The Major League Baseball Limitation Draft QF4 : Nos vs Stoke

[Shanemansj13]

No, if I kept him I get Sheffield, not the other 2. I already had a firstbaseman, a left fielder and a DH so I was looking at some issues at 3B. IMO, Griffey is a better CF than Trout, Allen is a better 3B than Sheffield. Overall, though I lost everyone's golden boy in recent years, I ended up with a better line up. As it stands, I have 6 players starting for me who rank in the top 100 in OPS and OPS+ while no one else has more than 4.

Keep Trout--------------------------------------Trade Trout
Keeler--------------------------------------------Keeler
Trout---------------------------------------------Garciaparra
Wilson-------------------------------------------Griffey
Belle---------------------------------------------Wilson
Campenella--------------------------------------Belle
Goldschmidt-------------------------------------Campenella
Sheffield-----------------------------------------Allen
Garciaparra--------------------------------------Goldschmidt
Barnes-------------------------------------------Barnes

Outside his 2-3-4 hitters (not that mine are bad), my line up is better than his, especially the 7-8-9 (IMO). Adding Trout doesn't change that he's got better 2-3-4 hitters, and I think the rest of my line up is better. If you thought my lineup wasn't good enough to win after the trade, there's absolutely no way I woulda won before the trade. In the end, trading away Trout ended as a wash at worst.

Sheffield wasn’t your best option. Imo that trade hurt you but taking Sutton hurt you more when you had Cy Young or Grover available. While it takes two categories up it doesnt matter bc your options werent great that late anyway.

 

[blstoker]

Sheffield wasn’t your best option. Imo that trade hurt you but taking Sutton hurt you more when you had Cy Young or Grover available. While it takes two categories up it doesnt matter bc your options werent great that late anyway.

Yeah, I had weak starting pitching. That's a valid rip on my team, IMO.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Yeah, I had weak starting pitching. That's a valid rip on my team, IMO.

I actually thought yur strategy was brilliant BECAUSE for the most part you could wait on pitching but I really do think if you kept Trout left an open spot for Musial or Foxx and replaced Sutton with Grover or Cy you could have won this thing possibly imo. I mean I get Griffey is better than Trout but there wasnt a lot of greats at .300 left definitely not close to Trout. Point is you had the right idea, I wasnt trying to bash yor team lol

 

[Nosferatu]

I wasnt trying to bash yor team lol

Yes he was @blstoker, kick his ass!

 

[Nosferatu]

Actually I would like to take a small amount of credit for that trade as it was I who suggested Meebs reach out to Stoke and offer up Griffey as he wanted Foxx.

 

[blstoker]

Yes he was @blstoker, kick his ass!

Well, I made mistakes - but I just don't agree that the trade of Trout was one of them. The only mistake I made in that trade was to think that Griffey played more games in RF than he did.

The loss of my list due to the computer crash - and not taking a month off of school as originally planned really made things interesting the last half. It's hard to do these by memory when you're having to prepare for 2 final exams and an oral presentation on the effects on children born to unwed mothers (something I have to present on Friday).