I don't know if they're just randomly assigning heights or if there's someone at SDS is insecure about their stature and passing it on to us, but SDS's heights for generated players is still not good.
I was starting a new season and looking at some of the incoming draftees, and decided to compare to the first 6 rounds of last year's MLB Draft.
In 2024, the average draftee (rounded to the nearest half inch) was 6'2". In The Show, it was 6'0½". So about an inch and a half difference. But it's the how we got there. There were 7 players drafted in the first 6 rounds who were under 5'10" (with the shortest player being a 5'8" catcher). In The Show, there were 32 players under 5'10", including 11 players at 5'7")
Catchers drafted last year averaged 6'0", The Show gave me an average of 6'1½". So, actually quite a bit taller than irl.
At 1B, the average 2024 draftee was 6'4" (those are some big dudes). If the 14 1B drafted in my Franchise, only 4 individuals were 6'4" or higher, and the average was just 6'0½", 3½ inches shorter.
At 2B, real players averaged 5'11½" compared to 6'0½" in The Show. Again, a little taller in the Show (but at least in the ballpark).
3B is the weirdest one (and the one that made me look into this). Irl, 3B is the second tallest of the position players, shorter on average than just 1B and Pitcher at 6'2". In The Show, they average 5'9". In my franchise, only 2 of the 6 3B drafted in the first 6 rounds was over 5'10".
SS was 6'0½" irl and 5'10½" in the game.
OF was 6'1" irl and 5'11" in the game.
And the average drafted pitcher was 6'3" irl and 6'1½" in the game.
There's also just a weird lack of players between 6'1" and 6'3 in The Show. Irl, 6'2" and 6'3" were the two most common heights, but in The Show it's 6'0" and 6'4" (The Show is Blue in the Chart, the 2024 Draft is in Red).
In my franchise I'm giving all drafted pitchers an extra inch, 3 for 1B, 4 for 3B, 2 for SS and OF, and docking 2 inches from Catchers and an Inch from 2B.
I was starting a new season and looking at some of the incoming draftees, and decided to compare to the first 6 rounds of last year's MLB Draft.
In 2024, the average draftee (rounded to the nearest half inch) was 6'2". In The Show, it was 6'0½". So about an inch and a half difference. But it's the how we got there. There were 7 players drafted in the first 6 rounds who were under 5'10" (with the shortest player being a 5'8" catcher). In The Show, there were 32 players under 5'10", including 11 players at 5'7")
Catchers drafted last year averaged 6'0", The Show gave me an average of 6'1½". So, actually quite a bit taller than irl.
At 1B, the average 2024 draftee was 6'4" (those are some big dudes). If the 14 1B drafted in my Franchise, only 4 individuals were 6'4" or higher, and the average was just 6'0½", 3½ inches shorter.
At 2B, real players averaged 5'11½" compared to 6'0½" in The Show. Again, a little taller in the Show (but at least in the ballpark).
3B is the weirdest one (and the one that made me look into this). Irl, 3B is the second tallest of the position players, shorter on average than just 1B and Pitcher at 6'2". In The Show, they average 5'9". In my franchise, only 2 of the 6 3B drafted in the first 6 rounds was over 5'10".
SS was 6'0½" irl and 5'10½" in the game.
OF was 6'1" irl and 5'11" in the game.
And the average drafted pitcher was 6'3" irl and 6'1½" in the game.
There's also just a weird lack of players between 6'1" and 6'3 in The Show. Irl, 6'2" and 6'3" were the two most common heights, but in The Show it's 6'0" and 6'4" (The Show is Blue in the Chart, the 2024 Draft is in Red).
In my franchise I'm giving all drafted pitchers an extra inch, 3 for 1B, 4 for 3B, 2 for SS and OF, and docking 2 inches from Catchers and an Inch from 2B.
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