What's real, what's fiction, and what carries from year to year?

[Strovel]

Hi All,

Been playing baseball sims for 30+ years, and have finally leapt into OOTP. I started a 2015 season, got into June and realized how many dumb things I'd done, and started over. Got into later May, and my hard drive crashed. Now, I'm three games into another try and have some noob-y questions.

Are all the players that enter the league through the draft (and international free agency) real players, or are the down-roster fillers fictional players?

As I create a 2015 season, are player ratings set in stone for the course of a player's career, not counting injury and player development effects? Put another way, if Kris Bryant is created as a monster when I create this game, does he stay a monster for 15 years if the real Bryant flames out? Is there a 10-year-old OOTP game out there in which Brandon Wood and Dallas McPherson are a Hall-of-Fame left side of the infield? Does anybody have a Mike Trout with a .690 career OPS?

On another tack, is a player's early retirement binding? If I have Mark Buehrle, can he keep pitching for me for five years? I notice among free agents in the early stages of the 2015 season, there are players who haven't appeared in the bigs with any consequence for a while. Are they available because they haven't officially retired?

Also, for players who missed considerable time with injury, how is that handled. If Matt Moore in my OOTP 15 didn't get hurt last year, did he open this year injured or diminished in ability when I imported the old game into OOTP 16?

That's just a few to start.... Thanks in advance for any feedback.

[THEMURPH]

Think answered all. Added links to the manual for a few for a better explanation.

Are all the players that enter the league through the draft (and international free agency) real players, or are the down-roster fillers fictional players? How did you set the game up. Fictional players, real players or both. The computer will generate fictional players in order have enough players to fill teams.

As I create a 2015 season, are player ratings set in stone for the course of a player's career, not counting injury and player development effects? Put another way, if Kris Bryant is created as a monster when I create this game, does he stay a monster for 15 years if the real Bryant flames out? Depends on the Is there a 10-year-old OOTP game out there in which Brandon Wood and Dallas McPherson are a Hall-of-Fame left side of the infield? Does anybody have a Mike Trout with a .690 career OPS? Completely random. Could be Hall of Famer, scrub, so-so, All Star for a few season or career ending injury after two years. See these Posts for more

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-settings.html

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ical-mode.html

Out of the Park Baseball Manual

is a player's early retirement binding? If I have Mark Buehrle, can he keep pitching for me for five years? If you are in Commissioner Mode you can force players, coaches and managers to retire or unretire. You can also force them to play for whatever team you choose and force trades between teams.

Out of the Park Baseball Manual

I notice among free agents in the early stages of the 2015 season, there are players who haven't appeared in the bigs with any consequence for a while. Are they available because they haven't officially retired? Yes

Also, for players who missed considerable time with injury, how is that handled. If Matt Moore in my OOTP 15 didn't get hurt last year, did he open this year injured or diminished in ability when I imported the old game into OOTP 16? Based off what the game shows. If the game says he is hurt then he was hurt. Game says he has never been hurt then he has never been hurt.

Out of the Park Baseball Manual

[Peregrine]

Welcome to OOTP!