Ratings Overview

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• Current ratings indicate the player's current ratingslevel showof how good they are now,skill, while a player's potential ratings showrepresent goodtheir theymaximum can become.
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Ratings Format

• Leagues can choose the format that ratings are displayed, as well as theand precision of the ratings,ratings ifdisplayed, interestedallowing incustomization havingfor moreevaluating 'unknowns' in player evaluation.
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• Number ratings arerange displayedfrom on1 a scale of 1(worst)(worst) to 100(best)100 (best) by default, with the abilityoptions to change rangesthe range to 10-90,10-90 or 20-80.
• Letter ratings translatecorrespond to thesespecific ranges:
  • A: 85-100A (A-:(85-100), 85-89,B A:(70-84), 90-94,C A+(55-69), 95-100)
  • B:D 70-84(40-54), (B-:and 70-74,E B: 75-79, B+ 80-84)
  • C: 55-69 (C-: 55-59, C: 60-64, C+ 65-69)
  • D: 40-54 (D-: 40-44, D: 45-49, D+ 50-54)
  • E: 1-39(1-39).

  Current Ratings

  • Current Ratings reflect how good a playerplayer's iscurrent rightskill nowlevel, - awith higher ratingratings =indicating moregreater skillability in that ratedspecific area. It's
  • The important to note that therating scale is not linear.linear, Themeaning the difference in ability gainedbetween betweenratings of 50 and 60 is lesssmaller than the difference in ability gained between 60 and 70.
  • Starting withfrom ratings of 50 or higher, the higher the numbernumber, the larger the difference.difference in skill.

  Potential Ratings

  Potential Ratings reflect how good a player could be at his peak. For young players and prospects, this is very important, as they typically have not reached their peak. Potential Ratings never change for a player, so for veterans and players in the later years of their career, the potential shows the best they could have been (not necessarily the best they ever were

  Summary Ratings (Overall and Potential)

  All players have summary ratings: Overall (a roll-up of all their current ratings) and Potential (a roll-up of all their potential ratings). A player's Overall and Potential is based on a combination of all ratings, weighted based on their value (which is influenced by the player's position and the sim model used by the league).

  Players also have specific summary ratings for Hitting, Pitching, and Fielding. Position players show Hitting and Fielding, pitchers show Pitching and Fielding. The ratings included in each of these are:

  • Hitting includes Discipline (DI), Contact (CN), Batting (BA), Slugging (SL), and Speed (SP).
  • Pitching includes Power (PO), Finesse (FI), Control (CO), and Specialty (SY).
  • Fielding includes Range (RA), Glove (GL), Arm (AR), and, for pitchers only, Hold Runner (HR).