@Dolenz said in Zero consistency in ratings and rosters:
@mubby_33 said in Zero consistency in ratings and rosters:
I could care less about either player. However, It would be nice to see SDS's criteria for giving upgrades and down grades. Are they using specific stats or metrics or do they just go by the "eye test". There are some times I think guys will go up in ratings or stay the same but they get down graded.
I mean it is pretty obvious on some.
H/9, HR/9, SO/9, BB/9 - those all correlate directly to stats kept for pitchers.
I am not saying SDS is not above fudging some numbers but for the most part pitcher ratings are pretty transparent. Valdez has a very low k/9 rating. He is striking out 8.2 batters per 9 this season. Strider has a high k/9 rating. He is striking out 13.7 per 9 innings.
Pitchers are easier, in my opinion, to figure out than hitters because you don't have to worry about lefty/righty splits for pitchers.
Pitchers are an extreme amount easier for the reasons to described. With hitters, you can still predict contact, vision, discipline ratings decent enough but its never been exactly clear what stats correlate to power and clutch