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Originally Posted by NoOne
a default quickstart or any other template that comes with teh game shouldn't have this problem.
go to Stats and AI and autocalculate the modifiers -- only available during preseason. i suggest opening day before any game is played (really anytime between when the ai sends their ST players down and opening day is best -- just in case they are disproportionately included in the calculation if on mlb roster??).
if after that you still get certain pitchers with elevated stats relative to what you want to see, you may need to reduce certain power stats or hits modifiers etc..
don't change th totals, simple reduce the modifiers.. e.g. too many home runs, then reduce the HR LTM after you click auto-calculate an additional amount.
tip: don't autocaclulate every year. it is not mean for that type of use. it merely callibrates the totals/modifiers and current players in your league to "jive". after you click, the league-wide results should be ~close to the league totals. minor ajdustments may be wanted after taht for individual results.
fyi, i think you are allowing a small sample to be a bit too important. relative to the new totals used, homeruns are sky high and a league wide ~4.30era is more likely than the ~3.8-4.00 you saw immediately following the crack down on steroids a decade ago... theres going to be more sp with ~6 era now than the previous 10 years in RL. if the league era elevates nearly ~10% it must be expected. the average to below average guys will soak up a larger portion of the increase too.
they clearly have some new designer steroirds, because in real life they just hit ~600 more hr than ever before, including known steroid-riddled years. so, what we got used to with the low-offense seasons that followed the crackdown is not how things are currently or for the forseeable future.
** if you see a league ERA of ~4.50-5.00 in peak years, then you may have too much offense... if it's 4.30-4.40 in a peak year, it's probably fine. simply adjust teh modifiers on stats and ai, and it is solved.
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Its either new untraceable PEDS, or MLB has made changes to the baseball, that they are not admitting too. Pitchers have been saying, the seams on the balls, are much tighter, which in turn makes the ball harder, and more bouncy. Being a former pitcher, I definitely could see why pitchers seem to be getting more blisters the last couple yrs, and Im not rocket scientist, but a ball with less seems sticking up, it would seem, to take more arm action to get the same type of break on it, which IMO, could lead to more arm injuries.
Now Im a farmer not a doctor, but there has to be a reason why we see so many more arm issues with pitchers. Now I know guys arent nearly as tough as they used to be in general, people are softer as a whole, whether it be in life or athletes, but in a time we live in, where they have all this high tech training stuff, and how players come into camp in shape, where it use to be spring training was to get in shape,lol.
Something just dont add up. Is it the baseball being changed, causing more Hr's, and/or possibly more arm injuries? I think there couldbe something to it. I know way back in my day, when I was coming up as a pitcher, there wasnt much in way of rules to protect kids arms, like nowdays. Geesh, back in Pony League baseball, I thru 2 complete games in 1 day, in a all day double elimination tourney, not to toot my horn, but I thru a perfect game, and a 2 hit shut out, striking out 11 in 1 the perfect game, and 15, in the 2 hitters,lol. Im old, and broken down, let me have a second to pat myself on the back
Anyway, back on track, Im not dumb enough to believe, everyone is playing by the rules either due to the drug testing. Im sure there are people out there trying and testing out new PEDS that are not detected in test. Always going to be someone trying to find a way to cheat, even if it has negative side effects down the road on them, so people will do anything for fame and fortune, even if it means, taking a risk of getting caught, they care more about the money and chance at fame, than they do there self pride, that goes with doing it the right way.
But I also dont put in past the commissioner to make changes to the baseballs, to get HR numbers up across the league. Heck this Manfred has shown, he risk harming the integrity of the game, to make a change, like with this stupid intentional walk rule, and some of the ridiculous rules he has pushed for.
Something is definitely going on with with the spike in HR totals by teams. Only time will tell, what the reason is, but the truth eventually will come out, whether it be a good thing or bad. Didnt mean to write a book with the post, sorry
