The Brewster

It's mid-July, and the Brewster Baseball Association is through the All-Star break. Join Kurt Imber (San Fernando Bears) and Ron Collins (Bikini Krill) as they look at the league standings and take a look ahead. And then there's the whole thing about prospects and potentials that have dominated the Discord and OOTP airwaves.

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This current/potential thing is an interesting topic. The whole thing seems like a chicken vs egg discussion ... does playing better make you get better, or does getting better make you get better? So it seems like the engine is doing too much of the former vs the latter - which IMHO is not good.

The increase of a current rating to meet the potential rating should come *before* the actual on-field performance benefit. Otherwise, it does seem like the players who the engine determines are getting the bump get a performance surge to justify the increase in addition to the benefit of the actual increase. That's a considerable playing advantage versus other players that have maxed to their potentials already.

The ironic thing is that the newer additions of the off-season development lab seems to reinforce that the current rating should need to increase in order to yield general improved performance. That makes the contradiction stand out even more.

If this was a long-standing issue in the game I think they should wait until OOTP 27 to fix. But if this was something introduced for 26 I do think patching the issue is warranted.

Kurt really spoke that slide, albeit by the smallest of margins, down to second for the Krill into existence, didn’t he?

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Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:24 pm

Kurt really spoke that slide, albeit by the smallest of margins, down to second for the Krill into existence, didn’t he?

Can’t let Ron get any bigger of a head than he already possesses.

Great podcast guys. Should be a fun end to the season.