Minor League reports claim that the player is doing amazing, then they show horrible statistics

Mets Man · 03-26-2007, 11:28 AM

I've been seeing alot of minor league news reports telling about the progress of my progress. However, some of the reports are rather odd. For example, 90% of the minor league reports I see tend to be sound positive. The weirdest ones are the ones where they say something glowingly positive like "Cliff Floyd is ripping the ball to shreds at Wichita, he went 0 for 3 ....... etc etc" OR "Todd Van Poppel is dominating hitters he won Player of the Month going 1-6 with a 6.50 ERA in the Month of June" etc etc

I've seen at least half a dozen reports so far where they say something like "he's doing amazing" ......... followed by some crummy statistics

I don't exactly know where the problem lies. It could be that the historical season I'm running doesn't have a full minors, but I'm sure there are still some other players from other minor league teams that are putting up better numbers to win Player of the Month (I don't think the Minor Leagues are that thin). Could it be that the AI is not managing their minor league players, thus that their minor league players aren't even playing? Nevertheless, do you think a player who's doing extremely horrible should get the Player of the Month by default? Furthermore, ignoring the Player of the Month and other awards, should they be getting glowing reports stating how well they are doing in the first place?

Assos · 03-26-2007, 11:30 AM

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Todd Van Poppel is dominating hitters he won Player of the Month....

Wow! someone got ahold of the scouting report the A's used to draft him....

Seriously, are you using ghost players? If you are, then that is why you are getting crazy things like such.

Curtis · 03-26-2007, 02:53 PM

This doesn't really address your issue, but in 2006 I used to get progress reports telling me that someone had changed his stance and was now ripping the cover off the ball (for example), but when I'd then race to check his new overall/potential, they'd be LOWER than they were before he 'improved'.

bp_ · 03-26-2007, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mets Man

Could it be that the AI is not managing their minor league players, thus that their minor league players aren't even playing? Nevertheless, do you think a player who's doing extremely horrible should get the Player of the Month by default? Furthermore, ignoring the Player of the Month and other awards, should they be getting glowing reports stating how well they are doing in the first place?

Can you check to see that the other players are playing? What year did you import and what DB did you use? If I have some time this eve I will see if I can get similar results as you.

ravinhood · 03-26-2007, 07:27 PM

I love getting these improved reports on batters with 20's for attributes and their potentials aren't much higher. lol Who gives a squat they will never see major league.

Mets Man · 03-27-2007, 01:28 AM

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Can you check to see that the other players are playing? What year did you import and what DB did you use? If I have some time this eve I will see if I can get similar results as you.

Well, I had trouble looking for minor league statistics. Is there a place where I could see Minor League statistics of the whole league? I did go into commissioner mode and I was able to look at some of the other AI teams Minor League systems. From there I could click on the profile or just see on some screens that each team had players that played in Minor League games. So I'm pretty sure there are players playing the Minor Leagues for other teams. Funny thing, I can't seem to click on the Minor League report of any other team (even in commissioner mode). Every time I click on the Minor League report button, it just brings me a blank screen. Either way, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have to do with players not playing on other teams.

As for my settings. I'm pretty sure I'm using the Lahman Database. I fiddled around with Gambo before, but just for this test sim, I believe I used Lahman.
I'm doing a historical sim of 1993, recalculate off, import players based on their remaining years.

As for ghost players, I can't remember what setting I put, but its likely I am using ghost players, since most teams only have a handful of minor league players in their systems. Without ghost player mode I wouldn't be able to proceed to the next day if I didn't have enough minor league players?

If you need any more details, let me know.

Mets Man · 03-27-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Curtis

This doesn't really address your issue, but in 2006 I used to get progress reports telling me that someone had changed his stance and was now ripping the cover off the ball (for example), but when I'd then race to check his new overall/potential, they'd be LOWER than they were before he 'improved'.

hehe, I had that same report regarding "ripping the cover off the ball". Something along the lines of "Player A has been ripping the cover off the ball, striking fear into opposing pitchers, this week he went 0 for 8 with 0 HRs ........" something like that.

ravinhood · 03-27-2007, 01:48 AM

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hehe, I had that same report regarding "ripping the cover off the ball". Something along the lines of "Player A has been ripping the cover off the ball, striking fear into opposing pitchers, this week he went 0 for 8 with 0 HRs ........" something like that.

LOL that's too funny.

Tycobbler · 03-27-2007, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Mets Man

Well, I had trouble looking for minor league statistics. Is there a place where I could see Minor League statistics of the whole league?

On your league Home Page click on the word "stats" right under where it reads " SION Online Network Baseball" . You can also get League leaders from the Statistics screen found on the league initials tab, next to the manager tab as well

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Originally Posted by Mets Man

Funny thing, I can't seem to click on the Minor League report of any other team (even in commissioner mode). Every time I click on the Minor League report button, it just brings me a blank screen. Either way, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have to do with players not playing on other teams.

Here ya go buddy. On the bar on top on your league Home Page it has a drop down that lists all the teams in your league. It's right next to the words "recent" and "bookmarks". Select any team. In the links box mid-righthand side of page select ratings and you'll see that teams ratings report.

03-26-2007, 11:28 AM	#1
Mets Man Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 336	Minor League reports claim that the player is doing amazing, then they show horrible statistics I've been seeing alot of minor league news reports telling about the progress of my progress. However, some of the reports are rather odd. For example, 90% of the minor league reports I see tend to be sound positive. The weirdest ones are the ones where they say something glowingly positive like "Cliff Floyd is ripping the ball to shreds at Wichita, he went 0 for 3 ....... etc etc" OR "Todd Van Poppel is dominating hitters he won Player of the Month going 1-6 with a 6.50 ERA in the Month of June" etc etc I've seen at least half a dozen reports so far where they say something like "he's doing amazing" ......... followed by some crummy statistics I don't exactly know where the problem lies. It could be that the historical season I'm running doesn't have a full minors, but I'm sure there are still some other players from other minor league teams that are putting up better numbers to win Player of the Month (I don't think the Minor Leagues are that thin). Could it be that the AI is not managing their minor league players, thus that their minor league players aren't even playing? Nevertheless, do you think a player who's doing extremely horrible should get the Player of the Month by default? Furthermore, ignoring the Player of the Month and other awards, should they be getting glowing reports stating how well they are doing in the first place?

03-26-2007, 02:53 PM	#3
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	This doesn't really address your issue, but in 2006 I used to get progress reports telling me that someone had changed his stance and was now ripping the cover off the ball (for example), but when I'd then race to check his new overall/potential, they'd be LOWER than they were before he 'improved'.

03-26-2007, 07:27 PM	#5
ravinhood Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 374 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	I love getting these improved reports on batters with 20's for attributes and their potentials aren't much higher. lol Who gives a squat they will never see major league.