Things we’ve learned in Aaron/Ruth Topic

riverpirate
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If you look out to the side of the list there is an icon. Hover the cursor over it and it will tell you. It may say pending which seems to mean you are in a bidding war or it is too fresh to decide. It will say top offer if you are the clear cut current winner
6/13/2006 1:10 PM
MikeT23
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There will also be a 1 inside the balloon.
6/13/2006 2:25 PM
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dalailama12
I too have had the problem in tying to remove a minor league player from the 40 man roster in World Aaron. I sent a in a ticket.
6/13/2006 3:59 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By dalailama12 on 6/13/2006
Question....in a stupid move, I have added a bunch of crappy Minor Leaguers to the 40 man roster (just to see what happens, etc). I now want to take them off the 40. I try to put them on waivers and I get this message:
This player still has option years remaining. There is no need to waive this player.You are attempting to place this player on waivers. There are two kinds of waivers.Procedural Waivers: You want to be able to move the player from the 40-man roster so that he can be sent to the minor leagues. If a player is claimed by another team, the new team is responsible for his entire salary.Reversible Waivers: Only available after the trading deadline. After the trading deadline, in order to trade a player you must place him on waivers. If a player is claimed after this date, you may revoke the his waiver status and keep him on your team, but you may not trade him. If the player goes unclaimed, you may trade this player. The auto-revoke option is only available after the trading deadline. This is the only time you will be given the option to revoke waiving a player. If you do not auto-revoke and the player is claimed by another team, you will lose that player permenantly.I then try to waive them (they really suck), but the OK button is not highlighted. Is this a bug? Or am I just missing something?
If you just want to take them off the 40, but still keep them, I believe you need to DFA them (designate for ***ignment).
6/13/2006 6:38 PM
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I'm looking at the K/IP rates for pitchers in Ruth and Aaron and they really seem to be pretty low. Only a few starters having anything close to what top pitchers in the MLB have. Anyone have any recommendations on what stats in Hardball lead to good pitching stats?
6/14/2006 7:12 AM
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I just wanted to say thank you to all of the people leaving us valuable information in this discussion topic because there are like a million things to get the hang of here :)
Thanks!
6/14/2006 8:18 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by thurrikane on 6/14/2006I'm looking at the K/IP rates for pitchers in Ruth and Aaron and they really seem to be pretty low. Only a few starters having anything close to what top pitchers in the MLB have. Anyone have any recommendations on what stats in Hardball lead to good pitching stats?
You should keep in mind that at least in Aaron, a number of teams were using tired pitchers at the start of the season, so their numbers may not be an accurate reflection of their ratings and their environment.
6/14/2006 9:40 AM
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is there any concensus on what number of ml caliber players at the same position one should have in order to feel that your organization is in good shape at that position? i'm thinking at least 3, but i've got no idea whether that's too high or low. pitchers too if anyone has a thought, though my approach is you never have enough...
6/14/2006 11:14 AM
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Update on my "Rob Deer" guy.

My player has :

0 Contact
100 Power
71
18 Right
96 Eye


So far this ST his numbers are :

5 for 11 with 3 homers and 3 walks. OPS of 1.844


Surprisingly, 2 of his homers have been against Righties, where he is 2 for 7 with a walk.


So far i'm pretty excited about him :)
6/14/2006 11:34 AM
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Question regarding Positions.

If i play my CF enough at LF or RF, will he "learn" how to play that position, and be eligible for it?

I play in Tacoma, an all -4 in BPF's, so my plan is to get 3 good CF's and have them patrol my outfield behind an all Flyball Pitching Staff.

Is this a good idea? Or will my CF's do bad playing a position "they don't know"?
6/14/2006 11:36 AM
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Unlike the MLB sim, players are eligible for all positions. The "primary" position is the position at which Sparky will start the player; "secondary" positions are positions at which Sparky may play the player. That's it.

There is no learning curve. If you want your CF to play LF or RF, simply add those positions (in the Manager's Office, under Player Settings, Edit Player Settings, and click on the player's position).
6/14/2006 12:26 PM
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It is all a matter of whether your CFs have the proper defensive ratings. If you try to edit the player's position (as zlionsfan has described above), it will show you the ML average for the defensive ratings at each position on the field. You can change the player's primary position here and add any secondary position you are comfortable playing him at. I have a SS that I changed to 3B but use in a platoon at SS. I haven't noticed any major issues with him playing at the more demanding "secondary" SS position (of course, he has the numbers to play there).
6/14/2006 12:57 PM
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During the ST, ive started consistently 3 CF's in my offense with range and gloves of all 85+, but I have not noticed them recieve any "+" scores in fielding.

Any thoughts on this?
6/14/2006 1:46 PM
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I've actually had a problem with that in Aaron. Because of injuries and poor planning, I had to move a 3B to SS. His numbers were decent at 3B but not so good for a SS, and he made a fair number of errors - 5 in 4 starts, for a fielding percentage of .875 (he did turn 7 DPs, though). 1 - and 0 +.

range - 65
glove - 70
arm strength - 71
arm accuracy - 68

(edited - had the number of starts wrong)
6/14/2006 1:49 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By havel211 on 6/14/2006is there any concensus on what number of ml caliber players at the same position one should have in order to feel that your organization is in good shape at that position? i'm thinking at least 3, but i've got no idea whether that's too high or low. pitchers too if anyone has a thought, though my approach is you never have enough...A starter, a decent back-up for emergencies and two guys in the minors who are your future. It's possible to combine the back-up with a minor leaguer for 3 but I feel better having 4.You can't have enough pitching. Finding guys who will develop the stamina to start is going to be tough.
6/14/2006 2:42 PM
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