First thing I’ll say is while those four guys who opted out and then re-signed got more guaranteed money out of their new deal they all had player options on their original contracts that gave them a lot more flexibility. I’d argue every player except Clayton hurt themselves by opting out. I agree ...

Personally, I find players who chose to opt out of contracts to be the most interesting when it comes to assessing how good or bad the game is at making these decisions. That’s because the assessment hinges on both the decision to leave, and then how much the player asks for. This log is probably go...

I’ve chosen this gathering because whether the situation is one of an opt-out or a player option at the back end of the contract, it’s a situation that leaves all the power in the hands of the player. And in this case, every one of these players had an option to stay, and decided to enact it (I’ll d...

I figured that with the pre-season happening in v25, it was time to focus on how the game is processing options. By this, I mean player options (both opt-ins and true options). So I started gathering up some data. Then I figured that before laying down player option data I should be a bit more compr...

Rockville traded Danny Leach to Boise last year, and retained 50%. Leach had a TO for this year, that Boise executed. This means Boise should be paying the entire amount of his contract. However, it appears that the game has Rockville still paying 50%. Can this be corrected?

I note that five IFAs were signed last sim:

2 by DM
2 by EDM
1 by MTL

These should be struck and returned to the IFA pool.

See the signature...

Falchonelli wasn't great shakes at CF, but he could pass well enough.

I've always been of a mind that coaches made a difference, but it was small. I'm not sure that's true or not true now, but my team is pretty full on "good-not-great" kids, so I'm figuring it's time to maybe go all in on the system and see how they do. Worst that can happen is that the kids still die...

Great story. I, too, loved Lou Brock, despite the fact that I was a Cubs fan as a little kid growing up in South Bend, Indiana and getting all the games on WGN back when you could actually watch all the games -- as an older kid we moved to Louisville, and in that triangle I grew to follow the Cubs, ...

If you track it in a daily league, you'll see the first about five days are listed as something like the player "under assessment" ... which means the training staff is monitoring the player and has no assessment. From then, the tag changes sometimes daily. I've seen guys struggle and be frustrated ...

We are sending a couple future big-league coaches to school:

Ernesto Ramos (R-Pitching Coach): Teach Pitching +50 (or less??? Not sure the scale!)
Gilberto Nunez (A-Hitting Coach): Teach Hitting +50

One doing good, everyone else frustrated.

I'll be doing the Podcaster of the Year piece. I'll see how the next couple days go before I bite off a division preview, but if no one steps up and I have time, I'll do one. And for the new guys, the Media Guide is a place where there is no wrong content...well, within only limited boundaries, I su...

Timing is everything!

Just bumping...I'm hoping to be back home as early as Monday, and hopefully back to active again.

So, as a reminder.

Silver linings.

BO knows?

There goes the neighborhood.

I'm sure they don't.