Do you play out or sim spring training?

JMGC · 04-01-2016, 11:34 AM

I was curious about what everyone here does about spring training. I've tried to play out the games in the past, but I get bored real quick. Is there a benefit to playing out spring training?

rpriske · 04-01-2016, 11:42 AM

Benefit? Is there a benefit to playing ANY games out?

FUN!

JMGC · 04-01-2016, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpriske

Benefit? Is there a benefit to playing ANY games out?

FUN!

lol I do really enjoy playing out the regular season games, those are a lot of fun

mitchkenn · 04-01-2016, 11:47 AM

i sim everything, including spring training. just more interested in the stats and evolution. maybe i get bored too quickly to actually play the games.

Griever20 · 04-01-2016, 11:51 AM

I usually quickplay the games, look at potential injuries and at the waiver wire, and move along another day...

Then, I select one or two of the offdays to sent down some of the guys I'm sure won't make the team and reevaluate things on April 1st, when Spring is over and the newest development report + all spring stats are in.

Orcin · 04-01-2016, 12:11 PM

I sim spring training (one day at a time to check waivers and free agents) and play out all regular season and post-season games. I see no benefit to playing spring training games. I just want to get through it with no serious injuries.

Motorhead667 · 04-01-2016, 12:19 PM

Played them out

ohiodevil · 04-01-2016, 12:22 PM

No real benefit, but I usually play them out if I have position battles happening, but if my starters are pretty locked up, I will play out maybe 2 or 3 games, then sim the next 4 or 5 so I can figure out the backups/relievers.

IanIachimoe · 04-01-2016, 12:31 PM

spring training is the only time I sim.

SirMichaelJordan · 04-01-2016, 12:35 PM

I probably will keep simming past it until we get a real spring training with cactus/grape fruit along with actual training that goes on.

I only use it to see stats and make final roster decisions at a positions and roster spots that aren't locked.

Orioles1966 · 04-01-2016, 01:03 PM

I have spring training turned off. I might,however,schedule exhibition games during the regular season.

redranger · 04-01-2016, 01:10 PM

I play all my games out including spring. Kinda gives me a feel for how some of my young up and coming talent is doing. Although any real benefit is not really known I guess other than what I can imagine. But in the end I guess it is all that way for the most part

I do wish the spring was broken out into a cactus and grapefruit type league as real life but existing still works for me

rpriske · 04-01-2016, 01:39 PM

If I wasn't clear before, I play them all.

malor · 04-01-2016, 02:28 PM

I sim spring training one day at a time. I check stats, health, trades, waivers, demote players, etc. each day as needed to keep in touch with my team and league. I make some of my best trades in spring training after discovering holes in my lineup and being able to trade easily at that time of the year, especially if you are willing to create "equal" trades to make the AI happy.

In the current version of OOTP, I really don't find spring training useful under the current setup and only take 40-45 place players on the roster. When I first started with OOTP16, I placed 60 players on the roster, but do not do so anymore. I don't see the need for 30+ pitchers when 20 will barely get a chance to pitch enough innings to eliminate rust due to the reduced number of games (number of weeks and no split-squad games). Just see the threads about closers not getting any innings on AI teams. I changed my closer to a reliever in my last spring training along with all other pitchers. He ended up pitching in 5 games for 6 innings total and that was with me attempting to force more innings by moving guys to AAA and only leaving 12 pitchers on the rosters. The AI only wanted to use other guys. Really hurt my team in April because my closer was still rusty for about three more weeks.

I would love to see Cactus and Grapefruit leagues added or even better, be able to implement our own versions of spring training leagues and schedules. In my league, I've eliminated interleague play and the DH in the AL, but I would like to see NL vs AL in spring training like it is now in RL.

I hope to see an improved spring training in a future version.

Tim

RchW · 04-01-2016, 02:54 PM

I sim one, sometimes two or three games at a time and adjust lineup and subs with liberal use of the "bench player" option. I like to get multi-position players some time at all reasonable defensive positions. The pitching staff is similarly adjusted to ensure some work for all RP specifically.

swoboda · 04-01-2016, 03:14 PM

In my gm/mgr game I sim spring training one game at a time and check out the box score. I do not place much faith in the results . I play out all 162 no simming !

SirMichaelJordan · 04-01-2016, 04:41 PM

Speaking of simming, I would like to see AI give more PT to non starters and other RP. It doesn't seem like the logic for player usage was upgraded when the ability to have more than 40 men on the roster was implemented. As a user I can fix this but that does nothing for the AI.

r0nster · 04-01-2016, 08:01 PM

Sim spring training play out regular and playoffs

Silent_Thunder · 04-01-2016, 08:13 PM

I usually weekly sim spring training, and go between one pitch simming or individual simming + reading the boxscore for regular season.

Pitch by pitch post season of course, but since my latest save is a stats only where I'm an expansion team, I don't think that's gonna happen for awhile.

mpbaseball22 · 04-01-2016, 09:56 PM

I sim them one week at a time, cutting a certain amount of players each time. Spring is helpful for seeing if a AAA guy is ready for the bigs or not imo

04-01-2016, 11:34 AM	#1
JMGC Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 69	Do you play out or sim spring training? I was curious about what everyone here does about spring training. I've tried to play out the games in the past, but I get bored real quick. Is there a benefit to playing out spring training?

04-01-2016, 11:42 AM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,668	Benefit? Is there a benefit to playing ANY games out? FUN! __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-01-2016, 11:47 AM	#4
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	i sim everything, including spring training. just more interested in the stats and evolution. maybe i get bored too quickly to actually play the games. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

04-01-2016, 11:51 AM	#5
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,727	I usually quickplay the games, look at potential injuries and at the waiver wire, and move along another day... Then, I select one or two of the offdays to sent down some of the guys I'm sure won't make the team and reevaluate things on April 1st, when Spring is over and the newest development report + all spring stats are in. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)

04-01-2016, 12:35 PM	#10
SirMichaelJordan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,716	Do you play out or sim spring training? I probably will keep simming past it until we get a real spring training with cactus/grape fruit along with actual training that goes on. I only use it to see stats and make final roster decisions at a positions and roster spots that aren't locked. Last edited by SirMichaelJordan; 04-01-2016 at 12:37 PM.

04-01-2016, 12:11 PM	#6
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,850	I sim spring training (one day at a time to check waivers and free agents) and play out all regular season and post-season games. I see no benefit to playing spring training games. I just want to get through it with no serious injuries.

04-01-2016, 12:19 PM	#7
Motorhead667 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 576	Played them out

04-01-2016, 12:22 PM	#8
ohiodevil OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rocky River, Ohio Posts: 2,426	No real benefit, but I usually play them out if I have position battles happening, but if my starters are pretty locked up, I will play out maybe 2 or 3 games, then sim the next 4 or 5 so I can figure out the backups/relievers.

04-01-2016, 12:31 PM	#9
IanIachimoe All Star Starter Join Date: May 2014 Location: paper st. Posts: 1,055	spring training is the only time I sim.

04-01-2016, 01:03 PM	#11
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	I have spring training turned off. I might,however,schedule exhibition games during the regular season.

04-01-2016, 01:10 PM	#12
redranger All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Posts: 575	I play all my games out including spring. Kinda gives me a feel for how some of my young up and coming talent is doing. Although any real benefit is not really known I guess other than what I can imagine. But in the end I guess it is all that way for the most part I do wish the spring was broken out into a cactus and grapefruit type league as real life but existing still works for me

04-01-2016, 01:39 PM	#13
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,668	If I wasn't clear before, I play them all. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

04-01-2016, 02:28 PM	#14
malor Major Leagues Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 303	I sim spring training one day at a time. I check stats, health, trades, waivers, demote players, etc. each day as needed to keep in touch with my team and league. I make some of my best trades in spring training after discovering holes in my lineup and being able to trade easily at that time of the year, especially if you are willing to create "equal" trades to make the AI happy. In the current version of OOTP, I really don't find spring training useful under the current setup and only take 40-45 place players on the roster. When I first started with OOTP16, I placed 60 players on the roster, but do not do so anymore. I don't see the need for 30+ pitchers when 20 will barely get a chance to pitch enough innings to eliminate rust due to the reduced number of games (number of weeks and no split-squad games). Just see the threads about closers not getting any innings on AI teams. I changed my closer to a reliever in my last spring training along with all other pitchers. He ended up pitching in 5 games for 6 innings total and that was with me attempting to force more innings by moving guys to AAA and only leaving 12 pitchers on the rosters. The AI only wanted to use other guys. Really hurt my team in April because my closer was still rusty for about three more weeks. I would love to see Cactus and Grapefruit leagues added or even better, be able to implement our own versions of spring training leagues and schedules. In my league, I've eliminated interleague play and the DH in the AL, but I would like to see NL vs AL in spring training like it is now in RL. I hope to see an improved spring training in a future version. Tim Last edited by malor; 04-01-2016 at 02:28 PM. Reason: edit grammer/spacing

04-01-2016, 02:54 PM	#15
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	I sim one, sometimes two or three games at a time and adjust lineup and subs with liberal use of the "bench player" option. I like to get multi-position players some time at all reasonable defensive positions. The pitching staff is similarly adjusted to ensure some work for all RP specifically. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

04-01-2016, 03:14 PM	#16
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	In my gm/mgr game I sim spring training one game at a time and check out the box score. I do not place much faith in the results . I play out all 162 no simming ! __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

04-01-2016, 04:41 PM	#17
SirMichaelJordan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,716	Speaking of simming, I would like to see AI give more PT to non starters and other RP. It doesn't seem like the logic for player usage was upgraded when the ability to have more than 40 men on the roster was implemented. As a user I can fix this but that does nothing for the AI.

04-01-2016, 08:01 PM	#18
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,053	Sim spring training play out regular and playoffs

04-01-2016, 08:13 PM	#19
Silent_Thunder Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 235	I usually weekly sim spring training, and go between one pitch simming or individual simming + reading the boxscore for regular season. Pitch by pitch post season of course, but since my latest save is a stats only where I'm an expansion team, I don't think that's gonna happen for awhile.

04-01-2016, 09:56 PM	#20
mpbaseball22 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 74	I sim them one week at a time, cutting a certain amount of players each time. Spring is helpful for seeing if a AAA guy is ready for the bigs or not imo