Maybe it's just me, but I think I'm actually seeing MORE diversity in OLs recently.  Perhaps enough people are tired of the cookie teams to try something else?  The OBP strategy is good one, but for a long time the dominant strategy was deadball pitchers, low-IP starters in the pen, and an offense largely comprising low-BB singles hitters with speed, in Astrodome or Dodger Stadium.

Right now I'm in a couple of OLs and there is a nice variety of strategies being employed by the best teams. I'm about to face off in the LCS against a Mize-Ruth-Cy Williams team that hit 236 HR in AFCS.  Coors teams are making a comeback.  There's a division leader in another league with an A++++ range team in Hilltop (haven't seen one of those in a long time.) 

There's still plenty of the Joss-Coleman-Castillo-Dilone-Raines teams (and to be fair, I use some of those guys too), but I think enough owners are seeing that there are other ways to win.

Posted by contrarian23 on 12/15/2011 9:42:00 PM (view original):
Maybe it's just me, but I think I'm actually seeing MORE diversity in OLs recently.  Perhaps enough people are tired of the cookie teams to try something else?  The OBP strategy is good one, but for a long time the dominant strategy was deadball pitchers, low-IP starters in the pen, and an offense largely comprising low-BB singles hitters with speed, in Astrodome or Dodger Stadium.

Right now I'm in a couple of OLs and there is a nice variety of strategies being employed by the best teams. I'm about to face off in the LCS against a Mize-Ruth-Cy Williams team that hit 236 HR in AFCS.  Coors teams are making a comeback.  There's a division leader in another league with an A++++ range team in Hilltop (haven't seen one of those in a long time.) 

There's still plenty of the Joss-Coleman-Castillo-Dilone-Raines teams (and to be fair, I use some of those guys too), but I think enough owners are seeing that there are other ways to win.

How 'bout this team?

	player-year	bats	pa	hr	avg	obp	slg	f/r	salary
C	1981 Alan Ashby	S	435	4	.271	.356	.369	C/A	$3,470,400
1B	2002 Scott Spiezio	S	571	12	.285	.371	.436	A/D+	$3,601,774
2B	1930 Frankie Frisch	S	643	10	.346	.407	.520	C/A-	$5,931,329
3B	1994 Bobby Bonilla	S	660	20	.290	.374	.504	C/A-	$5,204,921
SS	1997 Walt Weiss	S	469	4	.270	.377	.384	A/B	$3,744,391
OF	1952 Mickey Mantle	S	659	23	.311	.394	.530	C-/A-	$6,145,505
OF	1912 Bob Bescher	S	684	4	.281	.381	.396	C/A	$5,286,729
OF	1889 Walt Wilmot	S	634	9	.289	.367	.484	C-/B+	$4,980,598
PW	1908 Sammy Strang	S	85	0	.094	.385	.094	C/C-	$250,331

player-year	t	ip	oav	whip	bb9	hr9	salary
1902 Bill Bernhard	R	270	.215	0.94	1.47	0.16	$9,228,381
1913 Reb Russell	L	338	.219	1.04	2.25	0.06	$10,932,526
1908 Bill Burns	L	176	.229	0.93	0.98	0.16	$4,724,046
1907 Orval Overall	R	286	.208	1.01	2.31	0.10	$9,103,691
2006 Mike MacDougal	R	25	.213	1.00	2.16	0.36	$777,468
1965 Robin Roberts	R	76	.216	0.93	1.18	0.12	$2,812,308
1967 Cisco Carlos	R	42	.161	0.77	1.94	0.00	$1,938,932

Another guy I've been having success with is 1994 Lou Frazier. In a just completed OL, for a little over $1mil, he gave me 224 ABs (practically all at 100%), a .286 avg with 40 SBs in 42 attempts. Plus he's an A feilding OF who can fill in 2B. 

Posted by zubinsum on 12/15/2011 2:36:00 AM (view original):

Posted by thunder1008 on 12/14/2011 11:53:00 PM (view original):
Here's one who is more solid than spectacular.  Mike Marshall `85 is turning in a very good season in amycox67's league -- .325/.378/.483 with 13 HR/61 RBI at the halfway mark, putting him on track for 25 HR/120 RBI, notwithstanding the forum jinx, all for $3.89 MM.  A+ glove at first, A- in the OF.  Not much range.  Enough PA's so there aren't big fatigue issues.  Whenever I find solid full season position players for under $4 MM I remember them, even if they're not great.  Never know when they're going to plug a hole somewhere. 

Mike Marshall '85 (R)

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6

93

331

302

13

61

0

.325

.378

.483

3.89M

The sim loves alliteration.

I hear '89 Walt Wimwalt and '06 Sammy Strang do pretty well too

Don't use big words around boogerlips please. It is one of his buttons.

Boogerlips Buttons would hit .350 at least.