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Originally Posted by Charlie Hough
With three-year recalc, there is no way that Nomar's single limited season is causing the lineups to change simply because he played only 21 games in real life.
If his recalc ratings dropped off dramatically for some reason because that season was absolutely terrible, then it's possible that the AI has chosen to use someone else.
But the ratings dropoff would have to be significant, and this is very unlikely for two reasons: one is that one season out of three is usually not enough to cause a massive change. Also, if you're using the setting to adjust ratings for fewer than X number of at bats and your setting is for at least 100 or fewer at bats, then his ratings should not suffer much anyway, even if he had a poor season in his 91 at-bats.
My guess is that his ratings must be similar to or worse than Causey's, and your AI evaluation settings are leading to the AI choosing Causey because most of the weight is on ratings and current season stats.
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What makes things even more odd is, I'm using neutralized stats. So, Nomar's recalc at bat totals for the injury season are actually boosted to I want to say 250. This is just one of those occasions where I'm left scratching my head. It's early in the season, so I will watch to see if somewhere along the line Nomar bumps Causey out of his starting role.
I am using lefty/righty splits and I know when it comes to historical they are completely fictional. I wonder if this could have something to do with it?
If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. I know real life injuries and decline when using recalc can lead to players going from stars to duds in the off season, but I really thought 3 year recalc would soften this some.