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I agree that having any rating capped at a level below where actual players are currently performing is not a good look. There are quite a few relief pitchers in the game with exactly 128 stuff. Now whenever I see that number I start to second guess if the pitcher will live up to expectations. How much of his stuff am I "losing"? It could be one point or twenty - I don't know. But the point is...we should be able to trust the ratings are represented accurately.
Homers are certainly way up in the league, no doubt. But so are strikeouts. The two are linked after all...the ratio between homers and strikeouts is roughly constant. If the offensive players are not hitting the ceiling for power, the pitchers should not be hitting one for strikeouts. That's only fair.
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