Inaugural Draft Study Who people take when names aren't attached

griffeyin98 · 03-27-2012, 11:12 PM

So I'm in a new league with a fictional player pool that is just an mlb player pool with fictional names. I picked up on this from the beginning, from watching people talk and draft, i'm not certain anyone else picked up on it. Or maybe they just don't want to, which is cool for them....I just can't do it.

I found it to be very interesting to watch people draft based on pure ratings without knowing the name that's attached to the rating. There have been some guys who slipped a long way that I'd almost guarantee wouldn't have made it that far had this been an "MLB player pool"

The draft started off pretty straight forward, with the player representing Clayton Kershaw going first, followed by Strasburg and Harper(3 teams have went almost exclusively prospects in the beginning rounds). Lincecum, Tulo, Votto, King Felix, Verlander followed with nothing strange until Chad Billingsly at #17 and Brandon Morrow at #25, Peavy at 26, Nolasco at 28 and Bedard at 29. Al 5 of these starters went ahead of Haren, lester, Lirian, Halladay, lee, Bumgarner, Hamels, and Wainwright.

On the hitting side, the first head scratcher was Colby Rasmus at #42, ahead of Fielder(49), Hanley(50) Miguel Cabrera (51)David Wright (57) Jose Bautists #60, Braun #65. Some heavy hitters that would have never been picked after him (or Morrow, Billingsly and Bedard for that matter) but without the real life connection, they're just ratings and more importantly from what I saw an AGE. Age seemed to be a big factor as OOTP gms tend to pass up anyone over age 30 for fear of them falling off the face of the OOTP cliff.

For my team I was able to snag some guys that I was surprised with, including Halladay and Lee with picks 37 and 44, then Nelson Cruz and Mike Stanton with 77 and 84. Robbie Cano went at #72, was really hoping he'd slide to 77. I then grabbed A-rod at #117 (20th best hitter in the game), Jimy Rollins at 124, Granderson at 157 and Adam Dunn at 164 before shifting my focus to building a bullpen.

MikeyB · 03-28-2012, 01:00 PM

Very cool. This may be a very obvious and simple function, but how do you go about just changing the names of all the players?

I've often noticed in online leagues that GMs will pay a premium for "names" despite what their ratings say they truly are.

griffeyin98 · 03-28-2012, 06:33 PM

this is the first time I've even been in a fictional league, so no clue how to just change the names. Personally don't get the allure of starting with fictional players, I guess maybe people will stick around longer as the real players never go away that way, but like in my league it's about 50/50 right now with real and fictional, but to us they're all MTBL players. I'd rather see guys play out their fake careers just for the ease of having an idea of what the player is like.

03-27-2012, 11:12 PM	#1
griffeyin98 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 311	Inaugural Draft Study Who people take when names aren't attached So I'm in a new league with a fictional player pool that is just an mlb player pool with fictional names. I picked up on this from the beginning, from watching people talk and draft, i'm not certain anyone else picked up on it. Or maybe they just don't want to, which is cool for them....I just can't do it. I found it to be very interesting to watch people draft based on pure ratings without knowing the name that's attached to the rating. There have been some guys who slipped a long way that I'd almost guarantee wouldn't have made it that far had this been an "MLB player pool" The draft started off pretty straight forward, with the player representing Clayton Kershaw going first, followed by Strasburg and Harper(3 teams have went almost exclusively prospects in the beginning rounds). Lincecum, Tulo, Votto, King Felix, Verlander followed with nothing strange until Chad Billingsly at #17 and Brandon Morrow at #25, Peavy at 26, Nolasco at 28 and Bedard at 29. Al 5 of these starters went ahead of Haren, lester, Lirian, Halladay, lee, Bumgarner, Hamels, and Wainwright. On the hitting side, the first head scratcher was Colby Rasmus at #42, ahead of Fielder(49), Hanley(50) Miguel Cabrera (51)David Wright (57) Jose Bautists #60, Braun #65. Some heavy hitters that would have never been picked after him (or Morrow, Billingsly and Bedard for that matter) but without the real life connection, they're just ratings and more importantly from what I saw an AGE. Age seemed to be a big factor as OOTP gms tend to pass up anyone over age 30 for fear of them falling off the face of the OOTP cliff. For my team I was able to snag some guys that I was surprised with, including Halladay and Lee with picks 37 and 44, then Nelson Cruz and Mike Stanton with 77 and 84. Robbie Cano went at #72, was really hoping he'd slide to 77. I then grabbed A-rod at #117 (20th best hitter in the game), Jimy Rollins at 124, Granderson at 157 and Adam Dunn at 164 before shifting my focus to building a bullpen.

03-28-2012, 01:00 PM	#2
MikeyB Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 118	Very cool. This may be a very obvious and simple function, but how do you go about just changing the names of all the players? I've often noticed in online leagues that GMs will pay a premium for "names" despite what their ratings say they truly are. __________________ BML Commish www.ootp-bml.com

03-28-2012, 06:33 PM	#3
griffeyin98 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 311	this is the first time I've even been in a fictional league, so no clue how to just change the names. Personally don't get the allure of starting with fictional players, I guess maybe people will stick around longer as the real players never go away that way, but like in my league it's about 50/50 right now with real and fictional, but to us they're all MTBL players. I'd rather see guys play out their fake careers just for the ease of having an idea of what the player is like.