anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

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anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostMon May 08, 2023 10:24 am

card in either a 80 or 100 mil league? never use Morgan. I'm in a small ball park and coincidently league, so #HR's don't matter and his OBP, speed and fielding would seem to b a perfect fit? but @ the high price, will it pay off?
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostMon May 08, 2023 6:21 pm

Used him and was not happy. Avg near 245 obp 380 wanted more for the price. Will check teams and find link
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostMon May 08, 2023 7:41 pm

For some reason, Morgan usually stinks with any card. I don't know why, but think SOM didn't give him enough singles on his cards for enough BA. Bill James, I believe, said Morgan was like the perfect player. Here's the $11+M card in a small ballpark at $100M -- lower than expected OPS:

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1719471
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostMon May 08, 2023 9:17 pm

Bunz thanks. he had 40 more rolls on his card also! he sucked. I dropped him for Barnes.
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostTue May 09, 2023 12:21 pm

HIs value is OBP which is largely derived from Walks which IMHO consistently makes him UNDER PERFORM. It seemed like every time I tried him, he hit between .200-.250 and didn't hit his carded OBP either.
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostWed May 10, 2023 7:30 am

I have given in to temptation and used the card before and it didn't go well. My friends really dislike the card as well. I'd love to see the price lowered a bit. In general, I think repricing could be highly exciting.
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostWed May 10, 2023 5:10 pm

Hard to think of an environment where 75 would be more efficient than 76.
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostWed May 10, 2023 8:50 pm

Agree with Max, his '76 card seems the most preferable, especially in an environment of righty pitchers, which it usually is. I want to like Morgan, he seems at first to check a lot of boxes. But still a lot of money for his production. An update on his '76 card, now at .838 OPS.

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1719471

Counting stats -- RBIs -- look good due to him having the walk heavy Cobb, Bonds and Cash ahead of him against righties. I think SOM robs him of stolen bases by giving him a *4-6/- (19-15). He stole 60 that year, only 9 caught steals. Should be better like *3-7?
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Re: anyone tried the 75 10+mil Morgan

PostThu May 18, 2023 8:59 pm

Used him once in my SB team: .250, .429, .386/ highlite was 161 walks. Is he worth 10.88M, I don't think so in an 80M cap.
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