I really dislike Seth Smith.

Posted by dherz_263 on 7/26/2010 3:03:00 PM (view original):
I'm unsure why WIS thinks Kerry Pride has played more games with Toledo/Cincy than he did in New York

Season	Fran	Level	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	TOL	ML	142	571	129	190	45	20	47	161	86	58	19	14	.333	.419	.729	1.148
2	TOL	ML	150	613	149	190	37	17	47	153	78	99	21	11	.310	.393	.656	1.049
3	TOL	ML	149	576	112	148	20	9	36	88	86	86	19	11	.257	.353	.510	.863
4	TOL	ML	146	580	118	158	27	6	49	127	61	96	18	4	.272	.344	.593	.937
5	TOL	ML	141	566	132	173	37	7	54	141	73	87	20	10	.306	.387	.682	1.069
6	TOL	ML	151	607	124	169	21	7	53	134	65	106	18	4	.278	.353	.598	.951
7	TOL	ML	148	576	113	134	23	2	43	99	81	115	10	8	.233	.327	.503	.830
8	CIN	ML	10	28	4	8	2	1	2	6	3	5	0	0	.286	.355	.643	.998
8	NY2	ML	142	535	96	149	28	8	45	127	61	90	24	13	.279	.352	.613	.965
8	Totals	ML	152	563	100	157	30	9	47	133	64	95	24	13	.279	.352	.615	.967
9	NY2	ML	123	480	93	140	19	3	38	106	61	101	9	8	.292	.377	.581	.958
10	NY2	ML	150	576	99	154	20	4	46	138	60	113	26	13	.267	.335	.556	.891
11	NY2	ML	141	560	90	154	24	4	36	102	49	112	19	8	.275	.339	.525	.864
12	NY2	ML	140	543	95	155	18	1	40	114	72	119	17	14	.285	.371	.543	.914
13	NY2	ML	151	573	86	175	32	3	32	125	67	100	19	10	.305	.380	.539	.919
14	DET	ML	137	510	54	130	25	1	16	70	66	113	11	4	.255	.344	.402	.746
15	NY2	ML	162	603	62	144	25	1	15	56	58	150	0	0	.239	.311	.358	.669
16	NY2	ML	55	117	8	22	4	0	1	8	9	27	0	3	.188	.246	.248	.494
Career	Totals	ML	2238	8614	1564	2393	407	94	600	1755	1036	1577	250	135	.278	.358	.556	.914

Because he had presumed seasons before with Toledo?

Pre-budget, I was trying to figure how I could plan for for Quinn. It was virtually impossible with the salary cap for me to pull that off siince I'm carrying Riggan's deal. Quinn would have been worth close to a max deal.

I wanted to sign people in KP but jumped ship early when it seemed not to be cost effective.  I signed two middling RPs for SuB and then relied on the trade market to fill the gaps.  I just hope I still got enough talent for a run... some teams got quite a bit better.  Plus I dropped out of the IFA market.  It is never a good idea (IMO) until the world matures a little bit and people actually want to get crazy with their budgets.  Plus, hard cap worlds seem to be harder on teams when they want to go after IFAs while remaining competitive.

I had a bad feeling when Lidge let loose that "I have confidence things will end well" sound byte yesterday.

Posted by robusk on 7/26/2010 3:56:00 PM (view original):
To go back with what b0t said about the IFA market, things could not have gone better for DET.  Shouldn't fall off at all, 6 1st round picks and 20 million to spend on an IFA market with way less players than normal.  I just hope I see someone worth it.

Having things go well in $ feels better than any other world.

It was probably the most competitive for coaches and free agents that I'd seen...

That $20 supposed to cover your draft picks, as well?

Posted by dmurphy104 on 7/26/2010 3:59:00 PM (view original):
Pre-budget, I was trying to figure how I could plan for for Quinn. It was virtually impossible with the salary cap for me to pull that off siince I'm carrying Riggan's deal. Quinn would have been worth close to a max deal.

Heh.  Not sure he would be worth the max...  but he is solid as hell.

Didn't you say last season that Riggan's deal would not affect you, you had hardly any future moneys committed, you would still have lots of flexibility with your team, etc?

Ha. Spillborgs!

I'd love to trade in $ if someone is interested.

Posted by tylermathias on 7/26/2010 4:01:00 PM (view original):
I had a bad feeling when Lidge let loose that "I have confidence things will end well" sound byte yesterday.

I remember thinking back early last year that he could never make truly me hate him after '08.

He's really, really pushing it.

I hope Lidge knows that doesn't count as things "ending well" for him specifically.  I hate having zero confidence in the closer.

But anyway, first 5 game winstreak since opening week.  That's not nothing.

Posted by r0b0t on 7/26/2010 4:01:00 PM (view original):

Posted by robusk on 7/26/2010 3:56:00 PM (view original):
To go back with what b0t said about the IFA market, things could not have gone better for DET.  Shouldn't fall off at all, 6 1st round picks and 20 million to spend on an IFA market with way less players than normal.  I just hope I see someone worth it.

Having things go well in $ feels better than any other world.

It was probably the most competitive for coaches and free agents that I'd seen...

That $20 supposed to cover your draft picks, as well?

Yeah, but my first pick is late and there are 18 more 1st round picks than last season.  I should be able to sign them all for around 9-10 million I suspect.

We will see.

I still think I can get a solid AS caliber player as an IFA...  just not an MVP/Cy Young/Silver Slugger type guy

If you have $10m+ to spend in the IFA market this year, I suspect you'll probably be able to get the fourth or fifth best player available that hits that market.

Actually, use babypop's signings at Kansas City as a template. He's gotten some good guys for that approximate price.