Alternate Reality: Catchers?

Cobby · 01-30-2018, 02:15 AM

This is my final alternate reality thread...

I've just finished the 2017 season in a fictional alternate reality simulation that started in 1871. (I've been working on this for 9 months or so). I was going for a fictional simulation that still nevertheless kept fairly close to how baseball developed IRL. I used historical financials, historical player creation modifiers and did the auto-recalc each year to keep the stats close to real life.

Now it's time to see how the two worlds compare statistically. I'm kind of thinking I'll do this with a handful of different threads.

Catchers. I only have two catchers in my half of fame compared to 15 in real life. The game just doesn't seem to generate good catchers anymore. Basically, I spent my entire 146 years as a GM in this sim looking for a decent catcher for my team, but they just didn't exist. My catcher was almost always the worst player on my team, but I could never find an upgrade. I think something was tweaked in OOTP18 and whatever it was went a little overboard and needs to be backed off a bit.

Anyone else notice this?

Marsupilami · 01-30-2018, 09:57 AM

1 thread is enough

01-30-2018, 02:15 AM	#1
Cobby Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 252	Alternate Reality: Catchers? This is my final alternate reality thread... I've just finished the 2017 season in a fictional alternate reality simulation that started in 1871. (I've been working on this for 9 months or so). I was going for a fictional simulation that still nevertheless kept fairly close to how baseball developed IRL. I used historical financials, historical player creation modifiers and did the auto-recalc each year to keep the stats close to real life. Now it's time to see how the two worlds compare statistically. I'm kind of thinking I'll do this with a handful of different threads. Catchers. I only have two catchers in my half of fame compared to 15 in real life. The game just doesn't seem to generate good catchers anymore. Basically, I spent my entire 146 years as a GM in this sim looking for a decent catcher for my team, but they just didn't exist. My catcher was almost always the worst player on my team, but I could never find an upgrade. I think something was tweaked in OOTP18 and whatever it was went a little overboard and needs to be backed off a bit. Anyone else notice this? Last edited by Cobby; 01-30-2018 at 02:34 AM.

01-30-2018, 09:57 AM	#2
Marsupilami Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 328	1 thread is enough __________________ ABL 2020 - Brewers