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Originally Posted by wish7694

I would have paid $100 for this game if it was 6.51 with full minor leagues, imporived AI, and actual MLB roster rules properly modelled. With the complexity of MLB roster rules I think this would have been ambitious enough. Maybe future additions could have added the Japanese League, winter league and/or independent leagues.

As of now the added world features actually decrease realism for those of us wanting to model modern MLB. If you want any Cubans, Japanese, or Dominicans in your league, they will be in the draft. If you have a hole in your AA roster and see a good independent league player, you can't just purcahse his contract. If you try to work around this by allowing trades and just trading for money, it may work for you but the other teams will trade players and there is no minor leaguer who would accept a trade to an independent league. This is without even addressing AI.

I truly think this game CAN get there, but there is no way the above issues will be addressed before next year's version, and I am afraid that since this world baseball can of worms has been opened it will just take that much longer to get the game where it needs to be to model actual, modern, MLB baseball.

My thoughts exactly, I love being able to impliment indy leagues, but I'd love to have it more acurately reflect the real baseball world - not only MLB. This game is close and hopefully it will get there