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Originally Posted by pfholden
Thanks so much for the detailed response.
When you adjust to 1984, I'm assuming you just select that year from the drop down menu on the modifiers screen and you're good to go moving forward?
Yeah, 2017 is what I was thinking, but as I dig around more on BR and Fangraphs, I may even go 2015 or 2016. I like home runs but don't need 20+ guys topping 40 every season  |
Yep. Day before Opening Day or day of before any games are played, select the year you want to use from the drop down menu, under the "League Totals" heading, and beside "Totals from year:", and the game will go to work, producing modifiers to help it hit the desired league wide totals.
I strongly advise against using the auto-calc feature, as I've only gotten weird results with it, and this method is so effortless, and nails the numbers from the season you want. I also suggest re-setting the BABIP to what it actually was (2015: .299, 2016: .300, 2017: .300, for me 1984: .286, or find the year you want to use on the Pitching Averages page I linked to above).
I do this the day before every season, but you can let it go for a while. Just realize that your game will start to drift back towards offense as you move through the seasons, so you may need to adjust it again, and then again etc. Picture here: