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fnz · 04-02-2021, 05:06 PM

I'm starting a historical sim from 1900 with a draft every year. From what I can tell Japanese players/Negro League players become part of a draft class in the year they joined the MLB in real life. For example, Ichiro will appear in a draft class at 28 years old, somewhere around 2001 (the game is very inconsistent with historical drafts).

Is there a way to have Ichiro or Satchel Paige join MLB at age 21?

As a somewhat related follow up:

To help me keep track of things better/decrease sim time I'm just using a Major League roster and a reserve roster. Is there a way to set up the age requirements so that a player can only appear on the Major League roster at age 20, but can appear on a reserve roster before that age? In OOTP 20 it seemed like random players just wouldn't be part of draft classes and would instead just appear as free agents if I set up the age minimum to 18.

I have no idea if I'm explaining this accurately, so let me know if I need to rephrase some things.

04-02-2021, 05:06 PM	#1
fnz Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 27	Historical Settings I'm starting a historical sim from 1900 with a draft every year. From what I can tell Japanese players/Negro League players become part of a draft class in the year they joined the MLB in real life. For example, Ichiro will appear in a draft class at 28 years old, somewhere around 2001 (the game is very inconsistent with historical drafts). Is there a way to have Ichiro or Satchel Paige join MLB at age 21? As a somewhat related follow up: To help me keep track of things better/decrease sim time I'm just using a Major League roster and a reserve roster. Is there a way to set up the age requirements so that a player can only appear on the Major League roster at age 20, but can appear on a reserve roster before that age? In OOTP 20 it seemed like random players just wouldn't be part of draft classes and would instead just appear as free agents if I set up the age minimum to 18. I have no idea if I'm explaining this accurately, so let me know if I need to rephrase some things.