Rule of thumb? . . .

[artie4121]

I have found that, indeed, hitting is more important than pitching in SOM online. I'm not sure if EVERYone agrees, but this seems to be the consensus.

What do I mean by that?

For example, is a $9 mil pitcher as "valuable" as a $9 mil hitter?

Question to the experts here:
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If you had to give the pitcher a "discount rate" vs a hitter of the same value(all things being equal), what would you assign? $1 mil? $2 mil?[/i:c7924e2238][/b:c7924e2238]

Meaning, would you knock down the value of a $9 mil pitcher to $7 mil "real" value vs a $9 mil hitter?

Yes, I know that there are ballparks, and defense, etc., but absent any of that, if you could/would/should assign a valuation, what would it be?

Curious minds want to know.

Artie

[JohnnyBlazers]

All things considered, I think Strat is a hitters game. The high end pitchers are not weighed properly. 50% of the rolls can go to the hitter and only 37% or so go to the pitcher to begin with. I tend to weigh the hitters based on total bases and the pitchers on how few they give up. You get a lineup with some natural HR's and some extra base hits and you are going to score some runs, regardless of ballpark or pitcher. Of course, this game is 50% luck, so there isn't one set way of doing things - too many variables come into play.

[keyzick]

Check out the Secret Formula thread...can help give perspective to your question:


http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=584762