Success with a power-less team?

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Success with a power-less team?

PostMon Aug 26, 2013 10:21 am

You might call this my little experiment destined to fail, but for the 2nd event in the PC2013, I created an at&t park team COMPLETELY centered around hits and on base %. On base without power can come cheap, so with it being a 60m league, I put together a team of guys with almost exclusively sky high obps, along with an ok starting rotation and a terrific bullpen. The only concern is a big one: my team hit 42 HRs in real life, 16 of them via Shin Soo Choo.

I'm just curious: has anyone ever tried anything similar and gotten decent results? I'm gonna give it a shot; I think I can win some games at home, but I'm not sure about the road.
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostMon Aug 26, 2013 10:47 am

I've tried similar team without any success. I've led a couple of leagues in pitching but didn't score enough to win.

I've seen it work a few times but haven't been able to do it myself.
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostMon Aug 26, 2013 11:19 am

I haven't recently, but that was pretty much my 04 and 05 seasons. Would pick someplace like Kaufman, and get guys with good hits/OB but w powered. Of course I made sure I had a lot of speed as well.

But with the amount of players that fit this profile dwindling, I haven't tried it in a while.
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostMon Aug 26, 2013 11:45 am

I think a lot depends on the other parks in your division and league. If there are a lot of power parks I think you will get trounced.
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostMon Aug 26, 2013 11:58 am

Well, of course it can be done. Here are a few teams of my teams either last or 2nd last in team HRs that were all in the playoffs or just missed:

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/sim/281004
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/sim/263985
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/sim/810096
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/sim/366963

And yes, you can do it at all salary levels too. I have 2 60m, 1 80m, and 1 100m shown there.
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostSat Sep 07, 2013 12:44 am

Didn't want to jinx this team before, just made playoffs for 1st time..$60 million, no DH

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1108687

I like how my SP out homered my 1stbasemen (Sp - 9 , Lee/ Loney - 8/ Gomes was 2nd Catcher, Rivera was PH, 5th OF)
Only 64 errors!
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostMon Sep 16, 2013 11:49 am

Well, so far my experiment is working out. Although i'm on pace for less HRs than any team listed in this thread (22 through 63 games on pace for a whopping 56), I have a league leading .335 obp, and I'm in the middle of the pack in runs. And my pitching has been spectacular: 2.95 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and a 1.92 bullpen ERA in 220 relief innings. I really did not expect this, but I'm 38-25. We'll see how this holds up.
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Re: Success with a power-less team?

PostTue Sep 17, 2013 12:03 pm

Post your team.
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