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Originally Posted by Spritze
If they do not appear in a minor league/year that has at least one affiliated team they will first appear as in OOTP16, as major leaguers.
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So, if both Player A and Player B made his pro debut in 1927 and their MLB debut in 1929, and Player A debuted with the Cardinals organization (which had a minor-league affiliate), and Player A debuted in with the Phillies organization (which did not have an affiliate), which of the following is true?
1. Player A would debut in OOTP in 1927 in the Cards organization, while player A would debut in 1929 with the Phils, or...
2. Both would debut in OOTP in 1927 with their respective organizations, with Player A either on the Cards or their affiliate, and Player B either on the Phils, or on either the Phils' reserve roster or their gamer-created minor league team.
Also, I believe it was indicated earlier in this thread that, generally speaking, unaffiliated teams are included when there are affiliated teams in the league (Texas League, 1927, for example, would include all 8 teams; not just the two teams that were affiliated with MLB). Assuming this is true, would these unaffiliated teams be filled with career minor-leaguers and other free agents, and not necessarily those who actually played on those MiLB teams IRL? Or?
Perhaps - or perhaps not - another way to ask the same question: If I start a historical league in 1927, with historical minors, what players would appear on the unaffiliated Texas League teams such as the Dallas Steers, San Antonio Bears, Shreveport Sports, and Wichita Falls Spudders?
Another question, in the form of an example: Let's take Tom Paciorek, who started his professional career in the Dodgers' organization in '68 and spent that season and the following one in the LA's low minors. Then in '70 and '71 he spent most his time at Triple A Spokane, and in '72 he was also primarily at Triple A, though for '72 the Dodgers' Triple A affiliate became Albuquerque. Let's assume that in an OOTP historical replay he follows a somewhat similar path and is Triple A material in both '71 and '72. I'm guessing that in the offseason after '71 / prior to '72 the Dodgers' AAA team simply "becomes" Albuquerque and if the OOTP engine/AI sees fit to put Paciorek in Triple A, he'll remain on the AAA roster, which is now Albuquerque instead of Spokane. Correct?
Yet another question: By 1936 there were a whopping 24 separate minor leagues with at least a team or two with an MLB affiliate, and the Cardinals pretty much had a team in every league. So, assuming most of these leagues are included in OOTP for 1936, would there be enough players in the database to fill out the Cards' 1936 system?
A few more... Sorry for the long post but hopefully upcoming answers will clear things up for me and others
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Originally Posted by lukasberger
Indy, Negro and International leagues aren't currently included in the default setup. Maybe that's a feature for the future, let's hope so! I know we have a lot of the data collected.
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Understood that the Indy, Negro, and Foreign
leagues aren't included. Are any of the players included?
Don't think this one got answered:
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Originally Posted by Orioles1966
How will the game handle demotions and promotions for teams in the past that had more than one Triple A team?
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Curious about the answers to these questions, too:
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Originally Posted by Orioles1966
Back in 1969 the Omaha Royals(American Association) and Vancouver Mounties(PCL) had split affiliations with Omaha having Kansas City/San Diego and Vancouver having Montreal/Seattle. How does this look on the League Set-up page that lists minor league team affiliations because it wasn't possible in the past too do this situation(or something)?
Will it now be possible to have minor league teams to have split affiliations or will it only happen under special circumstances?
Also back in 1968 didn't a few expansion teams(that weren't going to play until 1969) have minor league teams? How will this be possible with OOTP17 since the expansion teams had yet to play a game(almost a year away)?
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Another: In 1934 the Dallas Steers were unaffiliated but playing in the Texas League (which had 3 of 8 teams affiliated with the majors). In 1935 the Steers became affiliated with the White Sox. After the 1934 season, what happens to the Steers players - whoever they might be? Do they simply go to the free agent pool (after which at some point they might end up on other unaffiliated teams for the 1935 season, depending upon game settings, AI, etc.)?
Finally, Mr Spritze, do you know the answer to the question about the ballpark names that are given to minor league teams? Just wondering because I have probably a little over 90% of the names of the parks for all minor league teams that would (I assume) be included in the game.