Game Date: 12/1/2020
Signings:
Saskatoon: MR Dalton Davis (Seattle) 4 yrs/$17.6m
Hickory: MR Robert Brown (Monck's Corner) 1 yr/$430k
Cleveland: C John Dash (Saskatoon) 3 yrs/$3.25m
Monck's Corner: LF Kevin Rubio (New York) 1 yr/$1m
Monck's Corner: RF Robert Estill (Shackamaxon) 3 yrs/$5.5m
Maui: MR Michael Friday (New York) 3 yrs/$13m
Cleveland: SS Roberto Ferrer (New York) 2 yrs/$1.5m
Next sim: Sunday evening. This sim will cover the rule 5 draft and take the game to the end of the next game week. Please have your Rule 5 draft selections (if any) in by Sunday evening.
Zev
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sim's Done
Game Date: 11/25/2012
Free Agent Signings:
Cleveland: SS William Midkiff (re-signed) 2yrs/$1.6mm
Houston: SP John Hoffman (Shackamaxon) to a minor-league contract
Maui: SP Zhi-fu Duan (Taiwan) to a minor-league contract
Next sim: Wednesday evening, taking us to Dec 1 and the Rule V Draft.
Zev
Free Agent Signings:
Cleveland: SS William Midkiff (re-signed) 2yrs/$1.6mm
Houston: SP John Hoffman (Shackamaxon) to a minor-league contract
Maui: SP Zhi-fu Duan (Taiwan) to a minor-league contract
Next sim: Wednesday evening, taking us to Dec 1 and the Rule V Draft.
Zev
REMINDER
All owners:
Please remember to cc: me (mweintr@gmail.com) on any and all trade announcements that are made, in addition to Zev. I need the e-mails to confirm that the deals are made, in case I run a sim for Zev. I also use them for updating the traded draft pick list, if a draft pick is included in the deal. A single post on the blog is not sufficient notification.
Failure to not e-mail the trade, and its confirmation, to both Zev and myself may lead to the trade not being processed.
Please remember to cc: me (mweintr@gmail.com) on any and all trade announcements that are made, in addition to Zev. I need the e-mails to confirm that the deals are made, in case I run a sim for Zev. I also use them for updating the traded draft pick list, if a draft pick is included in the deal. A single post on the blog is not sufficient notification.
Failure to not e-mail the trade, and its confirmation, to both Zev and myself may lead to the trade not being processed.
Atlanta (Cleveland) gets at top 10 prospect
Houston's 1B prospect Dusty Huff is making the move to the new Atlanta franchise as part of a 5 player deal that was just completed moments ago. Huff is the #10 prospect in the SDMB and last year in AAA hit 19 HR's with 87 RBI while having a slash line of .355/.405/.602 while trying to learn 2B and SS. He has not progressed in learning the middle infield so he will be moved into the starting lineup for the Hurricanes and at 1B to replace Tabito Hara who was a complete failure at the position last season.
Also in the deal heading to Atlanta is 2B prospect Bartolo 'Noodle' Cordova, SP prospect Jack Kaiser, $4.5M and a 7th round pick. In return, Houston receives MR Billie Pheiffer and CL prospect Paul Griffith along with their 3rd round pick in the upcoming draft. Houston GM Willard Taylor was very excited with the additions of the Pheiffer and Griffith, but he was most excited with the 3rd round pick that he was receiving. He said, "It is like getting a second round pick seeing that Cleveland was so bad last season. I wish Huff, Cardova and Kaiser the best, but I think I can get someone much better than all three of them combined with this pick."
This deal should be completed in the next few days as Houston continues with their offseason rebuilding project. This has been an active start to the OOTP13 era and I think that the deals are just getting started as we head on to 2021.
Also in the deal heading to Atlanta is 2B prospect Bartolo 'Noodle' Cordova, SP prospect Jack Kaiser, $4.5M and a 7th round pick. In return, Houston receives MR Billie Pheiffer and CL prospect Paul Griffith along with their 3rd round pick in the upcoming draft. Houston GM Willard Taylor was very excited with the additions of the Pheiffer and Griffith, but he was most excited with the 3rd round pick that he was receiving. He said, "It is like getting a second round pick seeing that Cleveland was so bad last season. I wish Huff, Cardova and Kaiser the best, but I think I can get someone much better than all three of them combined with this pick."
This deal should be completed in the next few days as Houston continues with their offseason rebuilding project. This has been an active start to the OOTP13 era and I think that the deals are just getting started as we head on to 2021.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sim's Done --- UPDATED -- OK TO DOWNLOAD LEAGUE FILE YET
Game Date: 11/18/2020
No major signings.
Please note that the Rule 5 draft is coming up (Dec 1, 2020), so please begin looking into placing eligible players that you want to protect on your 40-man rosters.
Next sim: Tuesday evening.
Zev
UPDATED: I made an error in this sim and will have to re-run it. Please do NOT download the new league file until I post again. Thanks.
UPDATED (11:45pm EDT): OK to download league file. If you downloaded a file before now, please re-download.
Zev
No major signings.
Please note that the Rule 5 draft is coming up (Dec 1, 2020), so please begin looking into placing eligible players that you want to protect on your 40-man rosters.
Next sim: Tuesday evening.
Zev
UPDATED: I made an error in this sim and will have to re-run it. Please do NOT download the new league file until I post again. Thanks.
UPDATED (11:45pm EDT): OK to download league file. If you downloaded a file before now, please re-download.
Zev
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Seattle Sheds Star Shortstop
In a shocking transaction, the Seattle Monarchs today sent star shortstop Richard Bender to rival Saskatoon. In return for the third-ranked shortstop in the game, Seattle received only Saskatoon's first and fourth round picks in the upcoming draft.
Questions immediately swirled. Why would Seattle deal a critical cog in its lineup? Had Bender, a known gourmand, literally eaten himself out of Seattle? Had one of Bender's pieces of arm candy filed a complaint against him? Why was he traded? Seattle Owner/GM Mack Shultz, normally loquatious, grunted only, "We're always trying to improve the organization and saw an opportunity here." While Ivan Castillo was impressive in his rookie season, filling Bender's shoes as a full-time starter (albeit at second base with Hukill sliding to shortstop) will be a very tall order.
Rumors followed closely on the heels of the trade announcement. Apparently Bender has been marketing exciting investment opportunities to teammates. Unfortunately, the exciting investment opportunities were oil and gas leases for land without any petroleum reserves. Teammates were swindled out of hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Shultz, when he found out about this, decided to send Bender to the most god-forsaken place he could find. Saskatoon promptly came to mind and the deal was quickly hatched.
Questions immediately swirled. Why would Seattle deal a critical cog in its lineup? Had Bender, a known gourmand, literally eaten himself out of Seattle? Had one of Bender's pieces of arm candy filed a complaint against him? Why was he traded? Seattle Owner/GM Mack Shultz, normally loquatious, grunted only, "We're always trying to improve the organization and saw an opportunity here." While Ivan Castillo was impressive in his rookie season, filling Bender's shoes as a full-time starter (albeit at second base with Hukill sliding to shortstop) will be a very tall order.
Rumors followed closely on the heels of the trade announcement. Apparently Bender has been marketing exciting investment opportunities to teammates. Unfortunately, the exciting investment opportunities were oil and gas leases for land without any petroleum reserves. Teammates were swindled out of hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Shultz, when he found out about this, decided to send Bender to the most god-forsaken place he could find. Saskatoon promptly came to mind and the deal was quickly hatched.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Seattle Shops at Houston's House of Backstops
Following in the footsteps of Shackamaxon, the Seattle Monarchs have also gone shopping at Houston's House of Backstops. The Monarchs today acquired Armadillo catcher Roberto Perez in exchange for starting pitcher prospect Bret Huff and Seattle's 10th round draft pick in the upcoming draft.
Perez hit .251 for Houston as their backup catcher in 2020, his first full season in the majors. He is expected to compete with Kevin Craig for the backup job in the Pacific Northwest. "We're happy to add Roberto," said Owner/GM Mack Shultz. "It's always good to add some diversity to the clubhouse when we can."
Huff, who posted a 3.27 ERA in AAA last season, adds to Houston's growing collection of Huffs. Despite all that huffing, the Armadillos deny ever inhaling.
Perez hit .251 for Houston as their backup catcher in 2020, his first full season in the majors. He is expected to compete with Kevin Craig for the backup job in the Pacific Northwest. "We're happy to add Roberto," said Owner/GM Mack Shultz. "It's always good to add some diversity to the clubhouse when we can."
Huff, who posted a 3.27 ERA in AAA last season, adds to Houston's growing collection of Huffs. Despite all that huffing, the Armadillos deny ever inhaling.
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