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Originally Posted by Raidergoo
CEI's is nature's way of making a ballplayer quit. Many player quit because they are broken, not because they want to.
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Still too many CEIs, though. Those sort of retirements should be the result of a period of decline following a number of injuries, not a player at his peak suddenly retiring immediately he gets blurred vision. In any case as has been mentioned before, injuries at normal doesn't necessarily fit an historical sim. The rookies drafted have
already filtered out those who took a CEI in the minors or an early majors at bat. They also don't include most of the AAA players who would cover for the occasional injury.
If what you're saying is that players don't retire at a realistic age
unless they've had series of injuries, then the answer is still that the ageing model is wrong. Injuries shouldn't be used to make up for a weakness in the ageing model. Note, I think injuries effect on player development is also too harsh; I've seen a number of examples of players with a minor (2 weeks, say) injury, suffering significant potential hits. If anything, a minor injury should reduce ratings slightly - only serious longer term injuries should damage potential.