Ratings Preview....

So, no one posted this yet or did I miss it?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/range_preview/2014range.pdf

some positions will have two ratings (eg., 3(b4)). I realize that means they'd be rated a 3, but a 4 in the basic version. There are also some that can be something like 4(b3). So it seems odd to me that some players have better rankings in the basic version for their position, and some have worse. I haven't played the card version in a lonnngggg time, so maybe I'm missing something. I'd have just assumed advanced to basic version variations, where there are any, would all go in the same direction.

Totally irrelevant to online, I know, but just curious if anyone knows why?

Key,

I believe the difference is because the basic version doesn't use errors so when you have a high/low error rating it can swing the range rating between the two.

Key,

I believe the difference is because the basic version doesn't use errors so when you have a high/low error rating it can swing the range rating between the two.

Bingo.

Can't wait for the new ratings book download to come out (usually around mid-January)!

2014 season (2015 cards), here we come!

Kinda excited about some of my keeper leagues. Looking forward to seeing what Altuve's hitting card looks like!

Last year I did some estimates of what the cards would look like, but I have less time this year, and the ratings download will be available soon anyway, but I'm really excited, as only a strat fanatic can be!

Yunel Escobar a 4 at SS ! He always had been a 1 or a 2. What the heck ?

Yunel Escobar a 4 at SS ! He always had been a 1 or a 2. What the heck ?

I traded a 1st round pick for him. I was like more than what the heck!