WELCOME TO OOTP26!!!
*** Re-calibrated file uploaded 3-12-25 ***
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-8A...usp=share_link
Link below is my imported file from OOTP25, with some minor calibrations.
In general, the import was quite successful. Some players impacted slightly. Future draftees rated too high IMO with the conversion so I’ve calibrated those down.
For anyone new, welcome and thank you for the support!!
Below is a recap on the on-going saga….
I appreciate many of you following along the past four months getting us to this point. For those that are new….welcome!! For those that have been on the journey together thank you for all of the support and love. I share my passion for baseball and rosters with my OOTP brethren. Over the past 2-3 years my roster sets have generated over 120,000+ views from the OOTP community which fills me with joy!
This update contains:
- Transactions as of 3/10/25
- Ive switched the Athletics to be Sacramento A’s playing in Sutter Health park. Also make sure I switched city from Las Vegas to Sacramento.
- Tampa Bay Rays home field of George M Steinbrenner field
- Since they are playing in small capacity stadiums, for both the A’s and Rays, I’d suggest giving them $15-20M cash every season to offset the loss in attendance. Rays plan to move back to Tropicana for 2026 at least (and possibly through 2028, 2029). A’s plan to be in Sacramento I believe the next three seasons.
- MLB trade rumors posted players out of options so I’ve updated those
- Ratings/potentials based on 2024 season and/or 2025 projections
- R/L Splits for most of MLB batters
- Updates to NRI and minor league players (as best as possible from FanGraphs)
- Updated rating/potentials for Top 30 prospects all 30 organizations per Baseball America scouting reports
- Placed Top 100 IAFA on correct teams. Scouting reports based on Baseball America and MLB Pipeline
- Accurate Rule 5 selections and tagged with former team if player moved off existing team active roster
- Updates around ~1500 players options and MLB service time. This is HUGE. Many players are off. I used an export from Fangraphs depth charts to update.
- Accurate 2025 MLB schedule (*** the opening series is rolled in to regular season games with Dodgers & Cubs)
- Updates MLB 2025 draft order (*** this should be mostly accurate…may need to adjust with signings past few weeks)
- Calibrations for players at AAA and AA levels
- Updates to the player popularity, classes, leadership ratings
- Updates to some injury proneness and different areas.
- Speed ratings based on Baseball Savant Sprint speeds for at least MLB players who qualified
- Updates to injuries as of 3/10 based on current available information
- Updates to Top 50 MLB draft prospects
- Updates to market sizes
- Updates to budgets
If not specifically called out above, I lean heavily on in this order:
- Baseball America
- Baseball Savant
- FanGraphs
- MLB Pipeline
- MLB Trade Rumors
- Various Baseball podcasts/team-specific sites
Here’s to a great 2025 season!!