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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Los Angeles keeps on dealing
Proud Mary keep on rolling, Los Angeles keep on dealing...
Los Angeles sends single A OF Howard Bergeron and a 9th round pick in 2013 to rival River Cities for C Joan Hinkel.
"We needed a catcher," Weintraub shrugged. "And Nate answered the phone first. Since we traded away Barrera today, I needed someone to go behind the plate. Joan will do a good job, I think."
Is that it for Los Angeles? Time will tell...
Los Angeles sends single A OF Howard Bergeron and a 9th round pick in 2013 to rival River Cities for C Joan Hinkel.
"We needed a catcher," Weintraub shrugged. "And Nate answered the phone first. Since we traded away Barrera today, I needed someone to go behind the plate. Joan will do a good job, I think."
Is that it for Los Angeles? Time will tell...
Los Angeles / Saskatoon trade
The bleeding of talent from southern California continues in the frentic hours leading to the 2012 trade deadline! This morning, Los Angeles GM Michael Weintraub announced a deal with the Saskatoon Amigos. Heading up to the Canadian prairie is All Star catcher Carlos Barrera, returning to the team that traded him to Los Angeles barely a season ago.
"It's sad to see these players leave," Weintraub stated from his seaside office at the Scorpion Pit. "But, we're building for the future. Between this trade, and the deal with New York, we now have six picks in the first two rounds next season. The infusion of talent we'll be getting is incredible."
Heading to Los Angeles's A-level team on the distant planet of Caprica is 1B Santiago Delrosario, a 2011 1st round pick who has posted an 859 OPS thus far this year. Los Angeles also received Saskatoon's 2nd round pick next season.
"There's still some time before the clock strikes midnight," Weintraub stated as he watched the sun set for the last time before the trading season ended. "We're still in discussions with at least one other owner about making the future even brighter here in the city by the sea."
"It's sad to see these players leave," Weintraub stated from his seaside office at the Scorpion Pit. "But, we're building for the future. Between this trade, and the deal with New York, we now have six picks in the first two rounds next season. The infusion of talent we'll be getting is incredible."
Heading to Los Angeles's A-level team on the distant planet of Caprica is 1B Santiago Delrosario, a 2011 1st round pick who has posted an 859 OPS thus far this year. Los Angeles also received Saskatoon's 2nd round pick next season.
"There's still some time before the clock strikes midnight," Weintraub stated as he watched the sun set for the last time before the trading season ended. "We're still in discussions with at least one other owner about making the future even brighter here in the city by the sea."
NY - LA trade
Or, the Gothams get a decent closer.
Don't have time for a detailed post, but New York is happy to announce the acquisition of 4 time All-World closer Junior Cuomo from Los Angeles.
He comes at a hefty price, as Los Angeles gets two of New York's top prospects, in Marvin Heilman and Federico Soriano, as well as minor league catcher James Johnstone and New York's 2nd round pick in 2013.
New York also receives $1.5 in cash.
Don't have time for a detailed post, but New York is happy to announce the acquisition of 4 time All-World closer Junior Cuomo from Los Angeles.
He comes at a hefty price, as Los Angeles gets two of New York's top prospects, in Marvin Heilman and Federico Soriano, as well as minor league catcher James Johnstone and New York's 2nd round pick in 2013.
New York also receives $1.5 in cash.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
New ideas for next season?
Zev and I had a brief chat today about making some changes to the league structure for next season, and he suggested I post my ideas to the group for discussion. There are no promises that anything will be adopted, but we'll see what happens.
Idea 1: Interleague play -- Despite all the trash talk, I'm personally not in much of a hurry to have the two leagues intermingle, but I know that some owners will want this.
Idea 2: More playoff teams -- This I'm very much in favor of doing. Either via splitting each league into two divisions, or adding a wild card spot for the 2nd place team in each league. While we probably don't have enough teams to have four divisions, I think I'd prefer to have four three-team divisions than have a wild card. (Call it the baseball purist in me.)
Idea 3: Re-alignment -- Perhaps do it geographically, or randomly, or via a pre-determined method (i.e., the 2nd, 4th, and last place teams in each league are swapped after this season). I just thought of this idea, and think it might be fun.
Idea 4: Salary cap -- Not the best idea, I know, but maybe we can self-impose a luxury tax (I'm not sure if this is possible in OOTP6.5, or even feasible). But, an equalization of the league finances wouldn't be a bad thing.
So, feel free to discuss, or offer any suggestions of your own. Let's make this the best league we can!
Idea 1: Interleague play -- Despite all the trash talk, I'm personally not in much of a hurry to have the two leagues intermingle, but I know that some owners will want this.
Idea 2: More playoff teams -- This I'm very much in favor of doing. Either via splitting each league into two divisions, or adding a wild card spot for the 2nd place team in each league. While we probably don't have enough teams to have four divisions, I think I'd prefer to have four three-team divisions than have a wild card. (Call it the baseball purist in me.)
Idea 3: Re-alignment -- Perhaps do it geographically, or randomly, or via a pre-determined method (i.e., the 2nd, 4th, and last place teams in each league are swapped after this season). I just thought of this idea, and think it might be fun.
Idea 4: Salary cap -- Not the best idea, I know, but maybe we can self-impose a luxury tax (I'm not sure if this is possible in OOTP6.5, or even feasible). But, an equalization of the league finances wouldn't be a bad thing.
So, feel free to discuss, or offer any suggestions of your own. Let's make this the best league we can!
OOTP 9 First Impressions?
Out of the Park Baseball 9 was released this past week. I remember several people saying that they pre-ordered it. Any first impressions?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
2013 traded draft picks
Guys, here's the list (as I have) of the traded draft picks for 2013. Please let me know if I need to make any corrections:
1st round:
7th round:
8th round:
10th round:
11th round:
1st round:
- Hickory to River Cities - 3/2/12
- Danville to River Cities - 3/2/12
- Brooklyn to Los Angeles - 5/27/12
- Seattle to Los Angeles - 5/27/12
- New York to Houston - 7/8/12
- Danville to River Cities - 3/2/12
- Walla Walla to Seattle - 3/2/12
- Los Angeles to Seattle - 3/2/12
- Hickory to Los Angeles - 3/2/12
- Los Angeles to New York - 3/12/12
- Hickory to Los Angeles - 6/24/12
- Brooklyn to Los Angeles - 5/27/12
7th round:
8th round:
- New York to Houston - 7/8/12
10th round:
11th round:
- Seattle to Los Angeles - 5/27/12
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