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Originally Posted by Qeltar
You and I sound a lot alike. Though I'm in the tech field I tend to bounce between left brain and right brain. I'm very analytical in some respects, emotional in others. (As if this thread hadn't made that sufficiently obvious...)
Weirdly, I have a guy who based on his ratings should be ineffective, and yet was my best starter last year. He was signed as a free agent after an outright release by the Dodgers, so you can see what the AI thinks of him. Despite 60/35/55 stats he gave me 160+ IP of 3.88 ERA ball, which is not bad. I planned to drop him this year when his stats eroded to 55/30/55, but he keeps pitching well, so he's back in the rotation (now back to 55/35/55). I guess some guys just overperform.
EDIT: Of course right after I post that, one of these clowns gives up two more homers IN ONE INNING! I swear, I'm just going to outright release this idiot. GRRRR. The starter also gave up 2 HR. It's nuts.
EDIT2: The next game, my team does nothing against a pitcher with 45 stuff (every time I put in a guy like that he gets destroyed). Tie game and my guys go meekly in the bottom of the 9th, my setup guy walks two guys, then the "closer" walks in the winning run and my useless offense does nothing against a mediocre middle reliever in the bottom of the 10th. I think I need to put this game away before I break something... no wonder real life managers have gray hair...
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I have had some of these pleasant surprises, especially from pitchers. In my historical Rockies game I had a few very fine seasons from Mike Sirotka, much better than his ratings or his real-life stats would have indicated. And then he had at least a few more good years after he left my team. And right now, on my fictional team, one of my young starters with mediocre ratings who is expected to be an emergency/spot starter at best consistently pitched well in the first season (just finished) when he was healthy. (He was, admittedly, often injured.) These guys often become my favorite players.
As for multiple HR's allowed in an inning (and especially back-to-back jacks), I have often wondered, based upon what I have observed, whether it is built into the game at all that a less experienced pitcher, no matter their ratings and potential, is more likely to give up consecutive HR's or multiple HR's in a short span of time than a more experienced starter. I'm going to guess that this is a case of confirmation bias on my part as many of our learned friends here would likely point out. But it does sometimes feel that way to me.
And yes, it drives me crazy too when my team gets completely dominated by a pitcher who, by ratings and current stats, is clearly bad. Of course, I have to remind myself of all of the gems I have seen thrown in my life by guys who had otherwise unremarkable, or remarkably bad, careers. Still, makes you want to tear your hair out. Wait, I'm bald already. Okay, makes me want to pull my beard out. Believe me, there are times when I have to wonder if this game is good for my blood pressure and sanity. But on the whole, I do love it.