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So I am new to the game, and I started a historical league starting in 1966 as the Atlanta Braves (this was their first year in Atlanta). It has gone well so far except for one very confusing item: the scouted actual ratings of most players (even those under 30) generally decline. Only those players 25 and younger show any kind of progression, and it is small or nonexistent.

So I actually checked changes in actual ratings from the improvement reports over the first 2 1/2 years of my league for my team and for another team. Here is what I found:

ages Atlanta Baltimore
<= 25: 27 imps, 22 declines 33 imps, 35 declines
26-30 9 imps, 21 declines 10 imps, 22 declines
31-35 2 imps, 9 declines 0 imps, 13 declines
36+ 1 imp, 5 declines 1 imp, 12 declines

I can understand why it has players 31 and over declining most of the time. I guess I am surprised that over 2/3 of the time, players in their later 20s are declining, and even those 25 and under are declining about half the time! Baseball must have lousy coaching. By the way, I did not count overall ratings changes in these numbers as they should be a reflection of the individual rating changes.

Here are settings I am using, in case it matters:

Scouting reports bi-monthly, during season. Accuracy: 100% (there doesn't appear to be a way to change this), ratings scale 20 to 80. Batter aging speed: .75, batter dev, pitcher aging, and pitcher dev. speed: 1. Talent change randomness: 70. No recalc,. AAA only filled with ghost players except for those that eventually come into majors.

Is there something I am missing, something I have set wrong? Or is it going to be the case that the highest rating for a player usually is when they are drafted and there is nothing I can do about it?

Thanks for your help!