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Qeltar · 05-12-2018, 10:50 AM

All good stuff, thanks.

I think I'm doing the right things, I just have to be more patient.

And Orcin was right that doing the Marlins as my very first project in this game was probably unwise.

I do feel I am improving the team pretty nicely. I have a few regulars now who are pretty good (though a couple are underperforming). My comment about my AAA and AA team records is just saying that there's a lot of talent on the way up. (Last year, they were wastelands.)

It's just that having a lot of "goodish" guys doesn't help much when there are only a few roster slots. Reminds me of Fred Brooks's quip that 9 women can't make a baby in a month.

For example, right now I have a very good 1B, and an almost-very-good 1B in AAA that I got in a steal of a trade from a team that didn't appreciate what he could do. I DO appreciate it, but I don't have anywhere for him to do it right now. (I would if I were in the AL...)

Eventually I will have to trade one of these guys, but the AAA guy has no trade value and I am not ready to trade the MLB guy who is my biggest power hitter. So.. gotta wait.

As for TCR, I've considered turning it down but I think it's better I just "learn to deal."

BirdWatcher, I have definitely taken gambles like that before. I also have my "pet projects" most of which don't work out. Like a power reliever with enough stamina I converted to a starter. His potentials are 80/50/40. I honestly have no idea if this will even work, but I'm giving him a season in AA to figure it out.

Conversely, I've had to give up a couple of my starters with high stuff and below-average movement and control. Just tired of "walk, home run" over and over. One guy gave up 6 home runs in his first 4 starts (and that's only around 22 innings). So I yanked him. As an RP his stuff went up to 75 and so far he's been reasonably effective. He's not happy, but too bad.

This was all newbie stuff on my part. I thought stuff was the most important and am rapidly learning that this is not the case.

I am now tinkering with a somewhat novel pitching staff that is designed intentionally around starters that go only to the middle innings and are backed up by a posse of hard-throwing, high-stamina RPs. Largely out of necessity, partially out of curiosity.

05-12-2018, 10:50 AM	#22
Qeltar Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 382	All good stuff, thanks. I think I'm doing the right things, I just have to be more patient. And Orcin was right that doing the Marlins as my very first project in this game was probably unwise. I do feel I am improving the team pretty nicely. I have a few regulars now who are pretty good (though a couple are underperforming). My comment about my AAA and AA team records is just saying that there's a lot of talent on the way up. (Last year, they were wastelands.) It's just that having a lot of "goodish" guys doesn't help much when there are only a few roster slots. Reminds me of Fred Brooks's quip that 9 women can't make a baby in a month. For example, right now I have a very good 1B, and an almost-very-good 1B in AAA that I got in a steal of a trade from a team that didn't appreciate what he could do. I DO appreciate it, but I don't have anywhere for him to do it right now. (I would if I were in the AL...) Eventually I will have to trade one of these guys, but the AAA guy has no trade value and I am not ready to trade the MLB guy who is my biggest power hitter. So.. gotta wait. As for TCR, I've considered turning it down but I think it's better I just "learn to deal." BirdWatcher, I have definitely taken gambles like that before. I also have my "pet projects" most of which don't work out. Like a power reliever with enough stamina I converted to a starter. His potentials are 80/50/40. I honestly have no idea if this will even work, but I'm giving him a season in AA to figure it out. Conversely, I've had to give up a couple of my starters with high stuff and below-average movement and control. Just tired of "walk, home run" over and over. One guy gave up 6 home runs in his first 4 starts (and that's only around 22 innings). So I yanked him. As an RP his stuff went up to 75 and so far he's been reasonably effective. He's not happy, but too bad. This was all newbie stuff on my part. I thought stuff was the most important and am rapidly learning that this is not the case. I am now tinkering with a somewhat novel pitching staff that is designed intentionally around starters that go only to the middle innings and are backed up by a posse of hard-throwing, high-stamina RPs. Largely out of necessity, partially out of curiosity. Last edited by Qeltar; 05-12-2018 at 10:52 AM.