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rds72 · 08-02-2012, 10:36 PM

Am new to the game and it is a bit overwhelming. A few basic intro questions:

Is it possible to start a new league that has all the MLB players and just one tier of minor league players? Ideally, for example, I'd want one fantasy draft of just the MLB players and the Triple AAA players. I know can start a new league and delete all the other minor leagues, but then those players get released into the draft.

When one does an inaugural draft, is there a way to review and sort the players by their actual stats (versus scouting reports)?

I am excited about the game and its potential, but it is daunting to get into. Sometimes, I miss the old easy days of statis pro baseball on the pc or micro league baseball..

The Game · 08-03-2012, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by rds72

Am new to the game and it is a bit overwhelming. A few basic intro questions:

Is it possible to start a new league that has all the MLB players and just one tier of minor league players? Ideally, for example, I'd want one fantasy draft of just the MLB players and the Triple AAA players. I know can start a new league and delete all the other minor leagues, but then those players get released into the draft.

When one does an inaugural draft, is there a way to review and sort the players by their actual stats (versus scouting reports)?

I am excited about the game and its potential, but it is daunting to get into. Sometimes, I miss the old easy days of statis pro baseball on the pc or micro league baseball..

Try creating an historical league and choosing 2012 for start year (worse case is you start at 2011). Add 1 level of minors otherwise all you will have is reserve roster. You can find AAA on Wikipedia. I personally haven't tried this but I don't see why this would be any different then if you started a league in 2010 or 1999.
Yeah you will see options on the left side, so if they have stats you can choose batting or pitching, fielding etc.
Let me know if this works.

Peregrine · 08-03-2012, 12:49 AM

Someone may know an easier way to do this, but this is what I know so far.

This may sort of answer both your questions, you can do these things in a Major League inaugural draft. What you need to do is make sure you start your league using the Majors quickstart - that has all the 2012 rosters and minor league players etc. On the Game Menu you will see Create Quickstart Game. Then once in the game, you can remove the leagues you don't want, then go to Setup and Options - Functions, and select Release All Players and do Inaugural Draft.

For looking at player's stats, if you don't need to see all these stats in the draft screen, you can go to player search - magnifying glass icon on the right side, and it will show all the players, and in the view drop down there should be a stats view already created. Use the splits drop down to shop like career stats, last year, or whatever.

If you absolutely have to have the player's stats in the draft screen, you can customize the view on the Draft screen so it shows stats instead of other stuff. Go to View, top left above the player list, and choose Customize. Then go to batting stats, and choose all the stats that are relevant to you. Then you can save it as batting stats, go back and do the same with pitching stats, and save it as pitching stats. Then you can use the Split drop-down above the player list to determine what stats you want to look at - last year, 2 years ago, career, whatever.

I have a feeling you may want to go back to scouting after a while - it makes it a lot easier, though it isn't perfect by any means. You can also turn off scouting in the league options, then the stars you see will not be based on your scouts opinion but on the actual numbers coded into the player.

Hope this helps.

08-02-2012, 10:36 PM	#1
rds72 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1	New to Game Am new to the game and it is a bit overwhelming. A few basic intro questions: Is it possible to start a new league that has all the MLB players and just one tier of minor league players? Ideally, for example, I'd want one fantasy draft of just the MLB players and the Triple AAA players. I know can start a new league and delete all the other minor leagues, but then those players get released into the draft. When one does an inaugural draft, is there a way to review and sort the players by their actual stats (versus scouting reports)? I am excited about the game and its potential, but it is daunting to get into. Sometimes, I miss the old easy days of statis pro baseball on the pc or micro league baseball..

08-03-2012, 12:49 AM	#3
Peregrine All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Cary, North Carolina Posts: 635	Someone may know an easier way to do this, but this is what I know so far. This may sort of answer both your questions, you can do these things in a Major League inaugural draft. What you need to do is make sure you start your league using the Majors quickstart - that has all the 2012 rosters and minor league players etc. On the Game Menu you will see Create Quickstart Game. Then once in the game, you can remove the leagues you don't want, then go to Setup and Options - Functions, and select Release All Players and do Inaugural Draft. For looking at player's stats, if you don't need to see all these stats in the draft screen, you can go to player search - magnifying glass icon on the right side, and it will show all the players, and in the view drop down there should be a stats view already created. Use the splits drop down to shop like career stats, last year, or whatever. If you absolutely have to have the player's stats in the draft screen, you can customize the view on the Draft screen so it shows stats instead of other stuff. Go to View, top left above the player list, and choose Customize. Then go to batting stats, and choose all the stats that are relevant to you. Then you can save it as batting stats, go back and do the same with pitching stats, and save it as pitching stats. Then you can use the Split drop-down above the player list to determine what stats you want to look at - last year, 2 years ago, career, whatever. I have a feeling you may want to go back to scouting after a while - it makes it a lot easier, though it isn't perfect by any means. You can also turn off scouting in the league options, then the stars you see will not be based on your scouts opinion but on the actual numbers coded into the player. Hope this helps. Last edited by Peregrine; 08-03-2012 at 12:52 AM.