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Originally Posted by olivertheorem
The team stat rankings are by subleague, right? So 15th in Defensive efficiency would be dead last in whichever league. This is bad. Part of the reason my Astros pitchers are pretty consistently good is because I have Gold Glove caliber defenders at multiple positions (LF, RF, 3B, and SS off the top of my head), and the others are above-average at least.
That plus a tendency toward groundballers tends to give me success. Got to tailor your defense to your staff. Have a lot of groundballers? Load up on IF defense. Flyballers? Outfield range/error guys. You can't just grab a bunch of high-rated guys and plug them in. You've got to think about how they'll fit into whatever else you have, and how your D will influence their results.
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Nationals went to World Series in my most recent year. Here are their positional "EFF" (I assume Defense Efficiency) for the positions players with most playing time at each position. C: .930, 1B: 1.042/1.015, 2B: 1.037, 3B: 1.093, SS: .979, LF: 1.134, CF: 1.000/.964, RF: 1.048/1.063.
Here are my Cubs "EFF" scores. C: 1.121/.979, 1B: 1.016, 2B: 1.015, 3B: 1.159/1.024/.934, SS: .997, LF: .964/1.053, CF: .980/.919, RF: 1.099 (gold glove).
I got them beat at C, SS, RF. I'm close with some players at 1B, 3B, CF. I don't have the time to compare my EFF to all other teams, but that's one team that did well in the season.