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Originally Posted by Garlon
I suggest taking a look at several players real and neutralized stats and decide for yourself. There is actually very little difference for most players. The biggest difference are Ruth and Ott as far as I know since they played in the friendliest HR environments so they end up getting the biggest adjustments.
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I'm frustrated.
1. We're being told to import players and evaluate the effects for ourselves when the people who designed the adjustments are right here and could tell us what the effects are.
2. The neutralized file output doesn't match the real file (neutralized against era_ballparks) output. Why? Well, because apparently the park factors in era_ballparks don't match the park factors used for the neutralized file. So someone using the neutralized file is taking ratings adjusted for one environment and using them in another. "Pick the one you like better" isn't the way to reasonable outcomes.
3. Neither real nor neutralized stats match the common understanding of their names. Real stats aren't real because they're neutralized then adjusted to reduce peak home runs. Neutralized aren't neutralized for the game because they're neutralized against something other than the park factors the game uses and because with optimize for career play they reduce peak home runs.