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Originally Posted by Afino
Let me guess, your team didn't have much success?
One thing is true with low power teams - OOTP will hate you.
In its player evaluations, OOTP HIGHLY favors power, more so than anything else, even defense and speed. You can forget about seeing a 8/8/1/8/8 player on a top players/prospects lists, but you'll definitely find that 5/5/9/5/5 guy on there. Even though the 8/8/1/8/8 is clearly a better player and more valuable, OOTP will rate Player B higher. It's frustrating, but I got used to it.
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Nope, the one team I was thinking of in particular made the wildcard. After a shaky April, when middle relievers on the team refused to get an out until any and all inherited runners scored. (especially for some reason in relief of my #2 starter). I did have a good Big 3 in the rotation who all finished TOp 10 in ERA. The first and 3rd top 5, and the 2nd probably would have if not for the disastrous relief pitching behind him in April. My #4 guy pitched over his head, and was pitcher of the month in April, top 10 in ERA still in May. And had a pretty good season, though he wore out in 2nd half a bit.
But, I will say for AI teams I agree with you. I had a created 3B, who was basically a slap hitting super speedster. Not a great glove but had great, great range. Dude, won ROY, led league in triples, steals (steals by a wide margin of 68-48) hit in the .280s with .350-something oBP. But since he hit 5 HRs only. The AI for the team decided to shop for a 3B. WHo was .220 power guy. And HRs was the only thing he had over the speedster. He was a worse fielder and had terrible range. His OBP was about the same as my created 3B's BA. The team went from division cellar to wildcard in my guy's rookie of the year win to 2nd worst in the league (only 2nd because Tampa Bay decided to lose 110, so that was hard to beat). They replaced him in the lineup with the CF who had a 26 HR, 28 SB season on a .214 BA and .288 OBP.
So, yes the AI is obsessed with power. But, no, it doesnt always translate into more wins
Note: The only major change to the team was to replace my 3B, so it was mostly the reason, though their pitching did bloat up a little from the previous year, but not enough to warrant such a drop. As it only had I think an increase of about .25 in team ERA, significant, but not enough to turn a 96 win team to a 66 win by itself, I wouldnt think. A drop off of 70 points in OBP from the leadoff spot had to have had at least as much responsibility.
ANyhow, the one time I really tried for a power lineup, I had a season where I hit into 240+ DPs.
