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Originally Posted by Canary85
doesn't the babip rating determine the batted ball tendency? i do exports after each season with all ratings, stats, and splits, then use filters to find players who have similar ratings to compare performances. batted ball tendency seems to not be cosmetic based on what i see. say a player is 65/60/50/50/60, i'll find every player +/- 5 of those five ratings. the guys who are groundball will absolutely have lower slugging than those who have a different tendency. and line drive hitters will have a higher babip than those who are different. and this tracks season to season when a hitter's batted ball changes from normal to groundball (they perform worse) or groundball to line drive (they perform better).
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There are correlations baked into the game, I'm sure, especially when you use historicals, and I'm also sure that when guys have a boost to their power or whatever the game will also make them not groundball hitters anymore once they hit a certain threshold.