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Doc_Giggle · 01-30-2021, 06:29 AM

Has anyone done any research into this? I've had mine set to 145 since the beginning of my fictional league, and going through lists of drafted players, just about every 1st round pick has some major league time. About 2 or 3 never made it past the minors in each 1st round, but in looking at draft lists from a random selection of years since all 1998, it seems to range from around 7 to 10 first round picks who never even sniff the bigs on average (with a pretty good proportion of the others with only a small cup of ineffective coffee at the big league level). I've been pretty satisfied with 145, but it does seem like the odds are in your favor that your first round pick is going to be at least a solid regular for you.

Is the default being set to 100 done more to keep casual fans from pulling their hair out than recreating the actual crapshoot effects of the draft? Is 200 the way to go? Or maybe a slightly more moderate 160? Main drawback to going higher for me is the fear that an unrealistic amount of players from the later rounds will make it to the bigs lol.

01-30-2021, 06:29 AM	#1
Doc_Giggle Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 38	Most realistic Talent Change Randomness settings? Has anyone done any research into this? I've had mine set to 145 since the beginning of my fictional league, and going through lists of drafted players, just about every 1st round pick has some major league time. About 2 or 3 never made it past the minors in each 1st round, but in looking at draft lists from a random selection of years since all 1998, it seems to range from around 7 to 10 first round picks who never even sniff the bigs on average (with a pretty good proportion of the others with only a small cup of ineffective coffee at the big league level). I've been pretty satisfied with 145, but it does seem like the odds are in your favor that your first round pick is going to be at least a solid regular for you. Is the default being set to 100 done more to keep casual fans from pulling their hair out than recreating the actual crapshoot effects of the draft? Is 200 the way to go? Or maybe a slightly more moderate 160? Main drawback to going higher for me is the fear that an unrealistic amount of players from the later rounds will make it to the bigs lol. Last edited by Doc_Giggle; 01-30-2021 at 06:31 AM.