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Originally Posted by ovccsteve
and players ratings don't change overnight, but my 33-year-old setup reliever (a career closer) was a 79 (out of 80) on Opening Day and is a 30 on April 25th. Sure glad I signed him to a two-year extension based on the fact that stuff like this is impossible...
Again, the fact is I've been watching multiple players of all different ages do this every year. (Thankfully, I traded the 33-year-old first baseman the year before he went from a 70 to a 21. Not so lucky with the reliever.)  |
Are you talking talent or current rating? If it's current, then these guy probably started aging real quick... also, scouting off or on?
The "overall rating" is not a good way to judge the ratings anyway, since this one includes player performance (stats) as well... also, it is a rating relative to the other players in that league at the same position.
So, when discussing rating drops, we need to see if a) there was an injury and b) which 'real' ratings dropped. In OOTP 9 it is impossible that a young pitcher for example goes from 7/7/7 (1-10 scale) talent to 4/4/4 in a few weeks. I am talking talent here, not current ratings. These 33-year olds can change their current ratings rather quick if scouting is off and they happen to be aging and being fast agers. History is full of examples of these kind of players.