by XerXes » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:10 pm
Gehrig and Ruth in Griffith don't make much sense...a lot of their HR become 2b because of the park, hence they'll underperform vs. thier price. I'd suggest Musial if he's availible...50 2b and 20 3b are HUGE in this park. Joe Jackson, Speaker, Cuyler are guys who fit this ballpark well...high slugging, but low HR. In any case upgrade the pitching to have 1 10 mil+ starter. The ballpark effects can help you a lot if you either 1) Use the effect to accentuate the players strengths (ruth in HR hitters park, pete alexander in Griffith) or 2) Hide your players weaknesses (Drysdale's high ERA, relative to WHIP, is caused by lot of HR. In a pitchers' park those HR go away). It took me an atrocious season to realize that the team should be built around the ballpark.