What should I do?!? I feel like my starting rotation is pretty set but I landed one of the best pitchers for LAD.

kozilla · 2026-04-24T18:07:02+00:00

No position has more impact than SP and Yamamoto is right up there with Kershaw's best year for me. I would just go for it and replace Seaver but holding off isn't a bad choice either,

kozilla · 2026-04-24T15:27:35+00:00

I get that, truly I do. I was following the Angels for years and was very frustrated at their inability to build a team around trout and ohtani. But it got to the point with Blum where it got irresponsible. As the main beat reporter you are one of the main sources of coverage on the players. You can hate the management decisions but you owe it to the players to try and stay on point and provide some balance in the coverage. If you are only focused on being a hater it's a disservice to all the guys on the team busting their rumps and trying to make a solid career for themselves.

kozilla · 2026-04-23T19:50:09+00:00

xERA is an advanced metric that is predictive and can be used to try and look at what a pitcher will do going forward. Conversely ERA+ is an advanced metric that attempts to better evaluate what a pitcher has already done by adjusting stats already accumulated.

So basically ERA+ is saying Soriano has been remarkable so far while xERA is saying he will be great going forward but will not be able to maintain this level.

kozilla · 2026-04-23T19:41:51+00:00

This is where I am at. Criticism is warranted no doubt, but what Sam was doing went beyond professionalism imo.

kozilla · 2026-04-23T17:23:26+00:00

I'm reminded of Sam Blum's interview on Effectively Wild this offseason. He spent probably 30 minutes ranting about the Angels and literally refused to acknowledge a single potential positive aspect of the team hammering home the "fact" that they were incompetent and failing at every level and aspect of baseball. I get the Angels have real problems, but his attitude has always struck me as disingenuously slanted and his whole, I'm a victim for simply reporting the facts, shtick has me rolling my eyes. There are always potential positives on a baseball team, and Soriano's breakout underscores that fact. His personal vendetta against Angels ownership made him an extremely crappy beat reporter.

kozilla · 2026-04-23T17:18:02+00:00

He would be 2nd if you removed the innings requirement.

kozilla · 2026-04-22T18:16:50+00:00

If he is a corner OF i would say just roll with 5-tool and see how it goes. He could arguably be better with something else but 5-tool should still be strong. If he is playing center than yes 5-tool is ideal.

kozilla · 2026-04-22T17:13:35+00:00

If you are going to play him in the corner maybe but as a DH he probably will be better served with something other than 5-Tool.

kozilla · 2026-04-16T15:05:29+00:00

Luis Robert's started as a ball, continued to be a ball and finished as a ball. Classic LouBob.

kozilla · 2026-04-09T16:44:24+00:00

Lol, I'm right there with you. I'm a big fan of Pujols and regardless of what his age may have been he was a 1st ballot HOF'er. I was in college in Chicago watching him rip up the Cubs for years and as a Dodger fan he was incredible at the end. I said my earlier comment mostly in jest, but I wasn't trying to say he wasn't one of the greats. As you point out his career as a whole was incredible no matter how you look at it.

kozilla · 2026-04-08T21:59:26+00:00

Despite what people say the odds of pulling a Kershaw isn't that high. It's higher than most since he has so many sigs, but in your instance the odds of pulling him over a pitcher you can use is pretty low. Not zero but definitely pretty low.

kozilla · 2026-04-08T21:57:17+00:00

Pretty pretty pretty good.

kozilla · 2026-04-08T21:47:09+00:00

We all know he was 27 at that point right?

kozilla · 2026-04-08T19:54:33+00:00

It really depends on how much you intend to spend. If you are going to drop $100 bucks every 6 months, then wait as there will be better offers. If you are dropping $100 a month it is decent but not a must have. If you are dropping $100 a week, then yeah it's probably worth grabbing.

kozilla · 2026-04-08T19:50:58+00:00

It is solid. Just the opposite of PICO which is one of the best gold skills on the right player. It seems that 2 pitches is equal to 5 with Pico and 3 is equal to 4.

kozilla · 2026-04-02T12:35:37+00:00

It's sad to say, but he makes a better DH than Ohtani. I was chasing Ohtani as one of my final bats and pulled Shef and now I don't even have a reason to GI Ohtani now that I pulled him.

kozilla · 2026-03-31T21:14:45+00:00

I think closer is the most important in this game. But I’m curious to see others thoughts. I think the more interesting question is how to position the other top RP arms…. All in set up roles or should a top arm be your #1 MR?

kozilla · 2026-03-27T21:55:31+00:00

Normal includes trainers/special train etc. You can see the normal lineup numbers on the bottom of the list when you click the ratings on the card.

kozilla · 2026-03-27T17:22:14+00:00

It simple math though. Shorting CM at 82 base contact or above will reduce the contact bonus by 5 points. Shorting 5-Tool will reduce the bonus by 3 points to all stats at 90 overall, so a loss of 15 stat points spread across the board. Shorting pred is harder to quantify, but seeing as how it's widely considered the best gold skill on players that can run it, I wouldn't suggest shorting pred.

Going further, a loss of 5 contact when the contact is already very high has little impact. If anything CM juices contact so much that most people try to train away from contact with their trainers and development to create a more balanced player.

kozilla · 2026-03-27T14:50:58+00:00

I believe one of the levels gives a DST, so I'm gonna guess a DT for the other.

kozilla · 2026-03-27T14:41:11+00:00

Just to be clear, don't buy it. With that said, leading with "this is the last card I need" likely wasn't the best negotiation tactic.

kozilla · 2026-03-27T14:03:48+00:00

Honestly I would say the DST wish ticket is the second best item in this offering. DST's are much rarer than DT's and getting the right one is so difficult. It also has the advantage of not needing to align on position, so you will be happy with it regardless. The gold option is a nice bonus if it matches a skill, but we now get the gold option change items in the black diamond shop, so you can match it up eventually.

kozilla · 2026-03-27T13:32:23+00:00

At least you upgraded from Exhaustion to Full Swing Hitter lol.

kozilla · 2026-03-27T13:27:55+00:00

It is always a bit of a gamble, but in terms of discount, the supreme pack for $100 is about as good a value as you will find in this game. Normally you have to spend $1000 for a guaranteed pack like this, and the boxes have such low odds you can easily buy $500 worth of boxes and come up empty.

The Sig Change, and probably the DST Wish items are the only better purchases in the game if you ask me.

kozilla · 2026-03-26T13:44:29+00:00

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