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#95537	05/22/2025 4:37:43 pm	May 27th, 2069
ML21 Joined: 03/08/2025 Posts: 8 High Point Devils III.4	Can anyone come take a look at my team and tell me what you think. Spicifically pitching and/or maybe fielding? Any suggestions are appreciated.

#95538	05/22/2025 7:10:55 pm	May 29th, 2069
FreddyThe2nd Joined: 06/08/2020 Posts: 200 Tombstone Pistoleros Legends	You took over a team in a very high division which will make your first few seasons pretty tough. Usually guys start in div V or VI and learn while playing lesser competition but at least you get to see some good teams. Your inherited team has a great offense but pitching and defense is really lacking atm. Your middle infield is a mess tbh and your pitchers are giving up too many hits, walks and HR's. A better defensive middle infield will help with that. When you sort your pitchers by innings pitched (in statistics) you can see that the top 5 guys are all over 5 ERA. That is way too many innings for guys at that ERA. You also inherited a pretty decent minors so the pain may not last for so long lol. A couple suggestions: Read the game manual in the help section. Read up / ask about pitching settings. Join the discord (through the chat link) as there are many guys there everyday answering questions. Get better middle infielders who have capital letters at their position (SS and 2B) and have fielding AND range at 16+. Don't use left handed outfielders at 2B. Expect to demote a couple times before getting straightened out. Be patient and have fun while taking your lumps. See you on discord.

#95539	05/23/2025 4:26:55 am	May 29th, 2069
ML21 Joined: 03/08/2025 Posts: 8 High Point Devils III.4	Thank you for your reply. As of right now my hitting is great, but that’s about it. I have Acuna at SS, Patterson at 3B, and Dunn at 2B. For a little I had wenzel at 2B because of his range and I know he can develop into a much better fielder but currently his fielding is not there. Ledsema was there for one game as a trial. If I need to I can sign a slightly worse hitter but good fielder from FA if that would be helpful. But my main question is; is my pitching bad because I have a bunch of sub par fielders, or because the pitcher are actually bad? Who should I be focused on replacing.

#95540	05/23/2025 5:24:14 am	May 29th, 2069
ML21 Joined: 03/08/2025 Posts: 8 High Point Devils III.4	In fielding, how much does experience at a position matter (as in the position rating). Say for example at 2B if I have one player who has 15 fielding and 11 range but he’s the only guy who is a strong 2B (position rating of almost 3 if not 3) do I play him or move a couple guys around to have maybe a 1 or 1.5 rating 2B and SS playing to have better range and fielding there. Or even a great bat who has 19 fielding and 11 range but only a 2B rating of 0.5.

#95541	05/23/2025 6:01:21 am	May 29th, 2069
FreddyThe2nd Joined: 06/08/2020 Posts: 200 Tombstone Pistoleros Legends	I'll let others respond but I've pm'd you. Others should have opinions a little different than mine. Rock among others usually chimes in with some sage advice. P.S. to everyone, this guy is pretty new, he is not the same experienced High Point manager (chillfunk has left the game).

#95542	05/23/2025 6:54:48 am	May 29th, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9842 Haverhill Halflings II.1	Wenzel looks fine for 2B. His fielding is a bit on the low side for SS, but might even consider him there for the longer term. You can't really do to much wrong with these batters as long as Horan is in the lineup. As a general rule you want to keep lefties at OF/1B/DH because they get fielding penalties in other positions. Its hard to tell EXACTLY how much impact the position experience has, but I always try to get my guys capital positions before playing them at the major level. 1B/OF seems to suffer less (because they don't field too much), but its hard to tell the impact. Like does an "of" impact your Range? I know a "c" will impact your pitching performance. I personally give a little more weight to Range over Fielding at SS/2B just because it impacts the range of the whole team. But really you want both. Updated Friday, May 23 2025 @ 6:56:18 am PDT

#95543	05/23/2025 7:12:43 am	May 29th, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9842 Haverhill Halflings II.1	Your pitching isn't horrible. I wouldn't make drastic changes, but a couple things to consider. - don't jump to conclusions with only 10 innings pitched, but do look at minor league performance. - WHIP is a much better indicator of performance than ERA. But consider things like HR rate. A guy like Matthews has a really good WHIP, but he gives up way too many bombs. - some of the guys have low control, walks can really hurt you. As a general rule, I'd try to get guys with a bit more control 12+ at a minimum. But it depends 13 Control guys can have problems too, while a guy like Chavez is so dominant control isn't an issue... - Not an immediate concern, but its valuable to match your pitching styles to your ballpark. This ballpark is designed more to the hitters than the pitchers, which is fine. But if you are going to stick with the large park, you want more flyball pitchers (guys with very low GB/FB rates). Doesn't hurt to have some mix so you have guys who can play in opposing small parks, but you will play half your games at home, and groundball pitchers will perform poorly in your park.

#95545	05/23/2025 8:51:36 am	May 29th, 2069
ML21 Joined: 03/08/2025 Posts: 8 High Point Devils III.4	I know SS and 2B I would want good fielding, how much does 3B matter? I just signed Holman who is a pretty decent fielding SS and probably want wenzel at 2B now because of his range, but I am debating between moving acuna to 3B and Horan to DH, or keep Horan at 3B and put Dunn at DH. Dunn is having an amazing year and has always been a great hitter, just doesn’t really seem to have the skills to play in the field anywhere. Horan has 12 fielding, 13 range, and 14 arm while acuna has 15 fielding, 14 range, and 16 arm. Also, Rock, I just signed your former 2B Antonio Molina to potentially get better fielding their with a pretty decent bat for maybe a year or two. Let me know what I should do there because I also want Wenzel to develop. For the longer term I am thinking I want wenzel to become a SS because I have a 19 yo 15 potential guy in AA with 19 range and outstanding in the field with 7 arm, who also has great hitter report.

#95548	05/23/2025 11:35:46 am	May 29th, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9842 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I think you will be ok with any combo as long as you play Horan. Range isn't too important for 3B, but Fielding and Arm are both valuable. I would lean towards Acuna, but really Dunn might be better because of his fielding. The only reason I would consider playing Horan at 3B is because it makes him more valuable in the long run. If he DHs, he will slowly forget how to play 3B. Acuna is also getting older, so limited return on investment in the long run. Molina is getting long in the tooth. I'd probably stick with Wenzel (so he continues to develop) and use Molina as the backup, or maybe for important games if Wenzel is flagging.

#95549	05/23/2025 11:38:02 am	May 29th, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9842 Haverhill Halflings II.1	You could also use Holman as a backup and play Molina at 2B if you want Wenzel to develop into your future SS.

#95550	05/24/2025 4:57:55 am	May 31st, 2069
ML21 Joined: 03/08/2025 Posts: 8 High Point Devils III.4	Are there any suggestions for pitchers? Overall my pitching sucks so I don’t not if that’s even able to be saved but when looking at pitchers what should I be looking for? I’m told looking at LL6 stats isn’t great but are there other things that I should look at if a player only played there? Are certain attributes better than others or some combination of attributes?

#95551	05/24/2025 1:52:31 pm	May 31st, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9842 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I like to look at the minor league stats, because everyone plays at the same level in the minors.

#95552	05/24/2025 7:28:32 pm	Jun 4th, 2069
ML21 Joined: 03/08/2025 Posts: 8 High Point Devils III.4	Can anyone explain what actually makes a pitcher good? I know that there can be a 20% error in the listed attributes so is that why some players that on paper are way better than other just seem to be playing awful? Are there some hidden attributes that are just random? When I’m drafting a player should I be looking just at his scouting report(which is what I have been doing) or also looking at his stats?

#95553	05/25/2025 7:02:34 am	Jun 4th, 2069
Divac Joined: 06/14/2020 Posts: 145 Florence Violets V.15	If you find out, let me know.

#95554	05/25/2025 4:49:08 pm	Jun 7th, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9842 Haverhill Halflings II.1	Both Hitters and Pitchers can perform WAY off what you would think from their attributes. That is why you need to evaluate performance. Its generally a good idea to look at some the the Legends teams, to see what they value. Although honestly I don't think it will be completely uniform because everyone has their own theories. However if you see everyone is for instance getting hitters with solid Hitting, or Pitchers with high Control, then that gives you an idea that those attributes are important.