2012 Regular Season SIM 7 Complete - Next SIM Sat 06/27

[Delandis]

Laurent Boutin in May:

5 starts, 3-2 record.

44 K, 6 BB, 2.31 ERA, .95 WHIP, 1 CG.

Much more than I hoped for out of him.

[Lintyfresh85]

Rocha reminds me a lot of Curt Goodwin. A guy with great ratings who I thought would help me turn the corner in 1992 when I signed him to a 5 year $46m deal as a FA. He wound up being a 3 year back of the rotation starter with a 4+ ERA before I flipped his albatross contract and $5m for Raul Guzman from FC in 1995 and really began my turnaround with Guzman.

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...layer_703.html

I'm not saying that Rocha is Curt Goodwin, he just popped into my mind while I was looking at some guys who were traded this season and how both sides were making out. There's plenty of time for Rocha to anchor that rotation - or at least I hope he does for you. 3 1sts (two in the Top 15) and Syvertson was a steep price for him not to be.

As I was typing this out, I thought of Tony Wences too.

He's eerily similar to Goodwin. The year I signed Wences in 2004 (6 years $46.5m) I thought of him as a #2 joining a 69 win team that could begin to make a jump. The next season we did, and he was a big part of it with a sub 4.00 ERA, but I don't think he was as good as his ratings suggested from my scout. Ironically, I shed his contract to FC (yet again) for a 1st rounder that turned into Dave Perkins, who then turned into Hector Gutierrez.

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...ayer_8812.html

Anyway, just one of those posts you think of when you're browsing through all the BLB stuff. I wish I had more time to do it.

Curt Goodwin was an old school talent bump. Go look at his history and just before I released him as an 18 year old I threw him to the majors for a game or two. Couple of bumps later and he was a legitimate BLB starter.

[funclown]

Rocha reminds me a lot of Curt Goodwin. A guy with great ratings who I thought would help me turn the corner in 1992 when I signed him to a 5 year $46m deal as a FA. He wound up being a 3 year back of the rotation starter with a 4+ ERA before I flipped his albatross contract and $5m for Raul Guzman from FC in 1995 and really began my turnaround with Guzman.

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...layer_703.html

I'm not saying that Rocha is Curt Goodwin, he just popped into my mind while I was looking at some guys who were traded this season and how both sides were making out. There's plenty of time for Rocha to anchor that rotation - or at least I hope he does for you. 3 1sts (two in the Top 15) and Syvertson was a steep price for him not to be.

As I was typing this out, I thought of Tony Wences too.

He's eerily similar to Goodwin. The year I signed Wences in 2004 (6 years $46.5m) I thought of him as a #2 joining a 69 win team that could begin to make a jump. The next season we did, and he was a big part of it with a sub 4.00 ERA, but I don't think he was as good as his ratings suggested from my scout. Ironically, I shed his contract to FC (yet again) for a 1st rounder that turned into Dave Perkins, who then turned into Hector Gutierrez.

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...ayer_8812.html

Anyway, just one of those posts you think of when you're browsing through all the BLB stuff. I wish I had more time to do it.

Great observation UMD. For me it was the beginning of a string of bad trades for us until we traded for SP Tyler G a few seasons later. On paper Goodwin looked like he was ready to hit the prime time and before him things came easy for us with every trade seemingly a gold mine (Bob Burleson from Washington became an Allstar for Christ sakes). My how things can change on you.

Another player is SP Mejia from Cali.(another ex Patriot). Least with him we remembered Goodwin and quickly dished him off. Sometimes ratings just flat out lie.(Stats are your friend)