Good players you suck with

[reyes the roof]

There was a thread for underrated players a little while ago, but on the opposite end of the spectrum does anyone else have good players that they just can’t get it together with? I get crushed with Jacob deGrom nearly every start, 6 innings and three runs has become a good day for him. Yet if you put Rick Porcello on the mound I can dominate...go figure

[wizfan2]

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In my Nats/Angels franchise, I'm struuuugling big time pitching wth Ohtani in 5 starts his ERA is 8.15, for some reason only hitting about .220 with Rendon(I can actually feel myself pressing in his abs and about .210 with Trout with seemingly a DP hit into every other game. Good news though in first place with Angels because the other starting pitcher have been great and have some guys in the lineup off to career years.🤞🏽

[ch46647]

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Manny Machado

[Caulfield]

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southpaw pitchers. it's a mental block because of the meter. I've even gone so far as to reimagine Tom Glavine as what if he were a righty

[Rmiok222]

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I traded for joc pederson and cannot hit anything with him. Has 92 power too


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[Victory16]

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Aaron Judge. I just cant get anything going with him for some reason...

[Hockeytown954]

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Any player they put forward in Moments.

Pudge
Granderson
Posada

Every single one...I suck with and hate.

[Lisac]

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Javier Baez
50 games in
.212 2Hr and 9RBI
Vlad Guerrero Jr not much better
.230 1HR and 10RBI

[Jeffrey Smith]

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Not this year but, two years ago I couldn’t hit a lick with Josh Donaldson. This year I’m getting more positives than negatives with borderline players.


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[Caulfield]

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Not this year but, two years ago I couldn’t hit a lick with Josh Donaldson.

Bringer of Sprinkles... meh, doesn't have the same ring to it.


thank the maker we can now tweak batting stances. if somebody on my team has a stance that just doesn't work for me, my hitting coach sends him to the cage to work on it till it does work. nothing major, it's usually just a closed stance that needs to be opened a wee bit.

[SamC24167]

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i signed mookie betts in my fanchise and after 2 months he was hitting .210 with no power so i traded him for Bryce Harper who i Rake with

[mdgoalie37]

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I'm in mid-May with my Phillies and Bryce Harper is hitting about .250, which is fine, but I have a hard time getting him to walk. I believe he's only walked 8 times and I'm pretty patient and try to work the count. My team is around the middle of the pack in walks so I definitely can draw some. It seems like he's always down 0-2 or 1-2 with pitches on the black always called strikes.

I've cut his strikeout rate some, he is averaging a little less than one per game as I've been using more contact swings when I have 2 strikes. He leads my team in GIDP. I would love to know what his BA is for balls in play because it seems he is always hitting the ball hard right at someone. I use directional hitting and I do usually try to have him pull but I do use the other way some as well, especially with 2 strikes.

His production numbers are fine, he has 12 or 13 HR's and 30-some RBI. I'm curious to see if his average rises some over the year as his BABIP comes to the norm and his walk rate improves.

[kinsmen7]

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I'm in mid-May with my Phillies and Bryce Harper is hitting about .250, which is fine, but I have a hard time getting him to walk. I believe he's only walked 8 times and I'm pretty patient and try to work the count. My team is around the middle of the pack in walks so I definitely can draw some. It seems like he's always down 0-2 or 1-2 with pitches on the black always called strikes.

I've cut his strikeout rate some, he is averaging a little less than one per game as I've been using more contact swings when I have 2 strikes. He leads my team in GIDP. I would love to know what his BA is for balls in play because it seems he is always hitting the ball hard right at someone. I use directional hitting and I do usually try to have him pull but I do use the other way some as well, especially with 2 strikes.

His production numbers are fine, he has 12 or 13 HR's and 30-some RBI. I'm curious to see if his average rises some over the year as his BABIP comes to the norm and his walk rate improves.

Do opposing teams play the shift on you when Harper is batting?

I had him in 19, found that they were always shifting, so I'd just go the other way. Less homers, but a ton of doubles.

[mdgoalie37]

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Do opposing teams play the shift on you when Harper is batting?

I had him in 19, found that they were always shifting, so I'd just go the other way. Less homers, but a ton of doubles.

They probably shift about 75-80% of the time. I do try to influence to go the other way but most of the time he just pulls anyway. His trait is that he's a extreme pull hitter, I assume that trumps my attempt to influence a lot. I've had some success with some balls to left but not much. Sometimes I will hit the ball hard the other way, but again right at someone. That's baseball.

His first AB in a game last night - backdoor slider hits the lower outside corner, a smidgen of the ball on the strike zone box - strike 1. Next pitch, on the inside edge, actually a bit off the plate - strike 2. He's always in the hole, though I did work a walk with him in another AB last night.

I'm not complaining about the game, I'm having a blast.

[markprior22]

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Kris Bryant for me