Schauwn
Well-Known Member
Can we just work out a deal for you to manage my minor league system while you're 100% immersed?500 minutes per day. Get dedicated.
Can we just work out a deal for you to manage my minor league system while you're 100% immersed?500 minutes per day. Get dedicated.
So true.. I try to add versatility where ever I can. Especially to fringy prospectsI think Marsh was unfortunate to not be given more development at CF and RF to boost his positional ratings. He had the fielding ratings to be competent at both spots and be good 4th OF prospect just like Gooksta said, but by the time I got him he was already 25 and I didn't figure out my training regimen until he was 26. That mad him have limited utility to me going forward, so I traded him to @Zachmills (who won that trade for sure) and it looks like he might turn the corner soon and have a productive late 20s.
I think development decisions are so important for setting the "floor" on these guys. Obviously you can't control the ceiling (certain guys pop and receive boosts above their drafted potential) but you can control how useful they are in at least a utility role.
Rob White is a perfect example of Osick's development ability giving that dude versatility by having him train at 1B as well to at least give him a "floor" as a player who deserves to be on your 25 man squad. Osick did a good job of recognizing his decent infield ratings for a catcher and getting him some versatility training.
If a player isn't a true starter at a position, then I want them to have the versatility to at least cover multiple spots. I think a lot of people neglect that in their dev plan for young players.
I played Tien Thu at 1B for a majority of his beginning years in the minors
Half of the players are listed @ SS, or CF. think they try to mimick real life. Most kids are listed that way.. but most get moved off
Most don't care about defense or baserunning.. they want power or 60+ contact.. if not, they suck.
This is what I try to do. My minors is stock full of CF'ers I'm am try to get to learn all 3 of spots.The flip side of this was Alfie Almquis who was listed as LF in the draft pool despite having 75/65/65 OF fielding ratings. That dude is a CF all the way where a bat like his is really rare. Now after half a season of A ball he's already got a 75 positional rating at CF so I'd play him at LF and RF to improve his versatility so he can play all 3 spots. Then if he never reaches his hitting potential, at least you've created an awesome 4th outfielder.
Impact bat! Got one rightTell me about Jon Funk.
To me Catchers with 35+ ratings in infield range and errors should all be cross trained as 1Bs. That's a good way to make sure you can get as many good bats on the field as possible.
@Mr. Radpants
Ur dude Erhard Dietrich is already 60 rated at catcher as a 21 year old and he's already playing well in AAA, but based on his current bat ratings he probably needs at least a few more years before he's WBL ready... Instead of continuing to have him play catcher in AAA (where he's close to topped out positional rating wise) or instead of grinding this seed corn and calling him up to the WBL in the next few years when ur team still sucks, why not give him a couple of seasons at 1B in AAA? His 40 infield ratings actually project to make a nice 1B. Go through the 1B guys and see how many of the dudes with even good positional ratings at 1B have low 40s for their infield ratings. They just need time there in order to become good. By the time this dude is 24 he could be a dual threat C and 1B with good fielding in both. At the very least that means he'll always have spot as a role player (floor), and if his bat develops to his potential you should end up some nice squad versatility.
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Tell me about Jon Funk.
Just kidding, that's a fair idea Travis. I've been meaning to dig in and manage my minors diligently and haven't found the time yet. That's a good point about grabbing him a secondary position while I can.
Idk and idk. The release date is in game and it starts when i remember to start itSpeaking of drafts... @OU11 when does the draft pool get released for this next class and when does the next draft start?
Would be fun but I (or osick) would have to go through every team to look at their offers. If there is no export for a team then i offer everyone their demand for that team.So I assume the "draft pool" on the website right now is inaccurate?
I looked through the "failed to signs" from last season and I see that there was definitely some shenanigans by certain teams not signing hardly any of their players in pretty high rounds. It would have been nice to be able to draft one of those guys instead of having a team in front of me draft a player and decide not to sign him.....
4 first round players and 10 second round players "failed to sign" and that seems a bit much to me. Now I'll assume some of you actually wanted to sign some of those guys (I wanted my 1st rounder that failed to sign) but I still calls shenanigans on more than half of the 2nd round "not signing."
I personally failed to sign one of my two 1st rounders, despite offering him what he asked, but the rest of my failings were later round auto drafted CPU guys that were "impossible."
We should make a house rule about that if it is a problem in the future. "Have to offer at least what player is asking" or something like that. If you can't afford slot value for your draft picks you should at least look to trade out because holy fuck.
All my guys had impossible listings.. still offered though
I agreeThanks for running the draft you four cheaters. JD being the exception since he posted what happened.
Just take away comp picks unless someone posts evidence that they can't sign someone. There's no need for them.
WatOU throwing trog stones at Wolfman from his 4 second round picks in 2050 (3 of them compensatory) trog house.
We have 18 teams.... What is 18*2?The draft order shows fuckin 30 2nd round picks in the 2050 draft, so I'm not sure the "one compensatory pick" thing is working either.
We have 18 teams.... What is 18*2?
Yeah i was thinking of 49, i honestly dont remember the 50 draft but i always sign my guys.
One thing is for sure, i had no more than one comp pick this year. I do trade from time to time and future seconds are sometimes part of it.
Wait, Travis didn't sign his first rounder?