FEEDER League question

sstrweaver13 · 04-09-2020, 10:59 AM

When adding a feeder for a standard MLB season, does anyone know the exact number of college teams, JUCO teams, and high school teams are added to the game?

I'm at work right now so I cant just add one and see haha

Thanks!

Mr. Marlin · 04-10-2020, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by sstrweaver13

When adding a feeder for a standard MLB season, does anyone know the exact number of college teams, JUCO teams, and high school teams are added to the game?

I'm at work right now so I cant just add one and see haha

Thanks!

It doesn't work that way. Adding a feeder league will generate a number of fictional college or high school teams (whichever level you picked) equal to the number of major league teams in the league whose draft it's feeding. You can add, subtract teams, rename them and select logos and uniforms during the creation process. The feeder will behave as an independent minor league for the most part. Only when players reach "graduation" age they will be released into the draft pool of the associated league.

Bluenoser · 04-10-2020, 06:01 AM

Can't speak for standard MLB, but I have an expanded MLB (36 teams) with 5 levels of minors. (AAA, AA, A, SA, R).

When I used the option in setup to "add a complete feeder system", the game created 2 HS leagues of 32 teams each, 1 JUCO league with 12 teams, and 1 College league with 36 teams.

thesmokeshow · 04-10-2020, 05:05 PM

I’ve played OOTP for at least 7-8 years and generally play mostly in the modern era. I’ve never used feeder leagues but am curious about adding it.

What are the pros and cons?

And how do you apply feeder leagues to a modern era league? If it’s too complicated to write out then don’t bother. Just curious if it’s somewhat easy to explain. Thanks in advance.

jpeters1734 · 04-10-2020, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sstrweaver13

When adding a feeder for a standard MLB season, does anyone know the exact number of college teams, JUCO teams, and high school teams are added to the game?

I'm at work right now so I cant just add one and see haha

Thanks!

The better question is what are you going to use feeders before? I only ask because most people only added them so that they could scout players in multiple draft classes. With the new future draft pool feature, feeders leagues for a lot of players are no longer necessary.

Bluenoser · 04-10-2020, 07:10 PM

The difference between feeders and the new multiple draft classes is that with feeders, your draft class has actually played games, where as with the multiple draft classes, they are still just game generated stats.

That is how Matt explained it.

I can see the pros/cons to both sides, and am still undecided as to whether I will add feeders or not.

jimmysthebestcop · 04-10-2020, 07:40 PM

Sim time increases. You will have more feeder teams then your entire universe.

mgom27 · 04-10-2020, 09:31 PM

Feeders can also be used historical or created ones to just got to select College or High School.

alphington · 04-11-2020, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

where as with the multiple draft classes, they are still just game generated stats.

That is how Matt explained it.

I'm curious about what people think about the new draftee generated stats - I am still using ootp20 where i play a fictional league that has feeder leagues - it took many hours of trial and error to get it working properly but it now produces about the right amount and mix of draftees with proper stats from 3 seasons of HS oe College. I rely on these stats a lot when drafting as i play a version of stats only (watered down).

Can we put as much faith in the 21 version of game generated stats or would actual game stats from a feeder system always trump those?

The answer to this would help me decide whether to get 21 or stick to 20 as I tend to sim a lot so 3D improvements etc are not things I would notice. If the new system works as well as real feeder leagues i would simply do away with the feeders for a slimmed down game.

Thanks!

04-09-2020, 10:59 AM	#1
sstrweaver13 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 24	FEEDER League question When adding a feeder for a standard MLB season, does anyone know the exact number of college teams, JUCO teams, and high school teams are added to the game? I'm at work right now so I cant just add one and see haha Thanks!

04-10-2020, 09:31 PM	#8
mgom27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,520	Feeders can also be used historical or created ones to just got to select College or High School. __________________ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

04-10-2020, 06:01 AM	#3
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	Can't speak for standard MLB, but I have an expanded MLB (36 teams) with 5 levels of minors. (AAA, AA, A, SA, R). When I used the option in setup to "add a complete feeder system", the game created 2 HS leagues of 32 teams each, 1 JUCO league with 12 teams, and 1 College league with 36 teams.

04-10-2020, 05:05 PM	#4
thesmokeshow Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 109	I’ve played OOTP for at least 7-8 years and generally play mostly in the modern era. I’ve never used feeder leagues but am curious about adding it. What are the pros and cons? And how do you apply feeder leagues to a modern era league? If it’s too complicated to write out then don’t bother. Just curious if it’s somewhat easy to explain. Thanks in advance.

04-10-2020, 07:10 PM	#6
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	The difference between feeders and the new multiple draft classes is that with feeders, your draft class has actually played games, where as with the multiple draft classes, they are still just game generated stats. That is how Matt explained it. I can see the pros/cons to both sides, and am still undecided as to whether I will add feeders or not.

04-10-2020, 07:40 PM	#7
jimmysthebestcop Banned Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 1,728 Infractions: 0/2 (5)	Sim time increases. You will have more feeder teams then your entire universe.