What Team are you Planning on Using and first actions

[RogueHominid]

Quote: Originally Posted by 37

I wouldn't be using the A's but they're my fav team so hopefully my opinion counts for something...as for your question, it depends on a few things...first being if you're gunna mimic real-life's injuries, I would imagine I'd need a back-end of the rotation starter unless you trust Chavez....I have never been a Sogard fan so maybe a lefty-hitting 2B to platoon with callaspo? I don't think Taylor wont be rated as anything special (maybe a high-C pot) so I wouldn't expect anybody impactful

Yeah, I could see looking for a #6 SP or something like that, or a relatively lowly-rated lefty specialist. That's what's fun to me about OAK, is that they build like that.

I wish I knew more about Sogard, but I don't, and I would like to improve there. Even so, their lineup is really solid top-to-bottom.

Thanks for the input!

[37]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

Yeah, I could see looking for a #6 SP or something like that, or a relatively lowly-rated lefty specialist. That's what's fun to me about OAK, is that they build like that. I wish I knew more about Sogard, but I don't, and I would like to improve there. Even so, their lineup is really solid top-to-bottom. Thanks for the input!

Opening-Day Roster would have 3 bullpen lefties making it (Doolittle, Pomeranz who you can maybe transform into a 5th starter? and Abad who would most likely be the lefty *specialist* you speak of)....Sogard is extremely scrappy and is a decent defender but wont provide much with the bat

[cardinalbird5]

Sogard is completely awful on SCEA's default roster.

[37]

Quote: Originally Posted by cardinalbird7

Sogard is completely awful on SCEA's default roster.

not surprised.....you can just play Callaspo full-time or move Lowrie to 2B and play Nakajima (if he's anything halfway decent) and wait for Russell

[TGov]

For my second franchise I originally was going to go with the Mets but now Im heavily leaning towards the Cubbies... they have less stardom at the moment and I'm looking to build with a fantasy-est feel with a cheap NL team.
Yes, I do have guidelines lol

Now im trying to decide whether to wait for the OSFM Rosters or not?
With my Red Sox franchise I definitely am but with my second one I think Ill wait til the first roster update then dive in.
Reasons being to keep the two very different. Ones a realistic extremely deep franchise and the other would be a cheap rebuild team with some unrealistic moves...

My first move with the Cubs was gonna be to trade Castro (not a fan) and get Arenado from the Rox along with someone else maybe, this would have to be a 3-way trade though since Tulo has the Rox SS anchored down