Strawberry unleashed

[EBH]

Good results? His HR rolls are 2,3,4 and 12, 10, 9 which are different than most sluggers whose hovers closer to the 4-7 roll range. Is he worthwile platooning with a right handed slugger in a HR park?

[Play By The Rules]

Burns

[sschu]

Too expensive, for the $6-$7M you can get Ennis, Valentine, Klingon or even Joe Jackson or Kiki and there are other good corner OF options. They will create more runs than a Strawman/whoever platoon.

Platoons often do not produce the expected results, in large part because they do end up getting ABs against their weak side.

FWIIW, sschu

[egvrich]

Never used him, but agree with Sschu that platoons only work some of the time ......

[traderj]

I've used him succesfully a couple of times, platooned with Roenicke once and Brouhard the other, if I recall correctly, did better than expected, I'll try to dig up a link for you, in a HR or neutral park he will crank the power. :shock:

[traderj]

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/atg2/team/team_other.html?user_id=20083, not sure if this link works :?: Can you still link to one of your older teams??

[EBH]

Link did not work. I have seen Deron Johnson and Norm Cash used to extremely good results-50 plus HR's and over 150 RBI's. Unless the first pitcher does not go at least 6-7 innings I would think that plattooning could work.

Anyone else have good luck with platooning?

I like the fact that I can bring 4-6 players with good stats against any given pitcher and still have enough for a pitching staff.

[sschu]

I think Strawman is too expensive to platoon, but there are others that create positive results. Minch/Johnson is one of my favs in a hitters park, have done it several times. Expect a .250 BA but 40+ HRs and 120+ RBIs, not bad for $5M.

Others where I've had sucess include Brock/J Alou and Maz/Bos (Chief Wahoo's favorite), and Nettles/Wera, all on the cheap side. The classic, Walling & Knight has never produced as well at the $6M+ price tag IMHO.

sschu

[MICHAELEVANS]

I have used a McMullin/Riggs platoon at 3B very successfully (last time I did it, I won a ring). On that team, their combined numbers are

AB 640
R 62
H 188
2B 45
3B 11
HR 8
RBI 64
BA .294
SLG .436
OBP .319

not bad for 2.11 MM

[bkeat23]

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/atg2/team/team_other.html?user_id=54088]Mincher/Roenicke[/url]
Works in a hitter park.