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Old 04-28-2026, 08:17 PM   #1
Murcer
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Development curve issue?

I've been running test leagues and am seeing an issue with hitter development. That is, I'm getting a lot of very young hitters putting up excellent stats in their first year in MLB.

I ran a few multi-season tests and looked at OPS by age and the development "curve" starts at the top and gradually slopes downward. There's an OPS plateau ages 21-25 and then it begins to steadily decline. It's not a bell shaped curve, rather, it's just a downward sloping line.

I'm using the default settings and, in fact, set Batter Dev Speed to .94 to try to create more realistic hitter development.

Is anyone else seeing this or is it a quirk due to my setup?
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