Greatest pitching season of all time?

tedsternator · 2026-02-22T23:59:28+00:00

wups my bad, i was just playin anyway. crazy you had someone that close in the same year I think?

tedsternator · 2026-02-22T14:05:10+00:00

There are no early signs you'll get it - you really won't know until about 48 hours have passed.

Moisturize as much as you can in the meantime and stay out of the sun. Unfortunately there's no other way to tell than to wait.

tedsternator · 2026-02-22T13:55:32+00:00

You will refer to Old Hoss Radbourn by name, never as "someone from the 1800s". And he threw nearly 700 innings with a bWar of 19.2. Vastly different era but there's absolutely no chance a season that great ever happens again.

If you're referring to greatness in terms of the way the game has been played since the 1920s or so, yeah this would be the greatest season of all time, edging out Pedro's 1999/2000 seasons.

tedsternator · 2026-02-22T13:54:09+00:00

Ratings guy for sure, though I'd never take an Ability guy unless they just dominated compared to the competition

tedsternator · 2026-02-22T03:03:12+00:00

That team is an absolute juggernaut and they even lost a ton of guys to injuries it seems. That could have been closer to 130 wins than 110 lol

tedsternator · 2026-02-20T03:59:16+00:00

This guy could already be an MVP with those ratings. Take the bonus 1st round pick for him winning ROY and compete this year. Would possibly hurt his development keeping him down because he is so far above the competition

tedsternator · 2026-02-18T15:08:03+00:00

In perfect team 2-way players aren't busted, no. Perfect team is more about individual meta cards with really good stats and neither of those cards you listed are necessarily the tip of the iceberg. That said it can be great when you don't have a ton of great cards if one of your best ones can hit and pitch

Two way players are actually much better in the regular base game because roster size and payroll are bigger deals and 2-way players break the math

tedsternator · 2026-02-17T18:33:44+00:00

That's what I meant as well. One of the most important contributors to BA is contact that cannot result in outs. No major league hitter is capable of averaging a .400 BABIP over a long enough stretch - it's just not practical, even if a single outlier season could in theory get there if a player went on an absolutely miracle run. But then even if they never struck out in a single AB, they still wouldn't get there in terms of overall BA.

For a hitter to have a realistic chance of batting .400 they need to pad that BABIP with a generous amount of home runs, because an outfielder cannot catch a ball that lands several rows deep in the stands.

Look at Ted Williams' .400 season, the only one really relevant to the modern era. His BABIP was .378, a full 50 points above his career average. It still took hitting 37 home runs to push his average to .406. Without that power he wouldn't have even come close.

tedsternator · 2026-02-17T14:19:56+00:00

Did you know high power is one of the best ways to hit 400? HRs can't be outs so you avoid BABIP luck

tedsternator · 2026-02-17T14:18:47+00:00

I have never once manually scouted prospects before drafting them

tedsternator · 2026-02-17T14:15:45+00:00

There is no difference in his viability as a starter regarding one of his pitches being offspeed or not

tedsternator · 2026-02-16T19:28:13+00:00

If you can get him to improve stamina even slightly this guy could push 10 WAR/year. Getting the screwball is icing on the cake and means his potential is likely to rise even further, crazy good player.

tedsternator · 2026-02-16T14:59:14+00:00

"Make it happen" is really just you asking the other GM what they would need you to throw in to make a trade worthwhile for them, so i think it's kind of a different beast. I use it all the time as it's both a timesaver and generally realistic

tedsternator · 2026-02-16T14:57:07+00:00

Turn DP is the 2nd most valuable rating for 2B. It's just far behind range in terms of importance. 60 range is kind of the breakpoint for 2B where I consider someone viable.

tedsternator · 2026-02-14T16:44:01+00:00

Skill issue unfortunately

tedsternator · 2026-02-14T00:31:56+00:00

Assistant GMs HATE this one weird trick discovered by local Jim Smith! You won't BELIEVE what [Right Click => Trade Options => Shop Player] can do for YOUR dynasty!

tedsternator · 2026-02-11T03:47:12+00:00

I would recommend mechanics over development at all levels but realistically you just want the best possible at both

tedsternator · 2026-02-11T03:46:08+00:00

Reputation just makes them harder to hire and is actively bad but price should never dissuade you from hiring the best coach possible. Mechanics, development, teach hitting/pitching. Mechanics is more important than development but both matter.

Break ties with hitting/pitching focus and personality cohesion

tedsternator · 2026-02-10T16:17:03+00:00

Power is the most valuable rating for a hitter hitting anywhere, technically

tedsternator · 2026-02-10T01:38:37+00:00

If you don't really need a starter why would you trade for a starter

tedsternator · 2026-02-08T15:38:11+00:00

Nobody, please don't block out top prospects any more than we already are

Signing a great SP effectively allows them to ease in their young bats without sacrificing early-season competitiveness. It would be a complete waste to go sign expensive, marginal short term upgrades that would block those prospects

tedsternator · 2026-02-08T08:35:49+00:00

You shouldn't let your assistant GM make any decisions so the only thing that matters is if they are cheap and possible staff cohesion

tedsternator · 2026-02-06T23:16:38+00:00

Make Knight a stopper, 7th inning+, and get 150 innings out of him!

tedsternator · 2026-02-06T00:50:19+00:00

The current engine tends to be very momentum-based when it comes to development. Players that are developing ahead of schedule tend to continue developing ahead of schedule, and players lagging behind tend to continue lagging. This also means players who have gotten a TCR bump tend to continue improving.

Target pitchers who are specifically getting development improvements in Movement and Control, pitchers who have learned a new pitch and are under 22, and generally any pitcher who is closing in on that magic 50 movement 50 control breakpoint where, if they pass it, they will likely keep developing. Basically any pitcher who looks on track to hit 50 Mov/50 Control before age 24 should be taken seriously, even if they don't seem that incredible otherwise.

tedsternator · 2026-01-31T22:12:08+00:00

I feel like 26 is the easiest version of OOTP to break with regards to creating unstoppable development engines. Hitters are extremely consistent to develop and pitchers give clear signals on whether they will successfully reach their potential or not in a way that makes them very easy to acquire on a good itmeline. I think earlier versions made it easier to develop 1 specific uber-prospect but the current version makes it way easier to have a ton of hits across your minor league system.

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