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OOTP and DMB have very different goals. They are, in many ways, not in the same game genre, despite both of them being sports games. The goal of DMB is to produce results similar to real life. You can basically expect any given player to perform pretty similarly to how he did in real life. The goal of OOTP is to create a dynamic fictional universe (even if you use real players) in which many things can happen. Ty Cobb may end up being a .280 hitter, and Barry Lyons may end up as the greatest hitting catcher of all time. It's not likely, but you just never know. Both of those things have happened to me in leagues. DMB will give you much more "real life" like results. OOTP does not care to do so. It is very open ended. Players develop from year to year in a way that is not predictable, but falls within realistic parameters for real players.