Working theory, so take it with a grain of salt, but I'm noticing more and more that ratings are way off for tons and tons of guys.
Now, granted, you don't want to have to re-rate the entire freaking game, but in terms of your own players, doing a proper scouting report can have an amazing effect on both your perception of an in-game player and their performance.
I can only use my team as an example, but a guy like Jose Eglesias is an extremely suspect hitter. My roster (one of the OSFMs) had his contact ratings way the hell up in the high 70s, maybe even 80s. Moreover, it had his vision rating at 92 (!!!). Just the other day, Dan & Jim (Tigers radio guys) were saying how he LACKED plate vison. This causes cognitive dissonance. In turn, opppsed to adjusting the contact slider, I gave Jose 58 contact vs righties, 66 contact vs lefties, and 60 vision.
Now his skill set, however arbitrary, fits my perception of him; he's perfect. Now I can relax and let him play out as he will, opposed to thinking my sliders are off.
Point being, do this with every player you can. Give zero cares about where the game or OSFM rated a guy and rate him according YOUR understanding of his skill set.
Again, no one's gonna want to do this the league over, but to just get your team nailed down, ratings-wise, in accordance with how YOU understand each player should be performing, trumps slider-tweaks.
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Slider-tweaks are easy. Stuff like fielder run speed at 2 and starter-stamina to 6 or 7 are face-value changes. But getting the players' ratings in-line with how YOU understand them is way more important.
Now, granted, you don't want to have to re-rate the entire freaking game, but in terms of your own players, doing a proper scouting report can have an amazing effect on both your perception of an in-game player and their performance.
I can only use my team as an example, but a guy like Jose Eglesias is an extremely suspect hitter. My roster (one of the OSFMs) had his contact ratings way the hell up in the high 70s, maybe even 80s. Moreover, it had his vision rating at 92 (!!!). Just the other day, Dan & Jim (Tigers radio guys) were saying how he LACKED plate vison. This causes cognitive dissonance. In turn, opppsed to adjusting the contact slider, I gave Jose 58 contact vs righties, 66 contact vs lefties, and 60 vision.
Now his skill set, however arbitrary, fits my perception of him; he's perfect. Now I can relax and let him play out as he will, opposed to thinking my sliders are off.
Point being, do this with every player you can. Give zero cares about where the game or OSFM rated a guy and rate him according YOUR understanding of his skill set.
Again, no one's gonna want to do this the league over, but to just get your team nailed down, ratings-wise, in accordance with how YOU understand each player should be performing, trumps slider-tweaks.
* * *
Slider-tweaks are easy. Stuff like fielder run speed at 2 and starter-stamina to 6 or 7 are face-value changes. But getting the players' ratings in-line with how YOU understand them is way more important.
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