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Originally Posted by ShaneCarson
Was experiencing awful draft classes in a 5 round draft, creating 6 rounds of players. I upped it to create 8 rounds of players and the results are a whole lot better. I'm sure I'll experience some blowback eventually when this breaks something else but it's working out so far.
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If you want more young talent in your league, then this is a strong option.
As mentioned by a previous poster, it is the RELATIVE difference between players that determines performance.
Going from 6 to 8 rounds will theoretically give you 1/3rd more good and great pitchers.
....and hitters.
Where is the advantage? League averages should still be the same, the great hitters will have a better average than the good hitters, and the great pitchers will have the most wins.
Look at the back half of pitching staffs, through the years, and you will see some truly horrendous #4, and later, #5 starters. Tell me Ted Williams and Stan Musial didn't feast on these guys. They sure weren't against the Sandy Koufax's, and Luis Tiant's of the league.
Again, it's all relative. Look up Jimmy Wynn's 1969 season, for the Houston Astro's, and tell me that he didn't have a GREAT year, despite what would be considered as a pretty average season.
Hint..look at the total runs scored for the Astros that year, and compare it to his RBI total.