[Getch]

The game is attempting to be as realistic as possible. You seem to be arguing the end's justify the means, even if the means are not realistic. I understand that injuries must happen. I also understand that talent needs to fluctuate. And I understand that injuries can often affect talent.

However, the game, from my observation, seems to have a blanket rule like "All injuries over 3 weeks has a 30% probability of dropping a talent (or more) by 20 or so percent". There seems to be a complete disregard to what type of injury, the age of the player, and the position (batter vs pitcher) of said player.

My beef is not a general issue with the implementation, but a specific problem in that there is an inordinate number of players, specifically batters, in their prime (25-32) that go from perennial All-Stars to backup utility players in one, often minor injury.

The question is, does OOTP take account age/position/injury in determining the long-term affects of an injury? If so, have we done analysis to match up how it handles injuries for players in their primes with real-life data? My suspicion is that it will be way off.