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Originally Posted by Threnodas
I was also nearly the worst team in my league (at least as of last night). My only gold player, Jose Altuve (89!), was hitting about .210, my ace was Jeff Samardzija, and both my rotation ERA and bullpen ERA were above 6.00.
In the core game, as in real life, there would be hope for the future. I could trade for prospects, I would have a high draft pick, and some bad contracts would come off the books. That's the self-correcting negative feedback loop in MLB.
I'm super intrigued by Perfect Team, but it does not seem to offer any hope for teams with a bad first draw. There are no prospects, no drafts, no player development, and the auction house isn't exactly free agency. The only two strategies I see are to pay American dollars for better players (and there's nothing wrong with that) or nuke the team from space and start again from scratch. I guess I just wish the long-term enjoyment of Perfect Team were less dependent on the initial draw.
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Find your niche way to play, a strategy you enjoy regardless of the meta. I'm playing small ball in the sabermetrics era, because small ball players are cheaper than power hitters due to the meta.
Make the hard calls to maximize value.
Sell Altuve if he doesn't fit your niche.
In fact, in general F2P early-stage players should probably sell their top players unless they are perfect fits for how you want to play the game. You can get more production long-term from several thousand PP carefully spread across several positions in the AH than from one good card.
Make sure the auctions are long enough that everyone gets a look at your best cards. Ensure there aren't already several identical or closely comparable cards on the market at the moment, and wait for yours to stand out.
Use the 'time ending (asc.)' sort in the AH often, you never know what might slip by at a good price.
I got a lot of my PP from selling most of my golds/silvers. They were good, but didn't play to my strategy. I got several thousand PP for auctioning them off, which I've spent carefully at the AH. My team is mostly bronze, with a few silver and standard, but I've got solid-to-elite defense, speed, and contact at every position, a reasonable bullpen (this is where I have the most silvers, because BP arms are relatively cheaper, especially the less popular ones), and a trash rotation. I don't mind losing a ton while waiting for my PP to accumulate enough to actually bid on some higher-end SPs, because I'm retraining most of my position players to eke more value out of them at a new spot, and they're committing all sorts of errors anyways. Once I get them all trained and finally win one or two mid-range SP auctions, I'll be right where I want to be...
It's like you're inheriting a team that needs a full teardown (think Marlins, but get better returns than Jeter has for his movable pieces). Sure, there are a few stars, but they might not make sense and might need to go. Sell everything that doesn't help you maximize value in your niche. Find the lowest-rated card you're comfortable starting at a position, and sell off everyone 'better' than them at their position. Think of the first few days/weeks/months as your rebuilding years.
I'm not suggesting you play exactly like that (although feel free to, there are plenty of affordable Billys Hamilton to go around), but you've got to get creative and figure out your niche if you want to enjoy this mode fully I think.
Also, wait until you get your first super-rare achievement. Some terrible pitcher threw an immaculate inning for me one random game, and boom - several thousand PP that goes a long way in the AH. Someone will hit a grand slam, or throw 9 consecutive strikes, or something like that soon enough!
Hope the PP accumulation picks up!