NO Minor Leagues?

phenom · 01-19-2006, 08:26 AM

Will it be at all possible to NOT have any minor leagues for a league?

cephasjames · 01-19-2006, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by phenom

Will it be at all possible to NOT have any minor leagues for a league?

I hope so. I have a league planned with no minors. I wouldn't see why not, though I don't know how rookies will be handled. Hmmm. This could be interesting.

Markus Heinsohn · 01-19-2006, 10:33 AM

Yep... then the teams will have the active roster and a reserve roster, with space for 200 players

Mike Donlin · 01-19-2006, 10:38 AM

THAT is cool. I want to recreate the old mill leagues that use to exist in the Midwest, but it was always a little weird for them to have minor league affiliates!

Dark Horse · 01-19-2006, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yep... then the teams will have the active roster and a reserve roster, with space for 200 players

Yes!

spleen1015 · 01-19-2006, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yep... then the teams will have the active roster and a reserve roster, with space for 200 players

What happens to the 200 players on the reserve roster? Do they ever develop since they're not playing?

Markus Heinsohn · 01-19-2006, 11:40 AM

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What happens to the 200 players on the reserve roster? Do they ever develop since they're not playing?

Yes, they practice a lot

datrain021 · 01-19-2006, 07:34 PM

Is the 200 player limit for a team without minor leagues or does that include teams with minor leagures. What if I want to have 10 or 20 minor league teams per team?

Dan Theman · 01-19-2006, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yes, they practice a lot

lol

DreamTeams · 01-19-2006, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yep... then the teams will have the active roster and a reserve roster, with space for 200 players

I think I like this idea, but can't quite see how it works. What is the point of having a reserve roster this big if there are independent teams around? What are these players doing during the season, just sitting around waiting for a call-up, etc? Would it be possible to limit the size of the reserve roster? Can you give us a little more info, Markus?

cephasjames · 01-19-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by datrain021

Is the 200 player limit for a team without minor leagues or does that include teams with minor leagures. What if I want to have 10 or 20 minor league teams per team?

The 200 player reserve is for leagues with no affiliated minors.

cephasjames · 01-19-2006, 10:14 PM

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I think I like this idea, but can't quite see how it works. What is the point of having a reserve roster this big if there are independent teams around? What are these players doing during the season, just sitting around waiting for a call-up, etc? Would it be possible to limit the size of the reserve roster? Can you give us a little more info, Markus?

I think the idea is that a league with no affiliated minors is still able to deal with having injuries and stuff like that. It's not like a minor league where the players produce stats, it's just a place where you have extra guys for whatever reason - injuries, call-ups, so on. According to post #7 the reserve guys aren't going to just sit and rot, they'll still improve even though they're not producing stats. I hope that made sense.

Also I don't think we have to use all 200 slots. They're just their in case we need them.

phenom · 01-20-2006, 08:05 AM

It's like a rec softball league. When your hot-hitting catcher can't make it because his daughter has a dance recital, you call that dude (what's his name?) who you picked up for last month's Oktoberfest Classic tournament to see if he can come in to play that night.

cephasjames · 01-20-2006, 08:11 AM

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It's like a rec softball league. When your hot-hitting catcher can't make it because his daughter has a dance recital, you call that dude (what's his name?) who you picked up for last month's Oktoberfest Classic tournament to see if he can come in to play that night.

Oktoberfest!

Good point. Well said. I must now clean the coffee from my screen, which I spray when laughing very hard at your post.

spleen1015 · 01-20-2006, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DreamTeams

I think I like this idea, but can't quite see how it works. What is the point of having a reserve roster this big if there are independent teams around? What are these players doing during the season, just sitting around waiting for a call-up, etc? Would it be possible to limit the size of the reserve roster? Can you give us a little more info, Markus?

There are going to be machines that can't handle a large number of leagues. Maybe I just want to play MLB with no minors. This gives me a place to stick players that I don't want to let go.

It is not realistic, but it serves a purpose.

DreamTeams · 01-20-2006, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

There are going to be machines that can't handle a large number of leagues. Maybe I just want to play MLB with no minors. This gives me a place to stick players that I don't want to let go.

It is not realistic, but it serves a purpose.

Ah. Ok I can see how this would work. Looks like it would apply only if there were no minors or independent leagues (which would be considered minor, also). Somehow I was not considering independent leagues as minors. Very nice idea Markus. FPS Baseball had a set-up like that.

phenom · 01-20-2006, 12:16 PM

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Oktoberfest!

Good point. Well said. I must now clean the coffee from my screen, which I spray when laughing very hard at your post.

cephasjames · 01-20-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamTeams

Ah. Ok I can see how some would want to use it that way. FPS Baseball had a set-up like that. I still hope we can limit the size of the reserve list, especially for computer controlled teams as it would be very unrealistic in leagues where there are independent leagues and the cpu teams start loading up on reserves.

This may not be exactly what phenom was asking but I think the reserve comes into play when there are no minors in the world. I would assume that if there are sepearte leagues, even if one has minors and the other doesn't, that the reserve system won't be needed or used because there will be pleny of players floating around. I understand that I could be wrong, but that's what I'm taking from what Markus said.

phenom · 01-20-2006, 03:12 PM

Oddly enough, the reason I asked was loosely based on my softball example above.

Dark Horse · 01-20-2006, 03:58 PM

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Ah. Ok I can see how this would work. Looks like it would apply only if there were no minors or independent leagues (which would be considered minor, also). Somehow I was not considering independent leagues as minors. Very nice idea Markus. FPS Baseball had a set-up like that.

i'm hoping it only works when a specific league has no minor leagues, but there can be independent leagues in my universe. The way i'm considering a set up is that my major league, would have no draft and no minor leagues. They would be forced to get players from independent leagues. That way i can get the feel of following a player's development and seeing what teams gets him.

01-19-2006, 08:26 AM	#1
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,772	NO Minor Leagues? Will it be at all possible to NOT have any minor leagues for a league?

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phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,772	It's like a rec softball league. When your hot-hitting catcher can't make it because his daughter has a dance recital, you call that dude (what's his name?) who you picked up for last month's Oktoberfest Classic tournament to see if he can come in to play that night. Last edited by phenom; 01-20-2006 at 08:06 AM.

01-19-2006, 10:33 AM	#3
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	Yep... then the teams will have the active roster and a reserve roster, with space for 200 players

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Mike Donlin All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Life, friends, is boring. Posts: 840	THAT is cool. I want to recreate the old mill leagues that use to exist in the Midwest, but it was always a little weird for them to have minor league affiliates!

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datrain021 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 55	Is the 200 player limit for a team without minor leagues or does that include teams with minor leagures. What if I want to have 10 or 20 minor league teams per team?

01-20-2006, 03:12 PM	#19
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,772	Oddly enough, the reason I asked was loosely based on my softball example above.