how do you like / use expansion?

chriskelly · 06-17-2015, 04:57 PM

what do you guys recommend for expansion draft settings? I am doing 45 rounds, max 3 picks from each team. I can't decide how many players I want to protect and the min years of service to be eligible. I'm getting kinda decent results protecting 24 players / 3 years experience. How about you? What settings are you using, and how many wins are you seeing in year 1?

I know most of the recent expansions have been protect 15, lose 1, pull back 3 and repeat....this means you lose your 16, 20 and 24th best player, so setting it at protect 19 should be 'realistic' but I always have issues with the AI making poor choices

'94 EXPOS · 06-17-2015, 05:52 PM

I just go with the default from OOTP.

It works well for me and provides quite a challenge.

My 1st year win totals have varied over the years. I used to be fine with being crap for the first few seasons. My belief was it would help me in the long run. My year 1 totals from that era went as low as the mid-50's.

I now try to put a competitive team on the field and get around 65-75 wins.

I expand out of the MLB game start for 2015. It makes filling your minor league teams a pain in the butt (you have 3 or 4 days til the season starts) but it makes it much more difficult because of the limited number and low quality of free agents that are available.

06-17-2015, 04:57 PM	#1
chriskelly All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 753	how do you like / use expansion? what do you guys recommend for expansion draft settings? I am doing 45 rounds, max 3 picks from each team. I can't decide how many players I want to protect and the min years of service to be eligible. I'm getting kinda decent results protecting 24 players / 3 years experience. How about you? What settings are you using, and how many wins are you seeing in year 1? I know most of the recent expansions have been protect 15, lose 1, pull back 3 and repeat....this means you lose your 16, 20 and 24th best player, so setting it at protect 19 should be 'realistic' but I always have issues with the AI making poor choices

06-17-2015, 05:52 PM	#2
'94 EXPOS Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 318	I just go with the default from OOTP. It works well for me and provides quite a challenge. My 1st year win totals have varied over the years. I used to be fine with being crap for the first few seasons. My belief was it would help me in the long run. My year 1 totals from that era went as low as the mid-50's. I now try to put a competitive team on the field and get around 65-75 wins. I expand out of the MLB game start for 2015. It makes filling your minor league teams a pain in the butt (you have 3 or 4 days til the season starts) but it makes it much more difficult because of the limited number and low quality of free agents that are available.