Post your most ridiculous Bruce/Longoria season! - Page 2

KILLERBS24 · 06-22-2008, 03:11 AM

After going .373/.465/.695 47 HRs 129 RBI in 2012 Bruces ratings dropped from 20 Contact 13 Power 14 Eye, to 16 Contact 14 Power 11 Eye. Then a torn hip muscle, fractured skull, and two knee injuries in the span of 15 months knocked him down to 12/9/8 so its hard to say what he would have done.

Longoria is still going strong though
13- .348/.451/.628 41 HRs 140 RBI
14- .364/.448/.684 41 HRs 134 RBI

RonCo · 06-22-2008, 03:30 AM

So Bruce peaked at 23, and Longoria at 24-25...though Longoria is holding on pretty firmly, my guess is when you plot his final career you'll feel pretty reasonable saying he peaked prior to 27 years old.

Hador · 06-22-2008, 06:26 AM

In 08 Bruce was hitting .305/.386/.480 rather realistically.

In 09 Bruce went for an unreal .402/.482/.687

Then in 10 Bruce started the season .421/.491/.695 before SUFFERING A CAREER ENDING INJURY in June....go figure

By the way am I the only one who has issues with career ending injuries? Not only did Bruce suffer one but so did A-Rod and a couple of other players and I'm only in 2010 right now. It seems that nearly each month an MLB player suffers a career ending injury. I'm playing with the default database.

Bears5122 · 06-22-2008, 07:19 AM

Weird, Longoria has been lost to career ending injuries in two of my simulations too. It seems a lot of stars get them regardless of age. I'm going to tinker with the injuries.dat file and see if I can adjust it and just make those year long ones.

Bears5122 · 06-22-2008, 07:23 AM

All the young stars have a similar trend. They have huge years between 24-27, then seem to flame out by the time they hit 30. I hope this isn't a natural trend with development as 30 is about the age of a player's prime these days, not the end of his career.

RonCo · 06-22-2008, 11:44 AM

My early looks say that OOTP hitters peak at 24-25 unless you tweak the development modifiers. Hence my virtual Fresca bet upstream. I don't know that they should all flame out at 30...in fact I suspect power hitters in particular will hold their value a little longer than they should barring injury.

RonCo · 06-22-2008, 11:48 AM

Technically, I expect power to peak at age 24.7 (STDEV 2.7), so you'll still get some guys to peak at age 27+, just not many. I've started fiddling around with development modifiers and gotten a bit better results.

06-22-2008, 03:11 AM	#21
KILLERBS24 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 938	After going .373/.465/.695 47 HRs 129 RBI in 2012 Bruces ratings dropped from 20 Contact 13 Power 14 Eye, to 16 Contact 14 Power 11 Eye. Then a torn hip muscle, fractured skull, and two knee injuries in the span of 15 months knocked him down to 12/9/8 so its hard to say what he would have done. Longoria is still going strong though 13- .348/.451/.628 41 HRs 140 RBI 14- .364/.448/.684 41 HRs 134 RBI __________________ Asterisked legacy: Barry Bonds, the greatest steroid user ever

06-22-2008, 11:44 AM	#26
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,378	My early looks say that OOTP hitters peak at 24-25 unless you tweak the development modifiers. Hence my virtual Fresca bet upstream. I don't know that they should all flame out at 30...in fact I suspect power hitters in particular will hold their value a little longer than they should barring injury. Last edited by RonCo; 06-22-2008 at 11:45 AM.

06-22-2008, 03:30 AM	#22
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,378	So Bruce peaked at 23, and Longoria at 24-25...though Longoria is holding on pretty firmly, my guess is when you plot his final career you'll feel pretty reasonable saying he peaked prior to 27 years old.

06-22-2008, 06:26 AM	#23
Hador Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hannover, Germany Posts: 65	In 08 Bruce was hitting .305/.386/.480 rather realistically. In 09 Bruce went for an unreal .402/.482/.687 Then in 10 Bruce started the season .421/.491/.695 before SUFFERING A CAREER ENDING INJURY in June....go figure By the way am I the only one who has issues with career ending injuries? Not only did Bruce suffer one but so did A-Rod and a couple of other players and I'm only in 2010 right now. It seems that nearly each month an MLB player suffers a career ending injury. I'm playing with the default database.

06-22-2008, 07:19 AM	#24
Bears5122 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 847	Weird, Longoria has been lost to career ending injuries in two of my simulations too. It seems a lot of stars get them regardless of age. I'm going to tinker with the injuries.dat file and see if I can adjust it and just make those year long ones.

06-22-2008, 07:23 AM	#25
Bears5122 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 847	All the young stars have a similar trend. They have huge years between 24-27, then seem to flame out by the time they hit 30. I hope this isn't a natural trend with development as 30 is about the age of a player's prime these days, not the end of his career.

06-22-2008, 11:48 AM	#27
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,378	Technically, I expect power to peak at age 24.7 (STDEV 2.7), so you'll still get some guys to peak at age 27+, just not many. I've started fiddling around with development modifiers and gotten a bit better results.