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contact is a combination of babip (unseen rating), avoid k's and power
eye is perceived as an exclusive force in ootp.
a high avoid k would mean less strikeouts and more outs of other varieties, mainly balls in play, eh? ... you pair that with a high babip rating, and they will be consistent performers for sure.
if you prefer your rakers to put the ball in play more, you probably want a lower eye rating, rather than a higher one... going too low isn't good, typically... but i've seen plenty of amazing players that didn't take walks in ootp, too. these players, if hit machines ratings-wise, will put up huge counting stats in a season... less walks, more AB --> larger #'s. is that better than taking a few more walks? no idea... but if you like setting records that's the type of player to go after.
when it comes to rakers, if using "eye" as a factor, i would consider any difference in power to be a much more significant factor than having the best eye rating for that role (no matter high or low).
BA records and the like -- more likely to be acheived with fewer AB which cna be achieved through a better eye=>greater influence of luck with a smaller sample / more volatility down comes with that territory, too.. but, hopefully of the good variety. again... is this better? no idea, lol.... but maybe fun for some, same with acheiving large # of hits or hr above aided by a 'lower' eye rating.
i typically avoid terrible eye batter, but i've also found certain profiles of those players that exceed in spite of a terrible eye... but, they need ~full scale contact rating or extremely high if not.
opportunity trumps theory at all times... but still good to know theory... "prototypical" simply isn't common. some flaws are more easily overcome than others.
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