Post by Steve on Aug 21, 2014 12:46:06 GMT -5
I wanted to highlight our epic trade frenzy. I’ll give an overall grade on how each team did with their trades and how they used their rewards. Trades that did not count towards the frenzy will not be reflected here. I’ll showcase what player packed their bags, and where they went. Won’t really include picks as it’s too much work unless 1st Rounders are involved. Finally, here are the West Divisions. Soooooo let’s go:
WEST
Anaheim Angels
Who’s New: SS Nick Punto and 2B Ruben Gotay
Who’s Gone: CF Andruw Jones and 3B Matthew Roten (A)
Best Trade: The Punto for Jones swap was a nice deal for both parties. Both have played extremely well for their respective clubs.
Worst Trade: Giving up Roten who game turned into a stud…obviously Greg didn’t have the ability to do it so this isn’t awful, BUT he could’ve maybe leveraged it into a better player. Who knows? Gotay is a nice player regardless.
Reward:
Grade: C-...Greg could've made some of his younger guys into better players if he would've gotten more trades done. His reign atop the AL West won't last long.
Oakland Athletics
Who’s New: 3B Alex Gordon, CF Brandon Barnes (AAA), 2B Dustin Ackley, SS Xander Bogaerts (A), MR Caleb Thielbar (AA), C James Brown (AAA)
Who’s Gone: SP Chase Anderson (AAA), CL Drake Britton (AA), C Christian Bethancourt (AAA), C Travis d'Arnaud (AAA), SS Dee Gordon (AAA), 3B Clifton Turner, 3B Mike Moustakas, SP Ubaldo Jimenez, SP Andrew Cashner (AAA), COL/BOS 2012 1st
Best Trade: Acquiring Alex Gordon…he’s a stud. He gave up d’Arnaud and Dee, but I’d be fine with that. Habes got nice value, but man oh man…I love Gordon.
Worst Trade: The Bogaerts deal. I would rather have Moustakas regardless. Another one was moving up a spot, and giving up the 14th pick as well. Not good value if you ask me.
Reward:
Grade: A-...looking back on this, a lot of the guys he used his rewards on are gone (Smith/Quentin). In the end, Broph is a top 4 GM here, and he knows how to get the job done. Strasburg and Derrico look great coming out of this, and with Taijuan Walker in the fold...this team has some Aces!
Seattle Mariners
Who’s New: SP Raymond Ledezma, SP Dillon Gee (AAA), 3B Brock Holt (A), CF Milton Bradley, CF Julio Borbon (AAA), SP Bobby Hendren, SS Dee Gordon (AAA), 1B Victor Wilson (AA), CF Alejandro De Aza, SP Brandon Morrow (AAA), CL Steve Cishek, 2B Alexi Casilla, 3B Conor Gillaspie (AAA), CF Ryan Kalish (AAA), CF Rymer Liriano (AAA), CL Donnie Joseph (AA), SP Robbie Erlin (AA), LF Bryce Harper (AA), SP Kyle Weiland (AAA), C James Sylvia, and 2011 ARI 1st
Who’s Gone: C David Ross, 2B Brandon Phillips, OF Jason Werth, SP Jon Papelbon, SP K-ROD, OF Carl Crawford, 3B Ryan Freel, OF Nick Swisher, and SP Rich Harden
Best Trade: Bringing Harper into the fold is nice. He’s their franchise piece. Trading K-Rod sucks, but I’d be fine with it when you’re getting Harper back. Also, getting a 1st for Ryan Freel. Good move.
Worst Trade: The Harden deal is by far the worst. He got nothing of note in return for a 28 yr old stud. Gotta do better than that. The Paps deal was pretty bad, too.
Reward:
Grade: C+...Nanz got raped in his trades with Spencer. He's basically in full rebuild mode at this point, and there's not a ton to like about it.
Texas Rangers
Grade: Incomplete. No GM…Max didn’t get here until the season got started. It seems like he’ll be a good addition to the league.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Who’s New: SP Santiago Casilla, CL John Greene, LF Nolan Reimold, SP Robert Olsson (AA), 2B Chase Utley, MR Chris Reitsma, 2B Marlon Anderson, and 3B Ryan Freel
Who’s Gone: 1B Richard Berkey (A), SP Aaron Nagle (A), CL C.C. Lee, MR Koji Uehara, SP Gil Meche, 2B Ruben Gotay, SP Michael Bacsik, MR Aaron Poreda, RF Jay Bruce (AA), and 2011 ARI 1st
Best Trade: Chase Utley…just think he’s a stud on an even better contract. Gotay is solid, but Utley was a clear upgrade in my opinion. He has been sooooo consistent in his career. The Casilla trade was real nice, too.
Worst Trade: Giving up a 1st for Freel…beyond stupid. I mean, what’s the point?
Reward:
Grade: A-...Darell had a nice frenzy, and has a nice core going forward. We'll see if he can get the job done and make the playoffs soon. Peavy looks great...jumped on a great oppoturnity to virtually give up nothing to acquire Casilla. Kemp/Francouer/Morneau/A-GON/Utley is awesome.
Colorado Rockies
Who’s New: 2B Rickie Weeks, LF John Patrick, SP Chase Anderson (AAA), CL Drake Britton (AA), SS Sean Brown, MR Brian Tallet, SP Michael Bacsik, MR Aaron Poreda, RF Jay Bruce (AA), 3B Edgardo Alfonzo (A), 3B Aaron Boone, CL John Howard (AAA), and MR Jensen Lewis (AA)
Who’s Gone: CL Armando Benitez, 3B Troy Glaus, SP Chase Anderson (A), RF Justin Upton (AAA), MR Chris Reitsma, 2B Marlon Anderson, CL Jose Fernandez (AA), CL Braulio Garcia (AA), 2B Andy LaRoche (AAA), C James Brown (AAA), RF Leon White, SP Curtis Fazio (AA), and COL 2011/2012 1st
Best Trade: Getting Bruce back in that very minor deal seems to be a steal for Shale now. Hindsight 20/20 obviously. I couldn’t really pick another deal as Shale had an awful frenzy.
Worst Trade: Which one? The Weeks deal seems to be the worst. However, he also traded his following 1st, too. So I don’t know what Shale can do, but he’s probably got the league’s worst situation right now. Disastrous.
Reward:
Grade: C-...The only reason this grade isn't lower is because Shale reached 8 trades. Otherwise, I'd probably give him a D. Trading his next two 1st is bad for many reasons. His team sucks, and what can he do to get out of it? Nothing, really. Shale needs to rebuild, and right now he can't. Gabbard got a nice TIA, but he hasn't returned the favor for Shale this year. Tough times in Colorado right now.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Who’s New: CF Tony Cobo, MR Joel Striegel (AA), 2B Benedict Fugate, 3B Daniel Descalso (A), SP Mario Demuth (A), CF Jesus Feliciano, MR Barry Zito, 1B Mark Teixeira, SP Scott Wiggins, and C Jason Grabowski
Who’s Gone: DH Rondell White (AAA), SS Rico Washington, CL Ryan Madison, CF Julio Borbon (AAA), LF Pat Watkins, SP Neftali Feliz (AAA), MR Chad Cordero (AAA), MR Michael Schwimer (AA), SP Cecil Keenan (A), 3B Aramis Ramirez, RF Brian Runion (AA), and SP Dillon Gee (AAA)
Best Trade: I liked the Teixeira addition, but it seems like it might not be working. Dale doesn’t make many moves, and when he does…it’s usually pretty minor.
Worst Trade: Didn’t like the Julio Borbon deal as it just didn’t make too much sense for me.
Reward:
Grade: B+...Dale had a nice frenzy as he got his 8 trades. Improved some of his youngsters, but I just don't know if he'll ever make the Playoffs in the ultra-competitive NL West...sucks because this is the nicest guy on the boards, and I'm not sure he'll make the Playoffs anytime soon.
San Diego Padres
Who’s New: SP Joseph Jackson, SP Mike Nannini, C David Ross, CF Alberto Salomon, SP Brian Bullington, and OF Eugene Delrio
Who’s Gone: SP Ricky Nolasco, C Mike Sweeney, 2B Andy Marte, 3B Alex Gordon, 1B Nick Johnson, SP Brandon Pray, SP Robbie Erlin (AA), SP Joshua Morrow, SS Nick Punto, SP Tim Hudson, SP Bobby Hendren, SS Dee Gordon (AAA), and 1B Victor Wilson (AA)
Best Trade: Getting Nannini and JJ were both steals IMO…I couldn’t really decide which was better.
Worst Trade: Didn’t like the Nolasco/d’Arnaud deal where he got Bullington and Delrio, but it wasn’t awful by any stretch. It was his 8th trade anyway so he could cash in on Salomon.
Reward:
Grade: A...Haberman had a nice frenzy as he improved his ball club. Garret Jones is an all around stud...I still want this guy! Nannini was a steal, and he improved him to go to boot. Salomon was a nice move as well. Can Habes get his 3rd division title in the best division going? We shall see.
San Francisco Giants
Who’s New: 1B Brandon Belt (AA), SS Felipe Lopez, LF Thomas Valente, RF Brian Runion (AA), LF Austin Jackson, 1B Nick Johnson, SP Brandon Pray, SP Jon Papelbon, SS Everth Cabrera (AAA), and SP Rich Harden
Who’s Gone: 2B Alfonso Soriano, CL Donnie Joseph, OF Trot Nixon, SP Joseph Jackson, SP Mark Buehrle, RF Ryan Ludwick, MR Barry Zito, SS Jose Reyes, SP Marcus Stroman (AA), and SF 2013 1st
Best Trade: Pick one between the Papelbon or Harden deal. I’d say the Harden deal one was Spencer’s best rape job if ya ask me.
Worst Trade: The Buerhle deal will always come back to haunt Spence…sure, he loves A JAX, but Buerhle is arguably the best SP in the game right now. Thanks again, Spence!
Reward:
Grade: B...Spence gave away Buerhle/Jackson/Ludwick with no value really coming back his way besides a few guys. However, he raped Nanz a couple times, and it sort of evened out a bit. He's one of the best GMs, but he even said he's not very good at selling. He did a nice job with his rewards as Paps and Posey are improved. Valente is interesting. Can Spence hold onto beat Darrel?
All done. Phew!
WEST
Anaheim Angels
Who’s New: SS Nick Punto and 2B Ruben Gotay
Who’s Gone: CF Andruw Jones and 3B Matthew Roten (A)
Best Trade: The Punto for Jones swap was a nice deal for both parties. Both have played extremely well for their respective clubs.
Worst Trade: Giving up Roten who game turned into a stud…obviously Greg didn’t have the ability to do it so this isn’t awful, BUT he could’ve maybe leveraged it into a better player. Who knows? Gotay is a nice player regardless.
Reward:
1st trade - TIA SP-Ross Detwiler...Avoid HR's G to B
2nd trade- TIB SP-Ross Detwiler ...pitcher duration D to C
2 IRI's -Cory Luebke avoid hits to 7,LHB and RHB
2nd trade- TIB SP-Ross Detwiler ...pitcher duration D to C
2 IRI's -Cory Luebke avoid hits to 7,LHB and RHB
Grade: C-...Greg could've made some of his younger guys into better players if he would've gotten more trades done. His reign atop the AL West won't last long.
Oakland Athletics
Who’s New: 3B Alex Gordon, CF Brandon Barnes (AAA), 2B Dustin Ackley, SS Xander Bogaerts (A), MR Caleb Thielbar (AA), C James Brown (AAA)
Who’s Gone: SP Chase Anderson (AAA), CL Drake Britton (AA), C Christian Bethancourt (AAA), C Travis d'Arnaud (AAA), SS Dee Gordon (AAA), 3B Clifton Turner, 3B Mike Moustakas, SP Ubaldo Jimenez, SP Andrew Cashner (AAA), COL/BOS 2012 1st
Best Trade: Acquiring Alex Gordon…he’s a stud. He gave up d’Arnaud and Dee, but I’d be fine with that. Habes got nice value, but man oh man…I love Gordon.
Worst Trade: The Bogaerts deal. I would rather have Moustakas regardless. Another one was moving up a spot, and giving up the 14th pick as well. Not good value if you ask me.
Reward:
TIA: SP Willie Derrico, Hits Avoidance (8 Trades)
TIA: SP Stephen Strasburg, Walks Avoidance
TIB: 2B Arismendy Alcantra, Stealing Ability
TIC: SP Joe Smith, Clutch Performance Suffers -> Normal
IRI: SP Joe Smith, HR Avoidance, LHB
IRI: SP Joe Smith, Walk Avoidance, RHB
IRI: RF Carlos Quentin, Hits RHP
IRI: RF Carlos Quentin, Doubles, RHP
Fan Loyalty option
Board cash: 8 x $500k = $4.0M
TIA: SP Stephen Strasburg, Walks Avoidance
TIB: 2B Arismendy Alcantra, Stealing Ability
TIC: SP Joe Smith, Clutch Performance Suffers -> Normal
IRI: SP Joe Smith, HR Avoidance, LHB
IRI: SP Joe Smith, Walk Avoidance, RHB
IRI: RF Carlos Quentin, Hits RHP
IRI: RF Carlos Quentin, Doubles, RHP
Fan Loyalty option
Board cash: 8 x $500k = $4.0M
Grade: A-...looking back on this, a lot of the guys he used his rewards on are gone (Smith/Quentin). In the end, Broph is a top 4 GM here, and he knows how to get the job done. Strasburg and Derrico look great coming out of this, and with Taijuan Walker in the fold...this team has some Aces!
Seattle Mariners
Who’s New: SP Raymond Ledezma, SP Dillon Gee (AAA), 3B Brock Holt (A), CF Milton Bradley, CF Julio Borbon (AAA), SP Bobby Hendren, SS Dee Gordon (AAA), 1B Victor Wilson (AA), CF Alejandro De Aza, SP Brandon Morrow (AAA), CL Steve Cishek, 2B Alexi Casilla, 3B Conor Gillaspie (AAA), CF Ryan Kalish (AAA), CF Rymer Liriano (AAA), CL Donnie Joseph (AA), SP Robbie Erlin (AA), LF Bryce Harper (AA), SP Kyle Weiland (AAA), C James Sylvia, and 2011 ARI 1st
Who’s Gone: C David Ross, 2B Brandon Phillips, OF Jason Werth, SP Jon Papelbon, SP K-ROD, OF Carl Crawford, 3B Ryan Freel, OF Nick Swisher, and SP Rich Harden
Best Trade: Bringing Harper into the fold is nice. He’s their franchise piece. Trading K-Rod sucks, but I’d be fine with it when you’re getting Harper back. Also, getting a 1st for Ryan Freel. Good move.
Worst Trade: The Harden deal is by far the worst. He got nothing of note in return for a 28 yr old stud. Gotta do better than that. The Paps deal was pretty bad, too.
Reward:
TIA's
CF Julio Borbon to Brilliant in Walks
3B Conner Gillaspie to Good in HR
TIB
CF Ryan Kalish to B in Running Speed
TIC
3B Conor Gillaspie up in Team Leader Skills
IRI's
RF Brennan Boesch to 8/8 in doubles
1B Joey Votto to 9/9 in doubles
Fan Loyalty
CF Julio Borbon to Brilliant in Walks
3B Conner Gillaspie to Good in HR
TIB
CF Ryan Kalish to B in Running Speed
TIC
3B Conor Gillaspie up in Team Leader Skills
IRI's
RF Brennan Boesch to 8/8 in doubles
1B Joey Votto to 9/9 in doubles
Fan Loyalty
Grade: C+...Nanz got raped in his trades with Spencer. He's basically in full rebuild mode at this point, and there's not a ton to like about it.
Texas Rangers
Grade: Incomplete. No GM…Max didn’t get here until the season got started. It seems like he’ll be a good addition to the league.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Who’s New: SP Santiago Casilla, CL John Greene, LF Nolan Reimold, SP Robert Olsson (AA), 2B Chase Utley, MR Chris Reitsma, 2B Marlon Anderson, and 3B Ryan Freel
Who’s Gone: 1B Richard Berkey (A), SP Aaron Nagle (A), CL C.C. Lee, MR Koji Uehara, SP Gil Meche, 2B Ruben Gotay, SP Michael Bacsik, MR Aaron Poreda, RF Jay Bruce (AA), and 2011 ARI 1st
Best Trade: Chase Utley…just think he’s a stud on an even better contract. Gotay is solid, but Utley was a clear upgrade in my opinion. He has been sooooo consistent in his career. The Casilla trade was real nice, too.
Worst Trade: Giving up a 1st for Freel…beyond stupid. I mean, what’s the point?
Reward:
12 mil in game
TIA: SP Santiago Casilla- Hits>>Brilliant (8th trade)
TIA: SP Jake Peavy - Homers>>Brilliant
TIB: Matt Kemp - D in LF
TIC: Jake Peavy - Clutch
IRI: Roy Oswalt - Hits vs LHP
IRI: Roy Oswalt - Hits vs RHP
IRI: Justin Morneau - Hits vs RHP
IRI: Chase Utley - Hits vs LHP
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TIA: SP Santiago Casilla- Hits>>Brilliant (8th trade)
TIA: SP Jake Peavy - Homers>>Brilliant
TIB: Matt Kemp - D in LF
TIC: Jake Peavy - Clutch
IRI: Roy Oswalt - Hits vs LHP
IRI: Roy Oswalt - Hits vs RHP
IRI: Justin Morneau - Hits vs RHP
IRI: Chase Utley - Hits vs LHP
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Grade: A-...Darell had a nice frenzy, and has a nice core going forward. We'll see if he can get the job done and make the playoffs soon. Peavy looks great...jumped on a great oppoturnity to virtually give up nothing to acquire Casilla. Kemp/Francouer/Morneau/A-GON/Utley is awesome.
Colorado Rockies
Who’s New: 2B Rickie Weeks, LF John Patrick, SP Chase Anderson (AAA), CL Drake Britton (AA), SS Sean Brown, MR Brian Tallet, SP Michael Bacsik, MR Aaron Poreda, RF Jay Bruce (AA), 3B Edgardo Alfonzo (A), 3B Aaron Boone, CL John Howard (AAA), and MR Jensen Lewis (AA)
Who’s Gone: CL Armando Benitez, 3B Troy Glaus, SP Chase Anderson (A), RF Justin Upton (AAA), MR Chris Reitsma, 2B Marlon Anderson, CL Jose Fernandez (AA), CL Braulio Garcia (AA), 2B Andy LaRoche (AAA), C James Brown (AAA), RF Leon White, SP Curtis Fazio (AA), and COL 2011/2012 1st
Best Trade: Getting Bruce back in that very minor deal seems to be a steal for Shale now. Hindsight 20/20 obviously. I couldn’t really pick another deal as Shale had an awful frenzy.
Worst Trade: Which one? The Weeks deal seems to be the worst. However, he also traded his following 1st, too. So I don’t know what Shale can do, but he’s probably got the league’s worst situation right now. Disastrous.
Reward:
TIA SP Kason Gabbard Hits Allowed to Brilliant (8th Trade Reward)
TIA MR Pedro Beato Walks Allowed to Brilliant
TIB LF John Patrick Stealing Ability to B
TIC 2B Rickie Weeks Clutch Ability to Great
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Hits vs RHP to 7
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Hits vs LHP to 8
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Home Runs vs RHP to 7
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Home Runs vs LHP to 7
Fan Loyalty option to Very Good
In-Game Cash option: 8 trades x $1.5 million per trade = $12 million in-game cash total
TIA MR Pedro Beato Walks Allowed to Brilliant
TIB LF John Patrick Stealing Ability to B
TIC 2B Rickie Weeks Clutch Ability to Great
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Hits vs RHP to 7
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Hits vs LHP to 8
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Home Runs vs RHP to 7
IRI 2B Rickie Weeks Home Runs vs LHP to 7
Fan Loyalty option to Very Good
In-Game Cash option: 8 trades x $1.5 million per trade = $12 million in-game cash total
Grade: C-...The only reason this grade isn't lower is because Shale reached 8 trades. Otherwise, I'd probably give him a D. Trading his next two 1st is bad for many reasons. His team sucks, and what can he do to get out of it? Nothing, really. Shale needs to rebuild, and right now he can't. Gabbard got a nice TIA, but he hasn't returned the favor for Shale this year. Tough times in Colorado right now.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Who’s New: CF Tony Cobo, MR Joel Striegel (AA), 2B Benedict Fugate, 3B Daniel Descalso (A), SP Mario Demuth (A), CF Jesus Feliciano, MR Barry Zito, 1B Mark Teixeira, SP Scott Wiggins, and C Jason Grabowski
Who’s Gone: DH Rondell White (AAA), SS Rico Washington, CL Ryan Madison, CF Julio Borbon (AAA), LF Pat Watkins, SP Neftali Feliz (AAA), MR Chad Cordero (AAA), MR Michael Schwimer (AA), SP Cecil Keenan (A), 3B Aramis Ramirez, RF Brian Runion (AA), and SP Dillon Gee (AAA)
Best Trade: I liked the Teixeira addition, but it seems like it might not be working. Dale doesn’t make many moves, and when he does…it’s usually pretty minor.
Worst Trade: Didn’t like the Julio Borbon deal as it just didn’t make too much sense for me.
Reward:
TIA - SS Alberto Morello Hits to Brilliant
TIA - RF Aaron Hicks Walks to Brilliant
TIB - SP Henderson Alvarez Increase Duration
TIC - CL Jhan Marinez Improve Clutch Performance
IRI - SP Henderson Alvarez Hits v RH
IRI - SP Henderson Alvarez Hits v LH
IRI - 1B Mark Teixeira Hits v RH
IRI - 1B Mark Teixeira Hits v LH
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TIA - RF Aaron Hicks Walks to Brilliant
TIB - SP Henderson Alvarez Increase Duration
TIC - CL Jhan Marinez Improve Clutch Performance
IRI - SP Henderson Alvarez Hits v RH
IRI - SP Henderson Alvarez Hits v LH
IRI - 1B Mark Teixeira Hits v RH
IRI - 1B Mark Teixeira Hits v LH
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Grade: B+...Dale had a nice frenzy as he got his 8 trades. Improved some of his youngsters, but I just don't know if he'll ever make the Playoffs in the ultra-competitive NL West...sucks because this is the nicest guy on the boards, and I'm not sure he'll make the Playoffs anytime soon.
San Diego Padres
Who’s New: SP Joseph Jackson, SP Mike Nannini, C David Ross, CF Alberto Salomon, SP Brian Bullington, and OF Eugene Delrio
Who’s Gone: SP Ricky Nolasco, C Mike Sweeney, 2B Andy Marte, 3B Alex Gordon, 1B Nick Johnson, SP Brandon Pray, SP Robbie Erlin (AA), SP Joshua Morrow, SS Nick Punto, SP Tim Hudson, SP Bobby Hendren, SS Dee Gordon (AAA), and 1B Victor Wilson (AA)
Best Trade: Getting Nannini and JJ were both steals IMO…I couldn’t really decide which was better.
Worst Trade: Didn’t like the Nolasco/d’Arnaud deal where he got Bullington and Delrio, but it wasn’t awful by any stretch. It was his 8th trade anyway so he could cash in on Salomon.
Reward:
12 mil game cash for 8 trades
TIA: CF Alberto Salomon - hits to brilliant (8th trade)
TIA: SP Mike Nannini - walks to brilliant
TIB: 1B Garret Jones: stealing ability to A
TIC: CF Grady Sizemore: clutch from normal to great
IRI: CF Grady Sizemore: hits vs. LHP to 5
IRI: CF Alberto Salomon hits vs RHP to 7
IRI: SP Mike Nannini walks vs RHP to 8
IRI: 1B Garrett Jones hits vs RHP to 7
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TIA: CF Alberto Salomon - hits to brilliant (8th trade)
TIA: SP Mike Nannini - walks to brilliant
TIB: 1B Garret Jones: stealing ability to A
TIC: CF Grady Sizemore: clutch from normal to great
IRI: CF Grady Sizemore: hits vs. LHP to 5
IRI: CF Alberto Salomon hits vs RHP to 7
IRI: SP Mike Nannini walks vs RHP to 8
IRI: 1B Garrett Jones hits vs RHP to 7
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Grade: A...Haberman had a nice frenzy as he improved his ball club. Garret Jones is an all around stud...I still want this guy! Nannini was a steal, and he improved him to go to boot. Salomon was a nice move as well. Can Habes get his 3rd division title in the best division going? We shall see.
San Francisco Giants
Who’s New: 1B Brandon Belt (AA), SS Felipe Lopez, LF Thomas Valente, RF Brian Runion (AA), LF Austin Jackson, 1B Nick Johnson, SP Brandon Pray, SP Jon Papelbon, SS Everth Cabrera (AAA), and SP Rich Harden
Who’s Gone: 2B Alfonso Soriano, CL Donnie Joseph, OF Trot Nixon, SP Joseph Jackson, SP Mark Buehrle, RF Ryan Ludwick, MR Barry Zito, SS Jose Reyes, SP Marcus Stroman (AA), and SF 2013 1st
Best Trade: Pick one between the Papelbon or Harden deal. I’d say the Harden deal one was Spencer’s best rape job if ya ask me.
Worst Trade: The Buerhle deal will always come back to haunt Spence…sure, he loves A JAX, but Buerhle is arguably the best SP in the game right now. Thanks again, Spence!
Reward:
IN GAME 11 x 1.5 = 16.5
BUSTER POSEY C WALKS TO GOOD
THOMAS VALENTE LF - SPEED - AUSTIN JACKSON CF DOUBLES v RHP - AUSTIN JACKSON CF DOUBLES v LHP
THOMAS VALENTE LF - CONSISTENCY - JON PAPELBON SP HITS v RHB - JON PAPELBON SP HITS v LHB
FAN LOYALTY
JON PAPELBON SP - WALKS TO BRILLIANT
BUSTER POSEY C WALKS TO GOOD
THOMAS VALENTE LF - SPEED - AUSTIN JACKSON CF DOUBLES v RHP - AUSTIN JACKSON CF DOUBLES v LHP
THOMAS VALENTE LF - CONSISTENCY - JON PAPELBON SP HITS v RHB - JON PAPELBON SP HITS v LHB
FAN LOYALTY
JON PAPELBON SP - WALKS TO BRILLIANT
Grade: B...Spence gave away Buerhle/Jackson/Ludwick with no value really coming back his way besides a few guys. However, he raped Nanz a couple times, and it sort of evened out a bit. He's one of the best GMs, but he even said he's not very good at selling. He did a nice job with his rewards as Paps and Posey are improved. Valente is interesting. Can Spence hold onto beat Darrel?
All done. Phew!
