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tb62388 · 06-01-2008, 09:27 PM

ankiel lost all pitching ability extremely quickly...even if it was mental.

I actually like the randomness of ootp, i think its realistic...the problem is we don't see "ratings" in real life...we just see the numbers.

Maybe it happens a little too much and if you feel that way, just simply adjust it to a level you like (talent change modifier).

There have been so many guys that rise or die quickly. Maybe because ive grown up in a steroids era, but I could go on forever listing guys that all of the sudden get better or worse and out of the league.

if you look at baseball prospectus at all, their projection system has a % assigned to guys of the chances they will breakout or collapse. Using common sense a young guy shouldn't have a high collapse %, but surprisingly, its never really that low at all. Often young guys have a 10% chance of seeing a dramatic decrease in performance. And they get this % by comparing players to those in years past with similar career numbers, thus its not abnormal for 1 out of 10 youngsters any given year to just get crushed in terms of performance.

thats why i think ootp is actually realistic and i don't think it needs too much modification.

06-01-2008, 09:27 PM	#35 (permalink)
tb62388 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 93	ankiel lost all pitching ability extremely quickly...even if it was mental. I actually like the randomness of ootp, i think its realistic...the problem is we don't see "ratings" in real life...we just see the numbers. Maybe it happens a little too much and if you feel that way, just simply adjust it to a level you like (talent change modifier). There have been so many guys that rise or die quickly. Maybe because ive grown up in a steroids era, but I could go on forever listing guys that all of the sudden get better or worse and out of the league. if you look at baseball prospectus at all, their projection system has a % assigned to guys of the chances they will breakout or collapse. Using common sense a young guy shouldn't have a high collapse %, but surprisingly, its never really that low at all. Often young guys have a 10% chance of seeing a dramatic decrease in performance. And they get this % by comparing players to those in years past with similar career numbers, thus its not abnormal for 1 out of 10 youngsters any given year to just get crushed in terms of performance. thats why i think ootp is actually realistic and i don't think it needs too much modification.