Posted by stews_blues on 7/25/2014 10:08:00 AM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 7/24/2014 10:49:00 PM (view original):
75 wins won't get you in the playoffs. 85 might.
Ever saw an 82 win team win the WS?
In the world I play in you better have 95+ wins to make the play offs. (One of our wild card teams had 108 wins.)
I think the reason for the spread between the top teams and bottom teams is the lack a reason to win if you are in the middle of the pack as well as the teams that are "rebuilding their franchise".
Given the tiny amount of revenue HBD provides Fox Sports I also realize that fundemental fixes (rebuild) to the quirks in HBD (designed by baseball fans that would never have thought about tanking) is just not going to happen, so we are stuck with the work arounds.
Without looking, I can guarantee you have a shitload of "rebuilding" teams. My world's last playoff:
Coop: 2x82 wins teams, 1x83, 4x85-87
MG: 1x81, 3x85-86
Mantle: 1x82, 1x86
MG had two 100+ win teams
Mantle and Coop had 1 each
MG and Coop have 4 season MWR of 55/125/195/280
Mantle is 55/120/185/260
So, what have we learned today?