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voxpoptart · 06-09-2015, 06:51 PM

Until the AI trading is fixed -- and seriously, the three principles I state above would get rid of almost all of the worst of it -- I dread the Winter Meetings and the increased trading. I end up reversing about 80% of the deals made then.

I don't just turn trading off, because sometimes the bad trades inspire me to create good ones. Which is also something I do on my own: jumping into each team's shoes and helping them tinker (or overhaul) can be one of the most fun parts of the game then. But it's tedious going back and erasing history.

A fourth principle, by the way: rebuilding teams should be far, far less eager to sell off their best players for a bunch of middling prospects in Rookie ball. I'm not saying it never happens IRL, but more often a real rebuilding team wants to get *something* back that will help it on a nearer, and more likely, time frame.

06-09-2015, 06:51 PM	#4
voxpoptart Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 387	Until the AI trading is fixed -- and seriously, the three principles I state above would get rid of almost all of the worst of it -- I dread the Winter Meetings and the increased trading. I end up reversing about 80% of the deals made then. I don't just turn trading off, because sometimes the bad trades inspire me to create good ones. Which is also something I do on my own: jumping into each team's shoes and helping them tinker (or overhaul) can be one of the most fun parts of the game then. But it's tedious going back and erasing history. A fourth principle, by the way: rebuilding teams should be far, far less eager to sell off their best players for a bunch of middling prospects in Rookie ball. I'm not saying it never happens IRL, but more often a real rebuilding team wants to get something back that will help it on a nearer, and more likely, time frame.