Best way to remove Houston

EmptyH · 10-03-2021, 06:07 PM

Not looking for opinions on the matter. It's my fantasy league and it's happening. I am simply looking on the best way to do this and actually how to do this.

This is my current thinking:
1) Wait till the end of the season and retire any particular players I believe knowingly cheated.
2) Remove Houston and sub-teams (how do I do this?)
3) Create a new expansion team to take up the slot (how do I do this?)
4) Expansion team gets a draft while other teams get to protect 25 players

Thoughts? Concerns? Ideas on how to do this better?

DJ_Jak_32 · 10-03-2021, 07:14 PM

First question I have is do you want all the players currently in the Houston organization to all become free agents? If you delete the Astros and all their minor league teams, all of the players will become free agents.

This will be an extremely manual process for you, there is a wizard built in the game for expansion teams, but you can only expand by even number of teams. You would have to make a list of all the protected players and then manually move the players to the new team.

Your best bet would be to just rename the Astros to whatever city would get the expansion team and retire the players you wanted to remove from the league.

EmptyH · 10-03-2021, 07:41 PM

What if I go into commissioner mode and just remove all the coaches and get rid of the owner (can I do that?), retire people that cheated, and change the name but keep it in Houston?

Brad K · 10-03-2021, 10:01 PM

On an expansion draft the game sets up teams get automatic production for players under 3 years experience. 25 plus those players leaves an awful lot of protected players. So be careful about the number protected players. Of course you have only one team choosing and 29 plus the Astros FAs to choose from so that changes things. I suggest you run several mock drafts to see what kind of team you end up with before deciding on exact draft setup.

Are you going to put the new team someplace other than Houston?

EmptyH · 10-03-2021, 11:12 PM

In my current attempt I just deleted Houston and then added a new team (game randomly created Honolulu Angers, and that works for me). I selected for league to fill teams with players and coaches and then assigned the former houston sub-teams to Honolulu. Seems to be working decently so far. The Players it created for me were mostly bad, so I had fun trading and getting decent free agents.

andyhdz · 10-04-2021, 01:27 AM

if you can't beat them...delete them.

brotherblues · 10-04-2021, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by EmptyH

What if I go into commissioner mode and just remove all the coaches and get rid of the owner (can I do that?), retire people that cheated, and change the name but keep it in Houston?

This would work. Retire whoever you want including coaches. Then rename or relocate (helluva lot less messy than deleting and/or expanding).

UltimateAverageGuy · 10-04-2021, 10:21 AM

Have a feeling you know exactly how to do what you want, just in the mood to preach

EmptyH · 10-04-2021, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by brotherblues

This would work. Retire whoever you want including coaches. Then rename or relocate (helluva lot less messy than deleting and/or expanding).

Thank you. I believe I will try this now as my first attempt didn't work. For some reason it changed my playoffs to 3 series of best of 7s.

Any idea why it would change my playoffs like that?

azepeda1 · 10-04-2021, 01:26 PM

How about the other 12 teams the initial article said that they cheated such as Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers?

Orcin · 10-04-2021, 01:29 PM

Haters gonna hate.

NoOne · 10-04-2021, 02:02 PM

I am assuming you want to get rid of the team and its history? but some of your replies don't seem like that is important to you. if you don't care about that, comissioner mode could get it done.

if oyu want to obliterate the team and prevent new history from accruing, need to delete them and replace them. while you can erase entire league history, i don't recall this option per team.

Shortlist the organization (go to their player list and include minors and int'l complex)... This will help later on. easy to move them to another team or add to a draft pool etc..

maybe, set up draft as i think was stated in another reply is another option. FA draft or expansion draft? that may require a certain order to work well..

I'd delete the team first day of offseason. That way the previous year's stats are compiled and recorded properly (if not day 1 of offseason, then whenever that is true.. possibly after arbitration or FA period? no later than immediately following winter meetings? backups will help)

in the end you may need to compromise between what you want and what the game can do. try different methods to get what you want... as long as you got a backup, nothing is lost...

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cheaters not being punished properly is definitely a sign of a failing, overly-entitled society... good "preachy" it seems, if so.

heck, i just remove teams i don't like.. no reason is needed in a video game.

EmptyH · 10-04-2021, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NoOne

I am assuming you want to get rid of the team and its history? but some of your replies don't seem like that is important to you. if you don't care about that, comissioner mode could get it done.

if oyu want to obliterate the team and prevent new history from accruing, need to delete them and replace them. while you can erase entire league history, i don't recall this option per team.

Shortlist the organization (go to their player list and include minors and int'l complex)... This will help later on. easy to move them to another team or add to a draft pool etc..

maybe, set up draft as i think was stated in another reply is another option. FA draft or expansion draft? that may require a certain order to work well..

I'd delete the team first day of offseason. That way the previous year's stats are compiled and recorded properly (if not day 1 of offseason, then whenever that is true.. possibly after arbitration or FA period? no later than immediately following winter meetings? backups will help)

in the end you may need to compromise between what you want and what the game can do. try different methods to get what you want... as long as you got a backup, nothing is lost...

--
cheaters not being punished properly is definitely a sign of a failing, overly-entitled society... good "preachy" it seems, if so.

heck, i just remove teams i don't like.. no reason is needed in a video game.

Thanks for the reply. I deleted the team a few days after the playoffs and it seemed to work okay. It moved Houston to the Inactive and kept their history, which is fine by me. I hadn't tried a FA draft, but I can try that in next iteration. The main problem I had was it changed my playoffs to 3 series of best of 7s, which I guess I can just edit that back to normal but I am still wondering why it did that?

NoOne · 10-04-2021, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by EmptyH

Thanks for the reply. I deleted the team a few days after the playoffs and it seemed to work okay. It moved Houston to the Inactive and kept their history, which is fine by me. I hadn't tried a FA draft, but I can try that in next iteration. The main problem I had was it changed my playoffs to 3 series of best of 7s, which I guess I can just edit that back to normal but I am still wondering why it did that?

may happen each time structure changes? double check playoffs.

oh, definitely need to re-do schedule.... even if same number of teams, do it to be safe. the matchups might shift... the new team may cause different teamID relative to existing schedule file generated.. not sure if it could cause out of division matchups but will shift something around within a division at the least. The latter is just superficial, at least.

andyhdz · 10-04-2021, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by UltimateAverageGuy

Have a feeling you know exactly how to do what you want, just in the mood to preach

Exactly. Easily could have make it a generic question.

Bobfather · 10-05-2021, 06:43 PM

Why now?

brotherblues · 10-05-2021, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobfather

Why now?

Because the real playoffs are starting and Houston is in them and that has caused a few panties to twist in weird and unpleasant ways.

Isedelyod · 10-06-2021, 11:28 AM

Pretty sure they were in the playoffs last year too.

Ty Cobb · 10-06-2021, 11:53 AM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q

jg2977 · 10-06-2021, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Isedelyod

Pretty sure they were in the playoffs last year too.

Yup, got to within 1 game of the World Series. Almost became the 2nd team to come back from an 0-3 series deficit.

10-03-2021, 06:07 PM	#1
EmptyH Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 27	Best way to remove Houston Not looking for opinions on the matter. It's my fantasy league and it's happening. I am simply looking on the best way to do this and actually how to do this. This is my current thinking: 1) Wait till the end of the season and retire any particular players I believe knowingly cheated. 2) Remove Houston and sub-teams (how do I do this?) 3) Create a new expansion team to take up the slot (how do I do this?) 4) Expansion team gets a draft while other teams get to protect 25 players Thoughts? Concerns? Ideas on how to do this better?

10-04-2021, 01:27 AM	#6
andyhdz All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fresno, CA by way of Texas Posts: 1,754	if you can't beat them...delete them. __________________ *************************************** It's your game. Play it how you like it. ***************************************

10-04-2021, 02:02 PM	#12
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	I am assuming you want to get rid of the team and its history? but some of your replies don't seem like that is important to you. if you don't care about that, comissioner mode could get it done. if oyu want to obliterate the team and prevent new history from accruing, need to delete them and replace them. while you can erase entire league history, i don't recall this option per team. Shortlist the organization (go to their player list and include minors and int'l complex)... This will help later on. easy to move them to another team or add to a draft pool etc.. maybe, set up draft as i think was stated in another reply is another option. FA draft or expansion draft? that may require a certain order to work well.. I'd delete the team first day of offseason. That way the previous year's stats are compiled and recorded properly (if not day 1 of offseason, then whenever that is true.. possibly after arbitration or FA period? no later than immediately following winter meetings? backups will help) in the end you may need to compromise between what you want and what the game can do. try different methods to get what you want... as long as you got a backup, nothing is lost... -- cheaters not being punished properly is definitely a sign of a failing, overly-entitled society... good "preachy" it seems, if so. heck, i just remove teams i don't like.. no reason is needed in a video game. Last edited by NoOne; 10-04-2021 at 02:05 PM.

10-05-2021, 06:43 PM	#16
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10-06-2021, 11:28 AM	#18
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10-03-2021, 07:14 PM	#2
DJ_Jak_32 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 260	First question I have is do you want all the players currently in the Houston organization to all become free agents? If you delete the Astros and all their minor league teams, all of the players will become free agents. This will be an extremely manual process for you, there is a wizard built in the game for expansion teams, but you can only expand by even number of teams. You would have to make a list of all the protected players and then manually move the players to the new team. Your best bet would be to just rename the Astros to whatever city would get the expansion team and retire the players you wanted to remove from the league.

10-03-2021, 07:41 PM	#3
EmptyH Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 27	What if I go into commissioner mode and just remove all the coaches and get rid of the owner (can I do that?), retire people that cheated, and change the name but keep it in Houston?

10-03-2021, 10:01 PM	#4
Brad K Banned Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,693 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	On an expansion draft the game sets up teams get automatic production for players under 3 years experience. 25 plus those players leaves an awful lot of protected players. So be careful about the number protected players. Of course you have only one team choosing and 29 plus the Astros FAs to choose from so that changes things. I suggest you run several mock drafts to see what kind of team you end up with before deciding on exact draft setup. Are you going to put the new team someplace other than Houston?

10-03-2021, 11:12 PM	#5
EmptyH Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 27	In my current attempt I just deleted Houston and then added a new team (game randomly created Honolulu Angers, and that works for me). I selected for league to fill teams with players and coaches and then assigned the former houston sub-teams to Honolulu. Seems to be working decently so far. The Players it created for me were mostly bad, so I had fun trading and getting decent free agents.

10-04-2021, 10:21 AM	#8
UltimateAverageGuy All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 588	Have a feeling you know exactly how to do what you want, just in the mood to preach

10-04-2021, 01:26 PM	#10
azepeda1 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 20	How about the other 12 teams the initial article said that they cheated such as Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers?

10-04-2021, 01:29 PM	#11
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,849	Haters gonna hate.

10-06-2021, 11:53 AM	#19
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos