The outfield I am looking at drafting has some poor D compared to what I am used to drafting, 70 Rico Carty, 61 Rocky Colavito and 69 Matty Alou with C/D+ C/B and C+/B- ratings respectively. I like the bats but will I regret the D or should I try harder to find eligable players with better D?
 
I could rearrange the bench and get 61 Al Kaline with A-/A+ glove but he seems very overpriced at 8 mil 324 393 obp19 hr. There are also cheaper options with better gloves but not nearly the hitters and I have no good way to spend any extra cash that I can see.
9/9/2011 9:49 PM
In general as you get above $80 million the marginal cost of extra hitting seems to become much lower than the cost of fielding when normalized to estimated run impact.  In other words, potentially in an OL cap and frequently at higher caps you'll get more bang for your buck paying for big bats with crap gloves than vice versa.

Note: By crap gloves, I sometimes mean crap but generally mean "average."  None of those guys are poor defenders, and it seems that the cost of a decent glove vs. an awful glove is fairly low, so it's usually better to avoid guys who will pile up - plays and errors because, with a few exceptions, a similar bat with a glove that will lead to few + or - plays with fewer errors will cost a very similar amount.  But an elite fielder costs a LOT more under the current pricing structure than an average fielder, even if his bat doesn't come close to stacking up.

Further note: That doesn't mean you can't build a successful $80-$100 or even $120 million team around elite fielders, and if you look around enough you'll certainly find some, but it's certainly not the easiest way to go.
9/9/2011 11:10 PM
I've won with worse Outfielders. you can afford better bats when you don't overpay for A glove. I think it's a reasonable tradeoff at some positions as long as you don't overdo it.
9/10/2011 11:28 PM
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Being that I'm a pitching guy and try to save as much as I can to spend on pitching, I go for cheapest high production guys at certain positions and often do well with D- range SS and 2B.  But as for CFs, Rickey Henderson's D/B+ in OLs works for me.
9/11/2011 11:10 PM

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