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Originally Posted by SandMan
As I get more seasons into a test league I am running I am finding a disturbing trend where the longer I go the fewer HOF candidates I am getting. The league started in 2020. Going forward I have 40 players in 2040 meet the requirements I have selected for HOF induction. 2050, 31 players. 2060, 22 players and 2070, 14 players. It seems like the earlier classes created more players that would be HOF caliber.
As an example I have 10 players that reached 500 homeruns. All of these players played in earlier years of the league and I have no prospects of any players reaching the milestone. The closest I have is a active player with 267 homers. I doubt he will make it to 500.
Has anyone else noticed this trend of declining star players playing in the league? I feel that there should be some variance but not to the point of where the top 71 players played in the first 30 years of the league and only 36 for the next 20.
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That's to be expected somewhat, since the players have less competition early on. Whether what you are seeing is too drastic, though, I'm not sure.