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Ksyrup · 04-05-2007, 12:04 PM

That may very well be it.

The way I've set this league up might be factoring into it. This is a 2-league universe that is relying totally on the MLB historical players to fill both leagues. There are plenty of players to do that with, but you're right, the problem might be that the AI is passing on the pitchers that could fill the roster spots it needs to fill because they are so bad. The problem with that, though, is just a quick look finds guys on the rosters who are comparable or worse than some of the FAs.

This league is fairly unique, I think, because of the fact that I'm not using a draft for either league and I'm only using the historical auto-place for the MLB league, not the FL league. Originally, I tried a setup where all players got placed into the FA pool, and I noticed a similar issue where not enough players were being signed. In that league, everyone got dumped into the FA pool, and there were guys who would turn into productive players just sitting in FA. So I had to scrap that idea. I think that's partially what's going on here, with the added issue that most of the guys in the FA pool are MLB cast-offs.

So my guess is that the AI isn't strong enough to figure out how to properly construct a roster from scratch. If you give it a roster fed with a draft or auto-place, it can fill in the cracks, but throw it a bunch of FAs and ask it to keep reconstructing a valid roster year and year, and I don't think it can.

I understand why, because this type of league is probably not the kind 99.9% of OOTP players use, but I find it fun in trying to recreate more of an "open" league structure where guys are just out there to be signed and it's a FA free-for-all. Especially when recreating early baseball history, because that's about all there was before minor league alliances and drafts.

04-05-2007, 12:04 PM	#5
Ksyrup Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 413	That may very well be it. The way I've set this league up might be factoring into it. This is a 2-league universe that is relying totally on the MLB historical players to fill both leagues. There are plenty of players to do that with, but you're right, the problem might be that the AI is passing on the pitchers that could fill the roster spots it needs to fill because they are so bad. The problem with that, though, is just a quick look finds guys on the rosters who are comparable or worse than some of the FAs. This league is fairly unique, I think, because of the fact that I'm not using a draft for either league and I'm only using the historical auto-place for the MLB league, not the FL league. Originally, I tried a setup where all players got placed into the FA pool, and I noticed a similar issue where not enough players were being signed. In that league, everyone got dumped into the FA pool, and there were guys who would turn into productive players just sitting in FA. So I had to scrap that idea. I think that's partially what's going on here, with the added issue that most of the guys in the FA pool are MLB cast-offs. So my guess is that the AI isn't strong enough to figure out how to properly construct a roster from scratch. If you give it a roster fed with a draft or auto-place, it can fill in the cracks, but throw it a bunch of FAs and ask it to keep reconstructing a valid roster year and year, and I don't think it can. I understand why, because this type of league is probably not the kind 99.9% of OOTP players use, but I find it fun in trying to recreate more of an "open" league structure where guys are just out there to be signed and it's a FA free-for-all. Especially when recreating early baseball history, because that's about all there was before minor league alliances and drafts.