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01-14-2013, 10:03 PM | #1 |
Bat Boy
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3
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Foreign players
Is it just me or are there way too many foreign players that come into the league, my entire bullpen right now is Latino with 3 Cabreras
Most of the top amateur players are not American There's no way to work around this right? |
01-15-2013, 12:57 PM | #2 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 113
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In real life, on opening day last season 28.4% of MLB players were foreign born. About 2/3 of those were Latino. In the minors, an astounding 46.4% of the players are born outside the US.
In Latin America, because of the weather, people play baseball 365 days a year. Lot of talent. Right now my best player is a slugger from Kenya. I have no idea where he learned to play, but I think he was scouted playing cricket! I have a Ricardo Perez from Slovakia! 3 Cabreras or 3 Smiths or 3 of any same name on my team would drive me nuts. |
01-15-2013, 05:14 PM | #3 |
Bat Boy
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3
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Yes but most of the guys that are drafted are American, most foreign players do not go to college and enter the draft
I know there is nothing to do about that given the platform, but I would like to see a few more Americans |
01-15-2013, 08:50 PM | #4 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 113
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Woops, seems SLV stands for El Salvador, not Slovakia.
I did some quick calculations for the league I'm playing, Fictional 2015. My 25 man roster has 7 foreigners, which matches the 28% I mentioned earlier. The league active player list has 67% USA. Without doing deep math, that sounds like it fits the real life numbers of last year. Could be your team is going through a phase that just doesn't quite fit the real life formula. I've noticed in historical leagues there can be quite a few draftees that in no way matched the historical make-up of the league. |
01-15-2013, 09:49 PM | #5 |
All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 814
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I love it that this game has people talking about player Nationality percentages both against and for it. It proves how much thought and vision was put into it. Thanks again.
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