I’ve got a couple teams hovering around .500, one could sneak into the playoffs.

the one I felt the best about was doing solid, starting right in the thick of a tough division, then just went on a massive losing streak and seems to have fallen off.

I think I’ll run that same team again in another league as I really like how it’s constructed for this.

I gotta try this one more time as i see an error in my initial planning...

'01 Lajoie & '61 Maris at Great American - MLB136275

My best team was stuck in a brutal division. We won 96 games, but got stuck behind 105 and 106 win teams. 4th place still won 88. I built my offense around 1924 Babe Ruth & 1886 King Kelly. We played in Riverfront Stadium.

Ruth batted 395/527/887 with 49 doubles, 4 triples, 78 HR and 244 RBI. I really couldn't have asked for more from Ruth.

Kelly batted 408/497/559 with 48 doubles, 9 triples, 11 HR and 122 RBI. I was a bit underwhelmed with his production.

BUT - I had a TREMENDOUS surprise from an unexpected source. Spending 30mil on 2 offensive players makes you get really creative with the other 6 players. The last position I filled when I drafted was 1b. I had just under 3mil left, and I wanted the best player I could get that I thought wouldn't suck. I selected 2014 Billy Butler. He's listed as a DH, but has 37 games at 1B with a .993 fielding percentage. There were only 2 seasons in his performance history, and they weren't bad.

Butler batted 282/338/398 with 47 doubles, 1 triple, 9 HR and 140 RBI !!! For the first half of the season, I was batting him 7th, but he was exceeding expectations, so I actually moved him into the 5-spot, just behind Ruth. I've never been so pleased with a full-time, sub-3mil player in an open league. I'm definitely going to use him in future leagues.

I had a total of 4 different teams for this particular bounty - and this was the best one by a large margin. I might give it another run, but I've got to find a way to come up with slightly better pitching.

Nice team Area. Unlucky draw with the divisions. This challenge has been much harder than I envisioned you might end up winning the prize with 96 wins.

I have tried 3 teams. My first team built around 27 Gehrig ended up being a total disaster winning just 66 games. I tried a second team built around Gehrig which did a little better winning 82. My third attempt with 20 Ruth and 94 Bag is 4 games over .500 but has virtually no chance of making the playoffs.

Giving this a shot with 1911 Cobb and 1914 Speaker. In Polo Grounds and went with range where I could afford it.

Very tough build.

Good luck wojowojo

Bump in case anyone else wants to give this a go - Area in the lead so far with 96 wins.

"Cobb, Wagner, and a Bunch of Doofuses" are gonna give it a go. No idea what to expect.

1911 Cobb and 1905 Honus Wagner

Posted by scroogemcd on 11/27/2023 9:43:00 PM (view original):
Bump in case anyone else wants to give this a go - Area in the lead so far with 96 wins.

I love that you posted this on my <<redacted>> birthday. :)

Posted by mattedesa on 11/27/2023 11:57:00 PM (view original):
"Cobb, Wagner, and a Bunch of Doofuses" are gonna give it a go. No idea what to expect.

1911 Cobb and 1905 Honus Wagner

Well, this one was a disaster. Learned a few things, and trying again with 32 Foxx and 24 Ruth.

every time this thread gets bumped i try to make a team and every time the team sucks so bad i give up and don't enter it

Area still in the lead. To be eligible teams need to enter an open league by the end of the calendar year. As soon as it is clear that no-one can beat Area's mark of 96 wins I will pay out the bounty.

I love this idea but haven't seen it until now. I may give it a shot, but a few questions for those that have tried:

1. Is everybody picking their two players then back-filling their roster? My first thought was to build a team for a 60mm cap league, and then at the end massively upgrade the two spots. My approach may short myself on the pitching front though (a balanced 60mm cap team would probably have lower $ allocated to pitching than this requires, with this team having more offensive scrubs)

2. It seems like everybody is prioritizing the most insane offensive seasons, but has anybody tried moving down a notch for A+/A+ defenders as well? I've always thought the mega-$ guys don't have the A+ range pay-up that cheaper guys have (I do not have data to support this).

I’m gonna try this with 32 Foxx and 24 Ruth