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Originally Posted by Mrgiraffe00
Hello, I have a very serious problem, it seems that whenever I develop a player or even trade for one most of the time they do not live up to their career numbers. For example I was running a mets franchise and usually Matt Harvey would pitch to a 3.5era and degrom to about the same except for one or two years he had to start. Noah Syndergaard devloped into a 5 star pitcher but after two seasons he regressed into a one star pitcher. Same with conforto and most of my other players/prospects. I just wanted to know if there is a reason they are regressing at such a young age and/or not living up to their career numbers. Keep in mind my scouts reputation is "excellent".
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The biggest issue you face is name recognition, excessive real life build up and time compression when playing the game over multiple seasons. Note you say "career numbers". Problem with that is that the three pitchers mentioned don't have significant careers IRL. Harvey has 3 seasons plus a major injury, deGrom 2 and Syndergaard 1. Statistically that's not much to go on.
Keep in mind that current MLB roster sets are a snapshot in time. Once you start a league the OOTP development engine takes over as if it just woke from a coma. Regression is common, player development (positive and negative) is rapid, and when it happens to recognizable names it seems wrong. Look around your league and you may find other less well known names doing better than RL. Those are the players you should be interested in. It's not a replay, it's an alternate universe.
