Pitching anomaly

[Jim]

This is one of the weirdest things I've seen yet from OOTP. John Jackson, who is currently 3rd in AAA in ERA has been horrible in the BLB but is a force to be reckoned with in AAA. Check out these numbers:

- 1979 AAA: 12-7 ; 3.32 ERA ; 116 K

- 1979 BLB: 0-11 ; 13.86 ERA ; 29K

- 1980 AAA: 4-1 ; 1.79 ERA ; 41K

My scouts don't think too highly of him (and he sucks in BLB) so I guess he'll be a career minor leaguer, which I guess is ok, but for tearing it up in AAA you'd think he could squeeze out more than 1 win in the BLB (he did get 1 win in 1978, but started 7 games and went 1-6 with a 6.81 ERA).

I could see him being this bad in the BLB if he was great in A but nothing else but great in AAA and horrible in BLB is pretty funny.

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[Riverman]

It seems to me that is one of the things that doesn't quite work right with OOTP - there is too much of a drop off in performance for many of the players from one level to the next. I've noticed it in quite a few instances with both pitchers and hitters.

I'm surprised Jackson lasted long enough at the BLB level to go 0-11 with a 13.86 ERA though. I know I would have been at least tempted to try someone else before it came to that.

[Jim]

It seems to me that is one of the things that doesn't quite work right with OOTP - there is too much of a drop off in performance for many of the players from one level to the next. I've noticed it in quite a few instances with both pitchers and hitters.

I'm surprised Jackson lasted long enough at the BLB level to go 0-11 with a 13.86 ERA though. I know I would have been at least tempted to try someone else before it came to that.

I agree--and from what I've seen, the biggest difference is from AAA to BLB.

As far as leaving him up with 0-11, I needed a SP and I didn't want to bring up any of my other SPs and waste options and/or possibly hurt their ratings (I've read on the OOTP forums that bringing up players too early can actually lower their potential). So, I kept waiting it out, hoping he would get better, 'cause I knew he was doing well in AAA.

[Khrog]

See....and you ruined him :)

Just kidding...I've had this happen any number of times in offline leagues. Most recently, the guy was named Paco Betan. He played AAA ball well for 3 seasons...ERA around 2.80 to 3.30 for those 3 seasons. He rated poorly, but continued to do well. There was an injury and I moved him up. He lasted for a while, but still left the big leagues with a 6.+ ERA.

Just couldn't seem to keep batters off the bases...

[Jim]

And it continues...it's like he's a completely different player in AAA. Here's his current AAA numbers:

11-1, 1.96 ERA & 92Ks

I wish he could pitch like this in the BLB....instead of racking up an 0-11 record. I guess he's earning his $2.7 million...in AAA!