Baserunning, basestealing settings!

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

Jeez, These things confuse the hell out of me. I understand, kind of, the closer and bullpen usage settings but can't work out whether to go for conservative or extra con on the other settings; bunting and baserunning etc. Currently I use Conservative but not for any particular reason. I set them at the start of the season and leave them. I am just scared of the extra conservative and normal settings. Should I be??

[hechojazz]

What I do is immediately mark the cards of those hitters with a D or E steal rating "don't steal". Those with particularly good steal ratings get marked "steal more". The others stay unmarked. Then, before each series I check out the opposing pitchers' hold ratings. Together with the opposing catcher's arm rating, I decide whether to set my manager settings to normal or aggressive. Either way, the slow guys won't be running. If the aforementioned hold ratings and catcher's arm aren't too worrisome, I let the rest run a bit more. If the other team looks pretty good at dealing with the run, I haven't seen a normal basestealing setting result in a lot of caught stealings.

Regarding aggressive baserunning, the most important factor is the opposing CF's arm rating. If it is -1 or worse, I generally set my manager settings to aggressive. However, if there's some real guns in RF or LF (or both), I'll scale that back a bit. I just wish you could mark individual player cards to not try to take that extra base, so you could have a bit more control over that as you do with basestealing. My two cents...

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

So on balance you go nowhere near conservative and prefer the normal or aggessive settings? Aggressive scares me a lot. I still am not sure about normal basestealing and running though. I mark all players with poor steal ratings as "don't steal" but don't yet mark anyone as "steal more". I usually leave those with 15+ speed as unmarked and leave it to HAL. I just wondered if I should leave the settings at default "Normal". As long as I don't get those players I want to steal, or am not bothered either way, caught then I would like to set it normal.

[bleacher_creature]

[quote:8ed512f1e2="Shankly 81"]So on balance you go nowhere near conservative and prefer the normal or aggessive settings? Aggressive scares me a lot. I still am not sure about normal basestealing and running though. I mark all players with poor steal ratings as "don't steal" but don't yet mark anyone as "steal more". I usually leave those with 15+ speed as unmarked and leave it to HAL. I just wondered if I should leave the settings at default "Normal". As long as I don't get those players I want to steal, or am not bothered either way, caught then I would like to set it normal.[/quote:8ed512f1e2]

Doesn't it depend on your team? IF you have a lot of boppers, you just wait for the three run bomb.

[ANDYCOCHRANE]

True, but what about a team with players like ARod and similar fast, good hitting players? Or those with a variety of strengths? Setting the manager settings to gain a base or extra base, without sacrificing an out can be worth extra runs over a season. It can't just be left to the big hiiters. Both ways are surely needed?