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Originally Posted by Vatechfan
If i may ask, how did you get your team to win over 100 games so many times? Did you sign a bunch of superstars?
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Pitching was the biggest reason. I had the same top 3 starters for 15 years, all 3 went to the hall of fame. Most of my salary was tied up in those guys so I was never able to sign the best free agents. My team was always the youngest to because when a star of my team got within one year of free agency.
Pitching to me is the most important position. I will make sure I have pitchers that have great endurance because then I don't have to spend much on relievers. My 3 starters would pitch 275+ innings a year and then my main reliever was my closer.
As far as offense, all I care about is speed and batting avg. My only home run threat is my first baseman. Most of my players, except catcher and first base, avg about 25+ steals a season.
One other thing I made sure to do was make sure I got a manager that also believed in pitching and a speedy offense. If you play with coaches on and want a speedy team then there is no reason to have a coaches that believes in the long ball. A lot of ppl don't put much stock into the manager they choose but I have found it to help out a lot.
Also my scouting budget is set to look for a lot of international prospects and the rest is set to draft. I live and die by my draft mostly. If I have a bad year in the draft then I would be screwed. In 2027 my draft was horrible and it showed in my last 2 years. All my good players had to retire or needed big contracts and I had no one to replace them with because of my 2027 draft.
Anyway this is my strategy for teams that don't make much money. Pitching, speed, and avg is all I need to win most of the time.