2029 Offseason SIM 2 Complete - Next SIM Wednesday 12/19 FA2

[BradZ]

Next SIM - WED 12/19 - FA2
- Files due by 7am ET | 4am PT
- League file is up. HTML in process; utility to follow

Stat of the Day!

DFA:
Roster:

Offseason SIM 2	Tuesday 12/18 AM	Free Agency 1	Dec 3 to Dec 17
Offseason SIM 3	Wed 12/19 AM	Free Agency 2	Dec 17 to Jan 1
Offseason SIM 4	Thu 12/20 AM	Free Agency 3	Jan 1 to Jan 15
Offseason SIM 5	Fri 12/21 AM	Free Agency 4	Jan 15 to Feb 1
Offseason SIM 6	Sat 12/22 AM	Free Agency 5	Feb 1 to ST
Spring Training SIM 1	Mon 12/24 AM	Spring Training 1
Spring Training SIM 2	Tue 12/25	Spring Training 2
Opening Day	Thu 12/27 AM

[funclown]

Well the only good Intl signed to a team that didn't surprise me.

44 million to a guy who has never pitched an inning Pat?

Wish we only showed POT ratings only and not actual. These signing would never happen.

[Pat]

Well the only good Intl signed to a team that didn't surprise me. 44 million to a guy who has never pitched an inning Pat?

IFA's come with a bit of a risk but I thought SP Pang Shuai was worth it. After letting SP Enrique Bernardi test the FA waters, I had a huge hole in the top half of my rotation and with Teel/Seymour in as RHs, getting a southpaw was the biggest upgrade I could make to a a 112 win team. It's probably not the best approach for every team, but the only players of significance I lost this off-season besides Bernardi was rental catcher Landon McClelland. According to the Top Players list in Triple-A, Gustavo Castelo and Dusty Reger, both Seattle catchers are #1 and #2, so I didn't really need to bring in another backstop.

Had Shuai not shown up in FA, my plan was just to play the waiting game on the SP class and go get Bernardi, Carroll, Dominguez, Carrasco or Stone. The signing means Teel will not be back in 2031 and we will basically run back the same roster again.

If Shuai was basically any other position or even a RHSP, I don't think I bid. I needed a LHSP and I got extremely fortunate he showed up as an IFA and my bid was higher than the (I'm sure) many offers he received.