The Jacksonville Hurricanes have had some serious cashflow issues lately, and a lot of it stems directly from paying $45 million for Klaas Renders. Trading away staff ace Bernie Stuart lightened the load somewhat, but in drafting big bonus baby 1B Julio Navarro, possibly the best hitter in the 2058 ...

Because of roster limits, I achieved a long-time goal today by buying out Mike Brodt.

Interesting team. JAX is playing three games over their Pythagorean projection. It has been an interesting team. I'd some of my kids up picking up the slack except they're not really fully ready yet. Getting Wignes back was key - I was really struggling terribly without him. It's really helped that...

It was widely assumed that when the Jacksonville Hurricanes traded away Bernie Stuart and Manoell Whanon earlier this year that they would fall quickly out of contention, as their aging offensive core and depleted pitching staff would not be enough to maintain their recent run of wild card berths. H...

Maybe that was wishful thinking, though. I was hoping to spend most of my draft on pitching just because the organization is so threadbare on the mound. I did go pitching in rounds 3-7. So there was that. I dunno. Maybe I'm just over-thinking it. Not like that ever happens. Most of the top pitchers...

bcslouck wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:52 am

Pretty spot on with Gomez. Couldn't pass him up in that spot. Others have mentioned it, but always a good read and league feature highlight.

Only reason I didn’t take Gomez was birthdays. Otherwise pick makes sense.

Thus begins the decline, I fear.

Intangibles are very often the "tiebreaker" in my picks. Lewis is one example. Only 16, the intangibles can boost him a lot...or he is who we think he is and tops out at AA. Lewis doesn't need a huge boost to be a starter in the BBA. Guy might be 7/7/10/7/6 against righties. He's gonna need a caddy...

There are quite a few players with Bushey's profile that have become successful centerfielders; the game didn't rate him 65 by accident.

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...

Dington wrote: ↑

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.