Season 8 (2026) Discussion: 1/21/19-1/27/19

Markus Heinsohn · 01-21-2019, 07:14 AM

Good luck everybody for season 8!

My poor Stade Black Sox missed promotion to Silver because they got eliminated in the first playoff round. Sigh. Well, hopefully this year I'll make it out of the cellar, let's go Bronze .236!

Don't miss tonight's Perfect Team show (8 PM ET) on our Twitch channel, and tomorrow (Tuesday, 8 PM ET) we will have a special Call to the Hall show where we will be revealing awesome new cards for this year's Hall of Fame class. That show will be a must-see. Here's the channel: https://www.twitch.tv/OOTPDevelopments/

Cheers!
Markus

W0rmzbr0 · 01-21-2019, 09:13 AM

The Hoboken Zephyrs are now in Silver .252. I'm in the same division as the team that lost in the Bronze Series during the Zephyrs first season. He made the silver playoffs last year but missed out on promotion. Looks like I'll be in for a good fight for the NC East crown, though on the surface he has the better team.

Maddox · 01-21-2019, 09:50 AM

Team 1: After getting upset in the first round of the playoffs my 109 win team is still in bronze. (Bronze .261) It will be interesting to see if I can repeat the success.

Team 2: The Winterfell Direwolves held their own for the first few months of their inaugural Diamond season fell back to earth but still finished 85-77. They are now in Diamond .372

Team 3: The Macon County Cardinals made it to the wildcard game in their gold league but failed to advance so they did not get promoted and are in Gold .357

nickwatic · 01-21-2019, 10:01 AM

Another week of PT, another week of not knowing any of the 58 other teams in your 2 leagues. Sigh. This randomization thing decided by less than 100 people is annoying

gemini615 · 01-21-2019, 10:03 AM

Diamond 357- The new home for the Point Loma Indians after a failed 3 season run in the perfect leagues.
Diamond 359- Kennesaw Indians
Gold 342- Transylvania Vampires

joehart · 01-21-2019, 11:07 AM

Base Stealers P405 - after leading each previous league in steals, my sons team
finally made it all the way to Perfect. He will have a blast looking at Fargo Sun Dog, the top team in the PT universe.

Silver Pirates P412 - after an unsuccessful 2 year stay in Perfect, the team is back for a second time. The team continues to utilize only Silver batters.
But this time, the rules have been adjusted to allow better than Silver pitchers.

Knuckleballers - D370. Dickey, Niekro, Wood, and Wynn are still trying to make it to Perfect. However, I am afraid without another influx of Knuckleballer talent (praying for some more cards), more pitching struggles in 2026.
Wood has been stellar the last two years while RA Dickey continues to give everyone gray hairs. At least he improved from a negative (.8) WAR to positive (.7) but his movement rating will continue to produce a 1.3 - 1.8 HR/9.

Maddox · 01-21-2019, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by nickwatic

Another week of PT, another week of not knowing any of the 58 other teams in your 2 leagues. Sigh. This randomization thing decided by less than 100 people is annoying

Of course you are assuming that the people who voted are somehow in the minority. There is no way to know how things would turn out even if everyone in the community voted.

But based on the number of complaints we have seen about being stuck in leagues with whales I am not sure the results would have been any different.

BranchRicky22 · 01-21-2019, 11:13 AM

Nashville Expos - eked into the playoffs and won the Wildcard, then were promptly swept in the division series. This will be the start of week 4 in Perfect Level for the Expos who have been revamped to pound the gap and field the ball.

Kansas City Royals (All Royals legends) - won 113 regular season games and landed in the World Series taking a 3-2 series lead back home only to lose in Game 7 in the top of 9th. After barely missing promotions for 3 weeks in Silver the squad has been moved up Gold Level.

Nashville Sounds - scored a bunch of PP in Entry level and are looking to be heavily favored in Bronze level with their combination of Contact and Defense.

This game has been a joy to play. Thank you!

- Branchricky22/Branchrickey/Branchricky

Socali · 01-21-2019, 11:27 AM

Sorry to hear your Black Sox didn’t make the cut Markus, but then maybe not so sorry as that probably means your working very hard on OOTP Go and OOTP 20! You have my permission to focus on your Stade Black Sox when those other two aforementioned projects have been perfected!!!

My Apple Dumplin’ Gang finally made Perfect with a stellar 111 win season in its 4th Diamond Season capping it off with a 4-1 WS win! Apple Dumplin’ Gang first WS win was in the Bronze League. Looking forward to Perfect League challenge, prolly gonna be chicken feed to start.

Have fun everybody!

nickwatic · 01-21-2019, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Maddox

Of course you are assuming that the people who voted are somehow in the minority. There is no way to know how things would turn out even if everyone in the community voted.

But based on the number of complaints we have seen about being stuck in leagues with whales I am not sure the results would have been any different.

I'd rather be in a group with whales+friends rather than randoms. The fun of PT was being able to talk about your league with others and now its just a bunch of people in the discord posting about all the different leagues they're in that don't overlap

Xogo · 01-21-2019, 11:40 AM

Im sure youll tell me Im wrong, but after playing this for 2 months I dont think PT plays the same as OOTP. I have too many players, like a 1921 Ruth (2nd best WAR ever) that hits .220 and 20 hrs. I think if I was willing to take the time and re-create the league I was just in, in a fictional OOTP league, that the all-time HOF players would perform much better than they do in PT. I get that most teams are loaded with stud pitchers. But these are stud hitters and while I dont expect a Ruth or Mantle or Williams to put up the numbers, they should be doing better than some of these gold players I see. Its a big turn off.

zrog2000 · 01-21-2019, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Xogo

Im sure youll tell me Im wrong, but after playing this for 2 months I dont think PT plays the same as OOTP. I have too many players, like a 1921 Ruth (2nd best WAR ever) that hits .220 and 20 hrs. I think if I was willing to take the time and re-create the league I was just in, in a fictional OOTP league, that the all-time HOF players would perform much better than they do in PT. I get that most teams are loaded with stud pitchers. But these are stud hitters and while I dont expect a Ruth or Mantle or Williams to put up the numbers, they should be doing better than some of these gold players I see. Its a big turn off.

The entire league is adjusted as well so there aren't 30 teams with 400 home runs each. That's why you don't see Babe Ruth hit 60 HR.

Kris Jardine · 01-21-2019, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by zrog2000

The entire league is adjusted as well so there aren't 30 teams with 400 home runs each. That's why you don't see Babe Ruth hit 60 HR.

Most homers in Season 7. Babe Ruth with 60

Xogo · 01-21-2019, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by zrog2000

The entire league is adjusted as well so there aren't 30 teams with 400 home runs each. That's why you don't see Babe Ruth hit 60 HR.

Yes...and with adjustments....while stats wont be the same....a card like the 1921 Ruth should still out perform 90% of all other hitters accordingly. Otherwise, what is the point of basing ratings on real-life performance and then apply a factor to make all seasons even across the board over all eras of baseball.

nickwatic · 01-21-2019, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris Jardine

Most homers in Season 7. Babe Ruth with 60

Spoiling TWIPT stats already?

Kris Jardine · 01-21-2019, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nickwatic

Spoiling TWIPT stats already?

Maybe...

asaintsfan · 01-21-2019, 12:23 PM

My guy last year. Disappeared during another failed playoff run

scott1964 · 01-21-2019, 12:40 PM

Denver Bears move down to Silver 292 after another disaster in Gold
Trenton Minutemen move up to Silver 276 after losing the WS

Will_L · 01-21-2019, 12:52 PM

Got my Corsairs in D369 NC West.
Reavers in S279 NC West and
Subway Rats in P403 AC East.

sharknut · 01-21-2019, 01:26 PM

Was a 93 win Diamond team last year and lost in the WC game to an 85 win team.

This year my division has a 119 win Gold team, a 90 win Diamond team, a 109 win Diamond team and an 80 win Diamond team. Was able to add Posey, Kluber and Mesa in the bullpen between years. Hopefully that will be enough to at least get another WC spot.

01-21-2019, 07:14 AM	#1
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,739	Season 8 (2026) Discussion: 1/21/19-1/27/19 Good luck everybody for season 8! My poor Stade Black Sox missed promotion to Silver because they got eliminated in the first playoff round. Sigh. Well, hopefully this year I'll make it out of the cellar, let's go Bronze .236! Don't miss tonight's Perfect Team show (8 PM ET) on our Twitch channel, and tomorrow (Tuesday, 8 PM ET) we will have a special Call to the Hall show where we will be revealing awesome new cards for this year's Hall of Fame class. That show will be a must-see. Here's the channel: https://www.twitch.tv/OOTPDevelopments/ Cheers! Markus __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android Last edited by Markus Heinsohn; 01-21-2019 at 07:25 AM.

01-21-2019, 12:23 PM	#17
asaintsfan All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Orleans LA Posts: 524	My guy last year. Disappeared during another failed playoff run Attached Images

01-21-2019, 12:40 PM	#18
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,561 Blog Entries: 19	Denver Bears move down to Silver 292 after another disaster in Gold Trenton Minutemen move up to Silver 276 after losing the WS __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

01-21-2019, 09:13 AM	#2
W0rmzbr0 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 100	The Hoboken Zephyrs are now in Silver .252. I'm in the same division as the team that lost in the Bronze Series during the Zephyrs first season. He made the silver playoffs last year but missed out on promotion. Looks like I'll be in for a good fight for the NC East crown, though on the surface he has the better team.

01-21-2019, 09:50 AM	#3
Maddox All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 903	Team 1: After getting upset in the first round of the playoffs my 109 win team is still in bronze. (Bronze .261) It will be interesting to see if I can repeat the success. Team 2: The Winterfell Direwolves held their own for the first few months of their inaugural Diamond season fell back to earth but still finished 85-77. They are now in Diamond .372 Team 3: The Macon County Cardinals made it to the wildcard game in their gold league but failed to advance so they did not get promoted and are in Gold .357

01-21-2019, 10:01 AM	#4
nickwatic Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 195 Blog Entries: 1	Another week of PT, another week of not knowing any of the 58 other teams in your 2 leagues. Sigh. This randomization thing decided by less than 100 people is annoying

01-21-2019, 10:03 AM	#5
gemini615 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 671	Diamond 357- The new home for the Point Loma Indians after a failed 3 season run in the perfect leagues. Diamond 359- Kennesaw Indians Gold 342- Transylvania Vampires

01-21-2019, 11:07 AM	#6
joehart All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,131	Base Stealers P405 - after leading each previous league in steals, my sons team finally made it all the way to Perfect. He will have a blast looking at Fargo Sun Dog, the top team in the PT universe. Silver Pirates P412 - after an unsuccessful 2 year stay in Perfect, the team is back for a second time. The team continues to utilize only Silver batters. But this time, the rules have been adjusted to allow better than Silver pitchers. Knuckleballers - D370. Dickey, Niekro, Wood, and Wynn are still trying to make it to Perfect. However, I am afraid without another influx of Knuckleballer talent (praying for some more cards), more pitching struggles in 2026. Wood has been stellar the last two years while RA Dickey continues to give everyone gray hairs. At least he improved from a negative (.8) WAR to positive (.7) but his movement rating will continue to produce a 1.3 - 1.8 HR/9.

01-21-2019, 11:13 AM	#8
BranchRicky22 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 21	Nashville Expos - eked into the playoffs and won the Wildcard, then were promptly swept in the division series. This will be the start of week 4 in Perfect Level for the Expos who have been revamped to pound the gap and field the ball. Kansas City Royals (All Royals legends) - won 113 regular season games and landed in the World Series taking a 3-2 series lead back home only to lose in Game 7 in the top of 9th. After barely missing promotions for 3 weeks in Silver the squad has been moved up Gold Level. Nashville Sounds - scored a bunch of PP in Entry level and are looking to be heavily favored in Bronze level with their combination of Contact and Defense. This game has been a joy to play. Thank you! - Branchricky22/Branchrickey/Branchricky

01-21-2019, 11:27 AM	#9
Socali Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 168	Sorry to hear your Black Sox didn’t make the cut Markus, but then maybe not so sorry as that probably means your working very hard on OOTP Go and OOTP 20! You have my permission to focus on your Stade Black Sox when those other two aforementioned projects have been perfected!!! My Apple Dumplin’ Gang finally made Perfect with a stellar 111 win season in its 4th Diamond Season capping it off with a 4-1 WS win! Apple Dumplin’ Gang first WS win was in the Bronze League. Looking forward to Perfect League challenge, prolly gonna be chicken feed to start. Have fun everybody!

01-21-2019, 11:40 AM	#11
Xogo Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 216	Im sure youll tell me Im wrong, but after playing this for 2 months I dont think PT plays the same as OOTP. I have too many players, like a 1921 Ruth (2nd best WAR ever) that hits .220 and 20 hrs. I think if I was willing to take the time and re-create the league I was just in, in a fictional OOTP league, that the all-time HOF players would perform much better than they do in PT. I get that most teams are loaded with stud pitchers. But these are stud hitters and while I dont expect a Ruth or Mantle or Williams to put up the numbers, they should be doing better than some of these gold players I see. Its a big turn off.

01-21-2019, 12:52 PM	#19
Will_L All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Laurelton, NY Posts: 590	Got my Corsairs in D369 NC West. Reavers in S279 NC West and Subway Rats in P403 AC East.

01-21-2019, 01:26 PM	#20
sharknut All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 788 Blog Entries: 1	Was a 93 win Diamond team last year and lost in the WC game to an 85 win team. This year my division has a 119 win Gold team, a 90 win Diamond team, a 109 win Diamond team and an 80 win Diamond team. Was able to add Posey, Kluber and Mesa in the bullpen between years. Hopefully that will be enough to at least get another WC spot.