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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2023 0:37:16 GMT
Congrats to third baseman Scott Rolen on his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame! Rolen played primarily for the Phillies and Cardinals with stops in Cincinnati and Toronto - earning seven All-Star nods and eight Gold Gloves for his sparkling work at the hot corner. In Eternal Baseball he's on Philadelphia's roster, where it's kinda hard (Mike Schmidt) to get much playing time.  |
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Post by austinreed on Mar 15, 2023 19:50:07 GMT
Since Rolen is going to be wearing STL on his hat for his plaque in Cooperstown does this mean he get switched from the Pillies Roster to the Cardinals in Eternal baseball? His 02-04 seasons in STL were great. Plus I think the Cards could use him at third and get positive impact, whereas in Philly he's benched behind Schmidt.
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Post by Admin on Mar 18, 2023 13:29:33 GMT
This is a really good point - we often point to the concept of "which hat would he (or does he) wear into the Hall of Fame?" when trying to decide the Eternal Baseball roster location for a player who spent significant time in two different uniforms. On rare occasions, we will make a decision based on playing time - giving the player the opportunity to play regularly for a team he actually spent less time with in his MLB career, when they would be buried on the depth chart for their primary club - Matt Williams in Arizona instead of San Francisco and Omar Vizquel in Seattle instead of Cleveland are two good examples of that.
For Scott Rolen, he spent notably more time in Philadelphia than St. Louis - not just 6.5 as a Phillie versus 5.5 as a Cardinal, but 3643 plate appearances versus 2737. The peak stats (best three consecutive seasons averaged) in both places are really close, mainly because there's no way to avoid including Rolen's injury-wrecked 2005 season in his totals:
PHI 1998-2000: .286, 28 HR, 92 RBI, .914 OPS (3B competition: Mike Schmidt & Dick Allen)
STL 2003-2005: .289, 22 HR, 85 RBI, .917 OPS (3B competition: Ken Boyer, Frankie Frisch, Albert Pujols, Matt Carpenter)
I think the competition for 3B at-bats is actually stiffer in St. Louis. With the stats pretty much a wash, but the service time and path to playing time BETTER in Philadelphia, Rolen should stay on the Phillies. It's a close call - thanks for the suggestion!
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