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Subject: Tips for how to play smallworld baseball plz
Posted by: KoGs
- Donor [387292818] Thu, Nov 23, 2006, 00:20
I'm always bored in the offseason. So I want to start playing smallworld baseball. I come from a basketball/hockey background. I do watch my baseball, but only casually. Everyteam playing everyday can be quite a strain sometimes.
Anyways, I'm especially concerned with how to manage pitchers. Anyone have any tips for me? Thanks. |
| 1 | Kal Zakath
ID: 501025715
Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 12:22
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Watch out what you ask for... LOL.
There are a lot of different schools on how to handle pitchers - some will go heavy closer to start, some won't touch a closer, etc. Some stud up quickly at the P spots, others use their money on hitters... I am sure that if 10 people posted here, they would give you at least 8 different answers.
For your starting lineup, I've found that it often depends on finding the undervalued players, and then adjusting your strategy around where there are those undervalued players.
A lot also depends on if you are playing basic, basic trade-buying, or Ultimate. Each have their own nuances that make the strategy for one not apply to the others.
That all said, there are a few things that are pretty universal.
Pitching Efficiency -
Trade out of starting pitchers as close to after their start as possible, and trade into pitchers as soon before their start as possible. There are a few exceptions, but using this as a general rule should allow you to get more starts out of your pitching slots over the course of the year.
5-day pricing cycle -
Watch this, as you can make a ton of money off the pitchers if you understand it. Basically, it uses all of the transactions on each pitcher over the prior 5 days to determine the price changes - if someone has a lot of 'buys' in the bank, and has a solid matchup the next start, he should make solid cash all of the way through the start without getting a single buy.
The 5-day cycle is why often the cheap closer trains are such great moneymakers - they often get buys day after day as they have the possibility of pitching every day. They often, at least early in the season, can become million dollar, 2-week trains.
That's a couple of things - sorry for the long post - it's a very general question you asked. There of course is a lot more to it than that as well....
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| 2 | smallwhirled
ID: 3410382016
Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 12:40
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It's an ever changing game. Most of the base strategies stay the same, but there are little things that change over the years.
Closers, especially dirt cheap ones, have become a huge part of the game for RV making in the beginning.
I go heavy closer and usually 5 because I like to play very conservatively in the beginning of the season. It's a marathon, and running out of trades is a horrible thing in baseball because prices aren't really dependant on schedule. A heavily owned player that begins losing money could take a long time to stabilize and you don't wanna get stuck with that.
The very best cheap closers to get are ones who are a little on the unowned side....check TSN boards to see who everyone is talking about. Guys who get the closer job right before the start of the season with no initial ownership are the best ones to get.
There is no evidence backing this, but I'd say that at least 50% of closers under 4 million WILL train in the first month of the season. Drafting 2 or 3 closer trains saves 2 or 3 pitcher trades and makes the strategy viable.
Other things to know....
For hitters, schedule means nothing. Buying into a good hitter schedule will not make enough cash for it to be worth it. Buying into it for points may, but in terms of dollars it won't be enough to matter.
Like hockey, the key is to sell your losers. Don't force making RV, just force not losing it. That's more important. Sell your heavily owned players when they lose money to something solid, and chances are you'll be okay.
I will probably be more conservative than ever next year and build a trade bank that I can work with. Anytime you are touching 0 trades, you are really taking a huge risk IMO.
Also there were too many times last year where I think I used too much available cash and handcuffed some things leading to too many double swaps. I'm going to try and stay away from that more this upcoming year.
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| 3 | KoGs
Donor
ID: 387292818
Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 17:26
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5 day pricing cycle? Is this only for pitchers?
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| 4 | Jeddi
ID: 269111620
Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 18:50
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day late, day late, day late. dont even bother researching at the start of the year.
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| 5 | KoGs
Donor
ID: 387292818
Tue, Nov 28, 2006, 00:06
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How do rained out days work? Do you get credit for it if you have those players, or are you just out of luck?
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| 6 | smallwhirled
ID: 2710512716
Tue, Nov 28, 2006, 00:28
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Eh, I'm 50-50 on day late. Both have their advantages and disadvantages depending on how you draft.
In reality though, it really doesn't matter as after 3 weeks teams will converge anyways. The possible extra points by going on time get counteracted with saved trades (hitter primarily) by not having to buy trains on late teams.
Overall, it's a push. People here have been victorious with both strategies.
On time drafting means some research.....advantage day late. ;)
Although I have fun chatting it up with some people. Plus preparing for a draft will get your TSN brain back up to shape.
Rainouts, it depends on if the game is official or not. If it's official, points counted. If not, no points. Rainouts especially suck for pitchers, obviously, screwing up their rest sequences.
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