1st-time user...and I didn't even check the cards

[MARCPELLETIER]

Hi guys.

This is my first and presumably last season in 1980. I had a free credit by error for this season, and I decided to use it anyway. I decided to go with a high on-base low-whip philosophy, and I selected the players solely on the basis of reputation.

I repeat: I don't know the cards at all. So I need your help. Only condition I ask you is to respect my high on-base low-whip philosophy while you provide your advices.

This is my team (as you can imagine, I didn't get half of the players I looked for):


http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/80s/team/team_other.html?user_id=56139

Soto, M. R S8* 15 11 0 240.0 186 84 84 213 3.18 1.12 7.77M
Key, J. L S7* 14 10 0 227.2 210 84 55 124 3.35 1.17 6.71M
Hoyt, L. R S7* 16 12 0 221.0 222 98 42 113 4.06 1.21 4.09M
Whitson, E. R S6 11 9 0 182.0 190 76 47 96 3.86 1.31 1.68M
Heaton, N. L S6/R3 9 13 0 179.2 189 85 66 76 4.14 1.40 .86M
Clear, M. R R3 8 7 10 92.0 80 40 57 92 3.85 1.48 1.29M
Leach, T. R R3 6 4 1 90.1 89 30 26 43 3.01 1.28 1.01M
Worrell, T. R R2 6 7 26 76.1 64 24 29 66 3.00 1.23 .87M
Robinson, J. R R3 6 7 8 110.1 102 45 43 86 3.84 1.32 .82M
Lopez, A. R R3 9 5 16 118.0 100 43 48 88 3.35 1.26 .80M


Hitters (15)
Name B P Def. AB R 2B HR RBI BB SB BA SLG OBP Salary
Hassey, R. L C 4(+1)e3 332 40 20 8 46 43 1 .292 .435 .372 3.80M
Wathan, J. R C 3(+1)e6 366 46 12 3 38 29 19 .274 .351 .322 .99M
Hargrove, M. L 1B 3e9 462 63 22 6 62 83 3 .301 .402 .407 3.43M
Thompson, R. R 2B 2e17 497 73 25 11 47 47 14 .260 .404 .324 3.49M
DeCinces, D. R 3B 2e18 520 75 29 24 84 57 5 .269 .471 .342 4.22M
Smith, O. S SS 1e15 548 78 26 2 52 70 41 .280 .345 .360 4.31M
Fletcher, S. R SS 3e20 520 65 22 3 50 52 9 .271 .345 .337 .95M
Raines, T. S LF 2(+1)e4 573 106 34 11 64 89 65 .311 .457 .404 6.51M
Baker, D. R LF 2(-1)e5 518 74 23 20 77 54 9 .289 .453 .356 6.44M
McReynolds, K. R LF 2(-1)e6 557 79 28 24 89 51 11 .271 .464 .332 5.00M
Martinez, C. R LF 4(+2)e7 412 53 20 15 60 59 2 .250 .413 .342 .94M
Young, M. S LF 4(+2)e11 346 47 16 14 46 45 4 .249 .412 .339 .75M
Young, G. S CF 2(-1)e3 336 47 11 1 21 42 29 .241 .298 .328 .88M
LeFlore, R. R CF 4(+3)e13 492 87 20 6 41 46 61 .277 .375 .337 .75M
Barfield, J. R RF 2(-4)e7 500 80 24 28 80 51 7 .268 .498 .334 4.50M
I - currently injured

I plan to cut Barfield McReynolds DeCinces and probably Baker.

[MARCPELLETIER]

Offensive freeagents:

Van Slyke, A. L CF 1(-3)e4 512 27 19 79 59 24 .278 .473 .353 .826 6R 6.30M
Hayes, V. L CF 3(0)e6 567 33 19 79 83 27 .279 .452 .371 .823 3R 5.57M
Henderson, D. R CF 2(-2)e5 476 30 19 71 42 4 .274 .462 .332 .794 2L 5.41M
Fisk, C. R C 2(0)e5 500 24 26 86 50 9 .277 .491 .341 .832 1R 5.40M
McGee, W. S CF 1(0)e12 560 27 7 69 32 32 .304 .428 .343 .770 E 5.16M
Marshall, M. R RF 3(0)e6 484 23 20 76 32 4 .281 .458 .326 .784 2R 4.95M
Lowenstein, J. L LF 3(+1)e3 259 11 12 43 40 7 .281 .470 .375 .846 7R 4.82M
Downing, B. R LF 3(+2)e2 545 28 25 82 87 3 .267 .465 .368 .833 E 4.80M
Oglivie, B. L LF 3(0)e7 504 22 26 88 54 6 .271 .474 .341 .816 E 4.77M
Murphy, D. L CF 1(-2)e7 534 18 22 77 83 13 .246 .410 .347 .757 2R 4.73M
Moseby, L. L CF 2(0)e7 579 28 20 85 68 35 .278 .457 .353 .811 2R 4.68M
Joyner, W. L 1B 1e10 580 31 21 95 56 5 .291 .462 .353 .816 2R 4.60M
Brunansky, T. R RF 2(-2)e6 537 26 26 78 66 5 .253 .456 .336 .791 E 4.49M
Thompson, M. L CF 2(0)e8 439 20 5 42 38 26 .281 .389 .340 .729 4R 4.48M
Mumphrey, J. S CF 3(+1)e8 464 22 9 63 45 17 .300 .428 .363 .791 4R 4.41M
Thornton, A. R 1B 3e10 541 26 28 98 94 5 .264 .474 .373 .848 3L 4.41M
Driessen, D. L 1B 2e7 495 27 16 71 75 16 .272 .428 .369 .798 2R 4.33M
Roenicke, G. R LF 2(-2)e4 343 17 17 55 52 2 .251 .450 .348 .797 2L 4.33M
Grubb, J. L LF 2(0)e8 277 13 10 43 39 2 .278 .447 .365 .812 3R 4.32M
Johnson, C. R 1B 4e13 355 18 17 65 49 0 .270 .472 .358 .830 3L 4.32M
Phelps, K. L 1B 4e24 291 11 21 53 66 1 .250 .503 .384 .887 4R 4.30M
Durham, L. L 1B 3e14 466 27 21 76 63 13 .281 .494 .369 .863 1R 4.28M
Pasqua, D. L LF 3(-1)e6 352 18 17 52 46 1 .257 .465 .344 .808 5R 4.22M
White, F. R 2B 1e15 539 32 18 69 33 6 .267 .439 .309 .747 1L 4.17M
Leonard, J. R LF 2(-2)e9 521 23 20 78 32 15 .271 .445 .313 .758 2L 4.12M
Maddox, G. R CF 1(-2)e7 486 25 10 61 21 20 .275 .395 .304 .699 2L 4.12M
Bell, G. R LF 3(-2)e12 607 30 30 104 38 8 .285 .497 .327 .824 E 4.10M
Kruk, J. L 1B 4e7 433 19 13 68 67 9 .288 .440 .383 .823 3R 3.99M
Calderon, I. R LF 3(0)e10 501 30 18 71 48 17 .273 .458 .340 .798 3L 3.93M
Cowens, A. R RF 2(-3)e6 532 31 16 82 37 9 .284 .459 .330 .789 1L 3.89M
Luzinski, G. R LF 4(0)e9 491 27 25 88 75 3 .266 .476 .362 .838 E 3.88M
Gaetti, G. R 3B 2e16 548 31 28 93 43 8 .264 .482 .318 .800 2L 3.87M
Knight, R. R 3B 3e17 554 34 10 75 41 2 .296 .428 .344 .772 2L 3.87M
Kingman, D. R 1B 4e18 512 16 34 96 53 4 .244 .485 .317 .801 2L 3.86M
Oliver, A. L 1B 4e22 548 36 11 83 39 3 .312 .437 .357 .794 2R 3.84M
Gibson, K. L RF 3(+1)e11 499 22 25 80 66 28 .271 .485 .356 .841 2R 3.82M
Thompson, J. L 1B 4e11 527 24 23 87 89 1 .274 .451 .379 .830 4R 3.80M
Moreland, K. R RF 4(-1)e7 538 26 16 82 50 4 .282 .424 .342 .765 1L 3.77M
Greenwell, M. L LF 4(0)e7 503 32 16 84 56 9 .305 .486 .374 .860 3R 3.76M
Herr, T. S 2B 2e10 457 24 3 56 57 15 .288 .370 .367 .737 E 3.75M
McDowell, O. L CF 2(-1)e5 420 20 13 41 44 26 .259 .422 .329 .751 2R 3.71M
Matthews, G. R LF 4(0)e11 532 25 18 73 72 15 .284 .439 .370 .809 2L 3.63M
Lansford, C. R 3B 3e11 581 24 15 70 45 18 .286 .414 .337 .752 1L 3.59M
Paciorek, T. R 1B 4e14 398 25 11 54 25 6 .295 .450 .337 .787 E 3.58M
Wilson, M. S CF 2(+2)e9 567 27 7 49 28 40 .279 .391 .315 .706 1R 3.58M
Gladden, D. R LF 2(0)e8 464 22 8 44 36 28 .281 .394 .334 .727 2L 3.55M
Rivers, M. L CF 2(+1)e8 486 24 6 41 21 14 .292 .396 .322 .718 1R 3.55M
Oberkfell, K. L 3B 2e14 435 22 3 40 56 5 .287 .379 .369 .747 2R 3.53M
Stearns, J. R C 3(0)e5 392 23 6 47 42 15 .271 .377 .340 .717 1L 3.52M
Hatcher, B. R CF 2(-1)e4 500 23 7 45 33 35 .266 .366 .311 .677 E 3.49M

[MARCPELLETIER]

Pitching FA:

Ryan, N. R S7 11 11 0 200.1 151 71 87 211 3.18 1.18 1L 8.31M
Gooden, D. R S7* 18 8 0 243.0 213 79 69 202 3.01 1.17 1L 8.15M
Blyleven, B. R S8* 16 10 0 242.1 220 85 58 166 3.13 1.15 2L 7.62M
Fernandez, S. L S6 13 9 0 189.1 141 69 74 180 3.33 1.14 2R 7.27M
Langston, M. L S7* 15 13 0 244.1 220 107 114 228 3.97 1.37 3L 7.07M
Carlton, S. L S8* 19 11 0 272.2 238 94 86 245 3.15 1.19 1L 6.97M
Guidry, R. L S8* 19 8 1 240.1 211 80 70 187 3.06 1.18 E 6.67M
Scott, M. R S7* 15 10 0 225.2 187 79 67 186 3.30 1.16 E 6.60M
Candiotti, T. R S7* 13 12 0 216.0 209 88 72 133 3.68 1.31 2L 6.54M
Bosio, C. R S7* 13 10 2 204.2 202 82 48 129 3.68 1.23 E 6.48M
Darling, R. R S7* 12 7 0 203.2 180 80 86 145 3.64 1.31 2L 5.84M
Tudor, J. L S7* 14 10 0 229.0 211 79 60 135 3.17 1.20 2L 5.82M
Drabek, D. R S7* 13 10 0 213.0 193 76 57 123 3.31 1.19 2R 5.74M
Jackson, D. L S6* 13 12 0 199.0 187 79 78 122 3.79 1.36 2R 5.64M
King, E. R S6 9 8 2 143.0 133 62 54 74 3.93 1.31 E 5.62M
Sutcliffe, R. R S7* 14 10 0 207.2 198 88 81 140 3.79 1.33 1L 5.61M
Hammaker, A. L S6/R3 9 10 1 166.1 158 64 41 100 3.48 1.20 3L 5.58M
Dravecky, D. L S6/R3 10 9 0 171.1 160 60 50 93 3.12 1.23 3L 5.57M
Smith, Z. L S6*/R3 10 12 1 194.0 193 80 71 113 3.73 1.37 3L 5.54M
Morris, J. R S7* 17 14 0 257.0 236 111 89 169 3.89 1.27 1L 5.52M
Flanagan, M. L S7* 15 11 0 230.1 230 96 73 126 3.79 1.32 3L 5.42M
Wegman, B. R S7* 12 11 0 215.1 216 93 48 97 3.91 1.23 4L 5.37M
Boddicker, M. R S7* 15 13 0 226.1 222 94 78 148 3.79 1.34 1R 5.35M
Reuschel, R. R S7* 11 11 0 210.0 207 75 52 117 3.17 1.23 2R 5.21M
Niekro, J. R S7* 14 13 0 230.0 216 90 81 122 3.71 1.32 1R 5.20M


Best SPs under 3M low whip:
Rozema, D. R S5/R3 6 6 3 108.2 112 46 29 50 3.78 1.29 1R 2.11M
Haas, M. R S7 12 10 0 200.0 210 86 48 101 3.92 1.30 1R 1.50M
Schmidt, D. R S6/R3 8 7 3 121.1 130 54 29 60 3.84 1.30 2R 2.50M
Ruthven, D. R S7* 14 10 0 198.0 202 87 56 100 4.05 1.31 1R 1.91M
Rasmussen, D. L S6 13 9 0 185.1 179 84 65 105 4.13 1.32 2R 2.56M
McWilliams, L. L S6/R3 9 10 0 182.1 181 78 59 125 4.02 1.34 1L 2.65M
Hudson, C. R S6/R3 9 10 0 167.0 166 73 59 100 3.94 1.35 1R 2.07M
Cerutti, J. L S6/R3 9 7 0 153.1 158 66 50 73 3.90 1.36 3L 1.66M
Knepper, B. L S6/R3 10 14 0 207.0 219 89 59 116 3.93 1.36 2L 1.50M
Leal, L. R S6* 10 11 0 177.1 179 81 58 93 4.31 1.37 E 1.52M
Anderson, A. L S6 10 11 0 161.1 176 72 40 67 4.26 1.38 E .88M
Walk, B. R S6/R3 11 9 0 173.1 172 77 65 84 4.06 1.38 E 2.26M
Falcone, P. L S5/R3 7 7 1 130.0 125 55 56 76 3.73 1.39 E 1.14M
Williams, A. R S6/R3 7 8 0 128.2 134 61 45 52 4.34 1.39 1L 1.87M
Terry, S. R S5/R3 5 6 2 97.1 96 40 34 51 4.04 1.39 E 1.71M
Tibbs, J. R S6/R3 6 9 0 150.1 153 70 57 78 4.23 1.40 1R 1.73M
Dotson, R. R S6* 13 12 0 206.1 203 95 85 109 4.21 1.41 E 2.95M
Leary, T. R S6*/R3 9 12 0 167.0 173 76 55 115 4.29 1.41 1R 2.14M
Nipper, A. R S6 9 9 0 151.2 159 76 55 73 4.36 1.41 1L 1.16M
Mathews, G. L S6 6 7 0 103.0 98 47 40 50 4.42 1.41 2R .75M
Lynch, E. R S6/R3 7 9 2 148.0 168 68 36 60 4.23 1.41 2R .75M
Farrell, J. R S7 7 8 0 135.0 140 66 47 68 4.58 1.42 E 1.38M
Schrom, K. R S6/R3 10 10 0 171.0 184 91 57 70 4.84 1.42 2R .75M
Trout, S. L S6/R3 9 11 0 163.0 181 70 51 73 3.90 1.42 E 1.46M
O'Neal, R. R S6/R3 3 3 1 76.2 80 36 27 41 4.26 1.42 3L .75M

[MARCPELLETIER]

Relievers:
(ranked by whip)

Quisenberry, D. R R3 8 6 39 132.1 127 37 16 45 2.52 1.08 3R 5.00M
Howe, S. L R2 5 6 12 71.1 67 20 16 38 2.73 1.18 4L 2.50M
Pena, A. R R2 5 4 10 83.1 73 24 25 74 2.63 1.18 2L 4.30M
Holland, A. L R3 6 5 15 100.2 84 30 36 80 2.63 1.19 E 4.70M
New York M #47 L R2 8 7 20 87.0 68 25 34 75 2.71 1.20 3L 5.10M
Hammaker, A. L S6/R3 9 10 1 166.1 158 64 41 100 3.48 1.20 3L 5.58M
Ward, D. R R2 6 6 15 112.2 90 39 46 112 3.05 1.21 2R 4.04M
Corbett, D. R R3 4 5 13 93.1 79 30 33 57 3.09 1.22 2R 3.01M
Dravecky, D. L S6/R3 10 9 0 171.1 160 60 50 93 3.12 1.23 3L 5.57M
Smith, L. R R2 6 6 31 91.1 78 30 35 96 3.01 1.24 1R 3.01M
Schatzeder, D. L S7/R4 7 8 0 133.1 120 54 43 75 3.88 1.24 2L 3.83M
Lavelle, G. L R3 7 6 11 93.0 84 30 32 66 2.91 1.25 2L 3.07M
Bedrosian, S. R R2 7 8 20 129.0 112 47 56 105 3.21 1.27 1R 1.85M
Harris, G. R R3 5 5 8 104.0 83 34 48 86 3.00 1.27 2L 4.09M
Ruhle, V. R S6/R3 7 7 1 123.0 127 47 28 51 3.50 1.27 1L 3.26M
James, B. R R2 5 5 15 73.2 67 29 26 60 3.72 1.28 E .75M
Nunez, E. R R2 3 3 9 69.0 61 25 26 53 3.43 1.28 1R 1.69M
McCullers, L. R R3 5 6 7 97.1 81 36 46 82 3.32 1.29 3L 3.08M
Rozema, D. R S5/R3 6 6 3 108.2 112 46 29 50 3.78 1.29 1R 2.11M
Thigpen, B. R R2 5 6 34 83.1 73 28 33 56 3.02 1.29 2R 3.00M
Davis, M. L R3 5 8 17 101.1 84 37 45 99 3.30 1.30 E 2.96M
McGaffigan, A. R R3 5 4 4 113.0 103 41 41 82 3.35 1.30 3L 1.64M
Schmidt, D. R S6/R3 8 7 3 121.1 130 54 29 60 3.84 1.30 2R 2.50M
Agosto, J. L R2 6 4 2 82.2 77 33 33 40 3.57 1.31 3L 1.69M
Crim, C. R R2 7 6 8 106.0 109 41 30 50 3.50 1.32 1R .75M

[MARCPELLETIER]

BTW, I have one question about the mystery card:

does the player keeps the same year when he is traded or cut in the FA during the season and picked up by another team?

[bjs73]

[quote:fd1523e407]does the player keeps the same year when he is traded or cut in the FA during the season and picked up by another team?[/quote:fd1523e407]

Same card all season long.

[Jimmy_C]

Welcome to the 80's Doctor Wilby. As this is your first adventure into mystery-cardville, be prepared to pull some hair out!! :D

Dropping the guys you mentioned is a good idea. Herr at 2nd would be a better fit than Thompson. I love Blyleven for your team (but unless your close to the top in waivers...forget it). Howe, James, Agosto, Crim are good bullpen choices. I'm not sure what you would want to do in centerfield...Moseby seems to be the best choice left, but McGee has 2 real good cards and is a 1-range player. I wouldn't recommend Raines in center as the 3-range will hurt your pitchers performance. Fisk behind the dish...I've never had or seen good numbers from Hassey and you should have at least 1 guy that can end the game with 1 swing.

Have you looked to trade? Did somebody get overstocked in centerfield? Trading is a real good place to start pre-waivers..."One man's ceiling is another man's floor".

Good luck.

[LMBombers]

I have to disagree with Jimmy C about Hassey. He can be a great platoon player.

[MARCPELLETIER]

...yeah, I think I'm gonna give a chance to Hassey vs rhp, which means that I should be looking for a catcher vs lhp. Any cheap bargain out-there, or should I stick with Wathan?

[bigmahon]

Hey [b:2c52d277df]lucky[/b:2c52d277df], there are some great RP values in the 80s game, if you get lucky ( :oops: ) with the mystery cards. I like to try to get one or more of these $.75 guys in the AD:

Lucas and T. Martinez from the left side
Garber and Nelson from the right side

You will see that you have about a 40% chance of getting excellent seasons from each of those guys. It's definitely worth a shot considering the price.

Also, I like to go for Burke (but so does everybody) as my closer. IMO, its much easier (and safer) to employ an inexpensive bullpen in the 80s game.

Soto will be a stud in a big park. Blyleven too. What is you waivers spot?

Get a good CF. Pettis is sometimes an option. He is a 1, has great speed, and nice OBP for the price. No power though, but could be a serviceable #9 hitter if there are no better options for CF.

Wynegar is a nice high OBP, low price catcher. No power though.

Thompson is a no go at 2B, for obvious reasons.

Phelps is an enigma. Many swear by him, and in many ways he is the ideal luckyman player. Huge OBP, low average, high walks, raw power. But for many people he consistently underperforms, and there are some theories out there as to why. He might be worth a look though.

Greenwell is another good gamble. Price tag is not too steep, and he has two phenomenal years.

Hope this helps.

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