Exploding Players

NoSoup4U · 05-30-2007, 10:20 PM

Anyone else have an issue with injury rates in OOTP? I have now played over 50 seasons and regularly limit all pitchers to under 200 innings and have everyone on 80-120 pitch counts. No one gets more than 550 at bats yet time after time I end up playing the playoffs with 30-50% of my line-up on the 6-12 month DL. I have a top rated Dr. and all top rated coaching staff.

I love the game but the injury rate is in my mind at least 2X to 3X of real baseball.

Anyone have a mod to bring this wonderful game back to reality????

discodude5 · 05-30-2007, 10:34 PM

What do you have the injury setting at?
I had mine at normal but changed to low and it seems much better.

NoSoup4U · 05-30-2007, 10:38 PM

I figured there was an injury setting but when poking around couldn't find it? What menu is it under?

discodude5 · 05-30-2007, 10:43 PM

game menu, game setup, global setup, there is an injury & fatigue option.

NoSoup4U · 05-30-2007, 10:43 PM

Thanks a ton - found it!

discodude5 · 05-30-2007, 10:50 PM

no problem, happy to help you out.

and welcome to the forum.

injury log · 05-30-2007, 10:52 PM

From other threads on the topic, apparently at the average setting, OOTP actually produces fewer injuries than in real life. I'm just repeating what I've read elsewhere- I have no data- and I don't know how closely injury severity in OOTP mirrors reality, but there are more injuries in MLB than you might expect. Mind you, I did just sim an entire season, on average injury frequency, and my team had only one 10-day injury and a couple of day-to-days, for whatever that's worth.

CatKnight · 05-31-2007, 01:40 AM

Most of what I read when I first started out suggested resetting injury frequency to "Low." I played my Canadian season that way. We still had some nasty injuries, but teams weren't so badly decimated they couldn't function.

Curtis · 05-31-2007, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by injury log

From other threads on the topic, apparently at the average setting, OOTP actually produces fewer injuries than in real life. I'm just repeating what I've read elsewhere- I have no data- and I don't know how closely injury severity in OOTP mirrors reality, but there are more injuries in MLB than you might expect.

That's Raidergoo's story, and he's sticking to it.

RonCo · 05-31-2007, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Curtis

That's Raidergoo's story, and he's sticking to it.

That's because it is true.

RonCo · 05-31-2007, 06:38 AM

Dola...here's the current list as of 2 months into the season:

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/injuries

Looks an awful lot like an OOTP list.

RonCo · 05-31-2007, 06:47 AM

Dola ... by my count there are already 24 players marked as "out for season," and a total of 41 players on the 60-day DL.

Burgandy · 05-31-2007, 12:38 PM

My thought... do you look at your player's "Proneness" when you are drafting or acquiring players? Some of those players you have may just be another Mark Prior or J.D. Drew, and they're going to get hurt no matter how much caution you try to use.

Raidergoo · 05-31-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Curtis

That's Raidergoo's story, and he's sticking to it.

Baseball, and especially pitching, is brutal on a body. Players don't fade away; they break and get discarded. The lucky ones last a decade.

What's the difference between Mario Soto and Greg Maddux? Soto had his arm go out, and the inhuman Maddux is pitching at age 41.

CBL-Commish · 05-31-2007, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RonCo

Dola...here's the current list as of 2 months into the season:

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/injuries

Looks an awful lot like an OOTP list.

But what if you want to simulate an earlier era of baseball, where men were men and routinely played through amuptations and beheadings and such?

Curtis · 05-31-2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish

But what if you want to simulate an earlier era of baseball, where men were men and routinely played through amputations and beheadings and such?

And the Black Death! Let's not forget the Black Death!

BaseballMan · 05-31-2007, 10:24 PM

exploding players?
Now what other sim has that?
Guess the player really is dynamite.

never_ends · 06-01-2007, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by RonCo

Dola...here's the current list as of 2 months into the season:

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/injuries

Looks an awful lot like an OOTP list.

Good link. Thanks for that. Armando Benitez is listed as on the D/L with Florida. I wish that was true. Sadly, he is on the Giants and even more sadly not on the D/L.

Amazing how many injuries there are and it does indeed look like OOTP's D/L lists. I've been thinking about putting it on low injuries for awhile but won't I guess. The team I'm running has 14 players out (including minors) and it did seem a bit much, but I guess it really isn't. Injuries also make it harder to win all the time, a real wild card, another good thing.

RonCo · 06-01-2007, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by never_ends

Good link. Thanks for that. Armando Benitez is listed as on the D/L with Florida. I wish that was true. Sadly, he is on the Giants and even more sadly not on the D/L.

Amazing how many injuries there are and it does indeed look like OOTP's D/L lists. I've been thinking about putting it on low injuries for awhile but won't I guess. The team I'm running has 14 players out (including minors) and it did seem a bit much, but I guess it really isn't. Injuries also make it harder to win all the time, a real wild card, another good thing.

Our perceptions are almost always wrong, oddly. [grin] I've been looking at injury lists routinely since the release of v2006. I think the average fan would be shocked to see how many players actually do lose time to injury.

injury log · 06-01-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by never_ends

Good link. Thanks for that. Armando Benitez is listed as on the D/L with Florida. I wish that was true. Sadly, he is on the Giants and even more sadly not on the D/L.

Be sad no longer. Benitez is a Marlin as of a few hours ago.

05-30-2007, 10:20 PM	#1
NoSoup4U Bat Boy Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3	Exploding Players Anyone else have an issue with injury rates in OOTP? I have now played over 50 seasons and regularly limit all pitchers to under 200 innings and have everyone on 80-120 pitch counts. No one gets more than 550 at bats yet time after time I end up playing the playoffs with 30-50% of my line-up on the 6-12 month DL. I have a top rated Dr. and all top rated coaching staff. I love the game but the injury rate is in my mind at least 2X to 3X of real baseball. Anyone have a mod to bring this wonderful game back to reality????

05-30-2007, 10:38 PM	#3
NoSoup4U Bat Boy Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3	Where? I figured there was an injury setting but when poking around couldn't find it? What menu is it under?

05-30-2007, 10:34 PM	#2
discodude5 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 371	What do you have the injury setting at? I had mine at normal but changed to low and it seems much better.

05-30-2007, 10:43 PM	#4
discodude5 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 371	game menu, game setup, global setup, there is an injury & fatigue option.

05-30-2007, 10:50 PM	#6
discodude5 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 371	no problem, happy to help you out. and welcome to the forum.

05-30-2007, 10:52 PM	#7
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	From other threads on the topic, apparently at the average setting, OOTP actually produces fewer injuries than in real life. I'm just repeating what I've read elsewhere- I have no data- and I don't know how closely injury severity in OOTP mirrors reality, but there are more injuries in MLB than you might expect. Mind you, I did just sim an entire season, on average injury frequency, and my team had only one 10-day injury and a couple of day-to-days, for whatever that's worth.

05-31-2007, 01:40 AM	#8
CatKnight All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,199	Most of what I read when I first started out suggested resetting injury frequency to "Low." I played my Canadian season that way. We still had some nasty injuries, but teams weren't so badly decimated they couldn't function.

05-31-2007, 06:38 AM	#11
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,508	Dola...here's the current list as of 2 months into the season: http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/injuries Looks an awful lot like an OOTP list.

05-31-2007, 06:47 AM	#12
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,508	Dola ... by my count there are already 24 players marked as "out for season," and a total of 41 players on the 60-day DL.

05-31-2007, 12:38 PM	#13
Burgandy Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 85	My thought... do you look at your player's "Proneness" when you are drafting or acquiring players? Some of those players you have may just be another Mark Prior or J.D. Drew, and they're going to get hurt no matter how much caution you try to use.

05-31-2007, 10:24 PM	#17
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,647	exploding players? Now what other sim has that? Guess the player really is dynamite.