well doctorcc, I applaud your bold move to go with HRs. I thought about it for a brief second but I wasn't bold enough when I saw the list of doubles and triples parks. I damn well better keep Scherzer away from your park.

Not everybody listed their hitting/pitching salary splits. Did anybody send more than $70 million on offense in the variable cap theme? I really love my offense in that theme.

Offense: 5585 PA, .376 avg, .444 obp, .568 slg, $70.3 million

Hey ozomatli, I see that you went with "A" in the variable cap theme. What is the fielding rating of most of your A+++ range guys? If it's C or worse, do you worry about increased errors due to your deadball pitching staff?

I recently had a team full of 1800's hitters (all A++ range with C and D fielding ratings) but with a pitching staff from 2000 and later. They crushed it in the league, committing about the league average in errors, while my opponents (using deadball pitchers) committed significantly more errors than average. That team is currently in the TOC semi-finals (vs WaitNSee).

There's no DH in that league.

Duh. Looking at the 140m by mistake.

Variable team: not quite 70m... 5620pa, 361/451/552 for 68.57m

Posted by schwarze on 8/9/2017 9:24:00 AM (view original):
Hey ozomatli, I see that you went with "A" in the variable cap theme. What is the fielding rating of most of your A+++ range guys? If it's C or worse, do you worry about increased errors due to your deadball pitching staff?

I recently had a team full of 1800's hitters (all A++ range with C and D fielding ratings) but with a pitching staff from 2000 and later. They crushed it in the league, committing about the league average in errors, while my opponents (using deadball pitchers) committed significantly more errors than average. That team is currently in the TOC semi-finals (vs WaitNSee).

On my phone at the moment but most fielders are in the B/C areas if memory serves. The modern pitcher approach would have been a nice-to-have for me. I've played in a few leagues where I've had a 10M+ disadvantage (shameless plug for the Big Balls Showcase) and have used deadball pitching with success (1 WS win, another WS loss).

My SPs (Claude Hendrix, Bill Bernhard, Frank Smith) are just so underpriced right now - especially Bernhard - that their quality will hopefully make up for the errors.

I need to stop reading this thread. Makes me feel less and less confident in my selections by the minute :P

I am really interested to see how Earl Webb does for the people who are using him and his 71 doubles in the 140M league. He doesn't normalize well, and his performance history is pretty poor, but 71 doubles in lots of doubles parks is a unique environment. Same goes for Charlie Gehringer.

Posted by ozomatli on 8/9/2017 1:02:00 PM (view original):
I am really interested to see how Earl Webb does for the people who are using him and his 71 doubles in the 140M league. He doesn't normalize well, and his performance history is pretty poor, but 71 doubles in lots of doubles parks is a unique environment. Same goes for Charlie Gehringer.

I fully expect him to suck, but maybe he hits .250 with 45 doubles. For the money, I didn't think I'd find anyone better to be my DH in this league.

Seeing as how I never come close to the second round, I would not take any tips on the following setups. But here is the rationale behind my choices:

$70 Million - '97 Jays, '02 Angels, '14 Marlins

I tinkered with a few combinations, but I liked the Jays for their platoon OF. The AB's for them worked out almost perfectly. Otis Nixon was the biggest concern. I originally put his combined season by mistake which made the Jays look even better. I had to adjust by ensuring I had at least one super-sub to eat up OF innings with spot starts to keep regulars fresh. I settled on Sean Rodriguez for that role. The Jays also had a reasonably priced Delgado for some pop. The Angels also had a reasonable home run guy in Troy Glaus. They also had the BP innings I was looking for. The Marlins had enough quality starters to take a chance on, with an added bonus of Hechavarria and a low inning Jose Fernandez. I think my biggest issue is being unable to find the right balance of IP's and AB's for each cap/theme. I probably drafted too many IP's as usual, but we'll see. Almost all teams I tinkered with involved recent Kansas City teams, with their pitching depth. I hope I did not make a mistake not incorporating them.

Prediction: 75 - 87 Although I like this team, the competition in this tourney is fierce.

$90 Million - 1970 Oakland As with Reggie Jackson and Vida Blue clones

I was totally set on a Phillies team with many Pete Rose's and Tug McGraw all over the bullpen. I tried multiple Smoltz options but could not find a fit. I focussed on teams that I could get 2 clones, one pitcher and one hitter. At the last second, I stumbled on the A's. It is not overly defensive, but it has a lot of power and on-base capabilities that I am hoping will out slug some of the other teams. Vida had multiple starter and relief options to make this choice the one for me. Again, that IP/AB balance may bite me, but I really, really liked that Phillies team, and this one just won me over. Hoping Mr. October can get me to the proverbial October in this league.

Prediction: 84 - 78 Baby steps... Hoping for at least 2 +.500 teams this year and this could be one of them.

$100 Million - 1984 - 1993 Blue Jays

Choosing with my heart is one of my achilles heels. Being a Canadian, my allegiance lies with the Expos and Blue Jays. I always try to find answers with these two before looking at other options. Two things about the Jays during this period: 1) They had a lot of great players! 2) They did not hesitate to trade for quality rentals. The rentals made this team a logical choice. Although the majority are home grown, nabbing in the prime versions of Molitor, Henderson, and Cone tipped the scales. The starters are decent, and the bullpen is downright scary good. The offence will score but other teams will likely have as good, or better offences. Hoping my bullpen can be a difference maker in those close games.

Prediction: 71 - 91 My heart will likely get crushed by the players who researched this theme without prejudice. But I had to try!

$120 Million - Alphabet Soup

My eternal optimism had me choose this theme on the off chance I get lucky and squeeze into the cage (not likely!). The other two seemed like the logical combo for round 2. I focussed mostly on filling roles and balancing the IP's for this larger cap. My lineup was built to have a switch hitting flavour, speed at the top, power in the middle, and on-base options throughout. Not a whole lot of strategy for this one, just mixed and matched until it looked viable.

Prediction: 73 - 89 Just not enough time spent to feel comfortable with this one.

Variable Cap - "C"

I thought with all things being equal on the pitching side, and extra $10 million for the hitters was too sweet to pass on. This team will score runs! Will it stop the other team? That job is for the pitching staff! Although I did not seek out specific players, but rather build a lineup based on speed and power, there may be some question marks unaccounted for. I also did not get any switch hitters for the starting lineup, another potential misstep. All that being said, I like the chances of this being a .500 team.

Prediction: 81 - 81 The offence will make up for the defence, but more strategic planning could have made it an even better contender.

$140 Million XBH

I went with triples for this one. There is not a lot of home run power so I ensured there were an adequate amount of doubles to go with the triples. A very fast team, they should steal plenty of bases. The pitching looks solid, but with $140 million to spend, they will get beat up on a lot. I tend to focus less when playing with large caps. I get too excited to be able to field all my all-time favourites that I tend to deviate from the calculated moves needed when researching lower cap leagues.

Prediction: 74 - 88 Will be worse if my poor planning catches up with me.

Overall, I hope to improve on my past performances. I would be happy to finish in the low 60's as that would be my best showing yet. I don't necessarily enjoy being a welcome mat, but I will never have the time to research like the big boys do. I enjoy learning from the best and the themes are always intriguing and entertaining. Good luck to all!

Really, really enjoyed this years themes. As I seemingly do every year -

70M - I went right to catcher first, thinking that a big low cap strategy is to pump your team full of stolen bases. The ’62 Angels had a switch hitting A+++ catcher in Buck Rodgers. I plugged him in and added serviceable players to hit $18M. I next did a search of switch hitting teams. That led me to the ’90 Mets who had Howard Johnson, Tom Herr, and Gregg Jeffries. My infield was complete. Again, added the best pitchers from that team. Only having like 400 IP at this point, I turned to finding a team that could provide some good innings. I wanted an older team to cut down on HR and that led me to the ’71 Astros. I took 650 Innings from that team with no hitting. For my wild card type players I went with switch-hitting stolen bases - Tim Raines and Willie Wilson. Lo cap teams tend to skimp on IP and AB so I made sure I had enough. We’ll see.

90M - Real simple. Find a stud switch-hitting infielder that you can play at all 7 positions and a stud pitcher worth over 1000 IP. Easier said than done. Looked at Frisch, Ozzie Smith, HoJo, Schoendienst, Pete Rose. Built a killer Chipper Jones team with Greg Maddux. Stared at it, slept on it, took it into the bathroom with me. Didn’t like it. Thought I’d be paying too much for the HR that would never come. Went back to the first guy I looked at - Roberto Alomar. A switch hitting SB guy with good defense. Paired him with a crappy Diamondbacks team with Randy Johnson - then I saw Brandon Webb’s stats and I was sold. He’s hardly used in the Sim, but he won me two fantasy championships back in the day so why not roll the dice. Those two got me all my innings and I have 5 Alomars. My only regret was realizing later that Tim Raines has a season at 2B.

100M - Went to my favorite twist teams - Early Cleveland, Early Athletics, 2005 Yankees. Built those teams and kept them on the shelf. Then started playing around with other ideas but i always came back to those three. I figured the pitching on the A’s team - Bender, Coveleski, Plank, Morgan, Krause was too good even though the hitting is suspect. I take this team as a safe .500 play and I’ll hope that my other teams can get me into the top 24.

120M - Kind of a boring strategy here as I wanted to put a doubles/triples team into an appropriate park. The alphabet soup option let me do that in the easiest way. Lajoie, Vidro, Travis, Sandoval, Wagner, Musial, Jimmy Ryan with Cap Anson catching. Traditionally good value pitching with Walter Johnson, Bill Bernhard, Joe Horlen, and Howie Pollet. Spent on Joey Devine to close. Worth every penny.

Variable - went with B since I didn’t think A was worth it and the extra $5M you lose from the C team isn’t worth extra errors and - plays. A bit of a cut and paste from above.

140M - went with doubles, because even with the 1920+ rule, home runs are still suppressed in the sim. 6287 PA and 1600 effective IP. Put in Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in case home runs are not suppressed. So there you go, what do I know. Finished my roster and entered it. Then took another look a few days later and saw all the stud lefty hitters I had. Went back and added Pollett, Jake McGee, and Guidry to a virtually all righty pitching staff. Where’s Art and Ferdie when you need them.

Thank you again to ozo and schwarze. Haven’t missed one of these yet.

Posted by npg32433 on 8/9/2017 8:49:00 PM (view original):
Seeing as how I never come close to the second round, I would not take any tips on the following setups. But here is the rationale behind my choices:

$70 Million - '97 Jays, '02 Angels, '14 Marlins

I tinkered with a few combinations, but I liked the Jays for their platoon OF. The AB's for them worked out almost perfectly. Otis Nixon was the biggest concern. I originally put his combined season by mistake which made the Jays look even better. I had to adjust by ensuring I had at least one super-sub to eat up OF innings with spot starts to keep regulars fresh. I settled on Sean Rodriguez for that role. The Jays also had a reasonably priced Delgado for some pop. The Angels also had a reasonable home run guy in Troy Glaus. They also had the BP innings I was looking for. The Marlins had enough quality starters to take a chance on, with an added bonus of Hechavarria and a low inning Jose Fernandez. I think my biggest issue is being unable to find the right balance of IP's and AB's for each cap/theme. I probably drafted too many IP's as usual, but we'll see. Almost all teams I tinkered with involved recent Kansas City teams, with their pitching depth. I hope I did not make a mistake not incorporating them.

Prediction: 75 - 87 Although I like this team, the competition in this tourney is fierce.

$90 Million - 1970 Oakland As with Reggie Jackson and Vida Blue clones

I was totally set on a Phillies team with many Pete Rose's and Tug McGraw all over the bullpen. I tried multiple Smoltz options but could not find a fit. I focussed on teams that I could get 2 clones, one pitcher and one hitter. At the last second, I stumbled on the A's. It is not overly defensive, but it has a lot of power and on-base capabilities that I am hoping will out slug some of the other teams. Vida had multiple starter and relief options to make this choice the one for me. Again, that IP/AB balance may bite me, but I really, really liked that Phillies team, and this one just won me over. Hoping Mr. October can get me to the proverbial October in this league.

Prediction: 84 - 78 Baby steps... Hoping for at least 2 +.500 teams this year and this could be one of them.

$100 Million - 1984 - 1993 Blue Jays

Choosing with my heart is one of my achilles heels. Being a Canadian, my allegiance lies with the Expos and Blue Jays. I always try to find answers with these two before looking at other options. Two things about the Jays during this period: 1) They had a lot of great players! 2) They did not hesitate to trade for quality rentals. The rentals made this team a logical choice. Although the majority are home grown, nabbing in the prime versions of Molitor, Henderson, and Cone tipped the scales. The starters are decent, and the bullpen is downright scary good. The offence will score but other teams will likely have as good, or better offences. Hoping my bullpen can be a difference maker in those close games.

Prediction: 71 - 91 My heart will likely get crushed by the players who researched this theme without prejudice. But I had to try!

$120 Million - Alphabet Soup

My eternal optimism had me choose this theme on the off chance I get lucky and squeeze into the cage (not likely!). The other two seemed like the logical combo for round 2. I focussed mostly on filling roles and balancing the IP's for this larger cap. My lineup was built to have a switch hitting flavour, speed at the top, power in the middle, and on-base options throughout. Not a whole lot of strategy for this one, just mixed and matched until it looked viable.

Prediction: 73 - 89 Just not enough time spent to feel comfortable with this one.

Variable Cap - "C"

I thought with all things being equal on the pitching side, and extra $10 million for the hitters was too sweet to pass on. This team will score runs! Will it stop the other team? That job is for the pitching staff! Although I did not seek out specific players, but rather build a lineup based on speed and power, there may be some question marks unaccounted for. I also did not get any switch hitters for the starting lineup, another potential misstep. All that being said, I like the chances of this being a .500 team.

Prediction: 81 - 81 The offence will make up for the defence, but more strategic planning could have made it an even better contender.

$140 Million XBH

I went with triples for this one. There is not a lot of home run power so I ensured there were an adequate amount of doubles to go with the triples. A very fast team, they should steal plenty of bases. The pitching looks solid, but with $140 million to spend, they will get beat up on a lot. I tend to focus less when playing with large caps. I get too excited to be able to field all my all-time favourites that I tend to deviate from the calculated moves needed when researching lower cap leagues.

Prediction: 74 - 88 Will be worse if my poor planning catches up with me.

Overall, I hope to improve on my past performances. I would be happy to finish in the low 60's as that would be my best showing yet. I don't necessarily enjoy being a welcome mat, but I will never have the time to research like the big boys do. I enjoy learning from the best and the themes are always intriguing and entertaining. Good luck to all!

A Canadian's roster analysis without a single 'eh', 'hoser' or Gretzky reference might force me out of early forum post retirement.

The main stumbling block being the year's round one s*** show leaves me struggling to come up with adequate justification for my nonsensical roster choices. Check back after I get a few Labatt's in me, eh.

I look forward to reading these every day. Keep 'em coming....

$70 Mil - 14 Nats, 88 Padres, 69 Astros
This team I spent the most time on. As always, looking for OBP+/OPS+/WHIP+. After finding teams with great values ('89 Expos with Raines/Bryn Smith), then, teams that had as close to $18 million in useful players as possible ('88 Mets had Ojeda/Sid/HoJo/Backman), I eventually realized I had to blend $18 million and get as many starters as possible. The '69 Astros had useable lineup guys in Morgan/Menke/Blefary/Edwards/Miller. Marty Martinez gives me a good utility player and just enough to cover my $18 million. The '14 Nats gives me plenty of value in the rotation with Zimerman/Roark/Fister. Soriano and Stammen give me 2 useable relievers. Ryan Zimmerman gives me another great value bench player. Last was the '88 Padres. Pretty sure I was looking for one more valuable SP, and found Eric Show. Gwynn will be my leadoff hitter if I can keep him from getting tired. Kruk/Ready/Thon give me relatively cheap guys who can hit some and play multiple positions. Leiper is cheap enough, and will probably close. Had plenty of cash leftover to fill the roster with 1 good SP (Honeycutt), and bunch of LR innings in the pen (Burdette, McAndrew, Nolasco). Not sure why I picked '06 Lugo, probably needed PA's at SS to go with Thon and an extra SB threat.
5799 PA’s, .266/.354/.383; 1418 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 115 HR

$90 Mil – Hitmen 08 Braves Clone 3
My plan for this team was to find a clone eligible at several different positions to help the lineup and hopefully one SP who could be cloned a bunch. I had two guys in mind. Since I’m pretending I want to win, went with the ’08 Braves after finding I could clone Chipper/Smoltz. (If it was purely to be different, I did have an interesting Brewers team with Molitor/Sutton/Fingers clones). The fact that Chipper switch hits is an additional bonus, and maybe the deciding factor. 5 Chippers solidified almost the entire lineup, just poor OF defense, weak third OF spot with Kotsay/Prado/Infante, and keep McCann lower in the lineup so he doesn’t get tired out. 3 Smoltz’s in the rotation are huge, 2 Smoltz’s in the bullpen makes it tolerable. Used the last clone for ’08 full Teix season, throw him in the cleanup spot.
6376 PA’s, .290/.374/.482, 220 HR’s; 1394 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 126 HR’s

$100 Mil – Hitmen Naps 05, 08, 09
When I can use deadballers, I always try to find a way to use ’02 Bernhard in my rotation due to his value. When I noted that the Philly team was generally horrible, I went with finding 3 Naps teams. Young/Joss/Bernhard/Moore give me an excellent rotation. Other than Berger, I just now realized my bullpen is terrible, and will give up hits. Hopefully the low HR/9 will keep it from becoming a disaster. The offense is pretty much Nap/Hickman/Flick/Bradley, and a bunch of guys who are useable, nothing special. Hopefully the SP carries this team.
6312 PA’s, .311/.365/.422; 1614 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 18 HR’s

$120 Mil – Franchise Soup
I didn’t think of which soup for this one, mostly just thought I would have an easier time building a Franchise Soup team than any of the others. It gives me the best chance to use my philosophy of high OBP+/OPS+/WHIP+, deadballer pitchers, and not dependent on the longball. Love my top 4 of Gore/Hamilton/Collins/Brouthers. Wagner and Jennings fill out the middle of the lineup well. Raines is my main speed guy. Freehan is my main HR guy and should keep teams from stealing 6 bases a game. Jack Clark fills in for Hamilton to rest him, and when the matchup is right. Went value in the rotation with Hendrix/Russell/Bernhard/Braxton. Eichhorn/Roberts/Adams, then some fillers in the bullpen.
6336 PA’s, .330/.422/.458, 1564 IP, 0.98 WHIP, 34 HR

Variable - Hitmen Only a “B”
I figured “A” fielding would be too expensive. However, I do like some kind of range in the OF. So “B” fielding it is. Maintained my strategy of OBP+/OPS+ with few HR’s, and mostly B+ range to try and help the pitchers out. McGraw/Gore will get on base a ton. Cobb/Morgan.Brouthers/Delahanty should provide enough XBH power to drive people in. Carroll/Appling will fill out the lineup. Morgan is pretty much the only power guy AND the only speed guy. There’s a litle bit of extra power, and a cheap pinch runner in Nixon on the bench. Rotation solid with Cicotte/Russell/Bernhard/Braxton. This is the best bullpen I’ve got by a mile, and Braxton will likely do some LR as well.
6424 PA’s, .327/.432/.473, 1553 IP, 0.96 WHIP, 34 HR

$140 Mil – Hitmen Doubles
Just based on prior experience, I have done well creating doubles teams in open leagues with Olympic Stadium. I don’t feel that a triples team gives one enough of an advantage, and HR’s may still be suppressed somewhat, even if there are no deadballers. Without the deadball era, I was allowed to get some HR hitters as well, and while Morgan is my only true basestealer, other guys have enough SB’s to keep opponents honest. I made sure there were a couple HR hitters on the bench when matchups allow. Rotation of Maddux/Wolff/Brown/Braxton will be my only high cap true 4 man rotation. Plenty of solid RP innings, with Rivera closing. Trying to keep HR down will be key.
6873 PA’s, .330/.435/.536, 531 2B’s, 197 HR’s, 136 SB’s/58 CS; 1607 IP, 0.98 WHIP, .217 BAA, 50 HR

Posted by thehuseman on 8/9/2017 10:45:00 PM (view original):
$70 Mil - 14 Nats, 88 Padres, 69 Astros
This team I spent the most time on. As always, looking for OBP+/OPS+/WHIP+. After finding teams with great values ('89 Expos with Raines/Bryn Smith), then, teams that had as close to $18 million in useful players as possible ('88 Mets had Ojeda/Sid/HoJo/Backman), I eventually realized I had to blend $18 million and get as many starters as possible. The '69 Astros had useable lineup guys in Morgan/Menke/Blefary/Edwards/Miller. Marty Martinez gives me a good utility player and just enough to cover my $18 million. The '14 Nats gives me plenty of value in the rotation with Zimerman/Roark/Fister. Soriano and Stammen give me 2 useable relievers. Ryan Zimmerman gives me another great value bench player. Last was the '88 Padres. Pretty sure I was looking for one more valuable SP, and found Eric Show. Gwynn will be my leadoff hitter if I can keep him from getting tired. Kruk/Ready/Thon give me relatively cheap guys who can hit some and play multiple positions. Leiper is cheap enough, and will probably close. Had plenty of cash leftover to fill the roster with 1 good SP (Honeycutt), and bunch of LR innings in the pen (Burdette, McAndrew, Nolasco). Not sure why I picked '06 Lugo, probably needed PA's at SS to go with Thon and an extra SB threat.
5799 PA’s, .266/.354/.383; 1418 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 115 HR

$90 Mil – Hitmen 08 Braves Clone 3
My plan for this team was to find a clone eligible at several different positions to help the lineup and hopefully one SP who could be cloned a bunch. I had two guys in mind. Since I’m pretending I want to win, went with the ’08 Braves after finding I could clone Chipper/Smoltz. (If it was purely to be different, I did have an interesting Brewers team with Molitor/Sutton/Fingers clones). The fact that Chipper switch hits is an additional bonus, and maybe the deciding factor. 5 Chippers solidified almost the entire lineup, just poor OF defense, weak third OF spot with Kotsay/Prado/Infante, and keep McCann lower in the lineup so he doesn’t get tired out. 3 Smoltz’s in the rotation are huge, 2 Smoltz’s in the bullpen makes it tolerable. Used the last clone for ’08 full Teix season, throw him in the cleanup spot.
6376 PA’s, .290/.374/.482, 220 HR’s; 1394 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 126 HR’s

$100 Mil – Hitmen Naps 05, 08, 09
When I can use deadballers, I always try to find a way to use ’02 Bernhard in my rotation due to his value. When I noted that the Philly team was generally horrible, I went with finding 3 Naps teams. Young/Joss/Bernhard/Moore give me an excellent rotation. Other than Berger, I just now realized my bullpen is terrible, and will give up hits. Hopefully the low HR/9 will keep it from becoming a disaster. The offense is pretty much Nap/Hickman/Flick/Bradley, and a bunch of guys who are useable, nothing special. Hopefully the SP carries this team.
6312 PA’s, .311/.365/.422; 1614 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 18 HR’s

$120 Mil – Franchise Soup
I didn’t think of which soup for this one, mostly just thought I would have an easier time building a Franchise Soup team than any of the others. It gives me the best chance to use my philosophy of high OBP+/OPS+/WHIP+, deadballer pitchers, and not dependent on the longball. Love my top 4 of Gore/Hamilton/Collins/Brouthers. Wagner and Jennings fill out the middle of the lineup well. Raines is my main speed guy. Freehan is my main HR guy and should keep teams from stealing 6 bases a game. Jack Clark fills in for Hamilton to rest him, and when the matchup is right. Went value in the rotation with Hendrix/Russell/Bernhard/Braxton. Eichhorn/Roberts/Adams, then some fillers in the bullpen.
6336 PA’s, .330/.422/.458, 1564 IP, 0.98 WHIP, 34 HR

Variable - Hitmen Only a “B”
I figured “A” fielding would be too expensive. However, I do like some kind of range in the OF. So “B” fielding it is. Maintained my strategy of OBP+/OPS+ with few HR’s, and mostly B+ range to try and help the pitchers out. McGraw/Gore will get on base a ton. Cobb/Morgan.Brouthers/Delahanty should provide enough XBH power to drive people in. Carroll/Appling will fill out the lineup. Morgan is pretty much the only power guy AND the only speed guy. There’s a litle bit of extra power, and a cheap pinch runner in Nixon on the bench. Rotation solid with Cicotte/Russell/Bernhard/Braxton. This is the best bullpen I’ve got by a mile, and Braxton will likely do some LR as well.
6424 PA’s, .327/.432/.473, 1553 IP, 0.96 WHIP, 34 HR

$140 Mil – Hitmen Doubles
Just based on prior experience, I have done well creating doubles teams in open leagues with Olympic Stadium. I don’t feel that a triples team gives one enough of an advantage, and HR’s may still be suppressed somewhat, even if there are no deadballers. Without the deadball era, I was allowed to get some HR hitters as well, and while Morgan is my only true basestealer, other guys have enough SB’s to keep opponents honest. I made sure there were a couple HR hitters on the bench when matchups allow. Rotation of Maddux/Wolff/Brown/Braxton will be my only high cap true 4 man rotation. Plenty of solid RP innings, with Rivera closing. Trying to keep HR down will be key.
6873 PA’s, .330/.435/.536, 531 2B’s, 197 HR’s, 136 SB’s/58 CS; 1607 IP, 0.98 WHIP, .217 BAA, 50 HR

I guess I didn't really think about the $90 mil clone league that much, but I did go and make a Molitor, Sutton, and Fingers Brewers team I liked...after rosters were locked.