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Young Drachma · 11-15-2024, 06:43 PM

I didn't follow any of my house rules for the Stags, I traded for guys with 60 OVR and we maintained the lowest payroll in baseball but it's basically impossible to run a team in this league with only 5% of payroll since that'd only be around $9.4 million.

I still did play a limited moves game and I bolstered the opposition a lot. The task and question left for the Stags next is whether I let them run it back with payroll thanks to arbitration likely to be somewhere in the $65 million range, up for $43 million this year. That'd still be good for 3rd lowest in MLB. I like the idea of seeing if they can run it back, but I'm also intrigued by a Marlins style firesale. I was hoping they could do what the 2003 Marlins did or even just pull a 2008 or 2020 Rays deal where we go on a run to the World Series before breaking things up.

We could opt to operate like the 2016 Blue Jays where new management comes in and does basically nothing, lets the existing team play and then see what happens, but there's no way this team with this barely passable pitching could win a World Series or make another deep post-season run though the offense is largely off the chart.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals still have to win two more games and i'm just watching helplessly as that takes shape.

I want to do a captains log style dynasty update where I reflect foremost on the Stags season and what's next for the club, tearing it down would be interesting if I was just interested in a full tank job and/or looking for prospects to try all of this again.

I just don't know if I have the interest in doing that, as I kind of like the team we've got right now and I'd be curious with another year of team control and perhaps going forage for some bargain basement pitchers or making a new set of house rules around acquiring new arms whether we could make another run.

That said, has been my most immersive OOTP save for me to play in a long time, documenting is fun but only because it helps me to actually notice what's happening in the game and to account for anything I've done.

I think my off-season plan will indeed be to go look for guys in the foreign leagues. No pitcher in my rotation is has an overall of more than 65, our offense was fueled by a lot of Dominican players that I have going through the draft and a few deadline deals I made to keep the storyline interesting for myself, I've always run my teams similarly.

I'm going to focus on the Cardinals run and see if they can get back to the World Series now, but I'm looking forward to the offseason to see if I can keep this Stags thing going one more year, before the inevitable breakup has to happen.

11-15-2024, 06:43 PM	#65
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I didn't follow any of my house rules for the Stags, I traded for guys with 60 OVR and we maintained the lowest payroll in baseball but it's basically impossible to run a team in this league with only 5% of payroll since that'd only be around $9.4 million. I still did play a limited moves game and I bolstered the opposition a lot. The task and question left for the Stags next is whether I let them run it back with payroll thanks to arbitration likely to be somewhere in the $65 million range, up for $43 million this year. That'd still be good for 3rd lowest in MLB. I like the idea of seeing if they can run it back, but I'm also intrigued by a Marlins style firesale. I was hoping they could do what the 2003 Marlins did or even just pull a 2008 or 2020 Rays deal where we go on a run to the World Series before breaking things up. We could opt to operate like the 2016 Blue Jays where new management comes in and does basically nothing, lets the existing team play and then see what happens, but there's no way this team with this barely passable pitching could win a World Series or make another deep post-season run though the offense is largely off the chart. Meanwhile, the Cardinals still have to win two more games and i'm just watching helplessly as that takes shape. I want to do a captains log style dynasty update where I reflect foremost on the Stags season and what's next for the club, tearing it down would be interesting if I was just interested in a full tank job and/or looking for prospects to try all of this again. I just don't know if I have the interest in doing that, as I kind of like the team we've got right now and I'd be curious with another year of team control and perhaps going forage for some bargain basement pitchers or making a new set of house rules around acquiring new arms whether we could make another run. That said, has been my most immersive OOTP save for me to play in a long time, documenting is fun but only because it helps me to actually notice what's happening in the game and to account for anything I've done. I think my off-season plan will indeed be to go look for guys in the foreign leagues. No pitcher in my rotation is has an overall of more than 65, our offense was fueled by a lot of Dominican players that I have going through the draft and a few deadline deals I made to keep the storyline interesting for myself, I've always run my teams similarly. I'm going to focus on the Cardinals run and see if they can get back to the World Series now, but I'm looking forward to the offseason to see if I can keep this Stags thing going one more year, before the inevitable breakup has to happen.