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Posted By DaveF

Ken - generally I think you have well thought out comments, but this time I think your arguments are pretty weak. Think about what makes a better and more accurate SIM.


First, I don't think you really show disagreement with my examples.

Second, these are EASY fixes. Right now if a hitter is platoon, he defaults to a mediocre value after his actual PA's vs the platoon. Just do the same for relievers starting, fielders fielding, and make more guys platoon hitters. The same program logic used for the platoon hitters should apply.

You suggest that we need guys who play multiple postitions. My suggestion doesn't limit that at all. As I said, play A-rod at SS, just if he has only 2 Innings there give him his actual freakish stats for the 2 innings just like a platoon hitter and then drop his defense down to some reasonable but mediocre level. Mediocre, not horrible.



The problem is not A-Rod playing SS - it is A-Rod playing SS at a level even A-Rod never achieved because he managed to play 1 inning and made a double play that inning so he makes ungodly amounts of double plays."

AROD in 2003 had .990 field, 4.3 range and 90 DP's for my team. In 2004 he had .990 field, 3.9 range and 120 DP's. Not ungodly, more DP's, less range.

In K15, A-Rod has 151 DP's for you. ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE dp's. That is ungodly!!! Even using the stats you cite though, in a year when A-Rod played 2 innings at SS, he performs better with 120 double plays vs 90. That is a HUGE difference in DP's. (A-Rod also had 122 DP's in CHAMP)



"The problem is a guy who only had 16 AB's against lefties and happened to hit a HR and 3 doubles but who batted 52 times vs RH and hit .173."

So what if he gets 75 at bats vs. lefties as opposed to 32 Ab's. Its 20 team leagues that kill lefties(plus 35 man rosters), not the occasional guy like this.

These guys aren't that occasional. You don't suggest it is right, just that it is negligible. It is NOT good and it makes the SIM less realistic. and again - these guys aren't that rare.



"His manager didn't platoon him vs RH because he was stupid, the guy just got lucky vs LH in a small sample size. If he had 100 PA vs lefties what do you think would happen? Honestly?"

Actually many of these managers are stupid, batting guys with .300 OBA in the leadoff position. Who knows, maybe he hits like Franco or Saenz.

Your comment isn't relevant. My point is that the only reason the player had such great LH stats was that he had very few AB's vs LH. Early in the season, lots of guys hit .400 for a few weeks or so. How many do it for a full season? The game doesn't use stats for players with less than 10 PA vs LH or RH for a reason. I'm just suggesting 16 PA's isn't that much better of a sample size than 10.

As an aside though, These managers know a lot more about baseball than you or I and are NOT stupid. They don't have the benefit you do of knowing what a players OBP will be at the end of the season.



"The problem is a guy who started 6 games but pitched 90 innings with 57 relief appearances being used as a regular starter. In reality he was pretty mediocre as a starter but was great in relief."

Then again I've seen guys with lower ERA's as starters than as relievers.

Does it make for a better SIM to have relievers who started very few games be given unlimited starts up to their IP, or to limit their starts to some extent?



"Go ahead, play A-Rod at SS but after he reaches 200% of his actual innings played there, downgrade him to a<