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egvrich wrote:A fast team should always be set to VERY AGGRESSIVE in this game. That will increase your attempts to score from 3rd on a flyball.
This is indeed great data. And it suggests that success rates are higher when a runner tags up than on other baserunning plays, even though attempt rates are also higher. This is consistent with the rule that "On attempts for home with a FLY ( )B? add +2" to the runner's rating.
I set pretty much all my teams, fast or slow, to AGGRESSIVE and get overall success rates around 78-82%, depending on the speed of the team. Faster teams both try to advance and succeed at advancing at higher rates.
So now I'm wondering, along Rich's lines, whether I should I be going with VERY AGGRESSIVE on my faster teams? BTW, I find that my teams in higher salary caps are often faster than lower caps. I think that's because high priced players are better at everything, including baserunning. For example, a 175M team has Lajoie, Larkin, Duffy, and Mays (all 1-17), as well as Sosa and Gates Brown (1-14) and then slower guys at C, 1B, 3B.
Maybe I should set this team at VERY AGGRESSIVE, despite some strong opposing OF arms? Halfway through the season, my total baserunning numbers are 184 Opp / 80 Adv / 22 Out. This makes for a 78.4% success rate, but with less than 50% of my opportunities turned into advance attempts. Not surprisingly, my fast guys make the most attempts and succeed more frequently. One hesitation with going to Very Aggressive is whether I'll be pushing my catcher to make more baserunning attempts, since even the few he tries often result in outs.