Franchise Trade Talk

[HammerOfGod]

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taylor is nice. but might not be what you're looking for. if you wanna settle with a lefty cargo will go for castro.

I have no desire to get rid of the reigning, 24 year old MVP. Curious as to why you traded Castro?

[Broski 185]

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restarted with the cubs for the final time. i traded...alphonso soriano, blake dewitt, and josh vitters for ryan roberts.

I feel this trade is unrealistic due to budget reasons. Soriano's contract is too large for the Diamondbacks to even thin about taking on, especially in a trade that involves RyRo's relatively small contract. That and there is no need for Soriano in Arizona. Outfield is stacked with four quality players as-is and the middle infield positions are occupied by Hill and (eventually) Drew.

[TheNumber35]

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I feel this trade is unrealistic due to budget reasons. Soriano's contract is too large for the Diamondbacks to even thin about taking on, especially in a trade that involves RyRo's relatively small contract. That and there is no need for Soriano in Arizona. Outfield is stacked with four quality players as-is and the middle infield positions are occupied by Hill and (eventually) Drew.

I agree with you, but to be fair...all the other trades in here are, for the most part, unrealistic. The Cubs wouldn't trade Castro, other teams want no part of Soriano's contract, somebody acquired Mike Trout and Kendrys Morales for Tabata, Garrett Jones, and Bedard (the Angels wouldn't deal either of these guys, especially Trout, unless the return was MUCH higher.)

This thread doesn't require the trade be realistic, but even so, sometimes I get so frustrated when I see guys committing Highway Robbery on the CPU.

[ThatZachGuy]

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I agree with you, but to be fair...all the other trades in here are, for the most part, unrealistic. The Cubs wouldn't trade Castro, other teams want no part of Soriano's contract, somebody acquired Mike Trout and Kendrys Morales for Tabata, Garrett Jones, and Bedard (the Angels wouldn't deal either of these guys, especially Trout, unless the return was MUCH higher.)

This thread doesn't require the trade be realistic, but even so, sometimes I get so frustrated when I see guys committing Highway Robbery on the CPU.

I don't consider my trade for Trout and Morales that much of a highway robbery. First off the Angles don't need Morales because they have Pujols at first and Trumbo could DH for them with Callaspo at 3rd. They already have decent outfielders and I am giving back a 23 year old in Tabata rated 79 and getting back a 20 year old in Trout rated an 80. Plus Trumbo could even play outfield. And to add to the trade I gave them a great #5 starter for the Angles in Bedard who has pitched 3 games for them and is 2-0 with a 0.48 ERA.

But yeah most of the trades people do are ridiculous. At least they make it difficult in this game to acquire top tier players such as Kemp.

[romeosdistress]

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i restarted mine so i didnt trade castro. i usually dont do very well with low powered guys. and it snot unrealistic to trade castro, usa today just said cubs said castro is on the trade block for the right pieces. what you have to account for in thge video game is the ratings of the players, this is a game also. get out of your mind their performance this year and think about their ratings in the game. thats what it all comes down to. as for the soriano trade, they really must have liked josh vitters. because without vitters in couldnt get the trade to work at all. they got a nice 4 star 3b prospect out of the deal and soriano will prolly retire after a year or two, dont forget about the probability of that.

[romeosdistress]

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after thinking about all those crazy trades, ive decided to restart yet again this time only doing trades offered to me.

[HammerOfGod]

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I don't consider my trade for Trout and Morales that much of a highway robbery. First off the Angles don't need Morales because they have Pujols at first and Trumbo could DH for them with Callaspo at 3rd. They already have decent outfielders and I am giving back a 23 year old in Tabata rated 79 and getting back a 20 year old in Trout rated an 80. Plus Trumbo could even play outfield. And to add to the trade I gave them a great #5 starter for the Angles in Bedard who has pitched 3 games for them and is 2-0 with a 0.48 ERA.

But yeah most of the trades people do are ridiculous. At least they make it difficult in this game to acquire top tier players such as Kemp.

I consider a far more realistic trade for Mike Trout to be the one that I did, where I sent Matt Garza and Brett Jackson to the Angels for Trout and Taylor Lindsey.

Would the game have given me more? Certainly, but it would have been very unrealistic. hell, that trade wouldn't be made in real life if I'm being honest and it's a near ace level starter and a top prospect for another top prospect and a single A player with potential.

[romeosdistress]

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I was offered Taylor Green and Martin Maldonado for Travis Wood and Frankie De La Cruz. I accepted it. i figure i will only use trade finder or accept trades offered to me to make it fair.

[funnyfiggy]

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I don't consider my trade for Trout and Morales that much of a highway robbery. First off the Angles don't need Morales because they have Pujols at first and Trumbo could DH for them with Callaspo at 3rd. They already have decent outfielders and I am giving back a 23 year old in Tabata rated 79 and getting back a 20 year old in Trout rated an 80. Plus Trumbo could even play outfield. And to add to the trade I gave them a great #5 starter for the Angles in Bedard who has pitched 3 games for them and is 2-0 with a 0.48 ERA.

But yeah most of the trades people do are ridiculous. At least they make it difficult in this game to acquire top tier players such as Kemp.

So you gave a team an above average #5 starter, a career .250 30 year old who mostly plays OF and 1B, and a 79 overall, 23 year old RF with 4* star potential for a stud 1B who is a major upgrade at 1B for you and the 3rd best prospect right now, who has proven himself in the big leagues at 20.

I think people should play however they want to play, but don't try to justify that trade as anything except highway robbery. A #5 starter is not a good consolation prize for losing one of the top prospects for what is effectively an inferior prospect and a major decrease in productivity at DH.

Oddly enough, the joke is on you because Trout absolutely never progresses into a good player. Tabata turns out to be far superior.

[ThatZachGuy]

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So you gave a team an above average #5 starter, a career .250 30 year old who mostly plays OF and 1B, and a 79 overall, 23 year old RF with 4* star potential for a stud 1B who is a major upgrade at 1B for you and the 3rd best prospect right now, who has proven himself in the big leagues at 20.

I think people should play however they want to play, but don't try to justify that trade as anything except highway robbery. A #5 starter is not a good consolation prize for losing one of the top prospects for what is effectively an inferior prospect and a major decrease in productivity at DH.

Oddly enough, the joke is on you because Trout absolutely never progresses into a good player. Tabata turns out to be far superior.

First off Bedard is the Angels #5 starter but he would be a #2 or #3 on another team. And you base players on their real life stats? Why? This is a video game! You base them on their game stats not real life. People are idiots. And it's how you use the player that makes them get better. If they have a good year, they will improve. *******!

[romeosdistress]

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i agree bedard is a 31 year old injury prone 4 or 5 starter.

[Broski 185]

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I agree with you, but to be fair...all the other trades in here are, for the most part, unrealistic. The Cubs wouldn't trade Castro, other teams want no part of Soriano's contract, somebody acquired Mike Trout and Kendrys Morales for Tabata, Garrett Jones, and Bedard (the Angels wouldn't deal either of these guys, especially Trout, unless the return was MUCH higher.)

This thread doesn't require the trade be realistic, but even so, sometimes I get so frustrated when I see guys committing Highway Robbery on the CPU.

I know most of these trades are unrealistic as well, but I felt I could actually provide productive insight on this trade in particular because I'm a HUGE D-backs fan and had an actual idea of what I was replying to.

as for the soriano trade, they really must have liked josh vitters. because without vitters in couldnt get the trade to work at all. they got a nice 4 star 3b prospect out of the deal and soriano will prolly retire after a year or two, dont forget about the probability of that.

Regardless of the remaining length of Soriano's career, the contract itself should've been a no-go for even the in-game Diamondbacks. Think about it. They only have about 2M in extra salary space, give or take. Soriano will leave them -7M-ish, not counting the other two contracts being taken on. Sure, they may have REALLY wanted Vitters, but you manipulated the CPU to take a BS trade just so YOU don't have to deal with Soriano's contract. It's a game, I get it, but people preach realism in baseball simulations, then conduct unrealistic trades like this. All I'm saying.

[HammerOfGod]

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So you gave a team an above average #5 starter, a career .250 30 year old who mostly plays OF and 1B, and a 79 overall, 23 year old RF with 4* star potential for a stud 1B who is a major upgrade at 1B for you and the 3rd best prospect right now, who has proven himself in the big leagues at 20.

I think people should play however they want to play, but don't try to justify that trade as anything except highway robbery. A #5 starter is not a good consolation prize for losing one of the top prospects for what is effectively an inferior prospect and a major decrease in productivity at DH.

Oddly enough, the joke is on you because Trout absolutely never progresses into a good player. Tabata turns out to be far superior.

Maybe if he just has terrible year after terrible year, but he's progressing quite nicely in my franchise.

[ThatZachGuy]

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Maybe if he just has terrible year after terrible year, but he's progressing quite nicely in my franchise.

Thank you for understanding how player progression works!

[romeosdistress]

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well i restarted the franchise and i will keep soriano until he retires or some team offers me a trade for him. i think either accepting trades or doing trade finder is the fairest way really. or maybe player finder. i wont use propose trade at all. seems the best/fairest way.