[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

Here is my big question (thank you for this guide Matt) how does all of this relate to individual player strategy?

For one, it seems if my manager (I am GM only) isn't allowing me to control general strategy, I can just override his wishes by implementing individual player strategy? Is this the case?

Why doesn't/won't the AI managers also influence individual player strategy? It doesn't seem to reason they would have a general strategy, but none for individual players??

If the manager overrides a strategy section, then the individual slider will be capped as well. So if your manager has a yellow or red on the stealing slider, setting your players to the max may not have quite the full effect.

Generally it seems that general strategy and individual strategy either contradict or play off of each other. This is confusing to me, and I am curious as to exactly what type of relationship the two different strategies have with each other? Clearly individual strategy is more granular, but beyond that, I just don't understand if this relationship is contradictory, symbiotic, or something different. An in depth explanation on this aspect of strategy would be very helpful.

The finer control on the players is if you want to generally have a team strategy, but some players you want to manage differently. So maybe me as a team doesn't want to steal, I want everyone station to station. But if I have Jarrod Dyson or Tim Raines on the roster, I want them to have a green light. That's the real reason for having the control.

Also...If my Manager has preference (his own managerial philosophy) I assume this is what I am getting when I ask him to set up the team strategy...now, why then am I able to tell the manager to implement any one of the preset strategies?
I am not sure how and/or why things work in this manner. Is there an upside or downside to doing this?

Note: My manager is very controlling and doesn't allow for much tinkering...so why would he allow me to change the entire team philosophy with one of the pre-set strategies?


Thanks again for your help in clarifying all of this Matt.

You can apply the pre-set, but I don't believe it will stick. Each piece is still capped by his philosophy. So yeah, if he's controlling and is mostly reds or yellows on control, then picking a preset really won't do much of anything.

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

What exactly is Favor Pitching vs Favor Hitting?

It's not like you have to differentiate when making a lineup....position players are position players, pitchers are pitchers.

The GM options generally speaking don't come into play during games, but come into play during roster evaluation. So someone who favors pitching over hitting will be more likely to want to trade for good pitching, more likely to draft pitchers, etc...