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[Sharpie]

Since OOTP doesn't have an 1/2 level for HiA and LoA, could or would you create a super league of A?

One division is the HiA clubs and one division is the LoA clubs

[ederemer]

Unless I'm unclear on what you're asking OOTP does divide A-ball leagues into their respective classes: A+, A, and A-

[Rosco Peabody]

Originally Posted by Sharpie

Since OOTP doesn't have an 1/2 level for HiA and LoA, could or would you create a super league of A?

One division is the HiA clubs and one division is the LoA clubs

They do have the option for short season A

[Sharpie]

I want to give my guys a little bit more development time. So I am using 2 A level clubs.

So since they do not divide up A do you:

1) Create two levels HiA and LoA but they are the same in terms of the game

or

2) Create 1 A level with each club getting a team in each conference.


I have a 32 team set up. I currently have A {I treat as Hi A} and B {I treat as Lo A}. Since the game doesn't split up the stats or development, would it make sense to have all the A teams in the American League and all the B teams in the National League.

[msupoke]

I may be missing something. There is already a High A, A, and Low A.

[Curve Ball Dave]

Originally Posted by msupoke

I may be missing something. There is already a High A, A, and Low A.

I was just going to say the same so the OP confuses me.

If you look at the creation modifiers for the different Class A leagues, you can see that some are slightly better than others.

[Sharpie]

So sorry, fictional league. I realize in the MLB default there is:

MLB
AAA
AA
Hi A
Lo A
SS A
Rookie
DSL
VSL

[Rosco Peabody]

Originally Posted by Sharpie

So sorry, fictional league. I realize in the MLB default there is:

MLB
AAA
AA
Hi A
Lo A
SS A
Rookie
DSL
VSL

Yeah I have a Fictional League too. It's daunting to do all those leagues. I added short season A to my Majors, AAA, AA, A and Rookie Leagues after a few years

[Curve Ball Dave]

Originally Posted by Sharpie

So sorry, fictional league. I realize in the MLB default there is:

MLB
AAA
AA
Hi A
Lo A
SS A
Rookie
DSL
VSL

Use the default MLB as a model.

Look at the various leagues and check the creation modifiers on the Players page in the default MLB system. Using that as a guide you can go into your leagues and add or subtract a tenth here or there so slightly better players will end up in the higher A league, and in the Leagues and Teams page you can edit the Level Name and abbreviation.

[BBGiovanni]

Like Rosco I think this is a question of how many teams you wish to deal with. In almost all cases AAA/AA/A/Rookie is plenty. If your draft is in summer you may want a short-season team too; sometimes I set up a fall short season league that starts when rookie ball ends, so the most promising rookies can get advanced after their season, but that's mostly cosmetic.

[Sharpie]

In OOTP 17 I created a fictional league and asked myself if baseball were created today what would be some of the obvious changes.

I did 32 teams per level based on 2016 census. So biggest 32 cities are at the Major League level. 33-64 are AAA and so on.

I did MLB, AAA, AA, A (HiA), B (LoA), C (SSA) and D (Rookie).

I read in numerous post that player development is all about playing time. So every league starts in April with full playoffs; more ABs and IPs to help guys develop and find the better players.

Full playoffs: In minor almost every team makes the playoffs. Yes there are a few more injuries but if it is about development time and they develop in the playoffs then let's go.

With no extended spring and instructional league I was trying to have ways to get players more development time.

I am trying to ask the veteran players about tweeks that would make this league of mine even better.

I thought about adding a DSL but am not sure how to pull it off.

Since the game does not differentiate between the FSL and the MWL I was curious about the super league (this post).

Any cool ideas/suggestions/have you thought of would be greatly appreciated.

[Kimchi]

Don't forget Rookie Advanced.

[Kronos]

Originally Posted by ederemer

Unless I'm unclear on what you're asking OOTP does divide A-ball leagues into their respective classes: A+, A, and A-

That's just the level names, under league level you can see OOTP only has Triple A / Double A / Single A / Short Season A / Rookie League..and on.

[Mets52]

I have set up a winter tournament for rookies with no MLB service as a rule, ages 20-26 and no foreigners (help develop the local kids!). I'm really enjoying it. They end up with about 400 at bats when season is done. Personally, I made it more of a local feel with the tournament taking place in my home state, each team represented by towns and such. I GM one of the teams and set it up so only my MLB was affiliated with it. It's basically a whole team of my prospects playing together for the winter, developing and learning new positions. It's very fun imo.

[WIUPIKE]

Originally Posted by Kronos

That's just the level names, under league level you can see OOTP only has Triple A / Double A / Single A / Short Season A / Rookie League..and on.

It does only show these during the league name, but you do have the option of making an A+ league under abbreveation or level which then the AI sees that as a higher league. I dont have the game in front of me so I do not know exactly what field it is.

[NoOne]

OP -

Yeah, you can sort of do this with a combination of age and service time requirements for the 2 A-leagues.

however, this willnot be perfect.. the 'better' players that have fewer service time may skip it by the time the accrue enough, so they'll be playing in the 'weaker' league relative to what you are wanting... those that linger will have to wait etc... it's not a perfect solution for what you want to accomplish.

what i do, but not quite for same reasons:

i don't do anything with age, but my 2nd A-league i allow 1 extra year.

i have recently experimented with

3 rookie leagues - i have one with a shorter service time max as well as an age max to simulate a entry league. more itme allowed in other, and if there's an age restriction, it's choosen to not scr*w over the college draftees that need a lower league to start.

1 short A - 1 more year of service time than highest of rookie leagues

2 A-ball - i have one that allows a year more. could set a age min/max, but becareful, you have to be able to supply enough plyers per year to maintain a functional 25+-player team. you make it too particular and even you'llneed a 100-round draft..

1-AA -- been trying just a age max here... i kinda like it at AA.

1-AAA-- nothing restrictive at all

4:2:1 Ratio - rookies to A to AA... i lump short a with it, even though technically different in the game, it's a bridge development wise for those that need it and roughly ~rookies, if not. could do 2 AA with 4 rookies i bet... may need 4R 1SA to do 3A and 2AA, well.