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Verlander is number one right now and I don't think it's particularly close.

deGrom is good if you know how to pitch with him--he's also much better on higher difficulties in my opinion. I think he's the second best.

Ohtani is number three. Good pitching and otherworldly hitting for a pitcher just means he can't be left out.

Nolan Ryan is comfortably fourth for me. Outlier is really nice at high levels online and this is one of his best cards ever in my opinion.

In a vacuum, I think Lefty Grove is fourth or fifth best. That being said, I've found a lot of people to be running pretty right handed heavy lineups in this meta or players like Chipper who crush lefties, so I haven't been using him much and have opted for trying newer pitchers like Johnson/Feller/Gibson. I don't think they're nearly as good, but mixing it up can be nice. With the exception of Shohei and his wonderboy, I greatly favor outlier pitchers.

@go4stros25_psn said in Well battlefield 2042 just got delayed a month:

@mereel13_psn said in Well battlefield 2042 just got delayed a month:

why is this thread in diamond dynasty and not off topic

man i guess the american education system really is broken--people dont even know how to read

Actually. Where are you from that's so far superior than the US?

oh im from america, i know from first hand experience its going downhill

@slipknot-008_xbl said in When you create a theme team for a club..:

I was having a discussion with a friend about this and I’m interested to see what the community uses for theme team parameters. We are talking team based, not state, country, etc.

Do you put in prospects that never played for the big club but have been drafted by them?

Do you require players to have X amount of years with the team?

Do you try to balance with lefty and righty or aim for whatever’s best?

Do you go for primary position or elect to have players play in secondary or out of position?

It will be interesting to see people’s answers and thought processes behind team building!

a: sometimes. i usually prefer to have somebody that is an active or former major leaguer, but if its a really good future stars card at a position without a lot of depth ill include them. i also want them to still be in the teams farm system. like no way id use josiah gray on a dodgers theme team now that he got traded away

b: i dont have a specific years played requirement. i look at it more on a case by case basis. like for example, kenny lofton would never make a dodgers theme team cause he had one year played and it was at the end of his career. like nobody thinks of kenny lofton as a dodger. i would use scherzer cause he's actively on the team though despite it being only a short time (so far at least). same with like gary sheffield, he played long enough and well enough that even though that's not the team on his card or who he's most known for playing for, i dont think anybody would be surprised to see him on a theme team of theirs. that being said, if i had to pick between starting duke snider/gary sheffield, im picking duke 100% of the time because he is an iconic dodger and the game ratings are comparable

whatever's best. its a combination of getting my favorite players for that team on it and also fielding a quality lineup

d: i prefer to play them at their original position, but ill move them out of position if its to a spot that they played for the team occasionally and it helps fill the roster up. like some teams have a lot of good and iconic players that all played the same position so if you can move them around to make the roster better and more representative of the team id go for it

tl;dr its complicated and id just go with what feels right to you

why is this thread in diamond dynasty and not off topic

man i guess the american education system really is broken--people dont even know how to read

@evylshaun_psn said in MVP Buster Posey Card:

@mereel13_psn said in MVP Buster Posey Card:

with the kind of year hes had just give him a 99 finest whenever those come out

Brandon Crawford would like a word with you good sir.

i think theyve done multiple finest cards for the same team? like as far as im concerned just give them both one, if anybody deserves two its probably the giants

with the kind of year hes had just give him a 99 finest whenever those come out

if you need an AL west lineup for grinding use this:
(if you dont have cespedes, torii hunter is also amazing -- im not including trout because some of the missions dont count live series stats)

1. SS FS Robert Puason
2. CF AS Adolis Garcia
3. SP AS Shohei Ohtani
4. 3B AW Edgar Martinez
5. LF HRD Yoenis Cespedes
6. RF HRD Joey Gallo
7. C FS Sam Huff
8. 1B HRD Matt Olsen
9. 2B TN Jed Lowrie

i know its a small sample size: https://i.gyazo.com/5e0de6572d089346894dff2088760ae0.png

but i can say with 98% certainty that there are only two people in existence better at baseball than honus wagner and neither of them are in this game

@ericulous1_psn said in bellinger > Mantle:

@qwesty16_psn said in bellinger > Mantle:

did bellinger take anyone's spot in your lineup?

now my OF is
bellinger LF
turner CF
vlad sr RF

Turner in CF? Which Turner?

justin turner obviously

i know this sounds crazy but him in CF is exactly like frank thomas at 1B, terrible defense rating but you literally cant tell and he makes tons of amazing plays, plus his swing is probably the best in the game

i honestly didnt read the post

i just came here to laugh at the title

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

ok bye

i honestly dont feel like team chemistry matters a whole lot in baseball. like its much more of an individual game than other sports

@chuckclc_psn said in lets talk about deGrom:

I 2nd this. He is trash. And if you have to use him dont throw that slider! Dont do it. Just spam 4 seamer. That slider that use to be deceptive now is so easy to pick up. Just take him out of top 5 now before you forget.

oh for sure like he literally only has that one useable pitch -- he's just a ramone russell home run derby pitcher that throws harder

speaking of which, that's exactly how its gonna be if you use him, a home run derby for the other team

can somebody recommend an eye doctor? i could swear this guy just recommended replacing a free 99 switch hitter with some dude that costs 400k and is batting .159

like im as big of a dodgers fan as youll find but i cant think of a quicker way to lose RS games

i mustve read this wrong, please someone recommend an eye doctor quick i think im blind or dyslexic

id love for a separate salary capped version of ranked seasons like this. i wouldnt replace the current ranked seasons though, just add a separate game mode

i faced him five times in RS today and won every game

he's trash now folks -- get him out of your rotation before its too late and he costs you WINS you DESERVE

like all he does is throw hard which just isnt good enough anymore

luis gonzalez is his basically daddy now with how many home runs he hit off of him today alone

deGrom is just batting practice at this point

just wanted to update yall on the meta, thats all, hope my post helps

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but but- chipper?

i spent too many $$$ to bench him

i moved him to the OF after frank thomas dropped and put vlad jr at third. im not sure if in the long run ill move him back to 3B or bench him, but for now i feel like my OF is somewhat shallow and i love both him and vlad jr to make room for them both

@macktastic-brad_xbl said in What a great game this is:

Don't think anyone will read this lol

like the post was too long, i just read the title and came here to say i also love this game and im so happy to see some positive posts about it on the forum and thanks SDS for being amazing

if u stopped using contact swing those balls would probably be home runs

dw ive been reporting anyone i see using a cleveland i****** jersey i cant believe they put that in the game