Injuries, hot streaks, loss or gain of talent.. I haven't noticed a definite pattern if there's even one at all. They still serve a purpose, it's not like I'm saying they fluctuate game by game or even sim by sim. But I'm saying you could have an 8-8-8-8-8 outfielder one sim and the next he's 5-7-5-7-5. Or he suddenly can't hit lefties or righties.
I think OM could tell you about it more, but he had Carl Crawford who completely fell off the map against lefties. Well, it's the leagues on forum you're on as well, I don't think you're in either league that uses the new OOTPs.
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