Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

[Dogslax41]

Ok so i am one week before the all star break and wanted to assess my stats against the 2011 MLB stats. In order to get apples to apples I took the 2011 stats and for batters reduced it to a per at bat number and for pitchers a per innings pitched number. To my pleasant surprise my totals were extremely close in almost every category especially for hitters. My batting avg was within .001. My HR number was 14 higher than the MLB team avg of 68 so i may take power down 1 but I was very happy with my batting sliders.

My issue falls on the pitching side. My earned run total is far too low but my hits allowed is only slightly low and my HR allowed is dead on. MLB earned runs to inning pitched in 2011 was 44%, I am currently sitting at 36%. MLB hits was 97% to innings pitched and I am at 95%. This has resulted in my starting 5 all having an era between 3-4 and an abnormal amount of wins for my #5 starter because he is usually matched against the opposing #4 or 5.

What would you suggest I raise to bump their runs scored? I was thinking solid hits so that i could minimize impact to HR. But do you think I should I increase contact as well? I play on HOF pitching with pulse. My BB and K numbers are good so i don't want to change my pitching sliders or CPU offensive sliders that would impact them. Any help would be appreciated.

[nomo17k]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

Do you ever sim any games or are you playing every single game?

It looks like you aren't walking as many? What are your walks per 9 inning?

[Dogslax41]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

Do you ever sim any games or are you playing every single game?

It looks like you aren't walking as many? What are your walks per 9 inning?

I am playing 75% and managing the remaining 25%. Good call on the walks issue. My BB to Innings Pitched for my entire staff is sitting at 30% and the 2011 league average is 35%. My starting 5 looked good on BB ratio but going back and looking at my full staff ratio it is off so I am not allowing the proper amount of base runners. I am going to bump cpu solid hits and lower my control one each. That should also increase the performance spread that I am seeing in my pitchers. 1-5 were performing alittle too similar and hopefully the combo of decreasing the control and increasing solid hits leads to more problems for my weaker pitchers.

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

I raised Fielding Errors to 6 and SB Frequency to 7 for two reasons:

1. It needed to happen for statistical reality.

2. It increased CPU RISP.

Check those stats and see if they need changing too. It sounds like it should do the trick for you because your %'s are very close. You may just need more RISP (especially because your H/9 looks good).

And don't forget what Nomo said. If you're walks are even slightly low, that could contribute here too.

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

I am playing 75% and managing the remaining 25%. Good call on the walks issue. My BB to Innings Pitched for my entire staff is sitting at 30% and the 2011 league average is 35%. My starting 5 looked good on BB ratio but going back and looking at my full staff ratio it is off so I am not allowing the proper amount of base runners. I am going to bump cpu solid hits and lower my control one each. That should also increase the performance spread that I am seeing in my pitchers. 1-5 were performing alittle too similar and hopefully the combo of decreasing the control and increasing solid hits leads to more problems for my weaker pitchers.

Consistency will be your BB's slider here. Not Control.

You don't need more CPU offense. You need more CPU baserunners and RISP.

Consistency, Fielding Errors, and SB Frequency. Leave Control and Solid Hits alone for now. You have no reason to adjust them.

[Dogslax41]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

Consistency will be your BB's slider here. Not Control.

You don't need more CPU offense. You need more CPU baserunners and RISP.

Consistency, Fielding Errors, and SB Frequency. Leave Control and Solid Hits alone for now. You have no reason to adjust them.

Cool. Appreciate it. I'll drop consistency. I had it at 4 before but I'll try 3 and see how that impacts me. Glad you pointed that out. I had assumed consistency impacted the speed the confidence meter filled.

[Dogslax41]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

Consistency will be your BB's slider here. Not Control.

You don't need more CPU offense. You need more CPU baserunners and RISP.

Consistency, Fielding Errors, and SB Frequency. Leave Control and Solid Hits alone for now. You have no reason to adjust them.

Very early returns are good. In my first game Chapman walked his way into an early exit in the fifth. Still managed to escape the Brew Crew with a win thanks to some key pitching and a huge assist from Bruce gunning Hart at the plate but they had many more men in scoring position and the win was in doubt going into the 8th when Heisey and Bruce went back to back to give me a 1 run lead and Madson closed it down.

Second game Leake was lit up early and killed my bullpen since I don't have an off day for 6 more days. Hopefully Arroyo can do what he does best and eat some innings in my opener with San Fran tomorrow and let my pen get healthy. But I am really liking the challenge of the added baserunners. We'll see if I feel the same after Latos' start because it seems like 4 out of every five so far I have really had to battle with him not being able to throw his secondaries for strikes.

Thanks again for the advice.

[Bobhead]

Re: Looking for a bit of slider advice re ERA for CPU

Heroes and nomo already beat me to most of what I was going to say, and Pitch Consistency is definitely the first thing I would change as well.

Here's a couple of things I haven't seen mentioned:

- Your overall hits you said was only slightly low, but what about the types of hits? Compare your extra-base hits to real life. It could be that you are giving up too many singles - the least efficient form of offense - and not enough of the types of hits that actually score runs: triples and doubles

- What team, and more importantly, which league are you playing in? Keep in mind MLB averages involve every team, from Pittsburgh to Texas. You are only controlling one team, so it's perfectly normal to see some slight deviation in one direction, depending on how good your team is in that department. Don't just compare your BB/K numbers to the entire league, you have to use some imagination also. Check the numbers on your starters. Maybe you have starters that are kind of wild in real life. Stuff like that.

- Double Plays? Errors? I know we are talking about Earned runs, but these things still take a toll on a pitcher, and if your game isn't producing enough errors, your pitchers (and you) will pitch more comfortably, and there are scenarios where a real-life error can indirectly lead to an earned run, such as an error followed by a HR on the distracted pitcher (if there are no outs or one out)

Plus, the error sliders affect misplays that aren't technically errors too. Maybe your defense is just too reliable on the extraordinary plays

Double plays should be self explanatory...

Good luck.