Feeder league info

Kemp · 02-03-2007, 09:25 AM

Just wondering if anyone is able to provide a high level overview of feeder leagues. Some random questions:
Do the feeder leagues have drafts to add new players?

If so, how are the ages of the feeder league players determined?

Is there any way to set parameters for which feeder league players are eligible for the "Major League" draft? Or is every feeder league player available for the draft every year? Like can you force feeder league players to spend 4 years before being eligible for the draft?

That's about it though any other info would be appreciated. I think this feeder league concept is great as I used to work it manually in previous versions of the game. Just curious/anxious to hear any info.

Thanks!

Markus Heinsohn · 02-03-2007, 09:44 AM

You have to set an age minimum and age maximum of a feeder league. Once a player reaches the age maximum, he is dumped into the draft pool of the feeded league.

When a new season starts in a feeder league, the rosters are filled up again with players aged the minimum age. So basically, the old players get drafted (or dumped into the FA pool if undrafted), and young ones get added automatically afterwards.

SC_Dawg · 02-03-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Kemp

Just wondering if anyone is able to provide a high level overview of feeder leagues. Some random questions:
Do the feeder leagues have drafts to add new players?

If so, how are the ages of the feeder league players determined?

At league creation they can be left alone

HS 15-18
Col 18-22

Or set manually so technically you could have a HS 1-4 age feeder league but I don't know why you would want to do that.

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Is there any way to set parameters for which feeder league players are eligible for the "Major League" draft? Or is every feeder league player available for the draft every year? Like can you force feeder league players to spend 4 years before being eligible for the draft?

I think a player becomes eligibile once they exceed the max age of the feeder league but don't hold me to that statement. I am not aware of any early entries from the feeder leagues. I will sim a couple seasons and see what kind of feeder league draftees I see.

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That's about it though any other info would be appreciated. I think this feeder league concept is great as I used to work it manually in previous versions of the game. Just curious/anxious to hear any info.

From my early testing, without paying attention to your second question. The feeder leagues are there to give immersion value as you can watch a kid begin to develop over the course of his amateur career and not have to wait until he is released into the draft pool and scout him. You can scout the entire feeder league on a continual basis and see how players develop.

1998 Yankees · 02-03-2007, 10:26 AM

Wow. Again, wow. (Last paragraph, previous post.)

Kemp · 02-03-2007, 11:07 AM

Hey thank you for all the information, sounds great. Can there be multiple feeder leagues for one "Major" league? In other words, can you have one feeder league with an age maximum of 18 and another with an age max of 25 feeding into one league? And if so, would there be one or two drafts for that league (one for each feeder league or would they be combined)?

sixto · 02-03-2007, 12:00 PM

Is it possible to set it so that the majority of (or all of) the players generated for a high school team have a hometown that matches the high school?

Mattymo · 02-03-2007, 12:16 PM

I really like this idea. I'm thinking of it in terms of a "Cape Cod League" type thing. It also makes it a lot easier to play without scouting (you can do this now, but drafting would be nearly impossible).

cprongs2 · 02-03-2007, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

You have to set an age minimum and age maximum of a feeder league. Once a player reaches the age maximum, he is dumped into the draft pool of the feeded league.

When a new season starts in a feeder league, the rosters are filled up again with players aged the minimum age. So basically, the old players get drafted (or dumped into the FA pool if undrafted), and young ones get added automatically afterwards.

I'm curious to know if players are allowed to finish out their last season once they hit the age maximum. For example, if the league maximum age is 22, and the player turns 22 during the season, is he dumped into the free agent pool right then and there, or will the player finish out the season, and then be dumped into the feeder league draft pool.

Just curious because everything I've read has been based on an age maximum (not term length) for feeder leagues and players would have to cut there last year of OOTP psuedo-college ball a little short if the age maximum is enforced while the season is being played

PBL Commish · 02-03-2007, 02:25 PM

i dont know if this has already been discussed but...

can players go from one feeder to another, i.e. hs-college?

also if they can will say a percent of the hs players go to the draft and then other good ones go to college?

just wondering how that whole process works.

Bluenoser · 02-03-2007, 02:31 PM

I'm thinking some of these requests aren't in the game, at least not this year. According to the Markus:

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Guys, I cannot stress this enough: The game does NOT try to model HS or college leagues. The names for the feeder leagues are more cosmetic, as apart from the age min & max, there are no additional rules that make then resemble real life college or HS leagues.

endgame · 02-03-2007, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PBL Commish

i dont know if this has already been discussed but...

can players go from one feeder to another, i.e. hs-college?

also if they can will say a percent of the hs players go to the draft and then other good ones go to college?

just wondering how that whole process works.

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Can I have the HS league feed the college league then have the college league feed the major leagues?
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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

No, not yet. But I might tweak it so that undrafted HS players go to college...

PBL Commish · 02-03-2007, 02:51 PM

thanks

yeah that would be great if markus could put that in the first time the game comes out, if not then in a patch.

Kemp · 02-03-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PBL Commish

i dont know if this has already been discussed but...

can players go from one feeder to another, i.e. hs-college?

also if they can will say a percent of the hs players go to the draft and then other good ones go to college?

just wondering how that whole process works.

I'm no beta tester so this is obviously a guess but Markus wrote:
When a new season starts in a feeder league, the rosters are filled up again with players aged the minimum age. So basically, the old players get drafted (or dumped into the FA pool if undrafted), and young ones get added automatically afterwards.

Sounds like there's no draft for the feeder leagues so I would think the answer to your question is "no, you can't have one feeder league feed another feeder league". But again, total guess.

Raidergoo · 02-03-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kemp

Sounds like there's no draft for the feeder leagues so I would think the answer to your question is "no, you can't have one feeder league feed another feeder league". But again, total guess.

Confirming, this is a "no" at this time.

Kemp · 02-03-2007, 06:39 PM

One of the nice things about having active board members as beta testers is the access to information like this.

Thanks guys for all the responses.

1998 Yankees · 02-03-2007, 07:02 PM

Yes, these past few days have been very informative thanks to the many questions they have answered in a timely and comprehensive manner. For what cannot be answered yet, we just have to wait and see. I think I can wait, but just barely.

Raidergoo · 02-03-2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

For what cannot be answered yet, we just have to wait and see.

Well, Duffy said more or less tell the world what you think, good and bad, but no screenshots. Some things I am refusing to answer because I've seen draft blogs, and I think you should wait on those.

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

I think I can wait, but just barely.

Actually, go fly to London and storm the ramparts of the new SI facility. I'm sure Marc would like someone to take him to lunch.

1998 Yankees · 02-03-2007, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Raidergoo

Actually, go fly to London and storm the ramparts of the new SI facility. I'm sure Marc would like someone to take him to lunch.

Hmmmm. You think it would work?

Raidergoo · 02-03-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

Hmmmm. You think it would work?

Marc would enjoy you picking up the tab.

Kemp · 02-03-2007, 09:47 PM

For me, this fishing for info is mostly about just messing around, starting to formulate the league I'd like to build. I stopped playing 2006 mainly because I just couldn't get it to where I wanted it to be. But having read many of these posts, 2007 seems much stronger.

02-03-2007, 09:25 AM	#1
Kemp All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,181	Feeder league info Just wondering if anyone is able to provide a high level overview of feeder leagues. Some random questions: Do the feeder leagues have drafts to add new players? If so, how are the ages of the feeder league players determined? Is there any way to set parameters for which feeder league players are eligible for the "Major League" draft? Or is every feeder league player available for the draft every year? Like can you force feeder league players to spend 4 years before being eligible for the draft? That's about it though any other info would be appreciated. I think this feeder league concept is great as I used to work it manually in previous versions of the game. Just curious/anxious to hear any info. Thanks!

02-03-2007, 09:44 AM	#2
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	You have to set an age minimum and age maximum of a feeder league. Once a player reaches the age maximum, he is dumped into the draft pool of the feeded league. When a new season starts in a feeder league, the rosters are filled up again with players aged the minimum age. So basically, the old players get drafted (or dumped into the FA pool if undrafted), and young ones get added automatically afterwards. Last edited by Markus Heinsohn; 02-03-2007 at 09:50 AM.

02-03-2007, 10:26 AM	#4
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	Wow. Again, wow. (Last paragraph, previous post.)

02-03-2007, 11:07 AM	#5
Kemp All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,181	Hey thank you for all the information, sounds great. Can there be multiple feeder leagues for one "Major" league? In other words, can you have one feeder league with an age maximum of 18 and another with an age max of 25 feeding into one league? And if so, would there be one or two drafts for that league (one for each feeder league or would they be combined)?

02-03-2007, 12:00 PM	#6
sixto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,271	Is it possible to set it so that the majority of (or all of) the players generated for a high school team have a hometown that matches the high school?

02-03-2007, 12:16 PM	#7
Mattymo All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colchester, CT Posts: 1,448	I really like this idea. I'm thinking of it in terms of a "Cape Cod League" type thing. It also makes it a lot easier to play without scouting (you can do this now, but drafting would be nearly impossible).

02-03-2007, 02:25 PM	#9
PBL Commish Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 142	i dont know if this has already been discussed but... can players go from one feeder to another, i.e. hs-college? also if they can will say a percent of the hs players go to the draft and then other good ones go to college? just wondering how that whole process works.

02-03-2007, 02:51 PM	#12
PBL Commish Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 142	thanks yeah that would be great if markus could put that in the first time the game comes out, if not then in a patch.

02-03-2007, 06:39 PM	#15
Kemp All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,181	One of the nice things about having active board members as beta testers is the access to information like this. Thanks guys for all the responses.

02-03-2007, 07:02 PM	#16
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	Yes, these past few days have been very informative thanks to the many questions they have answered in a timely and comprehensive manner. For what cannot be answered yet, we just have to wait and see. I think I can wait, but just barely.

02-03-2007, 09:47 PM	#20
Kemp All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,181	For me, this fishing for info is mostly about just messing around, starting to formulate the league I'd like to build. I stopped playing 2006 mainly because I just couldn't get it to where I wanted it to be. But having read many of these posts, 2007 seems much stronger.