Possible to replicate real world MLB expansion?

spleen1015 · 02-06-2023, 06:46 PM

The Diamondbacks and Rays didn't start playing until 1998 with the expansion draft happening after the 1997 season. Their minor league teams started in 1996 and they took part in the 1996 & 1997 drafts.

How do we recreate this scenario in OOTP?

You have to have the MLB teams so that they're included in the draft, but you don't want them to play any games for 2 years. I assume you have to manually alter the schedule every year?

Has anyone done this before?

spleen1015 · 02-06-2023, 07:14 PM

Found this, which is exactly what I need.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OOTP/commen...xpansion_team/

koohead · 02-13-2023, 09:26 AM

Thank you for linking that. I was thinking about this exact scenario as I contemplate expansion to 32 teams. Alot of manual work/effort, though the end result is definitely a more realistic expansion experience. Wish the game had a mechanism built in to handle this more "automatically".

willboat75 · 02-13-2023, 11:34 AM

I just wrote an article at the University of Michigan about this. I used that above Reddit post for inspiration.

Here it is if you're curious: https://msabr.com/2023/02/06/6731/

Cod · 02-13-2023, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willboat75

I just wrote an article at the University of Michigan about this. I used that above Reddit post for inspiration.

Here it is if you're curious: https://msabr.com/2023/02/06/6731/

This was a fantastic article. I first read it when the link appeared in last Friday's SABR email.

Highly recommend this article along with the Reddit post linked above.

02-06-2023, 06:46 PM	#1
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,999	Possible to replicate real world MLB expansion? The Diamondbacks and Rays didn't start playing until 1998 with the expansion draft happening after the 1997 season. Their minor league teams started in 1996 and they took part in the 1996 & 1997 drafts. How do we recreate this scenario in OOTP? You have to have the MLB teams so that they're included in the draft, but you don't want them to play any games for 2 years. I assume you have to manually alter the schedule every year? Has anyone done this before?

02-13-2023, 09:26 AM	#3
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,196	Thank you for linking that. I was thinking about this exact scenario as I contemplate expansion to 32 teams. Alot of manual work/effort, though the end result is definitely a more realistic expansion experience. Wish the game had a mechanism built in to handle this more "automatically". __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

02-06-2023, 07:14 PM	#2
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,999	Found this, which is exactly what I need. https://www.reddit.com/r/OOTP/commen...xpansion_team/

02-13-2023, 11:34 AM	#4
willboat75 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Detroit Posts: 176	I just wrote an article at the University of Michigan about this. I used that above Reddit post for inspiration. Here it is if you're curious: https://msabr.com/2023/02/06/6731/