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Originally Posted by facelessman

It seems most folks like the low ratings weight, and tier down from current to two years ago.

This is quite helpful for a noob like me.

Thanks!

Just to explain a bit, this is very much a 'feel' thing. If you go too heavily on ratings, you'll sometimes see a guy having a somewhat lucky near-MVP or near-Cy type season, take a huge rating hit at the same time his luck runs out... and suddenly never, ever play again. "Joe hit .320 with 23 homers before the All-Star break, but after an injury and a ratings hit he only came to the plate 30 times in the second half, hitting .240." It just doesn't feel like the real world when the decisions are being made based on a guys ratings instead of his stats. The whole slow decline of his numbers, a sudden slump that never ends, until finally he ends up losing chances to refind that old magic just feels more real, more organic.