SIM COMPLETE - 94-95 - FREE AGENCY 3

[Clay]

NEXT SIM: Wednesday @ Noon

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[Lintyfresh85]

Not a good sim for me.

Lost out on Dodson and Hernandez.

[Carlos]

I'm happy with Donato, but it's a failure because I was hoping to add another arm alongside him that signed elsewhere for less money.

Guys, I know you want to play for a better team, but Denver can't win unless you play here.

[Clay]

"This is the BEST day ever!!"

-- Curt Dodson's Agent

[liquidcrash]

Now is the time to change your scouting budget, for those interested.

I know some people have asked for a reminder of that. Here it is.

I think you could have done it last sim, as well.

[Clay]

It opened up this SIM because PRE-SEASON started.

[Lintyfresh85]

For some reason I thought I offered Dodson more than what he got with Davenport... but I'm not positive.

Would have loved to have him take over for Buzzell at 3B.

[Matt]

FA's don't always go for the highest bidder from what I've seen.

[Spear]

FA's don't always go for the highest bidder from what I've seen.

I only gave Dodson what he requested from me. On the previous sim, I offered him more money for less years but no dice.

Glad to finally land a top FA after we struck out last year on Kinsey. Dodson's been durable over the years but with our luck he wont make it out of spring training. With that in mind, I'm still seriously thinking about putting him at 2B full time.

[Spectre]

Well, no way I could have afforded Dodson. He asked for far less (like 12 million per year for 7 years) to resign but went nuts once he hit Free Agency. Wish him the best in Davenport.

Picked up some nice pieces last sim. Got Larochelle to fill in the back end of my rotation. Made a big trade for Johnny Buzzell who my scout still thinks will be an impact player this year. Joe Zegarra will play the role of jack of all trades. Also resigned Ross Broadbridge who did a fine job as a backup infielder last year.

The two FA I lost made a combined 41 million a year in free agency. Wow!

[liquidcrash]

I had offered Dodson something like $105m/5 years before last sim. It was the leading offer, but obviously the price rose higher than that. I had him with as heavily front loaded of a deal as the game would let me offer. I withdrew it anyway after looking it over some more.

I'm happy to get Guzman. I think he's got plenty left in the tank to have some good years here. It also significantly lifted my fan interest.

[umd]

Is the next sim Spring Training 1?

[Delandis]

No there will be one more FA week.

[Clay]

Is the next sim Spring Training 1?

One more FA SIM. It will be all remaining days till Spring Training (I believe 17 or 18).

[umd]

One more FA SIM. It will be all remaining days till Spring Training (I believe 17 or 18).

ok thanks