What a draw!!!

[Black Death]

In the heat of the PT Pennant race, a Challenge Mode Pack yields...a gem!

We all occasionally see cracks about bad packs—this was a great one!

[ajwindon]

Congrats, my Robles has played over 600 games for me dating back to Bronze league.

.265/.328/.418 career slash line. +42.3 career ZR in CF, +29.0 career ZR in LF, and +13.2 career ZR in RF.

[DonkeyKongSr]

Yeah, he's an excellent outfielder and gap hitter. Here's his rank among the more than 2000 cards I have in my tracking spreadsheet:

LF - 24th
CF - 18th
RF - 34th

Gap - 42nd
Gap vL - 44th
Gap vR - 49th

Also...
Speed - 30th

[sharpk23]

I need to start building a database for hitters. I have one for Starters and relievers. I need to work on a formula for tracking batters to see which ones are truly better. If I may ask, do you just use the main hitting categories (Contact, GAP, Power, Eye, Avoid K's) and just the defensive rating (not paying attention to things like arm, error, etc). I feel lost with trying to figure out an algorithm to put in for predictions for hitters. Any help would be appreciated.

[chazzycat]

Originally Posted by sharpk23

I need to work on a formula for tracking batters to see which ones are truly better. If I may ask, do you just use the main hitting categories (Contact, GAP, Power, Eye, Avoid K's) and just the defensive rating (not paying attention to things like arm, error, etc).

Depends on your ballpark factors IMO. I have two teams - one in a huge park (high AVG factor, low HR factor) where I focus on contact/gap/avoid K. My second team is the opposite (low AVG factor, high HR) and so for that team I focus on power & eye.

Defense is super important and the defensive rating doesn't tell the whole story. A player could be perfectly suited for a given position but have a zero rating just from lack of experience. For example I moved Lorenzo Cain to LF on my team where he started with zero rating. But he is actually a perfect left fielder based on range, error & arm ratings. Once he was trained up his LF rating was like 98 or something.

[zrog2000]

Originally Posted by chazzycat

Depends on your ballpark factors IMO. I have two teams - one in a huge park (high AVG factor, low HR factor) where I focus on contact/gap/avoid K. My second team is the opposite (low AVG factor, high HR) and so for that team I focus on power & eye.

Defense is super important and the defensive rating doesn't tell the whole story. A player could be perfectly suited for a given position but have a zero rating just from lack of experience. For example I moved Lorenzo Cain to LF on my team where he started with zero rating. But he is actually a perfect left fielder based on range, error & arm ratings. Once he was trained up his LF rating was like 98 or something.

For my 2nd team, I let it play through the entry pool and at the end of the week, I used all the earned PP to buy packs. I ended up between the starter packs and extra packs with an outfield of FL Robles, live Acuna and 04 Ichiro. So I built the park with 1.5 for doubles and triples and 0.9 for HR and have added all fly ball pitchers. I still have the same outfield and am now at diamond level, although they are starting to show signs of weakness.

I will say that the record breaker Carew (82 OVR) is awesome in that park. Also, George Kell has hit 63-84 doubles a season for me.

[Jeff1787]

Originally Posted by DonkeyKongSr

Yeah, he's an excellent outfielder and gap hitter. Here's his rank among the more than 2000 cards I have in my tracking spreadsheet:

LF - 24th
CF - 18th
RF - 34th

Gap - 42nd
Gap vL - 44th
Gap vR - 49th

Also...
Speed - 30th

I understand how you track Gap etc. But how to choose an overall rank?

[DonkeyKongSr]

Originally Posted by Jeff1787

I understand how you track Gap etc. But how to choose an overall rank?

Are you talking about the first 3 numbers? Those are how his Position Ratings ranks. Very good outfield defender. Overall, he's not an amazing hitter though, but he's racking up doubles and triples when he does put it in play.

[Jeff1787]

Just wondering if anybody has come up with a formula on how to group rank (Contact, GAP, Power, Eye, Avoid K's)?

I don't have the skills to do it.