Is this team really this bad?

[macnole]

[quote:a7a3203293="nevdully's"]HRU you tried it twice. Twice! How good were you at anything the first or second time you tried it, 80m, rollerskating, tying a tie. Quit if you want and just play lower caps but you played twice.

Now I'm being selfish here because give or take a few newbies its the same 2 dozen guys that go around the same mulberry bush filling these 200m and thats not much fun...A lot has to do with reading posts like yours..Guys try it once or twice and quit...then others won't even try it.[/quote:a7a3203293]

Ah, I was wondering what the motivation was. Ok, that's fair.

Really, my opinion is, conceptually, in a 200M autodraft the strategy focus is on the mechanics of the autodraft...while in a lesser cap the strategy is on team construction.

When there are multiple options for competitive value players at each position, there are more different ways to win. Less ways to win in a 200M autodraft--that's stating the obvious because there are a smaller number of viable options at each position.

Templeton, sadecki are not a viable option at 200M, but finding a way to incorporate them into a lineup at 100M or less is possibly part of a winning strategy depending on how the team is built.

So if one enjoys the drafting process, then 200M is for you.

[macnole]

And I know in my case, it's not like I would play more teams if I played 200M. I play a team or two because tha's all I choose to make time for.

[Valen]

[quote:98675fe694]Started out 12-6 against my division opponents...[/quote:98675fe694]
Is it possible you focused more on matching up with division opponents, their rosters and ballparks, than on how your team matched your park?

Also, there used to be one team slot that went on a long road trip right after divisional play was over, something like 18 or 21 games. That can put you in a tailspin. But expectation is you would recover when the schedule later makes up all those games in your home park.

[hamlin2060]

I tried to make some adjustment for park after autodraft results...but wasn't adroit enough to see much to choose from on FA list.

I have made some changes to add some pop against lefties via platooning and picked up Arroyo to boost the pen a little, per feedback above.

I was just disappointed Kent and Berkman didn't hit better in Wrigley...seemed kind of strange.

I can't drop Maddux or Ted...even if Nev suggests it...too stubborn on those two...couple of my all time favorites.

The Splinter has hit finally well in last few series and team is 7-5 in last 4 sets...so hopefully will continue to be respectable anyway.

I do appreciate all the feedback...thanks.

[Valen]

I have used Kent several time and have always been disappointed. Card keeps tempting me but like Barfield in the past results just do not seem near as good as I would expect counting numbers on the card.

[nevdully's]

[quote:8768656a93][b:8768656a93]I can't drop Maddux or Ted[/b:8768656a93]...[/quote:8768656a93]

NO! NEVER! I didn't say drop em I said trade them for Two really good bats and Two really solid rps.....Never drop em.

[hamlin2060]

This team definitely doing better lately...record over last 15 games is 9-6...

Hopefully the suggested changes I made will help maintain better results..

I did notice an interesting fact this morning, was looking at my starters L/R splits...and in every case consistently the opponents are hitting for higher average against the supposed dominant slant...I understand probability and statistics a little bit anyway, and know this can happen obviously dependent on hitters card vs pitchers card, etc...but still seems strange it would be consistent across 4 pitchers on same team (Keefe is E, and averages are closer together for him...:

Maddux...1L...LH .305, RH .251...lefties better than righties by 50 points

McLain...1R...LH .240, RH .341....righties better than lefties by 60 points

McNally...2L...LH .301, RH .259...lefties better than righties by 42 points

Keefe...E.....LH .307, RH .330.....only 23 points difference, close enough

Niekro...2L...LH .379, RH .290...lefties 89 point higher...ouch!

Also acknowledge none of these are heavy slants, but it kind of defeats the purpose (or hoped for success) of matching pitcher dominance vs batter lineup mix...at least for me with this team anyway.