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Originally Posted by mpbaseball22
So Im a little confusd about how the ratings work in this game. For example, would you rather sign a guy with an overall of half a star who last 3 years had a WAR or 5.0 each season, or a guy with a 5 star rating who only had 1 WAR each season? Ive been looking at stats more than the ratings given to players but to be honest Im kind of confused on how it all works. I have my AI eval settings on 40/30/20/10, does that mean the players stats truly matter towards performance going forward or does it only mean that the stats matter on how the computer sets its lineup?
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The bottom line is, the 40/30/20/10 means that when the computer is analyzing players and determining stars, 40% of the result is coming from the player's ratings, and 60% from his statistics from the past three years. If he hasn't played for 3 years, the AI will weight ratings even more.
So, assuming the guy who is killing it with the 5.0 WAR doesn't have great ratings compared to his peers, and therefore his star value is getting dragged down by his poor ratings.
If you were to change the AI evaluation to more heavily weight stats over ratings, it's possible (perhaps likely) his star value would increase.
All that said, those settings have ZERO value on how the players actually perform. It's just affecting how the AI analyzes players. So, it's perfectly OK to leave it that way.
Generally, when you have statistics available, try not to fall in love with the stars and actually look at how the players are performing.
Just my two cents, though!