1st Time Player: Lineup Evaluation

[Flaxen]

Yes, Google is my friend as well as yours.

[quote:0b971a8196]28.33 If the pitcher begins his appearance with his regular POW and the game becomes a closer situation, he changes to his closer endurance rating. At that time, [b:0b971a8196]reduce his closer endurance by the number of outs he has already recorded.[/b:0b971a8196] This number cannot be reduced to lower than 0, unless the pitcher's closer endurance is "N"[/quote:0b971a8196].

From the Strat rulebook. My highlight.

The answer then is there is no refresh. Which is only reasonable.

[RICHARDMILTER]

It was suggested:[quote:dc82cd9d74]I also believe his fatigue will change from the R2 to a fresh C6. The R2 will erase and he will start the C6. I am not sure of this however. [/quote:dc82cd9d74]

Unfortunately this is untrue. I know from playing the CD-ROM.

However the rest of the advice sounds good to me.

[jmccully61]

Before I say anything, this game is a lifelong learning experience, and the first time you play it is nearly impossible to understand all the variables. I looked at your team, and made the following conclusions.

First, you need to decide if you want to be a team based on pitching or hitting. It appears you decided to go with hitting based on your players and playing in Coors Field. With that said, even if you are a hitting team, you still need at least 1 very good SP, 2 would be ideal (those would be the ones that are at least $5,000,000).

If you want to be a hitting team, then you need to look for a few things, and some have already been mentioned. You need a leadoff hitter with a high OBP and the ability to steal.

Your 2 hole hitter needs to be a contact hitter, and make sure his outs are not ground balls because this could lead to a lot of double plays. Furthermore, the ideal 2 hole hitter would also have at least a B rating in both hit and run and bunt. This way if your speedy leadoff hitter gets on base there are two more possible ways to advance him to second.

3 hole hitter would be your best hitter. Look for both high average, OBP, and at least 20 HR.

4 hole hitter, do I need to say anything?

5 hole hitter, you can do two things. First, you can add another power hitter, but you most likely this avg and obp will be lower, or you can go with a high avg high obp with less power. Personally, I prefer the latter.

The rest of your lineup should be filled with defensive players. For example, one of the most important parts of Strat is the triangle, C, 2B, SS, and CF. Whether you are a hitting or pitching team, you will not win if you have 3's and 4's in all of these positions. You want 2's in each of these positions, 1's if you can get them. Also, look at their errors, there might be a 2e23. This could be a problem cause that is a decent amount of errors. Therefore, sometimes a 3e4 might be better than a 2e23. You will lose range, but not commit as many errors. As for your OF, you want your RF to have a cannon, that means at least a -1 arm rating, the higher the better. Finally, you need your catcher to have a negative arm rating as well, personally a prefer at least a -2. A catcher with a strong arm will help stop teams that are based around stealing bags.

One final note, when I was looking at your team you had hardly anyone with the ability to either Hit and Run or bunt. You need a few of these people on your team.

As for your lineup, the following if very key. The cards never play out how they are suppose to. For example, someone might be a 4R, but hit .220 with a .300 OBP righty, but hit .330 and a .400 lefty. You always need to check your players splits. Near the top of the screen, above the pitchers is a button, Sim L/R, this shows your players splits against lefties and righties. Normally, I adjust my lineup weekly

[chasenally]

The above post is that in a nutshell. It will start you out and you can build from there. I have a 3-38e playing SS in a unleashed league. If this guy goes 2 games without an error he will get 2 in the next game. It is a Theme League and the ONLY reason he even puts on a glove. CF can be a guy that you might be able to give up range and errors but 2B and SS will kill you if they can't field and move.

ST
I did read your PM and looking foward to talking Baseball. I don't follow MLB much at all but I do play this game year round.

[LADodgers4Life]

So just a little update:

So far so good in my league. My division was battling it out for a long time but me and another manager pulled away in the last 30 games or so. I have rattled off 7 wins in a row and have won 10 consecutive series. I now have a 7 game lead in my division and the best record in the league.

We will see how the rest of the season goes but I am pleased with how it has evolved so far.

[KEVINEHLE]

Just checking in. STeters, I don't want you to go into information overload, so I won't jump in with my opinions.

I just wanted to say that it doesn't surprise me of all the support you are getting. These guys who are helping you out are top-notch classy people. The online Strato community is one of the main reasons I've been playing this game the past decade.

Just a warning, if a guy named FrankM jumps in with some advice, do the opposite and you'll be OK. :wink: 8-) JK--Frank is a good guy as well....when he wants. :shock:

Kev

[LADodgers4Life]

It is cool! Thanks for the support. I am pretty sure I won't be going into information overload. I have been reading the forums, etc. ever since I starting playing this game. I log on everyday looking at boxscores.