[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by Charlie Hough

No, OOTP does not alter individual player output based on that player's previous performance during the season. It uses league totals and modifiers to establish the overall probability environment, and then the simulation uses those probabilities and the player's ratings to generate sim results and statistical output throughout the season.

For a handful of historical players who had extremely unusual power output, it does things a bit differently, to help prevent those players from exceeding the home run record by too much. But it's not done by slowing down their statistical output. IIRC, it's done by altering their initial ratings calculation for that season. They can still break the record, but OOTP handles those specific players in a slightly different way, to help prevent something absurd from happening. Unless you're referring to those specific players, this doesn't apply to your game.

I suspect that what you're seeing is statistical probability playing out. People tend to notice high home run totals much more than all the other hot streaks and high stats that you can see during the early months of a season. Typically, statistical probabilities mean that those players won't continue the same level of production for the entire season. Inevitably, they cool off, and while they can get hot again and can still have much better seasons than you'd expect, most players usually balance out.

Thanks for the great explanation