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Originally Posted by wodi
Another thing I've noticed over the years is the randomly generated players usually fall into the same categories.
We see a lot of extreme ground all pitchers but really no fly ball pitchers, I've never seen a made up player with a ground ball ratio lower than 40% but constantly see many with ones over 70%.
Additionally there are a lot of batters with very high avoid k ratings. This clearly suppresses the pitcher strikeouts as more randomly generated players enter the league.
Finally, there are way too many starting pitchers and not enough amateur relievers. This is one factor for cpu bullpens made up of mostly former starters.
I understand the budgets aren't gonna be exact. And that is totally fine. It's just a little odd to give all teams so much extra cap room in addition to their payroll.
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I'll comment on the GB%, I don't think I've ever seen a pitcher in real life with either 40% or 70%. One is way too good and another is way too bad. I haven't played enough to notice that trend of 70% GB pitchers, but if that's the case it's certainly a weird occurrence.
I also haven't noticed a huge number of players with avoid K ratings... in fact, in the 3 drafts that I've played through, the batters I drafted (none in the first round, mind you) had pretty bad avoid K ratings.
I've actually noticed that there are too many starters that end up being relievers because, despite good stamina and overall stats, the game says they're not starter quality. I find a number of should-be starters in the draft, but the problem is that only a fraction of them actually have the true potential to start even if their ratings suggest otherwise.
And I agree fully with the last part on budgets. They don't have to be perfect, but they seem way too inflamed. I don't think most teams have the ability to sign a top pitcher in FA, but most budgets suggest otherwise.