Cipster
11-12-2001, 07:04 PM
In the Mogul Enthusiasts league I was noticing how polarized the talent level has become. There used to be a ton of pitching prospects and now the league is churning out great hitters. There are 9 players with at least A- in contact power and eye. if you expand the criteria to B+ or over you get 26 players fitting the bill. The batting leaders board is not long enough to accomodate all the .300 hitters, the cutoff to be shown on it is .318. There are at least 50 players batting over .300 (and those are regulars, including the bench players the figure is over 100) This means that every team has at least 3 .300 hitters.
On the other hand there are 26 pitchers with ERA's under 3.00 and 12 pitchers holding opponents unded .220 BA
Who are the guys dominating? It seems that the talent level nowhere near fits a bell curve.
This makes evaluating talent very difficult. A few seasons back signing a player with A- contact B+ power was awesome, you felt that 40 points for 5 years was ok for the #2 or #3 hitter in baseball, now that he's the 50th best hitter you start having hot flashes when you look at your budget.
Any ideas on how to smooth this out? The current situation seems pretty unrealistic.
On the other hand there are 26 pitchers with ERA's under 3.00 and 12 pitchers holding opponents unded .220 BA
Who are the guys dominating? It seems that the talent level nowhere near fits a bell curve.
This makes evaluating talent very difficult. A few seasons back signing a player with A- contact B+ power was awesome, you felt that 40 points for 5 years was ok for the #2 or #3 hitter in baseball, now that he's the 50th best hitter you start having hot flashes when you look at your budget.
Any ideas on how to smooth this out? The current situation seems pretty unrealistic.