Dynasty Diaries: Until We Meet Again

Since we have last spoken, or read, Razzball has been bumping with new content.  I would suggest you read it, it’s really good content for your draft prep.

Speaking of content for draft prep, I think I’ll be reading a lot of prospect content!  I’ve hated prospects for quite some time, I’m told on social media.  This is not true.  I just doubt them more than most people.  The Itch has top ten lists at this link, which are accurate and reflect the downsides of guys.

Prospecting

After a flurry of trades, I have a decent stable of prospects; 7 are in the top 100 overall, and 5 more are in the top 400.  That’s 12.  Doing math, in a 30 team league, take 400 divided by 30 and each team should by the math have 13 1/3 prospects in the top 400.  I guess 1/3 of a prospect is what Nick Madrigal would count as.  What I have now is a succession plan, which I realize is a hope.

SS:  Brooks Lee:  My Twins source says he’s a stable, steady bat and will be up this year.

OF:  Kevin Alcantara:  I am not sure he’s going to do it, honestly.  Might be trade bait but a fun prospect at 6-6 with speed to dream on.  Robert Hassell has lost some shine and is more of a flier at the moment.

2B:  James Triantos is getting some helium here.  Not sure I’ll have a spot for him, and the Cubs probably trade him, but 74 in the MLB ranking so I’m probably wrong

More SS:  One of my plans is to mirror real-life teams and load up on SS prospects.  I have right now 4 in the lower minors with talent.  They’re “watch and see” guys (Jefferson Rojas, Christian Hernandez, Diego Benitez, Adrian Santana) with tools, but they could easily shift positions later on.  They are but open books whose stories have not been written.

RP:  Porter Hodge and Luke Little are two arms that will figure into the Cubs pen at some point, it’s all dependent on control.

SP:  Um, can I get back to you on this?  I focused a lot more on bats, okay?  More stable and all that.

My next moves:

Find a taker for Marcus Stroman

Hit the web for the MILB draft.  This one I can get any minor league player or IFA signing.  Kinda intimidating.

Take a break from these articles.  There’s plenty of content, and I’ll update this at some point in the season with how it’s going and if I could nail a top prospect or something like that.

Summary:

I would highly recommend any serious baseball fan join a league like this.  The Discord channel is cooking, the trade block slays, and the commissioners work super hard to keep us all informed.  I loved this so much that I found a startup, building a franchise from the ground up!  If nothing else, it’s a good thing to think about baseball and team construction in the offseason.  Fantasy football gets boring, and the NBA is cooking but doesn’t take as much work since the rosters are so small.  If you have a baseball itch, this will let you scratch it.  It’s like a stick you scratch your baseball back with cuz you can’t reach it with your arm and you wonder why you are stuck with such short stubby arms.

If you’ve been reading, hope you enjoyed it!  If you’re hate reading and just like to tell me how bad all my moves are, I hope you enjoyed that too!

Here’s my updated roster, complete with salaries, when their contract runs out (20xx means they haven’t debuted yet), and for funsies their birthday because I cut and pasted it and forgot to delete that.  But if you ever wondered Mitch Haniger’s birthday, you are now in luck.