Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

[JWDixon120]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

As I’ll be using the Orioles this year, they have a plethora of quality position player prospects, and only 1, possibly 2 pitching prospects worth mentioning.


One of my first plans of action will be to find another young arm to acquire.

What IRL Teams have the inverse of this situation that I could possibly look into trading with… realistically?

[LegendKillerOne]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

As I’ll be using the Orioles this year, they have a plethora of quality position player prospects, and only 1, possibly 2 pitching prospects worth mentioning.


One of my first plans of action will be to find another young arm to acquire.

What IRL Teams have the inverse of this situation that I could possibly look into trading with… realistically?

Depends what you willing to pay if you looking to keep it real. Tigers have some good ones, Maybe Matt Manning could be had for a nice prospect. Or if you want to compete right away maybe you could pry Greinke from KC? Not young but do they really need him they not in the race.

Its hard a lot of teams with young pitchers are building so not looking to deal young studs

[JWDixon120]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

Depends what you willing to pay if you looking to keep it real. Tigers have some good ones, Maybe Matt Manning could be had for a nice prospect. Or if you want to compete right away maybe you could pry Greinke from KC? Not young but do they really need him they not in the race.

Its hard a lot of teams with young pitchers are building so not looking to deal young studs

Yeah exactly. Definitely looking for a team for where it would make sense.

Tigers are a good shout. Their farm is awful.

[Jeffrey Smith]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

As I’ll be using the Orioles this year, they have a plethora of quality position player prospects, and only 1, possibly 2 pitching prospects worth mentioning.


One of my first plans of action will be to find another young arm to acquire.

What IRL Teams have the inverse of this situation that I could possibly look into trading with… realistically?

Maybe Detroit would move one of their young pitchers for a bat.


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[JWDixon120]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

Maybe Detroit would move one of their young pitchers for a bat.


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A second nod for Detroit.

I’ll definitely look their way.

[405Cowboy]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

Can't wait to do a Franchise with the Giants. It's gonna be a "Full House" theme this year now since SDS added the 89 Away uniforms and Kevin Mitchell was a beast in 1989.

[LegendKillerOne]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

Maybe Detroit would move one of their young pitchers for a bat.


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Yeah I was thinking Matt Manning use to be a top prospect of theirs but has fallen back a little bit. He is still what 25? Another one that has fallen back a little they would deal would be Alex Faedo

[JoshC1977]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

As I’ll be using the Orioles this year, they have a plethora of quality position player prospects, and only 1, possibly 2 pitching prospects worth mentioning.


One of my first plans of action will be to find another young arm to acquire.

What IRL Teams have the inverse of this situation that I could possibly look into trading with… realistically?

I would "dumpster dive" for the extra arms (via FA by targeting crusty vets and signing them 1-year deals) to help you compete in year 1 and then focus your drafting efforts for young SPs. If the crusty vets pitch well, they could quickly become flippable assets near the trade deadline if you're not in contention - allowing you to build your system further.

Enough of the young offensive talent is still questionable enough in Baltimore to make it risky to determine which guys to trade right off-the-bat. Part of their strength in their system is the relative depth of the organization. Immediately leveraging it in trades could easily backfire on you.

To me, that's BY FAR the most realistic option.

[jcar0725]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

I would "dumpster dive" for the extra arms (via FA by targeting crusty vets and signing them 1-year deals) to help you compete in year 1 and then focus your drafting efforts for young SPs. If the crusty vets pitch well, they could quickly become flippable assets near the trade deadline if you're not in contention - allowing you to build your system further.

Enough of the young offensive talent is still questionable enough in Baltimore to make it risky to determine which guys to trade right off-the-bat. Part of their strength in their system is the relative depth of the organization. Immediately leveraging it in trades could easily backfire on you.

To me, that's BY FAR the most realistic option.

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[goillini03]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

I typically roll with the Cardinals, but I think that I am going to switch it up a bit this year. Maybe the Reds to build around their young starters, or the Rockies cause why not?

[JoshC1977]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

I would "dumpster dive" for the extra arms (via FA by targeting crusty vets and signing them 1-year deals) to help you compete in year 1 and then focus your drafting efforts for young SPs. If the crusty vets pitch well, they could quickly become flippable assets near the trade deadline if you're not in contention - allowing you to build your system further.

Enough of the young offensive talent is still questionable enough in Baltimore to make it risky to determine which guys to trade right off-the-bat. Part of their strength in their system is the relative depth of the organization. Immediately leveraging it in trades could easily backfire on you.

To me, that's BY FAR the most realistic option.

Sorry: wanted to add an addendum to this...

You can milk value out of pitchers with OVRs in the 50s and 60s. I know because I've done it numerous times and the progression system is robust enough to reward you for good pitching. I took a 58ish OVR/D pot Bryan Baker and got fantastic performance out of him for several seasons. I made a minor deal for a stagnating Jordan Holloway and in a couple of seasons, he became an All Star caliber reliever (he's now a 90+ OVR closer). I will say that it IS easier to do this with relievers than with starters; but the concept is the same. Crusty vets and flawed young C potential live arms can take you places if you use them to their strengths.

Frankly, you don't need the flashy A pot guys to get solid production and Baltimore already has future Ace potential in Grayson with DL Hall being a good future number 2 starter. The top-end pieces are there; filling the back-end of the rotation can be accomplished in a myriad of ways as you await draftee development. I know people like to use trades to "put their stamp" on a team but in reality, that's the easy way out and is ultimately self-defeating immersion-wise. Personally, I find it FAR more satisfying to put my stamp on a team by not acquiescing to the vile concept of OVRs. You'll feel a deeper connection to those flawed guys who rise for you far moreso than some guy you get in a trade.

[jcar0725]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

Sorry: wanted to add an addendum to this...

You can milk value out of pitchers with OVRs in the 50s and 60s. I know because I've done it numerous times and the progression system is robust enough to reward you for good pitching. I took a 58ish OVR/D pot Bryan Baker and got fantastic performance out of him for several seasons. I made a minor deal for a stagnating Jordan Holloway and in a couple of seasons, he became an All Star caliber reliever (he's now a 90+ OVR closer). I will say that it IS easier to do this with relievers than with starters; but the concept is the same. Crusty vets and flawed young C potential live arms can take you places if you use them to their strengths.

Frankly, you don't need the flashy A pot guys to get solid production and Baltimore already has future Ace potential in Grayson with DL Hall being a good future number 2 starter. The top-end pieces are there; filling the back-end of the rotation can be accomplished in a myriad of ways as you await draftee development. I know people like to use trades to "put their stamp" on a team but in reality, that's the easy way out and is ultimately self-defeating immersion-wise. Personally, I find it FAR more satisfying to put my stamp on a team by not acquiescing to the vile concept of OVRs. You'll feel a deeper connection to those flawed guys who rise for you far moreso than some guy you get in a trade.

Sorry to keep piggybacking on your posts but just to add.... the overall rating of a pitcher is usually meaningless to me, its more about what attributes they have. I've gotten a ton of mileage out of a low rated pitcher that has certain attributes that I can work with. I used to get caught up in potentials and overalls a long time ago before I realized it wasn't really helping my team.

Similarly with hitters as well. I will usually find a couple of fill in guys with certain attributes that really can help the team regardless of their overall rating.

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[LegendKillerOne]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

I would "dumpster dive" for the extra arms (via FA by targeting crusty vets and signing them 1-year deals) to help you compete in year 1 and then focus your drafting efforts for young SPs. If the crusty vets pitch well, they could quickly become flippable assets near the trade deadline if you're not in contention - allowing you to build your system further.

Enough of the young offensive talent is still questionable enough in Baltimore to make it risky to determine which guys to trade right off-the-bat. Part of their strength in their system is the relative depth of the organization. Immediately leveraging it in trades could easily backfire on you.

To me, that's BY FAR the most realistic option.

Dumpter dive also works for sure or wait and see how things are going during the season and if you are in the hunt maybe make a move for a middle aged or late aged pitcher that can be had for not to much. Like a Greinke from KC, A Boyd from Detroit. Two guys who would fit in very nice for a one year push

[shooter135]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

Sorry to keep piggybacking on your posts but just to add.... the overall rating of a pitcher is usually meaningless to me, its more about what attributes they have. I've gotten a ton of mileage out of a low rated pitcher that has certain attributes that I can work with. I used to get caught up in potentials and overalls a long time ago before I realized it wasn't really helping my team.

Similarly with hitters as well. I will usually find a couple of fill in guys with certain attributes that really can help the team regardless of their overall rating.

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What are the main couple attributes you look for?

[Caulfield]

Re: Who will be your ‘23 Franchise Team?

What are the main couple attributes you look for?

not that anybody should care what I prefer,
but I want good control for my pitchers coupled with good movement on breaking pitches.
those are the very first 2 things I prefer,
high control and high movement ratings