[One Post Wonder]

I've got silver players starting for me who I wouldn't replace with any diamond. Like people keep saying, it's really about deciding what your team's game is going to be about and getting the right player at each spot to meet that vision.

In single player, no-one just signs the most expensive players they can get and expect to win that way. It's the same way here, and I hope it doesn't change.

There are a lot of great undervalued historical players. My 73 rated Jose Oquendo is magnificent IMO. And I think 80's catchers are overrated. I saw them play and with the exception of Tony Pena in his prime, they didn't have what I'd consider to be 100+ arms.

Plus have you seen a '97 Piazza? He's rated something like 98 as a catcher, with matching numbers at arm and ability. I liked Piazza - he pulled the Dodgers out of their miserable period in the early 90's. But defensively I doubt he was a 48, much less a 98.

I don't agree with the historical player ratings as a rule, but I understand that the given ratings for those players are what is best for the game. And they do tend to be 'different' and be useful in some way even if they're not rated like they should be.