Also, Maitan is a future #1 overall prospect, so I still have my crown jewel. Forrest Whitley is emerging as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, Bobby Bradley is hitting well in AA at a young age and cutting back his Ks. I like those three, the rest are s*** (except possibly Kilome). I definitely lack depth, I traded off some futures for my playoff push last year.
All that proved is what I knew and you didn't, that the franchise had a bright future. I knew I was handing off a team that would be well positioned in a couple years, I just hated the format and the website, and I had too many fantasy teams. I made this abundantly clear. You were the one pushing the narrative of me abandoning a mismanaged team. Turns out, I left him a lot of good prospects that wouldn't even be on your radar for another year (Vlad, Bellinger, Kingery).
IMO that is unacceptable by MLB standards. Turf looks better than that. I'd say that's embarrassing, but I've been to Detroit lately and that city is a dilapidated hell hole, so it's really not a surprise.
Cliff Lee went from elite ace to dead asset virtually overnight. James Shields went from the league's most consistent workhorse to a completely unplayable gas can. Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Johan Santana, etc, etc, etc.
Hits are a counting stat in our format, so I don't necessarily agree. Hits is the category that everyone sleeps on, but Seager is potentially an annual 200 H guy. RBI & R are virtually a wash, slight HR edge to Correa. SLG is a wash. OBP and H edge go to Seager, Correa has a very minimal advantage in SB, which isn't really a category worth banking for either player. If these guys switched stadiums it would be a very different story.
Yep. Hell, I'd quit my job for like $1M, no problem, and I can't even live off that for 20 years. If I had his money, there's no way I'd do a job I don't love.
Financially, he's set for life, and clearly this profession makes him deeply unfulfilled. He'll be much happier riding fourwheelers and fishing for the rest of his days, living modestly on his small fortune. I'm happy for him.