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Originally Posted by kidd_05_u2
Wouldn't career paths like Campbell or Jackson Holliday be modeled better as coming out of the draft with current ratings that are good enough to play at AAA? Good enough to tear through the minors and not good enough to easily succeed in the MLB, while avoiding this bad situation where potential affects stats.
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I don't think how the OOTP ratings model interacts with the stat generation algorithm is diverse enough for what you're describing. The jump from AAA to MLB in game isn't as drastic as it is in real life from what I've seen. I believe they're using the potential adjustment for minor league results to simulate that bigger jump.
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Originally Posted by RonCo
The idea of using potential ratings to influence current results is a bad model.
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I think this is where OOTP is not yet agreeing. I'm hearing a "ends justify the means" response from OOTP on this. However, I think the issue is that the model is bad because it confuses the end user of the game. Stats should be generated according to the same ratings at all levels of play. If we're using potential ratings in conjunction with current ratings for minor leagues but not major leagues then they're playing two different games. The end user doesn't know that, and can't be expected to logically assume that, either. It's entirely counterintuitive.
Perhaps the issue that OOTP is trying to model is the wider variance of expected outcomes that prospects have based on their skill level which OOTP doesn't really have a rating for.