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As you know, I've been looking for ways to help this league perform more like the others I'm in, with a wide variety of managers winning from year to year and rare dominance by any one team for an extended period.
Responses to proposed rule changes have been lukewarm, at best, so I thought I'd see if other changes might be useful. Interestingly, it looks like promoting more aggressive trading might be worth considering, too.
As we all know from his endless advertising of available players, lakeviewdave is one of the most active traders in this or any other league. I was curious to see how his team crashed and then quickly rebounded, and here's what I found:
- 2016 to 2020 cardsets: 10 consecutive playoff appearances with 6 titles and an average of 103.5 wins per season
- 2021 cardset: 47 wins in each season
- 2022 cardset: 97 wins in each season, with 2 playoff appearances and 1 title
* * * * *
So how did Dave crash so thoroughly and then rebound so quickly?
He must have seen the writing on the wall after a record high of 116 wins in season 2020-2. He dropped 12 players and then made 4 trades in which he gave up 9 players and 1 pick in exchange for 3 players, 1 prospect, and 8 picks (mix of free agent and prospect).
Between seasons, he followed that by trading 6 players for 4 1st rd supp draft picks. And then, prior to the 2022 draft, he traded 7 players, a prospect, and a lower pick in exchange for 3 players and a better pick.
Dave played his remaining stars in the 2021-1 season and was soundly defeated in a potent East Div. He tanked in the 2021-2 season in the West Div, playing his stars only half of the time, but that did not really improve his draft position. He finished 21 GB his nearest rival and would likely have done poorly even if he had played his stars routinely.
So, massive trading along with a focus on draft picks...
And presto/change-o! From champs to chumps to champs again:
- 10 of the 23 batters on the 2020-2 team were still there for the 2022-1 season,
- However, only 1 of the 17 pitchers survived
The moral of this story? Maybe if the rest of us maintained the same focus on improvement, then perhaps we could give Dave and JF a run for their money.
Let's make a deal!
Responses to proposed rule changes have been lukewarm, at best, so I thought I'd see if other changes might be useful. Interestingly, it looks like promoting more aggressive trading might be worth considering, too.
As we all know from his endless advertising of available players, lakeviewdave is one of the most active traders in this or any other league. I was curious to see how his team crashed and then quickly rebounded, and here's what I found:
- 2016 to 2020 cardsets: 10 consecutive playoff appearances with 6 titles and an average of 103.5 wins per season
- 2021 cardset: 47 wins in each season
- 2022 cardset: 97 wins in each season, with 2 playoff appearances and 1 title
* * * * *
So how did Dave crash so thoroughly and then rebound so quickly?
He must have seen the writing on the wall after a record high of 116 wins in season 2020-2. He dropped 12 players and then made 4 trades in which he gave up 9 players and 1 pick in exchange for 3 players, 1 prospect, and 8 picks (mix of free agent and prospect).
Between seasons, he followed that by trading 6 players for 4 1st rd supp draft picks. And then, prior to the 2022 draft, he traded 7 players, a prospect, and a lower pick in exchange for 3 players and a better pick.
Dave played his remaining stars in the 2021-1 season and was soundly defeated in a potent East Div. He tanked in the 2021-2 season in the West Div, playing his stars only half of the time, but that did not really improve his draft position. He finished 21 GB his nearest rival and would likely have done poorly even if he had played his stars routinely.
So, massive trading along with a focus on draft picks...
And presto/change-o! From champs to chumps to champs again:
- 10 of the 23 batters on the 2020-2 team were still there for the 2022-1 season,
- However, only 1 of the 17 pitchers survived
The moral of this story? Maybe if the rest of us maintained the same focus on improvement, then perhaps we could give Dave and JF a run for their money.
Let's make a deal!