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Originally Posted by Rosco Peabody
See, I kind of like it. I hate it when an obvious hall of famer becomes a bench warmer in his last season because he's slightly worse than another guy (but still decent). Would never happen in real life
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I respect your opinion but for me personally, I disagree. There have been plenty of hall of famers or borderline hall of fame caliber talents that had to settle for more marginal roles at the tail end of their careers. It’s just part of the cycle of a baseball player’s career. A lot of “average” players get pushed out of the league a little earlier, but those aging hall of fame caliber players often manage to find success in platoon roles, etc., at the end of their careers. I’m a Yankees fan so a few recent examples that come to mind are Andruw Jones and Eric Chavez. Amazing careers, both arguably hall of fame worthy, but they were just role players that sat on the bench more often than not towards the end of their careers. Some other examples a little further back are Darryl Strawberry and Tim Raines. They happily accepted smaller roles in an effort to get a ring. Is it not possible that some of the players you’re referring to in your case are following a similar path?
Mariano Rivera is one of those very, very few players that was elite for essentially their entire career, including when they were at the point of retirement. Expecting the same treatment for every player who had a good career is irrational. And “Respect” has no place in a statistically driven simulation engine.