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Originally Posted by QuantaCondor
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)
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Thanks a lot!
Walter Johnson kept getting shelled yesterday so I auctioned him and Koufax off and reconfigured my rotation. It's now 98 rated All Time Legend 1929 George Earnshaw, 98 rated All Time Legend Smokey Joe Wood, Guidry, 98 rated SE 1995 Maddux and 98 rated SE Tom Seaver. Guidry has bounced back and is 3-1 with a 3.57 ERA.
I also overhauled my bullpen. I've got a 99 2020 Live Scherzer that I'm "stuck" with because I completed the Nats Live collection so I might as well use him. He's my closer now.
Setup I've got 96 AT Legend 1960 Lindy McDaniel and 97 rated AT Legend 1927 Adie Joss. MR's 97 Snapshot 1936 Johnny Allen, 89 SE 1939 Bucky Walters and Snapshot 1960 Gene Conley.
Long relief 96 SE 1983 Steve Carlton and 95 SE 2004 Randy Johnson.
With SP's in my bullpen I thought I'd have the flexibility to move guys out of my rotation if necessary.
I also made some tweaks to player strategy to take better advantage of Van Slyke and Larkin's speed and hit and run more with Frank Robinson, Ortiz and George Brett's contact rating. After those tweaks I'm now 15-11, 1 game back in my division and on a 7 game winning streak with three more games to play in April.
In addition to the park factors, I'm going to dive more into defense later on today. I've got a -4.4 zone rating and have committed 11 errors. Poor defense is a great way to lose games.
I saw another poster refer to an online spreadsheet of cards and how they impact the game. Do you (or anyone else) know where this spreadsheet can be found?