[Dogberry99]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Live cards changed constantly for six months. Those coaches are there, we're just not paying them, and some them are outright terrible indeed. You can also change a pitcher's stuff rating by sending him to the pen. Those cards are anything but static.

I'm all in for card meddling as long as I don't have to hold hands with Mike Trout after every game when he's batting .165, Football Manager style.

First of all, Live cards did not change anything other than their primary attributes. Defense, base running, stamina... All of the ratings we have for these categories on Live cards are based on projections and have nothing to do with play during the 2019 season. When we combine the percentage of static ratings on live cards with ALL the ratings on ALL the historic cards, there's not much that changes in this game at all. And even for the changes that do occur, they are out of our control (unless you're secretly a MLB player and not telling us...)

Additionally, Stuff is indeed static. The only choice we make that affects them is the roles in which we allow them to be used (relief, either from the bullpen or allowing starters to enter games in relief). This change is directly tied to their use, an aspect of the game we do not control as there are no in game management functions. The closest we can come other than placing a starter in the pen is to set their position. This changes their displayed rating, but nothing more than what is displayed. It has zero bearing on the actual ratings and performance of the card.

Positional training is the ONLY change we can make to cards. Everything else is fully controlled by either game mechanics, on field player performance, or a mix of the two.