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Originally Posted by sprague
I deal with these issues historically alot. The great pitchers tend not to be so great. the question is why?
Big reason is the game generates its ratings historically direct from statistics. And as we know they are skewed. One key pitching stat ignored is ERA.
2 pitchers can both have 200 innings, give up 190 hits, 22 home runs and strikeout 190...but one ERA will be 2.95 the other 3.50. The difference (discounting the fielding aspect) is one pitcher gives up hits and home runs with RISP while the better pitcher bears down and gets outs so gives up less runs.
And of course the real key is how many runs does a pitcher give up. That does not get so reflected OOTP or even back in strat o matic for expample which again was stat based, ERA ignored.
What I do to even it out is raise star pitchers, like cy young, mathewson, gibson, etc by 10% of the GB rate. That does take them to a higher tier, they do tend to become the top of the heap but not beyond it.
Best tweek fix I have managed to figure out
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This.
For mine, GB% is up there with the most important under-the-hood pitching stats in OOTP. Most would be amazed at the difference just a 1% change to it in the editor makes to the player's ratings and, ultimately, performance.