Why so many bad seasons?

[Infinity]

My team consists of

Gary Carter C 93
Carlos Delgado 1B 87
Jose Ramirez 2B 97
George Brett 3B 96
Fransisco Lindor SS 98
Barry Bonds LF 96
Mick Trout CF 100
Mookie Betts RF 100
C.Yelich DH 96

Rotation is
Tom Seaver 100
Chris Sale 100
Bob Feller 100
Jacob DeGrom 100
Clayton Kershaw 99

Bullpen is:

Blake Treinen Closer 96
Edwin Diaz Setup 8th or later 91
Robb Nen Setup 7th or later 91
Andrew Miller Middle Relief 90
Sean Miller Middle Relief

My question is,how can this team be in the basement in PT P401?

[Infinity]

Gary Carter is not only a good hitter,but he was one of the better fielders at catcher during his era..yet with the awesome rotation why am I getting a 5.11 ERA? also none of the players I have ever come close to the season or career stats of their cards

[Orcin]

How does your starting pitching rank in your conference? How many home runs has your staff allowed compared to the rest of the league? What are the factors for your home park?

[KleineBiere]

Bonds, Trout & Betts are the only productive batters.
Get rid of Sale & Kershaw

[Infinity]

The ERA at 5.11 is last in the conference, 137 home runs, and the ballpark is 1.000 for every factor, distances and are

LL 320
LF 340
LC385
CF 405
RC 370
RF 330
RL 315

wall height is 8 feet all around

[Infinity]

Originally Posted by KleineBiere

Bonds, Trout & Betts are the only productive batters.
Get rid of Sale & Kershaw

who do I replace Sale and Kershaw?

[zrog2000]

Originally Posted by Infinity

who do I replace Sale and Kershaw?

RHP with much higher movement.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by Infinity

The ERA at 5.11 is last in the conference, 137 home runs, and the ballpark is 1.000 for every factor

The issue with your team is the starting rotation. None of those pitchers will be above average in a perfect league, as they will all give up too many homers. As others have said, you should start by replacing the lefties with RHP that have at least 65 movement, but eventually you need to replace all of them to be competitive. You could temporarily lower the home run park factor to .900 in order to limit the damage, but you will also hit fewer home runs.

[Blazinghalo]

The problem is finding upgrades in the current auction house. When was the last time that you saw a 96 Smoltz, 96 Scott, 94 Clemens, 96 Martinez (or any other RHP upgrade) offered for anywhere close to the last 5 average?

[Infinity]

Originally Posted by Orcin

The issue with your team is the starting rotation. None of those pitchers will be above average in a perfect league, as they will all give up too many homers. As others have said, you should start by replacing the lefties with RHP that have at least 65 movement, but eventually you need to replace all of them to be competitive. You could temporarily lower the home run park factor to .900 in order to limit the damage, but you will also hit fewer home runs.

ok, how do you change stats on a ballpark?

[Blazinghalo]

Ballpark changes must be made at the beginning of a new season.

you need to go to:

Main -> Perfect Team Home Screen -> Customize Team

wait for that to load....

then click "customize your ballpark" in the middle section to the right of your logo


also... be sure to hit <enter> after every entry for it to save it.

[Kushiel]

Platoon with your lineup for better offensive results but your biggest problem is your rotation. None of your starters fit on a championship Perfect Level team. If you want Kershaw, you need the 96 OVR. Sale is OK in the pen as a lefty specialist and to put in for mop up duty. Your RH starters can play in Perfect Level but will most likely never win big as a group. It is going to be difficult in the current '19 AH situation to get what you need.

This is just my opinion and as such means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

[Infinity]

Originally Posted by Blazinghalo

The problem is finding upgrades in the current auction house. When was the last time that you saw a 96 Smoltz, 96 Scott, 94 Clemens, 96 Martinez (or any other RHP upgrade) offered for anywhere close to the last 5 average?

I have noticed that myself..sucks really

[pappyzan]

Having 5 low endurance RPs isn't helping your situation either. 5 man bullpens are doable, but not with only 5 RPs that each have low endurance. Especially with your SPs getting shelled, your RPs are bound to be waaay overworked/exhausted a high percentage of the time.

Move Sale and Seaver to the bullpen, drop 1 of those current RPs and find 2 other starters using the advice already given in this thread. Then sell DeGrom and Kershaw and find 2 more SPs. Keep Feller.

[Infinity]

finding a decent starting pitcher is nigh on impossible on my budge. I soldSale and have Kershaw on the market. Then I picked up Max Sherzer which was probably a mistake but I cannot find any affordable starters with a 64 or above movement.

Pappyzan why move Seaver into the bullpen when he has more than adequate movement and his other stats are real real good?

Also, is there anything I can do with the Global Strategies that also could help?

Update: was able to grab a 95 Matt Harvey with a movement of 79...big improvement methinks

[OMGPuppies]

Originally Posted by KleineBiere

Bonds, Trout & Betts are the only productive batters.
Get rid of Sale & Kershaw

How did you calculate these numbers?

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by Infinity

Update: was able to grab a 95 Matt Harvey with a movement of 79...big improvement methinks

NOW you are making progress.

[Infinity]

Another question, what about a 4 man rotation since I don't seem to be able to find a 5th starter with 65 or better movement?

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by Infinity

Another question, what about a 4 man rotation since I don't seem to be able to find a 5th starter with 65 or better movement?

I think you are better off with a 5-man rotation set to "start highest rested". That will make sure your good pitchers are at their best while reducing the number of starts made by the fifth guy.

[Infinity]

Originally Posted by Orcin

I think you are better off with a 5-man rotation set to "start highest rested". That will make sure your good pitchers are at their best while reducing the number of starts made by the fifth guy.

problem is, my 5th guy is the best one with movement...another question (sorry for being so curious, hope I'm not driving anyone nuts...lol) was moving Scherzer 97 to bullpen and adding high movement 90 Gary Peters with an iimpressive 83 to movement to my rotation?