I don't understand this one!!

[PSUColonel]

How can the stats and scouting be so off from the stars and overall rating? I have the box checked for evaluation of 40/30/20/10 (AI)

[damientheomen3]

Because:

1. He can be overperforming. Are you seriously saying you don't expect a .270 hitter can have a .397 month-and-change?

2. Scouting reports take time to update. The last report was on 3/30/2013, and your game date is 5/16/2013.

[Questdog]

I don't understand you.....

[D-BacksJosh]

Looks good to me.

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by damientheomen3

Because:

1. He can be overperforming. Are you seriously saying you don't expect a .270 hitter can have a .397 month-and-change?

2. Scouting reports take time to update. The last report was on 3/30/2013, and your game date is 5/16/2013.

but don't the current stars usually exceed the potentials in a case like this?

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by Questdog

I don't understand you.....

And why is that exactly?

[PSUColonel]

I am actually saying the players looks much better to me than the overall rating he is getting. His stats (right now) are good, and his ratings also appear pretty good. Again, using 40/30/20/10. Just seems a bit off to me for some reason.

[SirMichaelJordan]

Use 25/25/25/25

His ratings are pretty average and thats weighted at 40. He only played 38 games this year so his current year stats aren't really being accounted for as of yet so his last year stats have more weight to them which was a bad year for him. His 2 years ago stats which was a good year for him doesn't have much weight.

[Honorable_Pawn]

This is how I evaluate it using 40/30/20/10:


The rating scale of 2-8 has 7 integers and the 5-Star scale has 10 integers. Therefore, each point of rating is worth 1.42857 stars. So, looking at the overall "rating-picture" including hitting, defense, running, et al. that player looks to be about a 5 overall maybe slightly higher. So, 5*1.42857=7.142855=3.57 stars seems reasonable for all positions. But, keep in mind that these ratings are probably not the high-end when looking at just 1B's in the league. So that 3.57 is very-likely to be high-end because it factors in all positions. But it is likely that when compared to other 1B in the league his ratings are closer to average than above average. Therefore, I must lower that 3.57 so it is closer to the middle 2.5. If 3.5 is above average and 2.5 is average and I think he is closer to average than above-average then my score for ratings is 2.90. So, 40% is 2.90.

Next, is the hot current season (small sample) let's go with 5.0 stars. So, 30% is 5.00 stars.

Next is that very poor 2012 season so 20% is a 1 maybe tops 1.5. That's pretty weak for arguably the most-productive offensive postion in the game--1B. I'll use 1. So 20%=1.

Next is that 2011 season. Not too bad but not all that good for a 1B. HR's are light, SLG% is light, and the OBP is probably a little above league-average. I'm not that impressed. I want to say 2.0 stars because we are talking about the offense of a 1B but I'll give the player the benefit of the doubt and go middle middle with a 2.5 stars. No check that...I expect more than middle-middle offense from a 1B--Make that 2.0 stars. So, 10% =2.0 stars.

The math please...

40% * 2.90 = 1.160
30% * 5.00 = 1.500
20% * 1.00 = 0.200
10% * 2.00 = 0.200

Total 3.06

So, yes it appears that the game is rating the player low. My guess is that you have a ton of good 1B talent in the league or that the league has high-talent levels overall.

Also maybe the game isn't giving a full 30% weight to the current season stats because of the small sample-size. Maybe it is still pulling the ratings to some degree for the current season which would lower that 5.0 that i awarded.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

And why is that exactly?

I have a homework assignment for you. Hopefully, you can make use of the long Labor Day weekend to get it done. Start a league, fictional, historical, MLB quickstart, your choice. Then simply enjoy it. Don't pick at every little bit of minutia that comes your way. Don't at anytime think to yourself that you could create a game better than the makers of OOTP. Don't compare the game to a soccer sim. Wow! did that guy just win 20 games for the second season in a row. Look at Jackson, he is going to set all kinds of records. Did that guy really just get 3 triples in one game. These are things you might find yourself saying or thinking. If you don't, I suggest you may want to find another hobby as OOTP clearly isn't for you.

[Honorable_Pawn]

[SirMichaelJordan]

Yea that 30% doesn't take effect until a certain amount of At-Bats.

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan

Yea that 30% doesn't take effect until a certain amount of At-Bats.

This must be the issue...still though I would have thought the 40 percent ratings would have had more impact, but oh well.

[SirMichaelJordan]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

This must be the issue...still though I would have thought the 40 percent ratings would have had more impact, but oh well.

It also depends how talented other 1B's are in the league assuming you have that option check and assuming that you are using modern day rosters, Looney is pretty below average compared to other 1st baseman in the Majors right now.

[MizzouRah]

I think people look at the OVR rating too much.

38 games though.. not really much to base an OVR off of yet.