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Jason · 10-07-2003, 09:51 AM

I spoke with one of the game developers and he didn't believe there was any boost in the game when you bring up a heralded rookie like Boggs or Mattingly in this situation. In real life, it would, because people would pay to see the wonder kids.

So in OOTP, there's no real gain to bringing up the rookies if your team is not going to be a contender. All this owner would do is burn a year of their $300,000 salary to perhaps win 10 more games.

However, after looking at this guy's roster, he had the talent to make a run at the start of this season. A few pitchers might not be performing up to par right now but all teams have slumps.

Initially I thought perhaps this was a situation of the richest owners just wanting to rush good players on other teams to free agency (I've seen that happen) but it's obvious this owner either A) is trying to not put the best team on the field or B) has no clue what the heck he's doing.

10-07-2003, 09:51 AM	#42
Jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,855	OOTP Isn't Real Life I spoke with one of the game developers and he didn't believe there was any boost in the game when you bring up a heralded rookie like Boggs or Mattingly in this situation. In real life, it would, because people would pay to see the wonder kids. So in OOTP, there's no real gain to bringing up the rookies if your team is not going to be a contender. All this owner would do is burn a year of their $300,000 salary to perhaps win 10 more games. However, after looking at this guy's roster, he had the talent to make a run at the start of this season. A few pitchers might not be performing up to par right now but all teams have slumps. Initially I thought perhaps this was a situation of the richest owners just wanting to rush good players on other teams to free agency (I've seen that happen) but it's obvious this owner either A) is trying to not put the best team on the field or B) has no clue what the heck he's doing.