The only baseball sim I've ever gotten addicted to...

[Marberi]

Originally Posted by luger

Hmm, crazy. I never even heard of Hermosillo until now. I might have to add them as an expansion team to my fictional league now. I'm sure they'll immediately form a rivalry with my team in Tiajuna.

Many of the best Mexican players ever were born in Hermosillo (Erubiel Durazo) or in small towns nearby (Fernando Valenzuela).

The local team Naranjeros (Orange Growers) has been one of the best clubs in the Mexican Winter Pacific League. Many former and future MLB'ers have played there (Curt himself included) through the years, mostly as young prospects.

The only thing I'd argue against putting an MLB caliber expansion franchise in Hermosillo is that I don't believe the market would be good enough to sustain it for long, though.

[gehrig38]

So later into year two, things are going well though offense is just dominating right now. No 70HR or 200RBI seasons but it's offense heavy.

Things I think I'd love to see.

League wide, or game wide settings. I don't want relievers, regardless of team, to throw when exhausted, ever. I would prefer relievers come out when tired, if there are rested options.

I'd like to see my minor league and other teams AI use the bullpens better. I have some relievers in my low minors who are the #2 or #3 option at middle or short relief with 5 games pitched 2/3rd of the way through the season.

I'm still debating on going back and changing back all service time, but that little glitch withstanding this is without a doubt the best baseball simulation, hands down, I've ever played.

Game question, and it might seem newbie.
I have scouting turned to most accurate, and a legendary scout, but am seeing guys with ratings WAY outperforming, or underperforming. Is my scouts assessment close to what these guys can do?

I see some 22-24 year olds with huge ceilings, but VERY far from them, and am curious if they'll 'run out of time' in getting to those ceilings.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

I see some 22-24 year olds with huge ceilings, but VERY far from them, and am curious if they'll 'run out of time' in getting to those ceilings.

Some will, some won't. It is hard to gauge. Some guys just "flip a switch" and suddenly develop. Others just never do. Mental make-up makes a difference (good work ethic, intelligent, etc.), and luck. Starting pitchers develop slower it seems (with a few exceptions), and relievers develop quickly.

[Carlton]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Almost I know Honolulu wants a team, and the players association is pushing for a franchise there I also know Montreal and Vancouva are after franchises, as well as Hermosillo, Mexico.

They are years off, but ya, it'll be the core franchises eventually and some of my own.

Curt

Hermosillo? I can see Kenny Powers coming out to Real American as I type...

[Carlton]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Game question, and it might seem newbie.
I have scouting turned to most accurate, and a legendary scout, but am seeing guys with ratings WAY outperforming, or underperforming. Is my scouts assessment close to what these guys can do?.

Small sample size...some of those guys will burn up and fall back to what they are, others will be inconsistent, like Ryan Dempster, (will save you my fantasy heartache with him) who will have really bad games and than a couple of gems in a row...to even out over a full season.

But there ARE a few that will bust out a career year even if you scout is correct...that is why you need to take your scouts assesment but use a little gut instinct as well

[Pdubya64]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Things I think I'd love to see.

League wide, or game wide settings. I don't want relievers, regardless of team, to throw when exhausted, ever. I would prefer relievers come out when tired, if there are rested options.

I'd like to see my minor league and other teams AI use the bullpens better. I have some relievers in my low minors who are the #2 or #3 option at middle or short relief with 5 games pitched 2/3rd of the way through the season.

Yeah, the pitch count designation works good for that game, but does nothing to keep them from using an exhausted pitcher, and the rotation function doesn't have the ability either, just "strict rotation" and "next rested", although I imagine that last one should work to keep an exhausted starter from pitching, but what about relievers?
I don't really remember too many instances Curt of the game using exhausted pitchers though... are you seeing this in your game?

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

So later into year two, things are going well though offense is just dominating right now. No 70HR or 200RBI seasons but it's offense heavy.

Things I think I'd love to see.

League wide, or game wide settings. I don't want relievers, regardless of team, to throw when exhausted, ever. I would prefer relievers come out when tired, if there are rested options.

I'd like to see my minor league and other teams AI use the bullpens better. I have some relievers in my low minors who are the #2 or #3 option at middle or short relief with 5 games pitched 2/3rd of the way through the season.

I'm still debating on going back and changing back all service time, but that little glitch withstanding this is without a doubt the best baseball simulation, hands down, I've ever played.

Game question, and it might seem newbie.
I have scouting turned to most accurate, and a legendary scout, but am seeing guys with ratings WAY outperforming, or underperforming. Is my scouts assessment close to what these guys can do?

I see some 22-24 year olds with huge ceilings, but VERY far from them, and am curious if they'll 'run out of time' in getting to those ceilings.

Go back and change the service time, only takes 5 or 10 minutes to do. If you don't, at least if you are like me, it will always be in the back of your mind. Make a backup before you do it and make sure the "Prevent any AI roster changes" is checked under your teams roster>options&ballparks tab (must be in commissioner mode to see the check box).

To me it's cool the scouting, even at legendary, can still be a question mark. I have players that play well and looking at there abilities its hard to understand how they do it. I have players that are crap but looking at their skills they should be good. IMHO it is part of the reason OOTP is as you said "without a doubt the best baseball simulation, hands down, I've ever played." A statement I wholeheartedly agree with.

To answer your question about if your scouts assessment is close in most cases yes. The longer you have the player in your system the more accurate the report will be. However, like real life, you will have players with skills that don't do anything and you will have those that you wonder how they do it.

At some time in OOTP you are going to trade a guy you gave up on even though he seems to have skills but has never performed. He is then going to develop and you will curse the day you let him go. You will also, at some time, do the opposite taking a chance on a former "can't miss prospect" and it will pay off. Just don't expect it to happen too often.

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

I'd like to see my minor league and other teams AI use the bullpens better. I have some relievers in my low minors who are the #2 or #3 option at middle or short relief with 5 games pitched 2/3rd of the way through the season.

I think minor league roster management by the AI needs some work generally (it has improved massively from earlier games though).

[redmarkYankees]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Game question, and it might seem newbie.
I have scouting turned to most accurate, and a legendary scout, but am seeing guys with ratings WAY outperforming, or underperforming. Is my scouts assessment close to what these guys can do?

I've found that with highly accurate/legendary scouting, the assessment will be very close on most players, but there's always a chance that on a very few individual players he could be way out. Whether he favours ability/tools can have quite an effect, too.

[gehrig38]

Another request for UI. In the home screen, in the manager news and mail, when a player is talked about in a news item with his 'card' down in the bottom, how hard would it be to have the data laid out chronologically, and level wise? For instance my player is three years in, his stats are listed in yearly and level order, year 1 A ball 2 A ball with AA ball next line 3 is AAA and ML in that order. The stats are listed yearly, but it appears when a player plays multiple levels in one year it's listed alphabetically rather than by level, lowest to highest.

[mauboy]

I finally decided to visit this thread after getting Markus' emailing regarding this.

Curt, thanks for all of your input, it definitely keeps me excited to keep playing this game as I know your input will be slightly more valuable than the average guy... as long as your input continues to be as stellar as it has.

I know what you're feeling on your "OH ****" moment with changing everyone's service time. Last night I was trying to pull off a waiver trade (in the middle of a pennant run, trying to get an all star for an all star at a different position while getting rid of salary) and I thought it told me that if someone claimed my guy it would automatically take him off waivers.. well, someone claimed him and I lost him for the last month+ of the season. We limped into the playoffs and had a second round exit, unfortunately. It could have been different if I could have kept my guy. AH, well. You learn.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Another request for UI. In the home screen, in the manager news and mail, when a player is talked about in a news item with his 'card' down in the bottom, how hard would it be to have the data laid out chronologically, and level wise? For instance my player is three years in, his stats are listed in yearly and level order, year 1 A ball 2 A ball with AA ball next line 3 is AAA and ML in that order. The stats are listed yearly, but it appears when a player plays multiple levels in one year it's listed alphabetically rather than by level, lowest to highest.

Keep having these great ideas and posting them, please. I really hope Markus will pay attention to them.

[gehrig38]

So the wife was gone all weekend, and it was just the oldest boy, Gehrig and I. Between League of Legends co-op I managed to get through, almost, season 2.
The league has moved to 4 divisions, no WC. Sox won the AL East and are down 2-1 to an incredibly potent Brewers team in the first round of the playoffs.
They have a murderers row and I don't have the pitching to stop it.
I need to find a way to only use 3 starters, 2 would be preferable

UPDATE: Series was mismanaged to hell. With low stamina relievers I tried to hold off in game 4 as home team, in using my closer and it cost me. Then, 1990 Cy Young Winner, who had a horrid 91 season but was bouncing back in the second half, got the ball for biggest game of his life, and promptly gave up the world in an 11-3 drubbing. Yielding 8 ER in 1 2/3.......

Time to start rebuilding...

[oman19]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

So the wife was gone all weekend, and it was just the oldest boy, Gehrig and I. Between League of Legends co-op I managed to get through, almost, season 2.
The league has moved to 4 divisions, no WC. Sox won the AL East and are down 2-1 to an incredibly potent Brewers team in the first round of the playoffs.
They have a murderers row and I don't have the pitching to stop it.
I need to find a way to only use 3 starters, 2 would be preferable

Would the names of the 2 you need happen to be Schilling and Johnson. lol.

[StyxNCa]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

The Baseball Prospectus experts put the pencil to DIPS and agree that it is basically a valid model, but with the following caveat: "They arrived at the following breakdowns on what determines the fate of a batted ball: Luck 44 percent, Pitcher 28 percent, Defense 17 percent, Park 11 percent."

So pitchers do have some control, as much as the defense behind them and the park's inherent properties do, but the biggest factor of all is pure blind luck.

I have no problem with that breakdown.

But there are those who, in the past, have tried to say the pitcher has very little to do with the fate of a batted ball while the batters have all, or at least most of the control over it. That is where I disagreed.

[Questdog]

I would like to point out for the record that whenever you apply force to a spheroid with a blunt object that physics governs the direction and speed of the trajectory. Just because a human is unable to replicate the results at will does not mean that there is any unseen force that can be labeled as "luck" acting upon said spheroid.....

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by StyxNCa

I have no problem with that breakdown.

But there are those who, in the past, have tried to say the pitcher has very little to do with the fate of a batted ball while the batters have all, or at least most of the control over it. That is where I disagreed.

You are disagreeing with old versions of DIPS, then, and agreeing with the current version.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Questdog

I would like to point out for the record that whenever you apply force to a spheroid with a blunt object that physics governs the direction and speed of the trajectory. Just because a human is unable to replicate the results at will does not mean that there is any unseen force that can be labeled as "luck" acting upon said spheroid.....

The effects of apparent randomness are usually perceived by humans as being "luck." Feel better about it now?

[Erad67]

I'm playing OOTP11. Created a fictional league. Instead of letting the PC run 5+ years on it's own I decided to see what it was like starting from the bottom. So I accepted a job as a High School GM. I signed a bunch of players who maybe didn't have high potentials, but whose current abilities were WAY over most other HS players. Thought I had a team of ringers. Man did I get destroyed! Had a 2-17 record when they fired me. Did a number of other years at the HS level, but didn't see the kind of development I expected in the players ability numbers and a player's potential seemed to be all that was important when it came to performance.

Then I got a job managing a AA team. Somehow getting fired from 2 HS teams in 5 years made me "perfect for the job". Almost unplayable. The computer GM moves players up and down so much I had one guy leave and come back 8 times in 6 days!! VERY annoying. Maybe no other manager would work for them. Maybe that's why they brought in a disgraced HS GM to manage in the middle of the year.

[The Wolf]

The guy that went up and down 8 times - was his last name Borkholder?

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...orkholder.html