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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC
I try to build teams to suit my parks, if an exploitable advantage exists. For instance, one of my online league teams has a pitchers park that favors gap hitters. So I draft for doubles production and good defense where possible. Another league I used to be in had a team that played in a Coors-esque park and had built-in hitting development boosts, so I drafted hitting talent and signed big name free agent pitching talent to supplement.
I, like you, spend a lot of looking at the stats even when playing with ratings. When I started playing stats only (hidden ratings), I didn't find much difference because I was mostly doing the same evaluations. It just took longer.
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Agreed on the park factors. I've really been trying to build around strong defense up the middle, pitchers with low WHIPS and hitters with high OBP/speed lately. In pitchers' parks, these kinds of teams can be great.
Incidentally, I'm also a Tribe fan (of 15 years or so) and grew up in Monroe, NC...so I couldn't help but notice your username. Small world.