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jpblitz · 11-14-2023, 02:55 AM

I started a 1901 MLB historical league and added a 2nd fictional league to go along with it beginning in 1901 as well (MLB level).

After simming 5 years to test it out, I noticed the MLB teams regularly trade for or sign pitchers from the fictional league immediately. The strikeout numbers for all of these guys are 200+ on the year even though they're a 1 or 2 star rating both current/potential, whereas Rube Waddell is striking out 150 and Christy Mathewson has been lucky to break 100.

I also noticed if I don't lock the league total stats in the fictional league the hitters will belt 40-50 homeruns even though the deadball era modifiers are in place. If I lock the league totals the numbers are equivalent to real deadball era stats (except for my pitching problem above).

Does anyone have experience with this? Would it be smarter to make the fictional league equivalent to AAA quality to help the fictional pitching stats be less inflated when they migrate over to the MLB historical league?

Thank you for any thoughts.

11-14-2023, 02:55 AM	#1
jpblitz Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 17	Historical league with fictional league added player dev question I started a 1901 MLB historical league and added a 2nd fictional league to go along with it beginning in 1901 as well (MLB level). After simming 5 years to test it out, I noticed the MLB teams regularly trade for or sign pitchers from the fictional league immediately. The strikeout numbers for all of these guys are 200+ on the year even though they're a 1 or 2 star rating both current/potential, whereas Rube Waddell is striking out 150 and Christy Mathewson has been lucky to break 100. I also noticed if I don't lock the league total stats in the fictional league the hitters will belt 40-50 homeruns even though the deadball era modifiers are in place. If I lock the league totals the numbers are equivalent to real deadball era stats (except for my pitching problem above). Does anyone have experience with this? Would it be smarter to make the fictional league equivalent to AAA quality to help the fictional pitching stats be less inflated when they migrate over to the MLB historical league? Thank you for any thoughts.