Yeah....
but not Howard or Hamels. No Phillies. Give me Prince Fielder and, uh.... I can't think of a comparable young lefty ace right now. But give me him instead.
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| Author: | herrclauseman [ Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Two great trades and team lineup... |
I've just finished my second season as the Red Sox and had a great time trading away most of the higher $$$ players for younger, cheaper and often times, more skilled players. In the first season, I played using only the default team, some F/As and the draft. Whereas in the second season, I had decided early on that it was going to be a learning experience... I took the time to make trades that kept the team highly competitive during season, as well planning for my upcoming third season (which I started last night). I recorded all of my trades, but I think the two that exemplify the careful planning were with the Twins and the Phillies. I was able to trade away Manny Ramirez for Jason Bay, Jason Bartlett and Joe Mauer, who were all just a fraction of Manny's contract. In addition, knowing that I was going to have to get rid of Big Papi to save $$$, I began looking for a power hitting 1st basemen. It was unbelievable to see that Ryan Howard was somewhere around 500 points! Since it was getting close to the trading deadline, I had only two players left that I wanted to get rid of, Kason Gabbard and a generic infield draft pick. The trade for Howard alone was only one star. Then, for the heck of it, I also selected Cole Hamels' name and it was still a one star trade. I went ahead submitted it, and it was accepted! Below is my starting line up for my third season... My bench guys include Wigginton, Mccann, Ethier and Maicer Izturis. This doesn't name my pitching staff or the AAA guys, which are just as good or in training to become so. All of this, saw my Total salary go from +140,000 to just over 84,000!!!! Thanks for looking! Adrian Gonzalez (1B) Orlando Hudson (2B) Jason Bartlett (SS) Ryan Zimmerman (3B) Joe Mauer (C) Carl Crawford (CF) Jason Bay (LF) Jeff Francoeur (RF) Ryan Howard (DH) |
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| Author: | Bobby Baseball [ Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
All proof that you are the Red Sox is now gone.... |
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| Author: | herrclauseman [ Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
All that is left of the original '07 lineup are in my pitching staff: Beckett Matsuzaka Lester Wakefield Okajima Rosario Delcarmen I just traded Papelbon to the A's for Huston Street and Nick Swisher. He wanted 2000 up from 390! Wakefield will be going bye-bye soon. He's had major skill loss due to his age... His Stam fell from A to B and his Knuckleball went from a 6 to 5 for the second time! Lester learned the knuckleball in Spring training, so I'm going to see if I can get them to practice together before I trade him away... Off the top of my head, my pitchers include: Zach Duke Cole Hamels Josh Johnson Tomo Ohka Jonathan Broxton Francisco Liriano Huston Street (just added) |
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| Author: | Bobby Baseball [ Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
Not bad, definitely a contending team. |
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| Author: | herrclauseman [ Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
Thanks Bobby! Oh how nice things would be if only the Mets could trade like that... |
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| Author: | Bobby Baseball [ Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
Yeah.... but not Howard or Hamels. No Phillies. Give me Prince Fielder and, uh.... I can't think of a comparable young lefty ace right now. But give me him instead.
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| Author: | PowerPro Jr [ Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
Bobby Baseball wrote: I can't think of a comparable young lefty ace right now. May I suggest Jon Lester? Or Wandy Rodriguez? Or even Clayton Kershaw? |
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| Author: | Bobby Baseball [ Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two great trades and team lineup... |
Yeah I'll take Jon Lester. Rodriguez's career has not been that great and Kershaw is just a rookie so Lester is the most proven. |
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