If a guy is tearing up a season at AAA and gets promoted...does that same streak (the "hot" bat) carry over to MLB?

Quote: Originally Posted By moethedog on 1/23/2010

If a guy is tearing up a season at AAA and gets promoted...does that same streak (the "hot" bat) carry over to MLB?

No.

1) There is no such thing as a "hot bat."

2) AAA stats are often a poor indicator of success or failure at the ML level. Promote based on ratings, not based on how he's beating up on someone else's scrub minor league arms.

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Quote: ]1) There is no such thing as a "hot bat."

Has WIS ever confirmed this?

Have they ever said anything about team hot/cold streaks?

Quote: Originally Posted By nfet on 1/24/2010

Quote: ]1) There is no such thing as a "hot bat."

Has WIS ever confirmed this?

Have they ever said anything about team hot/cold streaks?

Yes, they have confirmed that there are no streaks built into the game.

I read the chat where they confirmed there's no hot/cold streaks but I'm superstitious so when I see them I roll with it.

I wouldn't promote based on a streak, but if I've got an ML starter who is "cold" I'm sure as heck going to move him down in the order, platoon him, or bench him for a while. Likewise, an ML bench player who is "hot" is going to get more playing time for a couple weeks.

Quote: Originally Posted By jimmystick on 1/24/2010I read the chat where they confirmed there's no hot/cold streaks but I'm superstitious so when I see them I roll with it.

I wouldn't promote based on a streak, but if I've got an ML starter who is "cold" I'm sure as heck going to move him down in the order, platoon him, or bench him for a while. Likewise, an ML bench player who is "hot" is going to get more playing time for a couple weeks

I do thias with a guy who is a bench player, If I start him a couple games just to rest the starter and he does well, I find a spot for him till he comes back down to earth, probably just dumb luck, but why bench a guy who does well( I would not promote a guy from the minors based on performence though)

Quote: Originally posted by jimmystick on 1/24/2010I read the chat where they confirmed there's no hot/cold streaks but I'm superstitious so when I see them I roll with it.

I wouldn't promote based on a streak, but if I've got an ML starter who is "cold" I'm sure as heck going to move him down in the order, platoon him, or bench him for a while. Likewise, an ML bench player who is "hot" is going to get more playing time for a couple weeks.

That's pretty dumb, so you'd play a guy who has ratings that are all inferior to another guy because he was "hot"

Quote: Originally Posted By schuyler101 on 1/24/2010

Quote: Originally posted by jimmystick on 1/24/2010 I read the chat where they confirmed there's no hot/cold streaks but I'm superstitious so when I see them I roll with it.

I wouldn't promote based on a streak, but if I've got an ML starter who is "cold" I'm sure as heck going to move him down in the order, platoon him, or bench him for a while. Likewise, an ML bench player who is "hot" is going to get more playing time for a couple weeks.

That's pretty dumb, so you'd play a guy who has ratings that are all inferior to another guy because he was "hot"

schuyler this happens all the time in the real MLB so why not here? I mean a career backup going on a hot streak you find playing time and rest your 'better' regulars in order to ride the streak. Why would the same not apply hear if this is supposed to simulate the real thing? You ride the streaks and get your players rest accordingly. I think the dumb statement was made by you.

Quote: Originally posted by schuyler101 on 1/24/2010
That's pretty dumb, so you'd play a guy who has ratings that are all inferior to another guy because he was "hot"

Yes, I do it all the time. I don't know why, but for some reason I have several players who seem to go hot/cold for extended periods of times and I just can't explain it.

Last season my starting 2B and #2 hitter with 65/85 splits, 75 power, 85 eye and 95 speed was hitting something awful like .220 about the All Star break. Meanwhile my backup utility IF with much lower ratings in all offensive ratings except vR split (98 vR but 40's-50's for everything else) was hitting something asinine like .360. For the rest of the season I hit the "backup" guy #2 and the "starter" either hit #7 or was benched (benched vs ies since his y split was worse than righty and also his DUR sucks). The "backup" finished with a .405 OBP and I won something ridiculous like 37 out of 51 games. The "starter" finished with a .315 OBP.

This is the most notable example mostly because i believe I got the #2 seed in the NL playoffs mostly due to this decision. But I do similar things all the time. I'll platoon guys if they are slumping, or I'll flip-flop a SuA and SuB, or flip-flop the #5 and #8 hitters in the lineup or whatever.

I acknowledge it's pure luck, but I'm going to continue doing it until I feel like it no longer works.

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Like I said, I acknowledge there is no such thing as hot and cold. But this seems to work for me so I roll with it.

Quote: Originally posted by jimmystick on 1/24/2010Like I said, I acknowledge there is no such thing as hot and cold. But this seems to work for me so I roll with it.

i think the key word is "seems"...that being said, if you want to roll with your gut, i'm not going to argue with you, at least you acknowledge there isn't logic behind your decision (and it's not like you'd be the first person to act against their better judgement, i think we are all prone to that)...my comment was more directed at timf, who seems to argue that "hot streaks" are an indicator of future performance