Impact of OOTP 25 on Sluggers
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:36 am
We know that home run power was removed from the Contact calculation for OOTP 25. This resulted in your average slugger having a reduced contact rating. The question I seek to answer here is this: How did the overall potential rating change for players in OOTP 25, relative to their OOTP 24 slugging potential rating?
First, here's the distribution of power potential ratings for position players in the OOTP 24 universe:
Given a player's potential power rating in OOTP 24, how did his overall potential change in the migration to OOTP 25?
It appears that players rated between 1 and 6 saw little change that can be contributed to their power rating. The average drop in potential per player in this range was 2.7 points, likely a result of the normalization of the player universe and not the direct result of their OOTP 24 power potential.
Beginning with an OOTP 24 power potential of 7, you can see the increasing negative change to the players' overall potential. With only four sluggers rated 11, the sample size is too small to be significant.
First, here's the distribution of power potential ratings for position players in the OOTP 24 universe:
Power | Quantity |
---|---|
1 | 221 |
2 | 568 |
3 | 524 |
4 | 525 |
5 | 573 |
6 | 722 |
7 | 431 |
8 | 205 |
9 | 96 |
10 | 48 |
11 | 4 |
It appears that players rated between 1 and 6 saw little change that can be contributed to their power rating. The average drop in potential per player in this range was 2.7 points, likely a result of the normalization of the player universe and not the direct result of their OOTP 24 power potential.
Beginning with an OOTP 24 power potential of 7, you can see the increasing negative change to the players' overall potential. With only four sluggers rated 11, the sample size is too small to be significant.