Minor Leagues?

Pelican · 06-15-2023, 09:19 PM

I've just purchased my first season in GO 24 (1954) and began managing the hapless Philly A's. On the roster screen, I have 25 guys plus a reserve roster of nine. No minor league teams. No ability to set up minor leagues. I think there may be some minor league free agents, but I can't find the guys in my system there. The reserve roster seems pretty random, in terms of players. All pitchers and catchers. Guys who excelled at AAA are missing. It's really incomplete.

I may be confused, because I mostly play the full game, with so many more features, and the ability to carry over saves from year to year. GO 24 does have more functionality, and I thought I remembered that minor leagues were going to be included this year. Did I imagine that? I've been through setup several times, and I don't see any option to set up minor league systems. Nor can I create players. Looking in Baseball Reference at my minor league teams, there are guys I would love to promote.

I've always wondered how the reserve rosters are created. I thought it might be guys who had some major league service time during the year; but that's not it. Plenty of guys are missing. You would think that the best prospects in the minor league system would be on the Reserve Roster, say, twenty-five of them. No such thing. There isn't even a reasonable distribution between/among positions, in order to fill a gap due to injury. Just a seemingly random collection of marginal players.

Have I missed something here??

daves · 06-16-2023, 08:55 PM

Were there minor leagues in 1954?

Pelican · 06-17-2023, 02:20 PM

Seriously?

I found a partial work-around, converting marginal players to missing players, with appropriate bio, ratings, nicknames. If I can’t create a player, at least I can borrow an ID and modify.

alkeiper · 06-20-2023, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by daves

Were there minor leagues in 1954?

Minor leagues have existed as long as the majors. For a good chunk of history teams operated independently. Major League teams would have working agreements with the minors to send players down, but that didn't mean all the players on a minor league team belonged to the major league club. Major league teams from about the '30s through the '50s gradually expanded control of minor league teams but it wasn't until 1960 when the whole system of affiliated minors that we're familiar with was formalized.

06-15-2023, 09:19 PM	#1
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,916	Minor Leagues? I've just purchased my first season in GO 24 (1954) and began managing the hapless Philly A's. On the roster screen, I have 25 guys plus a reserve roster of nine. No minor league teams. No ability to set up minor leagues. I think there may be some minor league free agents, but I can't find the guys in my system there. The reserve roster seems pretty random, in terms of players. All pitchers and catchers. Guys who excelled at AAA are missing. It's really incomplete. I may be confused, because I mostly play the full game, with so many more features, and the ability to carry over saves from year to year. GO 24 does have more functionality, and I thought I remembered that minor leagues were going to be included this year. Did I imagine that? I've been through setup several times, and I don't see any option to set up minor league systems. Nor can I create players. Looking in Baseball Reference at my minor league teams, there are guys I would love to promote. I've always wondered how the reserve rosters are created. I thought it might be guys who had some major league service time during the year; but that's not it. Plenty of guys are missing. You would think that the best prospects in the minor league system would be on the Reserve Roster, say, twenty-five of them. No such thing. There isn't even a reasonable distribution between/among positions, in order to fill a gap due to injury. Just a seemingly random collection of marginal players. Have I missed something here?? __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”

06-16-2023, 08:55 PM	#2
daves Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,840	Were there minor leagues in 1954? __________________

06-17-2023, 02:20 PM	#3
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,916	Seriously? I found a partial work-around, converting marginal players to missing players, with appropriate bio, ratings, nicknames. If I can’t create a player, at least I can borrow an ID and modify. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”