[Syd Thrift]

In the complete absence of stats, the game will rely upon ratings. ISTR Markus saying something about there being something of a sliding scale within the engine regarding basing things on stats vs. ratings. In any case, my current dynasty weighs ratings as 5%, this year's stats at 65%, last year's at 25%, and 2 years ago at 5%. For the most part, it seems to be working really well. I see former stars stay on teams into their 30s despite not being very useful because the team isn't aware of any better option, but at the same time I see spectacular flame-outs, particularly at pitcher, followed by a few years of the team that owns the flame-out trying to coax some value out of him. OTOH, I'm really not seeing a lot of instances of young kids getting cut and not latching on because they had one bad season, which is what I was afraid was going to happen with the big emphasis on stats.