Last-second suggestions for improving draft pools (historical)

Hoiles · 03-07-2021, 12:40 PM

This is sort of last second, but I would like to have the option for these two options which I hope require minor tweaks. These are two suggestions with random debut in mind, as leagues tend to end up being watered down unless you set things up a certain way.

- Option to have undrafted players become free agents instead of going to college and re-entering draft next year. This could make sense for fictional/foreign leagues where young players don't necessarily play in college. Undrafted players tend to be lower quality than the average generated/historical player, so they usually water down drafts if they re-enter them.

- Don't delete retired players with no stats. In a random debut historical league, this often results in low-rated players recycled in later drafts, and eventually waters down the drafts too. There is an option to not delete players with no major league stats, but players with no minor league stats at all are still deleted.

Reed · 01-15-2022, 07:04 AM

Agree with the above 100%. Maybe it has already been updated but if it hasn’t, please change for random leagues. I started a new random league a couple months ago and am on season 10 so I haven’t run into this problem yet, if it still exists.

03-07-2021, 12:40 PM	#1
Hoiles All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 574	Last-second suggestions for improving draft pools (historical) This is sort of last second, but I would like to have the option for these two options which I hope require minor tweaks. These are two suggestions with random debut in mind, as leagues tend to end up being watered down unless you set things up a certain way. - Option to have undrafted players become free agents instead of going to college and re-entering draft next year. This could make sense for fictional/foreign leagues where young players don't necessarily play in college. Undrafted players tend to be lower quality than the average generated/historical player, so they usually water down drafts if they re-enter them. - Don't delete retired players with no stats. In a random debut historical league, this often results in low-rated players recycled in later drafts, and eventually waters down the drafts too. There is an option to not delete players with no major league stats, but players with no minor league stats at all are still deleted.

01-15-2022, 07:04 AM	#2
Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,671	Agree with the above 100%. Maybe it has already been updated but if it hasn’t, please change for random leagues. I started a new random league a couple months ago and am on season 10 so I haven’t run into this problem yet, if it still exists.