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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
Kind of need an "Extremely popular but forgettable" popularity rating. So, for example, like Kawasaki for the Jays right now. If you asked fans he'd be top-5 on the team, but it's not going to cost any fans if he signed with someone else next year.
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I was thinking Jeremy Lin when I read what the OP wrote.
I'm not so confused about "undeserving" players having national popularity. You never know the guy could have been a phenom in high school or college or something. I get confused when someone from the other side of the country or halfway across the world has extreme local popularity but no national popularity. That's when I start to think the algorithm needs a bit of a tweak.
The only new/rookie players who should have above average or better local popularity are people from that area. In that situation of course the local fan base would want to see them on the team. i.e. David Freeze and the Cardinals. It took all of 5 minutes for him to become a fan favorite just because he was from St. Louis.