Your 2008 80M dream team

[MARCPELLETIER]

[quote:529eb3ce8f]Does the CD-ROM you mention come from stratomatic online ?[/quote:529eb3ce8f]

yop. It costs something like 70$-80$ the first time, and after that you pay a fee (perhaps 20$/year? I don't recall) to have the active players of the new year. It allows you to play a season vs the computer, or simulate seasons quite fast.

But creating a league and manage a season to replicate a TSN season is kinda of a drag. I don't do it much. Consider this "dream year" a special.

[MARCPELLETIER]

Might as well put J-Pav's team.

PNC
1. Furcal ($6.84)
2. Roberts ($7.23)
3. Mauer ($7.93)
4. Jones, C. ($8.32)
5. Upton, B.J. ($5.89)
6. Dempster ($6.14)
7. Mussina ($3.90)
8. Anderson, J. ($3.40)
9. Balfour ($5.70)
10. Santana, E. ($6.95)
11. Dobbs ($1.62)
12. Pagan ($1.17)
13. Sexson ($2.17)
14. Renteria ($1.01)
15. Pierre ($0.63)
16. Snider ($1.48)
17. Lewis ($2.70)
18. Perez, O. ($1.55)
19. Martinez, V. ($0.82)
20. Pinto ($0.92)
21. Cruz, J. ($0.85)
22. Lopez, A. ($0.62)
23. Shouse ($0.58)
24. Romero ($0.57)
25. Sanchez, A. ($0.50)

[geekor]

not sure if this is a dream team or not, but would be fun to watch. Playing in Petco:

Volquez, E. 4.15M
Maddux, G. 3.33M
Greinke, Z. 3.02M
Floyd, G. 2.72M
Colon, B. .50M
Papelbon, J. 4.64M Closer
Marte, D. 3.33M Setup
Oliver, D. 2.32M Middle, Tied and Late, Behind and Late
Beimel, J. .79M Mopup
Foulke, K. .63M LH Specialist
Loe, K. .50M RH Specialist

C: Mauer, J. 7.93M
1b: Sandoval, P. 4.91M
2B: Kinsler, I. 5.75M
3B: Jones, C. 8.32M
SS: Theriot, R. 2.59M
LF: Morgan, N. 2.57M
RF: Span, D. 5.68M
CF: Suzuki, I. 5.12M
DH: H Ramirez

Bench:
Callaspo, A. 1.19M
Rodriguez, L. .88M
Pierre, J. 63M
Chavez, E. .77M

With a combo of Span, Ichiro and Theriot batting 1/2 and Chipper, Mauer, Sandoval, Kinsler and Ramierz batting 3-7, Morgan 8th and the leftover of the top 3 batting 9th, should put up a ton of runs!

[packleader]

2008 Dream team, playing in McAfee

c- Mauer, J. Molina
1b- Morneau
2b- Utley, Dillon, Buscher
ss- Jeter, C.Izturis
3b- Chipper, Dillon, Buscher
lf- Kubel, Dillon, M.Cabrera
cf- Hunter, Span, M. Cabrera
rf- Span, M. Cabrera
dh- Dillon, Buscher
sp- Maddox, Buerhle, Lilly, Blackburn, Pettitte, Park
rp- Fuentes, R. Tejeda, Ziegler, Byrdak, Walker, Park
salary cap 79.90
11 pitchers, 13 position players

lineups
vs lefties
Jeter
Utley
Chipper
Morneau
Mauer
Span
Hunter
Kubel
Dillon

vs righties
Utley
Chipper
Mauer
Morneau
Kubel
Jeter
Buscher
Span
Hunter

4 man rotation with Maddox, Buerhle, Lilly, Blackburn. With Pettitte against some teams (Yankee stadium or very poor against lefties) instead of Blackburn

Closer both ways Fuentes
set up against lefties Fuentes
set up righties Ziegler, Tejeda
mop up Park
lefty specialist Byrdak
righty specialist Walker
ph Dillon vs left Buscher v right
def replacement M. Cabrera in left
pinch runner ditto
aggressive running
aggressive int walk
conservative for bunting
normal for all other settings, including relief and close usage
Thanks for the opportunity to list this dream team.
Greg

[MARCPELLETIER]

OK, I might as well put mine.

Here is my ultimate dream team.

PNC team

9.00 Halladay, Roy
6.00 Santana, Johann
6.10 Hamels, Cole
3.25 Mahomes
0.50 Feldman, Scott
7.07 Rivera
0.75 Frasor
0.79 Robertson
0.88 Rodney
0.57 Romero, J.C.

1.12 Posada
4.91 Sandoval
1.33 Casey
5.75 Kinsler, Ian
8.32 Jones, Chipper
6.84 Furcal
0.7 Izturis, C.
1.29 Izturis, Maicer
1.17 Pagan, Angel
0.77 Chavez
1.1 Alou, M.
4.3 Spilboroughs
2.7 Ellsbury
4.65 Choo

Total 79.86.

Not sure I would use such team (8 left-handed/switch hitters vs rhp), but let's see it in a simulation!!

[MARCPELLETIER]

here is another one I might try.

The ultimate neutral team.

Mauer 7.93
Johjima 0.52
Berkman 8.15
Kinsler 5.75
Furcal 6.84
Jones 8.32
Izturis 0.7
Castillo 0.5
Rodriguez 0.88
Young 1.59
Beltran 7.93
Markakis 8.99
Bradley 5.21
Chavez 0.77

64.08


Maine 1.24
Campillo 1.74
mcclung 1.61
owings 1.57
Park 1.44
Kuo 5.24
Pinto 0.92
Perez 0.68
A.Lopez 0.62
Lewis 0.79
15.85
79.93

Probably McAfee. Not sure if it has enough pitching. Expect Kuo to have 220+ innings.

[MARCPELLETIER]

OK, so I started to load the teams tonight. I plan to start the sims in the current weak. Last call for introducing your dream team.

[geekor]

forgot to put my DH in there, Edited my team :oops:

[exwallman]

Name Salary
Harden, Rich 7.68
Duchscherer, Justin 5.78
Chamberlain 5.64
Matsuzaka 3.31
Duckworth 1.16 5th RH
Pettitte 0.79 5th LH
Fuentes, Brian 4.5 Closer
Sherrill, George 0.97
Springer, Russ 0.83
Lindstrom, Matt 0.82
Byrdak, Tim 0.59
Shouse 0.58

V.Martinez 0.82 LH 1B
Sandoval, Pablo 4.91 C
Howard, Ryan 5.7 RH 1B
Casey, Sean 1.33 DH
Kennedy 0.73
Glaus, Troy 6.92 3B
Ellis 2.74 2B
Castillo, Jose 0.5
Crosby, Bobby 1.23 SS
Bay, Jason 7.56 LF
Willits 0.5
Hamilton, Josh 7.82 CF
Dye, Jermaine 6.46 RF

79.87

Ballpark = Great American

[J-Pav]

Billingsley, Chad
Mussina, Mike
Maholm, Paul
Jimenez, Ubaldo
Sanchez, Anibal
Wade, Cory
Capps, Matt
Corcoran, Roy
Tejeda, Robinson
Pinto, Renyel

McCann, Brian
Nieves, Wil
Sexson, Richie (vs LHP)
Roberts, Brian
Dillon, Joe (vs LHP)
Rodriguez, Alex
Dobbs, Greg (vs RHP)
Drew, Stephen
Morgan, Nyjer
Pagan, Angel (vs RHP)
Pierre, Juan (PR)
Upton, B.J.
Anderson, Josh (vs RHP)
Pearce, Steve (vs LHP)

Ballpark: Kauffman