Player ratings...

steamboat2302 · 01-22-2011, 01:00 PM

Hey guys, new to the game and need some help here. I'm playing in a fictional league based on the real format of 2010 MLB with full minors etc. I cannot seem to grasp the ratings and how they correlate to performance in this game. I try not to look at the overall rating regardless if it is supposed to be a summation of ratings or the AI evaluation of that player, but sometimes there are times that I think performance is incredibly random in this game. For example. One of my stronger players right now is a 1.5 star guy named Francisco Feliz. He is hitting .287 with 3 homeruns and .412 slugging percentage. This is in 37 games. I normally use ratings to decide my lineups in any sports game, but he is outperforming someone who is supposed to be twice as good as he is. Is this just small sample size and he will come back down to earth or am I misinterpreting something.

48 47 28 38 53

Are his hitting ratings at 30 years old I doubt I'll keep him around long regardless, but wanted to see if I can get any input. If I'm seeing something wrong then maybe that explains why I cant seem to have winning records with teams I consider to be good. Any help at all with understanding the game would be appreciated.

oakland89 · 01-25-2011, 12:21 PM

I'm really new too, but maybe your scout is just really off with his impression of him?

SteveP · 01-25-2011, 12:36 PM

Consider the guys IRL who were one-season wonders but average the rest of their careers. Consider the guys IRL who stunned the league prior to the All-star game then went cold the rest of the way. Also, consider the range of things that can happen in the ordinary workings of statistical probability.

In short: sample size.

01-22-2011, 01:00 PM	#1
steamboat2302 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 100	Player ratings... Hey guys, new to the game and need some help here. I'm playing in a fictional league based on the real format of 2010 MLB with full minors etc. I cannot seem to grasp the ratings and how they correlate to performance in this game. I try not to look at the overall rating regardless if it is supposed to be a summation of ratings or the AI evaluation of that player, but sometimes there are times that I think performance is incredibly random in this game. For example. One of my stronger players right now is a 1.5 star guy named Francisco Feliz. He is hitting .287 with 3 homeruns and .412 slugging percentage. This is in 37 games. I normally use ratings to decide my lineups in any sports game, but he is outperforming someone who is supposed to be twice as good as he is. Is this just small sample size and he will come back down to earth or am I misinterpreting something. 48 47 28 38 53 Are his hitting ratings at 30 years old I doubt I'll keep him around long regardless, but wanted to see if I can get any input. If I'm seeing something wrong then maybe that explains why I cant seem to have winning records with teams I consider to be good. Any help at all with understanding the game would be appreciated.

01-25-2011, 12:21 PM	#2
oakland89 Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9	I'm really new too, but maybe your scout is just really off with his impression of him?

01-25-2011, 12:36 PM	#3
SteveP Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,109	Consider the guys IRL who were one-season wonders but average the rest of their careers. Consider the guys IRL who stunned the league prior to the All-star game then went cold the rest of the way. Also, consider the range of things that can happen in the ordinary workings of statistical probability. In short: sample size.