MLB '10: The Show Official Team Ratings and Explanation

[Jays20593]

To be honest, I know a CPU determines the stat but If it were me I'd swap the pitching and hitting rating. I think outside of Lind and Hill there not gonna hit that well.

And the top 3 of the rotation, 1.Marcum, 2. Romero, 3. McGowan looks pretty dang good to me.

[GimmeAD]

I think the ratings are fair, but I agree the Cubs are far too high.

[dynastynation]

Quote: Originally Posted by GimmeAD

I think the ratings are fair, but I agree the Cubs are far too high.

Agreed. There are a few that could be argued but overall they are good, I can't wait to play this game!

[Simp]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

2. Player ratings are not done by human hands its all done by a program that looks at the players past three years with the most recent year weighing in the highest.

Forgive me as I did not play the Show last year (looking forward to playing it this year for the first time since 06... as I buy a PS3 for it this year), but is this algorithmically-driven ratings system new this year or has it been in the game before?

[omfgitsgod!]

Yeah the cubs are way high, good thing we can edit rosters.

[Russell_SCEA]

Quote: Originally Posted by Simp

Forgive me as I did not play the Show last year (looking forward to playing it this year for the first time since 06... as I buy a PS3 for it this year), but is this algorithmically-driven ratings system new this year or has it been in the game before?

Yup its been in there for a while now

[Shakedowncapo]

Wow, you would think Angel Pagan and Tatis were world beaters with those ratings..

[Scottdau]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

These are some of my favorite threads every year because we all get to debate on why so and so is rated this and that. It's all arbitrary and opinions when you think about it though (which is why I enjoy these threads so much), but for the sake of understanding I'm game lets dig a little deeper. The Cardinals batting being ranked 20th in the game, but before I talk about their rating let me shed some light on how the game determines this. 1. It's an avg. of your starters and your bench and that's for your starting pitching and lineup. Kolbe gave me a number around 60% to 40% with your starters making up 60% of that rating. 2. Player ratings are not done by human hands its all done by a program that looks at the players past three years with the most recent year weighing in the highest. Now that we have that out the way back to the Cardinals and this 20th batting ranking which made me scratch my head a little when I first saw it. As most of you and I'm guilty of this myself I think Pujols and Holliday that has to at least make them better than 20th. Not so fast The Mets are ranked 15th a good 5 spots ahead of them I've uploaded some pics to help make this easier. If you notice the Cardinals bench is relatively weak compared to the Mets. This is a very important factor in the Cardinals current 20th batting rating. For the sake of science I swaped F.Tatis for S.Robinson on these two teams and their ratings changed. That one player swap propelled the Cardinals to 13th overall in batting and dropped the Mets to 21st in batting. What you have to remember is your starting lineup is only half of the story (about 60% give or take) you have to take into consideration your bench and your bullpen for pitching. Hope this helps Discuss

I am almost getting this, but I think I need some Stadium pictures. I think that would really help me understand these ratings even more.