Ability Formulas

shuuto12 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:22 pm

cdub71323 wrote:

detroittigers15 wrote:

I don't really think there can be a formula for arm strength for anyone other than catchers. (For them, looking at the CS% would make sense.)

This.

You can't really look at assists because that formula also relies on the pitchers that are on that guys team as well. Someone on say Derek Lowe or Tim Hudson's teams will get a lot more assists because they are ground ball pitchers.

Now, outfielder assists are a little better but the good outfield throwers are rarely ran on because opposing coaches know better. Prime example: Jeff Francoeur easily has one of the best outfield arms in the majors right now. With only 16 assists though last year, that would give him 8 Arm Strength, barely a D

I think the best thing to do for those is think of the best arms you think from the 2007 season (where they get their ratings from), find the best arms and assign that to who you think has the best arm from 2011 and go from there. It is more of a crapshoot but it is hard to find a right formula to get it

Agreed, as I heard once on MLB Network a feared arm is run on less, thus the lesser amount of putouts.

gobeavs21 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:49 pm

Spray HTR is another ability that can really boost the CON rating-to-avg ratio. Push HTR does the same, but to a lesser extent, and Pull HTR can really damage a guy (in a good way) that doesn't have the power to yank a decent % of balls out of the yard.

The post above came from ED44 and I had a question for everyone about it. This seems like a good way to get guys to hit to their natural field, such as Giambi pulling the ball and so forth. Is this a bad idea to use though because someone may spray the ball to all fields, such as Chone Figgins, but in real life he will have a tough time hitting .250, let alone .300+

Thanks.

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