At 60-50 the Atlanta Tartans are atop the American League South by 4 games. There team is a collection of youth and forgotten scraps. An honestly, the majority is scrap. Bench Coach Trace Nichols was handed a roster of left overs and two top prospects (add to the team in an effort to insure 64 wins).
Well we are 110 games in, 52 to go and the Tartans need only 4 wins to reach their minimum this season. This is impressive when you consider that Atlanta is ranked last in the bigs in player ratings.
The team's salary is just over $40 million. Compare that to division rivals and you will see that Tartan ownership is getting a lot of return on its investment.
Team / Payroll / Ovr. Rating / Wins-Losses
Atlanta / $40.8 M / 63 / 60-50
Kansas City / $78.0 M / 69 / 53-57
San Juan / $89.8 M / 68 / 56-54
Houston / $59.9 M / 68 / 55-55
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(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.)
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