June 04, 2011 at 02:18AM View BBCode
Mostly, I think stealing is too risky to be worthwhile, except in a few circumstances, even for A+ runners. However, a guy who's maxed out on speed has good enough odds that I would like to give him the green light. I can't do that now without giving it to all my A+ speed guys.June 05, 2011 at 09:00PM View BBCode
Stealing for A+ runners is risky in SimD only because all the catchers have A+ arms. In real life A+ runners should run, run, & run!June 06, 2011 at 01:39PM View BBCode
with the right personell and the right settings, 75% is doable, even against all the strong arms, with sucessful steals in the 200 plus or minus range. most folks think that is acceptable.June 06, 2011 at 05:37PM View BBCode
75% is certainly attainable, quite easily actually, but rarely with 200 steals. I find most SIM teams that attain the 75% rate tend to make 150 or less attemptsJune 07, 2011 at 01:39PM View BBCode
Originally posted by WillyD
Stealing for A+ runners is risky in SimD only because all the catchers have A+ arms.
June 09, 2011 at 04:25PM View BBCode
Actually the balance is not good. The elite runners do not perform up to MLB standards, and because there are too many good (A and A-) base stealers in SimD, they balance all that speed by giving catchers too good of a chance to reach A+ arm.June 09, 2011 at 04:34PM View BBCode
who led real life MLB last season (in steals) and what was the sucessful percentage?June 09, 2011 at 04:51PM View formatted
June 09, 2011 at 05:14PM View BBCode
i will find some sims for you later. until the simulations can handle making the runners steal on the pitcher though, you aren't going to get much out of it. they don't steal that stuff on the catcher, they steal most of them on the pitcher. the catcher never has a chance.June 09, 2011 at 05:46PM View BBCode
This guys was one of the fastest guys I've had in SimD. He was very close to max speed, probably 97/98.June 09, 2011 at 06:04PM View BBCode
your real life guys don't have many either do they?June 09, 2011 at 06:24PM View BBCode
That's 69, so 52-for-69 is .754 pct. which is solid and all, but not what the elite guys do in most years.June 09, 2011 at 06:41PM View BBCode
how many seasons can you find of real life stolen bases with sucessful attempts over 50 and at an over 80% rate? how many have there been?June 09, 2011 at 06:52PM View BBCode
((i don't really want to do the arithmetic i reckon, but i suppose rickey did it a a bunch of times. that is pretty mind boggling.)June 09, 2011 at 07:09PM View BBCode
at any rate, i did rickey's 14 qualifying seasons (over 50 sucesses, although he had some awesome percentage years on slightly lower numbers too) and i got this (percentage rounded to two places and number of times at that percentage)June 09, 2011 at 07:19PM View BBCode
now, incredibly enough, the very first one on the list when i looked up the single season highs for sb brought forward this code bitJune 09, 2011 at 07:27PM View BBCode
we even had a simulated rickey with eight qualifiers!June 09, 2011 at 07:36PM View BBCode
Who cares about stolen bases when you can watch [url=http://www.noob.us/entertainment/the-cutest-kitten-video-you-will-see-today/]this[/url] - just for tm.June 09, 2011 at 07:43PM View BBCode
okay i am watching. you better tell me now nothing bad is going to happen.June 09, 2011 at 07:44PM View BBCode
(i was kind of on the edge of my seat that the big cat would just haul off and eat it.)June 09, 2011 at 08:13PM View BBCode
Actually there are more 85+, quite a few more, and some players have career numbers of 83 and 84%!June 09, 2011 at 08:50PM View BBCode
they don't look very far off the cards i posted.June 09, 2011 at 08:54PM View BBCode
Raines doesn't count acuz he was Superman, and the HOF voters should all just be ashamed and retire.June 09, 2011 at 09:51PM View BBCode
Reduce speed a bunch and reduce catcher arms a little and you could see numbers like that more often. We will always have the steals cause people like them, but you'll see the CS% go down vs the real base-stealers. I mean teams with 200 steals shouldn't happen 4 times a season in every league.Pages: 1