2022 Regular Season SIM 8 Complete - Next SIM Sunday 7/16

[umd]

Tell me how to fix mine.

Your starters are young and have been impressive so far. You could probably use a mid rotation vet (as I said in PM) to protect the rotation from the wall that comes with them throwing into late Aug and early Sept.

Bullpen looks good - Valle and Williams are strong young prospects that should hold up and improve as R/L matchups. The vet pen guys are playing well. I would most likely leave them be but if you wanted to tweak around the edges spend a 3rd round pick on a consistent name guy. There are/will be plenty available. Find one you like and trade for them.

Offensively against righties (and lefties) you need someone to bat 5th (4th) and protect Ulloa. I don't know what's happened to Benoit and Sandy but they aren't cutting it. Your top 2 vs RH are perfect but you need a 2 hole hitter vs lefties. Meckfessel isn't it. Bottom of the order is young. Just let them grow. If they don't slowly improve dip into FA for 280-500k and find a middle IF/4th OF.

[Guest]

Tell me how to fix mine.

Same

[Carlos]

Lol @ the Bock

If only someone other than Phoenix could get their shit together.

It's damn sad and I don't know how you improve any of these teams because all of them should be better than someone else. Instead they are packed together like a bunch of losers.

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[umd]

If only someone other than Phoenix could get their shit together.

It's damn sad and I don't know how you improve any of these teams because all of them should be better than someone else. Instead they are packed together like a bunch of losers.

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My team should be worse. Don't know what you all are doing.

[Pat]

Your starters are young and have been impressive so far. You could probably use a mid rotation vet (as I said in PM) to protect the rotation from the wall that comes with them throwing into late Aug and early Sept.

Bullpen looks good - Valle and Williams are strong young prospects that should hold up and improve as R/L matchups. The vet pen guys are playing well. I would most likely leave them be but if you wanted to tweak around the edges spend a 3rd round pick on a consistent name guy. There are/will be plenty available. Find one you like and trade for them.

Offensively against righties (and lefties) you need someone to bat 5th (4th) and protect Ulloa. I don't know what's happened to Benoit and Sandy but they aren't cutting it. Your top 2 vs RH are perfect but you need a 2 hole hitter vs lefties. Meckfessel isn't it. Bottom of the order is young. Just let them grow. If they don't slowly improve dip into FA for 280-500k and find a middle IF/4th OF.

Good take and I don't disagree with anything.

However, I just don't think it makes sense to trade away future assets to try and win now. We overspent on Ulloa/Nieto in the first two years which doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room to add pieces. And even if I added all those suggestions you made, while I agree those are the weakest links, how good does that make us? A .500 team? What's the best case scenario, we sneak into a WC birth? Our window to compete with the Roadrunners, Bats and Bulldogs isn't supposed to begin until 2023.

[umd]

Good take and I don't disagree with anything.

However, I just don't think it makes sense to trade away future assets to try and win now. We overspent on Ulloa/Nieto in the first two years which doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room to add pieces. And even if I added all those suggestions you made, while I agree those are the weakest links, how good does that make us? A .500 team? What's the best case scenario, we sneak into a WC birth? Our window to compete with the Roadrunners, Bats and Bulldogs isn't supposed to begin until 2023.

Fair enough. But why wait? A playoff spot is valuable as you know anyone can win it all once there.

The IL is down, you spent a ton in FA, and a few non expensive moves makes you (most likely) an 85-88 win team with so many mediocre ones hanging around.

But hey, if nobody in the IL wants to compete then there's a lot of mediocre baseball ahead in the IL.

Plus that playoff money alone worth the effort to grow the budget.

[Sully]

Come on, Bock. Get your shit together.

[umd]

Come on, Bock. Get your shit together.

Pretty lonely at the top.

[umd]

Minus Aidan Johnson my entire 2024 rotation and the core of my bullpen is at AAA Reno next week:

1-Aidan Johnson
2-Jamie Steele
3-Dave Hopkins
4-Sandy Perez
5-Jimmy Knutson

RSU-Tom Bruce
LCL-Kevin Hurley
RCL-Pat Buerger

See everyone in 2025 if any of my hitters pan out.

[Pat]

Fair enough. But why wait? A playoff spot is valuable as you know anyone can win it all once there.

The IL is down, you spent a ton in FA, and a few non expensive moves makes you (most likely) an 85-88 win team with so many mediocre ones hanging around.

But hey, if nobody in the IL wants to compete then there's a lot of mediocre baseball ahead in the IL.

Plus that playoff money alone worth the effort to grow the budget.

Trust me, we are definitely trying to win.

June is a big month for us. It's all Bock: DEN twice, PHO twice, WC twice, DAV twice. If we wake up on July 1st still in the thick of this thing, adding pieces makes sense. But with DEN-WC-DAV-SEA (not even including the Stout wild carders) all bunched together, I'm going to stay the course and see we stand. With Bock month about to be in full effect, I think there will be some serious separation.

[BDub]

Fair enough. But why wait? A playoff spot is valuable as you know anyone can win it all once there.

The IL is down, you spent a ton in FA, and a few non expensive moves makes you (most likely) an 85-88 win team with so many mediocre ones hanging around.

But hey, if nobody in the IL wants to compete then there's a lot of mediocre baseball ahead in the IL.

Plus that playoff money alone worth the effort to grow the budget.

You should work for the BLB Media to pass the time.

[umd]

You should work for the BLB Media to pass the time.

Nah. Someone else's turn. I've tried starting a ton of stuff just never catches on. I'll just finish with the draft and tinker with AAA for two more seasons.

[funclown]

Lol, dam you Mike. I already acknowledged your team greatness. 1-7 versus Pitt, 1-5 versus Cali. We just get smoked against the elite teams.

Pawtucket 2-5, see above. Moving right along.