I was just about to post a new thread on this very issue.
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Originally posted by Steve Kuffrey
It happens, though not very often.
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I suppose it depends on your definition of "often," but from my perspective it happens very often. It only seems to affect one category though, strikeouts--avoiding them for hitters, getting them for pitchers.
Because Getting/Avoiding Strikeouts is automatically tied to Hitting for Average/Avoiding Hits (i.e. a talent bump in Getting/Avoiding Hits means a talent bump in Getting/Avoiding Strikeouts) plus Getting/Avoiding Strikeouts can also be bumped independently of Getting/Avoiding Hits, it seems much more often than not I will see a double increase in the strikeout category when a player gets a talent bump in Getting/Avoiding Hits.
Approximately half of the players in the majors in my league have Brilliant Talent in Getting/Avoiding Strikeouts, and the corresponding ratings (8+) in that category.
I understand and agree with the concept of linking Getting/Avoidng Strikeouts to Avoiding/Getting Hits, but the simultaneous and independent ability to Get/Avoid Strikeouts results in excessive talent in that category in the majors IMO, which then leads to a lack of excellence in performance in those categories because the majority of players are at the upper end of the spectrum with very similar ability.
If up for a vote, I would choose to eliminate independent increases in Getting/Avoiding Strikeouts unless that player already has Brilliant talent in Hitting for Average/Avoiding Hits.