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Originally Posted by Assos
Take in mind the computer has a bell curve when dealing with players that do not have careers in the future. Centerfielders have been known historical to age faster then other players because of the wear and tear on the body. Look at Josh Hamilton or Curtis Ganderson as examples that are recent.
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First response about OP:
mike trout is a monster most of the time in ootp. not much can be said about his stats in your particular league without understanding the baseline environment in that league.
hof'ers can have bad years... you may just be unlucky in having a few to start his career, causing a little baseless concern. or maybe the teams you play in the season has more upper-echelon pitchers than other divisions schedules etc etc... so much to look at to know or at least try to understand.
56 defense in CF isn't bad for an offensive CFer like mike trout, but you should definitely get him into LF sooner than later. he's just an average CF'er in real life and the game - simple as that.
2012: 13.3 UZR, 21 DRS, -3.8 ARM, 16.7 RngR, 0.4 ErrR
2013: 4.4 UZR, -9 DRS, -1.7 ARM, 5.6 RngR, 0.5 ErrR
2014: -9.8 UZR, -9 DRS, -5.1 ARM, -5.0 RngR, 0.3 ErrR
*** 2015 was ~1/2 done
2015: -3.1 UZR/150, 3 DRS, -1.6 ARM, -0.3 RngR, 0.9 ErrR
"One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my song?" - sesame street
... namely his rookie year results. he made a good first impression and people hang on to it as if their lives depend upon it.
(from:
Mike Trout: Why do defensive metrics hate Angels superstar?
i have very little respect for these stats when used for very specific things or comparing two players in an absolute way... they are in general at least in the ballpark, though.
it's difficult to find anything that shows he is anything but an average overall CF. which is likely an above average++ LF.
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CF defintitely detoriates faster than other positions in ootp. i have no idea what hte baseline is so i cannot comment on its rate. he's going to be a left fielder in real life sooner than later, too. only ego would keep him in CF. all modern defensive metrics are junk relative to quantifying range... so far he's really just an average CF, but when a superstar bat plays ss/cf, fans project super abilities to all aspects of their game if just average at it.
he made some amazing plays his rookie year too... some people get hung up on 1 or 2 eye-catching events as opposed to the big picture. - think tim salmon.
although i don't get your bell-curve comment. the player's ratings may be created in a different way, but the game engine still inputs the ratings and outputs the statistics in the exact same way. if he's near the top ratings wise, he should be near the top for statistical results too. the only thing you can do is manipulate LTM to shift that bell curve around a different mean, but it's always a similar curve each year barring an insane amount of outlier performances by individual players.