Overall Ratings

troy1721 · 08-10-2015, 11:36 AM

Does it affect anything if you choose stars, or 20-80 values for player ratings? ---- What do you guys use, and why?

What models do you suggest for AI Eval? I'd like to put a little more emphasis on stats that the default settings.

battists · 08-10-2015, 01:54 PM

Personally, I play "mostly stats". Meaning, I disable overall ratings (both current and potential). I DO leave current ratings enabled, so that I can see what current ratings are for individual skills and pitches. I do NOT show potential ratings for those individual things.

The reason I play this way (as does Thunder, in a similar fashion - we are going to coin the term "mostly stats") is because I find that when I leave the overall/potential ratings visible, I tend to rely on them too heavily to make decisions, instead of actually trying to look at how the player is actually performing, or has performed historically.

Because of this, I put very little emphasis on ratings in the player evaluation. I use 10 / 40 / 30 / 20.

IsaacR · 08-10-2015, 02:15 PM

I leave overall/potential on just for sorting purposes, just to make my life easier. If I'm a manager, I'll turn them off, and play similar to battists.
In GM-only (my main league) I use the 20-80 scale with 2-8 for individual and other ratings. If there ever was a day I could change overall/potential to 2-8, I would, but right now this is the most realistic.

For AI evaluation you'll get a lot of guys telling you to use 0/65/25/10 or 10/60/20/10. I personally prefer 40/40/10/10. That way, I feel AI is using an even mix, but still slightly skewed toward the stats.

RchW · 08-10-2015, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by troy1721

Does it affect anything if you choose stars, or 20-80 values for player ratings? ---- What do you guys use, and why?

No effect at all. Just different presentations. One could argue that 20-80 scale is finer (60 increments) than 10 half star increments. I recently went back to stars for that reason.

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What models do you suggest for AI Eval? I'd like to put a little more emphasis on stats that the default settings.

There are so many variations of AI eval out there. My advice is to play a few seasons and decide how good or bad the AI is at evaluating FA and prospects. My focus is on FA and it generally causes me to change AI evaluation every 2-4 seasons. I've got leagues with 30-30-30-10 and others with 20-60-10-5.

Thunder · 08-10-2015, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by battists

Personally, I play "mostly stats". Meaning, I disable overall ratings (both current and potential). I DO leave current ratings enabled, so that I can see what current ratings are for individual skills and pitches. I do NOT show potential ratings for those individual things.

The reason I play this way (as does Thunder, in a similar fashion - we are going to coin the term "mostly stats") is because I find that when I leave the overall/potential ratings visible, I tend to rely on them too heavily to make decisions, instead of actually trying to look at how the player is actually performing, or has performed historically.

Because of this, I put very little emphasis on ratings in the player evaluation. I use 10 / 40 / 30 / 20.

Yup, I've turned them off. BOOM! Whole new world.

Is it Mostly Stats or Stats Mostly?

battists · 08-10-2015, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Thunder

Is it Mostly Stats or Stats Mostly?

I'm waiting to hear back from the copyright attorneys...

Thunder · 08-10-2015, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by battists

I'm waiting to hear back from the copyright attorneys...

StaMos . . nope
OOTPBUMS (Baseball Using Mostly Stats) . . .hmmm, could be.

Ah hell,
Stats Mostly™

Saved you $700 . . . send cash.

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 08-10-2015, 04:35 PM

If memory serves, the default fictional league settings are 30/50/15/5.

They've always seemed fine to me (I play almost exclusively fictional).

08-10-2015, 11:36 AM	#1
troy1721 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 58	Overall Ratings Does it affect anything if you choose stars, or 20-80 values for player ratings? ---- What do you guys use, and why? What models do you suggest for AI Eval? I'd like to put a little more emphasis on stats that the default settings.

08-10-2015, 02:15 PM	#3
IsaacR Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bowie, Maryland Posts: 464	I leave overall/potential on just for sorting purposes, just to make my life easier. If I'm a manager, I'll turn them off, and play similar to battists. In GM-only (my main league) I use the 20-80 scale with 2-8 for individual and other ratings. If there ever was a day I could change overall/potential to 2-8, I would, but right now this is the most realistic. For AI evaluation you'll get a lot of guys telling you to use 0/65/25/10 or 10/60/20/10. I personally prefer 40/40/10/10. That way, I feel AI is using an even mix, but still slightly skewed toward the stats. __________________ The Oriole Way - My Dynasty as the Orioles GM Online Leagues: SBL - Colorado Rockies PATP - Montreal Royals

08-10-2015, 04:35 PM	#8
Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,119	If memory serves, the default fictional league settings are 30/50/15/5. They've always seemed fine to me (I play almost exclusively fictional). __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason

08-10-2015, 01:54 PM	#2
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	Personally, I play "mostly stats". Meaning, I disable overall ratings (both current and potential). I DO leave current ratings enabled, so that I can see what current ratings are for individual skills and pitches. I do NOT show potential ratings for those individual things. The reason I play this way (as does Thunder, in a similar fashion - we are going to coin the term "mostly stats") is because I find that when I leave the overall/potential ratings visible, I tend to rely on them too heavily to make decisions, instead of actually trying to look at how the player is actually performing, or has performed historically. Because of this, I put very little emphasis on ratings in the player evaluation. I use 10 / 40 / 30 / 20.