[Frank Delarocca Jr]

Okay, I went ahead and did what F. Montoya said to do. I changed the AI evaluation from the default and lowered the amount weighte for 'ratings' and redistributed it to the others so they were basically even. Rates were now at 10, rest at 30. Recalculate was left on.

I started a new league in 1911. By 1915, I've seen the following:

George Mullin - 1911 - 12-13, 4.04 ERA, 75k/86bb; 1912 - 5-3, 3.10 31 k/28 bb; team just stops using him, got a contract extension, age 32. 1913 - released, doesn't play anywhere, retires the following offseason. His stuff dropped from 5 to a 3 and his control went from 11 to 9 to 10 while movement stayed at 20.

Barney Pelty - 1912 - 16-18, 3.76, 83/137; 1913 - 1 game. signs extensions, age 32. Released 1914 offseason, never pitches again. Stuff drops from 4 to 2, control goes up to 11, movement stays at 19

Joe Lake - 1911 - 21-15, 2.45, 142/103; 1912 - 21-14, 3.57, 132/87; 1913 - 21-13, 3.25, 125/86; 1914 - released, age 32. Stuff goes from 2 to 1 to 2 again, control stays at 15, movement moves from 19 to 18.

Ed Summers - 1911 - 12-21, 4.07, 96/105; 1912 - 17-19, 3.69, 86/104; 1913 - released, sits and retires, age 28. stuff goes from 5 to 3, control 11 to 8, movement is unchanged

Jack Combs - 1911 - 5-2, 1.29, 14 games, 4 starts; 1912 - 4-1, 1.93, 12 games, 3 starts; 1913 - 18-12, 3.78, 118k/112bb - 1914 - released; retires age 31. Stuff goes from 5 to 2 to 5, control 10 to 7 to 10, movement is unchanged

Russ Ford - 1911 - 22-17, 3.67, 178/91; 1912 - 15-19, 3.49, 95/112; 1913 - 2-0, 1.15, 9 games, none started, sent to AAA - 1914, released, retires age 30. Stuff goes from 7 to 6, control 16/14/16/14, movement 19/16/19/16

Dolly Gray - 1911 - 27-8, 2.93, 100/117; 1912 - 2-1, 3.52, 8 games, 2 starts, ends year at AAA; 1913 - released, retires age 34 in 1914. Stuff goes from 7 to 4, control 12/9/13, movement 18/16

Vean Gregg - 1911 - 7-5, 3.03, 57/45; 1912 - 19-13, 3.03, 173/111; 1913 - 18-16, 3.23, 170/146; 1914 - released, age 28, retires age 29. Stuff 13 to a 10, control - 11 to 10, movement stays at 20.

there are another 5-7 that I find as odd as these guys, but it's late and I think I've got enough here for an example of what I'm seeing. The game doesn't bother with performance at all. Ratings do drop a bit in some cases, a bit more than a bit in others, but I don't think they're so drastic that they should be released and retired at such an early age. I do notice that, with the change in evaluation weights that less 28-30 years olds are dropping off the face of the earth, which is good, but I'd just like to see it tweaked so that the game wouldn't kill these guys quite as often as it does. Maybe a tweak on how player's stuff works could help as almost all of these guys stuff ratings drop off before they get discarded, even if they jump back up during their year off in the FA pool.

I don't know what how the recalculate function is affecting this compared to it being off, but I have a feeling these guys might not bounce around as much with it off; then there'd be guys who just dropped off randomly like the old game used to do.