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In my opinion stars and ratings are there to grab the human's eye when we are scrolling and sorting and looking for future players who have no stats or very little stats. Think of the international guys in DSL. That is jammed pack on a short season someone might get 20 at bats who knows. Stars are guidelines.
But I would say most MLB players are 2.5 to 3 stars current overall. But the actual performance of these players is huge. It could be from a benchwarmer to an all star caliber player. All with the same star ratings. You get a couple dozen at 4 to 5. And several dozen or so at 3.5 and even 3.5 is close to the majority of 2.5/3.
So in essence the stars aren't really telling you that much because most players will have the same Star Rating. But you should quickly be able to tell that 5 star from the 2.5/3. But a 2 star or a 3.5 star isn't far outside of the majority so its up to us the human to check the stats and see if they fit into our player scheme.
I favor a lot of the saber stats. Woba, WRC+ etc. And fip- because there is no Xfip or siera.I like era- instead of era+ as well. Hr.9, k/9 bb/9. I'm using these stats to determine level progression.
You as the GM need a philosophy. You have to find a scout that is part of your philosophy and a manger/bench coach as well. Then you scour the universe looking for players that meet your philosophy and try to get them. Almost regardless of ratings and stats. Unless something is ungodly awful or ungodly great.
Cause when you just look at stars the majority will be exactly the same.
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