Most difficult teams to rebuild in MLB 16?

[RLB]

Re: Most difficult teams to rebuild in MLB 16?

I don't know what you mean by San Diego being 'easier for their first couple of seasons'. Firstly, Cashner, Ross and Ramirez are in the last year of their contracts. So you should be trading them season 1 (They are pretty much your only Major League trade chips anyway. Sure you could argue Norris, Myers, Shields but you're looking at C POT, mid 70's OVR and old respectively). Second you're in a stacked division with LA, SF, and kinda AZ. So good luck winning that division.

In a 7 game series today with Atlanta vs San Diego, I would take the Padres. In two years I would take the Braves. I know the West is a tough division but, the reigning NL champions are from the East and the Nats are not exactly a walk in the park. Not to mention the Braves are 4-17 this year (the worst record in MLB). i will stand by my opinion......if you know what I mean.

[adamjsav]

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In a 7 game series today with Atlanta vs San Diego, I would take the Padres. In two years I would take the Braves. I know the West is a tough division but, the reigning NL champions are from the East and the Nats are not exactly a walk in the park. Not to mention the Braves are 4-17 this year (the worst record in MLB). i will stand by my opinion......if you know what I mean.

I think you misunderstood the point mate. If you mean easier to win 70-80 games, sure San Diego over Atlanta. But I don't see the point in that.

[TattooedEvil]

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Do you not realize we are talking about a video game? In the game high potential prospects almost always turn out solid.

this isnt true one bit....ive seen A potentials drop to C potentials aka busts

[Ntal1621]

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Braves and phillies is just a waiting game Padres have nothing left to move around I think brewers might be tough also

[Jeffrey Smith]

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For those of you that play rebuilds, when do you guys start the fire sale?

Do you start trading right away or play until the trade deadline and then rebuild or, wait until the offseason?

Just curious.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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For those of you that play rebuilds, when do you guys start the fire sale?

Do you start trading right away or play until the trade deadline and then rebuild or, wait until the offseason?

Just curious.

Unless the CPU offers me something that screams "pull the trigger!"
I rarely make a trade before the allstar break, I like to see just how bad things can get with the team I "inherit".
Also, I love the offseason & browsing thee free agent list. Too bad I don't usually have Yankee Money,
that would be the pefect time to channel my inner Steinbrenner.

[BygTonka]

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What do y'all think about Colorado?
I'm trying to figure out how to rebuild their pitching staff without giving away to many big bats.

[orion523]

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Go back 12 months and it's the Phillies, hands down. That is no longer the case however thanks to a 2015 which saw them restock the club with shrewd trades, and fine drafting. They are probably an ace and a power hitting OF away from contending again.
The Angels, Marlins, Tigers, and Mariners all have terrible farm systems, but they have enough big league talent to make rebuilding the club easier.
The Padres though have neither. At present the big league club has middling talent not worth much in the open market, and the farm system, despite the additions of Javier Guerra, Manuel Margot, and Logan Allen, remains one of the worst in baseball.

[Jeffrey Smith]

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Go back 12 months and it's the Phillies, hands down. That is no longer the case however thanks to a 2015 which saw them restock the club with shrewd trades, and fine drafting. They are probably an ace and a power hitting OF away from contending again.
The Angels, Marlins, Tigers, and Mariners all have terrible farm systems, but they have enough big league talent to make rebuilding the club easier.
The Padres though have neither. At present the big league club has middling talent not worth much in the open market, and the farm system, despite the additions of Javier Guerra, Manuel Margot, and Logan Allen, remains one of the worst in baseball.

This is why I am intrigued by the Padres. That's who I'm going with.

[canes21]

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For those of you that play rebuilds, when do you guys start the fire sale?

Do you start trading right away or play until the trade deadline and then rebuild or, wait until the offseason?

Just curious.

This year I did it the earliest I ever have and that was after 50 games. I was only 10 games below .500(and somehow still 5 games out of 1st with the A's), but I'm building towards the future and not going to throw that away just to possibly have a chance at a weak division now and then pay for it later. I'm usually not the type that trades a lot during the season either, but I've already moved Lowrie, Madson, Doolittle, Butler, and Alvarez and have over $50 million in free money for next season and I also was able to bring in some solid prospects and not totally kill my team at the big league level as I still have some solid players that are actually winning more in the sims(I play 1 game, sim 3 days) now than before I made my moves.

[BatsareBugs]

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The Padres are a bit of a challenge. Only a handful of trade chips that could net fringe prospects. On the bright side, they have a crap ton of draft picks in the first season. Any prospects in the system that are worthwhile are all in the lower levels, some not even included in the OSFM rosters.

[Instant C1a55ic]

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What do y'all think about Colorado?
I'm trying to figure out how to rebuild their pitching staff without giving away to many big bats.

My current project right now, as it is every year.

With CarGo aging, to me its a no brainer considering the atts for Trevor Story this year. I did get rid of Reyes and got back some pitching prospects when I probably shouldnt have, but its just a game.

Many would think its easy, just wait until FA and just throw money at guys, but I do keep a few in house rules. Cant sign any pitchers over 9mil, no big name free agents and have at least 10-15 million in cap space since the Monfarts are cheap SOB's.

[DirtyCobra]

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Padres are a good team to rebuild. Pitching is decent, but lack of prospects makes for you to use your GM skills to the max.

[Frostball]

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Yeah I would have to say that the Padres would be the toughest.

I'm looking for an AL team myself to rebuild. Going off of the records of teams right now the Yankees, Astros and Twins are the worst teams in the AL.

You would think the Astros wouldn't be that tough but I don't think their pitching is really that good and needs to be addressed, Hitting they also have soem holes.

The Twins have some decent prospects coming up and need pitching help.

The Yankees are old and the Minors have a few prospects outside of Judge, Bird and a couple pitchers.

[src84310]

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Now that I'm almost a full season through my Padres chose I can say with confidence this is the first real challenge I've had. I've been able to do nothing but get C level kids for my current players except for Tyson Ross. The contracts are bad, the farm is bad, and there's just nothing there in a good division.

It's so much fun though.