Historical minor leagues

JcBoscan · 02-19-2016, 09:40 AM

That's a total game changer for historical replays. I'm embarrassed how excited I am about that.

Habsfan18 · 02-19-2016, 09:42 AM

I'm pumped as well.

Here's hoping the wonderful modding community works on historical uniforms and logos.

OzzieFan · 02-19-2016, 09:43 AM

This was one of the main reasons I was always turned off by historical. Too many injuries, no free agents, and no one to replace disabled players with. This is great.

Lukas Berger · 02-19-2016, 09:45 AM

This has been my dream feature for years. Never actually thought it would happen.

I'm beyond excited about it. Delirious with joy would be more like it!

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 09:50 AM

Credit Spritze and BigRod here, they have put together the huge historical minor league database. Amazing job!

T.J. Lauerman · 02-19-2016, 09:55 AM

I can't wait to see if Mike Hessman will repeat his "Crash" Davis career, or break through and make an impact in the majors.

HerbertMcHoover · 02-19-2016, 09:56 AM

Thank you guys so much. This is gigantic and one of the (long list of reasons) why OOTP will remain #1!!!!

Cryomaniac · 02-19-2016, 10:12 AM

This is huge, and might actually spur me to play historical more.

Orcin · 02-19-2016, 10:16 AM

The current situation: Debut players with a low amount of MLB appearances will have a high probability for injury. They can also have high ratings, which often causes the AI to put them in the starting lineup. Invariably, they are injured and sometimes they suffer a CEI.

How is this situation handled in the new version? Will they have normal injury history/ratings and performance ratings that would influence the AI to keep them in the minors?

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orcin

The current situation: Debut players with a low amount of MLB appearances will have a high probability for injury. They can also have high ratings, which often causes the AI to put them in the starting lineup. Invariably, they are injured and sometimes they suffer a CEI.

How is this situation handled in the new version? Will they have normal injury history/ratings and performance ratings that would influence the AI to keep them in the minors?

They get more realistic injury ratings now, yes.

dmacgreg37 · 02-19-2016, 10:24 AM

Love this as well.

I did a "fictional players' real MLB history starting in 1901 with real expansion, etc. Took so much time editing the minor league affiliates. LOVE that I won't have to do that anymore.

OzzieFan · 02-19-2016, 10:39 AM

Any update to allow to play without recalc on and players working better with development engine? For example a player that had 2 at bats as a 26 year old in 1902 with a zero average and then coming alive at age 28 in 1904. The game introduces him in 1902 with nothing current but good potentials, but because he's 26... the development engine never lets the player reach his potential like he did in real life.

swampdragon · 02-19-2016, 10:42 AM

I'm impressed, and this gets a preorder right away.

How deep does this go? If I started a 1920 historical league, would the minor league players all show up on the correct rosters? So I could theoretically play the historical 1920 PCL season with the real rosters at the same time as the historical major league season? How many leagues would there be?

nutt · 02-19-2016, 10:48 AM

Does this mean we get Minor League Histories now?

League Champions, overall records, etc. ?

Or something akin to a franchise relocation/suspension:

Evansville Triplets >>>> Nashville Sounds
Nashville Xpress >>>> Port City Roosters >>>> Montgomery Biscuits

geoffmatt17 · 02-19-2016, 10:53 AM

Question on historical import for drafts. I currently run an online league where I've MANUALLY imported real historical players at their age 18-19 levels instead of their debut age, which kind of mirrors what I'm seeing here (AWESOME). My league, however, is fictional. As a fictional league, will I be able to let OOTP AUTOMATICALLY generate my amateur draft each season? Or will I have to continue to manually import?

Thank you very much for this amazing feature!!!

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swampdragon

I'm impressed, and this gets a preorder right away.

How deep does this go? If I started a 1920 historical league, would the minor league players all show up on the correct rosters? So I could theoretically play the historical 1920 PCL season with the real rosters at the same time as the historical major league season? How many leagues would there be?

Yes. All affiliated leagues since 1919 are in there.

Markus Heinsohn · 02-19-2016, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoffmatt17

Question on historical import for drafts. I currently run an online league where I've MANUALLY imported real historical players at their age 18-19 levels instead of their debut age, which kind of mirrors what I'm seeing here (AWESOME). My league, however, is fictional. As a fictional league, will I be able to let OOTP AUTOMATICALLY generate my amateur draft each season? Or will I have to continue to manually import?

Thank you very much for this amazing feature!!!

You'll have to manually do it for fictional leagues I'm afraid.

geoffmatt17 · 02-19-2016, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

You'll have to manually do it for fictional leagues I'm afraid.

OK understood, thank you for the response. As long as I'll be able to include all these new minor league folks, it's still a game changer!!

Lukas Berger · 02-19-2016, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swampdragon

I'm impressed, and this gets a preorder right away.

How deep does this go? If I started a 1920 historical league, would the minor league players all show up on the correct rosters? So I could theoretically play the historical 1920 PCL season with the real rosters at the same time as the historical major league season? How many leagues would there be?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yes. All affiliated leagues since 1919 are in there.

I just want to clarify Markus' post a bit here in the interests of accuracy. You'll notice he said all affiliated leagues. That doesn't include the PCL as of 1920, as it was still an indy league then.

Indy, Negro and International leagues aren't currently included in the default setup. Maybe that's a feature for the future, let's hope so! I know we have a lot of the data collected.

Cryomaniac · 02-19-2016, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lukasberger

I just want to clarify Markus' post a bit here in the interests of accuracy. You'll notice he said all affiliated leagues. That doesn't include the PCL as of 1920, as it was still an indy league then.

Indy and International league aren't currently included in the default setup. Maybe that's a feature for the future, let's hope so!

Historical Indy and international leagues would be quite something!

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02-19-2016, 10:42 AM	#13
swampdragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 2,509	I'm impressed, and this gets a preorder right away. How deep does this go? If I started a 1920 historical league, would the minor league players all show up on the correct rosters? So I could theoretically play the historical 1920 PCL season with the real rosters at the same time as the historical major league season? How many leagues would there be? __________________ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -- C.S. Lewis

02-19-2016, 10:53 AM	#15
geoffmatt17 Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 305	Question on historical import for drafts. I currently run an online league where I've MANUALLY imported real historical players at their age 18-19 levels instead of their debut age, which kind of mirrors what I'm seeing here (AWESOME). My league, however, is fictional. As a fictional league, will I be able to let OOTP AUTOMATICALLY generate my amateur draft each season? Or will I have to continue to manually import? Thank you very much for this amazing feature!!! __________________ United Baseball Association - San Francisco Spartans (Commish) FOD - Miami Mutiny PBF - Port Moresby Wigmen SABR - Tampa Bay Rays FCB - Chicago White Sox FSL - Oklahoma City Red Hawks

02-19-2016, 09:40 AM	#1
JcBoscan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 65	Historical minor leagues That's a total game changer for historical replays. I'm embarrassed how excited I am about that.

02-19-2016, 09:42 AM	#2
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,238	I'm pumped as well. Here's hoping the wonderful modding community works on historical uniforms and logos.

02-19-2016, 09:43 AM	#3
OzzieFan Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Exton, PA Posts: 234	This was one of the main reasons I was always turned off by historical. Too many injuries, no free agents, and no one to replace disabled players with. This is great.

02-19-2016, 09:45 AM	#4
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 19,883	This has been my dream feature for years. Never actually thought it would happen. I'm beyond excited about it. Delirious with joy would be more like it!

02-19-2016, 09:56 AM	#7
HerbertMcHoover Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 233	Thank you guys so much. This is gigantic and one of the (long list of reasons) why OOTP will remain #1!!!!

02-19-2016, 10:16 AM	#9
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	The current situation: Debut players with a low amount of MLB appearances will have a high probability for injury. They can also have high ratings, which often causes the AI to put them in the starting lineup. Invariably, they are injured and sometimes they suffer a CEI. How is this situation handled in the new version? Will they have normal injury history/ratings and performance ratings that would influence the AI to keep them in the minors?

02-19-2016, 10:24 AM	#11
dmacgreg37 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 488	Love this as well. I did a "fictional players' real MLB history starting in 1901 with real expansion, etc. Took so much time editing the minor league affiliates. LOVE that I won't have to do that anymore.

02-19-2016, 10:39 AM	#12
OzzieFan Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Exton, PA Posts: 234	Any update to allow to play without recalc on and players working better with development engine? For example a player that had 2 at bats as a 26 year old in 1902 with a zero average and then coming alive at age 28 in 1904. The game introduces him in 1902 with nothing current but good potentials, but because he's 26... the development engine never lets the player reach his potential like he did in real life.

02-19-2016, 10:48 AM	#14
nutt OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,076	Does this mean we get Minor League Histories now? League Champions, overall records, etc. ? Or something akin to a franchise relocation/suspension: Evansville Triplets >>>> Nashville Sounds Nashville Xpress >>>> Port City Roosters >>>> Montgomery Biscuits