My team rankings

[edfan]

Agreed.  The Angels pitching is nothing amazing. 

[AlecTrevylan006]

California's pitching is nothing exceptional. Their strength is hitting. But it's pretty damn good hitting.

Of course, no team is without weaknesses. For example, in Boston's case, aside from them lacking power lefties, their bullpen makes the 2009 Phillies closers look like Mo Rivera.

[danehill917]

Schiraldi in particular give up HRs with the best of them.

[nomaaa]

boston bullpen is so buttass

[TempoGL]

i have always had a decent amount of success with stanley.  schiraldi on the bump basically means that boston has already lost.

[JoeDirt]

Disagree.  The bullpen isn't that bad because they aren't usually required to go very long.  Stanley can get an inning+ fairly well and if you use your SP(s) well, you shouldn't need Schiraldi for more than 2 outs.

[edfan]

Disagree.  The bullpen isn't that bad because they aren't usually required to go very long.  Stanley can get an inning+ fairly well and if you use your SP(s) well, you should n't need Schiraldi for more than 2 outs never EVER use Schiraldi.  He will give up home runs

[JoeDirt]

He's not that bad.  He's not Donnie Moore bad.  Not even close.

[OctoFranco]

I'm gonna throw in my hopeless defense of the Ca starting pitching.  Both shWitt and the Smutton have mega-stamina, and you gotta work with what you got.  You don't need to worry about them getting fatigued as quickly, so it's easier to nibble both in and off the plate.  Actually the very threat of not being afraid to pitch off the plate is a huge psychological factor.  I'm used to 1SP/game play and I still like the staff.  If you're playing 2SP/game, there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for mis-using these two horses.

I made a detailed ranking thread a few years back; despite not really playing much in the meantime, I think my opinion of the ranking is about the same:

1. Bo
2. Ca
   (Na)
3. Dt
   (Am)
4. SF
5. NY
6. Mn
7. SL
8. Ho

[JoeDirt]

The problem is, though, they are all righties...and unless you're playing straight pitch or pitching to a heavily left handed line up, you've got problems.

[edfan]

He's not that bad.  He's not Donnie Moore bad.  Not even close.

Donnie Moore is the worst.  However, he's dead, so at least he has an excuse.  Every time I give Schiraldi a chance, he gives up runs.  I don't even bother putting in Moore anymore, so I won't argue with that.

[Darky]

The problem is, though, they are all righties...and unless you're playing straight pitch or pitching to a heavily left handed line up, you've got problems.

I prefer pitching to lefties with the righties who have a little more movement like the SF and CA pitching staff. No problems there Dirt, stop spreading false truths...

[Darky]

i have always had a decent amount of success with stanley.  schiraldi on the bump basically means that boston has already lost.

I like Stanley...Shiraldi not so much. I've always been against using Boston so much because everybody used them so much when the game came out...and I loved beating Boston all the time with the Giants. I had an intense rivalry with my brother and my neighbor...they always used Boston. I hate Boston. They suck. I do have to say that if there is one pitcher who gives me the most problems besides Jimmy Key, it's Bruce Hurst.

[edfan]

He's not that bad.  He's not Donnie Moore bad.  Not even close.

I actually revise my statement...my worst 3 pitchers are:

3)  Calvin Schiraldi
2)  Guillermo "Willie" Hernandez
1)  Donnie Moore

I try to avoid using any of them, but I hate Willie more than Calivn

[JoeDirt]

Well then you simply don't know what you're talking about.  WILLIE IS ONE OF THE BEST RELIEVERS IN THE GAME.  I will not idlely (?) stand by as you verbally abuse such a fine RP.  A retraction AND apoloty is required.

[edfan]

apoloty is required.

I am sorry that you are wrong

[danehill917]

So is RBI like real baseball, where Lefty vs. Lefty and Righty vs. Righty is the preferred matchup if you are the pitcher?

I'm not sure.

Sometimes I like the opposite matchup, cuz I can use the inside cutter.

I suppose it depends on the pitcher's L-R curve abilities.

[Gantry]

apoloty is required.

I am sorry that you are wrong

Edfan clearly won this debate

[BeefMaster]

So is RBI like real baseball, where Lefty vs. Lefty and Righty vs. Righty is the preferred matchup if you are the pitcher?

I'm not sure.

Sometimes I like the opposite matchup, cuz I can use the inside cutter.

I suppose it depends on the pitcher's L-R curve abilities.

For pitchers, it's actually the opposite.  A very effective pitching strategy is to stay on the outside part of the plate and pitch either just off the corner (so the pitch can't be hit) or clip the corner (so even a hit would have the contact penalty applied).  Using that strategy, it's better to pitch to a righty with a lefthanded pitcher, because he can more easily make the slight curve in to nip the corner.

[danehill917]

I hear ya, kinda like a backdoor slider.

The contact penalty also applies to the handle of the bat. I suppose that's a litle riskier, but I just like the idea of pitching inside, even in RBI.