Question on minor leagues

tward13 · 04-14-2013, 08:52 PM

With the current year MLB set-up, when I look at the Mets minor leagues it lists Savannah above St. Lucie. Savannah is low A and St. Lucie is high A.

How are other teams listed? I want to be sure guys are at the right levels.

olivertheorem · 04-14-2013, 08:52 PM

In some menus, the low and high A teams are flipped. I don't know why.

bschr682 · 04-14-2013, 09:09 PM

I thought as far as OOTP goes there was no high A or low A. Just A?

olivertheorem · 04-14-2013, 09:11 PM

The PCMs (or something along those lines) are slightly higher for the high-A leagues than for the low-A, so in theory the game should treat them appropriately. There is some question regarding whether or not the game treats them that way in practice.

bschr682 · 04-14-2013, 09:16 PM

oh. nice. learned something new about OOTP today. Always good.

Questdog · 04-14-2013, 09:28 PM

All A teams are the same to the AI...regardless of any settings....

Biggio509 · 04-15-2013, 04:15 PM

There are not the same. We have had this discussion. Flipping the PCMS flipped over half the players the next day of the sim. The game differentiates. What it does not do is differentiate in the way we think it should. What the AI thinks is the better player and more ready for high A is often much different from what I think.

However, testing has proved the PCMs make a difference within label. It flips most of the team when you switch high A and low A settings or advanced rookie and rookie settings. You can not make a league labeled A above AA though. Granted I still don't agree mostly with the AI placement of those guys in high A and low A but flipping PCMs puts the guys the AI thinks are solid for high A into the new high A team and those it thinks are not ready into the new low A team. There were borderline guys who did not change.

It makes a difference. The AI placement of players is the issue not the PCMs eg., 40 y/os in rookie ball.

04-14-2013, 08:52 PM	#1
tward13 All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,964	Question on minor leagues With the current year MLB set-up, when I look at the Mets minor leagues it lists Savannah above St. Lucie. Savannah is low A and St. Lucie is high A. How are other teams listed? I want to be sure guys are at the right levels.

04-14-2013, 08:52 PM	#2
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	In some menus, the low and high A teams are flipped. I don't know why.

04-14-2013, 09:09 PM	#3
bschr682 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 119	I thought as far as OOTP goes there was no high A or low A. Just A?

04-14-2013, 09:11 PM	#4
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	The PCMs (or something along those lines) are slightly higher for the high-A leagues than for the low-A, so in theory the game should treat them appropriately. There is some question regarding whether or not the game treats them that way in practice.

04-14-2013, 09:16 PM	#5
bschr682 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 119	oh. nice. learned something new about OOTP today. Always good.

04-14-2013, 09:28 PM	#6
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	All A teams are the same to the AI...regardless of any settings....

04-15-2013, 04:15 PM	#7
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	There are not the same. We have had this discussion. Flipping the PCMS flipped over half the players the next day of the sim. The game differentiates. What it does not do is differentiate in the way we think it should. What the AI thinks is the better player and more ready for high A is often much different from what I think. However, testing has proved the PCMs make a difference within label. It flips most of the team when you switch high A and low A settings or advanced rookie and rookie settings. You can not make a league labeled A above AA though. Granted I still don't agree mostly with the AI placement of those guys in high A and low A but flipping PCMs puts the guys the AI thinks are solid for high A into the new high A team and those it thinks are not ready into the new low A team. There were borderline guys who did not change. It makes a difference. The AI placement of players is the issue not the PCMs eg., 40 y/os in rookie ball.