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Old 04-23-2019, 03:43 PM   #3
DrTobiasFunke
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Join Date: Jul 2018
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The Sidewinders have amazingly hung in there in the Diamond leagues, avoiding demotion after two 70 win campaigns, and are looking sharp in the early going of 2039 at 20-16. While point progression from achievements have slowed, they've earned ~20k in these 4 seasons, which has led to few different upgrades across the roster.

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On offense, Bryce Harper has been added to be a cheap replacement for my ideal left handed right fielder (I got so close to that 86 OVR Tris Speaker... one day), and while he hasn't been great, at least he gets on base. Phil Rizzuto moved back to shortstop, where I feel he's a little more consistant than Tony Fernandez, though I haven't found that obvious upgrade in the infield yet. Jose Altuve was added as a DH/PH, still weighing whether he should enter into a 2nd base timeshare with Fernandez as the defensive replacement.

Pitching has been good to great, though they have been buoyed by strong defense. Satchel Paige cost an arm and a leg, but has been great as a starter. I've also embarked a small Knuckleball experiment with Phil Niekro and Wilbur Wood, to play around with the inherently low BABIP of the knuckleball and how it works with a great defense. Otherwise, it's the same philosophy of cycling starters out of the bullpen depending on performance.

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Oh yeah, George Vukovich is still going strong. More of a defensive option at this point, he's still outlived the 4-5 right fielders I brought in to replace Pete Rose.
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