[jaysdailydose]

Except the AI sees the decline coming because you are playing with pure ratings. That is the only thing I can think of.

This is the main reason why so many of us initially went to AI Evaluation in the first place. I would bet that pitcher is about to fall off a cliff.

Save it as a quickstart, and then sim that game out a year and see if he falls off a cliff for us if you have the time? It would help a great deal!