Small Market Baseball: A Tampa Bay Rays Dynasty (MLB09: The Show) - Page 2

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 02:58 AM

ALCS Game 4: TB @ BOS

Garza vs. Beckett

We had this one. We were up 2-1, and brought in Balfour in the 8th. However, Youklis hit a bomb over the green monster to go ahead 3-2 and then Papelpon kicked our ass in the 9th.

Final:

Rays: 2-7-1
Red Sox: 4-8-0

POTG: Jonathan Papelbon (1 IP, 1 H, 1K)

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:07 AM

ALCS Game 5: TB @ BOS

Shields vs. Smoltz

We stay alive and win game 5. It's now 3-2, Boston and we head to TB.

Our four home runs, two from Upton, put us on top in this one.

Final:

Rays: 8-15-2
Red Sox: 4-4-1

POTG: B.J. Upton (4-6, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR)

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:12 AM

ALCS Game 6: BOS @ TB

Price vs. Lester

Our season is over. Price let in 4 to start the game, and then Balfour once again fucked us by letting in 4, putting the game out of reach.

Time to look toward the off-season.

Final:

Red Sox: 9-18-0
Rays: 1-7-0

POTG: David Ortiz (3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR)

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:13 AM

WORLD SERIES

Red Sox defeat Braves 4-2

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:18 AM

Retirements

We lose RP Brian Shouse, our lefty specialist. Here are some other big ones from around the league:

BOS Smoltz
BOS Wakefield
BAL Zaun
NYY Posada
NYY Rivera
OAK Giambi
OAK Percival
SEA Griffey
ATL Glavine
FLA Gordon
NYM Delgado
NYM Isringhausen
NYM Sheffield
PHI Moyer
HOU Hampton
MIL Counsell
MIL Hoffman
MIL Looper
LAD Milton
LAD Ramirez
SF Aurilia
SF Johnson

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:25 AM

Free Agency

We have two free agents. Carl Crawford and Billy Wagner. Both are Type A players.

Our ARB guys are:

SS Bartlett
RP Balfour
2B Iwamura
C Navarro
SS Zobrist
RF Gross
3B Aybar
RP Howell

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:27 AM

Okay, so this is what we're looking at. I have 9 players under contract right now which seems nuts but I have a few guys who I can renew with no problem.

This game is stupid and gives me a 120,000,000 budget, which is twice the amount the Rays really have. So I limit myself to 60 mil, approximately what their budget is in real life.

Okay, so with that 60 mil budget in place, I've added up all of our current contracts, and that comes to just over $25m. I have $35m to work with, so let's see what I can do.

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:33 AM

So I definitely want to keep Crawford. That is a definite. Also, RF Kapler and RP Bradford are also free agents. I forgot to mention them last time.

Here we go.

Crawford, 28, is looking for 8.8m/yr for 4-6 years.
Wagner, 38, is looking for 6.5m/yr over 3-5 years. He's getting up there in age though.

Right now, I'm just going to sign Crawford. He is such a key piece of our team that I'll be fine filling the rest of the team with just 25m. I offer him a 5-year deal with a team option for a 6th, totalling 53m.

Wagner, on the other hand, I'm going to wait on. I'm probably going to offer him arbitration. That way, if he does take it, it will be a one-year deal and he'll be tradable. If not, I get a comp pick.

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:50 AM

So now I'm going to deal with my arbitration guys.

Bartlett is one guy I'd love to keep, but he's asking for a hell of a lot. 9.4m/yr for 4-6 years. No way I'm doing that. I'm gonna wait this one out until I have some more guys signed. I like Zobrist a lot, and he could play SS. I also have a prospect, Reid Brignac, and have a very young guy, former #1 pick Tim Beckham developing. So, I'm not desperate enough to pay Bartlett that much.

Next up are a few bullpen guys. Nelson, Balfour, and Howell. I like Nelson a lot, but he's asking for 2.2/yr for 3 years. I'd give it to him, but want to wait a bit.

Balfour I like, but he's just been terrible for us in big spots. I'll let him walk.

Howell is a great guy for us, and wants just 1.8m a year. I offer him a 3-year deal with a club option on the 3rd.

2B Iwamura. I'd like to keep him. Coming in, I wanted to keep either him or Bartlett. Iwamura's just asking for about 1.7m/yr over 3 years. I'll offer him that, with a club option on the 4th.

C Navarro is our starting catcher and we don't really have another option here. I offer him a 1-year deal worth 1.1m and have a club option on the 2nd year.

Ben Zobrist wants about 500K per year, and we'll definitely offer that to a guy who can play about every position on the field other than catcher and could be our starting SS. We give him a 2-year offer.

Gabe Gross is a guy that I like, but Matt Joyce will be on the big league squad this year. I'm going to offer him a cheap deal. He could provide good depth in the minors or I can trade him.

To end the day, I did offer Barlett a deal, but for just 5m/yr. I don't think he'll consider it.

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:55 AM

Howell signs for 1.8m/yr for 2 years +1 team

Zobrist signs for 500k/yr for 2 years

Crawford signs for 9m/yr for 5 years +1 team

Iwamura signs for 1.6m/yr for 3 years +1 team

With one day left until free agency, we still have $23m left, but I'm not in a rush. I'll let the rest of my guys hit the open market and see what's out there.

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 03:57 AM

TOP FA's

RF Jason Bay
3B Chipper Jones
RF Jermaine Dye
RP J.J. Putz
CP Jose Valverde - NYY
SP Rich Harden -CWS
SP Tim Hudson - CLE
2B Placido Polanco
SS Miguel Tejada
SP John Lackey
RF Bobby Abreu
SP Brett Myers
SP Kelvim Escobar - ATL
2B Orlando Hudson
SP Erik Bedard
SP Cliff Lee
1B Jim Thome - NYM
C Bengie Molina - ATL

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 04:12 AM

Free Agency

We're looking for a right handed hitter to play RF, a starting SS, a few relief pitchers, and a closer.

First guy that we see is RF Austin Kearns. He wants 1.8m/yr and is just 29. We offer him a 3-year deal.

There aren't many shortstops available that we can afford. One guy is Jack Wilson. I like him, but he's not the best fielder. I'd like to see Bartlett lower is asking price. Honestly, I'd like to wait to see what happens with Bartlett and will make a trade if I need to.

I went ahead a few days and no one's made a decision yet.

We made an offer to Joe Nelson, Grant Balfour, and Scott Schoeneweis, but all were fairly low and we'll easily be outbid if other teams want them.

We also made an offer to Derrick Turnbow to be our closer.

Aybar accepts our offer of the minimum salary.

Navarro accepts our 2.2m over 2 offer.

Ahh...Turnbrow heads to the Yankees. Shit.

Schoeneweis heads back to Arizona and turns us down.

Balfour comes back to TB, accepting 3m over 2 years.

Austin Kearns also joins us, getting 5.4m over 3 years.

Victor Martinez is out on the market, and we make him an offer to be our catcher.

Great, The Red Sox sign Jason Bartlett. We make an offer to Jed Lowrie to play SS.

Shit. Martinez ends up going to the Angels. Joe Nelson heads to the Mets.

We make an offer to LHP John Grabow and RHP Jesus Colome. Colome signs, and then Grabow does.

Then, Jed Lowrie signs. We have our starting SS!

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 04:54 AM

TRADE

We make a deal with the Chicago Cubs, who have some excess bullpen talent. They send us Carlos Marmol, and we send them SS prospect Reid Brignac as well as pitching prospect Eduardo Morlan. Marmol will be our closer.

Then, we send pitcher Aneury Rodriguez and 1B Ryne Hughes to St. Louis for reliever Chris Perez.

JetsIn06 · 05-18-2009, 05:13 AM

TAMPA BAY RAYS 2010 OPENING DAY ROSTER

STARTING ROTATION:

1. Matt Garza
2. Scott Kazmir
3. James Shields
4. David Price
5. Andy Sonnanstine

STARTING LINEUP:

1. CF B.J. Upton
2. LF Carl Crawford
3. 3B Evan Longoria
4. 1B Carlos Pena
5. DH Pat Burrell
6. RF Matt Joyce/RF Austin Kearns
7. C Dioner Navarro
8. SS Jed Lowrie
9. 2B Akinori Iwamura

BENCH:

OF Joyce/Kearns
C Dusty Ryan
3B Willy Aybar
UTIL Ben Zobrist

BULLPEN:

LHP J.P. Howell (LR)
RHP Grant Balfour (MR)
RHP Jese Colome (MR)
LHP John Grabow (MR
RHP Chris Perez (MR)
RHP Dan Wheeler (SU)
RHP Carlos Marmol (CL)

05-18-2009, 03:57 AM	#61
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	TOP FA's RF Jason Bay 3B Chipper Jones RF Jermaine Dye RP J.J. Putz CP Jose Valverde - NYY SP Rich Harden -CWS SP Tim Hudson - CLE 2B Placido Polanco SS Miguel Tejada SP John Lackey RF Bobby Abreu SP Brett Myers SP Kelvim Escobar - ATL 2B Orlando Hudson SP Erik Bedard SP Cliff Lee 1B Jim Thome - NYM C Bengie Molina - ATL Last edited by JetsIn06 : 05-18-2009 at 04:38 AM.

05-18-2009, 04:12 AM	#62
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Free Agency We're looking for a right handed hitter to play RF, a starting SS, a few relief pitchers, and a closer. First guy that we see is RF Austin Kearns. He wants 1.8m/yr and is just 29. We offer him a 3-year deal. There aren't many shortstops available that we can afford. One guy is Jack Wilson. I like him, but he's not the best fielder. I'd like to see Bartlett lower is asking price. Honestly, I'd like to wait to see what happens with Bartlett and will make a trade if I need to. I went ahead a few days and no one's made a decision yet. We made an offer to Joe Nelson, Grant Balfour, and Scott Schoeneweis, but all were fairly low and we'll easily be outbid if other teams want them. We also made an offer to Derrick Turnbow to be our closer. Aybar accepts our offer of the minimum salary. Navarro accepts our 2.2m over 2 offer. Ahh...Turnbrow heads to the Yankees. Shit. Schoeneweis heads back to Arizona and turns us down. Balfour comes back to TB, accepting 3m over 2 years. Austin Kearns also joins us, getting 5.4m over 3 years. Victor Martinez is out on the market, and we make him an offer to be our catcher. Great, The Red Sox sign Jason Bartlett. We make an offer to Jed Lowrie to play SS. Shit. Martinez ends up going to the Angels. Joe Nelson heads to the Mets. We make an offer to LHP John Grabow and RHP Jesus Colome. Colome signs, and then Grabow does. Then, Jed Lowrie signs. We have our starting SS! Last edited by JetsIn06 : 05-18-2009 at 04:53 AM.

05-18-2009, 04:54 AM	#63
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	TRADE We make a deal with the Chicago Cubs, who have some excess bullpen talent. They send us Carlos Marmol, and we send them SS prospect Reid Brignac as well as pitching prospect Eduardo Morlan. Marmol will be our closer. Then, we send pitcher Aneury Rodriguez and 1B Ryne Hughes to St. Louis for reliever Chris Perez. Last edited by JetsIn06 : 05-18-2009 at 04:58 AM.

05-18-2009, 03:07 AM	#52
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	ALCS Game 5: TB @ BOS Shields vs. Smoltz We stay alive and win game 5. It's now 3-2, Boston and we head to TB. Our four home runs, two from Upton, put us on top in this one. Final: Rays: 8-15-2 Red Sox: 4-4-1 POTG: B.J. Upton (4-6, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR)

05-18-2009, 03:12 AM	#53
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	ALCS Game 6: BOS @ TB Price vs. Lester Our season is over. Price let in 4 to start the game, and then Balfour once again fucked us by letting in 4, putting the game out of reach. Time to look toward the off-season. Final: Red Sox: 9-18-0 Rays: 1-7-0 POTG: David Ortiz (3-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR)

05-18-2009, 03:13 AM	#54
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	WORLD SERIES Red Sox defeat Braves 4-2

05-18-2009, 03:18 AM	#55
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Retirements We lose RP Brian Shouse, our lefty specialist. Here are some other big ones from around the league: BOS Smoltz BOS Wakefield BAL Zaun NYY Posada NYY Rivera OAK Giambi OAK Percival SEA Griffey ATL Glavine FLA Gordon NYM Delgado NYM Isringhausen NYM Sheffield PHI Moyer HOU Hampton MIL Counsell MIL Hoffman MIL Looper LAD Milton LAD Ramirez SF Aurilia SF Johnson

05-18-2009, 03:25 AM	#56
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Free Agency We have two free agents. Carl Crawford and Billy Wagner. Both are Type A players. Our ARB guys are: SS Bartlett RP Balfour 2B Iwamura C Navarro SS Zobrist RF Gross 3B Aybar RP Howell

05-18-2009, 03:27 AM	#57
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Okay, so this is what we're looking at. I have 9 players under contract right now which seems nuts but I have a few guys who I can renew with no problem. This game is stupid and gives me a 120,000,000 budget, which is twice the amount the Rays really have. So I limit myself to 60 mil, approximately what their budget is in real life. Okay, so with that 60 mil budget in place, I've added up all of our current contracts, and that comes to just over $25m. I have $35m to work with, so let's see what I can do.

05-18-2009, 03:33 AM	#58
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	So I definitely want to keep Crawford. That is a definite. Also, RF Kapler and RP Bradford are also free agents. I forgot to mention them last time. Here we go. Crawford, 28, is looking for 8.8m/yr for 4-6 years. Wagner, 38, is looking for 6.5m/yr over 3-5 years. He's getting up there in age though. Right now, I'm just going to sign Crawford. He is such a key piece of our team that I'll be fine filling the rest of the team with just 25m. I offer him a 5-year deal with a team option for a 6th, totalling 53m. Wagner, on the other hand, I'm going to wait on. I'm probably going to offer him arbitration. That way, if he does take it, it will be a one-year deal and he'll be tradable. If not, I get a comp pick.

05-18-2009, 03:50 AM	#59
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	So now I'm going to deal with my arbitration guys. Bartlett is one guy I'd love to keep, but he's asking for a hell of a lot. 9.4m/yr for 4-6 years. No way I'm doing that. I'm gonna wait this one out until I have some more guys signed. I like Zobrist a lot, and he could play SS. I also have a prospect, Reid Brignac, and have a very young guy, former #1 pick Tim Beckham developing. So, I'm not desperate enough to pay Bartlett that much. Next up are a few bullpen guys. Nelson, Balfour, and Howell. I like Nelson a lot, but he's asking for 2.2/yr for 3 years. I'd give it to him, but want to wait a bit. Balfour I like, but he's just been terrible for us in big spots. I'll let him walk. Howell is a great guy for us, and wants just 1.8m a year. I offer him a 3-year deal with a club option on the 3rd. 2B Iwamura. I'd like to keep him. Coming in, I wanted to keep either him or Bartlett. Iwamura's just asking for about 1.7m/yr over 3 years. I'll offer him that, with a club option on the 4th. C Navarro is our starting catcher and we don't really have another option here. I offer him a 1-year deal worth 1.1m and have a club option on the 2nd year. Ben Zobrist wants about 500K per year, and we'll definitely offer that to a guy who can play about every position on the field other than catcher and could be our starting SS. We give him a 2-year offer. Gabe Gross is a guy that I like, but Matt Joyce will be on the big league squad this year. I'm going to offer him a cheap deal. He could provide good depth in the minors or I can trade him. To end the day, I did offer Barlett a deal, but for just 5m/yr. I don't think he'll consider it.

05-18-2009, 03:55 AM	#60
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Howell signs for 1.8m/yr for 2 years +1 team Zobrist signs for 500k/yr for 2 years Crawford signs for 9m/yr for 5 years +1 team Iwamura signs for 1.6m/yr for 3 years +1 team With one day left until free agency, we still have $23m left, but I'm not in a rush. I'll let the rest of my guys hit the open market and see what's out there.

05-18-2009, 05:13 AM	#64
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	TAMPA BAY RAYS 2010 OPENING DAY ROSTER STARTING ROTATION: 1. Matt Garza 2. Scott Kazmir 3. James Shields 4. David Price 5. Andy Sonnanstine STARTING LINEUP: 1. CF B.J. Upton 2. LF Carl Crawford 3. 3B Evan Longoria 4. 1B Carlos Pena 5. DH Pat Burrell 6. RF Matt Joyce/RF Austin Kearns 7. C Dioner Navarro 8. SS Jed Lowrie 9. 2B Akinori Iwamura BENCH: OF Joyce/Kearns C Dusty Ryan 3B Willy Aybar UTIL Ben Zobrist BULLPEN: LHP J.P. Howell (LR) RHP Grant Balfour (MR) RHP Jese Colome (MR) LHP John Grabow (MR RHP Chris Perez (MR) RHP Dan Wheeler (SU) RHP Carlos Marmol (CL)

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