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Terry Martinez is worse. Traded him as a 20/52 my scout and I believe 20/61 OSA. Was a throw in for Corey. 2 short years later he is built like a top 5 hitter. I have no choice but to hate Martinez, at least I knew Todd would be awesome.

No Washington and Morrow?!

Those should be 100% guaranteed 1st ballot guys but that why is we all have a vote if you will.

Bryan Stuff/movement/control potential at time of trade and now: 104/70/60 vs 112/74/87

Shawn Powell Stuff/movement/control potential at time of trade and now: 73/98/114 vs 62/86/88...most notable, stamina was 52, now it's 25. Maybe my scout is just dyslexic


With today's sim, Powell is officially projected as a bullpen arm.

wdoupis wrote: at least I knew Todd would be awesome.

You got quite a haul in that trade and even then you balked on Todd.

You got Mori,Jenkins, and Lee.

Cnasty wrote:No Washington and Morrow?!

Those should be 100% guaranteed 1st ballot guys but that why is we all have a vote if you will.

10th and 11th all time in WAR.

wdoupis wrote:Terry Martinez is worse. Traded him as a 20/52 my scout and I believe 20/61 OSA. Was a throw in for Corey. 2 short years later he is built like a top 5 hitter. I have no choice but to hate Martinez, at least I knew Todd would be awesome.

yeah, think how I feel. I had to throw him in for the Rodriguez deal(a cash dump) then he goes to Boston and now he looks amazing.

Sheltown won 88 games last season. So far at -21.4 in WAR lost. Projected to win 93 games this season. I'll take it!!!

BigRy wrote:

wdoupis wrote:Terry Martinez is worse. Traded him as a 20/52 my scout and I believe 20/61 OSA. Was a throw in for Corey. 2 short years later he is built like a top 5 hitter. I have no choice but to hate Martinez, at least I knew Todd would be awesome.

yeah, think how I feel. I had to throw him in for the Rodriguez deal(a cash dump) then he goes to Boston and now he looks amazing.

I think I see a trend here...


Though I have no idea who "Rodriguez" is

It was a fair trade and who knew Lee would be worthless. I just meant I knew he would be good, I don't think either of us expected Martinez to become this. Hell, I got Martinez just for taking on Ramon Rodriguez 9 mil per year deal

Hopefully Hoffman will be my first HOF, 3 years younger than Acosta with only about 10 less WAR. Also has a MVP award

I drafted Bryan originally, but couldn't afford his 7 mil signing demand....ultimately he would have still ended up in Boston. Crazy how these things work out

wdoupis wrote:It was a fair trade and who knew Lee would be worthless. I just meant I knew he would be good, I don't think either of us expected Martinez to become this. Hell, I got Martinez just for taking on Ramon Rodriguez 9 mil per year deal

I was talking to Shel about Martinez the other day as well.

He is "only" all greens by my scout and a 72. He is good but he was also high 60s when I traded for him.

With these scout variances I started making a lot more deals based on OSA than even my own scout lately as it is too wild.

scout variance is all over the place. the problem I have now is outside of Boston, Houston, LA, and OCD I don't have a single prospect on my radar that is blue...

hell, the only blue guys I have are Lindsey, alberto hernandez and fucking cusack... according to my scout.

I don't pay much attention to the the ratings during this time of the year. Seems like a ton of guys drop in potential right before spring training the last few seasons. They build right back up afterwards though.

Wasted Memory wrote:I don't pay much attention to the the ratings during this time of the year. Seems like a ton of guys drop in potential right before spring training the last few seasons.

They usually get those huge jumps in January and then a big crash in March.

I've seen it with some of mine but I am glad other scouts are enjoying my prospects more than my scout has them.

Uuaww wrote:scout variance is all over the place. the problem I have now is outside of Boston, Houston, LA, and OCD I don't have a single prospect on my radar that is blue...

hell, the only blue guys I have are Lindsey, alberto hernandez and fucking cusack... according to my scout.

Dang, I probably just have a happy go lucky Jon Gruden type scout who loves everyone.

My scout shows 130 players between AAA down to R ball. Coincidentally, OSA shows 130 as well.

4 per team average.

I know the majority of us like the number system, but I wonder what type of impact the star system would have on our overall variances.

shel311 wrote:

The_Niddler wrote:Don't you have 1 championship in 2041?

Pre O'Connor Curse

My point was, his hand is not empty, he has 1.

Cnasty wrote:No Washington and Morrow?!

Those should be 100% guaranteed 1st ballot guys but that why is we all have a vote if you will.

I don't think either of those guys are 1st balloters. I mean they are great and could get it but it all depends on who is in the class the year they are eligible.

Wasted Memory wrote:I know the majority of us like the number system, but I wonder what type of impact the star system would have on our overall variances.

I don't mess with it much, but I'll do my own franchise with each new version of OOTP that comes out. I've tried the stars in the past, and I just can't get into it.

It's really just that we're so used to it like it is. I'm guessing if we had done the stars since 2010, I'd think going to the numbers was weird and couldn't do it nowadays.

But it would definitely create more variance, much more IMO.