[TwanLX2000]

I apologize… a piece of hardware in my computer died, or I would’ve replied a week ago. I just thought it would be good to share some context, as one who has made the gold postseason with 90+ wins more often than not. I’m currently in the LCS (which means another ill-suited trip to DL), but as many have said, your team would’ve competed in gold a couple months ago. As is, there are weaknesses that will be preyed upon, the same as my team will be next week. But I think it’s important to see the difference between your situation and a consistent gold winner may not require a good deal of PP, but a more efficient building strategy. The others already touched on hitters avoid K, pitching control / movement, investing in low-tournament teams…I won’t elaborate further. I thought it might be nice to see what the competition in your league is doing differently so that you can evaluate where upgrades are most necessary.

vR:
1) Raines DH (S)
2) Gwynn RF (L)
3) Charleston CF (L)
4) Caminiti 3B (S)
5) Soto LF (L)
6) Franco SS (S)
7) Mauer CA (L)
8) Zobrist 2B (S)
9) Mattingly 1B (L)

vL:
1) Raines LF (S)
2) Gwynn CF (L)
3) Hellmann 1B (R)
4) Caminiti 3B (S)
5) Robinson 2B (R)
6) Franco DH (S)
7) Carter CA (R)
8) Zobrist RF (S)
9) Appling SS (R)

Rotation:
1) Maddux (R)
2) Burnes (R)
3) Walsh (R)
4) Wheeler (R)
5) Schilling (R)

Bullpen:
CL Eovaldi (R)
SU Rodriguez (R)
SU Rodon (L)
MR Buehler (R)
MR Waddell (L)
MR D. Martinez (R)
LR Wells (L)
LR Stieb (R)

(Robinson is the NEG version; all active players are the Selects version)

A few things to note: 1) Everyone has a role on this team. Only a couple of these players will stand out in the least at the next level, but they all contribute within their strengths, whether that be multi-position, switch-hitting, speed efficiency, defense, etc. Likewise, my bullpen ends up with a relatively close number of innings to one another. 2) They get a fair amount of rest during the regular season, which means opponents usually see the best version of me, regardless of platoon or number of days I’ve played in a row. 3) I’ve only completed 3 FH3s to get to this place. I’m a card or two away on all of the others, but it’s important to target your mission resources on what you need to improve now. 4) This can be done much more affordably than the amount of PP I spent to build this, and this was completely F2P. 5) None of this is perfect as-is, but an example of what can win in gold with the proper strategy.