Houston Havoc - Great hitting club, lack starting pitching
Strengths: MVP candidate LF B.J. Woodard, potential All-Stars CF Donald Hiro and SS Manny Coleman. Club also has several solid ML players at 2B (though Sosa might be out of position) and 3B (Wyatt). In the minors the club has SS/3B Cole Mercedes C/DH Johnny Turnbow in AAA, and 2B Ivan Alomar and LF Juan Machado in AA.
The club also has some projected depth in the bullpen with Craig Johnson in the ML, Macbeth Swann, Chris Walker, Russ Blake in AAA, and James Shelley in AA.
Weaknesses: Lack of starting pitching, no true catcher, and weak defensively at 2B and 3B.
Kansas City Monarchs - Solid hitting club, couple useful starters, amazing bullpen
Strengths: Start with the bullpen Luis Rivera, Yannick Jackson, and Ray Nierko in the ML (thats 3 closers on the same team!!!). DH Harley Rolle can hit when healthy, 1B Chip Dipoto is solid, C Al Frias and 3B Toby Fleming can hit as well. Finally watch out for SS Cyrus Gibson in AAA.
Weaknesses: Could use 2-3 starting pitchers, better glove at 2B, and an additional OF
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Strategic Insight
(This area of the blog will be used to record key insights learned in the Branch Rickey World.)
In no specific order:
1.) Don't under estimate the value of a good coaching staff, they can turn a dud into a competitive squad, etc.
2.) Pitching settings are one of the most important controls in the game: particularly the Call Bullpen setting, which can dramatically improve any pitchers performance (use it to reward good ERAs/WHIPs and improve bad ones).
3.) Pick a strategy that is unique and one that you can live with. (If you are in for the long haul then consider going young early, or you want to earn a free season get big league talent, just make sure you won't have regrets when your minor league system sucks.)
In no specific order:
1.) Don't under estimate the value of a good coaching staff, they can turn a dud into a competitive squad, etc.
2.) Pitching settings are one of the most important controls in the game: particularly the Call Bullpen setting, which can dramatically improve any pitchers performance (use it to reward good ERAs/WHIPs and improve bad ones).
3.) Pick a strategy that is unique and one that you can live with. (If you are in for the long haul then consider going young early, or you want to earn a free season get big league talent, just make sure you won't have regrets when your minor league system sucks.)
1 comment:
Very good analysis of my team in K.C. I've been trying to unload my closers but no one is buying so hopefully I can get to the seventh inning with the lead. Nicely done!
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