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Originally Posted by NoOne
Turn on draft pick trading.
Make sure you get the top 3-5 picks in the draft each year.. you can really abuse the heck out of this by signing FA and trading them, but you can achieve the top 3-5 picks without full abuse, lol.. consolidate your existing picks, then pacakge those up with prospects that slip for better picks (you'll have a cavalcade of teh "Best" players and can have a very high bar as far as what you trade away).
keep recylcing.. trade away aging HoF players that have a suitable prosepct moving up.. you can also keep a regular rotation of cheap premium club-controlled contracts to keep salaries down if you have a cap.
sometimes you have to trade those guys with 1-2 or emore really good years before worrying about age. make sure to not screw yourself with contract lengths or structure... front-load contracts when it makes sense as often as when you backload.. in fact i rarely kick the can down the road.. rather get things paid for now, but sometims it can result in greater financial efficiency to backload occasionally.
When you start winning 130+ games a year, really jack up those ticket prices. May not be able to do it in april and may, but as the wins pile up you might get upto 50/ticket by august etc.. keep testing higher in playoffs... set season ticket prices at your high-water mark. Earn an extra 50M in some contexts.. if you have gate sharing that'll lose a chunk but still worth it.
You can basically do this without draft pick trading but is more difficult.. won't be as deep of a team so injury plagued years might prevent you from winning 120-130+.
be smart with money. spend it efficiently. never paint yourself into corners... try to make future decisiosn have multipl options and when appropriate jump at better options slightly early to avoid a forced decisions at the latest possible moment.. sometimes giving up 1-2 prime yeears keeps you more competitive in the next 5-6+ years.
Big markets should be able to spend their way to 120+ win seasons every year. Small markets will not be as dominant with fewer spots for expensive players.
once you really iron out your revenue streams, you can know how many big-time players you can afford at 30-50M or whatever the scale is of your financial system. you can know when to bail early or trade a guy in prime or not extend etc.... i generally won't sign an expensive long-term contract if they develop late, hit ml mid-20s because half of that contract will be a dumpster fire very often... avoid bonuses pay a little extra so you can avoid as many penalties as possible when you trade someoen like that, if a sign and trade type situation.. .get a coupel years, trade when he has value. never lose a valueable player without getting something in return.
any prospects that start to slip in potential i generally test trade market and if i can get a good return for a player liekly dropping off a cliff, i'll do that too.
less trading games as with draft pick trading, but packing prospects together that you won't use to get somethign you will use -- even if just a cheap 3-year bench player at league minimum or some depth at AAA with no ml-contract until called up is still useful.
maximize elite core of team.. spend as little as possible on stuff that is more geared toward attrition of regular season.. Theplayoffs are what matter.. maximize starating 9 fiedlers, 3-4 SP and 3-4 RP... the rest will barely play in any postseason you are likely to win games.
A top market team can afford 12-15 elite players in these positions...try to keep a steady amount of them on club-controleld contracts as you can.. i've even pre-emptively traded playes due to clumping of ages to avoid a major problem 3-4 years in future. maximize this year, but never mortgage the future either.
Some good carryover strategies from me 'new to the game' post in ootp19 forums. stickied at top. It's just more of the same.. maximizing value.. maximizign devleopment, etc etc.. don't spend on stupid stuff... be realistic about depth.. it's going to be crap layers, so don't spend 5-10m on a crap player on the bench. avoid platoons as athey cost more than they are worth. sometimes it happens.. these are not written in stone and need some gist of what value is.. every context dictates best path. evolve/ adapt as necesary to situation.
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Thanks for this!! Be mindful OOTP 24 is only time ever I've had an issue of not being able to consistently/easily win over 120 wins, while simming. and appreciate feedback. Below are some responses.
I already had the trade draft picks set up set up. I think one of the things that held me back was I didn't want to hinder other players chances for the Hall of Fame, so I stopped holding onto the best prospects in the league. They make my team when they turn 25, but could've made another team by 21. I also didn't have my bench loaded/Middle Relievers/Long relief jacked (their era was still around my team average though 3.00 ERA.)
With major prospects I'd sign them to 15 year contracts for $5,000,000 or less a year. If they pan out phenomenal steal, if not I just trade them away.
I'm confused how to get 130+ wins though. I started a new league, only played one season of it so far, all 26 players with all the best players in the game at their position, and still only won 125. What gets it up to 130? I adjusted all teams fields to equal effect, so that team shouldn't matter. Does it still matter what team I start with? I always play Oakland, because it was the worst team to start.
I turned off injuries, stopped paying attention to the draft, and simply started trading for the best players at each position. Once they get old, and stats decrease, I swap them out for the next new young monster.
Small market never impacted me, once I started winning 100+ wins a season, budget and market size increased. Most all of the stars make $5000000 or less a year, so budget not to big of an issue, a little higher for offensive players.
My teams generally have the top 3 best player at each position for lineup, 5 of the best SPs, and 3 of the best Relievers. Still with this, I'd often get knocked out in the first round of the playoffs (team with best offense and pitching by a lot in the majors). with a 111 team that loses to an 86 win team (that isn't close to the talent I have on my team).
Thanks again for the feedback.