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Originally Posted by tjw4
I disagree...I have had a gold glover at 3b, C, SS, LF, CF, RF and three of these guys were very good players 15/20 in most offensive categories and I still failed to make the playoffs 2 years in a row with the cy young winner and 2 other good starting pitchers as well as a closer with 19/15/13...you need offense to win in this game, fielding just wont cut it no matter how good it is..with this team I constantly lead the league in almost all pitching and fielding stats and I cant get anything done because my batting is as a whole about 12/15 in the AL.
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Sounds like the '04 and '05 Astros. Clemens had way too many 1-0 losses and 0-0 no decisions when he was pulled.
I think fielding and pitching are slightly more important. Honestly, I go pretty traditional I am ok with light hitters who are fast and can field up the middle. I look for fielding primarily at 2B, SS, CF, and C. I really don't care much how good of a fielder my 1B is as long as he doesn't have a low error rating. 3B is a little more D but offense is still more important. So my power and offense is usually in 1B and corner OF.
I grew up watching 70's and 80's baseball. I build my teams similarly not like the modern I need power every where teams. I firmly believe one weak hitter who is an excellent CF, SS, or C can be made up for especially with the DH. Go beyond 2 and you are going to have some problems.
For up the middle D is key. 3B and corner OF is much more even while 1B it is all about O.
As the importance of fielding depends on your pitchers. Average pitchers that hitters hit a lot of ground balls with look like stars with a solid D. Fly ball/K pitchers really just need good OF. The IF becomes a little less important. If I have a lot of groundball pitchers I elevate IF D. If I have a lot of fly ball pitchers my OF D becomes more important.