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chazzycat · 03-01-2021, 08:29 PM

Not disagreeing that more options for sorting the AH would be nice. But real life stats? WHIP?

You may be interested in knowing that the game uses a FIP model for pitching, so WHIP would be a horrible stat to use, as hits are completely outside the pitchers control in the game engine.

Also, real life stats go through a lot of normalization to arrive at the ratings. So I think in general, this is a bad idea and would only lead to a lot more "this player did X in real life, why is he falling short of X in perfect team" type complaints. The ratings are what's most important in the end.

03-01-2021, 08:29 PM	#2
chazzycat All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,685	Not disagreeing that more options for sorting the AH would be nice. But real life stats? WHIP? You may be interested in knowing that the game uses a FIP model for pitching, so WHIP would be a horrible stat to use, as hits are completely outside the pitchers control in the game engine. Also, real life stats go through a lot of normalization to arrive at the ratings. So I think in general, this is a bad idea and would only lead to a lot more "this player did X in real life, why is he falling short of X in perfect team" type complaints. The ratings are what's most important in the end.