148 155 Green Caesar's GeekBlog Thread Green Caesar Re: Preparing for the GDR FAB [Reply to #155] 3/22/06, 8:15am &b-Day Two-b& &i-(9:12am)-i& Checked in to find that my queued offer of 3yrs/$10 NoTrade was close for Jason Bay … I was rewarded with one additional offer. My 3yr/$10 offer for Manny puts me close … rewarding me with &b-two-b& additional offers … my offer is still not in the lead, though. My offer of 3yr/$9 for Ichiro was clearly the best he received … I am in the lead with two additional offers (if I need them). I have the potential to have an OF of Manny, Ichiro, Bay & Hermida … wow. I decide to use my additional offer on Bay. I up my offer to 3yr/$11 NoTrade … I don’t think that this will do it … but I really do not want to spend any more … I’m going for Manny. I was right. I am still close with my offer to Bay … but not in the lead. The only way I will get him now is if the team that holds the leading bid rescinds that bid (and even then I do not know if I am in 2nd, there are 10 teams bidding on him). Some other players that wer brought up that intrigue me: Rolen,Carpenter,D-Ortiz,Tejada,F-Rod,Delgado,Cain,Utley,M-Cabrera,Beltran, & Chavez. Need to decide it I want to make an offer on any of them. &i-(10:44am)-i& Put in another offer for Manny: 3yr/$11.5 … still not the highest bid for his services. I am only up against one other GM. I’m going to put in a bid for 3yr/$15 … I amin the lead with that bid. Going to submit an offer for Utley … 2yr/$7.5 was not enough … I turn my attention to M-Cabrera … I offer 2yr/$8.5 NoTrade … close, I get one more offer. I put out there 2yr/$11 NoTrade and I am in the lead!!!! Downside is that I have $150 million out there on offers … that is the max … I will get some money freed up when players start coming off the market at 1:05pm … I have big money tied up in Pujols, Santana,Vlad & F-Hernandez. So now I wait … I am the leading bidder for Hermida, Webb, Manny, Ichiro & M-Cabrera. [Green Caesar from Roswell/GA] Replies: 174