Realistic Expansion Team

unicorn · 03-18-2019, 03:26 PM

In real life, expansion teams are announced a few years before their first game, also being able to participate in 1 or 2 years of the amateur draft. However, when you start an expansion team in this game you appear the same year you're formed, missing out at the opportunity to fill up your farm system with some good players.

Does anyone set up an expansion team in a way that allows them to create the team a year or two before they play their first game?

Also, any other tips for setting up a more realistic expansion team would be great!

chriskelly · 03-18-2019, 04:52 PM

I guess you could accomplish that by adding the minor league teams first, unaffiliated. then sim a year, then expand the majors and attach them to the new major league clubs then. If your whole point is you are going to sim ahead a year to start, that shouldn't be that hard to do.

03-18-2019, 03:26 PM	#1
unicorn Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 1	Realistic Expansion Team In real life, expansion teams are announced a few years before their first game, also being able to participate in 1 or 2 years of the amateur draft. However, when you start an expansion team in this game you appear the same year you're formed, missing out at the opportunity to fill up your farm system with some good players. Does anyone set up an expansion team in a way that allows them to create the team a year or two before they play their first game? Also, any other tips for setting up a more realistic expansion team would be great!

03-18-2019, 04:52 PM	#2
chriskelly All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 738	I guess you could accomplish that by adding the minor league teams first, unaffiliated. then sim a year, then expand the majors and attach them to the new major league clubs then. If your whole point is you are going to sim ahead a year to start, that shouldn't be that hard to do.