[Ruthian23]

I'm not 100% sure this is a bug, but it certainly seems that something is not working properly.

I'm in the process of developing a stats only quickstart using keepers with the hope of releasing it to the community here. I've been doing quite a bit of testing with settings and whatnot to get the fictional world to where I want it.

I'm going to be sending along my league files so you can see all the options I've enabled and disabled, but (I would assume) most relevantly, I've added feeder leagues, changed the ages of those leagues to 14-17 for HS, 18-21 for college, and made the AI evaluation 0/50/33/17. Overall rating based on AI eval, not pure ratings has also been checked.

The issue:

After several days of tinkering, I'm close to having it where I want it, but I ran through a draft to make sure things were working properly. The player who was picked first overall is the guy in the attached picture. As you can see, the guy seems to have played 5 high school games back in 2025, when he was 14. He does not have any statistics or history beyond that, yet he got taken #1 overall. As I stated, the AI evaluation has been set to consider only statistics, so how is a guy who only played 5 games four years ago looking like a #1 pick to the AI?

The #4 pick (you can check him in the league files) pitched around 57 innings total with modest stats when he was 14 and 15, then didn't pitch again.

So, my issues are:

1. Why aren't these guys playing in the first place if they're good enough to be top 5 picks?

2. Why and how is the AI evaluating them as top 5 picks?

If someone can take a look and see if this is a bug or, if not, what setting I have on/off is causing the issue, I would greatly appreciate it. Leagues files forthcoming. Photo of #1 pick attached.

Edit: The zipped league data files have been submitted as NumberOnePickIssueLeague