Are you a ratings or a stat GM?

CLancaster23 · 04-03-2005, 09:33 PM

Do you run your teams by ratings or stats or a combo of both?

I have always been strictly a ratings guy. Sometimes this has led me to unpleasant results though....

TotalEnd98 · 04-03-2005, 09:35 PM

Stats, by far. Try playing with ratings off, you'll learn a lot.

mlyons · 04-03-2005, 09:43 PM

I turn ratings off.

Cuss · 04-03-2005, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mlyons

I turn ratings off.

me too.

CBLCardinals · 04-03-2005, 10:19 PM

ratings off, talents on (1-5). Makes the game MUCH more enjoyable IMO!
Then you must make decisions based on stats and how good you think the player may be at that time....

dougaiton · 04-03-2005, 10:22 PM

Ratings + talents off.

Dan Theman · 04-03-2005, 11:35 PM

When it comes to solo leagues, I'm a 2-8 man, myself. If the actual scouting reports listed with the players were semi-accurate, I'd go with ratings off but talent on.

CHCfan · 04-03-2005, 11:54 PM

I wish I had the guts to turn off the ratings. Right now, I evaluate players based on both, but I do weigh them a bit differently.

Currently in my solo league, Jeromy Burnitz is playing awful, but his ratings are fairly good. I'm much more likely to stick with him now, then if the situation were reversed. So, I guess, I look at stats predominately but ultimately there's a ratings consideration somewhere in there.

On a related note: for those of you who don't use ratings, how do you got about doing this? Do you use real or fictitiuos players? Do you sim a backlog of seasons before you take a team? How do you evaluate guys with very limited stats? I would really like to try this, but I'm just not ambitious enough.

mlyons · 04-04-2005, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CHCfan

On a related note: for those of you who don't use ratings, how do you got about doing this? Do you use real or fictitiuos players?

Fictional players. I'm guessing you'll find that most people who play with ratings off also use fictional players.

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Do you sim a backlog of seasons before you take a team? How do you evaluate guys with very limited stats?

Same way they do it in real life. I take a very vague scouting report to start from, and then I guess.

My reserves get a lot of playing time in April, as I try to figure out how they're going to play over the course of the season. I don't really settle in to an established lineup until around the middle of May, and even after that I end up flip-flopping on the last couple spots in my lineup depending as players get hot or cold.

canadiancreed · 04-04-2005, 12:14 AM

mostly ratings, and i still use it to sway whether a player gets rpomoted to a new level

but espeically in the minors, stats rule the day. a hot pitcher, or a minor leaguer that has kick ass stats keeps playing and will get promoted more than soemoen with higher ratings and bad stats.

of course its' voer time, but that's how i do it

What! · 04-04-2005, 12:39 AM

Ratings off talent 2-8 and have stars on also use real players. Real managers dont get to look at ratings.

<---Just put that in because im hungry.

soccercjs22 · 04-04-2005, 12:57 AM

Thanks a lot guys. I just started a new solo league and now you made me want to start a new one and turn rating off.

BlueWaldo · 04-04-2005, 01:49 PM

I tried to start an online leage a while back that used only stats. I didn't get enough interest to start the league. If anyone here is interested in this PM me.

ctorg · 04-04-2005, 02:24 PM

If I have ratings on, I am a ratings GM. Usually, though, I turn them off, because being a stats GM is more realistic and more challenging.

jaxmagicman · 04-04-2005, 02:56 PM

I use them both. Mostly I go by ratings for call-ups and stuff like that. Once in the line-up I go by stats.

HolyCow98 · 04-04-2005, 03:45 PM

If ratings are on I go by them....but I hate going by ratings....kinda has been the norm for online leagues so kinda forced to....but for solo leagues...at most I might have the intangibles on. Much more fun and challenging.

You'll Thank Me Later · 04-04-2005, 09:11 PM

Ratings because I want to play as the GM, not as a scout.

Smoothie7745 · 04-04-2005, 10:27 PM

I play with ratings on, 1-20, but I only use them to compartmentalize guys; I really evaluate them with their stats.

endgame · 04-05-2005, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by soccercjs22

Thanks a lot guys. I just started a new solo league and now you made me want to start a new one and turn rating off.

You may already know this, but you don't have to start a new one if you want to make that change. At any time you can go to the League Setup screens and change it to ratings on/off or alternate the rating scale.

jazzrack · 04-05-2005, 04:09 AM

ratings on/talent off

I figure the ratings are what i would be able to see if i could watch a guy play.

but important decisions are made on stats

04-03-2005, 09:33 PM	#1
CLancaster23 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 73	Are you a ratings or a stat GM? Do you run your teams by ratings or stats or a combo of both? I have always been strictly a ratings guy. Sometimes this has led me to unpleasant results though....

04-03-2005, 09:35 PM	#2
TotalEnd98 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New York Posts: 1,687	Stats, by far. Try playing with ratings off, you'll learn a lot. __________________ OTBL - Scandinavia Cartoon Heroes This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.

04-03-2005, 09:43 PM	#3
mlyons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,725	I turn ratings off. __________________ Things can always be worse.

04-03-2005, 10:22 PM	#6
dougaiton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Location: Posts: 3,414	Ratings + talents off. __________________ tThis shower of clowns My park-adjusted, historically split Born in '69 league file! (also at Joe's wonderful site +BBSC)

04-04-2005, 12:14 AM	#10
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	mostly ratings, and i still use it to sway whether a player gets rpomoted to a new level but espeically in the minors, stats rule the day. a hot pitcher, or a minor leaguer that has kick ass stats keeps playing and will get promoted more than soemoen with higher ratings and bad stats. of course its' voer time, but that's how i do it __________________ PT21 PT22

04-03-2005, 10:19 PM	#5
CBLCardinals OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,855	ratings off, talents on (1-5). Makes the game MUCH more enjoyable IMO! Then you must make decisions based on stats and how good you think the player may be at that time....

04-03-2005, 11:54 PM	#8
CHCfan All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Grand Island, NE Posts: 1,117	I wish I had the guts to turn off the ratings. Right now, I evaluate players based on both, but I do weigh them a bit differently. Currently in my solo league, Jeromy Burnitz is playing awful, but his ratings are fairly good. I'm much more likely to stick with him now, then if the situation were reversed. So, I guess, I look at stats predominately but ultimately there's a ratings consideration somewhere in there. On a related note: for those of you who don't use ratings, how do you got about doing this? Do you use real or fictitiuos players? Do you sim a backlog of seasons before you take a team? How do you evaluate guys with very limited stats? I would really like to try this, but I'm just not ambitious enough.

04-04-2005, 12:39 AM	#11
What! Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 338	Ratings off talent 2-8 and have stars on also use real players. Real managers dont get to look at ratings. <---Just put that in because im hungry.

04-04-2005, 12:57 AM	#12
soccercjs22 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 93	Thanks a lot guys. I just started a new solo league and now you made me want to start a new one and turn rating off. __________________ Just for the record: I'm a Reds fan

04-04-2005, 01:49 PM	#13
BlueWaldo Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 25	I tried to start an online leage a while back that used only stats. I didn't get enough interest to start the league. If anyone here is interested in this PM me.

04-04-2005, 02:24 PM	#14
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	If I have ratings on, I am a ratings GM. Usually, though, I turn them off, because being a stats GM is more realistic and more challenging. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

04-04-2005, 02:56 PM	#15
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	I use them both. Mostly I go by ratings for call-ups and stuff like that. Once in the line-up I go by stats. __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

04-04-2005, 03:45 PM	#16
HolyCow98 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 2,735	If ratings are on I go by them....but I hate going by ratings....kinda has been the norm for online leagues so kinda forced to....but for solo leagues...at most I might have the intangibles on. Much more fun and challenging. __________________ NPBL Enjoying its 60th season Georgia GM

04-04-2005, 09:11 PM	#17
You'll Thank Me Later Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ready to bite Posts: 193	Ratings because I want to play as the GM, not as a scout. __________________ "If you don't care enough to search for the answer, or to give a good description of your problem, why should anybody take the time to help you?" - Dark Horse

04-04-2005, 10:27 PM	#18
Smoothie7745 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 142	I play with ratings on, 1-20, but I only use them to compartmentalize guys; I really evaluate them with their stats. __________________ MLSB Astros (original and current Houston Astros GM) FBBL Retro (original and current Astros GM) RIP, ISBL (Houston Astros) RIP, VSL (Houston Astros) RIP, FBBL (original Oakland A's GM) Please visit my website: JasonMarbach.com And the myspace: http://www.myspace.com/jasonmarbach R.I.P. D. K. #57

04-05-2005, 04:09 AM	#20
jazzrack Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: still kicking Posts: 3,229	ratings on/talent off I figure the ratings are what i would be able to see if i could watch a guy play. but important decisions are made on stats __________________ . "Never confuse composure for ease" Was once Head Cheese of Corporate League Baseball