The BBA Today #51 - An Unexpected No-no and Other Fancy Stuff

[RonCo]

Ron and Ted talk about Sixto Hernandez, Manuel Aguilera's start and contract, and then get into a way-too-deep conversation about Calgary and their Hall of the Very Good. There's trades, and a bit about the use of stats. We even take a trip through Mexico City without suffering a single rain drop.

And ... um ... JUGGERNAUT!
GET IT HERE!

[Ted]

Dammit, Ron.

[Dington]

Who said we would have to wait until next season to swap Yan again?

[shoeless.db]

Great stuff... especially enjoyed the discussion on Kevin's Calgary squad. The old saying, there's more than one way to skin a cat, holds true for the BBA also, I guess.

[usnspecialist]

this might be my favorite one of these yet.

[HoosierVic]

It’s a juggernaut of a podcast, for certain (sorry, Ted).

[jleddy]

Ted's topic about the trade market about players playing better than their career norms (and/or ratings would lead you to believe) had me wonder about this: do stats affect ratings?

I know stats (current season, previous season, and two seasons prior) can be weighted (are are weighted in the BBA) for Player Evaluation under "AI SETTINGS," but I always just assumed that only had to do with actions dependent on AI (letting the AI set minors, lineups and rotations, etc., as well as trading during solo play). I wasn't sure how much people took current year performance into consideration in evaluating players or if performance definitively has nothing to do with ratings other than being random. I do take into account that stats, with a good sample size of a few seasons, can reduce the fog of war of where on the scale of a particular rating a player may be (ie "high 7" vs "low 7"), but like Ted, I don't believe that three hot months of performance doesn't mean this is a player's new reality going forward.

Love to hear thoughts.