As a general rule, "overall" might as well be called "monetary demands" because that's that rating's biggest function. There are lots of cases where a 75 rated player will be better than an 85 rated player, but the 85 rated player is always going to ask for more money. It's programmed so that monetary demands are based on the "overall" rating. Overall can be a fair approximation of skill, but like everyone has said, individual ratings are the key.

I consider Makeup to be a fairly important rating also. IMO, it determines how quickly a player develops, whether or not he keeps developing as he gets past prime age(usually considered 27), and how well he recovers from injury.

Quote: Originally Posted By tugger09 on 10/02/2009
So how good is a pitcher with the following

Sta - 74

Durability - 28

Control - 93

vsL - 80

vsR - 77

1st Pitch - 79

2nd Pitch - 61

3rd Pitch - 60

4th pitch - 55

5th pitch - 22

GB/FF - 78

he is solid but not spectacular, probably a #2 SP on a decent team a #3 on a WS contender....btw after checking your team I noticed that it is on autopilot, go to management console and switch your ML team off of autopilot, or any changes you make to your lineups, will get changed by the simm