[IBL] IBL Insight Sought

[Doug Palmer]

All (especially IBL old timers)

I was going to rant about how this is the 5th year of futility for the
Crabs, but in all honesty, it's getting old.  So instead, I'm looking for
IBL insight into a phenomena that I seem to be suffering from.

The player cards are based on the previous years numbers.  The algorithm
involved is probably quite heady, but I'm guessing (hoping?) that the
numbers are predicated on actual performance.  Now, knowing that, and
understanding that Pursue the Pennant (the game that is the mechanics
behind the IBL) is a dice-game, how accurate have you found the cards to
be?  Will a .300 hitter actually achieve a .300 batting average (give or
take...what....10%?).  Same with pitchers, are their WHIP's predictable?

I've lost something like 15 straight on the road, been no-hit, been 2 hit,
been shutout half a dozen times and scored 2 or less in nearly half of my
games.  Most of my players are batting 50-100+ points below where they
"should be". (i.e. Hosmer was a .302 batter in 2013 and is hitting .202 for
me here).  I had been taking players in the draft or proposing in trades
based on their actual numbers from the prior season (K-rate, walk rate,
WHIP, OBP, etc...).  But is that even relative?

Granted, it's only 1/3rd of the season, but when I see numbers like this, I
start to question the validity of the stats that back up the game

Hosmer .201 (actual .302)
Lagares .172 (actual .242)
LeMahieu .149 (actual .280)
Markakis .231 (.271 actual)
Castro .223 (.245 actual)
Suzuki .176 (.232 actual)
Conger .200 (.249 actual)
Villar .143 (.243 actual)

This doesn't even include pitchers who's WHIP's and ERA's are significantly
higher than their 2013 season (along with K-rate and walk-rate).

It's a game based on rolling a pair of dice, I know.  Is what I'm seeing a
mirage?  Are numbers always lower than in actuality?  Am I simply seeing a
100 AB slump by the majority of my lineup (for the 5th straight year, btw)?
Why should I care that Starlin Castro is having a much better season
statistically if he's just going to bat .200 for me regardless?

Are we just looking at bad luck, or is this how the game is statistically
built?

Doug/BAL
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