Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

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tkl33

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Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostTue Mar 25, 2025 7:15 pm

Time for a fun team. All 4's on D. Oglivie will play CF. Should be interesting :lol:

https://365.strat-o-matic.com/team/1804858
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostTue Mar 25, 2025 9:13 pm

Interesting experiment, please report back on the outcomes. I often think defense is a bit overrated and overpriced. Good luck! :D
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostWed Mar 26, 2025 2:58 pm

Will do!
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostThu Mar 27, 2025 7:51 am

My money is on the team struggling with all those 4's, but a super interesting experiment.
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostMon Mar 31, 2025 8:49 am

Only 33 out of 68 possible X Chart outs is not a good sign 12 games into the season. I think the average is more like 75% - 85%. A really good fielding team with all 1's could even be as high as 90%.
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostMon Mar 31, 2025 1:31 pm

Can the hitting out pace the fielding? Great experiment. Looks like it could be a rough one though. Era around 9 a few games in. The offense is keeping up as of now but can it hold up? Good luck
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tkl33

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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostMon Mar 31, 2025 2:35 pm

Yes, it's been rough to say the least. :lol: Started 3-0 and hitting the skids. Gonna stick it out for a few weeks at least. My pitchers are getting hammered since I have them set to throw until their arm falls off! LOL
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostMon Apr 07, 2025 8:21 pm

You're over 50% on X chances, so that's good! :lol:
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostMon Apr 07, 2025 8:36 pm

Yeah the X results have improved a bit. Clements is on pace for around 90 PB :shock:

If I can muster less than 100 losses, I'll be happy. Had to cut my boyhood idol Tom Terrific, He was pitching more like Tim the Terrible.

Gonna keep on movin on...hanging close to .500
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Re: Damned Defense who needs it anyway?

PostMon Apr 07, 2025 8:40 pm

Bill Joyce seems to be killing you, he's committed almost twice as many errors as the next guy

vaughn 6.49 and his 2 defense would probably be better than Sewell for about the same cost and OBP

and your good pitching is getting mercilessly hammered, can't all be bad defense and unearned runs...
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