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Originally Posted by Bears5122
But ratings shouldn't be based on their current park factors. Ratings should be based off how they'd perform in a neutral setting.
This is incredibly simplified for the sake of argument.
If you took Player X and assumed with no park factors, he would hit 30 home runs a year. Now say that translates to a 65 rating in power.
But in OOTP, it makes the rating based off where they are playing. So lets say Player X played in Coors last season. OOTP would perhaps rate him a 70 in power because he was able to hit 35 homers due to the park.
That means if you traded him before opening day to a team that was neutral in terms of homers, he would hit 35 homers because he is rated a 70 instead of a 65. He would also hit more than 35 homers in Coors if he stayed with the Rockies because his power rating wasn't done with park factors off.
Basically the argument is that park shouldn't play a role in your rating. Your stats will change based on where you play, but a 65 power guy is a 65 power guy regardless of where they play. But with ZiPS, playing in Coors last season turned him into a 70 power guy when he is not. Playing in Petco would get him rated a 60 power guy.
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Wow, it turns out this is correct. If you go to the editor with 100% accurate ratings, the "Resulting Stats (in a neutral, modern Major League environment)" for Rockies players are almost identical to what their stats are projected to be at Coors Field based on their ZiPS preseason projection article. This needs to be fixed.