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DannyReguero

Which stat is the most mindblowing?

March 01, 2016 at 02:19PM View BBCode

In a 20 game stretch from game 110 thru game 129 in the Ossie Blue Trial League my team went as follows:

2-18 W-L record;

outscored 63-129;

two 7-game losing streaks;

0-3 in extra inning games;

1-4 in one run games;

1-7 in games decided by up to two runs;

11 times gave up at least seven runs in game;

my ace who had a 2.42 ERA up to that point compiled a 4.7 ERA in that stretch including a 0.1 IP / 5 ER performance;

my team was 18-10 fighting for first place, now it's 21-28 dead last;


http://simdynasty.com/schedule.jsp?games=all&teamid=130225


Thank You Abe!!
ccox

March 01, 2016 at 02:40PM View BBCode

Stuff happens.

What I don't understand is why, vRHP, your A/A, B+ speed hitter is batting 7th while your A/A-, B- speed cather's batting 5th. Or why your B-/A+ hitter is two spots ahead of a B/A+ (both with A+ speed). Or why you let ABE pull your ace after only a third of an inning.

Stuff happens, but my guess is there are other ways you're not helping yourself.
DannyReguero

March 01, 2016 at 05:00PM View BBCode

thanks for your input I really appreciate it.

on a hunch:

I - the A/A, B+ speed hitter batted 5th most of the time, sometimes 2nd/3rd and is my second choice for a leadoff hitter. he's really young and has been on huge slumps hitting for zero power. I've figured he's in the low grades of the A rating;

the A/A-, B- speed catcher has been one of my only reliable hitters consistently putting up way better power numbers than the previous guy;

now with all that said, I just made that change, after realizing my team had completed one of the most legendary runs of futility I have ever seen. the younger guy batted as low as leadoff just a couple of games ago. http://simdynasty.com/boxscore.jsp?boxscoreid=303242&cityid=26


II - the B/A+ guy has hit an incredibly consistent .650 OPS over 400 at bats. he's been my cleanup hitter most of the time and has been awful at it making me nuts; the other guy is currently an all star batting 100 OPS points higher.

I've figured whichever way their rating are split, the apparently lower skilled guy is the better player;


III - I'm looking into that. whatever preference I setup that made my bullpen more active, it was a disaster!
dirtdevil

March 01, 2016 at 05:39PM View BBCode

the lower skilled guy is never better.
ccox

March 01, 2016 at 05:57PM View BBCode

Danny, I like to keep my starters in at the very least until they're tired (actually, until tired and a runner on 1st...or 2nd). I never let them get pulled after giving up X runs/hits after X innings because I never want my bullpen to take over when my starter still has arm. Your starters don't diminish in skill until they begin to tire. And in the case of your SP getting pulled so early, it left it up to the bullpen, which potentially rendered it less effective the next game and the next.

Now, some owners on here will pull their SPs early to exploit solid bullpens and allow actual hitters to sub in that ninth spot when it comes around. It's a good strategy, just not one I prefer and one you'll probably want to avoid until you get the hang of the sim.
ccox

March 01, 2016 at 06:00PM View BBCode

Oh, it's a trial league. I forget what kind of managerial options you have there. I know they're limited.
DannyReguero

March 01, 2016 at 08:06PM View BBCode

Originally posted by dirtdevil
the lower skilled guy is never better.


he has performed better over 400+ at bats.

I'm not arguing your point though. this guy would've been a stud given enough of a sample size - http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=11726880;

but he's been awful and the younger guy - http://simdynasty.com/player.jsp?player=nobody&mode=stats&id=11727225 - is one of my best hitters now.
ccox

March 01, 2016 at 09:41PM View BBCode

Like you say, you are dealing with small sample sizes. It may be that the B- contact guy is nearly maxed or maxed in power while the other is barely A+. That and lesser pitching talent in a trial league might explain some of it.

But I'd caution not to go with hunches. Too many people around here superstitiously move guys around their lineups thinking ABE's doing stuff (for example, I've seen people move C+/A+ hitters in the 3 spot because they believe he's hot and the A/A guy's in a slump...the dopes). Or they stick their ace in the bullpen after a few bad outings thinking an algorithm's messin' around.

For the most part, only the grades matter.

[Edited on 3-1-2016 by ccox]
dirtdevil

March 01, 2016 at 09:50PM View BBCode

Originally posted by DannyReguero
Originally posted by dirtdevil
the lower skilled guy is never better.


he has performed better over 400+ at bats.

that doesn't matter. the higher skilled player is always more likely to succeed in the next at bat, which is what matters.
Hamilton2

March 02, 2016 at 02:46AM View BBCode

Originally posted by ccox
Oh, it's a trial league. I forget what kind of managerial options you have there. I know they're limited.


This is not true. You can use advanced management settings in a trial league. Same as any league.
DannyReguero

March 02, 2016 at 11:42AM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2
Originally posted by ccox
Oh, it's a trial league. I forget what kind of managerial options you have there. I know they're limited.


This is not true. You can use advanced management settings in a trial league. Same as any league.


sure you can, that's how I f*** up a perfectly functioning team.

[Edited on 3-2-2016 by DannyReguero]
CrazedCougars

March 02, 2016 at 04:45PM View BBCode

Originally posted by DannyReguero
Originally posted by Hamilton2
Originally posted by ccox
Oh, it's a trial league. I forget what kind of managerial options you have there. I know they're limited.


This is not true. You can use advanced management settings in a trial league. Same as any league.


sure you can, that's how I f*** up a perfectly functioning team.

[Edited on 3-2-2016 by DannyReguero]



I think you are looking too much into this. In trial leagues, teams are a lot more even. The draft is balanced, so there are no clear cut winners or losers. (Usually) Almost every team has the chance to make playoffs. Teams will have good and bad years all the time. If all teams are equal, then you have a 50% chance to win each game. In dynasty/speed leagues, there will usually be 4-6 clear cut winners and losers for each half of the league. There is more consistency with performance, because the teams are unbalanced.

My point is, you should never invest too much into the performance of a trial league team. These leagues are best for learning the mechanics of the game. When you really want to get invested into the performance of your team, then you should look into pay leagues.

[Edited on 3-2-2016 by CrazedCougars]
ccox

March 02, 2016 at 10:42PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2
Originally posted by ccox
Oh, it's a trial league. I forget what kind of managerial options you have there. I know they're limited.


This is not true. You can use advanced management settings in a trial league. Same as any league.


Oh okay. Thanks for clarifying. Haven't played in one forever.
DannyReguero

March 03, 2016 at 01:01PM View BBCode

Originally posted by dirtdevil
that doesn't matter. the higher skilled player is always more likely to succeed in the next at bat, which is what matters.


but it is posible that the letter grades are misleading right?

two players that are only separated in skill by a +/- sign may be actually closer in grades than if their skills were within the same letter but further apart in grades.

it doesn't affect your point that "the higher skilled player is always better" only that the higher skilled player may not have the "better" letter in a particular attribute.
DannyReguero

March 03, 2016 at 01:06PM View BBCode

Originally posted by ccox
Danny, I like to keep my starters in at the very least until they're tired (actually, until tired and a runner on 1st...or 2nd). I never let them get pulled after giving up X runs/hits after X innings because I never want my bullpen to take over when my starter still has arm. Your starters don't diminish in skill until they begin to tire. And in the case of your SP getting pulled so early, it left it up to the bullpen, which potentially rendered it less effective the next game and the next.

Now, some owners on here will pull their SPs early to exploit solid bullpens and allow actual hitters to sub in that ninth spot when it comes around. It's a good strategy, just not one I prefer and one you'll probably want to avoid until you get the hang of the sim.


I'm guessing that relying on bullpen only works in pay leagues where you had real influx of talent into the league and the time to develop a lot of RP.
DannyReguero

March 03, 2016 at 01:09PM View BBCode

Originally posted by CrazedCougars


I think you are looking too much into this. In trial leagues, teams are a lot more even. The draft is balanced, so there are no clear cut winners or losers. (Usually) Almost every team has the chance to make playoffs. Teams will have good and bad years all the time. If all teams are equal, then you have a 50% chance to win each game. In dynasty/speed leagues, there will usually be 4-6 clear cut winners and losers for each half of the league. There is more consistency with performance, because the teams are unbalanced.

My point is, you should never invest too much into the performance of a trial league team. These leagues are best for learning the mechanics of the game. When you really want to get invested into the performance of your team, then you should look into pay leagues.

[Edited on 3-2-2016 by CrazedCougars]


I thought that 2-18 funk deserved some looking into.

but yeah having a long running franchise in a pay league is the exact thing that would be damn cool.

I doubt I'm even allowed to pay from Brasil though.
dirtdevil

March 03, 2016 at 01:24PM View formatted

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I don't know why you wouldn't be. there are several of us from Canada, at least one I know of from Australia, a few from mexico, a couple from the carribbean and a handful from Europe.
dirtdevil

March 03, 2016 at 01:30PM View BBCode

Originally posted by DannyReguero
Originally posted by dirtdevil
that doesn't matter. the higher skilled player is always more likely to succeed in the next at bat, which is what matters.


but it is posible that the letter grades are misleading right?

two players that are only separated in skill by a +/- sign may be actually closer in grades than if their skills were within the same letter but further apart in grades.

it doesn't affect your point that "the higher skilled player is always better" only that the higher skilled player may not have the "better" letter in a particular attribute.

I'm not entirely clear what it you're trying to say. B+ is always better than B. A is always better than B. A is better by more than is B+, but the B+ is still always better.
WillyD

March 03, 2016 at 04:03PM View BBCode

I think he means something like this:

Player A has A/A hitting skills, but is on the low end of those grades, say 85/85.
Player B has A-/A skills, but on the higher end, say 82/90.

Player B is better in this specific case, even a with high end B+/A, say 74/90, he's right there with Player A.
DannyReguero

March 03, 2016 at 10:37PM View BBCode

that was really hard to put together!

say Player A is B-/A+ with power maxed out;
Player B is B/A+ on the lowest grade of A+.

I love power for my cleanup spot so I'd rather wanna go with Player A.
DannyReguero

March 03, 2016 at 10:43PM View BBCode

Player A is A/A on the first grade of both letters;
Player B is A-/A one number shy of A+ power.

Player B is better.
Hamilton2

March 06, 2016 at 03:41AM View BBCode

So ... the A/A- OF on your bench (Hoyt) is worse than the B/B+ CF in your lineup vs. RHP (Gagnon) because how?
DannyReguero

March 06, 2016 at 06:09PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Hamilton2
So ... the A/A- OF on your bench (Hoyt) is worse than the B/B+ CF in your lineup vs. RHP (Gagnon) because how?


please...

did you wait for the guy to get tired and sit out a game to make this reply?

no one actually adressed my point.
paulcaraccio

March 06, 2016 at 07:59PM View BBCode

Danny you are definitely allowed to pay from Brazil, there's a Brazilian with us in the CPBL.
Hamilton2

March 07, 2016 at 03:08AM View BBCode

Originally posted by DannyReguero
Originally posted by Hamilton2
So ... the A/A- OF on your bench (Hoyt) is worse than the B/B+ CF in your lineup vs. RHP (Gagnon) because how?


please...

did you wait for the guy to get tired and sit out a game to make this reply?

no one actually adressed my point.


Nope. Just dumb luck. First time I bothered looking at your roster.

You can control substitutions with advanced preferences as well.

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