You wrote some pessimistic reviews of my picks a few years ago that look spot on in retrospect so I’m glad you’re ok with the Marriott pick. I'd go so far as to say I think that Marriott is a can't miss pick. Literally based on where he is in 2058, I think he's a primo reliever conversion if he suc...

To be clear, when I refer to the 20-80 ratings, I don't mean just the one overall rating we get here. In my other league, which I was in for 5 seasons before joining here, we use 20-80 for the individual skills as well, like a kid in the draft might have a 30-30-20 for stuff-movement-control with a...

It was good to track how pitching went and compare picks with both my original take and your analysis. Without the 20-80 skills ratings, for some reason, I struggle with getting a read on pitching prospects. That said, I was pretty much in agreement with the first 6 or 7 pitchers taken. Your though...

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Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:03 am

Glad to see this return after a year off.

Last draft I was busy.

This is the first in a likely one-part series analyzing this year's amateur draft. The analysis includes the S1. Disclaimer: As always, opinions and analysis are mine and mine alone and do not reflect any future, present or past knowledge of anything at all. Those of you looking for in-depth analys...

Jacksonville trades:

Donald Miller (ML)
Armando Ortiz (A)

Nashville trades:

A cup of coffee
An old tennis shoe
and a cup of coffee poured into an old tennis shoe (a true delicacy).
Also $1.

Processed in game.

So weird.

Already dragged Renders out of the IC. I'm thinking that's where prospects go to die.

Hmmmm - game likes me for .500 this year. Might happen too

Bump for Whanon trade and removal of Bob Anderson

Confirmed. Keep him in R.

Yeah. That's a big trade.

May I live in interesting times.

This is true, by the way.

What's remarkable about Jacksonville's Bernie Stuart deal is not that it happened, or even how it happened: a huge sum of cash, prospects, and some future considerations. The Hurricanes, not in incredible financial shape to begin with, were heavily in the red after signing very expensive IFA Klaas R...

When Aaron Weiner took over the GM role on the Jacksonville Hurricanes before the 2054 season, the team had been in a three-year playoff drought, had a whole team full of free agent contracts, and no farm. Four years later, Jacksonville has made the playoffs three times, drafted a top-60 prospect in...

The Bernie Stuart deal creates a pin in the Jacksonville 2058 season. The Hurricanes still have starters Bob Anderson, Juan Marroquin, and Gavrilovich Mastinsky, which would be enough pitching for anyone, but their spending this offseason was basically two players: Klaas Renders and 1B Mun-wah Hsu, ...

Jacksonville confirms. Please put Jensen into Stuart's rotation spot, 50-pitch limit. Poole and Huertas can both go to RL.

Best of luck to Twin Cities in that title hunt.

SP Juan Marroquin : Yes, he's a rental, yes, he's a head case, but he also has over 6 WAR over the past two seasons and he's cheap at $7.5 million. RF Donald Miller : Rental outfield starter who draws more walks than your guy (and every guy). Easy to retain half his salary. SP Gavrilovich Mastinsky ...

Considering he has 8 WAR the last two years and makes seven, not eight figures, that's a no-brainer for him. I have the same (smaller) problem impending with Marroquin, though I hope that Stuart opts in or at least re-signs.