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by Coffeeholic » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:52 am
Hey jno, sorry to take so long in getting back to you... had a few very busy days.
1st of all, heed socalchiro's advice: try not to "drop" too many players, that 20% hit in salary really takes it's toll.
2nd: In the "Strategy" forum, there is a thread entitled "Newbie Advice Thread". In this thread there is loads of good advice for players new to TSN/SOM. I would recommend taking a good look at that.
You are almost 1/4 of the way through your season, so it may not be realistic to expect a playoff team at this point, but maybe we can get you headed in the right direction and get you ready for your next team.
Let's take a look at your home park. Angel's Stadium is a borderline pitcher's park (6/9 BP singles, 7/7 BP HR's). The first thing you need to do is tailor your team to your home ballpark, as you will be playing 1/2 your games there. Unfortunately, your team is loaded with players who are best suited for "Homer Happy" hitter's parks. (Konerko, Morneau, Jeter, Lowell, Soriano, Cordero, Hudson, etc.) Angels' stadium will reward hitters with high BA, high OBP, and a low number of BP HR's on their cards (#'s) and pitcher's with low WHIP (BP HR's not being as detrimental to them).
Second, winning in this game is all about allocation of resources... all managers have $80 mil in salary to spend. The winners will be those managers who allocate their $80 mil most wisely. To have players like Quinlan (at $4.5 mil) and Cerda ($2 mil) only providing very part-time service isn't effective salary management. You want to think "Concentration of Mass"! Get the most amount of your salary directly involved in the outcome of each game. As such, try to limit platoons to inexpensive players (if that's what you're doing with Quinlan)and keep your back-ups to the bare minimum salary necessary.
Third, try to give your line-up some balance. You've got a team loaded with RH batters who hit LH pitching well. An experienced opponent of yours will see this immediately and throw nothing but RH pitcher's against you. A general rule of thumb in this game is that you will face RH pitching about 70% of the time, so stock your line-up accordingly.
Last thing for now is that defense up the middle is pretty important in this game. As such, very few experienced managers will play anyone greater than a 2 defensively at 2B, SS and CF. There are a few exception to this where a "3" may be employed, but a "4" at 2B is not going to cut it for you.
I'd take a look at your player's cards, cards of available FA's and also of players on other teams. Try to target those which would might help the deficiencies of your team. If there are some other teams in your league which are struggling, they will be your most likely trade partners. At this point, I'd be open to offers on just about any of your players, with the probable exceptions of Ford, Figgins and Schilling (who's performance should improve).
Keep the faith though (I went 62-100 w/my first team)! This is a pretty tough game, but it's not rocket science. And it also can be very rewarding when you get it right. :wink:
Coffee
1st of all, heed socalchiro's advice: try not to "drop" too many players, that 20% hit in salary really takes it's toll.
2nd: In the "Strategy" forum, there is a thread entitled "Newbie Advice Thread". In this thread there is loads of good advice for players new to TSN/SOM. I would recommend taking a good look at that.
You are almost 1/4 of the way through your season, so it may not be realistic to expect a playoff team at this point, but maybe we can get you headed in the right direction and get you ready for your next team.
Let's take a look at your home park. Angel's Stadium is a borderline pitcher's park (6/9 BP singles, 7/7 BP HR's). The first thing you need to do is tailor your team to your home ballpark, as you will be playing 1/2 your games there. Unfortunately, your team is loaded with players who are best suited for "Homer Happy" hitter's parks. (Konerko, Morneau, Jeter, Lowell, Soriano, Cordero, Hudson, etc.) Angels' stadium will reward hitters with high BA, high OBP, and a low number of BP HR's on their cards (#'s) and pitcher's with low WHIP (BP HR's not being as detrimental to them).
Second, winning in this game is all about allocation of resources... all managers have $80 mil in salary to spend. The winners will be those managers who allocate their $80 mil most wisely. To have players like Quinlan (at $4.5 mil) and Cerda ($2 mil) only providing very part-time service isn't effective salary management. You want to think "Concentration of Mass"! Get the most amount of your salary directly involved in the outcome of each game. As such, try to limit platoons to inexpensive players (if that's what you're doing with Quinlan)and keep your back-ups to the bare minimum salary necessary.
Third, try to give your line-up some balance. You've got a team loaded with RH batters who hit LH pitching well. An experienced opponent of yours will see this immediately and throw nothing but RH pitcher's against you. A general rule of thumb in this game is that you will face RH pitching about 70% of the time, so stock your line-up accordingly.
Last thing for now is that defense up the middle is pretty important in this game. As such, very few experienced managers will play anyone greater than a 2 defensively at 2B, SS and CF. There are a few exception to this where a "3" may be employed, but a "4" at 2B is not going to cut it for you.
I'd take a look at your player's cards, cards of available FA's and also of players on other teams. Try to target those which would might help the deficiencies of your team. If there are some other teams in your league which are struggling, they will be your most likely trade partners. At this point, I'd be open to offers on just about any of your players, with the probable exceptions of Ford, Figgins and Schilling (who's performance should improve).
Keep the faith though (I went 62-100 w/my first team)! This is a pretty tough game, but it's not rocket science. And it also can be very rewarding when you get it right. :wink:
Coffee
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by 1crazycanuk » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:02 am
Well Coffee...you've progressed farther than me. My first team had a bit better record than yours but I haven't done so hot at all. I keep trying to build teams following the pattern you gave jno and it is hard. Good luck with your team jno and I hope you have fun.
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by gett1863 » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:30 pm
Thanks Coffee for the advice. I am beginning to see many of te mistakes I made but thats okay I'll keep plugging and see what happens. I'm also going to send some time going over the past posts you recommened.
Thanks to Canuk for the kind words. Plain to see it wont be easy but it is addicting!!!
J
Thanks to Canuk for the kind words. Plain to see it wont be easy but it is addicting!!!
J
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by 1crazycanuk » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:22 pm
You're welcome and you're right. It ain't easy but it is addicting. I think I'm going to keep trying til I win in Petco damn it. :lol: If you want another team tsn11183 needs seven more.
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by Coffeeholic » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:32 pm
Crazycanuk, you'll probably appreciate my first team:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2002/team/team_other.html?user_id=7563
I tried to draft as many Montreal Expos that I could, got myself into deep trouble, then made about 2 dozen add/drops until things were really out of hand. :roll:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2002/team/team_other.html?user_id=7563
I tried to draft as many Montreal Expos that I could, got myself into deep trouble, then made about 2 dozen add/drops until things were really out of hand. :roll:
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by 1crazycanuk » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:54 pm
Wow...that must have been frustrating Coffee. :lol: You had some good players on there but I guess as a team, they didn't match up well eh?
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