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Andrej72 · 11-22-2020, 05:21 AM

Hi again!

I am playing now as the Oakland Athletics. At the season start I made some trades. It looked difficult to sign an extension with Semien, plus I wanted to rebuild the team with younger players, and above all needed some room in the budget. I sent Semien (SS), Canha (LF) and Laureano (RF) to St. Louis, and in exchange I got O'Neill (LF), DeJong (SS) and Bader (CF). I also traded Piscotty (RF) with San Diego for Garcia (2B). In early and mid April two starting pitchers had to be put on IL, Mike Fiers (12 months) and Chris Bassit (6 months). To resolve the situation, at least partially, I acquired Mike Montgomery (and a minor league SP) from KC for two minor league players. Payroll did not change, since KC retained 100% of his salary. However that trade turned out quite horribly, Montgomery played so horribly that he was sent back to the bullpen after 3 starts. Also we were not able to find our game and by the end of May we had an abysmal 25-36 .409 record. Around this time, to change our fortune, I hired a new assistant GM, a new bench, a new hitting, and a new pitching coach. And in fact it looks that we found our game and we finished June with astonishing 18-7 record, including a 13 game winning streak. So, at the beginning of July we are at .516 (47-44) which is a huge improvement.

Our starting rotation (Luzardo, Montas, Manea, Puk, Jeffries) looks rock solid with 3.81 ERA which is 3rd in AL. On the contrary our bullpen is just simply horrendous, 5.74 ERA and 14th in AL. At least Diekman (4.72 ERA + 0.6 WAR) and McFarland (3.58 ERA + 0.3 WAR) are doing decently, but I have a buch of veteran players with abysmal stats, most of them with a huge wage bill.

Mike Montgomery (31 yo) - 7.94 ERA & -1.1 WAR (at least KC pays the wage bill)
Yusmerio Petit (35 yo) - 5.6 ERA & 0.4 WAR; wage: $5.5M
Brian Schlitter (34 yo) - 6.09 ERA & -0.1 WAR; wage: league minimum
Joakim Soria (36 yo) - 6.81 ERA & -0.3 WAR; wage $8.5M
Lou Trivino (28 yo) - 5.14 ERA & -0.4 WAR; wage: league minimum

It is clear that I have to rebuild the bullpen to be successful. I might keep McFarland, but all the others with expiring cotracts (Montgomery, Petit, Schlitter, Soria) will leave.

So, my question is, can you suggest some nice young RP? Also what attributes should I check to get a successful reliever?

Finally there is also my closer Liam Hendricks. He is 31 years old, and earning $5.3, and he wants a 3-year contract with a $10.5M / year salary. That is a huge amount of money, but I am not sure if I can get a better, or cheaper closer. He posted the following stats.

32 games
IP30.2
2.93 ERA
21 SV
1.47 WHIP
1.2 HR/9
5.6 BB/9
10.9 K/9
.293 BABIP
160 ERA+
0.2 WAR

Probably it make sense to agree with him, right?

11-22-2020, 05:21 AM	#1
Andrej72 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Tököl, Hungary Posts: 193	Bullpen rebuild Hi again! I am playing now as the Oakland Athletics. At the season start I made some trades. It looked difficult to sign an extension with Semien, plus I wanted to rebuild the team with younger players, and above all needed some room in the budget. I sent Semien (SS), Canha (LF) and Laureano (RF) to St. Louis, and in exchange I got O'Neill (LF), DeJong (SS) and Bader (CF). I also traded Piscotty (RF) with San Diego for Garcia (2B). In early and mid April two starting pitchers had to be put on IL, Mike Fiers (12 months) and Chris Bassit (6 months). To resolve the situation, at least partially, I acquired Mike Montgomery (and a minor league SP) from KC for two minor league players. Payroll did not change, since KC retained 100% of his salary. However that trade turned out quite horribly, Montgomery played so horribly that he was sent back to the bullpen after 3 starts. Also we were not able to find our game and by the end of May we had an abysmal 25-36 .409 record. Around this time, to change our fortune, I hired a new assistant GM, a new bench, a new hitting, and a new pitching coach. And in fact it looks that we found our game and we finished June with astonishing 18-7 record, including a 13 game winning streak. So, at the beginning of July we are at .516 (47-44) which is a huge improvement. Our starting rotation (Luzardo, Montas, Manea, Puk, Jeffries) looks rock solid with 3.81 ERA which is 3rd in AL. On the contrary our bullpen is just simply horrendous, 5.74 ERA and 14th in AL. At least Diekman (4.72 ERA + 0.6 WAR) and McFarland (3.58 ERA + 0.3 WAR) are doing decently, but I have a buch of veteran players with abysmal stats, most of them with a huge wage bill. Mike Montgomery (31 yo) - 7.94 ERA & -1.1 WAR (at least KC pays the wage bill) Yusmerio Petit (35 yo) - 5.6 ERA & 0.4 WAR; wage: $5.5M Brian Schlitter (34 yo) - 6.09 ERA & -0.1 WAR; wage: league minimum Joakim Soria (36 yo) - 6.81 ERA & -0.3 WAR; wage $8.5M Lou Trivino (28 yo) - 5.14 ERA & -0.4 WAR; wage: league minimum It is clear that I have to rebuild the bullpen to be successful. I might keep McFarland, but all the others with expiring cotracts (Montgomery, Petit, Schlitter, Soria) will leave. So, my question is, can you suggest some nice young RP? Also what attributes should I check to get a successful reliever? Finally there is also my closer Liam Hendricks. He is 31 years old, and earning $5.3, and he wants a 3-year contract with a $10.5M / year salary. That is a huge amount of money, but I am not sure if I can get a better, or cheaper closer. He posted the following stats. 32 games IP30.2 2.93 ERA 21 SV 1.47 WHIP 1.2 HR/9 5.6 BB/9 10.9 K/9 .293 BABIP 160 ERA+ 0.2 WAR Probably it make sense to agree with him, right? Last edited by Andrej72; 11-22-2020 at 06:27 AM.