I'll expand this post as I have time. This is meant to instruct new comers to the sim, or as a point of reference for some of you that seem to be having trouble. 1. First, think long and hard about trading your prospects for veterans. Especially if a long-time simmer is making the offer. It's possible they just want to rebuild. But it's more likely that they're offering you overpaid underproduces for your valuable young talent. 2. When you're trying to resign a player, don't expect to get more than three tries. Yes, players will OFTEN let you have more chances than this.... but do you want to gamble on it? NO! 3. Middle relievers are simply not worth millions and millions of dollars unless they're the last piece of your puzzle. So if you're not going to win 90 games... don't spend 5 million on a reliever. Save your money for a power hitter or stud pitcher next year. 4. When you get more players in the deal, you usually lose the deal. That's not always true. I remember thinking RunninRaven won his trade of Pedro Martinez. But... if you're getting three average players for a stud... you probably lost. Quality of quantity. Ask yourself this: could I get an equal player in free agency easily? If so, and the need isn't urgent, don't make the trade. 5. Don't change your lineup every time you lose 3 straight. The baseball season is 162 games long. Very, very few teams avoid losing streaks. If you win even 60% of your games, your team is great. Five hits a month is the difference between a decent and great hitter. So if your great hitter sucks one month... it's bad luck more likely than not. 6. Don't ask me to play a CF at 3b. I won't do it. So don't put it in your post.
You wouldn't be referring to Billy McMillon, would you? I swear, haven, that he played 3B in one of the boxscores!
manny: sometimes that happens when you run out of warm bodies. Yeah, it might happen if absolutely necessary, but I won't do it as a matter of routine. That's addressed to you, but also to many others. You're hardly the first to want a OF played at an infield position! Generally, anybody can play RF. Anybody can play 1b. And you can usually play "easier" positions. Like, a SS can almost always play 3b (unless they have a very weak throwing arm). But a 3b couldn't always play ss.
7. Please do not just put all your prospects at the level that they're "ready" for. If you have two stud 3b prospects in AAA, they're going to split time, and neither will get as much experience as you would like.
Nomar, you b*stard. Haven, thanks for the advice. Too bad i made two trades before i saw this....Damn! If we want to open talks with players, do we put that in our lineup, or do we put it somewhere else?
