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I'm puzzled. I've got an injury reveal for Scott Bradley - 1988, his next-to-worst year. Got injured last night with a flyout against RHP. Can only be '88. Yet his numbers after more than 100 ABs exceed his best card's year ('86), though that year has a ground ball injury chance...Can a player's performance really be that disparate from the card year?

YEAR...BA..SLG..OBP..OPS
1988...257 .349 .293 .642
1986...300 .432 .347 .779
Now....307 .406 .375 .781

'88 & '86 are both 5R years too. His performance is beyond his best year on the card, and that year is so much better than the injury reveal indicates I must have...could HAL be reading it wrong? Or have the Strat Gods simply been smiling upon li'l ol' .75Mil Scott Bradley?
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Yes, they can be way off the card, both good and bad. There are thousands of stories in the naked city.

'78 Rice in Riverfront .256 .502 .304 Boooooo!

Check out John Wathan, BA .305 OBP .384 in 249 ABs
versus LHP BA.333 OBP .406
versus RHP BA .288 OBP .370

However, an injury reveal says I have his
'81 BA .252 OBP .297 E
'82 BA .270 OBP .341 1L
'83 BA .245 OBP .289 2R

It's probably his '82, but still it's much better than expected.

On the other hand, Ryne Sandberg, BA .259 OBP .307 HR 36 in 405 ABs
An injury reveal says he is either
'84 BA .314 OBP .366 HR 19
'90 BA .306 OBP .358 HR 40
He is hitting RHPs better (.270 BA, 320 OBP) and the HRs suggest it is the '90.
But here's a case of way underperformance (and he's been on a hot streak lately bringing his average above .250.

Then there's Bill Caudill. I traded for him and he came with a record of 16 IPs, 15 Hits, 4 BBs, 11Ks, a 3.38 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP
With my team, he pitched 46 innings, allowing 58 hits, 23 BBs, 40 Ks and a 1.74 WHIP
Turns out it was his '84 year, his best when he allowed 77 hits in 96 innings, 31 BBs, 89 Ks and a 1.12 WHIP.

Well, I'm certainly happy Bradley's tearing it up so well. But I keep having trouble figuring out where to place him in my lineup against RHP...if I go by the card I know he has I wouldn't put him in the 5 spot, but his numbers keep coming in a way that encourages me to do that...the ol' card or performance quandry...I keep figuring the shine will come off the apple and the poor numbers will emerge. Then he just keeps on hitting well. Part of what makes this game interesting!

What I do is put him where his current numbers, not his card, suggest he should be and then watch him.
If his performance starts to tail off, move him in the order or right out of the order.
However, he is also a 5R and looking at his left/right splits, he is pounding RHPs. Keeping a player like that in a pure platoon can in fact boost his numbers because he not facing the LHPs that obviously caused him problem on that card.
Worth noting is that on his '86 card, he does have better results against LHPs.
So his performance against RHPs may not tail off at all. Besides, I played in a recent league where Chris Bando hit 32 HRs.