[yanko]

Frankly, I don't think the ratings even matter. Like at all. League play seems to be nothing more than a lottery game. If you win the hidden lottery conducted at the start of the season then basically everything you do works, if you don't win it then nothing you do helps. About the only thing you can try to do is to basically replace your whole team mid-season to get new dice rolls on players because you can't shake guys out of slumps.

Three seasons ago I won a WS in a low diamond league and the following year it was battling for dead last in HD. Ok, fine it's a higher league so when I got demoted, same thing. Dead last in LD. Like WTF? It's not like I'm not keeping my team up to date. I added several 104 guys as soon as they came out (Vladdy, Cabrera, Yamamoto, etc.). The team is filled with 104 guys, VE 103/102 guys and yet every single one is performing not just bad but league worst bad. Right now in my current league I have the worst performing Cabrera, Vladdy, Yamamoto, Guidry (9+ ERA!), SJ Wood, Gibson and Campy but somehow Heine Zimmerman who I subbed in leads the team with a 187 OPS+ in 13 games. The only silver lining is if the second half lottery goes my way and I somehow make the playoffs (doubtful) that I can win the playoff lottery.