Posted by jbfg8r on 3/11/2012 8:42:00 PM (view original):
You say that as if you didn't draft no names such as Dick Green, Joe Azcue, Paul Lindblad, & Danny O'Connell...and that was just in the 3rd round.
Dick Green has been a sim favorite for years (like Cisco & Niggeling) I have been taking him in other leagues, he is one of the steadiest 2B there is!
Azcue has just about the BEST backup Catcher numbers (ie. +A arm) in sim! He used to have a low salary, but so many teams took him that his salary was raised by sim?
O'Connell is similar to Tim Foli, he can fill in at ANY infield position, he is just more expensive than Foli.
Lindblad was considered one of the First & BEST setup pitcher in the game in the 70's! Why do you thing that Fingers was so effective with the A's? It is cuz Lindblad was his setup man!
These guys are FAR from No-Names! & I took these guys in the 5th round, when I already had most of my front line players & I was looking for backup Defensive Replacements & fielders known for their GREAT fielding abilities (Green & Nettles are both A/A ratings, Nettles was a HALF a notch below BRobinson in their primes, you dont think that the Yanks kept him around for his batting, do ya? He was a lifetime .248 hitter?)
3/12/2012 1:58 PM (edited)