Re: Oakland making moves
Despite some big cuts needing to be made to get Miami back under the salary cap, I think we've hopefully got a stronger team that last season's World Series winner. We had to let go starting catcher Kevin Franklin, but he was our third lowest OPS on the team last season. In his place we brought up 3B slugger David Young. His defense is pretty atrocious, so he'll take over the DH slot, with RF Michael Frank moving over to catcher. We would have liked to give Young another season in Low, but his power is too good to leave down there. He should more than make up for Franklin's loss, and any possible slide from veteran LF Raymond Williams.
On the pitching side, we should hopefully look even better than last season with a good group of youngsters. The rotation is anchored by William Roberts who saw a slight improvement in CO and is only 25. 26 year old Ernest Painter should be solid again. 25 year old Adam Rader has improved FI. Then we've brought up two very promising prospects in Archie Hopkins and Tomas Adams, who will fight with David Kegley and Manuel Bridges for the last two spots. At the very least, our bullpen will be much improved from last season's disaster.
The good news is we should compete for getting to the World Series again. The bad news is we'll likely need to cut a bunch of salary again next season, so we'll be gunning for back to back championships while we can.
Current
MLB Remake-D. Tigers-1976-2059 and 2088- WS:2-1
MLB Classic-Det Tigers-1993-2076 and 2125- WS:3-3
Tilted Tables-S. Pilots 1991- WS:2-6
CSFBL Justice-W.M. Whitecaps 2093-
League of Legends-T.C. Walking Dead 2077- WS:0-2
League of Champions-M. Marlins 2066- WS:1-0
Little League-HH Indians 2036-
Past
Coors Field-Dodgers WS:7-2
MLB Remake AAA-Braves 2074-2089 WS:0-1
MLB Remake AA-Phillies 2070-2086 WS:2-0
Justice-C.B. Bonds 2042-2058 WS:1-1
PGML-Musk. Clippers 2033-2037 WS:0-1
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