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#6826 | 03/13/2014 9:43:16 am | ||
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8 | Pitching (my thoughts and suggestions for Harrisburg Warriors) Setup the starting rotation.
Setup the bullpen with what is left-over
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#6827 | 03/13/2014 10:04:03 am | ||
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8 | Fielding Defense is ignored by many owner / managers, or at least sacrificed in order to field good batters, but then many wonder why their pitchers don't appear to perform well. Well know this, good fielding will help out your pitchers; and good pitching will help out your fielders. They are interdependent. Set up your defense (my thoughts and suggestions for Harrisburg Warriors) Infield first
Outfielders
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#6828 | 03/13/2014 10:22:20 am | ||
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8 | Final thoughts Once I have my fielding lineup vs LH and RH pitching I then sort out your batting order. This is the baseline from which to improve. To this point it has not required drafting, waivers or free agency but it may now highlight some gaps to fill, usually key fielding positions like C, 2B, 3B, SS and CF. So now you will look to pick-up waivers, hire free agents or draft youth but this should be for very specific reasons:
I have managed Applewood Crossing since 2013 and been promoted three times in four seasons using this approach. It is not easy to balance current and future success but I think it can be done. Remember you are not playing a computer, there can only be one league winner and your opposing mangers will be trying things out too. If they are beating you; scout your opposition and see what they are doing to be successful. I scout the opposition and there are a number of successful teams that have used a totally different approach and have been successful so I don't believe this is the only way to approach brokenbat, but it is better to have some kind of plan than none. Please don't lose heart, read the manual first and then look to drafts and trades to build from there. wsb81 said You have no way to influence either the developing of young players or the scouting of them. But I believe I have the choice of which draftees I keep and which young prospects / old-timers I pick-up that everyone else missed. I first ensure players have the fielding attributes to play in a position then look at batting skills I have signed players in their thirties that no one else wanted and they had all-star seasons for Applewood Crossing. Take Norm Hoffman and Eduardo Torres for example; or Howard Hahn who pitched over 40 innings a season three years in relief for 16 wins, seven losses, 3 saves and 18 holds with ERAs of 2.17, 2.08 and 1.50. There are gems to be had, go get 'em. I very much enjoy brokenbat and hope you will too |
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#6829 | 03/13/2014 10:23:11 am | ||
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8 | Updated Thursday, March 13 2014 @ 10:24:27 am PDT |
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#6838 | 03/14/2014 12:31:38 pm | ||
ReekyLeek Joined: 11/19/2013 Posts: 115 Inactive | It's also easy to say you don't win waiver claims when you're simply trying to get high end players. It's a lot better to look at players that are younger with high potential. They will take longer to come up but in the mean time you can always find gap players to plug in until they are ready. The key in a rebuild is to be patient, and sometimes a little lucky to get a few claims and drafting players | ||
#6850 | 03/15/2014 5:09:44 am | ||
Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive | I love the fact that you have dedicated your time to explain us these tips. I've already took in consideration many of those tips (for example,reading the game strategy section of the game manual and assign players their defensive role based n their defensive skills) but still,it's really hard. But it's true that many of us tend to buy players based on their batting skills ignoring the defensive skills that are really important. In free agency I've seen some really good players in defence and I have someone in AAA that is ready to go to major. But the batting skills of these guys are really poor and I don't know what to do. If you have the time to check also my team for some tips I'd be grateful sir. |
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#6851 | 03/15/2014 6:30:42 am | ||
afreespirit Joined: 09/17/2011 Posts: 305 Inactive | A quick rule of thumb is that defense is most important on the infield; SS, 2B and 3B. SS and 2B especially you can sacrifice offensive skill in favour of defense. The outfield is less important and there you can favour offensive skill over defense. This being Broken Bat, outfielders should have a good arm as their primary defensive skill, followed by range. Outfield errors result in runners advancing 2 bases, but the ability to throw out runners at 3rd and home more than makes up for that. Throw in good offensive skills and you can offset any defensive lapses. |
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#6853 | 03/15/2014 11:51:01 am | ||
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 881 Kodiak Mules III.3 | It seems to me that Outfield Assists have been drastically reduced, starting with season2017. Is that correct, Steve? It'd mean Range is now the main OF's skill. As a matter of fact, me too give up hitting in favor of fieldin in my SS, and for CF as well (18 Range, 19 Arm) |
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#6854 | 03/15/2014 12:28:09 pm | ||
the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive | Yes Rebuilding is possible I inherited a team mired in debt and lost over 100 games five seasons ago and now they are finally in first place and hopefully will regulate up after winning the title this season It has taken time and effort researching and tracking players. I haven't had many waiver claims but one has to look for the right players their team needs, now and plan for the future You also must understand the workings of the game, as stated above or one will never find any level of success |
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#6855 | 03/15/2014 1:47:20 pm | ||
Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive | the fact is that here in BB there's the relegation system so it's painful to see your drastic-disastrous team go from,for example,3d div to 6 and could be much more hard to go back to higher div. I think the first thing to take into consideration is to know a team before become owner of it. |