pseudo's team is going to be solid if pineda and bauer pan out. then you can start flipping prospects and your moderate-upside semi-busts (snider, tabata, ramos, maybin) to the really bad teams for older veterans to fill holes. the fact that you have a decent 2B and SS puts you in a better position than most teams. you're really just screwed at 1B and 3B (but everyone is screwed at 3B except kab)

I do have Davis at first, but that further thins my outfield. So much is riding on Bauer and Pineada. I hope some of the starters I have in the minors become even serviceable rotation guys because there's always value in starting pitching that actually makes starts. My minor league hitters suck beyond Soler and maybe Davidson, but boy does that guy strikeout. I do have two probably top ten picks in the next draft (thanks, Dave!), so I can build up the minors some.

Edited May 21, 201313 yr by PseudoSABR

The key to my success is the depth that I have. Very few teams have 4 plus starters on their bench plus extra starting pitchers. Yours is one of the few others and your team is also quite well. I don't know what has happened to Billy Buck but he's starting Ramiro Pena, Nix and Moustakas every day.

 

I'm also riding the Sale/Harvey train.

My Matt Barnes trade looks especially brilliant as Billy Buck goes into full blown rebuild mode.

My Matt Barnes trade looks especially brilliant as Billy Buck goes into full blown rebuild mode.

 

i was trying to snag CarGO by offering Mccutcheon for Cargo + upgrade elsewhere but he wasn't biting. Cargo actually having a better season than McCutch. Really like that move for your team and very nice to see a strong team inexplicably rebuilding.

I'm pretty sure that Jose Fernandez was the deciding factor. I think he overvalued him but this is a league where dominant pitching rules and his rotation could be borderline ridiculous but I will take a currently elite player anyday.

 

lol - Travis Wood for matt Barnes - my wheeling and dealing has yielded some nice results this year

I'm pretty sure that Jose Fernandez was the deciding factor. I think he overvalued him but this is a league where dominant pitching rules and his rotation could be borderline ridiculous but I will take a currently elite player anyday.

 

lol - Travis Wood for matt Barnes - my wheeling and dealing has yielded some nice results this year

 

jose fernandez is a nice piece in this league but he's not too important for someone in win-now mode as long as wins are worth 10 points and losses are minus 5.

 

im basically out of prospects and don't see myself making any more big trades unless i pull a prospect off the waiver list like i did last year (cingrani).

My 2014 MiLB draft is almost finished as useful veterans continue to be given away.

 

I'm wondering if Billy buck actually traded Stras. That would be complete tank mode which I guess is alright.

My 2014 MiLB draft is almost finished as useful veterans continue to be given away.

 

I'm wondering if Billy buck actually traded Stras. That would be complete tank mode which I guess is alright.

 

it hasn't been processed but supposedly strasburg got dealt for zunino and archer, which is a complete LOL if true. i e-mailed 86ers that i would be willing to build an offer around latos and he just ignored me (which he always does no matter what, no idea why).

 

my team is looking strong again - nabbed Jannsen from Noah for Terdoslavich and Jeanmar Gomez. Seems fair.

it hasn't been processed but supposedly strasburg got dealt for zunino and archer, which is a complete LOL if true. i e-mailed 86ers that i would be willing to build an offer around latos and he just ignored me (which he always does no matter what, no idea why).

 

my team is looking strong again - nabbed Jannsen from Noah for Terdoslavich and Jeanmar Gomez. Seems fair.

I just worry that Terdo won't get playing time any time soon; but he'd make a good trade candidate for the Braves. I picked Jansen off the scrap heap, so getting anything of value is a boon.

I just worry that Terdo won't get playing time any time soon; but he'd make a good trade candidate for the Braves. I picked Jansen off the scrap heap, so getting anything of value is a boon.

 

you got a nice haul. i'm not joking when i say terdo is a lock top 100 prospect in the midseason rankings. his only problem is that he's in an NL system and can't play the field.

 

and jeamar is a 25 year old getting SP innings, nice icing on the cake.

anyone else think that strasburg trade is awful? dont want to accuse anyone of collusion but damn i offered latos OR mccutcheon+more, not sure how that isnt a better offer.

It's not collusion. BB greatly overrates prospects and he's hell bent on gutting his team. The strange thing is that he's selling off players in their prime. I go with the opposite philosophy and collect 30 somethings for peanuts.

 

I think there is actually a chance that Stras wrecks his arm within 3 yrs so I can understand trading him but he didn't get much in return and I would definitely prefer McCutchen.

 

The funny thing is that Zunino isn't actually all that good. He doesn't have an elite bat and probably fits into the .280 15+ HR tier of catchers.

It's not collusion. BB greatly overrates prospects and he's hell bent on gutting his team. The strange thing is that he's selling off players in their prime. I go with the opposite philosophy and collect 30 somethings for peanuts.

 

I think there is actually a chance that Stras wrecks his arm within 3 yrs so I can understand trading him but he didn't get much in return and I would definitely prefer McCutchen.

 

The funny thing is that Zunino isn't actually all that good. He doesn't have an elite bat and probably fits into the .280 15+ HR tier of catchers.

 

i'm not high on archer at all either

I saw Archer pitch a few innings last week. He has some crazy movement on his pitches and it was hard for the hitters to square up and hit him. Of course he also didn't really have an idea where the pitches were going.

 

This is a pretty awful deal though unless Stras rips up his arm again.

i'm not joking when i say terdo is a lock top 100 prospect in the midseason rankings.

 

Wow, I'd be very surprised by that, and I'm a huge Braves fan. The Braves blog I'm with is doing a midseason team prospect rankings, and Terdoslavich has cracked the top 10 in only one list of the writers thus far, and that's for the Braves team, let alone the top 100 prospects in all of baseball.

Wow, I'd be very surprised by that, and I'm a huge Braves fan. The Braves blog I'm with is doing a midseason team prospect rankings, and Terdoslavich has cracked the top 10 in only one list of the writers thus far, and that's for the Braves team, let alone the top 100 prospects in all of baseball.

Not sure how reputable Baseball Instinct is but they have him at 91.

Not sure how reputable Baseball Instinct is but they have him at 91.

 

Oh, don't get me wrong, it won't surprise me that some will put him there, but the verbage of being "a lock" is what surprised me. He's struggled with major league arms to put any drive into the ball, can't play defense, and he's going to be 25 by season's end. Yes, he can put bat to ball and flash doubles power, but he's one of those guys that would have to have everything break right for him to make it as a starter in the big leagues.

I thought I was having a nice season but I can't believe my 2011 season in hindsight. This year I'm 32-12 but that season I was 65-13. Twice as many wins and the same number of losses. Damn that V Mac guy.

I thought I was having a nice season but I can't believe my 2011 season in hindsight. This year I'm 32-12 but that season I was 65-13. Twice as many wins and the same number of losses. Damn that V Mac guy.

 

there aren't too many complete pushovers anymore

I thought it was time to throw a little gasoline onto the CoC fire.

I thought it was time to throw a little gasoline onto the CoC fire.

I agree. And this goes back to the **** Steve G pulled in the offseason because he didn't get his way on whatever issue it was. The league needs to drop the assumption that owners are acting in good faith and create rules and structures to insure that.

I agree. And this goes back to the **** Steve G pulled in the offseason because he didn't get his way on whatever issue it was. The league needs to drop the assumption that owners are acting in good faith and create rules and structures to insure that.

 

the funny thing is that cain ended up sucking, so steve is probably loving it.

 

on the other end of the spectrum, i'm becoming really frustrated with people who SHOULD be rebuilding but aren't. i understand i might not be the easiest person to trade with but i just don't understand how these .500 teams are totally OK with hanging onto their 38 year old veterans.

 

also something that i'm somewhat pissed about that went on behind the scenes: i facilitated a big three-team trade and then got cut out at the last second without me knowing. business is business and all but i thought that was in bad form lol

also something that i'm somewhat pissed about that went on behind the scenes: i facilitated a big three-team trade and then got cut out at the last second without me knowing. business is business and all but i thought that was in bad form lol

That would have driven me up the wall. Bad form indeed.

it is funny that Cain ended up sucking but Gausman was the trade that was obviously a message. I don't care if you are trading for Zach and Drake Britton you don't trade the 1st overall pick in the minors draft. He's just being a bitch and now he's lying. He's a pile of ****.

bump for playoffs

 

kirk and billybuck seems to be only close matchup remaining

Looks like I'm a goner and ironically the deciding factor was my Jose Fernandez - CarGo trade. Jose will probably be shut down at some point but he's been awesome and CarGo is hurt.

Looks like I'm a goner and ironically the deciding factor was my Jose Fernandez - CarGo trade. Jose will probably be shut down at some point but he's been awesome and CarGo is hurt.

 

50pt difference and 2 SPs each, you're a dog but it wouldn't be shocking if you won.

 

to be honest i'd much rather face billybuck than your squad. looks like you just run unlucky into big weeks by the likes of schierholtz, parra, and somehow the marlins scrounging up enough run support for two fernandez wins.

Bring it home for BYTO. Billy Buck's team is solid but very beatable. My team had a cold week and my bench was awesome so I missed out on a lot of points.

Bring it home for BYTO. Billy Buck's team is solid but very beatable. My team had a cold week and my bench was awesome so I missed out on a lot of points.

 

ugh, of course i have to play "team two-start" this round.

Yeah, good luck, Mike. It would have been nice to see an all BYTO championship series, but oh well.