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Originally Posted by NavalHistorian
I'm getting steamrolled (1-5) in Silver now. Any advice on what I need to do to learn why? I do pay attention to the defensive ratings for position players, and based on another poster's advice, I don't have any 2020 Live cards on my roster.
In their first start in the Silver league, Guidry and Walter Johnson both got shelled. Looking at their profiles, both of them only have one 90+ rated pitch. Should I be targeting SP with at least two 90+ rated pitches?
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Pitch ratings are completely cosmetic in PT, so don't worry about that. Look for pitchers with balanced or reversed split profiles; lefty specialists like Guidry won't translate so well to the mound.
Look for control on pitchers, then movement, then stuff. You get disproportionate benefit to your BB% if you have high control, which is why people recommend it so often. There's a time and a place for stuff, and if they have control they can still be good. But in general, Greg Maddux-types are your friend.
Also, this is baseball. Don't overreact after a poor month. It doesnt mean you're doing anything wrong necessarily, although over multiple months you can start to see a trend sometimes.
The last thing you should really do sooner rather than later is customize your park factors. The strongest thing is to build your team around a set of park factors, but it's up to you how you use them (just know that neutral factors will never be optimal)