[NoOne]

by adding to the weight of stats, it will affect the overal more by the stats...

if the overall improves, they are more likely to be used / desired than previously to the AI. there is a limit to its effect, though. a 20-rated guy hitting .300-.400 for a month or 2 isn't going to supplant anyone rated highly even after his overall is adjusted and the other player is hitting .200 during that same time period.

one thng to note, when the current year is fresh, that percentage for current year is applied to the other 2 years (or possibly uses the 3 years ago while the current year is not viable - i believe the words were that they re-alot it though, which i'd assume just bumps it into the 1st, 2nd year and (mostly - may slowly increase to intended weight, too) ignores current year while it's not viable data).

so, bumping up current year may not have the intended effect that you want the first couple? months of the year. (they did not intimate when the current year's sample was largen enough to use as it normally would. i'd like to point out that any 1 year is rarely a large enough sample to be certain about anything. so, this is just based on potentially bad data. but, i'd probably add to "last year" stat weight to effect lineups at the start of the year.

i'd do some testing with the lineups that you see and do not like.... e.g. change the ratings, force immediate re-scout, then go to that team and "ask manager to set up all depth charts and lineups" ... you will immediately see the effects of your change, if any to the lineup.... obviously you'll have to make sure it doesn't have adverse effects on other stuff, if you find something that works well for you.. but before that, you need to find somethign that makes lineups that you prefer.

may want to look at sabermetric vs standard lineups - even if you don't like the syntax... labels don't matter, what results does matter.

while the opposite can happen, this is likely just a temporary disparity that you see... randomness making an inferior player look better than a more highly rated one.

ignoring other factors to make this simpler: if the guy's contact is 100/200, he's never going to be a consistently high average player no matter what his overall adjusts to due to stats weighting. they will always regress to the mean if given enough opportunities to play. always. since you can't predict when they'll play well for an extended amount of time, it's total luck when yo re-arrange a lineup due to recent results.

try turning off ratigns completely if you want knee jerk reactions in that league. it sounds a bit neagtive the way i say it.. but it's just an arbitrary preference and possibly a bit more realistic for the dumber gm's in RL (80-90% of them). so much of what is "normal procedure" is really just dogmatic practice.

anyway don't restrict yourself by wht you think it should be ... just focus on the results matching your goal for lineups - with a little give. don't expect all of them to make lineups you approve of.