Is there a downturn of batting averages across the league in recent years?
Rivera won the league lead last year at .330, which seems low for a league leader, given some of the high contact bats that we had a while back. Nail Hook peaked at .396 in his second season, then sat in the .360s for a couple years before settling in around .330 year over year as well. Both Grouchy and Nail Hook received contact ratings decreases that trailed behind their performance dips, but they still seem to be among the yearly leaders despite those dips.
I chalked this up to an OOTP 19 thing originally... from what I’ve seen/heard across a couple leagues, the lower contact, higher power guys (
@Orlando archetype) did really well in OOTP 19.