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Originally Posted by Will Beh
I think the results you're seeing are likely because of a small sample size introducing randomness from standard player development and and short test length of only 2 seasons. The development focus is on top of the normal development, and I can say for certain based on the way it's coded, that putting more into something will lead to better development, and taking away will lead to worse.
It is a good point about the number of pitches increasing the amount of points they have to distribute, but generally pitchers that have so many pitches are not as great in other areas. Also as an example, if a guy has 3 pitches then sure he'll have more points than a guy with only 2, but if you take away from his third pitch he's going to end up a lot worse than he currently is. So while he has more points, they aren't really "free" to take because they are so valuable. Granted this could lead to strategies where you can make great relievers out of 3 pitch starters by moving the points out of the third pitch, but I'd argue that this is realistic and happens in real life all the time.
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Thanks for the response. I started another fresh fantasy draft yesterday morning and have simmed through the first season (my young stars are in the WS of course because the AI is not good at drafting but that is a whole other topic).
I am going to keep this one going for a couple of seasons and I will follow up. After the drafts I went through all my mlb roster and 25ish minor leaguers that I think could make the team soon and manipulated their focus bars using the min/max approach. Then I did the same during the season with every international discovery and my entire draft class. I am still seeing the same outcomes. At this point offensively (at least in year one) I would never put a single point in defense or base running and probably stamina for pitchers.
I am using the Phillies coaching staff - at the MLB level the bench coach is outstanding at catching defense and infield. My coach ratings on base running and OF defense are average. Staff cohesion is content, my bench coach and 3B coach both struggle with 3 staff members. Pitching coach is Finesse focused, Hitting Coach is Power. Player relationships for all coaches are listed as average. Team cohesion/chemistry at the MLB level is a full bar Ecstatic. I have 40.5m invested in development budget, 27m invested in scouting at 25/25/25/25.
I will not list everyone, but a couple here:
Corbin Carroll: max BABIP, max avoid Ks, max Eye, half bar Power. No decreases this year. Speed +5c, Power +10c, Gap +5c/+5p, Defense +10c, Contact +10c, Eye +10c.
Nolan Schanuel: same bars as Carroll. Speed -5c, Eye -5c/-5p. Power +5c, Contact +10c/went down then back up in potential. Those were the only changes, his overall rating has gone from 3.0 to 5.0 (as 1B).
Pete Crow-Armstrong: same as other two except half bar in Gap instead of Power. Contact -5c/-5p, Gap -5p, Eye -5p, Defense down then back up for net no change. Potential overall rating has dropped to 4.5.
Owen Cassie: max BABIP, Power, Eye, half bar Gap. No decreases. Eye +5c/+5p, Speed +5c.
Tink Hence: Max Fastball, Slider, Curveball, half bar Changeup. No decreases. Stamina +5c, movement +5c, Control +5c, Stuff +5c. Overall has improved from 1.5 to 2.5.
Christopher Sanchez: Max Slider, Changeup, Sinker stuff. Control potential went down then back up (no change). Stuff +5c/+5p
Jack Flaherty: max Control, Fastball, Slider, Curveball Stuff. Stamina -5c. Movement +5c/+5p.
Tanner Scott: max Fastball and Slider stuff, half bar movement. Control +5c/+5p, Stuff +5c/+5p
Tried to give a variety sample there, hopefully others find it interesting. I realize it is just a part of the equation and this is by no means definitive, but I have now found very similar results with 3 different rosters (same coaching staff).
If you check in this thread again, is there anything else from the developer standpoint that you see / would expect over time? Thanks!