rolliefingers08 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I figured I'd post the details of my dynasty (owner mode). Here goes. Starting Lineup C - Jason Kendall 1B - Lyle Overbay 2B - Alfonso Soriano SS - Bobby Crosby 3B - Eric Chavez LF - Eric Byrnes (vs. R)/Lance Berkman (vs. L) CF - Coco Crisp RF - Charles Thomas (vs. R)/Eric Byrnes (vs. L) DH - Lance Berkman (vs. R)/Nick Swisher (vs. L) Bench 1B - Dan Johnson C - Robbie Hammock 3B/OF - Casey Blake 2B - Marco Scutaro AAA Mike Cuddyer Adam Morrissey Matt Watson Starting Rotation Barry Zito - L Rich Harden - R Oliver Perez - L Danny Haren - R Joe Blanton - R Bullpen Long - Kirk Saarloos Middle - Huston Street Middle - Chad Bradford Middle - Jairo Garcia ® Setup - JC Romero (L) Closer - Octavio Dotel ® If you want to know anything else, feel free to ask. I just don't want to do stats or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 As of April 22nd, I'm 7-9, 3rd place in the AL West, and 3 games back of Anaheim for the division lead. Eric Chavez is on the DL for 12 more days. Keith Ginter has been at 3B for the last 5 games, and was really good early on but lately has made a few errors. Adam Morrissey was called up for awhile, but then he went on the DL as well, but I didnt have him start anyways. Eric Byrnes is next in line at 3B. I dont really know why, as the only position I know that he possibly would play in real life is 1B if he needed to, but he seems like a good fit there and played well in the 3 or 4 innings he's been there so far. I'll probably update this weekly (in the game that is) but it's also possible that I'll stop for long periods of time because it's happened before. enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoisKarimGarcia Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 As of April 22nd, I'm 7-9, 3rd place in the AL West, and 3 games back of Anaheim for the division lead. Eric Chavez is on the DL for 12 more days. Keith Ginter has been at 3B for the last 5 games, and was really good early on but lately has made a few errors. Adam Morrissey was called up for awhile, but then he went on the DL as well, but I didnt have him start anyways. Eric Byrnes is next in line at 3B. I dont really know why, as the only position I know that he possibly would play in real life is 1B if he needed to, but he seems like a good fit there and played well in the 3 or 4 innings he's been there so far. I'll probably update this weekly (in the game that is) but it's also possible that I'll stop for long periods of time because it's happened before. enjoy. you should trade Lyle Overbay for pitching and move Eric Chavez to DH and at the end of the year,sign David Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 My pitching upgrade came as Kirk Saarloos + minor league OF for Scott Kazmir, which allowed me to send Dan Meyer down to AAA. I'm looking for more pitching right now, but I managed to sign overbay to an extension for a decent price, which might allow me to move JT Snow. I love his defense, and he's great against righties, but for some reason I'm just not able to hit well with him at all. For $1.8 million, that really makes him expendable and he'll probably be the one I trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoisKarimGarcia Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 My pitching upgrade came as Kirk Saarloos + minor league OF for Scott Kazmir, which allowed me to send Dan Meyer down to AAA. I'm looking for more pitching right now, but I managed to sign overbay to an extension for a decent price, which might allow me to move JT Snow. I love his defense, and he's great against righties, but for some reason I'm just not able to hit well with him at all. For $1.8 million, that really makes him expendable and he'll probably be the one I trade. If you need cheap, young pitching,Seattle righty Cha Seung Beck isn't too bad,neither is Jamie Moyer or Kirk Reuter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well, I've made a fairly significant trade here. TO HOUSTON 1B J.T. Snow AAA Reliever TO OAKLAND OF Lance Berkman AA Reliever Right after, I signed Berkman to a 3 year, $3.5 million contract extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Okay I've got a question for everybody. I want my stadium to suit my lineup, so which would be better? The high, but close RF wall, or the short, close LF wall? Lefties - Overbay, Chavez, Berkman, Kotsay, Crisp, Hatteberg Righties - Kendall, Ginter, Scutaro, Crosby, Ford, Byrnes, Swisher, Berkman (but he doesn't have any RH power) I don't have an issue with giving up a lot of homers and I don't hit the gaps well so a fence further away wouldnt suit me very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrospecialk Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 well, with overbay being a linedrive hitter, along with Kendall, you may want to do a far, short RF wall and short, close LF wall, with Berkman's power enabling him to get it the distance in right, along with Chavez and possibly Hatteberg, and making Kendall, Crosby, Byrnes, and Swisher all more potent hitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 i take it you dont have the game. you dont have a choice of exact wall specifics. it's either high RF wall with average LF wall, or close, short LF wall. also something interesting of note: in a game earlier today, marco scutaro ® hit an opposite field 3-run HR over the big RF wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 another trade i've made to satisfy some of the guys a bit better... TO MINNESOTA OF Lew Ford (yeah, trading him back) RP Tim Harikkala RP Adrian Lincoln TO OAKLAND 1B/C Matt Lecroy RP Jesse Crain RP J.D. Durbin can anyone PLEASE give me some tips on how to make some more money? obviously cutting payroll would help, but i like my big money makers too much to do it. when you have a jason kendall, not a lot of catchers seem worth trading for to cut payroll and still be competitive. i suppose if i'm falling out of it, i'd trade kendall, but chavez is definitley a keeper. my bullpen is about to cost a lot more too at the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 you should trade Lyle Overbay for pitching and move Eric Chavez to DH and at the end of the year,sign David Wright missed the last part of the post. did you say move chavez to DH? chavy has won 4 gold gloves in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 13, 2005 Author Share Posted March 13, 2005 made a variety of trades today. this is basically how i ended up: IN Livan Hernandez Tim Spooneybarger Chad Bentz Top Prospect AAA Pitcher Good AAA 3B OUT Scott Kazmir Juan Cruz Jesse Crain Matt LeCroy Some minor leaguers as you can tell, i like to mess with my team. for all i know, these guys could be back sometime. its likely i'll be trading again soon. there's only a core of players on this team that i likely wont trade. so what do we all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 traded livan hernandez, dan meyer, and a minor leaguer for oliver perez. called up tim spooneybarger to replace meyer in the pen. if nobody cares i'll stop updating this thread, so just reassure me that someone is reading this at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 also, chavez is on the DL again with a fractured arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Are you sure you are making enough trades??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 like i said, i get tired of some guys quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrospecialk Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 i take it you dont have the game. you dont have a choice of exact wall specifics. it's either high RF wall with average LF wall, or close, short LF wall. also something interesting of note: in a game earlier today, marco scutaro ® hit an opposite field 3-run HR over the big RF wall. ... I'm talking about the one that's 310 down the LF line and 340 down the RF line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 24, 2005 Author Share Posted March 24, 2005 traded a top minor league OF to minnesota for 3B mike cuddyer to help fill in for the injuries to eric chavez and just recently eric byrnes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 26, 2005 Author Share Posted March 26, 2005 JD Closser to Arizona for Robbie Hammock. really hoping to trade kiko calero soon, possibly with duchscherer or maybe spooneybarger, because i'm pretty deep in the bullpen with chad bentz and brooks kieschnick in the minors. rotation is solid so i don't feel like making changes there just yet. nick swisher might be out the door if he doesn't stop complaining soon. anyone care anymore or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 Kiko Calero to KC for Jeremy Affeldt. He complained, he wanted more money, and above all, he blew leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Got tired of the team recently, and made quite a few changes IN OF Charles Thomas (again), RP Juan Cruz (again), RP Ryan Dempster, 2 minor league RP OUT OF Mark Kotsay, RP Justin Duchscherer, RP Jeremy Affeldt, RP Tim Spooneybarger, bitchy RP Wanted to free up some cash ($5.5 mill in Kotsay, projected 900K in Duchscherer and another 700 in Affeldt). Coco Crisp moves to CF and now I can play Nick Swisher a lot more :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APR Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 You should be the GM of the Yankees because you make so many moves!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Here's what the lineup looks like now. Starting Lineup C - Jason Kendall 1B - Lyle Overbay (vs. R) 2B - Keith Ginter (vs. R)/Marco Scutaro (vs. L) SS - Bobby Crosby 3B - Eric Chavez LF - Eric Byrnes (vs. R)/Lance Berkman (vs. L) CF - Coco Crisp RF - Charles Thomas (vs. R)/Eric Byrnes (vs. L) DH - Lance Berkman (vs. R)/Nick Swisher (vs. L) Bench 1B - Dan Johnson C - Robbie Hammock 3B/OF - Mike Cuddyer Starting Rotation Barry Zito - L Rich Harden - R Oliver Perez - L Danny Haren - R Joe Blanton - R Bullpen Long - Ryan Dempster ® Middle - Juan Cruz ® Middle - Chad Bentz (L) Middle - Jairo Garcia ® Setup - JC Romero (L) Closer - Octavio Dotel ® Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolliefingers08 Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 The trade deadline has come, and after falling 8 games back of Seattle in the AL West, I had to do something. The offense had really been struggling, so... TO OAKLAND 2B Alfonso Soriano (on the block) RP Chad Bradford (having a weak season, on the block) 3B/OF Casey Blake (on the block) TO TAMPA BAY 2B Keith Ginter RP Ryan Dempster TO MINNESOTA RP Chad Bentz AAA 2nd Baseman AAA Outfielder (who I think is Matt Watson) The guys I got were fairly unhappy and it wasn't extremely hard to get them. I''ve gone with one less guy in the bullpen, so it's shaping up like this for the last 2 months of the season: Starting Lineup C - Jason Kendall 1B - Lyle Overbay (vs. R) 2B - Alfonso Soriano SS - Bobby Crosby 3B - Eric Chavez LF - Eric Byrnes (vs. R)/Lance Berkman (vs. L) CF - Coco Crisp RF - Charles Thomas (vs. R)/Eric Byrnes (vs. L) DH - Lance Berkman (vs. R)/Nick Swisher (vs. L) Bench 1B - Dan Johnson C - Robbie Hammock 3B/OF - Mike Cuddyer 2B/SS - Marco Scutaro 3B/OF - Casey Blake Starting Rotation Barry Zito - L Rich Harden - R Oliver Perez - L Danny Haren - R Joe Blanton - R Bullpen Long - Juan Cruz ® Middle - Chad Bradford ® Middle - Jairo Garcia ® Setup - JC Romero (L) Closer - Octavio Dotel ® Also, after losing 6 in a row (mostly because of my terrible hitting), I used it as an excuse to fire Ken Macha, and hired Tommy Lasorda (who I unlocked) with some of the extra money lying around. After all of this, I still have a smaller payroll than before I traded Mark Kotsay. Wish me luck now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyrunner Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Good luck, Rollie - keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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