Broken Bat - Discussion Forum: Form

Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date

#86860	02/18/2022 4:36:48 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
tyty2023 Joined: 07/19/2021 Posts: 1 Inactive	Hi, Been playing for about 7-8 months and really enjoying the game. Had a question on the form for hitters and pitchers? Does the hot/cold mean anything specific? Same for pitchers.

#86863	02/18/2022 7:24:28 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
NotGood88 Joined: 08/28/2020 Posts: 510 Prattville Black Cats II.2	Hot - They’ve been doing well in recent games Cold - The player has been doing bad recently It can range anywhere from Very Hot to Very Cold.

#86867	02/18/2022 9:02:52 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	As NotGood88 said it is how well they have performed recently. I don't remember off hand, but I think its something like the last 30 ABs (for hitters) and last 3 games (for pitchers). One thing to note is that it is keyed entirely off AVG and ERA. So if you have a guy hit 6 HRs in the last 30 ABs but he only has a .200 AVG, he will show as Cold. Even though his OPS is probably killer.

#86876	02/19/2022 6:28:33 am	Jan 13th, 2054
peacockpenguin Joined: 11/18/2014 Posts: 102 Inactive	Is there a benefit to resting "cold" players? I've really not paid much attention to it in the past.

#86884	02/19/2022 12:21:00 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	That depends. Steve hasn't made that part of the engine public to us. Some theorize that it doesn't matter because streaks are just RNG. Other theorize there there is a variable (like a biorhythm) that affects player performance. In the later case a Cold performance might indicate a bad biorhythm, so it might be worth resting the player. It ends up being up to each of us which we choose to believe. One things to note however is that if you take a player out, their stats aren't changing, so they will continue to show as Cold until they get more playing time. So don't take them out and wait for the Cold to go away