The good half about solely nearly shedding your job as a GM if you happen to make unhealthy trades is you possibly can afford to be petty. On our boards, OS consumer Kotter began a subject in The Present discussion board that asks the query, “what’s the silliest purpose you’ve ever traded a participant?”
There are some actual good posts thus far, and folks have actually lined a number of territory right here. I anticipated the tales to principally contain real-life distaste for a participant being the rationale a number of the trades occurred, however the pettiness goes manner past simply that.
We will begin proper off the bat with the extra salacious posts. OS consumer adambaseball talked about within the first reply that “nothing will beat why the Cubs traded Rafael Palmeiro and Dave Martinez in 88-89 in actual life.” I received’t get into these rumors (you possibly can look them up although), however I’ll level out that later within the thread OS consumer franch1se wrote that “I traded somebody as a result of my GF again then went on a date with him in highschool.” That’s some good pettiness and your trace for why some assume the Cubs made these actual trades again within the ’80s.
In of essentially the most OS of OS strikes, OS consumer djflock offers his purpose for buying and selling prospects in MLB The Present:
“Yearly I commerce any of my high prospects with out face scans for high prospects with scans.”
Sticking with blaming simply the online game, sure variations of MLB The Present have fallen into the lure the place they replay sure commentary strains for walk-ups so usually that folks lose their minds and don’t need to hear them anymore. OS consumer Mikey6189 calls a type of out by writing, “I traded Max Muncy so I wouldn’t have to listen to ‘that Funky Muncy’”’ each sport.”
Nevertheless it’s the Mets followers who’ve been the celebs of the present thus far. A Mets fan named reyes the roof is on his final nerves with Jeff McNeil proper now and is considering making the commerce. “I’m about to dump Jeff McNeil due to his whiny antics. At all times bellyaching after he makes an out and his tantrum after a completely authorized slide by Hoskins pushed me over the sting.”
Sticking with the Mets, OS consumer Ghost Of The 12 months has perhaps the pettiest story to share within the thread thus far:
“Matter is giving me disagreeable flashbacks of the Mets-Royals WS. After the season, the actual life Mets traded Jon Niese away for Neil Walker. However I needed to do this, I needed to be the one to dump Niese. Lotsa blame to go round after the Sequence (and credit score to KC) however Niese actually struck a nerve with me in October. Quick-forward to MLBTS16 launch, once I began my 2016 season, I traded Walker again to Pittsburgh for Niese simply so I may very well be the one to eliminate the bum…Niese although, a great man, however nonetheless a bum. I additionally blame Carlos Beltran a bit for Niese. Possibly if Beltran hadn’t paid for Niese to get a nostril job, his outdated nostril would have a been a fortunate nostril and stored him simply offended sufficient to pitch higher.”
Be at liberty to go to the subject and share your personal pettiness.
