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jtg · 10-05-2005, 01:24 PM

I'm relatively new to OOTP (in the third season of my first league, playing out all games), so I'd like to get your take on this.

I landed Maggard, a 4 blue-star CF with 60s across the board, in the initial draft, and he had a respectable season for me, hitting .295 with 13 HRs. (The league average is .279, and homers are low, with league leaders hitting around 30.)

During spring training before the second season, he tore a rib cage muscle and had to sit out the entire year. Here's where it gets interesting.

I had to delve down to AA and elevate Rode, a 6th-round pick from the first-year, mid-season amateur draft. I assumed this was a short-term solution, since his talent was 5/2/4 with ratings of 48/16/23. But the little guy went on to hit .340 in 394 ABs with a semi-respectable OBP of .363 (league average of .330 OBP).

Third season rolls around, and Maggard is still sidelined for the first month or so. In the meantime, Rode is hitting .400 or better. Maggard is finally cleared to play, but I don't have it in me to just turn the starting job over to him. I have the two splitting time (they're both lefties, unfortunately), but since Rode is still tearing it up, he's getting the lion's share, and Maggard is scuffling along at about .250.

81 games into the season, Rode is hitting .378 in 243 ABs with a .403 OBP and .441 slugging percentage. Yet his ratings are only 51/16/26.

So what gives? Can he keep it up, despite his meager talent levels? Or am I better off trading him while he's hot and turning the job back over to Maggard? Or do I trade Maggard and keep the overachiever Rode?

Organization-wide, I'm in pretty good shape for talent. The Big League club is winning at a .603 clip and is 1 game out of first, and there's plenty of good stuff on the way up. So I don't feel as if I have to make a move, but it bugs me to have a guy with Maggard's talent on the bench. Almost as much as it would bug me to bench a .380 hitter ...

Ideas? Insight? Help?

10-05-2005, 01:24 PM	#1
jtg Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18	Overachiever, anomaly or WTF I'm relatively new to OOTP (in the third season of my first league, playing out all games), so I'd like to get your take on this. I landed Maggard, a 4 blue-star CF with 60s across the board, in the initial draft, and he had a respectable season for me, hitting .295 with 13 HRs. (The league average is .279, and homers are low, with league leaders hitting around 30.) During spring training before the second season, he tore a rib cage muscle and had to sit out the entire year. Here's where it gets interesting. I had to delve down to AA and elevate Rode, a 6th-round pick from the first-year, mid-season amateur draft. I assumed this was a short-term solution, since his talent was 5/2/4 with ratings of 48/16/23. But the little guy went on to hit .340 in 394 ABs with a semi-respectable OBP of .363 (league average of .330 OBP). Third season rolls around, and Maggard is still sidelined for the first month or so. In the meantime, Rode is hitting .400 or better. Maggard is finally cleared to play, but I don't have it in me to just turn the starting job over to him. I have the two splitting time (they're both lefties, unfortunately), but since Rode is still tearing it up, he's getting the lion's share, and Maggard is scuffling along at about .250. 81 games into the season, Rode is hitting .378 in 243 ABs with a .403 OBP and .441 slugging percentage. Yet his ratings are only 51/16/26. So what gives? Can he keep it up, despite his meager talent levels? Or am I better off trading him while he's hot and turning the job back over to Maggard? Or do I trade Maggard and keep the overachiever Rode? Organization-wide, I'm in pretty good shape for talent. The Big League club is winning at a .603 clip and is 1 game out of first, and there's plenty of good stuff on the way up. So I don't feel as if I have to make a move, but it bugs me to have a guy with Maggard's talent on the bench. Almost as much as it would bug me to bench a .380 hitter ... Ideas? Insight? Help?