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Kelly, I have re-arranged my staff and exported to accommodate the arrival of Hilliard and Park. Please place Hilliard in my #1 starter role and place Park in my #1 Setup Reliever spot please.

Thank you OS (and Kelly!)

Kevin

Pittsburgh sends
SP Tommy Hilliard (ML)
MR Kendrick Park (ML)

Maryville sends
2B Tovar (AAA)
2nd round pick

I've DFA'ed Hilliard and Park and please put Tovar in AAA and auto run depth charts and lineups for AAA.  Thanks

I need to move 9 million by sim time tommorrow . I would like to package butler away . I wont be home till 6pm eastern time so if anyone will be on around then an is willing to work a deal let me know plz

to make up for the 8 yahoo leagues im in I joined 4 Nfl.com ones also.

damn i just saw this I woulda loved to do this considering i know more about football then baseball by like 100000 times lol. But I guess the 8 leagues im in already will have to do

Looks like I will be kicking Stat's ass this week.

Draft has been completed.

Clearly, this group of guys just isn't going to cut it in OOTP11.  Considering my budget is maxed out and I've got a number of veterans, it's time to sell early.  I'm looking for picks and prospects!

SP Tommy Hilliard - 35 years old and still going strong.  He's doing better than his career 2:1 K:BB ratio, putting up a near 3:1 ratio over the past two years in Pittsburgh.  I picked up the guy hoping to give him a chance to retire as a member of his hometown team, but I'd rather give him a chance to chase his dream of winning a championship.

MR Kendrick Park - I still think Park is quite capable of closing for any team in the league.  He's a hard throwing lefty and has a career 176 ERA+.

MR Jose Ventura - Ventura has put up 85+ innings the past three seasons (including two 100+ inning seasons) out of the bullpen.  Despite still being a very effective reliever, the AI just isn't using him as much anymore.

CL Steven Guthrie - I don't really want to trade Guthrie, but he is 31 and will likely not enjoy playing for a rebuilding team the next two years or so.  If I can get something good enough in return, I'll move him.

C Ruben Chavez - A great defensive catcher that has a replacement level bat.  Has a cannon for an arm and really limits other teams running games.

C Dave Lynch - A Rule 5 pick last season and is a younger, better offensive option that Chavez.  He has the ratings to be a great defender but threw out just under 30% of runners last season so they haven't translated to on-field production yet.

C Peter Sanders - 27-year old catcher that's been blocked in my system as I've had three catchers all with similar talents.  He's also a great defender and profiles as a high contact, high walk hitter with very little power.

1B Vincent Thomas - I brought him in hoping he could give a big boost to last year's anemic offense.  Unfortunately, he's only been a league average hitter for me this season.

2B Scott Snyder - Still a decent hitter and could provide a nice boost for anyone that needs some infield options.

CF Raul Ramos - After a down year last season, he's had a pretty good resurgence this year putting up a 0.357 OBP so far this year.  He gets his share of doubles, but will top at 2 HR a year so he won't give you a very large SLG.

OF Takamasa Matsuo - Plays some great defense and has really good speed on the basepaths.  His hitting has been a bit inconsistent but seems to hit better when given consistent playing time.  He's a guy that expects to be in the lineup everyday and at his worst is a very good 4th outfielder. 

It's well written, Sebs, and I completely agree.

As soon as Kelly finds a new owner for Nashville, I'm completely done with OOTP.  I'm not going to apply to beta test v12., I'm going to resign from the beta team for ITP2.  I'm totally done with it.

Depends on what you mean by "better."  There's very few decent discussions.  Most of them are dominated by rich and Vinny.  It might better in there's less harassment and trolling but the quality of discussion sure isn't better.  

I agree. The discussions there are generally incredibly boring. Not because they're civil, but because they're boring. This is probably due to an overall lack of intelligence and insight from the main posters (rich, vinny, bps, dsvitak etc.) and not enough posting from the people who are intelligent. Basically, 90% of the posts today come from a group of people who would have been bottom 10% posters in the past (headlined by the four just mentioned), meaning only 10% of the posts today come from people who are worth reading.