2017 schedule

[cardinalfan3000]

Can someone make a 2017 mlb schedule?

[bwburke94]

Game times aren't final yet. My guess is that the OOTP schedule makers are waiting for the times to start coming out.

[cardinalfan3000]

Ah ok i'll probably wait til the World series is over.

[Vulkan]

Any news on this?

[mitchkenn]

According to MLB site:
2017 Major League Baseball schedule released | MLB.com

"MLB released its master 2017 regular-season schedule on Wednesday [Dec. 14, 2016] ........"

So i suspect someone will be looking at this in the near future with an idea of creating a schedule for OOTP ..... but i don't know who or when .... could be when the 18 is announced ...

[jer9_1]

For those who are intrested or currently creating the 2017 MLB schedule for OOTP here are some tips to figure out the TBD game times

The MLB uses times for day games: 12:10, 12:35, 12:45, 1:05, 1:10, 1:15, 1:35 local time

For night games the MLB schedules it as: 6:10, 6:40, 7:05, 7:10 and 7:15 local time.
MLB also schedules afternoon games on saturdays: 4:05, 4:35, and 6:05.

Sundays are all day games (mostly 1:05 some 1:15 or 1:35 local) except for a ESPN primetime game, which starts at 8:15 Eastern time .

Mondays and Fridays are all night games (Mostly 7:05, a few 6:40, rarely 6:10,7:35 and some 7:10 and 7:15 local). Rarely, Mondays may include a day game.

Most Tuesdays are all night games. A few Tuedays may have 1, or 2 day games.

Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays have a good mix of day and night games. Saturdays may have afternoon game times

[Vulkan]

I have never created a schedule before. But I tried with this one. It's the 2017 MLB schedule with most of the times set as published by MLB.

Since this is my first try ever, I can't guarantee that it works. But it looks right to me.

[Vulkan]

I got inspired by the MLB thing, so here is the 2017 International League schedule. All times are as published by MILB.

It's 142 games per team this season, 71 home and 71 away per team. I haven't tested it yet so backup your league if you want to try it.

Edit: I have edited the file on January 1 since I discovered that I had the wrong team ID's assigned for some teams. This is correct now (at least in my league), but the times are not correct for the moment.

[ilyaf]

Originally Posted by Vulkan

I have never created a schedule before. But I tried with this one. It's the 2017 MLB schedule with most of the times set as published by MLB.

Since this is my first try ever, I can't guarantee that it works. But it looks right to me.

When I loaded your schedule I got the AL West teams mixed up. That's the only error I spotted but bear in mind I didn't do no kind of extensive check.

Here's how they're mixed up (A -> B means team A is "acting as" team B in the schedule):

Astros -> Angels
Angels -> Athletics
Athletics -> Mariners
Mariners -> Rangers
Rangers -> Astros

So, for example, where there should be an Indians @ Rangers on day 2 there's an Indians @ Mariners game in the schedule.

Does the same happen to you? I could easily fix it on notepad using the search and replace function.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by jer9_1

For those who are intrested or currently creating the 2017 MLB schedule for OOTP here are some tips to figure out the TBD game times ...

I would suggest taking a look at the typical start times for each MLB club in the 2016 schedule, and use that as a guide as to what the 2017 start times would likely be based on the day of the week and the month.

[Vulkan]

Originally Posted by ilyaf

When I loaded your schedule I got the AL West teams mixed up. That's the only error I spotted but bear in mind I didn't do no kind of extensive check.

Here's how they're mixed up (A -> B means team A is "acting as" team B in the schedule):

Astros -> Angels
Angels -> Athletics
Athletics -> Mariners
Mariners -> Rangers
Rangers -> Astros

So, for example, where there should be an Indians @ Rangers on day 2 there's an Indians @ Mariners game in the schedule.

Does the same happen to you? I could easily fix it on notepad using the search and replace function.

Strange. That didn't happen to me. I guess it has to do with how the teams are listed in the League setup?

[Vulkan]

Originally Posted by Vulkan

Strange. That didn't happen to me. I guess it has to do with how the teams are listed in the League setup?

I ran it again, with a new league and now I had the same problem as you describe. I have updated the file here (and I will do it above as well).

Obviously the problem was nothing major. Just that I am stupid. But I have learned to live with it... : )

[bwburke94]

What happened is that the Astros' internal team ID is not the same as the Astros' schedule team ID, because of the move to the American League.

I always check for AL West errors for that reason.

[Vulkan]

Here is the schedule for the Pacific Coast League in 2017.

The team ID's in the schedule are as follows:
1Colorado Springs Sky Sox
2Iowa Cubs
3Oklahoma City Dodgers
4Omaha Storm Chasers
5Memphis Redbirds
6Nashville Sounds
7New Orleans Baby Cakes
8Round Rock Express
9Fresno Grizzlies
10Reno Aces
11Sacramento River Cats
12Tacoma Rainiers
13Alburquerque Isotopes
14El Paso Chihuahuas
15Las Vegas 51s
16Salt Lake Bees

[Vulkan]

Here are the schedules for Double-A in 2017.

ID-numbers as follows.
Eastern League:
1Binghamton Rumble Ponies
2Hartford Yard Goats
3New Hampshire Fisher Cats
4Portland Sea Dogs
5Reading Fightin Phils
6Trenton Thunder
7Akron RubberDucks
8Altoona Curve
9Bowie Baysocks
10Erie SeaWolves
11Harrisburg Senators
12Richmond Flying Squirrels

Southern League:
1Birmingham Barons
2Chattanooga Lookouts
3Jackson Generals
4Montgomery Biscuits
5Tennessee Smokies
6Biloxi Shuckers
7Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
8Mississippi Braves
9Mobile BayBears
10Pensacola Blua Wahoos

Texas League
1Arkansas Travelers
2Northwest Arkansas Naturals
3Springfield Cardinals
4Tulsa Drillers
5Corpus Christi Hooks
6Frisco RoughRiders
7Midland RockHounds
8San Antonio Missions

[Silkman]

Originally Posted by Vulkan

Here is the schedule for the Pacific Coast League in 2017.

The team ID's in the schedule are as follows:
1Colorado Springs Sky Sox
2Iowa Cubs
3Oklahoma City Dodgers
4Omaha Storm Chasers
5Memphis Redbirds
6Nashville Sounds
7New Orleans Baby Cakes
8Round Rock Express
9Fresno Grizzlies
10Reno Aces
11Sacramento River Cats
12Tacoma Rainiers
13Alburquerque Isotopes
14El Paso Chihuahuas
15Las Vegas 51s
16Salt Lake Bees

Excellent work but I cannot get the PCL to load, says that 'schedule has a different structure'. I have changed games to 142 but cannot see what else may have changed for 2017. [International League and all 3 Double AA leagues have worked fine]

[bwburke94]

Originally Posted by Silkman

Excellent work but I cannot get the PCL to load, says that 'schedule has a different structure'. I have changed games to 142 but cannot see what else may have changed for 2017. [International League and all 3 Double AA leagues have worked fine]

The schedule's tagged as ILN, but the interleague games setting is set to 1.

Also, is the structure supposed to be case-sensitive?

[RchW]

The PCL is always buggy in my leagues too.

[Le Grande Orange]

Originally Posted by Silkman

Excellent work but I cannot get the PCL to load, says that 'schedule has a different structure'. I have changed games to 142 but cannot see what else may have changed for 2017. [International League and all 3 Double AA leagues have worked fine]

I would check to see if how the PCL is defined: Is it set up as a single league with 4 divisions, or a league with two subleagues, each with two 4-team divisions? If the schedule calls for one arrangement while your league has the other, that's a mismatch and the schedule file won't load.

[Le Grande Orange]

MLB has announced the start times for games in the 2017 regular season schedule.