Have a Cardinals Franchise - now, generally, I try to develop my own players and make limited and realistic trades. But I had a 107 win season (2014 - first year of franchise), in which I made a massive trade and got Yu Darvish, Henderson Alvarez and Marcel Ozuna. I was swept by the Marlins in 3 playoff games (I generally only actually 'play' a few games per season, but play all playoff games).
Well, the next season, I figured I was all set for another really good season, but my team was about .500 in late May, so I decided it was time to try and pull off a blockbuster.
2015 Angels Receive:
Yu Darvish
Marco Gonzales
Jason Heyward
2015 Cardinals receive:
Mike Trout
Tyler Skaggs (was about 5-4, 4.80 ERA at that point)
Well, After that trade, we took off. Trout ended up winning the MVP - Batted .338 with 42 HR and 123 RBI.
Skaggs went 11-1 with my team, finishing 16-5.
I ended up facing the Angels in the World Series and beat them in 7 really fun, really close games. Was tied 0-0 in the 8th inning of game 7 - Darvish vs. Henderson Alvarez, and I took Darvish deep with Trout to make it 1-0, and ended up winning 2-0.
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