H Ramirez/D Uggla double play combo?

[durantjerry]

I guess it has to be done, so I will do it. I'm sure someone else has tried, but I haven't seen it for myself. Also little to no relief pitching to speak of in a slugging league(Rogers/Citizens(me)/Great Am/3 US Cell/Chase & Camden).


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[JKolak]

I still remember when DNeedle put together an Iron Gloves team in the 2001 game that featured players rated defensively 4 at each position and when a championship. It should be interesting to see how much the defense costs you since dice rolls and "x" rolls now appear in each game summary.

[durantjerry]

I'll try to track the results. I remember the "Iron Glove"team also.

[Jerlins]

Russ Ortiz might win the Cy Young if he faces you enough. Will be fun to watch though. Good Luck!!

[durantjerry]

Yes, hitting choices were limited by getting the starters. I had all bombers and took A Ramirez to play third as he was the only bomber left that coulkd field. Still have a few R balanced RH hitters and some other good hitters in a bomber park, so I should hopefully hit even vs rhp's.

[apolivka]

Well, it looks like it didn't start out so well. One error each for both Uggla and Ramirez in the first series. But, hey, you outscored your opponents 14-11. :)

I've never tried to go an entire season with zero good relievers, so it will be interesting to see how this team goes. Should score a lot of runs...

I've seen quite a few "iron glove" teams (playing guys like Y.A., Ortiz, Braun, etc.) crash and burn, but that was usually when playing them at the corners 1b/3b/lf/rf and not up the middle. Usually those teams had pretty bad starting pitching, however. So, as I said, it will be interesting...

[Jerlins]

So far so good DJ. Team is performing well, and you're crushing LH's.

[apolivka]

I hadn't checked this team in a while. HanRam is hitting almost 400! The pen is getting hammered. I would still probably try to get rid of Vazquez, who is very unsuited for Citizen's , and pick up a little relief help.

I do see that Vazquez is 10-6, however. I wonder what his run support has been? His ERA is almost six.

You can't argue with success, and the team is 43-32. So, I wouldn't listen to me... :)

[durantjerry]

Well, Grilli and Wickman are OK. Sub-5.00 with 9 for 11 saves in Citizens with HanRam and Uggla up the middle could be considered good. Thought I had a hidden gem with Clay Condrey, but I guess that's why I had vever heard of him. Maybe this weekend I'll try to track the runs lost to defense.

[apolivka]

Well, it looks like you _almost_ made it. Ended up at .500 just 3 games out of the playoffs. Hanley had an unbelievable year for you and Uggla knocked out 31. HanRam even appears to have had a good year in the field with only 19 errors!

Looks like quit a few of your players really underperformed in OBA. Would have been nice to have a few more guys on base for those 276 dingers. So, it looks like you were a bit unlucky there.

I think you might have had (a tiny bit) more success with a stronger pen. With bad D in a bomber park the pen will see a lot of innings regardless of how good your starters are.