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commonlark · 08-14-2022, 09:11 PM

Link to MLB 2022 Promotion and Relegation Mod: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJf...ew?usp=sharing

Hey all! This is my first time making my mods public and I am beyond excited to share this with you, as every single year a new OOTP game comes out I do something similar to what I am about to share with you.

Have you ever wondered what Promotion and Relegation would look like in the MLB? Well, with this mod, now is your chance! I have broken off every single Major league team with its affiliate, so now all Minor league teams have to fend for themselves, and aren't being dictated by a big league club. Now that everyone is separate, everyone has a chance to make the big leagues, using the Promotion and Relegation system like you'd see in pretty much every football league around the globe. One of my main gripes with Pro sports (and especially baseball) is the fact that teams are not punished for doing poorly. How much more exciting would it be if a team like the Pirates had to fight to stay alive in September instead of phoning it in and waiting for next season. This is partly why I have created this every year, and why I am excited to share this mod with all of you.

Here is the overall structure of this particular mod. This is a 10 tier system including all Major League teams, all Minor League teams, (except I omitted the Gulf Coast League, Arizona League, and the Dominican League mainly because I find that would have gotten confusing with their terrible naming conventions.) all Indy ball teams in the game, and even included a vast array of Collegiate Summer League teams within this particular save, since I love chaos. Because of the fact that I added quite a few more teams that start out with 0 players at the beginning of the game, I dumped every single player in every international league that the game includes into the Free Agent pool, so you will see Nippon Professional League players as well as Czech League players, and every other league in between within these lower reaches of the game.

The structure is as Followed, along with how many teams get promoted and relegated from the league each year:

Major League Baseball, MLB, 30 teams (0 promoted, 3 relegated to AAA)
Triple A, AAA, 30 teams (3 promoted to MLB, 3 relegated to AA)
Double A, AA, 30 teams (3 promoted to AAA, 3 relegated to A+)
High-A, A+, 30 teams (3 promoted to AA, 3 relegated to A
Single A, A, 30 teams (3 promoted to A+, 3 relegated to A-)
Low A, A-, 32 teams (3 promoted to A, 4 relegated to R)
Rookie League, R, 42 teams (4 promoted to A-, 6 relegated to BD1)
Baseball Division 1, BD1, 60 teams (6 promoted to R, 8 relegated to BD2)
Baseball Division 2, BD2, 80 teams (8 promoted to BD1, 12 relegated to BD3)
Baseball Division 3, 120 teams (12 promoted to BD2, 0 relegated)

As far as evolution of the leagues is concerned, every league can evolve for things like roster changes and whatnot, but relocation and team name changes are not on, nor is expansion..... the only league that can change is BD3. This way there aren't new expansion teams that get to skip too the big leagues so to speak. Every team needs to work for it.

Another thing many of you may be asking about are team budgets... I wish that I could change this part of the save up, but so far every leagues average budget essentially cuts in half if that makes sense... I don't love this, but this is the best way that I've found to do it, mainly because I've found never versions of the game aren't as friendly when it comes to this and adjust these numbers after I've already adjusted them to my desired liking, which is a bit annoying.

I used to have a shared league draft with every team from MLB to the BD3 able to select from the same draft, with a random draft order, which I thought was fun, but it causes a lot of the players that are selected within the first 5 rounds of the draft not to sign, because these smaller teams don't have enough money to attract players for their slot bonuses etc. On this download, I have an individual 10 round draft for each league. This should work better, and I have the slot bonuses decreasing for each draft as well as the individual negotiation rounds being diminished the further down the leagues you go.

I really hope some of you guys find enjoyment in this chaos that I have created, if the lower leagues are too chaotic for you guys, I can upload a different download, because I know that might not excite some people, I just like it because it's weird and there are more teams to choose from that way.

08-14-2022, 09:11 PM	#1
commonlark Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 7	MLB 2022 Promotion and Relegation Mod! Link to MLB 2022 Promotion and Relegation Mod: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJf...ew?usp=sharing Hey all! This is my first time making my mods public and I am beyond excited to share this with you, as every single year a new OOTP game comes out I do something similar to what I am about to share with you. Have you ever wondered what Promotion and Relegation would look like in the MLB? Well, with this mod, now is your chance! I have broken off every single Major league team with its affiliate, so now all Minor league teams have to fend for themselves, and aren't being dictated by a big league club. Now that everyone is separate, everyone has a chance to make the big leagues, using the Promotion and Relegation system like you'd see in pretty much every football league around the globe. One of my main gripes with Pro sports (and especially baseball) is the fact that teams are not punished for doing poorly. How much more exciting would it be if a team like the Pirates had to fight to stay alive in September instead of phoning it in and waiting for next season. This is partly why I have created this every year, and why I am excited to share this mod with all of you. Here is the overall structure of this particular mod. This is a 10 tier system including all Major League teams, all Minor League teams, (except I omitted the Gulf Coast League, Arizona League, and the Dominican League mainly because I find that would have gotten confusing with their terrible naming conventions.) all Indy ball teams in the game, and even included a vast array of Collegiate Summer League teams within this particular save, since I love chaos. Because of the fact that I added quite a few more teams that start out with 0 players at the beginning of the game, I dumped every single player in every international league that the game includes into the Free Agent pool, so you will see Nippon Professional League players as well as Czech League players, and every other league in between within these lower reaches of the game. The structure is as Followed, along with how many teams get promoted and relegated from the league each year: Major League Baseball, MLB, 30 teams (0 promoted, 3 relegated to AAA) Triple A, AAA, 30 teams (3 promoted to MLB, 3 relegated to AA) Double A, AA, 30 teams (3 promoted to AAA, 3 relegated to A+) High-A, A+, 30 teams (3 promoted to AA, 3 relegated to A Single A, A, 30 teams (3 promoted to A+, 3 relegated to A-) Low A, A-, 32 teams (3 promoted to A, 4 relegated to R) Rookie League, R, 42 teams (4 promoted to A-, 6 relegated to BD1) Baseball Division 1, BD1, 60 teams (6 promoted to R, 8 relegated to BD2) Baseball Division 2, BD2, 80 teams (8 promoted to BD1, 12 relegated to BD3) Baseball Division 3, 120 teams (12 promoted to BD2, 0 relegated) As far as evolution of the leagues is concerned, every league can evolve for things like roster changes and whatnot, but relocation and team name changes are not on, nor is expansion..... the only league that can change is BD3. This way there aren't new expansion teams that get to skip too the big leagues so to speak. Every team needs to work for it. Another thing many of you may be asking about are team budgets... I wish that I could change this part of the save up, but so far every leagues average budget essentially cuts in half if that makes sense... I don't love this, but this is the best way that I've found to do it, mainly because I've found never versions of the game aren't as friendly when it comes to this and adjust these numbers after I've already adjusted them to my desired liking, which is a bit annoying. I used to have a shared league draft with every team from MLB to the BD3 able to select from the same draft, with a random draft order, which I thought was fun, but it causes a lot of the players that are selected within the first 5 rounds of the draft not to sign, because these smaller teams don't have enough money to attract players for their slot bonuses etc. On this download, I have an individual 10 round draft for each league. This should work better, and I have the slot bonuses decreasing for each draft as well as the individual negotiation rounds being diminished the further down the leagues you go. I really hope some of you guys find enjoyment in this chaos that I have created, if the lower leagues are too chaotic for you guys, I can upload a different download, because I know that might not excite some people, I just like it because it's weird and there are more teams to choose from that way.