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Old 08-19-2021, 02:30 PM   #3
professor ape
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You’re not in a bad place. Being a .500 team at Diamond is nothing to sneeze at. I’m just edging up to the next step myself having made the playoffs last week as a wildcard and advancing to the LCS before getting knocked out. I’d say I have a 90-95 win worthy team right now.

The biggest thing that stand out right now on your roster is your bullpen. It took me a long time to accept that few reliever cards can compete with starters in the pen. Kimbrel and Goose are my only two true relievers left and Goose may get bumped soon. Movement and Control are so critical at the higher levels and watch out for pitchers with big platoon splits.
For the lineup, I’m still working to crack the code but with so many players nerfing their stadiums at the higher levels, I try to nerf-proof my lineup as much as possible by having effective platoons. There are some who use openers to negate lineup strategies like mine but there’s only so much I can do about that. Overall, Avoid Ks and defense are the two things I use as an initial screen for my roster. If you can’t avoid strikeouts or defend effectively then you are of no use to me.
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