Newbie Questions

schwabke · 04-27-2021, 06:16 PM

So I'm new to the game, and there have been a couple things in my current season that have puzzled me, so when in doubt, ask the experts.

Background - I started a franchise with the 1919 Chicago White Sox (always been fascinated with that team - even wrote a paper on them in my 11th grade English class). Finished the 1919 season 84-56, and missed winning the division by 2 games.

Went through the whole offseason - player retirements, free agent draft, etc and am almost done the 1920 season. Doing fairly well again - 86-61 with 7 games to play (though the Yankees have won over 100 already, so I'm mathematically eliminated). Eddie Collins is riding a 32 game hit streak though.

Anyways - there weren't any injuries in my 1919 season. But I've had several in the 1920 season (good thing I had some players on the bench). After game 118 - my lead off hitter got placed on the 15-day DL. He hasn't been activated - and when I click on him, it says he's not eligible. How does that work? Some players went on the 15 day DL - but were back in less than 15. Missing a big part of my team for over a month - and it hurts!

But what hurts the most - one of my draftees - who I had hitting 6th - and who was hitting over .340 with 100 RBIs - just got snapped away by the Browns as a FA - how did that happen? What could I have done to prevent that? That's a second blow to my lineup! He was currently rated 3.5 stars - with a potential to be 4.5 - so I would never let someone like that get away if I could help it!

Also - since I'm about to finish the season tonight - how do I use my offseason player development budget to improve my team best?

Thanks for your time/help!

Brad K · 04-29-2021, 01:07 AM

Injured list time can run out but the player can still be injured and thus not available to be activated.

I'd guess development money doesn't do anything in a historical game if the settings are some version of recalc with development off. Could be wrong though. I play 3 years recalc dev on TCR 100 and spend lots of money on dev. Usually I set scouting to maybe 85% of max and set dev a bit less than that.

Brad K · 04-30-2021, 12:00 AM

My view is that if AI teams are spending money on something I should too even if I'm mostly convinced it does nothing. I have no international in my games but AI teams spend scouting money on that so I do too.

04-27-2021, 06:16 PM	#1
schwabke Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 7	Newbie Questions So I'm new to the game, and there have been a couple things in my current season that have puzzled me, so when in doubt, ask the experts. Background - I started a franchise with the 1919 Chicago White Sox (always been fascinated with that team - even wrote a paper on them in my 11th grade English class). Finished the 1919 season 84-56, and missed winning the division by 2 games. Went through the whole offseason - player retirements, free agent draft, etc and am almost done the 1920 season. Doing fairly well again - 86-61 with 7 games to play (though the Yankees have won over 100 already, so I'm mathematically eliminated). Eddie Collins is riding a 32 game hit streak though. Anyways - there weren't any injuries in my 1919 season. But I've had several in the 1920 season (good thing I had some players on the bench). After game 118 - my lead off hitter got placed on the 15-day DL. He hasn't been activated - and when I click on him, it says he's not eligible. How does that work? Some players went on the 15 day DL - but were back in less than 15. Missing a big part of my team for over a month - and it hurts! But what hurts the most - one of my draftees - who I had hitting 6th - and who was hitting over .340 with 100 RBIs - just got snapped away by the Browns as a FA - how did that happen? What could I have done to prevent that? That's a second blow to my lineup! He was currently rated 3.5 stars - with a potential to be 4.5 - so I would never let someone like that get away if I could help it! Also - since I'm about to finish the season tonight - how do I use my offseason player development budget to improve my team best? Thanks for your time/help!

04-29-2021, 01:07 AM	#2
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 5,433	Injured list time can run out but the player can still be injured and thus not available to be activated. I'd guess development money doesn't do anything in a historical game if the settings are some version of recalc with development off. Could be wrong though. I play 3 years recalc dev on TCR 100 and spend lots of money on dev. Usually I set scouting to maybe 85% of max and set dev a bit less than that.

04-30-2021, 12:00 AM	#3
Brad K Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 5,433	My view is that if AI teams are spending money on something I should too even if I'm mostly convinced it does nothing. I have no international in my games but AI teams spend scouting money on that so I do too.