You Be The GM: $150M Payroll - 2012 Season

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  1. doyerfan

    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    blf, yours is cool aside from the trade but you really overpriced some players

    You should change it to take away the trade, lower the money on most of the FA contracts, and use that saved money on a starter

    And VRP, I can't believe you made it up without having Francis.
     
    doyerfan, Nov 18, 2011
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  2. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

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    in that case... me likey.
     
    irish, Nov 18, 2011
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  3. bestlakersfan

    bestlakersfan DSP Legend

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    Adjust it for me and build your team from there (use my base). I want to see what you come up with buddy, seriously!
     
    bestlakersfan, Nov 18, 2011
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  4. Based God

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    The same Mark Ellis who had a -0.4 oWar in 233 PA with Oakland?
    And then only 0.1 oWar in 286 PA with Colorado where conventional infield popups become homeruns?
     
    Based God, Nov 19, 2011
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  5. DodgerLove

    DodgerLove DSP Legend

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    Sign Kemp long-term, 8 years/160m, 20m per
    Sign Albert Pujols, 8 years/240m, 30m per
    Sign Grady Sizemore, 1 year/4m, incentives up to 12 million
    Sign Ryan Doumit, 1 year/5.5m
    Sign Mark Ellis, 2 years/7m, 3m first year
    Bring back Hiku, 1 year/10m
    Offer Kershaw, Ethier, Loney, Kuo and Gwynn arb, (i'll say 24m, as did VRP)

    Lineup
    1. Dee Gordon
    2. Grady Sizemore (LF)
    3. Albert Pujols
    4. Matt Kemp
    5. Andre Ethier
    6. Ryan Doumit
    7. Juan Uribe
    8. Mark Ellis

    Bench:
    AJ Ellis
    Gwynn
    Loney
    Sellers
    Castellanos

    Rotation:
    Kershaw
    Bills
    Kuroda
    Lilly
    Eovaldi (Insert Rubby when healthy)

    Same bp
     
    DodgerLove, Nov 19, 2011
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  6. bestlakersfan

    bestlakersfan DSP Legend

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    I disagree. Here's my logic behind it.

    A) It shows Kersha love. Shows him that you want him to pitch in LA for the long-haul and want him to be a Dodger forever.
    B) I don't think at all that you overpay for Kershaw at all. Hell, it might actually save a couple million. A $13.3M average is legit for his arb years.
     
    bestlakersfan, Nov 19, 2011
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  7. rube

    rube DSP Legend Staff Member Administrator

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    yes, he has a lot of things wrong in his, but so do you
    whats his face is not leaving the white sox, he is the face of the team basically and if he leaves its because he is getting too good of a contract to stay
    it would have to be a deal that the sox would think is too much
    you think he wouldnt give them a chance to match any offer?
    by all accounts he is a favorite and he loves it there
    so that makes little sense

    i agree with you on the problems with the other post though
    any deal involving pujols is a stretch
    i think deep down most people know he isnt going anywhere
    this is like when kobe went around to the clippers and the bulls getting his ego stroked and making sure that the lakers paid him every single cent that he felt he deserved

    this is the modern sports way of saying you dont want to give your team a hometown discount without making it sound like you are pushing for more money
    pujols knows he can only get away with this stuff for so long before the fans start to turn on him
    but he has enough time to put pressure on the cardinals to up their offer to what the market price would be if pujols signed with some desperate team who needed to make a big splash overpaying for a superstar
    it happens all the time, desperate teams reach for this aging superstar and way overpay him
    but if the team needs to keep that player because that guy is the face of the franchise and its leader and best player and they also want to keep the championship run going... then they are going to pay what some random desperate team might pay in order to just keep things moving

    thats why championship teams usually lose a few key guys
    their perceived value rises to levels that are over what they should actually be worth
    teams then have to either overpay them to stay, or watch them leave

    this FA dance is just a way to get that message across to the fans in order to put pressure on the owners without coming off like greedy spoiled athletes, even though they probably are
     
    rube, Nov 19, 2011
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  8. rube

    rube DSP Legend Staff Member Administrator

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    So basically my team then :D
     
    rube, Nov 19, 2011
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  9. spanky006

    spanky006 DSP Legend

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    Eh, I duno. It looks like your approach was to blow up the team and start from scratch. I took the existing team and added what I believe were the missing pieces. I fully believe that the Doyers were only a Prince Fielder away from contending.
     
    spanky006, Nov 19, 2011
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