S3SL Round 2 Free Agent Signings

[Dam8610]

OMGZZZZZZz

Why do people flip out over that one, inherently crazy contract that happens EVERY free agent period?

I'm all for criticizing stupid signings but this is a 32 year old 3.5 star pitcher. I don't see how you could possibly ***** about that.

It's not even my team and I'm defending it.

3 year deal too. Not bad at all.

[DiamondDave]

So 3 years 13 MIL for the same pitcher I had a few seasons back (plus 1 on the control... 5-9-8 compared to 5-10-8 of Polson) in Phillip Padro (who with the 1 difference in control and a prone injury rating was rated at his highest as a 2.5 star, and usually as a 2 star SP)???

Hey... pay anything you want for any player you want... no skin off my arse.... I personally think 13MIL for basically Philip Padro with a slightly better set of reading glasses and some stick'em on his fingers was a bit much (6th highest salary in the league)

[Kingdom]

Another year in which COL burns a lot of cash and has nothing to show for it.

[Porter]

So 3 years 13 MIL for the same pitcher I had a few seasons back (plus 1 on the control... 5-9-8 compared to 5-10-8 of Polson) in Phillip Padro (who with the 1 difference in control and a prone injury rating was rated at his highest as a 2.5 star, and usually as a 2 star SP)???

Hey... pay anything you want for any player you want... no skin off my arse.... I personally think 13MIL for basically Philip Padro with a slightly better set of reading glasses and some stick'em on his fingers was a bit much (6th highest salary in the league)

Phillp Padro is also got an ERA 1 run higher than Melvin Polson (who isnt that far off the top 25. Pardo has had one season with ERA under 4.1 ERA while Polson has had 4 season under 4.1 (well one is at 4.1, but 2 others were just a hair over).

Current FA SP Signees Career ERAs and WHIP:
Belizario - 2.97 ERA, 1.08 WHIP
Zimmerman - 3.74 ERA, 1.34 WHIP
Sam Rodriquez - 4.16 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
Matt Allen - 5.10 ERA, 1.45 WHIP
Andre Agosto - 4.29 ERA, 1.33 WHIP
Tessier - 4.24 ERA, 1.36 WHIP
Josh Johnson - 4.19 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
Kenneth Stenson - 3.72 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
Melvin Polson - 3.77 ERA (4th), 1.28 WHIP (T-4th)

And for the hell of it....
Pardo - 4.68 ERA, 1.48 WHIP
Don't compare Pardo to Polson. Its not even close and I've had them both for multiple seasons.

[albbla2000mu]

Another year in which COL burns a lot of cash and has nothing to show for it.

yep, we probably only have the most wins in the league over the past decade. Sigh, I will try to win more over the next decade. But, if you mean I will have injury problems then I guess you are right.

[DiamondDave]

Porter.... we're talking ratings.... which is what we have to go on.... I doubt that past history, determination, etc is really used in calculations by OOTP

[Saber]

Actually, I think it is.

[DiamondDave]

Sabs.... I think if that were the case we would see more gradual declines and less huge dropoffs...

There has to be calculations for clutch, and injury prone, etc... but there has to be numer ratings for attributes... with almost all simulators, past performance has little to do with future... it is all about the ratings

[Saber]

Yeah, that's true in our case, but I believe when starting new leagues have the option to defer heavily to historical statistics.

[OrioleMagic]

OOTP 6.5 has 4 "setup" screens. One of them is "engine setup". One section of that screen is "player evaluation A.I. setup". This section is composed of four categories: 1. player ratings with a % rate that can be manually set. The other three settings are the past 3 years statistics with a % rate that can also be set. I believe most online leagues are set to 65% ratings, 25% last years stats and 10 % the year before's stats and 0% for the year before that... Obviously the Commishe could set it as he wishes...