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#90933	02/24/2023 1:09:57 pm	Sep 13th, 2058
5L1NK Joined: 06/10/2015 Posts: 291 Farmington Hills Cardinals Legends	Meade graced my franchise as the 32 claim jackpot in 2054. Good scouting and respectable stats gave me hopes of a solid early mid to middle rotation arm. Call him up at the end of 2055 and he gets a solid 1-4 welcome to the league with an average RS of 1. 2056 he gets the rookie designated the end of the rotation and had unexpected success, I kept wondering when the shoe would drop but he had one of the best rookie pitching campaigns in my time as owner. Next season he comes in as the 2nd starter and has an even better season worthy of Cy Young Recognition. You can imagine my excitement heading into this season where he is capped in SI and about to Lead us as Staff ace. 2058 Hits him like a brick wall going 0-5 in his first 8 starts not earning his first win until June. Spends the rest of the year battling back to become a .500 pitcher with modest success. I'll say this year's stats are closer to what I expected from his minor league numbers but 2056 and 2057 gave me rose colored lenses to look at him with. The beauty of this is that we won't know what direction he'll go until it's all said and done, but I wanted some input/speculation/predictions/wagers on whether you think 2056 and 2057 is indicative of what Meade is as a player, or is 2058 his true identity. Updated Friday, February 24 2023 @ 1:11:30 pm PST

#90936	02/24/2023 2:34:24 pm	Sep 13th, 2058
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9604 Haverhill Halflings III.1	In my experience players seems to do better while they are still developing. When they hit their maxes it seems like they slow down. I have a lot of guys who follow that pattern. Not to say this guy won't do better, but last year does really look like a better than average performance for him.

#90940	02/25/2023 8:15:41 am	Sep 16th, 2058
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5202 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Hehe. I've been asking myself that same question about most of my starting rotation. Morelli Mendez Wynne In Waterloo's case we popped up a tier. Part of it. For Meade (and Mendez and Wynne) an uptick in HRs is part of the problem. That stat has a fair amount of variance. For Meade and Mendez it should recover. (This might be Wynne's true talent tho ). Maybe worth noting you've switched from a 16 range CF to a 13 range CF. Meade may be feeling the effects of that. I'd be trying to find a way to get Copeland in a corner.