a few things I'd love to see in ootp9

ootp8fan · 01-19-2008, 01:17 AM

your thoughts...

one thing I think would be a nice addition is to have a separate rating for minors and majors. Some guys are just great minor leaguers and can't do a lick in the majors. It would also make the minor league stats more realistic. Its too often you see players start out in the low minors with stat lines like this...

2000 rookie laeague - 1 hr
2001 A - 1 hr
2002 AA - 6 hr
2003 AAA - 9 hr
2004 AAA - 15 hr
2005 majors - 35 hr
2006 majors - 40 hr
etc etc

A good way to remedy this would be to have minor league ratings. This would also be a great way to get excited about a prospect say who is hitting 40 hrs in class A ball. The other thing they could do is keep the first few years of these players in the majors "unknown" and then create a separate rating system for his majors ratings.

The other thing that would be real nice is changing the HoF selection process over to the individual and be prompted(ie rule 5 draft/pre season/reg season/etc). The HoF screen would show players available(6 year wait) and ask you to elect/pass up but keep them on for the 15 years/never get a chance again). It would be also nice to keep the parameter options open so that you can have a min./max so you can weed out people. Although I do think they should add an option to include/exclude people who's careers were cut short.

thoughts??

RonCo · 01-19-2008, 08:39 AM

Wouldn't it be easier and less complex to just adjust your minor league league totasl in v2007/v8?

f.montoya · 01-19-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ootp8fan

your thoughts...

one thing I think would be a nice addition is to have a separate rating for minors and majors. Some guys are just great minor leaguers and can't do a lick in the majors. It would also make the minor league stats more realistic. Its too often you see players start out in the low minors with stat lines like this...

2000 rookie laeague - 1 hr
2001 A - 1 hr
2002 AA - 6 hr
2003 AAA - 9 hr
2004 AAA - 15 hr
2005 majors - 35 hr
2006 majors - 40 hr
etc etc

A good way to remedy this would be to have minor league ratings. This would also be a great way to get excited about a prospect say who is hitting 40 hrs in class A ball. The other thing they could do is keep the first few years of these players in the majors "unknown" and then create a separate rating system for his majors ratings.

I'm not entirely sure that this "separate" ratings system would work any differently than the current system does. The minor leaguers are littered with players who hit extremely well in the minor leagues that can get you excited. The ratings, depending on how you set them, merely give you an "expected" assessment of the player based on all players in your universe, or all players at the same position. The statline you illustrated above is but a product of the development engine and looks fairly normal to me. More than likely, the reason you won't see A-ball guys hitting 40+ home runs is due to the fact that by the time he's hit 15-20, he more than likely gets promoted AND the fact that minor leagues play a shorter schedule. Using scouts, while not a perfect system yet, give somewhat cloudy ratings to minor leaguers and unestablished Major Leaguers. The ratings tighten up and get more and more accurate as the player become a veteran.

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Originally Posted by ootp8fan

The other thing that would be real nice is changing the HoF selection process over to the individual and be prompted(ie rule 5 draft/pre season/reg season/etc). The HoF screen would show players available(6 year wait) and ask you to elect/pass up but keep them on for the 15 years/never get a chance again). It would be also nice to keep the parameter options open so that you can have a min./max so you can weed out people. Although I do think they should add an option to include/exclude people who's careers were cut short.

thoughts??

I'm in favor of something like this that would give us control over when players become eligible, and thus induction.

1998 Yankees · 01-19-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ootp8fan

The other thing that would be real nice is changing the HoF selection process over to the individual and be prompted(ie rule 5 draft/pre season/reg season/etc). The HoF screen would show players available(6 year wait) and ask you to elect/pass up but keep them on for the 15 years/never get a chance again). It would be also nice to keep the parameter options open so that you can have a min./max so you can weed out people. Although I do think they should add an option to include/exclude people who's careers were cut short.

thoughts??

This sounds like a good idea. More realistic. The minimums for consideration could be set a lot lower than those for automatic induction, and then it could be handled like the manual all-star voting procedure with a few tweaks like those suggested by ootp8fan.

discodude5 · 01-19-2008, 03:08 PM

I like the hof suggestion, that would be fun.

Looking at my minor lg leaders over the years I see realistic totals, though I adjusted league totals a bit to get results I like.

Chmura Sports · 01-19-2008, 05:47 PM

i would like to be able to invite non-40 man roster players to Spring Training.

Zitofan75 · 01-20-2008, 11:49 AM

When running a historical league, have certain foreign leagues (particularly Japan, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico) also generate the correct teams, cities, stadiums, nicknames, and players (if possible on the latter).

Have the minors and feeders (at least NCAA) also adjust themselves historically.

Have winter ball clubs keep several slots open for rookies from the majors to go down and get additional playing time and then be brought back to the major league team.

Allow for split squads in spring training games.

01-19-2008, 01:17 AM	#1
ootp8fan Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 19	a few things I'd love to see in ootp9 your thoughts... one thing I think would be a nice addition is to have a separate rating for minors and majors. Some guys are just great minor leaguers and can't do a lick in the majors. It would also make the minor league stats more realistic. Its too often you see players start out in the low minors with stat lines like this... 2000 rookie laeague - 1 hr 2001 A - 1 hr 2002 AA - 6 hr 2003 AAA - 9 hr 2004 AAA - 15 hr 2005 majors - 35 hr 2006 majors - 40 hr etc etc A good way to remedy this would be to have minor league ratings. This would also be a great way to get excited about a prospect say who is hitting 40 hrs in class A ball. The other thing they could do is keep the first few years of these players in the majors "unknown" and then create a separate rating system for his majors ratings. The other thing that would be real nice is changing the HoF selection process over to the individual and be prompted(ie rule 5 draft/pre season/reg season/etc). The HoF screen would show players available(6 year wait) and ask you to elect/pass up but keep them on for the 15 years/never get a chance again). It would be also nice to keep the parameter options open so that you can have a min./max so you can weed out people. Although I do think they should add an option to include/exclude people who's careers were cut short. thoughts??

01-19-2008, 08:39 AM	#2
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,512	Wouldn't it be easier and less complex to just adjust your minor league league totasl in v2007/v8?

01-19-2008, 03:08 PM	#5
discodude5 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 371	I like the hof suggestion, that would be fun. Looking at my minor lg leaders over the years I see realistic totals, though I adjusted league totals a bit to get results I like.

01-19-2008, 05:47 PM	#6
Chmura Sports Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 32	i would like to be able to invite non-40 man roster players to Spring Training.

01-20-2008, 11:49 AM	#7
Zitofan75 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 1,413	When running a historical league, have certain foreign leagues (particularly Japan, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico) also generate the correct teams, cities, stadiums, nicknames, and players (if possible on the latter). Have the minors and feeders (at least NCAA) also adjust themselves historically. Have winter ball clubs keep several slots open for rookies from the majors to go down and get additional playing time and then be brought back to the major league team. Allow for split squads in spring training games.