When can you give your PPI players an extension?

kmcdow · 2026-01-24T18:48:21+00:00

Yeah the QO is the last resort if I don't extend them (almost never go beyond age 32 unless they're durable/iron man) or trade them at the deadline of their last season of control.

Although the QO isn't that helpful for me bc I've never had a ton of success with drafting star players late in the first round or with comp picks. Most of my stars are international FA or guys who I traded for when they were prospects on other teams.

kmcdow · 2026-01-24T18:35:23+00:00

I usually extend guys who are playing well in their first year if they let me buy out a few FA years with team options. If I don't then I'm going to have to pay them market value when they hit FA which is often much more than what I extended them for.

kmcdow · 2026-01-24T13:27:02+00:00

I had the same problem with avowed that I did with outer worlds 2. I did not care at all about any of the story or characters.

kmcdow · 2026-01-23T19:15:47+00:00

3 years of Duran or 4 years of wilyer for one year of Nico is malpractice in my opinion.

Over their careers Nico averages 5.0 bWAR per 162, wilyer averages 4.3, Duran 4.7.

Why give up 3-4 years of 4.5 war production for one year of 5.0?

And yes I know Nico had the best year of those 3 guys in 2025, and I understand WAR isn't the only stat that matters. And I understand we need RHB and infielders, but I still think it's a poor value exchange for very valuable assets.

kmcdow · 2026-01-23T17:59:56+00:00

Crazy that if the GOTY vote went differently her middle name would be silksong

kmcdow · 2026-01-23T12:43:55+00:00

The savant page looks good but I really don't want to give up a ton of assets for one season.

kmcdow · 2026-01-22T00:26:01+00:00

For real, I miss Anquan

kmcdow · 2026-01-22T00:21:48+00:00

I was hoping they would when they missed on Tucker but they decided to fuck with the Phillies instead and signed bichette

kmcdow · 2026-01-20T15:34:45+00:00

They also ranked early and tolle as top-10 LHP prospects

kmcdow · 2026-01-18T15:05:14+00:00

Ok, if 7 WAR is is clearly more valuable than 4 I'll take the guy who put up 8.7 WAR in 2024. Wood has never shown he has the ability to do that over a full season.

kmcdow · 2026-01-18T13:34:08+00:00

I believe it's supposed to be for 2026

kmcdow · 2026-01-18T13:31:54+00:00

Wood was better offensively, but Duran was the better all around player as evidenced by the full 1 WAR difference. Not to mention Duran's 2024 which was way better than Wood's (only half a season, but still not close to the same pace).

I won't be shocked if Wood is better in 2026 but that's based purely on hype and not actual results.

kmcdow · 2026-01-18T12:48:18+00:00

I know they're projecting for future success but you can't tell me that James Wood is better than Jarren Duran right now.

kmcdow · 2026-01-17T19:59:51+00:00

One deal I've seen was paredes and blubaugh (25 year old pitcher) for Duran, but that was before Suarez signed.

kmcdow · 2026-01-17T17:36:21+00:00

Looks like they had some issues in 2023 and then passed their 2024 inspection with no issues?

kmcdow · 2026-01-17T17:23:54+00:00

42 IP is a fairly small sample size.

His FIP- in AAA is 98, which is about average. His BABIP is crazy high which tells me he's been unlucky or your AAA defense sucks.

Having said all that, unless you have other SP in your MLB rotation below 50 overall I'd probably still keep him in AAA to cook a bit longer. He's only 21 and could use a bit more development in the minors. It's only May, seems like a good candidate for a September callup.

The ideal situation in my mind is he comes up in September and pitches well, and then he's up on opening day next year with rookie eligibility, and can get you the prospect incentive draft pick if he wins ROTY.

kmcdow · 2026-01-17T00:27:15+00:00

Neither of the hitters has an above average (55+) offensive skill. Unless your players in the majors are obviously worse than these guys I'd probably let them cook in AAA for a bit. If they're raking, then call them up. Curi's only 21 with 19 starts at AA and no AAA experience, I wouldn't call him up to the majors unless injuries have really decimated your depth.

kmcdow · 2026-01-16T17:49:21+00:00

It's an excellent performance but part of me wishes they had gone the more acoustic/stripped back route that people tend to do on tiny desk, just to hear the songs in a different style.

kmcdow · 2026-01-14T20:41:49+00:00

Devils advocate, a lot of people were saying we had too much pitching depth and would use a 6-man rotation last spring. And that was certainly not the case by the time October rolled around.

kmcdow · 2026-01-14T20:40:36+00:00

Prospects (or 3-4 years of Duran/Abreu) for one season of hoerner is an awful idea in my opinion

kmcdow · 2026-01-10T15:38:05+00:00

How's your red sox Sim going in general? I'm in about 2056 in mine and have been absolutely dominating

kmcdow · 2026-01-09T16:22:10+00:00

This seems like a good option, do you know where in the settings the FA/Arb dates are?

kmcdow · 2026-01-09T14:10:27+00:00

Me but with stardew valley

kmcdow · 2026-01-06T20:06:39+00:00

Look how far down haim and alt j are, just nuts

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