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Pelican · 02-01-2023, 05:03 PM

I’ve had the same problem as the OP. My prospect knowledge from OOTP is worthless, or of little value, since my fantasy league is also not a keeper league. And like the OP I stay with fantasy only because the league includes many of my old APBA and Strat buddies from the 1960’s and 1970’s playing with cards and dice. We’ve had the fantasy league for over twenty years.

OOTP ratings don’t reliably translate to fantasy, because any fantasy league has a points system that is unavoidably arbitrary. For example, ours has no penalty for strikeouts, so “three true outcomes” sluggers become “two true outcome” studs who are more valuable than IRL or in OOTP. Defense is reflected only negatively through errors. SB are overvalued. Saves count as much as wins do.

One of these years, I’m going to create a league in OOTP based on our fantasy rosters (21 players per team), using our weekly rotations and lineups. I don’t expect any correlation between the “artificial” fantasy points and the actual performance of teams in OOTP. OOTP is much more of a challenge, especially if (like me) you play out games as manager. Fantasy is more like being an owner who meddles by setting lineups and rotations, but does not manage games. Boring.

I wish I could persuade those guys - many of whom are now retired and have time on their hands - to play OOTP in challenge mode. They would love it. We have two Pirates fans, one Cardinal fan, one Yankee fan, one Mutts fan, one Tiger fan, and a bunch of Phillies fans. It would be great.

02-01-2023, 05:03 PM	#3
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,915	I’ve had the same problem as the OP. My prospect knowledge from OOTP is worthless, or of little value, since my fantasy league is also not a keeper league. And like the OP I stay with fantasy only because the league includes many of my old APBA and Strat buddies from the 1960’s and 1970’s playing with cards and dice. We’ve had the fantasy league for over twenty years. OOTP ratings don’t reliably translate to fantasy, because any fantasy league has a points system that is unavoidably arbitrary. For example, ours has no penalty for strikeouts, so “three true outcomes” sluggers become “two true outcome” studs who are more valuable than IRL or in OOTP. Defense is reflected only negatively through errors. SB are overvalued. Saves count as much as wins do. One of these years, I’m going to create a league in OOTP based on our fantasy rosters (21 players per team), using our weekly rotations and lineups. I don’t expect any correlation between the “artificial” fantasy points and the actual performance of teams in OOTP. OOTP is much more of a challenge, especially if (like me) you play out games as manager. Fantasy is more like being an owner who meddles by setting lineups and rotations, but does not manage games. Boring. I wish I could persuade those guys - many of whom are now retired and have time on their hands - to play OOTP in challenge mode. They would love it. We have two Pirates fans, one Cardinal fan, one Yankee fan, one Mutts fan, one Tiger fan, and a bunch of Phillies fans. It would be great. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.” Last edited by Pelican; 02-01-2023 at 05:04 PM.