Need some serious help!!!!

TylerG30 · 07-15-2010, 03:13 AM

So, I was reading here, and decided to take control of my fav team, the White Sox. Figured they were a halfway decent team. Got used to the options, what to control, the waiver wire, promoting/demoting players, etc. I figured out by the break, that my team is absolutely horrible! I picked up a couple people off waivers to fill voids, lost Andruw Jones, but got Dice K and David Wright for basicall Jones and a couple minor leaguers. Haven't had too many injuries, at least not enough to be 20 games under .500! The mood of my players is good, or so it appears. Any ideas on what to do to improve, or what you have done to be sucessful? My batters can't hit, my pitchers can't pitch. I just started simming everything after the break, because the season was so out of hand. I really like the game, but like some other people, just feel so overwhelmed and don't know where to start fixing. I try tweaking stuff, like loading up with right handed hitters against lefties, switching up the lineups, bringing up guys that are doing well in the minors, but it just seems like nothing works for me. My goal was to be .500, so my owner is "furious"

Tyler

Libid21 · 07-15-2010, 10:01 AM

If you have managers on, I would first look at firing your manager. He's probably doing something wrong. Either that or you are doing something wrong when you are managing the games.

Second of all, perhaps it's just time for your team to rebuild. I would look towards building around ground ball pitchers as the Chicago Stadium is a bit of a hitter's park.

RchW · 07-15-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TylerG30

So, I was reading here, and decided to take control of my fav team, the White Sox. Figured they were a halfway decent team. Got used to the options, what to control, the waiver wire, promoting/demoting players, etc. I figured out by the break, that my team is absolutely horrible! I picked up a couple people off waivers to fill voids, lost Andruw Jones, but got Dice K and David Wright for basicall Jones and a couple minor leaguers. Haven't had too many injuries, at least not enough to be 20 games under .500! The mood of my players is good, or so it appears. Any ideas on what to do to improve, or what you have done to be sucessful? My batters can't hit, my pitchers can't pitch. I just started simming everything after the break, because the season was so out of hand. I really like the game, but like some other people, just feel so overwhelmed and don't know where to start fixing. I try tweaking stuff, like loading up with right handed hitters against lefties, switching up the lineups, bringing up guys that are doing well in the minors, but it just seems like nothing works for me. My goal was to be .500, so my owner is "furious"

Tyler

Do you have scouting/coaching on?

Scouting especially can put so much fog into player evaluation that it is a total crapshoot. Coaching not so much but bad coaches relative to the rest of the league, can reduce player development and output.

If you don't have S/C on critically compare your team to the successful teams. Check for player quality. Do you have highly rated players at key positions. Sometimes you'll be surprised. Check stats; ie players who over/under perform vs ratings. Is your defense good enough. I find that v11's defensive influence (a global setting) may be a bit too high.

Just my 2 cents.

TylerG30 · 07-15-2010, 05:19 PM

Thanks for the tips people! I know this is going to sound dumb, but I have no idea if my coaching/scouting is on. I know I pay 2.5 million a year for scouting lol. I think it's on, because from time to time, a scout comes back with a player he found. I hired a coach in the off season, but have no clue how to find anything out about him, so just hired the guy with the most experience, who now looks pretty bad. I loaded up my team with some talent, especially at key positions. Put the defenders with high ratings at those positions. I would fire Ozzie, but have no idea how to find out anything about somebody I would look to hire. I'm trying a new season now, my lineup seems pretty loaded (Brad Penny is my 5th starter in year 2011), so we will see what happens.

Also, I saw people saying to turn injuries on low, but for the life on me, I can't find anything to change the settings to do this. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Tyler

Quote:

Originally Posted by RchW

Do you have scouting/coaching on?

Scouting especially can put so much fog into player evaluation that it is a total crapshoot. Coaching not so much but bad coaches relative to the rest of the league, can reduce player development and output.

If you don't have S/C on critically compare your team to the successful teams. Check for player quality. Do you have highly rated players at key positions. Sometimes you'll be surprised. Check stats; ie players who over/under perform vs ratings. Is your defense good enough. I find that v11's defensive influence (a global setting) may be a bit too high.

Just my 2 cents.

jmknpk2 · 07-16-2010, 05:22 AM

Click the "OOTP" drop down menu button. Select "Game Setup". You should be at the "Global Setup" tab. If not, click the "Global Setup" tab.

From this screen you will see check boxes for "Use Complete Scouting System", "Use Complete Coaching System", and "Enable Injuries". Right under the Enable Injuries check box is an option for "Injury Frequency". You can click the drop-down box to the right and select "Very Low" if you wish.

jmknpk2 · 07-16-2010, 05:32 AM

It sounds like you have scouting on.

Select the manager_name (your name) drop-down box and select your team's home page. From there you should see tabs running across the screen near the top of the page (above your team's information). One of the tabs (8th from the left) is "Scouting and Personnel". Click that tab and information about your scout will be displayed.

If you look at the bar under the "Scouting and Personnel" tab you just clicked, over to the far left, you should see buttons for "Scouting" (where you are at) and "Team Personnel". Click the "Team Personnel" button to see all of your team's staff. Make sure you have someone hired for each position. If there's an open position, it would only hurt your team. I'm assuming you know how to hire staff since you mentioned you hired a coach. If not, let us know and we can explain. Before you leave this screen though,...

Notice at the right-hand bottom of the screen, there is a drop-down button for "affiliated teams", just above the "Finish Day" button. If you click on that drop-down, you can select your minor league teams (if you have them in your sim). Make sure you have all of their staff hired also. The minor league teams don't have trainers, bench coaches or scouts. When you've finished with your minor league teams, don't forget to click back on the "affiliated teams" button to select your major league team before you continue.

Hope that helps some.

TylerG30 · 07-20-2010, 03:13 AM

Yes, that helped a lot, thanks! Got the hang of it, starting year 2015 now. Won 97 last year, but got swept in the first round, so gonna try to improve some spots on my team and try again.

07-15-2010, 03:13 AM	#1
TylerG30 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 42	Need some serious help!!!! So, I was reading here, and decided to take control of my fav team, the White Sox. Figured they were a halfway decent team. Got used to the options, what to control, the waiver wire, promoting/demoting players, etc. I figured out by the break, that my team is absolutely horrible! I picked up a couple people off waivers to fill voids, lost Andruw Jones, but got Dice K and David Wright for basicall Jones and a couple minor leaguers. Haven't had too many injuries, at least not enough to be 20 games under .500! The mood of my players is good, or so it appears. Any ideas on what to do to improve, or what you have done to be sucessful? My batters can't hit, my pitchers can't pitch. I just started simming everything after the break, because the season was so out of hand. I really like the game, but like some other people, just feel so overwhelmed and don't know where to start fixing. I try tweaking stuff, like loading up with right handed hitters against lefties, switching up the lineups, bringing up guys that are doing well in the minors, but it just seems like nothing works for me. My goal was to be .500, so my owner is "furious" Tyler

07-15-2010, 10:01 AM	#2
Libid21 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 540	If you have managers on, I would first look at firing your manager. He's probably doing something wrong. Either that or you are doing something wrong when you are managing the games. Second of all, perhaps it's just time for your team to rebuild. I would look towards building around ground ball pitchers as the Chicago Stadium is a bit of a hitter's park. __________________ "It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw." - Michael Lewis in Moneyball

07-16-2010, 05:22 AM	#5
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	Click the "OOTP" drop down menu button. Select "Game Setup". You should be at the "Global Setup" tab. If not, click the "Global Setup" tab. From this screen you will see check boxes for "Use Complete Scouting System", "Use Complete Coaching System", and "Enable Injuries". Right under the Enable Injuries check box is an option for "Injury Frequency". You can click the drop-down box to the right and select "Very Low" if you wish.

07-16-2010, 05:32 AM	#6
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	It sounds like you have scouting on. Select the manager_name (your name) drop-down box and select your team's home page. From there you should see tabs running across the screen near the top of the page (above your team's information). One of the tabs (8th from the left) is "Scouting and Personnel". Click that tab and information about your scout will be displayed. If you look at the bar under the "Scouting and Personnel" tab you just clicked, over to the far left, you should see buttons for "Scouting" (where you are at) and "Team Personnel". Click the "Team Personnel" button to see all of your team's staff. Make sure you have someone hired for each position. If there's an open position, it would only hurt your team. I'm assuming you know how to hire staff since you mentioned you hired a coach. If not, let us know and we can explain. Before you leave this screen though,... Notice at the right-hand bottom of the screen, there is a drop-down button for "affiliated teams", just above the "Finish Day" button. If you click on that drop-down, you can select your minor league teams (if you have them in your sim). Make sure you have all of their staff hired also. The minor league teams don't have trainers, bench coaches or scouts. When you've finished with your minor league teams, don't forget to click back on the "affiliated teams" button to select your major league team before you continue. Hope that helps some.

07-20-2010, 03:13 AM	#7
TylerG30 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 42	Yes, that helped a lot, thanks! Got the hang of it, starting year 2015 now. Won 97 last year, but got swept in the first round, so gonna try to improve some spots on my team and try again.