I never remember, because I almost never have to do it... If I demote a player from the Majors to AAA before Spring Training starts, does he take any ratings hit?

I think as long as the demotion is before the Rule 5 draft cycle, there is no penalty.

Why is Matt Wood less then mediocre?

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=9442601

when I picked him up I figured I’d get him to an ERA around 3-3.2 in SD but he was above 4. He’s serviceable but I was surprised by his numbers.

is it his VsL of 60 that causes the number or the control of only 75? All the rest of his ratings are above average IMO.

Posted by hockey1984 on 1/21/2022 11:19:00 AM (view original):
Why is Matt Wood less then mediocre?

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=9442601

when I picked him up I figured I’d get him to an ERA around 3-3.2 in SD but he was above 4. He’s serviceable but I was surprised by his numbers.

is it his VsL of 60 that causes the number or the control of only 75? All the rest of his ratings are above average IMO.

1) um... dude.. it's your fault that you were surprised when he had 1300 innings of a 5 ERA in the non-DH league when you acquired him. He is what his stats told you he would be.
2) All kidding and MikeT23 attitude aside, I think his ratings look more like the very back-end SP/LRB he is for you than the utter disaster he was for MTY. He lacks a truly outstanding, 85+ rating to balance his weak VsL and GB/FB.

EDIT-- 4.00 is a VERY borderline ML ERA in SD (NL).

Yeah, I was kinda thinking... he's almost good. I feel like there are almost ratings thresholds where if a player goes over them it kicks his performance, over the long term, into a higher category. And then there's the opposite. Wood looks a little better than he is because of a his vsR and P1 just hitting 80. Drop both those to 75 and you'd be more likely to expect exactly what he is.

I have him as a .255 BAA, .330 OBPA pitcher in a neutral NL park with league average defense behind him.

You had him in San Diego with an above league average defense behind him and he slightly outperformed the above numbers.

When he was in Memphis the previous season, he had one of the worst defenses in the league behind him. If he stays in San Diego and the defense remains relatively the same, i would expect him to perform similar to how he performed in season 59 most seasons.

Posted by damag on 1/21/2022 1:56:00 PM (view original):
Yeah, I was kinda thinking... he's almost good. I feel like there are almost ratings thresholds where if a player goes over them it kicks his performance, over the long term, into a higher category. And then there's the opposite. Wood looks a little better than he is because of a his vsR and P1 just hitting 80. Drop both those to 75 and you'd be more likely to expect exactly what he is.

This is a really good answer and it’s true. If I drop his 1st pitch to 75 and his VsR to 75 I expect him to have an era around 4-5. So it makes sense then adding those 5 points to get where I am.

I think part 2 of this for me is relativity and comparables are big for me in HBD,

so if you compare Wood to Hunter

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=9774649

and Burbon,

https://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerRatings.aspx?pid=9741754

Wood beats both of them in every category. And although they haven’t been consistent and they are end of the rotation starters they have been around a 3.5 era which is where I would expect Wood to be.

I suspect its because Hunter and Burbon have played a good part of their career in SD while Wood played the majority of his career in slightly hitters friendly Monterey.

Anyone have positive experiences with extreme fly ball pitchers say gbfb below 10?

Assuming 90 control 70-80 splits velo 85 and one 85 pitch inna neutral park...

This guy has 18 GBFB and he has done well even with a rock in RF.

Posted by McGirkTheJer on 2/11/2022 2:37:00 PM (view original):
Anyone have positive experiences with extreme fly ball pitchers say gbfb below 10?

Assuming 90 control 70-80 splits velo 85 and one 85 pitch inna neutral park...

Jair Sanchez was one of my best pitchers ever and had a GB of 0. Good base ratings overpower fringe ratings.

How would you maximize this guy's innings? I'm trying to manage a 5 man rotation with him going every 4 games. Other ideas would be to make him a tandem pitcher every 4 games. LRA with lower pitch count for my starters? Any other ideas?

Player Profile: Dayton Pickford - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports

If you have a five man rotation and all of the pitchers in that rotation are true starting pitchers that can go 70+ pitches each start, I'd keep him in that rotation and just manage the heck out of him -- make sure he is always starting if he is at 100 energy.

However, if some of those other starting pitchers are lower pitch count starting pitchers, I'd seriously think about using this guy as an LRA. This is especially true if the lower pitch count starters are LHP. Having a low pitch count starter LHP, then bringing in this guy as a great innings eating LRA would be awesome, but it would only work well if he came in after a low pitch count starter. Putting him at LRA with high pitch count starters would minimize his innings.

Posted by jamier2003 on 2/25/2022 9:49:00 AM (view original):
How would you maximize this guy's innings? I'm trying to manage a 5 man rotation with him going every 4 games. Other ideas would be to make him a tandem pitcher every 4 games. LRA with lower pitch count for my starters? Any other ideas?

Player Profile: Dayton Pickford - Hardball Dynasty Baseball | WhatIfSports

"Any other ideas"... How in hell was this guy the 31st pick of the first round?!?