Hey guys. I'm looking for some help. I'll go into a bit more depth below, but basically the heart of my question is, how do I avoid the downward offensive drift I'm seeing in my fictional league? Please see screenshot, which shows the league ERA and AVG going down gradually over the span of 18 seasons.
I know it's something to do with the "League Totals", but they kind of confuse me. I tried reading
the manual first and it says:
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OOTP generates a league total for each category, noted in the left column. The league total acts as the basis for the calculation engine. In historical leagues, these are the real league totals from the imported year. In fictional leagues it's the major league totals from the most recently completed season.
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So about that last sentence, it's not what I'm seeing. My league totals are the exact same as those entered when I created the league. (I based them on the 1985 season using the dropdown.) Did I forget to change a setting?
Anyway, the manual goes on to recommend that I use the "Modifiers" in the right column. Okay, fair enough, except...given that the values in "League Totals" never changed, but the actual output of the engine seems to be drifting, I'm not sure what the modifiers are applied against. Are they applied against last year's stats or against the static "League Totals" from 1985 I still have there?
The way I see it, there's a distinction there. Say I have modified HRs to be 10% more. Is that a one-time bump, or will they go up by 10% every season if I leave that modifier there?
Anyway, I'm even confusing myself as I write this. I'm probably just overthinking it. Please help me see straight.