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These are MARCPELLITIER’s (lightly edited) guidelines for a successful team:
1) OBP before SLG
#2 Strat rule- WHIP before ERA.
#3 strat rule-Strengthen your middle defense.
#4 strat rule- Bring your bullpen stopper when the game is tight---(especially when the game is tied, contrary to unwritten baseball rule #24).
#5 strat rule- Avoid mixing *SP and non *SP, especially when you have at least 2 *SP.
#6 strat rule- Favor a leadoff a)with on-base b) with a stealing star---but 3 - OBP before speed at leadoff.
#7 strat rule- Avoid a second hitter with lots of gbA.
#8 strat rule- Avoid a fifth hitter with a high negative clutch.
#9 strat rule- Steal when expected success is higher than 70%.
#10 strat rule- Never bunt in the first seven innings (except for pitchers with 1w-3w batting ability).
#11 - Zero BP homers on pitcher's card in hitter's park
#12 - No more than one 4 in the OF.
*Don't overspend on your bench. Carry 23-25 players and have 6 of them cost less than .75
* Many players like try to spend about $50 million of salary on hitters, the other $30 million on pitchers.
Of the $50 million on hitters, concentrate as much of that on your 9 starters as possible (about 90-95%).
Seldom do you want to spend more than $500,000 on a reserve. The only possible exception being if one of your starters is more injury prone than normal.
* As mentioned above, try to keep an even balance between lefties and righties in your lineup. Also, pay attention to how hitters fare against either left or right handed pitching. Generally you will see a bit more right handed than lefthanded pitching, so you may want to weigh slightly more against righties. Check the pitching on the other teams in your division however, as you will play these teams the most. This may lead you to alter this approach some.
* Most important rule of all, do not "dump" players during the season. You can exchange players on your roster for players in the "Free Agent" pool during the season, but every time you do, it cost you 20% of the salary of the player you are dropping. Many "rookies" (myself included) start out slowly, then begin to drop players in an effort to improve, only to find that quickly they are playing with a $50 or $60 million payroll instead of $80 million. These $50 million teams are destined for last place.
* As mentioned in another thread, get a guy with a high, over .400 if possible, OBP to lead off.
* One big mistake you made was to mix up *SP and non -*SP. *SP like Morris can pitch every 4 games, and their price tags are adjusted in the prevision that they will pitch 40 games……Conclusion: you better not mix. If you mix, then spend a lot on *SP, and concentrate on cheapy non *SPs for the rest of the pitching squad.
*The golden rule of Strat: spend for the relievers you need. What I mean is that, before the season start, you have to figure out how many innings you'd like to have from your relievers, and spend the money that is appropriate for what you expect. You know that you will need about 1500 innings from your pitching staff. How much will your relief have???
1) OBP before SLG
#2 Strat rule- WHIP before ERA.
#3 strat rule-Strengthen your middle defense.
#4 strat rule- Bring your bullpen stopper when the game is tight---(especially when the game is tied, contrary to unwritten baseball rule #24).
#5 strat rule- Avoid mixing *SP and non *SP, especially when you have at least 2 *SP.
#6 strat rule- Favor a leadoff a)with on-base b) with a stealing star---but 3 - OBP before speed at leadoff.
#7 strat rule- Avoid a second hitter with lots of gbA.
#8 strat rule- Avoid a fifth hitter with a high negative clutch.
#9 strat rule- Steal when expected success is higher than 70%.
#10 strat rule- Never bunt in the first seven innings (except for pitchers with 1w-3w batting ability).
#11 - Zero BP homers on pitcher's card in hitter's park
#12 - No more than one 4 in the OF.
*Don't overspend on your bench. Carry 23-25 players and have 6 of them cost less than .75
* Many players like try to spend about $50 million of salary on hitters, the other $30 million on pitchers.
Of the $50 million on hitters, concentrate as much of that on your 9 starters as possible (about 90-95%).
Seldom do you want to spend more than $500,000 on a reserve. The only possible exception being if one of your starters is more injury prone than normal.
* As mentioned above, try to keep an even balance between lefties and righties in your lineup. Also, pay attention to how hitters fare against either left or right handed pitching. Generally you will see a bit more right handed than lefthanded pitching, so you may want to weigh slightly more against righties. Check the pitching on the other teams in your division however, as you will play these teams the most. This may lead you to alter this approach some.
* Most important rule of all, do not "dump" players during the season. You can exchange players on your roster for players in the "Free Agent" pool during the season, but every time you do, it cost you 20% of the salary of the player you are dropping. Many "rookies" (myself included) start out slowly, then begin to drop players in an effort to improve, only to find that quickly they are playing with a $50 or $60 million payroll instead of $80 million. These $50 million teams are destined for last place.
* As mentioned in another thread, get a guy with a high, over .400 if possible, OBP to lead off.
* One big mistake you made was to mix up *SP and non -*SP. *SP like Morris can pitch every 4 games, and their price tags are adjusted in the prevision that they will pitch 40 games……Conclusion: you better not mix. If you mix, then spend a lot on *SP, and concentrate on cheapy non *SPs for the rest of the pitching squad.
*The golden rule of Strat: spend for the relievers you need. What I mean is that, before the season start, you have to figure out how many innings you'd like to have from your relievers, and spend the money that is appropriate for what you expect. You know that you will need about 1500 innings from your pitching staff. How much will your relief have???