three excellent pitches. ERA of 2.92 at home this year. Very good starter for a Hucklepark, probably serviceable anywhere. Post it 3rd RP Jilenko Belgica - 10/5/8, up to 10/6/8 vs lefties. Post it 4th Anyone on my AAA roster is available except Wyatt, Lim, and Riggins (who could all move in a package for a star SP or something, I guess). I'm looking for an 8/7/6 SP with a cheap contract. Passive-aggressive disclaimer - these are POST IT prices. Post them if you think they're fair or a bargain. If you don't think they're fair but are still interested in the player, DM me! I will negotiate!
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« on: January 02, 2021, 06:19:55 PM »
Melbourne sends
RP Francisco Aromin (ML)
Edmonton sends
CF Percy Stevense (AAA)
Karachi's 2128 3rd round pick
136
« on: December 29, 2020, 01:48:14 PM »
Melbourne sends
SS Jacquy Guérin (AA)
Manila sends
$150,000
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« on: December 13, 2020, 07:09:22 PM »
Melbourne sends
OF Gilbert Keller (ML)
Manila sends
2128 4th round pick
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« on: December 10, 2020, 09:18:56 PM »
Melbourne sends
CF Vince Baxter (AAA)
2128 2nd round pick (Phoenix)
Puerto Rico sends
RP Fytor Hollanda (ML)
139
« on: December 07, 2020, 08:12:13 PM »
Keller for 2129 5th
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« on: December 07, 2020, 04:32:24 PM »
The Melbourne Meteors are proud to retire the numbers 49 and 64 to honor outfielder Stéphane Salomon and infielder Tamirat Sifiye. The first overall pick in the 2101 IBL draft, Stéphane Salomon is rare among Meteors for being a very good player who was never traded. He is one of a small group of players to play for all three iterations of the franchise - the Tokyo Samurai, Brisbane Bandits, and Melbourne Meteors. He hit .243, slugged .478, hit 258 home runs, and accumulated over 50 WAR in 11 seasons. He also earned four Silver Slugger awards (three at center field, one at right field) and one Gold Glove at center field. He sits 19th in WBA history for career isolated power, and owns the Melbourne franchise record for WAR, runs, home runs, RBIs, and games played. The 11th overall pick in the 2103 IBL draft, Tamirat Sifiye spent only part of his career with the Melbourne franchise. In his ten total seasons there, he hit .315 and accumulated 41.63 WAR. He was eventually traded to the Buenos Aires Dolphins, for whom he gathered another 25.26 WAR, in a trade that the Meteors GM now acknowledges as his "biggest mistake". However, Sifiye remained on good terms with the Meteors, and at the close of his career, was traded back to Melbourne, where he played the final six games of his career. Sifiye is 13th in WBA history for career on-base percentage (exactly .400), eighth all-time in hits (2,491), seventh in runs (1,448) and third in stolen bases (611), and is the Melbourne franchise leader in career batting average (.314). He also finishes with 79.33 total WAR, ninth all time, and since a majority of his WAR was for Melbourne, he will wear a Meteors jersey and cap into the Hall of Fame if and when he is inducted.
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« on: December 05, 2020, 02:49:55 PM »
Edmonton sends
2127 4th round pick (80 overall)
Melbourne sends
C Orliber Capili (R)
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« on: December 05, 2020, 12:50:49 PM »
Melbourne sends
SP Luis Prado (AA)
Karachi sends
CF William Flitney (R)
$3.6 million
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« on: December 04, 2020, 04:53:38 PM »
Melbourne sends
SP Asmo Kartini (AAA)
Karachi sends
CF William Kalman (ML), retaining 50% salary
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« on: December 04, 2020, 12:32:34 PM »
Melbourne sends
MEL 2128 2nd round pick
Santo Domingo sends
1B Ed Girod (ML)
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« on: December 02, 2020, 09:17:22 PM »
Melbourne sends
Ljubljana's 2127 1st round pick (just acquired)
Phoenix's 2127 2nd round pick
Mexico City's 2127 2nd round pick
C Brandon Bashford (ML)
RP Richard Jewel (A)
Phoenix sends
2B Kenny Merrill (ML)
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« on: December 02, 2020, 09:13:13 PM »
Melbourne sends
2B Ângelo Braz (ML)
SP Bart Tween (AA)
SP Adrián González (A)
Ljubljana sends
2127 1st round pick
$4 million
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« on: December 01, 2020, 03:33:51 PM »
Of immediate concern: 3B Guillermo Carvajal - Getting up there in age but can still hit. 1.1 WAR this year as mostly a sub, could probably start for some teams, particularly vs lefties (6/8/7/8/9). Also with 6/6/8/7/5/8/10 defensive ratings, he's best at 3B but can be used at 2B, LF, or RF. Has a team option for this season at $4m, I'm not planning to keep him so he'll be very cheap. If you want him, yours for a 5th, but you have to let me know soon, the option will happen within a few days and if I don't get any interest I'll just lose him. Available whenever: 1B Gunadhara Upanishad - 7/7/8/7/6 vs both hands, decent fielder at 1B. 1.4 WAR last year in only 42 games started. Should be starting and doesn't have room here in Melbourne. Willing to talk trade on him but don't have a specific price. I'm also not sold on moving him, but if you want him, make an offer. CL Natale Datini - 10/8/7, pretty bad in Melbourne but had good underlying stats and got BABIPed to death (3.23 FIP is pretty good). Very cheap $1.4m contract for three more years. As I wrote this I realized I don't really want to trade him, but I'll listen to offers. SP Boboy Espina - 9/5/8 with very good stats at home (2.29 FIP, 1.89 ERA), as you'd expect from a low-movement guy in my park. He'd be very good for a specific type of ballpark. Two years left at $3.4m, second year is a team option. I'll ask for a 2nd and would probably take a 3rd. C Alejandro Yera - 6/7/5/6/8 vs RHP, pretty bad-looking defensive ratings but decent defensive stats (only -3.2 ZR in 129 games in his last full season in the majors). Also had 2.7 WAR that year. Asking for a 4th. Pretty much anyone else on my AAA roster can move (except Mesa). Younger ones would tend to cost more. There's a lot of AAAA talent there that should probably be in the big leagues. Also, I need a really good 2B. I'd be open to some sort of package deal involving Datini+Upanishad or something for the right player. I can also move prospects.
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« on: November 28, 2020, 01:42:55 PM »
Melbourne sends
Edmonton's 5th round pick
Black Forest sends
$1
The Plexiglass Principle reigns supreme.
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« on: November 23, 2020, 06:16:51 PM »
With just 4 weeks left in the regular season, it's time to bring back What's At Stake. This year, I'll just do weekly updates as replies to this post. Heading into September, we've got some exciting races in both leagues - let's take a look. In the ABL, the league-leading Havana Dolphins sit 5 games clear of the rest of the Latin American Division. With two series against non-divisional teams - the Mexico City Aztecs and Edmonton Trappers - a good week could lock down the division title. The Dolphins are being chased by the Santo Domingo Palmchats (5 games back) and Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (6 games back). Both of these teams also play outside the division this week, with Santo Domingo matching up against Edmonton and the Los Angeles Stars, while Rio will take on the Phoenix Burros and the Aztecs. Any (or all) of the Latin American top three could easily go 6-0 this week, making a winning sim even more important. The window to catch up to the Dolphins likely ends this week, unless we see some surprise losses. The most interesting race in the ABL is the North American Division title race. With the Burros sitting just one game above .500, followed closely behind by the Stars and Northwest Emeralds at exactly .500 and Aztecs one game below, it's highly likely that this division will only have one playoff team (again). That makes this week hugely important for the four teams in contention, as Phoenix takes on Rio and the São Paulo Toucans, LA plays the Puerto Rico Coqui and the Palmchats, Northwest meets São Paulo and Puerto Rico, and Mexico City plays Havana and Rio. With all due respect to the Coqui, it's hard to deny that LA and Northwest have the easier schedules for this week. We may have a much clearer picture of the North American pretty soon. Finally, the Toucans shouldn't be counted out of the playoffs yet - just four games outside the wild card (yet with the same record as the North American leaders), São Paulo needs a big week pretty soon. With no divisional matchups, they'll look to make up some ground with wins against Northwest and Phoenix. A bad week could dash their hopes, while a good week (plus some luck) could bring them back within striking distance. Over in the IBL, the Mumbai Cobras have already clinched the Asian Division title, and sit 14 games ahead of the Cairo Pharaohs for the #1 seed. They'll play the Paris Fleur-de-Lis before matching up with Cairo, but it's hard to pretend these games matter much to Mumbai, who've essentially locked down home-field advantage. Cairo, meanwhile, leads the Afro-European Division by seven games. They'll match up with the Karachi Falcons before playing Mumbai. Cairo won't clinch the division this week, but barring any sort of collapse, they should be able to put a stranglehold on it. In the actual close race, the Ljubljana Dragons have surged out of nowhere to take a four-game lead on the first wild card. They're not mathematically eliminated from the division title yet, but are more than likely going to focus on defending the wild card - and with series against the Manila Baseball Team and Melbourne Meteors, who are five and four games away, respectively, the Dragons have an opportunity to put a lot of distance between them and their chasers - or they could see their lead slip away. The Meteors are currently tied with the Rome Generals for the second wild-card, and they will play the Generals followed by the Dragons. This is a crucial few games for the Meteors, who could catch Ljubljana with a good week or fall out of the playoffs entirely with a bad week. Rome has it slightly easier. They'll look to take sole possession of the wild card with a series win against Melbourne, then play the struggling Karachi Falcons. A good week could leave the Generals fairly well positioned in the playoff hunt. After firing their manager over a botched trade negotiation, and amidst rumors of other managers pressuring the team into a name change, the Manila Baseball Team has fallen out of playoff position. But with new management finally stepping in, the Baseball Team has time to turn their season around, especially being just one game out of the wild card (although behind two tied teams). They'll play the Dragons and the newly-tanking Black Forest Foxes, and with some losses by Rome and Melbourne, could see themselves in a playoff spot by the end of the week.
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« on: November 17, 2020, 09:19:37 PM »
CF George Sidford - currently hitting .278 and has 1.4 WAR in just 161 plate appearances. Good defense in all three OF spots. Should absolutely be starting, but blocked on my team. Post it - late 1st or early 2nd (use your judgment) C Alejandro Yera - 7/8/5/6/8 vs RHP, and yes Casey, a left handed catcher! 2.7 WAR last season, 0.9 this year in the pros in just 45 games plus 1.1 in AAA in 39 games. Post it - late 2nd or early 3rd 3B Raúl Sierra - 9 rating at 3B including 11 arm, should win a gold glove in the pros. Not a great hitter but could be a very good defensive sub. Post it - 3rd SS Eugenio Locher - Plus defense (8/7/10/10) at any infield position. Not good hitting ratings but hitting .273 in AAA for 4.3 WAR in 95 games. Post it - 4th SP Mansoor Domki - Consistently excellent AAAA pitcher who can probably play in the pros somewhere. 4.6 WAR last year, 2.8 so far this year in 19 starts. Post it - 5th P Harold Threlfall - Has 3 very good pitches, but always performs better in the bullpen. 10/5/7. Could be a steal. Post it - 4th 2B Bill Hurley - 11 contact vs LHP. Having a really bad year but hit .360 vs lefties last year and .385 the year before. Could be used as a platoon. Post it - 5th Any other AAA pitcher except Kudo, Kakazai, and Schulberg could move, feel free to make an offer. Also, I have a lot of defense-first shortstops in my system, particularly Axel Monck, Panthea Metrofanis, Orrin Tsougarakis, and Sherman Hammond. Any of these can be had for a 2.5 star prospect (or, possibly, a 2-star prospect of my choice). All post-it prices are final if posted but feel free to negotiate if nobody else posts a trade, I'm always open to suggestions.
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