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battists · 07-12-2018, 09:52 PM

Hey guys,

We have so much control over our team, including in-game strategy down the smallest detail. But we're still totally at the mercy of the engine when it comes to player development.

I'd love to see the return of some kind of customizable training system, like we used to have (I think??) with spring training way back in the day. It could work something like this:

Setup

Manager has a training tab where they can set up "training templates," including a default training template by position.

Each player has a training settings tab where they can select one of the training templates and/or customize that player's training.

I see training being numeric out of 100. Training would be broken into broad categories:

Hitting
Pitching
Fielding

Then within each category you have all of the individual skills for that category. Contact, Gap, Power, Bunt, etc.

For pitching you would have individual pitching skills, but also pitches, so you could focus on learning a new pitch, for example. Fielding would have things like infield error, arm, etc., but could also include learning a new position.

All of the numbers would need to add up to 100 or something like that.

So a typical hitter's training profile for a 2B might look like this:

Contact 10
Gap 10
Power 10
Eye 10
Avoid K's 10

Running Speed 0
Steal 0
Baserunning 2
Sacrifice Bunt 3
Bunt for Hit 0

Infield Rng 10
Infield Err 10
Infield Arm 10

2B 15

Processing Development
And what does all of this mean? Basically, it would just be a layer over the player development engine. So, if a player puts 50% of his effort into contact, then it should be much more likely his contact goes up than, say, power.

I don't think this should change the frequency of increases. I just think it should be a way the manager can influence a player's development. For example if you want to emphasis OBP, you could have players focus more heavily on Eye and Avoid Ks. If you have a player with one big weakness, you could try to shore that up. If you really want your rookies to focus on position flexibility you could heavily focus on teaching them new positions. And of course training would be more effective during Spring Training.

And possibly, if you leave some areas totally untrained, it would increase the risk of those dropping.

Thoughts?

07-12-2018, 09:52 PM	#1
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	Customizable Training Hey guys, We have so much control over our team, including in-game strategy down the smallest detail. But we're still totally at the mercy of the engine when it comes to player development. I'd love to see the return of some kind of customizable training system, like we used to have (I think??) with spring training way back in the day. It could work something like this: Setup Manager has a training tab where they can set up "training templates," including a default training template by position. Each player has a training settings tab where they can select one of the training templates and/or customize that player's training. I see training being numeric out of 100. Training would be broken into broad categories: Hitting Pitching Fielding Then within each category you have all of the individual skills for that category. Contact, Gap, Power, Bunt, etc. For pitching you would have individual pitching skills, but also pitches, so you could focus on learning a new pitch, for example. Fielding would have things like infield error, arm, etc., but could also include learning a new position. All of the numbers would need to add up to 100 or something like that. So a typical hitter's training profile for a 2B might look like this: Contact 10 Gap 10 Power 10 Eye 10 Avoid K's 10 Running Speed 0 Steal 0 Baserunning 2 Sacrifice Bunt 3 Bunt for Hit 0 Infield Rng 10 Infield Err 10 Infield Arm 10 2B 15 Processing Development And what does all of this mean? Basically, it would just be a layer over the player development engine. So, if a player puts 50% of his effort into contact, then it should be much more likely his contact goes up than, say, power. I don't think this should change the frequency of increases. I just think it should be a way the manager can influence a player's development. For example if you want to emphasis OBP, you could have players focus more heavily on Eye and Avoid Ks. If you have a player with one big weakness, you could try to shore that up. If you really want your rookies to focus on position flexibility you could heavily focus on teaching them new positions. And of course training would be more effective during Spring Training. And possibly, if you leave some areas totally untrained, it would increase the risk of those dropping. Thoughts? __________________ Come check out my dynasty report, Funky Times!