For the third straight year, I participated in Royals Review's Offseason Simulation. For the third straight year, I'm writing about it. For the third straight year, only about two of you care.
This is for the two of you. You both inspire me.
The simulation is simple: 30 teams, 30 fake GMs, 30 budgets. There's a neutral party acting as the Scott Boras for every free agent, and he's a danged bloodsucker. My job was to get the fake Giants two starting pitchers and possibly shore up the outfield. I almost succeeded. Almost!
Move #1: Exercise options for Norichika Aoki and Santiago Casilla
Casilla was obvious, but Aoki made sense to me as a fourth outfielder for $5.