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David Watts · 02-20-2023, 10:54 AM

Created 1920 using historical minors. Playing with recalc off. Turned off the color barrier.

One thing I noticed right away is, minor league rosters are limited to just 20 players by default. This seems like a huge red flag, especially if someone started in say 1915 and played their way forward to 1920, as teams would easily have more than 20 players on their reserve roster. Only a few teams, have Texas League affiliates in 1920, but if rosters are limited to just 20 players in that league, those teams could have to cut quite a few players. Seems to me it should be changed to unlimited, by default to avoid teams with affiliates facing a huge disadvantage. I will have to remember to make sure the roster limit is turned off the minute the Pacific Coast League arrives in 1921.

So far I've had a handful of pitchers from the Negro League make their way onto Major League rosters. I'm up to August 15th and I've yet to see a position player break the color barrier.

I'm using 5 man rotations, always start the highest rested, starters can pitch in relief. Each team has 1 bullpen pitcher. I am flat out loving this setup. Not perfect, but it's the closest I've come to getting OOTP pitching to mimic the early no bullpen pitcher usage model. Wondering as the game progresses into the 20's and then 30's if using 6 starters with 1 bullpen pitcher will be the way to go. The high octane offense of the 30's will be tough on pitchers, but a week or so back I was playing 1934 with 5 starters and 3 relief pitchers and it was a huge turnoff to see guys pitching so many games out of the bullpen.

02-20-2023, 10:54 AM	#1
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,985 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Historical Minors observation Created 1920 using historical minors. Playing with recalc off. Turned off the color barrier. One thing I noticed right away is, minor league rosters are limited to just 20 players by default. This seems like a huge red flag, especially if someone started in say 1915 and played their way forward to 1920, as teams would easily have more than 20 players on their reserve roster. Only a few teams, have Texas League affiliates in 1920, but if rosters are limited to just 20 players in that league, those teams could have to cut quite a few players. Seems to me it should be changed to unlimited, by default to avoid teams with affiliates facing a huge disadvantage. I will have to remember to make sure the roster limit is turned off the minute the Pacific Coast League arrives in 1921. So far I've had a handful of pitchers from the Negro League make their way onto Major League rosters. I'm up to August 15th and I've yet to see a position player break the color barrier. I'm using 5 man rotations, always start the highest rested, starters can pitch in relief. Each team has 1 bullpen pitcher. I am flat out loving this setup. Not perfect, but it's the closest I've come to getting OOTP pitching to mimic the early no bullpen pitcher usage model. Wondering as the game progresses into the 20's and then 30's if using 6 starters with 1 bullpen pitcher will be the way to go. The high octane offense of the 30's will be tough on pitchers, but a week or so back I was playing 1934 with 5 starters and 3 relief pitchers and it was a huge turnoff to see guys pitching so many games out of the bullpen.