League ERA significantly up?

Mister_G · 07-21-2017, 01:39 PM

Hey, so I haven't picked up the game in a couple months. Started a new MLB quickstart with some changes (awards, playoffs, finances, some player ratings). I go through one whole season and the NL ERA goes from 4.20 (real-life 2016) to 3.98 and 4.23 to 4.19 in the AL.

I'm ok with this kind of decrease, also I enjoy a bit of a lower-scoring league.

The problem comes in year two. Beginning of the season I notice that alot players have ALOT of home runs. So as a test I sim the whole season. ERA goes up from 4.19 to 4.59 in the AL and from 3.98 to 4.31 in the NL.

These numbers are higher than I expected and higher than I would like. What's the best way to fix this? Or is it just an outlier that doesn't need fixing, and the league will regress to the norm next season?

David Watts · 07-21-2017, 02:16 PM

By any chance do you have the dynamic league evolution feature enabled? If so, you may have received the news story that that mound was lowered and if so, league offense skyrockets.

Mister_G · 07-21-2017, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Watts

By any chance do you have the dynamic league evolution feature enabled? If so, you may have received the news story that that mound was lowered and if so, league offense skyrockets.

Nope.

Mister_G · 07-21-2017, 09:39 PM

Also, completely separate question, if I expand to 32 teams do I need to adjust the league totals/modifiers, etc. in some way?

NoOne · 07-21-2017, 10:56 PM

no adjustment necessary, it sets a rate... no worries

click auto-calc after a change like that, for sure. that will set it to whatever your totals dictate as far as resulting ERA range.

if ~.410 slugging expect a ~4.10ish era everage and +/- 0.20ish (you can see estimated slash - default is likely a high offense league.)

a new synthetic roid is out... HR likely back over 5k for 2nd straight year. ootp has it right!

07-21-2017, 01:39 PM	#1
Mister_G All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 576	League ERA significantly up? Hey, so I haven't picked up the game in a couple months. Started a new MLB quickstart with some changes (awards, playoffs, finances, some player ratings). I go through one whole season and the NL ERA goes from 4.20 (real-life 2016) to 3.98 and 4.23 to 4.19 in the AL. I'm ok with this kind of decrease, also I enjoy a bit of a lower-scoring league. The problem comes in year two. Beginning of the season I notice that alot players have ALOT of home runs. So as a test I sim the whole season. ERA goes up from 4.19 to 4.59 in the AL and from 3.98 to 4.31 in the NL. These numbers are higher than I expected and higher than I would like. What's the best way to fix this? Or is it just an outlier that doesn't need fixing, and the league will regress to the norm next season? __________________ A man doesn't make mistakes, mistakes make the man @MisterG90

07-21-2017, 09:39 PM	#4
Mister_G All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 576	Also, completely separate question, if I expand to 32 teams do I need to adjust the league totals/modifiers, etc. in some way? __________________ A man doesn't make mistakes, mistakes make the man @MisterG90

07-21-2017, 10:56 PM	#5
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	no adjustment necessary, it sets a rate... no worries click auto-calc after a change like that, for sure. that will set it to whatever your totals dictate as far as resulting ERA range. if ~.410 slugging expect a ~4.10ish era everage and +/- 0.20ish (you can see estimated slash - default is likely a high offense league.) a new synthetic roid is out... HR likely back over 5k for 2nd straight year. ootp has it right! Last edited by NoOne; 07-21-2017 at 10:57 PM.

07-21-2017, 02:16 PM	#2
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 10,162 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	By any chance do you have the dynamic league evolution feature enabled? If so, you may have received the news story that that mound was lowered and if so, league offense skyrockets.