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Old 09-07-2012, 04:22 PM   #1
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Sudden drop in ratings ..?

Hi - spent the offseason trading up a lot of my team (pretty much replaced the entire starting line-up). Most of the Current Ratings and Potential Ratings where in the 50's to 70's range in preseason.

Now, with the Spring Training about to start, suddenly they're in the low 30's, with my scout going from jumping through hoops at the players HE scouted to suddenly telling me they're a waste of skin.

So, what's going on?
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Old 09-07-2012, 05:27 PM   #2
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Hi - spent the offseason trading up a lot of my team (pretty much replaced the entire starting line-up). Most of the Current Ratings and Potential Ratings where in the 50's to 70's range in preseason.

Now, with the Spring Training about to start, suddenly they're in the low 30's, with my scout going from jumping through hoops at the players HE scouted to suddenly telling me they're a waste of skin.

So, what's going on?
In next years MLB Roster set what will Tim Lincecums ratings be, compared to 2012? Consider

Ricky Romero
Josh Becket
Roy Halladay
Kevin Youkilis

I know this may not be a complete list or 100% valid but the inconsistency of performance from year to year IRL is far more than we think. When it shows up in numbers on the screen we give it the hairy eyeball.
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Understood, but technically they've not actually played any games at all. Scouted during the regular season, picked up during the off-season, and now assembling for spring training their ratings have dropped through the floor (or the 50 barrier, to be more precise) without them even getting anywhere near a bat.

Baffled, to be sure.
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Understood, but technically they've not actually played any games at all. Scouted during the regular season, picked up during the off-season, and now assembling for spring training their ratings have dropped through the floor (or the 50 barrier, to be more precise) without them even getting anywhere near a bat.

Baffled, to be sure.
Correct, but that is the difference between inanimate computer players and real life. OOTP can't produce the performance without ratings. In real life the performance comes first.
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How long have you been playing? If you are new to the game you may want to consider turning scouts off and using other means to make ratings a little more ambiguous.

You do not know if the ratings dropped or if your scout now has a better idea of these players talent. I know the timing is weird but the longer you have a player the better read your scout will have. I do not know if this is suspended or hampered in the offseason. The scout may have "looked" at them (how, I do not know) in the offseason and his new assessments all hit at once.
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How long have you been playing?
Not that long, I've only just really started following Baseball. I picked the right season to start following the Orioles :-)

I guess I am putting too much weight on the overal + potential rankings. My players still have the same values in individual ratings, the same ratings that got my attention in the first place so in terms of their performance I'm still hoping they'll match the expectations I had when I traded for them.

We won the first game of the pre-season 6-1 against the Rockies, so perhaps it'll all work out in the end!
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Cool, you picked a really fun game. If you have questions post them, the community is pretty helpful.

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