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RonCo · 05-01-2004, 10:53 AM

I think Scotto's point wasn't based on whether guys are traded like that in real life or not--it's obvious that it happens on occasion. I think it happens often inspring Training as teams are shuffling the last few guys on their roster. (Note: 3-way deals don't count in this scenario, as those are all part of one mega-decision). I think Scotto's point was based on the order of magnitude difference in frequency in this happening in on-line leagues and real baseball.

There can be no question that sim-owners don't have the same commitment to a trade that real GMs do. Hence you do get a disproportionally lot of Buy Low sell High type of situations in sim leagues (my opinion). Of course, part of the difference is that sim-GMs don't have to deal with the human down-side to a guy being traded three times in 15 days.

Perhaps this is also a creation of the Roto-style managers created by the other type of league...Rotisserie management, with its limited contracts and relative ease of getting rid of mistakes makes it a short-term stock-market type game. So sim-GMs who play in that environment, too may carry a different psychology into the game than more hard-core simulation GMs. Just a thought. Don't know how true it is.

05-01-2004, 10:53 AM	#5
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,386	I think Scotto's point wasn't based on whether guys are traded like that in real life or not--it's obvious that it happens on occasion. I think it happens often inspring Training as teams are shuffling the last few guys on their roster. (Note: 3-way deals don't count in this scenario, as those are all part of one mega-decision). I think Scotto's point was based on the order of magnitude difference in frequency in this happening in on-line leagues and real baseball. There can be no question that sim-owners don't have the same commitment to a trade that real GMs do. Hence you do get a disproportionally lot of Buy Low sell High type of situations in sim leagues (my opinion). Of course, part of the difference is that sim-GMs don't have to deal with the human down-side to a guy being traded three times in 15 days. Perhaps this is also a creation of the Roto-style managers created by the other type of league...Rotisserie management, with its limited contracts and relative ease of getting rid of mistakes makes it a short-term stock-market type game. So sim-GMs who play in that environment, too may carry a different psychology into the game than more hard-core simulation GMs. Just a thought. Don't know how true it is.