OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Feeder leagues are broken -- what's wrong and how to fix it

stealofhome · 05-10-2018, 12:03 AM

The ratio between starting pitchers and relievers is also very different in every other draft compared to the MLB Quickstart first year draft.

I'll define a possible starter as someone with at least 3 pitches with 45+ potential and at least 40 stamina (20-80 scale).

In the MLB Quickstart, 78% of pitchers with 40+ overall potential meet those criteria and can be classified as starters. In feeder league drafts, that number is somewhere near 30%. Not enough pitchers are getting a third pitch. The movement and control numbers are also a bit low, but the primary reason is that so many relievers get created in the feeder league system with no chance of ever being a starter in the minor leagues.

To get around this problem, I have created feeder leagues with no relievers on staff in the league roster settings screen. Even with a definition of 0 relievers in the feeder league system, the percentage of starting pitchers coming into the draft is 58% - still nowhere near the 78% to start.

I'm still playing with the proper league roster settings to balance hitting/starting/relieving, but this most recent league (somewhere around the 60th iteration) is getting close to acceptable - once the TDP issue gets fixed.

05-10-2018, 12:03 AM	#30
stealofhome Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,282	The ratio between starting pitchers and relievers is also very different in every other draft compared to the MLB Quickstart first year draft. I'll define a possible starter as someone with at least 3 pitches with 45+ potential and at least 40 stamina (20-80 scale). In the MLB Quickstart, 78% of pitchers with 40+ overall potential meet those criteria and can be classified as starters. In feeder league drafts, that number is somewhere near 30%. Not enough pitchers are getting a third pitch. The movement and control numbers are also a bit low, but the primary reason is that so many relievers get created in the feeder league system with no chance of ever being a starter in the minor leagues. To get around this problem, I have created feeder leagues with no relievers on staff in the league roster settings screen. Even with a definition of 0 relievers in the feeder league system, the percentage of starting pitchers coming into the draft is 58% - still nowhere near the 78% to start. I'm still playing with the proper league roster settings to balance hitting/starting/relieving, but this most recent league (somewhere around the 60th iteration) is getting close to acceptable - once the TDP issue gets fixed.