What Criteria Or Threshold Do You Guys Use For New Cards Acquired?

I'm interested in knowing the consensus out there.

How long do you leave a newly acquired card you put in your starting lineup who doesn't seem to be performing well, before deciding to pull him? I know that going oh for in his first couple of games may seem premature to pull him from the starting lineup, but at what point do you decide to do so when he's just not meeting or exceeding your expectations?

For example, for whatever reason, I just can't seem to hit with Ryne Sandberg. In 14 games, I only have 7 hits, 1 HR, 43AB, with .163 BA. He's a no-sell card that seems too good to pull from lineup without giving him a chance. But at what point, do you allow his chances to diminish? I know that it's my decision ultimately, but just interested in knowing what others think....would you have pulled him by now?

I play with the guy for about a week. I perform good or bad day to day so after about a week I get a good feel for it

One game. It's pretty cutthroat the way I run things.

@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in What Criteria Or Threshold Do You Guys Use For New Cards Acquired?:

One game. It's pretty cutthroat the way I run things.

Same

@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in What Criteria Or Threshold Do You Guys Use For New Cards Acquired?:

One game. It's pretty cutthroat the way I run things.

Yeah, I bought and sold Salmon, Bichette, and McGriff using this criteria. But with Sandberg, I'm gonna try to grind it out and hope I can get his numbers to improve.

I don’t use Sandburg either, not a fan. I’ve used 91 Alomar, FOTF Torres, POTM Didi and now 99 J Ram at 2B while rarely using Ryno at all, despite his availability and 99 overall. I don’t really care about ratings as much as how much success I have with the card and if it’s a fondly remembered legend from when I watched MLB growing up.
In terms of giving cards a chance, I’ve struggled with a lot of the top cards in the game this year (I’m a terribly impatient hitter though) including Posey, Reggie, Minoso and FOTF Gallo. I’m willing to leave them in for 100-150 AB if it’s not an obvious case of the card simply being garbage. One example of a garbage card would be Omar Vizquel. This is a card that falls into the category of fondly remembered legend and a card I’ve used quite a lot in previous years over higher rated options, with a fair degree of success, all things considered. This year though, he’s been discarded after only 43 plate appearances, sporting a .195 average. The reason I’ve given up on him so quickly this year is because the slap swing is totally ineffective compared to previous iterations of DD. Even Ichiro wouldn’t be half the card he was last year, because it’s really apparent that contact hitters are not as viable this year as last year and while power is always king, this year power is necessary to succeed. You won’t get far with a line up of Gwynns, Vizquels and so on, there’s a threshold around 40-50 power where cards become useless and that slap swing doesn’t help much at all. Sometimes a certain swing, stance of card just doesn’t work out, but give it enough time to be sure, 10-15 games at least.

@onnagood1 said in What Criteria Or Threshold Do You Guys Use For New Cards Acquired?:

I'm interested in knowing the consensus out there.

How long do you leave a newly acquired card you put in your starting lineup who doesn't seem to be performing well, before deciding to pull him? I know that going oh for in his first couple of games may seem premature to pull him from the starting lineup, but at what point do you decide to do so when he's just not meeting or exceeding your expectations?

For example, for whatever reason, I just can't seem to hit with Ryne Sandberg. In 14 games, I only have 7 hits, 1 HR, 43AB, with .163 BA. He's a no-sell card that seems too good to pull from lineup without giving him a chance. But at what point, do you allow his chances to diminish? I know that it's my decision ultimately, but just interested in knowing what others think....would you have pulled him by now?

Sandberg was terrible for me starting out. Then, for no apparent reason, he started crushing the ball. On the other hand, I started out hitting .900 with Chipper, but then, for no apparent reason, he came back to earth. And they both are in the .320 range. I find that over a long enough curve, they all kind of balance out. Some are on the high end and others are on the low end, but they all normalize within your skill range. Exceptions: Fred Mcgriff is terrible no matter what. And Gary Sanchez would hit tanks even if I didn’t press the swing button.

@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in What Criteria Or Threshold Do You Guys Use For New Cards Acquired?:

One game. It's pretty cutthroat the way I run things.

This right here. Sometimes I’ll pull a guy after 2 ab’s if I don’t feel his swing.

Judging from my stats, it looks like somewhere between 30-50 at-bats is my threshold. I've been really lenient with that POTM Cody Bellinger because he was my best player last year but I can't seem to get anything going with him, as I'm sporting an unsightly .222 batting average with only 1 HR and 3 RBIs in 36 at-bats.

The stupid thing is I had him in a BR and hit 2 HRs in my first 3 at-bats with him.

@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in What Criteria Or Threshold Do You Guys Use For New Cards Acquired?:

One game. It's pretty cutthroat the way I run things.

Wait, are you guys the same way with pitchers or you're just cutthroat with your hitters? Just curious.

Its crazy how differently some people view cards because I've heard others say they can't hit with Sandberg but he was my first pick in that choice pack and honestly hasn't left my lineup since. Once I unlocked SS Jackie I moved Sandberg to 3rd. For me personally I usually go about 3 games and if there are signs of life ill give them 2 more games to prove themselves but if they don't get a hit in 3 games they are out.