Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2015 20:29:31 GMT -5
Duck Holliday
MLB 2K5, Operation Rome Wasn't Built in a Day: I figured it'd be fun to try and take a team from historically bad, to World Series in a decade or less without playing any games, only free agency, renewing contracts, and drafting are done by me. First thing's first, team choice. Worst overall team is the Brewers, so I pick them. Next is the demolition part, every player 70 overall or higher must go. This includes Geoff Jenkins, Ben Sheets, and Carlos Lee. Then comes strategy, everyone more expensive than half a million a year. This number isn't too high, but I want the lowest possible cap room. I'm down to a $16 million dollar roster, eventually sliced to $14 million with the release of my top two performing pitchers and catchers at the all star break. Year one is exactly to plan, historically bad, 43-119. We steal the second most bases of any team in the MLB.
Off season goes well since there's plenty of wiggle room with a spare $30 million in cap space. I draft first overall and pick an 85 overall left fielder that's just 19 named Freddie Lively. He is the St. Peter of the Brewers, he is my rock. Free agency is filling out the line-up, nothing else really. Something incredible happens before the start of the season, Ben Hendrickson blossoms into a number one starter at 82 overall out of nowhere. The operation continues. I try and keep cap low and talent just barely good enough to show improvement for now to keep getting #1 overall draft choices. This works, year two is a serious improvement of 57-105 with my star rookie Freddie Lively popping 20 homers and only one 20-game losing pitcher instead of last year's three.
My first round pick is a 21 year old 88 overall starting pitcher named Paul Cook. I have a 1-2 rotation punch. Free agency brings plenty of potential players. Improvement is what I hope. Year three is middling. Unlike last year where we weren't too far behind a few teams, we were once again in last place by a landslide, but it was still improvement at 58-104. Lively does well, 23 more homers, and Paul Cook and Ben Hendrickson are fairly good as well, and Lyle Overbay has a break-out year in front of two other good first basemen.
Now year four is where things come into place. My first overall pick is a starter picked more for potential rather than now. The spring training leads to several 80+ overall players, in fact a total of seven. This was by far the most successful year as we didn't spend more than a month at the start of the year in last, and even flirted with second for summer. A final record of 78-84 is a great sign, as is the third place final finishing position. Paul Cook won ten games, Lively hit 29 homers, more than just him hit 20 out. It was a good year.
I'll keep you posted.
MLB 2K5, Operation Rome Wasn't Built in a Day: I figured it'd be fun to try and take a team from historically bad, to World Series in a decade or less without playing any games, only free agency, renewing contracts, and drafting are done by me. First thing's first, team choice. Worst overall team is the Brewers, so I pick them. Next is the demolition part, every player 70 overall or higher must go. This includes Geoff Jenkins, Ben Sheets, and Carlos Lee. Then comes strategy, everyone more expensive than half a million a year. This number isn't too high, but I want the lowest possible cap room. I'm down to a $16 million dollar roster, eventually sliced to $14 million with the release of my top two performing pitchers and catchers at the all star break. Year one is exactly to plan, historically bad, 43-119. We steal the second most bases of any team in the MLB.
Off season goes well since there's plenty of wiggle room with a spare $30 million in cap space. I draft first overall and pick an 85 overall left fielder that's just 19 named Freddie Lively. He is the St. Peter of the Brewers, he is my rock. Free agency is filling out the line-up, nothing else really. Something incredible happens before the start of the season, Ben Hendrickson blossoms into a number one starter at 82 overall out of nowhere. The operation continues. I try and keep cap low and talent just barely good enough to show improvement for now to keep getting #1 overall draft choices. This works, year two is a serious improvement of 57-105 with my star rookie Freddie Lively popping 20 homers and only one 20-game losing pitcher instead of last year's three.
My first round pick is a 21 year old 88 overall starting pitcher named Paul Cook. I have a 1-2 rotation punch. Free agency brings plenty of potential players. Improvement is what I hope. Year three is middling. Unlike last year where we weren't too far behind a few teams, we were once again in last place by a landslide, but it was still improvement at 58-104. Lively does well, 23 more homers, and Paul Cook and Ben Hendrickson are fairly good as well, and Lyle Overbay has a break-out year in front of two other good first basemen.
Now year four is where things come into place. My first overall pick is a starter picked more for potential rather than now. The spring training leads to several 80+ overall players, in fact a total of seven. This was by far the most successful year as we didn't spend more than a month at the start of the year in last, and even flirted with second for summer. A final record of 78-84 is a great sign, as is the third place final finishing position. Paul Cook won ten games, Lively hit 29 homers, more than just him hit 20 out. It was a good year.
I'll keep you posted.