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Originally Posted by Dr.K
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The development engine is great. There are enough surprising and interesting careers without changing talent randomness too. In a 1969 game to 1983, most players performed close to real life, however some of the surprises included
Nolan Ryan not being dominant after 1974. Though he did suffer torn Labour injuries in 1972 and 1973. He did pitch a no hitter though.
Mark Fidrych. In real life Fidrych had a great 1976 before injury too his career. engine on Fidrych went 16-13 in 1976, 20-11 in 1977. I thought that would be it and he'd revert to his real life career curve after a 14 month layoff. but he came back strong in 1981 and 1982 winning 20 games in each season and 17 games in 1983.
Reggie Smith was a beast hitting 51 home runs in 1977, Sparky Lyle was ineffective after bone chips in his elbow in 1971 and never panned out, Joe H Coleman became a durable winning pitcher pitcher one of the few still effective since 1969. Bob Ojeda is stud winning 76 games in his first 4 years. Ray Culp became a 2 time all star and my favourite surprise of all.
I have yet to try changing talent randomness but engine on works for me, there is just enough to keep interested in a Mike Paxton, a 30 game winner IRL and out of baseball by 1980 at age 27 to a 2 time all star pitcher winning over 100 games and still pitching in 1984 at age 30 with a fat free agent contract.
Hope this helps.
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I love the surprises as well. Right now in my random debut league, Bill Singer is emerging as one of the inaugural class pitching studs. Singer wasn't bad in real life, twice winning 20 games, but finished his career career with a 118-127 record. I'm a little more than half way through the 9th season and Singer has 130+ career wins and is currently 15-2. 132 game schedule so 15 wins in a season is pretty much the benchmark. The 8th season finally saw a pitcher reach 20 wins for a season, Jim Kaat.