I'm an Orioles fan, but live in Canada, so I decided to try out a franchise with my "hometown" blue jays. So I start off the season, and in roughly august I decide to check out my rotation and see how everyone's doing, I look and see R.A Dickey is at an 82 overall. What's with the serious decline with the guy? I had a guy in the 2032 season who was 40 and I drafted him in the first year of my marlins franchise and he still had 89 overall at the end of the season, Dickey is the only guy I see drop more than 5 points due to age, he dropped 13.
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Sounds about right to me.
Stat - 2012 / 2013
ERA - 2.73 / 4.69
ERA+ - 139 / 91
WHIP - 1.05 / 1.30
K/9 - 8.9 / 6.4
SO/BB - 4.26 / 1.96
While some drop-off can be expected given that last year was a statistical anomaly in a lot of ways, his performance this year is actually worse than any season since 2009, indicating both a return to earth and an age-related decline.
While 13 points in less than one season is steep, I would argue that similar declines happen occasionally in real life, and that he was too highly rated to begin with.Impact de Montréal
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Yeah, I'm using the Jays. The regression is crazy, and overdone IMHO. I think he started off the year around 90 overall. I'm in early July of my franchise, and he's at 85 now just 3 months into the season. There's a lot of discussion here about players in serious decline as they age.Comment
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Try doing one with the Yankees. Jeter, Mariano, Pettitte, Ichiro, A-Rod, and Kuroda all drop off after Spring Training 2013.Comment
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Where did he lose his attribute points? Overall rating doesn't mean anything unless you know where he digressed in ratings. It could end up being that it's in different attributes that don't really affect his pitching all that much. Attributes are way more important than the overall rating.NHL-Minnesota Wild
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Awesome thread title.
I don't really have anything to contribute other than that.
So just to throw something in here, have you double checked what his ratings are before starting franchise mode? So you can get a before-and-after thing going?Comment
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from what i have seen players drop off pretty evenly in most ratings, so also the important ones. of course if for example a guy with 90 power loses 15 points one year he still has decent power at 75, but halfway through the season hell be at 65 smth so things go too fast imoSpending time with Jesus!
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If you edit the player, it temporarily stops their regression. Even if you just go into the edit player screen and not edit any ratings. Just go in and accept changes and the regression will stop for few days/weeks.Denver Broncos
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I'm with Bob, I have virtually nothing to contribute to this thread. Just wanted to congratulate the OP on probably the best sports forum title I've seen in a long time.
I can see the drop off though, when a guy gets to the upper 30's, he seldom keeps performing that way consistently. I don't honestly think seldom is a strong enough word."The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws."
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Does the drop off even matter if the player is doing well? Or does it just decline because of age?Comment
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Try doing one with the Yankees.Comment
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Does the drop off even matter if the player is doing well?
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