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Originally Posted by NYY #23
I'm in 2053 and seeing quite a few dominant hitting catchers:
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By wRC+ that's seven catchers with a wRC+ better than Posey's 138 last year. Two players beat Javy Lopez's 42 homers in a season.
It looks like this did happen with 16 too though based on numbers catchers have been putting up. |
Well, this could be your LTMs. e.g. if HR are elevated compared to "normal" (whatever that is, not the point), players with high power numbers will benefit the most from that elevated LTM. they will get the bulk of the 'extra' homeruns. those 50con 80pow guys go from .250ish hitters with 30ish hr to .270-.300 and 40-50HR.
what's your league's average slash line (you'll need ~50 years to be +/- a minimal % error for this endeavor)? if it's quite a bit higher than .255/.320/.400 (slugging probably the key) that's more likely the cause of huge offensive numbers and in quantity. make sure all other factors are not the cause of what you are seeing, then test your hypothesis.
once you've done that, the only way to know if they are out of proportion is to keep track of talent distribution each year for many, many, many, did i say many? years. this will invovle subjective assessment of RL MLB talent distribution... so, it all depends on your (plural) ability to be objective... LoL... people are generally good at that, right?
