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Post by Dustin Ackley on Oct 27, 2016 15:01:48 GMT -5
6. In your opinion, who is the PBL's greatest player?Sotan Kono...43 years old and still hitting for AVG. and HRs....no contest! Dustin Ackley is a distant 2nd...sorry Anthony:) Were you the one who traded Ackley? There is no doubt hes the best of all time and all of you who deny him the crown are just haters.
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Post by Sean..Mariners GM on Oct 27, 2016 15:30:28 GMT -5
No, I think that was Sam. I came in as the Tigers GM a couple seasons after the league started.
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Post by BlueJaysGM_Fin on Oct 27, 2016 20:48:22 GMT -5
Looking forward to another GREAT PBL season. Good luck everyone!
1. Give your overall off-season a Thumbs up, or a thumbs down, based on what you were hoping for when it began.
>I finally shed my debt and POURED money into development, scouting and draft budgets. It feels GOOD to finally have some direction and control over my finances. Lesson learned. Now, i can go back to the question. THUMBS UP MAN!
2. Who are you most excited about adding?
>It's kind of funny to put it like this, but the decision to slot pitchers into their natural bullpen role has me excited. William King has made 97 starts in the PBL (4.15 ERA, 99 ERA+) but his low stamina hurts him. As a reliever? He's going to be lights-out 7-7-8 bullpen arm. Bud Semel, Carlos Martinez and Donald Morgan will anchor my back-end. Once my young rotation arms are ready, the plan comes together.
3. Who are you going to miss the most from last years team?
>SP Keith Kent. In 7 New York seasons, he managed 77 wins, even leading the league with 18 in 2035. 5 of his 7 seasons authored a FIP under 3.53, with a total WAR of 22.2. Not much to many teams in this league, but as we stripped the team around him, he continued to pitch his ass off for us. Thank you for your service, Keith Kent.
4. Do you have any prospects ready to make their mark in the show?
>This is not the season our major prospects will be gaining PBL experience. That is about a season away. However, 1B Ivan Chavez (8 power), Ed Walla (8 Eye), OF Kent Hayes and OF Tony Peterson will get long looks to make their mark. Intrigued to see Chavez' power in our home park.
5. What is the biggest mistake you have made in the PBL?
>Signing Daniel Lyons to a 4 year, $70M extension after trading for him from the Marlins. He was an anchor, as in he sunk us with his contract and reduced performance. In addition to this, the season after winning 97 games, i gambled that Juan Leon was the answer to continue our push on the Pirates. I gave up SP Jose Baez in that deal (18.7 WAR), and then Leon wouldn't re-sign so i dealt him to the Giants and only SP Derek Gaston is what I have to show for that. Short-sighted, BAD MOVES. Lesson learned.
6. In your opinion, who is the PBL's greatest player?
>By WAR? Robert Vasti (144.7). But it isn't that simple. Why shouldn't the league's all-time home run leader be the greatest player? Sotan Kono has 866 home runs and counting. Dustin Ackley has the most hits (3919) in PBL history. You can certainly make a case Ackley deserves the GOAT moniker. For OPS+, based on neutral park effects, Vasti has a career 165. Simply Sublime. Albert Pujols leads all PBL hitters in wOBA (.425) and wRC+ (169). But the PBL's greatest player does not have to be a hitter. So, IMHO, SP Orlando Perez has GOT to be the greatest PBL'er of all. Between 2032 and 2038, Perez had at least 8.2+ WAR for 7 straight seasons. In that stretch, he put up 2 seasons of 10.2 and 10.5. In 6 of the 7 seasons, he led the league in pitcher WAR. He won 6 NL Cy Young awards. Perez won 1 MVP. No pitcher alive has had the kind of run Perez has had. All-time, he sits second in PBL history in career ERA+ (170), behind future HOF Roberto Salazar (175). Perez gets my vote as PBL's greatest.
7. Is your team's owner an asshole?
>No. I have to say no. The cantankerous curmudgeon hasn't fired me after some brutal seasons. While he is a demanding owner, he has tremendous patience with finances. I guess you could say I am lucky. Clearly, my owner is the one who is not lucky.
8. Predict the World Series. Winner/Loser/games.... >Los Angeles Angels vs. Pittsburgh Pirates. >Pittsburgh in 6
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Post by Ryan_NatsGM on Oct 27, 2016 21:13:38 GMT -5
1. Give your overall offseason a Thumbs up, or a thumbs down, based on what you were hoping for when it began. Thumbs up from a long term rebuild perspective because I moved up from 9th to 2nd in the draft lottery, and traded for another late first rounder. Thumbs down for 2040 as I didn't have the funds to improve the current team much.
2. Who are you most excited about adding? Rule V pickups Eugene Parker and Tom Wilson have the potential to be solid contributors down the road. Wilson's also a hometown guy which should excite my fans (and more importantly, my owner).
3. Who are you going to miss the most from last years team? Keith Parks. He served his purpose in the grand scheme of the rebuild, but losing his consistent performance is clearly a blow to my rotation.
4. Do you have any prospects ready to make their mark in the show? Former #2 overall pick Lorenzo Roman hasn't lived up to his initial promise, but he's been solid in AAA lately and will start the season in my rotation. I expect top 50 prospect Ken Beauregard to join him once he starts hitting AAA pitching consistently and/or I run out of outfielders. No one else is ready quite yet, but we'll see how they develop as the season progresses.
5. What is the biggest mistake you have made in the PBL? The Jake Perry signing hasn't worked out as planned (yet). That's not catastrophic, but I've only been in the league a year. Give me time.
6. In your opinion, who is the PBL's greatest player? I'll go with Vasti based on two minutes of research.
7. Is your team's owner an asshole? TBD to a large degree (he took over the team just before I did), but the initial signs are promising. Could be a Jerry Jones type though.
8. Predict the World Series. Winner/Loser/games....
Cubs Reds over Indians in six.
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Post by Texas Rangers on Oct 31, 2016 4:02:28 GMT -5
1. Give your overall offseason a Thumbs up, or a thumbs down, based on what you were hoping for when it began.
Thumbs up. The aim was to add some quality veterans to contend for a division that the Rangers have led in each of the first two seasons of the current, ever so mediocre regime. The aim was to accomplish this while maintaining payroll flexibility. That has been accomplished. Thumbs up.
2. Who are you most excited about adding?
Eight players aged 34 or older were signed, so it was sort of a greatest hits of old PBL favorites for the Texas brass. Francisco Alvares is a stocky right hander who has been eating innings in the bigs for nearly two decades; that the control artist is signed for the next two seasons is a bonus. SS Allen Bell and 2B Oriol Alvarado will form the oldest double play duo in the league at 38 and 39 years old, but they should be upgrades over past keystones combinations.
3. Who are you going to miss the most from last years team?
Though the acquisition of Bell may lead to a net upgrade, the Rangers' brain trust has always been enamored with SS Jack Sellars dating to his days as a highly ranked Canadian draft prospect in an organization that put an oddly significant emphasis on the drafting of said countrymen at that time.
4. Do you have any prospects ready to make their mark in the show?
While the best prospects in the organization are a year or more away, there are a trio of outfielders acquired in the first of Boomhauer's two drafts who could find themselves in Arlington this year. Jose Sanchez is a good outfielder who came up last year after raking through the minors. Scouts are suddenly down on his bat and he'll have a chance to prove himself at AAA. LF Al Lomond is a lefty swinger who could be ready to take aim at that short right field fence soon. And RF Brandon O'Slattery is a strong armed power bat who may be ready for a September callup. The real gems of the Texas system are still honing their craft and should be ready in later seasons.
5. What is the biggest mistake you have made in the PBL
Getting in to a cycle where I was very real-life busy, fell behind and then sort of stopped thinking about the PBL for a little bit and lost my beloved Toronto Blue Jays team. Still, I do not regret it, looking through decisions made during the Toronto time is advantageous in strategizing with Texas.
Personnel/decision wise, passing on Jimmy McIntosh because I was worried I wouldn't be able to sign my 2nd and 3rd round picks was foolish. The big lineups the Blue Jays were putting out in the mid 2020s were always one corner OF short; he would have stretched out the lineup and made it even more dangerous. There are a couple of bad moves made during that era and I lament being unable to get that team to a World Series, let alone win one, at some point.
With Texas, no poor decisions of any kind have been made and the team is steadily progressing towards a period of unprecedented success for the franchise.
6. In your opinion, who is the PBL's greatest player?
Aaron Hicks had a seven year run unmatched had a 7 year run unmatched in baseball's annals, and was the PBL's version of Willie Mays in his prime. He's the best overall player. Best hitters you have Vasti, Guzman, Kono and Ackley as Mount Rushmore of PBL bats, my preference being Vasti. I remember watching the replay of the opening week to the 2017 season and seeing him torch Toronto during the series; I looked him up, saw that he was a 21 in his first week as a starter, and thought Oh Great, him to deal with now in the AL East. He hasn't stopped hitting since.
7. Is your team's owner an asshole?
Naw he's cool, he doesn't really give out much money but he's not too mad to watch me go 81-81, which as my career winning percentage shows, is my specialty. But still I wish he'd spend more on the budget right now this year I don't wanna wait so yeah fuck him he's an asshole.
8. Predict the World Series. Winner/Loser/games....
I'm not picking the Pirates! Even though Shane wins 136 games every regular season, he doesn't always make the World Series. Yes I'm the Shane truther here, trying to spin his record of unmatched success as "You Know Like Pretty Good But Really Like Is It Great?" So, the Pirates will win 143 games but will lose to an 89 win wild card team from the slugfest that is the NL West; the Reds will beat that wildcard team to go to the World Series where they will play the Orioles. The Orioles will convince themselves that this is it, this is really the year after having beaten up on the Red Sox and Cleveland in the playoffs. In to the Series on a big wave will go Baltimore, but it will come crashing down on the reality that there is no Brooks Robinson to make crazy plays deep in the hole at third, and there is no Frank Robinson to have awesome sideburns and be really awesome, and Earl Weaver isn't kicking dirt on any umps as he has been dead lo these twenty seven years. The Big Red Machine will stomp them out 4-1, Barry Larkin will be really happy, everyone will congratulate the Reds, and Sean will spend 3 pages explaining how the congratulations he received are not technically the congratulations we had all agreed would be the best ones for everyone to give out. I hope I have sufficiently confused and angered the PBL Karma Gods so that I may find myself in the familiar position of mediocrity; I ask only for 82 wins. A wonderful 2040 season to all and hopefully not too many more injuries like Danny Hayes', whose injury directly influenced my prediction.
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Post by Tim_GiantsGM on Nov 1, 2016 15:33:54 GMT -5
1. Give your overall offseason a Thumbs up, or a thumbs down, based on what you were hoping for when it began.
Thumbs up! Our goals were to rebuild the starting rotation and add depth in the infield. We accomplished our goals.
Via the free agent market, we were fortunate to acquire SP Pjotr van der Beeck, SP Conner Clark, and SP Matt Jones. They will join SP John Ayotte, who won 13 games last year as a rookie, and veteran SP Fernando Ramirez, who recently resigned with us. The signing of Ramirez enables us to move Tomokazu Kouyama to the bullpen to provide us with a solid LHP option in the late innings, which was needed after RP Javier Huertas was injured during spring training. On balance, we believe the starting rotation will be stronger in 2040 than it was last season.
For infield support, we were happy to sign veteran Cole Ingram. He can play five positions and function as the DH. In addition, slick-fielding Carlos Perez, who signed a minor league contract with us last season, made the club this spring. Perez also plays five positions, four of them very well. Their versatility should enable us to occasionally rest position players as we progress through the season. This depth and flexibility should pay dividends for us.
2. Who are you most excited about adding?
I am most excited about adding the three starting pitchers to multi-year, relatively team friendly contracts.
3. Who are you going to miss the most from last years team?
RP Frank Kelly will be missed by the front office team and the fans. Claimed off of waivers in 2030, he was an excellent option for us out of the pen throughout most of the last decade. He put up outstanding numbers for us, but at 37 years old we felt his contract demands - amount and duration - were too much to pay. Colorado eventually signed him to a more reasonable contract. He had another excellent year for us in 2039. We wish him continued success pitching for the Rockies in 2040.
4. Do you have any prospects ready to make their mark in the show?
At 26 years old, rookie SP Pjotr van der Beeck has experience pitching in the Caribbean winter leagues and in the World Baseball Classic. Last season we signed LF Octavio Hernandez out of Cuba and RF Pablo Cordero out of Puerto Rico. Hernandez captured NL Rookie of the Year honors. Hopefully van der Beeck will do the same.
In addition, 23 year-old rookie John Watts will take over as our starting catcher. Last season, Watts had an excellent year playing for San Jose (A+) and Richmond (AA), but he struggled after being called up to the Giants last September. We sent him to the Scottsdale Scorpions to gain additional experience by playing in the Arizona Fall League. While toiling in the desert, he definitely improved his defensive abilities. We hope the experience also translates into improved production at bat in 2040. We feel he is ready to make the jump to the PBL.
5. What is the biggest mistake you have made in the PBL?
The worst of several mistakes I could cite was signing SP Jorge Ayala to a 5-year, big bucks contract extension. Ayala's skills and production steadily declined throughout the term of the contract until he was essentially worthless. He never lived up to expectations. Thankfully the team is out from under that horrible contract.
6. In your opinion, who is the PBL's greatest player?
Kono by a whisker over Vasti and the others who have been mentioned. It's great that the PBL now has enough history for us to have a conversation that includes a half dozen or so deserving players.
7. Is your team's owner an asshole?
Throughout most of the last decade, my owner has been an asshole. His dad was an awesome owner, but unfortunately he passed away during the 2029 season and did not see "his team" advance to the NLCS before losing to the Pirates. His son assumed control of the team. Typically the young owner has demanded that the team win now, even when it has been obvious that the team needed to rebuild or retool before competing for a title. He has even been known to be worried or angry when the team has been in 1st place! After 10 years in control, he may be mellowing a bit. Time will tell.
8. Predict the World Series. Winner/Loser/games....
I predict that the Pittsburgh Pirates will win another championship, this time defeating the Los Angeles Angels in six games.
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