[NoOne]

so, i'd operate under the assumption that when they are above 50% of contact scale at that level, they are candidates for promotion based on ratings...

it will depend on a couple things... does it shift the scale so that 50 is average? you'll know right away when "20"/100 eye becomes 50/100 in rookie league. if that's the case, 50% will be a good starting point for each rating. otherwise you'll have to use common sense as to where the middle is for each rating. turn on and off and see exactly what it is doing as a whole and work up from there.

depends on scouting accuracy - you may also use statitistics... keep using those for promote/demote as you have always done. the stats won't change. if you normally promote a guy in rookie that's hitting .350, continue to do that. also, use that stuff to augment what you are learning about "relative to league" changes in ratings.

the only caveat for ratings is that you have to make some guess as to whether the league is significantly high or low in talent that year... most years are probably not a concern... maybe a sharp chagne in ratings will be the best omen for this occurence.

___ Workaround for seeing through "relative"

i know!!! you can keep track of a few "filler" players - ones that will never make the majors and you don't care about leaving at various levels year to year - also they can't be changing much as far as their ratings (not developing is best). this will work better in AA/AAA when less development occurs with crappy minor league lifers, but there are always players with maxed out development that can't go higher... keep them instaed of cutting for this reason. That A-ball guy with really bad, but fully developed ratings all off a sudden becomes a keeper in order to understand what the ratings mean year-to-year. it's not like they will play at all, and if so you can force them to the bench one way or another.

anyway, if yu have a known quantity - one that isn't developing much more or has stagnated .... leave them at that level and you can tell by how his ratings change year to year what "relative" is -- up or down etc... more than one would be safe due to scouting inaccuracy.

you'll have a solid guess as to whether the league is up or down, currently, based on how that player looks year to year. at least year-to-year initially and with enough familiarity evenatually the bigger picture too.

if you keep scouting reports, this will be easy - as long as the "relative" setting does not change past scouting ratings, retroactively - i doubt it, but somethign to check. othewise, just screen shot a few rosters and compare those players that didn't move the next year and likely didn't change ratings much as far as development or TCR effects. you will see the shift in ratings, if any.