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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
This feels less like a bug and more like a feature request IMO - in random debut leagues, allow a. players to debut only at the age they actually debuted (St Vrain debuted in the majors at 31 and I thought that was there already) and b. have players retire after they’ve been in the league the same number of years as in real life.
St. Vrain in particular was a PCL star who only played in the “major leagues” for one season before he went back to where he was popular. I personally don’t see why you’d want to make a guy like that “bad” necessarily.
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I've been playing random debut since it was introduced. Players have always entered the game just as they do in historical leagues. The age they made their MLB debuts. Of course, the inaugural draft is filled with guys from all different periods of their careers. There is no need for a new feature. This is a BUG. In fact, Luckyman posted in the historical forum that St Vrains birthday is listed wrong in the db and that probably caused this.
If St Vrain came in at his correct age, he would have had a normal random debut career, probably retiring somewhere between 35 and 40. There is no need for random debut to introduce something that limits player to the same number of years they played in real life. In fact, that isn't even doable, as modern day guys like Acuna, Soto, Jung etc would be useless. Right now, if you use recalc combinded witth the development engine things work pretty darn good.
I didn't pay attention when I posted to St Vrain's age when I posted in the historical forum. I simply looked at a guy that only pitched 12 career games.
As for St Vrains PCL years, I don't give a hoot. As I said in the other thread, I don't mind guys having better(longer) careers than they did in real life. I just think hall of fame for a guy like this is a little over the top. That being said, it's a bug.
So makers of the game, unless it's an option that we can turn off, do not limit players in random debut leagues to their actual number of years played. Just see if the bug can be fixed.