While noticing that my 09 Zobrist had been on a tear laterly, it occurred to me that it would be great if we had a "hot/cold playes" hyperlink, similar to the league leaders, awards and team rankings hyperlinks. The sim already tracks last 10 game peformance histories in the game log, so it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to compile the top ten best and worst among those each day. I for one would probably check that link before any other link. It might also serve as a quick notification as to whether to drop somebody down in the lineup.

Does anybody know whether this has been brought up with admin before and what its response has been?

I bumped my "Stats WIS should add" thread for you.

I mentioned something similar to your suggestion:

"And how about a leaderboard for single-game records? I.e., which players/teams have scored the most runs in a game, hit the most home runs, stolen the most bases, etc."

I sent Customer Service a link to that thread. They said they consider incorporating user suggestions once a month. You might as well send them a ticket...

i would like them to add this. this way perhaps my opponents will overreact and replace their cold, good players with hot, bad ones.

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there would be a fine line in who would qualify. a pinch hitter with 3 hits in 4 abs would end up at the top, cluttering the standings

Why not just qualify eligibility, similar to how eligibility for league leaders and awards are qualified?

A better question is, why would you shuffle your lineup based on the past 10 games' stats when there are no streaks programmed into the game and such things are totally random statistical anomalies that are no more likely to continue than completely reverse?

Quote: Originally Posted By dahsdebater on 1/26/2010
A better question is, why would you shuffle your lineup based on the past 10 games' stats when there are no streaks programmed into the game and such things are totally random statistical anomalies that are no more likely to continue than completely reverse?

This is exactly why I would like to see some seasonal continuity in the SIM.

If I have a pitcher who's 3-0 against a good team, it stands to reason (in real life) that he's got their number and should be the best guy to start against them, even if he's not your best pitcher. Same with hitters...if I have a .250 RL hitter that's hitting .450 against a certain team, that should count for something the next time he plays that team.

Albert Pujols is a great hitter, but if he's hitting .230 one year come June, he's obviously having a down year. Could he bust out of it at any moment? Sure, but until he does, he's just a .230 hitter. I think the SIM should take seasonal progression into account.

I think that's a terrible idea. By that logic, if your team starts out against a few bad teams and most of your offense gets hot, they're more likely to stay hot for the rest of the season? Conversely, you start out against a team with a great pitching staff. Your offense is naturally limited, so now it's likely to stay cold all year and you never get the hitting you paid for? The last thing most people want to do is put more emphasis on luck in this game...

Your last paragraph about Pujols is completely irrelevant to the sim. Maybe it makes sense in HBD, but not SLB. There's no chance he's having a down year because you know exactly what kind of season you bought. If you bought a year of Prince Albert, it wasn't really much of a down year - he doesn't really have any. But you get what you pay for. That's really the point of the game. Since the stats are known, you really don't face the possibility of "up years" and "down years."

Quote: Originally Posted By dahsdebater on 1/26/2010I think that's a terrible idea. By that logic, if your team starts out against a few bad teams and most of your offense gets hot, they're more likely to stay hot for the rest of the season? Conversely, you start out against a team with a great pitching staff. Your offense is naturally limited, so now it's likely to stay cold all year and you never get the hitting you paid for? The last thing most people want to do is put more emphasis on luck in this game..

Obviously there would be checks in balances. If a guy hits 2 HR in the first game of the season, he's technically on pace for 324 HR...clearly he's not going to hit that many. I'm not suggesting a whole season be based on the first one or two series.

You could set a line, like the all-star break, where season stats to date will start to factor in along with RL stats.

Quote: Originally Posted By dahsdebater on 1/26/2010
A better question is, why would you shuffle your lineup based on the past 10 games' stats when there are no streaks programmed into the game and such things are totally random statistical anomalies that are no more likely to continue than completely reverse?

There aren't streaks built into lots of things in life, but that doesn't mean they don't occur. I like to ride the hot hand. Gamblers don't disagree.

Quote: Originally Posted By crazystengel on 1/25/2010I bumped my "Stats WIS should add" thread for you.

I mentioned something similar to your suggestion:

"And how about a leaderboard for single-game records? I.e., which players/teams have scored the most runs in a game, hit the most home runs, stolen the most bases, etc."

I sent Customer Service a link to that thread. They said they consider incorporating user suggestions once a month. You might as well send them a ticket..

This would be really nice. Maybe even a top 10 ytd type of thing...

"If I have a pitcher who's 3-0 against a good team, it stands to reason (in real life) that he's got their number and should be the best guy to start against them, even if he's not your best pitcher.  Same with hitters...if I have a .250 RL hitter that's hitting .450 against a certain team, that should count for something the next time he plays that team. Albert Pujols is a great hitter, but if he's hitting .230 one year come June, he's obviously having a down year. Could he bust out of it at any moment? Sure, but until he does, he's just a .230 hitter.  I think the SIM should take seasonal progression into account."

This does not stand to reason. First of all the sample sizes are waaaay to small. But forget about that, answer this: How about if you have a pitcher who is 3-0 against some team, 2-1 in night games, 1-2 in June, and 0-3 on grass. If you're playing a night game on Grass in June against that team, then what do you expect him to do?