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BPS · 01-26-2009, 01:48 PM

I play fictional leagues that start in late 1800s to early 1900s.

In these leagues the minors often quickly become pitcher-dominated, with far too many strikeouts and very low BAs. This is not only unrealistic but makes it hard to identify the good players (as most pitchers have inflated good results and most hitters have "deflated" poor results). And it appears that sometimes good minor league prospect hitters get depressed as they hit .100 year after year. I would too.

Through extensive trial-and-error with settings I can generally get more satisfactory results, but the effort is far greater than it should be. And things have to be readjusted almost every season.

The statistical results in minor leagues should be in the ballpark, so to speak, of what is going on at the ML level.

The determination of statistical results at all levels, minors included, involves many moving parts and complex interactions. But it seems that some technique can be developed that will bump minor league stat outcomes up or down as needed. As odd results can be permitted to happen more often at the minor league level (compared to the ML level) it seems that the adjustment process for minor league stat results needn't be nearly as precise as anything that happens at the ML level.

01-26-2009, 01:48 PM	#31
BPS All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 717	I play fictional leagues that start in late 1800s to early 1900s. In these leagues the minors often quickly become pitcher-dominated, with far too many strikeouts and very low BAs. This is not only unrealistic but makes it hard to identify the good players (as most pitchers have inflated good results and most hitters have "deflated" poor results). And it appears that sometimes good minor league prospect hitters get depressed as they hit .100 year after year. I would too. Through extensive trial-and-error with settings I can generally get more satisfactory results, but the effort is far greater than it should be. And things have to be readjusted almost every season. The statistical results in minor leagues should be in the ballpark, so to speak, of what is going on at the ML level. The determination of statistical results at all levels, minors included, involves many moving parts and complex interactions. But it seems that some technique can be developed that will bump minor league stat outcomes up or down as needed. As odd results can be permitted to happen more often at the minor league level (compared to the ML level) it seems that the adjustment process for minor league stat results needn't be nearly as precise as anything that happens at the ML level.