Yes, in leagues where I have a choice, I always draft my setup/closer types from among real life starters.  A stud pitcher who can give you 100+ pitches in an appearance is way more valuable in the post-season than a real life reliever who's tired after 15-20 pitches.  I'm not sure if WIS charges more for pitchers based on higher IP/G, but IMO they should.

Posted by crazystengel on 9/9/2015 11:52:00 AM (view original):
Yes, in leagues where I have a choice, I always draft my setup/closer types from among real life starters.  A stud pitcher who can give you 100+ pitches in an appearance is way more valuable in the post-season than a real life reliever who's tired after 15-20 pitches.  I'm not sure if WIS charges more for pitchers based on higher IP/G, but IMO they should.

I'd say there's a tradeoff. If the choice is Milacki or anyone (even Mike Adams), I'd take Milacki. But there are cases where the reliever option is notably better and the short-IP starter isn't too much better than your SPs. There, the RP becomes the better option.

That's why I said "where I have a choice."  I play mostly themes that severely restrict the player pool so I know it's not always possible to find good low-inning starters.

Gotta love the playoffs.

Team	Type	League	W-L	Standing	Last Game	Notes	Alerts
Just Appy To Be Here	Theme	MLB113996	105-57	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 4 - 3	25 Random Years
Ravez Chavine	Theme	MLB114075	99-63	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 8 - 2	91-15 Dodgers
And Gold	Open	MLB112194	93-69	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 3	Silver King
Padawan	Theme	MLB114161	93-69	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 2	Blacklist

There is probably a built in algorithm on how your team performs in the playoffs depending on how much money you've spent playing the game. The more you spend, the more free credits WIS is willing to dish out to you.

Kidding!!! :-)

Over the last 6 months, my teams have averaged ~96 wins (.593 win%) yet my playoff win% has remained hovering around .480. Here's the current state of some completed teams in my Team Center.

MH Cashing In	Open	MLB112914	113-49	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 2	Pre-Update Cookies
MH Led by Ed II	Open	MLB112843	110-52	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 1	Ed Summers OL II
MH One Two Punch	Open	MLB112860	109-53	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 8 - 4	Pedro and Maddux OL
MH Best of Both Worlds	Theme	MLB114722	97-65	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 3 - 2	Random Soup League
MH Whatever's Left	Theme	MLB114766	97-65	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 3	Skunk's 120M Blacklist
MH Future Blacklistees	Theme	MLB114759	85-77	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 0	A51M 90M Blacklist

EDIT 4/6:

MH Tried and Trues	Open	MLB113123	107-55	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 8 - 2	OL tough division
MH Who's Mister Magoo?	Theme	MLB114435	105-57	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 15 - 7	MH Who's Mister Magoo?
MH The 1910 Cubs	Theme	MLB114847	103-59	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 2 - 1	Elysian Fields Twist League
MH Last Hurrahs	Open	MLB113103	102-60	LCS Runner-Up	L: 2 - 0	Old salaries
MH Deadballers	Theme	MLB114714	100-62	Eliminated	W: 11 - 3	Any 10 Years
MH Last Minute Changes	Theme	MLB114691	96-66	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 2 - 1	100M TOC Advantage
MH One More	Open	MLB113125	94-68	Eliminated	L: 2 - 1	Pre Update OL
MH 1964 Grapefruits	Theme	MLB114707	83-79	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 0	Cactus Grapefruit

Posted by cwillis802 on 9/6/2015 3:33:00 PM (view original):
It seems that in OLs no matter how good your AAA players are they stink the playoffs. I have a hard time in the playoffs...doesn't matter how many games I win in the regular season I tend to lose in the divisional series all the time.

this is one thing I have found to be true. Seems as if the SIM has a rook choke algorithm. Especially true of pitchers.

Posted by ozomatli on 4/1/2016 11:52:00 AM (view original):
Over the last 6 months, my teams have averaged ~96 wins (.593 win%) yet my playoff win% has remained hovering around .480. Here's the current state of some completed teams in my Team Center.

MH Cashing In	Open	MLB112914	113-49	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 2	Pre-Update Cookies
MH Led by Ed II	Open	MLB112843	110-52	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 1	Ed Summers OL II
MH One Two Punch	Open	MLB112860	109-53	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 8 - 4	Pedro and Maddux OL
MH Best of Both Worlds	Theme	MLB114722	97-65	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 3 - 2	Random Soup League
MH Whatever's Left	Theme	MLB114766	97-65	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 3	Skunk's 120M Blacklist
MH Future Blacklistees	Theme	MLB114759	85-77	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 0	A51M 90M Blacklist

This doesn't seem unusual - the playoffs by definition are matches against the other best teams. ALL playoff teams combined have a .500 winning record in the playoffs. .480 seems pretty close to expectations.

If a World Series team wins 3 out of 7 games in the world series, that is a .429 winning percentage. So you are doing better on average than any team that came within a win of a world championship.

Posted by ozomatli on 1/10/2016 9:31:00 PM (view original):
Gotta love the playoffs.

Team	Type	League	W-L	Standing	Last Game	Notes	Alerts
Just Appy To Be Here	Theme	MLB113996	105-57	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 4 - 3	25 Random Years
Ravez Chavine	Theme	MLB114075	99-63	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 8 - 2	91-15 Dodgers
And Gold	Open	MLB112194	93-69	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 3	Silver King
Padawan	Theme	MLB114161	93-69	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 2	Blacklist

Brooklyn Dodgers:

1941: 100-54 lost World Series 4-1
1947: 94-60 lost World Series 4-3
1949: 97-57 lost World Series 4-1
1952: 96-57 lost World Series 4-3
1953: 105-49 lost World Series 4-2
1955 98-55 Won World Series 4-3
1956: 93-61 Lost World Series 4-3

Posted by italyprof on 4/2/2016 10:24:00 AM (view original):

Posted by ozomatli on 4/1/2016 11:52:00 AM (view original):
Over the last 6 months, my teams have averaged ~96 wins (.593 win%) yet my playoff win% has remained hovering around .480. Here's the current state of some completed teams in my Team Center.

MH Cashing In	Open	MLB112914	113-49	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 2	Pre-Update Cookies
MH Led by Ed II	Open	MLB112843	110-52	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 1	Ed Summers OL II
MH One Two Punch	Open	MLB112860	109-53	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 8 - 4	Pedro and Maddux OL
MH Best of Both Worlds	Theme	MLB114722	97-65	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 3 - 2	Random Soup League
MH Whatever's Left	Theme	MLB114766	97-65	Division Series Runner-Up	L: 5 - 3	Skunk's 120M Blacklist
MH Future Blacklistees	Theme	MLB114759	85-77	World Series Runner-Up	L: 6 - 0	A51M 90M Blacklist

This doesn't seem unusual - the playoffs by definition are matches against the other best teams. ALL playoff teams combined have a .500 winning record in the playoffs. .480 seems pretty close to expectations.

If a World Series team wins 3 out of 7 games in the world series, that is a .429 winning percentage. So you are doing better on average than any team that came within a win of a world championship.

Teams that lose a WS by one game will have been at least 2 games over .500 for the playoffs prior to the WS (assuming normal league format).

Regardless, I look at other owners who win at a similar percentage to myself in the regular season and see them doing much better than myself in the postseason. Most owners, regardless of reg season win%, seem to win in the playoffs an a .020-.050 lower rate. Mine is .110 lower compared to my current reg season win%. It is a weird phenomenon