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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 26, 2006 13:27:18 GMT -5
basically what I did in this one, was find a good hitters park, where i felt i could do stuff with their roster. so I chose the Phillies. they're my "home" team, and I know alot about their farm system, since their AA and AAA teams are about 50 miles from me, each..and philly about 70. so, first thing was trading abreu and getting me an ace. to start off, i did numerous trades, but i mainly traded people whose contracts were expiring for younger, not as good players who still had contract time left. i did sign two FAs, Ugueth Urbina, and Roger Clemens(needed an ace), that is all. Here's the trades I made...traded Bobby Abreu, to the white sox, for mark buerhle and bobby jenks...good trade imo, got a good solid ace, and a closer for the future.....then traded arthur rhodes, & Jon Leiber (each huge contracts) to the rockies for Aaron Cook, Jeff Francis, and Brad Hawpe....then I made a great deal with the Angels and got Vlad Guerrero and Chone Figgins for Roger Clemens, rheal Cormier, & Tom Gordon....then traded for Estrada, and Chad Tracy...sent them David Bell, Mike Leiberthal, and Brett Myers....then traded Ugueth Urbina, & Ryan Franklin to KC for Greinke and Affeldt (suprisingly they took it), then traded for Robinson Tejeda, Francisco Cordero, & Adam Eaton from the rangers...for....Cory Lidle, David Dellucci, & Randy Wolf (all expiring contracts I gave up, except for Wolf).....
Basically what I did was tried to get younger, establish my corp, spend less money, and have people that are signed longer, than a year. then during the offseason, I can strengthen my needs, and get more depth.
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 26, 2006 13:31:17 GMT -5
just traded aaron rowand to cleveland for 3B andy marte, in a deal proposed by them...
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 26, 2006 13:33:49 GMT -5
ryan howard led MLB in HR's and RBI's with 52 & 134 respectively....ended up playing 3/4ths of the season without vlad, Utley, & Rollins, that really hurt....Buerle also ended up hurt and missed atleast 7 starts....it really hurt the team, thus I only finished at....79 - 83....time for the offseason
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 26, 2006 13:40:14 GMT -5
didn't resign francisco cordero...he wanted around 6 mil, and i only wanted to give him 5....only big loss for me in Free Agency, and I hvae about 17 million to spend...i plan to acquire a #3/#4 pitcher....a closer, and 1 or 2 middle relievers...i'm weak in the pen yet...I'll be looking into a good solid backup outfielder, and some infield depth. that was really exposed this year because of injuries.
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 26, 2006 13:51:18 GMT -5
brad lidge, francisco rodriguez or cordero again as my closer?  wow...there are some good SP's on the market....prior, zambrano, oswalt, beckett.......i may take a run at one of them, and not go crazy if i don't get them...if so who??? my other SP's i'm looking at taking a serious run at are oliver perez, kerry wood, john lackey, jerome williams, jeremy bonderman, gustavo chacin, brett myers (again), and possibly josh fogg, or kip wells, or sean burnett..who would u advice i take runs at??? also in relievers...i'm thinkin about mike gonzalez, aj houston, chris capuano, or danys baez...who would u recommend? in position players backups....1B Josh Harvey, Josh Phelps, Adam LaRoche, Justin Morneau, or Craig Wilson...2B omar infante, Aaron Miles, or Todd Walker.....3B David Wright is actually available...i may take a run at him....if not I'm very solid at 3B with Tracy as my starter....i may pursue wright...we'll see (what's ur opinion on that)....if i don't pursue him edwin encarnacion is on my list....SS julio lugo, or khalil greene....LF coco crisp, matt underwood, or jason kubel?.......CF Carl Erickson, Tike Redman, or Brad Wilkerson(who can help me out all over the field)......RF Kearns, Jay Gibbons, Brad Hawpe, Michael Restovich, or Terry Plank (20 yrs. old 69 ovr.) what do you all think? i'll wait to sign FA's till later |
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Post by Los Angeles Dodgers GM on Apr 26, 2006 14:27:24 GMT -5
go for beckett.........i also like morneau--why a backup?
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 26, 2006 17:07:38 GMT -5
i have ryan howard...who just slugged 52 hrs and 134 RBI's and was league mvp...i dont think i really wanna get a 1B to get in his way, and morneau wouldn't be a bad backup when he can't play....and if need be, good trade bait
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on Apr 27, 2006 14:36:15 GMT -5
any other feedback?
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Post by Kansas City Royals GM on May 3, 2006 21:31:37 GMT -5
brad lidge, francisco rodriguez or cordero again as my closer? wow...there are some good SP's on the market....prior, zambrano, oswalt, beckett.......i may take a run at one of them, and not go crazy if i don't get them...if so who??? my other SP's i'm looking at taking a serious run at are oliver perez, kerry wood, john lackey, jerome williams, jeremy bonderman, gustavo chacin, brett myers (again), and possibly josh fogg, or kip wells, or sean burnett..who would u advice i take runs at??? also in relievers...i'm thinkin about mike gonzalez, aj houston, chris capuano, or danys baez...who would u recommend? in position players backups....1B Josh Harvey, Josh Phelps, Adam LaRoche, Justin Morneau, or Craig Wilson...2B omar infante, Aaron Miles, or Todd Walker.....3B David Wright is actually available...i may take a run at him....if not I'm very solid at 3B with Tracy as my starter....i may pursue wright...we'll see (what's ur opinion on that)....if i don't pursue him edwin encarnacion is on my list....SS julio lugo, or khalil greene....LF coco crisp, matt underwood, or jason kubel?.......CF Carl Erickson, Tike Redman, or Brad Wilkerson(who can help me out all over the field)......RF Kearns, Jay Gibbons, Brad Hawpe, Michael Restovich, or Terry Plank (20 yrs. old 69 ovr.) what do you all think? i'll wait to sign FA's till later here's my opinion. 1st Adam laroche, becuase he's a good fielder 2nd persue wright. and last but no least oliver perez and coco crisp |
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on May 4, 2006 8:28:51 GMT -5
brad lidge, francisco rodriguez or cordero again as my closer? wow...there are some good SP's on the market....prior, zambrano, oswalt, beckett.......i may take a run at one of them, and not go crazy if i don't get them...if so who??? my other SP's i'm looking at taking a serious run at are oliver perez, kerry wood, john lackey, jerome williams, jeremy bonderman, gustavo chacin, brett myers (again), and possibly josh fogg, or kip wells, or sean burnett..who would u advice i take runs at??? also in relievers...i'm thinkin about mike gonzalez, aj houston, chris capuano, or danys baez...who would u recommend? in position players backups....1B Josh Harvey, Josh Phelps, Adam LaRoche, Justin Morneau, or Craig Wilson...2B omar infante, Aaron Miles, or Todd Walker.....3B David Wright is actually available...i may take a run at him....if not I'm very solid at 3B with Tracy as my starter....i may pursue wright...we'll see (what's ur opinion on that)....if i don't pursue him edwin encarnacion is on my list....SS julio lugo, or khalil greene....LF coco crisp, matt underwood, or jason kubel?.......CF Carl Erickson, Tike Redman, or Brad Wilkerson(who can help me out all over the field)......RF Kearns, Jay Gibbons, Brad Hawpe, Michael Restovich, or Terry Plank (20 yrs. old 69 ovr.) what do you all think? i'll wait to sign FA's till later i got francisco rodriguez to close for me, i landed jerome williams, chacin, and myers out of the starters, and i got mike gonzalez to round out pitchers..... hitters, i didn't sign andy laroche, i wanted a Right Handed hitting complement to howard so i signed Craig Wilson...who can also help at catcher...I got infante, and edwin encarnacion...didn't take a run at wright after pursuing my other needs first....iddn't grab any of the SS's....but in the OF i landed Plank, Wilkerson, & Underwood... decent off season i suppose |
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Post by Kansas City Royals GM on May 4, 2006 23:17:59 GMT -5
Bad on the laroche
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Post by Pittsburgh Pirates GM on May 5, 2006 9:54:44 GMT -5
well i already had a left hitting first baseman...and wanted a right handed complement to him. if howard was a righty i would've definately gotten adam laroche
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