I'm just wondering, what are some common strategies for the higher cap leagues (140+)?

At lower caps, I generally go with xbh teams or speed teams but it seems like I can't get away with Ruth and other hr hitters at 140M.

The amount of players that will succeed will greatly decrease at 140M and above.

Quote: Originally posted by dtownlove10 on 6/02/2009The amount of players that will succeed will greatly decrease at 140M and above. 

But do teams that generally go the longball work better? I feel xbh works better at lower caps but then again, at higher caps, I feel I'm going to see alot of WJ, Cy young, and Pete Alexander who doesnt give up the longball.

You don't have to have home run teams and many teams succeed without power heavy lineups, particularly if the leagues feature older pitchers. I'll often go with doubles teams and put them in a park that limits homers and is double friendly. You'll need more innings from your starters since the lineups will be much better. OBP is still very important to work those pitch counts.

I just won 106 in a 140M OL style league with a HR strategy. So yes, it does work, but its not an easy strategy because you see a lot of deadball pitchers.

Here is proof that a HR can work in a 140M cap. This is the 106 win team. I used GABP.

Tim Raines 87 S	CF*	1	100	668	607	7	59	47	.310	.373	.414	7.01M
Wade Boggs 87 L	3B*	2	100	697	616	11	90	0	.310	.390	.433	8.62M
Babe Ruth 27 L	RF*	3	100	747	633	55	156	0	.308	.408	.635	12.87M
Lou Gehrig 27 L	1B*	4	100	756	670	57	174	0	.348	.418	.690	12.85M
Ted Williams 57 L	LF*	5	100	632	548	22	99	0	.332	.419	.491	11.74M
Rogers Hornsby 25 R	2B*	6	100	706	609	32	125	0	.365	.448	.593	12.00M
Nomar Garciaparra 98 R	SS*	7	100	691	638	13	95	0	.254	.305	.376	6.82M
Ivan Rodriguez 00 R	C *	8	100	325	309	10	57	0	.294	.323	.443	5.36M

I dont think 255 is a joke, just different than other leagues. Often there are many same players in the lineups but usually the managing and switching matters more. All teams are good so you just have to get the high AVG guys out of the game late and replace w/ good defense if you have a lead.

In the medium caps, you get a lot of copycat (Caruthers) teams.

I would think that a HR strategy team would not require strictly HR hitters just based on the total HR hit, but the best HR/AB# players available that fit your other requirements.

I do agree that HR built teams could struggle in TOC's...there are too many deadball pitchers and/or HR suppressing parks to deal with. That's not to say that HR based teams can't win a TOC...but I would think it would be difficult.

At 255 my biggest secret is to draft all of those little 150 PA guys who hit like .450/.900/17,000.000. Cedeno, Williams, Shane Spencer, etc. Maybe everyone else does this too I dunno, but you end up amassing a ton of really quality PA with them.

The high-cap king is el birdo. Go find some of his teams and analyze them. I don't think you'll find a better way to dope out this question.