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Test 1 Historical League
OK, first I created a new historical league starting in 2013. Career mode, no minors, all else at default except 100% scouting with 1-100 / 20-80 ratings for granularity.
I deleted all extant players when the league was created and then imported 1500 historical MLB players as FA to replace them. Ran a 50-round FA Draft to repopulate the clubs.
Unselected auto-import historical rookies and imported 312 players manually ahead of the Rookie Draft reveal. Played 2013 season. Conducted the 8-round Draft in November as per the default settings.
It is in the process of the Draft reveal that these issues first appear, and I was wrong - the game type has nothing to do with it. As a player "officially" becomes part of the Draft on reveal day, the game allots him a bogus alma mater and fictional HS or COL stat line.
I did another Draft in 2014 (same thing again) then turned them off and played the save thru the 2017 season to see what happens with the development of these guys.
As much as I wish it were otherwise, the results are utterly inconclusive. Some sort of bias is trying to make me see a consistent downward pressure on the ratings of the guys with the fake lines, but if it is there, it is certainly more moderate than what I am seeing in my saves.
I'll take a break and repeat this on a custom fictional save using the same player pool and methodology.
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