First max your player at your level 10 if you can. Skills seem to have the biggest affect on CvC and WOH. Difference between a double skill guy on WOH when you get up to 15/20 is crazy. Turn on those double skills and 5-10 all of sudden is fastballs.
A lot. As KC pointed out it's going to matter quite a bit on WOH and CvsC. Even an all time great, if his skills are 0 out of 20, is really going to struggle to beat 5-10 in WOH.
And points on your skills accounts for a lot more than equal points on overall number. Example, I have 490 max Edwin Encarnacion, maxed out, at Diamond 10, with both late inning skills at 20/20. Even though that's only 40 points of skills he is at 687 in late inning situations. Almost a 200 point rating difference! So yeah, skill boosts are enormous.
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And points on your skills accounts for a lot more than equal points on overall number. Example, I have 490 max Edwin Encarnacion, maxed out, at Diamond 10, with both late inning skills at 20/20. Even though that's only 40 points of skills he is at 687 in late inning situations. Almost a 200 point rating difference! So yeah, skill boosts are enormous.