The Brewster

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!

Dammit, Ron.

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

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.

this might be my favorite one of these yet.

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

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.