Question about Historical seasons and drafts, basically are they exploitable?

gigispeed1332 · 04-24-2014, 11:23 PM

When playing a historical season, how do the drafts work, and what I mean by this is, for example, I started my franchise in 1977 with the Blue Jays. Of Course I know that Cal Ripken was an amazing player and should not have slipped as far in the draft as he did.

Do the players get drafted where they would have if all the teams knew how good they were, or are the drafts completely beatable and then is it easy to stack your team picking players that were drafted much later than they should have been?

Or is it completely random and could say a 5th round pick like Dave Stieb by the Jays in 78 become no better than an average hurler? I'm just wondering how these drafts work and if they are too easily exploited in future years.

Thank you!

pstrickert · 04-24-2014, 11:32 PM

Ask Charlie Hough. Seriously.

gigispeed1332 · 04-24-2014, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pstrickert

Ask Charlie Hough. Seriously.

I wish that helped answer my question either way with how drafts in the game work.

pstrickert · 04-24-2014, 11:51 PM

PM Charlie. He's studied this aspect of the game.

gigispeed1332 · 04-25-2014, 12:02 AM

You know whats funny, I looked up that player's stats and thought it was a reference to that player and that would give me an answer.. lol

That makes more sense

04-24-2014, 11:23 PM	#1
gigispeed1332 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 60	Question about Historical seasons and drafts, basically are they exploitable? When playing a historical season, how do the drafts work, and what I mean by this is, for example, I started my franchise in 1977 with the Blue Jays. Of Course I know that Cal Ripken was an amazing player and should not have slipped as far in the draft as he did. Do the players get drafted where they would have if all the teams knew how good they were, or are the drafts completely beatable and then is it easy to stack your team picking players that were drafted much later than they should have been? Or is it completely random and could say a 5th round pick like Dave Stieb by the Jays in 78 become no better than an average hurler? I'm just wondering how these drafts work and if they are too easily exploited in future years. Thank you!

04-24-2014, 11:32 PM	#2
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16,426	Ask Charlie Hough. Seriously.

04-24-2014, 11:51 PM	#4
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16,426	PM Charlie. He's studied this aspect of the game.

04-25-2014, 12:02 AM	#5
gigispeed1332 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 60	You know whats funny, I looked up that player's stats and thought it was a reference to that player and that would give me an answer.. lol That makes more sense