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Amsterdam Tulips Thread
- Thread starter OU11
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Idk if you have what I need gook
Lloyd Carr
Well-Known Member
What do you need?
Gooksta
Well-Known Member
You ain't lying. Lol
You tryna get some Wong?
Lloyd Carr
Well-Known Member
No. I just want to know the price, so I know what to ask for if I want to trade Big Dick Kim.
Lloyd Carr
Well-Known Member
Id probably raise it 15-25%
Gooksta
Well-Known Member
He ended up closing.. I could use him back actually. And he helped me get to the ship..
I was in first while I was simming, just sayin.
Trade Time
I guess this was the fleece of all fleeces to most of the league, but I don't see it. I guess I'l be able to flip Bill later for a nice package. The way I saw it was Vis has struggled a great deal and this allows me to rest his legs significantly for the playoffs. Bill is a low average high power hitter which I'm not fond of. I like guys who get on base more and if they can hit for power in addition that's what I want. Kemel and Havelid were never going to break my rotation and I feel can be decent stop gaps for a team until they get the real deal in, while the trade boiled mostly down to Bert for Bill. I just found Bert in my system this year, he grew into a 2* prospect and when we switched to 15 he turned into a 4* when he was graded against the rest of the league. He will be an amazing fielder and will be a jack of all trades hitter. I'll really miss having that insurance coming up through the system. @osick87 people are sleeping on Bert, but they won't be for long.
This was just something I couldn't refuse. I really wanted to keep Zhou but a 2nd is a good prize for him. He has pitched fantastic over the years for a FA pick up and everybody buying MRs but leaving Li Johnston in the FA market made one expendable. People wanted to trade picks instead of take a chance on him, so it was an easier decision for me.
Why wouldn't I? Carl will be good but these two picks mean I have a chance at the next Carl. Durrach is a different hitter than Carl but he can hit for average and I have enough Pop to not need my 2B to hit 20 HRs
Macro look
Amsterdam sends
2B Carl Aguirre
2B/SS Bert Lynam
SP Andreas Havelid
SP Sedattin Kemal
MR Gary Zhou
2nd Round Pick
Amsterdam Recieves
C Bill Harris
False Bay's 1st Round Pick
Istanbul's 2nd Round Pick
Buenos Aires 2nd Round Pick
Helsingborg's 2nd Round Pick
Great trade deadline since I didn't send any serious WBL level players away while nabbing one and getting a plethora of picks to help my package for @Yankee151's Brittain
This off-season is going to take a lot of time for me. I want to finally end my over 26 program in my minor leagues which means I'll be cutting probably 20 guys across the levels and will need to sign younger guys to make them whole again. After seeing guys like Bert and Manny pop for no reason I want to take a chance on those younger fellas and see what they do.
You are in for a fight
Am going to godfather him
Off-Season Moves
Trades
Trades
Harris was really wasted as a backup so I wanted to move him. He was mostly brought in for chasing back to back shampships. I like Tomas and even though I have a huge strength in the corners I think he will bring great value in 2 years when he fills out.
The 1-11 ended up being Cliff Jackson. Or Johnson. Either way he was the best SP on the board IMO at that spot. He's a HS kid so who knows what he'll do, but John tells me he has great potential. He'll need to work on his control but if he can lock in he will be at worst a solid #3.
Wiegl is better than a lottery ticket and I'm in need of a good backup catcher. Good defensively IIRC.
Too many picks means lots of moving up. Can't pay em all and this one got what I think will be the steal in the draft in Haswell if he follows Weber's training program. John told me he could hit 40 before I picked him.
Draft
1-9 Chris Brown
Feisty SS who has a bit of power. Had solid college stats and is at a position of weakness in the WBL. Really slaps the ball around, just like his women.
1-11 Cliff Jackson
Already spoke about Cliff, but what I really liked about what John told me is he has one elite pitch, one plus plus, and one plus. Baseball likes to use many pluses when tom bout prospects. He also has lots of movement on the ball, one scout told John he saw Cliff start a pitch 12 feet high and put it in the zone. Does throwing underhand count?
1-14 Jesse Haswell
Power bat. That's all. If he can figure out how to hit the ball regularly he will put fear in pitchers. Was seen launching balls 700 feet in a recent showcase at USC. Apparently one went on a nearby roof interrupting two young students' coitus.
1-15 Kerry Coorigan
Future backup catcher, and he's excited about it. Extremely good defender, noodle for an arm but hell of a mind. Only a year, maybe a year and a half away from backing up Vis.
Another lottery pick trade. This one nets me another Zas with a different skill set. Amazing defender, will be putting reps in at 2B to get him up to speed there. He also killed me in the World Series last year, so it is nice that I won't have to see him again
I am bummed you took Haswell. I called it
He was the guy you thought would fall?
Oh okay, has the other one been taken yet?
My b
I had a few guys who I was looking at for the 2nd round picks that aren't gone yet. A few I thought would be gone in the first round too
Trade Time
Ole Dino just didn't bring a good market after last years deadline run on pitchers. I got what I could for him and I'm actually pretty happy with it overall. Soto has elite movement and control, with his stuff being average. I don't really understand that given his worst pitch is graded plus by my scout. I'm guessing it has to do with him only throwing 90-92 so I'll just have to hope he increases that. If he can get to 93-95 or so I think that will jump. At worst he is a good #4 and at best could be a #2.
Wendell Gee
dawg_gone parrothead
Lawd [sup]7[/sup]
[sup]Man if I was in this league this trade alone would have kept me up till 2 am. [/sup]
I actually should probably explain why I did it. I had a ton of assets and converted them to a great SP and great C who are both durable. Hopefully Rojas gets a kick in the ass because he is slow at learning how to hit, but if he does I'll be okay with it. I had to fleece myself to get that done, and I knew yankee would be better off if he had a ton of good players instead of two great players so I kept adding until he finally accepted.
Carrigan or whatever is a great backup to Vis when he gets there too, can spell him to keep him from getting hurt and will help the pitchers out.
I was sad to get rid of Sally, but Campbell.
Yeah you got two potentially elite players. Rojas should be the best catcher in the league if he reaches potential (@jdlikewhoa mad). Campbell is a stud.
Wendell Gee
dawg_gone parrothead
My first thought was, Here goes OU blowing up his team again. Pretty even trade though imo. A lot of the future for a lot of the now.
If you peruse my team you'll find an abundance of talent in the OF and SP. Losing the 3 WBLers hurts this year but I wanted to get worse anyway. Plus I'm going to get great return for Ruiz when he gets shipped out. You should remember from your time in the league I try not to focus on one deal as a win or loss, I have 3-4 deals in mind that will end up netting what I need. There are only 15 players that you really need to win a shampship, if you can get those 15 to be dominant you'll have to be unlucky to lose.
Wendell Gee
dawg_gone parrothead
Guided meditation thought of the day right there.
You need 4 SPs, 3 MRs (or my personal preference 5 SPs/2 MRs and move a SP to the pen for the playoffs, a lot harder to come by) and your 8 position players. We have a DH now so really 16. You'll end up with decent enough backups should one go down, which is why I'd rather have the 5 SP model.
Wendell Gee
dawg_gone parrothead
Yeah, I get it. So that was the key to your philosophy all along. I always thought you overvalued the elite players, or rather undervalued the risks that come with them - development, injury, giving up baseball for golf - but there is no doubt when that team comes together it is hard to beat. I'm comparing this to my own philosophy, and I think I'm more of a value guy, trying to get the most for the least. Maybe I've always undervalued the elite.
Please come back Wendell. It's time to expand the league!