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Originally Posted by MrCubby
One thing I've learned this season is that Control as a pitcher is way more important than last season. Last season Movement seemed to be the #1 stat. I will also say that players with significantly higher power than contact seem to underperform. Especially if the have a low avoid K rating (Like Ruth). That Bagwell card is very good, but struggles above Gold League against Righties and is more of a platoon card.
Middle inf defense is also a huge factor. Having great gloves up the middle like SS, 2B and CF are huge as well. Range is the top defensive stat you should be looking at. I believe Catcher defense also plays more of a role this season. Yogi is solid at gold level and serviceable at Diamond. I platooned him with Manny Sanguillen through gold league as Yogi is really bad vL. Just some suggestions. I've definitely had some under performing teams before and it can be really frustrating. Hang in there! I'm sure others will have some suggestions as well.
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Thanks man, appreciate your thoughts. I just don't get some of the results I'm seeing. Like, why is my Brett consistently hitting in the .240s with 15-20 HR at gold level, but I see in his history that he hit around .280 with 25+ HR at diamond level several years in a row for another team? There's something I'm not taking into account here.
Like, does the game automatically dock 30 pts from the batting average of a player you put 7th in the order? It seems to. That seems totally lame, and contrary to the whole rating system. I've even seen Ichiro hit around .250 if I put him last in the order, but at the top he'll hit .290+.
Speaking of Ichiro, why do players like Ichiro and Bagwell consistently outperform their ratings? Are there any other players that outperform their ratings that I should look into? I'm grasping at straws here. My team should be great and it's mediocre, at gold level. Yet, half my team has played well consistently at diamond level for other owners, so something's not right.
And wtf, I'm looking at a different PT owner who is playing Nellie Fox HL (86), who has a 74 contact (65L/77R) and a 102 Avoid K (87L/107R) and the guy has hit .280+ for this team for 5 years straight, and he's playing him 9th in the batting order. Wtf? I'm so confused. My Brett (110 Contact, 95 Avoid K) is hitting .229, and hit over .250 for me once in 5 seasons.
Please tell me there's something I'm missing here. If I'm literally just getting bad rolls of the dice, just tell me.