after secret council with Peter, we've decided that I can in fact suggest that the minimum stay stable at 150 ABs (or something near there) without sounding like a total jackass.
I know it sounds like I just want things to be exactly my way, but having a steadily rising bar can create problems down the road, specifically making it nearly impossible for new players to reach the leaderboard just a few seasons down the road.
I think a steady bar in the 150-250 range (perhaps 150 until the end of season 3, then increasing at 3.1 until 250?) would be best.
sorry for sounding like a total dick.
LeaderBoards ---> Qualify via ABs or GPs?
I agree with Scott. I'd like to say we are placing too much emphasis on these stats, as evidenced by me winning MVP no doubt to a large degree based on my stats for season 2.
These are only offensive stats that we have, remember. The only defensive stat we track is webgems, but who among us is going to say defense is much less important than offense? All that information about who is good at what position, and in what ways are they good and/or bad, is simply stored in all of our memories. It's not recorded anywhere. That's not good, but without dedicated scorekeepers it's impossible.
50 AB is plenty to establish a trend in terms of AVG and slugging. The only stats which are really opened up to newcomers this way (by "lowering" the bar to 50 AB) are AVG, slugging, and hence APS. Career leaders in hits, RBI, 2B, 3B, HR and K are not really reachable to the newcomers, provided those leaders keep showing up. While AVG is an important descriptor of someone's performance, when, say, Scott is making up teams he is using so many other variables it's a joke.
These are only offensive stats that we have, remember. The only defensive stat we track is webgems, but who among us is going to say defense is much less important than offense? All that information about who is good at what position, and in what ways are they good and/or bad, is simply stored in all of our memories. It's not recorded anywhere. That's not good, but without dedicated scorekeepers it's impossible.
50 AB is plenty to establish a trend in terms of AVG and slugging. The only stats which are really opened up to newcomers this way (by "lowering" the bar to 50 AB) are AVG, slugging, and hence APS. Career leaders in hits, RBI, 2B, 3B, HR and K are not really reachable to the newcomers, provided those leaders keep showing up. While AVG is an important descriptor of someone's performance, when, say, Scott is making up teams he is using so many other variables it's a joke.
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Here you go, Paul, to get you caught up on the latest dialogue. There's consideration to grandfather in those with 100 ABs as of right now, however, in addition to the above standards (like Anthony M. with 107 ABs).Baseball=Life wrote: Interestingly, if we apply the Season LeaderBoard standard to the Career Record Books (3.1 AB's x Games Played in Season), then we come up with 143 ABs. [46 games played x 3.1 = 142.6]
Let's go with the 150 AB minimum for Career Records (thanks Ken). HOWEVER...... once the Career AB leader gets to 500 ABs, at that point then let's revisit the issue and specifically apply the 3.1 AB/LGP. [3.1 ABs per League Games Played]
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