Out of curiosity, do you have coach relationships on? And if so, what does that look like between the coaches themselves and then the player-coach relationships. I've found that good relationships matter as much as their coaching ability

I think the hitting coach has to go, the whole team can't hit. I think Endo is great value. The numbers are extreme but his production is good, 70+ RBIs on a team with the worst batting average. I think if the lineup bats better you'd easily see that number rise to 90 or 100. I don't think he's the answer long term but the best for that price of 3 million

Really happy with the 2nd round pick. Love the durability in a pitcher

A random thought caused by your remarks after 1st September: How is the manager handling the platoon substitutions when the opposition changes pitchers? I'd hope that he'd substitute like for like in terms of defensive position. However, if he isn't, it could explain your bad record in one run games. I don't know enough about the team settings and strategy pages to know if this is adjustable at all. I would like to see the rest of your players before I come to a conclusion on Endo. On the one hand, terrible batting average. On the positive side, if we ignore (most of) the stats, you paid 3 million for league average offence with a premium glove - it's now 70 rated for 2nd base. That's probably not the biggest problem with your lineup. If you need more offence, it's might be easier to find it at 3rd rather than 2nd, so you have the option to move him over to 2B.

Well they say every point of WAR is worth 3 million, so despite hitting .188 and striking out 260 times he returned plus value, although just barely. I think if he was an elite defender at SS he would probably be plus value for several years and worth a multi year deal if you could lock him up around 3-4 million per. that being said, if you can bring him back for one year at 3 million or less, I would do it because you don't have any other good options at this point. I can't remember for sure how it works when an international guy is signed, but his contract may auto-renew at 3 million for the next two years before hitting arbitration if you don't cut him loose. I think it's worth shopping him around too, although I'm sure you've been doing that without much success as otherwise you probably would've said more about it.

Endo has been brutally unlucky with his babip, you've got to give him another half year at least to see what happens in my opinion! Who'd have thought Mr Blanks would be the talk of the town like this though!

We are going to party like it's 2059

Interesting decision on Endo. You can't ship him out fast enough. I just hope you get something good back.

One other thing I meant to ask.. do you think baseball should adopt the NFL playoff format whereby the top seed team plays the lowest seeded team after the wild card games? Seemed a shame that the top two AL teams faced off against each other.

Weird did someone say 1 WAR for 3 mil a few videos ago? Who could that be, whose to know? I still think 1 WAR for 3 mil in free agency is well worth it.

by season end, 53 out of endo's 98 hits were doubles or better. Not bad for 3 mill!

Gosh dropping this when it's Champion League Finals in London. No time to watch until perhaps after. You really are giving us episodes now in a hectic pace.

lol 7 bombs on 14 hits is WILD. Endo is hitting about how i expected him to, but I guess it's hard to complain about 30 bombs and 75 rbi's in august. You would love to see him get on base more but a .733 ops for a guy who has an obp of .294 is not terrible.

I think I’d bring back Endo. Even with the horrid midseason he’s made me a bit of a believer. Probably wouldn’t go over 3.5 million though and hopefully you can get him closer to 2

As much as I would implore you not to trade your prospects, I can understand why you feel you have to do it. I'm only 10 minutes in to the video so I don't know if you get the boot at the end of the season. I think Torkelson would be a great addition if you're around next year though.

Another way to look at Endo's splits is that even with a massive cold stretch (that BABIP is head-in-hands unlucky), he's still a productive player on a $3m salary. That guy has a serious shot to be a top-50 player if things go right for him.

hell yeah 2 episodes in one day we appreciate you OSS

Man that was a rough finish after such a stellar season and taking a two game lead to boot 😢. You really deserved better. Out of interest with hindsight (or Dr Who's tardis) would you play Castillo in game 3 if you could play this series again? Fully understood the logic behind your decision but at the same time getting that W in game 3 was so important and not getting it gave the O's the impetus for a comeback.

I would really consider tanking the ticket prices to like 10 dollars. You could probably complete the attendance goal and any help with keeping your job is important at this current moment. Luckily I think the winning the team has been doing should save you for a year.

Any hope of a double episode day? That 20 minute episode was a tease, OSS! Lol

Here’s hoping Endo’s drop in performance is due to morale and not regression to mean. Is it viable to drastically cut ticket prices just to get butts in seats?

Conforto again? He will be back!

One trick that I used with the A:s is to trade for a top player at the start of his FA year or at the deadline if he had two seasons remaining. I would get the other team to retain as much as possible and let him play out his contract. This satisfied the owner goals of bringing in a top player and gave me a supplemental pick the following year.

Endo is the new Dave Kingman!

On the fan Interest front. You might want to reserve a roster spot for a "fan fav" Eventually that will give you the option to "start a charity" or "give a donation" and that always increases fan Interest. If you can make it work it might be worth it

Sad for Muncy, but then he is a Dodgers so I might be biased. However if never a BA hitter he have had some +30HR season. Guess he is over the hill in your 2028 future world. Fans in Oakland are hard to please. Maybe they just are stuck in those old days of stars.

hopefully we will soon see someone from the minors come up and save this team

Poor Muncy. I could never find a spot for him either.

Still keeping kids from going to school, huh?

What an incredible season 👏 That last month was tough on you with the injuries but thankfully nothing major and one of your comments indicates its all good for the playoffs. You'll already know of course because I'm a month behind but I'm still in the dark so hoping it was a long playoff run for your Mariners 🤞

What a season!! If this continues to stay above .700 is it in line to be among your best ever seasons? Every decision seems to be coming up golden. Just needs Torres to pick it up and you'll be set for even more!

Your aversion to high floor players shocks me. Especially as the A’s who cannot afford to take so many risks…. Still, highly entertaining!

High school players are so risky. Thats why I would have gone with a college player. Also there are so many high ceiling high schoolers in round two. Thats why i think round one is for higher floor college players. The AI seems to operate that way too. How have your previous picks been developing?

i love these videos. the RP really adds depth and connection to the players and coaches

Really like how this draft turned out!

I disagree with the pick but it's your sim, not mine! I just hope he pans out for you! I didnt hate any of the picks at all. I just leaned a different way. Here's hoping for speedy development!

I also agree with you on Hideo, Gallo turned out terrible at Yankee stadium, can't really imagine Hideo will do better at a much more spacious park, and we know that type of profile doesn't age well. Also I thought it was hilarious that the two lefties you were eyeing in the rule 5 draft were already in your system, you are nothing if not consistent 😉

I really liked this draft. I probably would’ve gone Martin in your shoes but I understand the pick. I will say, I LOVED Patterson. The price tag was too much but he definitely has the celling of an Cy-Young winner. I agree with the pass of Walling, velocity just seems to drop off a cliff this year and 90 mph puts him in the danger zone.

i think i disagree with your selections but it's hard for me to disagree when i didn't think there was a sure-fire choice in the first round. everyone seems to have some sort of flaw and the flaws for the college bats were pretty impotant: very low avoid K. i still think i would have taken Martin in the 1st but only because i think he can at least pitch out of the bullpen this year. if Pennyman develops then obviously the pick was worth it; i just hope you're still employed to see it through.

Do I think you’re nuts going with your eventual #2 pick? Yes. Do I respect that? Also yes.

A nice draft overall, thought you were really pushing your luck with Maclaren but he stuck around long enough (can't figure out why the AI was so anti drafting him, perhaps your scout is the only one who rates him?) - Fingers crossed you get to be around long enough to reap the harvest of the last two drafts, I think your easily around next year, the year after that though feels very unknown

Overall agree with your selections. Your budget definitely limited you though IMO. Wondering if in general picking low financial ambition guys will be more important in this save.

These drafts have been very nice

My choice would have been Walling round 1....the rest of your picks seem pretty good

Great first half of the season but Wow those Mariners fans are tough to please!! You had better interest with last seasons .500 record 🙃Stanton is definitely on another planet with the power hitter critique again.... what is it in the game that qualifies someone for being in that category if Soto is not it🙄. Also another newbie question... what is it that you use to decide on who is your setup, stopper, etc. Couldn't see anything to indicate this but maybe I am just missing it. Is it just player knowledge? I see that you being so tough on Brash has brought a bout a big improvement 😉

I might go with Genus. Even at 18, he’s comparable to some of the college guys. He probably takes another year to get to the MLB but you’re not very competitive anyways. Edit: he might be out of contention because of his demand…

Banfield and Leonard both have very low BABIPs at the July 1st review: .167 and .214. I expect them to be less worse in the remainder of the season. Giddens caught my attention, except he doesn't really have a position. The top 3 pitchers looked good as well: Genus, Patterson & Pennyman. There's no great stars in the draft: Giddens isn't Seifu, for example, but one general theme from the draft is that many players look reasonably developed. There seems to be lots of high schoolers with ratings in the 30s, rather than the 20 contact / 20 control guys such as Kruz Schoolcraft. Or, maybe I'm just paying more attention to the current ratings rather than the potentials.

HAS to be giddens as a batter or Walling as a SP. You need the help asap.

Best player of the draft: Genus Best player for your 2028 Oakland A’s: Walling (Amarillas is obvs good too, but HR suppression is less important than K’s in the Colosseum.

I'm team Amarillas (college pitcher). His home suppression is elite, and already major league quality. Plus he's the perfect candidate for the "improve secondary pitch" in the Lab. And that falls under the "easy category". I think it's reasonable to expect his stuff to get up to 55 or 60. Also there is no science behind this...but guys over 6'2 I usually expect them to add some velocity as they get into there mid 20's.