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Art Deco · 05-09-2021, 01:11 AM

Because when you're 75-21, big changes are necessary:

Yes Vlad Jr. is coming to town. Where am I going to play him? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That's the manager's problem.

Oh wait, I am the manager too.

This deal was made for a couple of reasons. One, to get owner Stuart Sternberg off my back. Among his goals was to trade for an MVP candidate. See those blue and yellow medals on the far right? Yeah, those are 7 MVP Awards.

The second reason the deal was done was that the price was right. Sandoval's a former supplemental 1st round pick and has MLB-ready power and should hit 25-30 HR for Atlanta as soon as they insert him into their lineup, but in our system he was a footnote. DuBose has a great first name but mixed results and I'm not sold he's MLB material and Ramirez is pure filler. But isn't Vlad Jr. still on a $41M contract through next season? Why yes he is but the Braves have graciously offered to pick up 80% of it, meaning we're only paying him about $8M next season and $3.5M this year.

But where am I going to play him? I dunno. Bo Angeac's entrenched at 3B as he should be, so that leaves DH, for when I'm tired of watching Rodolfo Rivas strike out or when I play Rivas at 1B and move Victor de Jesus to the OF to take Alex Buitrago's place (or Nate Clark's, when I'm tired of watching him hit .239 despite all the homers). And this isn't even taking into account Dayle Jenkins coming back in September, you know, the reigning AL MVP? I could play Jenkins in CF, de Jesus in RF and bench Buitrago and Omar Rodriguez. And then there's this other guy I traded for:

After getting Vlad, there's really no country for Mike Harms any longer, as good as he is. So I made him the centerpiece to acquire Danny Ayala. "Who the @#$% is Danny Ayala?" you're probably saying. This is who Danny Ayala is:

Those are some eye-popping blue bars there where it matters. This is a .300-40 double-40 homer guy who plays adequate defense. Where is he going to play? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The answer for the rest of the season is likely the bench. But I'm eyeing him as a Nate Clark replacement, the same Nate Clark who is projected to get $23M in arbitration next year and right now is projected to get only 3.4 WAR this season, an above-average player but not $23M worth (Hell, Ayala could be better than Nate Clark right now, although he does have something of a negative platoon split against lefties). Also my scouts just downgraded his contact tool to 60, which jibes with his low BA right now. He's probably better than this still, and I expect the average to go up. But I can save $22.5M next year and get some decent prospect(s) or fill some other area of need by dealing Clark, who becomes a free agent after 2034 anyway. Back to the deal, Baltimore got some decent prospects in addition to a top-notch 1B who can play right now. Connell, acquired from Washington in the Joe Barker sell-off the winter before last, still projects as a high-quality reliever or closer, and Grant could be a decent #4 starter. Keck however is filler. Once a high draft pick, he's never really developed and isn't expected to ever have better than 35 control or 40 stuff with 60 movement his only calling card.

05-09-2021, 01:11 AM	#892
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,608	A pair of massive trades and perhaps I've lost my mind Because when you're 75-21, big changes are necessary: Yes Vlad Jr. is coming to town. Where am I going to play him? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That's the manager's problem. Oh wait, I am the manager too. This deal was made for a couple of reasons. One, to get owner Stuart Sternberg off my back. Among his goals was to trade for an MVP candidate. See those blue and yellow medals on the far right? Yeah, those are 7 MVP Awards. The second reason the deal was done was that the price was right. Sandoval's a former supplemental 1st round pick and has MLB-ready power and should hit 25-30 HR for Atlanta as soon as they insert him into their lineup, but in our system he was a footnote. DuBose has a great first name but mixed results and I'm not sold he's MLB material and Ramirez is pure filler. But isn't Vlad Jr. still on a $41M contract through next season? Why yes he is but the Braves have graciously offered to pick up 80% of it, meaning we're only paying him about $8M next season and $3.5M this year. But where am I going to play him? I dunno. Bo Angeac's entrenched at 3B as he should be, so that leaves DH, for when I'm tired of watching Rodolfo Rivas strike out or when I play Rivas at 1B and move Victor de Jesus to the OF to take Alex Buitrago's place (or Nate Clark's, when I'm tired of watching him hit .239 despite all the homers). And this isn't even taking into account Dayle Jenkins coming back in September, you know, the reigning AL MVP? I could play Jenkins in CF, de Jesus in RF and bench Buitrago and Omar Rodriguez. And then there's this other guy I traded for: After getting Vlad, there's really no country for Mike Harms any longer, as good as he is. So I made him the centerpiece to acquire Danny Ayala. "Who the @#$% is Danny Ayala?" you're probably saying. This is who Danny Ayala is: Those are some eye-popping blue bars there where it matters. This is a .300-40 double-40 homer guy who plays adequate defense. Where is he going to play? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The answer for the rest of the season is likely the bench. But I'm eyeing him as a Nate Clark replacement, the same Nate Clark who is projected to get $23M in arbitration next year and right now is projected to get only 3.4 WAR this season, an above-average player but not $23M worth (Hell, Ayala could be better than Nate Clark right now, although he does have something of a negative platoon split against lefties). Also my scouts just downgraded his contact tool to 60, which jibes with his low BA right now. He's probably better than this still, and I expect the average to go up. But I can save $22.5M next year and get some decent prospect(s) or fill some other area of need by dealing Clark, who becomes a free agent after 2034 anyway. Back to the deal, Baltimore got some decent prospects in addition to a top-notch 1B who can play right now. Connell, acquired from Washington in the Joe Barker sell-off the winter before last, still projects as a high-quality reliever or closer, and Grant could be a decent #4 starter. Keck however is filler. Once a high draft pick, he's never really developed and isn't expected to ever have better than 35 control or 40 stuff with 60 movement his only calling card. Last edited by Art Deco; 05-09-2021 at 01:42 AM.