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03-28-2024, 11:07 AM | #1 |
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Does it Feel Like There Are Too Many Balks
I feel like in both OTTP 24 & 25, I see a balk once a week. And I just won a game on a walk-off balk... Whereas in MLB, I haven't seen a balk since the infamous Kenley Jansen intentional balk.
Are other folks seeing a surprising number of balks? Are there any settings we can change to decrease their frequency? |
03-28-2024, 11:09 AM | #2 |
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Gotta love a balk-off win lol ... even better than on a wild pitch
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03-28-2024, 12:46 PM | #4 |
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Change your league totals to what you feel would be good for you - the beauty of OOTP, play as you wish.
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03-28-2024, 03:53 PM | #5 |
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I've long felt there were too many balks in OOTP. Never really tracked the data, but if khucke's stat from 2023 is accurate that would mean you should see a balk once every 23 games. To me it feels like over a 23 game stretch in OOTP you're probably getting 10 balks......
I've never adjusted it in the settings, so it obviously doesn't bother me that much. But I do agree with the OP. |
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Over the years I've posted data in many threads discussing both balks and wild pitches. I have not had a problem in any version that I have had the League Total Modifier set with autocalc.
Post 14 in this thread https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...highlight=balk Quote:
What I can show is total balks in my game and the LTM autocalc generates. In the above post from versions 16-18. And I still have v24, 23, 22 on my machine. Last full season balks from each of those.. v24 112.... LTM .407 v23 196.....LTM .565 v22 166.....LTM .493 I can only look at the last complete season in these versions for balks as I don't create an almanac. You'll have to take my word that the seasons I can't get the data for were in line with expectations. Note no season has a LTM anywhere near 1.000. In the quoted post it says my v23 LTM is .483, this would be from whatever season I was playing at the time. So obviously it changed as it was .565 in my last completed season. I'll throw out my v25 LTM is .647. Take this with a grain of salt as that comes from an autocalc just before spring training with all/most teams having 60 players active. I will autocalc again on opening day. That's 8 seasons of actual data. One season over 200 , all seasons with believable numbers. Standard MLB modern day setup with 30 teams for all versions and seasons. Here's an old post of mine with data back to v12 Quote:
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03-28-2024, 07:28 PM | #7 | |
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i am sure balks and walk offs are in the stats in 2025 feelings don't matter |
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03-29-2024, 05:15 PM | #8 | |
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I'd lowered my frequency for balks to .700 many seasons ago - feels right.
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03-29-2024, 05:26 PM | #9 |
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My fictional league currently has balks auto-calc'd at .703. Pretty sure I started this one with modern day stats.
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04-07-2024, 03:07 PM | #10 |
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I just saw a first for me….with one of my hitters on 2nd, the pitcher balked moving him to 3rd….then next pitch, proceeded to balk again sending him home. Never saw back-to back balks before
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Since my previous post I've moved past ST and into the regular season and of course autocalced on opening day.
As I mentioned above my ST AC for balks was .647 Opening day with 26 man rosters gave me .745.
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