How "Dynamic" are the leagues?

John Hogan · 05-31-2010, 07:38 PM

I have always wondered with Stat based games how "Dynamic" can a season be. By that I mean, with the exception of injuries, if you were to Sim the same season 10 times are you going to get 10 very close results?

Will the same Batters Avg only deviate a a point or two or is there the possibilty of a wider range? Are the fictional players set to a "Static" capability or can that capability vary. I am thinking of players that bomb the second half of a season or have a break out month.

Thanks Again

damientheomen3 · 06-02-2010, 11:57 PM

With OOTP, you'll get very different results, unless you're playing historical with all the settings set up the right way and what not. Some players have their ratings increase or decrease, or maybe they're traded to a team that plays in a ballpark that's very kind to their skillset, or maybe they just outplay their ratings. There is never a guarantee that a great player will do great in OOTP. In fact, I just recently signed a big free agent to a 2 year, $40 million deal, and he hit about .250 with 15 homers in his first season with my team, so I thought, 'I'm not keeping him.' I traded him and his next season he went back to his usual ways, hitting over .300 and hitting over 25 home runs. With the ratings, you get a general idea of how well a player should perform, but it doesn't work that way plenty of times in the game, much like real life (who thought Mourneau, and not a certain teammate of his, would be leading the AL in batting so far?)

John Hogan · 06-03-2010, 01:46 PM

Thanks for the response. I played APBA Broadcast Baseball some years ago, and there was little to no variation in league replay. If a guy hit .240 in real life he was going to hit .240 +- .05 pretty much all the time. I am looking for hot streaks, slumps, aberrant years where a player simply plays "Out of his skin". As I mentioned, the more dynamic the better.

John

mikecos23 · 06-03-2010, 07:17 PM

I find the variation is pleasantly varied

For example, I am currently playing through a historical sim league started in 1965 as the NY Yankees. My pitcher Al Downing held on to win almost 300 wins while in real life he topped out at 123. Or another example off the top of my head in an opposite scenario is a 28 yr old Goose Gossage JUST debuting at 28 yrs old after lingering in the minors as a mediocre starter even though he was a huge top 10 pick/prospect. I LOVE playing through historical era's with real players and seeing how they play out in an OOTP world

fintach · 06-04-2010, 07:17 PM

John, let me give you an example from my 1977 Giants (I think I'm on June 2nd).

I was offered Duane Kuiper in a trade, and I picked him up because I personally always liked him as a player and I figured he would evolve into my starting second baseman within two years or so.

I couldn't keep him on the bench. He kept hitting too well. By late April he was starting every day and went on an absolute tear. His average got over .400 for over a week in mid-May, during his 14-game hitting streak, and he still leads the league at about .389 and VORP (I forget his total).

There are a lot of games left to play, but I think this sounds like the sort of thing you wanted to hear about.

05-31-2010, 07:38 PM	#1
John Hogan Bat Boy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 6	How "Dynamic" are the leagues? I have always wondered with Stat based games how "Dynamic" can a season be. By that I mean, with the exception of injuries, if you were to Sim the same season 10 times are you going to get 10 very close results? Will the same Batters Avg only deviate a a point or two or is there the possibilty of a wider range? Are the fictional players set to a "Static" capability or can that capability vary. I am thinking of players that bomb the second half of a season or have a break out month. Thanks Again

06-03-2010, 01:46 PM	#3
John Hogan Bat Boy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 6	Thanks Thanks for the response. I played APBA Broadcast Baseball some years ago, and there was little to no variation in league replay. If a guy hit .240 in real life he was going to hit .240 +- .05 pretty much all the time. I am looking for hot streaks, slumps, aberrant years where a player simply plays "Out of his skin". As I mentioned, the more dynamic the better. John

06-03-2010, 07:17 PM	#4
mikecos23 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Reading, PA, USA Posts: 117	I find the variation is pleasantly varied For example, I am currently playing through a historical sim league started in 1965 as the NY Yankees. My pitcher Al Downing held on to win almost 300 wins while in real life he topped out at 123. Or another example off the top of my head in an opposite scenario is a 28 yr old Goose Gossage JUST debuting at 28 yrs old after lingering in the minors as a mediocre starter even though he was a huge top 10 pick/prospect. I LOVE playing through historical era's with real players and seeing how they play out in an OOTP world

06-04-2010, 07:17 PM	#5
fintach Major Leagues Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 484	John, let me give you an example from my 1977 Giants (I think I'm on June 2nd). I was offered Duane Kuiper in a trade, and I picked him up because I personally always liked him as a player and I figured he would evolve into my starting second baseman within two years or so. I couldn't keep him on the bench. He kept hitting too well. By late April he was starting every day and went on an absolute tear. His average got over .400 for over a week in mid-May, during his 14-game hitting streak, and he still leads the league at about .389 and VORP (I forget his total). There are a lot of games left to play, but I think this sounds like the sort of thing you wanted to hear about.