MVP Baseball (the one with Manny on it) was probably the greatest baseball video game made up to that point, and they chose The Show instead. I own several different versions of The Show, and do like it, but had they went with EA Sports I think it would have benefited them. (Sidenote: I actually really enjoyed playing High Heat Baseball as a straight up sim as it was the first baseball game that had an entire minor league system.)
Looking back on that trade we made out like bandits. The only real prospect we gave up was Boyd, whom if I remember correctly, was the "worst" player we gave up as many thought he was an AAAA pitcher.
I'd be completely fine with him if we aren't going all in on elite arms. If he bounces back he could get us something at the trading deadline, and I doubt he'll cost an arm and a leg.
Oooooh no it was more of what towns they want to drop. I imagine most of the A level and rookie level leagues have similar stadiums and can be kinda interchangable. I think it's more about what cities would be on the chopping block due to stadium quality and attendance issues.
I don't disagree with that but it did say there may be some classification changes for teams. I'm not super up to date on the stadium qualities of these teams but I'd have to think that it would be part of the equation.
I would be interested to see how the market for Eric Thames, Corey Dickerson, and Yasiel Puig shapes up. Other than maybe Puig I feel like they are both good short term options.
Not that he was even close to it, but has the only shortstop that we have had that was elite Tony Fernandez? I know that Alex Gonzalez and Eddie Zoskey were highly thought of, but in our history we've only had one elite shortstop.
Does anyone recall what the Astros looked like before their 3 consecutive 100 lost seasons? It seems like their 2010 team was younger than our team was last year on average.
I wonder what Atkins time frame is like in regards to the rebuild.
I'd actually be interested in seeing like a Top 30 prospects list for each season along with maybe a couple guys who weren't well regarded but ended up as something (ex. Chris Woodward). Anyone know if it exists or be interested in doing it. Maybe one of the prospect guys? I think it could be rather neat.