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Originally Posted by El Muneco
Wish I could reply to the OP in detail, but it's not there anymore...
In any case, I find that in OOTP14, ratings tell a story, but that story might not be the one you expect from other games.
Over a long period, when they have time to settle, I find the predictive power is pretty good. In particular for backups, however, it gets hard to separate the signal from the noise. I have a habit of using "professional reserves" that I picked up in other games, and it's really common for one of them to go 62, 48, 37 over a few years of little use without any real change in his underlying ratings.
Over a short period, yeah - there are a fair number of players who you first notice at a 59 overall that exceed that level for a couple of years before the rating catches up, and vice versa. This is doubly true near the beginning of a new game, which I think I remember the OP said he was doing.
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I apologize for removing it. I did so because the majority of the post was venting out of frustration rather than being useful. I felt embarrassed about it, and didn't think the negativity had anything positive to it (funny, right?). Thanks for your feedback though!
On another note, I made an interesting discovery today; I was looking through my team stats around the trade deadline and my bullpen was dismal. I traded for different relievers, sent guys down, brought guys up, etc., but I couldn't improve the performance at all. I play in one-pitch mode, and often when I bring in a reliever with men already on base they score quite often. Today my SP got hurt so I had to replace him with a reliever. For the first time I saw the "Bullpen" and felt like an idiot. I had been sending in all my relievers cold all season! No wonder they'd come into the game and blow it!
The more I play, the more I learn. Also, starting in late July, Ryan Braun (a player I was complaining about) has raised his average from .253 to .275 in a span of 30ish days. Maybe I jumped the gun a bit on him.
Again, thanks for taking the time to respond! I'm used to playing these games in simulation mode as GM and this is the first time I'm taking an active role as the manager during games using one-pitch. It's a lot of fun!
EDIT: Can you warm up a pitcher for too long in the bullpen? And does having a pitcher in the bullpen tire them at all? Thanks!