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Originally Posted by pgjocki
That's awesome, I love seeing stories like this! Did you spend a lot of time tweaking strategy for both the team and individual players?
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Everybody on the MLB roster has individual slider settings. No sac bunt for anybody but pitchers, no stealing for anyone who can't hit 75% success, and baserunning usually pretty conservative.
There's lots of little micromanagement tweaks available in OOTP. Sliders, lineup construction, bullpen roles, etc. I think any given one of them won't add up to a lot of extra wins. But add them all together and run it logically, and I believe there's a lot of value that can be derived there.
Run prevention is probably the go-to first step in Moneyball for me. Catcher Ability, SS/CF/2B defense, and a bullpen with good Stuff isn't too hard to obtain, and will be guaranteed to prevent runs.
Scoring runs is much harder because elite batters are at such a premium. A franchise can only really take that next step when they get good quality in the 1-5 lineup spots. Admittedly it's a bit easier in the AL, because you can find some real hidden gems for the DH spot.
My DH was
Aldrem Corredor, who looks like he won't amount to much in real life. But in our online league TCR or something turned him into a real slugger.