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Originally Posted by DamnYankees
For example, in the OOTP league I played in (TWB), teams would often trade away their HOF, 15 year veteran pitcher for a few prospects in order to rebuild, since they want to get another ring. A I crazy for thinking I'd much rather lose for the next few years and keep this guy on my team?
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Much like any of these types of debates, there's really too many variables to say one way or another what the right move is.
Personally, as someone already said in this thread, I like the idea of keeping "my guys" together on the roster. Unless they stink, I'd rather enjoy watching their career finish out as a member of my team than trade them off for hit-or-miss youngsters. If I want young players, I'll get them via the draft or some place else.
IRL, teams dump older players for younger guys for a number of reasons -- the biggest of which is the financial aspect of it. Teams just aren't going to pay a guy millions of dollars to be mediocre or worse. In addition to that, you have to look at a team's standing. If the Royals are the team with the 15-year veteran pitcher, why shouldn't they deal him off for some prospects? The team is in the dumps with little hope of improvement and that player is likely to be making a decent chunk of change. I'd rather my team deal him off and try to win rather than hold onto him and accept losing -- except for very rare cases. If the Orioles had dealt away Cal Ripken in one of his last couple of seasons, the city would have literally rioted. But I think there are very few Ripken cases in baseball anymore where you have a literal homegrown legend playing out his entire career for the same team.