[luckymann]

EC, with regard to the creation of new players, have you ever tried bumping up the creation modifiers? I've used them and the difference in the overall quality of players coming through the draft becomes quite noticeable after a couple years.

Don't go crazy with how far you increase the modifiers - they obviously work as a percentage, so if you set them at 1.1000 player quality improves by 10% - and you will likely find you need to move them about both in general and with regard to specific positions, but it should greatly reduce the time you need to spend on getting the player mix right.

Oh and BirdWatcher fairly nailed it about pitcher ratings.