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03-21-2017, 07:07 PM | #1 |
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I don't understand the ratings system
I look at these players who are probably some of the best at their position:
CF: Mike Trout - Player Rating is 80 (best rating) But then I look at his Contact, Gap Power, HR Power, Eye/Discipline, and POSITIONAL RATING and I'm perplexed. Mike Trout's ratings are: Contact: 60 out of 80 (very average, on a 1-100 scale this is a 70) Gap and HR Power: 65 out of 80 (above average, but not very good) Eye/Disc: 70 Positional Rating: 65 out of 80 (Trout is probably the best at his position, so I just don't understand this) Let's look at 3rd basemen: Nolan Arenado ratings: Contact: 50 out of 80 (this is below average for a .290+ hitter, not understanding this) Gap and HR Power:65 out of 80 (he hit 41 home runs last year!....come on!) Positional Rating: 70 (Nolan Arenado is arguably the best 3rd basemen in the entire MLB) I mean I guess you could argue that Machado is as good, but their positional ratings should be atleast 75 if not 80. I'm really confused as to how these numbers were obtained. If my contact hitter is batting .300 for the season, is he going to be at 50 out of 80 for contact hitting?? I guess the morale of my story really is if I were to base a youngster off his batter ratings of let's say 50 contact, 60 gap / hr power, and 60 eye/disc....I would probably think he sucks. Maybe I'm thinking about it the wrong way. Last edited by joejccva71; 03-21-2017 at 07:21 PM. |
03-21-2017, 07:38 PM | #2 |
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Bear in mind that player ratings aren't just based against other current MLB players, but against all players who have ever played.
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03-21-2017, 07:45 PM | #3 |
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You have scouting on, and your scout is underrating those players. Their true ratings are higher.
Arenado and Machado have the two highest defensive ratings at 3B for any 3B in the game, for example. |
03-21-2017, 07:58 PM | #4 |
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on a 20-80 scale your relationship isnt to 80 at the top as in a 1-100 scale. It's to 50 as the average.
20=poor 30=bad 40=below average 50=average 60=good 70=great 80=elite Scouts start at 50 and bounce guys notches up or down based on what they evaluate. Trout being one of the only batters that rates good(60)-elite(80) at every rating is what makes him an elite(80) overall player. His defensive positional rating (65) of between good (60) and great (70) is probably about right. Fangraphs rates him as only the 8th best CF in baseball last year. Arrenado is likely a .290 hitter because of his good to great(65) gap and power. HR and hits in the gap fall for hits not outs. While only being an average contact hitter. Hes a great(70) defensive 3b for sure. Obviously theres some reason they dont think hes better than that. Even at 70 he could still be the best. You also need to remember theres also fog on ratings. So your scout and OSA could still be off a little based on thier perceptions. |
03-21-2017, 08:25 PM | #5 |
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Are you using relative ratings? Relative ratings are far more realistic. The truth is you won't see scouts handing out 80's but once in a generation. A 65 is considered all star Claibur for any tool. Trout is an overall 80 because he's the best relative to other players in the league...I see your point though and think the overall ratings (along with defense and speed need an overhaul) the truth is OOTP needs to go to completely relative ratings before the scouting system can be improved upon....it's just going to take a little time I think.
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03-21-2017, 08:27 PM | #6 |
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on a 20-80 scale your relationship isnt to 80 at the top as in a 1-100 scale. It's to 50 as the average.
20=poor 30=bad 40=below average 50=average 60=good 70=great 80=elite Scouts start at 50 and bounce guys notches up or down based on what they evaluate. Trout being one of the only batters that rates good(60)-elite(80) at every rating is what makes him an elite(80) overall player. His defensive positional rating (65) of between good (60) and great (70) is probably about right. Fangraphs rates him as only the 8th best CF in baseball last year. Arrenado is likely a .290 hitter because of his good to great(65) gap and power. HR and hits in the gap fall for hits not outs. While only being an average contact hitter. Hes a great(70) defensive 3b for sure. Obviously theres some reason they dont think hes better than that. Even at 70 he could still be the best. You also need to remember theres also fog on ratings. So your scout and OSA could still be off a little based on thier perceptions. |
03-21-2017, 08:57 PM | #8 |
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It's all relative. also keep in mind that ratings don't produce stats, league modifiers do, ratings only distribute the stats that the league modifiers produce. If you build a league of Hall of fame hitters someone is going to suck because there are only so many statistics to go around based on the league modifiers for the core year you are playing in. Fill your league with 50 Home Run guys and no one hits 50, they all are more likely to hit 25-30
A players worth from a statistical stand point is only relative to how well everyone else is preforming and what their ratings are. Ratings are not absolute. example: all .280 hitters are not created equal If you hit .280 in 1930 you were 16 pts below the league average If you hit .280 in 1968 you were 43 points above the league average
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03-22-2017, 12:10 AM | #9 |
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they are?? man, been playing OOTP since 6.5 and this is first time I realized this!
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03-22-2017, 12:51 AM | #10 |
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I could be wrong, but I thought it was based against the players that are currently active in your game, and you can either base it against all the players in your game or break it down by positions. In that second scenario, it means that Mike Trout would only be measured against other active players in your league that play CF.
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03-22-2017, 12:54 AM | #11 |
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FYI the ratings are currently deflated by accident. They will fix it.
This is what is currently going on. I have a thread in the Bug Forum about it here. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=275427 |
03-22-2017, 01:06 AM | #12 |
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In a certain sense, I suppose they are, but in another sense they're not. The ratings scale itself has to go high enough so that the game can model a .420 hitter or a 70 HR hitter, because baseball has had performances like that. So if you're comparing a rating with the top of the scale, I guess you are sort of seeing how far a guy is from the best performers in history.
But it's not something anyone would think about when creating the roster set. No one is comparing Miguel Cabrera with Rogers Hornsby when deciding on Cabrera's Contact rating. The roster set ratings are chosen to produce the stats we expect players to produce, against the competition we expect those players to face. |
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03-22-2017, 04:03 AM | #14 |
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And as for Trout, basically think of it the fact that everyone has flaws, but Trout is basically the only player who is significantly above average across the board. He doesn't have the best average, power, speed, or D, but he's damn near the top at all of them so grades out that way.
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But anyway, looks like injury log has already set me right
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03-22-2017, 09:44 AM | #16 | |
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Just what I was about to say.... Trout's greatness comes in the sense that he does everything well, although not the best at any specific tools. Probably the most complete player ever. http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/201...es-angels-2016 |
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03-22-2017, 10:18 AM | #17 |
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What are his stats? Are they what they should be? That's what matters.
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03-22-2017, 04:55 PM | #19 |
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You're right, I was talking about the humans The Babe was from out of this world...
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