All,
There are some absolutely brilliant managers out there (and it includes all of the folks in the finals), and you all do a tremendous amount of analysis (Marcus, I love reading all of your stuff -- I really helps me improve my teams over time).
I did however, for the first time in strat, do a little "benchmarking" if you will. I'm a firm believer that "value" wins out in the end. ... so I checked all of the teams that made the playoffs and had a list of players by position.
I know that this was done by many people as well, but I found it interesting as to some big names that "never" or "almost never" showed up on winning teams. . . and then I found some players that always showed up.
So, I targeted for the draft 3 players that I wanted from each position, and here is why I wasn't sold on my team, I only got 1 of my very first picks, 2 of my 2nd choice and 2 of my third choice). ... I was then forced to make modifications to some positions (SS, 1B, RF, 3B). ...
I liked my staff, but didn't like my position players as much. . .
Anyway, I'm still not sold my team is the one to beat in the Central, but I'm thankful that the team seems to be playing well. It is a long season though and anything can happen, and as I mentioned before this got started, I'm just tickled to be in this with you all, and my ONLY goal is just not to come in last. ... anything better than that will be a victory in my mind.
With that in mind, here is to all of us being either 79-80 or 80-79 going into the last day of the season!!!
:lol:
mc