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Originally Posted by Spritze
So now you have hopefully figured out for yourselves that you have two things to do when you start a game.
1) Unretire an assortment of players so the premature retirements like Clarence Kraft in 1914 do not adversely affect your game.
I usually just unretire everyone under 29, sometimes 25, sometimes 40 just depends on my mood and how many players I wish to add. I do it on the first day of the preseason. It is a 2 click process once you make a custom age filter for the retired players screen. The game will remember your choice. Don't be surprised to find 20 year olds there.
2) Run a free agent draft of how ever many rounds you wish. This allows the minor league teams to sign the players the major leagues do not want. Many of them will be the minor league players with major league experience. I usually run one or two of these drafts. One when spring training starts and another a few weeks after opening day.
You only need to do this for your inaugural year probably although since for some reason you don't get players added to your teams as often as I do you might need to run either or both of these processes more often.
These processes are necessary because with only zero, one or two minor leagues there are just not many slots for players to go to. One could also choose to release many players from the reserve MLB rosters instead of or in addition to the above.
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Let me ask you this. I've decided to simply start in 1921 and forget about 1919 and 1920. Doing this has my Texas League and PCL stocked. When does the next league form? Hoping by then the league has enough players that the new league isn't empty. Or, would I be better off just starting in 1946 when I know there are tons of players?