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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
I think we should be careful about using the term 'loan' because the Major League Rules have always expressly disallowed player loans. Player movement was usually the result of sales of their contract from one club to another; sometimes it was the result of being traded.
I would caution also about the term 'affiliate era' because even within 'era' the nature of the relationship changed considerably. A minor league affiliate of 1931 was a very different thing from an affiliate of 1961, and different again from an affiliate of 1991. (What might be termed the 'modern' era of minor league affiliation started with the changes to the major-minor relationship adopted in 1963; and even then, minor league clubs still had a degree of freedom which did not exist in later years.)
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Sure. I'll grant you all of that. However, to get historical minors to the point where loans, differences in era & loose affiliate arrangements between teams, etc., are all accounted for within OOTP, it would probably several versions to accumulate the background info needed, let alone the time to code. Right now historical minors are nearly unplayable (at least for those who have chosen to post about it), there are tons of teams & players not included in OOTP but are ready to be (courtesy of Spritze's & BigRod's work), and there seem to be some ideas out there that are very workable. So, given that, if the choices are...
- minor tweaks & fixes, but still no historical transactions & independent leagues/teams (& thus no access to all of the add'l players)
- implement full & accurate arrangements only when that info becomes available and can be coded
- implement a pretty robust system that includes historical transactions, tons more teams & players (incl. independents & negro), etc., like what's summarized in my OP
I'll take that last one!
It sure seems doable for OOTP 18. If we could get there, then, IMO, we'd have highly-playable & semi-close to full & historically-accurate minor league baseball available. It'd be a great foundation for future tweaks & improvements.