Ditching the DSL with a Dominican League

BBGiovanni · 05-23-2022, 01:19 PM

I think I'm not the only one who prefers to get rid of the MLB Dominican plantations when I play MLB games, and now there are so many teams you can populate an entire league with them. I think I ended up with 2 teams left over when I did this... there are 50 teams in the DSL nowadays, which maps pretty well to the OOTP minor levels.

I made a 16 team rookie league, 2 affiliates per parent team.

I took a lot of shortcuts, so this didn't take too long. I didn't mess with LIDOM graphics/stadium/etc. I used the wizard with settings for the Mexican League I think so the financials wouldn't take any work. Be sure to de-select the option to create players so you just get a league shell!

Then I moved 8 random DSL teams into the LIDOM and deleted the fake teams the wizard made. I set the league to make 100% Dominican players, and set it to allow only 4 foreigners per side.

Then I created the minor league levels one at a time. Again be sure to de-select the option to create players! Then I delete all the fake teams but one, move 8 more DSL teams over, delete the last fake team (in other versions the game will automatically delete an empty league), and then randomize the cities and names and tell the game to find logos.

Rinse and repeat. At the end I change the MLB player creation settings so they don't sign Dominican players as kids any more, or at least a much lower percentage.

I used to just delete the DSL entirely, or just unaffiliate it with the majors, but I'm curious to see how this works out over time. I was amazed to discover the other day that there are 2000+ Dominicans in the standard MLB setup, not even counting international/indy leagues. They could have one heck of a league over there, and thanks to OOTP it will make an interesting experiment!

andyhdz · 05-23-2022, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BBGiovanni

I think I'm not the only one who prefers to get rid of the MLB Dominican plantations when I play MLB games, and now there are so many teams you can populate an entire league with them. I think I ended up with 2 teams left over when I did this... there are 50 teams in the DSL nowadays, which maps pretty well to the OOTP minor levels.

I made a 16 team rookie league, 2 affiliates per parent team.

I took a lot of shortcuts, so this didn't take too long. I didn't mess with LIDOM graphics/stadium/etc. I used the wizard with settings for the Mexican League I think so the financials wouldn't take any work. Be sure to de-select the option to create players so you just get a league shell!

Then I moved 8 random DSL teams into the LIDOM and deleted the fake teams the wizard made. I set the league to make 100% Dominican players, and set it to allow only 4 foreigners per side.

Then I created the minor league levels one at a time. Again be sure to de-select the option to create players! Then I delete all the fake teams but one, move 8 more DSL teams over, delete the last fake team (in other versions the game will automatically delete an empty league), and then randomize the cities and names and tell the game to find logos.

Rinse and repeat. At the end I change the MLB player creation settings so they don't sign Dominican players as kids any more, or at least a much lower percentage.

I used to just delete the DSL entirely, or just unaffiliate it with the majors, but I'm curious to see how this works out over time. I was amazed to discover the other day that there are 2000+ Dominicans in the standard MLB setup, not even counting international/indy leagues. They could have one heck of a league over there, and thanks to OOTP it will make an interesting experiment!

You created a main Dominican league with five levels of minors beneath it. Ok fine. But there is no mlb affiliation anymore right? Or wait there is but they have minors beneath them? I've never heard of an affiliated minor team having minors themselves. And how do you assign two mlb teams per minor team in a non tournament league? I'm guessing you got ride your international complex then? What about intl fa amateurs? Do you have a ln age limit for the minors? 14 for rookies, 15 for A etc?

BBGiovanni · 05-23-2022, 03:58 PM

No no, the LIDOM is an international league here with minors as *** and KBO have. Just more levels to accomodate all the guys.

darkcloud4579 · 10-12-2024, 06:20 PM

This is an idea I'd never thought about before, but it makes a lot of sense. I might make one addition to my modern version where I make my Dominican League a feeder to the MLB draft akin to a high school league.

05-23-2022, 01:19 PM	#1
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,850	Ditching the DSL with a Dominican League I think I'm not the only one who prefers to get rid of the MLB Dominican plantations when I play MLB games, and now there are so many teams you can populate an entire league with them. I think I ended up with 2 teams left over when I did this... there are 50 teams in the DSL nowadays, which maps pretty well to the OOTP minor levels. I made a 16 team rookie league, 2 affiliates per parent team. I took a lot of shortcuts, so this didn't take too long. I didn't mess with LIDOM graphics/stadium/etc. I used the wizard with settings for the Mexican League I think so the financials wouldn't take any work. Be sure to de-select the option to create players so you just get a league shell! Then I moved 8 random DSL teams into the LIDOM and deleted the fake teams the wizard made. I set the league to make 100% Dominican players, and set it to allow only 4 foreigners per side. Then I created the minor league levels one at a time. Again be sure to de-select the option to create players! Then I delete all the fake teams but one, move 8 more DSL teams over, delete the last fake team (in other versions the game will automatically delete an empty league), and then randomize the cities and names and tell the game to find logos. Rinse and repeat. At the end I change the MLB player creation settings so they don't sign Dominican players as kids any more, or at least a much lower percentage. I used to just delete the DSL entirely, or just unaffiliate it with the majors, but I'm curious to see how this works out over time. I was amazed to discover the other day that there are 2000+ Dominicans in the standard MLB setup, not even counting international/indy leagues. They could have one heck of a league over there, and thanks to OOTP it will make an interesting experiment! __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!

05-23-2022, 03:58 PM	#3
BBGiovanni All Star Starter Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Republic of California Posts: 1,850	No no, the LIDOM is an international league here with minors as *** and KBO have. Just more levels to accomodate all the guys. __________________ Let's Go (San Jose) Giants, Let's Go Mets! Current Project: WBAT/AABBA: Organized Base Ball And the "New Normal" World Baseball Aid Tournament 2023 trophy round underway!

10-12-2024, 06:20 PM	#4
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,472 Blog Entries: 32	This is an idea I'd never thought about before, but it makes a lot of sense. I might make one addition to my modern version where I make my Dominican League a feeder to the MLB draft akin to a high school league.