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Originally Posted by QuantaCondor
Without giving too much away, I basically have the following priorities:
For batters:
CON
EYE
... a decent gap (smaller if the batter has high CON)
POW
GAP
(No consideration of AvoidK)
For pitchers:
MOV
CON
STU
I prioritize defense like most other successful F2P players. In particular, Gary "God Gary" Maddox is a mainstay on 2/3 teams, as are Joe Cronin/Lou Boudreau. Gary Maddox is so good... he put up like a 10 war season in the perfect leagues for me a few weeks ago, and is usually around that level.
The biggest thing that I think that F2P players don't realize is the sheer importance of park factors. You need to go all in on a strategy. For example, I have 2 teams that go full righty or full lefty/switch, (maxed park for R/L, min park for the opposite hand). I also have a third team on max hitting for both hands (with high STU emphasis to shut down opposing batters) but that's almost out of principle because I think they'd be better off as a righty team. You gotta win at home to have a shot at the playoffs. You also gotta make sure your team is optimized for R/L pitching. Platoons are important, but also knowing how much R vs. L pitching you expect to see is important because it informs your choice about which players to get even if they're not in a platoon.
Also, I have a custom spreadsheet where I've implemented fits to players' projected wOBA and FIP performance. I know there is a community one floating around but I'm using my own data/analysis to develop player projections. However, the real takeaways of that analysis are what I've mentioned here.
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Great post.
I added Maddox to my Bees, along with Erstad. Have Cronin and Boudreau on my teams too.
I focus on contact, gap, and avoid K with my Bees, along with groundball pitching (weird in a gap park I guess but my infield was better than my outfield last year. Now everyone is blue on DEF, except 1B - Carew, who isn't bad). Tops in AVG, ERA, and DEF right now, but having trouble scoring runs.
Idea on what strategy to use? Sabermetric? Balanced? Small ball?
On my Thieves, I've done great with focusing on high movement and/or control (and great defense), although they are overmatched in Perfect.