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Originally Posted by chazzycat
It's much smaller, more like 3%.
Yep the game has always been harsh on HR-hitting sluggers who also had great contact skills & batting averages. Those types of players are just so elite & so rare (Ruth, Williams, Bonds) that I don't think the algorithm for translating stats to ratings handles them very well. Across baseball history, sluggers tend to strike out too much and have lower averages, which I believe is why the system is set up that way. It handles the majority of players pretty well. But in these extreme cases it just falls apart, and of course these "extreme" cases are the players we love the most.
This year actually seems a bit better than previous, for what it's worth. Ted and Ruth are both getting significant play in the highest levels despite these perceived shortcomings.
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The DH penalty is only 3%?? That's good to know! That's not nearly as drastic as I've been thinking it was. Thanks for that info.
My Ted Williams is still putting up fine numbers, so I agree that this year is working out better than last year. Still waiting on a 100 Bonds card though...