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Originally Posted by Mets Man
I didn't mean that the Top 10 list of pitchers are relievers. That list will almost always put starters on there, very rarely will you see a reliever on that list no matter how good they are. What I meant was, I found not enough very good/elite starters were in their 30s, but there were too many very good/elite relievers that were over 35. If you sort with just starters, you'll be hard pressed to find a highly rated 34+ player. But if you sort by all relievers, you'll find plenty highly rated 34+ players.
I'm curious, if you found that there were too many old old pitchers that were too effective, why did you decide to edit the pitcher development modifier instead of the pitching aging modifier?
In most cases, whenever I feel that old players are too effective for too long, I lower the aging modifier. Whenever, I feel that young players are too effective, then I lower the development modifier. You seemed to have done the opposite. Any reason for that?
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I'll try to post some graphs tomorrow. I think IRL there are a good amount of relievers that are 30+. Since guys don't pitch as many innings they can get away with longer careers. If you look at the average MLB bullpen my guess would be on most teams you'll see a good amount of older guys barring injuries etc.
The reason why I adjusted the development modifier is because (from what I understand from others here) both effect the distribution of the other. For example there should be a balance in any league depending on what the modifiers are of X number of statistics being achieved depending on the size and scope of league number of players etc. By turning up development slightly it allows for a slightly greater amount of younger pitchers to ecel which cancels out a slight amount of the older pitchers. It's like an opposite rubber band effect if you're following me. I did not want to turn up the ageing modifier because that would have simply lowered the age distribution curve and cut down on the length of pitchers careers.
I see usually at least 1/3 of my top 40 pitchers 30+ or older with the majority being 27-29 which I think matches real life. The problem is at .375 .875 while maybe you get slightly more 30+ pitchers that are elite they start to over run your league in other areas. I believe IRL the average age of an MLB starter is right around 28.3 years of age but I would have to check again.