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Originally Posted by jprywell
Hi everyone:
Here's an interesting question from a Newbie playing his first historical league:
I'm managing the 1903 Detroit Tigers and have already pulled off a few spring trades to better my mediocre club. Here's my question:
When considering trades, should I be consulting my baseball historical guides to see how a player actually performed that year and for the several years in the future? Or is that not a good guide to replicate the OOTP universe? And is that also considered an unwanted advantage over other managers (or, cheating)?
Case in point: I'm thinking of trading my high-priced rightfielder Billy Lush to Cleveland for equally pricey RF Elmer Flick. Looking at the historical abstracts, it seems that Flick will have a near-HOF career, while Lush will flame out in a year or two.
However, in my league, the two are close to being on equal footing (with Flick still ranked higher but Lush with a lot of potential and a similar salary). I'm the gm, and the manager does not favor this trade. Of course, Cleveland also wants one of my good relievers in a trade, so that clouds his decision.
What's your thinking of using actual history to judge whether to make a trade or not? When should that be consulted?
jprywell
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Here's something I've always liked to do:
Play with real-life transactions. If you have a young Lou Brock on your team trade him for Ernie Broglio mid-way through 1964. Lets say Broglio is pitching well for the last place Phils, Brock is the 4th OF on the Giants who are in 3rd place. He competed with Aaron, Callison, and McCovey. ( This is the exact scenario I did. ) Brock will go on to be a Phillie great while Broglio will make the Giants look stupid in a few years when they struggle to find a good leadoff hitter. It works really good if players are not drafted on their original teams. If the Babe is a young Pirate pitcher/slugger sell him to (team X) for cash. You can draw a team out of a hat or come up with a system like I did which will tell you which team buys the Babe. This really works good with the recalc ON. Otherwise some of the player trades won't look realistic at all.