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Old 08-03-2025, 11:56 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Baseballman2K5 View Post
So many players have individual ratings right around 50. I'm not talking about OVR/POT...I've been playing since OOTP4 and understand ovr and pot have never mattered.

I had a SP have a brilliant rookie year with mostly 50 ratings, but in the offseason he lost 5 stuff and went down to 45 from 50, with a 55 potential at stuff. Why would he lose ratings after a season where he posted a 3.10 ERA in his rookie year with 180 Ks in 182.2 IP?

I also had a 28 year old SP who had a 3.59 ERA with 171 Ks in 165.1 IP with a 1.12 WHIP....go from 60 control to 50.

Both these rating decreases OSA agrees with vs my Scout, so it's not a matter of just my scout.

There are too many players that hover right around the 50s for individual ratings that it's impossible to compare players outside of Stats. Do stats>ratings matter a lot more now? There are FAs that just sit in FA, that have very similar ratings to some players that have all-star numbers.

This is the first version in 22 years where I've been very dissapointed with how ratings play out.

If anyone can explain the new ratings system better to me...or why so many players hover right around 50s in individual ratings, compared to past versions...I'd love to hear solid reasons why it's now like this.

Thanks
Because ratings were inflated before. This is more realistic and challenging. Also players internal ratings went from 250 to 600. There is a lot more variance between displayed ratings now.

There are no such thing as All-Star numbers when it's a fan vote on popularity and every team gets a player, stats or not.
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