Posted by willsauve on 7/13/2017 1:45:00 AM (view original):
It is a merged world, most of the teams that merged were pretty deep with talent..
im gonna give this fool another season..
there's your answer. Pitcher is facing an unusually strong batch of hitters. Here is a copy of your AL franchise ranks for the current Topps season 6:
World>Reports>Franchise Rankings>Filters: ML, AL, Starting Lineup, Current, Sort by- Power (descending)
compared to your Mantle league season 45:
Compared to Bum Sweeney's NL player pool in Rickey 25:
(Topps6 averages: OVR 74.25, speed 58.75, contact 66.4375, power 68.0625, vL 70.25, vR 65.6875, eye 68.5625, BR 55.6875)
(Mantle45 averages: OVR 72.125, speed 55.125, contact 64.5625, power 60.9375, vL 64.9375, vR 63.8125, eye 64.125, BR 58.1875)
(Rickey25 averages: OVR 71.4375, spd 58.6875, contact 64.1875, power 61.6875, vL 62.25, vR 60.8125, eye 64.8125, BR 59.4375)
So yeah, it was not just my imagination ... your player pool for this merged league is DRASTICALLY better than average. So splits of 53-71 DO NOT exist in a vacuum! They are
relative to the league average hitter of 68-70, instead of the 60-65/62-62 range that you would see in other leagues. Important concept