Posted by nauds3000 on 12/3/2011 8:15:00 PM (view original):
You do the things I think of but don't have the balls to implement, very insightful. Especially the part about base stealing setting and maximizing pitchers...
What if you had 2 players with 93 SPD/77 BR (%26 CS) and 92 SPD/80 BR (%17 CS), would you still set base stealing to 1?
doubt it.
it really depends on who else you have though. i'd probably set it to 0 if i had a bunch of 100 speed guys with 40 BR IQ who run into outs like clockwork. but if i end up accruing a handful of good basestealers in a neutral park without any major liabilities, i'll normally set it to 3. as far as i can tell going above that just results in sending the guys who you definitely don't want running, while 3 normally keeps the guys you do want running active enough.
edit: all that really matters is what the sum of the parts do. i prefer to keep my % maxed out fwiw, i.e. i'd rather have a team that goes 80/100 stealing than 120/160. it may take a bit of fiddling but you can eventually find your equilibrium, although in general i think people set it too aggressively.
12/3/2011 8:26 PM (edited)