Here is some Safeco advice. I hope it helps but can't guaranty that my Safeco theory will work. I would appreciate others critiquing my advice too. There is always a lot to learn in sim baseball.
I'm playing a Safeco team now and having some success (22-11 to start). The theory I used was to throw the money I save on innings in to offense (obp / sb). Try and not buy more than 1460 innings at Safeco. Also, don't worry too much about range when choosing defensive players (maybe with the exception of ss / cf/ c). Also, don't buy players with over 720 PA's unless you know you will have an overabundance of + hitting parks.
For my current Safeco team, I spent 52 mm on offense in a 100 mm league, 4mm more on offense than the next most offensive owner. I think when you make a safeco team you should overcompensate on offense to overcome the park, and then try to overwhelm your opponents in scoring fests on the road.
Safeco has allowed me to use some pitchers I would never use in more hitter friendly parks and they have been pretty effective. Here are the pitching stats after 33 games (Sullivan is a starter but I used him in relief as I'm chasing some innings):
| Billy Loes '57 (R) |
|
89 (100) |
8 |
0-1 |
0 |
37.0 |
2.92 |
.250 |
1.16 |
4.62 |
1.95 |
4.37M |
Johnny Podres '57 (L)  |
Starter #2 |
100 |
9 |
5-1 |
0 |
43.2 |
4.33 |
.303 |
1.51 |
3.92 |
2.68 |
6.09M |
| Billy Pierce '57 (L) |
|
94 (100) |
9 |
4-2 |
0 |
65.1 |
3.17 |
.235 |
1.21 |
4.41 |
2.89 |
7.58M |
| BULLPEN |
| Pitcher |
Role |
% |
G |
W-L |
SV |
IP |
ERA |
OAV |
WHIP |
K/9 |
BB/9 |
$ |
| Vito Valentinetti '57 (R) |
|
100 |
1 |
0-0 |
0 |
1.1 |
20.25 |
.400 |
2.25 |
0.00 |
6.75 |
473K |
| Frank Sullivan '57 (R) |
|
100 |
8 |
3-2 |
0 |
51.0 |
5.12 |
.288 |
1.61 |
6.18 |
4.06 |
7.45M |
| Gerry Staley '57 (R) |
|
80 (100) |
13 |
3-1 |
1 |
26.1 |
2.73 |
.216 |
1.18 |
3.76 |
3.42 |
2.78M |
| Jack Urban '57 (R) |
|
87 (93) |
14 |
3-1 |
1 |
30.1 |
4.75 |
.257 |
1.55 |
3.56 |
5.34 |
3.51M |
| Jim Constable '57 (L) |
|
100 |
4 |
0-0 |
1 |
3.1 |
16.20 |
.412 |
2.70 |
2.70 |
5.40 |
470K |
| Ramon Monzant '57 (R) |
|
100 |
3 |
0-0 |
0 |
4.1 |
0.00 |
.188 |
1.15 |
10.38 |
4.15 |
794K |
| Ken Lehman '57 (L) |
|
99 (100) |
12 |
3-1 |
1 |
16.2 |
2.16 |
.207 |
1.38 |
2.70 |
5.94 |
2.55M |
| Sal Maglie '57 (R) |
|
68 (69) |
7 |
1-1 |
1 |
8.0 |
1.13 |
.172 |
1.13 |
1.13 |
4.50 |
640K |
| Billy Muffett '57 (R) |
|
97 (100) |
11 |
0-1 |
9 |
10.0 |
3.60 |
.275 |
1.70 |
4.50 |
5.40 |
1.51M |
The offensive support is provided primarily by '57 Williams, Mantle and Minoso. The OBP of Mantle and Williams at the top of the order generates a lot of runs.
Here is the rest of my team for your reference:
| Johnny Temple '57 (R) |
2B* |
1 |
100 |
159 |
148 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
.250 |
.302 |
.311 |
4.54M |
| Mickey Mantle '57 (S) |
RF* |
2 |
99 |
148 |
122 |
8 |
27 |
0 |
.311 |
.432 |
.582 |
11.55M |
| Ted Williams '57 (L) |
LF* |
3 |
99 |
131 |
107 |
4 |
20 |
0 |
.336 |
.458 |
.505 |
10.98M |
| Minnie Minoso '57 (R) |
CF* |
4 |
100 |
149 |
131 |
3 |
18 |
4 |
.275 |
.362 |
.420 |
5.98M |
| Joe Cunningham '57 (L) |
1B* |
5 |
100 |
78 |
68 |
2 |
15 |
0 |
.235 |
.333 |
.368 |
2.64M |
| Jim Finigan '57 (R) |
3B* |
6 |
98 |
49 |
46 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
.217 |
.265 |
.217 |
1.12M |
| Alvin Dark '57 (R) |
SS* |
7 |
100 |
139 |
129 |
2 |
15 |
0 |
.233 |
.273 |
.318 |
4.94M |
| Frank House '57 (L) |
C * |
8 |
97 |
94 |
83 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
.277 |
.362 |
.386 |
2.87M |
| BENCH |
| Name (Bats) |
Pos |
Order |
% |
PA |
AB |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
$ |
| Chuck Harmon '57 (R) |
LF* |
Bench |
96 |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.318 |
.318 |
.318 |
455K |
| Earl Torgeson '57 (L) |
1B* |
Bench |
96 |
75 |
64 |
3 |
16 |
1 |
.375 |
.467 |
.609 |
2.32M |
| Rube Walker '57 (L) |
C * |
Bench |
100 |
44 |
40 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.050 |
.114 |
.075 |
1.08M |
| Ed Winceniak '57 (R) |
SS* |
Bench |
100 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
.333 |
.000 |
200K |
| Eddie Yost '57 (R) |
3B* |
Bench |
100 |
105 |
95 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
.253 |
.314 |
.305 |
3.08M |