[DJP53916]

My first impressions:

--This game sims FAST! I thought 16 moved quick, but this is WOW!
--I admit my expectations were lowered for the 3D graphics view (because this game is about more the game play itself as opposed to the graphics), but it was better than expected. Not great, but quite good.
--I started off with running a simulated 1994 season, using historical transactions, and was pretty impressed with how accurate it was. All 4 teams from the National League to make the postseason in the simulation were the same four teams that would have made it for real had a postseason occurred that season. Montreal even ended up with the exact same record that they did in real life. Houston ended up with the best record in baseball, and Cincinnati the Wild Card (as opposed to Cincinnati leading the division, and Houston the Wild Card leader, but that's still a great hit rate). The American League wasn't quite as accurate, but still not bad. Seattle had a bad 1994 season, but Montreal beat Seattle in the World Series. Hard to remember that far back, but maybe real life Seattle had a team full of injuries to key players, or a season full of players playing beneath their career norms and expectations? That kind of baseball randomness is pretty cool, and I like it.
--I only found one bug so far, and it seemed to be pretty minor, really. More like finding an innocent typo than anything really. OOTP really put together a fantastic game in this edition.

Now, for the areas I'm not sure about, or feel need improvement (or at least an explanation to help me understand)...

I decided to simulate 2016, and when I looked at the Top 100 Prospect List going into the pre-season, some prospect placements just jumped WAY out at me. For example, Orlando Arcia in the Milwaukee organization has been consistently ranked as anywhere from #6 - #12 prospect, but doesn't even make the Top 100 in the game. The Milwaukee system ranked #10 overall isn't too out of line from what I've seen this offseason, but that has got to be about the most glaring prospect omission I can see. Texas having Joey Gallo at #52 when I've seen him comfortably inside the Top 20 all offseason from numerous sources seems odd as well. No Brinson, or Mazara ranked at all? Two more guys I've seen consistently within the Top 20.

Is this something that just generates randomly in the game, and might I end up with a completely different Top 100 if I started a new game? Or is this the consistent Top 100 within the game, and if so, what's the methodology used to put this together? I guess if this is random, that explains it all. If there's a consistent metric built into the game to generate this, and it could be explained, I'd probably understand it better, and can adjust accordingly.

All in all, I am VERY HAPPY with what I have seen so far! OOTP, you guys exceeded my expectations overall, and I expected a lot!