Do you think a MLB General Manager’s job is easy? Have you ever thought you could just take a random fan and let that person engineer trades and free agent deals and get better results? Well, we decided to try just that with our annual off-season simulation project. We take 30 fans, give them each a team, and have them work out trades and free agent contracts under real-world conditions.
Here are the ground rules:
- We rewind to the end of the regular season. The assumption is your GM has resigned and been replaced. The new GM is free to set their own organizational philosophy.