Rate the Sim: xnick5757

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Trades:

Jerrod Saltalamacchia and Alfredo Aceves to the White Sox for Gavin Floyd


FA/Arbitration Signings

Josh Hamilton: 3 Yrs/$75MM
Edwin Jackson: 3 Yrs/$39MM
Roy Oswalt: 1 Yr/$6MM

Jacoby Ellsbury - $8.1MM
Andrew Bailey - $3.9MM
Craig Breslow - $2.4MM
Daniel Bard - $1.6MM
Andrew Miller - $1.4MM
Franklin Morales - $1.4MM


40 Man Roster – (Total Payroll - $178.245)

Hamilton, Josh - $25
Lackey, John - $15.25
Ortiz, David - $14
Napoli, Mike - $13
Victorino, Shane - $13
Jackson, Edwin - $13
Lester, Jon - $11.625
Pedroia, Dustin - $10
Floyd, Gavin - $9.5
Ellsbury, Jacoby - $8.1
Oswalt, Roy - $6
Buchholz, Clay - $5.5
Gomes, Jonny - $5
Uehara, Koji - $4.25
Bailey, Andrew - $3.9
Ross, David - $3.1
Breslow, Craig - $2.4
Iglesias, Jose - $2.06
Bard, Daniel - $1.6
Miller, Andrew - $1.4
Morales, Franklin - $1.4
Melancon, Mark - $0.52
Britton, Drake - $0.48
Carpenter, Chris - $0.48
Ciriaco, Pedro - $0.48
De La Rosa, Rubby - $0.48
Doubront, Felix - $0.48
Gomez, Mauro - $0.48
Hassan, Alex - $0.48
Kalish, Ryan - $0.48
Lavarnway, Ryan - $0.48
Middlebrooks, Will - $0.48
Nava, Daniel - $0.48
Pimentel, Stolmy - $0.48
Sands, Jerry - $0.48
Tazawa, Junichi - $0.48
Vazquez, Christian - $0.48
Webster, Allen - $0.48
Wilson, Alex - $0.48
Wright, Steven - $0.48


Pitching Rotation

1 LHP Jon Lester
2 RHP Edwin Jackson
3 RHP Gavin Floyd
4 LHP Felix Doubront
5 LHP Clay Buchholz

Bullpen

CL RHP Andrew Bailey
SU RHP Kohi Uehara
SU RHP Junichi Tazawa
MID LHP Andrew Miller
MID RHP Mark Melancon
MID LHP Craig Breslow
LR RHP Roy Oswalt


Lineup

1 CF Jacoby Ellsbury
2 2B Dustin Pedroia
3 1B Mike Napoli
4 LF Josh Hamilton
5 DH David Ortiz
6 RF Shane Victorino
7 3B Will Middlebrooks
8 C Ryan Lavarnway
9 SS Jose Iglesias

Bench

C David Ross
1B/3B Mauro Gomez
IF Pedro Ciriaco
OF Jonny Gomes


Explanation: This team needs pitching, bad. Edwin Jackson isn’t anything amazing, but he is relatively young and will eat a good amount of innings. Gavin Floyd, acquired from Chicago, is another new arm in the rotation. He is in a contract year, so I expect him to perform well. Roy Oswalt provides excellent value for 6 million assuming he can bounce back from last year - he will provide quality innings at the bottom of the rotation when someone inevitably goes on the DL. Lackey starts the year in AAA to work on his form - like Oswalt, he will fill in when someone goes down. Bard and Morales start in AAA, but can be called up for when more pitching depth is needed. The bullpen looks to be excellent this year; Tazawa and the newly signed Uehara have the setup roles locked down.

The biggest free agent signing is obviously the new starting left fielder, Josh Hamilton. He provides a big bat right in the heart of the order, and makes this lineup, very, very dangerous. Top to bottom, this lineup is stuffed chock full of talent. At the catcher position, Lavernway takes over for Salty – but Ross and Napoli can fill in for him if he starts to struggle. Jonny Gomes provides a big utility bat off the bench.

Even with all the signings, the Red Sox still will have flexibility for next year, because guys like Oswalt, Floyd, and Ellsbury are all only signed through this upcoming year. All in all, I expect that this team would be very competitive in the AL East.

Thanks for reading!

[Crucis]

Absolutely beautiful formatting!!!

Of course, with Hamilton heading to LA, this sim is moot.

[Station 13]

If only you could actually trade Salty/Psychopath for Floyd.

[xnick5757]

Absolutely beautiful formatting!!!

Of course, with Hamilton heading to LA, this sim is moot.

Yeah I didn't think they had any shot at Hamilton but I wanted to do a fun sim

[bagwell368]

You have Victorino and Napoli in your line-up and 40 man roster lists. For $13M each. Does this mean it's a recent SIM date wise?

[ruckus16969]

I wish this happened

[xnick5757]

You have Victorino and Napoli in your line-up and 40 man roster lists. For $13M each. Does this mean it's a recent SIM date wise?

yeah I did it last sunday - so it was after the napoli/victorino signings, but before the whole hangup with the napoli contract came out.