New features!

[brhlbryce]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

They don't change.

Ok, thanks for the info.

Great work, y’all essentially have added what I’ve wanted due a decade!

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by brhlbryce

And what happens to players in an existing game that don’t play anymore?say a guy like Mauer who retired. Or, more tragically, Luis Valbuena who passed?

Their ratings won't change. It will only update players based on their MLB stats that they accrue during the season.

[SportingZoo]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

No, that is not possible, we do not have the data for historical seasons necessary to accomplish this.

Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the quick response!


Just for clarification, if it's August in real life, am I able to load up a date in May and play from there with accurate stats/standings? Or am I only able to load from the current date? Thank you once again!

[strzepeksc]

How would that work for online league play? If an online league played the real life schedule a few days behind real life play will the game keep updating player ratings based on real life daily results ? And if a player gets injured in real life and placed on injured list it would correlate to the online league also and that player is hurt also?

I believe the Strat-O-Matic baseball online league game has this feature also!

[Andy]

I don't mean this in a bad way, but I think the feature I am most excited about is having starters listed as backups at other positions in the depth chart.

[jpeters1734]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

No, not really. It's very complicated and only a tiny number of users actually use the feature, so it's not worth the time at the moment. Maybe that'll change in the future though.

If they worked better, more people would use them


I actually am excited for the depth chart options and improved 3D

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by SportingZoo

Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the quick response!


Just for clarification, if it's August in real life, am I able to load up a date in May and play from there with accurate stats/standings? Or am I only able to load from the current date? Thank you once again!

Totally do-able

[Pete Grassi]

Originally Posted by Andy

I don't mean this in a bad way, but I think the feature I am most excited about is having starters listed as backups at other positions in the depth chart.

This. Always frustrated when I wanted someone to DH and I couldn't get them to be a backup somewhere else.

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by strzepeksc

How would that work for online league play? If an online league played the real life schedule a few days behind real life play will the game keep updating player ratings based on real life daily results ? And if a player gets injured in real life and placed on injured list it would correlate to the online league also and that player is hurt also?

I believe the Strat-O-Matic baseball online league game has this feature also!

Ratings do not automatically update, but there is an option to manually update the ratings. So you could have an online league where the commissioner hits that button to recalculate ratings before each sim if you wanted.

Updating injuries in progress may be possible, but we still need to investigate more since the injury updates we get aren't quite as reliable.

[whaleheader]

Any chance we can now export-import International Free Agent Pools?

(Crosses fingers.)

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by Pete Grassi

This. Always frustrated when I wanted someone to DH and I couldn't get them to be a backup somewhere else.

I think it's the feature I like best as well too it works well, and the AI is not bad at using it either.

[fabiog83]

Any news on the PT mobile app?

[Matt Arnold]

Also a reminder to people that I'll be on our Twitch stream tonight with TJ to go over a lot of this in more detail, and try to answer whatever I can

[geoffmatt17]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

If they worked better, more people would use them

I came here to say this!!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by fabiog83

Any news on the PT mobile app?

We will release this in the Summer if all goes according to plan. Expect more news & info around June / July...

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by jpeters1734

If they worked better, more people would use them

I don't think so to be honest. Also, I think they work quite well they already do right now.

[mrcelophane]

In this current version there is no way for me to create my own database of players and make my own pool of players easily/en masse that would generate draft pools (to my knowledge).

Is that something that will be possible in the new version?

[mrcelophane]

What improvements have been made to online mode?

Thanks for all you do guys

[Mr. Marlin]

IMO Feeder leagues are doing exactly what they were designed to do: create a draft pool with a statistical history. I don't believe Markus & Co. ever intended them to emulate real amateur baseball in any way.

For the function they do have they are also a bit of a pain. A 30 team league with four minor league levels needs 150+ feeder to make a draft pool. That is 150+ teams playing games, churning out players, creating history, and using game resources.

IMO the best way to improve feeders isn't to emulate amateur baseball rather it's add a function to delete players who never played professionally. There is already an option to delete players who never played in the majors.

Just my $.02 on feeders

[texasmame]

"All new Spray Charts for players"


AWWWW YISSSSSSSSSSS


Random thought - have you made a way to import existing free agents to the draft pool and vice-versa? I know it's not a IRL thing but something I would like to be able to do.