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Originally Posted by SodoMojo
I think you just emphasized my point, name recognition or the knowledge of how they might perform in the future lessens the experience for me.
Unless I'm mistaken you don't know how well they will pitch going forward but you assume they will pitch well because of name recognition.
Not an argument simply an observation.
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I am assuming he is using some level of recalculation based on real life stats. There are a lot of options in historical leagues, and depending on the configuration he has, you could be correct.
Even if he has no historical adjustments on, though, I still think the case for Pedro is pretty strong. In 1998, Pedro was 27, while Schilling was 31. In my experience with OOTP, I would doubt the development engine will be as kind to Schilling as real life was as he ages.
I think the point you made in your first paragraph is certainly a valid criticism of playing with real players, and I know many feel the same way. Since we're making a recommendation here for an historical league, though, I was making much of the recommendation in light of the fact that he probably has some sort of configuration that will make things resemble the real future.