Hitter's "balance"

[1crazycanuk]

When building your team do you always pay attention to the hitter's "balance"? What I mean is, do you look more at the actual card or do you just look at the balance?

I'm asking this because if I look at my team page, the balance column looks awful. It looks like I could be killed by hard righty pitchers but when I look at the cards, most of my hitters seem to do very well against righties. I have 3 Even hitters and then Rolen, Loretta and Sheffield who all have L balance...but all look to do very well against righties too. So is it more important to pay attention to the balance column or look at the actual cards? I think I have my answer but I want to hear what others say.

[1crazycanuk]

I'm wondering if my point is clear. I don't know...as much as I'd like to keep Loretta, with a not so great starting staff of pitchers I may need the defence at 2B...plus I need another lefty batter. Two starting lefties in Petco no matter how well all the hitters do against righties is not enough I think.

[goredsox33]

i know what you mean.....but i think it all balances out over the season.....

though i have a team right now where sheff is struggling against LHP anf abreu and overbay are killing lhp

[Jerlins]

Its all about the card, not the balance. ARod for example is much better against righthanded hitters than most, even though he's a 4L. Same with pitchers, Billy Wagner at 5L would be my pitcher of choice against a righty than most if not all relief pitchers. Hope I've answered how I thought you asked.

[1crazycanuk]

Yep, that's what I was asking Jerlins. thanks. I still dropped Loretta for defence at 2B. Picked up Cora whom I've had in Petco before.

[1crazycanuk]

Hey, Sheff is struggling? That sucks man. I thought he always did well in this game.

Dang, I hate preseason. I went back to Loretta. I wish I could just get my team set and leave it alone! argh! :lol:

[durantjerry]

I have found Sheffield to be a player who does follow his balance ranking and will struggle a little if he see's too rhp's, especially in moderate to pitching parks.

[durantjerry]

I have found Sheffield to be a player who does follow his balance ranking and will struggle a little if he see's too rhp's, especially in moderate to pitching parks.

[tersignf]

Hey Canuk...you asked this before...and I had provided an answer which you disagreed with and that's of course OK!...but this was also another instance when there was a question about Petco and hitter's balance....you got answers (thread was Petco Lineup Help) and didn't agree...and then asked again. I think the current thread you started more recently proves the point--you say you're always top in pitching and last in hitting and haven't won with that strategy at Petco...isn't that what the vets have been saying on these threads?????
I'm not trying to be a jerk at all---just trying to let you know that there's been consistency in the answers from some folks who have done well.

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1crazycanuk
Veteran
Posts: 455
17 Jan 2006 21:43

Grenke sucked for me in Petco. I didn't want to risk Gobble. Even Nate Robertson is sucking right now.
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tersignf
All-Star
Posts: 145
17 Jan 2006 21:54

Overall maybe a couple mil more on pitching than I'd think to spend, mostly because you seem to have a lot of relivers for mid innings--which you likely won't need with those starters. Percival is great for Petco. I think Clemens is overkill with that staff--ither *SPs are nice fits at half the price (Pedro and Maddux come to mind...even Milton or Eaton but there are others).

On offense you have some clear Petco winners--Kendall, Suzuki, EYoung. I really don't like AROD in that park at all--be patient but if he tanks you'll want to try to shop him around and get a LH hitter who mashes righties if possible--you really don't have that right now. In fact, you may be abit weak against righties in the power dept. [b:3f6402b3b0]Remember that splits are non-linear and become less significant as you go up in price. i.e., the 6R on a delucci type is not nearly as strong as the 3R on Snow when you compare the right sides of those cards, so don't value your lefty-righty bias simply by the "shortcut" splits--they're cliff notes and only a relative guide for that player.

[/b:3f6402b3b0][b:3f6402b3b0]Different story on a big righty if you have someone like Jeter or Vladdy--both are good for your park with all the nat hits. [/b:3f6402b3b0]

Best of luck to you!

[goredsox33]

i love loretta as a hitter but a 3 at 2b scares th hell outr of me