Any Luckyman or Jaser D ratings posted for 2006?

[LA Bear]

I really like the Jaser D ratings last year. Are they published for the 2006 season?

[MARCPELLETIER]

Not likely for now.

I want to switch from my old formulas to the new formulas as provided by tangotiger and his gang in his "BOOK" (see strategy section for more details). So I have to re-do my formulas. But, after doing a first draft, it seems that TSN has done a wonderful this year again in doing their pricing structure.

Which is not surprising, TSN has increasingly better its payroll structure in the last few years, and from a first look, this year is no exception.

There is no more Dubose, no more Santos, anymore.

In my opinion, it's not bargain-purchasing anymore that makes a winning club, so I don't think it's worth to do my ratings in the way I did it before. It is my opinion that the TSN pricing structure is reliable enough to have confidence that, in normal settings, player X at 5M will indeed be better than player Y at 4.5M.

Other strategies nowadays must be chosen to have a championship ballclub, including team fitting to the home stadium, line-up maximization (have the right player for each slot in the line-up, like high on-base for lead-off, superior middle-infield defense with no bat for 9th slot; like sufficient relievers), capacity to exploit divisional weaknesses, and best overall roster structure.


That being said, if you want my gut-feelings, here it is:
--I still think that walks are slightly undervalued, especially for power hitters. So a player like Frank Thomas is pretty high in my favour.
--I think it's pretty clear that very poor defender who has a good bat are cheap if you use them at dh (Peralta, Gomes, Soriano).
---First basemen are, again, too expensive as a group (so, in my opinion, if you can spent 79M on other positions, do it).
---One-inning reliever appear--again --a bit cheap with regards to two-innings relievers.
---I think you have more upsides than downsides in having a cheap ss-1 that you can put in the ninth slot.

[MARCPELLETIER]

I should add that, so far, pitching teams in pitcher stadiums appear to have more success than Coors-like teams building up offense.

I still need to check why this is the case.

[LA Bear]

Thanks for the passdown.

[MARCPELLETIER]

I haven't touched on the ratings since that last post---so they are not ready yet. Life got busier. But I have purchased some teams and appear to get some success (.556 in the two Tour teams I monitor closely) by following the guidelines I wrote above.

Again, to repeat myself, have confidence in the TSN ratings. They appear fine except perhaps for some highly costly players who appear overpriced (Bip Roberts, Clemens, F.Hernandez, and most first basemen).

What is essential is not finding great cheapies anymore. What is rather essential is that you build a team tailor-built for your stadium and/or against your opponents, that you have sufficient-yet-not-too-much pitching, and that you have cheap bench. Having an intelligent, balanced line-up, a good understanding of Hal's behaviour, and an effective bench will also help you get a couple more wins here and there.

[MARCPELLETIER]

I should add that I don't plan to have my ratings ready before August. A new house, a new love, a new thesis, an old aunt who got partially paralyzed and for whom I am responsible----all force me to limit my time for Strat to the Tour and a few posts here and there.

Sorry. :cry:

[Play By The Rules]

Go to Joe the Jet, he's the best.

[bkoron]

Congratulations on the new, and on taking care of the old.

~BK

[tersignf]

Best to you lucky

[worrierking]

[quote:5c23dbab06]Again, to repeat myself, have confidence in the TSN ratings. They appear fine except perhaps for some highly costly players who appear overpriced (Bip Roberts, Clemens, F.Hernandez, and most first basemen).

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If you pay any price for Bip Roberts, you've paid too much. :lol:

(We know who you mean Lucky, you obviously just had a flashback to 1991. And yes, he's overpriced)