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Questdog · 06-09-2014, 05:17 PM

Okay.......

Miller Bullock got me all upset and I started doing some research to figure out why the stupid Louisville team sent him to the minors to start 1881 after having been the best pitcher in the League by far in 1880.

I decided it comes down to 2 issues:

1) I wanted the teams to base decisions on a player's stats much more than their ratings. But I have found that something is odd in the way OOTP is evaluating these stats for the 1800's and Miller Bullock is not getting any credit for pitching well in 1880. In fact, if I get the AI to rate players 100% based on 1880 stats (last year), he barely makes the top 20 list of pitchers. If I get them to rate based solely on ratings, he is in the top 5. And doing some dickering around, it looks to me like ranking solely on ratings does a better job of ranking by stats than ranking solely by stats does. Another oddity is that old washed up pitchers are ranking very high based on stats, regardless of what their stats actually were. Don't know if this is a bug or a by-product of 1800's-style ball. I will have to research it some more. But anyway, I am going to have to have the AI rate 100% based on ratings.

2) The other issue is that there are just too many good pitchers in the league. The game is producing too many pitchers for a league with a 2-man staff. It makes the competition for those 2 spots very, very competitive. There are too many viable candidates for jobs and pitchers will find it very hard to keep their spot for more than a couple of seasons. We have already seen this. Plus when there are so many good pitchers bunched together, it is hard for one to standout and be a superstar.

Sooooo......

Since this is my last league ever and I want it to be perfect, I am going to start over from scratch.....

Yeah!

I cannot just delete 80% of the pitchers and keep going; have to restart....

Same premise, better execution. I'll also implement the rule where the rich teams like Philly and New York cannot horde good players in the minors from the get go and that will make it more fun. Anyone 27 on Dec. 1 not on the active roster becomes a free agent.

I'll redo everything from scratch, so the initial teams won't be the same, though Philly and New York are a virtual lock to be in, and all the players will be different.

If anyone has any ideas of what I could do differently to make the league better, speak up now!

One idea I'd like to figure out: I want the better teams to have an advantage in acquiring good players. But I wish I could force them to draft for needs instead of just picking the best player. Often they already have someone awesome where that best player plays, but they pick him anyway and stick him in the minors or force him to play out of position, where he's maybe not even a good player. I'd rather them pick someone that is a better fit. Any ideas on accomplishing this without manually drafting for every team?

06-09-2014, 05:17 PM	#299
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Okay....... Miller Bullock got me all upset and I started doing some research to figure out why the stupid Louisville team sent him to the minors to start 1881 after having been the best pitcher in the League by far in 1880. I decided it comes down to 2 issues: 1) I wanted the teams to base decisions on a player's stats much more than their ratings. But I have found that something is odd in the way OOTP is evaluating these stats for the 1800's and Miller Bullock is not getting any credit for pitching well in 1880. In fact, if I get the AI to rate players 100% based on 1880 stats (last year), he barely makes the top 20 list of pitchers. If I get them to rate based solely on ratings, he is in the top 5. And doing some dickering around, it looks to me like ranking solely on ratings does a better job of ranking by stats than ranking solely by stats does. Another oddity is that old washed up pitchers are ranking very high based on stats, regardless of what their stats actually were. Don't know if this is a bug or a by-product of 1800's-style ball. I will have to research it some more. But anyway, I am going to have to have the AI rate 100% based on ratings. 2) The other issue is that there are just too many good pitchers in the league. The game is producing too many pitchers for a league with a 2-man staff. It makes the competition for those 2 spots very, very competitive. There are too many viable candidates for jobs and pitchers will find it very hard to keep their spot for more than a couple of seasons. We have already seen this. Plus when there are so many good pitchers bunched together, it is hard for one to standout and be a superstar. Sooooo...... Since this is my last league ever and I want it to be perfect, I am going to start over from scratch..... Yeah! I cannot just delete 80% of the pitchers and keep going; have to restart.... Same premise, better execution. I'll also implement the rule where the rich teams like Philly and New York cannot horde good players in the minors from the get go and that will make it more fun. Anyone 27 on Dec. 1 not on the active roster becomes a free agent. I'll redo everything from scratch, so the initial teams won't be the same, though Philly and New York are a virtual lock to be in, and all the players will be different. If anyone has any ideas of what I could do differently to make the league better, speak up now! One idea I'd like to figure out: I want the better teams to have an advantage in acquiring good players. But I wish I could force them to draft for needs instead of just picking the best player. Often they already have someone awesome where that best player plays, but they pick him anyway and stick him in the minors or force him to play out of position, where he's maybe not even a good player. I'd rather them pick someone that is a better fit. Any ideas on accomplishing this without manually drafting for every team?