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JAttractive · 08-10-2002, 06:48 PM

1962 Offseason:

Free Agents.

I go into the free agency period planning only on replacing my lost backup infielder and OF with similar talents. However after 20 days of free agency I notice not one team has even made an offer to a 30 year old SP who went 14-6 with a 2.27 era! Statistically he was the 2nd best available SP and I am dumbfounded by this. This player is only asking for 4.5 million and no one is biting. Usually I would not acquire a player this way but if no one wants him and being far under budget myself now I figure I will reward my fans and make an offer to him. With no interested parties I actually manage to acquire him for 4 million and 4 years! His presence alone should see my team do far better (he replaces a guy who went 6-13 with a 6.61 era).

Rookie Draft.

Ok I have to say this is the MOST AMAZING draft of players I have ever seen in OOTP4. There are three players my scouts have as Brilliant/Brilliant for hits/homers! In all my seasons before this in other fictional leagues I ran I have only ever seen one Brilliant/Brilliant player before (at least that was scouted accurately)! There is also a Brilliant/Good player, and a number of Good/Brilliants along with 5 strong SP prospects. Even with a late pick any team has a chance for a superstar it looks like!

So with the third overall pick I manage to address my shortstop problem by drafting Eddy Goodwin an 18 year old C range shortstop with a .978 fielding and Great clutch rating. His batting ratings according to my scouts are G/G/F/B/G/A . The first two picks grabbed Brilliant/Brilliant hitters and the third one was a Very Inconsistent 23 year old 1B who was not overly strong in other ratings. I am always tentative to acquire Very Inconsistent players (especially pitchers) and so I decide to skip on him even though he is very tempting. Besides, I have another plan....

The 1st overall pick is a 19 year old 1b who is B/B/B for hits/hr/walks. I have never seen this sort of rating in all my seasons and if I can acquire him I will have addressed my two positions I still needed depth at. My current 1b prospect is still a "Really big prospect" and is only 20 years old but at B/F/G ratings by my scouts he is a step below this player. I don't really feel comfortable with a 1b who doesn't have a lot of power and somehow I just have to get this guy on my team!

So in a series of trades involving my veterans that will now *force* me to field a team that is almost half rookies I manage to trade for this guy. The trades involved took a few rounds of trading and a bit of creativity but all of them I felt would improve a contending team as I won't rip AI teams off. Basically I started with an above average SP on my team and packaged a solid veteran position player that was needed by another team and would acquire a slightly better SP. In the end I had managed to acquire a young 27 year old star calibre pitcher who KC was willing to trade straight up for the 1b prospect. Feeling this would still be unfair I packaged in my own star 1b prospect and made the trade hoping it was not an unrealistic move. I figure a top young pitcher and a future star 1b is a strong trade for a potential super star 1b but who at 19 could easily see his talents drop if he is even scouted properly to begin with.

(Note I would be interested in learning if anyone disagrees as I try to play as realistically as I can...)

Overall:

I now have the projected line-up and staff in mind (though my bullpen prospects are negligible) and will give them in a follow up post. Here is where things should get interesting as we can see how the careers unfold and find out if this team can become a dynasty. I don't expect to get above .500 this year so I should still get another decent pick and will probably add to my SP prospects unless one of the projected future position players decides to bottom out.

08-10-2002, 06:48 PM	#5
JAttractive All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 1,135	1962 Offseason: Free Agents. I go into the free agency period planning only on replacing my lost backup infielder and OF with similar talents. However after 20 days of free agency I notice not one team has even made an offer to a 30 year old SP who went 14-6 with a 2.27 era! Statistically he was the 2nd best available SP and I am dumbfounded by this. This player is only asking for 4.5 million and no one is biting. Usually I would not acquire a player this way but if no one wants him and being far under budget myself now I figure I will reward my fans and make an offer to him. With no interested parties I actually manage to acquire him for 4 million and 4 years! His presence alone should see my team do far better (he replaces a guy who went 6-13 with a 6.61 era). Rookie Draft. Ok I have to say this is the MOST AMAZING draft of players I have ever seen in OOTP4. There are three players my scouts have as Brilliant/Brilliant for hits/homers! In all my seasons before this in other fictional leagues I ran I have only ever seen one Brilliant/Brilliant player before (at least that was scouted accurately)! There is also a Brilliant/Good player, and a number of Good/Brilliants along with 5 strong SP prospects. Even with a late pick any team has a chance for a superstar it looks like! So with the third overall pick I manage to address my shortstop problem by drafting Eddy Goodwin an 18 year old C range shortstop with a .978 fielding and Great clutch rating. His batting ratings according to my scouts are G/G/F/B/G/A . The first two picks grabbed Brilliant/Brilliant hitters and the third one was a Very Inconsistent 23 year old 1B who was not overly strong in other ratings. I am always tentative to acquire Very Inconsistent players (especially pitchers) and so I decide to skip on him even though he is very tempting. Besides, I have another plan.... The 1st overall pick is a 19 year old 1b who is B/B/B for hits/hr/walks. I have never seen this sort of rating in all my seasons and if I can acquire him I will have addressed my two positions I still needed depth at. My current 1b prospect is still a "Really big prospect" and is only 20 years old but at B/F/G ratings by my scouts he is a step below this player. I don't really feel comfortable with a 1b who doesn't have a lot of power and somehow I just have to get this guy on my team! So in a series of trades involving my veterans that will now force me to field a team that is almost half rookies I manage to trade for this guy. The trades involved took a few rounds of trading and a bit of creativity but all of them I felt would improve a contending team as I won't rip AI teams off. Basically I started with an above average SP on my team and packaged a solid veteran position player that was needed by another team and would acquire a slightly better SP. In the end I had managed to acquire a young 27 year old star calibre pitcher who KC was willing to trade straight up for the 1b prospect. Feeling this would still be unfair I packaged in my own star 1b prospect and made the trade hoping it was not an unrealistic move. I figure a top young pitcher and a future star 1b is a strong trade for a potential super star 1b but who at 19 could easily see his talents drop if he is even scouted properly to begin with. (Note I would be interested in learning if anyone disagrees as I try to play as realistically as I can...) Overall: I now have the projected line-up and staff in mind (though my bullpen prospects are negligible) and will give them in a follow up post. Here is where things should get interesting as we can see how the careers unfold and find out if this team can become a dynasty. I don't expect to get above .500 this year so I should still get another decent pick and will probably add to my SP prospects unless one of the projected future position players decides to bottom out. Last edited by JAttractive; 08-10-2002 at 06:50 PM.